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1892WRCAM21038London 1892. viii226pp. including plates and in-text woodcuts. Original cloth. Head of spine slightly bumped. Front free endpaper excised. Titlepage detached. Else a good copy. Well illustrated perspective on the now well- known theme of an American Mediterranean in southern California. Also describes the desert interior of California and the southwest generally Arizona New Mexico etc. With chapters on climate winter on the coast Laguna Pueblo the Grand Canyon and the like. COWAN p.669 later Am. ed. hardcover books
18799191David Atwood 1879. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. This is a scarce Original 1879 Printing in Very Good Condition. This is a very handsomely bound book with blue cloth covers and bright gold designs and text on the covers. There is a large Fold-Out MAP of Wisconsin in the back and there are a couple more Fold-Outs in the front that show Diagrams of The Senate Chamber and The Assembly Chamber. There are also many more illustrations throughout showing important Buildings and Architecture of the State. The book is complete with 578 pages plus the fold outs. The book is Clean Solid and in Very Good Condition - all the pages are nice and clean the paper is strong and supple the fold outs are in great shape with no tears the binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The blue covers are also in great condition with some light edgewear. I have placed the book in a fresh mylar jacket and the book looks and feels great - this is a rare and important book that documents the early Political and State History of Wisconsin I could find no other copies of this book available for sale. We always ship in a sturdy box. David Atwood hardcover
1882033530The Milwaukee Litho & Engr. Co 1882-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Original VG blue cloth covered stamped boards with gilt lettering and seal on cover and gilt lettering along spine; moderate edgewear. Binding and hinges secure but web showing. Contents clean andunmarked except fo "complements of" label on front inside cover. No dust jacket. 634pp. Index. Illustrations scattered throughout text; folted drawing of Assembly Chambers. Rare. The Milwaukee Litho & Engr. Co hardcover
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
1886006941Boston: Lee and Shepard 1886. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 452 pages of text followed by viii pages of publisher's advertisement. Original brown hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear. Previous owner's bookplate neatly on front paste-down endpaper "Judson S. Bemis." Bemis was a bag manufacturer. Lee and Shepard Hardcover
1886006941Boston: Lee and Shepard 1886. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 452 pages of text followed by viii pages of publisher's advertisement. Original brown hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear. Previous owner's bookplate neatly on front paste-down endpaper "Judson S. Bemis." Bemis was a bag manufacturer. Lee and Shepard Hardcover books
187929569New York: Robert Carter and Brothers 1879. Hardcover. First Edition First Printing. 4.5 x 6.5in. 313pp. 6pp. ads. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth boards with gilt titling and decoration. NEAR FINE. Shows marginal shelf rubbing along the extremities former owner plates at the paste-down and first chapter page otherwise remains Fine having been exceptionally well maintained. As pictured. Robert Carter and Brothers 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
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
1891024854Hurst and Company. Very Good. 1891. Cloth. Paper browning at edges blue cloth & gilt decorative stamping covers in nice condition with modest wear a nice copy.; 8vo . Hurst and Company hardcover
181611081816. Copper-line engraving. 125mm by 80mm image 210mm by 125mm sheet. From "A History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith" published in London by Wingrave and Collingwood in 1816. unknown
180931205Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner / Brown & Merritt 1809. Very Good-. Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner No. 147 Market-Street. Brown & Merritt Printers 24 Church-alley 1809 but 1821. Small quarto 13cm.; slightly later straight-grained gilt-tooled brown morocco marbled endpapers; 16pp.; engraved frontispiece and seven leaves of plates collated complete. Dark tide mark affecting textblock as well as plates stock uniformly toned due to inferior paper quality else a Good to Very Good sound copy in attractive American binding. Date of publication based on the frontispiece imprint: Benjamin Warner 1821.<br /> <br /> AMERICAN IMPRINTS 5091; ROSENBACH 603; see also WELCH 241 for the first American edition. Johnson & Warner / Brown & Merritt unknown
