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1809AB9885London: Printed at the Conference Office 1809. First Thus. . Hardcover. G-. 8vo Volume 1 only believed of 16 Front hinge cracked and frontispiece detached with a few worm holes near tail edge. Leather spine worn with large split to top. Minor foxing otherwise remainder of book/text good condition. <br/> <br/> Printed at the Conference Office hardcover
186457051Philadelphia: C. W. Alexander & Co 1864. First edition 8vo pp. 2 21-30 31-32 39-52 53-54 61-74 75-76 85-100 irregular pagination as published; 3 full-page woodcut illustrations; wrappers wanting; stab-sewn; some dampstaining throughout; lacks printed frontgispiece letter; otherwise good and sound. "A thrilling narrative of the adventures of Miss Pauline D'Estraye a young and beautiful French lady who after performing the most heroic deeds in Virginia in behalf of the Union was sent officially to the Department of the Mississippi where she rendered herself for ever famous by her conspicuous daring and bravery during the Vicksburg Campaign under Major-General U. S. Grant." A fictional account of a Civil War spy. Some believe the character of Maud of the Mississippi was based on the actress and Union spy Pauline Cushman 1835-1893. Wright II 47. <br/><br/> C. W. Alexander & Co unknown books
1876352704London: Wesleyan Conference Office 1876. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in gilt-blocked leather. All edges gilt. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 431 pages. Subjects: Wesleyan Methodist Church; Hymns. Hymns English 19th century. Methodist Church; Hymns. London: Wesleyan Conference Office hardcover
188572041Washington: Government Printing Office. Good. 1885. Hardcover. Fifth annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1883-'84 /John Wesley Powell 1885 English Book Book xxxvi 469 p. 58 leaves of plates some fold. : ill. some col.some fold. maps ; 30 cm.Washington D.C. : Government Printing Office1885.Report of the director. -- Administrative reports. -- Accompanying papers: The topographic features of lake shores / by G.K. Gilbert. The requisite and qualifying conditions of artesian wells / by Thomas C. Chamberlin. Preliminary paper on an investigation of the archaean formations of the northwestern states / Roland D. Irving. Gigantic mammals of the order dincerata / by Othniel C. Marsh. Existing glaciers of the United Stated States / by Israel C. Russell. Sketch of paleobotany / by Lester F. Ward.Brown pictorial boards. Binding shot. Illustrated folding maps in pocket at the rear. Contents complete. Good for reading or reference. . Government Printing Office hardcover
18723829Washington DC: U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountains 1872. Albumen stereoview 11 cm x 15.5 cm on a yellow J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson mount 11.5 cm x 17.5 cm with a printed paper label on the reverse. Nice condition with strong contrasts. Cataract Canon Series: This canon is 40 ¾ miles in length and from 1500 to 3000 feet in depth. Image shows a rocky landscape with the Colorado River running through it. This photograph was taken on the second Powell expedition.<br/><br/>E.O. Beaman 1837-1876 was a New York landscape photographer who became the official photographer of the U.S. Geological Survey's Powell Expedition summer 1871 upon the recommendation of his supplier E. & H.T. Anthony & Company. Beaman left the survey January 1872 and spent some time photographing the Indians of New Mexico and Arizona before returning East. U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountains unknown books
1853H33330New York: Redfield 1853. First Printing. Hardcover. Fair. Publisher's cloth fair copy with some ex-library marks spine worn portions of endpapers have been bleached or something and there's a hole in the middle of the flyleaf; similar bleaching to area of the lithographic title page that has bled through to the letterpress title page see pics for clarification but lithographic frontispiece apparently not affected. With folding map at rear 1.5" easily reparable tear at stub. Text a little tanned too. But clean enough and a good reading copy. Redfield hardcover
1856BOOKS341877Chicago IL: Keen and Lee. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1856. Later Edition. Hardcover. Sm 8vo. 400pp. cover shelf wear corners and spine tips bumped spine tips lightly frayed few small lightly faded marks very lightly soiled at spine otherwise good Former owner's signature on front free-endpaper faded former owner's signature at title page scattered foxing throughout text and on block edges otherwise pages unmarked. . Keen and Lee hardcover
