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1900037113Gnadenhutten OH: W. T. Van Vleck 1900. Book. Near Fine. Original Wraps. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ORIGINAL 1900 EDITION SOFTCOVER. Booklet blue wraps lettered in black cord binding. Slightly faded toward edges otherwise nearly as issued. Undated published ca. 1900. Folding ancestry chart tracing the first 7 generations of the Demuth family first in Moravia Schoenau Herrnhut and then in Pennsylvania Lititz Lancaster Germantown. Chart shows one tape repair and slight separation at two fold junctures. American regionalist and modernist painter Charles Demuth descended from this family. Very scarce. W. T. Van Vleck Paperback
189515104Albany NY: Joel Munsell's Sons. Very Good. 1895. Fourth Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Spots of soil on the cover just a bit of rubbing to the corners. Pages are browning but the interior is very tight & clean. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 282 pages . Joel Munsell's Sons hardcover
1894063298Chicago IL: Chapman Publishing Co. 1894. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original copy rebound in burgundy 1/2 leather burgundy buckram with handwritten title label mounted on spine panel new endpapers text block edged in original gilt. The rebind is extremely sturdy but not all that aesthetically pleasing with the leather showing some surface rubbing/marking. 999 pp. Contents a bit thumbed with closed tear to one index leaf. One of the more obscure and scarce Lehigh Valley histories. Chapman Publishing Co. Hardcover
1884070779Chicago: Chapman Publishing Co. 1884. Book. Good. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original full brown leather lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt and blind dentiilled nner edges with decorative endpapers text block edged in gilt. 1st ed. 999 pp. illus. w/ many engraved portraits. Leather shows modest surface rubbing rubbed joints. Loss at head of spine panel to 1" vertical crack in leather running length of panel but with virtually no loss. Both joints appear to have been mended at some point and are weak but currently functional and inner hinges are intact but we cannot guarantee the long-term stability of the joints. Interior fully intact binding firm. Chapman Publishing Co. Hardcover
1894014246Chicago IL: Chapman Publishing Co. 1894. Book. VG. Full-Leather. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Full leather elaborately decorated in blind lettered on front and spine panels in gilt four slightly raised bands bevelled edges dentilled inner edges with patterned endpapers all text block edges in gilt. Leather shows thin strip of loss at heel of spine and is chipped but intact at head of spine; joints show some rubbing and a hint of separation at corners. Overall leather remains dark and supple with few surface marks modest rubbing along bottom edge. Former owner book plate on front pastedown. 999 pp. illus. w/ numerous b&w portrait plates. Interior is quite clean and fully intact showing only minor scattered soiling. A lovely binding quite decently preserved. Original edition not a modern era reprint. Scarce. Chapman Publishing Co. Hardcover
189214948Nashville TN: The Scotch-Irish Society of America. Very Good. 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 368 pages . The Scotch-Irish Society of America hardcover
186436698New York: Printed by Sanford Harroun & Co 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 7 76 pages. Illustrated with 3 albumen photographs. Glossy paper covered boards with name of Abraham Van Nest on the front cover. Spine is chipped in several places. Corners bumped. Shelf wear to the covers. Interior contents clean and unmarked. Some ephemera relating to Van Nest laid inside the front cover. Printed by Sanford, Harroun & Co hardcover
1824e4539Blithfield Staffordshire: Wm. Hodgetts. G : in Good condition with marbled eps. Cover and spine lightly rubbed. Upper joint slightly split. Heraldic book-plate on paste-down. 1824. First Edition. Contemporary calf. 300mm x 240mm 12" x 9". 172pp xxxi. 4 folding tables 5 engraved plates hand-coloured engraving of Pool Park signed on reverse by Lord Bagot. Although the name of the compiler is not stated on the title page a short paragraph on page 99 states 'William the Second Lord Bagot and Compiler of these Memorials.' The volume is inscribed on a preliminary page to Henry Eyers Landor Esq and dated Blithfield January 1827. There is also a signature of Lord Bagot on the reverse of the linen back hand coloured engraving bound in at page 74. Also bound in at page 158 is a manuscript description of the felling of an elm tree. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Wm. Hodgetts unknown