185248886New York: Cornish Lamport & Co. Publishers 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. Pp. 240. Original brown cloth boards and spine decorated in blind with gilt title to spine. Frontis and illustrated title-page with tissue guard present. Bookplate of H. Scofield to paste-down. Hinges strong binding tight and square very little foxing throughout overall an excellent copy inside and out. First edition. Hubin 415. Scarce. Cornish, Lamport & Co., Publishers hardcover
1852012757NY: Cornish Lamport 1852. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Elaborate blind stamped brown cloth front and back gilt spine titles. Double 2-tone chromo forntispieces with tissue guard. 240 pages. Edges and covers moderately worn. Intermittent foxing. Solid binding. Cornish Lamport hardcover
1892OURBOOKS003543Good Carida watercolors Lothrop Lee & Shepard Boston 1892 Early edition hardcover 8vo 126 pages bw illustrations decorated cover. Children's stories with fairies animals dogs etc. as told by the thumb ring finger etc. Short gift inscription inside front cover. Light soiling and agewear. Solid copy with brown and silver decoration. Lothrop Lee & Shepard hardcover
18925020bdBoston: Lothrop Lee & Shepard Co. 1892. Royal octavo illustrated gold cloth hardcover 126 pp. Good with minor soiling and edgewear to covers. Photographs gladly provided upon request. Contents: Some Dogs’ Opinions of the Dog Show; Woggie’s Wonders; Mother’s Cousin Nathan; Jenny Ring; May’s Musical Bars; The Broom Fairies; Mr. and Mrs. Flyaway “At Home;†Old Tyler; “Who Lives in Mamma’s Work Bag; The Clothes-Line Imps. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1892. hardcover books
187433937Hartford: American Publishing Co. 1874. First edition mixed state as is the case with almost all copies this copy in the RARE PUBLISHER'S DELUXE BINDING. Fully Illustrated throughout with designs by various artists and with a long folding plate being the “map†of the “Salt Lick Branch of the Pacific Rail Roadâ€. 8vo publisher's deluxe binding of three quarter morocco over cloth covered boards the joins ruled in gilt marbled end-leaves all edges marbled the spine with raised bands ruled in blind two compartments lettered in gilt. xvi 574 1 4 pp. ads. A very fine copy especially well preserved internally very fresh and clean the binding is in unusually fine and attractive condition near as pristine. Rarely seen in the deluxe binding in such pleasing condition. FIRST EDITION. The book that gave the era it’s name and Mark Twain’s first novel written in collaboration with Charles Dudley Warner. Twain and Warner started this book on a dare after being teased by their wives that Twain could not repeat the success of INNOCENTS ABROAD. Twain proposed that he and Warner write a book together and “we will so interweave our work that these wives of ours will not be able to say which part has been written by Mark Twain and which by Charles D. Warner.†Not only did they fool their wives but realized halfway through that they had something well worth publishing. THE GILDED AGE was born. <br> The tale of Colonel Sellers and the Hawkins family and their determined pursuit of Wealth--a novel for which an entire era was named. American Publishing Co. hardcover
187434529Hartford: American Publishing Co. 1874. First edition First State with Eschol Sellers p. vii; and all other first issue points but for 352 and 353 pp. Fully Illustrated throughout with designs by various artists and with a long folding plate being the “map†of the “Salt Lick Branch of the Pacific Rail Roadâ€. 8vo publisher's original brown cloth the upper cove and spine lettered and decorated in gilt. xvi 574 2 pp. A very good copy especially well preserved internally clean the binding is in pleasing condition with minor age or wear and remains tight and in good order. FIRST EDITION. The book that gave the era it’s name and Mark Twain’s first novel written in collaboration with Charles Dudley Warner. Twain and Warner started this book on a dare after being teased by their wives that Twain could not repeat the success of INNOCENTS ABROAD. Twain proposed that he and Warner write a book together and “we will so interweave our work that these wives of ours will not be able to say which part has been written by Mark Twain and which by Charles D. Warner.†Not only did they fool their wives but realized halfway through that they had something well worth publishing. THE GILDED AGE was born. <br> The tale of Colonel Sellers and the Hawkins family and their determined pursuit of Wealth--a novel for which an entire era was named. American Publishing Co. hardcover
