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189825699NY: The Knickerbocker Press. Good. 1898. First Edition. Flexible cloth. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 43 pages . The Knickerbocker Press hardcover
183434689Norwich Connecticut: n/a 1834. Ledger. Good. Approx. 8" x 6.5" ledger book with marbled paper covered boards and marbled leather spine. Leather is scuffed on the spine. Covers have light edge wear. Ledger contains 62 leaves 124 pages of which 89 pages were used for recording names and other information. Eight used pages in the back only have one word to a brief heading top of the page. Several leaves in front and in the middle of the ledger were removed. Contents inside are clean. No owner name or group name recorded. <br /> <br /> Contents consist of alphabetical listing of Norwich citizens. The first page has the written heading on the top line "Residence. List of Voters in Norwich - 1834 - Political." Underneath the heading are 4 columns with the last name followed by the first names. The first name listed is Richard Adams. The last name is Marcus Young. A nice primary source of local family genealogy of Norwich. n/a unknown
185736743New Orleans: MyGatt & Company 1857. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. Hardcover with paper covered boards. Pages 18-75 advertisements 320 pages 188 pages appendix directory including Baton Rouge directory in back. Faded scuffed paper covered boards. Leather spine is chipped. Missing advertisement pages in front. Pages 18 19 in the advertisement section torn with loss. Rest of book complete. Light to moderate toning and foxing to the contents. Previous owner bookplate on the verso of the title page. Poor to fair condition. MyGatt & Company hardcover
186234711New York: n/a 1862. Hardcover. Fair. Approx. 3" X 5" small ledger book started in 1862. Marbled paper covered boards with leather spine. Covers are shelf worn. Corners are edge worn. Some pages are torn out one leave is detached and some are lightly stained. Fair.<br /> <br /> This small pocket book contains Massey family genealogy with several names and records written inside. Most of the pencil written records are from the 1870's. The earliest date recorded is in January 1862. The ledger had multiple purposes with some accounts and other misc. information recorded. The last note abut the Massey family was written in 1946. On the front paste down in old ink inscription "Office of Fuller & Co. Chicago Illinois John Baker." Also included is a yellow pin clipped notice titled "Yellow Day. n/a hardcover
1855221206-MB47Glasgow: Blackie and Son Ltd. 1855. Volume one "Ramsay -Wilson" steel engraved portraits. very good condition Emobossed Cloth Binding professionally repaired. First Edition. Emobossed Cloth Binding. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Blackie and Son, Ltd. hardcover
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
184413797Rochester NY: Canfield & Warren. Very Good. 1844. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Bound in black cloth. No pocket or spine markings. The rear inner hinge is starting to crack. The only defect I can find in the book is the excision parts of two names on page 50 Charles g. ______ and ______ O'Maley . As stated in the book this is the first edition produced with the hope of doing so annually thereafter. ; Ex-Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 306 pages . Canfield & Warren hardcover
190035678Litchfield: Hartford Press The Case Lockwood & Brainard Company 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. 267 pages. Green cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Lower corners bumped. A slip pertaining to Lyman Beecher genealogy tipped in after page 26. Previous owners inscription written on the right front flyleaf. Interior contents clean. Hartford Press The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company hardcover
1890000155Lansing MI: Darius G. Thorp 1890. First Edition. Unbound. A galley proof of this first edition. 8vo 272 pages. Galley sheets have been folded and cut in signatures to facilitate reading. An unusual product ready for binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Galley/Proof. Darius G. Thorp unknown
189111947Belleville IL: Ridsdon Alexander Moore. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1891. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Covers are soiled with wear at the corners. Owner's pencil notes inside the front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1557 pages . Ridsdon Alexander Moore 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
1864021961Rathbine Place & Oxford Street London: George Rowney and Co. 1864. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and 15 plates of which seven are coloured octavo pp vi 66 22 page publisher's catalogue all edges gilt the frontispiece is a little water-stained at the upper corner and an ink initial on the back shows through slightly otherwise clean internally original purple cloth faded age-toned and a bit marked. . Cloth. Good. George Rowney and Co. 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
