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18962110502150407136Norifumi-kan 1896. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Norifumi-kan paperback
18591980367Chicago: Book and Job Printing Office of Scott & Co 1859. Paperback. Used-Very Good. Octavo. 88 pp. Some wear toning smudging and chipping to wraps with heavy chipping & tearing to spine. Penciled notation to rear wrap. Mild toning to pages that are otherwise quite sound. Chicago: Book and Job Printing Office of Scott & Co paperback
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
183823863New Haven: B. Babcock 1838. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green illustrated wrappers. Very good. 24 pages. 14.5 x 9 cm. Illustrated with woodcuts. OCLC lists only a later larger edition of 64 pages published 1844. Correspondence noted herein dated at turn of the 19th century. Inscription on title page back cover illustration. Interior contents clean front cover with small nick at fore-edge head and darkening head and foot. B. Babcock 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
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
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
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
1896218688DNew York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1896. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 486 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Previous owner's bookplate on the fpdep. Lightly darkened on the ffep. Gilt on the top edges. Bound in brown cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Worn around the edges and spine. 2nd edition. VG <br/> <br/> G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
189114739New York: G P Putnam's Sons. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1891. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light tone otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Subtitle continues: "Together with a report of the legislation now pending in Great Britain a sketch of the contest in the United States 1837-1891 in behalf of international copyright and certain papers on the development of the conception of literary property and the probable effects of the new American law." Published the same year as the passage of the US International Copyright Act of 1891 which first extended limited copyright protection to foreign copyright holders from select nations. "Chiefly reprints of papers originally published during the "copyright campaign" in the U.S." - WorldCat. "George Haven Putnam 1844-1930 was a publisher and author best known for his commitment to the establishment of national copyright legislation in the U.S. and to American adherence to the international copyright Convention of Berne. After serving in the U.S. Civil War he entered his father's publishing house G.P. Putnam's Sons. He assumed the presidency of the firm in 1872 and became an authority on the legal implications of copyright. In 1886 he formed the American Publishers' Copyright League and the English Speaking Union in the U.S." - NYPL George Haven Putnam papers. An interesting compilation of copyright law history by an influential American publisher and advocate of international copyright protections. ; Questions of the Day; Vol. 67; xii 142 2 ad pages . G P Putnam's Sons hardcover