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188060818Toulouse, Société des Livres Religieux 1880 In-4 190,5 x 29 cm. reliure de l’éditeur demi-chagrin rouge, dos à 5 nerfs, caissons ornés de fers dorés, auteur et titre dorés, nombreuses dans et hors-texte. Plats de couverture, page de titre et dernière page salis, charnières internes fendillées. Intérieur en bon état. Voyage à travers les états-Unis des années 1860.
18730007584Madison WI: Harrison & Warner 1873. First edition. Hardcover. Poor. Folio 54 pages original cloth covers detached. Offered "as is" with all defects some faults to some maps especially p. 13 "Spring Grove" minor. <br/><br/>Twenty-three color maps remain lacks the Railroad and Sectional Map of the State of Wisconsin. It does have the fold-out large map of Monroe Village. Engraved printed and bound in Philadelphia. Harrison & Warner hardcover
18810045781881 Paris, Lemerre, 1881. Deux tomes in-12 (102 X 163 mm) demi-maroquin havane, dos cinq nerfs filetés, caissons dorés ornés d'un quadrilobe de maroquin noir et fers dorés, auteur, titre et tomaison dorés, date en queue, étui (David). Tome I : (2) ff. de faux-titre et titre, III-342 pages, (1) f. d'achevé d'imprimer - Tome II : (2) ff. de faux-titre et titre, 231 pages, (2) ff.
1899009202NY: Appleton. First edition Edition De Luxe limited to 750 numbered copies. Number 47 printed for Gilbert M. Plympton Esq. Leather bound folio. An extensive resource and visual history of New York City. Weighs over 16 pounds. Published NY: Appleton 1899. Thick oblong folio 14 1/2" x 11 1/4" 640pp. plus 17 maps 1000 engraved illustrations and full page and double page photographs in black & white and color captioned tissue guards plus street maps of New York City in color errata slip laid in. Bound in brown pebbled leather with gilt titles and gilt embossed seals of New York City all edge gilting printed on heavy coated paper. Chips to the leather splitting at the joints rear inner hinge split and separating rear cover loose moisture residue affecting the rear hinge and last 16 sheets street maps leaving one to two inches of the map stuck to its facing page at the bind. Some tearing/chipping to some edges light sweating to a few preliminaries but most pages unaffected and clean. Still a solid working volume with most pages very good. . Fair. Hard. 1st. 1899. Appleton unknown
187915979New York: American News Co 1879. Hardcover. Good . Two volume set in full brown morocco leather tooled decorations gold titles on spine five raised bands all edges gilt marbled endpapers. Each volume has 631 pages. Volume 1 has frontis portrait of Grant with creased tissue guard. Volume 2 has fold-out map. 800 illustrations including many full-page with tissue guards. "A narrative of the visit of General U.S. Grant ex-president of the U. S. to various countries in Europe Asia and Africa in 1877 1878 1879 etc." Boards are rubbed at edges and on spine. Edgewear at top of spines. Attractive set with no names or marks sturdy and straight. <br/><br/> American News Co hardcover
1876025500Hartford CT: Dustin Gilman and Co. 1876. Book. VG. Decorative Cloth. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Brown cloth elaborately lettered and decorated in black and gilt. Second printing of original edition copyrighted 1875 printed 1876 lower title page date. Modest shelf wear overall very nicely preserved. Chipped with 1/4" band surface cloth loss at head of spine very slight cloth loss at heel of spine; all four corners intact hinges intact. Text block edges somewhat dulled/darkened by age interior clean binding firm pages crisp and unfoxed. Slight off-seting/foxing apparent at frontis. only tissue guard fully intact. 605 pp. illus. Exceptional. Dustin, Gilman and Co. Hardcover
1872A37856New York: Hurd and Houghton. Good. 1872. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Good only condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends corners and edges of the book covers have rubbing bumping fraying and chips missing. The covers have noticeable spots of ground-in dirt and generalized rubbing. The lettering on the spine has started to rub. The front inner hinge has cracked. The text pages are generally clean but the book could use a good restitching as sections are loose. The rear endpaper is missing. The first twenty pages or so have spots of foxing. "Afterwards she Yelverton led an itinerant life and supported herself by writing about her travels. Francis Farquhar wrote that she "spent the summer of 1870 in Yosemite where she attached herself to the Hutchings family and made eyes at John Muir. He escaped to the woods but not before she had noted enough of his conversation and his ways of life to make him over into Kenmuir the hero of her novel." Wikipedia . Hurd and Houghton hardcover
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
