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1850826A11London: George Bell and Sons c1850. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 6.5" . W. H. Bartlett . A fascinating travelogue of Sinai and Egyptian desert by celebrated British artist William Henry Bartlett adorned with beautiful engravings. Undated copy dated from Jisc. An uncommon Bell edition. Containing William Henry Bartlett's account of his journey following the Biblical steps of the Israelites across the desert after Moses led them out of Egypt from Cairo to Mount Sinai and Petra. Illustrated with twenty-seven steel engravings by the author and a folding map numerous in text. Collated complete. In the original publisher's full cloth binding with ornamental gilt to front board and spine. Externally sound with shelf wear bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities back strip faded minor damp marks to boards. Internally pages coming loose due to gutta percha binding. Minor spotting to occasional leaf particularly to pates otherwise pages generally clean throughout. Good George Bell and Sons hardcover
1856018222Cambridge MA: John Bartlett 1856. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. vii358pp. Solid "New" Edition of the well-known compendium of quotations. . Bound in publisher's original green cloth bordered and decorated in blind with gilt spine lettering. Square and tight with just a touch of toning to pages. Moderate wear to spine ends and tips. Boards spotted. Spine panel toned. Bookplate on front paste-down. Ownership signature in pencil on front end-paper. A very presentable collectable copy and quite a bit scarcer than the First Edition. John Bartlett hardcover
1895042996Columbus OH: Press of Hann & Adair 1895. Souvenir Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. A Good copy in edge-sunned brown cloth lettered in gold. Sypher family genealogy notes at the front endpapers with latest date 1932. Wm. A. Sypher page 93 served from 1862 to 1865 and this copy from his family. Marked "Souvenir Edition" at the front cover and title page this 1895 edition is identified by Broadfoot as the first edition. <br/> <br/> Press of Hann & Adair hardcover
18686200London United Kingdom: William MacIntosh 1868. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Blue embossed boards with gilt lettering along the spine. The corners are bumped and just starting to fray. The top and base of the spine are also just starting to fray. The end papers are brown in color. The front hinge has a three inch tear but the webbing is intact. No dust jacket present. FIRST EDITION. 168 pages plus two pages of advertisements. <br/><br/>1A B1 C William MacIntosh hardcover
1877000772A S Barnes 1877. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Scarce book in very good condition for age. mSolid and clean. Boards have some wear. <br/> <br/> A S Barnes hardcover
1877286754Portland Me.: Dresser Mclellan & Co. 1877 Tan Card Covers Cip At Top Gutter. Boards Tight. Index Introduction. 46 Pgs. Rare Minerva Shows One Copy Worldcat 14. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Original Wraps. Very Good. Dresser, Mclellan, & Co. paperback
1896845G0867USA: Granite Monthly Company 1896. Magazine. Illus. by Allison Henry D. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 63-124. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: From Naples to Genoa; The Harmony of Silence; The Benefaction of Melancthon Downs concluded; Midsummer; A sketch of Dublin N.H. - with many great photos of local mansions; The old stage coach; The Cogswell Homestead Gilmanton; Halcyon Days; Mrs. Alice A. Dow; New Hampshire; The Anti-Vivisection Movement; The Elms of Concord; The legend of John Levin and Mary Glasse continued; Educational department; New Hampshire Necrology. Some peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy copy. Granite Monthly Company Paperback
1892008564Boston: Little Brown and Company 1892. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering and gilt decorations front cover and spine top edge gilt black end papers.The Ninth Edition of this classic work published in 1892 and the last edition edited by Bartlett himself. Very Good Plus small rubs to cloth prior owner name in ink top of title page dated 1894. A quite handsome copy indeed. . Ninth Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus. Thick 8vo. Little Brown, and Company Hardcover books
1850122476London: Arthur Hall Virtue and Co 1850. Second. Hardcover. VG- Corners bumped; Light wear to extremities. Grey cloth over boards; Gilt titling and decoration to spine; Gilt decoration to both covers; Yellow endpapers; 218 pp.; 52 bw plates and figures. Chronicles the author's travels to Egypt in 1845; Wonderful wood cuts and engravings by various artists accompany the text. Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co hardcover books
1886009639Estes & Lauriat 1886. Hardcover. Good Plus. First Printing . Steel line-engravings by Bartlett and others . Descriptive text by Willis and others . Poems by American and foreign authors . Boards show wear . Hinges are beginning to loosen but are still secure . Text block has no marks of any kind . Estes & Lauriat hardcover
