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18591405300056Wellsburg Va. Jacob & Smith 1859-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. viii 9-280 p. front. port. ill. 3 pl. 19 cm. Bound in publisher's dark brown cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Good binding and cover.Fading to gilt on spine. Chipping and loss to head and tail of spine. Fraying to middle of spine of front cover. Wear to extremities. Contemporary owner's name on FEP of Luther Haymond 1880. Clean unmarked pages with minimal tanning. New endpages added though original endpages are present. Pg 107 is loose. Graff 2183; Howes J31; Streeter 3067; Wagner-Camp 6:10; Usiana J31. <br><br>The first biography of any member of the Lewis and Clark expedition containing an abridgement of his journal kept while crossing the continent. Patrick Gass is perhaps the fourth most famous member of the expedition after Lewis Clark and Sacajawea; his Journal published in 1807 was the first detailed account of the Lewis and Clark expedition to appear in print and his long life he died in 1870 at age 99 added further to his fame. citing PBA Galleries June 30 2005 Wellsburg, Va., Jacob & Smith hardcover
185950742Wellsburg: Jacob & Smith Publishers and Printers 1859. 1859. First edition. First Edition. Beautifully rebound in Full Red Leather. iv-viii 280pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Soldier and Explorer Patrick Gass played a significant role in many events in America's early history. "A Soldier in the War with Great Britain From 1812 to 1815 and a Participant in the Battle of Lundy's Lane. Together With Gass' Journal of the Expedition Condensed; and Sketches of Some Events Occurring During the Last Century in the Upper Ohio Country Biographies Reminiscences Etc." Gass is best known for being the first member of the Lewis & Clark Expedition to publish his journal; nine years before the official journal was published. Wagner-Camp 6:10: "Gass became one of the best-known members of the expedition for several reasons: his key role as sergeant brought his name up frequently in the journals of Lewis and Clark his account was the first to be published he was the first to have a biography written about him and finally he outlived the other members of the Corps of Discovery by decades dying at the age of ninety-nine in 1870." Some occasional light foxing light soiling and minor damp staining to text block. A handsome copy with raised bands on spine with LIFE OF GASS in gilt and attractive blind-stamping. Protected in a clamshell box with decorative internal endpapers and title in gilt on leather label on spine. Jacob & Smith, Publishers and Printers, 1859. hardcover
1859017587Wellsburg VA: Jacob & Smith 1859. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 280 pages of text. Original brown stamped cloth binding with moderate rubbing to the extremities and fraying along the hinges with some edges re-attached and with original backstrip remaining intact; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Illustrated with a frontisportait of Gass and three plates pg.59 pg.108 pg.248 as well as other vignettes; complete. Minor spotting to the closed page edges scattered light soiling to numerous page edges and a few pages with small spots of staining and a few that have the corners creased. Overall an attractive unrestored example of this memoir of the last survivor of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Title continues ".Together with Gass' Journal of the Expedition Condensed; and Sketches of Some Events Occurring During the Last Century in the Upper Ohio Country Biographies Reminiscences etc." Previous owner's ink name mostly erased from original colored front endpapers. Retains both front and rear sets of the original colored endpapers as well as two additional white endpapers at the front and three additional white endpapers at the rear. Howes J-31aa. Wagner Camp 6:10. Streeter 3067. Graff 2183. Sergeant Gass lived to age 99 outliving all other members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Jacob & Smith Hardcover
184010555New York: Alexander V. Blake 1840. Full Leather. Poor binding. 12mo. 360 pp. In original sheep with morocco title label. Heavily worn with boards detached and portion of the spine perished; a serviceable copy with minor foxing/age toning throughout. American Imprints 40-4726. Alexander V. Blake unknown
18401365494New York: Alexander V. Blake 1840. Hardcover. 12mo 360 pages; G; Fully bound in leather with red label and gilt lettering/ruling to spine; Boards have light shelfwear overall light wear to hinges and light rubbing/chipping to spine; Textblock shows light age toning to edges very light interiorly and occasional light foxing. RWO. 1365494. Special Collections. Alexander V. Blake hardcover
1897140102Leeds : Central Co-Operative Offices 1897. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked buckram cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 260 pages; Physical desc. : xii 260 p. 22 leaves of plates 1 folded leaf of maps : ill. ports. ; 19 cm. Subject: Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society Leeds Eng. Cooperative societies - England - West Yorkshire - Leeds. Series: Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society. Illustrations include a folding map showing the position of L. I. C. S. Stores in 1897 and 22 plates counted in the pagination. Leeds : Central Co-Operative Offices hardcover
1897144592Leeds : Central Co-Operative Offices 1897. First Edition. Hardback. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked decorative cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 260 pages; Physical desc. : xii 260 p. 22 leaves of plates 1 folded leaf of maps : ill. ports. ; 19 cm. Subject: Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society Leeds England. Cooperative societies -- England -- West Yorkshire -- Leeds. Leeds : Central Co-Operative Offices hardcover
