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1873019416New York: D. Appleton and Company 1873. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Gilt lettering on black ruled-edge covers in hand-made brown paper wrappers - which have kept this volume in very good condition! 12mo 318 pages plus ads. Ex- library copy - This is Volume No. 11 of the West Bath Maine Library Association with their label on the inside of the front cover. The unusual library label says: "N. B. This book must not be lent out of the subscribers family and if injured all damage must be paid to the librarian. No volume can be kept over four weeks ; two weeks additional time will be allowed by having it renewed. A fine of two cents per day will be charged for a book kept over this time. A violation of these rules will result in a loss of membership.". Other than the brown paper wrapper pasted on the inside of the covers and the library bookplate this is a very good copy. <br/> <br/> D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1873LL-b1064-06Boston: American Unitarian Association 1873 Fifth edition. 8vo. Cloth. 171 p. Author not listed on title page -- "By the Author of "The Beginning and Growth of the Christian Life or the Sunday-School Teacher"" Rare in an original edition. Some shelfwear rubbing chipping and spotting to brown boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Very good. American Unitarian Association hardcover
1888100240Imported Card Company New Haven Connecticut 1888. Leaflet. Collectible. 4 pages. Engravings: slate pen gun/knife/pencil combs pocket knife clown in box transfer paper magic fan harmonica stationery hand bag watch handkerchief necklace ladies' work box trick cards naughty frog dancing skeleton kazoo enchanted ball mystic vase. 18 x 12.5" folded sheet. Creased many fold splits archival taped few tears nicks toned fair. Imported Card Company, New Haven, Connecticut unknown
1871747944Boston: Gould and Lincoln 1871. Good. Black embossed and decorated boards w/ gilt lettering on spine are solid: bumped edges; small tear at top and bottom of spine. Binding tight. Text block solid. No writing highlighting or marks in text except for notation inside cover and jotting on p. 528. xiv 590 pp. publishers catalog. Considering its age this book is in outstanding condition. Gould and Lincoln hardcover
1883170121103D. Appleton and Company 1883. Hardcover. Good. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1896547First Edition thus previous edition in 1886 not credited in this volume. Very Good clean tight condition with only a hint of rubbing to spine head/tail/edges. Fine prize-binding by Bickers & Son of Leicester Square with their ink pallet on the verso of the front endpaper in full maroon polished calf the spine divided into six panels with tooled raised bands lettered in the second the others with gilt compartments. The covers with gilt borders and an armorial crest for the Grammar School Loughborough with marbled endpapers and gilt edges. Associated bookplate "The Grammar School Loughborough" to front pastedown unnamed 'First in Form Prize for VI Lower'. <br /><br /><i>Essays accompanied </i><i>"with twelve portraits in permanent photography" including </i><i>Washington Irving Charles Lamb Thomas de Quincey Ralph Waldo Emerson Matthew Arnold John Morley James Russell Lowell Thomas Carlyle Thomas Babington Macaulay James Anthony Froude Edward A. Freeman William Ewart Gladstone.</i> Bickers & Son hardcover
187267482Boston B. B. Russell; San Francisco A. L. Bancroft & Co. 1872. First Edition. Hardback. Scattered marginal foxing. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth over bevelled boards edges very slightly toned with mnor scuffing to the spine bands. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. ; 445 pages; Description: 445 p. Plates 2 ports. incl. Front. 20 cm. Subjects: Taylor Edward Thompson 1793-1871. Boston, B. B. Russell; San Francisco, A. L. Bancroft & Co. hardcover
1896350782New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1896. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxviii 460 pages. Subjects: Books History 400-1450. Books history. Printing history. Book industries and trade History. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
18291501020029Williams Ives Adams & Haven 1829-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. xxxii 3 6-240 i.e. 258 p. ; 13 cm. Hardcover. Contemporary binding. Front gutter weak. Foxing. By Robert Pollock A.M. ; Subjects Williams, Ives, Adams & Haven hardcover
186329531New York: D. Appleton 1863. 12mo pp. 214 2 ads; extra pictorial chromolithographic title-p. 4 wood-engraved plates; some wear else a very good copy in original blindstamped brown cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. A moralizing tale about the allure of California gold on New Englanders. D. Appleton unknown
1872737861872. HAVEN Gilbert and RUSSELL Thomas. Father Taylor the Sailor Preacher. Incidents and Anecdotes of Rev. Edward T. Taylor for over Forty Years Pastor of the Seamen's Bethel Boston. Boston; B.B. Russell 1872 1st ed. 445pp. Portrait frontis. Orig. cloth gilt pictorial spine. Minor rubbing to spine ends faint scattered foxing to endpapers else near fine. Father Taylor is presumed to have been the prototype for Father Marple in Melville's Moby Dick. unknown
1868014302Boston: Gould and Lincoln 1868. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Gilt lettering on brown blind stamp decorated cloth covered boards. 8vo 366pp. plus ads. Lectures at Amherst College. "W. E. Jefferies Drew Theo Seminary Madison New Jersey" written on the first free end paper. Spine ends & cover edges worn. Contents fine. <br/> <br/> Gould and Lincoln hardcover
1871120202-J55Philadelphia: Ziegler and McCurdy 1871. Very good hardcover with no dust jacket 1871. Some surface wear to boards slight wear to hinges. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Ziegler and McCurdy hardcover
186951512170083Lee and Shepard 1869-01-01. Paperback. Good. Good hardcover. ORIGINAL1869 PRINTING. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Spine edge wear. Bumped corners. Hinge cracked but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Lee and Shepard paperback
