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18830254181883. Hardcover. Near Fine. Bound in green cloth gilt titles and ruled decorations. A very nice and attractive example of this Sweetser tome quite scarce Difficult to locate in this top-notch condition. 160 pages of text descriptions of areas and surrounding country attractions hotels train stations etc. A nice/informative list in the rear Stage or by train hotels and boarding houses from Portland to Halifax. Name of house Proprietor Rates Day/Week etc. The Heliotypes are contrasty and beautiful on semi-glossy photo paper. Interior unmarked by human hand An excellent addition to any 'Down East' book collection. <br/> <br/> hardcover
188388821Portland Me. Chisholm Brothers 1883. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original elaborately gilt-blocked cloth. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Scans etc. On request. ; 160 pages; Subjects: Maine --Pictorial works -- description and travel. Portland [Me. ] Chisholm Brothers hardcover
1879024518Portland ME: Chisholm Brothers 1879 1879. Hardcover. Near Fine. Photos. Views in the White Mountains. 1st Edition - Folio 1879 - 1 Star Edition Sweetser Francis Moses Illustrated by Photos Rust Cloth Gilt Titles. Good to VG/NA. 1st. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. SCARCE: 58 pages printed on One side only A First Edition dated 1879 on the title page. Large Folio Edition with 10 Photo Illustrations. The Photo Plates measure nearly 14"x11". Spine and covers are tight with minor signs of wear contents are NF to Fine. This is the coveted 1 Star Edition with the following; The White Mountains - An Introductory Sketch. 10 PHOTOS; The White Mountain Notch from Elephant's Head The Frankenstein Trestle The Old Willey House The Willey-Brook Bridge The Crawford House from Elephant's Head The Fabyan House Lizzie Bourne's Monument Jacob's Ladder on the Mount-Washington Railway The Summit House Mount Washington The Franconia Notch Echo Lake and the Profile House. Uncommon in this lovely near-fine condition. <br/> <br/> Portland, ME: Chisholm Brothers, 1879 hardcover
1879024517Portland ME: Chisholm Brothers 1879 1879. Hardcover. VG. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VIEWS in THE WHITE MOUNTAINS 1st Folio Format 1879. PREFACE CONTENTS; Mount Kearsarge Mount Washington from Intervale The Frankenstein Trestle The Old Willey House The Willey-Brook Bridge The Great Railway Cut The White-Mountain Notch from Elephant's Head The Crawford House from Elephant's Head The Fabyan House Jacob's Ladder on the Mount-Washington Railway Lizzie Bourne's Monument The Summit House Mount Washington The Presidential Range from the Glen House The Glen-Ellis Falls The Crystal Cascade. The Glen House View from Bethlehem Echo Lake Franconia Notch The Franconia Notch Echo Lake and the Profile House The Profile or Old Man of the Mountains The Flume. SCARCE: 50 pages with 22 Photo Illustrations each followed by a lengthy description by Francis Moses Sweetser . This is the coveted Deluxe Folio size Largest of 4 Editions 24mo. 16 mo. 8vo. & Folio published in this scarce series with 10-22 Photo Illustrations in each. Also included are the 1 2 & 3 star Editions/Variants these all have 11 views each. Each of these Star Edition corresponded to a different area of the White Mountains with different views but also having a few in common List is available to concerned buyer. Dark Green Cloth Gilt Titles with black decorations and rules. Very Good overall Spine and covers are mildly worn. NOTE: 3 books are bound in dark green cloth while the 3-Star edition is in light green cloth. Many photos available please ask. <br/> <br/> Portland, ME: Chisholm Brothers, 1879 hardcover
