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[004391] . Report Upon the Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries for the Year 1879, Volume II. ill. Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". Brown Cloth. Foreign Relations. Good+ Table of Contents: Europe: Sweden and Norway, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain and Ireland, France, Switzerland, Spain, Gibraltar, Portugal, Italy, Malta, Austria-Hungary, Greece, Romania, Russia; and Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands, Society Islands. 875 pp. including Index. Numerous tables for each country showing Imports and Exports. Brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Spine reads: Supplement to Commercial Relations 1879. Small tear at spine top edge. Spine ends bumped/rubbed. Otherwise covers are Very Good. Ex.-mus. stamp and numbers on front free endpaper, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. $50.00

[003939] Congress. MEMORIAL OF G. FURMAN AND OTHER PUBLIC WRITERS, Praying the Passage of an International Law of Copy-right.. Washington: 1837. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Disbound. U.S. Government Document. Very Good to Very Good- 24th Congress, 2d Session. February 20, 1837. A petition of "public writers and friends of literature...have long viewed with regret the existing law of copy-right in the United States, as inconsistent with the spirit of the age, the diffusion of sound knowledge, the interest of American writers, and the rights generally of literary property....Your petitioners therefore pray that your honorable body will pass an act providing for an international law of copy-right with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in any other way, which to your honorable body may seem meet, securing in the United States to the subjects of said kingdom the rights of property in their literary productions." 3 pp. One and a half pages of names, in two columns. Some addresses included with names. Names include: Gold S. Silliman , John Le Conte, Sam. Swartwout, Elijah Cotton, Josiah Q. Stearns and many more. 3 pp. Foxing on first page. No interference with text, otherwise Very Good +. Disbound but intact. $75.00

[003928] Geikie, Archibald. GEOLOGICAL SKETCHES AT HOME AND ABROAD. New York: J. Fitzgerald & Co, 1882. Size: Approx. 6" x 9 3/4". Paper Wraps. Geology. Good- In Two Parts, Each Complete in itself. PART ONE. Humboldt Library. No. 38. Author was Director-General of the Geological Surveys for Great Britain and Ireland. 48 pp. Covers are Good-. Back cover detached. Tears and missing pieces around edges. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $18.50

[004972] Irving, Washington, Edited By. THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS . Philadelphia: J. Crissy and De Silver, Thomas, and Co., 1835. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Leather. Literature. Good Stereotyped From The Paris Edition. Complete in one volume. Contents include: Memoirs of the life and writings of Dr. Goldsmith; The Vicar of Wakefield; Miscellaneous Poems; Dramatic; Prefaces and Criticism; Letters from a Citizen of the World to His Friends in the East; and The Bee. 527 pp. Full leather bound with black leather title panel and gilt title on spine. Boards are worn and scuffed. Title label cracking. Corners bumped. Overall covers are Good. Marbled endpapers. Frontis. portrait engraving of Goldsmith by J.B. Longacre with tissue guard. Light to heavy foxing throughout text. Pages 15-16 loose but intact. Another page with 4" slit and repaired tape at top edge. Hinge broken in places. Interior is Good to Good-. Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) was an Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770) (written in memory of his brother), and his plays The Good-natur'd Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771, first performed in 1773). All these works are in the book. $35.00

[000923] Lewis, Henry Carvill. THE GENESIS OF THE DIAMOND. COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN GLACIATION.. London: Trubner & Co., 1887. Size: Approx. 6" x 9 1/4". Wraps. Geology. Very Good Includes two papers. ON A DIAMANTIFEROUS PERIDOTITE, AND THE GENESIS OF THE DIAMOND. Extracted from the Geological Magazine, Decade III. Vol. IV. No. 1, p.22, January, 1887. Abstract of a Paper read at the Birmingham Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, September 1886. pp. 22-24. Also COMPARATIVE STUDIES UPON THE GLACIATION OF NORTH AMERICA, GREAT BRITAIN, AND IRELAND. Extracted from the Geological Magazine, Decade III. Vol. IV. No. 1, p.28, January, 1887. Abstract of a paper read at the Birmingham Meeting of the British Association, September, 1886. pp. 28-32. Laid in two newspaper clippings: one written"To the Editor of the Standard", in pencil on the margin written "Standard June 14th 99 -". the other clipping is about "the dispute among geologists as to the origin of the diamond..." One small tear on front side edge otherwise Very Good . String-tied. (Have 8 more pamphlets by Lewis, all different titles) $15.00

