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In-4°, pp. 96, brossura editoriale verde pistacchio con ritratto in medaglione di Lincoln entro bordura ornamentale. Illustrazioni xilografiche n.t. e a p. pag., tra cui una carta geografica degli Stati che furono teatro della Guerra Civile e un ritratto a pag. intera di Lincoln. Una vasta gora interessa la metà inferiore di quasi tutto il volume; tracce d'uso. Esemplare da studio. Edizione originale della prima biografia francese dedicata a Lincoln, immediatamente posteriore al suo assassinio (quello che molti storici reputano il massimo Presidente americano era stato ucciso il 15 aprile 1865 al Ford Theatre di Washington dall'attore John Wilkes Booth). L'Arnaud era redattore del giornale "LOpinion Nationale". Sabin, 2056. Gilder, p. 149.
736 p. The text is perfectly readable, but not very clean. Damp stained. Age stained. XLib. Old ownership label on title page. Large 8vo. Leather spine over marbled boards. Binding very worn with remnants of library call numbers on spine. Hardbound. Fair. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SHELF W24
4to, 38, [2]pp., drop-head title, with a docket title, disbound. JISC recording the BL copy only.
358p. + Portrait Frontis. Uncut. XLib bookplate of Juniata College. XLib stamp embossed in blind on title page, page 51 and page 357. Top and bottom edges stamped with library name. Front fly leaf cut with loss. Smudge on title page. Small 4to. Bound in blue library buckram. Printed paper spine label. Mark on spine. Limited edition of only 500 copies. JUN5 BOX 1
Features: Woody Woodill and the Wildfire; 1971-76 Chevrolet; 1937-47 Packard Six; Here Holland Calling - Frans Vrijaldenhoven; 1938 Cadillac Sixty-Special Four-Door Sedan; 1955 Lincoln Capri Convertible Coupe; 1956 GMC 150 Pickup. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Mercedies 450 SLC On the Road; SS 100 Coupe - a unique preview of Jaguar's postwar sports cars; Half-Litre Club - the cheapest Grand Prix breeding ground of the early post war period; Peter Collins - one of Britain's top quartet of the fifites; Chris Maye and Doug Shoebridge work on their Maybridge; Weld it Yourself; Land's End Pilgrimage - 50 years ago Cecil Kimber gained a Gold Medal on the Land's End Trial in his MG Speckal - Michael Bowler takes the same care back to the same hills - wonderful colour photo and centerfold; 1937 Lincoln Zephyr V-12 - artice and nice colour photo; How the AA Was Born - Looking back at the birth of the Automobile Association; Mini Manual - Triumph TR2 1952/55; History of the Post War Touring Car - Part 4; Racing in the Classic Car Championship; Classic of the Month - Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint; and more. Minor moisture exposure to top edge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 330 pages, sections include: Reign of the common people William Ellery Channing, Charles Summer, Wendell Phillips, Eulogy on Grant, Abraham Lincoln, etc.
pp. 476, 4 [Publisher's catalogue] + Engraved portrait Frontis. Ruled in black throughout. Damp stained. Foxed. All edges gold. Large 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Boards ruled and decorated in gold with a center design of an eagle with Lincoln's initials. Binding worn. Lacks spine. Front board detached. Hardbound. A famous memorial biography of Lincoln. SHELF W28
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 128 pages. Publication for exhibition held at Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, California, March 10 - April 28, 2007.
First edition, 8vo, viii, [2], 223, [11]pp., engraved frontispiece and 3 further engraved plates, orig. boards, spine a little worn, uncut.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and folding map coloured in outline; original series binding of blue cloth gilt, gilt back, gilt top, a near fine copy. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
419 p. Woodcut illustrations. Original blue cloth binding. XLib Hereford Literary Society. Officers and Regents of the Smithsonian at this time included: Hanibal Hamlin; Louis Agassiz; A. D. Bache; a nd many other important figures of the era. The articles include: "The Origin & History of the Royal Society"; Electricity and Light; Gravity; Magnetism; Dyeing the color purple; "Aboriginal Inhabitants of the California Peninsula"; and perhaps most importantly "Aeronautic Voyages (Balloon Flights) Performed with a View to the Advancement of Science." Because of the Civil War, this volume could not be published until 1872.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Stated First Collier Books Edition. One inch tear on cover at spine. 360 pages. "21 black writers on the most charismatic and pivotal figure in Afro-American history-- who he really was and what he really stood for-- plus the basic writings and speeches of the man himself."
