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1896BOOKS003684Two Volumes: lxi1136 pages; with 122 plates 104 figures and index. Quarto 11 1/2" x 8 1/4" bound in original publisher's olive green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial to cover. Volume 1: Papers by Walter James Hoffman <i>The Menomini Indians</i> 3-328 pages plates I-XXXVII and figures 1-55; George Parker Winship <i>The Coronado Expedition 1540-1542</i> Winship's significant and scholarly study of the Coronado Expedition comprises pages 329-613 and 47 of the plates pertain to it 17 of which are facsimile maps Volume 2: <i>The Ghost-dance religion and the Sioux outbreak of 1890</i> pages 641-1110 plates LXXXV-CXXII and figures 56-104. Edited by J W Powell. List of Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology pg 5 First edition.<br /><br />Although classified by most conventional texts John Wesley Powell always maintained that he was not an adventure or an explorer. He considered himself a scientist motivated by a desire for knowledge and to further the progress of human kind. However Powell did live a busy and active life as a military leader the first navigator of the Colorado River and director of the United States Geological Survey. His accounts from navigating the Colorado River earned him early fame. Due to his compassion toward Native Americans he was elevated to director of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of Ethnology in which he continued until his death. His work on the Irrigation Survey for the western United States although never fully realized lead to the establishment of river gauging stations and preliminary work toward storage and utilization of river water for irrigation and prevention of floods and overflows.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Corners bumped extremities rubbed part 2 spine and front cover pictorial dulled part 1 gilt bright else about very good copy. Washington, Government Printing Office hardcover
189203028New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Printed by the Knickerbocker Press in New York 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor. Signed by Other. US HISTORY. William Wesley Woollen 1828-1902. "William McKee Dunn Brigadier-General U. S. A.: A Memoir Signed by McKee Dunn Kastner." New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Printed by the Knickerbocker Press in New York 1892. Signed in ink on front flyleaf by a likely family member. First edition for private circulation. English language. Hardcover with navy cloth boards titled gilt on spine. Machined laid paper with cut gilt top edge and machined deckled edges to rest. Rare nonfiction biography of Civil War Union general with black-and-white frontispiece portrait etching and appendix of extracts from Dunn's speeches judicial decisions and correspondence. 8vo. 8 x 5 1/4 inches. 13 oz. 6 156 pp. This copy is complete but in need of conservation. Bottom of boards discolored. Bottom and top of spine rubbed. Binding broken along bottom half and along gutter of back endpapers. Some minor staining. Toned. Table of contents leaf detached but present. Text clean. Acceptable to Poor. No ISBN. No ASIN. OCLC: 247864679 5629293 1403905989. LoC: 08012847. "Dunn December 12 1814 – July 24 1887 was a US Representative from Indiana from 1859 to 1863 and Brigadier-General Judge Advocate General of the US Army from 1875 to 1881. Dunn studied at Bloomington attended Yale served as aide-de-camp to McClellan at the start of the war and was then elected to Congress. During his time in the Indiana State Legislature and in Congress he was a vocal opponent of the expansion of slavery in the West and some of his anti-slavery speeches are included herein. This elusive privately printed volume was produced in a small edition. Missed by Broadfoot Nevins etc. The other two copies available in the trade are in the $1200 range. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Printed by the Knickerbocker Press in New York hardcover
18508103Lane & Scott 1850. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library. 7 leather volumes with red and black banding on spines. Normal library markings but the spine labels are old and handwritten so they look appropriate. Corners bumped bit of wear to the heads of spines. Some cracking of leather on spines. Foxing throughout. Volume V has some mold stains apparently on last 30 pages at bottom edge. Volumes I and II: Sermons. Volumes III and IV: Journals. Volumes V VI & VII: Miscellaneous. Photos on request. Pages: 534: 568 with index; 729 with index plus 12 pages of advertisement for Sunday School publications; 759; 828; 795; 858 with index. Lane & Scott hardcover
