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1890016602New York: The Century Co. 1890. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Relatively uncommon binding variant vellum-like ivory paper covered boards decorated in blind bordered in gilt with gilt spine lettering top edge in gilt deckled edges. Royal 8vo. Mildly soiled mild shelf wear. Evidence of repair to lower front joint which showed slight separation. xv501 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates. Small private library plate mounted on front pastedown. A few slightly ragged edges due to deckling original to issue. Likely first edition with 1889 and 1890 copyright dates no date on title page. The Century Co. Hardcover
185852199New York: A. A. Kelley Publisher. Fair. 1858. Fair condition with extensive tanning soiling and edgewear to the boards and pages with an inscription in the front; This book tells the stories of American generals during the American Revolution. It includes stories of generals such as George Washington Benedict Arnold and Horatio Gates.; 407 pages; FSA . A. A. Kelley, Publisher hardcover
18493628Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co 1849. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. xv 544 pgs. 5 x 8 in. Quarter brown calf with brown cloth boards. Condition of the book is FAIR; spine missing. Corners bumped and worn. Cover and text have water stains front pastedown and ffep darkened by water damage text moderately foxed throughout. Cover scuffed. Binding is sound. Upper edge of text block darkened all foxed. Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co hardcover
18905180080Richmond: B. F. Johnson & Company 1890. Hardcover. Fair in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Full leather with two leather title blocks on spine. Marbled endpapers. Front cover separated at endpapers but present. Leather over boards shelf worn with bumped corners and spine leather loosening. Text block tight pages tanned. Published by authority of Mrs. Davis. 36 illustrated plates including frontispiece. Ex-Library; 8.75" tall; 672 pages. B. F. Johnson & Company hardcover
1887110431Andover MA: Joseph Smith 1887 Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. A historical maritime work by Joseph Warren Smith 1831-1907 that documents 19th-century seafaring life and the New England fishing industry. 399 pages illustrated. Moderate age wear including heavy fading along last half to 3/4" of front and back board with lighter sunning on spine. . Joseph Smith hardcover
184418349New York: Greeley & McElrath 1844. Paperback. 8vo. Self-cover. 16pp. Very good. Mild soiling to outer wrappers and binding traces along left edge but overall tight and attractive. First edition of this single issue from a series of eight essays issued every other month beginning in March 1843 on a variety of controversial political matters this number titled "Life of Henry Clay. Greeley & McElrath paperback
186530578Hartford CT: L. Stebbins. 1865. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fair in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. This is the first edition of this Civil War history which was written and issued in installments during the War ultimately comprising three volumes and is here gathered into one volume for the first time in 1865. Publisher's full brown pebbled leather spine in five compartments separated by raised bands gilt lettering in two compartments marbled endpapers. Illustrated with steel plate engravings and maps. Covers worn and rubbed hinges sprung old damp-staining on first preliminary pages only first signature almost loose remailing text-block tight and square. READING/BINDING COPY. Steel plate engravings and maps. Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall. 778 1 pages . L. Stebbins hardcover
1851017548New York: Lane and Scott for the Sunday-School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church Printed by Joseph Longking 1851. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. First U.S. Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Black 1/2 leather backstrip and corners marbled paper covered boards lettered in gilt on spine panel. Apparent 1st U.S. edition. Edges rubbed with some exposure in a few spots. Text block a bit toned with light foxing. Vintage institutional book plate from the Methodist Episcopal Sunday School of Glendale New Jersey mounted on front pastedown with adjacent gift inscription in pencil on front flyleaf. 222 pp. 2 pp. publisher's ads at rear. Very unusual marbled paper shows musical staffs printed over the marbling -- a feature we've never previously encountered. Lane and Scott, for the Sunday-School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church [Printed by Joseph Longking] Hardcover
1884041465New York: Dodd Mead and Co. 1884. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gray pebbled cloth elaborately illus. and lettered in dark blue red gold and black. Modest rubbing to corners and spine extremities light rubbing along joints and minor surface rubbing to lower spine light soiling. Text block edges toned by age. viii9-260 pp. illus. w/ full-page plates illus. in text. 1st edition no addt'l ptgs. indicated. Dodd, Mead and Co. Hardcover
182528999Hartford CN: Barber & Robinson. Fair with no dust jacket. 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. Front board is loose. Surface of the spine is badly chipped & coming loose. Contents are complete. ; 7 1/2"; 455 pages . Barber & Robinson hardcover
1900012809Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1900 original pictorial stiff paper wrappers handling soiled uniformly darkened light edge wear and corner rubbing pencil name at head of half title 2pp adverts xii 124 32pp publishers adverts dated July 1905 2pp adverts also inside covers and outside rear cover with adverts closed edges handling soiled one minor faint water mark to closed edge of a rear advert page cover has a vignette by Frank Mahony of a Coach at night and replicated on title page cover and title dated 1900 adverts must have been bound in with unissued sheets of the first Mackaness 5A-I. published as the Commonwealth Series No.4 in the same year as the 1st ed. . First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frank Mahony. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Angus & Robertson paperback
