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190038965War :: South Africa:: Military. Good with no dust jacket. 1900. First Edition. Cloth. Briton and Boer in South Africa: The Story of England's War with the Brave Boers and the Eventful History of South Africa. Decorative cloth binding with gilt lettering; Richly illustrated with over 100 portraits and half-tone engravings made from drawings of the best artists from the title page ; wear and soiling to covers; cracked hinges moderate/heavy age toning to pages. Bindings and text blocks are generally sound. Text and illustrations are clear and legible. . War :: South Africa:: Military hardcover
182612591826 Couverture rigide À Paris et Bruxelles, chez A. Baudouin frères, 1826. Un volume in-12 (20,5 x 13 cm), reliure demi basane, dos lisse orné, titre doré, papier à la cuve sur les plats, dos et charnières frottés, coins émoussés. 245 pages, ex-libris collé sur le premier contreplat (Monsieur de Riocour), mouillure dans la marge de la première page jusqu’au milieu du livre sans atteindre de texte, manque au coin supérieur de la page 83 sans perte de texte, petit manque dans la marge page 213, rousseurs éparses. L'auteur revient sur les événements entourant la mort de Joachim Murat en 1815. L'ouvrage contient également des échanges de lettres entre Caroline Bonaparte et l'auteur. Edition originale, rare, état satisfaisant.
189773297Reliure demi-chagrin verte. Dos à cinq nerfs avec titre et mention d'auteur dorés. Belle reliure. Couverture conservée. Ex-libris manuscrit sur la première de couverture. Papier légèrement bruni. Frontispice en noir et blanc sous serpente. Bel état du contenu comprenant deux fac-similés dépliants en noir et blanc hors-texte d'une des nombreuses lettres de Joachim Murat.
1860012222Columbus: Follett Foster and Company 1860. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet lacking any wrappers or binding originally issued. 232 pp. A detailed report and account of the 1860 presidential campaign recalling the events leading to the eventual nomination of Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln as well some speculation at the time that Seward would be nominated over Lincoln. Some mention of slavery slave states and their political demands is found throughout. This includes reports from the Charleston Convention the Baltimore National Constitutional Union Convention the Chicago Convention the Constitutional Democratic Convention at Richmond The National Democratic Convention at Baltimore Institute Hall "Seceders" Convention and the Second Richmond Convention. Written by Murat Halstead a 19th century newspaper editor and writer. FAIR/GOOD condition. Lacking any binding or covers. Moderate scattered foxing throughout. Some curling and creasing at the corners. Minor scattered soiling. Sabin 29924. Follett, Foster and Company unknown
1898229574n.p.: Our Possessions Publishing Co 1898. First edition. Photographs. 1 vols. 4to. Green embossed cloth a.e.g. Spine and edges darkened else Fine. Bookplate of Henry Cabot Lodge. First edition. Photographs. 1 vols. 4to. HENRY CABOT LODGE'S COPY. Our Possessions Publishing Co unknown books
1900P000568Used; Acceptable. 16-C-07 American Publishers Association1900 Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages have foxing but text is unmarked. Hinges are still intact but are starting to separate. Book Condition; Acceptable . 1900. HARDCOVER. hardcover
1892844j0273New York: The Cosmopolitan Publishing Company. Fair. 1892. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Munich As An Art Center; An Old Southern School - an early American convent in Georgetown; A Persian's Praise of Persian Ladies; The Great Railway Systems of the United States - The South Atlantic Railways; Liberal Tendencies in Europe; Some Phases of Contemporary Journalism; Mr. Taswell Langdon in Seville; As to Certain Accepted Heroes; To Dante poem; New Mexican Folk Songs; The Discontinuance of the Guide Board; Social Strugglers; The Human Eye as Affected by Civilization. 8 ads iv 642-768 9-60 ads pp. Above-average wear to covers which are detached but present. Textblock intact and unmarked. A worthy reference copy of this wonderful vintage issue.; Illustrations; Sm 4to . The Cosmopolitan Publishing Company unknown
1900WRCAM52573Chicago 1900. 3227-1315-2261-63101-113124-127141- 145301-303321-323331-334401-4119pp. Illustrated. Publisher's red pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black. Minor bowing to the boards light rubbing. Mild toning. Very good plus. An unusually nice salesman's canvassing book for one of many lurid accounts of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 intended to capitalize on the public's appetite for carnage exemplified by the cover illustration which shows lawmen shooting a looter while he attempts to remove jewelry from the neck of a corpse. The rear cover reproduces the appearance of the spine for the finished book. The text opens with 32pp. of illustrations almost all reproductions of photographs or drawings depicting landmarks in Galveston either before or after the disastrous hurricane but also includes an advertisement depicting the "Half Morocco Style" binding available to those who want to pay $2.25 extra. The titlepage and selections from various chapters follow hence the unusual pagination. The book ends with the order form and several lined pages intended for buyers' names addresses binding preferences and remarks material traditionally seen in salesman's dummies of the period. An excellent example of a canvassing book with particular appeal to Texana collectors. hardcover books
18172315London, Printed for Ridgways, 1817. 8°. VIII, 169 S. Priv. Pappband mit Rückenschild.
