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189029558Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1890. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good. 1st edition thus 1890. Good. 12 mo. 125 pp. bound in cloth-backed silk floral patterned boards. Cover is soiled and worn tips rubbed through. Previous owners signature inside front cover in pencil. Some light scattered foxing text edges dusty. Included is the oft-reprinted Civil War poem "Lee To The Rear" by John Reuben Thompson. J. B. Lippincott Company hardcover
189423573Charlottesville VA: A. C. Brechin. Very Good. 1894. Revised Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Rubbed at the edges. ; 6"; 143 pages . A. C. Brechin hardcover
1838ZB273677Washington: 1838. 9 pp issued as 5th sic should be 25th Congress 2d Session HR 956; light tattering at margins untrimmed copy tied into self wrappers; concerns the New England Mississippi Land Company and the Georgia Mississippi Company. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: unknown
186466553Washington:: Published by the Author 1864. First edition. publisher's cloth. 1864 ink gift inscription on front free endpaper; tiny ink numerals on title page and first leaf of text and other mild 19th c. library markings; cloth worn at extremities but tight and sound. . 12mo. Published by the Author, hardcover
1880R320013971DELAHAYE ET CIE. 1880. In-12. Relié demi-cuir. Etat d'usage, 2ème plat abîmé, Dos frotté, Rousseurs. 568 pages illustrées de quelques figures dans le texte - Dos a nerfs (4) - Plats marbrés - Auteur, titre et fleurons dorés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 610-Sciences médicales. Médecine
182727601827 demi-rel. époque, dos orné, (coiff. sup. frottée). in-8, XII, 468pp., Paris Gabon1827,
183689581836 br. (couv. imprimée). in-8, (4ff.), 184pp., Montpellier Castel 1836,
189948179New York: William Wood and Company 1899. Large 8vo pp. v 3 703 1; black & white photographic illustrations charts index; bookplate on front pastedown inner hinges starting extremities lightly rubbed at edges else a very good copy in original full speckled sheep black morocco labels on spine with gilt lettering raised bands. William Wood and Company unknown
188498457Century Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1884. Magazine. ; 8x11; 20 pages . Century Company unknown
189343923Denver: Published by Thomas L.Smith Under the Authority of the Denver Real Estate and Stock Exchange 1893. 1893. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Original color decorated wrappers ix 10 -88 xi-xvii 1 pp. illustrations from photographs frontispiece portrait advertisements plus two inserted slips. An illustrated pictorial tour and history of Denver designed to entice settlers to the city. Indeed this volume was issued under the auspices of the Denver Real Estate and Stock Exchange and the two inserted slips are from realty and mortgage agents as are many of the advertisements. The text includes a history of Denver by Mayor Platt Rogers as well as articles on real estate schools hospitals and manufactures. The photographically-derived illustrations include a panoramic view of the city noteworthy public buildings attractive homes hotels theatres churches the Chamberlin Observatory and the "Columbine School." OCLC locates a total of ten copies. Covers lightly soiled separation along the front hinge at the spine ends interior clean else a very good copy. Scarce. Published by Thomas L.Smith, Under the Authority of the Denver Real Estate and Stock Exchange, 1893. unknown
1853144253Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo & Co. 1853. Hardcover. Fair. 384 36 p. 20 cm. Full leather. Front board is nearly detached. Dent in edge of front board. Some scuffs and marks to leather. Ink signature on front free endpaper. Light foxing. Pencil marks first page of Contents. 36 p. of publisher's ads at rear. <br/><br/>Title continues: "Or Outlines of the System of Civil and Criminal Laws in Force in the United States and in the Several States of the Union. Designed for General Use And to Enable any one to Acquire a Competent Knowledge of His Legal Rights and Privileges in all the Most Important Political and Business Relations of the Citizens of the Country; With the Principles upon which they are Founded and the Means of Asserting and Maintaining Them in Civil and Criminal Cases." Lippincott, Grambo & Co. hardcover
1878021455Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1878. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 384 pages. Hardcover bound in green publisher's cloth. The binding shows rubbing and wear and the inner hinges are cracked. The text block is sound and clean. <br/> <br/> J. B. Lippincott & Co. hardcover
