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1927042728Garden City New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1927. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. 423 pages x 2 indexed. Hardcover bound in blue cloth with lettering in gilt. The binding is a bit rubbed and bumped. The spine is dulled and there is a rubbed white spot on the front cover. Early signature of "Lucian St." on the front flyleaf is dated 1927. Lacks the frontis portrait of Woodrow Wilson and the gutter between the Half Title and the Title Page is cracked. The rest of the text block and the inner hinges are sound. Endpapers toned and foxed. The text is generally clean. Early original bookseller's ticket at the bottom of the rear flyleaf reads "The Book Shop Inc. / 110 S. Greene St. / Greensboro N.C." Carter Glass 1858-1946 was born in Lynchburg Virginia and was the Secretary of the Treasury under Woodrow Wilson. He helped establish the U.S. financial regulatory system and was instrumental in setting up the Federal Reserve System. In this work he discusses the history and early aspects of the Federal Reserve System. <br/> <br/> Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
17491197E035Boston New England: Rogers and Fowle 1749. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. 2 facs title page iii 3 contents 568. Very Good. 5.5 x 8.5 inches 13.5 x 20 cm. Volume I only the second volume was issued separately in 1752. Full calf leather binding rebacked with original spine laid over. Double gilt filet border to boards. Spine has five raised bands red leather title label gilt ornaments to compartments. New endpapers title page is a facsimile and the volume is also lacking leaves Hh3 and Hh4 pp253-256. Staining to fore edge of title page creasing and browning to first three leaves. Previous owner's name stamped to last page of Contents. Tear across part of the upper margin of leaf A4. A few occasional small marks but text is in very clean overall condition. Page 464 is misnumbered 456 as expected. This work was originally issued in parts between 1747 and 1749. This volume includes the libellous description of Admiral Sir Charles Knowles in footnote to pages 235-238 ESTC states that this was omitted from most copies of the bound volume. The scarce first edition of a work considered to be the first American history of the whole country. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches 13.5 x 20 cm. Rogers and Fowle hardcover
187220192New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. A bit of fraying to top spines more prominent on bottom spines. Front hinges have a bit of play. A hint of browning and very light foxing to first pages of each volume. Vol I: Small cut to outer spine covering at bottom spine. ; Two hefty volumes profusely illustrated with 49 steel engravings 2 frontispieces and b&w illustrations from wootcuts. Full leather boards with embossed linear decoration. All edges gilt. Spine with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering. Decorative marbled endpapers. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; viii 568; vi 576 pages . D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1834053177Jacksonville Ill.: Printed by Calvin Goudy 1834. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. x 142 pages. The binding measures 7 1/8 inches tall by nearly 4 1/4 inches wide. Hardcover bound in original brown cloth. The binding is quite worn and bumped with the cloth fraying about the edges. Some gathering slightly sprung but holding. Lacks the flyleaves but the text collates complete. Early notations on the front paste down. Text is toned and foxed and some pages towards the rear are heavily dog-eared. There is browning in the text near the gutters running from page 12 to 21 as if something had been laid in loosely. Pencil notations on page 73 in the blank space at the end of the chapter are hard to decipher. Rear gutter nearly completely open and holding by a few strings. A worn copy of a rare book. "Final" Howes W-19 states "History of the war between the United States and the Sac and Fox nations." John Allen Wakefield 1797-1873 was born in Pendleton South Carolina. His family moved to Tennessee Kentucky and then Illinois. He served in the Illinois militia during the War of 1812 and later became both a physician and a lawyer. In 1832 he participated in the Black Hawk War. This is one of the earliest contemporary accounts of the conflict. <br/> <br/> Printed by Calvin Goudy hardcover
