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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
1837TB31667New Haven: Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber 1837. Second Edition. Very good in its original binding of full leather covered boards with a black leather label with gilt text and extensive gilt decorations on the spine. The front and rear boards are decorated with gilt borders. An octavo measuring 8 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches with heavy rubbing to the leather over the joints and to the edges of the boards. The front free end page is torn at its lower two inches and there is an early prior owner's name Lynda Brownell Sherman Conn. written in pencil on the third free end page. The hand-colored fold-out map of Connecticut is completely intact and has suffered no damage. The preliminaries show moderate foxing and the last 50 pages of the text also show moderate foxing. The joints and hinges remain tight and strong. 560 pages of text. Illustrated throughout with 190 wood block engravings. Contrary to the information contained in Wright Howes bibliography U.S. Iana the first edition of this title was published in 1836. 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
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
1836010043New Haven: Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber 1836. Second Edition. Old Calf. Good -. Covers detached but all plates extant. Hand colored fold out map of old Massachussets. Great breaker for the map and the woodcuts. Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber unknown 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
1844TB31669Worcester Mass.: Warren Lazell 1844. Reprint of 1844. Good in its original binding of full leather covered boards with gilt decorations and gilt text on the spine. The edges of the text block are marbled. A small quarto of 9 by 5 1/2 inches with the leather worn through over the front and rear joints the lower edges of the boards and the tips of the boards. There is an early prior owner's name written in ink at the upper edge of the title page. The contents are generally foxed on the margins and the fold-out hand-colored map is partially tanned it is in undamaged condition. 624 pages of text illustrated from 200 woodcut engravings and the hand-colored fold-out map. The first edition of this title was published by Dorr Howland of Worcester in 1839. Armstrong Bibliographies of New England History 103; Howes B-123 Warren Lazell hardcover books
1839TB29065Worcester Mass.: Dorr Howland & Co. 1839. First Edition. Very good in full brown leather covered boards with a rebacked spine of leather with a gilt stamped dark brown leather spine label. The rebacking retained the original marbled paper end sheets. An octavo measuring 8 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches. The leather is worn through at the tips of the boards and the front and rear hinges have been reinforced with modern cloth. The contents are in excellent condition with 624 pages of text with occasional spots of foxing to the pages throughout. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and small engraved vignettes throughout within the text. The hand-colored four-color fold-out map is in place following the front index and is in perfect undamaged condition. Illustrated throughout by the author's 200 line drawings and wood cut engravings. Howes B-123 Dorr, Howland & Co. hardcover books
1839TB28746Worcester Mass.: Dorr Howland & Co. 1839. First Edition. Near fine in a recent 1/2 brown leather and marbled paper covered boards with gilt black leather text block with gilt text stamping on the spine and new end sheets. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches. The contents are in excellent condition with 624 pages of text with occasional spots of foxing to the pages throughout. The hand-colored four-color fold-out map is in place following the front index and is in near fine condition with a tiny 1/4" closed tear at the lower margin. Illustrated throughout by the author's 200 line drawings and wood cut engravings. Howes B-123 Dorr, Howland & Co. hardcover books
1846TB31670Hartford Conn.: H. S. Parsons & Co. 1846. Third Edition of 1846. Very good in its original full leather covered boards with extensive gilt tool work and gilt text on the spine with the edges of the text block marbled. An octavo of 8 by 5 inches with rubbing to the boards and the edges of the boards The contents are mildly foxed in the margins throughout. The fold-out map is missing. 624 pages of text illustrated a frontispiece and from "numerous" woodcut engravings. The first edition of this title was published in Hartford in 1840 and contained only 576 pages. Howes B-124 H. S. Parsons & Co. hardcover books
1841TB26036Worcester Mass.: Dorr Howland & Co. 1841. First Edition. Good in 3/4 red leather and pebbled black cloth covered boards with gilt tool work and text on the spine and with the edges of the text block marbled. An octavo measuring 9" by 5 1/4" with 1/4" deep chipping to the leather at the head of the spine and with 1/8 chipping from the leather at the heel of the spine. The leather at the lower tips of the boards is worn through. There is also considerable foxing throughout the pages but none so bad as to render the text unreadable. 576 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece and throughout the text with line drawings and wood cut engravings by the author. The fold-out hand colored map following the preface is present and is in excellent condition with only a minor closed tear of 1/2" long at one of the folds. Howes B-124 Dorr, Howland & Co. hardcover books
