Search Results: Titles starting with O from William Reese Company

Oahu: Mei Pai Palapala a na Misionari, 1836.. 152pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine tooled in gilt, leather label. Hinges lightly rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Near fine. The second edition, with a printing of only 3,000 copies. The title translates as: "The inquiry, questions illustrating the meaning of the Holy Scriptures. A good thing for Sunday Schools. Book I. About the story of Jesus and his miracles." This copy is from the library of James F. Hunnewell (1832-1910), with his bookplate. Hunnewell was a Boston book collector and bibliographer. He published BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS in 1869. His father, James Hunnewell, became familiar with the islands when the ship he was on was sold to Hawaiian chiefs. The senior Hunnewell was responsible for collecting the payment in sandalwood and then selling it in China. As a result, he spent several months in the islands and became friendly with the local populace. In 1820 he arrived in Honolulu as second mate on the brig Thaddeus, the… Read More

Upperville, Va: Oak Spring Garden Librar, 1989. xxvii,147pp. plus many plates, some in color. Color frontis. Quarto. Cloth. As new. In dust jacket. A sumptuously prepared catalogue of rare tree books housed the garden library of Mrs. Paul Mellon.

Upperville, Va: Oak Spring Garden Librar, 1997. lxxiii,427,[1]pp. Color frontis. Illustrated with facsimiles (many in color). Large quarto. Gilt cloth in dust jacket. New. Beautifully printed catalogue of books and manuscripts from a great flower book collection

[Jefferson City, Mo., 1862].. Broadsheet, approximately 8 x 10¼ inches. Previously folded, with some small separations and tears, with one larger repaired 2½ tear. Small closed marginal tear at lower left corner. Moderate patch of dampstaining at central upper edge. Good plus. An apparently unrecorded form, printing an oath of allegiance to the United States government and the provisional government of Missouri early in the Civil War. The pro-Union state government was established when Northern forces took Jefferson City in 1861 and the Confederate government established by Claiborne Fox Jackson was put to flight. Nevertheless, the shadow government continued to operate and the national Confederate government at Richmond counted Missouri as one of its constituent states; moreover, there was much conflict between pro-Union and Confederate Missourians throughout the course of the war. The document, the present copy of which in uncompleted, states in part that the signer will: "Solemnly swear that I… Read More

Frankfor: A.G. Hodge, 1855. 54pp. Original publisher's cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Corners bumped and lightly worn, light rubbing to cloth, inner hinge cracked. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Minor foxing and toning. Very good. Memorial volume published on the occasion of the re-interment of several soldiers in the state cemetery in Frankfort. The remains in question belonged to Gen. Charles Scott, Maj. William T. Barry, and Capt. Bland Ballard and his wife - the men all having been notable Kentucky pioneers, politicians, and soldiers. The events were opened by Governor Lazarus W. Powell, who noted the presence of many veterans of the War of 1812 and then introduced the various orators who spoke on the lives of the men being interred. Scarce

[Philadelphia]: William Dickso, 1807. 12pp. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. Lightly tanned, else near fine, untrimmed and unopened. The Philadelphia Domestic Society was formed with an interest in encouraging the domestic production of manufactures, and sought an official charter from the Pennsylvania legislature. In this pamphlet the anonymous author refutes the arguments made against the society, including the belief that charters are inherently undemocratic. We can locate three copies, at the Free Library of Philadelphia, the American Baptist Historical Society, and Cambridge University. Rare. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 13272.

Valencia, 1744. [16],xcvi,279pp. Folio. Later vellum, manuscript lettering on spine. Text block detached from binding at front inner hinge. Minor foxing. Very good. First edition of a work which marks the beginning of modern Spanish historical writing. This study of the Romans, Jews, and Moors in Spain up to the 13th century was the most important work issued by the Academia Valenciana which had been founded in 1742 to publish historical studies. Preceded by a long and erudite introduction by Mayans y Siscar and by the Constitutions of the Academia, Ibanez de Segovia (1628-1708) reexamines ancient records in an effort to separate fact from fiction in Spanish history. BIBLIOTECA DE SALVA 3066. BRUNET 21220. PALAU 117567

