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1854362724Boston Massachusetts: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co 1854. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Uber-scarce in the trade there being only a single additional copy available on-line currently for $150. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy but complete and sturdy. Light brown wraps front wrapper chipped along edges tape-repaired tear interior chipped rear panel edges else clean and unmarked. A rousing full-throated speech on the question as to whether slavery be permitted in Nebraska or not. It begins with a big broad sweeping social history of slavery in the U.S. as well as attempts to prevent or overthrow it. He then likens Black/White to Woman/Man. To stump for equality between men and women "it was only to affirm that Woman is human and has the same quality of human substance with man. Not only the proletary the servant the slave but exploitered sic woman also must rise as despotocracy goes down." Parker wrote plentiful anti-slavery papers and speeches 1841-1852 Sabin 58754. At the colophon is noted "This discourse is printed mainly from the Phonographic report of Messrs. Yerrinton and Leighton."Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. Benjamin B. Mussey & Co paperback
1878005519Quincy VT: Green & Prescott 1878. 660pp/illus. A scarce history of several Massachusetts towns which is also an excellent source of genealogical material. Hardbound book Errata general index and an index of names. Bound in wine colored cloth covered boards with gilt titles on the spine and a vignette of Mt. Wollaston on the cover. The Appendix includes material on "industrial" statistics early gubernatorial election voting records and census data. Illustrated with fourteen plates one of which appears to be a copper or steel engraving. Minimal markings on title page and spine only. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Green & Prescott hardcover
1858027327New York: Harper and Brothers 1858. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth decorated in blind lettered in gilt on spine. Professionally rebound with original cloth laid over new brown cloth lacking only approx. 1/2" at base of spine where the new cloth almost identical in color to the old shows new endsheets new head- and tail-bands. viii9-432 pp. Firm binding clean interior a bit toned by age. Well preserved copy with sympathetic restoration will prove durable for years to come. Presents as solid Near Fine with note to rebinding. Concerned with the Wyoming Valley in northeastern Pennsylvania proximate to Scranton Wilkes-Barre Hazleton etc. NOT the state of Wyoming. Scarce. Harper and Brothers Hardcover
1872070690Philadelphia PA: Bavis and Pennypacker Printers 1872. Book. Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. INSCRIBED BUT . . . Rust pebbled cloth lettered in gilt. 1st ed. 295 pp. folding map frontis. fully intact. Worn but complete with rubbed corners and spine extremities minor separations to cloth along front joint gutter. Both hinges mended. Child's scribbling to front flyleaf and front blanks a child's signature inside front cover; rear flyleaf partially detached and mended. Text block edges dulled by age and use. Inscribed by Pennypacker on front blank personalized to Vosburg N. Shaffer but the demonic child's scribbling over the inscription partially obscures it. A notoriously scarce local history this copy in somewhat lamentable condition but still useful. Bavis and Pennypacker, Printers Hardcover
186038681Cincinnati: Western Book Concern 1860. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Original heavily blind-embossed brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. 431pp 1p ad. Illustrations. Very good. Quite mild edgewear; contemporary ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight and nice later printing of this 1857 account of a Methodist Episcopal minister among the Native American tribes of the upper Midwest. A quite decent copy of a title commonly found in inferior condition. The full-page engravings depict "Montreal River Falls" "Horse-Shoe Harbor Near Copper Harbor L.S." "Cliff Mine Lake Superior" and "Big Bekuenesec Falls Menomonee River. Western Book Concern hardcover
1877063990Harrisburg PA: Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey 1877. Book. Good-VG. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth spine panel lettered in gilt. Cover cloth typically rubbed top corners rubbed with exposure. Firm binding clean interior. xxxiv348 pp. with 110 woodcuts 6 maps and sections frontis. map 5 folding maps: Map of Cambria County Bell's Gap Coal Field Map of Somerset County First Bituminous Coal Basin in Somerset Co. Salisbury Central Coal Basin in Somerset Co. Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey Hardcover
1893056041Greensboro N.C.: Reece & Elam Power Job Printers 1893. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 141 23 pages. Hardcover bound in original dark grey cloth. The binding is worn and foxed but sound. There is a nick in the cloth on the rear hinge near the headcap. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Patterned endpapers. Splitting to the gutter of the title page at the bottom and the follow page photo of the "Five Original Directors of the G.B.G. Company" is detached but present. The text is stoned and has some foxing and smudging especially around the plates. Illustrated with a map and several photos and portrait engravings. <br/> <br/> Reece & Elam, Power Job Printers hardcover
