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18730007584Madison WI: Harrison & Warner 1873. First edition. Hardcover. Poor. Folio 54 pages original cloth covers detached. Offered "as is" with all defects some faults to some maps especially p. 13 "Spring Grove" minor. <br/><br/>Twenty-three color maps remain lacks the Railroad and Sectional Map of the State of Wisconsin. It does have the fold-out large map of Monroe Village. Engraved printed and bound in Philadelphia. Harrison & Warner hardcover
18943481832Leipzig, Grunow, 1894. III, 248 S. Lwd der Zeit (Stempel auf Titel, Bibliotheksschild).
1899009202NY: Appleton. First edition Edition De Luxe limited to 750 numbered copies. Number 47 printed for Gilbert M. Plympton Esq. Leather bound folio. An extensive resource and visual history of New York City. Weighs over 16 pounds. Published NY: Appleton 1899. Thick oblong folio 14 1/2" x 11 1/4" 640pp. plus 17 maps 1000 engraved illustrations and full page and double page photographs in black & white and color captioned tissue guards plus street maps of New York City in color errata slip laid in. Bound in brown pebbled leather with gilt titles and gilt embossed seals of New York City all edge gilting printed on heavy coated paper. Chips to the leather splitting at the joints rear inner hinge split and separating rear cover loose moisture residue affecting the rear hinge and last 16 sheets street maps leaving one to two inches of the map stuck to its facing page at the bind. Some tearing/chipping to some edges light sweating to a few preliminaries but most pages unaffected and clean. Still a solid working volume with most pages very good. . Fair. Hard. 1st. 1899. Appleton unknown
1876025500Hartford CT: Dustin Gilman and Co. 1876. Book. VG. Decorative Cloth. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Brown cloth elaborately lettered and decorated in black and gilt. Second printing of original edition copyrighted 1875 printed 1876 lower title page date. Modest shelf wear overall very nicely preserved. Chipped with 1/4" band surface cloth loss at head of spine very slight cloth loss at heel of spine; all four corners intact hinges intact. Text block edges somewhat dulled/darkened by age interior clean binding firm pages crisp and unfoxed. Slight off-seting/foxing apparent at frontis. only tissue guard fully intact. 605 pp. illus. Exceptional. Dustin, Gilman and Co. Hardcover
18938723St. Paul Minn.: D. Ramaley & Son. Very Good. 1893. Hardcover. ex-library; normal wear; front hinge cracked; author inscribed; Good . D. Ramaley & Son hardcover books
183232568Nashville: Printed at the Republican and Gazette Office Hall and Heiskell State Printers. 1832. First Edition. Leather bound. Fair. Octavo. 3 xii 2-522 pages 2. Index in back. Brown sheepskin leather binding with leather title labels on the spine. Light rubs and wear to the leather binding. Front end sheets and preliminary pages have edge tears. Moderate toning to the contents. Reports cover the time frame from December 1818 to January 1831. One copy of 1832 edition in OCLC Middle Tennessee State. A fair copy. <br /> <br /> Allen Tennessee Imprints 1027. Printed at the Republican and Gazette Office, (Hall and Heiskell, State Printers.) unknown
1872A37856New York: Hurd and Houghton. Good. 1872. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Good only condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends corners and edges of the book covers have rubbing bumping fraying and chips missing. The covers have noticeable spots of ground-in dirt and generalized rubbing. The lettering on the spine has started to rub. The front inner hinge has cracked. The text pages are generally clean but the book could use a good restitching as sections are loose. The rear endpaper is missing. The first twenty pages or so have spots of foxing. "Afterwards she Yelverton led an itinerant life and supported herself by writing about her travels. Francis Farquhar wrote that she "spent the summer of 1870 in Yosemite where she attached herself to the Hutchings family and made eyes at John Muir. He escaped to the woods but not before she had noted enough of his conversation and his ways of life to make him over into Kenmuir the hero of her novel." Wikipedia . Hurd and Houghton hardcover
189631303Atlanta: Geo. W. Harrison State Printer. Franklin Printing and Publishing Company 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. 542 pages. Tipped in label after right front flyleaf - "Compliments of W. S. Yeates State Geologist." Frontispiece photograph of the White Path Gold Mine Gilmer County Georgia. Illustrated with 21 photograph plates 7 maps and numerous diagrams. Brown cloth hardcover with blind stamp borders on covers and gilt lettered title on spine. Marbled edges. Front hinge broken with exposed webbing. Small tear to the cloth spine. Light foxing to the end sheets. Page 87 and 88 have small holes from insect damage. Geo. W. Harrison, State Printer. Franklin Printing and Publishing Company hardcover
1890004899Indianapolis IN: William R. Burford 1890. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine cloth a bit faded at spine. 472 pages bound in the original dark blue cloth with gilt titles at spine. Illustrated with photographs and drawings an excellent source of early Indiana University history and also a great genealogical source book. SCARCE in such lovely collector's condition. William R. Burford Hardcover
