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1881GEN34-G-4London : Frederick Warne and Co. 1881. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6.5". None. A collection of stories for children set in Africa featuring ostriches lions buffalo and more. Illustrated throughout with numerous engravings in the text. In a decorative green cloth binding. Externally smart though with some bumping and slight wear to the extremities. Spine is a little cocked. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with just a few instances of foxing. Very Good Frederick Warne and Co. hardcover
1886063965Ottawa: House of Commons 1886. Stapled Wraps. pp. 61. 21.5 cm. Two old tape repairs from front to back cover otherwise separated from fold a few chips and tears occasional spotting contents unmarked; good. In double columns. Concluding sentence hereof being: "I am unable honestly to differ from the view that it is deeply to be regretted that this execution should have been allowed to take place and therefore in favor of that view I must record my vote. House of Commons unknown
18774401Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc. London 32 130: 1877. pp. 260-405 several figs. of fossils on 5 lithogr. pls. 1 large fold. col. pl. of columnar sections 22 sections in text notes & refs. Plain new wrs. uncut. - Classic paper on the Oxfordian Upper Jurassic. Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc. London, 32 (130): unknown
187917594Franklin MA.:Committee of the Town 1879. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Franklin Mass.:1879. 2889pp. errata slip tipped-in. Extensively illustrated. Ex-lib. copy. Library plate pasted down inside front biding; small library name and release stamp in title pages; and small library name stamp at base of page 279. Otherwise an excellent copy. Franklin, MA.:Committee of the Town hardcover
189815981G. P. Putnam's Sons. Good. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Scarce. Tan pictorial cloth cover has general wear and light soiling to back cover but in good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's name on front end sheet. Pages are lightly toned but clean and very good. .; 351 pages . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
18741859N.Y.: Harper & Brothers Publishers Franklin Square 1874. 1st. 8vo 486 4 ads pp. original blue gilt stamped cover beveled boards rebacked with 1/2 of original spine laid down spine gilt rubbed covers lightly rubbed with gilt good recent endpapers and bookplate name of binder bottom obverse of upper ned leaf 10 full page engraved plates including the frontispiece with tissue guards and a map plentiful wood cut text illustrations and maps contents very clean and bright with a few small soils. A History of the Polaris Expedition the Cruise of the Tigress and Rescue of the Polaris Survivors rebacked good copy Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square hardcover
1898939T49Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1898. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A smart copy of this very scarce study of modern geology from English geologist Alexander Henry Green. Very scarce work. With numerous in-text illustrations. A collection of lectures or short lessons in modern geology focusing on what geology can teach us. With chapters on sandstone quartz clays limestone rock-salt crystals plutonic rocks the distribution of materials how rocks are bent into folds the surface of countries and more. Written by Alexander Henry Green an English geologist. Edited by John Frederick Blake a British geologist and Anglican clergyman. Bound in full green calf. Externally smart with light wear to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. School prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Oxford at the Clarendon Press hardcover
18761029001876. London: Spottiswoode & Co. 1876. <br /> <br /> 4to 71pp. Tipped-in illustrations between pages 14 & 15. Original wrappers worn contents good.<br /> <br /> § An astonishing exhibition catalogue of 333 entries with a 9pp. introduction by William B. Scott. Bentley Blake Books 571. unknown
1892050666London: Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office By Eyre and Spottiswoode 1892. With an introduction by Professor Roberts-Austen. xi 435p. partially unopened original blue cloth with gilt trim. Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office By Eyre and Spottiswoode unknown
1845000178Cazenovia NY: Henry & Sweetlands 1845. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Fair condition leather bound first edition 1845. No DJ. Binding is still tight and all pages are firm. Front cover is not fully shaken but is in the process of separating from the spine from the bottom. The original leather and lettering have flaked off the right half of the spine and what remains is in poor condition. It appears that some brown tap was applied to secure the spine in the distant past and two strips of it remain on the front and back covers. Shelf wear to top and bottom of spine corners of covers are rounded and worn. Pages show mild tanning commensurate with age but quite good overall. 1/8 inch creases to bottom corners of pages 50-90. 252 pages. <br/> <br/> Henry & Sweetlands hardcover
1887316879Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company 1887. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Blue cloth and paper spine label. Hinges professionally repaired with book cloth cloth repaired along the edge of the spine about good. Inscribed by the author with a presumably pre-publication inscription: "My brother Fred. D. Blake from V. Nov. 13 1886. Charles H. Kerr & Company hardcover
184417962NY: Alexander V. Blake. Good. 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine ends are rubbed. In the original fragile cloth. Owner's inscription dated 1847 on the second endpaper. Rear endpaper missing. Slight cock to the spine. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 252 pages . Alexander V. Blake hardcover
185331686New York: Sarony Major & Knapp 1853. Other. The map was originally folded the old folds are visible. In excellent condition. 563 by 400mm 22¼ by 15¾ inches. Original lithograph hand colored in wash when published. This early geological map depitcs the Witchita Mountains in the north El Paso in the west to the Missisippi River in the east and the Gulf of Mexico in the south. At the left side with find a color explanation key for the various geological formations. On the upper left side is the cartouche with the mileage scale. This geological map was prepared to accompany Blake's report of the transcontinental railroad. Sarony, Major & Knapp unknown
