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189816693Wm. Stanley Ray State Pr. Very Good. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in three-quarter leather. The spine and corners are rubbed but all is intact. Contents are "fine". Contains circulars 7 18-22 24-26 28-30 32-41 43-50. Threre is a that "missing numbers are those circulars issued for some occasional purpose". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Wm. Stanley Ray, State Pr. hardcover
187733382Chicago: Jansen McClurg & Co 1877. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Orange cloth with black and gilt decorative and pictorial stamping. xiii 502pp. Frontispiece illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned and a bit cocked with minor fraying at head and tail of spine; inner front hinge cracked but expertly archivally strengthened. Fairly tight and decent first edition of this Illinois fiction whose dedication page thanks "General U.S. Grant who was Colonel of the 21st Illinois Regiment while I was its chaplain." Delightful full-page engravings by Frank Beard. Crane was a Springfield preacher and this colorful novel depicts the rugged life of the Methodist preachers who traveled from village to village settlement to settlement preaching the gospel -- much as young Springfield attorney Lincoln traveled the judicial circuit trying cases in tiny rural villages. Interesting provenance the front pastedown bearing the plain red-printed bookplate "From the Library of / Ed Grabhorn / at the Grabhorn Press. Jansen, McClurg & Co hardcover
1887063989Harrisburg PA: Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey 1887. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth spine panel lettered in gilt. Part I of the 1886 Annual Report only concerning the Pittsburgh Coal Region. Cover cloth typically showing some surface rubbing and flecking with spine panel somewhat sunned and lettering faded text block edges typically tanned with top edge only showing mild dampstaining/foxing. Firm binding clean interior. Institutional book plate mounted inside front cover no other marks or stamps. xvi57410 pp. with errata slip tipped in at end of index 27 plates 12 hinged or folding plates in text 2 large maps collated and complete. Accompanied by 1-pg. TLS dated 5 May 1920 from PA State Geologist George H. Ashley. Board of Commissioners for the [Second] Geological Survey Hardcover
1883026491Harrisburg PA: Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey 1883. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth bordered in blind lettered in gilt. Complete unto itself as issued though part of the larger series of the 2nd Geological Survey of PA. Moderate shelf wear mdoest rubbing to cloth spine extremities slightly frayed minor exposure to bottom front corner. Approx. 3" x 1/2" uneven strip of cover lacking along upper rear fore-edge with small abrasion/chip on upper front fore-edge at a corresponding point text block unaffected except for browning along upper fore-edge to the latter 6 or so leaves. xxii4416 pp. illus. w/ 18 plates. This volume did not include any folding maps original to issue. Repaired front hinge binding firm. Minimally ex-libris stamps to front and rear pastedowns. Text block edges toned by age interior fully intact except as noted above. Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey Hardcover
1873481871873. Department of State United States. Opinions of The Principal Officers of the Executive Departments and Other Papers Relating to Expatriation Naturalization and Change of Allegiance. Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1873. 279 pp. Contemporary buckram some shelfwear and moderate soiling internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine stamps to endleaves and edges card pocket to rear pastedown. $95. This volume deals with the laws of the United States Great Britain and other major nations. unknown
1873481871873. Department of State United States. Opinions of The Principal Officers of the Executive Departments and Other Papers Relating to Expatriation Naturalization and Change of Allegiance. Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1873. 279 pp. Contemporary buckram some shelfwear and moderate soiling internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine stamps to endleaves and edges card pocket to rear pastedown. $95. This volume deals with the laws of the United States Great Britain and other major nations. unknown books
189816551Washington D. C.: Gpo. Very Good-. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. The wraps have been reinforced with tape along the edges. The bottom right edge of the wraps have been nibbled damaging the bottom 1/8" of the map at that point. Damage is about 1 1/4" long on the map fold. Sad as the map would have otherwise graded an easy "fine". Priced as-is. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 1 pages . Gpo hardcover
1831069053Philadelphia and Pittsburgh PA: Key and Mielke/John I. Kay and Co. 1831. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete in two 2 volumes uniformly bound in full light brown calf spine panels with black title/volume labels lettered in gilt gilt dentilled edges. Key & Mielke 1831. Ex-library did not circulate with handwritten call numbers on lower spine panels book plate mounted inside each front cover perforation and discard stamps to each main title. Leather rubbed along edges and joints reasonably intact spine panels somewhat darkened by age. Firm bindings and joints generally clean and unmarked interiors. Unpaginated illus. w/ 55 lv engraved plates over both volumes printed variously on white light blue and pale yellow leaves. Key and Mielke/John I. Kay and Co. Hardcover
