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18586517St. Louis MO: George Knapp & Co 1858. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 430pp. With 4 folding plates including the frontispiece a hand tinted in yellow lithograph of the Merchants Exchange. Some text foxing. Top outer blank corner of title torn away probably the name of a previous owner. Frontispiece lightly chipped at fore-edge not into the image. Orig. green cloth gilt somewhat soiled and spine extremities a bit chipped. George Knapp & Co hardcover books
1858WRCAM42580St. Louis 1858. 430pp. plus two of four folding engraved plates. Original brown publisher's cloth cover stamped in blind and gilt; rebacked with brown cloth. Corners worn. Lightly foxed; text block lightly dampstained around the edges. A few small edge tears. One plate with a small tape repair. About good. A scarce illustrated history of St. Louis with wonderful folding lithographs of the Merchant Exchange steam boats and a stove works factory. Contains short sketches on all manner of local retailers including furniture warehouses hotels jewelers and a Daguerrean Gallery Mr. J.J. Outley proprietor. Also describes local railroad routes. A great compendium of information on early St. Louis businesses. The NUC lists this title but fails to note any locations. HOWES T52 "aa." hardcover books
185860972St. Louis Mo.:: George Knapp & Co. 1858. First edition. later old half crimson morocco over marbled boards t.e.g. Some expert marginal repairs; scattered foxing; binding scuffed and worn with a 3" split to the front joint. 8vo. Four folding plates some trimming to margins due to rebinding and engraved text illustrations. Howes T-52. George Knapp & Co., hardcover
1858282713George Knapp 1858. Hardcover. Good. 8vo in the original brown cloth title in gilt on the upper board. All four fold-out plates are present and undamaged. Spine gilt faded shallow chipping at the spine ends moderate rubbing at the corners tilte page and errata foxed light dampstain from page 334 to end. George Knapp hardcover
1890319510New York 1890. First edition. Frontis. 512pp. 8vo. Bound in full blue morocco a.e.g. for Asprey & Co. Fine. First edition. Frontis. 512pp. 8vo. unknown
1861506074Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. 1861. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Well rebound in brown boards. Some dampstain to bottom edge of first several pages and rear endpapers. Else clean and sturdy. . J.B. Lippincott Co. Hardcover
1892ZB346666Washington: GPO 1892. 30 pp issued as 52d Congress 1st Session HED 95; light extraction roughness at spine now in self wrappers; concerns the seizure of the schooner Lord Nelson on Lake Ontario in 1812 a matter that had been before Congress for over seventy five years. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: GPO, unknown
1889SKU1141638Hunt & Eaton 1889. Hardcover. Very Good/Missing. Vol. IV only. Black cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; spine is slightly sun faded; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no jacket. Bookplate on front pastedown; interior is unmarked; fold-out map near rear of book; 558 pages. Hunt & Eaton hardcover
1847173631New York: Harper & Brothers 1847. Fourth Edition. Leather. 409p plus advertisements. A hardcover book bound in full brown leather. Spine leather is crackly edges are scuffed and small dent in back cover. Owner's bookplates and pencil notations on endpapers. Foxing throughout but text otherwise clean. Binding secure. Good condition for its age. Harper & Brothers unknown
185214060New York: Harper and Brothers 1852. First Thus . Hardcover. Good. 12mo. Later edition first in this form original in 1736; Edited by G. R. Crooks with a Life of Bishop Butler as well as notes and an index and an unfinished Analysis by Rev. Robert Emory; rebound in brown leather with gilt lettering and new brown marbled endpapers; new boards nf shelfwear interior good considerable foxing; pages toned and stiff. <br/> <br/> Harper and Brothers hardcover
189057233NY: Harper & Brothers 1890. First Edition. Second Edition was published in 1891. Matthew Simpson 1811-1884 was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church elected in 1852 and based mostly in Chicago. During Reconstruction after the Civil War most evangelical denominations in the North especially the Methodists were initially strong supporters of radical policies that favored the Freedmen former slaves and distrusted the Southern whites. However by the late 1860s in border state conferences the MEC North moved well away from their work with the Freedmen's Bureau and often sided with the grievances of Southern white members. Bishop Simpson played a leading role in mobilizing the Northern Methodists for the cause. His biographer calls him the "High Priest of the Radical. Thick 8vo. decorative green cloth stamped in black & gilt; 512 pages. Book weights about three pounds. Illustrated. Very Good minor wear covers gilt bright; contents clean & tight with bit of foxing to few preliminary and end pages. Harper & Brothers unknown books
