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1871287244Philadelphia Cincinnati Boston Auburn NY: Hubbard Bros. C. F. Vent Geo. M. Smith & Co. F. M. Smith 1871. Full Leather. Very Good binding. William Bacon Stevens' The Bow in the Cloud. Complete with frontispiece and six additional plates. Some minor foxing to the plates. Small patch of Japanese tissue to the bottom of the spine by a conservator. Deep embossed morocco with elaborate gilt lettering and decoration. All edges gilt. Very Good. Very Good binding. Hubbard Bros. | C. F. Vent | Geo. M. Smith & Co. | F. M. Smith unknown books
187125020Philadelphia Pa.: W.W. Bates & Co. Printers 1871. 8vo. Fold. facsim. 56 xxii pp. <br><br>Removed from nonce volume. W.W. Bates & Co., Printers unknown books
185958527NY and Savannah: D. Appleton and William Thorne Williams 1859. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: xiii 2 503; 524 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Oglethorpe in volume one 3 plans folding view of St. Augustine. Typed letter in pocket at rear of volume one related to the provenance of this set. "Writing with precision and accuracy and using the documentary sources Stevens produced a history which has not yet been supplanted." Howes S-974. Sabin 91574. De Renne catalogue II pp. 516-516. Harwell & Willingham Georgiana 36. Ex-institutional library copy with stamp on title page overstamped "duplicate" and bookplates on front pastedown stamped "released" otherwise very good. Original embossed black pebbled cloth gilt spine title. #5772. <br/><br/> D. Appleton and William Thorne Williams hardcover books
183319436New-Haven: Published and Sold by A. H. Maltby; Boston: Pierce and Parker 1833. Evident first edition. Wrappers quite foxed; some scattered internal foxing and a little light soiling and wear; a good copy. Original printed yellow wrappers stitched 9.5 x 5.75 inches 24 pages untrimmed. From the Congregationalist clergyman and polemicist gradual emancipationist and advocate of colonization see the ANB an attack on Garrison; per the LCP catalog description "Articles reviewed are William Lloyd GarrisonÃs Thoughts on African colonization; James CropperÃs Letter to Thomas Clarkson; and Abolition of Negro slavery published in American quarterly review September 1832." The edition statement would seem to have been more accurately rendered with a comma "second separate edition" as there appears to be no other edition besides this supposed second separate edition published besides the periodical appearance in the Christian Spectator. Lib. Company. Afro-Americana 759; Dumond page 23; Sabin 2671 & 70214; American Imprints 17489. Published and Sold by A. H. Maltby; Boston: Pierce and Parker, unknown books
1878185257Utica NY: E. H. Roberts & Co 1878. Hardcover. VG Cover has fading at spine. Cover and spine have general wear. Bookblock has age toning. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. 199 1 pages. Contents: Introductory -- The Celebration -- The grand procession -- The literary exercises -- Prayer / by Rev. Dr. E.M. Van Deusen -- Address of welcome / by Gov. Horatio Seymour -- Afternoon exercises. At the west stand. Letters from invited guests : from President Hayes Vice President Wheeler Secretary Evarts General Sherman Ex-Secretary Fish Ex-Governor Dix General McClellan William C. Bryant General Sigel George W. Clinton Hon. S.S. Cox Governor Robinson Benson J. Lossing Colonel F.A. Conkling Ex-Governor Morgan President Anderson of Rochester University Bayard Taylor David Gray of the Buffalo Courier Adjutant General of the State Hon. Sidney Breese Charles Tracy Alfred B. Street President Brown of Hamilton College Charles B. Smith esq. President Potter of Union College Rev. Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lotrhrop Thomas Dunn English -- Address of Lieut. Gov. Dorsheimer. The nationality of Oriskany -- Address of Hon. W.J. Bacon. Oriskany and Thermopylae -- Historical address. Battle of Oriskany: its place in history / by Hon. Ellis H. Roberts -- Appendix to Historical address -- Address of Major Douglass Campbell. Rank of New York in the Revolution -- Remarks of Hon. Philo White. The mother of towns retains Oriskany -- Poem. Paean to Oriskany / by Rev. Charles Downes Helmer D.D. -- At the last stand -- Address of Hon. Clarkson N. Potter. Power and magnanimity of New York -- Address of Chancellor E.O. Haven. The War of 1776 vindicated -- Address of Samuel Earl esq. General Herkimer and his family -- Poem / by General J. Watts DePeyster -- Appendix. E. H. Roberts & Co hardcover books
