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1885230239Philadelphia: George G. Evans 1885. New Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo; vi 162 pages 3/4 leather bevelled marbled boards lacks most of spine inked name of G. C. Burnham Kalamazoo MI. The portrait of Daniel M. Fox which became the frontispiece for the 1886 edition here appears facing page 105 not p.8. This 1885 edition appears to be much scarcer than the subsequent editions. <br/><br/>Illustrated with phototypes steel plate engravings including by Samuel Sartain wood engravings with numerous plates of photographic reproductions of rare American Coins and a price list of their numismatic value. With a frontispiece a circular portrait of George Washington with it likeness taken from a plaster cast of Washington taken at Mount Vernon October 1785 phototype by Frederick Gutekunst. Other portraits by steel-plate engravings of Benjamin Rush Elias Boudinot David Rittenhouse Robert Morris Thomas Jefferson Alexander Hamilton John Jay Knox. George G. Evans hardcover
1879006008London: H.T. Lamb 1879. 120pp/illus. Catalogue of Mason regalia jewels medals and clthing with prices at time. Interesting catalogue. Previous owner bookplate inside front cover. Tight and clean. Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. H.T. Lamb paperback
1887348Printed By Order Of The Trustees Longmans & Co. London 1887. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Printed By Order Of The Trustees Longmans & Co. London 1887. 1st Edition . Good. The British Museum originally published a catalogue of its collection of Greek coins in 29 volumes from 1873-1929. This is a scarce first edition of the volume dealing with Peloponnesus. 8vo bound in the original blue cloth with gilt titles on spine. Lxiv 230pp with 37 full page photographic plates of the coins. Several pages are uncut. The binding is cracked at the spine see pictures & there is edge ware Ex reference library with minimal markings a 'Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum' bookplate on front pastedown single stamp on front endpapers decorative bookplate on rear pastedown handwritten library number on reverse of title page & spine no other obvious markings. Inner book is in very good condition. <br/><br/> Printed By Order Of The Trustees, Longmans & Co., London hardcover
1886352Printed By Order Of The Trustees Longmans & Co. London 1886. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Printed By Order Of The Trustees Longmans & Co. London 1886. 1st Edition . Good. British Museum originally published a catalogue of its collection of coins in the 1880s. This is a scarce original first edition dealing with the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India. 8vo bound in the original dark red cloth with gilt titles on spine. Lxxvi 153pp with 32 full page plates of the coins. A bit of edge wear at top & base of spine corners slightly bumped. Ex reference library with minimal markings a 'Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum' bookplate on front pastedown single stamp on front endpapers decorative bookplate on rear pastedown handwritten library number on reverse of title page & spine no other obvious markings. Inner book is in very good condition. <br/><br/> Printed By Order Of The Trustees, Longmans & Co., London hardcover
1890010815London: J. S. Virtue & Co Ltd 1890. 2 vols in 4. Two colour frontispieces two colour title-page vignettes and 27 colour plates by G.D. Giles Frank Feller and others. Extensive account of the various regiments in the army of the Queen of England. With beautifully full-page chromolithographed plates depicting a variety of divisions in the regiments of the Queen's forces such as: the royal artillery the horse guards the Bengal cavalry Victorian forces the Welsh regiment the Royal marines etc. Books ar textured red cloth w.black titling and medal stamp to top boardsgilt titling to spines lightly sunnedmod.rubbed with gilt trim to pages. All volumes clean and in excellent condition except small repair to top spine of Vol 2. Light sporadic foxing to Vol 1. Overall a colorful and clean set. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. J. S. Virtue & Co Ltd Hardcover
