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188763085<p>Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn and waterstained with waterstaining extending to gutter and margins of text front hinge cracked. 1887. Hardcover. Gray illustrated cloth. Measures 13 x 10 inches. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper dated Sept. 28 1889. A history of the 1764 Willard House or Old Manse in Deerfield Massachusetts which is still extant and on the campus of Deerfield Academy. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall .</p> Houghton, Mifflin, and Company hardcover
18220007721Paris: Chez Bechet 1822. First French Language edition. Original Boards. Good. 8vo xiv 351; vi 359 pages untrimmed in contemporary boards. Very scarce. <br/><br/>Attracted by the ideals of the "Declaration of Independence" Fanny Wright traveled extensively through the U.S.A. tracking how those ideals were being realized. In France who became almost like a daughter to Gen. Lafayette. She and her sister returned to America and with Lafayette were guests of Jefferson at Monticello. Later as a U.S. citizen she founded the Nashoba commune in Tennessee in anticipation of emancipation. She visited New York and Philadelphia West Point Niagara Falls Lake Errie and on to Lower Canada Montreal Lake Champlain Burlington Vermont Washington D.C. to Virginia with many observations along the way. This edition has a dedication to Lafayette by the translator who also supplied a new translation. Vol. 1 ends with remarks upon Morris Birkbeck's letters about the Illinois country. All in all Fanny Wright became one of the most remarkable women of the first half of the 19th century: among other accomplishments being the first woman to write this work the first travelogue by a woman. Howes D74; Sabin 18642; Clark Old South 16; Buck 137. Chez Bechet hardcover
1890BOOKS044683IConcord NH: Republican Press Association 1890. HC. good black cloth hardcover - Volume I staining See Note. B&W illustrations. Volume I is history and Volume II is essentially all genealogy. CONDITION NOTE - Staining to rear board of Volume I and staining to the foreedge of the book block and a few pages of Volume I. 2 vols 1110pp. Republican Press Association unknown
1889060236Wells Gardner Darton & Co. 1889. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1889. Hardback. Original dark-green smooth cloth; gilt lettered spine and cover. Original dark-grey end-papers. Slight browning to first and last leaf of text with a little foxing. Internally excellent. Bright tight and clean. Minor use only. NEAR FINE. viii 366 pages. 2pp adverts. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 8vo. London: Wells Gardner Darton & Co. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. hardcover
1862052340Providence RI: Women Friends of New England. Very Good-. 1862. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Used 8vo 15pp VG- wraps missing Soiling to endpapers & interior due to water damage. Keywords: Religion Religion Christianity Women Friends New England Americana women s studies quakers women in religion. Women Friends of New England paperback
18850008920New York: Wittemann Bros. 1885 circa. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 24 mo oblong red pebbled cloth photo strip in two sections not connected nor glued to cover no appearance that it ever was. <br/><br/>A viewbook by The Witteman Bros. founded in 1879 which became The Albertype Company in 1890. There are 24 Albertype panels. Also stamped for Louis Glaser Leipzig. Wittemann Bros. hardcover
188139674Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn hinges cracked dampstain at top . and bottom margins Volume three and four boards dampstained and bowed . volume three noticeably more sunned at spine. 1881. Hardcover. Complete in four quarto volumes. Uniformly bound in full dark brown leather with all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Six compartments on spine stamped in blind and in gilt. Gilt-stamped turn-ins. Numerous illustrations signature facsimiles heliotypes maps index in each volume. A handsome set. Volume I: xxxii 596pp later printing; Volume II: lviii 577pp first edition; Volume III: xii 691pp first edition; Volume IV: x 713pp first edition. A sweeping history of the Boston area and sketches of some of its most famous citizens from the colonial era through the late 19th century. Howes W 576. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . James R. Osgood and Company hardcover
187012997Rutland Vermont: Tuttle & Co. Very Good. 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Original 1870 booklet bound in hardcover with gilt lettered brown leather spine over cloth brown boards. Text tight clean & intact. Celebration includes Addresses historical papers and poems. Bookplate of Hall Park McCullough who was a noted collector of Americana. Nice copy. New England; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 122 pages . Tuttle & Co hardcover
