Barber Joel D.ABAA
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1928214599New York: The Derrydale Press 1928. Watercolor signed "Joel D. Barber / New York 1928" lower right. 1 vols. 11-1/2 x 18-3/4 in. framed to 16 x 22-1/2 in. overall. Fine condition. Watercolor signed "Joel D. Barber / New York 1928" lower right. 1 vols. 11-1/2 x 18-3/4 in. framed to 16 x 22-1/2 in. overall. Fine 1928 Original Duck Decoy Watercolor by Joel Barber. A fine large rendering very much reduced in the Derrydale Press and Windward House editions of Barber's classic book. It shows "a Stevens Widgeon . In this decoy the painting is original and still shows the work of a 'graining comb' on the back." The watercolor execution is meticulous.<br/><br/>Inscribed verso: "Amer. Widgeon Baldpate / No detailed history - just used in Currituck Sound North Carolina / the Currituck Club. / Reproduced through the Courtesy of H.F. Stone Esq. of New York 1928. / Note-- Undoubtedly a machine made decoy of the Eighties - a product of some early northern factory possibly a Stevens - Weedsport / Joel."<br/><br/>A UNIQUE AND HIGHLY DESIRABLE DERRYDALE DUCK RENDERING. Siegel 85. Provenance: From the private collection of Eugene V. Connett III. Literature: Barber's Wild Fowl Decoys plate 60 [The Derrydale Press] unknown books
1993138216Lyon.: Derrydale Press. 1993. Limited Edition 2500. Maroon leather all edges gilt. Near fine. 8vo. Facsimile signature on half title page. Derrydale Press. hardcover books
19939012260Lyon Mississippi: Derrydale Press 1993. Hardcover. Fine Condition. One of 2500 copies printed by Douglas C. Mauldin. <br/><br/> Derrydale Press hardcover books
19398319New York: The Derrydale Press 1939. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Light shelf/edge wear rebacked original spine repaired and laid down owner plate at front pastedown signed by author else tight bright and unmarred. Red leather boards gilt lettering and decorative elements frontispiece lacking publisher's box and glassine dj. 12mo. 108pp. Illus. b/w plates. <br/><br/> The Derrydale Press hardcover books
1939Embry 186083Derrydale 1939. Limited edition of 750 copies. Fine with bookplate and partially unopened in lightly rubbed original box. Red leather with gilt titles in original box match numbered to book. Signed by author. Derrydale, 1939. Limited edition of 750 copies. hardcover books
1934Embry 152014Windward House 1934. First edition first printing. Spine a little dull else fine in custom mylar cover. Color frontispiece with B&W photos illustrations. Red cloth no dust jacket. Windward House, 1934. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
030054No Binding. Very Good. octavo two pages folded lacks mailing envelope docketing information on last leaf neatly inscribed in ink in very good clean legible condition. Dear Wife I will give you a history of my voyage to Norfolk. We left new York Friday and arrived here Sunday. We stoped at fortries monrow but did not go A shore. We was out ov site of land all day we are in camp at fort rokue 1 ½ miles from the city of Norfolk within 20 miles of the rebs. Our pickets are out 20 miles as for my self I am better than I was my hans are about heald up. My cough is better thear is eny quanity of darkey here I saw some 200 yesterday from north carliany theay wear taken by a reg of colerd men theay have ben scowering the country. Theay got a number of gorilers and hung the most of them. Mrs. Lenards is in camp cooking for the orsifers. The old man regar is in the ranks whear he ought to be his sone came on bord at new York and brot him whisky and before we got 20 miles it was all spilt over bord with some 8 gallons more." sic John P. Barber a Massachusetts bootmaker was a Private in the 3rd Battalion Second Regiment Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. The Regiment was mostly assigned to garrison duty in Virginia and North Carolina until March 1864 when in a battle at Plymouth North Carolina two whole companies of the Regiment were taken prisoner and sent to a POW camp where many of the troops died of yellow fever. It is unclear if Barber was among the prisoners. He was mustered out in South Carolina in November 1864. <br /> books
1845100730Tall 8vo leather illustrated 512 pp. Unclear if this edition came with map which is is not present does include colored frontispiece binding very worn joints cracked and covers almost detached notation on front endpaper moderate foxing and aging throughout. This edition contains a colored frontispiece that illustrated the Battle of Princeton and a second plate on the Victory at Trenton. In additioon to historical information of the counties in New Jersey it also contains an index of the towns cities and villages in the state. Howes B121 1844 Edition S. Tuttle hardcover books