1879005469Portland ME: Chisholm Brothers 1879 1879. Hardcover. Good. Views In The White Mountains. 1St Edition - Folio 1879 - 2 Star Edition Sweetser Francis Moses Illustrated By Photos. Green Cloth Gilt Titles. Good To Vg. 1St. Folio - Over 12" - 15" Tall. Scarce: 28 Pages Printed On One Side Only A True First Edition Dated 1879 On The Title Page. Large Folio Edition With 10 Photo Illustrations. The Photo Plates Measure Nearly 14"X11". Spine And Covers Are Worn And Loose. Contents Are Nf To Fine With 10 Photo Plates And Descriptive Page Following. This Is The Coveted 2 Star Edition With The Following: The White Mountains - An Introductory Sketch. The Franconia Notch Echo Lake And The Profile House The Flume Echo Lake Franconia Notch The Profile Or Old Man Of The Mountains. The Profile House. View In Bethlehem. The Glen House. The Maplewood Hotel. Lizzie Bourne's Monument. Jacob's Ladder On The Mount-Washington Railway. Very Uncommon Thus. <br/> <br/> Portland, ME: Chisholm Brothers, 1879 hardcover
1881RTHALAP03JKNImprenta De E. D. Orozco Y. Compania 1881. Very Good. Thatcher Moises Moses. La Poligamia Mormona y la Monogamia Cristiana Comparadas. Mexico: Imprenta De E. D. Orozco Y. Compania 1881. 40pp. 8vo. Orange wrappers. Book condition: Very good with slight bumping and rubbing to edges and chipping to lower spine. Scarce Spanish language publication defending polygamy. Imprenta De E. D. Orozco Y. Compania unknown books
188147067Mexico: Imprenta De E. D. Orozco Y. Compania 1881. As new. 40pp. Octavo 22 cm Original orange wrappers with the title printed on the front panel. The rear panel is a list of LDS tracts in Spanish that are available. In exceptional condition. Near fine. Title translates to 'Mormon Polygamy and Christian Monogamy Compared.' Early LDS Spanish tract that is Thatcher's defense of the Mormon practice of plural marriage. This is one of the few printed works by Moses Thatcher who was the first mission president in Mexico. We can locate five institutional copies. Rare. Flake/Draper 8886. Imprenta De E. D. Orozco Y. Compania unknown
1850013028London: Richard Bentley 1850. Hardcover. Fair. Ex-library. Publisher's original binding in crimson cloth with gilt lettering on spine and blind stamped boards. Heads of spines are chipped. Library label and bookplate on front pastedown of Vol. I. Each volume has pinhole library stamps on their title page plus one additional leaf. No pockets. Four engraved plates with tissue guards including the frontispieces. Fourteen in-text woodcut illustrations. Several examples of Jewish music. 8vo. pp. xv 1 438; xvi 1437. 8.75 x 5.3 inches. Placed in a removable clear archival sleeve with a small loose slip of acid-free color-matched paper to mask the call number. A Pilgrimage to the Land of My Fathers is a record of travels and observations in a series of letters written between 1847 and 1849. Volume I covers London France Italy Malta Carthage and Tunis. Volume II: North African ports Constantinople Rhodes Lebanon Syria Jerusalem and the Holy Land. Margoliouth describes the character and relations of the Jewish communities in many of these places in Europe and the Levant including the Karaite Jews and Jewish converts to Christianity notes British and Christian missions documents contemporary and historical events meets with common and prominent individuals provides many reports on the varied relations between Jews Christians and Muslims and discusses issues of Biblical cultural and historical relevance. A wealth of detail. Moses Margoliouth 1820-1881 was a Polish-born British scholar a Jewish convert to Christianity and an Anglican minister. He studied at Trinity College Dublin and at the Hebrew College London. He was the author of The History of the Jews in Great Britain 1851. From the collection of John Wilson c. 1826-1900 pioneer merchant and book collector of Portland Oregon. The eight-thousand volume collection considered one of the finest on the west coast was bequeathed to the Portland public library in 1900. Richard Bentley hardcover