1803036613Washington: Printed by A. and G. Way 1803. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. Variously paginated. Bound volume containing the reports of the first 15 councils dating from 1803 to 1818. Bound in early full sheep. The leather binding is quite worn and dry and is scuffed and abraded. The hinges are sturdy. Lacks the top leather label on the spine; the bottom label reads "Vol. I / From the / 1st to 15th Council / Inclusive." Early owner's name at the headcap of the spine is illegible and no names within. The binding is designs with rules of alternating oval and diamond designs in blind about the edges. There is some pest damage to the outside edges of the text block towards the rear of the book not affecting the text. Text is toned and foxed with some damping at the front and rear. Two blank flyleaves at the front an numerous blank pages at the rear. Most of the reports have their own title pages. The reports that do not have separate title pages are those for: 8 1810; 12 1815; 14 1817; and 15 1818. In the 6th report 1808 there is insect damage for the leaves of pages 7-8 and 9-10 with significant loss of lettering on the fore edge of pages 7-8. Rare. 1-8 4 9-49 i-ii ix 1-2; 1-32; 1-47; 1-44; 1-46; 20 1; 42; 15 1; 56 iii; 56; 36; 88; 69; 40; 45 pages with 10 blank flyleaves at the rear. The final few flyleaves of torn and stained. Reports 8 12 14 and 15 do not have separate title pages. The rest of the reports do have their title pages. <br/> <br/> Printed by A. and G. Way hardcover
19361246E097Buenos Aires: Edicion de la Municipalidad de Buenos Aires 1936. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 228. Very Good Minus. 9.5 x 13 inches 24 x 33 cm. First printing. White paper covered boards with integral jacket. Illustrated to front cover. Jacket has a tear to head of spine slight edge wear and light soiling. Light marking to page edges. A few light marks to page margins. A landmark photographic work commissioned to commemorate the city's 400th anniversary. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 9.5 x 13 inches 24 x 33 cm. Edicion de la Municipalidad de Buenos Aires hardcover
199616105Sedona AZ: Bryan Richards 1996. Paperback. Very Good. Sedona AZ: Bryan Richards 1996. CAME FROM THE ESTATE SALE OF A SMOKER! Very Good cards in Good box with small staple bound manual. Some tanning to card edges but overall in real nice shape. Number of Cards: 78 . <P><BR>We go through all of our Tarot and oracle items to be sure All Cards are included. All the cards are put into exact order by suits and Major Arcanum so there can be no mistake of there being a missing card. If a card is missing we do not offer the item for sale. </P><P><BR> The Sedona Vortex Tarot has drawn its inspiration in imagery and titling from the Sedona area in Arizona. The art is a colourful collage of illustrations photographs and scenery. . Card Deck. Very Good. Bryan Richards paperback
18831208S026Buenos Aires: Instituto Geografico Argentino 1883. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: xxvi 2 blank 217 1 blank 1 Contents. Good. 6.5 x 9.25 inches 16.5 x 23.5 cm. Complete with all 55 tinted plates & coloured maps. Quarter green cloth with marbled boards recent leather title and year label to spine. Binding is strained at p128 but secure. Page 129/130 together with the preceding map is detached - rear of the map is partially stuck to p129 and the text has damage where an attempt has been made to separate them. Light staining to the following plate. Text and plates are mostly clean but with some occasional foxing. Stain with slight damage to front free endpaper where a stamp has been erased. A few pages have minor chipping to the margins. Spanish language. An important early work on the geography and indigenous peoples of Tierra Del Fuego. Overall condition is Good. Size: 6.5 x 9.25 inches 16.5 x 23.5 cm. Instituto Geografico Argentino hardcover
18691206T080London: John Murray 1869. 2nd Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xix 1 331. Very Good Plus. 6.25 x 9 inches 15.5 x 23 cm. Publisher's blind stamped brown cloth binding. Page edges untrimmed and unopened. A little light marking to covers crease to head of spine. Tiny hole to front joint. Binding slightly strained in a couple of places but very securely bound. Section of loss to upper margin of title page. 0Very clean text throughout. Complete with the fold-out map. An important early work on Alaska issued shortly after the territory was purchased from Russia. Rarely found in this condition. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate for non-European destinations. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: USA £21.00; Oceania £26.00; Rest of World £26.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 6.25 x 9 inches 15.5 x 23 cm. John Murray hardcover
