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189913914New York: American Bible Society 1899. 32mo. 186 pp. <br><br>Publisher's cloth wrappers front cover with gilt-stamped title; silk ribbon placemarker; all edges orange. Owner's signature at front endpaper. Pencilled marginal notations and marks and underlining throughout; notations to back blank pages. Faint offsetting from old paper inserted between several pages. Nice little book. American Bible Society hardcover books
1889014055Copenhagen: Pacht & Crone 1889. 22p. b/w illus. original stiff wrappers. Pacht & Crone unknown books
184171313Boston: Oliver Ditson 1841. Paperback. Good. Sheet Music 5p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 35cm. Foxing around edges. One short tear on fore-edge. One of seven songs The Alpine Horn The Sweetheart The Tyrolese in America The Mountain Maids Invitation The Matin Bell The Miller's Maid and The Free Country which appear to have used the same cover page with a black and white lithograph illustration of the five members of the Rainier Family dressed in Tyrolean folk costumes. The Page is headed "The Celebrated Melodies." <br/><br/> Oliver Ditson paperback books
184216088Philadelphia: Thomas Sutton 1842. 8vo. 240 pp. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Hills 1153. Later 19th century quarter sheep over paper boards; worn paper over boards with water damage some bubbling chipping on board edges and chipping at head and foot of spine. A few dog-ears and tears without loss of text four pages shaved at outer edge with loss of last few letters of most lines. Moderate staining. Extensive pencil and ink notations and scribbles on endpapers some ink and pencil marks elsewhere. Front fly-leaf and rear fly-leaf and endpaper lacking. Thomas Sutton hardcover books
185071300New York: William Hall & Son 1850. Paperback. Good. Sheet Music 6p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 34cm. Substantial foxing and browning mainly around edges. Color lithographed illustration of an impossibly thin-waisted Jenny Lind in period costume on front cover. Cover title: Jenny Lind in the Opera of La Fille de la Regiment. The music which was taken from the opera is copyrighted 1845 but the copyright date on the cover is 1850. <br/><br/> William Hall & Son paperback books
186375374Pittsburgh PA.: Printed By W. S. Haven. G. 1863. Softcover. This item is soft-bound in blue wrappers with black printing to the covers. The covers show light scuffing soiling and edge-wear. The string binding is solid. The contents are bright and legible but with light scattered foxing and with damp-staining to the top outer corner of the pages throughout. . Printed By W. S. Haven paperback books
190036092Boston MA: Lee and Shepard 1900. Hardcover. VG- cover loose light wear to spine edges ex-archival library copy with perforation stamp. Maroon cloth. x 218 pp. Numerous bw illus. Lee and Shepard hardcover books
187423871New York: Scribner Armstrong & Co. 1874. 8vo. xxvi 2 633 pp. <br><br>The "rhythmical version" is by Tayler Lewis of Union College. "A commentary by Otto Zockler. Translated from the German with additions by Prof. L. J. Evans. Together with a general introduction to the poetical books by Philip Schaff. Publisher's black embossed cloth with decorative design on boards. Spine with extremities frayed and gilt-stamped title dimmed. Binding is shaken but in generally good condition. Ex-library: call number on binding bookplate on front pastedown. Scribner, Armstrong & Co. hardcover books
18801332304Philadelphia: Hubbard Bros. 1880. Hardcover. Thick 12mo; pp 502; G; blue spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth has some white tiny spots to exterior; strong boards; mild edge wear; text block has age toned exterior edges; frontispiece; light foxing to first and last few pages; interior clean; illustrated; good binding. 1332304. FP New Rockville Stock. Hubbard Bros. hardcover books
18861334713London: George Redway 1886. Hardcover. 10mo; pp 420; G-; grayish yellow spine with gilt text; no jacket; yellow cloth shows some soiling smudges to exterior; minor chipping to spine edges; darkened spine due to age and handling; red borders to front; sturdy boards; text block has slight foxing to exterior edges; slight cracking to front hinge; interior lightly tone; illustrated. 1334713. FP New Rockville Stock. George Redway hardcover books
18704811New York: American Bible Society 1870. 8vo. 2 3-447 1 blank 2 1 blank 3-112 pp. <br><br>32nd edition." Pica type. Contemporary sheep elaborately blind-embossed covers and spine; title gilt-stamped on the spine. Front cover detached; back joint open but cover still attached; edges rubbed; piece missing from spine. Age-toning. Waterstains in lower margins. American Bible Society unknown books
1878207417Barcelona: Estampa de la Renaixensa 1878. 30p. 5.5x8.5 inches text in Catalan one unopened page inscription in Catalan dated 1878 signed with a flourish by the author worn covers otherwise very good first edition booklet in sewn yellow printed wraps. A brief history of the Muslim invasion of Christian Cerdanya and the subsequent liberation of the territory. Estampa de la Renaixensa unknown books
186069839New York: Harper & Brothers. Good. 1860. Hardcover. Two volumes in one complete. This is an ex-library copy with usual library marks including a card pocket at the rear. The brown boards are soiled and rubbed contents toned but complete. Good. . Harper & Brothers hardcover books
184091198London: Charles Knight and Co 1840. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. These volumes ONLY of 3. illustrations index xxxii 618 xii 643p. Original embossed green cloth with gilt camel on front covers. 25cm. Rebacked with most of original gilt-lettered and decorated backstrips mounted. scuffing with some modest spotting and wear. <br/><br/> Charles Knight and Co hardcover books
18102222105<p>Early edition. 6 1/4' x 4". Frontispiece. Illustrated with 32 woodcuts by R. Austin and Hole from designs by Craig. Contemporary brown morocco over green marbled boards two signatures sprung; tear to title page and following leaf. Good. 144 pages.</p><p>Printed by W. Wilson St. John's Square London.</p> Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe hardcover books
