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18291133Boston: Cotton and Barnard 1829. Paper wraps. By the Author of Thomas Mansfield. The White Palfrey. Boston: Cotton and Barnard 1829. 20 pages in paper wraps. Good condition. Cotton and Barnard unknown
1852127R33Common Council of the City of New York printed by McSpedon & Baker New York: 1852. 1852 362p. Sepia Portrait Lithograph Frontis; Presentation document is reproduced by lithograph on five pages including the monument. Elaborated wood engraved borders throughout. Inked ownership of P.E. Walden April 14 1853. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Embossed in blind and gold. Very slight loss at head and tail of spine. Hardbound. A beautifully printed tribute to a great politician and tatesman. PRICE JUST REDUCED! AMERICANA BOX 10 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good. (Common Council of the City of New York) printed by McSpedon & Baker, New York: (1852). hardcover
180326581Albany NY: D. & S. Whiting 1803. 1803. Good. - hardcover Octavo bound in vintage tan calf. The covers are bumped rubbed & scuffed. There are small pieces out of the head & tail of the spine and damage to the bottom edge of the rear cover and to the bottom edges of the last part of the book with no loss of text. Pages i-xv & 16-479 plus errata page. As issued pages 290 to 295 are repeated in their numbering. There are previous owner's names penned in ink on the front endpaper. and a few ink notes. There is scattered foxing & light staining throughout with some creases. Good only. <p>The alphabetically arranged material which includes sections on bastardy bigamy dogs "it is not a felony to steal dogs which are of a base nature" the poor rape slaves women and wrecks gives quite a comprehensive view of society at the time. Albany [NY]: D. & S. Whiting, 1803. hardcover
1883H3526New York: The Association 1883. Paperback. Good. Published 1883 gray printed wraps 70 pp good plus copy with wear and staining to wraps contents very good. Addresses by Peter Cooper et al. the meeting had four objectives: protection of manufacturers advancement of various industries restoration of ocean navigation in American-built ships and the 'security and comfort' of workmen including pensions and allowances. Ulysses Grant and John Jacob Astor were among the border members of this Association. (The Association) paperback
187545989Baltimore: Kelly Piet & Co 1875. Hardcover. 16mo. Rebound in red cloth with gilt spine lettering. 237pp. Very good. Prayer card neatly tipped to rear pastedown. Discreet ex-convent library with almost no markings save monastery ownership name inked on front flyleaf and inkstamped on rear flyleaf. Attractive and tight first English-language edition of these biographical sketches of Sisters Anne Mary Bollain Anne Frances von Hohenzollern Frances Angelica Priolo Mary Eleonora de Lorraine Mary Xavier de Lorraine and M. Anne Teresa de la Tour. Uncommon. Kelly, Piet & Co hardcover
182675909Albany: N.p. 1826. Single sheet upon which 10 parishioners pledge money to support missionary efforts in the Valley of the Mississippi. With tape repairs. This cataloger ran out of time. N.p. unknown
1806294726New York: David Bliss 1806. hardcover. very good-. Translated from French. 288 pages. 12mo varnished leather backed marbled boards; covers considerably rubbed corners bumped and worn hinges weak leather missing from head and foot of spine spine label worn pages foxed and toned. New York: David Bliss 1806. A very good- copy.<br/> <br/> Early American imprint.<br/> <br/> David Bliss unknown
1827558177London: Baldwin Cradock and Joy 1827. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 31pp. Illustrated in black and white. String bound printed wrappers. Owner signature on the front wrappers the delicate wrappers are frayed and soiled with small nicks along the edges and a small tear to the top of the front wrapper a tear to the rear panel and some edgewear to the pages not affecting the text which remains clean and bright still very good. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 in London and the Library of Useful Knowledge was its first series of publications launched in 1827. The goal of the society was to publish useful information in a manner affordable to working class individuals unable to pursue formal studies or who simply preferred self-education. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy unknown