1875015964New York: Harper & Brothers 1875. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The book is in very good condition without jacket. First Edition. <br/> <br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover
18969018000New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1896. 1st. Hardcover. very good . Two volumes bound in the publisher's original burgundy cloth spines and covers stamped in gilt. Top edges gilt. Some shelfwear to cloth covers and at extremities particularly at the heads and heels. <br/><br/> G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
187970121New York:: J. W. Pratt 1879. The paper is brittle at its edges and there are a few tiny chips and tears. Affidavits of Distinguished Physicians and Experts showing that the Willsea Brook is in fact an open "Sewer" and that Septic and Malarial Poison is necessarily developed by the overflowing of the adjacent meadowland. J. W. Pratt, unknown
1855552355New York: D. Appleton and Company 1855. Hardcover. Good. Home Book series. 12mo. 168pp. illustrated with a pictorial chromolithographic title page and three wood engraved plates. Publisher’s purple decorative cloth stamped in blind on both covers and in gold on the spine. Covers lightly faded at the fore-edge small nick on front cover endpapers slightly soiled back hinge is split else a very good bright copy. Alice Haven was a prolific author of juvenile fiction. A scarce well-preserved copy with an attractive color lithographic title page plate. Not in Wright. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1865100127University of Michigan Ann Arbor 1865. Pamphlet. Used - Very Good. Printed by Order of Congress 1865. 20 pages. 8 x 5.25" stitched. Progress of rebellion 'it becomes us to be magnanimous towards enemies doubly so towards deluded brethren of rebellious states taught they were fighting for liberty and self-government when seeking to overthrow Constitution and Government which afford equal privileges to all' Emancipation Proclamation martial law reconstruction Indian relations frontier national debt Morrill Act power and worth of institutions. VG. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor unknown
186914736New York: Carlton and Lanahan. Very Good. 1869. Hardcover. Clean maroon pebble cloth has gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Text tight clean & Intact. Ornamental headpiece decorations. Spine ends and front corners lightly rubbed. Civil War; Ornamental headpieces; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 656 pages . Carlton and Lanahan hardcover
186496045Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Rail Road Company 1864. Pamphlet. Used - Very Good. 13-31 pages each. Large folding map. 9 x 6" printed wrappers. Lacking 1 lower wrap 1 creased few edge chips soiling tear else VG. Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Rail Road Company unknown
189643185New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1896. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and device. xxvii 459pp 4pp ads. Top edge gilt. Very good. Mild edgewear else tight nice and internally fine. First edition of the first volume only of this notable pair -- with lovely autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is an irregular 5 3/4" X 1" slip bearing the typed salutation "I am with cordial regards / yours faithfully" followed by Putnam's bold signature in black ink. Tipped above this is the 8" X 2½" printed letterhead portion "G.P. Putnam's Sons / Publishers and Booksellers" of Putnam's stationery. Putnam 1844-1930 was the son of publishing house founder George Palmer Putnam G.P. Putnam's Sons and himself a Civil War veteran author and businessman and became head of that firm after his father's death; in addition to this book he authored "Some Memories of the Civil War" 1924 "Memories of My Youth" 1914 and "Memories of a Publisher" 1915. First volume only but nice and bearing interesting author signature. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
189432303New York: Hunt & Eaton 1894. First Edition. 24mo 15.5cm.; original grey cloth lettered in blue; 70pp. Some general soil to cloth more heavily so to rear cover very faint dampstain along bottom edge of textblock else a Near Very Good sound copy. Forms part of the League At Work Series. Collection of games designed for members of the Epsworth League the Methodist young adult association formed in Cleveland in 1889. These include a "Nutting Party" which "will give an evening of rare run and will effectually break up any feeling of constraint or timidity among the young people." OCLC locates four copies of this edition as of December 2016. Hunt & Eaton unknown
1879001013Hartford Connecticut: The Case Lockwood & Brainard Co. 1879. Three years of the New Haven City Yearbook bound together in an attractive Victorian binding limited to 1000 copies. Each year's publication contains a list of the officers of the City and Town Governments Reports of Department Heads Official Communications from the Mayor Public Documents Reports of Committess of the Court of Common Council Diagrams of Aldermen's and Other Chambers Miscellaneous Papers. Dark red cloth with lettering and the city seal in gilt other decorations in black 299 274 512 pages plus the indices for each year bound in at the back. Light edge and corner wear plus what looks like a puppy chew at the bottom of the spine which affects the exterior only - not the pages which are clean and free from chips tears markings etc. Hinges good binding sound. Internally near fine. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co. Hardcover
1857002179General Protrstant Episcopal Sunday School Union 1857. Hardcover. Fair. Book is shelf worn and stained and had a lot of underlinings and note throughout. Very Scarce title.Religious writings. Alice Haven 1828-1863 nee Bradley was an American writer of poetry and short stories who wrote under the pen names of: Alice G. Lee Alice B. Neal Clara Cushman Mrs. Joseph C. Neal Alice B. Haven. <br/> <br/> General Protrstant Episcopal Sunday School Union hardcover