1890004899Indianapolis IN: William R. Burford 1890. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine cloth a bit faded at spine. 472 pages bound in the original dark blue cloth with gilt titles at spine. Illustrated with photographs and drawings an excellent source of early Indiana University history and also a great genealogical source book. SCARCE in such lovely collector's condition. William R. Burford Hardcover
1890004899Indianapolis IN: William R. Burford 1890. Near Fine cloth a bit faded at spine. 472 pages bound in the original dark blue cloth with gilt titles at spine. Illustrated with photographs and drawings an excellent source of early Indiana University history and also a great genealogical source book. SCARCE in such lovely collector's condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William R. Burford Hardcover books
1888biblio234<p>This is a very good copy of a campaign biography from long ago. Cleveland lost though he led the popular vote. Things haven't changed much no</p> Hubbard Brothers, Publishers hardcover
1860009376Louisville KY: Printed by Bradley & Gilbert 1860. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. SCARCE while OCLC locates 23 copies in institutions no copies foumd in current commerce and only the earlier 1858 edition found at auction and that not since 1963. From the collection of noted Mammoth Cave historian and author Harold Meloy his small name label front paste down. Bound in contemporary quarter black leather over marbled boards without the original wrappers Very Good moderate toning throughout. vi 7-61 pages. "Doctors had written about the cave before but with Charles W. Wright M.D. of the Kentucky School of Medicinein Louisville a new era of Mammoth Cave medical authors began.Wright was present in Mammoth Cave during the first descent of a deep pit known as the Maelstrom and he was one of the first explorers of Diamond Caverns. His book The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky was published in 1858 and again in 1859. In 1860 he revised and enlarged it. As A Guide Manual to the Mammoth Cave the 1860 edition became the standard reference book about the cave until it was replaced nine years later by Dr. Binkerd's book. Even after Binkerd's book was replaced by Dr. Forwood's book Wright's Guide Manual was still in demand. It was republished in 1870 and again in 1875." MEDICS AT MAMMOTH CAVE by Harold Meloy Journal of Spelean History Vol. 5 No. 4 Fall 1972. Printed by Bradley & Gilbert Hardcover
18993240061Wilmington NC: Wm. L. Derosset Jr. 1899. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Original softcover rebound as a hardcover. Original wrappers plus contents. Front wrapper has separated from binding but is still present. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. Pages clean tanned. Front wrapper has gift inscription "Compliments of R. P. Paddison" at top front. Address delivered by Joshua Grainger Wright 1809-1863. The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge was a conflict of the American Revolutionary War fought near Wilmington present-day Pender County North Carolina on February 27 1776. The victory of the North Carolina Provincial Congress' militia force marked a turning point in the war with American independence being declared several months later. 9.0" tall; 24 pages. Wm. L. Derosset Jr. 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
18792222086<p>Presumed first edition. Thick octavo. Frontispiece and four full page chromolithographs. Original green cloth stamped in black. No dust jacket. Good light soiling; minor rubbing. 584 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Guide to the management of a happy home children servants finances etc.</p><p>Useful to new bride and wife.</p> J. C. McCurdy & Co. hardcover books
18812222083<p>Early edition. Thick octavo. Illustrated. Lithographed frontispiece of 11 people seven adults and four children in a boat by Thos. Sinclair & Son.; color plate at page 460. Original gilt and black stamped decorative cloth a.e.g. brown coated endpapers inner joints cracked. No dust jacket. Good edges rubbed. 584 pages.</p><p>Engraved full page presentation leaf for L. D. Grid from N. E. Grid Bates Co. Mo Oct. 1887.</p> J. C. McCurdy & Co. hardcover books
18514650054New York: Harper & Brothers 1851. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding and hinges. Clean tanned pages. Embossed cloth over boards has light shelf wear with label at lower spine. Faint dampstaining at upper corner of last few pages. Travel memoir by English poet and writer Lady Emmeline Charlotte Elizabeth Stuart-Wortley 1806-1855. Ex-Library; 7.75" tall; 463 pages. Harper & Brothers hardcover
185182338New York Harper & Brothers 1851 1 vol. relié in-12, cartonnage pleine percaline vert sombre, décor à froid sur les plats, 463 pp. + 16 pp. de cat. de l'éditeur. Première édition américaine publiée l'année de l'originale anglaise en 3 volumes. Récit de voyage d'une jeune veuve britannique accompagnée de sa fille à l'Est et au Sud des Etats-Unis, au Mexique, au Panama et au Pérou. Des rousseurs intérieures, sinon en bonne condition.