1853L020712Leavitt & Allen 1853. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. VG- in cloth slight wear/head&foot of spine; slight rubbing/covers. 16mo 284ppplates Later issue of the American edition; not located in Halkett & Laing. Exterior as noted; previous owner's inscriptions slight internal browning else VG.engr frontis/title. Leavitt & Allen hardcover
189752533New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1897. 12mo. 8 374 pp. plus 32 pp. publisher’s catalogue. Frontisp. 11 plates. Red pictorial publisher’s cloth cover art of King Frederick the Great of Prussia on front in black & white gilt black & white lettering minor rubbing shelfwear minor wear to corners still a VG- copy. First American edition of this Henty adventure of a young Scottish nobleman serving as aide-de-camp to Marshal Keith under Frederick the Great during the Seven Years War featuring the Battles of Lobositz Prague Rossback Leuthen Hochkich Minden Liegnitz and finally the triumph of Prussia at Torgau. Charles Scribner’s Sons, hardcover
189034156Boston MA: Rockwell and Churchill City Printers 1890. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. xxvii 537 pages 2. Dark cloth hardcover with gilt seal and title on the front cover. Gilt title and number 22 on the spine. Ex-institutional copy with two book plates and a deaccession stamp on the front paste down. Shelf wear to the cloth binding.Corners worn and frayed. Interior contents clean. Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers hardcover
189434911Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1894. Revised edition. Blue buckram with original wrappers bound in. A very good exlib copy with gilt accession numbers on spine faint institutional stamp on rear pastedown light soiling on original wrappers; map fine. v 177 pp. Illus. with 1 color folding map and 8 b/w drawings and photos. 8vo. First published in 1862. U.S. Government Printing Office hardcover
183333619New York: Published and Sold by D. Appleton and Co. B. Curtis Brown Print 1833. Wraps. Good. Stitched wraps. 64 pages. Brown outer wraps with title on the front. Rear wrap chipped lower corner and lightly damp stained. Light occasional foxing and toning to the contents.<br /> <br /> American Imprints 20937. Published and Sold by D. Appleton and Co. B. Curtis Brown, Print unknown
186134109Boston: Press of Edward L. Balch 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Two volumes. iv 431 pages 1. 388 pages 1. Illustrated with engraved portraits and illustrations in text. Marbled paper covered boards with black leather corners and spine. Gilt title on the spine. Leather is rubbed on the edges corners joints and spine. Interior contents clean. Previous owner name in pencil on the right front flyleaf. Contents include articles on the Abolition of Slavery in New England Missionary work biographical sketches religious works obituaries and more. Press of Edward L. Balch hardcover
183332993New York: Published by B. Waugh and T. Mason. J. Collard Printer 1833. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo. 215 pages 1. Frontispiece illustration and illustrated half title page. Marbled paper covered boards with red leather spine. Gilt title on the spine. Small chip to the leather spine. Scuffed marbled paper on the front cover. Some edge wear to the boards. Moderate toning and scattered foxing to the contents. Old pencil inscription of J H sp. Parkers Book" at the top of the right front flyleaf. Below the first inscription is a later pen inscription - "Presented to David H Aurally by Mrs. Sara Graves Reeves from the library of the Graves family at Mount Pleasant their home near Covington in Newton County Georgia 1956." On the front paste down is a yellow store label "Bailey's Shoe Shop 142 Sycamore St. Dr. 3-0172- Decatur Ga." From RootsWeb Ancestry<br /> <br /> Mt. Pleasant Georgia is named for the plantation that was built by Solomon Graves beginning in 1819. His land holdings totaled over 7500 acres at one point. The original plantation home which still exists was built in 1835. The land remained in the Graves family until the final 426 acres were sold in 1958. In the early 1980s 450 acres of the former plantation not including the 22 acres immediately surrounding the original plantation home were sold to a speculator/developer who had been assembling land at Interstate 20 interchanges east of Atlanta. By the late 1980s the land had been rezoned to a mix of industrial multi-family highway commercial and residential.<br /> <br /> See also: Perkerson Madora Field. White Columns in Georgia. New York: Rinehart & Co. Inc. 1952. Print.<br /> <br /> Covington Newton County Georgia: Mt. Pleasant Plantation - Off Hwy. 278 - 1820 plantation now a working Christmas tree farm. December 2011. Published by B. Waugh and T. Mason. J. Collard, Printer hardcover