1874369661Hartford: The American Pubishing Company 1874. First edition mixed state. Fully Illustrated from New Designs by Hoppin Stephens Williams White Etc. Etc. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Publisher's deluxe 3/4 morocco binding; gilt edging along leather; blind stamped decoratively and in gilt on spine; edge and shelf wear to corners and spine; small stains and rubbing to front; marbled fore edges; marbled endpapers; one fold-out bound in at page 246. First edition mixed state. Fully Illustrated from New Designs by Hoppin Stephens Williams White Etc. Etc. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Although this handsome 3/4 morocco copy bears a title page with the later publication date of 1874 it contains many of the first edition first issue A points including: the presence of ads at the rear; Everybody's Friend described in its advertisment as a "true inde"; the artist "White" is present on the title page; the name "Eschol" appears under Chapter V in the table of contents; page 246 has "Hallelujah" with no comma; and on page 280 line 18 this is a period after "Dr. Jackson." In other issue points however it differs: the final illustration is numbered 212 on page xvi; the lines on pages 351 and 353 are absent; and there is an illustration on page 403. BAL 3357 The American Pubishing Company unknown
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 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
187423336H80157Hartford CT: American Publishing Company. Half leather with marble patterned boards. 2 Volume set. . Good. Half-Leather. First Edition. 1874. American Publishing Company hardcover
187387008Hartford: American Publishing Company 1873. First Edition early state. Hardcover. Very Good. 22.5 x 15 cm. 574 2 pp. Rebound into full black leather gilt lettering to spine and the previous owner's name in gilt on front cover. Long fold-out plate opposite page 246 with a small closed tear. Bookplate on front paste-down. Many variants were done of this work. This is an early state of the 1873 first edition with most of the points described in BAL. These include: White etc. on title page "Eschol Sellers" under the chapter heading for Chapter 5 on page vii final illustration numbered 211 instead of 212 on page xvi no comma after Hallelujah on page 246 line 5 period after Dr. Jackson on page 280 no illustration on page 403. Differing from the first state of BAL in that the lines are NOT repeated on the top and bottom of pages 351 and 352. No ads. BAL 3357. American Publishing Company hardcover
187387009Hartford: American Publishing Company 1873. First Edition first state. Hardcover. Good. 22.5 x 15 cm. 574 2 pp. Rebound into full black leather gilt lettering to spine and the previous owner's name in gilt on front cover. The fold-out plate opposite page 246 is missing. Bookplate on front paste-down. Chip out of head of spine. Many variants were done of this work. This is the first state of the 1873 first edition with all of the points described in BAL. These include: White etc. on title page "Eschol Sellers" under the chapter heading for Chapter 5 on page vii final illustration numbered 211 instead of 212 on page xvi no comma after Hallelujah on page 246 line 5 period after Dr. Jackson on page 280 no illustration on page 403 lines are repeated on the top and bottom of pages 351 and 352. No ads. BAL 3357. American Publishing Company hardcover
1873893Hartford: American Publishing Company 1873. First Edition Early Issue. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere. Fine. A beautiful example bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full crushed Morocco with bright gilt rule to boards six compartments with five raised bands to spine with bright gilt details and title. Binding and hinges are excellent marbled end papers and paste downs bright gilt page edges. Internally bright and clean without marks and no foxing. Book measures 8.75"x5.5". First edition early issue. No ads. A flawless example you will love this book. American Publishing Company unknown
1873mon0003197723Hartford: American Pub. Co. 1873. Hardcover. Good. . Cover shows moderate wear tear edgewear rubbing joints starting loss on the spine ends. Pages are lightly tanned with minor scattered foxing. Hartford: American Pub. Co. hardcover