1853122970New York: J. S. Redfield 1853. Hardcover. Very good . Pictorial title page gives Redfield as publisher. Second title page states Keen and Lee Chicago 1856. 400 3 p. 20 cm. Frontispiece title page vignette and fold-out map at rear. Rebound in green cloth. <br/><br/>Title continues: "To Which Are Appended Camp-fire Sketches or Notes of a Trip from St. Paul to Pembina and Selkirk Settlement on the Red River of the North." Topics include: agricultural advantages; weather; St. Louis River; Minnesota River country; principal towns; railroads; steamboats; Indians Sioux Chippewas Winnebagoes; etc. J. S. Redfield hardcover
188387216New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1883. cloth with gilt lettering and design. Holmes Oliver Wendell. 8vo. cloth with gilt lettering and design. viii 61 pagesfold out seating plan. A description of the medical profession dinner honoring Oliver Wendell Holmes. Includes menu description toasts speeches illustrations and fold-out seating plan. Front and back decorative endpaper with pale green maze design. Light foxing on frontispiece. Boards slightly faded and worn at top and bottom of spine and edges. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1888804478Washington: Government Printing Office 1888. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 656 pages w/ index. Brown-red cloth gilt lettering. Minor edgewear and corner bumps to boards. Several brown spots on end papers. Pages clean and unmarked. Folded map in back pocket. Illustrations throughout. Record # 804478 Government Printing Office hardcover
1885mon0003790577gpo 1885-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. . cover shows heavy wear tear soiling. loose/torn hinges. pages tanned and clean. gpo hardcover
1844008615New York: G. Lane & C. B. Tippett / J. Collord Printer 1844. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 3 1/4" x 2 1/8". Nearly miniature hymnal 3 1/4" h x 2 1/8" w. Embossed calf with gilt title at spine. Very Good soiling and staining to end papers early owner names and inscriptions front and rear end pages. Internally clean a few pages with corner creases. 623 pages. G. Lane & C. B. Tippett / J. Collord, Printer Hardcover
184611301New-York: Lane & Tippett 1846. New Edition. Hardcover. Good. Full brown calf some scuffing & wear yet with good solid joints tight 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches red leather title label lacking about a third on the right edge. "A. A. Martin" in pencil inside front other markings/scribbles on the end papers; the title page is a bit tattered and partly loose. 1-676 pages counted and complete. Some marginal stains; one leaf torn at bottom corner affecting a few letters; foxing many turned page corners. 697 hymns words only metre noted each with a suggested tune name. Also includes Articles of Religion and Rules of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Rules forbid "The buying and selling of men women and children with the intention to enslave them."With a signed provenance card from the music collection of A. Merril Smoak Jr. DWS. Lane & Tippett hardcover
183651638New York: B. Waugh and T. Mason. Good with no dust jacket. 1836. Hardcover. Brown full leather binding with black leather backstrip label rubbed at extremities; boards abraded; owner's stamp on front endpaper; leaf edges paste-downs & outer leaves foxed. No dust jacket.; Full lyrics only;.; 64mo 3" - 4½" tall; 624 pages . B. Waugh and T. Mason hardcover
189848013London: T. Fisher Unwin 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. xii 307. publisher's green cloth with titles stamped in gilt with a gilt stamped design of a sea serpent like creature to the front board. Top edge gilt contents just age-toned naturally super light rubbing to the cloth at the spine ends clean throughout and the binding tight and square. Nice copy. T. Fisher Unwin hardcover
