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18607152London: Longman Rees Orme Brown & Co. c. 1860. Lithograph 32.5 x 39.5 cms original hand-colour blank verso; prepared for William Colling Hobsons Fox-Hunting Atlas overprinted with the names of the hunts and the places of the meeting of foxhounds. Map Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co. unknown
18607153London: Longman Rees Orme Brown & Co. c. 1860. Lithograph 32.5 x 39 cms original hand-colour blank verso; prepared for William Colling Hobsons Fox-Hunting Atlas overprinted with the names of the hunts and the places of the meeting of foxhounds. Map Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co. unknown
18606820London: Longman Rees Orme Brown & Co. c. 1860. Lithograph 32.5 x 40 cms original hand-colour blank verso; prepared for William Colling Hobsons Fox-Hunting Atlas overprinted with the names of the hunts and the places of the meeting of foxhounds. Map Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co. unknown
185025997Purewa: Printed at St John's College Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. c1850-1851. First Edition. Softcover. Some rubbing and marks and abrasions to covers. 25mm cloth lifting from corner of rear cover. ; Two titles bound together. "Ko Nga Upoko Mo Etahi Ratapu" is 7 1 blank pages. "A table listing New Testament lessons for morning and evening services each day and with Psalms for major observances such as Easter. The only copies located are bound with the Church of England prayer book and hymns no. 392.3 as with the present copy" - BIM p. 199. "Ko Te Tikanga Mo Nga Inoi O Te Ata" is 32 12 1 5 blank pages. "This is the most commonly found issue of this edition of the Anglican prayer book . . . Three variant issues are described below. This issue is variant BIM 392.3" - BIM p. 200. Brown cloth over paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 180 x 114mm. Bibliographical references: "Ko Nga Upoko Mo Etahi Ratapu" BIM 390 Books in Maori 1815-1900. Auckland: Reed Books 2004; Williams 206/i "A Bibliography of Printed Maori to 1900". Wellington: Government Printer 1975; "Ko Te Tikanga Mo Nga Inoi O Te Ata" BIM 392; Williams 206; The two titles bound together are BIM 392.3 - "496 copies were received from Williamson on 21 August 1851." . [Printed at St John's College Press] paperback
1842040431London: Printed by George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode; Sold by Barritt & Co 1842. Hardcover. Very Good. Unpaginated leaves bulk to 1-3/4". Separate title-page for psalms dated 1842. Bound handsomely in brown morocco ribbed spine with gilt title gilt-decorated turn-ins; polished brass corners and clasp stamped Barritt & Co. London; all edges gilt. Original owner's name and 1859 date on front endpaper. 4.5" x 2.75 Printed by George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode; Sold by Barritt & Co hardcover
184716682Very Good HC no DJ. Light brown vertical rib-grain cloth over boards; front and rear covers blind stamped with tendril and scrolled bandsaround edges; front cover with gilt stamped title and central winged Father Time; spine not stamped; very pale rose end papers. Clean lightly scuffed covers and spine; gnawing damage along front and rear cover top edges at fore corners exposing boards; slight fading along cover edges; tightly bound; pencil note on front pastedown; pencil notes on daily minder section; other sections unmarked; otherwise all interior bright and clean. 24mo 144 pp; index. Woodstock, VT: Haskell and Palmer/Mercury Press hardcover
1860183157Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1860. Hardcover. G covers show normal wear spine is faded. Spine has small tears and frayed at top. Corners bumped and worn - front corners heavily. Ex-library label inside front cover. Text block shows some stains but pages are clean. Some pages have toning and previous owners marks. Some pages have warping at top edge but not significant. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front gilt lettering and six seals on spine. 388 pp illustrations original wrappers bound in back of title. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society. A little more worn than some of the other titles we have but still has shelf appeal. Samuel G. Drake hardcover
