Books in a box [3]

Some recent acquisitions (most, but not all, from the Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Sale at the Ann Arbor Book Fair).

• Thatcher, B. B. (Benjamin Bussey), 1809-1840, Indian biography; or, An historical account of those individuals who have been distinguished among the North American natives as orators, warriors, statesmen, and other remarkable characters. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1848. 2 v. front. (port.) 16 cm. LCCN: 10027787. Only Volume 1.
• Bernard, John, 1756-1828, Retrospections of the Stage. London, H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830. 2 v. front. (port.) 22 cm. LCCN: 26000240. Only Volume 2.
• McCormick, Charles, 1858-, Optical Truths. 2d ed. Chicago, McCormick Neurological College [c1906]. 193, [5] p. incl. front., illus. (partly col.) 21 cm. LCCN 06014057.
• Govion Broglio Solari, Catherine Hyde, Marquise de, 1755 or 6-1844, Private anecdotes of foreign courts, by the author of “Memoirs of the Princesse de Lamballe”; to which are subjoined, memoirs extracted from the portefeuille of Baron de M——–; with anecdotes of the French court by the prefect of the imperial palace. London, H. Colburn, 1827. 2 v. 22 cm. LCCN 04012985. Only Volume 1.
• The Inland educator; a journal for the progressive teacher. Terre Haute, Ind., The Inland educator company [etc.] 1895-1900. 2 v. illus., ports. 26 cm. LCCN ca 06000542. Volumes 3 & 4, August, 1896-July-1897.
• Lemon, Mark, editor, Punch, or The London Charivari. Volumes 2 & 3, 1842. Volumes 12 & 13, 1847. Volumes 14 & 15, 1848. Volumes 30 & 31, 1856. Volumes 32 & 33, 1857. Reissue editions (ca. 1861). Blanket clearance in place.
• Lowe, Samuel E., Stories of Today. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co. c1920. Illustrated.
• Waldron, William H. (William Henry), 1877-1947, Scouting and Patrolling. Washington, The United States Infantry Association, 1916. 2 p. l., [3]-122 p. illus. 13 cm. LCCN 16014656.
• The Life of Mohammed. Title page missing. Presumed to be published by The American Sunday School Union (Philadelphia) and the Religious Tract Society (London). Circa 1850.
• Milner, Thomas and Caleb Wright, The Gallery of Nature; or Wonders of the Earth and the Heavens, by Thomas Milner. Condensed and Revised by Caleb Wright. Only Volume 2. Boston: Published by Caleb Wright. c1855.
• The Cosmopolitan; A Monthly Illustrated Magazine. Volume 8, May-October, 1892.
• Mattson, H[ans], 1832-, Minnen, af öfverste H. Mattson. Lund, C. W. K. Gleerup [1890]. viii, 369 p. front. (port.) il?plus. 72 x 17 cm. LCCN 05008025. (in Swedish)
• Masson, Thomas Lansing, 1866-1934, compiler, The best stories in the world, Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & company, 1913. vi, 244 p. 18 cm. LCCN 13021929.
• Jenkins, Stephen, 1857-1913, The Old Boston Post Road, … with 200 illustrations and maps. New York, London, G. P. Putnam’s sons, 1913. xxiv p., 1 l., 453 p. front., plates, maps (part fold.) facsims. 23cm. LCCN 13025381.
• Dodge, Mary Mapes, editor, St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks. Volume 17, Part 2. May-October 1890. (Some are cleared, possibly this one.)
• The People’s Magazine, most of Volume 1, 1833. Includes one issue of The Family Magazine, with no cover or date, but with a full-page engraving of the State Capitol of Indiana.
• Allen, A. B., editor, The American Agriculturist: Designed to Improve the Planter, The Farmer, the Stock Breeder, and the Horticulturist. Part of Volume 7 and Volume 8. July 1848-November 1849.
• Byles, John Barnard, Sir, 1801-1884, Sophisms of free-trade and popular political economy examined. By a barrister. (Sir John Barnard Byles…). 1st American, from the 9th English ed. … Manchester, J. Heywood [etc.] Philadelphia, H.C. Baird, 1872. xii, 291, 31 p. ; 20 cm. LCCN: 01000155.
• Kautsky, Karl, 1854-1938, Ethics and the Materialist Conception of History. Tr. by John B. Askew. 4th edition, revised. Chicago, C. H. Kerr & company, 1907. (Published 1913). 206 p. 17 cm. LCCN: 08030287.
• Meynell, Esther, Samuel Pepys, Administrator, Observer, Gossip; by E. Hallam Moorhouse. London, Leonard Parsons [1922] vii, 331 p. front. 19 cm. LCCN: 53003057. Author name from LoC.
• Brown, Thurlow W. (Thurlow Weed), d. 1866, Minnie Hermon; or, The night and its morning. Auburn, Buffalo, Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1854. 472 p. front. (port.) plates. 20 cm. LCCN: 06017379. Our edition missing Title Page. At Wright American Fiction.