1889764391889. ROSSER Thomas L. The Cavalry A.N.V. Address. Baltimore: The Sun Book and Job Printing Office 1889. 1st ed. 43pp. Portrait frontis. Orig. printed wrappers. Faint scattered foxing else very good or better. Rare Worldcat locates only four copies. Not in Dornbusch. An appreciation of the cavalry of the army of Northern Virginia by the noted cavalry general. unknown
190063721Richmond VA: B. F. Johnson Publishing Co 1900. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 24cm. Brown cloth titled in gilt; 170pp; halftone frontispiece portrait. Sound but rubbed with minor superficial abrasions and small stains to cloth though internally clean: just Very Good. <br /> <br /> History of the settlement and colonial period of Virginia written by a professor at the University of Virginia. 63721. B. F. Johnson Publishing Co unknown
190057853Richmond Virginia: B. F.Johnson Publishing Co. 1900. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good hardcover Title stamped in Gilt on front cover. The spine and top edge of front cover is sunned. The interior is clean and tight. 170pp including index. This is a limited edition of 180 copies. The book is focused on the 17th-18th Century and the Mid Atlantic states. B. F.Johnson Publishing Co. Hardcover
1900716Richmond Virginia: B. F. Johnson Publishing Co. 1900. First Edition. 2 small holes in front joint a bit shaken with some interesting contemporary pencil marginalia o/w clean pages VG-. ; 8vo original brown cloth with gilt lettering . B. F. Johnson Publishing Co. hardcover
186453217Paris: Leiber 1864. First edition. 12mo. vii 287 pp. illustrated from engravings. Contemporary half morocco gilt and marbled paper over boards. Slight rubbing at the tips with the previous owner's ink signature on the first blank leaf; the owner has also written his name "C. CABOCHE" across the top edge. Else a fine and bright copy. An early text on the chemicals used in the photographic process.<br/><br/>Roosens and Salu No. 1818. WorldCat lists only nine copies. <br/><br/> Leiber hardcover books
1852803737New York: Fowler and Wells 1852. reprint. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover 237 pages. Black cloth gilt embossed design. Minor wear to spine edge. Shelf wear. Pages are foxed and tanned throughout. Copyright page states 1849 so assumed reprint. .A Complete and Authentic History of the Manners and Customs Character and Condition of the Female Sex in Civilized and Savage Countries from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Record # 803737 Fowler and Wells hardcover
1881302G3006Concord New Hampshire: J.N. McClintock 1881. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pages 474-510. Features: Hon. Hosea A. Parker - article with one-page illustration of subject; Query; The Crime of Isaac Dole and his Punishment; Cloud-land; Hon. William Henry Haile; Lake Village; Pleasant Pond; The Name and Family of Tulloch; Sketch of Keene; A Garden; New Hampshire Men in Michigan; A Slight Mistake in the History of New Hampshire; Letter of James Madison to Gen. John Stark and his Answer; Record of Marriages and Births in the Town of Canterbury N.H.; Book Notices. Back cover partly loose. Above-average external wear and soiling. Faint prior owner's name atop front cover. A worthy reference copy. J.N. McClintock Paperback
1844W1843Philadelphia: Daniel Rice & James G. Clark 1844. Folio 18 3/8 inches by 14 1/2 inches print from the third and final folio edition. The print is in excellent condition with vivid coloring and none of the foxing frequently seen see the Smithsonian's copy for example. There are some smudges in the margins--well away from the image; there is one very small chip out of the bottom right corner in the margin and one 1/2" closed tear on the bottom edge. It is appropriate that McKenney and Hall identified this leader as "The Orator" because the Winnebago called themselves "Hochungra" which translates as "People of the Big Voice." Oratory was highly valued by tribe members and it was natural that they would send their best orator to speak for them in negotiations in Washington. Third Edition. Paper. Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by Charles Bird King. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Fine Art Print. Daniel Rice & James G. Clark paperback
