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186632042Springfield: State Journal Steam Press 1866. Hardcover. Small 4to. Modern green buckram. xvi 504pp iii. Frontispiece Fine/very good. Modern binding is superb clean and handsome; text block is clean and only ever-so-slightly age toned with bit of soiling to preliminary leaves; there is the occasional spot of foxing but the majority of the text block is as bright as the day it was published. A tight and unusually attractive first edition of this early study the first of eight volumes published under Worthen's direction with assistance from J.D. Whitney Leo Lesquereux and Henry Engelmann. All called for foldout maps and plans some partly colored are present and mainly in superb condition with only the two largest of them showing some edgewear and bearing expert archival strengthening. Worthen was a renowned if self-taught leading geographer of his day and served as State Geologist from 1858 to 1875. All in all an exceptional far above average copy. State Journal Steam Press hardcover
1886228584Troy NY: Round Lake Summer Schools 1886. 24p. self-wraps 6.5x5 inch sewn pamphlet a sound copy with some cover-stains or foxing and dust-soil within find two pencillings: a dash next a lecturer in clay modelling and brackets around the clay class details. Find one page devoted to "An ideal day" at the school 6:45 "Rising Bells" closing with an 8pm Lecture and Social Gatherings at 9pm. Lecturers are listed and faculty vitaes recorded. Also find ads for hotels book and art suppliers clothiers purveyors of surveyors' instruments. A good good-only copy. Round Lake Summer Schools unknown books
19001ivDa0033London: Abbey Library/Murrays Sales & Service Co. Cresta House 1900. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Copyright 1900. 12mo or 12° Duodecimo: 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 1099 pp. A rare hard-to-find out-of-print collectible gem! Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear. Clean text. Moderate foxing on page edges not affecting text. No publishing year given. Publishing year gleaned from other sources therefore it is an approximation. Tome printed in Romania. Dust jacket suffers few cuts and tears around edges. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. . Abbey Library/Murrays Sales & Service Co., Cresta House Hardcover
1850c2206270149xbvkLondon, William Pickering (Chiswick, C. Wittingham), 1850. 1 blank sheet; xii pages (incl. foretitle-sheet, title-sheet, printed dedication-sheet, 'Contents' and 'Introduction to Eidolon'), 240 pages; 1 blank sheet. - Richly gilt handbound green chagrin-leather binding over 5 raised bands with gilt title at spine (stamp-signed ''Bound by Hayday'' at inner frontpanel), all edges gilt, silken marker-ribbon; 8vo.(ca. 18 x 11,5 cm).
18981701A<p>George Bell PublLondon 1898. HB NO DJ FINE-/VG AS-IS Blue Grey Cloth decorated Gold Gilt1898 1st edition Cover light rub Wear Tiny chips extremities Interior Nice tight Clean Light FoX wear 365 pages Index Ads NODJ. First Edition. Hard Cover.</p> George Bell Publ,London hardcover
1897287582Washington DC.: Government Printing Office. 1897. hardcover. very good with no dust jackets none issued; front hinge loose previous owner’s name on front free end paper bumped corners shelf wear head and heal of spine beginning to fray. 4to. Government Printing Office. hardcover
1898133168Washington DC.: Government Printing Office. 1898. 1st edition. hardcover. very good with no dust jackets none issued; front hinge loose on volume one bumped corners shelf wear covers scuffed. 4to. Government Printing Office. hardcover
189658227Government Printing Office. 1896. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover Part 3 continued; Mineral Resources of the United States 1895 Nonmetallic Products Except Coal; fading and edge wear to exterior; gilt t itle on spine; gilt illustration on front cover; fading to pages; otherwise contents in good condition with clean text firm binding. . Government Printing Office hardcover
1896BOOKS053641IWashington DC: Government Printing Office 1896. HC. good dark brown cloth hardcover light edgewear. B&W illustrations 3 maps. Papers include: Magnetic Declination in the US; A Geological Reconnaissance in Northwestern Oregon; Further Contributions to the Geology of the Sierra Nevada; Report on Coal and Lignite of Alaska; and The Faunal Relations of the Eocene and Upper Cretaceous on the Pacific Coast. 1076pp. Government Printing Office unknown
