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184722807London: Richard Bentley 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes pp. xiv 416 with lithographed frontispiece and 2 folding maps all backed on linen; vii 350 with linen-backed frontispiece. In a later simple blue loth binding. Both volumes well rubbed at the corners evidence of removal of an ink stamp on title page of Vol. I which also has a small white stain on the front board. Text clean bindings tight; very good. Featherstonhaugh a British-born gentleman farmer and self-trained geologist began his journey at Washington D.C. and traveled to Detroit via Pittsburgh and Cleveland. From there he navigated by canoe on Lake Huron and Lake Michigan to Mackinac and Green Bay and then via the Fox and Mississippi Rivers to Saint Anthony and Fort Snelling. His party negotiated the Minnesota River as far as Lake Traverse on the Dakota border before returning to Galena and St. Louis and then traveling through Tennessee Georgia and the Carolinas. Of the southern portion of his journey Clark III 39 writes: "His principal interests were the Indians and the gold-mining operations in Georgia and North Carolina and these items are described in considerable detail." In Georgia he was present at a council held by the Cherokees and the United States Commissioners at Red Clay. Field 530; Howes F-67; Sabin 23959. Richard Bentley hardcover
1983007279Flagstaff AZ: Northland Press 1983. RARE. A strong and striking black and white photograph of the Comanche war chief Quanah Parker superimposed over a blood red map of the part of Texas involved in the Red River Indian War. Fine as issued 20"w x 26"h printed on high quality paper and distributed in limited number at the ABA trade show in 1983. Eminently suited for framing and will be shipped loosely rolled in a sturdy mailing tube. . Poster. 20" x 26". Northland Press books
1932010385Garden City New York : Garden City Publishing 1932. Book. Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine in the RARE dust jacket which is Near Fine faint soiling rear panel. 300 pages photographic paste downs and end papers with 24 illustrations photographs. One of Garden City Publishings' Star Books on nudism. A classic of the Naturism Movement. Garden City Publishing Hardcover
055567Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. Variously paginated. Mixed editions Hardcovers bound in burgundy cloth. Volumes 1- 8 do NOT have dust jackets; Volumes 9-13 do have jackets. Some bindings show light wear and some are quite worn. The conditions of the books are good to very good. Some are first editions and a number are reprints. Most volumes have a prior owner's signature and the text of most volumes is clean. Individual details as follows: Volume I: 1752-1771. 1968 Light wear; sound and clean within; Volume II: 1752-1775 1925 First Ed. Ex-library copy with full markings; rear inner hinge is cracking with muslin exposed; title is foxed; Volume III: 1776-1779. 1968 Light wear; a sound copy; Volume IV: 1780-1783 1968. Light wear; a sound copy; Volume V: 1784-1792 1941 First Ed.; Moderate wear to the binding; spine has some splash marks; text is clean; Volume VI: 1793-1808 1943 First Ed. Ex-library copy with full markings; Spotting to spine. Inner hinges secure; text is clean; Volume VII: 1809-1822 1970 Light to moderate wear to the binding. There is a nick in the cloth on the spine at the rear hinge; Volume VIII: 1823-1837 1954 First Ed. Moderate wear to the binding; some spotting to the spine. Text is clean By Fries and Douglas Rights; Volume IX: 1838-1847 1964 First Ed. Edited by Minnie J. Smith. Dust jacket is rubbed and worn; book is clean; Volume X: 1841-1851 1966 First Ed. Dust jacket in mylar. Light wear; Volume XI: 1852-1879 1969 First Ed. By Hamilton. Jacket is rubbed and worn about the edges. Text is clean; Volume XII: 1856-1866. 2000 Light wear to book and jacket; SIGNED by co-author Daniel Crews on the front flyleaf; Volume XIII: 1867-1876 2006. Light wear to book and jacket. <br/> <br/> State Department of Archives and History hardcover
183816381New York: Privately Printed. Very Good. 1838. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Clean aqua-blue cloth with an armorial crest on both covers. Bright gilt spine label. All edges gilt. Interior of text is tight clean & intact. Mostly light and some moderate foxing throughout. Prior owners signature and date on front endpaper. Illustrated with a large fold-out map of John W. Gould's Voyage. Outer folded map panel is age toned and has a mended edge tear. In 1833 Gould sailed abroad the Commerce for Canton via Cape Horn and Valparaiso. He departed the ship in Chile and returned to New York via Rio de Janeiro on the Falmouth. He later returned to Rio on board the Iwanowna. Printed for private circulation only. Nautical; Fold out map; Narrow 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 207 pages . Privately Printed hardcover
190312259Chicago: The Chapman Pub. Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. The spine has been repaired with brown cloth. The book is very tight and the contents are very good to fine. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 742 pages . The Chapman Pub. Co. hardcover
