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Add this copy of Opinions on Various Subjects, Dedicated to the to cart. $2,730.00, good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1838 by Printed at The School Press.
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Good+, minor and major foxing depending on the page. 3/4 black leather with marbled boards and 4-raised bands with gilt title (Volume 1), 3/4 tan leather with gilt tooled lines and "Maclures Opinions" title on each volume (Volumes 2 and 3). All three volumes have the name "S. Merry" gilt stamped at the base of the spine. Volume 1: ffep, title-page, NOTICE sheet with errata, pp. 1-483 including Index at rear. Volume 2: 2 blanks, title-page with date 1837, Advertisement, 3-page Index, followed by pages 1-556. Volume 3: Dated 1838, iv (Index), pp. 9-320 pp. (page 9 begins with words "from the oppression" pages either 1-8 or [v]-8 do not appear to be removed, and thus is lacking the one signature. A mystery of this otherwise phenomenal set is what is going on with the missing pages from volume 3. Second edition of vol. 2, completed and entirely reprinted with an imprint reading simply "New-Harmony, Indiana, 1837." Later printing of Volume 1, which went to 640 pages in its first offering (it is unclear, but the pages from 484-640 *seem* to have been re-set, reprinted and bound into the first offering of Volume 2, presumably as pages 1-156. Complete sets of three volumes quite uncommon, as are any of the individual volumes. Although exhibiting some typical foxing, this set, all from the same original owner, is tight and as fresh as one can hope for.
Add this copy of Opinions on Various Subjects, Dedicated to the to cart. $3,500.00, good condition, Sold by Bartleby's Books ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chevy Chase, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1838 by Printed at the School Press.
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First edition, third issue of volume one, first editions of volumes two and three. 8vo. 3 volumes: (4), 483; (8), 556; (2), iv, 320 pp. Maclure (1763-1840), a native of Scotland, was a pioneer American geologist and agricultural educator. His Observations on the Geology of the United States (1817) included the first geological map of the United States. Intent on establishing an agricultural school to educate the working classes, he purchased a large tract of land in Spain 1819, but the project failed and he moved his operations to Robert Owens's community of New Harmony, persuading Thomas Say, Charles LeSeur, and others to join him there. Ill health eventually occasioned his move to Mexico, where for years he contributed "letters and articles on political, social, and economic topics to the New Harmony Disseminator. These papers were collected and published" in the volumes offered here (see DAB). Contemporary book ticket on the front pastedown of the first two volumes, "Remus Payne / Kentucky" enclosed within a decorative border; Payne (1811-1880) was a Scott County, Kentucky, land owner and farmer who served in the state legislature in the 1850s. Howes M-162, 163, and 164 (each of the three volumes receive a separate entry). Sabin 43554. Complete sets are rare in trade (with no sales recorded in the past 39 years (ABPC, 1976-2014). Front joint to volume one cracked (but holding firmly), all volumes with some foxing, some light damping to endpapers of the first two volumes, affecting a few pages of text; still a good solid copy. First two volumes in somewhat later calf, gilt rules framing both boards, gilt title and rules on spine, marbled edges; volume three rebound recently to approximate the first two. (#8353).