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1887C000017238Liverpool: Isaac Foulkes 1887. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. c.1887. Green cloth gilt spine titles. 4to. 219pp. Illustration plates with tissue guards. Very Good. Light rubbing to corners and spine-ends weakening to inner hinges endpapers tanned with edgewear. Isaac Foulkes hardcover
188763352Liverpool: Isaac Foulkes. 1887. Hardcover. Very Good. xvi 219pp illustrated with 12 plates bound in green cloth edges v sl rubbed; Folio - . Isaac Foulkes hardcover
188763353Liverpool: Isaac Foulkes. 1887. Hardcover. Very Good. Edited by Richard Williams and includes an account of the Fifteen Tribes of North Wales with numerous additions and notes preface and index by him. xvi 219pp illustrated with 12 plates loosely inserted original flyer advert forbook 1887 bound in quarter vellum/blue boards spine rubbed and darkened spine edges chipped edge boards rubbed; Folio - . Isaac Foulkes hardcover
188763354Liverpool: Isaac Foulkes. 1887. Hardcover. Very Good. Edited by Richard Williams and includes an account of the Fifteen Tribes of North Wales with numerous additions and notes preface and index by him. xvi 219pp illustrated with 12 plates presentation copy to Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty to commemorate his visit to Llandrindod Wells The Gwalia in 1898 with his heraldic bookplate on the marbled endpapersbound in half green leather/green buckran gilt shield on front raised bands on spine rubbed and worn on extremities.; Folio - . Isaac Foulkes hardcover
188700071418 Brunswick Street Liverpool: Isaac Foulkes 1887. Cloth. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. G 2nd ed 1887 12 pls. Green cloth stain to upper board lower corner corners and edges lightly bumped and worn blind tooling. Spine has title and tooling in gilt edges bumped and a little worn small mark. Internally dark endpapers evidence of removed bookplate light foxing to prelims hinges just cracked ink name to half title Dc Richards 1880 occasional oval lib stamp xvi 219 pp 12 pl portraits 1. Title continues: To Which is Added an Account of the Fifteen Tribes of North Wales with Numerous Additions and Notes Preface and Index. YORKE of Erddig or Erthig Wrexham antiquary whose heraldic interests found expression in the embellishment of his entrance hall with the arms of the chief North Wales families but his project of following up the Royal Tribes with the work on the Fifteen Common Tribes was frustrated by his death. See NLW WBO for a full Bio. <br/> <br/> Isaac Foulkes hardcover
1813030286Dolgelleu: R. Jones 1813. First Edition. Hard Back. Good. Text in Welsh an early book of Sunday Sermons in text woodcut vignettes 334 pages rough cut ends binding in poor shape marbled boards held with tape at the spine R. Jones hardcover
1864000010542London: Longman Green Longman Roberts & Green 1864. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 5 vi-xiii 2 2-359 5 pp. Half smooth later ca. 1920 calf over marbled boards with the spine in six compartments two green morocco labels lettered in gold gold decorations on the spine; top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. With a brown ribbon bookmark bound in. Bound by Zaehnsdorf for John Wanamaker the inventor of the price tag and the department store. PBS Who Made America "John Wanamaker Department Store". Wanamaker opened the first American department store in the mid-nineteenth century and printed the first ever copyrighted advertisement. He revolutionized shopping by offering higher-quality clothing and material goods for lower prices in a large retail space accessible to many city dwellers in Philadelphia. Kunitz and Haycraft 284. Edited by Abraham Hayward an essayist and prominent Victorian author. This volume contains excerpts from the diary of Miss Frances Williams Wynn its publication aided by her niece after Wynn's death. Miss Wynn was the daughter of a baronet and ran in upper-class English circles. Her diary recounts interesting incidents of this life urban legends and ghost stories and historical events she witnessed. Details on the French Revolution Napoleon's reign Austro-Hungarian politics the insanity of George III Ireland in 1840 and other historical anecdotes of interest are recorded here. The top corners bumped and rubbed overall a pleasing copy. Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green hardcover
1858120269<p>London: John Weale High Holborn. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1858. New Edition Corrected. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's red decorative blind-stamped cloth boards. Slight fading to the red of the spine together with slight fraying to the top and bottom of the cloth spine. As often with this type of binding overall negligible. Printed Paper labels on spine and front cover. Page edges finely speckled in red. Top edge duller with dust and age. Overall Very Good. Internally NO Inscriptions or marks very clean tight and bright. I - xvi 1-252pp including Appendix 36pp Publishers Adverts for 1861at end. Fully illustrated throughout in b/w with full page plates double page plates and fold-out plates. With numerous text illustrations/diagrams etc. Charles Wye Williams 1780-1866 was a scientist industrialist and one of the nineteenth century's most prominent steamship owners and an early student of the chemistry of combustion in marine boiler furnaces. A really nice Original copy of this now classic work. See Images. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .</p> John Weale, High Holborn, hardcover
1879200184Cleveland: Leader Printing Company 1879. 1st Edition. Leather. 524p. A large hardcover book with a brown leather spine and gilt-embellished brown cloth boards. The spine is rubbed and the corners worn through. The text is unmarked and the binding quite secure. A sturdy copy in very nice shape for its age! Illustrated with lots of black and white engravings. All foredges are gilt. Measures approx. 12.1" x 9.25 Leader Printing Company unknown
