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18662342181019025Cherokee Pub 1866-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. Nice looking book has minor edge wear. Cherokee Pub paperback
18922602080008E.W. Smith and A.H. Mueller Philadelphia 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Atlas folio. 58 leaves : color maps ; 56 cm. Rebound in later cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. Minor loss to bottom margin of table of contents page. Private library stamps. Coverage Includes the City of Chester; the following boroughs and villages: Collingdale Colwyn Clifton Heights Darby Eddystone Fernwood Glenolden Haverford College Lansdowne Linwood Media Morton Moore Marcus Hook Moylan Norwood Prospect Park Ridley Park Rutledge Sharon Hill South Chester Swarthmore South Media Upland Upper Darby Wayne Yeadon; the following townships: Aston Bethel Birmingham Chester Concord Darby Edgmont Haverford Lower Chichester Marple Middletown Newtown Nether Providence Radnor Ridley Springfield Tinicum Thornbury Upper Darby Upper Providence Upper Chichester. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. E.W. Smith and A.H. Mueller, Philadelphia hardcover
1885MSO15982Boston: Ticknor and Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Ex-university library book with several library markings. Hard cover published by Ticknor and Co. in 1885. No dust jacket. Red covers with gilt lettering and designs. Covers are faded along edges and front cover has some water stains along edges. Spine is faded and part of material is chipped and peeling away. Bottom corners of covers are bumped and frayed and upper corners are slightly bumped with some wear. Side edges of covers have wear and some scraping. Upper corners of most pages have water stains. Pages have some toning along top and side edges. Front endpaper has remnants of a sticker at top. Book is in fair condition. 8vo 467 pages 2.4 lb. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 467 pages . Ticknor and Company hardcover
1806GEN67051806. Turnor Edmund. Large quarto. Half calf with marbled boards. Covers are detached and spine partially missing. With hand coloured map and 2 further plates. Some foxing. hardcover
1863031725Glasgow: Kerr & Richardson 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. The Spine Is Worn And Is Missing Some Small Fragmets Still In Very Good Shape For The Age. No Gift Inscription Or Marks Inside. No Pages Are Missing. There Is No Gift Inscription Or Remarks Inside. Black And White Illustrations. Paper Is Yellow From The Age Small Foxing Spots In Some Pages. Original Copy Not A Reprint. No Dust Jacket Non Pictorial Boards.- Specializing in academic collectible and historically significant providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. Kerr & Richardson hardcover
18981003N9London: T. Fisher Unwin; Smith Elder & Co.; Cassell & Co. 1898-1921. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 6". Various. A group of travelogues on the Balkans Palestine and the Sahara including numerous illustrations folding maps and intriguing insights into Near East cultures and landscapes. An attractive group of first editions on the Near East including on the Balkans Palestine and the Sahara published between 1898-1921. In the publisher's original cloth.- Travel and Politics in the Near East covering the latest developments in the Balkan peninsula written by journalist and medievalist William Miller. Contains a colour frontispiece a large folding map tucked into the rear pastedown and numerous full-page and in-text illustrations throughout. T. Fisher Unwin 1898.- The Land That is Desolate: An Account of a Tour in Palestine written by Sergeant-Surgeon Sir Frederick Treves. Contains a frontispiece and all thirty-nine other plates as well as folding map of the region. Collated complete. Smith Elder & Co. 1912.- The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara an expeditionary tale written by English travel writer and author Rosita Forbes. Contains a frontispiece and all fifty-five other photographic plates taken by Forbes. Collated complete. Cassell & Co. 1921. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally the odd small handling mark and slight browning to board extremities of Forbes and Treves. Minor rubbing to joints a little heavier to Forbes and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities heavier to Miller. Slight fading to spines. Light spotting to end papers of Treves and Miller with offsetting to free end papers of Forbes. Internally firmly bound. Several leaves of Miller unopened. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot to first and last leaves of Treves a little more frequent to Forbes. Very Good T. Fisher Unwin; Smith, Elder & Co.; Cassell & Co. hardcover
