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1884042907New York: D. Appleton & Co 1884. HEAVY. vi8616pp index tables bw ills maps. Contemporary marbled boards with leather spine and corners half-leather marbled endpapers and edges. Some minor scuffs to leather otherwise appears almost unread. Mainly American content but also much on other countries. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 4to. D. Appleton & Co Hardcover
1955P8395Binghamton NY: Calvin-Kelly Directory Co. 1955. This 1955 Binghamton-area telephone directory has orange cloth covers with a red spine and gold spine lettering. Front and rear covers feature numerous advertisements in red and black lettering. Covers are worn soiled; spine is worn; address label on front endpaper; some soil within foxing most pages clean. Includes business and residential listings for the Binghamton area. Approx. 1200 pages 8"x11". Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated. Calvin-Kelly Directory Co. Hardcover
189750489Boston: Biographical Review 1897. first edition. Hardcover. Very good. 9 x 12 in. 422 pp. Full brown morocco. B&W plates. Condition is VERY GOOD ; leather rubbed covers very clean joints are very good with no cracks. Binding tight. One plate is detached but present with edges quite chipped. Text very clean. Extra shipping may apply. Maine. Stax. Biographical Review hardcover
18620099951862. Book. Very Good. Leather. Signed by Authors. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A large Civil War archive dated 1862-1865 featuring a Company Morning Reports ledger for Company B 52nd Regiment of Indiana Volunteers with reports dated January 1862 to September 1863 and 22 separate documents including two discharge papers orders to conduct an investigation into missing medical supplies medical inventory lists travel documents orders establishing an ambulance corps manuscript letters sick and wounded reports a list of soldier's names a period newspaper clipping and an envelope. The documents Very Good Plus to Near Fine the Morning Reports book about Very Good a 2" hole to leather at spine loss of leather at spine ends and corners and hinges broken with 2 loose pages. "The 52nd Indiana Infantry was organized at Rushville and Indianapolis Indiana and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on February 1 1862. The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade 3rd Division Army of the Tennessee to March 1862. Garrison Forts Henry and Donelson Tennessee to April 1862. 1st Brigade 4th Division Army of the Tennessee to May 1862. 2nd Brigade 4th Division Army of the Tennessee to July 1862. 2nd Brigade 4th Division District of Memphis Tennessee to September 1862. Garrison Fort Pillow Tennessee to November 1862. District of Columbus Kentucky XIII Corps Department of the Tennessee to January 1863. District of Columbus Kentucky 6th Division XVI Corps to January 1864. 3rd Brigade 3rd Division XVI Corps to December 1864. 3rd Brigade 2nd Division detachment Army of the Tennessee Department of the Cumberland to February 1865. 3rd Brigade 2nd Division XVI Corps Military Division of West Mississippi to August 1865. The regiment lost a total of 205 men during service; 2 officers and 26 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded 2 officers and 175 enlisted men died of disease."Wikipedia . A fascinating collection that provides a substantial picture of the medical challenges and issues faced during the Civil War. Hardcover
1984398<p>The Collector's Library of the Civil War 20 Volumes Publisher-Printing Location: New York Time Life Date: 1981 to 1984 Size and Page Count: 5.5 X 8.5 Condition:-Fine-Like New- Leather Bound Bound in dark blue leather with marbled endpapers gilt titling on the spines and the front boards; embossed scene on the front panel. All edges gilt. Red ribbon markers are sewn in. <br /><br />Included on each volume is bookplate and the publisher's notes summarizing the author's career and the book's contents on a two-sided sheet. Embossed private library stamp on end page. Illustrations Information: frontispiece on each volume assorted illustrations in volumes -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector researcher or historian --------- <br /><br />Articles and Information: The Time Life Collector's Library of the Civil War Series contained 30 volumes. They were published in the 1980s and sold via