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London: Printed by J. Davis, for B. & J. White.., 1797. The Beginning of Sociology EDEN, Sir Frederic[k] Morton. The State of the Poor: or, An History of the Labouring Classes in England, from the Conquest to the Present Period; In which are particularly considered, their domestic economy, with respect to diet, dress, fuel, and habitation; And the various plans which, from time to time, have been proposed, and adopted, for the relief of the poor: together with parochial reports Relative to the Administration of Work-houses, and Houses of Industry; the State of Friendly Societies; and other Public Institutions; in several Agricultural, Commercial, and Manufacturing, Districts. With a large appendix; containing a comparative and chronological table of the prices of labour, of provisions, and of other commodities; an account of the poor in Scotland; and many original documents on subjects of national importance. London: Printed by 1J. Davis, for B. & J. White..., 1797. First edition of "one of the… Read More

London: J. David, for B.& J. White (and others), 1797. The Beginning of Sociology EDEN, Frederic Morton, Sir. The State of the Poor. Or, an History of the Labouring Classes of England, from the Conquest to the presend period; In which are particularly considered, their domestic economy, with respect to Diet, Dress, Fuel, and Hibitation; And the various Plans which, from time to time, have been proposed ,and adopted, for the Relief of the Poor: together with Parochial Reports Relative to the Administration of Work-houses, and Houses of Industry; the State of Friendly Societies; and other Public Institutions; in several Agricultural, Commercial, and Manufacturing, Districts. With a Large Appendix; containing a comparative and chronological table of the prices of labour, of provisions, and of other commodities; an account of the poor of Scotland; and many original documents on subjects of national importance...In Three Volumes. London: J. David, for B.& J. White; G.G. & J. Robinson; T. Payne; R.… Read More

Berlin, 1924. Berlin: 1924. Full Description: EINSTEIN, Albert. Autograph Letter Signed. [Berlin]: 9. IX [September] 1924. Autograph letter signed ("A. Einstein"), to Mr. Zeisler. One quarto page (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 217 mm). Manuscript letter on recto, verso blank. With one horizontal center crease and one vertical center crease as expected in a letter. A few other light creases. Some minor chipping along edges. A closed split along horizontal crease, not affecting manuscript. Overall very good. This letter with text in German is addressed to "Herr Dr. Zeisler" (Sigmund Zeisler), an German-Jewish U.S. attorney, born in Austria. He was known for his defense of radicals in Chicago in the 1880s, also known as the Haymarket Affair. His wife was the famous concert pianist Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler. Some unproven sources have said that Zeisler was Einstein's lawyer, but regardless it is known that he and Einstein were good friends and had much correspondence over the years. According to "The… Read More

Leiden, 1921. Leiden: 1921. Full Description: EINSTEIN, Albert. Autograph Letter Signed. Leiden: 13. XI [November] 1921. Autograph letter signed ("A. Einstein"), to Mr. Zeisler. One octavo page (8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 215 x 134 mm). Manuscript letter on recto, verso blank. With one horizontal center crease as expected in a letter. A few tiny closed tears, with no loss. A few small stains, not affecting text. Overall very good. This letter with text in German is addressed to "Herr Zeisler" (Sigmund Zeisler), an German-Jewish U.S. attorney, born in Austria. He was known for his defense of radicals in Chicago in the 1880s also know as the Haymarket Affair. His wife was the famous concert pianist Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler. Some unproven sources have said that Zeisler was Einstein's lawyer, but regardless it is know that he and Einstein were good friends and had much correspondence over the years. According to "The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein" published by Princeton University and a letter from… Read More

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908. CROSS, J.W.. . The Writings of George Eliot. Warwickshire Edition. Together with the Life by J. W. Cross. In Twenty-Five Volumes. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1907- 1908]. Twenty-five octavo volumes. (Measures 8 x 5 in.). Original half maroon morocco over maroon marbled boards, elaborately decorated in gilt on spines with five raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with frontispieces and engraved plates throughout, each with a descriptive tissue guard. A few corners with wear. Overall, a very good set with a contribution by her husband. Parrish,. Sadleir. Wolff. HBS 67624. $3,000.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. Full Description: ELIOT, George. Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First edition. Octavo (7 7/8 x 5 inches; 200 x 125 mm). [4, unnumbered ads for "The Autobiography of Dr. Alexander Carlyle"], [6], 364, [16 publisher's ads] pp. With half-title. The 4 paged advertisement of Dr Alexander Carlyle's autobiography is bound between the front endpapers. This copy is almost completely unopened. Publisher's cinnamon cloth, bound by Edmonds & Remnants, with binder's ticket to rear pastedown. Boards paneled and bordered in blind. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Light yellow endpapers. The very slightest of spine extremity wear. Some minor bumps to top and bottom of board edges. A near invisible split at top of outer joint. Still an about fine copy, housed in a quarter morocco clamshell. "Silas Marner, always a favourite with readers, was until recently considered too obvious and too… Read More

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1866. First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 194 x 122 mm). [iv], [1]-303, [1, blank]; [2], [1]-290; [iv], [1]- 283, [1, blank], [4, publisher's advertisements] pp. Half-title present in volume I and III. Original reddish brown sand-grain cloth with blind-stamped borders on covers and spines stamped and lettered in gilt (Carter's "B" binding). Mostly unopened. Pale yellow-coated endpapers. Light toning to half-title of volume I. An exceptionally bright, clean set. Housed in a cloth chemise and quarter green morocco slipcase. "Set in 1832 in Loamshire, [the book] vividly evokes the political ferment and corrupt electioneering tactics of the times." (Oxford Companion to English Literature) Carter, Binding Variants, pp. 111-112. Sadleir 814. Woolf 2058. Parrish. HBS 64972. $3,500.