1891149515Paris and Boston: Goupil & Co. and Estes & Lauriat 1891. Hardbound. VG or better fading to spine text but cover gilt and illustration clear and bright. Lithograsphed elaborate wrapsd contained in a silk colored wrap-around. Color lithographed frontispiece 102 pp. appx. 100 tissue-guarded photogravures. Text of this edition one of 250 copies is in English. Astounding plates. 93 paintings and 7 sculptures are illustrated. Vellum edition with plates on India paper. Far superior to the red cloth bound edition. Number 22 of 100 copies thus printed and bound. Goupil & Co. and Estes & Lauriat hardcover books
1862WRCAM26652Washington 1862. 20pp. Original printed wrappers detached. Old library stamp on front wrapper. Good. The case of Peirce & Bacon Boston merchants revolves around drafts drawn on the Department of War for money due the freighters Russell Majors and Wadell the major firm freighting government supplies to New Mexico and Utah in the 1850's. Peirce & Bacon purchased a total of $260000 worth of these drafts what they believed to be "first class paper" backed by the "pledged faith and well known laws of the Government." The bankruptcy of the shipping firm threw the value of the paper into doubt. After submitting the drafts for payment and receiving no payments after eighteen months Peirce & Bacon appealed to Congress. This pamphlet sets forth their side of the case. unknown books
186224177Washington 1862. 20pp. Original printed wrappers a few very small chips spine split and wraps detaching stitched. Good or so. <br/><br/> The firm Russell Majors and Waddell contracted with the War Department in 1860 "for the transportation of military stores and supplies to the army then occupying Utah and New Mexico." War Secretary John Floyd soon to desert to the Confederacy accepted drafts drawn by the firm "thus solemnly acknowledging the indebtedness of the United States to the drawers for the amounts so accepted." Peirce and Bacon purchased these drafts and sought payment from the United States but the government has rebuffed them. This pamphlet demonstrates their entitlement citing and explaining appropriate legal precedents. <br/>OCLC 28140977 8. unknown books
189412536Paris and New York: Boussod Valadon & Co 1894. Hardcover. VG with slight and random spotting to covers scattered light foxing. Spotted red cloth with gilt lettering 102 pp. numerous plates within the text. Includes 100 plates-photogravures and Etchings and one water-color Fac-simile by Goupil & Co. The color reproduction is of "A Whisper of Love" by P. Carrier-Belleuse. Despite some random spotting to the covers this is a solid copy of the Vellum edition. text is in English. Boussod, Valadon & Co hardcover books
1801289249Dublin: Luke White 1801. Sixth Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The set in the Sixth Edition complete in five volumes with Volumes 6 and 7 being An Appendix to Bacon's New Abridgement of the Law in two volumes alphabetically digested by Henry Willims. The five volume set printed by Luke White in Dublin in 1793 and the Appendix volumes printed by White in 1801. Each of the seven volumes with the signature of Philip Lightfoot -- perhaps the same Lightfoot of Culpeper County who served in the Continental Army Artillery from 1778-1781 and was a prominent lawyer and merchant the little town of Lightfoot Virginia near Williamsburg bears his name . The volumes also have the name of another Culpeper lawyer James French Strother. Uniformly bound in contemporary calf with a decorative roll in blind to the perimeters of each board and morocco labels minor loss to one label. Numbers are stamped in blind. Very Good binding. Luke White unknown books
1893122840Paris and New York: Boussod Valadon & Co 1893. Hardbound. VG- soiling to covers scattered foxing mostly light. Red gilt and colored embossed cloth. Color lithographed frontispiece 102 pp. appx. 100 tissue-guarded photogravures and color plate. Text of this edition is in English. Astounding plates. 95 paintings and 5 sculptures are illustrated. Vellum edition. Cover states Goupil & Co. Boussod, Valadon & Co hardcover books
1887276877Boston: D. Lothrop 1887. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. The front hinge has been discreetly reglued and there is a small chip to the leading edge of the first few leaves; otherwise a nice bright copy. Very Good binding. D. Lothrop unknown books
1855004625London: Oxford University Press 1855. Two Volumes one in English the other in Latin. Kitchin's translation was one of four complete translations done in the 19th century and is quite SCARCE. Both volumes bound in leather all edges gilt gilt decorations front and rear ribbon markers 5 raised bands at spine great period bookplates both volumes at front pastedown. Both volumes Very Good Plus spine labels worn but titles still legible moderate foxing endpages but not into interior pages shadows front endpages from bookplates. Bindings tight and truly a lovely set of this SCARCE translation. . First Edition Thus. Full-Leather. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford University Press Hardcover books