185182338New York Harper & Brothers 1851 1 vol. relié in-12, cartonnage pleine percaline vert sombre, décor à froid sur les plats, 463 pp. + 16 pp. de cat. de l'éditeur. Première édition américaine publiée l'année de l'originale anglaise en 3 volumes. Récit de voyage d'une jeune veuve britannique accompagnée de sa fille à l'Est et au Sud des Etats-Unis, au Mexique, au Panama et au Pérou. Des rousseurs intérieures, sinon en bonne condition.
186632042Springfield: State Journal Steam Press 1866. Hardcover. Small 4to. Modern green buckram. xvi 504pp iii. Frontispiece Fine/very good. Modern binding is superb clean and handsome; text block is clean and only ever-so-slightly age toned with bit of soiling to preliminary leaves; there is the occasional spot of foxing but the majority of the text block is as bright as the day it was published. A tight and unusually attractive first edition of this early study the first of eight volumes published under Worthen's direction with assistance from J.D. Whitney Leo Lesquereux and Henry Engelmann. All called for foldout maps and plans some partly colored are present and mainly in superb condition with only the two largest of them showing some edgewear and bearing expert archival strengthening. Worthen was a renowned if self-taught leading geographer of his day and served as State Geologist from 1858 to 1875. All in all an exceptional far above average copy. State Journal Steam Press 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
1867041511Raleigh N.C.: Printed by W. E. Pell State Printer- Sentnel Office 1867. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fair. 12mo. 31 pages. Bound in mid-20th century cloth-backed pressboard with a paper label on the front cover. The original pamphlet is held in with flexible cloth tape with the tape extending about 3/4 an inch over the spine of the pamphlet. Brown printed wrappers bound in. A sound copy. The text it toned and there is some foxing on the wrappers. Printed on the rear wrapper is "For further information and terms of sale apply to the Governor of North Carolina Raleigh N.C." This is not an illustrated work. Printed just two years after the Civil War. Scarce. NOT FOUND IN THORNTON. <br/> <br/> Printed by W. E. Pell, State Printer- Sentnel Office paperback
18934996St. Louis MO: N. D. Thompson 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong 4to half calf vintage but not a publisher's binding. <br/><br/>Extensively illustrated. N. D. Thompson hardcover
18930009732Chicago : Montgomer Ward & Co. 1893. printed wrappers. Very Good. 16mo printed drab folder pencilled sites on verso of folder <br/><br/>A handsome red-orange detailed and indexed map of the World's Fair.Printed by Rand McNally & Co. Montgomer Ward & Co. unknown
1861000909Chicago: H.M. Higgins 1861. Very Good. Sheet music with lyrics and music by Henry C. Work the American composer and abolitionist best known today for the songs "Marching Through Georgia" and "My Grandfather's Clock." At head of title page: "Dedicated to the sisters of our volunteers." 5 1 p.: music; 34 cm. Covers included in pagination. A Civil War song with four verses set for soprano and alto duet with SATB chorus and piano accompaniment. Back cover contains advertisement listing the content of the publisher's Patriotic Glee Book "Consisting of Nearly all the best Songs Choruses Glees & Quartetts that have been written since the commencement of the War." In Very Good Condition: disbound; 5-cm. tear from lower edge of second leaf not touching music; soiling and foxing; otherwise solid. This song by H.C. Work is very scarce. H.M. Higgins unknown