book club subscription. Each book is a reprint of an original first hand account of the war. They are magnificently bound in dark blue leather with gold stampings and gold gild on the edges. The books are no longer being produced. The following 20 volumes are in this set for sale. Battlefields of the South An English Combatant. Army Memoirs Barber Lucius The Citizen Soldier Beatty Hardtack and Coffee Billings In and Out of Rebel Prisons Cooper Four Years in Rebel Capitals De Leon Three Months in the Southern States Fremantle Army Life in a Black Regiment Higginson War From The Inside Hitchcock Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman Kidd Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life McCarthy A Soldier's Recollections McKim Randolph Harrison Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson Moore Campaigning With Grant Porter Gen. Horace Richmond During The War Putnam Three Years in the Sixth Corps Stevens Story of a Common Soldier Stillwell Campaign of a Noncombatant Townsend Life in the Confederate Army Watson The Narrative of a Blockade Runner Wilkinson</p> Time Life
1982201032Alexandria VA: Time-Life Books 1982. These 26 volumes of the Time-Life Collector's Library of the Civil War are bound in dark blue leather decorated with gilt with gilt page edges and ribbon bookmarks. Clean tight copies all. Each is a facsimile reprint of a Civil War-era title. Included are the following volumes: "Three Years in the Sixth Corps" by George T. Stevens; "Campaigns of a Non-Combatant" by George Alfred Townsend; "One of Jackson's Foot Cavalry" by John H. Worsham; "Destruction and Reconstruction" by Richard Taylor; "Confederate Operations in Canada and New York" by John W. Headley; "Richmond During the War" by Sallie B. Putnam; "A Soldier's Recollections" by Randolph H. McKim; "Campaigning with Grant" by Horace Porter; "Hard Tack and Coffee" by John D. Billings; "The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson" by Edward A. Moore; "Personal Reflections of a Cavalryman" by J.H. Kidd; "The Citizen-Soldier" by John Beatty; "Four Years in Rebel Capitals" by Thomas Cooper DeLeon; "Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life" by Carlton McCarthy; "Army Memoirs" by Lucius W. Barber; "Reminiscences of the Civil War" by John B. Gordon; "Army Life in a Black Regiment" by Thomas Wentworth Higginson; "A Rebel War Clerk's Diary" vols. 1-2 by John B. Jones; "Recollections of a Private" by Warren Lee Goss; "Life in the Confederate Army" by William Watson; "Mosby's Rangers" by James J. Williamson; "Daring and Suffrage" by William Pittenger; "War from the Inside" by Frederick L. Hitchcock; "Battlefields of the South" by 'An English Combatant'; and "Three Months in the Southern States" by Arthur J.L. Freemantle. Books vary in length from about 300-500 pages; each is approx. 6"x8". Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Time-Life Books Hardcover
187446767Tenn: Boyle and Chapman 1874. first edition. Hardcover. Very good. 6 x 9 in. Maroon cloth boards. Numerous plates of monuments. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean sunned at edges and spine. Corners and spine ends bumped with light wear. Binding tight. Text clean and bright. 19th c. bookplate on front pastedown. Hist. RGR. Boyle and Chapman hardcover
18623505<p>Original June 23 1862 New York Times Newspaper Condition: Fine Disbound from Library of Congress Collection rag paper inside and with black simulated or real leather folder and sleeve 8 Pages This item was purchased from Mark E. Mitchell Historic Newspapers and includes his original Guarantee of Authenticity that besides being an original 1862 New York Times it was once held by the Library of Congress in Washington as part of their collection. It comes with a hard-backed black folder and sleeve. Headlines Include:<br />Original June 23 1862 New York Times Newspaper<br />Condition: Fine Disbound from Library of Congress Collection rag paper inside and with black simulated or real leather folder and sleeve 8 Pages<br />This item was purchased from Mark E. Mitchell Historic Newspapers and includes his original Guarantee of Authenticity that besides being an original 1862 New York Times it was once held by the Library of Congress in Washington as part of their collection.<br />It comes with a hard-backed black folder and sleeve. <br />Headlines Include:<br /><strong>Live Reports of General McClellan's Army and the Advance on Richmond</strong><strong>The Fight in Arkansas The Attack on the Rebel Batteries at St. Charles on the White River Mound City Explosion Charge of the Indianians.</strong><strong>Naval Battles with a number of Prizes Recently Captured</strong> <br />The Times employed some of the best field correspondents of any newspaper skilled journalists who bravwed bullets and cannonballs to bring the war home to their readers.</p> New York Times