1857183158Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1857. Hardcover. G covers show normal wear spine is faded. Spine has small tears and frayed at top. Corners bumped and worn. Ex-library label inside front cover. Text block shows some stains but pages are clean. Some pages have toning and previous owners marks. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front gilt lettering and six seals on spine. 380 pp illustrations original wrappers bound in back of title. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society. A little more worn than some of the other titles we have but still has shelf appeal. Samuel G. Drake hardcover
18636054<p>Oxford: University Press 1863. Leather_bound. Very Good. Leather bound with brass band around edges brass clasp and brass cross on front. Gilt text block edges. Cover is embossed with floral design and gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's name and 1875 on endpaper. Edgewear to the leather and the brass band is partially loose from the bottom edge. A dampstain affecting last few dozen pages. Unpaginated but likely several hundred pages in total. Pocket Size 24mo 5" to 6". <br /><br /></p> University Press hardcover
1850411166Oxford ; London : University Press ; William Clowes 1850. 1st edition in this form. Hardcover. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked leatherette in a very good leatherette case. All edges gilt with a red under-layer. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed as with age. Remain particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 2 v. 10 cm. Notes; Date is suggested. Subjects; Church of England Liturgy. Prayer-books and devotions. Oxford ; London : University Press ; William Clowes hardcover
1853436953Oxford at the University Press 1853. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very good copy bound in contemporary tooled leather. Gilt blocked title to spine. Particularly well-preserved; tight bright clean and strong. Further scans images and additional bibliographical material available on request. Subjects; Church of England ; Prayers and devotions ; Early works to 1800. Church of England Liturgy Texts ; Early works to 1800. Church of England Liturgy Texts. Church of England Liturgy ; Early works to 1800. Bible. Psalms ; Paraphrases English. Bible Psalms. Bible O.T. Psalms Paraphrases English ; Early works to 1800. Bible O.T. Psalms Paraphrases English. 1701-1800. Prayers ; Early works. Psalms. Oxford at the University Press hardcover
189718161<p>Good HC no DJ. Black morocco leather over thin boards; gilt stamped crown and '1837-1897' in thin ruled frame on front cover; gilt stamped title on spine; all edge red-gilt; on front paste down is gilt stamped title and 4 x 4.5 cm frame around blue 1 shilling Prince of Wales 1897 Hospital Fund Stamp; double added title pages showing Victoria in 1837 and 1897; ribbon marker. Clean scuffed square covers and spine; some rubbing wear along all edges boards just showing at fore corners; leather remains supple; tightly bound; front free end paper has been removed; light clean interior; supple leaves. Ruby 32mo 516 pp paged 320 196; illustrated with plates.</p> Oxford: Oxford University Press hardcover
189011152<p>William Collins Sons 1890's. Hardcover. Very good. VGC. William Collins Sons. No date given but probably 1890's previous owner's date 1897 written inside the second blank page of the book. Black hardback small nicks dents and light shelf wear on the edges of the cover and spine small tear on the edges of the cover and spine in VGC. Illustrated with colour maps. Nice and clean pages with small scratches and ink marks on the outer edges gilt edges on the outer edges of the pages a couple of small marks and creases on the edges of the pages small tear on the edges of the back endpaper previous owner's inscription and date written inside the second blank page of the book. The book is in VGC for its age. 1260pp. Heavy book approx. 1.1 Kg.</p> William Collins, Sons hardcover
18202010<p>Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by J. Cooke and S. Collingwood 1820. Leather_bound. Very Good. 10 1/4 x 12 1/8 inches. Large quarto. BCP: A - 3h in 4s. Griffiths 1820/8. Bound with a Cambridge printing of the Brady & Tate Psalter dated 1810. Printed on very good thick paper with handwritten notes of changes in the liturgy due to changes in the Royal family including the accession of Queen Victoria. A few marginal spots and apparent sooting to the extreme outer margins but otherwise bright and clean with the exception of the Communion which has a liquid stain apparently from communion wine. Endpapers with some marks in contemporary ink. Marbled endpapers. Bound in contemporary reverse calf with blindrolled borders. Front cover with large red morocco label with gilt rolled border and apparent dedication text "Mansfield Woodhouse. John Beardall and Thomas Huntingdon Churchwardens 1826." Spine with five raised bands. Spine leather split though binding still firmly holding with repair. Covers rubbed with losses at edges and corners. A very peculiar altar book which uses modern typeface but archaic lettering and spelling conventions resulting in some curious passages and with an interesting collection of notes on the evolution of the liturgy.</p> Printed at the Clarendon Press by J. Cooke and S. Collingwood