1890004899Indianapolis IN: William R. Burford 1890. Near Fine cloth a bit faded at spine. 472 pages bound in the original dark blue cloth with gilt titles at spine. Illustrated with photographs and drawings an excellent source of early Indiana University history and also a great genealogical source book. SCARCE in such lovely collector's condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William R. Burford Hardcover books
1860009376Louisville KY: Printed by Bradley & Gilbert 1860. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. SCARCE while OCLC locates 23 copies in institutions no copies foumd in current commerce and only the earlier 1858 edition found at auction and that not since 1963. From the collection of noted Mammoth Cave historian and author Harold Meloy his small name label front paste down. Bound in contemporary quarter black leather over marbled boards without the original wrappers Very Good moderate toning throughout. vi 7-61 pages. "Doctors had written about the cave before but with Charles W. Wright M.D. of the Kentucky School of Medicinein Louisville a new era of Mammoth Cave medical authors began.Wright was present in Mammoth Cave during the first descent of a deep pit known as the Maelstrom and he was one of the first explorers of Diamond Caverns. His book The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky was published in 1858 and again in 1859. In 1860 he revised and enlarged it. As A Guide Manual to the Mammoth Cave the 1860 edition became the standard reference book about the cave until it was replaced nine years later by Dr. Binkerd's book. Even after Binkerd's book was replaced by Dr. Forwood's book Wright's Guide Manual was still in demand. It was republished in 1870 and again in 1875." MEDICS AT MAMMOTH CAVE by Harold Meloy Journal of Spelean History Vol. 5 No. 4 Fall 1972. Printed by Bradley & Gilbert Hardcover
186411039Des Moines IA: State of Iowa. Good with no dust jacket. 1864. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Bound in papercovered boards with a cloth spine. The covers are worn & soiled. Rear hinge is breaking. Contents are very good with a small stain at the upper right corner. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 227 pages . State of Iowa hardcover
18220007721Paris: Chez Bechet 1822. First French Language edition. Original Boards. Good. 8vo xiv 351; vi 359 pages untrimmed in contemporary boards. Very scarce. <br/><br/>Attracted by the ideals of the "Declaration of Independence" Fanny Wright traveled extensively through the U.S.A. tracking how those ideals were being realized. In France who became almost like a daughter to Gen. Lafayette. She and her sister returned to America and with Lafayette were guests of Jefferson at Monticello. Later as a U.S. citizen she founded the Nashoba commune in Tennessee in anticipation of emancipation. She visited New York and Philadelphia West Point Niagara Falls Lake Errie and on to Lower Canada Montreal Lake Champlain Burlington Vermont Washington D.C. to Virginia with many observations along the way. This edition has a dedication to Lafayette by the translator who also supplied a new translation. Vol. 1 ends with remarks upon Morris Birkbeck's letters about the Illinois country. All in all Fanny Wright became one of the most remarkable women of the first half of the 19th century: among other accomplishments being the first woman to write this work the first travelogue by a woman. Howes D74; Sabin 18642; Clark Old South 16; Buck 137. Chez Bechet hardcover
186632042Springfield: State Journal Steam Press 1866. Hardcover. Small 4to. Modern green buckram. xvi 504pp iii. Frontispiece Fine/very good. Modern binding is superb clean and handsome; text block is clean and only ever-so-slightly age toned with bit of soiling to preliminary leaves; there is the occasional spot of foxing but the majority of the text block is as bright as the day it was published. A tight and unusually attractive first edition of this early study the first of eight volumes published under Worthen's direction with assistance from J.D. Whitney Leo Lesquereux and Henry Engelmann. All called for foldout maps and plans some partly colored are present and mainly in superb condition with only the two largest of them showing some edgewear and bearing expert archival strengthening. Worthen was a renowned if self-taught leading geographer of his day and served as State Geologist from 1858 to 1875. All in all an exceptional far above average copy. State Journal Steam Press hardcover
1867041511Raleigh N.C.: Printed by W. E. Pell State Printer- Sentnel Office 1867. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fair. 12mo. 31 pages. Bound in mid-20th century cloth-backed pressboard with a paper label on the front cover. The original pamphlet is held in with flexible cloth tape with the tape extending about 3/4 an inch over the spine of the pamphlet. Brown printed wrappers bound in. A sound copy. The text it toned and there is some foxing on the wrappers. Printed on the rear wrapper is "For further information and terms of sale apply to the Governor of North Carolina Raleigh N.C." This is not an illustrated work. Printed just two years after the Civil War. Scarce. NOT FOUND IN THORNTON. <br/> <br/> Printed by W. E. Pell, State Printer- Sentnel Office paperback
18934996St. Louis MO: N. D. Thompson 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong 4to half calf vintage but not a publisher's binding. <br/><br/>Extensively illustrated. N. D. Thompson hardcover
