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188359164Cleveland OH: Brooks and Co. Alfred Williams & Co. Raleigh N.C. mentioned only on the front wrapper 1883. Second edition issued by a different publisher in the same year as the first without the ads for western North Carolina businesses so stated at the head of the front wrapper. 8vo. 374 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings some of the illustrations by William A. Walker plates folding map short tear repaired on verso. Clark "New South" 506 for the first edition: "Extensive account of a hunting and sight-seeing journey into the western North Carolina mountains . the authors had a good sense of geography and took pains to describe the countryside." Phillips "Bibliography of American Sporting Books" p. 418 for the first edition: "Adventures in hunting and fishing; bears deer a cougar." Thornton 15513 for the first edition. Weeks p. 23 for the first edition. This edition not mentioned in any of the bibliographies consulted. The rear wrapper prints press notices for the book from 15 newspapers and periodicals; the verso of the front wrapper prints an ad for the Swannanoa Hotel in Asheville North Carolina. Very good. Original illustrated wrappers chipped around the edges front joint repaired with a cloth tape spine partly eroded. #6052. <br/><br/> Brooks and Co. (Alfred Williams & Co., Raleigh, N.C. mentioned only on the front wrapper) hardcover books
188357161Raleigh NC & Cleveland OH: Alfred Williams & William W. Williams 1883. First edition. 8vo. 386 pp. Wood engravings some of them from illustrations by William A. Walker plates folding map short tear repaired on verso; ads for Western North Carolina businesses. Clark New South 506: "Extensive account of a hunting and sight-seeing journey into the western North Carolina mountains . the authors had a good sense of geography and took pains to describe the countryside." Phillips Bibliography of American Sporting Books p. 418: "Adventures in hunting and fishing; bears deer a cougar." Thornton 15513. Weeks p. 23. Original gilt-stamped decorated green cloth spine ends a little worn corners bumped floral endpapers all edges red. Very good. 3676. <br/><br/> Alfred Williams & William W. Williams hardcover books
18748674San Francisco. A.L. Bancroft and Company. 1874. Bound in pictorial gilt decorative cloth with elaborate gilt tooled rural fruit picking vignette to front cover. Front cover decoration blind embossed to rear cover. Decorative titles to spine. 8vo. 5.75" x 9.0". The First Edition. Presentation copy from W.B. Bancroft to J.J. Truman presumably a relative of the author. Presentation inscription in ink to front-free endsheet. Head and tailpieces very lightly worn. A remarkably Fine copy of this rare title. A.L. Bancroft and Company. hardcover books
1888017167Sacramento CA: State of California. Very Good. 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Newer black buckram binding with gold gilt on front. Original wrappers may be missing but pamphlet itself in very good condition with very small corner chip missing on map. The 1887-88 Biennial Report published by the state of California regarding its management of Yosemite Valley. Congress passed landmark legislation in 1864 granting the state of California authorization to manage Yosemite Valley and the land embracing the Mariposa Big Tree Grove. After much lobbying especially by the Sierra Club and John Muir Congress authorized the federal government to manage these lands in 1905. These early reports remain scarce and document the early management of Yosemite Valley including visitation trends development and revenue. 2590 people visited the valley in 1885. Includes full page map of Yosemite Valley. Full runs of biennial reports exist in several institutions. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 24 pp . State of California hardcover books
1881018810San Francisco CA: San Francisco News Company 1881. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12m o - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 212 pages of text followed by xiv pages of publisher's advertisement. Hardcover binding with moderate shelfwear and soiling. Minor soiling to some page edges. Previous owner's stamp on the inside front cover: From I.W. Taber Photographer San Francisco Cal. First edition. San Francisco News Company Hardcover books
1884019197New York NY: Fords Howard & Hurlbert 1884. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 599 pages of text including an index. Rebound in red cloth with the original red cloth backstrip and front cover cloth laid-down. Small red numbers stamped on the front endpaper which is also signed and inscribed by the author "To my friend Coleman from the author signed Ben C. Truman". The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. Fords, Howard, & Hurlbert Hardcover books