185335616Boston: John P. Jewett and Company 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. 323 pages 1. Frontispiece illustration. Brown cloth hardcover ruled in blind with blind stamped decoration on the covers. Gilt title on the spine. Cloth binding is chipped head and base of spine and edge worn on the covers and corners. Slight lean to the hardcover. Light foxing to the yellow end sheets. Text block cracked between pages 182 to 183. Previous owner name on the right front flyleaf. Fair.<br /> <br /> This is a book about temperance. While this book is categorized as fiction the author states in the preface "Many of the incidents in this work are true which have fallen under the author's observation and which he has taken from public prints. John P. Jewett and Company hardcover
1828296244Woodstock: Rufus Colton 1828. paperback. very good. 72 pages. Slim 8vo recased in new green paper while preserving original wrappers inside; original covers reinforced with heavier paper some foxing throughout. Woodstock: Rufus Colton 1828. A very good copy.<br/> <br/> Rufus Colton unknown
183730689Boston: Otis Broaders & Co 1837. Leather bound. Good. Octavo. 1 iv 560 pages. Brown leather with black title label on the spine. Light rubs to leather joints. Light to moderate foxing to contents. Damp-stains to front and rear end sheets. Contents include Drake's Indian History; America Forest Trees; Poussin on American Rail Roads; and more. Otis, Broaders, & Co unknown
189673924Astor Place New York: Albert Maxfield / J. J. Little & Co. 1896. 1/2 Leather. Fair. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. xv 435pp lxx roster. Frontispiece portrait. 1/2 blue leather binding with marble boards and endpapers. TEG. The rear cover along with rear endpapers are detached and the front cover is nearly detached. A "binding copy" which would benefit from restoration work. Internally the pages are clean. American civil war unit history. Albert Maxfield / J. J. Little & Co. unknown
183629892P. Potter. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1836. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Calf covered boards. Hinge leather split on front partially on rear cords maintain attachment. Edge and corner wear commensurate with book's age not defacing the book's appeal and attractiveness. OUter layer of leather on spine gone. Paper is typical 18th century fare foxing at extremities. A beautiful book! Read descriptions carefully. Avoid GLASSFROGBOOKS ERGODOBOOKS MORE BOOKS IRISH BOOKSELLERS PRO QUO/BAYSIDE BOOKS BOOKSPLEASE RIA CHRISTIE DISCOVER BOOKS BOOKS2ANYWHERE BOOKS EXPRESS CHIRON MEDIA! These "Booksellers" have no books of their own. they buy honest booksellers' books upcharge you and have no idea what the book is really like. Support your local and small bookstore owners! . P. Potter hardcover
1822716651822. Philadelphia 1822. 7th ed. 1 of 2 issues. Philadelphia 1822. 7th ed. 1 of 2 issues. A Pennsylvanian His Own Lawyer A Gentleman of the Bar. The Pocket Companion; Or Every Man His Own Lawyer: Containing a Variety of Precedents Laid Down in So Plain a Manner That the Farmer Mechanic Apprentice Or School Boy Can Draw Any Instrument of Writing Without the Assistance of an Atorney. Prefaced with Twelve Pages of Scrip Intended as a Copy for Those Persons Who Wish to Improve Their Hand Writing at Leisure Hours at Home Without the Instructions of a Teacher. To Which is Added The Art of Penmanship. Philadelphia: Printed and Published by S. Roberts 1822. 88 pp. Main text parallel to spine. Pp. 5-12 printed in script. Octavo 7" x 4". Quarter sheep over plain-paper boards. Rubbing to boards and extremities with wear to spine ends and corners front board and free endpaper detached. Light browning and foxing to text light edgewear to a few leaves. $50. Seventh edition one of two issues. This popular formbook for laymen was first published in 1818. Later editions and adaptions were published into the 1840s. There is another issue of the seventh edition with a 47-page guide to penmanship. Both issues have identical title pages mentioning this guide which is a source of confusion today. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 8120. unknown books