1890006394Toledo OH: Woolson Spice Co. 1890. Lion Coffee trading card 4" x 6 1/4". Very Good Plus top corner crease and horizontal crease 1/2" from top of card. Front side with portrait of Stanley in sepia back side with biography of his life up to 1890. . Cardstock. Very Good Plus. 4" x 6 1/4". Woolson Spice Co. Paperback books
1891054114Greensboro N.C.: Thomas Bros. Book and Job Printers 1891. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Small Octavo. 152 pages indexed. Hardcover bound in green cloth with titles in gilt. The binding is rubbed and worn and the corners are bumped. Wrinkling to the cloth on the spine. The inner hinges are holding. The outside edges of the text block are foxed. The text is toned. Early signatures on the endpapers of Mary L. Bridgers. Heavy pencil notations on the rear flyleaf. Woody was a Professor of History and Instructor of Pedagogics at Guilford College in Greensboro North Carolina. Scarce. Thornton 15376. <br/> <br/> Thomas Bros., Book and Job Printers hardcover
184920650Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. pp. x 13-386 in publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth. Losses to spine ends corners rubbed through slightly shaken but still a better than average copy of this title which is often found in poor condition. Hill 1910: The ships made port in Rio de Janierio Valparaiso Callao Paita the Marquesas Honolulu Monterey Mazatlan Manzanillo Acapulco and Gayamas. Extensive visits were made in Rio Lima California the Gulf of California and Mexico. Woods was traveling in central Mexico when the Mexican War began and he escaped via Vera Cruz. The intelligence gathered by Wood in Mexico was instrumental to the U.S. seizure of California by Commodore Sloat in that war. Carey and Hart hardcover
1846010543Philadelphia: Walker & Gillis 1846. Book. Very Good Minus. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Edition. Brown blind stamped cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to the spine. 7 pages of publisher's ads to the rear. Frontispiece portrait of John Adams on stone by A. Newsam lithograph by P.S. Duval. " Now republished with notes and an appendix by John Henry Sherburne." Very Good Minus loss of cloth at corners and spine ends with significant foxing at end papers front and back prior owner stamp to top of title page. SCARCE in this edition. Walker & Gillis Hardcover
184920650Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. pp. x 13-386 in publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth. Losses to spine ends corners rubbed through slightly shaken but still a better than average copy of this title which is often found in poor condition. Hill 1910: The ships made port in Rio de Janierio Valparaiso Callao Paita the Marquesas Honolulu Monterey Mazatlan Manzanillo Acapulco and Gayamas. Extensive visits were made in Rio Lima California the Gulf of California and Mexico. Woods was traveling in central Mexico when the Mexican War began and he escaped via Vera Cruz. The intelligence gathered by Wood in Mexico was instrumental to the U.S. seizure of California by Commodore Sloat in that war. Carey and Hart hardcover books
18933139442Dresden, Schnabel, 1893. 45 S. OBroschur.
18850008920New York: Wittemann Bros. 1885 circa. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 24 mo oblong red pebbled cloth photo strip in two sections not connected nor glued to cover no appearance that it ever was. <br/><br/>A viewbook by The Witteman Bros. founded in 1879 which became The Albertype Company in 1890. There are 24 Albertype panels. Also stamped for Louis Glaser Leipzig. Wittemann Bros. hardcover
1872008766Philadelphia 1872. Fine. 1 card 7.2 x 12 cm. printed on one side: "Assemblies. Foyer of the Academy of Music." Langhorn Wister's name is written in as the person to be admitted. The names of the patronesses are printed: Mrs. Hartman Kuhn Mrs. Harry McCall Mrs. Charles Macalater Jr. Mrs. Francis Peters Mrs. George Blight and Mrs. Edward Merrell. With this is a light pink sheet 16 x 12 cm. folded and printed with the dates Mon. Jan. 15 Tues. Jan. 30 and Thurs. Feb. 8 and times. The music began at 9:00 the German Cotillion was at 12:00 and the balls ended at 3:00. The Dancing Assembly of Philadelphia also known as "The Assemblies" was established in the winter of 1748-49. Remaining an annual tradition into the 21st century the Assembly Ball is the oldest continuously operating subscription dance in the United States. To attend one either had to be a subscriber a person invited who pays a fee to attend or be sponsored by a subscriber. After the Civil War the Assemblies were held at the Academy of Music until 1904 when it moved to the Bellevue Stratford Hotel. Langhorne Wesley Wister 1834-1891 was the son of William Wister and Sarah Logan Fisher Wister and served as a Brev. Brig. Gen. in the Civil War. No year is given; 1872 1877 and 1883 are the years in which the calendar corresponds to the dates given between the end of the Civil War and Wister's death. In Fine Condition: clean and crisp. unknown
186731839Madison: Atwood & Rublee State Printers 1867. First edition. Rebound in maroon buckram with front wrapper laid on. A very good copy with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown shelf sticker on foot of backstrip their stamp on title. 208 pp. 8vo. Lacking the last four leaves. Scarce Checklist of Wisconsin Imprints 521. Atwood & Rublee, State Printers hardcover books