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1832WRCLIT26445Boston & New York: Crocker & Brewster/Jonathan Leavitt 1832. 340pp. Original muslin backed boards paper spine label. First American edition published in the same year as the British edition. Two ink names one early one dated 1914 typical foxing boards a bit marked and edgeworn otherwise a good copy. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 14922. Crocker & Brewster/Jonathan Leavitt hardcover books
1822316337London: J. Harris and Son 1822. Second edition. Engraved folding map at front wood-engraved title vignette and 84 wood-engraved illustrations on 28 plates. viii 120 pp. 12mo. Contemporary russet paneled calf gilt. Light rubbing to extremities spine sunned some light dampstaining to text. Contemporary gift inscription on flyleaf small bookplate. Second edition. Engraved folding map at front wood-engraved title vignette and 84 wood-engraved illustrations on 28 plates. viii 120 pp. 12mo. Second edition of this work from the juvenile "Scenes" series by author illustrator and nonconformist minister Isaac Taylor 1759-1829. First published in London 1821. Osborne p. 190 J. Harris and Son unknown books
1821WRCAM50826London 1821. viii122pp. plus twenty seven plates and a folding map. 12mo. Original half roan and printed boards. Moderate wear to boards top of spine chipped. Contemporary ownership inscription on front pastedown. Minor foxing and toning. Good. First edition. Brief highlights of early travel and discovery aimed at the juvenile audience including material concerning Columbus Cortes Balboa American Indians Lewis and Clark Hudson Bay the West Indies etc. with numerous charming woodcut illustrations. SABIN 94469. hardcover books
1825WRCAM35103Hartford: Published by Silas Andrus 1825. 117pp. plus seventy-eight illustrations on 26 leaves. Titlepage vignette and folding frontis. map. 12mo. Contemporary sheep. Sheep slightly worn. An occasional light fox mark but generally clean inside. Very good. First American edition following London editions of 1821 1822 and 1824. Brief highlights of early travel and discovery aimed at the juvenile audience including material concerning Columbus Cortes Balboa American Indians Lewis and Clark Hudson Bay the West Indies etc. with numerous charming woodcut illustrations. North and South America are equally well covered. SABIN 94469. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 22429. Published by Silas Andrus unknown books
1829183636Hartford: Silas Andrus 1829. Hardcover. As is heavy wear to boards block spine several beginning pages have tears; expected age toning throughout but pages are clear. Foxing spots throughout. Appears to be missing the last several pages as this stops at page 122. Brown boards with black spine gilt tooling on spine; bw illustrated title page 122 pp; illustrated in bw. A rare edition of this book on manners customs and travel for juveniles. Silas Andrus hardcover books
1835158697London: Holdsworth & Ball 1835. hardcover. very good. 504pp. 8vo brown cloth- backed boards with leather spine label rubbed & edgeworn the interior is fine. London: Holdsworth and Ball 1835. Second edition. Very good.<br/><br/> Holdsworth & Ball unknown books
188841698London: Macmillan 1888. 12mo pp.xii 375 1; folding ethnographic map of the British Isles printed in color folding sketch map of Normandy; a very good copy in original red cloth. First published in 1863 and a new edition appeared in 1873 of which this is a reprint. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
186449315London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co 1864. 8vo pp. xxxii 578 2 ads; 2 folding maps one in color; original maroon cloth gilt title direct on spine; hinges cracked map with a three inch tear repaired with tape signatures on half title large bookplate of C. Frushard Waddington. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co hardcover books
187341665London: Macmillan and Co 1873. Third edition revised and compressed small 8vo pp. xii 375 1 80; 2 folding map plates one in color additional text maps; original red cloth some soiling and damp-staining gilt-lettered spine black glazed endpapers; spine ends chipped general wear to extremities else a good copy. Contemporary bookseller's ticket mounted to front pastedown; 80 pp. of publisher's advertisements dated December 1872 bound in rear. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co hardcover books
18531324576New York: William Gowans 1853. Hardcover. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Dark brown spine with copper text; Boards are severely shelf-worn with bumping to the corners and edges and molds and smudges to the front and rear exteriors; Book is ex- library with class mark to the spine and book plate to the front paste down; Paste downs have rubbing end papers and limited number of pages have brown stains edges are strongly tanned and top and fore edges are slightly frayed pages are moderately discolored otherwise text block are clean; 267p. 1324576. FP New Rockville Stock. William Gowans hardcover books
18993118671899. in ink. 4 x 3-1/2 inches image. With Century magazine label on the back. in ink. 4 x 3-1/2 inches image. From an article entitled "Driven out of Tibet. An Attempt to pass from China through Tibet into China. unknown books
31186613 x 5 inches. Matted. Fine. 13 x 5 inches. unknown books
1847284945Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1847. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A First American Edition copy of T. Wharton Jones' The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery. Publisher's advertisements at the front and rear. Four engraved plates. Black and white illustrations throughout. Small repaired abrasion at the bottom edge of the front board. Black embossed cloth with lettering in gilt on the spine. Very Good binding. Lea and Blanchard unknown books
45220New York: McLoughlin Bros. Publishers N.d. Edition not stated. 12mo; chromolithographed wrappers; 12pp; illus. Ownership inscription Jacob H. Kerr dated 1890. Spine held together with clear tape; generally soiled and worn; text complete with the four color-printed vignettes clean and in excellent condition; still just Good. A McLoughlin Brothers juvenile chapbook issued in the publisher's series of "Illuminated Texts for Sunday School Rewards. McLoughlin Bros., Publishers unknown books