1992045210Lake Park Iowa 1992. Blue boards lightly shelf-rubbed with gilt-stamped lettering to front and spine. Archival reenforcing tape laid in front hinge. 564pp. Photos and adverts. Contains a chapter on Sioux Valley Minnesota as well. Heavy book: no international orders. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall. Lake Park, Iowa Hardcover
1992806667Lake Park Iowa. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 564 pages . Lake Park, Iowa hardcover
180543314Boston: Young and Minns 1805. first edition. sewn pages. Very good. 9 x 14 in. 27 pp. of text. Folded sheets are stitched together without wrappers. Hand-laid paper with deckled edges. Condition is VERY GOOD ; text has a wtare stain to several pgs in mostly the margin. Otherwise text is bright and clean with edges a bit worn. Am. Hist. RGR. Young and Minns unknown
191448563PORTLAND MAINE: Maine Automobile Assoc. 1914. first thus. Hardcover. Good. 5 x 9 in. Pictoral paper boards with cloth spine. 350 pp. Fold-out map of Maine another with towns at the rear. Numerous local adverts. Condition is GOOD ; inner joint started at title pg with muslin visible front cover loose to the touch but holding well. Two pgs are detached but present. Covers worn and rubbed with some loss to sorners cloth spine good. Large fold-out map of Maine has a small closed tear at the join rear map has two at either side of the join.Text clean and unmarked. Maine. RGR. Maine Automobile Assoc. hardcover
189550680Albany New York: Fisheries Game and Forest Commission of New York 1895. maps and portfolio. Near fine. 4 maps in green publisher's portfolio with gilt titles. Maps in color with topographical details in brown. Unbacked and unjoined. The 4 together measure 70" x 56". Each map is 34" x 28". There is a spare Northwest map in a bit less great condition - it has some toning and a few slight tears along the lower fold but is perfectly frameable on its own. Condition of the main 4 is NEAR FINE ; paper clean and colors bright one tiny flaw at one of the folds otherwise no flaws. Original publisher's portfolio is VERY GOOD ; very clean titles bright front side has some small tears to the cloth just at edge. One of the string ties is short. A paper label inside explains the colors. Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission of New York unknown
1847200083New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1847. This antique hardcover book is bound in black cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine and gilt decorations of sea life on the front and spine. Cover is soiled/spotted edgeworn. Page edges spotted. Most inner pages clean; some foxing/browning mostly just at edges. Numerous plates of fossils etc. 338 pages plus 87 plates; approx. 9'x11". Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated. D. Appleton and Co. Hardcover
1923035380Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press / The School of Law 1923. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. Octavos. Variously paginated. Hardcovers bound in brown buckram Vol. 5 is in blue buckram. An Ex-library set with full markings from a Courthouse Law Library. The bindings are moderately rubbed and worn but are all quite sound. The text is generally clean and the text blocks are solid. The red title label on Volume 13 is heavily chipped with loss of lettering. The Index Volume is 69 pages. Very difficult to find the first 14 Volumes plus the Index together. Scarce. <br/> <br/> The University of North Carolina Press / The School of Law hardcover
19261331The Abigail Adams Smith House Post 1926. Pamphlet. Very Good . 28 pages. 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. Light purple paper cover two staples hold together binding. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD: Light foxing on cover and edges of text block lower spine corner bumped minimal foxing on title page pages very white. The Abigail Adams Smith House unknown
