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1876253726Fort Ellis Montana 1876. unbound. 3.25 x 5.25 inches September 6 no year but almost certainly sent at the height of the Indian Wars circa 1876 postmarked in Fort Ellis Montana and affixed with two Scott # 136 3c Washington stamps. Addressed in Gibbon's hand to "Dr. John W. Draper University of New York New York." Draper 1811 - 1882 was an American scientist chemist historian and pioneer photographer who is credited with taking the first image of a female's face in 1839. He is also the founder of NYU Medical School. Draper has docketed the envelope "Genl. Gibbon" -- a wonderful association piece considering the fact that Draper is rare in any form. Chipping along the borders; very good- condition.<br/><br/> Union General and Indian fighter who was in Montana Fort Ellis during General Custer's expedition against the Sioux Indians in 1876.<br/><br/> unknown books
1854TB31555Washington DC: Robert Armstrong 1854. Reprint. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very good condition in their original purple cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spines and blind embossing on the front boards to include "House Document". Both are octavos of 8 3/4 by 5 3/4 inches with some fading to the cloth over the spines minor pencil notations on the front end sheet of Part 2 and pages 7 through 10 bound-in after page 14 and both volumes are moderately foxed throughout. Part 1 contains 417 pages of text and is illustrated with a frontispiece and 15 plates. Part 2 written by Lardner Gibbon contains 339 pages of text and is illustrated with a frontispiece and 35 plates. Robert Armstrong hardcover books
1853028596Washington: Robert Armstrong Public Printer 1853. Part I by Lieut. Herndon. 414p. iii p. b/w illus. half-cloth with marbled boards slightly rubbed on the edges U.S. Congress 32d 2d Session. House of Representatives. Executive 43. Robert Armstrong, Public Printer unknown books
18542327Washington: Robert Armstrong 1854. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Octavo. 33rd Congress 1st Session Executive No. 53 House of Representatives one text volume together with atlas. iii 1pp. list of 16 lithographic plates 417pp. Missing 338 pp. Part 2 Volume. Both volumes bound in original plum cloth stamped in blind spine lettering gilt spines slightly faded; atlas contains three large folding maps; map volume a little frayed at spine ends; maps are very good; text volume is very good. <br/><br/> Robert Armstrong hardcover books
1880158087London: Frederick Warne and Co 1880. Good uniform scuffing to covers but covers are firm. Most of title label on volume 2 is gone. Good shelf appeal but bring your magnifying glass if you intend to read these. 3/4 Suede leather with marbled boards and endpapers. 5-raised bands with extensive gilt tooling mon bands and within the compartments all page edges are marbled. 3 Volumes. Steel engraved portrait frontis in Volume 1. Vol. 1: 768 pp. Vol. 2: 808 pp. Vol. 3 828 pp. good representation of the earlier 3-volume publication of this title by this publisher. Frederick Warne and Co unknown books
1999Embry 197102Folio Society 1999. 10th Printing. Fine in fine slipcases. Folio Society, 1999. 10th Printing. unknown books
1853WVV41Washington D.C.: Robert Armstrong 1853. Vol. 3 containing the atlas is not present. Spines faded and crumpled at ends. Repair to cloth tear on upper cover of Vol. 1. Some browning and foxing throughout. All plates present. Plates lithographed by Ackerman from drawings by Lt. Gibbon. An early exploration commissioned by the U.S.Congress. First Edition. Cloth. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Robert Armstrong Hardcover books
1853W122206Washingtion D.C.: Robert Armstrong 1853. Original dark plum cloth blindstamped. Spine ends frayed and spines faded. Edgewear and corners bumped. Tear on upper board of Vol. 1. Books foxed throughout. All plates present but no atlas. Report of an exploration commissioned by the U.S. Navy published by the Congress after receipt from the President. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Robert Armstrong Hardcover books
20001212153London: Folio Society 2000. Special Folio Society Edition Eleventh Printing. Octavo; VG/VG Slipcase No Jackets; White red and blue spines with gilt lettering; 8 Volumes housed in 2 red slipcases; Boards and covers are straight and with light rubbing to some covers and spines; Bindings are strong; Text blocks are pristine; 8 Volumes. Shelved in Folio Society. 1212153. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Folio Society unknown books
1950193408RANDOM HOUSE 1950-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Complete three volume set! Dust jackets and books are clean with a good binding crisp pages no marks or notations found. Dust jackets have light wear but are now wrapped jacket prices not clipped. HB HS RANDOM HOUSE hardcover books
25951Holden A. CURTIS Elizabeth Gibbon. GATEWAYS AND DOORWAYS OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLIN New York: Architectural Book Publishing 1926. 4to. Cloth. Frontispiece xiii i pages 68 plates. First edition. Photographs of ironwork doorways and gateways with contributions by Maxwel Kimball and Arthur Holden. Cover worn; internally fine. unknown books
1997Embry 157247Lawrence King 1997. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket with some light rubbing to rear panel in mylar cover. Hundreds of full and partial page color photographs. Lawrence King, 1997. First edition, first printing. unknown books