[003440] Reid, Herbert J. A.. Through Europe in a Motor Car. ill. Maps, Tables, Drawings. London: The International AutoTravel Company, Size: Approx. 4 3/4" x 7 1/4". Limp Leather. Early Travel. Very Good No date. Circa 1914 as previous owner's name on front free endpaper with "1914" and dates in text of 1913. Author was Managing Director of the International Autotravel Company. "To the 1,257 clients who have during the past five years motored in the British Isles and on the Continent of Europe in cars hired from the International Autotravel Company we dedicate...the sixth edition of this modest handbook." 158 pp. Filled with full page illustrated advertisements for hotels and Letters of "endorsements" from customers; Motoring-Routes for The British Isles and The Continent of Europe, including a Circular Tour of Ireland and The British Isles, and The Golfer's Motor Tour. Only markings on Golf Motor Tour: with red check marks next to Golf Courses and occasional red underlining. Otherwise interior is clean. Double page - Map of Great Britain. Black limp leather with gilt lettering on front. Mildly rubbed spine ends and side edge otherwise exterior is VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. A handsome little book. $130.00

[002259] Strong, L.A.G.. DUBLIN DAYS. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1921. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 6 1/4". Paper Wraps. Ireland. Very Good String-tied. Green wraps. Slight crease at side edge otherwise VG+. 31 pp. Interior is tight, clean and VG+ condition. $45.00

[004730] The Christian Brothers. First Irish Grammar . ill. Tables. Dublin: M.H. Gill.and Son, Ulster Edition. Size: Approx. 4 3/4" x 7 1/4". Stiff Covers. Ireland. Good+ to Very Good- no date. 88 pp. Contents: Part I with Parts of Speech-Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, etc. Part II: Syntax. Orange covers with illustrated front cover. Mildly soiled. Stapled-rusty. Covers are Good+ to Very Good-. Page edges mildly soiled. Interior is clean, tight and VG+. $12.00

[004729] THE INLAND FISHERIES TRUST (compiled by). Ireland Sea Angling Guide . ill. Map. Irish Tourist Board: 1961. Size: Approx. 4 1/2"x7". Stiff Covers. Ireland. Very Good Contents include: Sea Angling Around the Irish Coast; Geographical; The Fish; Tackle; Natural Baits; Boats; Tides; and Map of Ireland Showing Sea Angling Centres. 128 pp. Illustrated front cover. Several small creases. Overall covers are Very Good. Two light "spots" on title page, foxing? Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. $15.00

[004014] United States Consular Reports. LABOR IN EUROPE, Volume I and Volume II. ill. Tables, Plates. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Red Cloth. Europe. Good Reports from the Consuls of the United States in the several countries of Europe on the Rates of Wages, Cost of Living to the Laboring Classes, past and present wages, &c, in their several districts, in response to a circular from the Department of State requesting information on these subjects: Together with A letter from the Secretary of State transmitting the same to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Volume One's Contents: Letter from the Secretary of State with reports from Germany, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Malta, Gibraltar,Turkey, and Russia. Two detailed reports of Germany, pp. 192-586 including 2 plates showing German house floor plans. and England, pp. 587-882. Total of 882 pp. VOLUME 2: Reports from all the same countries except Germany and England. pp.883-1757 including Index. Red cloth covers mildly soiled. Vol.I's front cover with a few stains. Spines faded with small tears at ends. ex.mus. paper label at spine bases. Page edges mildly soiled/stained. Exterior is Good. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front endpapers. Some pages brown-toned. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good + $100.00