1841184382New York: S. Tuttle 1841. Hardcover. G Cover has fading and apparent water damage along top. Book block has age toning. Interior pages have some water staining along top edges. Inside covers and end pages have staining. Interior pages have age toning and foxing. Personal library sticker from previous owner on inside front cover. Some pencil/crayon markings from previous owner on ffep. All text and plates readable and generally clear. Brown leather boards with gilt inlay around edge. Black title blocks on spine with gilt lettering. 608 pages 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations folded map. S. Tuttle hardcover books
1883002422Cortland NY: The Standard Power Printing Establishment 1883. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 8 1/2 x 5 3/4; pp. 1 4-14; beige stiff card stock wraps printed in black; age-toning and a bit of foxing to wraps; small chip to lower corner of front wrap; occasional spots of foxing to pages; illustrated with numerous woodcuts including in-line and full-page plates; overall in very good condition. The business was established in 1860 in New York by Wyllys H. Warner and passed under the control of Bates and Johnson in 1880. The company's self-feeding boiler was patented in February of 1883 and later that same year was installed as part of its steam-heating system in the iconic Manhattan Company and Merchants' Bank Building on Wall Street. The booklet described and illustrated the parts of the apparatus its method of operating the advantages of using it etc. The Standard Power Printing Establishment paperback books
18552305200Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo & Co 1855. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition Sabin 9893. Spine and boards toned spine head lightly rubbed. 1855 Hard Cover. viii 17-454 pp. "A remarkable repository of medical scandal." Garrison History of Medicine "Charles Caldwell May 14 1772 Lippincott, Grambo & Co unknown books
187610900Hartford CT: American Publishing Company 1876. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A solid very well-preserved copy of the 1876 1st edition. Clean and VG in its decorative chocolate boards with bright gilt-lettering and blindstamped flourishes to the panels. Very light foxing at the endsheets and pastedowns otherwise clean as could be. Thick octavo 477 pgs. "Issued by subscription only and not for sale in bookstores" from the title page. <br/><br/> American Publishing Company hardcover books
187421493Hartford: American Publishing Company 1874. First Edition second issue. Illustrated by Hoppin Stephens Williams White and others. 1 vols. 8vo. Original publisher's sheep black leather spine labels lettered in gilt front cover rehinged else fine. First Edition second issue. Illustrated by Hoppin Stephens Williams White and others. 1 vols. 8vo. With a Page of Charles Dudley Warner's Manuscript. With a page of octavo manuscript in Warner's hand about 130 words concerning the character Philip Sterling with reflections on the fairer sex "It is probably on account of the lack of enterprise in women that they are not as fond of stock speculations and mine ventures as men. It is only when woman becomes demoralized that she takes to any sort of gambling.". BAL 3357 American Publishing Company unknown books
1861WRCAM56551New York & London: Beadle and Company 1861. 104pp. Large titlepage vignette. Original printed orange wrappers. Front wrapper detached but present moderate soiling and edge wear three short horizontal tears across the spine. Tiny ink stamp on initial blank leaf corners a bit curled mild occasional foxing. Good. An early entry in Beadle and Adams' first series of Dime Novels this is Number 26 a genre that they originated and made vastly popular. "Buccaneers off the coast of Florida and the Island of Tortuga during the sixteenth century. An episode in the life of Sir Henry Morgan the famous English pirate who was knighted for his butcheries" - Johannsen. Published in 1861 and with a copyright date to that effect on the wrapper though the copyright on the verso of the titlepage reads 1862. JOHANNSEN BEADLE AND ADAMS I p.83. SERVIES 4647. Beadle and Company unknown books
1883149639Rochester NY: H. H. Warner & Co 1883. Softcover. G- Substantial edge wear and soiling to covers; page edges are beginning to flake off; pages are aged but not foxed; text is clear. Pinkish paper wraps 32 pp. BW illus. A pamphlet that touts the virtues of H. H. Warner's Safe Kidney & Liver Cure which treated Bright's disease; stones found in kidney and bladder; inflammation of the kidneys liver and urinary organs; and much much more. So safe a product was this medicine that its bottles carried a picture of a safe on them. This 32-page advertisement for the liquid is caged in the guise of a customer contest in which a total of $2000 would be doled out to various levels of winners. Top prize $1000; second prize $300; third prize $250 etc. All you had to do was figure out the 10 "enigmas" that ran along the bottom edges of these pages. Detailed directions for submissions were included. Since this is the "fourth annual pamphlet" this marketing approach must have worked for the Warners. But really most of the pages are testimonials from folks all over the country who used the medicine and were cured of their maladies and calamities. Each one carries a facsimile of the person's signature. The front and back covers show engraved portraits of a total of 18 gentlemen who are presumably either satisfied customers or people mentioned in the enigmas. Central on the front cover is Chester A. Arthur with his signature. It sure would be fun to track down all of the people named in this lengthy promotional piece. Ah well. Maybe you have the time. The seven-story Gothic style H. H. Warner Building still stands in Rochester and is on the National Register of Historic Places. H. H. Warner & Co paperback books
