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1880089146Quebec Canada etc. 1880. Leather Bound. pp. 44; 61; 35; 147; 116; 163; 17; 24; 23; 18; 60; 15; 52; 10; 82; 20; 83; 11; 8; 8; 31; 61; 29; 79; 44; 29; 18. 8vo. Black leather over marbled boards. "DIVERS" in gilt to spine. Minor shelfwear; very good. Black. 27 individually published booklets bound together including reports rules speeches itineraries and other such administrative documents mostly in French mostly published in Montreal. unknown
1868092800Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1868 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. First Edition. Both volumes with minor wear/marks only on pebbled cloth bindings; slight musty odor minor foxing. Parts I and II both on Foreign Affairs and diplomatic correspondence Department of State - The Honorable William H Seward Secretary of State. Part I is 729 pages and Part II is 829 pages; two volumes. Government Printing Office hardcover
1897019534No Place: No publisher 1897. Unbound. Good. 1897 Marksman Pin to Sergt Sergeant J.H. Mills. No producer or place. 1897 date inscribed on the reverse. Measures about 1 ½ inches tall by 1 inch wide. Safety pin style back. Three pieces attached by metal rings. Top two pieces are the same thin banner reading "marksman with the bottom piece being some sort of stylized cross formation with the date 1818 at the bottom and perhaps an ornate letter L on the other three points. Reverse has 1897 and Sergt J.H. Mills inscribed on it. No indication as to who issued this piece. GOOD condition metal with an overall dark patina with minor soiling and wear. No publisher unknown
189822932Centralia IL: Brown's Business College 1898. Softcover. Very good. Four-page printed circular 11.5" x 8.75" with photographic illustrations accompanied by a mimeographed letter on Brown's letterhead and original mailing envelope. Folding creases and light handling wear; very good. Brown's Business College was a chain of business colleges located in the Midwest started in Illinois in the 1870s by George W. Brown 1845-1918. Brown eventually grew the chain to at least 29 locations where students could expect to receive instruction in accounting business and office practice writing stenography and the elements of success in business generally. This four-page illustrated circular announces the opening of the Centralia Illinois location on September 5 1898. It offers a brief description of the town and notes that although it is smaller than other Browns' locations "its central location its easy access to all points of southern Illinois and the moderate prices of board for students give it an importance out of proportion to its immediate population." Inside is description of the benefits of business school the demand for graduates the course of study etc. Brown's Business College unknown
18979629New York: Gorham MFG. Co. Silversmiths 1897. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Orignal gray paper wraps with blank ink title print on the cover. 7" X 5.5". 57 pp. Two color ink. Probably a promotional book for fine dining silver. Includes full page illustrations of salad sets and bowls with catalog numbers presumably for sale by Gorham Silversmiths. Although this publisher Gorham MFG. was not found on OCLC Identical titles offered by 3 other establishments were found with 4 total holdings on OCLC. One other copy found within the trade. Uncommon. The original paper covers are heavily edge worn and the spine paper is mostly missing. A few pages are shadow toned. Otherwise a clean copy with sound binding. "Perhaps no company in the world extended the influence of tableware design more than Gorham founded in Providence in 1831. From a small silversmith shop that began by making handcrafted teaspoons Gorham grew to become the world's leading manufacturer in tableware design and production in its heyday. As it grew Gorham Manufacturing catered mainly to the wealthy and the influential with its fine silver products."Rhodeside Diaries <br/> <br/> Gorham MFG. Co., Silversmiths paperback
182710468London: G. & W. B. Whittaker 1827. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Very good Paper spine over paper covers. Small orner tear. Internally fine. 58 pages. G. & W. B. Whittaker Paperback