180331367Paris: Mongie 1803. First Edition. 12mo pp. 71. Bound with the half-title in paper boards with an engraved frontispiece of two women doing their toilet. Contemporary ownership signature on the half-title: "J. B. DuManck 1803" A fine copy. Rare. Barbier I 913; not in Rose nor the OCLC; more complete than the two copies held by the BN no COPAC holdings. Mongie unknown books
18602245Mauve publishers cloth blindstamped emblem. Gilt title to spine. Owner's name in ink. Slight fade interior a bit foxed. The Charleston Convention.--The Constitutional Democratic Convention at Charleston.--The Baltimore National Constitutional Union Convention.--The Chicago Convention.--The Constitutional Democratic Convention at Richmond.--The National Democratic Convention at Baltimore.--Institute Hall "Seceders" Convention.--The second Richmond Convention; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 232 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . Follett, Foster and Company hardcover
1896230606-MB55<p>Chicago Illinois: Cuban Libre Publishing Co. 1896. Very Good Hardcover original binding reinforced pictorial cover first edition 601 pages illustrations throughout . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dustjacket.</p> Cuban Libre Publishing Co. hardcover
186017676Columbus Ohio: Follett Foster And Company 1860. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. First edition of Caucasus of 1860: A History of the National Political Conventions of the Current Presidential Campaign by Murat Halstead published in 1860. Octavo 6 232pp 2. Pebbled brown cloth title in gilt on the spine. Previous ownership stamp on the title page and preface blindstamp on the front free endpaper. Includes an ownership inscription on the front free endpaper dated 1860. A few marginalia notes in pencil. Solid text block text generally clean. Rubbing to cloth wear at head of the spine. Sabin 29924 Howes H-102. Murat Halstead's The Caucuses of 1860 published in Columbus by Follett Foster and Company in 1860 provides a detailed eyewitness narrative of the major party conventions that shaped the outcome of the pivotal presidential election. As a reporter and editor for the Cincinnati Commercial Halstead attended the Democratic conventions in Charleston April and Baltimore June where the party split over the issue of slavery-ultimately nominating two different candidates Stephen A. Douglas for the Northern Democrats and John C. Breckinridge for the Southern faction. He also covered the Republican convention in Chicago May describing the nomination of Abraham Lincoln over front-runner William H. Seward in day-by-day reports. The book includes transcriptions of key speeches roll-call votes delegate maneuverings and even floor plans of the convention halls. Follett, Foster And Company unknown
189834846United Subscription Book Publishers of America 1898. A first edition sold by subscription only. With a fine half-tone engraving frontispiece from photograph numerous black and white plates and illustrations within and throughout the text and four maps on plates printed in blue black and white being the Philippines Cuba Puerto Rico and Hawaii. And with a gilt emblazoned colour lithographic plate showing the appearence of the book in the available full calf binding. 4to in original full navy cloth the upper cover decorated as the available cloth binding with an image of the White House in red white and blue and with red trimmed gilt lettering the rear cover with an image of the books cloth spine similarly decorated in patriotic motif in red white blue and gilt lettering tipped to the rear pastedown is an example of the spine for the available morocco binding this features blind embossed American Eagles with gilt lettering and ruled bands and with endpapers featuring a motif of spring flowers and autumn leaves printed in blue. vi iii-xvii 11-17 xxvi- xlii 16pp. examples of plate illustrations 16pp. examples of text pages 16pp. examples of plates 14pp. examples of text pages 16pp. illustrations 16pp. text 16pp. illustrations 14pp. text 4 maps prospectus and ordering leaf lithograph 8 pages for orders none of which are used. A very fresh copy especially so. The binding is bright and clean and rich in colour. Virtually free of foxing but to a few leaves. FIRST EDITION AND A SCARCE SALES DUMMY AND A BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED ITEM OF PUBLISHING HISTORY AS RELATES TO THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR PRESENTED JOURNALISTICALLY AS CURRENT EVENT. Bound in the rear is the publisher's description of the book with the prices for the available bindings. This is followed by several pages of lined paper for taking down customer orders. None of them in this rare and fine example have been used. The many plate examples from this extensively illustrated work include portraits of important persons in the conflict military life in the tropics and American military and naval hardware. United Subscription Book Publishers of America hardcover
1892016941Edgewood Publishing Company 1892. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy in Decorative Brown Cloth First Edition 1892/1892 Rare In This Condition. Great Biography Of This Great Business Tycoon. Edgewood Publishing Company Hardcover
1892336445Edgewood 1892. First. hardcover. near fine. Illustrations by Johnson W. Fletcher. 490 pages. Thick 8vo original brown cloth with decorative pictorial cover and spine; patterned endpapers. Edgewood Publishing Company 1892. First edition. A near fine copy scarce in this condition.<br/> <br/> An early biography of this great business tycoon.<br/> <br/> Edgewood unknown
1899017605Elliott publishing Co. 1899. Book. Near Fine. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Near-Fine Copy In Blue Full-Leather. First Edition 1899. SpineEmbellishments.six Compartments With Red labels. Excellent Fresh Copy Of This Classic. Elliott publishing Co. Hardcover
1806591Ouvrage couronné par la Société de Médecine de Bruxelles, dans sa séance du 2 Vendémiaire an 14. Reliure demi-chagrin rouge. Dos à 5 nerfs ornés de caissons dorés. Tête dorée. Intérieur très frais. Non rogné.
183234771Paris Crochard 1832 in-16 demi-toile chagrinée de l'époque, dos lisse orné de filets à froid, tranches mouchetées, dos uniformément insolé
180625029Bruxelles: de l'imprimerie de Weissenbruch et al. 1806. First edition 8vo pp. 4 176; orig. pink pastepaper wrappers; very good. An attempt to show the psychological influences of darkness on various maladies.The work is dedicated to M. le comte de Lacépède. <br/><br/> de l'imprimerie de Weissenbruch [et al.] unknown books
180625029Bruxelles: de l'imprimerie de Weissenbruch et al. 1806. First edition 8vo pp. 4 176; orig. pink pastepaper wrappers; very good. An attempt to show the psychological influences of darkness on various maladies.The work is dedicated to M. le comte de Lacépède. de l'imprimerie de Weissenbruch [et al.] unknown
180359551Mongie | Paris An XI (1803) | 14 x 19 cm | relié
1849295358New York: William H. Graham 1849. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher’s brown embossed cloth with titling in gilt to the spine; 2 preliminary leaves vii 9-260 pages; with no ownership or other marks of any kind; the endpapers have been cleaned by a conservator.~~The First Edition in English of Achille Murat’s interesting account of traveling in the Southern States during the first part of the 19th century. ~~“Although Murat considered himself an American he was . so recent an arrival in this country that his work should be be regarded as that of a traveler. As the title would indicate it is a philosophical account of American institutions including political parties the frontier slavery Indians religion law and justice the army and navy finance manners fine arts and literature.No itinerary is mentioned but it is evident that the author’s experiences and contacts had been largely in the South.â€~~An excellent copy of this forthright account of American manners politics and history. This First Edition uncommon in commerce. Clark Travels in the Old South pages 66 67. Very Good binding. William H. Graham unknown
1833016016London: Effingham Wilson 1833. Inscribed on title page '' With the publishers compliments ''. Book measures 20x13.cm. 2pp booklist xxxix1402pp 2pp booklist folding coloured map. Bound in modern cloth backed boards with title label. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally previous owners name partially remove from top margin of title page. Pages and map in good clean condition. A very good copy. F. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Effingham Wilson Hardcover
