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1883028737Leamington: J Beck 1883. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket as published. 5.5" X 8.5. Details of courts magistrates bridges rates etc in the county of Warwickshire England. 97 pages in vellum covered hard cover binding. Some wear externally particularly over the hinges light foxing to the ends papers which have split over the hinges. The text block is soundly bound and there are a few annotations in the text but this does not impact on the readability. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK. Non-UK customers please only select the fast / expedited shipping service at checkout <br/> <br/> J Beck hardcover
180681367Newark: W. Tuttle & Company. Poor; Needs Rebinding Cover Detached. 1806. Hardback. W. Tuttle & Company hardcover
1862004256Philadelphia: Maas & Vogdes printers 1862. Pamphlet. Near Fine. 16 p.; 24 cm. Yellow paper covers; front cover printed in black within decorative border; back cover blank. The Academy of Music officially named the American Academy of Music was incorporated by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1852 and built in 1855-57 on Locust St. in Philadelphia. It is the oldest opera house in the United States still used for its original purpose. Its inaugural ball was held in Jan. 1857 and the next month the first opera performance was given by Max Maretzek's opera company. In Near Fine Condition: clean and bright. Maas & Vogdes, printers unknown
1857004255Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley printers 1857. Pamphlet. Very Good. 15 1 p.; 24 cm. Off-white paper covers; front cover printed in black within decorative border; back cover blank. The Academy of Music officially named the American Academy of Music was incorporated by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1852 and built in 1855-57 on Locust St. in Philadelphia. It is the oldest opera house in the United States still used for its original purpose. Its inaugural ball was held in Jan. 1857 and the next month the first opera performance was given by Max Maretzek's opera company. In Very Good Condition: back cover and final blank leaf are soiled; one light vertical crease throughout; otherwise clean and tight. Crissy & Markley, printers unknown
187816966San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Co. Good. 1878. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Bound in full calf. The top of the spine has been reinforced with clear tape. Owner's sticker on the bottom of the spine. The contents are "fine". ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 134 pages . A. L. Bancroft & Co. hardcover
1808001587Philadelphia Pa: J.W. Scott 1808. Paperback. Very Good -. Title page continued: "With Observations on the cording it its qualities and the grievances we lie under by not having sufficient room to cord it in a reasonable time after it has come to market where more landings may be made or the present enlarged &c. &c." 39 1 p.; 21 cm. Last page contains an advertisement for a weekly literary publication The Eye sold at the printer's bookstore. Disbound from a nonce volume. Not in Early American Imprints 2nd series Shaw & Shoemaker. A detailed discussion of the use of firewood in the city of Philadelphia and the various city ordinances regulating its sale within the city signed Another Citizen p. 34. The printer John Welwood Scott started The Religious Remembrancer in 1813 which has been called the first religious weekly published in the United States. He was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1824. Extremely scarce early 19th-century Philadelphia publication. In Very Good- Condition: disbound; scattered foxing most prominent on title page and last page advertisement; otherwise clean. J.W. Scott paperback
1845006923Monroe N.Y.: s.n. 1845. Very Good. approx. 120 p. book with writing on the first half. Original calf back board. Attached is the official printed order to Samuel Pelcer the collector of Monroe for tax collection based on the assessment roll with directions for the distribution of the collected money to the town superintendent of schools the commissioners of highways the town supervisor and the county treasurer; signed by 15 men on 22 Nov. 1845. Contains the assessment of real and personal property of approximately 350 residents of the town of Monroe Orange Co. N.Y. Lacking original front board and most leather over spine; otherwise in Very Good Condition: text block split; manuscript text is complete; pages lightly soiled; printed order is intact and clean. s.n. unknown
1895031165Los Angeles: Chas. W. Palm Co 1895. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Grey Cloth Covers Printed In Black 1895 Date On Cover Title Page Date 1995 In Error Several Missing Pages Which Were Probably The Index Of Names Then With Page With Index To Counties And Advertisements And With P 12 On Verso Continuing With Pp 13-124 6 Pp Ads At Rear. Light Wear Point Of Fraying At Lower Front Tip Ownership Signature Of R Y Williams On Inside Of Front Cover. Defective Without The List Of Names At Front But Scarce Worldcat Showing Institutional Copies Only At Stanford And Claremont. <br/> <br/> Chas. W. Palm Co hardcover