1897K305471Manchester: Co-operative Printing Society Limited 1897. 1st edition. Very Good. small octavo. orig. dec. cloth 260pp. b/w pls. & ills. From 1847 to 1897 traced year by year. Nice tight clean copy Co-operative Printing Society Limited hardcover
1898022988<p>N.Y.: Francis P. Harper 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 183 pages ads edges un-trimmed fold-out copy of original manuscript blue cloth with gilt lettering Limited edition #357 of 950 copies minor cover wear owner name light foxing to end-papers. Fowler was a surveyor from N.Y. believed to be one of the first American travelers over this route. Contains a day to day account of the journey. Detail of a bear attack man killed and an auction was held for his equipment. Nathaniel Pryor ex-sergeant of the Lewis and Clark expedition was along. Very good reading!! Howes F298 Rader 1458 Rittenhouse 224 " Fowler was second in command under Hugh Glenn. They left Ft. Smith in Sep. 1821 went up along the Arkansas River following the route that later became the Santa Fe Trail in that region to present Pueblo Colorado. They went to Taos and returned in 1822."t Pueblo Colorado. They went to Taos and returned in 1822.".</p> Francis P. Harper hardcover
1898043294New York: Francis P. Harper 1898. 183 pages. No. 524 of a limited edition of 950 copies. Slight and faint smudges on covers. Light rubbing on edges. Tissue guard between folding frontispiece and title page is wrinkled. Volume is otherwise tight and very clean. . First Edition. Cloth - Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Francis P. Harper
189825278New York: Francis P. Harper 1898. 1St Edition. Hardcover. Used-Like New. Cloth xxiv 183 pp. Folding frontispiece. Some pages in the introduction cut a bit sloppily. #337 of 950. Other than some very minor edge-wear very bright and near fine. New York: Francis P. Harper hardcover
182058388London: Printed for Thomas Kelly N.d. c. 1820. 8vo. 464 pp. Contemporary full calf. Rebacked with original spine laid down and later black leather title label. Marbled endpapers. Wear to corners and extremities. Inner hinges reinforced. Extra engraved title-page. Frontis and eleven engraved plates. Internally clean. Binding firm but splitting to the hinges of the frontos and engraved title where they join the book. . Good. Full Calf. 1820. Printed for Thomas Kelly N.d. [c. 1820] unknown
1811964Q21London: J. Stratford 1811 . Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. An early nineteenth-century edition of W. A. Henderson's best-selling cookery book revised and updated by Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie. The seventeenth edition of this work which was first published in 1791.Bound in modern cloth. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and eleven further plates two of which are folding.Collated complete.This popular Georgian cookery work aimed to provide practical culinary instruction to middle-class households and includes an extensive range of recipes for soups meats fish pies puddings and sauces along with guidance on pickling preserving and distilling. The work of William Augustus Henderson updated and revised by Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie.Rebound with front endpaper retained.With an sixteen page publisher's catalogue to the rear.The recipes reflect contemporary tastes and the increasing influence of global trade on British cuisine.Ink notation to title page "Alice Parkinson Mitton to be given to Priscilla Thoneber at my death". Bound in modern cloth. Externally very smart with light rubbing to joints and extremities and the odd mark. Front endpaper retained and rear renewed. Internally firmly bound. Minor age toning and the odd light spot or handling mark to pages. Ink notation to title page. Very Good J. Stratford hardcover
1804965P36London: J. Stratford 1804. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. An illustrated cookery and housekeeping work for the Georgian household by William Augustus Henderson and Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie. The twelfth edition of this work which was first published in 1791.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece ten plates and nine plates. Collated all plates are present.This popular Georgian cookery work aimed to provide practical culinary instruction to middle-class households and includes an extensive range of recipes for soups meats fish pies puddings and sauces along with guidance on pickling preserving and distilling. The recipes reflect contemporary tastes and the increasing influence of global trade on British cuisine.The work of William Augustus Henderson updated and revised by Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie.Bound without the adverts.Bookplate of Martin & Pamela Finch to the recto of the front endpaper. The Finch couple founded Matthew Finch Design Consultants Limited a graphics group which specialised in in design for print and publishing. They opened an antiquarian bookshop Wadard Books in 2001. In a half crushed morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally smart. Endpapers are renewed. Bookplate to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are age-toned and spotted. The second folding plate is torn one third of the plate is detached but present. Very Good J. Stratford hardcover
182017221London: Thomas Kelly 1820. 17th Ed. hardcover. Poor. 8vo no date badly worn leather boards with sewn on leather spine in old worn brown paper wrapper pages stained and worn some pages loose endpapers and frontispiece missing Seventeenth Edition with the Complete Art of Carving illustrated with engravings index 464 pages Thomas Kelly hardcover