184441062Brussells: Librairie Historique-Artistique 1844. Sml. folio. 341 1 pp. Hand-coloured frntsp. over 80 hand-coloured plates of medals & orders of chivalry numerous hand-coloured plates of knights in full regalia. Quarter-red leather over red pebbld boards raised bands gilt lettrng on spine mnr chppng hd of spine wear & rubbng to crnrs couple signatures proud w/o plts LXIII & LXLI still a nice copy. First edition of this scarce and lavishly illustrated work containing the medals of honor for Austria Bavaria Belgium Denmark Spain France Great Britain Greece Hanover Hohenzollern Luxembourg the Netherlands Portugal Russia -- many of them from the Napoleonic Wars. Librairie Historique-Artistique, hardcover
18500277561850. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Original Colored Embossed Crests. Standard Published Blank Book All Edges Gilt Recently Rebound In Full Leather With Gilt Lettering And Decorations Original Yellow Endpapers. With 20 Spaces Per Page For Original Clipped Letterhead Crests Now Including Several Hundred In Total Pasted In At Some Time In The Middle Nineteenth Century. The First Page Includes French Royalty Including Napoleon Prince Napoleon Le Fils The Prince Imperial Princess Eugenie Napoleon Iii Princes Jerome Joseph Bonaparte Louis Bonaparte Pierre N. Bonaparte Antoine Bonaparte And The Comte And Countess De Chambord. The Next Page Includes12 Seals Of Royal Yachts Warships And The Admiralty. Three Pages With 54 Crests Of Dukes Earls Viscounts Etc. With Many Notable Political And Other Celebrities. Another Page With 9 Small Crests Some With Mottos. Several Pages With 53 Crests All Or Almost All Of Commercial Establishments Most Names.More Pages With Another 191 Crests Some Familial One Ship Of The Line Etc. Another Page With Ten Railways. Another Page With Three Hotels Another Page With 7 Hotels; Another Two Pages With 26 Crests Of Cambridge And Oxford Colleges Etc. <br/> <br/> hardcover
1816DEMO014591ILeeds Wakefield: B. Dewhirst for Robinson Son and Holdsworth 1816. Second edition Enlarged. Hardcover. Good. engravings woodcuts. Folio; xvi xvii 261 i.e. 268123 159 11: pagination irregular; 42.5 cm. contemporary panelled & diced calf extra gilt newly rebacked foxed . Ex libris Alfred Harris and G. F. Ferrand. <br/><br/>2 vols in 1. With the pedigrees of many of the Nobility and Gentry from records original evidences and manuscripts including 13 genealogical tables. The original edition of this book in 1715 justified Thoresby's membership in the Royal Society and displayed his erudition on Englands's Roman antiquities and coins many of which are depicted here. Thoresby also owned a broad collection of "curiosities" from incunables to medical anomalies which was ranked second only to Tradescant. In this edition the continuation of the Pedigrees was principally done by Christopher Bolland and the additions to Part 2 "Musaeum Thoresbyanum" detail items added after 1715 to the time of the collections dispersal. Also includes a Life of Thoresby who has been called the First Historian of Leeds. The frontispiece is a mezzotint portrait of Thoresby with an engraved view of Leeds by J. Le Keux and a portrait of John Harrison & 8 other engravings of views and coins or antiquities and also dozens of heraldic devices.Includes a lengthy poem about John Thoresby by Theodore Bathurst. The 'Ducatus leodiensis' forms vol. I the Loidis and Elmete" by T.D. Whitaker 1816 vol II of what is commonly called "The history of Leeds." - Boyne. B. Dewhirst for Robinson, Son, and Holdsworth hardcover
1876137392Washington D. C.: U.S. Naval Observatory 1876. Hardcover. fine. 1st Edition. 1-3 4-70pp. Tall octavo. Original limp blue cloth-covered boards. Gilt titles to front board. One corner lightly bumped and a few scratches to the cloth. Contemporary gift inscription to ffep. Small marginal tear to one page archivally repaired. Front and rear flyleaves age toned and a few spots of foxing else an excellent copy. With photographic frontis of Henry Grinnell's Advance Rescue medal. Text in French and English. A collection of the awards given by foreign associations to Elisha Kent Kane Isaac Hayes and Charles Francis Hall for their Arctic explorations. Includes the text of the proclamation associated with each award. With a photographic frontis of a medal. Rare in commerce. American Exchange records zero copies having appeared at auction. 1876 U.S. Naval Observatory hardcover