1844707London: Barr & Co. 1844. Hardcover. pp. viii 408. 16mo. Stamped cloth with floral decoration and gilt lettering to spine and boards. Engraved frontispiece depicting two young girls and the other presumably depicting the author. Extremities are worn with fraying to the spine ends period ink name to ffep tide-marks to the upper corners of the frontispiece. Overall the text-block remains clean and unmarked with sound binding. Good. Scarce. A particularly unusual title this work appears to derive much of its' content from earlier stories of apparitions by Daniel Defoe 1660 1731 namely 'An Essay on the History and Reality of Apparitions'. Published in 1727 it contained what went on to become the most famous ghost story of the 18th century: "A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day after her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September 1705". At time of cataloguing WorldCat indicates the presence of two distinct editions of this title in various institutions with no physical copies with the publication date of 1844 or by this publisher Barr & Co. A microfiche edition is available from the Wellcome Collection. <br /> <br />The publication history is most unusual; J. Barry in News from the Invisible World: The Publishing History of Tales of the Supernatural c.16601832 writes: <br /> <br />It was also a very substantial work at over 400 pages of closely printed duodecimo which effectively brought together in one compendium most of the classic stories from the seventeenth-century authors with a host of new eighteenth-century material much of it from the Arminian Magazine. This was News from the Invisible World: or Interesting Anecdotes of the Dead. Containing a particular survey of the most remarkable and well-attested accounts of apparitions ghosts spectres dreams and visions with some valuable extracts from the works of the Rev. John Wesley the Rev. David Simpson and others the whole forming a series of useful and necessary information for the support of our faith and practice Burslem undated c. 1800. A standard preface defended the reality of the spirit world though in cautious largely biblical terms and promised extracts from the expensive and voluminous works of the most learned and judicious authors with all precision possible but leaving the reader to judge for himself whether they are natural or miraculous events ii. The editor and publisher was a former Wesleyan lay preacher from Cornwall John Tregortha d.c. 1821 who had settled at Burslem near Stoke by 1796 as a printer and bookseller publishing editions of religious classics such as Bunyan his own complete family Bible with commentary works of Methodist history and other texts defending the reality of divine providence as well as chapbook publications like Mother Bunchs Closet Newly Broken Open and A History of Richard Whittington. The book had a complex publishing history going through editions with the same core title but varied subtitles usually with the same preface but then with the stories in varying order. Editions are recorded in 1808 1812 1813 and 1814 at Burslem plus an undated new and improved edition there then after his death and the bankruptcy of his son John junior in 1822 at Manchester in 1827 1828 and 1835. By the 1813 edition the reference to support of our faith and practice had been dropped but the Hobson story by Wesley was brought to the start while the last Burslem and later editions modified the subtitle offering instead a number of well attested facts; showing their power and influence on the affairs of mankind; with several extracts and original pieces from the writings of the best authors. The whole designed to prevent infidelity show the state of separate spirits and evince the certainty of the world to come. Then at least by 1836 the title and some of the content was taken over by an otherwise unknown author called from 1843 onwards T. Ottway. In his first London edition printed for Joseph Smith at 3s in 24mo it had the slightly amended title The Spectre or News from the Invisible World a collection of remarkable narratives on the certainty of supernatural visitations from the dead to the living etc; impartially compiled from the works of Baxter Wesley Simpson and other authors of indisputable veracity. But by 1840 The Spectre had been dropped and with some editions reprinting Tregorthas preface readers could reasonably have assumed they were reading the same book but they were not as it contained a different selection of stories which also varied between the 1840 and 1843 editions but then remained constant in later editions some in London some in Halifax in 1844 1848 1853 1860 and finally in 1870 when the authors name also changed to T. Charley!. <br /> <br/><br/> Barr & Co. hardcover
1891022666New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1891. Photograph available upon request. First Edition. A single issue of this monthly magazine. NOT print on demand or a modern reprint. Very Good condition. Cover has some light edgewear. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO owner's name or bookplate. Bound in the original decorated wraps. Complete with all ads. Sealed in a clear plastic bag for protection. Questions on content Please inquire. Includes Chapters 7-9 of "The Wrecker" by Robert Louis Stevenson. "The New Lake in the Desert" by John Wesley Powell Director of the U.S. Geological Survey concerning Colorado. Also 11 illustrations by A. B. Frost. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by Frost A. B. 6.75" wide by 10" tall. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Charles Scribner's Sons Paperback
183552302090050B. Waugh and T. Mason NY 1835. Bound Leather. Good. Bonded Leather Hardcovers. ORIGINAL 1835 PRINTING. 7 VOLUMES COMPLETE. Text unmarked. Pages are foxed. Covers calf leather with tooled gilt borders show light edge wear with rubbing. Most of the hinges are cracked slightly but bindings are all intact. Some outside covers with tears along hinges. mostly near edges. Previous owners bookplate on inside front covers.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! B. Waugh and T. Mason, NY hardcover
