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1878059639New Haven Conn.: Charles Hervey Townsend 1878. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Together With Some Account Of Their Landing And Burning The Towns Of Fairfield And Norwalk July. 1779. Engravings Of The "Green" And Town Of New Haven 1779. This Copy Is Bound As A Hardcover. There Are A Half-Dozen Engravings Primarily Of The Town And Surroundings Of New Haven Including A Small Map. 112 Pages Including 2 Pages Of Lists Of Names Of Those Defended The Town On Ships. There Is Also A Tipped In Errata Sheet At Rear Board. The Hinges Are Split And Tender Although They Have Been Strengthen With Primitive Hinges. None The Less A Very Scarce Item In The First Edition With All The Plates. . Charles Hervey Townsend Hardcover
18923953London: George Philip & Son 1892. First edition thus. hardcover. 8vo 7.75"x5.5". 180pp plus ads. Red cloth bound with gilt-stamped upper board and spine deckled edges some uncut. Laid-in fold-out diagrams color map in bound-in folder to lower board. Sun-darkened spine lightly soiled and spotted upper board rubbed upper joint soft corners. Endpapers starting to crack over hinges crease to ffep bookseller's sticker to pdep previous owner's name in ink to title page chip missing to half-title page toned pages. Closed three-inch tear to the fold-out diagram; three small holes to interior creases corners creased and slight ink-ghosting to color map. Protected by bookseller's mylar. George Philip & Son unknown
188733120<p>Green cloth cover with gold lettering shows some wear and is starting to separate at inside front. Gilt around all page edges. Wonderful color illustrations. Clean. With extracts from Longfellow Whittier Bryant Holmes and Others. Pictures on request</p> Nims and Knight hardcover
18752818931875. unbound. very good-. 1 page on embossed personal stationery 7.25 x 4.5 inches August 13 1875 to an unidentified recipient in full: "I enclose a letter to the Christ Commission such as you suggest and hope it may be enclosed." Note: the Christ Commission undertook the rewriting of the Old Testament. Mounting remnants on the back; very good- condition.<br/> <br/> English prelate who served as Bishop of Bath and Welles from 1869 - 1894 and was one of the Committee of Revisers of the authorized version of the Old Testament.<br/> <br/> unknown
1889101977Century Magazine. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1889. Magazine. ; 24 pages . Century Magazine unknown
189641645Privately Printed Colmer Press 1896. 8vo. First Edition thus with portrait frontispiece original tissue guard present illustrations and plans a number full-page in the text and double-page map coloured in outline neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; brown cloth upper board framed and blocked in black and lettered in gilt gilt back primrose endpapers a near fine copy. Abridged version of the original edition of 1880. AN OUTSTANDING COPY. EXTREMELY SCARCE. [Privately Printed, Colmer Press], hardcover
1814170943Exeter: C. Norris & Co 1814. Fifth Edition. Leather. 180p. A small hardcover book with a brown leather spine and paper-covered boards. Fair condition; the edges are heavily rubbed and the boards are dented and crinkled all over. The first several leaves are dampstained. The second blank endpaper is torn at the top. All pages age-tanned. Text unmarked and binding secure. A heavily worn but readable copy. A Protestant catechism in question-and-answer format for Catechetical Societies. Measures approx. 5.9" x 3.5 C. Norris & Co unknown
1817Q1973Greenfield Mass.: Printed by Denio and Phelps 1817. Ninth edition. Original marbled wraps 18mo; xi 2 14-198pp. Very Good with bumping to corners and one-inch loss to heel of spine and along the upper joints. A verbose and enthusiastic catechism. American Imprints 42906. <br/><br/>You are conscious that you posses intelligent and capacious souls. The Scriptures declare them precious and immortal. O yes you have just commenced an existence which must be which inevitably will be commensurate with ETERNITY. x. Printed by Denio and Phelps paperback
1806788P22London: S. & C. McDowall; Williams and Smith 1806. Disbound. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. A very scarce and charming pamphlet for the young apprentice containing helpful advice for him as he begins his time as an apprentice. A very scarce pamphlet for the young apprentice containing four brief essays and letters advising the young man as he begins his education as an apprentice. Including; 'A Word of Counsel to a Child Leaving School' by Philemon.'A Letter to His Brother Going Apprentice' by Reverend James Hervey.'Advice to His Son on His Going Apprentice' by Reverend Joseph Chadwick.'An Anecdote' by Reverend Samuel Fairclough.Illustrated with a vignette title page. Unbound. Internally firmly bound. Pages are a little age-toned and clean with a few odd spots. Small puncture marks to the gutter. Very Good Indeed S. & C. McDowall; Williams and Smith unknown
1858AR25GLTBK17CLowestoft: Samuel Tymms 1858. Hardback gilt title to spine. 130pp. Complete with 12 plates. Signed by the author to top of title page. Binding a little worn. Previous owners' private labels to front pastdown. Crease down front free end-paper. Some foxing to contents. Scarce. ar25. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Good . Samuel Tymms Hardcover
1890s00025666Erie: Dispatch Publishing Company Ltd 1890. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition 1890. Cloth hardcover with bright gilt title on the spine 343 pp. frontispiece portrait with tissue guard clean unmarked text Very Good copy very minor cracking to the front inner hinge soiling and age-toning to the pages and to the page-edges light soiling to the covers light rubbing to the edges of the covers no dust jacket. Rare old book. Dispatch Publishing Company, Ltd hardcover