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1851190419WM. H. Moore 1851 Very good. No tears or missing pages. First edition 1851 by the famous later Confederate ship captain. Semmes was a talented man he wrote long before the Civil War. Has beautiful engraved All Illustrations and folding map present in VG condition. Great 1840s US Military history. Elegantly rebound in a buckram binding in 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. WM. H. Moore hardcover
1851190419WM. H. Moore 1851 Very good. No tears or missing pages. First edition 1851 by the famous later Confederate ship captain. Semmes was a talented man he wrote long before the Civil War. Has beautiful engraved All Illustrations and folding map present in VG condition. Great 1840s US Military history. Elegantly rebound in a buckram binding in 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. WM. H. Moore hardcover
188716102Baltimore: Baltimore Publishing Co. 1887. Hardcover. Good. Light brown boards with dark brown and gold illustration and titles. Frontis portrait of Admiral Semmes. Engraved color illustrations & b/w portraits with tissue guards. 833 pages. Half-inch tear on title on spine of book a 3-inch tear at gutter of title page and a couple of smaller tears on a few page edges. Light wear on board edges. Book is clean and straight. <br/><br/> Baltimore Publishing Co. hardcover
18517746Cincinnati: Wm. H. Moore & Co 1851. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. 12mo. xii 2 7-480 pp. map plates. First edition. As issued in publisher's embossed cloth; folding frontispiece map and all six plates are present. Binding is indifferent with general edgewear and lightly soiling; it presents fairly well; contents are lightly to moderately foxed; closed tear to the folding map; short closed tear to the fore-edge margin of one leaf; previous owner heavy pencil note on the front pastedown. "Semmes was aide-de-camp to Gen. Worth and describes the campaign from Vera Cruz to Mexico" Eberstadt 113-396. Howes S-288; Sabin 79083. Wm. H. Moore & Co unknown
1850Z1256Berlin:: Trowibsch und Sohn n.d. 1850. 1850. 8vo. 26 pp. Self wraps. Very good. Friedlander's 26th bookselling catalogue. Trowibsch und Sohn, n.d. [1850]. paperback books
185141962Hannover : Verlag der Hahnschen Hofbuchhandlung 1851. 210x130mm. X- Halbperkalin. 478 Verlag der Hahnschen Hofbuchhandlung unknown
18915484951891 In-4, rel. demi-percaline rouge, plats granités. 14 Planches sur double page dont 7 de texte et 7 cartes le tout monté sur onglet.
18982805131Barcelona.: Salvador Ribas. 1898. Hardcover. Cubierta deslucida. Good. 22 cm. 418 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial ilustrada. Cubierta deslucida. Literatura española. Novela. Siglo XIX. 821.134.2-31"18" 821.134.2-3 Salvador Ribas. hardcover
1883118La revista de cubaperiodico quincenal de cienciasderecholiteratura y bellas artes.fue una revista publicada en el siglo XIXy tuvo como director a jose antonio cortina.en ella colaboraron los mas destacados escritorespoetas y periodistas cubanos del siglo XIXcomo enrique jose varonaantonio bachiller y moralesrosa krugeremilio blanchetantonio sellennicolas herediavidal morales y moralesantonio lopez prietoanselmo suarez y romeroy otros destacados escritoresla revista esta encuadernada.y en buen estadoes la primera edicionoriginaldel ano 1883. Establecimiento tipografico de la viuda de soler hardcover
186811170Paris Bureau de la Revue des Deux Mondes 1868 -in-8 demi-Maroquin un fort volume, reliure demi-maroquin cerise grand in-octavo à coins (binding half morocco with corners), reliure d'époque signée "PETIT" successeur de "SIMIER", dos 4 nerfs (spine with raised bands) décoré "or" et à froid (gilt and blind stamping decoration), titre et tomaison frappés "or" (gilt title and volume numbering) dans un encadrement d'un double filet fin "or", triple filets fins "or" en place des nerfs avec un filet à froid de part et d'autre des nerfs, plats décorés or (gilt decoration on the cover) avec 3 filets fins "or" aux mors et aux coins (joints and corners with three gilt line), papier marbré aux plats (cover with marbled paper), toutes tranches lisses (all edges smoothes) peignées (painting edges) rouge et bleu, sans illustration (no illustration), 1024 pages, 1868 Paris Bureau de la Revue des Deux Mondes Editeur,
1885AR8GLTRD2905London: Macmillan & Co.; The Essex Field Club 1885. Hardback red cloth gilt titles to spine. x 223pp complete with 4 folding maps to rear. Illus. 1st edition 1885. Spine slightly faded corners of boards a little bumped. Private ownership. ar8. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Macmillan & Co.; The Essex Field Club Hardcover