Madrid, 1762.. Thirteen volumes bound in fifteen. [100],704; [67],581; [44],619; [8],536; [8],608; [16],632; [28],611; [36],632; [18],586; 40,586; [14],618; [8],525; [8],564; [8],651; [42],652pp., plus three engraved portraits. Woodcut titlepage vignettes, head- and tail- pieces, and initials. Large folio. Contemporary Spanish mottled calf, spines elaborately gilt, leather labels. Some rubbing to boards, slight worming and chipping to heads or tails of some spines. Occasional minor foxing, soiling, and marginal staining to text; closed vertical tear to titlepage of part two of second volume. Overall a most handsome, attractive, and sound set. A rare large-paper copy of the complete works - in almost 10,000 folio pages - of this notable theologian and Mexican missionary to the Indians, here collected in a noble edition. Palafox was the Bishop of Puebla (1640-1655) and the interim Archbishop of Mexico (1640-1642). He also held the post of the Viceroy of New Spain from June 10, 1642 to November 23,… Read More

[N.p., but almost certainly Springfield, Il, ca. May 3, 1865].. Broadside, 12 x 9 inches. Printed in three columns, edged with a printed black border. Old folds, center vertical fold with some separation. Moderate staining. Still, very good. Framed. Likely a proof copy of the exceedingly rare broadside announcing the funeral procession for President Abraham Lincoln in Springfield in early May 1865. Struck down by assassin John Wilkes Booth on April 15, 1865, Lincoln's body lay in state in the White House on April 18, and a ceremonial funeral service took place in Washington, D.C. around noon on April 19. Two days later, President Lincoln's casket was loaded on a funeral train headed for Springfield, Illinois, stopping at Baltimore, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Michigan City, and Chicago before arriving in Lincoln's adopted hometown early on the morning of May 3. At this time, Springfield's population numbered around 15,000, but Lincoln's… Read More

Lima: Imprenta Real de los Huerfanos, 1806. [18],9,cxcviii,[2]pp. plus two folding leaves of letterpress. Small quarto. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt. Rubbed at extremities, boards warped. Text heavily wormed. Light dampstaining and tanning. Poor. The first edition of the first treatise on hygiene in Spanish. Professor Unanue was famous in his time, and through his books his prestige reached Europe. In this book the author, who today would be considered a physician-hygienist, was very interested in diet, climate, the races that lived together in Lima, the typical diseases of the place, food, the methods of curing climatic illnesses, etc. There are also various references to wine as a curative throughout the text. Unanue's importance continues to this day, evidenced by the number of times he is cited in Aristides A. Moll's history of medicine in South America, ÆSCULAPIUS IN LATIN AMERICA (1944). Of great interest for the history of medicine and hygiene. MEDINA, LIMA 2013. VARGAS UGARTE 3281.… Read More

Queretaro: Imprenta de J.M. Lara, 1848.. 62,[2]pp. Original printed wrappers, later stitching. Wrappers somewhat worn and soiled, vertical tear into border of front wrapper, spine heavily chipped. Presentation inscription on verso of front wrapper. Faint vertical crease, small stain in upper margin of last few leaves, occasional underlining in pencil. Overall very good. Untrimmed. A presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the verso of the front wrapper. A strident criticism and call for opposition to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which ended the Mexican-American War, penned by tireless advocate of Mexican independence Manuel Crecencio Rejón. Rejón believed that the treaty, which he saw as capitulating to the United States' duplicitous and aggressive schemes to take over Mexico, would spell the death of the still adolescent Mexican Republic and its continued sovereignty. Much of the pamphlet is dedicated to describing how the Americans manipulated and encouraged the Texan rebellion in order… Read More

[Philadelphi, 1818. 21,[1]pp. Dbd. Tanned. A bit fragile, but good. A western canal scheme predating the Erie Canal. Sets forth the importance of improving internal river communication routes and turnpike roads around Philadelphia and between other centers of commerce, especially with respect to transporting goods, farm produce, coal, etc. According to the opening text, this pamphlet is based on commentary by William J. Duane. Shaw & Shoemaker locate only a single copy, that in the Eleutherian Mills Library. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 45131

London, 1800.. Two volumes. ix,[1],338; [2],275,[12]pp., plus folding map and fifty-three aquatint engravings. Quarto. Antique-style three- quarter calf and marbled boards. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepages. Scattered foxing, some light offsetting. Very good. Garnett was a British chemist and physician who toured Scotland after taking up a practice in Edinburgh in 1798. He authored the present work, which is extensively illustrated with views of the countryside. "Published in two volumes in 1800 and embellished with plates by Walter H. Watts, who had accompanied him, the work enjoyed considerable success and was translated into German in 1802" - DNB. ABBEY, SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN 482. ESTC T131649. DNB (online).