1898021824R.I.: Preston & Rounds: 1898. 162 pages illustrated "with a 32 page sketch of the author's life by R.S. Howland. "Alfred Mason Williams was born on a farm near Tauton Mass. October 23d in the year 1840. He came of one of the best known New England families and inherited that dogged determination of his ancestors which enabled them and him to overcome such obstacles in their path as would have caused fainter hearts to turn aside." This book is Williams travels to Island of Nevis Port of Spain St. Kitts St. Eustatius San Matin St. Barts Monteserrat. With a chapter on the "rioting in St. Kitts. Williams as "a young man of 22 at such stirring times it was natural enoguht that he should heed the call of his country and enter the army. He enlisted as a private in the spring of 1862 in the Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers." VERY GOOD- HARDCOVER blue cloth covers with gilt lettering bright on the spine and cover lower corners of the book are worn and also some wear to spine edges. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Preston & Rounds: Hardcover
1886biblio419<p>1st Edition Hardcover Original embossed brown cloth with beveled edges. 543 pages. Gilt lettering and decorations with some Light fading to Spine. Portland Maine</p> B. Thurston & Company hardcover
1853042736Boston MA: Printed by John Wilson & Son 1853. Book. VG. Hardcover. Presentation Copy. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original 1853 edition vintage rebinding in brown 1/4 cloth green-gray paper covered boards with title portion of original front wrap mounted on front cover inked title on spine panel. vi230 pp. Ex-historical society copy non-circulating book plate mounted inside front cover a few library marks. Inscribed presentation copy to "Library of the New Jersey / Historical Society / with Mr Willard's / best wishes" upper main title page. Modest external wear text block edges a bit toned by age. Firm binding clean interior. Slight corner loss to the first several leaves. A very durable copy. Printed by John Wilson & Son Hardcover
1876biblio828<p>This is an excellent copy of Nash's chatty humorous book the more rare for its presentation signature by the author.</p><p>Photos on request.</p> W.B. Keen, Cooke & Company hardcover
1898056768Worcester MA: Franklin P. Rice Publisher 1898. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Vintage facsimile reprint with stiff pale yellow title page clear acetate binder. 74 pp. Ex-institutional library with several marks and stamps but only minimal wear non-circulating. A few handwritten corrections internally. Franklin P. Rice, Publisher Paperback
1879BOOKS064092IConcord NH: Republican Press Association 1879. HC. good brown cloth hardcover edgewear to cloth. B&W illustrations. 600pp. Republican Press Association unknown
184243121London: Smith Elder and Co 1842. First edition. Softcover. vg- to near fine. Octavo. 57pp. 1. 2 pages of publisher's ads. Printed tan wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. Woodcut frontispiece. The publication is a report by the New Zealand Company on the conditions and the progress in the settlement of New Plymouth released only one year after the first settlers arrived from the West Country of England. The report was compiled through official dispatches and private letters many from Frederic Carrington 1807-1901 the principle surveyor for New Plymouth. Topics covered include the geography quality of the soil for agriculture profitable exports the native Maori population arrival of the settlers building of the community and the climate. The publication includes a few tables and charts a well as a small botanical illustration. The final section contains the prospectus of the New Zealand Company. There is a blank sample form for purchasing land in the New Plymouth area following the pagination. Two pages of publishers advertisements at the back discusses other publications pertaining to New Zealand emigration. Wrappers with light rubbing to extremities a small closed tear at the bottom edge of the front cover and a small stain at the tail of the spine. Binding in very good- interior in near fine condition overall. Smith, Elder and Co unknown
1864BOOKS046152IConcord NH: Press of McFarland & Jenks 1864. HC. good leather spine printed boards hardcover. fold out map ill. in ads. .CONTAINING THE NAMES RESIDENCES AND BUSINESS OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMPACT PART OF THE CITY WITH A MAP OF THE STREETS ENGRAVED EXPRESSLY FOR THIS WORK." An EXCEPTIONALLY clean and tight copy with small fold-out map of the "Plan of the Village of Concord 1864." The first 73 pages list the residents alphabetically with their address and occupation. The next two pages have information on the Methodist General Biblical Institute which was founded in 1847. The next page has: Officers in State Prison; Principal Employees at the N.H. Asylum and the Public Library and St. Paul's School. Absolutely great ads many with wonderful period illustrations follow on page 77 to 100. UNCOMMON and a handsome addition to your New Hampshire collection. 100pp. Press of McFarland & Jenks unknown
1891BOOKS073149IConcord NH: Ira C. Evans Printer 1891. HC. good original wraps bound in hardcover boards hardcover. ORIGINAL EDITION not a reprint. PLEASE NOTE the original wraps are bound in a hardcover binding when this was in a historical society collection. Cover pages fragile paper not text itself with front cover now detached and laid in. 31pp. Ira C. Evans, Printer unknown
