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1880160361880. 8pp. Disbound with some loosening. Else Very Good. unknown books
187720017Washington 1877. 28pp stitched. Light uniform tanning. Minor foxing. Small numerical inscription in margin of second leaf. Good to Very Good. unknown books
18594881Lemuel Towers 1859. 16 page pamphlet; mostly concerned with this representatives "take" on the Monroe Doctrine of expansion for the Union a canal at the isthmus in Central America his concern for the U.S. southern border California and Mexican relations and efforts to give stability to the region; Samuel Sullivan Cox 1824-1889; active in securing legislation for development of the West a liberal independent thinker; after the Civil War he favored complete amnesty for Confederates; consistently opposed centralizing tendencies in government and infringement of personal rights; original self-wraps disbound front a and back sheets loose; 6" x 9 1/2" approx. size; some edge tips wear to original paper; some dustiness; good condition. Soft Cover. Good. Lemuel Towers Paperback books
18752203169D. Appleton and Company 1875. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Loss from spine head and corner of rear board boards rubbed and soiled ink name and date on front endpaper. 1875 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author! 99 1 pp. Includes black and white engraved illustrations throughout as well as a number of maps hand-outlined in color. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
187246032London: Trubner & Co 1872. 8vo pp. viii 69 1 ads; bookseller's ticket on front paste down early bkseller description affixed to upper corner of half title front hinge weak and front free endpaper is almost loose endpapers very brittle lightly toned otherwise very good in original blue cloth with rules stamped in blind and gilt-lettered spine. <br/><br/> Trubner & Co hardcover books
187563830Raleigh NC: Edwards & Broughton & Co. Printers and Binders for the Medical Society and Academy of Medicine 1875. First edition. 8vo. 16 pp. McKee 1814-1874 a Raleigh native received his medical degree from Pennsylvania in 1839 returning to Raleigh in 1840 to establish a practice that continued to his death; he was a founder of the N.C. Medical Society and a member of the first N.C. State Medical Examining Board the first in the country. Thornton 12197. OCLC locates eight copies New York Historical Society College of Physicians of Philadelphia Duke High Pont Public State Library of N.C. North Carolina North Carolina-Health Sciences Wake Forest. Very good. Original decorated silver-stamped black glossy wrappers. 10240. <br/><br/> Edwards & Broughton & Co., Printers and Binders, for the Medical Society and Academy of Medicine unknown books
187829389New York 1878. One sheet folded to 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". 4pp. Printed on pages 1 and 3 only. One small archival repair to outer margin of first leaf. Very Good.<br/><br/> Freight rates to several destinations are listed "payable in gold." The Circular is dates from New York May 29 1878. unknown books
185544581New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1855. A good copy marginal damp stain some soiling mainly in the margins. 1 sheet. Hand colored map. 9.5 x 12 inches. Entered according to an Act of Congress in the year 1855 by S.S. Cornell in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. Verso contains portion of map of "Western Division of the United States". Map taken from "Cornell's companion atlas to Cornell's high school geography: comprising a complete set of maps designed for the student to memorize together with numerous maps for reference etc." D. Appleton & Co. unknown books
1871104184<p>8vo blue cloth with gilt title on top cover and spine illustrated 239 pp. Spine sunned and faded a little extremity and binding wear slight aging pencil signature on front end paper; otherwise very good plus. This attractive little guidebook tells the tourist everything they may want to know about traveling along the Hudson in the 1870s. In various chapters Colt takes the reader from New York City to Irvington West Point Albany Cooperstown Troy and Lake George. She also dedicates a chapter to Buffalo and Niagara. The author also includes a short chapter on "Hints for Travelers." that includes remedies for seasickness dealing with mosquitoes the benefits of a waterproof cloak and the use of cologne to help you stay cool. </p> Mrs. S.S. Colt, books
18642262494D. Appleton and Company 1864. Large Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1864 printing. Boards toned and lightly rubbed ink named and town on front endpaper dated Jan 1st 1865 small newspaper clipping mounted on opposite endpaper endpapers lightly foxed cube sketched in pencil on rear endpaper. We have more books available by this author!. 36 8 pp. A collection of hand-colored maps some of which are different from modern maps in interesting ways: e.g. a map of Canada labeling portions as Hudson Bay Company's Territory; a United States map labeling what is now Idaho Montana and Wyoming as Idaho only Oklahoma as 'Indian Territory' and showing no division between North and South Dakota. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
18823286Cincinnati OH 1882. Two-sided advertising broadside 29.8 x 22.2 cm. Illustrated advertisement printed on both sides. For Cincinnati Ohio purveyor S.S. Kingery. On one side Kingery promotes a combined peanut roaster and warmer. Includes description capacity ordering options and testimonials. The other side advertises two types of ice cream makers the "Giant Freezer" and the "Peerless Freezer". Some very slight edge wear and fold creases fine condition. OCLC locates no copies; not in Romaine. unknown books
1864207493New York: D. Appleton & Co 1864. unbound. very good. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 12.5" x 20.25".<br/><br/> Beautiful double page map of the United States. Features railroad lines geographical and topographical details with relief shown in hachures. Many western states are still territories. "Principal Cities of the United States" and "New England or Eastern States" on verso. Small tears to left and bottom edges. Minor creasing to corners.<br/><br/> D. Appleton & Co unknown books
18432305840New York: Harper & Brothers 1843. Second Edition. Second Edition. Good/No Jacket. Second edition much enlarged. Presentation copy inscribed without signature by author on front flyleaf 'Revd Dr. McConaughy with the respects of the author.'. Boards rubbed front and end matter foxed a few text pages faintly foxed. 1843 Full-Leather. xii 329 6 pp. An early work on psychology by the Lutheran theologian who played an important role in the founding of the General Synod and was also an activist for the cause of abolition. Schmucker discusses free will; the philosophical thought of Thomas Reid Dugald Stewart Brown the German psychologists and Upham; cognition and the senses; emotions; voluntary and spontaneous actions; etc. Harper & Brothers unknown books
1870WRCAM56703Denver: S.S. Wallihan & Co. 1870. 442pp. plus 7pp. of ads at the front 59pp. of ads at the rear and 144pp. of ads interspersed in the text. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt. Minor edge wear and light soiling to boards. Internally clean. Very good plus. This directory here in its first year of publication is an extremely detailed compendium of information and statistics on virtually every aspect of Colorado territory covering its history geography and geology natural resources etc. "This Directory gives useful information on the early territorial history of Colorado including the various conventions and forms of government in the early days railroads colonization and early mining" - Streeter. The volume also includes an accurate directory for Denver Golden City Black Hawk Central City Nevada Idaho Georgetown Greeley Colorado City Pueblo Trinidad etc. An appendix for the Denver directory includes the noted western artist A.E. Mathews who had recently published GEMS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCENERY and the Chinese tea dealer Tang Fee. This text is further supplemented by more than 200 pages of advertisements for local businesses. A more useful and comprehensive guide to pre- statehood Colorado would be difficult to find. Though published in Denver by Samuel Wallihan who also edited the work this book was printed in Chicago and is therefore also an example of a Chicago ante-fire imprint. However it is not listed in the American Imprints Inventory list of Ante-Fire imprints nor is it in Eberstadt Graff or Decker. Howell paid $110 for the Streeter copy in 1969. HOWES C611. WYNAR 1905 3794. SABIN 72459. STREETER SALE 4280. S.S. Wallihan & Co. hardcover books