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1896TB31842Danbury Conn.: Burr Printing House and Danbury Relief Society 1896. First Edition. Very good in its original blind embossed cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto of 10 by 6 3/4 inches with rubbing and light wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards. The first 15 pages has minor chips to the margin of the lower edges of the pages. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 583 pages including an index chronology and text. Illustrated from facsimiles of historical documents and images from black and white photographs. There is a significant section of the text devoted to the British raid on Danbury which occurred in April of 1777 during the American Revolution. Burr Printing House and Danbury Relief Society hardcover books
1896TB31322Danbury Conn.: Danbury Relief Society 1896. First Edition. Very good in its original blind embossed cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto of 10 by 6 3/4 inches with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards. There is a former owner's name pasted on a strip of paper on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 583 pages including an index chronology and text. Illustrated from facsimiles of historical documents and images from black and white photographs. There is a significant section of the text devoted to the British raid on Danbury which occured in April of 1777 during the American Revolution. Danbury Relief Society hardcover books
184750719Montgomery AL: M'Cormick & Walshe printers 1847. 8vo. 22 pp. Original printed yellow wrappers; lightly foxed but very good. <br/><br/>First separate edition. With three pencil annotations by the author amounting to approximately 100 words each refining his observations and arguments; one manuscript ink correction. Not in Ellison or Owen. Recorded on OCLC but without giving locations. <br/><br/> M'Cormick & Walshe, printers unknown books
18147383Norristown Penn. 1814. Single sheet 20.75 x 11.5 cm. but irregular printed recto only; typographical border. Manuscript annotations. ~ A very early Pennsylvania bill of fare for the Norristown Hotel with a list of items on offer including Breakfast Dinner Supper Lodging Wine Brandy Gin Spirits Punch Porter Beer Cider Segars Hay and Oats. Manuscript annotations indicate "Gentleman's Bill May 16th 1814" with handwritten prices added for dinner brandy porter hay and oats a man on the move!. The final lines indicate payment of $4.25 and the elaborate signature of hotel owner Morris Jones. "Morris Jones gives notice in July 1813 that he kept the "Norristown Hotel corner of Egypt or Main and De Kalb Streets" and that "a constant supply of newspapers will be kept for the use of the house." This is interesting for giving an early mention of "hotel" which it would appear was now about being introduced as more pretentious than inn or tavern. It was a two-story stone house forty by thirty-seven feet with an adjoining kitchen. The stable was also of stone fifty by twenty-seven feet with sheds and outbuildings. This property was built by General Isaiah Wells about 1800 and kept by him until his election as sheriff when he moved to the jail. It was long known as the most noted stage-house in Norristown. In 1834 the Norristown Hotel was then kept by Levi Roberts and was offered at public sale by the assignees of Isaiah Wells." Bean's 1884 History of Montgomery Co PA; http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/montgomery/beantoc.htm. A single horizontal crease from a fold; small pinhole between first two lines of text. Otherwise fine. Unrecorded. OCLC locates now copies not in AAS or Library Company of Philadelphia. unknown books
183468523Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1834. original brown cloth paper spine label. 8vo. original brown cloth paper spine label. xxviii 29-278 2 12 pages. Volume 1 of two volumes. First edition of author's first book. BAL 1152. With a 12 page publisher's catalogue at the end of each volume - being state B in the first volume "Just Published . Private Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte". No priority assigned by BAL. Robert Montgomery Bird was a well-known Delaware author that resided in New Castle. "Fun fact: my parents bought Robert Montgomery Bird's home in New Castle DE at 212 Delaware Street. My mother actually still lives there today!" -Rob Fleck Director Oak Knoll Books. <br /> <br /> Label chipped. Spine faded. Boards rubbed. Carey, Lea & Blanchard unknown books
183568522Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1835. original brown cloth paper spine labels. 8vo. original brown cloth paper spine labels. 8 256 pages. Volume Two of two. First edition. BAL 1155. State B of the paper spine label with text printed in all capitals. Also has an eight page section at the beginning describing new books issued by Carey Lea & Blanchard which is not noted by BAL. These ads refer to the second edition of both CAVALAR and THE INFIDEL. BAL notes a second edition of CALAVAR in 1847 but does not note a second edition of THE INFIDEL. Robert Montgomery Bird was a well-known Delaware author that resided in New Castle. "Fun fact: my parents bought Robert Montgomery Bird's home in New Castle DE at 212 Delaware Street. My mother actually still lives there today!" -Rob Fleck Director Oak Knoll Books. <br /> <br /> Covers worn and exlibris marking near head of spine. Carey, Lea & Blanchard unknown books