1647SW1672Argentorati Strasbourg:: Philippi Mulbii 1647. 1647. 4to. x 352; 120 587 1 150 pp. Elaborate added engraved title title printed in red & black. Original full vellum. Ownership signature on title of F. P. Wilcken Lubecensis Lubeck Germany. Very good. Rare. Includes the extensive annotations of scholar Isaac Casaubon as well as a long dissertation on Suetonius by Boeckler. The elaborate half-title is drawn by I. Schef and engraved by Pierre Aubry 1610-1686. Gaius Suetonius Tranquilius was a Roman historian and biographer whose most significant contribution was his biographies of 12 Roman rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian. Suetonius wrote The Twelve Caesars while serving as the personal secretary of the emperor Hadrian. Philippi Mulbii, 1647. hardcover books
1814026003Worcester MA: Printed By Isaac Sturtevant for Remark Dunnell 1814. 16mo. 192 pages. Sharon Block writing in the Journal of American History notes that this is one of the books that terrified and incensed the populace who read about the vicious rapes by the redcoats p. 116ff. While courts of law kept the intimate details from the wider public newspapers books almanacs and a host of printed material were less restrained though leaving little to the imagination to whom the subject of rape was of prurient interest. After describing the various outrages the address says: How long will you permit this report and appeal from Col. Richard E. Parker Westmoreland County Virginia Bound in full contemporary sheep flat spine ruled in gilt red morocco spine label gilt pages toned light wear to binding. A very good copy. Printed By Isaac Sturtevant for Remark Dunnell unknown books
194935436New York 1949. 1st printing. Color printed paper wrapper with black title lettering printed to front wrapper. Light wear. Withal a VG copy. 162 pp. Intratextural illustrations. 7-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
1853008612New York: Horace H. Moore. Good. 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Red boards with decorative blind embossing and gilt imprint. Sunning on spine with faded gilt and one small spot from label removal. Light soil with bumped spine ends and corners. Binding tight. Light foxing on edges endpapers and text pages throughout. Text free of markings. Account from a US Navy expedition to South America where Strain spent many months travelling inland. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 295 pp . Horace H. Moore hardcover books
185338564New York: Horace H. Moore 1853. 12mo. xi-295 1 errata pp. <br /><br />A naval officers overland voyage but with accounts of the port of Valparaiso and Buenos Ayres. Intelligent and literate a scarce book. Smith II 3136. Smith American Travellers. S204. Sabin 92669. Bound in original blind stamped cloth with gold cover ornament. Top of backstrip chipped else a very good copy. Inscribed by Smith on front blank. Horace H. Moore hardcover books
185339580New York: Horace H. Moore 1853. First edition. Brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt gilt medallion. A very good copy spine sunned to medium brown minor wear at tips. xi 295 pp. p. 14 misnumbered 4. Sm. 8vo. Inscribed on the free front endpaper by the author. Exploration of Chile and Argentina in journal form. Isaac G. Strain 1821-1857 was a explorer and naval officer who as a midshipman served in the West Indies and off the Brazilian coast. In 1843 he organized an expedition to the interior of Brazil with funding from the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia was later assigned to patrol the waters off the west coast of Mexico during the Mexican War and still seeking further explorations finally received permission to go ashore in Valparaiso where he proceeded across the continent to Buenos Aires recording in this work his observations of the nearly year-long journey. He later served on the Mexican Boundary Commission and led a harrowing exploration of the Isthmus of Darien in search of a canal route. See DAB XVIII p.122. Only one copy seen at auction in over half a century at Sotheby's Alberto Dodero sale in 1961. Provenance: Inscribed by the author to Edward B. Everett most likely the son of Edward Everett president of Harvard. Sabin 92669. Palau 322846. Smith: American Travelers Abroad S204. Naylor 118. Horace H. Moore hardcover books
1900190265New York: New Yorker Volks-Zeitung 1900. Pamphlet. 23p. wraps detached but present chipped on all edges some internal chipping in the margins paper browned. The Volks-Zeitung library vol. 2 no. 3. April 1 1900. New Yorker Volks-Zeitung unknown books
1900116215New York: New Yorker Volks-Zeitung 1900. Pamphlet. 23p. slightly edge worn wraps. The Volks-Zeitung library vol. 2 no. 3. April 1 1900. New Yorker Volks-Zeitung unknown books
1858WRCAM32076Washington D.C.: Congressional Globe Office 1858. 7pp. Self-wrappers. Minor edge wear light fold lines minute foxing. Very good. An address by Washington territorial governor Isaac I. Stevens delivered in Congress on May 25 1858 on the subject of proposed Pacific railroad routes. Stevens not only supported the extension of the rail line but proposed there be at least three west coast termini. At the time Stevens was working fervently to promote Washington's territorial interests publishing his well-known CIRCULAR LETTER TO EMIGRANTS DESIROUS OF LOCATING IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY. the same year. Scarce. OCLC locates only seven copies. SABIN 91525. OCLC 44638780. Congressional Globe Office unknown books
1861011563Washington D. C.: A. O. P. Nicholson. Very Good. 1861. Map. Map No. 2 Riviere Des Lacs to the Rocky Mountains disbound from the map volume XI of the Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean from 1853-1854 surveys. Light browning small fold corner tears. Showing the survey routes from the Missouri River to the Dividing Ridge of the Rocky Mountains. Wagner-Camp 266c. ; 25" x 37 1/2" . A. O. P. Nicholson unknown books
1861011560Washington D. C.: A. O. P. Nicholson. Very Good. 1861. Map. Map No. 3 Rocky Mountains to Puget Sound disbound from the map volume XI of the Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Light browning and very small tears at corner folds. From the surveys of 1853-54 with the routes of the surveys and Washington area shown in great detail with wonderful regional descriptions like "mountains and table lands destitute of timber." Inset of Yak-e-mah River and Snoqualmie Pass. Wagner-Camp 266c. ; 25" x 37" . A. O. P. Nicholson unknown books