1950001565Tuskegee Institute Alabama: The Department of Records and Research Tuskegee Institute 1950. Records and Research Pamphlet No.2 May 1950. Stamp of the Ball State Teachers College Library on the front wrapper and the title page Faint erasure top edge front wrapper Else Fine. 28 pages printed on rectos only. A scarce and important reference work of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Large 8vo. The Department of Records and Research, Tuskegee Institute Paperback books
1950005068Saint Michaels AZ: St. Michaels Press 1950. 372 pages. Book in English and Navajo with two beautiful fold-out color reproductions of sandpaintings. SCARCE especially so in such lovely condition. Near Fine small date in ink front endpage spine a bit bowed. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. St. Michaels Press Paperback books
BOOKS051428IHC. good black cloth hardcover light edgewear. Volumes XIV XV XVI and XVII of the series; and Volumes I II III and IV of the War Rolls. Complete set comprising: Volume I ROLLS OF THE SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1775 TO MAY 1777; WITH AN APPENDIX EMBRACING DIARIES OF LIEUT. JONATHAN BURTON. Parsons B. Cogswell State Printer Concord NH 1885 799pp; Volume II ROLLS OF THE SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR MAY 1777 TO 1780: WITH AN APPENDIX EMBRACING NAMES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MEN IN MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENTS Parsons B. Cogswell State Printer Concord NH 1886 847pp; Volume III ROLLS AND DOCUMENTS RELATING TO SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WITH AN APPENDIX EMBRACING SOME INDIAN AND FRENCH WAR ROLLS John B. Clarke Public Printer Manchester NH 1887 1021pp; and PART I. ROLLS AND DOCUMENTS RELATING TO SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. PART II. MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS FROM 1629-1725 John B. Clarke Public Printer Manchester NH 1889 819pp. unknown
1876240263Valparaiso IN: A. G. Hardesty 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Folio 90 pages publisher's cloth; there is a horizontal tear through the world map the New Sectional and Township Map of Indiana has a tear at the gutter some lesser tears repaired with archival tape Very Scarce <br/><br/>Here are 21 hand-colored maps including the double-page " Railroad Map of the United States Prepared Expressly for A. G. Hardesty by H. H. Lloyd & Co. . N.Y." Also there are lithographs of 20 local farms and businesses. Additionally there is substantial text on the history of the county. "We have endeavored to give a correct history of our county; and recognizing the fact that it is only while our old pioneers are among us that we can obtain a complete record of our early history and believing that a work of this kind will prove interesting as well as instructive and knowing that oiur county cannot be beaten in the world for climate soil and people we compile this book." - Preface. A. G. Hardesty hardcover
189211092NY: American Historical Publishing Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1892. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Bound in three-quarter leather. Rubbing to the surface of the leather. The leather spines are separating from the binding underneath. 1" chip to the top of the spine of volume 2. Small chip to the front of the spine of volume 1 removing part of the title. Interiors are fine or better with tight hinges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . American Historical Publishing Co. hardcover
1984068247Sherman Oaks and Los Angeles CA: Alfred Publishing Co. for Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed Associational. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red 1/4 cloth blue paper-covered boards lettered in gold foil. As issued. Color illus. dust jacket Near Fine with minor shelf wear two small pieces of clear tape mounted on upper front panel now in mylar. 1st thus of 1984 revised edition updated to 1983 itself a revision of the 1981 revised edition. viii504 pp. Signed inside front cover by John C. Argue who was instrumental in bringing the 1984 Olympics to Los Angeles as president of the bid committee of the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games which sponsored publication of this volume and dated 24 Aug. 1984. Signed on front flyleaf by both Juan Antonio Samaranch International Olympics Committee president at the time dated 14 Aug. 1984 and Peter V. Ueberroth chair of the Los Angeles Olympics Organizing Committee and Commissioner of Major League Baseball at the time dated 17 Aug. 1984; all three signatures are full-name with organizational acronym and date without personalization or salutation. Address stamp of former owner Harold "Pete" Madison who assisted Argue in efforts to bring the Olympics to LA on verso of front flyleaf. A unique presentation copy signed and dated within days of the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics in LA by three of the principal organizers. Alfred Publishing Co. for Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games Hardcover