189035216Boston: The Boston History Company 1890. Hardcover. Fair. Thick heavy quarto. Repaired. 4 xii 799 pages history biography etc. 418 pages 3. Illustrated mostly with engraved portraits. Includes a two page map of Fall River and Taunton. Brown cloth hardcover with newer mulberry paper covered joints. Original leather spine with gilt title present. Top edge gilt. Inner hinges tissued and glued. Front end sheet a bit off center after the reapir. Back cover hinge is broken exposing the later tissue repair. No loose pages. Possible ex-library copy. A few pencil numbers n the verso of the title page. no other identifying marks. Contents are clean with no writing inside. Fair condition due to the repairs. The Boston History Company hardcover
186428367Cold Spring NY 1864. A collection of 16 hair samples collected by the Maloy Family plus 2 handwritten notes dated 1842 and 1862.<br /> <br /> Each hair sample is folded in paper sometimes newsprint with names written in pen on the outside. Names include: Daniel Meloy James Meloy B. Meloy Frances George Elisabeth Amos Lovenda 1859 Charles Haight Roleph R. Rose plus 6 more with no names. Charles Byron Haight 1835-1895 is buried in the Cold Spring Cemetery but no Maloy's are found in any of the Cold Spring cemeteries.<br /> <br /> One note dating 1862 written to a Meloy asking for chestnut fence railings signed by AM Baxter . The other note is dated "November the 31 1862 Please Mr. Cooth or Cook let the Bearer Daniel Tomkins have my watch. Charles D. Maloy and James Maloy. unknown
185635825Hartford: Press of Case Tiffany and Company 1856. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. Large octavo. Custom period binding. Two books in one. Brownish marbled paper covered boards with brown leather corners and spine. Raised bands gilt decorations and title on the spine. 884 continuos numbered pages for the two books. Illustrated with frontispiece engraving of Royal Hinman tissue protected engraved portraits in text and armorial crest after page 802. Frontispiece and title page creased. A few scattered light margin notes in pencil in text. Pages 883 884 and the rear flyleaf have light insect damage not affecting the print. Light edge wear and rubs to the binding. End sheets toned. Previous owner inscription written on the right front flyleaf. <br /> <br /> Howes H 508 - "Never completed beyond the name Danielson; the supplement to the second edition however included the Hinmam family. Press of Case, Tiffany and Company hardcover
189034156Boston MA: Rockwell and Churchill City Printers 1890. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. xxvii 537 pages 2. Dark cloth hardcover with gilt seal and title on the front cover. Gilt title and number 22 on the spine. Ex-institutional copy with two book plates and a deaccession stamp on the front paste down. Shelf wear to the cloth binding.Corners worn and frayed. Interior contents clean. Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers hardcover
188677599London: Harleian Society 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Harleian Society 1886 1886 1887 1887 1892 1892 1890 and 1890. Quarto eight volumes with approximately 3-400 pages in each volume. Gilt-decorated cloth a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities with some wear to the ends of the spines of three of the last four volumes; all spines sunned and a little marked; endpapers of two volumes a little waterstained with bookplates removed from two others; edges and first and last few leaves of all volumes foxed; the first four volumes contain the armorial bookplate of John Tolhurst and a later monastery ex-libris label; apart from these external and generally superficial blemishes a very good set. Publications of the Harleian Society Volumes 23 24 25 26 33 34 30 and 31 respectively. The last four volumes cover the periods 1660-68 1669-79 1679-87 and 1687-94 respectively; the seeming overlap with the contents of the first-mentioned volume above Volume 23 is explained in a prefatory note: Volumes 33 and 34 'contain the Marriage Licences issued by the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury between the 25th day of July 1660 and the 15th day of July 1679 which were omitted' in Volume 23. Harleian Society hardcover
188935582Albany: Joel Munsell's Sons 1889. Hardcover. Poor. Folio. 3 139 pages. Green cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Binding is in poor condition. Contents are clean. Text block seperated from covers. Cloth binding is worn. Stitching coming loose. First 3 leaves are seperated from the text block and are edge worn and chipped. Ex-institutional copy with label and withdrawn stamp on the front past down. Duplicate stamp institutional stamp and inscription from the publisher located on the right front flyleaf. A brown stain on the forage and light scattered brown spots or foxing to some of the pages. Joel Munsell's Sons hardcover