1897287582Washington DC.: Government Printing Office. 1897. hardcover. very good with no dust jackets none issued; front hinge loose previous owner’s name on front free end paper bumped corners shelf wear head and heal of spine beginning to fray. 4to. Government Printing Office. hardcover books
1898133168Washington DC.: Government Printing Office. 1898. 1st edition. hardcover. very good with no dust jackets none issued; front hinge loose on volume one bumped corners shelf wear covers scuffed. 4to. Government Printing Office. hardcover books
1871058700Albany NY: Argus Company 1871. Hardcover. Very Good -/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 239pp.incl.indexes; HB blk.w/gilt; rubbed w/wear on edges&corners; some scuff; lg. label residuepastedwns.; sml.staintp.edge; cleantight pgs. "An act to provide for the enrollment of the militia for the organization of the National Guard of the State of New York and for the public defense; and entitled The Military Code. <br/> <br/> Argus Company hardcover
186859519NY: Wynkoop & Hallenbeck Printers 1868. Broadside 12 1/4 x 4 inches employing several sizes and styles of type. Gen. Tom Thumb and his colleagues had just returned to the United States following a three year tour of Europe "where they appeared before nearly all the Kings Queens Emperors and Nobility of the Old World!" Sylvester Bleecker Tom Thumb's publicity manager and a writer of vaudeville sketches used this general format for other broadsides advertising the troupe's return tour adapting the printing to the respective performances city to city. This broadside for Bath New York apparently unrecorded on OCLC which does locate a similar broadside at the State Library of Pennsylvania for a Harrisburg Pennsylvania performance and another at the Clements Library for a performance in Ann Arbor Michigan. Very good. Old fold lines some creasing at the edges. 7161. <br/><br/> Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, Printers unknown books
185841639Boston: Boston Museum 1858. Buff printed paper. Moderate wear to edges some age-toning. Withal a VG example. Single broadsheet printed recto only. Decoratively engraved border. 18-1/2" x 6-3/8" <br/><br/>Not found on OCLC rare. (Boston Museum] unknown books
1885004076Paris: Aux Bureaux De La Sucrerie Indigene et Coloniale 1885. 1st Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good/N/a. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. No Illustrations. pp 660. A tight and clean copy. Bound in black quarter leather with 5 raised bands to the spine. There is gilt embossed lettering and small decorative designs between the bands. Marbled boards and end papers. Numerous charts and tables throughout support the text. Text in French. Volume XXV - complete in its own right. There is light rubbing to the board corners and edges. There is some splitting to the front inner hinge between the half title page and title page revealing the cords and the half title page is a little loose. The front board remains firm and attached. There is a little rubbing to the head of the title page and a little staining to the head of the rear blank pages. A little normal age toning to the page periphery as expected for a book of this age. The textblock is very clean and tight. A very good copy of this volume. Aux Bureaux De La Sucrerie Indigene et Coloniale hardcover
1892402156Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office 1892. First edition. Cloth somewhat soiled hinges tender some pale toning to text and plates. Thick 8vo. 1000 pp. 96 lithographic plates some tinted by Avil Company Philadelphia. Original cloth. The text is divided by the Mississippi River with Ezra A. Carman providing the descriptions of the industry to the East and H. A. Heath and John Minto those to the West. This extensively-illustrated work fully documents the history of breeds in the United States the woolen industry from 1600 to 1800 the dissemination of Spanish Merino wool throughout New England and its eventual decline husbandry of the Middle and South Atlantic states Western Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi Alabama and Florida. Western states detailed are Montana the