18362129glsNew York: Wiley and Long 1836. Octavo string-bound wrappers 30 pp. Top leaf loose neat former-owner signature soiling to wrappers. “Sir:-- / When one charged with the responsible duties of a legislator forgets the nature of the trust which he holds for the Commonwealth and instead of consulting the common interests alone endeavors to procure the enactment of laws of a purely local tendency which whilst they momentarily affect one portion of the country favorable bear at the same time prejudicially upon others and in the end become of permanent disadvantage to the whole -- when one vested with the authority of a statesman narrows down his views to the attainment of some object of petty ambition instead of following out an enlarged and liberal system of policy by “giving up to party what was meant for mankind†-- when one clothed in the invulnerable armor of a representative of the people’s sovereignty becomes so lost to a proper sense of the dignified attitude in which he has been placed by his constituents as under cover of the aegis of their majesty to let fly with an irresponsible and unsparing hand the shafts of personal invective against individuals or classes of his fellow citizens there is a point where neither the exercise of charity which supposes honest motives in all nor the forbearance to which even the prejudices of well meaning ignorance are entitled nor the respect of silence due to those whose power is thus abused and misdirected can longer be classed as virtues; and that point is when wrong-headedness the result at first of ignorance is perservered in through sheer obstinancy in spite of the weight of testimony of the most respectable and impartial witnesses against the errors and folly of such a course. With your career sir as a legislator and a statesman I have nothing to do. That is a subject which must rest of examination in the hands of your legitimate judges your own constituents. Wiley and Long, 1836. hardcover
18362129glsNew York: Wiley and Long 1836. Octavo string-bound wrappers 30 pp. Top leaf loose neat former-owner signature soiling to wrappers. “Sir:-- / When one charged with the responsible duties of a legislator forgets the nature of the trust which he holds for the Commonwealth and instead of consulting the common interests alone endeavors to procure the enactment of laws of a purely local tendency which whilst they momentarily affect one portion of the country favorable bear at the same time prejudicially upon others and in the end become of permanent disadvantage to the whole -- when one vested with the authority of a statesman narrows down his views to the attainment of some object of petty ambition instead of following out an enlarged and liberal system of policy by “giving up to party what was meant for mankind†-- when one clothed in the invulnerable armor of a representative of the people’s sovereignty becomes so lost to a proper sense of the dignified attitude in which he has been placed by his constituents as under cover of the aegis of their majesty to let fly with an irresponsible and unsparing hand the shafts of personal invective against individuals or classes of his fellow citizens there is a point where neither the exercise of charity which supposes honest motives in all nor the forbearance to which even the prejudices of well meaning ignorance are entitled nor the respect of silence due to those whose power is thus abused and misdirected can longer be classed as virtues; and that point is when wrong-headedness the result at first of ignorance is perservered in through sheer obstinancy in spite of the weight of testimony of the most respectable and impartial witnesses against the errors and folly of such a course. With your career sir as a legislator and a statesman I have nothing to do. That is a subject which must rest of examination in the hands of your legitimate judges your own constituents. Wiley and Long, 1836. hardcover books
1894393609Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons 1894. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second edition. Pictorial teal cloth stamped in burgundy. Edited by J.A. Owen. Pages age-toned edges modestly worn else near fine. William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
1898270980Muyence: B. Schotts Sohne 1898. Hardcover. Presumed 1st. Presumed first edition in English. Quarto. Green cloth gilt. Water stain on spine and bottom corner of cover showing up slightly on bottom corner of pages small tear in paper on front hinge spine faded with gilt mostly worn off spine ends and cover corners worn edges of front cover lightly browned with a few small stains. B. Schotts Sohne hardcover
