Search Results: Titles starting with P from Barbsloft

London, 1707. 1st Edition . Leather Bound. Good. 8vo - 8"x5. Book Vols. I & II title: The Phenix; or a Revival or Scarce and Valuable Pieces From the Remotest Antiquity Down to the Present Times; First edition; Vol I contains 16 writings, 1. Resolution concerning ORIGEN and his chief opinions, 5. Reformation of the Church in Ireland during reign Henry VIII, Edward VI and Queen Mary, 7. Observations on late Queen Elizabeth, by Robert Naunton, Master of Court of Wards, 8. Observations on Dutch fishing in English waters abt. 1601 by John Keymor, 9. The form & order of coronation of Charles II, King of Scotland, England, France & Ireland, 11. The peoples ancient and just liberties asserted in the trial of WILLIAM PENN and WILLIAM MEAD 1670 (conduct of trial), 12. The peoples Liberties asserted in the trials of Thomas Rudyard, Francis Moore, Richard Mew, Richard Mayfield, Richard Knowlman, Gilbert Hutton, Job Boulton, Richard Thornton, Charles Banister, John Boulton, and William Bayly… Read More

London, 1836. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 16mo - 6.5"x4.25. Book First Edition; Printer Ibotson and Palmer; pp (2)viii, 370; Dale, in 1867 gave the critical introduction to the Poetical Works of William Cowper; Green and Olive hardboards w/gilt lettering, decoration and gilt pg. edges. Most edges and tips of covers and spine rubbed, but most gilt decoration is present, and gilt pg edging is virtually complete. Has an 1840 presentation inscription on #1 blank page. Bookseller sticker upper corner inside back cover; To see picture, click to next;

Philadelphia, 1863. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - 9"x5.75. Book Volume 5 1863 Fifth volume; 527 pgs. including 28 full page advertisements, has illustrations, portraits; original publisher's thin hardboard wrappers with cloth spine, scattered age spotting, rear board almost loose; To see picture, click to next;

Almost like new- see pictures. Original clear plastic dust jacket, plus box. Shows no signs of ever having been read. Clear plastic dust jacket has one Edge folded over - see picture.

Boston, 1840. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - 9.5"x6. Book First Edition; title: Prize Essays on a Congress of Nations, for the Adjustment of International Disputes, and for the Promotion of Universal Peace without Resort to Arms. Together With a Sixth Essay, Comprising the Substance of the Rejected Essays; Contains the first issue of Ladd's "Essay on a Congress of Nations", an important writing on preserving peace through a United Nations. Ladd's essay was distributed widely in the US and Europe and in 1916 was reprinted, influencing the League of Nations; Pub'l by Whipple & Damrell for The American Peace Society; printed by William S. Damrell; 1840, Boston; 8vo 9.5"x6"; pp 706; Inscription inside frt cov: "Presented to the Union P.(hilosophical) Society of Dickinson College by Prof. Wm. H. Allen" signed "Nov. 25, 1840 W L. Spottswood". Also on the inside frt cover it has a Presentation Bookplate of UNION PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY of… Read More

"Promoter of Morals, etc" - Thomas Stapleton, Doctor of Theology & a Professor. Published in Latin, his statement of the Reformation, pub'l while the 30 Years War was still in progress. (It has been estimated that Germany entered that war with a population of 18 million, and when it ended the population of Germany was 4 million.)
Binding and boards show little wear (see pictures). Fly page has torn section on upper right (see picture), and the following page has an upper right tear that does not touch the text. Pages show very little damage and very faint age toning. 640 pages complete, Index complete, Locorum Moralium complete, 1 pg statement by Maximilian II complete, last page, beginning with "Haller", missing.
Roughly, for every book published from 1500 to 1600, there were 1000 published by 1700. For each of those, there were 1,000 published by 1800. For each of those, there were 2,000 published by 1900. For each of those, there were 10,000 published by 2000. Incunabulum, those published from… Read More