1816376467Philadelphia: Moses Thomas Et Al. Fair. 1816. Hardcover. Front cover detached; stain upper inner corner of first few leaves. Pp 139-140 has corner tear with loss of some text; pp. 107-8 torn but complete. There are no plates present. ; Includes work by Byron Walter Scott and others. . Moses Thomas, Et Al hardcover
1838664731838. Dedham Mass.: 1838. Dedham Mass.: 1838. 1838 Libel Case in Dedham Massachusetts Due to an Accusation of Adultery Trial. Pond Preston 1792-1868 Defendant. Report of the Case of Rev. Moses Thatcher Vs. Gen Preston Pond For Slander In Charging Him with Committing the Crime of Adultery. Reported for the Dedham Patriot. Dedham MA: Dedham Patriot and Boston Times 1838. 31 pp. Quarto 7-3/4" x 4-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in contemporary thick patterned-paper wrappers hand-lettered title panel to front cover. Some rubbing to extremities with a bit of wear to spine ends and corners a few minor tears to wrappers. Light browning to text occasional light foxing dampstains to a few leaves two leaves have clean tears light soiling to title page. Early annotations and signatures to title page interior otherwise clean. $650. Only edition. "Moses Thacher sometimes spelled Thatcher charged Pond with slander. Pond pleaded not guilty and alleged truth as a defense. The jury found for the plaintiff and awarded $5.00 in damages and $1.25 in costs" Cohen. After the trial Thacher left New England and served as pastor in Wysox Pennsylvania and in Courtland and Cayuga Counties in New York. The trials attracted a fair amount of attention; according to Cohen it was discussed in three pamphlets. All are scarce. OCLC locates 7 copies of the Report in North American law libraries Columbia Harvard Library of Congress Social Law University of Minnesota University of Missouri William and Mary. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 12063. unknown
1838664731838. Dedham Mass.: 1838. Dedham Mass.: 1838. 1838 Libel Case in Dedham Massachusetts Due to an Accusation of Adultery Trial. Pond Preston 1792-1868 Defendant. Report of the Case of Rev. Moses Thatcher Vs. Gen Preston Pond For Slander In Charging Him with Committing the Crime of Adultery. Reported for the Dedham Patriot. Dedham MA: Dedham Patriot and Boston Times 1838. 31 pp. Quarto 7-3/4" x 4-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in contemporary thick patterned-paper wrappers hand-lettered title panel to front cover. Some rubbing to extremities with a bit of wear to spine ends and corners a few minor tears to wrappers. Light browning to text occasional light foxing dampstains to a few leaves two leaves have clean tears light soiling to title page. Early annotations and signatures to title page interior otherwise clean. $650. Only edition. "Moses Thacher sometimes spelled Thatcher charged Pond with slander. Pond pleaded not guilty and alleged truth as a defense. The jury found for the plaintiff and awarded $5.00 in damages and $1.25 in costs" Cohen. After the trial Thacher left New England and served as pastor in Wysox Pennsylvania and in Courtland and Cayuga Counties in New York. The trials attracted a fair amount of attention; according to Cohen it was discussed in three pamphlets. All are scarce. OCLC locates 7 copies of the Report in North American law libraries Columbia Harvard Library of Congress Social Law University of Minnesota University of Missouri William and Mary. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 12063. unknown books
1851168258London : Privately printed 1851. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Gilt cross-bands with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 295 pages; Physical desc.: 295 p. ; 23 cm. Subject: Jesus Christ - Criticism interpretation etc. Jewish. Christianity - Controversial literature. Judaism - Apologetic works. Referenced by: Vinograd v.2 p. 374; London 503. London : Privately printed hardcover