189327289George W. Brown. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue-green coth over boards block loosening from case front ffep torn at mull - repir easily complteed by seller or another binder. A solid block complte with plates and case is easily repairable. . George W. Brown hardcover
1866BOOKS054590IConcord NH: George E Jenks State Printer 1866. HC. good black cloth hardcover some light edgewear. Two Volume Set Complete: Volume I 716pp consists of regimental rosters. Volume II 958pp consists of: Part One of this report pages 3-394 is the first part of the MILITARY HISTORY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE FROM ITS SETTLEMENT IN 1623 TO THE YEAR 1861. The second part of this volume pages 399-958 is the MILITARY HISTORY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE DURING THE GREAT REVELLION; 1861-1866. George E Jenks State Printer unknown
1881037120Boston MA: Eddy Family 1881. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue cloth lettered in gilt with family crest in gilt on front cover. Quite worn but still essentially intact with bottom front corner rounded and exposed other corners showing less exposure cloth separated with minor loss along lower front joint and a portion of rear joint both areas neatly mended thin strips of loss at spine extremities. Hinges mended and firm. Toned text block edges. Firm binding. 265 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates with tissue guards frontis. guard detached. Scattered internal foxing. Main title trimmed along fore-edge. Full record of the 1880 reunion with poems orations and addresses by various members of the Eddy family with lengthy articles: Genealogical Memoir of Rev. William Eddye A.M. and his American Descendants; The Eddy Family as Related to Middleboro' Mass.; Zechariah Eddy; The First Parish Church in Middleboro'. No longer the most attractive copy but exceedingly scarce. Eddy Family Hardcover
1895100866Boston: William H. Halliday for sale by Damrell & Upham no. 283 Washington Street 1895. First edition. 12mo. B/w photo illustrations throughout. ii 50 pp. 7 ll. of ads for books on local history interspersed. Publisher's illustrated wrappers; covers toned piece torn from lower corner of front wrapper Damrell & Upham address crossed out in pencil and replaced with "50 Bromfield St Room 30" Catalogue of the photographs of historic New England homes and buildings available for purchase from the Boston firm of William H. Halliday. This collection of photographs is intended to embrace every building in Colonial and Provincial New England of importance either in a picturesque point of view or for its historic or traditional value. The catalogue lists some 400 to 500 photographs grouped by location and each with a short but often detailed description. The images were available as 6-1/2 x 8-1/2 inch prints at $.50 apiece."The Halliday Historic Photograph Company was a Boston firm specializing in the commercial sale of architectural and scenic views whose emphasis is primarily on buildings and sites of picturesque or associational interest as relics of New England's Colonial past. Active from the 1890s until the 1930s the quality of the firm's work was unusually high both pictorially and for its documentary dependability" Historic New England Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection 1890s-1930s. William H. Halliday, for sale by Damrell & Upham, no. 283 Washington Street unknown
181973813New Haven: Howe & Spalding 1819. First edition. Quarto All twelve month issue but continuously paginate. iv 670.Origianl calf with black morocco gilt spine labels. No front cover. Very clean and complete.Continued to 1828. New Series. Vol. II. after which it became “The Quarterly Christian Spectator†and was continued to Vol. x. 1838. Howe & Spalding unknown
