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(China) Taylor, Louise Marion CATALOG OF BOOKS ON CHINA IN THE ESSEX INSTITUTE.
Salem, MA The Essex Institute 1926 8vo. cloth, leather spine label. ix, 392 pages.
First edition (Besterman 1329). Describes 3500 books on all aspects of Chinese life. Based on the collection of Thomas Hunt, a merchant who gained his fortune in China during the 19th century. Light cover soiling. Top corners bumped.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 103799

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Kenny, Robert W. (editor) NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL 1842-1844 OF JOHN B. WILLIAMS OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
N.P. (Salem, MA) Peabody Museum of Salem 1956 large 8vo. cloth, glassine wrapper xii, 120 pages
Williams became the second person appointed consul to New Zealand from the United States, and his journals reveal a great deal about the early history, geology, botany, and wildlife of the newly-colonized land. The text includes the journal itself along with an extensive introductory section on the life of John B. Williams and eight plates related to the contents of the journal. The glassine wrapper is slightly chipped and frayed with a small closed tear at the top fore-edge.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 92382

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Phelps, Deirdre C. PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND BOOKSELLING IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1825-1900 [IN: Essex Institute Historical Collections, October, 1988, vol. 124 no.4, pp.227-264].
Salem(MA) Essex Institute Historical Collections 1988 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 227-264 pages.
A time of transition. In Salem after 1825, the number of booksellers who were not printers increased, and publishing began to be a separate operation, though both printers and booksellers still published. Appended is a directory of the Salem book trade (pp.267-295) based partly on materials at the Essex Institute and including other book-related trades (binding, distribution, book agents, etc.) in Salem during the period.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 54902

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(Salem Public Library) BULLETINS, SUPPLEMENTS AND FINDING-LISTS OF THE SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1889-1901.
Salem, MA Salem Public Library 1889-1901 8vo. later library quarter-cloth with paper-covered boards Varies, from 50-200 pages
Lot of 14 volumes from the Salem Public Library, includes Vols I (1891-1893), IV (1897-1899), V (1899-1901) of the Bulletins; Class Lists Nos. 1,3,4,5,7,8, variously dated from 1895-1901; Supplements to the Finding-List 2.3.4,5, 1891-1893; Opening Address of Hon. John M. Raymond at the opening of the Salem Public Library, June 26, 1889, with a brief historical sketch of the movement for the establishment of such a library in Salem, and a notice of the libraries now in the city. With a photograph of the library and assorted citizens posing by its entrance as frontispiece. All volumes worn at extremities, some boards detached, but all pages intact, a few issued in wrappers. Ex-library copies from the Mercantile Library Philadelphia. Library stamp on a number of pages.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 69147

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