1834046082Trenton NJ: Daniel Fenton 1834. Book. Good. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two volumes bound in one full original calf spine title label missing. Leather is rubbed along edges and joints with some surface rubbing. Firm binding lacking front flyleaf with minor loss to main title affecting "S" in "State." 266xii339 pp. Lacking map as usual. Interior shows foxing generally minor ranging to moderate and some dogeared corners. Daniel Fenton Hardcover
1877023660Hope Valley RI: Wood River Advertiser Press 1877. Book. VG-. Original Wraps. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gray wraps. Modestly soiled covers with some evidence of handling chipped with modest loss at spine extremities and one small spot along front joint minor loss also to top front corner. 942 pp. Interior is generally clean excepting a few scattered soil marks and binding remains firm. Scarce original issue not a later reprint. Very scarce. Wood River Advertiser Press Paperback
1877023692Hope Valley RI: Wood River Advertiser Press 1877. Book. Near Fine. Original Wraps. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gray wraps. Slightly handled an exceptionally well preserved copy virtually without visible wear slightly foxed along bottom text block edge with very slight surface abrasion on lower front cover barely worth a mention. 942 pp. Interior is clean and bright binding firm spine complete without paper loss. Period "With compliments of" inscription inside front cover name not entirely decipherable - possibly Geo. W. Olney Scarce original issue not a later reprint. Exceptional; we cannot imagine a nicer copy extant. Wood River Advertiser Press Paperback
1879060975Manayunk PA: Josephus Yeakel 1879. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Full dark green morocco lettered and decorated in gilt 5 raised bands text block edged in gilt dentilled edges marbled endpapers. Leather rubbed along joints and at corners. Front flyleaf reattached with clear tape trimmed along two edges. Firm binding. xxxii339 pp. Former owner's address inscription on blank verso of front flyleaf and on rear fixed endsheet otherwise unmarked; a few minor scattered soil marks internally. Josephus Yeakel Hardcover
1896053845A. S. Barnes and Co. 1896. Book. VG. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in three 3 volumes uniformly bound in light rust decorated cloth lettered in gilt beveled edges deckled text block edges with top edges in gilt. Nicely preserved set. All 3 volumes show only minor shelf wear minor rubbing to extremities and minor soiling to cloth spine panel cloth a bit darkened by age. Firm bindings Vol. II hinges mended. Interiors show foxing to several early and late leaves and flyleaves otherwise light scattered foxing. xiv11-570 xii571-77111-350 xii351-920 pp. illus. 42 engraved plates 16 maps. A. S. Barnes and Co. Hardcover
1877047024New York and Chicago: A. S. Barnes and Co. 1877. Book. Good. Original Cloth. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in two 2 volumes as originally issued in 1877 and 1880 Vol. III was issued in 1896 uniformly bound in maroon cloth with black and gilt accents. Minimally ex-library with spine panels clear-coated and with handwritten call numbers repeated on copyright pages in ink dried glue residue on rear fixed endsheets of both volumes. Vol. I spine panel shows 1/2" surface cloth loss at head and 1/4" loss at heel Vol. II with minor loss at both extremities. Corners rubbed most showing modest exposure. Vol. I hinges mended and firm Vol. II hinges intact. Interiors clean typically a bit age-toned. A decent reference set showing wear commensurate with age but no major faults. xiii11-786 xv11-820 pp. complete as given illus. w/ plates. A. S. Barnes and Co. Hardcover
18930021090Richmond Virginia: J.L. Hill Printing Company 1893. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/None Issued. VG/0/1st ed. The Confederate Scrap-Book was published for the benefit of the Memorial Bazaar held in Richmond Virginia April 11 1893. Contains Confederate Patriotic Songs and Poetry as well as General Lee's Farewell Address to his Army. Many articles of praise and inspirational articles about the Confederacy. 255 pages. No pictures or illustrations. Book is amazingly tightly bound with one small break in front end papers but hinge is still strong rear hinge is whole. Wear to cloth over boards but no breaks to cloth. Heel and head of front and rear panels has exposed boards on corners. Moderate soiling and lost of color to cloth on spine in spots. Gilt on front panel is all present all with stripe of stars in red. No foxing page edges are dyed red. Nice sturdy copy of the first edition. Enclosed in a non acid document bag for storage mailed boxed and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBC <br/> <br/> J.L. Hill Printing Company hardcover
1892785Philadelphia: Spangler & Davis 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt titles. A very good copy of this scarce title with bending at the spine tips and two spots of mild discoloration to the covers - one spineward on the front cover visible in the photo and one beneath the titles on the spine cap. Previous owner's name neatly to the top of the front pastedown otherwise and unmarked copy. Hinges and binding are solid. 235 pages. <br/><br/> Spangler & Davis hardcover