186233611Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1862. Wraps. Good. Wraps. Approx. 9" x 6". 87 pages Folding map frontispiece approx. 14" x 9". Stitched printed wraps with title on page 1. Front wrap mostly chipped lower corner mostly detached. Light toning to the covers. Text lightly creased. Illustrated with folding map showing the northern part of U.S and Canada with "two proposed routes for the Pacific Railroad and the "Isotherm for Wheat" extending across Canada from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean."<br /> <br /> Howes T-56; Wagner Camp 383b2; references to a similar earlier publication in 1860 Graff 4079. Government Printing Office unknown
1848120410Oxford 1848. hardcover. Very Good. 1848 Oxford miniature leather bound 2.25" x 3.75" all edges gilt. 1854 inscription to the flyleaf otherwise unmarked. Tight binding. Please email for photos. Oxford hardcover
1896021569Albert Maxfield: 1896. 435 pages 19 pages of the Roster and Statistical Record. "The desirability of taking steps to the end that a history of the Eleventh Maine Regiment of Infantry Volunteers be compiled was a subject of conversation for many years among the regiment's surviving members. All agreed that such a compilation should be made in order that the exact story of the part their regiment took in the suppression of the great rebellion should be made." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER light wear to the spine edges and corners of book gilt lettering is bright on the spine. Internally a nice clean copy. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Albert Maxfield: Hardcover
1812TB29956Boston: Printed by Chester Stebbins 1812. First Edition. Very good- in stab sewn wrapper with Bowdoin College and the name of an early prior owner Ezra Abbot Jr. written across the upper edge of the front page. An octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches with the fore edge and lower edge rough cut and shallow chipping to the fore edge of the front page. Written in pencil is the author's name surrounded in brackets just above the word "Boston". The contents are spotted with foxing throughout but primarily in the margins. 117 pages of text. The author John Lowell 1769-1840 was a Massachusetts lawyer agriculturist philanthropist and a well known Federalist who wrote many pamphlets in support of his point of view. He was often at odds with the Democratic Party and published many unsigned pieces critical of President James Madison's efforts to build a standing army and navy and the War of 1812. DAB Printed by Chester Stebbins unknown
18771577212024316<p><strong>Author:</strong> A.L.O.E. A Lady of England.<br /><strong>Title:</strong> <em>Sheer Off. A Tale.</em><br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Edinburgh and London Gall & Inglis no date circa 1877. First Edition.<br /><strong>Language:</strong> Text in English.<br /><strong>Size:</strong> 7 x 5 inches approx.<br /><strong>Pages:</strong> vi-256 pages.<br /><strong>Binding:</strong> Attractive and very good stunning original red cloth binding with elaborate black and gilt-stamped floral and vignette decorations on the front board and spine; blind-stamped decoration on the rear board. Gilt to spine remains bright hinges fine overall slightly scuffed - as shown under a protective removable mylar cover. A very well-preserved and attractive Victorian binding!<br /><strong>Content:</strong> Very good content bright tight some light foxing or staining - as shown charming prize inscription in ink appears on the front free endpaper dated October 31st 1877 - as shown. <br /><strong>Illustrations:</strong> Illustrated with six detailed full-page black-and-white engravings including a dramatic frontispiece and internal illustrations all integral to the narrative. Complete.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The book:</strong> A touching and morally instructive Victorian tale by A.L.O.E. <em>Sheer Off</em> tells the story of Ned Franks and other village characters as they navigate trials temptation and redemption. Known for her didactic Christian fiction for children and young adults A.L.O.E. weaves faith and virtue into the struggles of ordinary people.</p> Edinburgh and London, Gall & Inglis, no date [circa 1877]. First Edition. hardcover
185564014<p>Boston: James M. Usher. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn especially at corners small ding to center spine pages toned. 1855. Hardcover. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on front and rear boards and in gilt on spine all edges gilt viii 376pp. Engravings register of families corrigenda index. Early history of the Town of Medford Masschusetts. Sabin 8337. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> James M. Usher hardcover
