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1868021354Boston: Lee and Shepard 1868. Cloth. Good. Rebound in modern green library cloth. 235 pp. Illustrations throughout. No map called for in this edition. A history of Lowell Massachusetts including its manufacturing history and contributions to the Civil War. GOOD condition ex-library with exterior spine label and interior pastedowns and minor marking. Minor edgewear to the exterior. Frontis illustration of Lowell DETACHED and laid in. Paper somewhat brittle and toned with minor scattered soiling. Blank pages bound in throughout although text is complete. Previous owner's signature on a first endpaper. Lee and Shepard unknown
1829BB1450London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley New Burlington-Street 1829. First Edition. Half-Calf. Fine. Scarce First Printing complete in three volumes of the "first anti-miscegenation novel in our literature Fiedler. 12mo: xiv2991; 23111; 2316pp. Contemporary pink half calf over marbled boards by Harrison of Belfast their ticket to front paste-down of vol. I; black morocco lettering pieces gilt; spines decorated in blind; marbled endpapers and edges. A truly excellent set occasional light foxing mostly marginal; spines rubbed and faded to tan. Spiller & Blackburn 11. BAL 3843. Sabin 16416. Fiedler quoted in Wallace James D. “Race and Captivity in Cooper's the Wept of Wish-ton-wish†American Literary History 7.2 1995: 189–209. True First Edition of this historical novel published in London September and later in November in Philadelphia under the title The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish: A Tale both from the same sheets printed in Florence by Molini. Written in Paris when Cooper was as the center of the small American expatriate community and set in the seventeenth century on frontier land later part of Connecticut. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington-Street unknown
17781001488vo period calf rebacked with modern calf and new endpapers 3 202pp. Wear to covers; ink name to top of title page and some foxing and darkening within. Otherwise very good. The contents provide coverage of the important proceedings before the Declaration of Independence on July 4th 1776.This commentary reflects the efforts of the Second Continental Congress which was headed by John Hancock. A good portion of the contents focus on correspondence between Washington who had taken command of the Continental Army in May 1775 and Congress election of delegates form each of the Colonies and funding the war with Great Britain. Some remarks actually give insight into the pay that soldiers received privates got $5 per month. Also some information on printing of paper money and what denominations would be used. While the title page indicated this was a reprinted work Sabin only lists the London edition. Reprinted For J. Almon
1967021535U.S. Government Printing Office: 1967. 371 pages Indices illustrated. "This report presents some of the evidence regarding modern Ku Klux Klan operations which the committee obtained as a result of a full-scale investigation during the 89th Congress." FINE HARDCOVER scarce. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. U.S. Government Printing Office: Hardcover
1995025815Greenwood Press: 1995. 173 pages. "The purpose of the present study is to chronicle the changing role of anti-popery in New England from the siege of Louisbourg in 1745 until 1791 when John Carroll archbishop of Baltimore head of the Catholic Church in America visited Boston." FINE- HARDCOVER scarce. Blue cloth covers lettering is bright on the spine and cover. Hard Cover. Fine-/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Greenwood Press: Hardcover
1822011473Boston: Cummings and Hilliard 1822. Quarter Leather. Good. Stated second edition. Quarter calf leather with marbled boards. Xii 480;2481-818 plus errata. Fold out color map at the front with five fold out plates at the rear. An early work studying the mineralogy and geology of the United States by Parker Cleaveland a geologist and professor who drew on his own collection of minerals to compile this work. With general discussion of the properties of minerals as well as sections studying specific minerals in the US. GOOD condition. Leather cracked flaking and darkened along the spine being rather brittle. Some darkening along the extremities of the boards. Minor scuffing and bumping to the edges. Scattered minor foxing throughout heavier to the first few pages and to a few pages scattered throughout. Misfolding present to the plates in the rear. Map with several wrinkles and some toning. Owner's signature present with front endpaper torn along the upper hinge. Sabin 13611 for first edition and this. Cummings and Hilliard unknown
1800007304Providence: John Carter Printer 1800. First Edition. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet lacking any wraps that may have been issued. Disbound from a larger work. First edition. 26 pp. A speech reflecting on the life and legacy of George Washington containing several lengthy quotes from Washington regarding his role as general of the American Army as well as president. With several passages of historical detail on the American Revolution including brief mention of Yorktown and Valley Forge. A footnote also contains a short genealogy of the Washington family. This speech was given to the freemason members of the Mount-Vernon Lodge as well as to St. John's Church in Providence Rhode Island on February 22nd 1800 5800. GOOD condition. Mostly minor scattered foxing minor staining and soiling. Remains of leather along the spine. Minor wrinkling. Light browning and some ghosting to the text. Evans 37189. John Carter, Printer unknown