1870BOOKS052338IClaremont NH: Tracy Chase & Company 1870. HC. good full calf leather hardcover clean and tight copy. B&W illustrations. Containing Histories of the Several New Hampshire Regiments and Biographical Notices of Many of the Prominent Actors." Nice clean and tight copy in full calf leather with some light edgewear and small rubbing on rear board. 608pp. Tracy, Chase & Company unknown
183438513Edinburgh: Thomas G. Stevenson 1834. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE EDITION OF 27 LETTERS ALMOST ALL OF WHICH ARE HOMOEROTIC MISSIVES FROM THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM TO KING JAMES I BELIEVED TO BE HIS LOVER. 4 xlii 40 pp. 11 of the letters had been printed before with modernized spelling and often bowdlerized; the other 16 are printed here for the first time. ALL 27 LETTERS APPEAR HERE WITH THE ORIGINAL SPELLING AND COMPLETELY UNEXPURGATED. See David M. Bergeron "King James & Letters of Homosexual Desire" Iowa City: University of Iowa Press 1999 chapter 5. EDITION LIMITED TO ONLY 51 COPIES. 8vo. Fore- and lower edges uncut top edge gilt. Attractively bound by J. Larkins signed in 19th-century half morocco and marbled boards. Some wear to extremities of binding. INTERNALLY FINE AND BRIGHT. An early and important monument in the history of homosexuality in Great Britain. <br/><br/> Thomas G. Stevenson hardcover
18679352TORONTO CHEWETT 1867 1867. ORIGINAL DARK GREEN CLOTH FIRST CANADIAN EDITION VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. Hardcover. TORONTO, CHEWETT, 1867 hardcover
18679351NY HARPER 1867 1867. ORIGINAL DARK GREEN CLOTH FIRST AMERICAN EDITION VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NY, HARPER, 1867 hardcover
1875057086London: Macmillan & Co. 1875. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1875. Hardback. Purple sand-grained cloth; gilt lettered spine. Original brown end-papers. Untrimmed edges as issued. Neat owner inscription dated 1889. Bright tight and clean. Minor wear only; binding has uneven fading. VERY GOOD. xvi 149 pages. 2pp adverts. CHARLES JOHN VAUGHAN 16 August 1816 - 15 October 1897 was an English scholar and churchman. After his death a marble life-size was installed on Vaughan's tomb-chest in a canopied recess in the north choir-aisle of Llandaff Cathedral S. Wales in 1900. SCARCE. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping Rosley Books for Antiquarian books Cumberland Literature Rarities Theology and History. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> Macmillan & Co. hardcover
1870057089London: Macmillan & Co. 1870. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1870. Dedicated to Brooke Foss Westcott. Hardback. Purple sand-grained cloth; gilt lettered spine. Original brown end-papers. Untrimmed edges as issued. No owner name or internal markings. Bright tight and clean. A few fox spots. Neat repair to last two pages margins. Binding has uneven fading. VERY GOOD INDEED. vii 95 pages. CHARLES JOHN VAUGHAN 16 August 1816 - 15 October 1897 was an English scholar and churchman. After his death a marble life-size was installed on Vaughan's tomb-chest in a canopied recess in the north choir-aisle of Llandaff Cathedral S. Wales in 1900. SCARCE. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping Rosley Books for Antiquarian books Cumberland Literature Rarities Theology and History. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> Macmillan & Co. hardcover
1873057397London: Macmillan & Co. 1873. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. LONDON : 1873. Hardback. Purple sand-grained cloth; gilt lettered spine. Original brown end-papers. Untrimmed edges as issued. Neat owner name dated 1875. Bright tight and clean. Minor wear and fading only. VERY GOOD INDEED. v 143 pages. CONTENTS: 1. Unreality; 2. Indolence; 3. Irreverence; and 4. Inconsistency. CHARLES JOHN VAUGHAN 16 August 1816 - 15 October 1897 was an English scholar and churchman. After his death a marble life-size was installed on Vaughan's tomb-chest in a canopied recess in the north choir-aisle of Llandaff Cathedral S. Wales in 1900. SCARCE. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping Rosley Books for Antiquarian books Cumberland Literature Rarities Theology and History. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> Macmillan & Co. hardcover
1886057095London: Macmillan & Co. 1886. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. LONDON : 1886. Hardback. Dark-blue sand-grained cloth; gilt lettered spine. Original grey-green end-papers. Untrimmed edges as issued. No owner. Neat pencil notes and markings. Two biblical references written in ink to head of contents-page. Bright tight and clean. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. xii 266 pages. 2pp adverts. 64-page catalogue to rear dated January 1891. CHARLES JOHN VAUGHAN 16 August 1816 - 15 October 1897 was an English scholar and churchman. After his death a marble life-size was installed on Vaughan's tomb-chest in a canopied recess in the north choir-aisle of Llandaff Cathedral S. Wales in 1900. SCARCE. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping Rosley Books for Antiquarian books Cumberland Literature Rarities Theology and History. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> Macmillan & Co. hardcover