186657104NY: Walter Gibson 1866. First Edition. Signed presentation from Thomas Poultney Sr. on the front endpaper: "Mrs. Henry May with kind regards of The Author." Thomas Poultney Sr. 1826-1887 wrote under the pseudonym of Rabbi Ben Tomi. The Poultney family were descendants of Ellen North said to be the first Anglo-American child born in the area that is now Baltimore Maryland. A rare book!. 12mo. embossed brown cloth spine stamped in gilt; 100 pages. Very Good covers nice & bright; contents clean & tight. A lovely copy of a very scarce book. Walter Gibson unknown books
189310815Salt Lake City George Q. Cannon 1893. 1893. First edition. Small 8vo. Bibliographical references. Original gilt and blindstamped blue cloth beveled edges slight rubbing to corners and spine ends. Very good. 320 pages. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. History of Mormonism as seen through the eyes of Charles Durant with extensive quotes from Joseph Smith and an appendix titled "What Brigham Young Said.". 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Salt Lake City, George Q. Cannon, 1893. hardcover books
188463450Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers. Good. 1884. Hardcover. This item is 2 books- one is a salesmans sample prospectus with lined pages at the back for orders the other is the actual book. The book is 678 pages long with gilt and black stamped cloth covers. The covers are toned and soiled with rubbed and frayed spine ends and corners. Contents are slightly toned but complete. A slightly rough but Good copy. The Salesmans sample has gilt and black stamped cloth covers sunned spine and rubbed spine ends and corners. The contents are bright and complete- Good. . Hubbard Brothers hardcover books
18851317337Washington: Government Printing Office 1885. Hardcover. Thick Large Octavo; pp 1392; Poor/no-DJ; 3/4 brown spine with gilt text; marbled boards; detached boards; heavy rubbing to edges and corners; text block has age toned to exterior edges; few endpapers are loosed but present; minor edge chips to first and last few pages; interior lightly toned; previous owner's name to ffep; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders;<br /> <br /> <p> Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. Contact seller if you have any questions.<br /> <br /> <p> This book is part of the overstocked 15's kept in Room X. 1317337. FP New Rockville Stock. Government Printing Office hardcover books
187560960Washington: Government Printing Office 1875. Octavo. Frontis. iv 5 -158pp. folded map of Washington D.C. Burgundy cloth faded. Front cover title stamped in gilt including owner's name Hannibal Hamlin Lincoln's first Vice-President also bears his bookstamp on front pastedown. <br/><br/> Government Printing Office hardcover books
187160912Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1871. Each directory a second edition. 8vo. 3 volumes: 128 116; 81 pp. Extra illustrated with 16 original mounted photographs six portraits and 10 architectural images of Washington buildings all about 6 x 4 inches including three signed photographs of President Ulysses S. Grant Vice-President Schuyler Colfax and Speaker of the House James G. Blaine in the 1871 directory all three were serving in office at the time other mounted photographs of Presidents Andrew Johnson 1869 directory and Abraham Lincoln 1867 directory; the 1864 Anthony Berger image taken at the Brady Studio in 1864 plate of the U.S. Capitol from a wood engraving folding map of Washington D.C. Photographs of the buildings include the White House Patent Office Post Office Treasury Department War Department Navy Department Agriculture Department the Capitol and the Smithsonian Institution Castle. The sixth portrait photograph is of Addison H. Laflin 1823-1878 U.S. Representative from New York 1865-1871; this is his daughter Grace Laflin's copy gilt-stamped on the upper board "Grace Laflin / From Her Father / March 4 1871." Repaired scrape on rear board small tear in lower edge of one leaf but an impressive extra-illustrated volume in an attractive presentation binding. Contemporary presentation binding: red morocco professional restoration to rear joint gilt gilt rules framing the boards enclosing an intricate ornamental rule pattern gilt title and ornaments between raised bands on spine gilt turn-ins all edges gilt. 9763. Benjamin Perley Poore was a newspaperman and clerk of the committee of the U.S. Senate on printing records where he began editing the Congressional Directory in 1867. He later served as editor of the "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress" and as a well-connected member of the Washington political scene compiled his "Reminiscences of Sixty years in the National Metropolis" Philadelphia 1886. <br/><br/> Government Printing Office hardcover books
