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18311108080004Boston : Hilliard Gray Little and Wilkins 1831. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good. Boston: Hilliard Gray Little and Wilkins 1831. xv 521 p. 22 leaves of plates some folded : ill. ; 25 cm. Olive green buckram boards gilt lettering on spine. Shelf wear to cover some bumping to corners and tail of spine loss to very top of spine. Moderate to heavy foxing throughout does not interfere with reading. Boston : Hilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins hardcover
1841073021Crocker & Brewster 1841. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. In original cloth. Light foxing. A very nice copy. Crocker & Brewster Hardcover
18692008130105Leipzig : Seemann 1869. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volumes set. German. Quarter bound in brown leather over cloth boards. 5 compartments. Gilt to spines. Decorative end papers. Good bindings and covers. Name to FEP. Light spotting to first few pages otherwise clean unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Seemann hardcover
1844042246Llanidloes: J M Jones 1844. Hardcover. Good. 'Landscape' format. Name and rhymes on endpapers English and Welsh. Some pages repaired . Most pages lightly tanned. <br/> <br/> J M Jones hardcover
1888201LB1888. Wiesbaden J. F. Bergmann 1888. 4 Bl. 124 S. mit 3 Tafeln. Neuer Leinenband mit geprägtem Rückentitel. Papier altersbedingt leicht gebräunt Titel gestempelt vereinzelt leicht braunfleckig. Sonst sauber und in sehr guter Erhaltung. unknown
1888elala1848New York: D.Appleton And Company. 1888. 1888. 8vo. pp. xv 1 523 4ads. several wood-engraved text illus. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth with gilt crest on front cover of the Law Society of Upper Canada 2 institutional rubberstamps few gatherings roughly opened spine ends chipped. First Edition. Chapters on coal coal-fields petroleum natural gas iron gold silver timber salt health-resorts wild game produce &c. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New York: D.Appleton And Company., 1888. Hardcover
185056772Auburn NY: Derby and Miller. Very Good. 1850. Hardcover. Original cloth stamped in gilt and blind spine gilt vignette. Small format. Frontis and illustrations. Mild foxing small stain to gutter at title page. Points gently bumped. First published in 1842. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 180 pages . Derby and Miller hardcover
184310168516mo leather spine with gilt title and illustration 2 illustrations including frontispiece 140 pp. Some wear to spine and extremities a bit of foxing one signature partially sprung; otherwise very good. Jacob Abbott 1803-1879 is considered one of the most prolific writers of children's books in the 19th century. He and his brothers produced a well received set of historical biographies which included stories on Xerxes Darius the Great and Alexander the Great. He also produced a few travel and adventure books. The current tile is about life along the Erie Canal in the mid 19th century. The OCLC locates 4 copies of this edition. heritage-history website. OCLC. T. Harrington Carter & Co.,
183296765Boston: James Loring General Sabbath School Depository 132 Washington St. 1832. 1832. Good. - 32 mo 6 inches high by 3-5/8 inches wide. Light greenish-gray boards backed with a black cloth spine titled with rules in gilt on the spine. The covers are rubbed and soiled with wear to the edges. 108 pages illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece of a ship under sail signed "AB" possibly Abel Bowen. The endpapers and front & rear blanks are darkened. Several page corners are creased and there is occasional faint foxing throughout. Good. <p>First edition. In addition to "The Sorrows of Rover" the book includes "Elias Wilson. By Allan Cunningham" - p. 96-105 and "Reproof from a child" - p. 106-108. Boston: James Loring, General Sabbath School Depository, 132 Washington St., 1832. hardcover
1860RS596New York and Boston: Sheldon and Co./Gould and Lincoln 1860. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First three 3 volumes of an 8-volume set uniformly bound in mauve textured cloth spine panels lettered in gilt. All 3 volumes show relatively uniform wear with rubbing and shallow loss to spine extremities several corners mildly rubbed. Spine panels somewhat tanned as are text block edges. Firm bindings clean interiors. Former owner's address inscription inked on blank frontis. recto in each volume otherwise unmarked. xiv15-288 xii13-288 xiv15-286 pp. Sheldon and Co./Gould and Lincoln Hardcover