London, 1798. 109,[2]pp. Dbd. About fine. The second British edition, after the first American of the previous year. Harper pours scorn on the French, and his Federalist, pro- British stance naturally was popular in England. HOWES H209. SABIN 30432.

London, 1739. [4],60pp. Half title. Dbd. Minor foxing in outer leaves, else very good. Discusses the Treaty of El Pardo, which is printed in full. It was at the convention described herein that Britain and Spain agreed to avoid war, to meet in conference to settle their respective pretensions to American trade and navigation, and to discuss the borders of Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Furthermore, it was by this treaty that Spain agreed to pay £95,000 in damages to the South Sea Company. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 739/257. DAVENPORT 129. DE RENNE, p.80. BELL R332. SABIN 56550. SERVIES 342.

Boston: Printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green, for S. Gerrish in Cornhill, 1730.. [8],46pp. Half title. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt leather label. Ex-Newberry Library, with their small ink stamp on the half title, titlepage, and several internal leaves. Half title and title-leaf restored along gutter, first leaf of dedication with an old repair, obscuring five full lines and fourteen half- lines of text. A good plus copy. A nice association copy, bearing an inscription in a slightly later hand on the half title reading, "Lydia Abbot's Book the gift of Mrs. Abigail Foxcroft," and in the same hand (presumably Lydia Abbot's): "Lydia Abbot her book." Abigail Foxcroft (d. 1803) was apparently the daughter of the author. First and only edition of this "valuable tract, compiled from original sources" (Sabin). Thomas Foxcroft (1697-1769) was minister of the First Church of Boston from 1717 until his death in 1769. The present sermon was delivered on August 23,… Read More

London: T. Gardner, 1739. [2],56pp. Dbd., very good. A pamphlet published shortly after the beginning of the War of Jenkins' Ear, apparently addressed to Sir Robert Walpole. Walpole's lengthy diplomatic efforts eventually came to naught, and he bowed to popular sentiment in October and commenced the War of Jenkins' Ear. This work includes numerous references to American commerce. One of two issues noted by ESTC; this issue not in EUROPEAN AMERICANA. ESTC N10777. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 739/210 (ref). KRESS 4452. SABIN 56464

London, 1808. [4],2,[2],75,[1]pp. Half title. Later marbled wrappers. Front wrapper detached but present, spine chipped. Very good. Untrimmed. As stated on the titlepage, reprinted from the SUN newspaper, where Courtenay used the pseudonym, "Decius." A series of critical letters, castigating the British negotiators and President Thomas Jefferson over an aborted U.S.-British treaty. The treaty, negotiated by James Monroe and William Pinkney with the British Lords Holland and Auckland, was signed in 1806, and made public in 1807 but never ratified. It provided for a reduction in British commercial restrictions, but Jefferson rejected it because it lacked a formal ban on the British practice of impressing American sailors into duty. The tone of the letters is represented in such statements: "I am no advocate for war with America; I would turn indignantly from those who wish war for commercial purposes; but I would not go on doatingly heaping benefits upon a people who return our blessings with a… Read More

London, Printed; New York, Reprinted, 1806. 43pp. Half title. Dbd. Tanned, some foxing, contemporary private library stamp on titlepage, else good. Response to Randolph's support of the prohibition of British imports during the heightening animosity between Great Britain and the U.S. before the War of 1812. This is the only edition listed by Sabin. SABIN 91241

New York, 1804.. 32pp. Original plain blue wrappers, stitched. Lightly foxed, bottom edge worn; a handful of small, contemporary ink annotations. A very good copy. A violent attack on Jefferson and his book, by this arch-Federalist and author of TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Howes ascribes this work, incorrectly, to Nicholas Rogers. HOWES R416. GAINES 342. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 6812.