36876London: Laurence King Publishing 1997. Hardcover. 15.25" x 12.5". 368pp. Profusely illustrated in color and B&W. Black cloth boards in illustrated DJ in navy and illustrated two part slipcase. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. As New. ISBN 9781856691017 . LikeNew. Hardcover . Laurence King Publishing 1997 hardcover books
192723143London: Greyhound Press 1927. hardcover. very good. 49 hand-colored illustrations by Picart Le Doux. 83pp. 8vo original decorative boards. London: The Grayhound Press 1927. Very good.<br/><br/> One of 460 copies on Arches paper printed in France.<br/><br/> Greyhound Press unknown books
1931WRCLIT78606Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1931. Gilt lettered lavender cloth. Top edge and rear board a bit dust speckled but a very good copy in pictorial dust jacket with faded spine some dust spotting on verso and a few short edge tears. First US edition of work published in the UK as THE CALENDS OF CAIRO. Two brief comments by Mitchell's friend H. G. Wells appear in the prelims along with an Introduction by Leonard Huxley. This book occurs in at least two bindings of which this is the form most likely to be primary; the other is cheap orange cloth lettered in black. BLEILER p.141. NCBEL IV:588. Bobbs-Merrill hardcover books
197723063NY:: Modern Library. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. B000KU3KOS . Complete in three volumes. No indication of printing. Each volume is near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket design by R. D. Scudellari. . Modern Library, hardcover books
1844011998NY: Harper and Brothers 1844. 1s US Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good. First or early US edition with notes by English historian and ecclesiastic Rev Henry Hart Milman 1791 - 1868 4 volume set complete maps as called for in vols 1 2 and 3 all in original folds. Bound in original or old full calf crusty and flaking front covers loosened but holding in vols 3 and 4. Sporadic foxing throughout all volumes. A good reference set. Harper and Brothers hardcover books
1878135043London: Macmillan 1878. Hardcover. Fair Ex-lib. labels at spines bookplate inside front covers pocket inside backs usual markings; Some wear to cloth particularly at extremities; Back board and last hundred pages of volume one show water damage only at the very top of the pages; Hinges cracking; Some pencil markings throughout but still very readable. Brown embossed cloth; Gilt titling at spine; 335 404 pp.; No illustrations other than title page of volume one. Scottish lawyer and writer; Founded the Edinburgh Phrenological Society in 1820; Combe's major work was The Constitution of Man. Macmillan hardcover books
192726343London: The Grayhound Press 1927. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Tall bound wrappers. One of 460 hand-numbered copies printed on thick arches paper. A very good example. Poems by Gibbon with both color and black and white designs by Picart Le Doux. Remains of the publisher's printed belly band laid in. The Grayhound Press paperback books
009692New York; 1966: The Viking Press. First Edition. Quarto. 190pp. translated by Fitz Gibbon illustrated by Ronald Searle. Immediately recognized cartoons of Germans by Ronald Searle combined with and extended essay by Heinz Huber who also includes a dictionary of things German: People Places Things. Bound in black cloth spine lettering gilt. A handsome near fine copy in unclipped near fine pictorial dust jacket. The Viking Press unknown books
1926WRCLIT70816Fair Oak Hampshire: At the Sign of the Grayhound 1926. Polished khaki buckram. Title printed in red and black. Some foxing to cloth but a very good copy in slightly sunned dust jacket with internally mended edge tear. First edition of the poet's first book. One of two hundred and fifty numbered copies printed by hand by A.W. Mathews. At the Sign of the Grayhound hardcover books
1896292718London: John Murray 1896. Three Quarters Leather. Good binding. The set in two volumes in three quarter burgundy morocco over cloth; marbled endpapers. The joints are a bit tender especially the front joint of Volume I. It has just begun to separate but is still holding pretty well. Good binding. John Murray unknown books
194851422New York: Rinehart 1948. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards in dust jacket; 249pp. Minor sunning to spine of jacket and boards. Trivial shelf wear to boards else a tight clean unmarked copy. A few nicks and closed tears to top and bottom edges of mildly age-toned jacket. Very Good. Rinehart unknown books
19802309104Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1980. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. Piranesi Gian Battista. A couple minor blemishes on boards. 1980 Full-Leather. The first of six volumes and part of The 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of The Great Books of the Western World originally published by Encyclopaedia Britannica. 471 pp. 8vo. Original full leather gilt titles and decorations all edges gilt silk moire endpapers ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with the complete Vedute di Roma of Giovanni Battista Piranesi with the Piranesi etchings of memorials and public works. The Franklin Library unknown books
1927WRCLIT30971London: The Grayhound Press 1927. Printed wrappers. Quarto. Covers a bit grubby three-inch split along the spine with a half-inch loss of paper from the bottom edge short tear to lower cover near head of spine but internally very nice with the prospectus laid in. First edition of the Irish poet's third book one of 460 numbered copies printed in France on Arches. The Le Doux illustrations are accompanied by a disclaimer emphasizing their tenuous relation with the text. The Grayhound Press unknown books