188540115Santa Fe: New Mexican Printing Company 1885. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Original leather boards and spine rebound with new leatherette hinges. Text is the original 1885 printing approved in April 1884 and certified by Attorney General William Breeden on March 28th 1885. This compilation was the first compilation of New Mexico Territory law since 1865; it was commissioned in 1884 by the Legislative Assembly for the purpose of compiling "all the laws general local and private which shall be in force on the fifth day of May 1884." Intended to be comprehensive this edition was published in one volume in English and Spanish and includes the Constitution of the United States the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo the Gadsden Treaty the original act organizing the territory the original Kearny code and a list of laws specifically enacted since the 1865 compilation. The commissioners - Edward L. Bartlett Charles W. Greene and Santiago Valdez along with secretary Ireneo L. Chaves - were appointed by Governor Lionel Allen Sheldon at a rate of six dollars each daily. Book is in good condition original covers chipped bumped rubbed marked and scraped; spine is cracked and missing a 1/2" corner; bottom of new leatherette spine has a white mark; edges of textblock are dustsoiled and stained with a dark black mark on the foreedge affecting pp.446-488; some pages are lightly stained with corners folded but are generally otherwise clean albeit toning slightly; copyright page has a 1" tear to the top. 1736pp. incl. index. Please be aware that shipping this heavy book internationally may require additional shipping. <br/> <br/> New Mexican Printing Company hardcover
1850122476London: Arthur Hall Virtue and Co 1850. Second. Hardcover. VG- Corners bumped; Light wear to extremities. Grey cloth over boards; Gilt titling and decoration to spine; Gilt decoration to both covers; Yellow endpapers; 218 pp.; 52 bw plates and figures. Chronicles the author's travels to Egypt in 1845; Wonderful wood cuts and engravings by various artists accompany the text. Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co hardcover
1874021150Providence RI: Providence Press Company. Navy cloth cover with gilt titles. Cover is soiled and notable cloth chipping to the board corners and spine ends. Some minor pencil notation to the text. Z13 . Good. Cloth. 1874. Providence Press Company hardcover
18801549This is an original 1880 edition that has been rebound for a library archive. It contains typical library markings and stamps. The binding is firm. Brown buckram boards with gold stamping on spine are lightly soiled and rubbed with some edge wear. The text is age tanned but appears clean and unmarked. Includes a history of the county and towns therein as well as hundreds of biographical sketches and many beautifully engraved tissue protected portraits of prominent citizens of the county. A very nice volume. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s O-B4 Everts & Peck hardcover
1824012234Boston MA: Printed at the Office of the Howard Gazette 1824. Book. Very good condition. Disbound. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 48 pages of text. Disbound from a larger volume or removed from wrappers which are not present. Minimal soiling to first and last page with two small spots of staining to the final page. Caption title./ At head of title: "Eighteenth Congress Jan. 1824."/ A discussion of Daniel Webster's resolution "That provision ought to be made by law for defraying the expense incident to the appointment of an agent or Commissioner to Greece whenever the President shall deem it expedient to make such appointment." Includes Webster's speech on the Greek Revolution followed by comments of Representatives Joel R. Poinsett John Randolph George Cary Silas Wood Ichabod Bartlett Henry Clay and Timothy Fuller. Greek War of Independence 1821-1829. Printed at the Office of the Howard Gazette Paperback books
1886002595Estes and Lauriat 1886 Description: 84 p. 1886. Fo. 1886. Publisher's brown cloth hardcover gilt/black/blind stamped title/decoration on boards and spine cover full gilt leaf edges illustrated text - a series of 20 tissue guarded steel line-engravings on heavy stock. Measures: 1 W x `10.25 D x 13 H inches. About the work: Descriptive text by N.P. Willis and others. Includes poems by American and foreign authors. Excerpt from Forest Rock and Stream: A Series of Twenty Steel Line-Engravings Wedge - shaped promontory or bluff pushes forward to the river at this spot; and on its summit which widens into a noble plain stands the city Of Hudson. CONDITION NOTES: Very good; light wear not commensurate with age and use e.g. fray starting at spine heel/crown covers lightly soiled from handling damp-stained page corner at front endpapers only light sporadic foxing throughout gutter slightly exposed between frontispiece engraving and title page some tissue guards - creased strong square spine clean light age-toned text pages. See images. A nice copy. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Estes and Lauriat hardcover
185425677London. Arthur Hall Virtue & Co. 1854 1854. Hardcover. tall8vo 24cm 2nd edition revised xii13-240p. with 28 engraved plates including frontis and 32 text woodcut engravings appendix prize binding in contemporary full green calf gilt decorated and ruled raised bands elaborate gilt decorations and borders in the panels crushed crimson morocco gilt label wide gilt decorated borders on the boards and gilt school crest Brewood Free Grammar School gilt decoration on the edges and gilt inner dentelles new marbled endpapers not particularly well placed over the hinges and marbled edges early expertly restoration replacing all original a very good to fine attractively bound copy tgc. ~ Sabin 3789.Traces the progress of the Pilgrims in New England. London. Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co. 1854 hardcover
1849781881849 London, Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co, 1849, grand in 8° relié pleine percaline marron de l'éditeur, dos et plats ornés et dorés, 218 pages ; des rousseurs ; la dernière garde blanche manque ; petits frottis.
