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190046526Herbert Jenkins Limited c. 1900. Good. in x in x in. Palmistry for All 'CHEIRO' WARNER William John Herbert Jenkins Limited London c 1900 hardback with printed boards GD- illustrated from one b/w frontispiece and over 60 pen and ink drawings 187 Boards edge worn abrasions to both boards and spine strip see scans boards slightly bowed damp stained ink stain to back board inscription on front free end paper defaced see scans no annotations cracked spine in two places otherwise binding sound pages heavily tanned damp stains to front and rear end papers edges dust stained The author read palms for Kitchener Edward VIII Gladstone Oscar Wilde etc This is a VERY RARE early edition of this palmistry classic Containing new information on the study of the hand never before published MIND BODY SPIRIT DIVINATION PALMISTRY HISTORY THE LINE OF LIFE AND INNER LIFE DESTINY FATE SUCCESS RELATIONSHIPS CHEROGNOMY SHAPES OF FINGERS AND HANDS 46526 MBS/DIVINATION/PALMISTRY �9500 187 Herbert Jenkins Limited hardcover
180959933Wilkie and Robinson. 1809. Hardcover. Very Good. iv 363pp lacks frontis maps in the text bound in quarter red leather/red buckram; Octavo . Wilkie and Robinson hardcover
180514411805. Copper-line engraving. 205mm by 115mm sheet. Scattered foxing in the margins. unknown
1876biblio35784<p>New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons; First edition 1876. IV426 pages. NearFine Hardcover Brown cloth. Black/Gilt lettering no dj. Some soiling to the cover. No Wear. Clean. Free of marksinscriptions etc. Strong tight binding perfect hinges. 7.6"x5.3"x1.2". be24964.</p> G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1898024180New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1898. Photograph available upon request. First Edition. A single issue of this monthly magazine. NOT print on demand or a modern reprint. NOT a library discard. Very Good condition. Light wear at the spine ends and fore-edge. Pages are clean and unmarked -- some still unopened at the top edge. NO owner's name or bookplate. Bound in the original decorated wraps. Complete with all ads. Questions on content Please inquire. This issue includes SUN-DOWN LEFLARE'S MONEY A STORY by Frederic Remington with 2 illustrations by him. Also OLD CHESTER TALES IV THE THIEF by Margaret Deland with 2 Howard Pyle illustrations one of which serves as this issue's frontispiece. Other contributors include Charles Dudley Warner Professor Brander Matthews Peter Newell Violet Oakley etc. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by Remington Frederic; & Howard Pyle; and Peter Newell. 6.75" wide by 9.75" tall. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Harper & Brothers, Publishers Paperback
189158109Nprthampton MA: Picturesque Publishing 1891. First Edition. 4to Olive green cloth covered boards with stamped tiles and decoration in gilt. Moderate handling wear with rubbed spine tops and corners hinges loose. 160 pages with extensive index. Fully illustrated with 1500 drawings and photographs. A good set. Heavy. From the introduction: This book attempts to portray to some extent nature's moods. There is more here than simply buildings and landscapes. --- Hampden County is a non-governmental county located in the Pioneer Valley of the state of Massachusetts. Hampden County is part of the Springfield MA Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the most urban county in Western Massachusetts. The Knowledge Corridor surrounding Springfield-Hartford is New England's second most populous urban area after Greater Boston with 1.9 million people. Picturesque Publishing unknown books
1900AR0GREEN0504London: Longmans & Co. 1900. Hardback tie up folder. 39.5cm x 29cm. Second Series. Complete with 15 full-page plates. Boards a little worn lacking most of original ties. Clean inside. A pleasing copy. A heavy book additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. ar0. Hard Cover. Good . Longmans & Co. Hardcover
1880biblio40277New York: Robert Carter and Brothers 1880. 313 pages Ads. NearFine Hardcover no dj. Embossed DarkGreen cloth with Gilt/Black spine title and decorations. No Wear. Short inscription dated by Christmas 1883 on the Flyleaf otherwise Clean. Excellent binding and hinges. 6.9"x4.5"x1.0". be16994. Robert Carter and Brothers hardcover
185635484New York: D. Appleton and Company 1856. 1st edition BAL 21263; Wright II 2646. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt spine lettering & boards stamped in blind BAL Binding Style #1. Spine a bit dull. Period pos to ffep & preliminary blank. Some foxing. A VG copy. 516 8 pp. With state B of the adverts no priority established. 12mo. 7-7/8" x 5" <br/><br/> D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
18863777BOSTON MASS.: HOUGHTONMIFFLIN AND CO. 1886. Hardcover. very good near fine. HOUGHTON,MIFFLIN AND CO. hardcover
1846037037Hartford Connecticut: H. S. Parsons & Co. 1846. Third edition 1846. Worn copy in full brown leather with faded gilt spine lettering and decoration full page and vignette engravings throughout. Covers rubbed and spotted short closed tear to spine head without loss binding basically sound with one section sticking out just a little with wear to the outer edges foxing throughout occasionally heavy name Eli Barber Chicopee Mass. and some pencil figuring on front endpapers. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. H. S. Parsons & Co. Hardcover
189316006Frontis & numerous b&w. illus. Contains 5 chapters on the history of the Acadians with chapter IV being "The Acadians of Louisiana. Their Social Life Extracts. by Alcee Fortier." F.F. Hansell & Bros., Publishers hardcover
18849042005NY.: Robert Carter & Brothers 1884. Decorated brown cloth. Covers lightly rubbed stains on top edge gift inscription dated 1884 on front endpaper: VG/no dj. 8vo. 1st Edition. BAL 21307 Robert Carter & Brothers hardcover
