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Published by Harper & Brothers, 1843
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Softcover(Saddle-stitched). Condition: Fair Condition. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Wrappers quite soiled, worn, portion missing at top, interior browning, edges worn, some foxing. Smith & Anthon oppose the ordination of Carey because of his leanings toward the Roman Church (he did cross over as did one of those who was examin…ing him). American Imprints #43-4626. Size: 8vo. 46 pages. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Shipped Weight: 1 pound or less. Category: Religion & Theology; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.
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An INAUGURAL ADDRESS Delivered July 31st, 1848
Smith, Worthington, 1795-1856; Williams College, 1819; President, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
Published by Vermont University Press, Burlington, 1849
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Pamphlet. Condition: Used - Very Good. Burlington: University Press, 1849. 26 pages. 8.75 x 5.5", printed wrapper. University history, learning institutions, Christian influence. 'N.Y. Historical Soc'y from George F. Houghton'. Wrap splitting, VG.
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Published by George W. Bazin, 1829., Boston:, 1829
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Published by Printed for & Sold by the Author In Meard's Court near St. Ann's Church Old Soho. And by Thos. Cobb at the Engraving and Printing Office in Bow Church Yard, London, 1732
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Seller: J & J LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS LLC, Syosset, NY, U.S.A.J & J LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS LLC
Contact seller5-star sellerOblong folio. Modern half light tan leather with marbled boards, dark tan leather title label to spine gilt. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto dedication to Lady Walpole, verso blank), 2ff. (subscribers list, printed on rectos only), 59, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved throughout. Subscribers include composers Pietro Castrucci…, Willem de Fesch, Maurice Greene, Geo: Frederick Handel Esqr., Chas. Jennings, John Frederick Lampe, Johann Christoph Pepusch, and Peter Prelleur. Provenance Noted collector André Meyer, with his handstamp, "Provenant de la collection musicale d'André Meyer Décéde en Mai 1974 F. Meyer Octobre 84," to recto of rear free endpaper and "Collection André Meyer 1884 - ? 10 5.1974" in pencil to verso. Binding slightly worn. Minor internal wear, browning, and soiling; occasional stains; small tears repaired. First Edition. BUC p. 959. RISM S3680 and SS3680 (2 copies in the U.S., at NYPL Lincoln Center and the Library of Congress). Smith, an English composer of German birth, was the son of Johann Christoph Schmidt (John Christopher Smith Sr., d. 1763), Handel's first copyist in London; the younger Smith became Handel's secretary, musical assistant, and amanuensis in Handel's later years when blindness hampered the great composer's writing and conducting activities. "Smith, according to Burney, was a 'studious and cultivated man, and much esteemed by many of the first people in the kingdom.' " Barbara Small in Grove Music Online Smith's harpsichord suites, replete with fashionable galant melodies, ornaments, and syncopation as well as athletic effects like hand-crossing and rapid exchanges of the hands, were clearly influenced by Handel, Rameau, and Domenico Scarlatti. He succeeds at creating imaginative and original keyboard works, with his influences serving as a jumping off point. This is the first publication we have seen with Handel as a subscriber. Elegantly printed.
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Published by Printed for I. Walsh in Catharine Street in the Strand, London, 1755
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Contact seller5-star sellerOblong folio. Disbound. Contemporary half mid-tan calf with marbled boards, title in contemporary brown ink to upper. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 41, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved throughout. With "Anna Sophia Egerton" in contemporary manuscript to front pastedown. Binding worn, rubbed, and bumped; upper detached. Title detached;… occasional minor soiling to margins and scattered foxing and stains. First Edition, first issue. Smith & Humphries 1377. BUC p. 959. RISM S3679 (giving precedence to the second issue). Smith, an English composer of German birth, was the son of Johann Christoph Schmidt (John Christopher Smith Sr., d. 1763), Handel's first copyist in London; the younger Smith became Handel's secretary, musical assistant, and amanuensis in Handel's later years when blindness hampered the great composer's writing and conducting activities. "Smith, according to Burney, was a 'studious and cultivated man, and much esteemed by many of the first people in the kingdom.' " Barbara Small in Grove Music Online Smith's harpsichord suites, replete with fashionable galant melodies, ornaments, and syncopation, as well as athletic effects like hand-crossing and rapid exchanges of the hands, were clearly influenced by Handel, Rameau, and Domenico Scarlatti. He succeeds at creating imaginative and original keyboard works, with his influences serving as a jumping off point. A handsomely printed edition of Smith's lively and creative contribution to galant keyboard literature.
