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1883023567Boston: Rockwell and Churchill: 1883. 273 pages the Second Edition corrected of errors from the first edition. Brown cloth covers worn at the spine and corners of book lettering is bright on the spine and cover. Internally a nice clean tight copy. VERY GOOD- HARDCOVER. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rockwell and Churchill: Hardcover
186658577<p>Albany NY: Weed Parsons & Co. Fair with no dust jacket; Illustrations split in sections taped chipped . toned boards worn pages toned usual library stamps and markings. 1866. Hardcover. Green cloth titled in gilt on spine. Handsom library bookplate on front pastedown endpaper engraved by Edwin D. French. Folding map showing railroads of New York State folding map of Albany and Hudson River and folding illustration of train on bridge over a river. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 567 pages .</p> Weed, Parsons & Co. hardcover
1897063934Chicago: W. H. Parish Publishing Co. 1897. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. REPRINT bound in green cloth lettered in gold foil. Undated facsimile reprint unidentified as to publisher originally published in parts by W. H. Parish Chicago in 1897 thus first collected edition. Illus. w/ sepiatone photographs. Very slight rubbing to spine extremities light foxing only to pages adjacent to flyleaves otherwise essentially as issued. . W. H. Parish Publishing Co. Hardcover
1897056345Chicago: W. H. Parish Publishing Co. 1897. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Green cloth lettered in gold foil. Undated facsimile reprint unidentified as to publisher originally published in parts by W. H. Parish Chicago in 1897 thus first collected edition. Plate identification list laid in. Illus. w/ sepiatone photographs. Very slight rubbing to spine extremities essentially as issued. W. H. Parish Publishing Co. Hardcover
1896060050Chillicothe OH: L. W. Renick Printed by the Knickerbocker Press NY 1896. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Tan buckram front cover illus. in brown lettered in gilt deckled text block edge with top edge in gilt. Cloth flecked on portions of both covers cloth soiled where not flecked spine panel darkened by age. Firm binding intact hinges clean interior. Text block edges typically dulled by age. 1st ed. x261 pp. Primarily cosmetic faults otherwise solid VG or better. Scarce. L. W. Renick [Printed by the Knickerbocker Press, NY] Hardcover
186238843NY: Phillips & Hunt. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn shaken some light soiling front . hinge cracked. 1862. Hardcover. Brick red cloth with decorations and title stamped on front boards and spine. Measures 5.5 x 4 inches. Frontispiece engraving of man in Union soldier uniform waving goodbye to woman and three little children in doorway one of whom holds American flag. Engraving signed "EJW" WorldCat notes this refers to Elias James Whitney and Felter. A story for young readers about the year that the narrator a boy aged 11 years old relates about his family life while his carpenter father away from home fighting as a Civil War soldier. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 46 pages . Phillips & Hunt hardcover
1842052781New Berlin PA: S. G. Miller 1842. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Black 1/4 cloth brown paper covered boards. Covers are spotted and show surface rubbing; cloth typically soiled with loss to lower spine panel and two chips along front joint binding firm. 1856 ownership inscription in pencil on front flyleaf. 116 pp. Interior typically foxed ranging light to moderate with paper loss and some scribbling inside back cover. Text in German. Scarce. S. G. Miller Hardcover
1888058446Gettysburg PA: G. E. Jacobs 1888. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Red embossed boards lettered in gilt. Fold-out 42 panels. Covers mildly rubbed at corners and extremities interior mostly intact with separation between panels 39 and 40 and the folds between the final 3 panels reinforced with clear tape. G. E. Jacobs Hardcover
1881069388Cambridge MA: Moses King Publisher 1881. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 4th Edition. Brow cloth lettered/decorated/illus. in black and gilt beveled edges. Stated fourth edition "thoroughly revised and enlarged" originally issued 1878 most recent date given 1881 on lower main title. Nicely preserved copy with mild rubbing to corners and spine extremities. Former owner's book plate mounted inside front cover. Firm binding intact hinges. 328 pp. illus. w/ photographic plates engraved plates illus. in text hinged map at p. 25. Text block edges typically tanned. Lacking either a frontis. or blank preceding illus. Harvard main title otherwise complete. Moses King, Publisher Hardcover
18913224Chicago: Chapman Bros 1891. First Edition . Full-Leather. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brown boards 1019-846p24illusportsgilt. Backstrip has split and pulled from front board. Interior vg. Gilt title on front board.Backstrip present <br/> <br/> Chapman Bros hardcover
1868BOOKS060403IManchester NH: John B. Clarke Printer 1868. HC. very good brown cloth hardcover very light cover wear. .NEW-HAMPSHIRE FROM ITS SETTLEMENT IN 1623 TO THE YEAR 1861. CONCLUDED." The Adjutant's report of 126 pages is followed by the 401 page military history. John B. Clarke, Printer unknown
18850008922Unknown 1885 circa. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 24 mo oblong clothbacked decorated blue calendared paper. Probably incomplete. Scarce. <br/><br/>A viewbook with 9 panels in the Albertype style. Unknown hardcover
182951036Boston And New York: Gray and Bowen / G. and C. and H. Carvill. Fair with no dust jacket; Library bookplate on front pastedown endpaper . boards worn some light foxing and toning musty. 1829. Hardcover. Halfbound black leather stamped in gilt on spine with marbled paper-covered sides. Sprinkled edges. xii 300pp. An American almanac providing data about the coming year's calendar and natural phenomena farming advice facts concerning the use and abuse of ardent spirits statistics about foreign countries and the United States etc.; Ex-Library . Gray and Bowen / G. and C. and H. Carvill hardcover