Dakotas Wyoming Colorado Utah Minnesota Iowa Nebraska Missouri Kansas Arkansas Texas New Mexico Arizona California Oregon and Washington. The work was prepared under the direction of D. E. Salmon Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry. He writes in his letter of transmittal: "Taken as a whole this report can not fail to be interesting and valuable to every owner of sheep. It will give a broader view of the industry its magnitude and the methods which are most likely to bring success in conducting its various branches." The lithographs include breeds of sheep views of ranches and work scenes. Included are scenes of western and Texan sheep ranches. Not in Adams Herd. <br/><br/> Government Printing Office hardcover books
1883047976Boston: Cupples Upham. 4to 1/2 leather edges very worn cover detached leather over spine torn half way up front hinge binding broken - text in several pieces several detached from spine but partially attached to one another rear piece of text block attached to back cover. Pages near very good one page completely detached and has two inch tear on edge. Binding poor pages near very good. . Poor. half leather. 1883. Cupples, Upham hardcover
1900BOOKS245105Albany NY: University of State of N.Y. G/No Dustjacket. 1900. Cloth. Ex-Lib Frontispiece . 8vo. p. 493-944 blunted binding tips partial cracking front cover hinge good interior hinges . University of State of N.Y. hardcover
1900BOOKS18466Albany NY: University of State of N.Y. Fair: cover quite stained inside hinges cracked & shaken/No Dustjacket. 1900. 8vo. p. 493-944 . University of State of N.Y. unknown
1864002970Paris: A. Morel 1864. Cloth. Very Good. Quarter cloth over printed boards 12" x 17". 389 - 532 pages printed on recto only with table of contents at rear; profusely illustrated. 12 monthly issues. Captions in French German and English. Typical age toning and general wear Size: Folio <br/> <br/> A. Morel hardcover
1871002972Paris: A. Morel 1871. Cloth. Very Good. Quarter cloth over printed boards 12" x 17". 1013 - 1108 pages printed on recto plus table of contents at rear; profusely illustrated. 12 monthly issues. Captions in French German and English. Typical age toning and general wear Size: Folio <br/> <br/> A. Morel hardcover
1866002971Paris: A. Morel 1866. Cloth. Very Good. Quarter cloth over printed boards 12" x 17". 533 - 628 pages printed on recto plus table of contents at rear; profusely illustrated. 12 monthly issues. Captions in French German and English. Typical age toning and general wear Size: Folio <br/> <br/> A. Morel hardcover
1876344916London: Edward Stanford 1876. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Near fine folding map in the original stiff cloth backing. Includes a gilt titled and blind-boarded buckram slip-case. Some wear and tear to the slip-case. Remains well preserved overall; bright tight clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 1 folding map. Subjects; Geological Maps. Geological Map of England. Geological Map of Wales. Andrew C. Ramsay. 19th century maps. London: Edward Stanford hardcover
1892023407Porto: Lugan & Genelioux 1892. 1ª Edição . Inteira de Pele/Full -Leather. Bom / Good / Bon. In-4º 240x160. 1 Vols. de VII-816-1 pp. Primeira e única edição desta revista literária fundada e dirigida por Eça de Queiroz entre 1889 e 1892. Colaborada por escritores de grande prestígio como Fialho de Almeida Oliveira Martins Rodrigues de Freitas Ramalho Ortigão Magalhães Lima Antero de Quental Teófilo Braga Guerra Junqueiro Leite de Vasconcelos António Feijó Raúl Brandão Alberto Sampaio e muitos outros. Apenas o 4º e último volume da colecção Com encadernação em tela um pouco pobre e sem capas de brochura. <br/> <br/> Lugan & Genelioux hardcover
1899265072London Paris New York & Melbourne: Cassell and Company Limited 1899. First Edition limited. Hardcover. Finely bound set in half aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with gilt-blocked label to the spines. Some minor wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of Robertson Buchanan Stewart. Physical description; three volumes. Notes; This edition is limited to 10000 copies of which this is no. 946. Subjects; The National Gallery. The National Gallery of England. Art. London, Paris, New York & Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Limited hardcover
