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1854L813bx53Worcester: D. And M. Calkins 1854. Ex-Library. Poor. Leather Bound. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1854. Ex-Library Book In Leather Boards. In Poor Condition. Front Board Loose From Binding Hind Board Almost Loose From Binding. Heavy Wear On Boards And Spine Leather Wrap On Spine Largely Missing. Light Smudging And Foxing In Interior Front End Page Loose From Binding Otherwise Tight Copy. Size 8Vo. 439 Pages. This Book Is Part Of The Archibald Church Library Collection Northwestern University Medical School. D. And M. Calkins Hardcover
18444581New York: Greeley & McElrath 1844. 16pp disbound light foxing. Very Good. The Whigs have done a great job despite the setback they suffered when they lost their President William Henry Harrison; and the betrayal of Whig policies by his successor John Tyler. A similar piece was printed in 1843. FIRST EDITION thus. Sabin 14775. AI 44-1569 44-1576. Greeley & McElrath unknown
183086608New York: S. & D. A. Forbes Printers. Poor in Fair dust jacket; to Covers Loose Spine Area and Boards Very Worn . Writing By Previous Owner and Soem Stains on Pages. 1830. Hardback. marbled end papers; 200 pages . S. & D. A. Forbes Printers hardcover
182358303Albany: Packard & Van Benthuysen 1823. First edition 12mo pp. xvi 320; text block only spine perished front cover missing blindstamp on title page; text block sound; good. Published by order of the ministry in union with the Church. A correction of the record on the part of the Shakers who identify in the preface that many contradictory and incorrect statements have made about them due to a general curiousness about them from the general public. American Imprints 14086; MacLean 96. Packard & Van Benthuysen unknown
1870322263lippincott 1870 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. lippincott hardcover
18424574157Thomas Clark 1842. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Marble covers and page block; hubbed backstrip with gilt lettering; slight split in spine; internally fair. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item450grams ISBN: Thomas Clark hardcover
187845458GenÂve - Paris : H. Georg - G. Fischbacher 1878. 180x115mm. CCLXXXII - cartonnage. Reliure cartonnÂŽe apparence papier marbrÂŽ bleu piÂce de titre rouge au dos avec lettres or.Ex-libris du Conseiller FÂŽdÂŽral Chuard. Couverture dÕorigine conservÂŽe. Bon ÂŽtat. 550 H. Georg - G. Fischbacher unknown
183687381New York: Harper & Brothers 1836. New and Improved Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo 7.6 in. x 4.8 in. pp. 359. Dark brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Ribbing to extremities. Corners showing. Pages 1-8 offer publisher's advertising. Dark dime-sized ink stains to preliminary pages. Light vertical tideline through page 26 and to rear endpapers. Light spotting throughout. Calvin Colton 1789-1857 was a prolific American author clergyman and advocate of conservative political thought during the turbulent years leading up to the American Civil War. . His contributions spanned various genres including theology politics and social commentary distinctly reflecting his robust convictions and eloquence. Colton's literary style combined meticulous reasoning with a persuasive if sometimes polemical prose that sought to engage the critical issues of his day. His writings continue to offer scholars valuable insights into the sociopolitical landscape of 19th-century America and the complex interplay of religion ethics and politics thereof. Colton's legacy remains one of a contentious figure whose beliefs and arguments encapsulate a pivotal era in American history. from Google Books <br /> <br /> In this book Colton a Protestant missionary offers a memoir of the details of his travel and a comparison of American society with British and European with commentary on government and religion Harper & Brothers hardcover
182842215Andover MA: G. & C. Carvill. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards heavily worn spine label 2/3 gone . shaken foxing front hinge tender insect damage to endpapers and spine . label library markings. 1828. Hardcover. Translated from the German by Calvin E. Stowe. Printed at the Codman Press by Flagg and Gould for G. & C. Carvill. Cloth-backed boards with printed paper spine label. xii 9-512pp dxii-dxviii 513-692pp with p. 238 misnumbered as p. 338. Inscribed by Stowe on the front free endpaper: For the Dover Library from the Translator in grateful remembrance of the benefit which he derived from that library in his early youth. Stowe was a Biblical scholar and graduated from Andover Theological Seminary in 1829 he also later taught at this Massachusetts institution. After his first wife's death he married Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1836.; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . G. & C. Carvill hardcover