19621208S003Santiago de Chile: Fondo Historico y Bibliografico Jose Toribio Medina 1962. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: cclxxv 312 plates; xiv 440. Very Good. 7.5 x 10.5 inches 19.5 x 27 cm. Complete two volume set. Rebound in quarter tan leather with beige leatherette boards. Red leatherette title labels to spines. Bindings stand with a slight lean. Volume I has bumping to lower corners of boards. Foxing to page edges and endpapers clean text throughout. A collection of Jose Toribio of Medina's translations of works relating to Chile. Includes facsimiles of the original title pages photographic plates plus three loosely inserted fold-out maps. Four leaves of plates at the end of Volume I are loosely inserted having never been bound in. Spanish language. From the private collection of Eric Kenneth Prentice 'Kenn' Back meteorologist who worked with the British Antarctic Survey for nearly 40 years recipient of both the Fuchs Medal and the Polar Medal and a descendent of Sir George Back the Arctic explorer. With Back's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper of each volume. A scarce title rarely found in hardback. Overall condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £35.00; USA £40.00; Oceania £46.00; Rest of World £44.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 7.5 x 10.5 inches 19.5 x 27 cm. Fondo Historico y Bibliografico Jose Toribio Medina hardcover
18891222E026London: Edward Stanford 1889. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: x 316. Very Good. 6 x 9 inches 15 x 23 cm. Signed by Author. Green cloth binding. Illustrated in gilt and black to front board and spine. Page edges untrimmed with browning and foxing. Foxing to leading and trailing blanks half title page recto of frontis and to ads at rear. Stain to frontis tissue guard. Light foxing to title page and preface a few spots and light marks to text. Last three leaves of main text have a crease to lower corner. Three colour fold-out maps and eight plates. Inscribed and signed by the author to the half title page: 'Mr. Dearman Edwards - with the author's very kind regards. May 1 1895 W.H. Barneby Bredenbury Court Herefordshire'. Edwards was another Herefordshire landowner who resided at Brinsop Court. The author travelled across Canada on the newly opened Canadian Pacific Railroad as the guest of the Vice President of the Manitoba and North Western Railway in the private director's car. The first half of the book is concerned with the Canadian tour the second half is an account of the return trip via Japan Hong Kong and Ceylon. A little foxed but remains an exceptionally bright example. Overall condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate for non-European destinations. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: USA £21.00; Oceania £26.00; Rest of World £26.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 6 x 9 inches 15 x 23 cm. Edward Stanford hardcover
189919519Ferd P. Kaiser. Good. 1899. Hardcover. Complete 10 volume set. Green cloth covers with red leather title boxes affixed to spines are lightly soiled with some smallish damp stains to the lower corner of just a few boards and gwear to the titled boxes bumped corners and rubbed caps but in good condition. Boards and spines are straight. Bindings are tight. Deckled page edges. Frontispieces protected by tissue Pages are clean and very good with many plates throughout protected by tissue. ; 0 pages . Ferd P. Kaiser hardcover
188320905London: Edward Stanford. 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Front hinge has a bit of play. Else a very handsome copy. ; Green boards with gilt pictorial design and lettering and with black linear decoration. Including 16 color maps and 48 illustrations. Stanford's Comendium of Geography and Travel is based on Hellwald's "Die Erde und Ihre Völker".; Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xvi 652 4 pages . Edward Stanford hardcover
19367041New York: Reynal & Hitchcock. 1936. Hardcover. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. DJ darkened and lightly chipped along edges. Pages browned and with extremely light occasional dampstaining ; SIGNED by Henry A. Wallace on front free endpaper with black ink. Extremely rare! ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 336 pages . Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover
1840042995London: George Virtue 26 Ivy Lane 1840. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. W. W. Bartlett. Quarto. iv 140; iv 106 pages. Complete with 120 engraved plates plus 1 map. The binding measures 11 1/8 inches tall by just over 9 inches wide. Hardcover bound in original 3/4 black leather with dark brown cloth-covered boards. The binding is rubbed and bumped and the hinges are especially rubbed but holding. Corners bumped and abraded. Some old stains and scuffs to the binding. A sound copy. A yellow bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown reads "Applegate Pounsford & Co. / Successors to Applegate & Co. / Publisher's Booksellers / Stationers Printers / and Blank Book Manufacturers No. 43 Main Street. - - Cincinnati." Marbled endpapers. The text is toned and shows some foxing on and around the plates. The foxing can be quite heavy especially at the beginning of the book. Two volumes in one book. The dates are on the title pages. Collates complete with all plates. There are 67 plates including the engraved title page and a map in Volume I and there are 53 plates including the engraved title page in Volume II. <br/> <br/> George Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane hardcover
187614256New York: Nelson & Phillips. 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. Tape repair to spine. Front hinge started. Chipping to endpapers. Inkstamp to copyright page; Four hundred years of history of the nation ; Steel engraving; 8vo; 704 pages . Nelson & Phillips hardcover
188920943L. M. Ayer Publishing Company. Very Good. 1889. Hardcover. Finely bound cloth cover is sunned at spine caps are rubbed corners are bumped and rubbed but cover is in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Restored with 20th century end sheets and paste downs. Pages are lightly toned but clean and in very good condition. B&W illustrated frontispiece many B&W illustrations. . L. M. Ayer Publishing Company hardcover
19541246E063London: Elek Books 1954. 1st Edition 2nd Impression . Hardback. Printed pages: 255. Very Good Minus. 6 x 9 inches 15 x 23 cm. Signed by Author. Second printing issued in the same month as the first impression. Lacking jacket. Green cloth binding. Fading to spine bump to head of spine. Foxing to top page edge. Browning to free endpapers some rust spots to front endpaper. Good solid binding. Clean text throughout. Personal account of the exploits of explorer-archaeologist Frederick Albert Mitchell-Hedges reputed to be one of the inspirations for the Indiana Jones character in the series of Steven Spielberg films. Included with the book is a two page typed letter signed by the author. Addressed to his niece Edith Pellett the letter gives details of Mitchell-Hedges relatives his writings and estates at Buffgate Manor and Canterton Manor. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 6 x 9 inches 15 x 23 cm. Elek Books hardcover
18851206T075London: William Blackwood and Sons 1885. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: x 399. Very Good Plus. 5.75 x 8.25 inches 14.5 x 20.5 cm. Blue cloth binding with gilt illustration to front board. Darkening to spine. A little light marking to boards. Page edges untrimmed and unopened with slight foxing. Good solid binding clean text throughout. Colour frontis one further plate and several illustrations within the text. Fold-out map at rear in excellent condition. A very nice example rarely found in this condition. . Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate for non-European destinations. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: USA £21.00; Oceania £26.00; Rest of World £26.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 5.75 x 8.25 inches 14.5 x 20.5 cm. William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
1813054383Boston: Published by J. T. Buckingham 1813. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 332 3 pages. Hardcover bound in original quarter dark brown leather with marbled paper-covered boards. The binding is rubbed and bumped. The front hinge is just starting to crease but the binding is sound. A name is ink stamped on the fort cover bus is difficult to read. The front flyleaf has an attractive bookplate appears to be early 20th century of "Eldon S. Dummit". This was likely Eldon Steven Summit 1896-1973 the 34th Attorney General of Kentucky and the Republican candidate for Governor of Kentucky in 1947. The text block is sound and the text is toned. The Engraved title page states 1812 but the issues are for 1813. Contains 6 issues for March 1813 through September 1813 without an issue for April possibly never published; the pagination is continuous and not lacking pages. There are 5 full--page copperplate engravings including the engraved title. The other engravings are: Hon. William Heath; Hon. Theodore Sedgwick; Boston Common with a tree; and His Excellency Caleb Strong Governor of Massachusetts. The focus of this journal was the arts and theater but some of the issues also had information on leaders who participated in the War of 1812 and the American Revolution. The focus of this journal was the arts and theater but some of the issues also had information on leaders who participated in the War of 1812 and the American Revolution. This volume of 6 issues contains articles on William Heath Commodore Stephen Decatur Governor Caleb Strong of Massachusetts and the old Brick Meeting House of Boston. <br/> <br/> Published by J. T. Buckingham hardcover