18951013G4Brecknock: Edwin Davies and Bell 1895 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 8.5". Not Stated. A limited edition copy of this comprehensive parliamentary history of Wales from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. A limited edition copy with this being No.240/300 copies printed. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. A work by William Retlaw WIlliams a solicitor genealogist and historian. Printed privately for the author the work provides a comprehensive parliamentary history of Wales from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. With a list of subscribers. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart. Slight fading to spine with bumping to the head and tail. Light rubbing to extremities. Offsetting to free endpapers. Rear hinge starting but remains firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright nd clean with very light spotting to the front and rear. Very Good Edwin Davies and Bell hardcover
188126191<p><strong>1881 Mississippi Valley 1ed MINNESOTA INDIANS Tribes Huron Ottowa Sioux Beltrami</strong></p><p>"<em>History of the Upper Mississippi Valley</em>" is a rare 19th-century survey of the Mississippi River from Minnesota through St. Louis. Written by N.H. Winchell book focuses on early American explorers and pioneers such as French Huguenots seeking trade with Huron Indians as well as surveys of the Iroquois Ottowas Sioux and Dakota Indians! It also includes descriptions of the early expeditions of Italian explorer Giacomo Beltrami.</p><p>Item number: #26191</p><p>Price: $499</p><p>WINCHELL N.H.; NEILL Edward D.; WILLIAMS J. Fletcher; BRYANT Charles S.</p><p><strong><em>History of the Upper Mississippi Valley</em></strong></p><p>Minneapolis: Minnesota Historical Company 1881. First only edition.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->6 717 3</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Larned 2807 Gilman introduction to <em>Democracy in America</em> 1898 edition</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~11in X 8.5in 27.5cm x 21cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>26191</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Minnesota Historical Company hardcover
1875BOOKS291866Newark NJ: Self Published . G/No Dustjacket. 1875. . Cloth. Inscribed By the Author . 8vo. 200 pp. cover rubbed bumped tears frayed faded page toning & foxing writing on ffe . ***** Self Published ***** hardcover
1897003876London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd 1897 8vo. original green cloth gilt upper hinge just starting a few marks but essentially clean & bright; pp. xii last blank 358 with illustrations. A very good copy of these collected accounts first published in America by Scribners and unusual in the English edition. Neate W98: Includes Mt. Aetna Mt. Ararat Mt. St. Elias Mt. Washington. First UK. Hard Cover. VG. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd hardcover
18690086460New York: A. C> Rogers 1869. First edition. Paperback. Ex-Library. 1869 First Edition. 94 pp. Original blue wraps now bound in library card covers handwritten title on front board. Ex-library: perforated stamp to title page and page 49; inked numbers on margins of first 2 pages. Covers worn; top 2 inches of the original blue front wrap starting to split from the binding. Correspondents were located in New York Western PA Cincinnati and Chicago. Worn but uncommon. A. C> Rogers paperback
1851M6540United States: U.S. Coast Survey c. 1851. Very Good; left margin extended. Notes: The Bay of San Pablo is found to the north of San Francisco Bay and Mare Island has since been terraformed into a peninsula.<br><br>Incidentally Vallejo marked here as the "Seat of the Government of California" only served as state capitol for about a year. Mare Island however was used as the major Naval shipyard of the West Coast until 1996. Size : 169x316 mm 6.65x12.44 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps Sea Chart; Maps United States West California; U.S. Coast Survey unknown
1890105387Richmond Virginia: John L. Williams & Son Bankers 1890. First edition of the sixth such manual produced by the banking house of John L. Williams of Richmond Virginia promoting investment in the Southern States of America. "Our Manual was the first publication of the sort issued in the South and now enjoys the distinction we believe of being the largest work of its kind published by any Banking House in America. It contains a large amount of valuable information to be found in no other publication and much of the information which finds its way into print through other mediums only reaches the public some months after it has been presented by us." Introduction. "Men who think who look beyond the surface indications and the present moment will be encouraged by scrutiny and analysis of the facts and conditions in the Southern States to place or continue their investments in those States because it is evident that the prosperity and growth in all interests and departments of business are based on and secured by natural original elements which cannot be removed or shaken" preface p. iv. Octavo. Engraved title page large folding map tinted in colour to front pastedown folding colour plate of the Nicaragua canal at page 282 presentation slip loosely inserted. Original blue-green cloth titles to spine and front board gilt twin ruling to boards in blind. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed large folding map with a few short tears to folds without loss; a very good copy. hardcover