New York: M. & N. Hanhart, 1878. SMIT, J.. New York]: printed by Taylor & Francis, published by the author for the subscribers, [1878-] 1883. Large folio. (23 1/2 x 19 inches; 600 x 475 mm). xvi, [2, plate list]. With all forty-three fine hand-coloured lithographic plates drawn on stone by Joseph Smit from drawings by Joseph Wolf, printed M. & N. Hanhart. Each plate accompanied by at least one leaf of explanatory letterpress text. The original blue printed upper wrappers of parts 1-11 bound in at the back. Beautifully bound by Zaehnsdorf in half green morocco over green cloth. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. MArbled endpapers. Some minor rubbing to board edges. A few instances of foxing to preliminary pages, but plates are extremely clean. Fore-edge with some foxing. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. An excellent copy of the finest work on the cat family with magnificent hand-coloured plates after Joseph Wolf. Originally issued in eleven parts, the monograph… Read More

Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1903. The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. With a biographical introduction and notes by Edward Waldo Emerson and a general index. Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1903-1904. Autograph Centenary Edition. Limited to 600 numbered copies, signed by the publisher, this being number 20. With an Autograph Manuscript leaf bound into Volume I. Twelve octavo volumes (8 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches; 220 x 150 mm). Photogravure frontispieces and plates on India paper mounted. Title vignettes on India paper mounted. Contemporary three-quarter green morocco over marbled boards. Spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Boards ruled in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Marbled endpapers. Spines slightly faded, otherwise a fine and desirable set. The manuscript is one full sheet of blue paper, folded with manuscript on both sides. Much of the writing has been crossed through with the same hand. The start of the manuscript reads "It was said… Read More

Philadelphia: Printed by the Author, 1836. Philadelphia: Printed by the Author], 1836. First edition. Twelevemo (5 7/8 x 3 5/8 inches; 150 x 93 mm). [1]-90 pp. With nine engraved plates of diagrams for experiments. There was one copy sold at auction in 2015, which had been rebound, and the last one which sold at auction in the original cloth was sold in 1982. Comprised of explanations for performing 36 "experiments" or magic tricks such as "To make a person disappear in a sack, and "To kindle a blaze under water. This book is also the first to contain the explanation for the trick of pulling a live rabbit from a hat. Original full drab green cloth. Some discoloration and rubbing to cloth. A few tiny splits and chips along spine. Some small marginal pencil markings throughout. Pages with some toning and staining, as is common for American books of this period. Overall a very good copy. Housed in a full green morocco clamshell. HBS 68173. $10,000.

Geneva: Henri Estienne, 1570. ESTIENNE, Henri. Conciones Sive Orationes ex Graecis Latinisque Historicis Excerptae. Geneva: Henri Estienne, 1570. Two parts in one folio volume. Greek and Roman types, Greek texts in double columns. Estienne's device on title page, leaf Cc2v reading "278" for 288, final blank present; one small wormhole extending through first eight leaves. Contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, early manuscript title and shelf mark on spine. Housed in a modern green cloth chemise and slipcase. A digest of speeches from the works of Greek and Latin historians and intended as an oratorical manual. Estienne supplied most of the Latin translations of the Greek texts, which were selected from Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius, Arrian and Herodian. The Roman historians include Sallust, Livy, Tacitus, Quintus Curtius, and Ammianus Marcellinus. Adams C2486. Renouard 133, n. 3. Moeckli 74. Schreiber/Estiennes 176. HBS 67007. $2,000.

Lausanne & Geneva: Apud Marcum-Michaelem Bousquet & Socios, 1744. Full Description: EULER, Leonhard. Methodus inveniendi lineas curvas maximi minimive proprietate gaudentes, sive Solutio problematis isoperimetrici latissimo sensu accepti. Lausanne: Apud Marcum-Michaelem Bousquet & Socios., 1744. First edition of Euler's most valuable contribution to mathematics, in which he developed the concept of the calculus of variations. Quarto (9 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches; 245 x 192 mm). [4], 322, [1, instructions to the binder], [1, blank] pp. Bound with the initial and final blank leaves. Title printed in red and black. Engraved title vignette by Daudet after Delamonce and five folding engraved plates. Decorative woodcut head-piece and historiated woodcut initial. Full contemporary acid treated calf. Boards ruled in blind. Spine stamped in gilt. Red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. Hinges and headcaps repaired. Marbled endpapers. All edges dyed red. Some minor foxing and a few signatures with light toning.… Read More