1886016429Washington: Department of the Interior Census Office / Government Printing Office GPO 1886. This is a solid reading/reference copy that was formerly in the Library of Congress/Smithsonian Institution. Good condition. See photos. New endpapers. Inner hinges are perfect. There is a small red ink stamp on the title page that reads: "Library of Congress February 25 1887 Smithsonian Deposit." Stamped over it in blue ink is: "Transferred Jan 7 1911." Otherwise all pages are unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original brown cloth moderately rubbed at the spine ends/edges. See photos. 76 tables. Profusely illustrated with 242 figures in the text and 102 full-page inserted maps and diagrams -- many folding and/or PRINTED IN BEAUTIFUL FULL COLOR. See photos. The List of Plates lists a total of 102 maps sections and diagrams. Of these 96 are bound-in as called for and all 96 are present. Of the remaining 6 plates that are supposed to be in a pocket at the rear only one plate LI is present. The 5 plates missing from the pocket are numbers XXIV Map of a group of iron mines in the town of Moriah Essex county New York and L LII-LIV Geological maps of the Cretaceous bituminous coal region of central Montana. Full title: "Report on the Mining Industries of the United States exclusive of the precious metals with Special Investigations into the Iron Resources of the Republic and into the Cretaceous Coals of the Northwest." Spine title: "Tenth Census of the United States 1880 Vol. XV Mining Industries." Oversize Hardcover. 9.5" wide by 12" tall by 3" thick. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Good condition. xxxviii 1025pp. Department of the Interior, Census Office / Government Printing Office (GPO) Hardcover
1885922F38London: Macmillan & Co 1885 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. The first edition of Raphael Meldola and William White's guide to the 1884 Colchester earthquake. The first edition of this work.With four plates two of which are folding and further vignette illustrations. Collated complete.A discussion of the Great English earthquake of 1884 which caused considerable damage in Colchester and the surrounding villages in Essex. It is the most destructive earthquake to have hit the United Kingdom in at least the last 400 years since the Dover Straits earthquake of 1580.Front free endpaper removed.Former owner's inscription of Russell Walker to the head of both the preliminary advertisement leaf and the half title with former owner's stamp to half title.This work is volume I of the 'Essex Field Club Special Memoirs'. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail with fading to back strip. Hinges lightly strained but firmly held. Front free endpaper removed. Stamp and former owner's inscription to half title. Internally firmly bound. Former owner's inscription to head of preliminary advertisement leaf. Light spotting to title page with pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good Macmillan & Co hardcover
1885964F42London: Macmillan & Co 1885 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. A wonderful example of the first edition of Raphael Meldola and William White's guide to the 1884 Colchester earthquake. The first edition of this work.With four plates two of which are folding and further vignette illustrations. Collated complete.A discussion of the Great English earthquake of 1884 which caused considerable damage in Colchester and the surrounding villages in Essex. It is the most destructive earthquake to have hit the United Kingdom in at least the last 400 years since the Dover Straits earthquake of 1580.This work is volume I of the 'Essex Field Club Special Memoirs'. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally excellent with just a touch of fading to back strip. Internally firmly bound. Light spotting to first and last few leaves with pages otherwise exceptionally clean and bright. Near Fine Macmillan & Co hardcover
1885016814London: Macmillan & Co 1885. Book measures 22.5x15.cm. x2331pp 4 maps of which 2 are folding text illustrations. Bound in original publishers red cloth with black and gilt lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed minor abrasion wear light staining to top board. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally pages clean. A good clean solid copy. F. Cloth. Near Very Good. 8vo. Macmillan & Co Hardcover
1886961F17Washington: Government Printing Office 1886. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 12.5" by 10". Not Stated. The very scarce first edition of this impressively illustrated governmental survey of the USA's non-precious metal mining sectors. A very scarce first edition.Illustrated with one-hundred and two plates including a wealth of folding tables and charts many of which are in colour and with six folding colour maps in a pocket to the rear pastedown.Collated complete.The first edition of this impressively illustrated and very scarce major governmental survey authored by Raphael Pumpelly a prominent geologist and mining engineer.This work details the extraction and economic significance of base and industrial minerals such as coal iron lead zinc and copper offering detailed analysis of production methods geological formations labour conditions and the technological state of the industry across different regions of the United States.Rebound with endpapers renewed.Including special investigations into the iron resources of the United States and the Cretaceous coal deposits of the Northwest aiming to assess their economic and industrial significance. Rebound in quarter morocco with cloth covered boards. Endpapers renewed. Externally fine. Front free endpaper adhered to front pastedown. Front hinge lightly strained but firmly held. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with only the odd light handling mark. Edgewear to tissue guard fore edges. Very Good Government Printing Office hardcover