1839002153London: George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1839. Hardcover. Very Good -. Six Acts of Parliament enacted in 1811 1845 and 1847 bound together with the cover title "Colchester Navigation and Improvement Acts." approx. 260 xvi p.; 31 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Five spine compartments between gilt- and blind-tooled bands. Gilt-tooled title on red morocco label on front cover. The six acts have been continuously paginated by hand apparently to correspond to a printed edition of these acts. These versions of the acts were however printed at different times with their own printed pagination. These have been edited by hand to indicate when sections were superceded or repealed. The final 16 pages contain a printed index that corresponds to the handwritten page numbers which implies that a printed edition of these six acts was contemplated but such a work has not been located. Contents: An Act for Improving the Navigation from the Hythe at Colchester to Wivenhoe in the County of Essex and for better paving lighting watching cleansing and improving the said Town of Colchester 6th May 1811 London: George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1839 -- An Act To Amend An Act for Improving the Navigation from the Hythe at Colchester to Wivenhoe in the County of Essex and for better Paving Lighting and Improving the Town of Colchester; and for making a New Channel and Deepening the River Colne from Wivenhoe to Ram's Hard leading towards the Sea Royal Assent 22 July 1847 lacking printing information -- An Act for Consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Acts authorizing the taking of Lands for Undertakings of a public Nature 8th May 1845 London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1854 -- An Act for Consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Acts authorizing the making of Railways 8th May 1845 the same 1853 -- An Act for Consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually contained in Acts with respect to the Constitution and Regulation of Bodies of Commissioners appointed for carrying on Undertakings of a public Nature 23d April 1847 the same 1854 -- An Act for Consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually contained in Acts for regulating the Police of Towns 22d July 1847 the same 1854 -- Index Colchester: J.B. Harvey Printer n.d. In Very Good- Condition: rubbed; some loss of leather on spine and on corners of boards; a few pages stained; ink annotations as described above. A unique item relating to transportation and other improvements in the town of Colchester England in the first half of the 19th century. George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode hardcover
1900000573Washington D.C.: Department of State: 1900. 904 pages GOOD HARDCOVER hinges have loosened from the weight of this volume over 5#. Blue cloth on front cover is soiled. Lettering is bright on the spine edge.The text is in fine condtion otherwise. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket Present. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Department of State: Hardcover
1864029688GPO: 1864. Letter From The Secretary Of The Navy. 38th Congress. House Of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No 102. 1864 301 pages. "Transmitting in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of May 16 proceeding of the court-martial which tried Commodore Charles Wilkes." Letter From The Secretary Of The Navy. 38th Congress. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No. 103. 1864 24 pages. "Transmitting in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of May 17 proceeding of the court-martial which tried Commodore Charles Wilkes." Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior. 38th Congress. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No. 104. 1864 1 page. Not related but bound in- 'An Appropriation for the Washington Aqueduct'. FINE HARDCOVER BOUND INTO A MODERN LIBRARY BINDING body of text very good some foxing present. A nice clean tight copy. RARE. From Wikipedia: "Charles Wilkes April 3 1798 - February 8 1877 was an American naval officer ship's captain and explorer. He led the United States Exploring Expedition 1838 -1842 and commanded the ship in the Trent Affair during the American Civil War 1861-1865 where he attacked a Royal Mail Ship almost leading to war between the US and the UK. His behavior led to two convictions by court-martial one stemming from the massacre of almost 80 Fijians on Malolo in 1840." . Hard Cover. Fine-/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. GPO: Hardcover
1874009604West Chester PA: Daily Local News 1874. Fair . 8 p.: illustrations; 47 cm. Printed in 5-column pages. Most of the newspaper concerns the murder of Winfield Scott Goss by William Udderzook following their involvement in insurance fraud. Udderzook's conviction rested on the novel use of a photograph to establish the identify of the victim. The newspaper recounts the details of the case as well as the execution of Udderzook. Also contains local news and advertisements. Very scarce. In Fair Condition: first leaf is separating along center fold with minor loss of text; first leaf and last are separating; chipping at edges; small stains on first leaf. Daily Local News unknown
1895026264Government Printing Office: 1895. 129 pages. "Treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain concluded at Washington Feb. 29 1892 for the determination of questions between the two governments concerning the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the water of Bering Sea." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER closed tear on page 128. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Government Printing Office: Hardcover
186000009931Madison: James Ross 1860 248 pages somehow a few pages have been torn in the middle of the book pages 175 to 196. James Ross hardcover