188263589Providence RI: J. A. & R. A. Reid 1882. First edition. 8vo. 448 pp. Steel engraved frontispiece portrait of Burnside wood engraved vignettes portrait plates maps. Burnside 1824-1881 a native of Indiana graduated from West Point in 1847 served in the west and was named colonel of a Rhode Island regiment at the outbreak of the Civil War rising quickly to brigade command; he eventually commanded a division a corps a wing and the Army of the Potomac meeting variously with success North Carolina coast Knoxville and disaster Fredericksburg the Crater. Following the war he served as Governor of Rhode Island 1866-1869 and as U.S. Senator from that state 1875-1881. This work was published as an extended eulogy on his death. Dornbusch II 1877. Nicholson p. 655. Not in Nevins. Very good. Publisher's half-calf rubbed and gilt-stamped gold cloth Leather labels gilt ornaments and rules on spine rubbed marbled endpaper and edges. 9964. <br/><br/> J. A. & R. A. Reid hardcover books
186723914Cincinnati: Ben Pitman 1867. First Edition. 1 vols. Small 4to. Bound in contemp. 1/4 black morocco and cloth. First Edition 1 vols. Small 4to. Inscribed faintly on brown coated paper of the front free-endpaper "Miss Lizzie Headlaw with the affectinate Regards of the Printer. Cincinnati Jany. 1867. Ben Pitman unknown books
18861316603Tecumseh MI: A.W. Mills Publisher 1886. Reprinted. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 1101; G/no-DJ; red spine with gilt text; 2 volumes in one bound book; cloth has slightly sunfaded exterior; minor rubbing to edges; strong boards; text block shows slight toning to exterior edges; interior clean; frontispiece with tissue guard; tape mend to corner of frontispiece; chipped corners of tissue guard and title page; illustrated;. 1316603. FP New Rockville Stock. A.W. Mills, Publisher hardcover books
180913889London: B. Marshall 1809. Hand colored print engraved by R. Woodman. Image size 19 x 24 inches matted and framed to 27 x 32 inches overall. 1 vols. A few light waterstains to lower margin away from image else fine. Hand colored print engraved by R. Woodman. Image size 19 x 24 inches matted and framed to 27 x 32 inches overall. 1 vols. Large Fine Ben Marshall Sporting Print. Siltzer British Sporting Prints p. 178 B. Marshall unknown books
1899119852Louisville KY: Courier-Journal Job Printing Company 1899. Hardbound. See description. Full embossed leather spine gone. All edges are gilt. 560 pp. few illustrations. This copy though in dire need of rebinding spine gone covers off text block intact and solid is unique in that it bears a dedication bookplate stating as follows: to The Confederate Soldiers' Home Pikesville MD from John Brown Sons May 2 1908" written in contemporary ink. John Brown and Sons was a Hardware and Machinests' Supplies firm on Pratt Street in Baltimore and their letterhead makes up the bookplate. Possibly related directly to the Abolishonist thus a unique association piece. Certainly associated to the hardware store where the first man to die in the Civil Ware was removed to after he was shot but before he died and where he was given first aid by the store owner. Courier-Journal Job Printing Company hardcover books
18982661Amsterdam: H. Gerlings 1898. First edition. First edition. Oblong 8vo. Original color pictorial illustrated paper covered boards 9front and back with silk string ties inside spine as issued red decorated endpapers. Printed on one-side only with double sheets joined at outer edges. Color illustrated lithograph plates every page by Bernard Willem Wierink. The rare first editiion of this very scarce children's classic. Dutch language classic set in Japan featuring "Pim" who is given a Japanese box containing small animals dragons mice cranes etc. which come to life during the night. Extremely scarce and rarely seen complete in its binding without defects. This copy is fine. <br/><br/> H. Gerlings hardcover books
1855D11881Boston / New York: Phillips Sampson and Company / J. C. Derby 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. Original full brown morocco ornately stamped in black on boards and in spine compartments gilt-stamped lettering on boards and in second spine compartment 5 raised bands a.e.g.; 4to; pp. 944 text in double-column plus tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Jonson by Gerard Honthorst engraved by H. W. Smith. Spine somewhat darkened and scuffed at tips; some light scuffing along joints and edges of board. Some off-setting of frontispiece onto title-p. but aside form the ghost of Jonson text is bright and clean. <br/><br/>Jonson 1572-1637 is best remembered for his plays and poetry. his first play to be produced "Every Man Out of His Humour" featured William Shakespeare in its cast. A scarce American printing finely bound and including William Gifford's memoir a selection of Commendatory Verses on Jonson written by his contemporaries and a glossary and index. Phillips, Sampson, and Company / J. C. Derby hardcover books