1844CW5032London: Richard Baynes 28 Paternoster Row 1844. HB. Brown blindstamped cloth gilt lettering on front cover 16 mo 172 pp. Very scarce work on non-conformists from the period of Henry VIII in Suffolk. Printed by J. Teulon 57 Cheapside. Clean unmarked book binding tight. Backstrip lightly sunned covers show minor edge wear small scuffing rear cover. Book condition VG. Two copies appear on Copac at the British Library and Oxford. Richard Baynes, 28, Paternoster Row hardcover
1838111327New Haven CT: B. L. Hamlen 1838 Paper. Good. Soft cover. Original Edition. 46 page catalogue of the Phi Beta Kappa Society - the this Alpha of connecticut one organized at Yale college in November of 1780. Includes officers from 1835 to 1838 plus members with home towns since 1767 along with some notations of their professions. Moderate foxing throughout. B. L. Hamlen paperback
1825001031Warwick: Henry Sharpe 1825 Book. Good. Soft cover. 16th edition with additions. 36 ivp 2 folding plates. Original printed paper wrappers titled Account of Kenilworth Castle with a key to the novel of Kenilworth. Ink owner's name to front cover - C a Court. Some creasing. Offsetting to plates. Henry Sharpe paperback
1816005210Worcester: T. Eaton 1816 Book. Good. Hardcover. vi 175p 1p errata at rear. Page edges untrimmed Original paper covered boards some wear. Spine creased. Plates complete with the frontis vignette to title plan of the city plan of the cathedral and views of the Cathedral and of the Guild Hall. Also a vignette of a rustic scene on p33. Ink name at the head of the title page - E Jones of Worcester Star and Garter Hotel June 18th 1822. The same inscription to the front free end paper. Title page and frontis browned and spotted other plates less so. T. Eaton hardcover
1838110492New York: Harper & Brothers 1838 Book. Good. Hardcover. Harper Library Edition. Number 31 from the Harpers Family Library series Stereotype Edition. Two full page illustrations precede the title page. Light wear/foxing. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1893AC2617Chicago: Department of Public Works 1893. Original edition; Clean and tight textblock with moderately worn edges and some chipping. Faded pink covers. 39p. Wraps. Good. 12mo over 6¾" 7¾" tall. Paper Back. Department of Public Works Paperback
1825007769Coventry: Merridew and son 1825 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1825. 3 - 52p 6p ads at rear. 7 plates. Large paper copy. Page edges uncut. Lacks half title. In original printed paper covered boards Spine split and front board held by one cord. Boards worn and stained. States that it should be with proof plates but no sign of this on the plates. Some browning and marks. Single worm hole to inner margin of some pages. Bookplate of Paul Morgan to the front pastedown and an earlier inked crest and the name How. Merridew and son hardcover
1858059261London Paris Florence Milan Venice and Rome: John Murray/Galignani & Co.; Stassin & Xavier/Goodban/Artaria/Munster/Gallarini; Piale; Spithover 1858. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Custom-bound full calf bordered and with spine panel compartments in gilt 5 raised bands dentilled edges marbled text block edges and endpapers. Rubbed joints corners and bands spine gilt partially rubbed away title and publisher labels now lacking. Firm binding clean interior. Lacking front blank preceding main title interior otherwise fully intact. xxx644 pp. Parts I and II continuously paginated 2 maps 1 folding 7 plans 6 folding. Stated 7th edition. A respectable copy quite scarce early edition. John Murray/Galignani & Co.; Stassin & Xavier/Goodban/Artaria/Munster/Gallarini; Piale; Spithover Hardcover
1858059266London and Paris: John Murray/A. & W. Galignani & Co.; Stassin & Xavier 1858. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Custom-bound full calf bordered and with spine panel compartments in gilt 5 raised bands dentilled edges marbled text block edges and endpapers. Rubbed joints corners and bands spine gilt partially rubbed away title and publisher labels both partial. Firm binding clean interior. Lacking front blank preceding main title interior otherwise fully intact. Stated 12th edition. xl572 pp. 8 folding maps/plans. A respectable copy quite scarce early edition. John Murray/A. & W. Galignani & Co.; Stassin & Xavier Hardcover
