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1869956P55London: George Routledge & Sons c1869. Hardback. Very Good. 7" by 5". None. John Bartlett's famous collection of interesting quotations taken from varying places in literature. The 'Author's Edition'.A collection of inspiring and influential quotations taken from various writers over history.Including quotes by Lord Byron William Shakespeare Alexander Pope Daniel Defoe Voltaire Thomas Paine Benjamin Franklin and more.Collected by John Bartlett. Bartlett was a published who is best known for his work that was revised and reissued for many years after his death.The work was published after he started keeping a commonplace book of quotations.Undated dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally smart a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities. Small tear to the head of the front joint. Light spots and marks to the boards and spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good George Routledge & Sons hardcover
1865872Z16London: Simpkin Marshall & Co. 1865. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5". Not stated . The uncommon first edition of this historical work on Wimbledon by William A. Bartlett. The uncommon first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth. With frontispiece 5 plates and folding map to the rear. Collated complete. Bookplate of one 'Sir O'Bryen Hoare Baronet'. This informative work is written by author William A. Bartlett. Bartlett first saw the parish of Wimbledon in 1860 and went on to publish this work in 1865. This work is still used today as a standard history of Wimbledon. This beautifully illustrated work includes a folding map showing a historical depiction of Wimbledon. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally sound with bumping to extremities resulting in loss to head and tail of the spine. Slightly rubbed particularly to the joints. Internally generally firmly bound with some scattered spotting heavier to the front. Clean bright pages with occasional chipping to the extremities. Very Good Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. hardcover
186055898Boston: Little Brown 1860. Third edition greatly improved and enlarged a reprint of the second edition. 8vo pp. 524. Bound in drab cloth previous owner's name on end paper some marginal water staining a good copy. See Kennedy 11397; Sabin 3738; Vancil p. 10. Mencken calls "the first attempt at a comprehensive dictionary of Americanisms." Little, Brown unknown books
1894000139London: Macmillan 1894. Very Good/Very Good. London: Macmillan 1894. 1972 reprint. Very Good/Very Good. Macmillan unknown
187929344NY: Harper & Brothers. Very Good- with no dustjacket. 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Very nice. Clean pages and sound. Professionally replaced front and rear endpapers. Minor library marks. Spine worn at top and bottom. Some cover fading. ; Nice vintage book. Illustrated. Folding map at rear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 555 pages . Harper & Brothers hardcover
1826ZB465819Washington City: Davis & Force 1826. 28 pp opposes proposed changes in methods for election for the offices of President and Vice President; never bound signatures held together by one string tie some age spotting. speckling and minor damp staining but an untrimmed copy. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington City: Davis & Force unknown
185454901Hall 1854. 2d ed. hardcover. Book: Good. 4to. 240 pp. 7 x 10 1/4. Gray boards with blue cloth at spine stamped in gold on front and spine. Binding and spine recently repaired. Gilt top edge. Ownership markings on ffep dated Christmas 1857. Mild foxing. Few moisture stains on endpapers. No dj. Hall hardcover
1870346712Springfield Illinois: E.L. Merritt & Brother 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 4to 11" - 13" tall. A First Edition Debates and Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois convened at the City of Springfield Tuesday December 13 1869 Volume I having been recorded by the stenographers Ely Burnham and Bartlett. Marbled paper over boards brown cloth tips-backed original boards present but scuffed and worn and with backstrip missing. Some predictable waffling to text-block but with signs of neither mildew nor odor. Some soiling to and foxing of edges and endpapers else clean and unmarked. Perfect candidate for rebinding. Triple-column text makes for easy reading. An indispensable item for students of Illinois. 1076 pp.Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. E.L. Merritt & Brother hardcover
1876265783London : Nisbet 1876. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth over marble boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; viii 422 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. Subject; Guardian and ward -- Fiction. London : Nisbet hardcover
18962308100089Macmillan Co.; London Macmillan and Co 1896. Hardcover. Good. 1x10x12. Thick quarto 28 cm. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Some shelf wear one corners bumped. 4 preliminary leaves 1910 pages . Macmillan Co.; London, Macmillan and Co hardcover
1866013657London: T. Nelson and Sons 1866 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. iii-x i 13-218 1 222-230 pages. With 28 plates complete as listed. Pagination skips a few numbers at the start and finish but this matches the digitised version from Harvard so issued in this way. In the original cloth binding which is faded and there is wear to the head and foot of the spine. Front inner hinge is split. Frontispiece and engraved title page are spotted and browned. T. Nelson and Sons hardcover
186742760London: James Nisbet & Co. 1867. Twenty-Sixth Thousand cf. BAL 21266. Original publisher's purple cloth binding with gilt spine lettering & boards stamped in blind. Shaken with a few loose gatherings & rear hinge cracked. Poi to ffep with abrasion mark underneath. Occasional spot & smudge. A Good copy of an uncommon title. vii 1 blank 479 1 8 pp. 8 page publisher catalogue concludes volume. Frontis & 7 inserted chromolithographed plates by Evans. 12mo. <br/><br/> James Nisbet & Co. hardcover books
187745846Boston: Little Brown and Company 1877. Seventh edition. Original publisher's deluxe full leather binding. Beveled boards. AEG. Marbled eps. Extremities rubbed. Very Good. xvi 864 pp including index. 12mo. <br/><br/> Little Brown and Company hardcover books
189318518Concord N.H.: Republican Press Association 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Corners bumped light wear one small tear in cloth at very head of spine a ghost of a water stain on the rear board else a clean tight very good copy. Duodecimo; pp; xii 322 i; illustrated with a frontispiece and fifty-two additional black and white photographs; gilt lettered green cloth;. Covers Baseball Football Track & Field but also Boating. Origin of the "Dartmouth Yell" Republican Press Association hardcover