1879biblio155<p>320 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo 8 1/4" x 5 1/2" bound in half leather with gilt lettering to spine. Subscription to <em>The New Chess Magazine</em> which became the publication of the <em>British Chess Magazine</em> laid in. Volume 8. Betts: 7-15 First edition.<br /><br />The <em>Huddersfield College Magazine</em> chess section was superseded by the British Chess Magazine after 1880 with no more published. First published as volume one in October 1872 and issued monthly until September 1880 it was edited by W J C Miller from October 1872 to June 1876 and John Watkinson from July 1876 until 1880. One of the earlier chess magazine published.<br /><br /><strong>Condition:</strong><br /><br />Heavily rubbed at edges corners bumped and rubbed through damaged to front hinge soiled some occasional internal soiling front inner hinge cracked. Over all a good copy of a scarce chess item</p> J E Wheatley & Company hardcover
188517156<p>2nd edition. Good softcover. Sewn binding under thin card covers titles on front cover unprinted spine; textblock untrimmed at fore and tail edges. Clean lightly scuffed covers and spine; uneven age darkening along cover edges; 1/2 inch chip missing at front cover top fore corner; tightly bound; bright clean interior. 12mo 148 pp. Cf OCLC #6835165. Laid in is 4 pp. fortnightly-published 'Book Notes' journal issued by Sidney S. Rider of Providence dated October 25 1884.</p> Providence, RI: Sidney S. Rider/Rhode Island Historical Society paperback
1880mon0001546089James Nisbet & Co. 1880. Hardcover. Good. . The boards are in good condition with a little light marking.the corners atre bumped. The gilt lettering on the spine is bright.The hinges and binding are firm with no loose pages.The page edges are tanned.The text is clear and unmarked. James Nisbet & Co. hardcover
1884C2563<p>27012 ad pages with diagrams. Royal octavo 9 12" x 6 1/4" bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial of a rook with gilt pictorial of "The night's Tour" to cover. Association copy with T R Dawson's gift inscription to title. Betts" 12-22 Third edition.</p><p>This copy served as the text for the English edition of the American Supplement.</p><p>Contains the text of the third edition of the "Synopsis" to age 140 and the supplement pages 141-268. Has second title page on 141. Contains a list of chess clubs in the United States and Canada.</p><p>Thomas Rayner Dawson 1889-1951 was an English chess problemist and is acknowledged as "the father of Fairy Chess". He invented many fairy pieces and new conditions. He introduced the popular fairy pieces grasshopper nightrider and many other fairy chess ideas.</p><p><strong>Condition:</strong> Dawson's gift inscription and other previous owner's name to title. Old news clipping to front endpaper dated 1885. Corners and spine ends bumped spine ends and corners rubbed through. Rear inner hinge cracked marginalia else better than good.</p> Robert Clarke and Company hardcover
185445778NY: George P. Putnam & Company. Fair. 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Original full leather stamped in gilt all edges gilt. The front board is detached and the leather is split at spine ends. Boards are very edgeworn. PO gift inscription dated 1st Jan. 1855. Tissued chromolithograph frontis and 19 other tissued chromolithograph plates. The plate of the Indian Girl Swinging is bare-breasted. All plates are present with varying moderate degrees of damping and foxing. The damping is generally to the margins. The colors are still very bright. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 347 pages . George P. Putnam & Company hardcover
189948812London: George Allan 1899. 1st edition large 4to 487pp photo illustrations; brown cloth with bevelled edges; previous owner's book plate to the front pastedown a minor production fault has resulted in the paper having rucked up around a binding tape and glued itself to the pastedown and which has subsequently sheared away - difficult to described this nothing much just a short tear in the gutter of the first few pages; foxing to endpapers and cloth has generally faded and age-tanned particularly at the spine mild wear to corners; by and large though this is a decent survivor with top edge gilt and rough-cut edges elsewhere certainly Good approaching VG Copy; subscribers' list at the rear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. George Allan Hardcover
1899016703London: George Allen 1899. Book measures 30x24.cm. xvii487pp illustrated throughout some folding. Bound in original publishers brown cloth with gilt lettering. Cloth rubbed some abrasion wear mainly to head and tail of spine. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally pages clean. A good clean solid copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Quarto. George Allen Hardcover
