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185524811Fairfield Iowa and Philadelphia: Henn Williams & Co. and R. Barnes 1855. Folding pocket map lithographed by Friend & Aub of Philadelphia full original period hand colouring. Folds into original blue cloth covers blocked in blind the upper cover with publisher and title in gilt. A fine copy of this attractive map of Iowa from the early years of its settlement this second edition shows the rapid development within the state and is the first edition to include Sioux City and many proposed railroad routes.<br/> <br/> This large and colourful map of Iowa shows the state divided into numerous counties all within nine land districts with the sites of the land offices identified in each. Issued to promote settlement in the state the map includes an advertisement in the upper left corner for Henn Williams and Co.: "dealers in land land warrants & exchange . special attention given to Location of Land the sale and loan of Warrants and to the collecting & remitting of sight and time bills. Investments made in any part of Iowa." Besides locating numerous towns and river systems the state's burgeoning railroad system is shown with many proposed routes depicted across the state by means of dotted lines. This is the second edition of the map after the first of 1854 but apparently printed from a new plate to incorporate the rapid growth. A third edition followed in 1856.<br/> <br/> Phillips A List of Maps of America p. 337; Rumsey 1739; Graff 1857; Streeter sale 3898. Henn, Williams & Co. and R. Barnes unknown
1850List1315Britton and Rey 1850. Single sheet measuring 8 ¼ x 10 ¾ inches on blue wove paper. Small chip to corner not affecting image some older tape repairs verso at margins else fine very good plus overall and quite attractive. Very Good. A series of four illustrations telling the story of a mining party that heads out with a pack mule only to fail to find gold and lose their mule before returning to a new prospect with their clothes in shambles. This is entry 209 in Baird’s California’s Pictorial Letter Sheets in which he sets the publication date as being prior to 1855. The series possibly illustrates scenes from a song. A particularly fine example on the classic blue wove paper of the period. unknown
1825434577Edinburgh : Daniel Lizars 1825. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copy in marbled boards backed in gilt-blocked spine with raised bands. Covers and spine dust-toned bumped and rubbed as with age. Some foxing to the first and last pages. Previous owner's bookplate inside. Physical description; 302 p. ; 19 cm. Subjects; Macculloch John 1773-1835. Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. Macculloch John. Highlands Scotland Description and travel. Western Isles Scotland Description and travel. Highland Region Scotland Description and travel. Edinburgh : Daniel Lizars hardcover
1868FGN10-H-2New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1868. Leather. Good. 10" by 6.5". None. A bright scarce early New York edition of Andrew's Latin-English Lexicon. Scarce. Ethan Allen Andrews 1787 1858 was an American educator. He was born in Connecticut and graduated at Yale in 1810. He practiced law for several years then was professor in the University of North Carolina of ancient languages after which he taught at New Haven and Boston. He published a number of Latin grammar textbooks and in 1850 a Latin-English lexicon based on Freund which went through many revisions and came to be known as Harper's Latin Dictionary in 1907. in a calf binding. Externally sound with wear to the extremities and rubbing. Loss to the leather. Hinges are strained. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with occasional spotting and an ink signature to the front free-endpaper. Good Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
1900102634<p>No place no date but French c. 1900. Each mark pasted on a single sheet of thin paper 17 x 22 cm. Most with an identification in ink at the bottom of the sheet. paper browned uniformly and eight sheets with rodent damage not affecting the image.</p><p>A curious collection. The marks and vignettes are mostly French Paris even but there are marks from all over France and also a few European: Milan Genève Bruxelles Madrid most identify 19th century printers and publishers but there are a few earlier ones. Some printers and publishers are represented with more than one mark some identical but mostly with slight differences.</p>
1869015071Dublin: Hodge's Smith and Foster 1869. Book measures 22.5x15.cm. lxix16552pp. Bound in full calf raised bands gilt lines and lettering. Calf rubbed wear loss on edges top hinge joint split loose but still attached. Internally occasional institution library stamp. Pages in good clean condition. A good clean copy in a worn binding. . Calf. Near Very Good. 8vo. Hodge's Smith, and Foster Paperback
1847437334London : The Proprietors 1847. 1st edition. Hardcover. 7 volumes in different bindings: 6 good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine worn and cracked; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age-- 1 volume has the front board detaching. 1 poor copy in marbled boards backed in aniline-calf spine taped and detaching. Foxing and worming to the pages across de 7 volumes. Physical description; 7 volumes 24 x 35 cm. Subjects; Horticulture England ; Periodicals. Agriculture England ; Periodicals. Gardening ; Periodicals. Gardening Great Britain ; Periodicals. Ornamental horticulture ; Periodicals. Ornamental horticulture Great Britain ; Periodicals. Plants Ornamental Great Britain ; Periodicals. Gardening Great Britain ; Periodicals. London : The Proprietors hardcover