1828047878<p>Paris: Charles Gosselin / Mame et Delaunat-Vallee Libraires 1828. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. Variously paginated. FOUR VOLUME SET. Hardcovers bound in quarter leather with brown and burgundy marbled paper-covered boards. The bindings show some wear but are sound with secure hinges. Spines a bit dry and have some old scuff marks. Text blocks sturdy. Text is foxed. Volume II has a large folding map of the West Indies at the rear. The map is colored and is in quite nice condition. Text is in French. First French edition. <br /><br /></p> Charles Gosselin / Mame et Delaunat-Vallee Libraires hardcover
195221269Little Brown and Company. 1952. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Blue and tan cloth cover is very lightly scuffed caps are rubbed corners are lightly rubbed but cover is clean bright and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Signed by author. Pages are clean and near pristine. Many B&W illustrations. ; Author . Signed by Author . Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1829047738New-London: Printed by Samuel Green for the Author 1829. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 12mo. 204 1 pages. Hardcover bound in original full leather. The binding is worn and bumped with some old scuffing but is sound. Hinges secure. Early owner's inscription on the front flyleaf reads "Mr. John Bishop's Boo" and his name is again carefully written on the title page. Damped at the bottom corner of the front flyleaf and title page and this disappears about page 20. Text is foxed throughout. A scarce work of essays of history and opinion many decidedly political or patriotic. Two quotes on the title page are by Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. Christopher Manwaring 1774-1832 was born in New London Connecticut and lived much of his life there. He was a friend of James Madison and it is reported that he was an early admirer of Andrew Jackson. This volume contains nearly 20 essays on various subjects many dealing with early American history and political opinions. Some essays include: "American Revolution;" "Government;" Jefferson's Administration;" "The Embargo;" "The Late War;" "On the Fourth of July 1776.;" "On Taxation and Rights of Suffrage;" "On Mutual Dependance and Independence;" and several others. <br/> <br/> Printed by Samuel Green, for the Author hardcover
187512127Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. . 1875. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Slight wear to extremities. Tape repair to folding map. Bookplate. ; Includes numerous contemporary ads ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 349 pages . J. B. Lippincott & Co. hardcover
19611208S001Buenos Aires: Emece Editores 1961. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 63 plates. Very Good/Good. 13.25 x 17.25 inches 34.5 x 44 cm. Dust jacket: Original paper jacket. Several tears to edges with repairs to reverse. Slight damage to front flap. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: Limited edition No. 58 of 250 copies printed on extra strong paper. Grey buckram binding with a little light marking to boards. Light foxing to endpapers. Text has a few spots of light foxing otherwise very clean throughout. A very large format volume. Includes a portrait frontis; fold-out plan of Malaspina's ships the Descubierta and the Atrevida; facsimile of 'Orden de Transbordas y Desembarcos'; fold-out map; plus 25 plates several in colour or tinted. Spanish language. From the private collection of Eric Kenneth Prentice 'Kenn' Back meteorologist who worked with the British Antarctic Survey for nearly 40 years recipient of both the Fuchs Medal and the Polar Medal and a descendent of Sir George Back the Arctic explorer. With Back's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper. Scarce. Overall book condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £19.00; USA £33.00; Oceania £40.00; Rest of World £37.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 13.25 x 17.25 inches 34.5 x 44 cm. Emece Editores hardcover