185325231853. BOND J. Wesley. Minnesota and Its Resources 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. N.Y.: Redfield 1853. 1st ed. Illus. large folding map. 364 3pp. Sabin 6284. Very good in original cloth. unknown
1893886Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1893. Good. Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1888-89 John Wesley Powell Government Printing Office Washington D.C. 1893 11.5 x 8.5 inches 822 pp. <br /> <br /> Dark olive green boards with gilt stamped illustration of an Indigenous person in a feathered headdress to front gilt stamped lettering to spine and blind stamped border to front and back boards. Spine and all corners bumped moderately rubbed; light scuffing to front and back boards; top edge of text block and endpapers lightly foxed. Good condition.<br /> <br /> The United States Congress established the Bureau of Ethnology in 1879. Directed by surveyor geologist and U.S. Army Major John Wesley Powell the Bureau collected European-American knowledge about Indigenous nations motivated by the false "vanishing race" theory that Indigenous cultures and ways of life were naturally fading out of existence - though in reality they were being displaced by the westward expansion of the United States government and European-American settlers. The Bureau of Ethnology gathered thousands of photographs illustrations and other documentation of Indigenous cultures until it merged with other divisions of the Smithsonian Institute in the 1960s. <br /> <br /> John Wesley Powell 1834-1902 was an American geologist U.S. Army soldier surveyor and explorer. He is most famous for his 1869 geographic expedition down the Green and Colorado Rivers which resulted in thorough cartographic and scientific documentation of the rivers and surrounding canyon country including the Grand Canyon. Government Printing Office unknown
1813F0015London: Thomas Blanshard 1813. 551 pages. Embossed leather. Front cover missing as well as right bottom ½" of spine. Pages soiled water stained mildewed and rippled. Pages very delicate but still easily opened. Two brass clamps on back cover. Assume original cover had hinges to snap closed. Still a treasure to behold for it's age. Full-Leather. Poor. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Thomas Blanshard Hardcover
1889H7710Boston: L. Prang 1889. Near Fine. Stiff wraps 7 x 4.75 inches 9 stiff leaves printed on rectos only with 4 chromolithograph landscapes and other pages printing the text in brown-tone. Remarkably fine copy with some minor discoloration to rear cover. No copies located by Worldcat in institutions and one of the rarest Prang publications. Charles Wesley the younger brother of John was one of the great hymn-authors of his time penning over 6500 of them of which this is one of his most well known. L. Prang unknown
1890500023684London: Nelson 1890. First Edition. . Hardcover. Poor. Can find no mention of this in the british library or on internet. Binding is shot so all pages loose pale ble cloth gilt decoration 8 vo <br/> <br/> Nelson hardcover
18369548310John Bennet 1836. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Large 8vo with black cloth. Blind borders on front and back boards and backstrip. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Bumped corners. First few pages are loose. Minimal foxing on pages. Interior is secure clean and clear. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1250grams ISBN: John Bennet hardcover
1831060802London: John Mason City Road 1831. No Binding. Near Fine. 8vo. Engraved Portrait Frontispiece and Title-page. LONDON : 1831. No binding but in excellent well-preserved condition. Engraved Portrait Frontispiece. 14 volumes - complete set of the third edition. TEXT-BLOCKS amazingly fresh; clean tight; all edges gilt. Needs new binding; cloth case or leather; ideal for a rebind of your choice. No owner name or internal markings. Bright tight and clean. VERY GOOD INDEED. Early complete editions of Wesley are rare. Index to final volume. Nice set. Heavy set of 14 volumes; extra postage needed. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. London: John Mason City Road. <br/> <br/> John Mason, City Road unknown
185374548brNew York: Redfield 1853. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Original decorative stamped textured cloth hard covers with gilt titles to spine. Some light handling to covers; edges and endpapers toned. Old owner's name to front endpaper; short closed tear to map at stub. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Frontispiece of St. Paul Minnesota illustrated title-page folding map at rear. 3643notices1blank16publisher's catalogue2blankpp. . Redfield Hardcover
18802019296Allen & Hicks Oshkosh Wis 1880 288 pgs. First/First in Good condition issued without dj. The book is 140 years old. As such it has a number of flaws; there is uniform soiling and wear to covers and page ends as well as bumps and bruising. Overall book is remarkably tight and squareplease review all photos. The Author has Signed and warmly inscribed on back of 2nd ffep. Also a James Carhart business type card has been affixed to inside front cover. This is a memoir of a traveling minister in 1850's- 1870's America. Therefore much interesting history of various states the Civil War the Oneida Reservation etc is covered. All books bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. Allen & Hicks hardcover
