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241403New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Hard Cover. Good binding. Previous owner's name written on ffep. Pencil and ink markings in text. Brown cloth binding with dark lettering on spine. Small closed tears at top of spine. Some fraying at bottom of spine. Shelf-wear to lower extremities. Corners bumped. Boards slightly cocked. Front board a bit loose but holding. Some spotting to front and rear boards. Good binding. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1814032571Danbury: Nathaniel L. Skinner 1814. First Edition. Full Calf. Very Good. Leather worn slightly at corners and bumped. Otherwise clean copy with one spot of heavy wear and chipping on rear board. Age toning to pages throughout. Text is bright and pages are crisp with some light foxing. A nice tight binding Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Americana; Antiquarian & Rare; History. Inventory No: 032571. <br/><br/> Nathaniel L. Skinner unknown books
1807030818New London: Ebenezer P. Cady 1807. Soft Cover. Good. In tattered original wraps a few creased pages occasional staining and age toning but generally VG internally and complete save for last page 136pp of apparently 137. An interesting and early CT almanac. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Americana; Antiquarian & Rare; History. Inventory No: 030818. <br/><br/> Ebenezer P. Cady paperback books
2002002351Boston: Beacon Press 2002. First Printing with complete nember line. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on front endpage by the author Elaine Brown. Ms. Brown became chairman of the Black Panther Party in 1974 and was the first woman to head a paramilitary organization in the United States. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket that is lightly rubbed at the tips. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Beacon Press Hardcover books
18432080Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1843 and 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Black boards paper spine label. Very good. 196 & 154 pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. The Complete Cook highlights the art of carving accompanied by illustrations. The Complete Confectioner contains one page of illustrations featuring modeling tools - last ten pages filled with period advertisements. Pages tanned edges rubbed otherwise text clean no markings. LOWENSTEIN 302 & 320. <br/><br/> Lea and Blanchard hardcover books
1913985Berkeley CA: University of California 1913. Softcover. Very good. 101 pp with frontispiece. Light handling wear; clean and sound. Text is in English and Spanish. "On July 17th and 18th 1781 the Yuma Indians rose against the Spaniards and at or near the villages of San Pedro y San Pablo de Bieuñer and La Purísima Concepción massacred three groups of soldiers missionaries and settlers . On September 9th a council of war was held at Arizpe and a punitive force was sent to the Colorado under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Pedro Fages. His diary here printed for the first time begins on September 16th the day on which he set out from the presidio of Pitic" Introduction. University of California paperback books
1935007417New Haven: Yale University Press 1935. From the collection of noted historian John K. Alexander his inked signatures and of Bartlett Arkell a noted industrialist and philanthropistand early financial supporter of Augusta National golf course his bookplates. Vol. 1 2nd Printing 1935; Vols 2-4 First Printings 1936-1938. Vol. 4 with bookplate and other markings of The Teachers College of the City of Boston Library. Overall a Very Good set educated pencil underlinings and notations scattered throughout light wear to cloth. Volume 1 was a winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1935. A heavy 4 volume set if not using media mail please inquire for added shipping charges. . Second Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Yale University Press Hardcover books
193530663Hartford: Case Lockwood & Brainard 1935. Second edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. Stated second edition of this substantial work gathered from original sources by William DeLoss Love. Fold-out map included. One of five hundred copies. A handsome near fine copy in a very good example of the rare dustwrapper. Case, Lockwood & Brainard hardcover books
1920007018Boston: Little Brown & Company 1920. #172 of a limited edition of 975 copies. Very Good paper label at spine a bit rubbed and with small chips top edge light rubbing to cloth at tips. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with 95 black and white photographs. Uncommon in collectible condition. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Little, Brown, & Company Hardcover books