184525111845. 1845 Abbott Jacob JONAS'S STORIES; RELATED TO ROLLO AND LUCY Boston: William d Ticknor & Co 1845 c1839 180pp 12pp publisher's catalog black and white illustrations 12mo Brown cloth blind-stamped design on covers gilt-stamped spine Tiny booksellers' sticker upper edge of front pastedown page Lockwoods 411 Broadway New York minor interior soiling on pages minor rubbing upper and lower edges of spine; near fine attractive hardcover. unknown
1832307287Boston: Published by Peirce and Parker No. 9 Cornhill 1832. Hardcover. 323 1p. quarter cloth over blue paper-covered boards. 7.75 x 5 in. Covers damp stained and slightly edgeworn at the corners; spotting to the interior. In the original publisher’s boards and printed paper spine label. Early bookseller’s label on front pastedown: “Sold by Whipple & Lawrence Salem Mass.†Later bookseller’s label on recto of front flyleaf: “This Old House Book Shop 5399 West Holt Blvd. Montclair California.â€. On the proper conduct of Christian life aimed at younger and adolescent audiences. Abbott was the principal of the Mt. Vernon Female School in Boston. Published by Peirce and Parker, No. 9 Cornhill hardcover
1835404131Boston: William Peirce 1835. Hardcover. Very Good. Early second American edition; stated stereotyped edition. Small octavo. 395pp. Engraved frontispiece and decorative title. Publisher's brown figured cloth titled in gilt. One signature a bit sprung scattered foxing but a handsome tight copy in attractive early American book cloth. William Peirce hardcover
18941388816New York: D. Appleton and Company 1894. Hardcover. Octavo vi 476 pages. In Fair minus condition. Spine is blue with faded gold print. Boards in blue cloth with silver decorative design and gold print. Tattering to spine caps edges and corners toning to spine smudging/shelf wear cocked spine. Text block has cracked hinges shaken spine intermittent spine breaks brittle paper. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates. <br /> <br /> NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P. 1388816. FP New Rockville Stock. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1820293015Kjobenhavn 1820. Hardcover. Good. Later printing. Good in three quarter leather with marbled paper covered boards and marbled endpapers leather is worn front outer hinge torn about half way from the top corners bumped leather worn through ink notation on front endpaper. 440 pp. hardcover
189638294Breslau: S. Schottlaender 1896. First edition. Softcover. poor to good. Large Octavo. 98 1pp. Original light green wrappers with black lettering on cover. Fragments of the Aramaic translation of the Torah its origins and character as well as its relation to the other Aramaic translations of the Torah. Text in German and Hebrew. Front cover separated but present. Cover with heavy wear along edges brief pencil and ink notes and sunned. Some sunning and a stain along gutter of title page. Block somewhat age-toned and uncut. Wrappers in overall poor interior in good condition. S. Schottlaender unknown
1812ABE-17454178926211812. 1st Edition. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. pp 39-62; Till ett rättfärdigande af de theoretiskt-chemiska äsigter pä hvilka den systematiska uppställningen i mitt Försök till en förbättring af den chemiska nomenclaturen grunder sig pp 175-215 Extracts from Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar Proceedings Swedish Academy of Sciences Vol. XXXIV 1813. These are the final two papers of the five-paper series introducing Berzelius nomenclature system in his native Swedish See J.E. Jorpes Jac. Berzelius- His Life and Work Almqvist & Wiksell Stockholm 1966 pp 51-53 largely uncut untrimmed occasional very light browning. Generally VG. unknown
1824019625Boston: Cummings Hilliard & Co. 1824. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Book is half leather and missing 1" off the head of the spine with front board loose thus good modest occasional interior foxing. Priced to permit rebinding. . Cummings, Hilliard & Co. Hardcover
