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18931333309Boston: Ginn & Company 1893. Hardcover. 12mo; pp 98; G; navy blue spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth has modest wear to exterior; strong boards; minor wear to edges; text block exterior edges show age toning; previous owner's name to endpapers and title page; some pencil inside; detaching first few pages otherwise intact binding. 1333309. FP New Rockville Stock. Ginn & Company hardcover books
18702199732Weed Parsons and Company Printers 1870. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ink gift note on front endpaper 'Miss Mary E. Husbands Christmas Present December 25. AD 1875 From her affectionate Father.'. Pencil note on base of frontispiece noting date of Hoffman's death. 1870 Hard Cover. 351 pp. 8vo. Original green cloth gilt titles. Frontispiece of John T. Hoffman New York's twenty-third Governor. Biographical sketches of New York State Legislators. Weed, Parsons and Company, Printers hardcover books
18702275133Weed Parsons and Company Printers 1870. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Front matter foxed. 1870 Hard Cover. 351 3 pp. 8vo. Original green cloth gilt titles. Frontispiece of John T. Hoffman New York's twenty-third Governor. Biographical sketches of New York State Legislators. Weed, Parsons and Company, Printers hardcover books
187829088Boston: James R. Osgood & Co. 1878. 12mo. 305 pp. <br><br>Discusses development and distresses then current among the Transcendentalits. Publisher's brick red cloth top of spine slightly pulled and frayed. Ink stains on lower corners of binding and adjacent area of the edges of the closed book. Ex-library: call number on binding bookplate on front pastedown rubber-stamps pencilling. James R. Osgood & Co. hardcover books
18801306Boston: Houghton Osgood and Company 1880. v iii 295 8p. original green cloth binding slightly shelf worn spine slightly sloped. Boston monday lectures. Topics covered include secret socialistic societies sex in industry rich and poor in factory towns wages and children's rights etc. Houghton, Osgood and Company unknown books
18921341875London: George Routledge and Sons c. 1892. Hardcover. 10mo; VG-; tan red green and brown pictorial spine with brown and gilt text; no jacket; cloth has slight exterior wear; beveled edge; slight rubbing to corners; vividly illustrated panels; sturdy boards; text block exterior edges have some age toning; patterned endpapers; frontispiece; minor foxing to some pages; slight cracking to hinges; illustrated; pp 512. 1341875. FP New Rockville Stock. George Routledge and Sons hardcover books
1884206161884. 400 N. 3RD ST. PHILADELPHIA PA. Philadelphia 1880's. 4.5" x 5.75". 30 pp. Original printed wrappers. Black and white illustrations throughout. Title misprinted on front wrapper "The Philadelphila Bird." Uniformly tanned. Very Good. OCLC lists several printings with similar titles but not this particular title. unknown books
184671311Louisville: H. J. Peters; NY: Firth Hall & Pond 1846. Paperback. Good. Sheet Music 3p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 35cm. No separate cover present. Light foxing. Good. <br/><br/> H. J. Peters; NY: Firth, Hall & Pond paperback books
18791654Boston: Houghton Osgood & Co 1879. 12mo. 279 12 pp. <br><br>Extended contemplation of the role of conscience in life and actions. Publisher's cloth top of spine slightly pulled and frayed. Houghton, Osgood & Co hardcover books
1877114872New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1877. Hardbound. Fair ex art library set with old labels on lower spine clean tight and fresh covers are taped on the inside at the hinge due to dried leather labels at base of spine. Publishers decorated brown gilt embossed cloth. Vol. 1: XVI 466 pp. Vol. 2: XI 473 pp. Profuse line engravings within the text. A different translation than that of Bennett 1874 of the seventh German edition. Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover books
1892291886London: Percival 1892. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. Illustrated including two folding maps and one large genealogical table. xxiv 287 pages and xvi 279 pages 12mo blue cloth with gilt lettering and armorial decoration front cover; covers rubbed genealogical plate foxed creased. London: Percival and Co. 1892. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Percival unknown books
188337481Boston: Lee and Shepard 1883. First Edition. Octavo 20cm.; publisher's brick gilt-lettered cloth; xviii2225pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. General shelf wear corners bumped hairline crack between front free endpaper and flyleaf contemporary gift inscription to the latter else About Very Good and sound. Posthumously published collection of poetry the Utica-based author having died the previous year of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-nine. Lee and Shepard unknown books
18803247Westfield Mass: H. Holcombe E.G. Cook 1880. Very good. Single sheet three horizontal folds trifle soiling along one fold on verso. The verso is docketed no doubt by the purchaser: "Holcombe Cook / Bill $21.04 / July 17 '80." Curious relic of an era in which most transportation and industry was powered by the horse. We forget that manufacturing was an important industry and Westfield Mass. was a major producer of same.<br/><br/>Offered here is an amusing easily misunderstood billhead dated July 17 1880 from Holcomb & Cook "Manufacturers of Whips and Thongs" the latter of course being the tassles at the end of a whip. The firm was founded in Westfield Hampden County Mass. by Solomon Shepard' upon his death in 1875 the ferrier became simply Holcomb & Cook. <br/><br/>The purchaser of this $21 order ! was the historic General Store of Glover Warner & Clark which for decades was effectively at the very center of Sandy Hook Connecticut. The store was established in 1861 when William B. Glover took James H. Warner into partnership with him; it subsequently became the Red Brick General Store. Well into the twentieth century it was esteemed for the diversity of their merchandise and the quality of their meats initially supplied by Homer Clark and subsequently his son George Sr. Unable to hold out against the national chains the Red Brick Store closed in 1978. H. Holcombe, E.G. Cook unknown books