185693446New York: A.S. Barnes 1856. Hardcover. A few small edge-chips to spine extremities;; light foxing chiefly to edges and some margins;; else overall about very good thus. Binding is solid and tight. Please see photos. Quarto in dark brown blind-stamped ornamental cloth; frontis tissue gaurd; viii 639 pages: facsimiles; 24 cm. "Henry Clay Sr. April 12 1777 – June 29 1852 was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. He was the seventh House speaker as well as the ninth secretary of state also receiving electoral votes for president in the 1824 1832 and 1844 presidential elections. He helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Great Triumvirate" of Congressmen alongside fellow Whig Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun." —Wikipedia. // American letters. United States -- History -- 1815-1861 Notes: Published later as v. 4 of "The life correspondence and speeches of Henry Clay" in 6 volumes./ Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site. A.S. Barnes hardcover
184552507230025Edinburgh: Printed for the Calvin Translation Society 1845. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcovers. ORIGINAL 1845 PRINTING. 3 VOLUME SET. Nice detailed engraving of Calvin as frontispiece in volume I. Pages are unmarked. Light foxing spots on some. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing. Back strips of all volumes are poor with heavy tearing vol. 3 is completely torn off. Covers loosening at hinges. Covers and hinges are in poor condition but pages still quite good.clean and unmarked.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Edinburgh: Printed for the Calvin Translation Society hardcover
1823515945Albany: Printed by Packard & Van Benthuysen 1823. Hardcover. Fair. First edition. Octavo. xvi 320pp. Contemporary mottled calf gilt spine with red leather titling label. Contemporary inscription in pencil and later owner’s name in ink on front fly leaf. Wear to the edges of the boards front joint is split with front cover nearly detached else a good copy with scattered foxing. Printed by Packard & Van Benthuysen hardcover
189112859Springfield MA: French Protestant College. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Xxiii 213 v pp. Small octavo. Original textured brown hardcovers with dull faded gilt title to the front cover spine is sunned and showing a mark from a library spine label. Interior very pretty flowered end papers with a withdrawn stamp first blank with a gift inscription from the author dated 25 Dec 1895 Montreal. Some occasional library stamps otherwise clean and unmarked. A scarce little title. Amaron 1852-1917 was a French-Canadian Presbyterian minister who "accepted a call to the French Protestant Church in Lowell Mass. to continue the work of evangelizing French Canadians. During the second half of the 19th century hundreds of thousands of French Canadians migrated south to work in the factories of New England: by 1900 they would form about 10 per cent of that regions population. Recognizing the need for educational institutions to support his evangelization Amaron founded the French Protestant College at Lowell in 1885." Dict. Of Canadian Biography. Amaron felt that the flood of Catholic French immigrants to New England was detrimental to the existing culture and that the immigrants needed to be converted to Protestantism or turned back. A scarce little book with the author's signature. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 213 pages; Signed by Author . French Protestant College hardcover