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Published by Printed for I. Walsh in Catharine Street in the Strand, London, 1755
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Seller: J & J LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS LLC, Syosset, NY, U.S.A.J & J LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS LLC
Contact seller5-star sellerOblong folio. Modern half dark brown calf with marbled boards, spine in decorative compartments gilt, dark red title label gilt. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 41, [i] (blank) pp. With figured bass in contemporary manuscript ink to pp. 10-11 (the Allegro of Lesson II); occasional pencil markings. Binding slightly worn, rubbed,…and bumped. Moderately browned; some signs of wear; occasional foxing and staining; title worn and archivally reinforced with tissue to verso of outer margin; paper repairs to lower outer corners of final two leaves with outer margin of final leaf archivally reinforced. In very good condition overall. First Edition, first issue. Smith & Humphries 1377. BUC p. 959. RISM S3679 (giving precedence to the second issue). Smith, an English composer of German birth, was the son of Johann Christoph Schmidt (John Christopher Smith Sr., d. 1763), Handel's first copyist in London; the younger Smith became Handel's secretary, musical assistant, and amanuensis in Handel's later years when blindness hampered the great composer's writing and conducting activities. "Smith, according to Burney, was a 'studious and cultivated man, and much esteemed by many of the first people in the kingdom.' " Barbara Small in Grove Music Online Smith's harpsichord suites, replete with fashionable galant melodies, ornaments, and syncopation, as well as athletic effects like hand-crossing and rapid exchanges of the hands, were clearly influenced by Handel, Rameau, and Domenico Scarlatti. He succeeds at creating imaginative and original keyboard works, with his influences serving as a jumping off point. A handsomely printed edition of Smith's lively and creative contribution to galant keyboard literature.
Published by W. Foulsham and Co., Limited, London, 1894
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Later Printing. Later Printing. Hardcover. Robert Cross Smith (1795-1832) was an English astrologer, writing under the pseudonym of "Raphael". He married in 1820 and moved to London, where he became interested in astrology. Together with G. W. Graham, he published a book on geomancy in 1822. Smi…th began to edit a periodical entitled The Straggling Astrologer in 1824, but failed to receive enough subscribers and the periodical had to be discontinued after a few issues. He collected the issues of the failed periodical in a volume entitled The Astrologer Of The Nineteenth Century in the same year. From 1827 until his death in 1832, he edited an astrological almanac, entitled The Prophetic Messenger. Also published by Smith was The Familiar Astrologer and A Manual of Astrology, both in 1828. Smith died on 26 February 1832 in London. His almanac continued to be edited as Raphael's Ephemeris and would become a standard work in British and US American astrology. Raphael's Ephemeris popularized the system of Placidian system of astrological houses in the English-speaking world and in modern western astrology in general. Published posthumously. Original copies come with two "cards to be used with Raphael's Pythoness" on tear sheets, lacking in this copy. Moderate wear to boards, darkened, scuffing, bumped corners, toning, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Tape repair, p. 15. Gold cloth with black titling, decorations. Small 8vo. 212pp. Illus. (b/w charts). Decorative endpapers. Missing two perforated tearout leaves.