1883000494Boston: New England Grocer Office/Benjamin Johnson 1883. Book. Good-VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Containing a comprehensive account of the growth manufacture and qualities of every article sold by grocers. Also tables of weights and measures and information of a general nature of value to grocers and country merchants." Dark brown textured cloth gilt lettering blind stamped. Moderately rubbed spine panel rubbed and faded toward fore-edge with a few chips to cloth on rear cover. Clean interior modestly toned a few stains on endpapers. Firm binding. 192 pp. indexed; this variation does not contain the coffee section at rear. Lacking color frontis. Interesting item relating to 19th-century merchantile Boston imprint. Still quite decent copy less wear than one would expect and extremely scarce. New England Grocer Office/Benjamin Johnson Hardcover
188320875Boston: N.p. 1883. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 45pp. Very good. Light soiling to outer wrappers. Stapled as issued. A rousing and far-ranging attack against the unpopular former Union general who finally after several attempts won the Massachusetts governorship in 1882 -- only to fail reelection in 1883 in the face of incompetency and ethical charges such as these. N.p. paperback
188425492New York: The Washington Life Insurance Company 1884. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff green pictorial wrappers. Ca. 50pp. Illustrations. Very good. Minor edgewear; triangular chip from upper corner of first four leaves. Tight attractive copy of this annual with an insect theme illustrations and essays strewn amongst the usual almanac calendars. The Washington Life Insurance Company paperback
189817949Blairstown NJ: The Blairstown Press Print 1898. Hardcover. Small 4to. Cream and blue cloth with gilt. 78pp. Frontispiece numerous illustrations. Very good. Very mild edgewear with cream cloth slightly age toned and lightly soiled as usual. Sole edition of this institutional history. Tight and attractive. The Blairstown Press Print hardcover
1825827971825. BABCOCK SAMUEL. UNITED STATES. Letter from the Secretary of War Transmitting a Report in Relation to the Works Carrying on at the Pea Patch in the Delaware River: and also the Proceedings of a Court Martial Ordered for the Trial of Major S. Babcock: the Testimony Taken in the Case and the Judgment Pronounced by the Court thereupon: January 19 1825. Washington: Gales & Seaton 1825. 1st ed. 8vo. 78 2 pp. folding tables. Orig. self-wrappers untrimmed. Light toning throughout otherwise a near fine copy. American Imprints 22948. Documenting Babcock's incapacity at overseeing the construction of the fortifications at Pea Patch Island. unknown
190002309Washington: Government Printing Office 1900. A series of statements by religious figures and mostly female temperance advocates in favor of banning the sale of alcohol at Army canteens. Some dissenting statements by military figures who argue that its easier to control the quantity their men drink within the canteen setting. <br /> <br /> Side-stapled wrappers 81 pp. Front wrapper detached but present; some foxing heavier to rear wrapper; some faint dampstaining to wrapper edges not affecting text. A Good complete copy of this scarce publication. An uncommon government publication. Government Printing Office unknown
185617299Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. pp viii 356 12 ads complete with 14 plates one more than called for in Wagner Camp 282:1. Publisher's blue cloth gilt spine. Rubbing to extremities spine slightly toned; very good. Upham was an ardent Fremont supporter and wrote this biography to bolster Fremont's bid for the Presidency in 1856. Ticknor and Fields hardcover
18675010048New York: G. W. Carleton & Co. Publishers 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Rebound. Sound binding and hinges. Tanned sometimes foxed pages. Paper over boards is scuffed soiled worn with label at lower spine. Civil War memoir. Ex-Library; 7.25" tall; 389 pages; Signed by Author. G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers hardcover
18842051London: Ward Lock & Co 1884. 360pp including front preface plates catalog. Dark red cover with embossed pictorials. Gold lettering on cover and spine. Corners are slightly worn. Hard Cover. Good. 7 1/4 X 5. Ward, Lock & Co Hardcover
18840008118Chicago: Fergus Printing 1884. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 12mo 174 pages. yellow wrappers uncut unopened <br/><br/>Fergus Historical Series no.23. Also an Appendix with the Breese-Douglas Correspondence on the Inception and Origin of the Illinois-Central Railroad and the Origin of the Names of Stations on the Illinois-Central Railroad. Fergus Printing paperback
1893021702Houghton Mifflin: 1893. First published in 1886 this book is the 1893 printing 382 pages. "The struggles and the agony by which this poor and isolated community freed itself from it gloomy bondage the means by which it secularized its education and its government won for itself the blessing of free thought and speech and matured a system of constitutional liberty which has been the foundation of the American Union rise in dignity to one of the supreme efforts of mankind." FINE- HARDCOVER dark green cloth covers gilt lettering is bright on the spine. A nice clean tight copy. Hard Cover. Fine-/No Dust Jacket Present. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Houghton Mifflin: Hardcover
1835DEMO004004IWashington: Gales and Seaton 1835. First edition. Paperback. fair. 8vo 32 68 pages disbound stained lacking wrappers <br/><br/>Bound with AN ORATION DELIVERED BEFORE THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF NEWBURYPORT AT THEIR REQUEST ON THE SIXTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE JULY 4TH 1837. Morss And Brewster Newburyport Herald Office: Newburyport Massachusetts 1837. Sabin 295; Sabin 294 Note: Sabin is not specific but WorldCat cites only an imprint for this by C. Whipple. Inked signature on the dedication page. Gales and Seaton paperback