022338No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. No publisher place or date. Presumed circa 1913. Single sheet disbound from a larger volume. Folio. A collection of cut out paper dolls by C. Durand Chapman depicting clowns and performers at the top with most of the page devoted to Wild West images of cowboys Native Americans horses etc. GOOD condition. Minor toning and wrinkling. A few small tears along the left edge. No publisher unknown
2010030495Winoca Press: 2010. 538 pages. "Andrew Bean a teacher and farmer from small-town Bethel Maine answered the call to the Union infancy. His younger sister Eliza having found both employment and a suitable marriage in the bustling mill city of Lowell Massachusetts soon saw her husband Henry Foster enlist as well. In more than 150 revealing letters dispatched from camp and field and home front as well as Eliza Bean Foster's own diary the honor and horrors of war and play out on an intimate stage." FINE HARDCOVER FINE DUST JACKET signed by editor Ann Fox Chandonnet. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Winoca Press: Hardcover
1908022187Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society 1908. Cloth. Good. Red cloth. 680. 793 pp. With a fold out map and illustrations throughout. A history of the town of Chelsea Massachusetts and surrounding areas some of which include modern Boston. GOOD condition. Ex-library with taped on spine labels interior markings and pastedowns. Some scuffing and fraying along the edges. Minor soiling and fading. Minor toning to the text blocks. Massachusetts Historical Society unknown
1848BB1404Brussels and Leipzig: Carl Muquardt 1848. First Edition thus. Near Fine. Translated into German by Dr. Heinrich Berghous. Imperial 8vo: x2382pp with 24 tissue-guarded hand-colored plates. Contemporary quarter calf flat spine in five compartments lettered and decorated in gilt stamped in blind; marbled covers edges and end papers. An excellent copy binding tight and unmarred moderate foxing mostly marginal to about half of text leaves but plates completely clean and richly colored. Continental editions of Catlin are quite scarce and this offers reduced-scale versions of the plates in the North American Indian Portfolio at a fraction of the cost. Howes C 243b. Sabin 11539. Pilling 684. Graff 630. First German Edition published originally in different form in London 1841 a hybrid of Catlin's two best known works Letters and Notes on the Manners Customs and Condition of the North American Indians 1841 and North American Indian Portfolio 1844. The text of this edition is an abridged version of Letters and Notes while most of the plates are scaled-down versions of the large folio plates of the Indian Portfolio. "As graphic delineations of Indian hunting and dancing scenes these plates rank next to those of Bodmer." Howes N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Carl Muquardt unknown
1833022230Dover: J.T. Gibbs Publisher 1833. Cloth. Good. Folio. Quarter cloth with paper covered boards. Large folio. Bound volume of the Dover New Hampshire newspaper the Dover Gazette and Strafford Advertiser comprising of every weekly issue spanning from December 4 1832 to November 28 1833. Of particular note is a printing of Andrew Jackson's proclamation on Nullification asserting that states could not override or disregard federal law. This was issued in response to South Carolina's refusal to enforce tariffs. Also present is an article written by George Catlin on the Mandan tribe recalling customs ceremonies and dress among other subjects. The tribe had been decimated by small pox with an estimated 125 remaining by 1838. Also present is an article on the Native American leader Black Hawk written a little after his capture. A small paragraph describes a former Mormon displeasure with the faith. GOOD condition. Ex-library with exterior spine labels interior pastedowns and minor markings. First leaf DETACHED. Minor scuffing fading soiling to the covers. Years written on masking tape taped to the spine with some other tape repairs on the spine. Paper a bit browned and brittle. J.T. Gibbs, Publisher unknown
1976019316Allenstown and Pembroke NH: Allenstown-Pembroke Bicentennial Committee Publisher 1976. Cloth. Very Good. Red cloth in slipcase. No jackets presumably as issued. Fold out map present in the rear of volume one. Two volume reprint of an 1895 edition giving the history of Pembroke and the surrounding area in New Hampshire with volume two containing a genealogy of area families. Books in VERY GOOD condition with minor fading and soiling. Heavier fading to the spines. Slipcase in GOOD condition with staining toning foxing and soiling. Old price written at the top corner of the case. Allenstown-Pembroke Bicentennial Committee, Publisher unknown