189733770Meriden Connecticut: Press of the Converse Publishing Co 1897. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 1 136 pages 1. Illustrated with 2 tissue protected plates containing multiple photograph portraits and a picture of the Middlefield Free Library. Half leather binding with burgundy cloth covered boards. Gilt title stamped on the front cover and on the leather spine. Some scuffed rubbed areas to the cloth sections. Rubs to the leather joints and corners. Interior contents very clean. <br /> <br /> Laid inside the book is a signed letter from Levi Coe to Col. Miller dated Feb 26 1902. The letter discusses Lieut. Ichabod Miller who was appointed to the 8th Company of the "Alarm List" in the 23rd Regiment and refers to source Connecticut Records Vol. 1 page 486. Levi Coe also provides Col. Miller a rough hand written family chart Meriden Historical Society printed on the chart. A two page historical article about Levi Coe from the Levi E. Coe Library Middlefield Ct. dated 11/30/2011 is laid inside with the other two pieces of paper. This is a limited numbered copy #77 of 150. Press of the Converse Publishing Co hardcover
189235366New Haven: Privately Printed. Press of Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor 1892. Hardcover. Fair. Folios. 2 volumes. Volume I: 2 x 312 pages 2. Brown pebble cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. The right front flyleaf leaf and the front blank end sheet are detached. Light edge wear to the cloth extremities. Volume II is unpaginated and contains 29 folding pedigree charts some illustrated with armorial seals. The right front flyleaf is detached. Light edge wear to the cloth on the beveled edges and head and base of the spine. The name of Sarah P. Lane is written on the right front flyleaf of both volumes. This is the 'Third' volume of a three volume set. Privately Printed. Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor hardcover
188535627New Haven: Privately Printed. Press of Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor 1885. Privately Printed. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fair. Folios approx. 14.5" x 11". Two volumes. Part I. First half. 1 xx 370 pages 2. Part II. Second half. Pages 375-696 1. Dark brown cloth hardcovers with titles on the spines. Illustrated with 15 pedigree folding charts. Both volumes are numbered 26 of 200 on the preliminary page. Cloth binding part 1 is shelf worn spotted on the back cover chipped on the spine and split on the lower spine joint. The front hinge is broken part 1. Part 2 front cover is detached. The original creased and torn spine is pasted onto thick burgundy taped newer spine part 2. Small edge tears to a couple of preliminary pages part 1. The right front flyleaf is chipped and toned part 2. Board edges and corners are worn both volumes. Set in fair condition only. <br /> <br /> Part 1 includes a 7 page stapled "Published Notices of the Work" by the author. This notice describes the work. Placed inside volume 1 is a printed copied letter with blank envelope signed by the author June 1885 and small note on paper "Please acknowledge the receipt E. S. Salisbury." This letter describes the set discusses how many copies are for sale and how much each will cost. A folded 8 page extra half title page title page dedication page and preface page folded laid inside the front cover. There is no writing in part 1. <br /> <br /> Previous owner inscription written on the right front flyleaf part 2 - "Robert Bogardus Snowden See Breese" Breese is underlined. A few brief pencil notes located in the Breese section. One sheet of additional family information is laid inside the text. A small "Supplement to Preface" paginated viii. The supplement is laid inside the front cover. The supplement is numbered 106 of 200 copies. Heavy edge toning and some chips to this supplement. Regarding the additional supplement the compiler states - "In addition to the acknowledgments made in the preface of pecuniary aid received for the printing of this volume I have now the pleasure of acknowledging a liberal supplement to the generous contribution of the late Hon. Stephen Salisbury by his son and heir Stephen Salisbury Esq. of Worcester Mass. - making these two relatives together contributors of nearly half of the entire expense. - E. E. S. May 1885. Privately Printed. Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor hardcover
185735772Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe and Company 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 1 31 pages 1. Red cloth hardcover with blind stamped decorations and gilt title on the front cover. Light edge wear to the cloth extremities. Small chip on the spine. Light to moderate scattered foxing and toning to the end papers and contents. A small pencil note bottom of page 8. Rest of contents clean. <br /> <br /> Sabin 80912. James Munroe and Company hardcover