189958287George Allen 156 Charing Cross Road 1899. 1st edition. Hardback. Buckram P. xx487pp b/w frontis 63 b/w plates 3 large folding pedigrees 2 folding maps 11 genealogies to the text index page margins slightly tanned upper board detached & spine laid in gift inscription to the pastedown stating that the book was a gift from one of the original subscribers named in the subscribers list text in good order so a copy in need to some TLC & a new spine. Monumental history of Chislehurst in South Eastern London once part of Kent. George Allen, 156 Charing Cross Road hardcover
1841994F47Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1841 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 6.5". None. An exceptionally lovely example of the first edition of Washington Irving's biography of teenage poet Margaret Miller Davidson including much of her own poetry. The first edition of this work. BAL 10159. Washington Irving offers a biography of young American poet Margaret Miller Davidson who died in 1838 aged only 15. Alongside providing an account of her short life Washington edits and includes much of her poetry in this volume.Professor Walter Harding wrote in the mid-twentieth century that Davidson "was once of the best-known poets in America" with Edgar Allen Poe numbering amongst her admirers.Eight pages of advertisements to the rear inscription to rear free endpaper.Rebacked in the publisher's original cloth retaining original endpapers housed in custom cloth dust wrapper and with a quarter morocco clamshell case from Riviere. Rebacked in the publisher's original cloth binding retaining original endpapers. Housed in a custom cloth dust wrapper and quarter morocco clamshell box by Riviere. Externally excellent. Endpapers age toned with inscription to rear free endpaper. Dust wrapper in excellent condition with front joint of clamshell detached but with underlying cloth backing firmly held. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with the odd spot and light handling mark. Very Good Indeed Lea and Blanchard hardcover
185377577New York: Washington Association 1853. Fine. 6-7/8 x 4-5/8 inches. Elaborately die-cut gilt folded sheet interior blank. Washington Association, unknown
1835111376Bruxelles: A La Society Pour Le Developpment 1835. Hardcover. Fair with no dust jacket. Leather spine shows rubbing and handling the paper that was over boards had been rubbed mostly off on the front cover with the rear cover seemingly never had paper over the boards corners worn foxing to pages. Front and rear hinge a bit loose but not broken or cracked. Edges worn. Very old faint writing on page facing half title page. ; Traduites de "lAllemand Par P. A. Huybrecht. Accompagness de 15 Plans. "Tome Premier". ; 4 x 6 "; 350 pages. A La Society Pour Le Developpment hardcover
1877876T63Paris: Hachette & Cie. 1877. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A smart fourth edition of this collection of writings on big game hunting in the original French language. French language. Fourth edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with twenty-one plates and many in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of writings on big game hunting and wildlife with chapters on gorillas tigers bears lions tapirs elephants hippopotamus rhinos ostriches crocodiles and much more. Written by Victor Meunier a French journalist novelist and playwright. Bound in quarter morocco with green cloth boards. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and minor age toning to the extremities. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. School bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Hachette & Cie. hardcover
188965392viii 792 pages contains articles on A Journey to Southern Morocco and the Atlas Mountains Further Explorationin the New Regions Bordering upon the Papuan Gulf The Gran Chaco and its Rivers and Journey Across the Inland Ice of Greenland from East to West amongst others contains numerous folding maps complete Published by Edward Stanford hardcover
18861000844<p>The World and the Logos by Hugh Miller Thompson published in 1886. Part of the Bedell Lectures series which were a historical series of lectures on Christian theology and morality. The author was a bishop and professor of ecclesiastical history. Hardcover with gilt lettering old religious library stamp on title page.</p> hardcover