18871342713Auburn NY: Knapp Peck & Thomson 1887. Hardcover. Larger Octavo; Fair; brown spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth shows modest rubbing to exterior; minor fraying to spine edges; gilt illustration to spine; ex-library stickers to spine and rovers show only slight exterior wear; beveled edges; some rubbing wear to edges; text block edges have age tones; ex-library stamp to exterior edges; frontispiece with tissue guard; slight ex-library markings inside; broken hinges; some pages loosed as is; previous owner's book plate to fep; illustrated; maps in pouches to pastedowns; pp 579. 1342713. FP New Rockville Stock. Knapp, Peck & Thomson hardcover books
183027330Boston: Printed by Isaac R. Butts 1830. First edition. Paper wrappers. Wrappers lacking paper loss in one corner of all leaves not affecting text scattered foxing correction to one name. 54 pp. 8vo. In addition to Cook's lecture there is a song "The course of culture" by G.T. Fessenden to be sung to Auld Lang Syne; plus The Society's officers committees members and amendments to its constitution. OCLC shows 9 copies. Sabin 16300. Checklist Amer. Imprints 1006. Printed by Isaac R. Butts unknown books
184071297Louisville: H. J. Peters & Co.; NY: Firth Hall & Pond 1840. Paperback. Good. Sheet Music 3p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 35cm. Moderate foxing around edges. "Composed & Arranged for the Piano Forte and Respectfully Dedicated to Miss Harriet Boswell." from the cover. <br/><br/> H. J. Peters & Co.; NY: Firth, Hall & Pond paperback books
189973232London: J. M. Dent; NY: Dutton 1899. Hardcover. Good. 24 illustrations 22 of which are printed in pairs on one side of facing pages. Oblong 26 x 17cm. Moderate general cover fraying and wear. New endpapers. No Jacket. <br/><br/> J. M. Dent; NY: Dutton hardcover books
1900Embry 183281Henry T. Coates 1900. Tiny tear to head of volume two near fine to fine and bright. B&W illustrations. Red cloth decoratively gilt. Henry T. Coates, 1900. hardcover books
1878016442Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1878. 305p. original brown cloth Boston Monday lectures. James R. Osgood and Company unknown books
189732283Buffalo N.Y.: D. Ransom Son & Co 1897. 1st edition thus. 20th edition overall cf. Cagle 876 - 878 for the years 1882 83 & 89. Printed peach-colored wrappers sewn. Hole for string tie to upper left for hanging from a hook. Advert to rear wrapper. Minor wear & soiling. Small inkspot to lower edge of front wraper. Withal a VG copy. 32 pp. P. 32 with a calendar for the year. Illustrated with the occasional woodcut primarily for adverts. 8vo. 6-3/8" x 4" <br/><br/>A recipe book ostensibly issued annually by D. Ransom with recipes the 'Coffee Jelly' sounds interesting interspersed with advertising matter medicinal cures & personal testimonies. The series began in 1874 continuing through our reseach indicates the mid-1920s. We no evidence of an extant complete run. D. Ransom, Son & Co unknown books
1879D7974London: Frank Kerslake 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Black cloth original blue printed wraps bound in; 8vo; pp. i-viii 9-88 plus frontis. and bookdealer's ad tipped to verso of the original front cover. Spine chipped and torn; corners bumped; original front wrap and first 4 leaves detached a bit brittle and very lightly chipped along the edges. A good working copy of this useful first edition of the first bibliography on Dickens. Sold as is. <br/><br/> Frank Kerslake hardcover books
188132281Buffalo N.Y.: D. Ransom Son & Co 1881. 1st edition thus. 8th edition overall Wheaton & Kelly 5002. Printed orange paper wrappers sewn. Hole with red string tie to upper left for hanging from a hook. Calendar & advert to rear wrapper. Very minor wear & soiling. Small inkspot to lower edge of front wraper. Withal a Nr Fine copy. 32 pp. Illustrated with the occasional woodcut primarily for adverts. 8vo. 6-3/8" x 4" <br/><br/>Ostensibly a recipe book issued annually by D. Ransom with recipes the 'Candied Cherries' sounds good interspersed with advertising matter medicinal cures & personal testimonies. The series began in 1874 continuing through our reseach indicates the mid-1920s. We no evidence of an extant complete run. D. Ransom, Son & Co unknown books
1891457641891. COOK M.B. JAPAN. A Sailor's Visit to the Island Empire. New York: John R. Alden 1891. 8vo green cloth stamped in gilt; 146pp. Ex-library working copy. Ffep gone. Wenckstern p.44. unknown books
1883591Fishkill Landing N.Y.: J. W. Spaight 1883. 12mo. 36 pp. <br><br>With a presentation inscription in the author's hand "T. R. Westbrook" to the New Jersey Historical Society. Original printed wrappers with both "covers" present but detached; a little chipped and a little dust-soiled. Final leaf with a closed tear not approaching text. J. W. Spaight unknown books
1888182830New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1888. Hardcover. VG- light shelfwear to boards pages are very clean binding tight. Beige cloth boards stamped in brown and green design made to look like cross stitch; all edges yellow tinted; bw portrait frontispiece with tissue guard; xii 239 pp 13 portraits on 11 plates. Originally published in Scribner's magazine v. 2 1887. Includes a list of the illustrations. The daily life of an upper class woman. Introduction by Clarence Cook. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books