1870BIBLIO-19120Kraus Reprint Corporation New York 1963 reprint of 1870-1871 edition. 2 vols cloth 4to. iv 446 554 pp. 1809 1810-4173 entries. This set comprises the 2 volumes of Part III covering the 18th century books. . From the introduction: "For the 18th Century imprints the important period of late colonial times and the American Revolution the only chronological list of the John Carter Brown Library is still the Third Part of John Russell Bartlett's first catalogue which we are now reprinting. The fifty copies originally printed have almost all disappeared and the Union Catalog at the Library of Congress indicates that less than five copies are located in American libraries. The present reprint edition was made from the copy in the New York Public Library. The handwritten annotations were made by the eminent bibliographer Wilberforce Eames one-time Lenox Librarian who continued Sabin's bibliography. Covers slightly rubbed slightly bumped at head and tail of spines otherwise Very Good. Kraus Reprint Corporation, [New York], 1963 reprint of 1870-1871 edition hardcover
18599019247Boston: Little Brown 1859. Hardcover. Very good. Second edition greatly improved and enlaeged bound in the publisher's original brown cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt. Shelfwear to cloth at extremities particularly at the head & heel. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown and presentation in ink on ffep. <br/><br/> Little, Brown hardcover
184079608UK: George Virtue c.1840. hardcover. fair. 2 volume hardcover set in full green leather with gilt and blind-stamped decoration. Spine board is very rubbed and worn chipped at crown and foot but binding is tight and fully intact on both volumes. Boards of both volumes are quite worn particualrly edgeworn. Heavy bumping to board corners on both volumes exposing cardboard. Prior owner's signature in ink in both volumes multiple times in Vol 1. Short gift inscriptions in pencil and bookplates of Henry Hamilton illustrated with the Hamilton coat of arms laid in on paste-down of each volume. Each volume is missing one illustration and a tissue layer in Vol 1 has been torn out and other illustrations have significant foxing or occasional staining. Text is foxed throughout with occasional staining but still clear and readable. Marbled page block edges are worn and faded. Marbled endpapers in good condtiion a little worn/browned. Ribbon bookmark missing from Vol 1. Overall in a fair but well-loved condition. Sappho - above Modern & Contemporary Cathal 09/21 Cathal 3/23 George Virtue hardcover
1866020686London: T Nelson and Sons 1866. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly rubbed unmarked full black leather boards and very minor bumping to corners. The bevelled-edge boards are of an elaborate embossed design with five raised bands to the spine and gilt spine title. Page edges are bright gilt all round. With many engravings on steel each tissue-guarded plus woodcuts. Tanning to some end papers and to edges of each engraving. 230pp. The story of how religious persecution forced a group of religious adherents who came to be known as the Pilgrim Fathers from and around Scrooby in Nottinghamshire England and some from Hollannd to travel to New England as founders of the state of America. An appendix describes the establishment of the Massachusetts colony. Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8.5 x 6 inches. T Nelson and Sons Hardcover
18429417London: George Virtue 1842. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No DJ. FINDEN WILLIAM AND EDWARD BARTLETT WILLIAM HENRY Illus. First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Two volumes bound as one in purple cloth. 120 black and white plates after various artists engraved by the Finden brothers and Bartlett. Language: English. Book Condition: Fair: Wear to corner and edges. Cracks to upper and lower spine edges. Chipped spine ends. Sunned spine and board margins. Tightly bound with toned intact endpapers. Toned prelims with foxed frontis and title pages. Lightly toned pages with spotting to margins. Spotting and light fox patches to most plate margins with heavy spotting and foxing to a few. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages 161 190. Size: 8vo 28cm by 21.5cm. POSTAGE: PLEASE NOTE - This is a heavy item and may require additional postage for overseas deliveries. We will contact you if additional charges are required. Please see our postage policy on our shop front for more information. George Virtue hardcover
18599019247Boston: Little Brown 1859. Hardcover. Very good. Second edition greatly improved and enlaeged bound in the publisher's original brown cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt. Shelfwear to cloth at extremities particularly at the head & heel. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown and presentation in ink on ffep. <br/><br/> Little, Brown hardcover books
18397770Boston: Dutton and Wentworth 1839. Original Wrappers. Good binding. Octavo. 55 1 pp. Originally issued stitched into self wrappers. This copy with original stitching perished now newly resewn. Chipping to the margins dust soiling; scattered pencil notations on the title page. <br /> <br /> The cataloguer at the American Antiquarian Society tells us that this tit for tat law suite concerns "the power of the Massachusetts Medical Society to control the practice of medicine in the state. John Stephen Bartlett had been expelled from the Society for "consulting with irregular practitioners and aiding and abetting quacks" namely Patrick Kearney an Irish Catholic physician and John Williams an oculist who had practiced in France. He had therefore petitioned the legislature to declare the charter of the Massachusetts Medical Society void" AAS #240265. American Imprints 54294. Dutton and Wentworth unknown