1938biblio8<p>John Henry Nash 1871-1947 American printer and bibliophile born Woodbridge Canada. After learning the printer's trade he emigrated to the United States in <br />1894. He eventually became professor of typography at the University of Oregon. A vital and vigorous personality in American printing he made beautiful books in California under patronage which has permitted him to work without too much consideration for limits of time materials and expense. All of Nash's books are <br />collectors items and are highlighted in a 1932 edition by Lakeside Press ranking Nash's books amongst the best printers and binders since William Morris.California History A book printed by John Henry Nash of San Francisco titled 'Exposition Addressed to the Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union by Senor Don Carlos Antonio Carrillo Deputy for Alta California Concerning the Regulation and Administration of the Pious Fund. Translated and Edited by Herbert Ingram Priestley. Librarian of the Bancroft Library University of California. San Francisco Printed by John Henry Nash. 1938.</p><p>Only 650 Copies were printed and bound. 35 pages including introduction and actual speech. Some cover wear and jacket tear but otherwise this is a book in exceptional condition. The California Pious Fund started in the late 1600's and was used by the Jesuits Dominicans and Franciscans to set up and run the California missions up and down the coast of California. Potential invasions from Russia French and Americans in the 1830's and some earlier instances the fund was used to support the military defense of California. When Santa Ana confiscated the fund and demanded that all the missions and mission properties be sold in the 1840's the fund nearly collapsed however a rejuvenation of legal action against the government of Mexico to recover the proceeds of the fund to help support the missions which were still operating but not as a military defense system in the 1860's. An important piece of California history a very nice and somewhat rare book.</p> Nash, John hardcover
1940022267New York: The American Historical Company 1940. Half Leather. Fair. Half morocco leather with blue cloth. 237 pp. Color illustrated plates throughout depicting various family crests. A genealogy and history of members of the Carpenter family including some of the Rehoboth branch. FAIR/GOOD condition. Ex-library with spine label interior pastedowns stamping and markings. Heavy scuffing to the leather along the hinges and extremities. Minor scuffing and fading to the covers. Second and third front endpapers DETACHED and laid in. The American Historical Company unknown
1861020153Washington: Government Printing Office 1861. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet lacking any wrappers issued. Disbound from a larger work. 70 pp. A report from a US naval expedition to the Chiriqui Province in what is now Panama providing firsthand descriptions of the land minerals and other aspects of the region presumably with an eye to expand US companies' footholds in the area. Mention of coal and the Chiriqui Improvement company is made as well as harbor surveys. GOOD condition. Minor toning. Remains of binding along the spine. Government Printing Office unknown
1792021030Dover NH: Printed for and Sold by Eliphalet Ladd 1792. Leather. Poor. Full calf leather at one point at least. Now missing both covers. Viii 484 1 pp. A legal treatise by British legal scholar Richard Burns adapted to laws in the United States especially pertaining to justices of the peace. This includes sections on homocide rape riots prison escapes etc. POOR condition. MISSING both covers. Heavy scuffing flaking and wear to the leather along the spine. Rear blank endpaper almost detached from the text block. All front endpaper up to the title page MISSING. Heavy browning to the text block with minor scattered soiling foxing and spotting. Printed for and Sold by Eliphalet Ladd unknown
1869020389Washington: Government Printing Office 1869. Disbound. Good. Disbound government document lacking any wrappers or spine holding it together. 239 pp. all loose but complete. It appears all pages were slightly cropped along the left edge and perhaps the other edges as well. A US government document providing lengthy testimony on the voter suppression disenfranchisement and violence encountered by African Americans in the state of Georgia when trying to vote or serve in office. Governor Rufus Bullock opens the testimony recalling several incidents of violence and intimidation and discusses the expulsion from state congress of 29 African Americans elected to office. Following his testimony Henry McNeal Turner testifies as to his experiences as a leader in the African Methodist Episcopal Church working in Georgia. Bullock worked to establish equal rights for African Americans in Georgia becoming the "most hated man in the state." He left Georgia in 1871 due to threats made by the Ku Klux Klan. GOOD condition. Disbound with wear as noted above. Presumably ex-library with a faint library name stamped on the page edges. Uneven toning to the pages heavy to several. Government Printing Office unknown
1851016201Baltimore: James Lucas Printer 1851. Wraps. Poor. Printed wraps. 45 pp. One plan/map one map and three tables included. A study of an outbreak of Cholera in Baltimore in 1849 traced to a sewer pipe at the almshouse. With short sections on other diseases found in the region. POOR condition ex-library. Call number pastedown on the front cover with interior pastedowns and markings in the interior. VERY HEAVY chipping and loss to the covers with old unsightly tape repairs to the front cover and spine. Some soiling and darkening. Interior very weakly bound with pages extremely brittle and on the verge of detaching. Heavy chipping to the paper along the extremities. Extensive underlining in the margins and some notes to pages 10-13 with a few small marginal lines to several other pages. POOR condition. Sabin 8917. James Lucas, Printer unknown