188526551New York: Harper & Brothers 1885. 8vo. Frontis. 312 pp. lacks the map. <br><br>First edition second issue. Mrs. Custer wrote a trilogy in defense of her husband this being the first volume of that threesome. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Rader 1010; Howes C980; Graff 959. Publisher's brown cloth stamped in gilt and black on front cover showing a sunrise sunset on Plains with low hills. Slightly skewed in binding. Bookplate on front pastedown ownership signature on title-page. Lacking the map. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1893Embry 192819Charles L. Webster 1893. Two effaced ownership labels to front pastedown spine lightly toned very good to near fine. Oatmeal cloth pictorially stamped in brown. Charles L. Webster, 1893. hardcover books
1896277231Philadelphia: Nosegay Publishing Co 1896. Soft Cover. near Very Good binding. The columns from Charles Reade Bacon's early days with the Philadelphia Record where he was a correspondent and editor for over forty year. Pictorial paper wrappers with shelfwear. near Very Good binding. Nosegay Publishing Co unknown books
1895118698Paris: Bousod Valadon & Co 1895. Hardcover. VG slight focused and local damage to cloth on front cover not bad. Foxing. Red cloth over boards; Gilt lettering and decoration; 101 pp. plus plates; 101 color and duotone plates and figures 100 plates--photogravures and etchings 1 water color fac-simile per title page. Text in English translated from French by Henry Bacon. Contains painting and sculpture from the 1895 exhibitons of the Salon and the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts including works by J. Frappa Guignard P. Dubois L. Loir L. Royer L. Doucet R. Ernst and many more. Color frontispiece is after Daniel Ridgway Knight. Bousod, Valadon & Co hardcover books
1837321388London: Wm. H. Allen and Co. Leadenhall Street 1837. First edition. Full-page map frontispieces plates. xx 406; xvi 436 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in half contemporary blue morocco and marbled boards. First edition. Full-page map frontispieces plates. xx 406; xvi 436 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. "An officer in the Bengal Horse Artillery Bacon recounts his assignment to India with vivid descriptions of life in the cantonments travels along the Ganges River and observations of the peoples he encountered. He also enjoyed hunting wild boar and tiger in the 'junguls' near the confluence of the Ganges and Jumna Rivers. Near Hurdwar he hunted wild elephant and tiger. Continuing into the Dehra Doon he collected bear and encountered more tiger. An interesting view of pre-Raj India and its wild sports" Czech. Czech Asia p. 16 Wm. H. Allen and Co. Leadenhall Street unknown books
1828BL4560Boston:: Timothy Bedlington 1828. 1828. 12mo. 218 pp. Original full calf gilt spine decoration and title; extremities worn joints cracked upper board holding by cords only. Title signature of Joseph H. Crane. Good. Timothy Bedlington, 1828. unknown books
18673282London: Longmans Green Reader and Dyer 1867. Lg. 8vo. xxiv620pp. Indices. Plus 24pp. publisher's catalog. Early 20th c. 1/2 calf gilt black morocco spine label over cloth lightly soiled. Whately the editor was Archbishop of Dublin. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer hardcover books
186647875New Haven: T.J. Stafford 1866. Paperback. Good. 66pp. Wraps darkened front lightly chipped with some loss to the spine. <br/><br/> T.J. Stafford paperback books
184510008New Haven: Pr. by B. L. Hamlen for the Foreign Evangelical Society 1845. 8vo. 43 1 blank pp. <br><br>Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly age-toned. Pencilled presentation inscription on title-page partially cut off by binder's trimming. Pr. by B. L. Hamlen for the Foreign Evangelical Society unknown books
184037422New York: Office of the American Biblical Repository 1840. 8vo. 25 pp. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in American Imprints. Removed from a nonce volume. Foxing throughout. Office of the American Biblical Repository unknown books
183985009New Haven: Durrie & Peck; NY: Gould. Newman & Saxton 1839. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis viii 400p. Original green cloth. 23 cm. Extensive but mostly moderate foxing. MInor bubbling of cover cloth. <br/><br/> Durrie & Peck; NY: Gould. Newman & Saxton hardcover books
183981549New Haven: Durrie & Peck; NY: Gould. Newman & Saxton 1839. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis viii 400p. Hardcover in recent quarterbinding. 23 cm. Moderate foxing. An autograph Letter signed by Bacon mounted on back of frontis in which Bacon asks someone for aid with a Wethersfield-related genealogical problem. <br/><br/> Durrie & Peck; NY: Gould. Newman & Saxton hardcover books