189820163Silver City Idaho: The Owyhee Avalance. Very Good. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Lightly rubbed at the edges. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 141adsindex pages . The Owyhee Avalance hardcover
1860107793New York and Philadephia: C.B. Richardson 1860 Book. Good. Three-Quarter Leather. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. First Edition. Signed presentation copy from one of the individuals written about in the book Benson Lossing and dated. Book has moderate to heavy age/use wear including scuffs and scrapes on leather mostly near edges and corners. Illustrated 185 pages. C.B. Richardson hardcover
184018344Albany: Hoffman White & Visscher 1840. Paperback. Small 8vo. Wrappers. 48pp. Map. Good. Small stain at top edge of cover up to page 24. Fascinating courtroom transcript of a controversial suit brought against Delavan an early temperance advocate by an Albany brewer. Delavan was accused of spreading malicious rumors about unsanitary conditions at the brewery. SABIN 19369. Hoffman, White & Visscher paperback
1843010268London 1843. Book. Very Good. Paper Covered Boards. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Very Good bound in Stitched paper covered boards lacking the spine a fragment of spine laid in with partial title -"ASHBY HARDING LETTER OF PEERESS". A fascinating collection of letters mostly requesting various goods and items to be sent -"The Ladies Cornwallis will be glad to see the person who made their cloaks on Thursday morning at ten o'clock " "lady Blount wishes Messrs. Harding to send her two yards of silk." etc. The company of "Messrs. Harding" went through many name changes during the first half of the nineteenth century in London from Harding Howell & Ashby to Harding Howell & Co Harding Ashby & Co. Ashby & Co. etc. They were always involved in selling various high-end goods and services- dressmaking jewelry haberdashery perfumes furs silks etc.- to the Royalty of England including the Prince & Princess of Wales and York Dukes of York & Clarence and to the peers and peeress of the realm. A simply marvelous collection of letters with much to be discovered about the identities of their authors. . Hardcover
183115148N.p.: N.p. 1831. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. Pp. 45-75. Very good. Complete in itself this pamphlet constitutes the second portion of "The Journal of the Free Trade Convention held in Philadephia from Sept. 30 to Oct. 7 1831; together with A Sketch of the Debates in the Convention" published by T.W. Ustick in Philadelphia in This convention the first of its kind sought to organize opposition to tariffs on imported goods. N.p. paperback
1896BOOKS026618IChicago:: A.P. Connolly. VG unmarked illustrated Hardback; spine libr. mark; no DJ. c. 1896. ISBN: .Battles of Birch Coolie Wood Lake Big Mound Stony Lake Dead. ISBN: Buffalo Lake & Missouri River. Catalogs: HISTORY - UNITED STATES. Keywords: HISTORY MINNESOTA SIOUX INDIAN WARS BIRCH COOLIE FORT RIDGELY MASSACRES. A.P. Connolly hardcover
187423315Salem Oregon: Mart. V. Brown State Printer. Very Good-. 1874. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Bound in three-quarter leather. The leather is rubbed at the edges and the spine labels are faded. Paper covered boards are rubbed. Contents are very good. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 95291 pages . Mart. V. Brown, State Printer hardcover
186638290Salem OR: W.A. McPherson State Printer 1866. Hardcover. Very Good. Each 110 and 118 pages respectively. Preliminary and ending blank leaves removed. Several small date stamps and contemporary signature. Bound in half leather over marbled covers. A near very good copy with cover wear. <br/> <br/> W.A. McPherson, State Printer hardcover
18513407The Gazette Office Fredericton .N.B.: Province of New Brunswick 1851. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. disbound pamphlet pp. 311 final page is attached by acid free tape two staples in spine Size: 8 Vo. Province of New Brunswick Paperback
181322299Washington 1813. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 233 pp table of contents in original plain blue wrappers. Partially unopened some insect damage to wraps moderate foxing throughout. unknown