1874027658D. Appleton and Co.: 1874. This is Volume II of a 2 Volume set. "A Delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains rivers lakes forests water-falls shores canons valleys cities and other picturesque features of our country." 576 pages with illustrations on steel and wood by eminent American artists. VERY GOOD HARDCOVER. This volume has been rebound circa 1931 half bound leather corners and spine. The original leather five band raised spine has been preserved. Brown leather and brown linen covers. Dark blue end papers. Hard Cover. Very Good/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. D. Appleton and Co.: Hardcover
198915375<p>Inscribed by author; association copy; 1st edition. Near Fine HC in Very Good DJ. Navy blue cloth over boards gilt letters; map front end papers. Bright clean covers and spine are As New; tightly bound; single piece of cello-tape attaching publisher's presentation card to front free end paper with typed note 'I only wish that Ellsworth could have seen this book. It was written really for him.' and signed at bottom 'Bruce Palmer'; crisp clean interior. DJ is bright clean and complete; faintly scuffed; very slight rubbing wear at spine head. From the family collection of Ellsworth Bunker U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Italy India Nepal South Vietnam Organization of American States and twice recipient of U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom. Bunker figures prominently in the book and was considered by this author President Johnson and others to have been a critical element in avoiding open civil war in the Dominican Republic. 8vo 226 pp; index biblio; illustrated.</p> The University Press of Kentucky hardcover
1973021587Portsmouth NH: Portsmouth 350 Inc 1973. Hard Cover. Good/Good. #167 in a limited edition. Glossy black faux leather hard covers. In dust jackets. 371 503 pages including an index to both volumes in volume 2. With black and white photos. A comprehensive history or Portsmouth NH with topics not discussed extensively elsewhere including the clipper ship days the Return of the Sons celebration in 1853 the effects of major fires on the city as well as a discussion of the notorious red-light district and its closing. Pictures of some of the more infamous bawdy houses are included. GOOD condition. Minor to moderate soiling scuffing and a few minor stains to the jacket. A few small tears and chips resulting in minor loss to the jackets. Superficial scuffing with slight loss of jacket illustrations to volume two. Extremities with minor tears and chips. Large tear along the lower hinge of volume two. Minor fading and soiling to the books. Portsmouth 350, Inc unknown
005808No Place: D. Van Nostrand. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 1863. Blue cloth with gilt titling anf ruling in blind. xviii 408 pages plus 12 pages of ads in the rear. LACKING title page and frontis with text beginning with the quote from Winfield Scott. An original endpaper is present but other preliminaries may be lacking. Preface and all other pages present. With illustrations lacking the aforementioned fold-out frontis. All others present as called for including one colored plate and several fold outs. A detailed history of West Point to its vital use as a fort on the Hudson during the American Revolution to its eventual transformation into a military academy. This includes discussion of the chain across the Hudson to obstruct passage during the war and Benedict Arnold and his secret correspondences and plot. FAIR condition lacking the abovementioned pages. Moderate to heavy scuffing to the covers heaviest along the hinges. General fading. Minor soiling with a few faint stains to the rear cover. Cloth frayed and worn along the extremities with some splitting along the hinges. Text block solid. Minor scattered soiling and general toning to the paper. Fold outs with a few large tears although no pieces missing. Ownership signature present. Sabin 7150. Howes B678. Bradford 487. D. Van Nostrand unknown
1977005254Moscow: Editorial Progreso 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine. 258 6 p.: tables; 21 cm. Light grey cloth with black stamped spine and cover titles; green stamped author's name and publisher's emblem on front cover. No dust jacket. Translation of Latinskaia Amerika by M. Jusainov. This Spanish translation of Boyko's work on imperialism and capitalism in Latin America is very scarce. In Near Fine Condition: cover lightly soiled; pages are clean and tight. Editorial Progreso hardcover
1955029878Princeton University Press. 1955. Volume 12 begins in the early part of August 1787 and contineues through the end of March 1788 a time when Jefferson as minister to France ws continuing his persistent efforts not only to secure the enforcement of the favorable trade regulations already conceded to the United States but also to widen their scope to other imports from America." FINE HARDCOVER VERY GOOD- DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. . Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Princeton University Press. Hardcover