• Waring, George E. (George Edwin), 1833-1898, How to drain a house: practical information for householders. New York : Henry Holt and Co. ; 1885. 1 p.l., viii, [2], 222 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. LCCN: 07022071
• Atkinson’s casket. Philadelphia : [Sam. C. Atkinson, 1831-1839] 9 v. : ill. ; 24 cm. [Vol. 6], no. 1 (Jan. 1831)-[v. 14], no. 4 (Apr. 1839). LCCN: sf 84001075. January 1832 - June 1832, August 1832 - December 1832, December 1831, February 1833.
• Holden, Arthur Cort, 1890-, The settlement idea; a vision of social justice. New York, The Macmillan company, 1922. xxvii, 213 p. diagr. 20 cm. LCCN: 22000939.
• Clark, C. M., The Picturesque Ohio. A historical monograph. Cincinnati, Cranston & Curtis; New York, Hunt & Eaton [1892]. 14 p., 1 l., [21]-238 p. incl. front. (port.) illus., plates. 19 cm. LCCN: 08018614.
• General Index to the Library Journal. September 1875-December 1897. (Volumes 1-22). 1898.
• Scribner’s Magazine. Volume 2, July-December 1887. At Cornell MoA.
• Day, Sherman, 1806-1884, Historical collections of the State of Pennsylvania : containing a copious selection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to its history and antiquities, both general and local, with topographical descriptions of every county and all the larger towns in the state / by Sherman Day ; illus. by 165 engravings. Philadelphia : G. W. Gorton ; New Haven ; Durrie and Peck, [1843]. 708 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. LCCN: 01010384.
• Quaritch, Bernard, A General Catalogue of Books, offered to the Public at the Affixed Prices. The Supplement: 1875-77. 1670 pages. Possibly one leaf missing (the final).
• Pilkington, James, The artist’s guide and mechanic’s own book. New York, A. Blake, 1841. LCCN: 05035123.
• The Cosmopolitan; A Monthly Illustrated Magazine. Volume 21, May-October, 1896.
• The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1800: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most Equisite Essays and Jeux D’Esprits, Principally Prose, That Appear in the Newspapers and Other Publications. With Explanatory Notes. Vol. IV. To be Continued Annually.
• Sumner, William Graham, 1840-1910, Lectures on the History of Protection in the United States; [New York] Pub. for the International Free Trade Association by G. P. Putnam’s sons, 1877. 64 p. 23 cm.
• Saunders, Frederick, 1807-1902, Salad for the Social: by the author of “Salad for the solitary” New York, De Witt & Davenport; [etc., etc.] 1856. xiii, [15]-401 p. front (group of ports.) illus. LCCN: 30003404. Also in MoA.
• Morey, William C. (William Carey), 1843-1925, Outlines of Greek History: with a Survey of Ancient Oriental Nations. New York : American Book Company, c1903. 378 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm. LCCN: 04001681. (Has 2003 clearance).
• Griffin, Appleton Prentiss Clark, compiler, Select List of Books (with references to periodicals) relating to the Far East. Library of Congress, Washington, DC. GPO. 1904.
• Gregory, Julia, compiler, Catalogue of Early books on Music (before 1800). Library of Congress, Washington, DC. GPO. 1913.
• Griffin, A. P. C., compiler, A Union List of Periodicals, Transactions and Allied Publications currently received in the Principal Libraries of the District of Columbia. Library of Congress, Division of Bibliography. Washingtion, DC. GPO. 1901.
• Van Bergen, R. (Robert), The story of Russia. New York, Cincinnati [etc.] American book company [c1905]. 288 p. incl. front. illus., ports., maps (1 double) 19 cm. LCCN: 06001380.
• Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1860-1940, A brief history of printing in England, a short history of printing in England from Caxton to the present time, [Chicago] Pub. by the Committee on education, United typothetae of America, 1918. 80 p. 21 cm. LCCN: 19001893. Part 8 number 53 of the series for apprentices.
• Lewis, Charlton Thomas, 1834-1904, A history of Germany, from the earliest times. New York, Harper & brothers, 1874. viii p., 1 l., 799 p. incl. front. (port.) illus. 2 fold. maps. 21 cm. LCCN: 04028071.
• McWatters, George S., Knots untied; or, Ways and by-ways in the hidden life of American detectives. Hartford, J. B. Burr and Hyde, 1871. Published 1872. xx, 21-665 p. incl. plates. front. (port.) 22 cm. LCCN: 10022297.
• Watanna, Onoto, 1879-1954, A Japanese Nightingale, by Onoto Watanna [pseud.] illustrated by Genjiro Yeto. New York, London, Harper & Bros., 1901. 3 p. l., 225, [1] p. col. front., col. pl. 22 cm. LCCN: 01024109. (PG clearance 2001). Decorated pages. Every Page Is Decorated.
• Sallust, 86-34 B.C., Sallust, Florus, and Velleius Paterculus, literally tr., with copious notes and a general index. By the Rev. John Selby Watson. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1859.
• Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen), 1878-1934, Journeys to Bagdad. Illustrated with original wood-cuts by Allen Lewis. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 1915. 140 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. LCCN: 15026981
• Logan, Olive, 1839-1909, Chateau Frissac, or, Home scenes in France. New York: D. Appleton & Company, c1864, p1865.