1882288920New York: H. H. Warner & Co 1882. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Good binding. Book advertising the various H. H. Warner & Co. 'Safe' series of patent medical products. Beneath the testimonials descriptions of diseases and other usual medical advertisements of the time H. H. Warner offered large cash prizes for solving two or more of his ten 'enigmas.' About half are cyphers one quizzes the reader on trivia from Shakespeare's plays and another draws upon biblical knowledge. Pink printed wrappers with some sunning and a small tear to the front cover. Good binding. H. H. Warner & Co unknown books
188216519Milwaukee WI: The Milwaukee Litho & Engr. Co 1882. 21st edition. Original blue cloth stamped in black & gilt. VG slightly shaken/spine darkened somewhat/chipping to cloth at base of spine. Label on front pastedown: "Compliments of William Langer Assembly". In lower left corner of ffep is binder's stamp in the form of a book: "Bound by / W. J. Park / & Co. / Booksellers / Madison Wis.". 634 pp. Illustrated with 1 folding map at rear 2 double-page diagrams & 18 images of state buildings. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Milwaukee Litho & Engr. Co hardcover books
1880WRCLIT49160New York: Putnam 1880. Gilt brown cloth. Spine a bit frayed at head and toe else very good and bright. First edition. First book publication of an essay by Warner and reprints of others by Bryant and Putnam. BAL 21142. Putnam hardcover books
1865005763State of Connecticut County of Hartford 1865. Deed measures 8 1/2" x 14" centerfold with 2 additional folds Very Good archival tape mend verso to one vertical fold small edge tears at folds light toning. Verso has a block of 4 Washington 50 cents Passage Ticket stamps each initialed by Sessions and dated 4/15 1865. ".contains one acre more or less with the factory and other buildings standing thereon together with the water rights." The sum conveyed for the property was $5000.00. Signed by 2 witnesses and the town clerk. The J.H.Sessions & Son manufacturing company was formed in 1854 in Bristol CT. They manufactured hardware for trunks at their 273 Riverside Ave. location the abandoned building still standing today. A unique piece of Bristol history. . SIGNED. 8 1/2" x 14". State of Connecticut, County of Hartford unknown books
181722200Bath: Printed by Richard Cruttwell and Sold by Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown London 1817 1817. First edition. Fleeman 88.3L/6; Courtney page 169. Edges a little rubbed; very good copy. 8vo contemporary black half calf marbled paper sides gilt rules decorations and lettering. ¶ An collection of over 70 letters compiled and edited by Rebecca Warner of Bath who clearly had a scholarly interest in the literature of the 18th century. She assembled correspondence of John Gay Alexander Pope Samuel Johnson Elizabeth Montague William Gilpin et al. and introduced each with "Biographical Illustrations." Warner was the author of one novel Herbert-Lodge 1808 and another similar collection Epistolary Curiosities 1818. <br/><br/> Bath: Printed by Richard Cruttwell and Sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1817 unknown books
186845123New York / Cincinnati: Robert H. Johnston & Co. / Robert Clarke & Co 1868. 1st Edition. Original publishers green pebbled cloth card stock boards with gilt stamped lettering to front cover. Later black cloth spine duplicating the original. Minor wear offset to eps VG. IV 5 - 30 2 blank pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>A parody of Longfellow's SONG Of HIAWATHA though asserts the author "the idea of ridiculing or caricaturing Mr. Longellow is too inconsequent and unjust an inference to require formal refutation. That gentleman is far above the reach of such ill-natured assaults." Robert H. Johnston & Co. / Robert Clarke & Co hardcover books
18996378Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1899. 1st ed BAL 21242; Warde 23. Green decorative cloth with gilt lettering & gilt andiron cover design. TEG. NF slt wear at the extremities. A nice copy. 257 pp illustrations by Edmund H. Garrett 12mo. <br/><br/>Title page in red & black designed by Bruce Rogers. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1899133532Providence: H. Gregory 1899. Octavo title page printed in red and black original charcoal gray cloth stamped in gold t.e.g. other edges untrimmed. First edition. Presentation copy with signed inscription by Shibley dated August 1899 on the first blank. A collection of short stories many if not most being tales of country life in Canada. Wright III 4920. Cloth a bit rubbed at edges a very good copy. #133532 H. Gregory unknown books