1837W1844Philadelphia: E. C. Biddle 1837. Folio 18 3/4 inches by 14 1/4 inches lithograph from the first folio edition. The print is in excellent condition with vivid hand-coloring and none of the foxing frequently seen. There is a dime-sized stain in the bottom margin--well away from the image; there is a very narrow line of glue residue along the binding edge--again well away from the image. In 1825 Mahaskah's father also named Mahaskah had traveled to Washington where he negotiated a treaty and had his portrait painted by Charles Bird king. In 1837 "Young" Mahaskah made the same trip because the United States had not lived up to the terms of the treaty. He too had his portrait painted by King and apparently he was wearing the same bear claw necklace that his father had worn. First Edition. Paper. Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by Charles Bird King. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Fine Art Print. E. C. Biddle Paperback
18387304Philadelphia:: F.W. Greenough 1838. First edition. Fine. Fine condition. Original lithograph drawn printed and coloured at J.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment No 94 Walnut Street Philadelphia. Folio 15 x 21.25 inches. Full sheet with minor edge tear on bottom right yet with rich original color. Matted in Rag Board. As the oil on canvas portrait of Chippeway Squaw & Child by Charles Bird King after painting by James Otto Lewis was destroyed by fire in 1865 this original hand-colored lithograph by JT Bowen is the only surviving rendering of this essential chapter of Americana. During the first quarter of the nineteenth century as the Native American people traveled to Washington DC to discuss their plight; the loss of their lands and destruction of their people they appealed to Thomas McKenney the then Chief to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in whom they found a sincere advocate in the efforts to improve the welfare of the Native American people. After meeting to discuss the situation McKenney invited every one of his guests to sit for formal portraits and included all members; not only the Chiefs but also the Warriors Braves and Women. A pioneer in the study of North American ethnology and superintendent to the Bureau of Indian Affairs under John C. Calhoun Thomas Loraine McKenney Chestertown MD 1785-1859 assembled in his War Department office a virtual archive of the American Indian; a large collection of books manuscripts artifacts and paintings that constituted the first museum in Washington DC. The core of the collection was a gallery of 150 portraits of prominent Indian men and women most of them painted by Washington artist Charles Bird King Newport RI 1785-1862 during official visits to Washington. In addition King copied and painted several portraits after James Otto Lewis 1799-1858. These portraits were later published as part of a mammoth lithography project that McKenney conceived of and launched with the aid of writer James Hall Philadelphia 1793-1868. Known as the History of the Indian Tribes of North America the publication features the portraits and biographies of 120 Indian men and women from McKenneys collection. The entire archive eventually ended up at the Smithsonian Institution where the portraits were destroyed by fire in 1865. ANB. 0300320 Single sheet matted in rag board F.W. Greenough, unknown
183712<p>3 volumes. Folio 507 x 365 mm. 120 hand-colored lithographed plates finished with gum arabic lithographed map leaf and 17 pp lithographed facsimile signatures of subscribers with two additional names added in manuscript to Pennsylvania subscribers. Original half-morocco upper covers gilt lettered "Indian Gallery / 120 Illustrations" lower spine lettered in gilt "L.A. Godey" yellow glazed endpapers rebacked retaining original spine hinges reinforced.</p><p><strong>Superb complete copy in its original binding of one of the most beautiful books printed in the United States which through 120 hand-colored plates preserves the memory of the Indian people.</strong></p><p>Provenance: Louis Antoine Godey 1804-1878 publisher of Godey's Lady Book spine stamped manuscript identification in another hand; Helen Godey Wilson 1879-1937 bookplates.</p><p>FIRST EDITION of "one of the most distinctive and important books in Americana" Reese.</p><p>In 1821-22 Thomas McKenney began assembling portraits of Native Americans that would eventually become part of a portrait gallery under the Smithsonian. He started by taking visiting Native American dignitaries to the studio of Charles Bird King in Washington who would paint their portraits in oil some copies for the dignitaries and some collected by McKenney. These portraits were eventually preserved in the War Department's "Indian Gallery" becoming part of the Smithsonian in 1858. The collection boasted 147 of McKenney's portraits of Native Americans alongside about 200 paintings by John Mix Stanley when it burned to the ground in 1865.