1896025198Longsman Green: 1896. 1168 pages. 2 FINE- HARDCOVERS with the bookplate of William Crowninshield Endicott Nov. 19 1826 - May 6 1900. He was an American politician and the Secretary of War in the Administration of President Grover.". Hard Cover. Fine-/No Dust Jackets Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longsman, Green: Hardcover
185836274London Chapman and Hall 1858 First Edition. hardcover. Reprint original was 1850. Illustrated by H.K. Browne. -- Hardcover two volumes gilt spine lettering. Condition: good spine tips worn; corners bumped; both volumes have wavy text block; owner name; scattered foxing but plates are clear. -- Charles Lever 1806-1872 was Irish novelist who studied medicine and worked with cholera epidemic victims 1832. Oxford Companion Chapman and Hall hardcover
184534117London Chapman and Hall 1845 First Edition. hardcover. First Edition. Illustrated by Phiz title page. -- Hardcover dark green with elaborate gilt spine and front-cover decoration all-edges-gilt discreet vintage seller label. Condition: good spine color change but still bright; hinge cracked; one plate foxed others and some pages more lightly; previous seller pencilled notes. -- Overall an attractive book by this 19th century author born in Dublin; this novel includes episode of cholera one engraving shows a coffin carried down a hill. Chapman and Hall hardcover
1892183108Montreal QC: F.E. Grafton & Sons 1892. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Copy no. 380 of a limited edition signed by Lighthall. 149pp frontis. 16 b/w illustrations. Minor soiling of the covers otherwise a nice copy. <br/> <br/> F.E. Grafton & Sons hardcover
1892179482Montreal QC: F.E. Grafton & Sons 1892. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Copy no. 380 of a limited edition signed by Lighthall. 149pp frontis. 16 b/w illustrations. Minor soiling of the covers otherwise a nice copy. <br/> <br/> F.E. Grafton & Sons hardcover
187016687NY: Virtue & Yorston. Very Good-. 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Rubbed at the edges. Bound in three-quarter brown leather. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 61248 pages . Virtue & Yorston hardcover
189224812London: Longmans Green & Company. Very Good. 1892. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Shaken lightly soiled and lightly rubbed at the corners. ; 7 1/2"; 146 pages . Longmans, Green & Company hardcover
184620394Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society. Good. 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. The contents are very good . However the original black cloth is very worn with chipping at the spine ends and separating at the rear hinge. The rear fep is missing and that inner hinge is separating. Certainly repairable. Sold as-is. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 301 pages . Massachusetts Sabbath School Society hardcover
189023172Boston: Roberts Brothers. Very Good. 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Light rubbing to the spine ends; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 24plates pages . Roberts Brothers hardcover
1868028122New York: D. and J. Sadlier and Co. 1868. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original copy rebound in burgundy cloth lettered in gilt new endpapers head- and tail-bands. Lacks title page otherwise complete thus unknown printing but clearly vintage ca. 1860s; we provide 1868 as year of publication based on Sadlier's copyright of this title in that year with a new edition issued in 1869. Sturdy reading copy with firm binding. Speckling to text block edges internally foxed generally light. 3-630 pp. illus. w/ engravings. Slight fore-edge/corner loss to a few early leaves. D. and J. Sadlier and Co. Hardcover
185361143<p>Philadelphia: E. H. Butler and Co. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn backstrip detached and laid in sporadic foxing. 1853. Hardcover. Black embossed and gilt-decorated leather binding. All edges gilt. Engravings by Devereux and Gihon. Macaulay's poems about the early history of the Roman empire. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 222 pages .</p> E. H. Butler and Co. hardcover
1845040040New York: Harper and Brothers 1845. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Complete in two 2 volumes uniformly bound in original brown cloth spine panels lettered in gilt. Both volumes show chipping to spine extremities with approx. 15% loss of spine panel to Vol. I and 10% to Vol. II also exposure and/or loss at corners. Front cover of Vol. I shows some surface loss slight on front cover of Vol. II. Firm bindings clean interiors other than scattered foxing generally light ranging toward moderate. 6xiii260 ix308 pp. engraved Vol. I frontis. w/ tissue guard. Howes M 135. Front fixed pastedown of each volume shows book plate covering original signature of Henry Augustus Muhlenberg 1823-1854 Pennsylvania Congressman D and member of the illustrious Muhlenberg family connected with the establishment of Lutheranism in the American colonies. Worn but with an interesting provenance. Harper and Brothers Hardcover
1885010681NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Hard cover. Subscription Edition. Published NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1885. 8vo. viii267pp. illus. frontis tissued guarded portraits folding maps tables appendix index. Blue cloth with gilt titles and trim top edge gilting. Wear at the spine ends tips rubbed tissue guards age toned with toning offset to the portraits mild toning to text block few spots on covers. Very good. . Very Good. Hard. 1885. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
1894044954Paris: Charavay Mantoux Martin 1894. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Montader. Light wear and rubbing to publisher's decorative cloth rear hinge slightly split. Light browning internally a few torn tissue guards otherwise unmarked. Size: Octavo 8vo. Illustrator: Montader. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Children; History. Inventory No: 044954. <br/><br/> Charavay, Mantoux, Martin hardcover