1838185195Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard 1838. Hardcover. G Cover has fading bubbling some edge damage. Spine has heave fading no lettering and some peeling. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have age toning foxing. Previous owners library sticker on inside front cover. Interior binding at front cover has damage. Volume 1 only. Brown cloth boards. 247 pgs. Introduction to poems by Charles Kent and others.<br/><br/>Contents: v. 1. Chapter introductory. Merry the miner. Tale of a snag. My friends in the madhouse. The extra lodger. Arkansas emigrants. Fascinating power of reptiles. Lea & Blanchard hardcover books
1835WRCLIT27676Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1835. Two volumes. Original purple muslin paper spine labes BAL's state B - no priority. Trivial sunning and slight smudges to cloth some marginal discoloration early in the first volume typical uniform toning of paper but a very good set unusually nice for this title. First edition of the author's third novel a tale of a family of Tories who in the wake of the Revolution turn to outlawry. BAL 1155. WRIGHT I:1319. Carey, Lea & Blanchard hardcover books
183510077Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1835. First Edition. iv 13-254 blank leaf; iv 13-228pp. 34pp. publisher's catalogue inserted in rear of volume I; 4pp. catalogue at front of volume II and 36pp. catalogue at rear. 2 vols. 12mo. Original purple cloth slightly faded. Fine copy in quarter blue morocco slipcase with chemise. First Edition. iv 13-254 blank leaf; iv 13-228pp. 34pp. publisher's catalogue inserted in rear of volume I; 4pp. catalogue at front of volume II and 36pp. catalogue at rear. 2 vols. 12mo. Wright I 320; BAL 1154 Carey, Lea & Blanchard unknown books
18354852Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1835. First Edition. iv 13-254 blank leaf; iv 13-228pp. 34pp. publisher's catalogue inserted in rear of volume I; 4pp. catalogue at front of volume II and 36pp. catalogue at rear. 2 vols. 12mo. Original cloth faded printed paper spine labels chafed; ownership inscription of Virginia Struthers with her note on the title-page: "By Dr. Robert Montgomery Bird my father's brother. First Edition. iv 13-254 blank leaf; iv 13-228pp. 34pp. publisher's catalogue inserted in rear of volume I; 4pp. catalogue at front of volume II and 36pp. catalogue at rear. 2 vols. 12mo. Familial Ownership. Mexico 1520 - 1540. Wright I 320; BAL 1154 Carey, Lea & Blanchard unknown books
186322907New York: Hall Clayton & Medole Printers 1863. 20pp disbound with a bit of loosening. Foxed hole in lower blank forecorner of title page. Good to Good. <br/><br/> Blair rejects the 'State Suicide' notion-- advocated by the Rebels as well as Radical Republicans-- that the seceded States have lost their character as such; and though opposed to slavery he supports the removal of Negroes from the United States. "To free the slaves of the South without removing them would result in the massacre of them." As a military necessity Blair supports the Emancipation Proclamation and lauds Lincoln's "patriotism and comprehensive wisdom." <br/>Bartlett 476. Sabin 5749. Hall, Clayton & Medole, Printers unknown books
1864229081864. 11 1 blank pp. Caption title as issued but with imprint on the wrapper which is lacking; disbound light tanning. . unknown books
1863229091863. n.p. 1863. 20pp disbound without wrappers light margin foxing. Very Good. <br/><br/> Blair warns of "ultra-Abolitionists" who "seek to make a caste of another color by amalgamating the black element with the free white labor of our land and so to expand far beyond the present confines of slavery the evil which makes it obnoxious to republican statesmen." Their policies would create "a hybrid race" an "unnatural combination" if ever there was one. He also attacks the abolitionists' 'State Suicide' theory which held that the rebel States were "annihilated by the rebellion" and thus subject to the "absolute authority" of Congress. In rebuttal Blair cites 'The Federalist' for his argument that the States are an essential and indestructible part of the Union. <br/>LCP 1262. Monaghan 173. unknown books
183047891London: James Ridgway Piccadilly 1830. 1st Edition. Original drab paper covers with printed paper title label to front cover. General wear & soiling. Lacks rear cover. A Good copy. 4 164 pp. Untrimmed. 12mo. <br/><br/>Much on Byron. James Ridgway, Piccadilly unknown books
1895018728New York: Francis P. Harper 1895. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First edition thus. Octavo 8vo. Three volume set. Original matching green cloth bindings in very good condition with minor bumping to two corners minor shelfwear and slight discoloration to the spine of the 2nd volume. Vol. I: cxiii 356 pages with portrait and facsimile. Vol. II: vi 357-855. Vol. III: 856-955 plus plate of the Falls of St. Anthony and 6 lithographed folding maps in rear pocket two of which are somewhat browned on one panel as a natural effect of offsetting from the binding material inside the pocket. An excellent edition of one of the first explorations of the American West and Southwest. See Wagner-Camp 9. Howes P373 aa "best edition." Limited to 1150 copies; this is number 946 printed on Fine Book Paper. The inner front hinge of the first volume is somewhat weakened and the title page was re-attached. Many pages in the 2nd and 3rd volumes are uncut and unopened. First thus edition. Francis P. Harper Hardcover books