1999142471999. Softcover. VG. Color wraps. 68 pp. 49 color plates. Binder's statement essays by Elisabeth R. Agro S. A. Neff Jr. Angling Artisan: Caught by Trout Piscatorial Books and Fine Binding Stanley I. Grand Angling Bound: The Bindings of S. A. Neff Jr. and exhibition listing. unknown books
1969246032Lexington KY: Winburn Press 1969. Stated First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed and Inscribed by Coleman. 112pp. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Winburn Press unknown books
1818007749London: John Murray 1818. SCARCE First Edition 1818. Finely bound in unsigned contemporary half vellum over marbled boards gilt rules to covers back ornately gilt with red morocco title label and black morocco tail date label with all lettering in gilt matching marbled end pages and page edges. Very Good Plus shelf rubs bottom edges end pages moderately foxed with only the occasional scattered spot of toning throughout the text. Excellent provenance with the bookplates and ownership signatures of Mr. Sharon Turner noted British historian and author of the important "History of the Anglo-Saxons published 1799-1805. SCARCE Worldcat shows only 7 institutional holdings last copy at auction in 2002. . First Edition. Half Vellum . Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Murray Hardcover books
1848007782London: John Murray 1848. RARE in the 1848 First Edition. Near Fine in contempoary half calf over buckram edges of spines in gilt top edges gilt marbled end pages.End pages uniformly browned light rubbing at edges small bookseller's label front paste down bottom edge. c 530 pp errata publisher's ad xiv 555 pp. errata. Each volume with 5 maps 2 fold-outs in Vol. I one in Vol. II all maps are Fine. Color frontispiece Vol. II. Both volumes profusely illustrated with wood engravings. With 2 pages of errata and a page of advertisements. RARE Worldcat shows 12 institutional holdings all in Europe. Rare Book Hub shows no First Editions have been auctioned. . First Edition. Half Calf Over Buckram Boards . Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Murray Hardcover books
1870006924Oneida NY: Oneida Community 1870. Ten issues in all two of "The Circular" Vol. VI No. 43 Jan. 10 1870 and Vol. VII No. 24 Aug. 29 1870 and eight of "Oneida Circular" New Series Vol. VIII Nos. 27 and 50 Jul.3 and Dec. 11 1871 Vol. VIX Nos. 29 and 39 Jul. 15 and Sept. 23 1872 Vol. XI Nos. 18 and 48 Apr. 27 and Nov. 23 1874 and Vol. XII Nos. 25 and 39 Jun. 21 and Sept. 27 1875. Overall Near Fine 2 issues with notebook holes at spine a few small edge tears. . First Edition. Newsprint. Near Fine. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Oneida Community Paperback books
1852006925Brooklyn New York: Oneida Community 1852. 12 issues 1852-1853 with 2 being duplicate issues all Very Good to Near Fine 4 issues with period prior owner names at top front some creasing some light toning and a few issues with notebook holes at spine. Includes Vol. I Nos. 16 and 18 Feb. 22 and Mar. 14 1852 Vol. II Nos. 4 7 26 29 1 dupl. 30 31 35 and 37 1 dupl. Nov. 27 and Dec. 8 1852 and Feb. 21 23 26 Mar. 2 16 23 1853. Issues from the first 2 years of this publication are SCARCE. . First Edition. Newsprint. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Oneida Community Paperback books
1994184096HISTORY STAFF CIA 1994-01-01. Paperback. Good. Moderate wear to the covers. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. HISTORY STAFF CIA paperback books
255050Three short articles. "The Power of the Past: A Historian Reflects on a Special Archive" by Martin Gilbert; "Beyond Churchill: The Other Collections and the Buildings of the Churchill Archives Centre" by Andrew Roberts; "Looking to the Future: Why the Churchill Archives Centre Matters" by Alan Wilson. Bound upside down in blue cloth. unknown books
18952441London: William Heinemann 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xviii 312 pp publisher's catalogue with frontispiece many illustrations from photgraphs one map and three plans. Re-cased with new endpapers. Mild spine slant moderate wear and soilding to boards light foxing--mostly concentrated around illustrations--owner's name on title page and page 1. Chitral a remote mountainous region in the north of modern-day Pakistan was the subject of a power struggle between Czarist Russia and the British Empire. In early 1895 the British fort at Chitral was attacked and beseiged by Pashtun chief Umra Khan who sought official recognition. Relief troops were sent from Gilgit to the East and then in a second wave--described in this book--from India proper. The author joined this relief force as press correspondent. William Heinemann hardcover books
