Search Results: Titles starting with S from George S. MacManus Company

SIMPSON, John A. S.A. Cunningham & the Confederate Heritage. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, [1994]. 1st ed. xii,246pp. Portrait frontis. Illus. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Near fine. Life of Sumner Archibald Cunningham, a central figure in the Lost Cause movement.

1953. CRAWFORD, William H., Jr. S Rozhdestvom Khristovym. Original pictorial wrappers. New York: Oxford University Press, 1953. First edition. One of 350 copies. Small bookplate, else fine.

1914. (MITCHELL, S. WEIR). S. Weir Mitchell, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., 1829-1914. Memorial Addresses and Resolutions. Original cloth, top edge silver. Phila.: [n.p.], 1914. First edition. BAL Vol. 6, p.297. Original mounted silver print photograph as frontispiece. A collection of tributes from his colleagues. Spine very lightly sunned, else fine.

(MITCHELL, S. WEIR). S. Weir Mitchell M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. 1829-1914: Memorial Addresses and Resolutions. Philadelphia: N.p., 1914. First edition. In BAL. Very good.

(MITCHELL, S. Weir). BURR, Charles W. The S. Weir Mitchell Oration. S. Weir Mitchell Physician. Man of Science. Man of Letters. Man of Affairs. Delivered before the College of Physicians of Philadelphia November 19, 1919. Orig. cloth. (Phila): College of Physicians, 1920. First edition. A very good copy.

SERMON ON THE MOUNT. With an Introduction, Parallel Texts and Commentaries by Rowan A. Greer. 4to. Orig. half leather and marbled boards in publisher's box. Oxford: The Limited Editions Club, 1977. Limited to 1,600 copies. A very fine copy.

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENT of the Provinces of Virginia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, by the English. London, 1735. N.p.: Reprinted by the American Geographical Society, 1922. Small 4to. Folding map. Near fine copy in cloth boards. Limited to 790 copies.

(SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH). VETTER, Charles Edmund. Sherman, Merchant of Terror, Advocate of Peace. Gretna, LA, 1992. 347pp. Illus. Fine in d/j.

1909. THE SOUTH IN THE BUILDING OF THE NATION: A History of the Southern States Designed to Record the South's Part in the Making of the American Nation; to Portray the Character and Genius, to Chronicle the Achievements and Progress and to illustrate the Life and Traditions of the Southern People. Richmond: The Southern Historical publication Society, [1909]. 1st ed. 12 Vols. Frontises., plates, map. Orig. 3/4 black morocco, elaborate gilt spine, marbled endpapers, T.e.g. Near fine. "A cooperative work on the economic, political and cultural life of the south"-Nevins II, p.27.

1876. SOUTHERN HISTORICAL MONTHLY. Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan. 1876). 128pp. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Minor chipping to wrappers, else very good or better. Includes "Causes which Produced the War between the State" by John Paris, "Correspondence between Commissioners of Confederate States and W.H. Seward, Secretary of State' Official Reports on Gettysburg, among others.

1845. SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MAGAZINE AND REVIEW. 5 issues. Vol. 2, Nos. 2-6 (Aug.-Dec. 1845). Original 3/4 tree calf and marbled boards, gilt-ruled spine, red morocco spine label. The Southern and Western Monthly Magazine and Review was popularly known as "Simms's Magazine" for its editor William Gilmore Simms, who took it on after withdrawing from The Magnolia. Though he championed a national literature, Simms was most interested in promoting Southern literature. "In Simms's view the Southern and western's nationalism and its sectionalism were in no way incompatible. Insisting that a truly national literature could be made up only `of the literature of distinct sections,' he dismissed charges of narrowness leveled at Southern magazines. For him the fault lay rather with those Northern periodicals that denounced sectionalism while promoting their own writers and ignoring those of the South"-- Chielens, ed. American Literary Magazines, pp.370-5. Publication ceased with the December 1845 issue when it… Read More

1836. THE SOUTHERN LITERARY JOURNAL AND MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Original pictorial wrappers. 2 issues. Vols. 1, No. 6 (1 Feb. 1836) and Vol. 2, No. 6 (1 Aug. 1836). "The Southern Literary Journal is the least known and least praised among Southern antebellum literary magazines... The Southern Literary Journal...was quite willing to be part of a `debating ground' for stating the South's positions. It lasted only slightly more than three years, from September 1835 to December 1838"-Chielens, ed. American Literary Magazines, pp. 385-90. These issues include essays on medical jurisprudence, Italian poets of the eighteenth century, and a review of Harriet Martineau's Miscellanies, among many other items. Spines repaired, rear wrappers lacking, light scattered foxing, else very good.

(SAUR). A SOWER (SAUR) BIBLIOGRAPHY. Phila., George S. MacManus Co., n.d. Facsimile. 4pp. Fine in orig. wrappers.