1828295349Hartford: D.F. Robinson 1828. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 46 engravings. 148 pages. 12mo contemporary leather backed marble boards; leather worn at top of spine and hinges boards lightly shelf-worn some toning throughout. Hartford: D.F. Robinson 1828. A very good copy.<br/><br/> D.F. Robinson unknown books
1846290908Cooperstown: H. & E. Phinney 1846. First. hardcover. very good-. Illustrated b/w. 376 pages although missing pages 71/2 245/6 291/2 and 333/4. 8vo. re-cased in brown cloth; pages foxed throughout a few have small tears. A very good- copy.<br/><br/> H. & E. Phinney unknown books
185347645New Haven: J. W. & J. Barber for J. H. Bradley 1853. 8vo pp. 190; engraved title page and hand-colored frontispiece many illustrations throughout and fold-out map at rear; publisher's leather-backed binding with printed glazed paper-covered boards; bookplate of George and Harriet Cheney of a prominent Connecticut family; edgeworn and rubbed; good and sound overall. <br/><br/> J. W. & J. Barber for J. H. Bradley hardcover books
1844TB31515Newark N.J.: Benjamin Olds for Justus H. Bradley 1844. First Edition. Very good although rebacked with original end pages with gilt text stamping on the spine it is in its original blind embossed cloth covered boards with an embossed gilt laurel seal on the front board. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 3/4 inches with the cloth at the tips of the boards and lower edges of the boards worn through. There is a dampness stain on the front end sheets and foxing throughout the contents. Without a dust jacket. 620 pages of text and illustrated with a hand-colored double frontis and with 120 from engravings. The hand-colored fold-out map of the New England states New York Pennsylvania and New Jersey follows page 8 and suffers only from multiple creases and very minor losses to the margins several other maps within the text and a number of plates. Howes B-121 Benjamin Olds for Justus H. Bradley hardcover books
1846TB27062New York: S. Tuttle 1846. Reprint . Very good in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on a black leather label on the spine. The edges of the text block are marbled. A thick octavo measuring 8 3/4" by 5 1/2" with mild rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. The contents are clean and bright with no foxing or tanning to the pages. 608 pages which are illustrated with 230 engravings a frontispiece and 12 plates following pages 44 116 140 148 220 268 372 424 432 472 508 and 552 Howes calls for 10 plates and the map. The hand-colored yellow red green and blue fold-out map of the state following the front index page 12 is in fine condition with no tears or chips. Howes also does not note this reprint copy of 1846 printed in New York City. Several early prior owner's have penciled their names and made mathematical notes on the end pages. Considered by Howes to be "mildly scarce". Howes B-122; Sabin 3331 A tight handsome and thoroughly complete copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. S. Tuttle hardcover books
1841TB26568New York: S. Tuttle 1841. First Edition. Recently rebound in dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine with gilt rules around the title. An thick octavo measuring 9" by 5 1/2". The pages are lightly spotted with foxing throughout particularly around the outside margins and there are occasional notations in ink by an early prior owner. 608 pages which are illustrated with 230 engravings a frontispiece and 12 plates following pages 44 116 140 148 220 268 372 424 432 472 508 and 552 all by the author. Howes calls for 10 plates and the map. The hand-colored fold-out map of New York following the front index page 12 is in very acceptable condition with a 3" long tear at the left margin and a 3" long closed tear at one of the lower folds of the map both professionally repaired. Several early prior owner's have penciled their names and made mathematical notes on the end pages. Considered by Howes to be "mildly scarce". Howes B-122; Sabin 3331 A tight handsome and thoroughly complete copy. S. Tuttle hardcover books