pp. 544, (2) [Publisher's catalogue] + Engraved Portrait Frontis and full page engraved plates. Offsetting on title page. Marbled endpapers. XLib bookplates on front paste down. All edges marbled. Large 8vo. Original three quarter leather over marbled boards. Raised bands. Binding somewhat rubbed and worn. Lacks leather spine labels. Remnants of library call numbers. Hardbound. Good +. Useful early biography of Lincoln. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SHELF W24
pp. vi, 508. Illustrated with 45 text engravings. Title page cropped at top and bottom and rebacked. Large 8vo. 220 mm. Very worn leather binding, boards detached, remnants of spine. Essentially disbound. Title continues: "Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events In the History of the Country, From Its Discovery To the Present Time; And a General View Of Its Present Condition." S&S/AI 19755. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AI BX 2
665 p. + Plus 10 powerful portrait engravings (a few from lifetime photographs, including a fine engraving of Lincoln from a Brady photo). Original full cloth binding, lettered and decorated in gold gilt. 8vo. 240 mm. Mildly XLib. A handsome piece of post Civil War political and historical propaganda. "Of all the political organizations in America, none has had so hard a struggle for national existence as that known as the Republican Party of today; nor has any political party in any country or age achieved so much for the advance of human liberty and the elevation upon a common platform of the religious and civil equality of all men before the law." - Rolander Guy McClellan. DC16 / YORK. W26
Five volumes in one. pp. 41, 46, 58, 63, 65 (12) [Publisher's catalogue]. Numerous text engravings. 12mo. Original full publisher's cloth binding. Text has some staining. PHREN 2
30 pages. Features: Militia on the March - New Commander for Toronto, Colonel John M. Lowndes; Project Coral - Adventure in Tropical Waters; Canadian at Dunkirk - Captain (N) Godfrey H. Hayes; Cyprus - Part 2 of 3; DRB at Lincoln Bay - Ice Movement in Arctic waters. Moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
Features: 1955-57 Pontiac - the sensational Strato-Streaks; 1966-69 Lincoln Continental - Perfecting a masterpiece; 1953-54 Hudson Jet - the car that torpedoed Hudson; 1962-64 Plymouth - Pivotal, Panic-driven MoPars; 1938 Studebaker State President Coupe; 1937 Peugeot 402 Limousine; John Najjar - life with 'mother Ford'; 1939 Minneapolis-Moline UDLX - tractoring into town; and more. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
Features: 1933-34 Ford; Dashboards of the 1960s - the good, the bad, and the strange; Going to Great Lengths - The Story of the 1957-58 Cadillacs; Cadillac Changes Direction for 1959; 1963 Corvette Sting Ray Convertible; 1941 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet; Syd Mead Profile - Visual Futurist; 1957 International A100 Custom Pickup - Gold Standard; and more. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
Features: 1952-55 Lincoln 'Road-Race' Champs; 1958 Pontiac - between 'Silver Streaks' and 'Wide-Track'; Paul W. Gillan - Retired Pontiac Chief Designer; 1947-50 Kaiser - History could have been different; 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet A - photo feature; 1966 Exner Bugatti - photo feature; 1939 Ford Pickup; and more. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
Features: 1956 Dodge D-500; Tatra - The Czech Marque of Distinction; Continental Drift - Deluxe Lincoln Designs that stayed on the shelf; Enduring Style - The 1942-48 Buick Super and Roadmaster; 1932 Packard Deluxe Eight Phaeton; 1970 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS 454; Larry Shinoda - High Performance Designer; 1957 GMC Series 100 Suburban Pickup - Looks Count; and more. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
Pages 486-684.. Features: William Sumner Appleton and the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities; The first Harrison Gray Otis House, Boston, MA; Codman House, Lincoln, MA; Gropious House, Lincoln, MA; Rundlet-May House, Portsmouth NH; Barrett House, New Ipswich, NH; Hamilton House, South Berwick, ME; Bowen House, Woodstock, CT; and much more. Bit of writing on front cover. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy reference copy. . Book
Un volume in 8vo (23 cm) di XXXIV-717 pagine. Fioriture (foxing) al titolo e alle prime sei pagine; qualche pagina uniformemente brunita nel resto del volume. Legatura editoriale in tela, con difetti: rotta la cerniera posteriore, usure agli angoli. Il volume contiene i testi dei messaggi di solidarietà inviati da tutto il mondo al governo americano subito dopo l'assassinio di Lincoln. Interessanti in particolare quelli inviati dall'Italia, oltre che dal governo (La Marmora) anche da numerose città, associazioni e logge massoniche.
In 8°, pp. 545. Tela editoriale originale. Piccoi aloni di macchia nella parte superiore del piatto anteriore. Per il resto esemplare più che buono.