182290501Hartford: Bowles and Francis 1822. 6th American from the 18th English ed. translated from the Arabian mss. Hardcover. Good. frontis present in vol. II only vignette on 2nd title in Vol. I. illustrations 338 356p. Contemporary tree calf. 15 cm. Hole in backstrip on Vol. II. Lacks frontis in Vol I. Extensive but mostly moderate foxing and browning throughout text. <br/><br/> Bowles and Francis hardcover books
186923005London 1869. 1st edition thus. "Carefully edited from the unique copy now in the British Museum of the edition printed by William de Machlinia about 1482.". Stiff chocolate wrappers. Edges untrimmed; some leaves unopened. VG front pastedown lifting/average wear. 112 4 pp catalogue at rear. Foolscap 8vo. 17cm x 11cm. <br/><br/>"Here begynnyth a mervelous revelacion that was schewyd of almighty god by sent Nycholas to a monke of Euyshamme yn the days of Kynge Richard the fyrst. And the yere of our lord. M.C.Lxxxxvi." unknown books
1891831511891. BROWN Abram English. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF BEDFORD MIDDLESEX COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1891.with a genealogical register of old families. Bedford MA: Published by the Author 1891. Memorial edition. 110 pp. 48 pp. genealogical register b/w photo reproduction plates. Thick 4to. half brown morocco with gilt spinelettering cover vignettes and rules gilt top edge. Fair spine split dow the middle front board through p. 20 detached laid in; spine shaken loose signatures; rear board through index detached. Moderate foxing to plates front edges and rear. Sold as is with all faults. Good rebinding copy. unknown books
1868011680Rutland VT: No publisher 1868. Book. Very good condition. No Binding. Signed by Authors. First Edition. A clipped piece of the engraved letterhead of the Connecticut Executive Department from the 1860's measuring 4.5 inches by 3.75 inches signed in ink "I am yours truly signed James E. English." James Edward English 1812-1890 was Governor of Connecticut 1867-1869. No publisher unknown books
18912165Madras: Higginbotham and Co. 1891. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Plain cream boards gray linen spine. Good. 608 pages. 20 x 13 cm. 'Wyvern' wrote about gastronomy for for the Madras Athenaeum and Daily News during his time in Madras as a Colonel in the India Army. With social changes stirring in India the Colonel's directives furnished to local staff to create the Victorian haute cuisine desired by the Anglo-Indian elite illustrate the transformations occurring throughout the British empire. Chapters cover every aspect of the kitchen the storeroom model menus and of course curries. This edition the sixth contains all preceding prefaces illustrating the changes in taste and style during the mid to later 1800's in Anglo-Indian culture. Hinges cracked but holding. Covers rubbed closed tears to cloth spine. Interior clean. <br/><br/> Higginbotham and Co. hardcover books
181819770New York: G. Long 1818. 16mo 11.4 cm 4.5". 618 pp. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 43328. Contemporary sheep with modest gilt tooling on covers spine ornately gilt with gilt-stamped leather label. Leather rubbed and slightly creased over spine with a few black stains on covers otherwise clean. Some foxing and brown spotting throught. A little loss of paper on right edge of pp. 599602 but no loss of text. Several page corners folded. G. Long hardcover books
1850WRCLIT80585Leicester England: Published by Winks and Son 1850. 8pp. 16mo. 10.5 x 7cm. Pictorial upper wrapper. Woodcut in text. Small chip near toe of spine from the blank margin of the front wrapper otherwise very good. The tale itself "the Fly-Catcher or Cherry- Sucker" occupies the first three pages headed by an image of a bird. Both the wrapper and interior image are by Elijah Whymper and are so noted in the OCLC entry based on the copyies at the V&A Museum. The tale is then followed by two poems "The Angel's Errand" and "The Departed Child in Heaven to Its Parents." OCLC: 913301395. Published by Winks and Son unknown books
1805M10849London:: n.p. 1805. 1805. Small 4to. 27 pp. Original blue wrappers. Housed in a modern quarter morocco clamshell box. Fine. FIRST EDITION. Containing "An outline of a plan to prevent the Spreading of the Plague or other contagious Diseases presented by the Board of Health agreeably to the Instructions of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council." The article gives a brief account of how an outbreak of the plague was dealt with in Queen Elizabeth's time and then presents the then-current practices to prevent the spread of an outbreak. "If the sick die the Body should be wrapped in oiled Cloth or tarred Cloth and soon buried. It must be remembered that everything that tends to secure those about the Sick from Infection is of the greatest Importance both by checking the Progress of the Disease and by giving Confidence to those whose Busines sic it is to help and assist the Afflicted." p. 8-9. n.p., 1805. hardcover books
18088633Baltimore: Henry S. Keatinge 1808. 12mo. 458 pp. <br><br>Compiled from the writings of the most eminent historians divines and commentators. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 15257. Contemporary sheep spine with gilt-stamped leather title label; binding worn and abraded with leather cracking over spine. Some offsetting to endpapers; pages age-toned. Henry S. Keatinge hardcover books
18058610New York: Ronalds & Loudon pr. by Thomas Kirk 1805. 12mo. 335 1 pp. lacking pp.5-8. <br><br>Church of Scotland-approved rendition of the Psalms. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 8008. Contemporary sheep covers framed in single gilt roll; binding rubbed and worn with leather partially lost over spine joints cracked and covers all but separated. Front hinge reinforced. Front pastedown and fly-leaf with early inked ownership inscriptions. Pages age-toned with some instances of foxing; lacking pp. 5-8. Ronalds & Loudon (pr. by Thomas Kirk) hardcover books