186421163London: Arthur Hall & Co 1864. Fifth edition. Hardcover. f to vg. Quarto. Blind-embossed brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. All gilt edges. Frontispiece & half-title page engravings. Fascinating account by William Henry Bartlett 1809-1854 of his forty day journey in the late 1840's from Cairo to Petra. Bartlett was a British artist best known for his numerous steel engravings. Illustrated with full-page and in-text steel engravings by Bartlett. Includes one b/w fold-out map of Arabia Petrae. Age wear and staining on binding. Cloth puncture near tail of spine. Head and tail of spine chipped. Free front endpaper missing. Hinges starting. Lacking plate 19. Sporadic foxing throughout. Binding in overall fair interior in good to very good condition. Arthur Hall & Co hardcover
183310954New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill 1833. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. Full brown calf black leather title label in gilt gilt lines to spine edge-worn joints good 5 3/4 x 3 7/8 inches tight. Small hole repaired in ffep blank. v 1 709 pages foxing lacks the two folding charts at back. Title continues: Compiled from the best Authorities with References to the most approved Modern Writers. Together with the Natures Properties and Doses of the Simple and Compound Agents employed in Pharmacy as Adopted by the National and Foreign Pharmacopeias. Alphabetically Arranged. By J. S. Bartlett M. D. Of the Royal College of Surgeons in London etc. Second Edition Revised Enlarged and brought down to the Present Time by Henry Coley Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London of the New York Medical Society etc. etc."In the present edition as in the first all attempts at elegant phraseology have been sacrificed to brevity of description; the great aim has been to place within the means of the medical man the creed as it were of his profession by which his recollection of its principals might be quickened and the experience of others brought within his immediate grasp. The subjects are generally described under their common appellations together with their derivations and the terms which science has attached to them." - Preface G. & C. & H. Carvill hardcover
1860rbu06bLondon: George Virtue. G condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed with wear and scuffing to leather along corners and spine. Inner hinges cracked. Occasional light largely confined to borders of plates. Aeg. 1860. Reprint. Brown gilt illustrated hardback leather cover. 250mm x 170mm 10" x 7". 18 lxi 423pp xii plates. Steel-engraved plates with tissue guards. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . George Virtue hardcover
186456119Providence: Alfred Anthony printer to the state 1864. First edition tall 8vo pp. iv 1 6-287 1; original green cloth-backed red paper-covered boards gilt lettering on spine; edges worn covers rubbed all else very good. Not outdated. The historical biographical and critical notes are still very much valid and often contain information not readily available elsewhere. <br/><br/> Alfred Anthony, printer to the state hardcover books
1877mon0003094221William H. Young 1877-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000. William H. Young hardcover
1849mon0000923726Arthur Hall 1849. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Arthur Hall Virtue and Co London 1849. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Arthur Hall hardcover
185213987Washington: Printed By A. Boyd Hamilton. Very Good. 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in blue cloth leather label on the spine. Contents include the Boundary Survey Commission and mapping of the headwaters of the Gila. There are six folding maps bound in at the rear including the extract of Disturnell's Treaty Map in the Vicinity of the Rio Grande and Southern Boundary of New Mexico. Maps are all nearly fine with a few minor extra corner creases. Text exhibits some various degrees of foxing throughout but it is largely quite minor. There is a very thin damp stain to the extreme upper page edges intruding into the margin at most 1/8". The covers have some sunning to the spine but very good and very tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 515 pages . Printed By A. Boyd Hamilton hardcover
18657665New York: printed by A. Penfield 1865. Unfolded booklet 13 x 22.5 cm. 6 pages if folded. John B. Barlett’s business was located at 69 Murray Street New York where he distributed the Squire’s Patent Fruit Jar. “The GREAT SECRET in preserving fruit lies in thoroughly expelling the oxygen and safely sealing therefrom". The Squire’s Jars used a combination rubber band and cork to achieve this. The cover illustration depicts a young woman in the process of canning with a steaming pot on the stove in the background and shelves of finished product in the background implying the efficiency of this method which she is employing. Discoloration of one edge of the leaf effecting the illustration; otherwise very good. OCLC locates one copy in an unnamed collection of culinary ephemera; otherwise not located. [printed by] A. Penfield unknown
1864253074Providence: Alfred Anthony 1864. First. hardcover. good. 287pp. Small 4to original 1/2 green cloth edges of boards worn corners bumped. Providence: Alfred Anthony 1864. First Edition<br/><br/> Author was Secretary of State of Rhode Island for seventeen years starting in 1855. Under his tenure his organized the state papers and records of Rhode Island for publication.<br/><br/> Alfred Anthony unknown books
1854799731854. BARTLETT W. H. THE PILGRIM FATHERS; OR THE FOUNDERS OF NEW ENGLAND IN THE REIGN OF JAMES THE FIRST. London: Arthur Hall Virtue & Co. 1854. Second edition revised. 240 pp. 8 pp. publisher's advertising. 8vo. rebound in green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Very good ink ownership on first blank recto. Frontispiece and plates steel engravings have tissue guards intact. AEG. Occasional light foxing to edges of text and plates. unknown books
1883018927Oakland CA: California Publishing Co. 1883. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 255 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor browning to the spine a small scuff/perforation on the rear board and minor shelfwear. The closed page edges have several small spots of dark staining on them and the final few pages have a few small stains. Previous owner's name on title page neatly in pencil. Second edition. California Publishing Co. Hardcover books