188435920Hartford: Printed for the Compiler. Case Lockwood & Brainard Co 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Small quarto. 2 238 pages 8 pages of blank lined paper 1. Brown cloth hardcover with leather corners and spine. Title on the spine. Front hinge is broken and has an old repair that used a little glue and tape. Paper edges are brittle and chipped. Untrimmed foredge. Contents shaken with a thin cracks to the text block. Back cover is stained and scuffed. Interior contents mostly clean. Fair. Printed for the Compiler. Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co hardcover
187835869Cincinnati: Geo. E. Stevens & Co 1878. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Stitched printed wraps. 1 iii 28 pages. Front cover has a vertical crease and light damp stains. Back cover is chipped with loss. Paper spine chipped upper part. Scarce. Geo. E. Stevens & Co unknown
185724315New York 1857. Ephemera. Fine. A handsomely printed solicitation asking for prepublication commitments for a volume by Horatio Ward of the Ward family genealogy. The rather grand solicitation is issued in three pieces two pieces printed on large paper measuring 10x13" copperplate engraved. The sample sheet of genealogy is printed in red and black headed with "Warde of Broke Jeffrey Warde d. 1558 and Jane d. of Edward Wright. " Mr. Augustus Henry Ward's return address is 14 Washington Place New York dated June 1st 1857. <br /> <br /> It begins "I beg leave to inform you that Horatio Wards Esq. now of London for several years has given a great deal of his time to researches in the origin and early history of OUR race and has it engrossed in only two manuscript books beginning with the year 1130 and coming down to our day thus embracing the prominent families in England of our name for this long period and of some of their Descendants in the United States to which there will be much added by the proposed publication." Further- "As it will comprise so many of the Ward families of England many of their descendants in this country will be able to find the genealogy of their ancestors therein. as the author has done of HIS family viz. the Wards of Westchester County N.Y. descendants of Andrew Ward who landed in 1632 with Gov. Winthrop. "<br /> <br /> The third piece is a smaller preprinted form for subscribers to return to him by June 1857 which is a blank form. Indeed OCLC does not appear to have a copy recorded; perhaps it was privately published and is not held in a library; or possibly never published. Augustus Henry Ward 1801-1869 is buried in Trinity Church Cemetery in Manhattan NY. unknown
188035918Patchogue: Printed at the Office of the "Advance 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. 2 x 219 pages 1. Brown pebble cloth hardcover with title on the spine. The right front flyleaf has been removed. Front hinge is cracked. Cloth chipped head of the spine. Scattered light toning and foxing to the contents. Printed at the Office of the "Advance hardcover
1887ZB493570London: 1887. paper wrappers 88 page catalogue of o.p. antiquarian and contemporary new books on genealogy topography and related subjects good. - 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. London: unknown
188135337Oxford: Printed for Private Circulation by Parker and Co 1881. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. xii 392 pages. Illustrated. Includes index. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt illustrated crest on the front cover and gilt title on the spine. Cloth binding is rubbed from insect damage. Cloth torn head of the spine and lightly edge worn on the covers. Front and rear hinges are broken with the front two illustrations loose. Preliminary pages up to page 1 are also loose. Title page toned. Interior contents mostly clean. Limited to 250 copies. This is not numbered. Fair only. Printed for Private Circulation by Parker and Co hardcover
185535931Columbus Ohio: L. P. Rayl & Co 1855. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 3 64 pages 1 page explanation 63 pages of blank lined pages used for recording births deaths marriages etc. Green cloth hardcover ruled in blind with blind stamped decorations on the covers. Gilt decorations on the cover and gilt title on the spine. Cloth spine is chipped at top and worn at the bottom. Corners are edge worn. Light to moderate foxing to the end papers and text. Occasional brown spots to the blank pages. Blind embossed bookseller stamp on the right front flyleaf from Columbus Ohio. 1857 previous owner inscription in another language written on the right front flyleaf reads - Johann Charls Herpilsheimer den 13 Aprill 1856." A cut section of lined paper with old hand writing in a different language is laid inside the front cover. This copy has no family history written on the blank pages. L. P. Rayl & Co hardcover