Published by W. Foulsham and Co., Limited, London, 1910
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Later Printing. Later Printing. Hardcover. Robert Cross Smith (1795-1832) was an English astrologer, writing under the pseudonym of "Raphael". He married in 1820 and moved to London, where he became interested in astrology. Together with G. W. Graham, he published a book on geomancy in 1822. Smi…th began to edit a periodical entitled The Straggling Astrologer in 1824, but failed to receive enough subscribers and the periodical had to be discontinued after a few issues. He collected the issues of the failed periodical in a volume entitled The Astrologer Of The Nineteenth Century in the same year. From 1827 until his death in 1832, he edited an astrological almanac, entitled The Prophetic Messenger. Also published by Smith was The Familiar Astrologer and A Manual of Astrology, both in 1828. Smith died on 26 February 1832 in London. His almanac continued to be edited as Raphael's Ephemeris and would become a standard work in British and US American astrology. Raphael's Ephemeris popularized the system of Placidian system of astrological houses in the English-speaking world and in modern western astrology in general. Published posthumously. Mild wear to extremities, bumped corners, toning, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Green cloth with black titling, decorations Small 8vo. 180pp. Illus. (b/w charts).
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Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Later Printing. Later Printing. Hardcover. Robert Cross Smith (1795-1832) was an English astrologer, writing under the pseudonym of "Raphael". He married in 1820 and moved to London, where he became interested in astrology. Together with G. W. Graham, he published a book on geomancy in 1822. Smith began to edit a peri…odical entitled The Straggling Astrologer in 1824, but failed to receive enough subscribers and the periodical had to be discontinued after a few issues. He collected the issues of the failed periodical in a volume entitled The Astrologer Of The Nineteenth Century in the same year. From 1827 until his death in 1832, he edited an astrological almanac, entitled The Prophetic Messenger. Also published by Smith was The Familiar Astrologer and A Manual of Astrology, both in 1828. Smith died on 26 February 1832 in London. His almanac continued to be edited as Raphael's Ephemeris and would become a standard work in British and US American astrology. Raphael's Ephemeris popularized the system of Placidian system of astrological houses in the English-speaking world and in modern western astrology in general. Published posthumously. Mild wear to boards, evidence of label on tp, bumped corners, toning, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Gray cloth with black titling, decorations. Small 8vo. 80pp. Illus. (b/w charts).
Published by W. Foulsham and Co., Limited, London, 1910
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Later Printing. Later Printing. Hardcover. Robert Cross Smith (1795-1832) was an English astrologer, writing under the pseudonym of "Raphael". He married in 1820 and moved to London, where he became interested in astrology. Together with G. W. Graham, he published a book on geomancy in 1822. Smi…th began to edit a periodical entitled The Straggling Astrologer in 1824, but failed to receive enough subscribers and the periodical had to be discontinued after a few issues. He collected the issues of the failed periodical in a volume entitled The Astrologer Of The Nineteenth Century in the same year. From 1827 until his death in 1832, he edited an astrological almanac, entitled The Prophetic Messenger. Also published by Smith was The Familiar Astrologer and A Manual of Astrology, both in 1828. Smith died on 26 February 1832 in London. His almanac continued to be edited as Raphael's Ephemeris and would become a standard work in British and US American astrology. Raphael's Ephemeris popularized the system of Placidian system of astrological houses in the English-speaking world and in modern western astrology in general. Published posthumously. Mild wear to extremities, toning, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Red cloth with black titling, decorations Small 8vo. 180pp. Illus. (b/w charts).