187487393Naples: publisher not identified 1874. Nouv. éd. Hardcover. Very good with minor soil sunning and wear to boards. Spine titles a bit rubbed worn though still quite legible. Very sparsely foxed intermittently throughout both volumes. Four large quarto volumes in quarter vellum spine and corners and rustic brown polished cloth; bound as two books; chiefly full-page leaves of handsome b&w pen and ink illus some folded; 29 cm. Index. Very attractive b&w white reproduction of artwork from this esteemed museum. Very little text: single page two-column introductions in both volumes are parallel in French and English. Complete in four volume as issued though a fifth volume was puportedly published later. Handsomely and sturdily bound in quarter vellum. Sculture Figurative; busts; Art -- Italy -- Naples -- Catalogs. Art. Classical Art & Sculpture. Jewelry Cameos Friezes. Greek and Roman. A large heavy book. 6 lbs before packing. Extra shipping charges may apply. [publisher not identified] hardcover
188589180ABLeipzig, Hirzel 1883 u. 1885. Zwei Bände. Gr.-8°. VI, (2), 304 u. VI, (2), 497 S. + insges. 35 Lichtdrucktafeln, zwei unterschiedliche (doch zusammen harmonierende) Einbände: I. weinroter Ganzfranzbd. auf fünf Bünden, mit Filetenvergoldung, goldgepr. Rücken u. Innenkantenvergoldung, handmarmor. Vorsätzen u. Ganzgoldschnitt. II. weinroter Halblederbd. auf fünf Bünden mit goldgepr. Rückentitel. Kanten stellenw. nur minim. berieben, Bd. I mit einer winzigen Eckläsur, Bd. II mit Lichtrand auf dem Vorderdeckel. Innendeckel jeweils mit Exlibris, zwei kleine Monogrammstempel. Insges. gut erhaltene, vollständige Ausgabe des wichtigen Werkes. DEA. Zwei Bände. zwei unterschiedliche (doch zusammen harmonierende) Einbände: I. weinroter Ganzfranzbd. auf fünf Bünden, mit Filetenvergoldung, goldgepr. Rücken u. Innenkantenvergoldung, handmarmor. Vorsätzen u. Ganzgoldschnitt. II. weinroter Halblederbd. auf fünf Bünden
188342192Leipzig: S. Hirzel. 1883. mit 19 Tafeln im Lichtdruck. 304 S. gr. 8°. Bd 1 (v. 2 Bde.) 1. Ausgabe Halbleder, etwas berieben, leicht fleckig, die ersten Seiten (ca. 20) oben etwas geknickt, sonst gut
1834D6891London: William Charlton Wright n.d. 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf gilt-stamped ornament on raised bands and in spine compartments inside gilt dentelles t.e.g.; 12mo 4.25 x 7.25 inches; pp. i-vii 1 blank 3-220 plus full-color folding frontispiece. Light scuffing along joints and edges of boards; tiny chips at spine tips. Frontispiece torn along creases leaving 2 whole and intact panels bound in and the rest detached but complete and laid-in. An easy repair. The rest of the text block is nice and bright with just a few instances of some very faint foxing. A nice copy of an uncommon title. <br/><br/> William Charlton Wright hardcover books
184278568London:: William Charlton Wright 1842. Twenty-second Year. disbound i.e. there is no binding. Neat tissue reinforcement to the verso of the frontispiece at a few folds; shallow dog-ears to some corners; disbound as noted. . 12mo. With a large folding hand-coloured "Hieroglyphic" as frontispiece engraved text illustrations and one engraved plate. William Charlton Wright, unknown
1895046722London United Kingdom: W. Foulsham & Co. 1895. Book. Good. Hardcover. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Underlining and a paper clip rust marks to a few scattered pages owner notes to front endpapers. 103pp. W. Foulsham & Co. Hardcover
1894042175London: W Foulsham & Co Ltd 1894. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Scarce! Finger smudges to cloth and exterior page edges mustiness. Text clean 212pp. Original price of one shilling. W Foulsham & Co Ltd Hardcover
185571896London:: William Charlton Wright 1855 date from folding plates. Fifth edition. publisher's cloth with printed paper label on spine which is so darkened as to be illegible. Two gatherings starting; a few smudges to text; small chips and soiling to the cloth. The folding plates are fine. . 16mo. Hand-colored illustrated title page and two colored folding plates: "The Mystical Wheel of Pythagoras" and "The Tablet of Questions & the Cabalistical Tablet of the Stars.". By the Author of the Prophetic Messenger. With Ten Coloured Designs on Copper on two folding paltes by R. Cruikshank & the Author and a Piece of Music by Blewitt. William Charlton Wright, hardcover
1886016640London United Kingdom: W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd 1886. Book. Very Good . Hardcover. 2nd Edition. SECOND UK Edition. Pp. 179. Small format hardcover. In original gray boards lettering and border decoration in black. Tightly bound clean copy with contemporary name and date to front end page. W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd Hardcover