1841TB27384New York: S. Tuttle 1841. First Edition. Very good- in full leather sheep covered boards with a gilt stamped black leather label on the spine with the faint gilt seal of the State of New York and the text New York and gilt tool work elsewhere on the spine. A thick octavo measuring 9 by 5 1/2 inches with heavy wear and rubbing to the leather joints and to the leather at the head and heel of the spine. The pages are spotted with foxing throughout particularly around the outside margins and there are notations in ink by an early prior owner on the front end sheet and preliminaries. 608 pages which are illustrated with 230 engravings a frontispiece and 12 plates following pages 44 116 140 148 220 268 372 424 432 472 508 and 552 all by the author. Howes calls for 10 plates and the map. The hand-colored fold-out map of New York following the front index page 12 is in very collectible condition with a 3" long tear at one of the lower folds which has been repaired with common adhesive tape and a 1" long closed tear at a second lower fold which has not been repaired. Considered by Howes to be "mildly scarce". Howes B-122; Sabin 3331 A tight handsome and thoroughly complete copy. S. Tuttle hardcover books
1855WN43515New Haven CT: Justus H. Bradley 1855. Original brown embossed cloth with gilt lettering. Book is heavily worn and soiled with some pieces missing. Fairly heavily foxed throughout. Owner signature on ffep. Two color plates and fold out map present as called for. 120 engravings. Content quite detailed though book condition is not very desirable. New Edition. Cloth. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Justus H. Bradley Hardcover books
1842217654New York: S. Tuttle 1842. hardcover. good. its History and Antiquities with Geographical Descriptions of every Township in the State. 230 engravings. 608pp. 8vo contemporary calf leather label calf worn lacks lower spine label foxing throughout mostly to margins. New York: S. Tuttle 1842. "Howe `zigzaged from county-seat to county-seat collecting material and taking sketches the original drawings the quoted narratives and first-hand anecdotes preserve much picturesque and illuminating material." DAB IX p. 288. Howes B-122<br/><br/> Lacks folding map.<br/><br/> S. Tuttle unknown books
1832WRCAM12754New Haven: Published by J.W. Barber 1832. 324pp. plus thirty plates printed two to a leaf. Frontis. Color folding map. Contemporary gilt mottled calf leather label. Boards nearly detached but cords sound bit chipped at head and toe of spine. Foxed else internally quite good. Describes 119 significant events in the history of America many of them illustrated in the attractive plates followed by a chronological list of events a list of colleges in the U.S. biographical sketches of famous figures in history etc. Howes lists the first edition as 1828 with an undated Boston printing following but does not note the present edition nor does Sabin. This is the fourth edition listed in the NUC with only two locations given one of the which Library of Congress lacks the map. AMERICAN IMPRINTS adds three more locations. SABIN 3326 ref. HOWES B126 ref. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 11194. Published by J.W. Barber hardcover books
1837TB31667New Haven: Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber 1837. Second Edition. Very good in its original binding of full leather covered boards with a black leather label with gilt text and extensive gilt decorations on the spine. The front and rear boards are decorated with gilt borders. An octavo measuring 8 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches with heavy rubbing to the leather over the joints and to the edges of the boards. The front free end page is torn at its lower two inches and there is an early prior owner's name Lynda Brownell Sherman Conn. written in pencil on the third free end page. The hand-colored fold-out map of Connecticut is completely intact and has suffered no damage. The preliminaries show moderate foxing and the last 50 pages of the text also show moderate foxing. The joints and hinges remain tight and strong. 560 pages of text. Illustrated throughout with 190 wood block engravings. Contrary to the information contained in Wright Howes bibliography U.S. Iana the first edition of this title was published in 1836. Barber an illustrator and historian 1798-1885 was Connecticut's first popular historian creating one of the first travel guides of the state. Following the index in the front of the book is a hand colored fold-out map of the State of Connecticut noting all of its towns at the time see note above regarding condition. Considered to be "mildly scarce" by Howes. Howes B-120 Originally published in 1836. Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber hardcover books