1901A48011San Francisco CA: Hicks-Judd Company. 1901. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fair. This is an oversized hardback book small folio sized The book is in Fair condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front cover is disbound. The textblock is intact though a bit loose. The leather spine of the book is lacking. The first several pages the book excluding the front endpaper have a horizontal tear to the middle of the page starting at the foredge. The remainder of the text pages appear to be in clean bright condition. This block book in a way is similar to a plat map in that it shows the shape and size of allotments for buildings / residences etc. In this case the measurement used to define the allotments is the Vara: "The vara a Spanish unit of distance was used in the Spanish and Mexican surveys and land grants in Texas. One vara equals approximately thirty-three and one-third inches; 5645.4 square varas equal one acre; 1900.8 varas equal one mile; and 1000000 square varas which is one labor equal approximately 177.1 acres. The word vara entered the Spanish language from vulgate Latin and originally meant a long thin clean branch of any tree or plant." from the Texas State Historical Society. This book also contains information about the owners of each allotment. This book the second Block book issued for San Francisco shows the complete set-up of housing etc. Before the 1906 Earthquake.; B&W Illustrations; 736p. pages; Pictured 2/24/24; Signed by Author . Hicks-Judd Company hardcover
183324117New York: J. & J. Harper 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes pp. viii 520; 4 502 in original cloth with mounted paper labels on spines complete with frontid portrait of Jay in Volume I. Bindings sound text clean very minor scattered foxing. Endpapers in Vol. II are foxed and front free endpaper has some loss. Boards rubbed chipping to spine labels spine of Volume II sunned. Still a very good set overall. John Jay was a diplomat Founding Father and first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. His son William was a judge and ardent abolitionist. Sabin 35861; Howes J-71. J. & J. Harper hardcover
1846LT7906Milwaukee: I. A. Hopkins 1846. Second Edition Greatly Improved. HB. Blue embossed cloth gilt lettering on spine 12mo 208 pp. including 6 pages publishers ads at rear. With a hand colored map of the southern half of the state by Sidney E. Morse and Samuel Breese and dated 1847. Lapham 1811-1875 arrived at what was to become the city of Milwaukee in 1836 and this is the second edition of the first significant treatment of the geography of Wisconsin. Lapham went on to study the Indian Mounds of Wisconsin and was instrumental in helping to create the U.S. Weather Service. No marks in book binding tight. Light foxing to end papers. Map complete with no foxing but has old tape repairs to one panel. Covers show one small ink stain on front cover upper corners bumped spine sunned with minor chipping along rear hinge. Book condition Good. I. A. Hopkins hardcover
176217827London: Booksellers of Great-Britain Ireland and New-England. Good. 1762. 2nd Edition corrected. Hardcover. Bound in modern black pebble cloth with gilt lettering. Text is tight & clean with light age toning and a few stains. VOLUME 1: 2 vi 24 xii 2 487 1 pages. 1 map of 2. Lacking map "Passage by Land to California". The"Malabar and Cormandel Coasts" map is present & complete but has a vertical tear along the lower half of the center crease. This second edition corrected has added a 24-page supplement on the Spanish settlements in America. VOLUME 2: 2 4 4 507 18 pages. Folding plate of the Ginseng Plant & 3 of 3 maps present: 1-"Map of Terra del Fuego"; 2-"Map of Nangasak called by the Chinese Tchangk"; 3-"Peru Mission of the Moxos". Lacking last 3 leaves rear General Index stops after the letter "T". Religion ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 994 pages; Second edition of a 1743 collection of narratives by Jesuit missionaries in Asia and the Americas translated into English and abridged from the 1702-13 Lettres Adifiantes. . Booksellers of Great-Britain Ireland and New-England hardcover
1894010101New York: The Century Co. 1894. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x 239 pp.; beige cloth pictorially stamped in gold orange & green; frontis. & 22 illustrations reproducing George Wharton Edwards' drawings after the author's photographs. Very Good spine darkened slight soiling to boards interior clean tight and unmarked. SCARCE. The Century Co. Hardcover
190810806San Francisco: The Mercantile Guide Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1908. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Slight rubbing to the corners and stail to the right edges. Still very nice condition for the age. ; 6x9 1/2"; 762 pages . The Mercantile Guide Co. hardcover