1845. (MASSACHUSETTS). (BOSTON). STIMPSON'S Boston Directory; Containing Names of the Inhabitants, their Occupations, Places of Business, and Dwelling Houses, and the City Register, With Lists of the Streets, Lanes and Wharves.... Boston: Charles Stimpson, Jr., 1845. 550,[1]pp. plus [2],14,[2]pp. (including pastedowns) of advertisements on yellow, green, pink, and blue stock 12mo. Cloth-backed original printed boards. Rear hinge cracked. Boards rubbed and worn. Ink inscription, dated 1845, and bookplate of collector John J. Ford, Jr., on blank verso of first leaf. Overall very good. SPEAR, p.53. Charles Stimpson's Boston directory and city register for 1845, complete with illustrated advertisements. In addition to the lists of residents and streets, the volume provides information on local organizations, city offices, and physicians, surgeons, and nurses. "People of Color" are listed in a separate, eight-page section. On the copyright page, Stimpson notes that 19,085 alterations were made for the… Read More

1845. (MASSACHUSETTS). (BOSTON). STIMPSON'S Boston Directory; Containing the Names of the Inhabitants, their Occupations, Places of Business, and Dwelling Houses, and the City Register, with lists of the Streets, Lanes and Wharves.... Boston: Charles Stimpson, 1845. 12mo. 550pp. A very good copy rebound in later cloth.

1844. (MASSACHUSETTS). (BOSTON). STIMPSON'S Boston Directory; Containing Names of the Inhabitants, their Occupations, Places of Business, and Dwelling Houses, and the City Register, With Lists of the Streets, Lanes and Wharves.... Boston: Charles Stimpson, Jr., 1844. 580pp. plus [2],13,[1]pp. (including pastedowns) of advertisements on yellow, brown, and pink stock. 12mo. Cloth-backed original printed boards, recased. Boards heavily rubbed and worn. Ex-lib., with institutional inkstamp on titlepage. Small ink cost code, dated 12/15/62, and small crayon inscription ("Sale") on first page. Bookplate of collector John J. Ford, Jr., on blank verso of first leaf. Inkstamp and red paint on second leaf. Good. SPEAR, p.53.Charles Stimpson's Boston directory and city register for 1844, complete with illustrated advertisements. In addition to the lists of residents and streets, the volume provides information on local organizations, city offices, and physicians, surgeons, and nurses. "People of Color" are… Read More

1845. (MASSACHUSETTS). (BOSTON). STIMPSON'S Boston Directory; Containing Names of the Inhabitants, their Occupations, Places of Business, and Dwelling Houses, and the City Register, With Lists of the Streets, Lanes and Wharves.... Boston: Charles Stimpson, Jr., 1845. 550,[1]pp. plus [2],14,[2]pp. (including pastedowns) of advertisements on yellow, green, pink, and blue stock 12mo. Cloth-backed original printed boards. Small ink cost code, dated 12/15/62, and bookplate of collector John J. Ford, Jr., on blank verso of first leaf. Newspaper clipping on "Thomas Amory's Old House" laid in (1884?). Ex-lib., with institutional inkstamp on titlepage. Boards bumped and chipped at extremities, else very good. SPEAR, p.53. Charles Stimpson's Boston directory and city register for 1845, complete with illustrated advertisements. In addition to the lists of residents and streets, the volume provides information on local organizations, city offices, and physicians, surgeons, and nurses. "People of Color" are… Read More

1835. (MASSACHUSETTS). (BOSTON). STIMPSON'S Boston Directory; Containing Names of the Inhabitants, their Occupations, Places of Business, and Dwelling Houses, and the City Register, With Lists of the Streets, Lanes and Wharves.... Boston: Charles Stimpson, Jr., 1835. [26],395,[1]pp. plus folding map. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers chipped, with loss to rear wrapper affecting one illustration. Closed tear in map (approximately 3 inches). Overall very good. SPEAR, p.51. Charles Stimpson's Boston directory and city register for 1835, complete with map and advertising section. In addition to the lists of residents and streets, the volume provides information on local organizations, city offices, physicians and surgeons, stagecoaches, and "baggage waggons." "People of Color" are listed in a separate, six-page section.

1843. (MASSACHUSETTS). (BOSTON). STIMPSON'S Boston Directory; Containing Names of the Inhabitants, their Occupations, Places of Business, and Dwelling Houses, and the City Register, With Lists of the Streets, Lanes and Wharves.... Boston: Charles Stimpson, Jr., 1843. 542,[1]pp. plus [2],12,[2]pp. (including pastedowns) of advertisements on pink and yellow stock. 12mo. Cloth-backed original printed boards. Boards rubbed and lightly stained. Early ink inscriptions on front board, blank verso of first leaf, and top and bottom edges of text-block. Very good. SPEAR, p.53. Charles Stimpson's Boston directory and city register for 1843, complete with illustrated advertisements. In addition to the lists of residents and streets, the volume provides information on local organizations, city offices, and physicians, surgeons, and nurses. "People of Color" are listed in a separate, eight-page section. On the copyright page, Stimpson notes that 12,006 alterations were made for the 1843 edition, and a total number… Read More

1846. (MASSACHUSETTS). (BOSTON). STIMPSON'S Boston Directory; Containing Names of the Inhabitants, their Occupations, Places of Business, and Dwelling Houses, and the City Register, With Lists of the Streets, Lanes and Wharves.... Boston: Charles Stimpson, Jr., 1846. 599pp. plus [2],1-4,9-12,[2]pp. (including pastedowns) of advertisements on yellow and green stock 12mo. Cloth-backed original printed boards. Rear hinge weak. Early ink inscriptions on both boards, blank verso of first leaf, and top and bottom edges of textblock. Bookplate of collector John J. Ford, Jr., on blank verso of first leaf. Very good. One advertising signature lacking. SPEAR, p.53. Charles Stimpson's Boston directory and city register for 1846, with several illustrated advertisements. In addition to the lists of residents and streets, the volume provides information on local organizations, city offices, and physicians, surgeons, and nurses. "People of Color" are listed in a separate, seven-page section. On the copyright page,… Read More