1897037796Philadelphia PA: J. B. Lippincott Co. 1897. Book. Good. Original Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue and dark red cloth lettered and with UPenn insignia in gilt oblong format. Front cover shows dampstaining to cloth along mid and lower joint extending up to about 1 1/2" on front cover cloth with some darkening along bottom edge as well some flecking to upper front cover cloth around title lettering. Corners rubbed with minor exposure to bottom corners. Cloth has split and been mended along upper front joint and mid/lower rear joint. 126 pp. illus. w/ many full page b&w photographs hinged double frontis. plate presenting aerial view of campus. Presents as Good due to noted cosmetic issues with interior VG or better. Very scarce. J. B. Lippincott Co. Hardcover
1894035156Paterson NJ: Self-Published 1894. Book. Good. Original Wraps. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gray wraps lettered in black. Original edition limited to 100 copies NOT a modern facsimile. This copy shows approx. 25% loss along spine panel which has been reinforced with clear tape both covers chipped with loss along edges. xvii197 pp. Contents fully intact. Extremely scarce. Self-Published Paperback
1855DEMO015981IWashington: Beverly Tucker 1855. First & Quarto edition. Hardcover. fair. chromolithographs. 4to 12813245185 pages orig. sheep lacks t-pg. Ex libris U.S. House of Rep. #792. <br/><br/>Comprised of 7 reports each paginated separately by J. W. Gunnison Edw. Beckwith F. W. Lander John Pope Wm. P. Blake. "This widely known work requires no comment - Cowan CALIFORNIA p.512." Chromolithographs. Also John Grubb Parke Wm. H. Emory. House Exec. Doc. no. 91 Pt. 792. Howes P3; Wheat TRANSMISSISSIPPI 822ff; Wagner - Camp - Becker 262a: nos. 1-7. Twelve chromolithographs 24 botanical and geological lithographs 2 folding maps in pt. 5 lacks four maps and title-page in pt.1. Part 1 has a semicircular stain on the lower margin affecting the chromos. Beverly Tucker hardcover
1858027327New York: Harper and Brothers 1858. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth decorated in blind lettered in gilt on spine. Professionally rebound with original cloth laid over new brown cloth lacking only approx. 1/2" at base of spine where the new cloth almost identical in color to the old shows new endsheets new head- and tail-bands. viii9-432 pp. Firm binding clean interior a bit toned by age. Well preserved copy with sympathetic restoration will prove durable for years to come. Presents as solid Near Fine with note to rebinding. Concerned with the Wyoming Valley in northeastern Pennsylvania proximate to Scranton Wilkes-Barre Hazleton etc. NOT the state of Wyoming. Scarce. Harper and Brothers Hardcover
1872070690Philadelphia PA: Bavis and Pennypacker Printers 1872. Book. Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. INSCRIBED BUT . . . Rust pebbled cloth lettered in gilt. 1st ed. 295 pp. folding map frontis. fully intact. Worn but complete with rubbed corners and spine extremities minor separations to cloth along front joint gutter. Both hinges mended. Child's scribbling to front flyleaf and front blanks a child's signature inside front cover; rear flyleaf partially detached and mended. Text block edges dulled by age and use. Inscribed by Pennypacker on front blank personalized to Vosburg N. Shaffer but the demonic child's scribbling over the inscription partially obscures it. A notoriously scarce local history this copy in somewhat lamentable condition but still useful. Bavis and Pennypacker, Printers Hardcover
186038681Cincinnati: Western Book Concern 1860. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Original heavily blind-embossed brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. 431pp 1p ad. Illustrations. Very good. Quite mild edgewear; contemporary ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight and nice later printing of this 1857 account of a Methodist Episcopal minister among the Native American tribes of the upper Midwest. A quite decent copy of a title commonly found in inferior condition. The full-page engravings depict "Montreal River Falls" "Horse-Shoe Harbor Near Copper Harbor L.S." "Cliff Mine Lake Superior" and "Big Bekuenesec Falls Menomonee River. Western Book Concern hardcover
1877063990Harrisburg PA: Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey 1877. Book. Good-VG. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth spine panel lettered in gilt. Cover cloth typically rubbed top corners rubbed with exposure. Firm binding clean interior. xxxiv348 pp. with 110 woodcuts 6 maps and sections frontis. map 5 folding maps: Map of Cambria County Bell's Gap Coal Field Map of Somerset County First Bituminous Coal Basin in Somerset Co. Salisbury Central Coal Basin in Somerset Co. Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey Hardcover
1893056041Greensboro N.C.: Reece & Elam Power Job Printers 1893. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 141 23 pages. Hardcover bound in original dark grey cloth. The binding is worn and foxed but sound. There is a nick in the cloth on the rear hinge near the headcap. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Patterned endpapers. Splitting to the gutter of the title page at the bottom and the follow page photo of the "Five Original Directors of the G.B.G. Company" is detached but present. The text is stoned and has some foxing and smudging especially around the plates. Illustrated with a map and several photos and portrait engravings. <br/> <br/> Reece & Elam, Power Job Printers hardcover
1876056379Philadelphia PA: Ig. Kohler 1876. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown pebbled cloth lettered in gold foil. 2nd revised/enlarged edition 1st ptg. thus: 1876. Scarce original edition of a standard genealogical reference. Mild wear with rubbing and minor exposure to corners and spine extremities. Firm binding intact hinges. Two small vintage color litho. illustrations mounted inside front cover former owner's signature inked on front blank otherwise unmarked. Ig. Kohler Hardcover