187216635Albany N. Y.: Argus Company Printer. Very Good. 1872. First Edition. Soft Covers. Report of the Commission appointed by chapter 868 Laws of 1871 entitled "An act to foster and develop the internal Commerce of the state by inviting and rewarding the practical and profitable introduction upon the canals of steam caloric electricity or any motor other than animal power for the propulsion of boats." Clean blue paper covers with black title on front cover and a few tiny edge chips. Interior of booklet is tight clean & intact. New York Canals; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 20 pages . Argus Company (Printer) paperback
1876056379Philadelphia PA: Ig. Kohler 1876. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown pebbled cloth lettered in gold foil. 2nd revised/enlarged edition 1st ptg. thus: 1876. Scarce original edition of a standard genealogical reference. Mild wear with rubbing and minor exposure to corners and spine extremities. Firm binding intact hinges. Two small vintage color litho. illustrations mounted inside front cover former owner's signature inked on front blank otherwise unmarked. Ig. Kohler Hardcover
1848008247New York:: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1848. 5" wide by 7.5" tall. A tight copy of the first American printing of this classic -- one of the best travel narratives of the fur trade era. WITHDRAWN stamp and other typical library markings. Bound in the original red cloth with blindstamped rules and ornaments on the front and rear covers and elaborate gilt decorations on the spine. Gilt is still bright and shiny. Spine ends chipped. Moderate edge wear. Light scattered foxing. Describes the adventures of the author a British army officer. "Contains valuable accounts of pioneer life; the Indians; mines; beaver and buffalo hunting etc. Describes the author's journey through Texas New Mexico along the Red River and the Arkansas; down the Missouri to St. Louis; by steamboat to Peoria and thence by stagecoach to Chicago." Dobie remarks that this book is "vivid on Comanche raids." Rittenhouse SANTA FE TRAIL 499: "Ruxton had first gone to Mexico then north to Santa Fe and eastward on the SFT. The latter portion contains some material on Bent's Fort and the Trail. He is recognized as one of the great classic writers on the Mountain Men in the 1840s." HILL COLLECTION p. 264: "Ruxton A secret agent of the British government. explored large parts of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains regions. A very interesting account of Mexico and New Mexico on the eve of the Mexican War." Wagner Camp 139 1953: "A remarkable journey by a remarkable man told in a most interesting manner." Wagner Camp Becker 1982: 139:2. Soliday IV 564. Howes R-553. Rader 2856. Dobie p. 35 77 148. Sabin 74501. Eberstadt 114: 891. Gunn 1018. Graff/Storm 3620. Flake 7459. . First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Good EX-LIBRARY. 312pp. Harper & Brothers, Publishers Hardcover
1894056380Uniontown PA: Thomas B. Searight 1894. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original edition rebound in durable green buckram lettered in gold foil new endpapers. Text block edges typically toned clean interior beyond toning to a few scattered pages where news clippings had been laid in. Former owner's signature inked on front blank otherwise unmarked. 384 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates. 1st ed. Thomas B. Searight Hardcover
1900000376Boston: Self-Published 1900. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dark burgundy cloth gilt lettering. Mildy rubbed corners and spine extremities quite nicely preserved. 45 pp. xiv 14 full page b&w plates. Inscribed though unsigned by author to Kate D. Russell on front flyleaf. Accompanied by 2-page MS. dated 1901 from a Sheldon relative unclear whether the author to Ms. Russell concerning genealogy of John Russell of Deerfield who married 1758 Hannah nee Sheldon daughter of John Sheldon. Self-Published Hardcover
1845001628New York: J. H. Colton 1845. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Orig. issued 1839 this an early edition 5th overall with revised title from 1843 edition later issued as "Colton's Traveller and tourist's guide-book through the western states and territories." Howes W 615. Brown blind-decorated cloth gilt lettering. Cloth quite faded with frayed extremities underboards exposed at corners soiling and dampstaining to rear cover a bit cocked. Modest dampstaining to upper fore-edge corner of all interior leaves present but not pronounced. All leaves firm modestly toned with little foxing evident. Former owner signature in pencil on front flyleaf. Portion of map present at rear mostly lacking showing portions of western Missouri southern Iowa and "Indian Territory" later Oklahoma to the west. Rear pastedown also contains original bookseller's tag from Chicago Book Store S. F. Gale & Co. Chicago. Worn but not abused acceptable as reference copy with a portion of the rare map for novelty's sake. J. H. Colton Hardcover
1858w230432372D. Appleton 1858. 482pp. Rebound in dark blue buckrum cloth EX-LIB minimal markings First Edition foldout map map is very fragile appendix b&w illustrations The Book of the Great Railway Celebrations of 1857 . Hard Cover. Very Good. D. Appleton Hardcover