1882055830<p>Raleigh: Ashe & Gatling State Printers and Binders; Presses of Edward Broughton & co. 1882. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. ix 581; 743; 741; vii 458 pages. Hardcovers bound in full dark brown or black cloth. The bindings are worn bumped and stained. Volume I has been re-backed with the original spine laid down and is quite sound. Volume II has some fraying to the cloth about the edges and the rear outer hinge at the spine is splitting. This volume has a bookseller's ticket from Raleigh NC from the "Southern Law Book Exchange". This volume also has 2 leaves 4 pages numbered 3-6 pasted into the front with the title "An Act for the Relief of Certain Confederate Soldiers Sailors and Widows" from the North Carolina General Assembly. It looks like it may have been cut out of another book. This Volume II also has an inscription at the front "James M. Ray's Volume / Bought at Raleigh / Sept. 1907. Pd. 60c". A former owner has laid in loosely some typed research on Ray noting that he enlisted on 5/26/62 as a 1st Lieutenant in Company "F" NC 60th Infantry Other information given including that he was wounded at Chickamauga GA and more information is given about the 60th Regiment. Rear inner hinge is splitting in this volume. Volume III is worn and stained and has a nick on the front hinge but appears sound. Volume IV has moderate wear and is sound. The lettering on the bindings is dulled and the text is toned. <br /><br /></p> Ashe & Gatling, State Printers and Binders; Presses of Edward, Broughton & co. hardcover
18045120Charlestown MA: Samuel Etheridge Thomas and Andrews 1804. Second Revised Enlarged edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo; vi unpaginated; contemporary full roan cracking joints morocco spine label some foxing; lower right corner of the Chart of the Northwest Coast of America is chipped affecting below Queen Charlotte's Islands and far western Canada. <br/><br/>Enlarged including a last-minute annotation about Plymouth Mass. The Louisiana section is especially pertinent due to the Louisiana Purchase in December 1803. Howes M839 Samuel Etheridge, Thomas and Andrews hardcover
1849M13948Washington DC:: House of Representatives Thirtieth Congress second session. 1849. 1849. 8vo. 46 pp. Self-wraps. Stitching with stab and thread. 2 items. Very good. ALSO WITH II: Report 114 Minority Report W. T. G. Morton February 28 1849. <br /><br /> 8vo. 99 pp. Reports relating to the ether controversy who discovered its use for anesthesia and Morton's attempts to get compensation. "Containing transcripts of letters and depositions given by most of the chief protagonists of the anaesthetic controversy amongst these Channing Jackson Morton Dana Bigelow. The opinion of the - interested - 'Minority' was that more credit should be given to Jackson and less to Morton.' Andras Gedeon sale April 23 2008. REFERENCES: I: Fulton & Stanton The centennial of surgical anesthesia no. 71; II: Fulton & Stanton The centennial of surgical anesthesia no. 72. 241-44. House of Representatives, Thirtieth Congress, second session. 1849. paperback
197063225<p>NY: McGraw-Hill. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Front flyleaf removed jacket lightly worn. 1970. First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed to real estate developer Joe Lesser by the author Robert Moses on dedication page. Gray illustrated cloth binding. Foreword by Raymond Moley xxxvi 952pp biography index photos. Autobiography by the legendary public works commissioner and New York State and City power broker who remade many of the metropolitan parks highways neighborhoods and bridges. A doorstop of a book only bested by Robert Caro's 1974 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Moses. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> McGraw-Hill hardcover
1878007890Pittsburgh PA: Jones & Laughlins Steel 1878. The RARE Third Edition 1878. A true miniature 4.1275 cm x 6.35 cm bound in flexible leather tooled in gilt front cover tooled in blind rear all edges gilt no slipcase present. Very Good rubbing to covers especially at joints faint pencil notations end pages. 1 279 pp. Index paginated a-k 3 pp. ads 16 blank note pages 1. With illustrations. A book intended for use and small enough to fit into a pocket. Earliest holdings noted at Worldcat are the 1888 eighth edition that edition held by only 3 libraries. . Third Edition. Flexible Leather. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4.1275 cm x 6.35 Cm. Miniature. Jones & Laughlins Steel Paperback books
19193280095Paris 1919. Softcover. Fair in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Wrappers and pages are edge worn tanned a bit brittle. Binding is very fragile. All pages present along with 4 folded maps which are in good condition. The treaty is in a sturdy portfolio to help protect against further deterioration. Exlibrary marks on portfolio but not on the document itself. Document providing diplomatic end to World War I. Ex-Library; 13" tall; 425 pages. unknown
197636281Adams Brown Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth over baord showing light shelf and edge wear gently bumped corners. Jacket has faint dampness wrinkles and more edge wear. . Adams Brown Co hardcover