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A Description of more than three hundred animals. : Interspersed with entertaining anecdotes, and interesting quotations from ancient and modern authors. : To which is added an appendix, on allegorical and fabulous animals. / The whole illustrated by accurate figures, finely engraved on wood
Whittingham, Charles (1795-1876) [printer]. Williams, Samuel (1788-1853) [wood-engraver]. Harvey, William (1796-1866) [ill.]. Thompson, John (1785-1866) [wood-engraver]. Jackson [wood-engraver]. Smith, John Orrin (1799-1843) [wood-engraver]. Baldwin & Cradock [publisher]
Published by London : Printed for Baldwin and Cradock; by C. Whittingham, Chiswick, 1833
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Contact seller5-star sellerNew Edition. Good copy in original gilt-blocked cloth with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; xvi, 516 p. : ill. (wood-engravings) ; 20 cm. Notes; Taken in large part from Thomas Boreman's Description of three hundred animals. Includes index. Spine title: Descr…iption of three hundred animals. Enlarged edition. Audience; juvenile. Subjects; Animals. Animal Descriptions. Animal Woodcuts. 3 Kg.
A Description of more than three hundred animals. : Interspersed with entertaining anecdotes, and interesting quotations from ancient and modern authors. : To which is added an appendix, on allegorical and fabulous animals. / The whole illustrated by accurate figures, finely engraved on wood
Whittingham, Charles (1795-1876) [printer]. Williams, Samuel (1788-1853) [wood-engraver]. Harvey, William (1796-1866) [ill.]. Thompson, John (1785-1866) [wood-engraver]. Jackson [wood-engraver]. Smith, John Orrin (1799-1843) [wood-engraver]. Baldwin & Cradock [publisher]
Published by London : Printed for Baldwin and Cradock; by C. Whittingham, Chiswick, 1833
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New Edition. Good copy in original gilt-blocked cloth with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; xvi, 516 p. : ill. (wood-engravings) ; 20 cm. Notes; Taken in large part from Thomas Boreman's Description of three hundred animals. Includes index. Spine title: Descr…iption of three hundred animals. Enlarged edition. Audience; juvenile. Subjects; Animals. Animal Descriptions. Animal Woodcuts. 1 Kg.
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Published by W. Foulsham and Co., Limited, London, 1910
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Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. dj. Later Printing. Later Printing. Hardcover. Robert Cross Smith (1795-1832) was an English astrologer, writing under the pseudonym of "Raphael". He married in 1820 and moved to London, where he became interested in astrology. Together with G. W. Graham, he published a book on geomancy in 1822. Smith began to edit a…periodical entitled The Straggling Astrologer in 1824, but failed to receive enough subscribers and the periodical had to be discontinued after a few issues. He collected the issues of the failed periodical in a volume entitled The Astrologer Of The Nineteenth Century in the same year. From 1827 until his death in 1832, he edited an astrological almanac, entitled The Prophetic Messenger. Also published by Smith was The Familiar Astrologer and A Manual of Astrology, both in 1828. Smith died on 26 February 1832 in London. His almanac continued to be edited as Raphael's Ephemeris and would become a standard work in British and US American astrology. Raphael's Ephemeris popularized the system of Placidian system of astrological houses in the English-speaking world and in modern western astrology in general. Published posthumously. Scarce in dustjacket. Mild wear to boards, bumped corners, toning, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Gray cloth with black titling, decorations, with original orange dustjacket, sunned. Small 8vo. 80pp. Illus. (b/w charts). Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket.
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Published by William Charlton Wright, London, 1831
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12mo, engraved title leaf, two inserted folded plates with designs by Robert Cruikshank and the author, two inserted leaves with four pages of engraved sheet music, publisher's gray green cloth with printed paper label affixed to the spine panel. First edition, first printing. The ten colored designs are on the two folded plates… and in this copy, like those in most copies of the first printing, they are not colored. "From 1827 until his death in 1832, Smith edited an astrological almanac, entitled THE PROPHETIC MESSENGER . Smith died on 26 February 1832 in London. His almanac continued to be edited as RAPHAEL'S EPHEMERIS and would become a standard work in British and American astrology. RAPHAEL'S EPHEMERIS popularized the system of Placidian system of astrological houses in the English-speaking world and in modern western astrology in general. Spine lean, some wear to cloth at spine ends and corner tips, a very good copy. The first printing is uncommon. (#172183).
