1984, ISBN: 9780901282293

Printed And For Sale By The Author And By Parry And MMillan, Philadelphia, 1854; First Edition; 12mo (5 1/8" x 7 3/4"); 349 pages; embossed pebbled cloth; gilt titles; engrav… Mehr…

Printed And For Sale By The Author And By Parry And MMillan, Philadelphia, 1854; First Edition; 12mo (5 1/8" x 7 3/4"); 349 pages; embossed pebbled cloth; gilt titles; engraved frontispiece portrait plate of the author, with guard tissue. Autobiography of distinguished Irish-born American journalist and publisher John Binns (1772-1860), who after repeated jailings in Britain for his political activity sailed for the United States in July of 1801, arriving at Baltimore in September and soon joining Joseph Priestly and Thomas Cooper in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, where he published and edited the Argus Republican newspaper (1802-1804), which he was forced to abandon due to inter-party feuding. Upon resettling in Philadelphia, Binns began publication of the influential Democratic Press weekly, which continued until 1829 when party politics again resulted in the closing of his paper. He thence abandoned publishing and devoted himself entirely to his duties as alderman for the City of Philadelphia, an office to which he had been appointed by Governor Heister in 1822 and which he held until 1844. A rich and fascinating chronicle, with a wealth of first hand material on the political landscape in Britain during the French Revolution, the partisan fray in America over the War of 1812, detailed descriptions of the early countryside and towns of Northumberland and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania politics, the hostility between the Republican and Federalist parties of the early 19th century, a full account of the 1805 duel between Binns and Samuel Stewart, and considerably more. Binns was a powerful orator, of whom it was said that until almost 60 years of age he never wrote out a speech beforehand, but delivered it entirely from memory. His book, "Binns Justice," a manual of Pennsylvania law, enjoyed a long use and was still in print in 1954. Very Good. Binding tight, square, corners sharp, text clean and bright, cloth chipped at the spine extremities and sunned along the spine and board margins, circa 1912 custom engraved bookplate of historian Frank D. Andrews (1847-1937) on front paste down together with a 19th c. bookplate of one John Roper, whose name is impressed on the first blank flyleaf and three prelims. A fascinating and informative book., Printed And For Sale By The Author And By Parry And MMillan, 1854, 0, Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, Printed By Smith & Sale, 1895. Second edition, 1895, limited to 925 copies. Title first published by Chiswick Press in 1894. Off-white hardcover with upper and outer yapped edges, printing in brown, title page in black and vermilion. Covers age-darkened with chips around perimeters of the spine, some far inner margin sticking between the endpapers and adjacent pages, two attached leaves at center detached from binding but present, pages clean, no names or other markings.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall., Thomas B. Mosher, Printed By Smith & Sale, 1895, 2.5, Philadelphia: Published by Robert Johnson, C. & A. Conrad & Co. And Mathew Carey, Booksellers and Stationers, 1809.  300pp. First Edition. 12mo. Contemporary full sheep; spine with red leather title label and gilt rules, additionally stamped "2" and "Prose;" coarse gray double endpapers. Binding with minor scuffing and rubbing; two small losses to endpapers; heavily foxed; pp.249/250 with very small paper loss to margin, just touching a letter or two; good. In 1809, The American Prose Miscellany, was published by Johnson, Conrad, and Carey in Philadelphia. In the same year, under the same imprint, The American Poetical Miscellany appeared.¹ The American Prose Miscellany is a reader or an anthology of biographical, travel, literary, and political writings by British, French, and American authors. Foreign writers include Dr. Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith, Denis Diderot, and Voltaire. American (or Irish-American) writers represented here are "Dr. [Benjamin] Franklin," "M[athew]. Carey," and "W[illia]m Sampson." Franklin's writings comprise "A Parable against Persecution, or Toleration and Philanthropy Inculcated;"  "The Whistle-A True Story;" and "The Way to Wealth." While the present title page does not refer to a companion volume, the bookbinding does. The spine is labeled "American Miscellany," and it is additionally gilt-stamped " [Volume] 2" and, at the tail, "Prose," to distinguish it on the bookshelf. (NB. Another example of these two volumes, bound together, is included in the Michael Papantonio collection of early American bookbindings held at AAS.) Well-represented in institutions, but scarce to commerce, in an attractive and early, if not period, binding. Shaw and Shoemaker 16846. NB. Although no editor is indicated for The American Prose Miscellany, a separate 1809 entry in Shaw & Shoemaker (17407) identifies a separate two-volume set, The American poetical and prose miscellany; original and selected, under the (publisher?) heading "William Duane." Ten "Original Letters" contained in the present The American Prose Miscellany are simply attributed to an unnamed "Editor." Is Duane the editor here as well as a contributor? William Duane was born in Lake Champlain, New York and educated in Ireland. In the 1790s he settled in Philadelphia and worked with Benjamin Franklin Bache (Dr. Franklin's grandson) on the newspaper Aurora. After Bache's death, Duane married his widow and continued the newspaper which supported Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republican party. Duane published several books and his manuscripts at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania contain notes and commentaries on politics, economics, religion, and philosophy. His possible essays in The American Prose Miscellany are on more domestic subjects and include letters on "Popularity," "Family Attachments," "Disputation," "Card Playing," and "Novel Reading."gives a separate entry for this title., 0, Dublin Ireland: School of Celtic Studies Dublin Institute for Advance Studies, 1984. reprint. hardcover. very good/no jacket. 5 1/2 x 8 7/8" 568 pages. With margin- references to O'Rahilly's additional notes. rubbing in two areas on front cover., School of Celtic Studies Dublin Institute for Advance Studies, 1984, 3<

1964, ISBN: 9780901282293

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Hardcover, 578 Seiten, Publiziert: 1964-12-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Verkaufsrang: 4236965, Ancient History & Civilisation, History, Subjec… Mehr…

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Hardcover, 578 Seiten, Publiziert: 1964-12-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Verkaufsrang: 4236965, Ancient History & Civilisation, History, Subjects, Books, Great Britain, Europe, Ireland, Folklore, Mythology, Mind, Body & Spirit, Customs & Folklore, Anthropology, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Books Global Store, 579c3025-5e5c-446b-80c9-b24e6fd5c94f_3601, 579c3025-5e5c-446b-80c9-b24e6fd5c94f_0, Special Features Stores, Arborist Merchandising Root, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1964<

1984, ISBN: 0901282294

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