189093439Richmond Virginia: John L. Williams & Son Bankers 1890. First edition of the 6th annual Manual of investments produced by the banking house of John L. Williams of Richmond Virginia presentation copy inscribed by the author "George Wayne Andrew with compliments & regards of the Author & acknowledgements for valuable assistance rendered in the compilation of this work. May 1890". "Our Manual was the first publication of the sort issued in the South and now enjoys the distrintion we believe of being the largest work of its kind published by any Banking House in America. It contains a large amount of valuable information to be found in no other publication and much of the information which finds its way into print through other mediums only reaches the public some months after it has been presented by us." Introduction. The preface argues that readers "will be encouraged by scrutiny and analysis of the facts and conditions in the Southern States to place or continue their investments in those states because it is evident that the prosperity and growth in all interest and departments of business are based on and secured by natural original elements which cannot be removed or shaken" pp. iii-iv. Octavo. Engraved title page large folding map tinted in colour to front pastedown. Original blue-green cloth titles to spine and front board gilt twin ruling to boards in blind. Spine a little rolled extremities rubbed and lightly bumped map split vertically and slightly tanned professionally repaired. A very good copy. hardcover
1837001930Greenfield Mass.: C.J.J. Ingersoll 1837. Nick in spine top; spine bottom very slightly worn; ownership notation on front flyleaf; foxing. Despite minor defects noted a very nice copy. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. C.J.J. Ingersoll Hardcover
1801017700Doncaster: D. Boys. Doncaster imprint first edition 16mo full calf gilt spine rubbed with loss to top of backstrip black label gilt to spine inscription to front free end paper with small pin piercings to the end paper presumably to attach memento/cuttings musical index at rear spotted scarce . Fair. Leather Bound. 1st Edition. 1801. D. Boys hardcover
1840015567New York : J. H. COLTON 1840. Hardcover. Good. B00K: G00D/ 1840 . B00K: G00D/ $2696.15 a DESCRIPTION of the UNITED STATES LANDS in IOWA: BEING A MINUTE DESCRIPTION of QUALITY of SOIL GROVES of TIMBER PRAIRIES LEDGES of ROCK COAL BANKS IRON and LEAD ORES WATER-FALLS MILL-SEATS ETC ETC ETC. with an APPENDIX. WILLIAMS Jesse J. H. COLTON 1840 NEW YORK Small H/c. Blue/Grey Cloth Spine With No Title Had Cover B00K: Good/ 180 Numbered Pages Lightly Read And Are Clean Tight To The Spine Shelf Edge And Corner Ware. Corners Are Worn Through. Pages Show Browning And Foxing Or Rust Spotting From Chemicals Used In This Period. Light Stain On Front Cover Which Has Title Information In Polished Gold Letters. Inside Front Cover Is Some Writing. First Front Free End Page Has Been Torn Away. No Map Or Fold Out Map Included. D/j: None. . No Odors No Other Writing No Names No Other Stains No Book Plate Not X~Library. = Description Applies To This B0K Only Which Is A Historically Significant Treasure From The Past Hard To Find Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection Or As A Gift For The Discriminating Reader / Collector/. WORLD WIDE SHIPPING AVAILABLE. <br/> <br/> J. H. COLTON hardcover
1840093662J.H. Colton 1840. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. In stamped brown cloth with fold-out color map. Four-inch tear and small chip to front end paper. Some foxing to end papers and first few pages. Fading to cloth on spine. Two previous owner names to rear end papers. Map has three-inch tear with some loss to paper and one-inch tear. Inscribed by Williams in pencil in 1845. J.H. Colton Hardcover
1853ZZ4929Francis & John Rivington 1853. Date Range: 1845-1853. Pagination: xv445 xii500 viii526 iv464 iv489 vii528 xi457 vii421pp. Uniform original calf binding spine lettering faded. All edges red. Marbled endpapers. Rear board detached in Thoughts on the Study. Rear hinge broken on Ministry 2nd Part. Hinges sound in the other 6 vols with endpapers uncracked at gutters. Ribbon marker per volume. Various editions some firsts. Marbled endpapers both cracked in vol 1 and rear cracked in vol 4 all others uncracked at gutters. Sets are uncommon. SOLD WITH OR WITHOUT THE BOOKCASE. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. No ownership marks. Text block sound and unmarked. No ownership marks. Text block sound and unmarked. Very Good. Small 8vo: 17 x 11.5 cm. Francis & John Rivington Hardcover
189213436Auckland: Williams And Norgate. Good with no dust jacket. 1892. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Small 3/8" chip to cloth at head of rear joint. Gutters split at inner hinges.Some spots of ink stains to page edges. Some marks to boards. Previous owner's signature dated 1893 on page 1.; Fourth edition "With numerous additions and corrections an Introduction and a new English-Maori vocabulary". xv 1 325 pages. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 207mm x 133mm. ; 8vo . Williams And Norgate hardcover
185731651London: John Van Voorst 1857. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition thus 1857. A Very Good copy. 8vo. 580 pp. bound in blind stamp decorated brown cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Some overall light rubbing to the cloth especially at the top and base of spine. 3 numbers inside front cover in ink; pages are unmarked; images are crisp and pages are bright. A Very Good copy. John Van Voorst hardcover
18972921050Sampson Low Marston & Co. 1897. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Large 8vo with black cloth. Gilt motif on front board gilt lettering on backstrip. Bumped corners. Interior is secure clean and clear. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1050grams ISBN: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. hardcover