1837TB27239New Haven: Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber 1837. Second Edition. Very good in a recent dark blue cloth binding with gilt text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9 by 5 1/2 inches with new end sheets. The pages are uniformly lightly foxed throughout and the preliminaries and through page 36 the upper fore corners are nibbled in the margins. The hand-colored fold-out map of Connecticut is lacking by 2/3rds. With some minor foxing throughout. 560 pages of text. Illustrated throughout with 190 wood block engravings. Barber an illustrator and historian 1798-1885 was Connecticut's first popular historian creating one of the first travel guides of the state. Following the index in the front of the book is a hand colored fold-out map of the State of Connecticut noting all of its towns at the time see note above regarding condition. Considered to be "mildly scarce" by Howes. Howes B-120 Originally published in 1836. Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber hardcover books
1836010043New Haven: Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber 1836. Second Edition. Old Calf. Good -. Covers detached but all plates extant. Hand colored fold out map of old Massachussets. Great breaker for the map and the woodcuts. Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber unknown books
1829184027New Haven: J.W. Barber 1829. Second edition. Leather bound. Fair heavy wear to leather boards expected age toning foxing spots throughout water staining hinges internally have heavy wear. Brown leather boards; bw portrait frontispiece of Washington bw folded map bw illustrated title page; 312 pp; bw illustrationsw. Page vii wrongly numbered. Title page also reads "carefully selected from the most approved authorities by J.W. Barber. J.W. Barber unknown books
1844TB31669Worcester Mass.: Warren Lazell 1844. Reprint of 1844. Good in its original binding of full leather covered boards with gilt decorations and gilt text on the spine. The edges of the text block are marbled. A small quarto of 9 by 5 1/2 inches with the leather worn through over the front and rear joints the lower edges of the boards and the tips of the boards. There is an early prior owner's name written in ink at the upper edge of the title page. The contents are generally foxed on the margins and the fold-out hand-colored map is partially tanned it is in undamaged condition. 624 pages of text illustrated from 200 woodcut engravings and the hand-colored fold-out map. The first edition of this title was published by Dorr Howland of Worcester in 1839. Armstrong Bibliographies of New England History 103; Howes B-123 Warren Lazell hardcover books
1839TB29065Worcester Mass.: Dorr Howland & Co. 1839. First Edition. Very good in full brown leather covered boards with a rebacked spine of leather with a gilt stamped dark brown leather spine label. The rebacking retained the original marbled paper end sheets. An octavo measuring 8 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches. The leather is worn through at the tips of the boards and the front and rear hinges have been reinforced with modern cloth. The contents are in excellent condition with 624 pages of text with occasional spots of foxing to the pages throughout. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and small engraved vignettes throughout within the text. The hand-colored four-color fold-out map is in place following the front index and is in perfect undamaged condition. Illustrated throughout by the author's 200 line drawings and wood cut engravings. Howes B-123 Dorr, Howland & Co. hardcover books
1839TB28746Worcester Mass.: Dorr Howland & Co. 1839. First Edition. Near fine in a recent 1/2 brown leather and marbled paper covered boards with gilt black leather text block with gilt text stamping on the spine and new end sheets. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches. The contents are in excellent condition with 624 pages of text with occasional spots of foxing to the pages throughout. The hand-colored four-color fold-out map is in place following the front index and is in near fine condition with a tiny 1/4" closed tear at the lower margin. Illustrated throughout by the author's 200 line drawings and wood cut engravings. Howes B-123 Dorr, Howland & Co. hardcover books
