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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
185244806Auburn NY: Derby Miller 1852. First Edition. 8vo pp. xii 13-654. Index. Original blind-stamped black leather with gilt spine decorations and titles. Marbled endpapers and edges. Frontis engraving and several other illustrations. Hinges tender cover scuffed and worn at edges and spine occasional lilght foxing and notes o/w VG. Advice to farmers and their wives on a multitude of subjects. Pages bordered with "twelve hundred laconics and apothegms relating to ethics relligion and general literature. Derby, Miller unknown books
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
1882PM256501882 248 p., 31 lithographed plates (some double, folded), 4to. Contemporary half cloth with paper label on spine. Includes the descriptions and illustrations of new species. Spine ends and paper label worn. A few marginal spots. Bookplate on front paste-down. Plates and text mostly very clean.
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
1849382113New York: Baker & Scribner. 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Leaves in front have slight dampstaining to the lower portion diminishes toward the rear. Book is slightly cocked. Spine is browned covers have uneven discoloration. . Baker & Scribner hardcover
1858O23245<p>J & H Miller 1858. Leatherbound. Fair. WE SHIP DAILY. Front and back hinges are cracked but still attached. Leather is rubbed on edges and corners. Spine covering is a little faded a little cracked and partially detached at top. Pages have foxing. Overall for a 1858 leather bound book it is in pretty good condition. PROMPT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE!</p> J & H Miller hardcover
18671225<p>London: Puttick and Simpson 1867.</p><p>8vo. 220 x 145 mm. 8 ½ x 5 ¾ inches. 2 71 1 pp. Stitched as issued. Very good copy.</p><p>Very nice catalogue of books formed by the Protestant divine former rector at St. Stephens in Dublin and the English Congregation in Rome. He was the author of a number of sermons on topical subjects of the day and wrote essays published in his "Correspondence on the Roman Catholic Controversy" published in 1865.</p><p>The auction sale was organized over five days in May in 1867 and included 1717 lots. As the title suggests this is a gentleman's library reflecting a diverse collecting range from early theology to contemporary novels. His voyage and travel section is considerable.</p><p>Allibone S. Austin. <em>A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors </em>III p. 2831.<em> List of English Books Sales 1676-1900 Now in the British Museum</em> p. 310.</p><p>.</p> Puttick and Simpson
187467430Printed in the USA: Harper & Brothers 1874. First edition. Cloth over boards. Very good. Hardcover cloth maroon over boards. 8vo. 486 6 pp. Illustrated with a b/w engraved frontispiece a b/w engraved map and 76 b/w full-page and in-text engravings. Gilt ornament of an arctic scene stamped on the front board; gilt title stamped on the spine. Decorative brown endpapers. Head darkened. Minor age toning. Text block appears clean unmarked and square with a strong binding. The spine and boards are slightly worn with bumped corners. Cloth is fraying/chipping slightly in the front hinge. Very good condition overall. Harper & Brothers unknown
187922609London: Chapman and Hall 1879. First Edition. 8vo pp. 264. 32. Bound in publisher's cloth spine tender a very good copy. A discussion of the history and ceremonies of masonry. Chapman and Hall unknown books
182623030Cooke and Co. 1826. hard cover. Good. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2017/08/0_0_dsc_0031.jpg. New York; Cooke and Co. 1826. Hardocver no dj. 196pp folding world map17 two page colored text charts. Condition is good. Half leather boards all very worn with loss of leather at extremities and especially at top of spine; leather has separated between the spine and rear board and is starting on the front but boards still solidly connected by the string binding. Foxing to the preliminaries and then occasional throughout. Owner signature on ffep. 3" closed tear to rear endpaper. Pages a bit rippled and age toned but held securely by string binding. A serviceable copy. From Astonomy planets comets etc to Geography natural phenomena. polar ice etc to Races of Men to Cities and Towns to Architecture to Religion to many other topics.a comprehensive look at how the world was seen in the early 19th century. cfm Cooke and Co. hardcover