186000009930Madison: James Ross 1860 456 pages this book is in generally great condition page 455 is torn. James Ross hardcover
1809037572London: John Stockdale 1809. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Iv 852 Pp. Full Calf Deluxe Binding With Red Morocco Spine Label Elaborately Gilt In All Compartments Boards With Elaborately Tooled Borders Gilt To Edges Of Boards Yellow Endpapers. Gilt Bright But Boards Worn At Edges Small Frays At Corners Boards Themselves Detached But Present And Can Be Neatly And Inexpensively Attached With New Cords Without Expensive Re-Backing. Traces Of Removal Of Small Bookplate On Front Pastedown No Other Marks. Pages Square And Clean No Marks Slight Darkening Within Printed Area Of Pages. <br/> <br/> John Stockdale hardcover
1876006729Nashville Tenn: State of Tennessee 1876. Very Good -. 1 sheet 43 x 35 cm. Printed commission form includes engraving of a seated woman holding a striped shield next to an eagle with its wings up and a gold seal of the state. The election had been held on Aug. 3 1876; the commission is dated Aug. 17 1876 and is signed by Governor James D. Porter and Secretary of State Charles Gibbs. James Dave Porter 1828-1912 served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1859 to 1861. He introduced what became known as the Porter Resolutions which declared that Tennessee would side with the seceding southern states if war were declared between those states and the Union. In May 1861 after the the Battle of Fort Sumter and as required by those resolutions Tennessee sided with the Confederacy. Porter became an adjutant general and later served as General Cheatham's chief of staff. After the war he served a governor of the state from 1875 to 1879; United States Assistant Secretary of State from 1885 to 1887; and Minister to Chile in 1893 and 1894. Porter was also president of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway from 1880 to 1884 and was a strong supporter of the University of Nashville. He became chancellor of the University of Nashville in 1901 and president of the associated Peabody College the following year. James T. Shelley the new justice of the peace of Roane County had fought for the Union in the Civil War as a major in the 1st Tennessee Infantry a colonel in the 5th Union Regiment of Tennessee Infantry and a colonel in the 7th Union Regiment of Tennessee Mounted Infantry. In Very Good- Condition: creases from having been folded; starting to separate at center horizontal fold; shadow on the upper section from the gold seal in the lower section; otherwise clean and bright. State of Tennessee unknown
1876006731Nashville Tenn: State of Tennessee 1876. Very Good -. 1 sheet 43 x 35 cm. Printed commission form includes engraving of a seated woman holding a striped shield next to an eagle with its wings up and a gold seal of the state. The election had been held on Aug. 3 1876; the commission is dated Aug. 17 1876 and is signed by Governor James D. Porter and Secretary of State Charles Gibbs. James Dave Porter 1828-1912 served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1859 to 1861. He introduced what became known as the Porter Resolutions which declared that Tennessee would side with the seceding southern states if war were declared between those states and the Union. In May 1861 after the the Battle of Fort Sumter and as required by those resolutions Tennessee sided with the Confederacy. Porter became an adjutant general and later served as General Cheatham's chief of staff. After the war he served a governor of the state from 1875 to 1879; United States Assistant Secretary of State from 1885 to 1887; and Minister to Chile in 1893 and 1894. Porter was also president of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway from 1880 to 1884 and was a strong supporter of the University of Nashville. He became chancellor of the University of Nashville in 1901 and president of the associated Peabody College the following year. Robert King Bird 1823-1885 commanded the Union Army's 1st Tennessee Infantry from 1861 to 1863 when it became the 1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry or Byrd's Mounted Men. After the Civil War he served in the Tennessee Senate from 1879 to 1881. In Very Good- Condition: small brown stains in the center section; creases from having been folded; shadow on the upper section from the gold seal in the lower section; otherwise clean and bright. State of Tennessee unknown
1876006730Nashville Tenn: State of Tennessee 1876. Very Good. 1 sheet 43 x 35 cm. Printed commission form includes engraving of a seated woman holding a striped shield next to an eagle with its wings up and a gold seal of the state. The election had been held on Aug. 3 1876; the commission is dated Aug. 17 1876 and is signed by Governor James D. Porter and Secretary of State Charles Gibbs. James Dave Porter 1828-1912 served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1859 to 1861. He introduced what became known as the Porter Resolutions which declared that Tennessee would side with the seceding southern states if war were declared between those states and the Union. In May 1861 after the the Battle of Fort Sumter and as required by those resolutions Tennessee sided with the Confederacy. Porter became an adjutant general and later served as General Cheatham's chief of staff. After the war he served a governor of the state from 1875 to 1879; United States Assistant Secretary of State from 1885 to 1887; and Minister to Chile in 1893 and 1894. Porter was also president of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway from 1880 to 1884 and was a strong supporter of the University of Nashville. He became chancellor of the University of Nashville in 1901 and president of the associated Peabody College the following year. Austin Letheridge Greene 1811-1903 the new justice of the peace of Roane County had served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1859 to 1861 and was clerk of the court in Roane County for many years. In Very Good Condition: creases from having been folded; just starting to separate at center horizontal fold; shadow on the upper section from the gold seal in the lower section; otherwise clean and bright. State of Tennessee unknown