1870921Y53London: William and Robert Chambers c1870. Cloth. Good. 5.5" by 4". Not Stated. A scarce children's story that refers to the scenery and life of Old England written by prolific poet and novelist Thomas Miller. A charming children's tale about a group of children who go for a walk outside of their idealistic village of Repton. In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt detailing. With a frontispiece illustration. Written by Thomas Miller 1807-1874 an English poet and novelist who explored rural subjects. He was one of the most prolific English working-class writers of the 19th century and produced over 45 works including some "penny dreadfuls" on urban crime. Circa dated from the prize bookplate to the front pastedown presented for good attendance at Wesleyan Day School. In the original cloth binding. Externally smart with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Marks to the boards and fading to the spine. Tide marks to the rear board. Prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned with the odd spot. Good William and Robert Chambers hardcover
1854299871London: J. Hogarth 1854. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in publisher’s bright green embossed cloth with faded gilt stamping of a rather charming fountain to the front board and titling to the spine; there is some wear to the extremities and mylar has been cut to protect the binding; mostly a clean copy though is a bit of quite scattered foxing; the plates appear clean.~~Turner and Girtin were friendly rivals -- this work is certainly even-handed with 15 full-page engravings by Turner and 15 by Girtin with a tailpiece drawing by Girtin and a frontispiece of Turner by Count d’Orsay. Folding facsimile letter by Turner and 2 additional facsimile Turner letters. Very Good binding. J. Hogarth unknown
186925012663New York New York: Sheldon & Company 1869. Good to very good. Some light surface wear/rubbing to bindings. Internally fine. First edition of a complete set of "Little Bessie's Country Stories" by Thomas Miller published by Sheldon & Company. They were issued in September 1868 despite the 1869 imprint alongside six other titles similarly bound in highly attractive violet colored publisher's cloth "Little Rosy's Travels". The six volumes in this complete set of "Little Bessie's Country Stories" include: "Sheep and the Lamb"; "Young Donkey and the Little Gooseherd"; "Little Rabbit-Keepers"; "Cock of the Walk"; "Cows in the Water"; and "Young Angler". Interestingly this set has contemporary ink inscriptions that read "Lizzie Xmas 1865"-- which calls the date of publication into question. Each of the six volume is: single vol. 4.5" by 3.25" approx. 62 pp. in-text illus. in original violet publisher's cloth stamped in blind on boards and gold on spines. A couple Victorian scraps on flyleaves contemporary ink inscription from early owner. Sheldon & Company unknown
1839896F13London: Henry Colburn 1839 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5". None. The very scarce first edition of this three volume historical novel set in the twelfth century following the relationship of Henry II and Rosamund Clifford. The first edition of this very scarce novel complete in three volumes. The work of English poet and novelist Thomas Miller one of the most prolific English working-class writers of the nineteenth century.This work subtitled 'An Historical Romance' is set during the reign of King Henry II 1154-1189 and follows the life of Rosamond Clifford a medieval English noblewoman and mistress of Henry II who became famous in English folklore.With the inscription of H. R. Clifton 1877 to the verso of the front free endpaper of each volume and with the inscription of Henry Spencer Markham to the front pastedown of each volume. Markham was Rector of Clifton and Prebendary of York.Library stamps to title page versos with no further library markings. In half calf bindings with marbled paper covered boards. Back strips age toned with light rubbing to joints and significant rubbing to centres of boards. Hinges of volume I a touch strained and firmly held. Inscriptions to front pastedowns and versos of each front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Library stamps to versos of title pages. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Henry Colburn hardcover
18605361London: David Bryce 1860. Very Good. pp 397 An uncommon novel in an attractive leather binding undated but approximately 1860. Half green morocco with red spine label and gilt tooling on raised bands over marbled boards green end papers with ownership inscription of W W Lancaster Bradford and bookseller's label of J Crossley & Co Huddersfield. Some rubbing to the leather of the binding and to the marbled boards but a very good square copy front hinge starting to crack. The text is crisp clean and unmarked throughout. Contemporary ownership inscription to title page of J W Taylor Moorfield. Very Good 1860 David Bryce hardcover