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Half Calf. Condition: Very Good+. Seventh Edition [First Edition thus]. Seventh Edition [First Edition thus]. Half Calf. Robert Cross Smith (1795-1832), a former carpenter, was an English astrologer, writing under the pseudonym of "Raphael." He also referred to himself as the Royal Merlin. He married in 1820 and moved to London,… where he became interested in astrology. Together with G. W. Graham, he published a book on geomancy in 1822. Smith began to edit a periodical The Straggling Astrologer in 1824, but failed to receive enough subscribers and the periodical had to be discontinued after a few issues. He collected the issues of the failed periodical in a volume entitled The Astrologer Of The Nineteenth Century in the same year. From 1827 until his death in 1832, he edited an astrological almanac, entitled The Prophetic Messenger. Also published by Smith was The Familiar Astrologer and A Manual of Astrology, both in 1828. Smith died on 26 February 1832 in London. His almanac continued to be edited as Raphael's Ephemeris and would become a standard work in British and US American astrology. Raphael's Ephemeris popularized the system of Placidian system of astrological houses in the English-speaking world and in modern western astrology in general. Published posthumously. The name Raphael, one of the names given to one of the three archangels in the Old Testament, was used as Smith's pseudonym. The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century covers, in quite dramatic prose, a multitude of occult topics in ten chapters, or "circles." Raphael contends that he believes firmly in astrology, fairly firmly in geomancy, and not much in magic rites, charms, or incantations. Includes many necromantic workings including a summoning spell for Oberon. (He only includes these last to satisfy "those who delight in the terrific, and the horribly sublime.") The book makes a range of arguments for the veracity of astorlogy, the most ingenious being that "the greatest rulers, and statesmen, and chiefs, of the present age" are part of a conspiracy. Formerly owned by Alfred Pearce, noted 19th century astrologer. Scarce. Boards rubbed and soiled, loose and shaken verso boards, chipping and cracking, printed paper label rubbed and worn, foxing throughout, unprofessional repairs, otherwise tight and sound, contents fine. Half marbled boards with printed paper label on spine (worn). Lacking all but one color plates. Former owner label. 8vo. xvi, 509pp. Illus. (b/w engravings, 1 color plate "Awful Appearance of a Spirit.").
Published by George G. Smith . Also by Ide and Dutton, Boston, 1855
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Contact seller5-star sellerEngraved folding pocket map, period hand-colouring in outline. Inset maps of South Boston and East Boston. Street index along the left margin. Folds into publisher's blindstamped cloth covers, title stamped in gilt on the upper cover, Ide & Dutton advertisement on the front pastedown. A noted mid-19th century map of Boston: amon…g the earliest to show the proposed filling of Back Bay. This decorative map of Boston shows the city divided into wards and fire districts, with the city's streets and wharves named. The map further identifies many of the public buildings, schools and churches located in the city. The most notable feature on this map, however, is its depiction of the proposed filling of Back Bay. "The tide mills had not been successful and, cut off by the Mill Dam and with the flow of water further impeded by the railroad embankments, the Back Bay, into which all the sewers from surrounding areas drained, had become a stinking cesspool. By the early 1850s it was determined that the only solution was to fill the bay, and in 1854 the state and the Boston Water Power Company, the two major owners of the Back Bay flats, made an agreement for filling them. This agreement included the street grid plan shown on the 1855 map. This street grid had been laid out without regard for the railroad tracks, and eventually only the streets east of Dartmouth, which is just west of the point where the tracks crossed, were constructed." (Mapping Boston, plate 39, page 205). The filling of Back Bay would begin in 1857 and take nearly twenty-five years to complete. This copy an unusual variant, with a large reservoir appearing just below the Mill Dam, with the explanation "Plan of improvement proposed by Hon. David Sears." This reservoir was removed in subsequent issues of the map, suggesting this to be an early state. Mapping of Boston, p. 205.
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