1900026389Wright & Potter Printing Co: 1900. Enacted as Chapter 562 of the acts of the Legislature of 1898 altered and amended by the Legislatures of 1899 and 1900 with the Decision of the Supreme Judicial Court Declaring its constitutionality some introductory notes by the recorder and an index. "The system of land transfer authorized by the land registration act more commonly known as the "Torrens system" was first dealt with officially in Massachusetts in 1891. The contrasts between our present system of registration of deeds and the Torrens system of registration of titles are very marked. Under our system title to land depends not only upon instruments recorded in the registry of deeds but also upon facts and proceedings which lie outside those records." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Wright & Potter Printing Co: Hardcover
1801008979Lancaster Pa: Francis Bailey 1801. Hardcover. Good. v 1 719 24 p.; 32 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Laws of Pennsylvania. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Passed at a Session which was Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia on 5 Dec. 1797 Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers 1798; Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Passed at a Session which was Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia on 6 Dec. 1796 Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers 1797; Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Passed at a Session which was Begun and Held at the Borough of Lancaster on 3 Dec. 1799 Lancaster: Francis & Robert Bailey 1800; and Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Passed at a Session which was Begun and Held at the Borough of Lancaster on 5 Nov. 1800 Lancaster: Francis Bailey 1801 have separate title pages but continuous pagination. Former owner's name "J. B. Smith" on all but one title page. Occasional discrete corrections and additions in ink throughout presumably by Smith. Jonathan Bayard Smith 1742-1812 Philadelphia merchant and member of the Continental Congress in 1777-1778 was prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of Philadelphia from 1777 to 1788 and a justice of that court from 1778 to 1788. Beginning with 1792 he served two years as alderman of Philadelphia and in the latter year was auditor general of Pennsylvania under Gov. Thomas Mifflin. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed with loss at ends of spine and corners; joints are cracked; old dampstain in lower part of pages 189-240; occasional foxing heavier on a few pages; occasional ink notations; otherwise clean and solid. Francis Bailey hardcover
188116615Yankton DT: Bowen & Kingsbury. Good. 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in three-quarter leather. The covers are rubbed and the spine has been shellaced for reinforcement. Inner hinges are cracking. Contents are very good. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 452 pages . Bowen & Kingsbury hardcover
1871030669Barcelona: I. Lopez 1871. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. B/W Illustrations In Text Throughout. 174 Pp; 64 Pp Two Volumes Bound In One Both First And Second Series 26.8 Cm Tall. Spanish Language. Morocco Spine Gilt Over Marbled Boards. Worn Spine With Some Chipping But Preserving Gilt Title Fraying At Edges Of Paper-Covered Boards Small Paper Private Library Label At Top Of Spine. Paper Aged But No Names Or Marks Faint Dampstain At Lower Foredge Corner Of Pages And Along Lower Edge Of Boards And Pages About 1/4 To 1/2" Deep. Scarce The Second Series Included Here Being Quite Scarcer And Worldcat Shows Institutional Holding Only In The Spanish National Library. <br/> <br/> I. Lopez hardcover
1839001952Paris: Pagnerre 1839. Hard Cover. Good . 4 135 1 p.; 20 cm. Disbound. An account of the trial against the Messager by the ex-prefect of Police and State Councilor Joseph Henri Gisquet 1792-1866 for accusing him of fraud and financial offenses. In Good Condition: light foxing throughout; otherwise clean and solid. Pagnerre unknown
1844001954Paris: Pagnerre 1844. Very Good. 119 1 p.; 20 cm. Publisher's advertisement for Mémoire sur l'Empoisonnement par l'Arsenic by Cormenin on final page. Disbound. The trial of Madame Euphemie Lacoste b. 1819 whose family forced her to marry her 68-year-old great uncle Henri Lacoste in 1841. When he died suddenly and his body was found to contain arsenic she was arrested and tried for murder along with 70-year-old schoolmaster Joseph Meilhan to whom she had given a minor pension. They were acquitted because of insufficient evidence the traces of arsenic in Lacoste's blood may have been due to treatment for syphilis. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: light foxing on half title page; otherwise clean and solid. Pagnerre unknown