1892005023Joel Munsell's Sons Publishers Albany N. Y 1892. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Size: 4to. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. This is an original complete unbound uncut book. There are no covers and signatures have not been stitched together pages in each signature uncut/unopened. Red and black printing on what would be the title page were this bound 46 pp. Errata plus last page unnumbered has a Subscription List of 25 names of individuals plus the Carnegie Free Library and the Penna. Historical Society Philadelphia. Title page is toned a little soil and chipping along fore-edge back page also toned & soiled edges of pages that were uncut and thus extended out beyond other pages are also chipped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 6 oz. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 005023. . Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers paperback
1804561Alex Lawrie Edinburgh 1804. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Alex Lawrie Edinburgh 1804. 2nd Edition . Fair. Second Edition complete in two volumes approx. 13'' by 8'' rebound in quarter leather with terracotta cloth boards. Vol. I viii 440pp with xxii pp of index illustrated with 24 plates of crests. Vol. II ii 300pp with Prynne's history the Ragman-Roll 47pp & xvi pp index illustrated with 12 plates. Whilst a lovely set these books show signs of use namely some grubbiness neat repairs to some pages & occasional pencil marks see pictures. Ex reference library with single stamp on first page & rear endpaper name on front cover. No other obvious library markings. Heavy & will require extra postage <br/><br/> Alex Lawrie, Edinburgh hardcover
18950008390Chicago: Calumet Book & Engraving Co. 1895. Third edition enlarged. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 658 pages some foxing original embossed leather covers rebacked with new leather spine a.e.g. Ex libris the Robert Daggett Family see p. 639 for the biographies of pioneers Joseph Daggitt including an inked correction; and Roberg Daggitt. <br/><br/>Buck 763. Steel-engraved portraits and photogravures. A surprising number of the biographees were not then living within Cook County so its reach is larger than just Cook. Calumet Book & Engraving Co. 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
189510363NY: The New York Herald Tribune. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1895. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Bindings are worn at the spine ends. Inner hinges are cracking. Contents are very good to fine. ; Ex-Library; 8 1/2x10 1/2; 753907 pages . The New York Herald Tribune hardcover
190037205Munsell's Sons. 1900. B037205; 406 pp Hardcover Very Good Contents Plastic Cover Slightly Worn . hardcover
1846012289Newburgh: S. T. Callahan 1846. 652pp errata; appendix. Contemporary leather. Leather rubbed and worn with front board almost detached attached by binding chords errata page and rear endpaper partially detached endpapers toned occasional minor foxing. Title continues: and Short Biographical Sketches of early Settlers etc. Published date on title page actually shown as 1846-7. Excellent detailed older local/county history of Orange County New York. Includes the towns of Newburgh Mastadon Montgomery Crawford Walkill Minisink Goshen and more. Chapter on Indians Lenni Lenape as well as Settlement of Orange County Roads & Turnpikes and Agricultural Society. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. S. T. Callahan 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
188211987Marietta Ohio: Wilson Waters. Good with no dust jacket. 1882. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Covers are rubbed at the corners & the spine. FEP frontice are loose. Owner's name etc. On second endpaper. Inscribed by Waters on the dedication. Rear hinge is cracked. The contents are very good to fine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 31 pages . Wilson Waters hardcover
186425618London: Bell and Daldy. Good with no dust jacket. 1864. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Worn along the exterior hinges. The spine has been repaired reglued down to the underlaying surface. Bookplate inside the front cover. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 18432 pages . Bell and Daldy hardcover
1884000218Providence RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company 1884. First Edition. Cloth. Good . Rare first edition 8vo cxxxvi 496 pages with 2 interleaved plates. Brown cloth binding with beveled boards and gold stamping on the spine and front cover. Overall good condition: the textblock spine is split in one place and one signature and a few pages are loose or detached at the split. The paper is a bit yellowed but supple. The boards and spine of the cover case are intact and attractive except for library marking on the spine but the hinge is broken at the back of the textblock and weak at the front. A good candidate for repair using the existing case cover a new mull new end-papers and a bit of glue. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Narragansett Historical Publishing Company hardcover
1889008490Private Press 1889 Private Press 1889. 8vo. Brown cloth binding fancy interlock initials in gilt to front board gilt titles all edges gilt 58 pp. A memorial book to a beloved citizen common in the 19th century. Grey coated endpapers with bookplate or Norfolk Library and signature of Miss Mary Eldridge 1889 presumably a relative of the deceased. Remnants of pocket to inside front board. Engraved portrait and facsimile signature of Azariah Eldridge protective tissue. 58 pp. with head and tail decorations. Eldridge lived in Yarmouth on Cape Cod who erected a monument to the last Native American in Yarmouth among other good works. Front hinge cracked. Good condition. Scarce. Private Press hardcover