186724032New York: F. W. Beers 1867. Very good overall. Map of the western part of Dutchess County from the Putnam border to La Grange. From the Beers atlas that includes Westchester Putnam & Dutchess County most interesting for the locations and names of land owners at the time. Paper with original folds but reasonably flat. Business directories of Carthage Landing Hughsonville & Glenham. Also "Names of Heads of 67 Families living in Dutchess County in the year 1714." 18 x 23 1/4" plus margins. Steel engraving with original wash color. F. W. Beers unknown
186713680New York: F. W. Beers 1867. Very good. 23 by 24 inches engraved map on onion paper. This is from the Beers atlas that includes Westchester Putnam & Dutchess County which is unusual. Very good condition. F. W. Beers unknown
1874756Chicago: Warner & Beers 1874. 14 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Very good condition. This is a map of one of the more important townships of Illinois. It is winfield Township home of Turner's Junction. The first railroad junction in Illinois. The town is now called West Chicago Il. The Galena & Chicago Union Railroad opened from Chicago to Turner in 1849 with the intent of going through Elgin on its way to Galena. The railroad only made it to Freeport. This sure the development of several branches. The Aurora Branch Railroad joined the Galena at Turner and became the first railroad junction in Illinois. This is shown on the map where the C&NW RR Galena & Chicago Union Railroad meets up with the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Aurora Branch Railroad. This map is an exceptional graphic representation of that fact. Warner & Beers unknown
1876788Chicago: Warner & Beers 1876. 26 x 16 1/2 inches. Very good condition. This double page map of the railroads of the United States is highly detailed. It reflects the dense rail network in place east of the Mississippi River. Warner and Beers were county atlas producers based in Chicago. This map has four maps on the. verso. There is a German population in the united states based on the 1870 census; b Irish Population; cIndiana Senatorial Districts; d Representative districts. The map sheets are nicely composed with the railroad map the main focus of the double page spread. The verso side has four maps. Warner & Beers unknown
1843031324Hartford Connecticut: Allen S. Stillman & Co. 1843. Second edition 1843 first published 1841. Worn but complete including the folding hand colored map. Illustrated throughout with engravings. Full sheep leather with gilt lettered and decorated spine. Covers rubbed heaviest at the extremities with some rubthrough at the corners spine gilt clear and legible joints good front hinge internally cracked past the endpapers rear free endpaper neatly removed text block sound with no loosened pages pages uniformly foxed but readily legible names in pencil on preliminary blank. Map has closed tears to the bottom margin and some minor chips to the outer edge. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Allen S. Stillman & Co. Hardcover
185610234NY: Appleton 1856. First US edn. 8vo Pp. 516 adv. A nice tight copy. Wright II. 2646 BAL 21263 BAL printing C no sequence established; Binding 1 no sequence established. Appleton unknown books
185611326NY: Appleton 1856. First US edn. 8vo Pp. 516 adv. A nice tight copy with some minor external wear. Wright II. 2646 BAL 21263 BAL printing C no sequence established; Binding 1 no sequence established. Appleton unknown books
1879biblio40376New York: Robert Carter and Brothers 1879. 313 pages Ads. NEARFINE Hardcover Embossed IndianRed cloth Gilt spine title no dj. No wear . Clean Unmarked throughout. Strong tight original binding perfect hinges. Very well preserved book. NEARFINE or better. 6.9"x4.75"x1.0". be10199. Robert Carter and Brothers hardcover
1837TB27239New Haven: Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber 1837. Second Edition. Very good in a recent dark blue cloth binding with gilt text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9 by 5 1/2 inches with new end sheets. The pages are uniformly lightly foxed throughout and the preliminaries and through page 36 the upper fore corners are nibbled in the margins. The hand-colored fold-out map of Connecticut is lacking by 2/3rds. With some minor foxing throughout. 560 pages of text. Illustrated throughout with 190 wood block engravings. Barber an illustrator and historian 1798-1885 was Connecticut's first popular historian creating one of the first travel guides of the state. Following the index in the front of the book is a hand colored fold-out map of the State of Connecticut noting all of its towns at the time see note above regarding condition. Considered to be "mildly scarce" by Howes. Howes B-120 Originally published in 1836. Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber hardcover books
1829184027New Haven: J.W. Barber 1829. Second edition. Leather bound. Fair heavy wear to leather boards expected age toning foxing spots throughout water staining hinges internally have heavy wear. Brown leather boards; bw portrait frontispiece of Washington bw folded map bw illustrated title page; 312 pp; bw illustrationsw. Page vii wrongly numbered. Title page also reads "carefully selected from the most approved authorities by J.W. Barber. J.W. Barber unknown books
1841263498Worcester : Dorr Howland & co 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original cloth. Panels are dust-toned as with age. Spine bands are worn. Text remains clear and unblemished. Physical description; 1 vol. 632 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Worcester : Dorr, Howland & co hardcover
1829184027New Haven: J.W. Barber 1829. Second edition. Leather bound. Fair heavy wear to leather boards expected age toning foxing spots throughout water staining hinges internally have heavy wear. Brown leather boards; bw portrait frontispiece of Washington bw folded map bw illustrated title page; 312 pp; bw illustrationsw. Page vii wrongly numbered. Title page also reads "carefully selected from the most approved authorities by J.W. Barber." J.W. Barber hardcover