1949eef6654Utica New York: Utica Common Council 1949. These four volumes are bound in black pebbled boards with red leather spines and gilt lettering on the front and spines. Included are the complete records of the Utica Common Council from 1940 1941 1946 and 1949. Set is Good overall; some spine edgewear some mild cover soil some browning of inside pages but most pages clean. Each volume approx. 300 pages 8"x10". Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Utica Common Council Hardcover
180343316Boston: Young and Minns 1803. first edition. sewn into paper wrappers. Very good . 9 x 14 in. 34 pp. Hand-laid paper sewn into blue paper wraps. Condition is VERY GOOD ; Text is clean and bright. Paper wrappers very good with minor wear. Am. Hist. RGR. Young and Minns unknown
180043315Boston: Young and Minns 1800. first edition. sewn into paper wrappers. Very good. 9 x 14 in. 26 pp. Hand-laid paper sewn into blue paper wraps. Condition is VERY GOOD ; 8 pgs have some fairly heavy foxing. Otherwise text is clean and bright. Paper wrappers very good with minor wear. Am. Hist. RGR. Young and Minns unknown
193499216New York: South New Berlin School 1934. These 24 programs of the South New Berlin NY Central School commencement service lists graduates of the 8th and 12th grade. Great genealogy of Chenango County tool! Covers 24 years between 1934 and 1965. Years included are as follows: 1934 both 8th grade and seniors 1936 2 copies. 1937 2 copies. 1938 2 copies. 1939. 1940. 1941. 1943. 1944. 1946. 1947. 1948. 1949. 1950. 1953. 1954. 1957. 1958. 1959. 1960. 1961. 1962. 1964. 1965. All are in very good condition with light wear. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by None. South New Berlin School Paperback
190745383Maine: Times Co. 1907. first edition. Paperback. Very good . 6 x 9 in. Paper wraps. Approx 100 pp. plus local adverts. B&W photos plates. Condition is VERY GOOD ; front extremely clean rear has some numerical jottings. Binding tight and text spotless. Maine. Stax. Times Co. paperback
189045501Maine: GILMORE CHISHOLM BROS. c. 1890. Hardcover. Very good. 6 x 5 in. 12 pp accordian fold pgs with numerous sepia lithographs of local scenes. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers clean worn at edges. Binding tight. Text/plates spotless. Maine. Stax. GILMORE, CHISHOLM BROS. hardcover
1900eef5972Chicago: The Henneberry Co. 1900. This antique hardcover book circa 1900 -- no date of publication given is bound in red cloth boards with black spine lettering and black cover decorations. Cover is faded worn; inner pages are browned; owner's name; foxing; rear hinge is starting; edgewear; soil. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings this book tells the story of the legedary outlaws Frank and Jesse James. 249 pages; approx. 5"x8". Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated. The Henneberry Co. Hardcover
1838011599Washington DC: Langtree & O'Sullivan 1838. 144pp several pages advertising engraved portrait of John Forsyth. Or paper wraps with portrait. Covers toned with small chip at base of spine moderate foxing to title/engraving/margins. Early issue of this important early American literary periodical in its original wraps. Contents include articles on commerce; Bunkers; Hill; travels in the east; story by Kingsley author of Westward Ho!; a 2 part article on 'the recent insurrection in Canada'; several poems and short works of fiction. Also an engraved portrait of John Forsyth then Secretary of State. Periodical. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo. Langtree & O'Sullivan Paperback
1838011597Washington DC: Langtree & O'Sullivan 1838. 112pp several pages advertising engraved portrait of John C Calhoun. Or paper wraps with portrait. Contemporary subscription label on front cover covers toned with several small chips chipped along spine oil stain on rear cover and through many pages affecting mainly the top margin. Early issue of this important early American literary periodical in its original wraps. Contents include articles on banks and the currency question; Cotton; travels including the Nile; Discovery of America by the Northmen; South American states; several poems and short works of fiction. Also an engraved portrait of John C Calhoun then senator for South Carolina. Periodical. Wraps. Good. 8vo. Langtree & O'Sullivan Paperback