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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
185323721853. WARNER Anna Bartlett. MR. RUTHERFORD'S CHILDREN. With Vignettes. Boston: Shepard Clark & Brown 1853. 16mo. dark-blue cloth stamped in gilt. Later Edition. Good small chip edge of one rear page foxing to text hinges tight. $25.00. <br/><br/> 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
1865005763State of Connecticut County of Hartford 1865. Book. Very Good. No Binding. Signed by Authors. 8 1/2" x 14". 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. State of Connecticut, County of Hartford unknown
1866950015Philadelphia PA: Presbyterian Publication Committee. Good with no dust jacket. 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Four color illustrations. Covers stained and faded. Minor loss of cloth at head and tail of spine. Contents and binding tight with only minor interior soiling. . ; 8vo . Presbyterian Publication Committee hardcover
18942685London: British Museum 1894. Book. Very Good. Green Cloth. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. xliii 65 sepia plates. Old stamp on title page small number stamped in gilt at top of spine slight rubbing to spine nice copy of this beautiful book. British Museum Hardcover
1891C0553Denver CO: The Mills Publishing Co 1891. "Embracing the General Statutes of 1883 and all general laws enacted since that compilation except the Code of Civil Procedure in force January 1 1891 with digested notes of judicial decisions construing or illustrating the same." 1439 pages. Covers detached spine missing. Tape repaired with packaging tape. First 6 leaves detached. Stamped on cover and page edges "Big Five". Beginning and ending pages tattered at edges with some worming. Interior pages clean/crisp for the most part. Full-Leather. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Mills Publishing Co Hardcover
1891015663Weed Parsons and Company Albany NY 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 9 1/2" x 6 1/4". Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Half black leather with black cloth over boards gilt lettering on spine 428 pages. Covers have wear at extremities and are lightly stained front hinge cracked but still attached light water staining in blank margins of numerous pages text is unaffected. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3 lbs 1 oz. Category: Military & Warfare; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015663. . Weed, Parsons and Company hardcover
18911907240002Weed Parsons and Co 1891-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st ed. Bound in 3/4 smooth black calf over black boards. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. 428 pages ; 24 cm. Includes errata slip. Early stamp of A.B. Stevens Richmondville NY. SubjectsSchoharie County N.Y. -- Biography.United States -- History -- Revolution 1775-1783 -- Regimental histories.United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Regimental histories -- New York State Weed, Parsons and Co hardcover