1826530082Hartford: Oliver D. Cooke and Co 1826. Hardcover. Very Good. Tenth American edition from the eighth London edition revised corrected and enlarged. Octavo. 348pp. Illustrated with wood engravings. Contemporary leather over boards with leather spine label. Binding modestly rubbed with a bit of loss at the corners likely lacking flyleaves light to moderate foxing throughout tiny splits at the crown very good and sound. Oliver D. Cooke and Co hardcover
184416869<p>1st edition. Very Good HC no DJ. Brown vertical rib-grain cloth over boards; blind stamped on front and rear covers with acanthus-floral-tendril designs; gilt stamped on spine with similar design and titles; 'Boston' gilt stamped at lower spine; unsigned copper plate engraved frontispiece and title page vignette; numerous engraved small vignettes interior. Clean lightly scuffed covers and spine; slight fading on covers; bright spine gilt work; slight rubbing wear at spine end corners; tightly bound; owner name on front free end paper; slight foxing on end papers; bright clean interior with occasional very light foxing. 16mo 252 pp. Cf Sabin #4204 1850 ed; LCCN #02021290; OCLC #317693861.</p> New York: Alexander V. Blake hardcover
1835003216Gould Kendall and Lincoln 1835. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. About the book: Soft hardcover. Stereotype edition published in 1835. Book is in fair to good condition with a fair bit of wear and foxing throughout. Additional photos available upon request. <br/> <br/> Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln hardcover
1882GD012483BC4S1New Haven: Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor 1882. New Haven: Tuttle Morehouse & Co. 1882 First Edition 8vo. 61 pages. Book bound in a brown cloth with gilt lettering on front board no dust jacket. Card tipped in "Compliments of Eli W. Blake author. Light edgewear else book good condition. Scarce first edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Hardcover
1855233130Washington.: U.S.P.R.R. Exploration Surveys. 1855. First edition. . Soft cover. . Fine copy very light discoloration on margins. 8 1/2" x 11". Hand-tinted lithograph. Very scarce in this condition. U.S.P.R.R. Exploration Surveys. paperback
1881041257Keene NH: Hiram Blake and Andrew R. Mason; Sentinel Printing Company 1881. Title page dated 1881. Comprehensive directory of households businesses government and other organizations with lots of local advertising some of which is printed on bright pink paper. Printed hardcover with dark brown cloth spine original hanging loop at top. Covers heavily worn but legible wear to spine ends and chips to spine edges good hinges sound text block occasional foxing and finger soil no names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hiram Blake and Andrew R. Mason; Sentinel Printing Company Hardcover
18930849573Oxford: H. Daniel 1893. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In cloth tape backed cream colored paper covers deckled page edges 8vo 38pp. #36 of 100 copies printed on the occasion of christmas 1893. Single Illustration opposite page 5. toning to extremities 1cm tape repair to lower cover edge name/date to endpaper. H. Daniel paperback
18893435Philadelphia: Hubbard Bros. 1889. HAIRBREADTH ESCAPES OF MAJOR MENDAX: His Perilous Encounters Startling Adventures and Daring Exploits with Indians Cannibals Wild Beasts Serpents Ballons Geysers etc. etc. All Over the World In the Bowels of the Earth and Above the Clouds : A Personal Narrative- Francis Blake Crofton- Ill. by J. Bennett- Hubbard Brothers-Philadelphia- 1889-1st Edition-1st Printing- Large Hardcover:- Large 8vo- VG/ no dj as issued- Original publishers brown cloth with bevelled edges- gilt and black illustrated cover and titles- 236pp- slight foxing on ffeps otherwise clean no tears or writing PO name on ffep- numerous tremendous full page B&W illustrations by Bennett- Octavo pp. 1-2 1-5 6-236 237-238: blank note: first and last leaves are blanks fly leaf at front fifteen full page black and white illustrations by Bennett title page printed in orange and black original bevel-edged chocolate brown pictorial cloth front and spine panels stamped in black and gold light green floral patterned endpapers.-SEE PHOTOS- A boys' book of fantastic adventure and tall tales in tradition of Raspe's Baron Munchhausen. Format similar to the popular Ingersoll Lockwood wonder books. Bleiler 1978 p. 53. Reginald 03631. Cloth rubbed at head and tail of spine panel gold lettering on spine panel slightly tarnished cover clear and bright-a very good copy of an attractive book.-Scarce attractive a great read with fantastic illustrations and collectible- Fiction-juvenile-adventure-fantasy-tales-illustrated 3435 . 1st Edition-1st Printing. Illustrated Cloth. VG/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by J. Bennett. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hubbard Bros. Hardcover
184426600New York: Alexander V. Blake 1844. hard cover. Good/No jacket. New York Historical Collections American Anecdotes Historical Anecdotes and other Works on History and Biography. New York:Alexander V Blake. 1844. 252pp. Illustrated with two portraits. Hardcover. Bound in full leather but quite worn and scuffed with wear along edges spine ends chipped and edge points bumped and worn to boards. Both boards while still firmly attached are cracked along external gutters. Internally end pages are age toned with some foxing to first few pages including portraits. There are no previous owners marks or signatures but there are occasional spots of foxing or smudges scattered throughout. Overall a good solid copy. New York: Alexander V. Blake hardcover
189091960Boston: D. Lothrop Company 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. Boston: C. Lothrop Company c1890. 411pp. black and white illustrations. 8vo. Olive green cloth with gold titles on spine and front cover small illustration on spine stamped illustration on front cover. Closed short tear on dedication page minor rubbing on corner tips ends of spine; Very Good hardcover. Scarce. D. Lothrop Company hardcover
186672672London:: Basil Montagu Pickering 1866. publisher's cloth with printed paper label on spine. . Old owner's name stamp on front free endpaper slightly tanned; spine label tanned with shallow chipping affecting the rule; tight and sound. 16mo. Basil Montagu Pickering, hardcover
1868001965London: Basil Montagu Pickering 1868. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. This is the First Pickering Edition reprinted from the1783 edition. This copy is Very Good in original brown cloth boards with paper label on spine - mild chipping to label. Bookplate on inner front cover. Basil Montagu Pickering hardcover