18950023902London Bath & New York: James Speirs Bloomsbury Street 1895. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Small Octavo. LONDON BATH & NEW YORK : 1895. Hardback. Six-page Introduction by Sir Isaac Pitman is on how to read and use 'Reformd Speling'. Original publisher's binding. Green cloth; bevelled boards. Gilt lettered spine and cover with ornate black & gilt decoration to spine and cover. Original yellow end-papers. Neat library stamps small; gilt shelf number to spine. A bright copy. Tight and clean. A rare example of a Phonetic 'Reformd Speling' book using phonetic characters. FULL TITLE : 'Wesley and Swedenborg : tu esayuz bei tu klerjimen American and English on the Tu graitest reelijus Men ov the last senturi with an introdukshon bei ser eizak pitman in reformd spelling'. For an ex-library copy; VERY GOOD INDEED. xxxix 263 pages. Appendix. Index. The first essay is by Edwin Ruthven Keyes First published in the USA 1872. . Second Essay by William Bruce. Minister at the New Jerusalem Church in Edinburgh. Perfectly readable text. SCARCE. Only the British Library holds a copy of this book. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. Sm.8vo. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books Cumberland Everyman Inklings Literature Rarities Theology and History. . <br/> <br/> James Speirs, Bloomsbury Street hardcover
1831060592London: John Mason City Road. 1831. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Engraved Portrait Frontispiece . LONDON : 1831. First printed in same year. Hardback. Engraved Portrait Frontispiece with tissue-guard. Original brown smooth cloth; gilt lettered spine gilt 5/6 price to spine; simple gilt rules to spine. Untrimmed edges as issued. Neat owner name dated Feb 1 1833. No internal markings. Minor wear only feint marks to paste-downs. VERY GOOD INDEED. viii 379 pages. 8vo. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> John Mason, City Road. hardcover
1875028120Thomas Barlow United Methodist Free Churches' Book-Room 1875. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Very early edition. Full black calf gilt with gilt decorated turn ins. Double column format. A very good copy with clean boards. Light wear to extremities. Internally complete. Neat ink name & date to endpaper. Endpapers original and unsplit. An attractive & early copy of this Wesleyan Hymn book. . Thomas Barlow United Methodist Free Churches' Book-Room Hardcover
1804084712Dublin: Methodist Book Room 1804. 6th Edition. . Leather Hard Cover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. Sixth edition. 388pp. Leather covers detached. Spine ok. No endpapers. Old ownership names in front. Rare early edition. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall <br/> <br/> Methodist Book Room hardcover
18832714<p>1883 hardcover as pictured. This is the 1883 text in the original binding. A collection of biographical sketches of Indiana notables and several short pieces featuring the city of Madison Masonry in Indiana and the early newspapers of Indiana. Also includes 6 tipped in tissue guarded portraits of the author and 5 persons featured in the volume and an index of persons mentioned in the text. Binding is firm. Embossed brown cloth boards with gold stamping on spine are lightly soiled and show slight fraying at head and tail of spine and corners. Pencil notation on FFEP. Endpapers and a few pages of text foxed. Text is otherwise clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OG2</p> Hammond & Co. hardcover
1840012312London England : John Mason 1840. Hardcover. Poor. Vintage 1840 - 490 Pages - 8" Tall - The Rev. John Wesley's Journal - From Oct 14th 1735 - Oct 24th 1790 In Fair Condition. In Need of Restoration. Spine Lose Heavy Wear To Corners Edges & Spine.Very Readable Text. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Images. Additional Images Upon Request. <br/> <br/> John Mason hardcover
1859784281859. COCHRAN Wesley. The Emigrants. An Allegory: or Christians vs. the World. Original blindstamped cloth A.e.g. New York: Printed for the Author 1859. First illustrated edition. Wright II: 587 locates only one copy. Spine lightly sunned ownership stamp on front free endpaper pencil ownership inscription on front endpaper light scattered foxing else very good. unknown
1897236257Boston: Emerson 1897. hardcover. very good-. Frontis. illustrated. ix 117pp. 8vo decorative-cloth; lightly worn corners bumped. Boston: Emerson College of Oratory Publishing Department 1897. A very good - copy.<br/><br/> Emerson unknown books
1897236257Boston: Emerson 1897. hardcover. very good-. Frontis. illustrated. ix 117pp. 8vo decorative-cloth; lightly worn corners bumped. Boston: Emerson College of Oratory Publishing Department 1897. A very good - copy.<br/> <br/> Emerson unknown
1890RPOWTEN00KTGovernment Printing Office 1890. Very Good. Powell John Wesley. Tenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1888-'89. Part I - Geology. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1890. 744pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Dark red cloth. Book condition: Very Good. Hinges a tad shakey; corners lightly bumped; gentle foxing to endsheets. Government Printing Office hardcover books