1859199774New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1859. Hardcover. Good Wear to extremities; Some dampstaining to first few pages; toning and foxing to textblock edges; signature on ffep; interior is lightly toned as expected with a book of this age with occasional smudging and some foxing; rear ffep has a large chip missing; folded plate is lightly foxed and edgeworn with some closed tearing at the folds and foxing and toning. Brown cloth over boards; 384 pp.; 1 bw foldout; 93 bw figures. Includes a foldout featuring figures of great buildings and sites around the world including St. Paul's in London the Pantheon and Coliseum in Rome and much more; Provides a historical outline of the arts and the materials used; Discusses painting writing printing architecture engraving sculpture and much more. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
1840232624Boston: Marsh Capen Lyon and Webb 1840. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Volume one only of two. Octavo. 384pp. Plates and in-text illustrations folding plate at rear. Publisher's brown cloth gilt. Ownership name of Susan Almira Neefus of the Rutgers Female Institute in New York dated in 1845 repeated several times and with pencil notations on some pages some wear at the crown bottom corners bumped cloth stained some creasing and wear at the folding plate near very good. Neefus appears in the 1845 catalogue of the school. She was later married to Samuel R. Platt a prominent New York businessman. Marsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb hardcover
1840123908Boston Massachusetts: Marsh Capen Lyon and Webb 1840. Hardcover. Good Wear to extremities; Some dampstaining to first few pages. Brown cloth over boards; 384 pp.; 1 bw foldout; 93 bw figures. Title page indicates this is Volume I of two volumes but there's no evidence a Volume II was actually printed; Includes a foldout featuring figures of great buildings and sites around the world including St. Paul's in London the Pantheon and Coliseum in Rome and much more; Provides a historical outline of the arts and the materials used; Discusses painting writing printing architecture engraving sculpture and much more. Marsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb hardcover
188443288Elkhart: Mennonite Publishing Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1884. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Brown embossed cloth boards lightly rubbed small lose lower spine gilt lettering. Internally toned no markings. Compact volume measures 4 x 5-1/2". Descendants of John Brubacher and his wife Anna early residents of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Some allied surnames include Bomberger Eby Graybill Hershey Hoffman Nissley many more. A scarce first edition genealogy.; MCN35648; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 243 pp . Mennonite Publishing Co. hardcover
1807046293London: J. Walker et al. 1807. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Rebound in full pebbled cloth added marbled endpapers. Light foxing generally very clean itnernally with 7 plates a few w/ light browning and offsetting. 498pp Size: Octavo 8vo. One volume of the 6-volume set. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Myths Legends & Folklore; Inventory No: 046293. J. Walker et al. hardcover
180738342London: J. Walker 1807. Third edition. Hardcover. poor to good. Octavo. 473pp. 3 folding maps. Original calf with gilt ruling on covers gilt lettering on labels of spine. An attempt to divest tradition of fable and to reduce the truth to its original purity. Volume IV covering "Antient Mythology" "The Titanian War" "Scythae Scythia Scythismus and Hellenismus" "Of the Golden Age or Age of the Cuthim" and "Egypt and its First Inhabitants." Folding maps of some of the first inhabited provinces e.g. Arphaxad the larger Middle East and a third with Gaza and the territories East to Pharos. Text in English with some Greek and little Hebrew. Binding with wear along edges scuffed with some abrasions. Leather split at joints of spine with front cover detached though present. Some foxing on endpapers and folding maps with creasing. Binding in overall poor interior in good condition.0. J. Walker hardcover
1884003449Leipzig: E. A. Seemann 1884. Fifth Edition/4th Edition. 2 vol. 200pp. / 812 pp. Hardcovers. Publisher's brown cloth over boards gilt and black lettering and decoration to spines and front covers. Books Condition: Vol. 1: minor wear to extremities else fine Vol. 2: torn at the crown of the spine rear joint cracked Very Good. 1. Bd. Antike Kunst.--2. Bd. Die Kunst des Mittelalters und der Renaissance. <br/><br/> E. A. Seemann hardcover