1897820461897 New York, London, Putmans, 1897, in 8° relié pleine percaline rouge de l'éditeur, XV-291 pages.
187836605New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1878. 2 vols. 8vo; original brick cloth stamped in gilt and black light shelf wear otherwise very good. Bookplate on each pastedown. Vol. 1: 1607-1676; Vol. 2: 1677-1765. <br/><br/> G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1897211602New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1897. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Volume one only. 521pp. Gilt-stamped red cloth top edge gilt. Some pages unopened modest edgewear near fine. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
186919662Boston: Fields Osgood 1869 First edition. A little toned; some light wear; a nearly fine copy. 8vo original gilt-stamped green cloth gilt lettering 215 1 pages. A lightly-veiled satire on the contemporary controversies around physical culture a supposed debate over the construction of a gymnasium in a New England town from an advocate for physical education published while Tyler was a professor at the University of Michigan. Small neat early ownership signature at the head of the front blank. Wright II 2570. Fields, Osgood, unknown books
1880103266h6NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1880. Hardcover. Cloth. Decorative endpapers. Two volumes. Ownership name on first blank leaf.; Large 8vo. . G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
189765218G. P. Putnam's Sons. VG. 1897. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good condition without dust jacket. 6.14 X 1.38 X 9.21 inches. Previous owner name and gift inscription from 1897 on front free endpaper of volume 1 . Quick shipping excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
18805_3_2025_dgd_0<p>Two volume set. No dust jackets. Owner name in ink on p3. Corners and spines bumped both spines have 1/2" abrasions at top. Pages clean binding sound.</p> G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1880180811001Putnam 1880-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. 2 Volume Hardcover Set Revised Edition 1880 G. P. Putnam's Son Vol 1 has 292 pages and Vol 2 has 330 pages plus 2 pages of ads. Minor shelf/edge wear and dust soiling to brown pebble-grain cloth beveled boards with black and gilt titles and accents - corners sharp. Binding solid. Decorative endpapers previous owner bookplates on the inside of both front covers. Tyler was thoroughly convinced of the cultural value and importance of the literature and not only the Puritan literature written in the colonies. Tyler's work is the foundation for everything else written on colonial literature since. Tyler is not only well read but he reads well and so does this book. His insights into the styles of the various authors is remarkable. Handsome set in an simple but elegant binding. LOC SSS-21 Putnam hardcover
1897042603New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1897. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete in two 2 volumes uniformly bound in burgundy ribbed cloth lettered and with front cover device in gilt. 2nd edition revised; first issued 1879. Ex-library copies with paper labels mounted on lower spine panels inked call number at top front cover corner otherwise unmarked externally minimally marked internally. Mild shelf wear. Hinges repaired but firm. xvi2922 xi3302 pp. Wear commensurate with age but more than acceptable as a reference set. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover
187836605New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1878. 2 vols. 8vo; original brick cloth stamped in gilt and black light shelf wear otherwise very good. Bookplate on each pastedown. Vol. 1: 1607-1676; Vol. 2: 1677-1765. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown
1887002833Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1887. Incredibly rare First Edition 12mo size hardcover; 398 toned pages. This book has been professionally rebound probably in the 1930s in blue cloth or buckram with yellow titles and gray endpapers. Ex-library with typical treatments to accession and deaccession. Sunned bumped and worn spine has blue cloth Dewey label. Corners are lightly bumped and lightly worn. The pages are fragile and brittle. The top corners of pages 55-62 and 245 are chipped with some loss of text. Pages 67 89 91 95-100 205 and 287-290 are chipped at top corner pages 235 and 332 are chipped on page edge; the top corner of pages 114 and 175 are detached and laid in and the corner of page 175 has a small stain. Pages 15 81 103-106 115 129-143 153/158 177 181 189-191 201 and 331 have tears of varying sizes. Seven pages are mended with tape which has darkened and in some cases stained the abutting page. One of the signatures groups of bound pages for pages 245-284 has a broken top stitch. We also noted several tiny check or ticks marks in the text. There is some soil to outside pages which are tanned. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning. . First. Cloth. Reading Copy/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover
1869605376Boston: Fields Osgood & Co 1869. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. Beveled green cloth decorated in gilt. Early pencil name on front fly else near fine. Wright II 2570. Fields, Osgood, & Co hardcover
1819047124New York: D. Fanshaw 1819. Second edition title page dated 1819. Full marbled calf with red spine label spine ruled in gilt 180 pages. Good conditioni with modest wear to corners and spine ends surface split to rear joint cover well attached good hinges sound text block clean pages with consistent light to moderate foxing a name written on the front free endpaper and a different name on the rear free endpaper. . Hard Cover. Good. 24mo - 5" - 5¾" Tall. D. Fanshaw Hardcover