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185423711854. WARNER Anna Bartlett. MR. RUTHERFORD'S CHILDREN: SECOND VOLUME. Boston: Shepard Clark & Brown 1854. 16mo. blue cloth stamped in gilt. Later Edition. Good covers bright foxing text. $45.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
187666328US: American Publishing Company 1876. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. First Edition. Includes two pages of letters signed by the author. Red cloth over boards with gilt particulars and gilt title in decorative black banner to spine gilt titling in decorative illustrated rule and gilt author's name in black compartment to front board and debossed emblem in debossed decorative rule to rear board. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste down and signature to first free endpaper and light tanning to edges; otherwise text is clean and unmarked. Letters pasted to front flyleaf at top edge have some creasing and light soiling and wear to edges. All edges gilt. Text block has scuffing to corner at lower edge and light scattered rubbing and tarnishing. Boards have light scuffing to center heavy bumping to corners light fraying to ends of spine and light rubbing and scuffing to edges corners and ends of spine. Binding is tight spine is slightly cocked. American Publishing Company unknown
1876mon0004087974Hartford: American Publishing Co 1876. Hardcover. Good. . cover shows moderate wear and rubbing soiling. pages tanned and clean. Hartford: American Publishing Co hardcover
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. American Publishing Company unknown
1876205263Toronto ON: Belford Brothers 1876. Hardcover. Good. 445 pages in very good clean condition. Occassional foxing. Brown endpapers. Heavy foxing on first few pages. Previous owner's name on ffep and page following title page. Brown cloth with embossed decoration and gilt titles. Covers are soiled and faded. Small tears at head/tail of spine and along one edge. Corners bumped. Binding tight. <br/> <br/> Belford Brothers hardcover
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
1871821B72London : Sampson Low Son and Marston 1871. First edition. Hardback. Good Only. 6" by 4.5". none . A charming first edition volume of a gardening guide to take readers through the summer. This is a charming first edition copy of My Summer in a Garden written by Charles Dudley Warner with an introduction by Henry Ward Beecher. This volume is about gardening and details what Warner knows about gardening and goes through the summer week by week with guidance for what to plant and how to tender your garden through the summer. In hardback Externally a little worn. The joints are a little rubbed and there boards have some signs of shelf wear. The spine is also a little bumped. Internally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with the odd scattered spot throughout. Good Only Sampson Low, Son and Marston hardcover
1871023241Boston: James R. Osgood and Co 1871. First American Edition. Small Octavo. 183pp. Introduction by Henry ward Beecher. The author writes in his journal something about gardening each week through the nineteenth week. Bound in green cloth tooled in blind spine lettering gilt brown coated endpapers chipping to spine ends light wear to corners binding lightly rubbed. A very good copy. James R. Osgood and Co unknown
1896P-09796Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Original rust cloth with gilt design of a trireme. A clean unmarked copy with all the illustration in tissue interleavings. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
1882E13359BBoston: Houghton Mifflin 1882. Hardcover. fine. Hardcover octavo in brick colored cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. 496 pp. Decorated chapter headings. Frontispiece engraving of "The Wooden Man" with tissue guard. Early edition. Along with its sequel "In The Levant" a record of Warner's experiences and observations of an Oriental journey in 1875-6. A tight bright example. Four pages of handwritten notes from the Cream Ridge New Jersey Circulating Libraryestablished Nov. 25th 1871 including one page of the rules of the library and two pages of the order of the passing of the book that ists the name of the borrower and the dates taken and returned. No other library markings cards etc. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover
189221129Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Spine a bit slanted. Former owner's name on first blank page. ; Decorative brown boards with gilt pictorial design of the boat. Gilt spine lettering. - A description of one of the many journeys Warner took. He was a friend of Mark Twain's and also lived in Hartford CT which used to be publisher's heaven. Not unlike Twain's writing - his books are full of anecdotes and wit. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 496 pages . Houghton and Mifflin hardcover