1838Q372Boston: Dutton and Wentworth / Massachusetts Board of Education 1838. Paperback. Good. Stitched wrappers 8vo 68pp. 2-part engraved table showing weekly course of study. Originally published as 57p report in 1837 Sabin 92392. In Good condition with a faint tidemark through most of the textblock and wrappers mostly chipped away at the spine tentatively attached. "Stowe was actively interested in the improvement of the common schools regarding such improvement as the great need of the West." He became chair of Biblical literature in Lane Theological Seminary Cincinnati Ohio in 1833 and married Harriet Elizabeth Beecher in 1836. In 1836 the state of Ohio appointed him commissioner to investigate the public school systems of Europe especially of Prussia. For this congenial task he was given every facility in England and on the Continent. Returning in 1837 he published his famous Report on Elementary Instruction in Europe a copy of which the legislature put into every school district of the state." DAB. Pencil signature of Joshua Armsby on the cover. Scarce. <br/><br/> Dutton and Wentworth / Massachusetts Board of Education paperback
1854000523Worcester: D& M Calkins 1854. 1st Edition. . Full Calf. Good/None. Full calf binding with black title label. Front hinge cracked top to bottom but front board not loose.Spine and hinge formerly shellacked and repaired fly leaf and phto of Dr. Newton pasted down a bit more than rest of pages. Some rubbing to the soft calf on boards but text bright clean and tight. <br/> <br/> D& M Calkins unknown
184650083New York: A. S. Barmes & Co 1846. 8vo pp. 96; original tan paper wrappers; covers lightly chipped and toned mild spotting to text very good in a green clamshell box with a touch of fading to the spine. Colton was a champion of conservative causes including slavery and was described by a contemporary as "prolific rather than profound." He argues here for protectionism and an expansion of manufacturing responding to complaints about the stagnation in wages with "It is a blessing to the laborors to have work. A. S. Barmes & Co unknown
1832500042714London: Frederic Westley and A.H. Davis 1832. Second edition. . Hardcover. Good. ex church library part spine label lossed <br/> <br/> Frederic Westley and A.H. Davis hardcover
18445703New York: Greely & Mcelrath. Good. 1844. Softcover. This is the first edition of the collected numbers of Calvin Colton's letters written with his "Junius" pseudonymn of and contains Tracts No. I - VIII; each tract paged separately at the top and about 16 pages each but book is also continuously paged at bottom. These tracts explore Whig philosophy in relation to the political climate of the day: slavery abolition Texas annexation public lands tariffs etc. Each tract about 16 pages and cover various topics: The Test The Currency The Tariff Life of Henry clay Political Abolition Democracy Labor and Captial The Public Lands etc. Colton began his career as a Presbyterian pastor in New York in the 1820's and became an accomplished writer first writing on religious topics but later on wrote a guide for immigrants Great Lakes travel and Indians politics history and is still noted for his biographical works on Henry Clay. The original publisher's covers are salmon and printed on rather thin & fragile paper. Corners of cover chipped with some loss of text on rear cover and last two pages are chipped at lower corner with minor loss of text. Ref: see Sabin 14775 for individual tracts ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 128 pages . Greely & Mcelrath paperback
1846248853New York: A. S. Barnes & Co. 51 John Street 1846. First edition. Frontispieces. 2 vols. 8vo. Original cloth. Bookplates of Henry Cabot Lodge. Top spine ends chipped front free endpapers clipped scattered foxing else Very good. First edition. Frontispieces. 2 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> A. S. Barnes & Co., 51 John Street hardcover
184832327Boston: Wilson & Damrell 1848. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Wraps. Approx. 9" x 5.5". Stitched wraps with title on outer wrap and printed heading on the rear wrapper "Magnitude of the Question!" Double column text. A few scattered brown spots to contents. Light creases and edge wear to paper. <br /> <br /> Contents concern the nomination of Whig candidate Zachary Taylor and the Wilmot Proviso. The Wilmot Proviso would prohibit expansion of slavery in the newly acquired territories after the Mexican War. General Taylor a Southerner Mexican War hero and a Whig and Louisiana slave holder was seen by the author as a proponent of expanding slavery. However Taylor had expressed his view that he would not veto the Wilmot Proviso if he was elected. To the surprise of many who supported him in the south Taylor took anti slavery positions during his short term in office. <br /> <br /> Not in Sabin. Wilson & Damrell unknown