18793210122<i>8vo pp. 24; with six plates two with facing printed descriptions and wood-engraved illustrations; last page slightly browned; in modern wrappers.</i><br /><br />Blake alludes to the recent death from diphtheria of Princess Alice the second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as something of a stimulus for his publication.<br /><br />He summarises in his introduction that the 'objects of this little work are twofold: First to teach that many diseases which we are in the way of looking upon as unavoidable are really quite the reverse. Second to show how we may defeat and destroy those twin demons - ignorance and indolence - deadliest enemies of our race.'<br /><br />Blake was still promulgating the miasma theory as the main cause of illness and describes the various defects in buildings and sewers contributing to disease. The suggestive illustrations showing that ill considered design in domestic sewers allowing noxious gases to pervade the home. OCLC records copies in North America at Yale Penn State College of Physicians of Philadelphia National library of Medicine Cornell Johns Hopkins and the Hagley Museum. Hardwicke and Bouge, 192, Piccadilly, W. paperback
184511362Chichester: William Hayley Mason. Chichester William Hayley Mason 1845. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy. Quite uncommon. 114pp. Some discolouration to the boards and a little bumping but nice overall. 11362 Hyraxia Books. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1845. William Hayley Mason hardcover
18442211300144A.V. Blake New York 1844. Hardcover. Very Good. Remarkably good condition. Near fine. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with gilt decoration. Tight binding and cover. 252 pages illustrations 3 maps including frontispiece 16 cm. Includes a map of Virginia New England the massacre at Bunker Hill. Minor spotting to maps but still in excellent condition. Includes a pink cloth women's hair bow from the period which has been tucked into one of the pages. Sabin 5783 citing 1833 ed. A.V. Blake, New York hardcover
185896777New Haven: E. Hayes Printer 1858. 1858. Good. - Octavo 9-7/8 inches high by 6 inches wide. Softcover light grey printed wraps. Apparently bound by the publisher in the incorrect wrappers with corrections penned in ink by an early owner to match the information on the title page. The edges of the covers are chipped with a few short tears. and the head & tail of the spine are chipped with a small piece out from the head of the spine. viii & 456 deckle-edged pages illustrated with 3 folding charts from the "U.S. Coast Survey / A.D. Bache superintendent". The charts depict: "Approximate Cotidal Lines / Sailing Lines and Lines of Equal Hieght of Tides / of the Atlantic Coast of the United States From Investigations in the Coast Survey. 1857" "Diagrams of Winds at San Diego and San Francisco California and Astoria Oregon from Observations by the U.S. Coast Survey 1857" and "Measurement of Epping Base Maine 1857". Several page corners are slightly creased. Very good. <p>Included is an article by John LeConte M.D. "On the Influence of Musical Sounds on the Flame of a Jet of Coal-Gas" pages 62 through 67; R.W. Haskins A.M. on "The Open North Polar Sea" pages 84 through 91; J.D. Dana's "Agassiz's Contributions to the Natural History of the United States" pages 202 through 216 and 321 through 341; W.P. Blake on "The Chalchihuitl of the ancient Mexicans: its locality and association and its identity with Turquois" pages 227 through 232; H. James Clark's "Recapitulation of the 'Embryology of the Turtle' as given in Professor Agassiz's 'Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America" pages 342 through 357; I.I. Hayes on "The Passage to the North Pole" pages 384 through 392; and the "Fifth Supplement to Dana's Mineralogy; by the Author". New Haven: E. Hayes, Printer, 1858. paperback
1874153520New York: Harper 1874. First Edition. hardcover. very good. Large folding map laid in; many illustrations. 486pp. 6pp. of ads. 8vo original decorative blue cloth; spine ends repaired previous owner's notations on first blank page. New York: Harper 1874. Very good.<br/><br/> Harper unknown books
1874153520New York: Harper 1874. First Edition. hardcover. very good. Large folding map laid in; many illustrations. 486pp. 6pp. of ads. 8vo original decorative blue cloth; spine ends repaired previous owner's notations on first blank page. New York: Harper 1874. Very good.<br/> <br/> Harper unknown