187615300Hartford: American Publishing Company 1876. Frontispiece wood engraving “The wooden man 6000 years old title vignette woodcut head- and tailpieces. Red pictorial cloth in black and gold rebacked with the original spine laid down; text is toned but clean. Bookplate of the Ladies’ Christian Union. First edition published simultaneously in Hartford by the American Publishing Company of Warner’s account of his travels down the Nile and around Egypt. This work includes detailed stories about his exploration of mosques visits to the Pharaoh tombs and interactions with local Egyptians and their culture. Through interpreters Warner spoke with everyone he could to soak up as much of the Egyptian life as possible while he traveled around what was at the time considered an unknown part of the world to many Americans. Warner 1829-1900 was an American novelist a friend of Mark Twain with whom he co-authored The gilded age. American Publishing Company unknown
1890012250Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1890. 496pp/frontis. Red pictorial cloth with gilt boat and titles. Text is toned but clean. First edition published simultaneously in Hartford by the American Publishing Company of Warner's account of his travels down the Nile and around Egypt. This work includes detailed stories about his exploration of mosques visits to the Pharaoh tombs and interactions with local Egyptians and their culture. Through interpreters Warner spoke with everyone he could to soak up as much of the Egyptian life as possible while he traveled around what was at the time considered an unknown part of the world to many Americans. Warner 1829-1900 was an American novelist a friend of Mark Twain with whom he co-authored The gilded age. Overall clean. 12th Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover
188218018Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. 1882. Hardcover. Very Good. Minute tears to spine ends. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's name on front free endpaper; A nice and early edition: Decorative brown boards with gilt pictorial design of the boat. Gilt spine lettering. ; 8vo; 496 pages . Houghton and Mifflin hardcover
188145551Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1881. New edition revised 8vo pp. xvi 17-496; steel-cut frontispiece tissue guard; original pictorial terra-cotta cloth stamped and lettered in gilt brown glazed endpapers; a touch edge-worn else a very good attractive copy. Originally published in 1876. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin and Company hardcover books
1881240004Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1881. hardcover. very good-. Illustrated frontispiece. 496pp. 8vo gilt-decorated green cloth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1881. New revised edition. Edge-worn with some damage at hinge still a very good- copy.<br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin unknown books
1876Embry 195426American Publishing Company 1876. First edition first printing. Owner's Penciled gift inscription light wear to spine tips overall near fine and bright in custom mylar cover. B&W illustrations. Brown cloth titled in gilt and decoratively stamped in black. American Publishing Company, 1876. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
1833SKU1001131L. H. Young. Fair. 1833. Unknown Binding. First edition New Haven 1833. 19 wood engraving attributed to Samuel Barber. Approx. 3.5x 5.5. Marbled paper cover boards soiled rubbed worn worn leather spine taped over some time ago. Much foxed throughout. Plates sharply printed if foxed.; 106 pages . L. H. Young unknown
1875727Chicago: Warner & Beers 1875. 16 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches. Very good condition. This is a handsomely composed lithograph printed in 1875 and hand colored at the time of publication. The counties are individually identified through the use of a multi-colored scheme. There was a dense railroad network that was also shown. This is a fine example of the mapmakers art in the latter part of the 19th century. 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
1856203826New York: Ackerman Lith 1856. unbound. very good. Map. Uncolored lithograph. Image measures 17.25" x 21".<br/> <br/> Nice map of Wisconsin and Minnesota illustrating the progress of public surveys. Denotes waterways Indian reservations and townships. Left margin cropped minor toning along folds and light scattered foxing.<br/> <br/> Ackerman Lith unknown
1856203826New York: Ackerman Lith 1856. unbound. very good. Map. Uncolored lithograph. Image measures 17.25" x 21".<br/><br/> Nice map of Wisconsin and Minnesota illustrating the progress of public surveys. Denotes waterways Indian reservations and townships. Left margin cropped minor toning along folds and light scattered foxing.<br/><br/> Ackerman Lith unknown books
188345741New York: Robert Carter & Brothers 1883. First edition 8vo pp. 695; original mustard decorative cloth stamped in black some soil spots spine lettered in black and gilt; general shelf wear textblock fine. BAL 21305. Robert Carter & Brothers unknown
188345741New York: Robert Carter & Brothers 1883. First edition 8vo pp. 695; original mustard decorative cloth stamped in black some soil spots spine lettered in black and gilt; general shelf wear textblock fine. BAL 21305. <br/><br/> Robert Carter & Brothers hardcover books
1882mon0000117221James Nisbet 1882-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. worn copy on decorative green cloth some looseness and one end paper loose James Nisbet hardcover