185340115Silver Creek NY: Greenleaf & Montgomery 1853. First edition. Moderate wear and slight loss along fold some creasing still about very good. Broadside. 12" x 11 1/2" An early industrial broadside from the town of Silver Creek on the shore of Lake Erie in Western New York State founded in the early 19th century by Massachusetts residents incorporated in 1848 and an important port on the Lake until the coming of the railroad. The area had a number of businesses active in producing machinery including Howes Babcock given its strategic location in the country's westward expansion. Greenleaf & Montgomery the names at the bottom of the broadside were William R. Greenleaf and Ezekiel Montgomery who formed this company to produce steam engines and mill machinery. Not only do they argue for the superiority of their steam operated saw mills but claim invention of mully-heads for saw mills whether steam or water powered and guaranteed to produce the best results. No copies located in OCLC NUC or other online sources; possibly unique. Andrew Young: History of Chautauqua County New York pp. 409-420. Greenleaf & Montgomery unknown books
187119479Mattoon Illinois: T. E. Woods ca. 1871. First edition. Some slight soiling browning and light wear; in very good condition. Unbound pamphlet stitching evidently renewed 7.63 x 5.25 inches 8 pages. Full page woodcut of an unnamed rose variety. OCLC notes two 1871 examples of Montgomery price lists in the Gilbert Seed Catalog Collection at the National Agricultural Library but not this one. Comparison to digitized copies suggest this undated version of Montgomery's price list had lower production values--perhaps a result of a post-1873 economic downturn Or the simple charms of a small-town downstate printer T. E. Woods, unknown books
18695120New York: G.P. Putnam & Son 1869. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A crisp clean copy of the 1869 1st edition with mounted frontis photographic portrait of Admiral Farragut. Solid and VG in its gilt-decorated front panel. Decorative blindstamping as well to the panels bright gilt-lettering along the spine. Thick octavo 464 pgs. all edges gilt. Former owner name and date at front preliminary. "Our Admiral's Flag Abroad" <br/><br/> G.P. Putnam & Son hardcover books
1869014195G.P.Putnam's Son 1869. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Full Leather First Edition 1869 Beautiful Copy Gilt Ship On Front Board Excellent Copy. G.P.Putnam's Son Hardcover books
1814289295New York: Eastburn Kirk & Co 1814. First American Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Epic poem of historical reconstruction by the Scottish poet and hymnist. The First American Edition in black half morocco over marbled boards. There is the beginning of separation at the top of the front joint but overall a sturdy copy if a bit worn. Shaw & Shoemaker 32156. Very Good binding. Eastburn, Kirk & Co unknown books
18963383New York: Burr Printing House 1896. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1896 1st edition. VG in its original maroon cloth with bright gilt-lettering to front panel and spine and decorative blindstamping to the panels. Very light limited soiling along the upper spine. Thick quarto 583 pgs. "the first written history of Danbury". Small neat former owner signature to front free endpaper. <br/><br/> Burr Printing House hardcover books
182568479Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The author's first novel. Accomplished in a number of fields including politics music geology and art Lauder 1784-1848 is considered one of the most successful literary imitators of his friend Sir Walter Scott. 12mo three volumes. In period full ruled blue calf bindings with elaborate gilt and blind stamping red morocco spine labels marbled endpapers and ribbon markers. The armorial bookplate of John Waldie and a related label appear on each front pastedown. The spines are moderately sun faded with some occasional edgewear; otherwise very good. Wolff 3952. Printed for Archibald Constable and Co hardcover books
1836274328London: John Murray 1836. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Volume I only of the 5 volume set. With portrait frontispiece of Wellesley and an attractive map of India which has a closed tear and is colored in outline. Some foxing to the preliminaries including to the frontispiece. Half bound in red morocco over red cloth with raised bands and gilt titling. Very Good binding. John Murray unknown books
183624868London: Whittaker & Co 1836. First edition. Illustrated with 4 folding maps and 2 plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Fine. First edition. Illustrated with 4 folding maps and 2 plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Part of the British Colonial Library. Whittaker & Co unknown books
183921764London: Whittaker & Co. 1839. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Montgomery Martin issued this small format edition of his "History" in the 1830s - by the 1850s he collaborated with John Tallis and his history series of Australasia and the British colonies were accompanied by John Tallis' handsome maps with vignette views. With the bookplate of Charles R. J. Glover 1870-1936 who was the Mayor of Adelaide from 1917 to 1919. Ferguson 2801. Enlarged from the London 1836 edition in some areas . Lg.12mo vii 1 416pp 2 folding colour maps New South Wales & Van Diemens Land & frontispiece Sydney. Original purple blind & gilt stamped cloth spine and board edges faded . Light foxing of tissue paper at fronticepiece. <br/><br/> Whittaker & Co. hardcover books