1816027034A fine set all in lovely Zaehnsdorf bindings. Each volume contains the following works: Vol. 1. Memoirs of Jonson & c. Every Man in his Humour -- v. 2. Every Man out of his Humour. Cynthia's Revels or The Fountain of Self Love. The Poetaster or His Arraignment -- v. 3. Sejanus. Volpone or The fox. Epicoene or The Silent Woman -- v. 4. The Alchemist. Catiline. Bartholomew Fair -- v. 5. The Devil is an Ass. The Staple of News. The New Inn or The light Heart -- v. 6. The Magnetic Lady or Humours Reconciled. A tale of a Tub. The Sad Shepherd or A Tale of Robin Hood. The Case is Altered. Entertainments &c. -- v. 7. Masques at Court -- v. 8. Masques continued. Epigrams. Underwoods -- v. 9. Underwoods continued. Translations &c. Timber or Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter. English grammar. Jonsonus Virbius or The Memory of Ben Jonson. Glossarial index. Beautifully bound by Zaehnsdorf in full polished calf board edges triple ruled in gilt raised bands gilt red and maroon spine labels gilt other compartments fully gilt decorated all edges gilt marbled endpapers. From the library of E.C. Converse with his armorial bookplate just a bit of off-setting from plates but in extraordinary condition. Printed for G. & W. Nicol books
1811029047London: For John Stockdale 1811. Thick Quarto. . xliv 721 pages. When Sarah Weaver wrote "Word Hoard" on Tennyson's use of the classics for the Tennyson Research Bulletin she noted that this was the edition he read at Trinity College Cambridge for the work of 17th century language in plays. Closed tear of text ix-xii otherwise very good copy of a scarce work bound in 3/4black-brown straight grained morocco over green linen raised bands gilt red morocco spine label gilt some light chipping to lower corner of upper board occasional spots of scattered foxing. A handsome copy. For John Stockdale unknown books
18111260273London: John Stockdale 1811. Later edition. Thick quarto in 3/4 brown marble and leather with six-band embossed spine; VG; gold letters on spine; some rubbing on boards and tiny bumps on corners from shelving; open gutter in front; marbled end pages; frontispiece portrait; paper age-toned and clean; text clean in very tight print; includes a biography; pp. 721; shelved in Alcove # 1; please contact us for shipping costs; GP consignment. 1260273. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. John Stockdale unknown books
181658689London: Printed for G. and W. Nicol.by W. Bulmer & Co. Cleveland-row St. James 1816. With portrait frontispiece in volume One. 9 vols. Royal 8vo 24.2 x 15 cm. Bound in near contemporary purple pebbled cloth with paper labels on spines. Very Good. With portrait frontispiece in volume One. 9 vols. Royal 8vo 24.2 x 15 cm. UNCUT. Printed for G. and W. Nicol...by W. Bulmer & Co. Cleveland-row, St. James unknown books
1898218058London: Leonard Smithers 1898. Limited. hardcover. Beardsley Aubrey. A New Edition with a critical essay on the author by Vincent O'Sullivan and a frontispiece five initial letters and a cover design by Aubrey Beardsley. Rubricated title. 193pp. 4to original blue cloth with ornate Beardsley design in gilt just slightly rubbed; inner paper hinges neatly strengthened pages uncut and unopened. Housed in a custom cloth folder and 1/2 morocco slipcase well-worn but solid and attractive; dampstains on bottom corners. London: Leonard Smithers 1898. First edition with these illustrations. A near fine copy in a good slipcase.<br/><br/> Number 44 of 1000 numbered copies on Art Paper. This work includes the last illustrations produced by Beardsley before his death a fraction of the illustrations which the artist had originally intended for this volume.<br/><br/> Leonard Smithers unknown books
1898WN35815ANew York: John Lane 1898. Illustrated with 8 drawings by Beardsley who also did the upper cover gilt design which has his initials. Additional illustrations were planned but Beardsley died before completing them. The pages are unopened. This is number 307 of 1000 copies. Limited/Numbered. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Aubrey Beardsley. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. John Lane Hardcover books