1847186261London: Lane & Tippett 1847. Hardcover. Good in boards. Owner bookplate on front pastedown printed stamp on FEP. Soiling along bottom right quarter of text block. Rubbing along panel edges. Foxing throughout text. Lane & Tippett hardcover
189654346Seguin Texas: Smith & Moore 1896. 1896. As described by Ramon Adams in his bibliography Six-Guns And Saddle Leather "In the first copies of the original edition The Life Of John Wesley Hardin. released by the printers the portrait of Joe Hardin John's brother is mislabeled John M. Hardin." This single sheet portrait of John Wesley Hardin was apparently produced to be inserted into copies of Hardin's autobiography as printed under this correct portrait is the following: The Picture On Opposite Page Is That Of Joe Hardin Brother Of John Wesley. Though we have seen many copies of The Life Of John Wesley Hardin and have been familiar with Ramon Adams and John H. Jenkins statements regarding the Frontispiece portrait this is the first that we have seen this insert. Paper tanned else fine. Smith & Moore, 1896. hardcover
1818E20444New York: J. Soule and T. Mason 1818. Leather_bound. Very Good. Original full calf with spine lined in gilt and red leather spine label lettered in gilt. 253 pp. 4 pp. Contents at rear. A tight example with the binding rubbed along edges spine and soem scuffing to the boards. Handwritten and decorated ownership signature and place dated 1838 on the second front blank. Text is well foxed. Deaccsessioned from a church archive and so stamped on the verso of the title page. An early U.S. printing of Wesley's Extract a work that first appeared in 1793. J. Soule and T. Mason unknown
1882045597Washington DC: Government Printing Office. A clean tight hardcover in very good condition; original boards rebound with a new spine with gilt lettering and new end papers. mild shelf wear and rubbing lightly bumped corners. NOTE: Oversize volume; no priority or overseas Amazon orders. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1882. Government Printing Office hardcover
1830373138London: John Mason 1830. Mason Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in gilt-blocked leather. Raised spine bands. All edges gilt. Spine bands and panel edges dulled and rubbed as with age. Text remains in fine condition. Previous owner's inscription. Physical description: 736 pages. Subjects: Hymns English. Methodist Church. 19th century religious texts. London: John Mason hardcover
1873222802Goteborg : Tryckt pa Methodisternas Forlag hos J.A. Granberg 1873. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked red cloth. Decorative gilt-tooling to the spine and front panel. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 434 pages; Volume 1 only. xiv 434p. 20cm. Subjects: Methodist Church -- Sermons -- Translation into Swedish. Sermons English -- Translations into Swedish. Goteborg : Tryckt pa Methodisternas Forlag, hos J.A. Granberg hardcover
1808446121London : G. Story 1808. 6th edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original aniline-calf covered boards. Front cover detaching. Spine and panel edges somewhat edge-nicked bumped and dust-toned and roughly rubbed as with age with some loss. Some wear and cracking around the spine hinges and cover edges. Pages loosening. Previous owner's lengthy inscription on prelims and title page. Scattered foxing dust-toning. Physical description; 354 pages 18 cm. Subjects; 1701-1800 Sermons English. Methodist Church ; Sermons. Sermons anglais. Église méthodiste ; Sermons. Methodist Church. Sermons English. Sermons English. Methodist Church ; Sermons. London : G. Story hardcover
183130627New York:: Emery and Waugh 1831. Hardcover. GOOD. 1831 edition 7 volumes complete leather bound repaired with light brown library cloth spines and lettering. Ex library otherwise unmarked except old name on first page. Covers moderately worn scuffed on edges slightly scuffed on flat surfaces corners rounded. Sound bindings. Pages moderately rippled moderate foxing. A very serviceable copy of the original edition. OVERSIZE - overseas orders may require additional shipping. We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order daily shipments and sturdy packaging. . Emery and Waugh, hardcover
1801018618Conference Office 1801. No dust jacket Hardcovers with serious bumps chips corners and spine ends bumped bruised and freying small chunk missing at top edge previous owner's name inside front cover "from the library of Martha Burgoyne at her death" is also written inside the front cover pages are foxed and tanned many small marks inside some water stains at top edge of many pages several pages have small tears lots of wear on this one but still a great copy! Any picture found beside this listing may NOT actually be a picture of this book but a stock photo used by the listing site. 3 R's Used Books and Hannelore Headley Old & Fine Books Inc. are committed to saving the trees one leaf at the time!. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Conference Office Hardcover
18652298<p>1865. Hardcover. <br />Covers are worn and well used with some tears on the spine and corners bumped.</p> John Shaw & Co hardcover