186113478N.p. 1861. Paperback. 8vo. Self-cover. 16pp. Near fine. Binding traces. A thorough presentation of the North Carolina point of view by the soon-to-be Confederate congressman. "Thirty of our associates have withdrawn at the call of their respective states and are no longer of our body. N.p. paperback
1860028289Philadelphia PA: J. W. Bradley 1860. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red pebbled cloth bordered and illus. in blind spine panel illus./lettered in gilt. Considerable general wear but intact in all essentials. Cloth faded and moderately spotted/soiled spine panel gilt faded/dulled mildly chipped at head of spine. Corners curled with some exposure text block edges toned by age. Firm binding. Early gift inscription on front blank otherwise unmarked. Scattered internal foxing generally light. xii13-432 pp. 24-pp. publisher's catalog at rear engraved frontis. based on the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait w/ tissue guard. Worn but not abused complete and intact. Very scarce Washington biography here in its original form. J. W. Bradley Hardcover
1866058672New York: Harper and Brothers 1866. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth lettered in gilt. Cloth mildly flecked on spine panel and portions of both covers toward edges. Binding is firm but fore-edges of several early signatures project along fore-edge. Former owner's signature/date in pencil on upper front flyleaf. Scarce. Harper and Brothers Hardcover
184413650N.p. Washington DC: Whig Standard Office 1844. Paperback. Small 4to. Self-cover. 16pp mostly uncut. Good plus. Moderately age toned throughout with outer wrappers largely separated along the spine. Argues that the middle and western states do not get their fair share of the pie -- that the lion's share of appropriations benefit the eastern seaboard states. First edition. SABIN 91643. Whig Standard Office paperback
1879234261Press of Francis Hart & Co. 1879. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Covers have moderate wear around edges and corners and 1inch chip/tear near top of spine in back and other smaller chips at top and bottom of spine and in middle. Front hinge beginning to crack and a few early pages are in danger of being detached. Pages in good shape and unmarked. Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes not envelopes. Press of Francis Hart & Co. Hardcover
187611186New York: Harper & Brothers 1876. Hardcover. Illustrations by Thomas Nast. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. 118pp 7pp ads. Frontispiece engravings. Good plus. 19th century "Lyceum Library" bookplate on front pastedown; bit of damage to front flyleaf from adhering to pastedown; mild edgewear with some fraying at head and tail of spine. Monetary reform allegory superbly illustrated by Nast. A tight decent first edition despite wear. Harper & Brothers hardcover
18744785Grange Publisihing 1874. First edition. Good. 8vo green cloth bookplate. <br/><br/> Grange Publisihing hardcover
188517156<p>2nd edition. Good softcover. Sewn binding under thin card covers titles on front cover unprinted spine; textblock untrimmed at fore and tail edges. Clean lightly scuffed covers and spine; uneven age darkening along cover edges; 1/2 inch chip missing at front cover top fore corner; tightly bound; bright clean interior. 12mo 148 pp. Cf OCLC #6835165. Laid in is 4 pp. fortnightly-published 'Book Notes' journal issued by Sidney S. Rider of Providence dated October 25 1884.</p> Providence, RI: Sidney S. Rider/Rhode Island Historical Society paperback
18393884Providence: Published by the Author 1839. Hardcover. Small 8vo.Modern grey cloth rebind with gilt spine lettering. viii 312pp. Steel engraved frontispiece. Very good. Ownership inscription on frontispiece verso; faint age toning to text block; binding somewhat soiled. First edition in an attractive tight binding. Somewhat scarce. HOWES W 448. Published by the Author hardcover
1896SB11487NY: American Geographical Society 1896. Four original issues bound into one volume in plain green cloth; Volume XXV; Retired library copy with the usual stickers ink-stamps labels and notations; Binding lightly edge worn and bumped at the spine tips; Topics in this issue include: Americana Exploration Geography Portrait of Columbus Carl Lumholtz in Northern Mexico Obelisk Finger Lakes New York Honduras Mosquito Shore Nicaragua Wilds Peoples of Farther India Angola West Africa Life in the Wilds of Central Africa Carl Lumholtz in Northern Mexico Greece and Modern Athens Bantu Notes and Vocabularies. Folded map of the Mosquito Coast of Nicaragua; Map of Angola District of Loanda; Territories of the British South African Company; lxxvii 609p. Green Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Photgraphs Maps. 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hard Cover. American Geographical Society
1895AC1875Denver / Manitou CO: Carson-Harper / The Cliff House 1895. Retired library copy minimally marked. Lower right corner of the sunned front cover is clipped and the lower left corner has a faint ink smudge; Light edge wear overall else clean and tight including textblock. 23 pages unpaginated; Wynar/Depp 2393. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Photographs. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Paper Back. Carson-Harper / The Cliff House Paperback