</p><p>Thankfully beginning in 1829 McKenney had embarked on a project to preserve his oil portraits in lithography rescuing most of these important projects for posterity. In September 1829 he signed a contract to publish a work to consist of a history biographies and 120 lithographed plates. The works were issued serially in wrappers and the first volume was collected and published in 1836. By the time the 3rd volume appeared in 1844 15 years after the first contracts were signed the monumental work had consumed six publishers and employed 5 different lithographers.</p><p>"Its long and checkered publication history spanned twelve years and involved multiple lithographers mainly Peter S. Duval and James T. Bowen and publishers but the final product is one of the most distinctive and important books in Americana. Almost all the plates are portraits of individual Native Americans the majority painted from life by Charles Bird King" Reese.</p><p>This copy in its original contemporary binding is from the contemporary American publisher Louis A. Godey. Godey was most famous for the influential Godey's Lady's Book beginning in 1830 famous for their representations of women's fashion employing hand-tinted lithographic plates. With the first issue of the title pages in volumes 1 & 3 the second issue of volume 2; the plates in mixed states as usual. See Lane "A History of McKenney and Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America" Imprint Vol. 27 no. 2 Autumn 2002 2-15. Howes M-129; Reese Stamped With A National Character 24; Sabin 43410a.</p> Edward C. Biddle and Daniel Rice and James G. Clark hardcover
184869369Philadelphia: Published by J. T. Bowen 1848. HALL James. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War at Washington. Philadelphia: Published by J. T. Bowen 1848.<br> <br> Full Description:<br> <br> McKENNEY Thomas L. and James Hall. History of the Indian Tribes of North America with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War at Washington. In Three Volumes. Philadelphia: Published by J.T. Bowen 1848-1850.<br> <br> First octavo edition. Three large octavo volumes 10 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches; 258 x 167 mm. iv 1- 333 1 blank; xvii 1 blank 9-290; iv 17-392 pp. With hand-colored lithographed dedication leaf "To the Memory of Washington" and 120 hand-colored lithographed plates "Lithd. & Cold. & Published by J.T Bowen Philada." mostly after Charles Bird King the plates heightened with gum arabic. Protective tissue guard sheets.<br> <br> Publisher's deluxe blue-black morocco binding. Elaborately stamped and tooled in blind and gilt. Spines stamped and lettered in gilt. Board edges gilt. All edges giltSome wear to spines. A few invisible repairs to hinges. Previous owner's old ink signature on top margin of title-page of each volume. Volume I with some minor dampstaining to lower blank margin. Volume II with some dampstaining to inner gutter. Dampstaining never affecting plates most likely because leaves were stained before the book was bound. A small closed tear to the bottom margin of plate "Oche-Fincew" in volume III not affecting engraving. Overall an excellent copy the plates very bright and clean.<br> <br> Originally published in twenty folio parts three folio volumes between 1836 and 1844 with 120 hand-colored lithographed plates. The first octavo edition appeared in 1848-1850 with the plates reduced. Several octavo editions were published between 1850 and the 1870s with varying numbers of plates some maintaining the original 120 and some abridged to contain as few as forty or fifty plates. All are highly desired today.<br> <br> "As early as 1824 the practice was begun of taking portraits of the principal Indians who came to Washington and depositing them in the War Department. They were chiefly painted by Mr. King an artist of high repute who has been remarkably successful in transferring to his canvas the strong lineaments of the Indian countenance. Col. M'Kinney sic who was for many years superintendent of Indian affairs at Washington and was thus brought in constant association with the principal men of the nations and tribes which sent representatives to the seat of government conceived the plan of making this rare and curious collection more valuable to the world by publishing a series of engraved portraits exactly copies and colored from these paintings. With each portrait is connected a biographical sketch of the individual whom it is intended to represent interspersed with anecdotes and narrations. The work contains also a historical account of the various Indian tribes within the borders of the United States" Sabin 43410a describing the 1836-1844 edition. "The original oil paintings of which the plates were copies were all destroyed in the 1865 Smithsonian fire" Howes.<br> <br> Howes M-129 "the most colorful portraits of Indians ever executed". Sabin 43411 describing the 1850 octavo edition. Field 992 1837 ed.<br> <br> HBS 69369.<br> <br> $18500. Published by J. T. Bowen unknown