189920577Hongkong Shanghai Yokohama and Singapore: Kelly & Walsh 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 130 pp in original blue cloth boards with titles in red. Light soiling to boards corners bumped one signature loosening; good to very good overall. With the 1918 ownership signature of West China medical missionary J.C. Humphreys on the front free endpaper and a brief gift inscription on the title page. A native of England William Stanton served as a policeman in Hong Kong from 1873 to 1897 when he was caught up in a gamblibng bribery scandal and dismissed and was fluent in Cantonese. This book includes his translations of three plays and two poems that had previously appeared in the China Review but also a very useful 18-page introduction on "Chinese Theatrical Affairs" not previously published. This introduction provides considerable detail on the construction of theaters staging and scenery makeup and costumes how plays are selected how productions are funded and scheduled the pay of actors "those who personate female characters are the highest paid" the members of a typical theatrical company and the stock characters they play orchestra transportation of theatrical troupes and productions from city to city and other interesting technical information. The dramas included are The Willow Lute; The Golden-Leafed Chrysanthemum; and The Sacrifice for the Soul of Ho Man-sau. Kelly & Walsh hardcover books
185319918Syracuse: E.H. Babcock & Co 1853. A typical but uncommon example of nineteenth century sentimental mourning literature. Reverend Davis a Methodist minister reflects on the frailty of mankind and the particular heartbreak of losing a child. He offers comfort to the bereaved through scriptural evidence that a deceased child goes to a better place and will be reunited with loved ones in eternity. First and only edition. 12mo 148 pp in publisher's blind-stamped plum cloth. Wood-engraved vignette of a family scene on title page. Inscribed on the front pastedown "Mrs. Clement Dale the Author L.D. Davis a Cousin of my Mama." Some staining to boards internals clean; very good. Four copies located in OCLC. A typical but uncommon example of nineteenth century sentimental mourning literature. Reverend Davis a Methodist minister reflects on the frailty of mankind and the particular heartbreak of losing a child. He offers comfort to the bereaved through scriptural evidence that a deceased child goes to a better place and will be reunited with loved ones in eternity. E.H. Babcock & Co hardcover books
1814041921Boston: T.B. Wait 1814. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. 1/4 cloth over marbled boards red morocco lettering piece. Wear at corners binding sounds. Moderately foxed throughout but completely legible. 868pp. Sabin 45674 Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Law & Criminal Studies. Inventory No: 041921. <br/><br/> T.B. Wait hardcover books
1905007415Philadelphia: William J. Campbell 1905. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page - " Presented to Professor Carl Zeigler by S.E. Weber 6-30-1915". Very Good in blue cloth boards 74 pp. boards soiled and with light edge wear from the collection of noted historian John K. Alexander his ownership signature rear paste down. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy. William J. Campbell Hardcover books
193549659Hsinking Manchoukuo: Published by the Central Bank of Manchou 1935. 1st Edition. Later green leatherette binding with portion of original label to spine. Slight bow to boards textblock with mild vertical crease from being folded while in original wrappers. Very Good Plus. 2 ii 89 3; 21 1 pp. 2 errata slips affixed to final leaf. With 5 inserted plates depicting coins paper money & the bank building itself. Tissue guards with printed captions. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/>Financial information and banking regulation in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo formed in 1932. Published by the Central Bank of Manchou hardcover books
19722411Lafayette LA: City of Lafayette Lousiana 1972. Softcover. Very Good. 8.5 x 11 inches 84 pp photographis illustrations; spiral binding. Light soiling and shelf wear to wrappers and edges; contents clean. A history of the city of Lafayette LA including sections on Attakapas Vermilionville Civil War Reconstruction Growth of Lafayette and then present-day Lafayette. City of Lafayette, Lousiana paperback books
1992265361Institute of Irish Studies The Queen's University of Belfast 1992. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Just a trace of wear at the top of the dustjacket spine. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket. Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast unknown books
