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72599Paris, éd. Caribéennes, 1986, EDITION ORIGINALE, in-8, cartonnage souple, couv. photo en noir éd., 160 pp., nb. photos et dessins en noir, sommaire, cartes, notes, Carnot fut pêcheur, musicien percussionniste de la Guadeloupe. Autobiographie dans des entretiens avec l'ethnologue guadeloupénne Marie-Céline Lafontaine. RARE Très bon état
1876031825NY: The Echo Press: 1876. 121 pages illustrated in b&w. "The purpose of this work is to make the people acquainted with the superb creations of Nature that distinguish our country above all others." Yellowstone Hudson River Natural Bridge Virginia Trenton Falls NY Squam Like NH White Mountains NH Lake George NY Mammoth Cave KY Minot's Ledge lighthouse Niagara Falls Mississippi River East River Saratoga Springs and more. VERY GOOD HARDCOVER dak green cloth covers. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Echo Press: Hardcover
1889017940Boston: E.W. Walker and Co 1889. Cloth. Good. Half leather with brown cloth. Folios. 1004 pp. between the two volumes. Black and white illustrations and plates throughout. A survey of American art and artists containing a collection of essays accompanied by many plates of photo etchings etchings and woodcut illustrations. Includes sections on artists such as Frederick S. Church Maud Humphrey Albert Bierstadt Winslow Homer and many others. GOOD condition. Ex-library with spine labels and stamping in the interior. Leather along the front hinge of volume two completely split along the hinge attached by the interior pastedown endpapers. Heavy scuffs to the leather along the hinges and corners. Uneven fading. Minor soiling. Text blocks solid and toned. E.W. Walker and Co 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
1990953PARIS. FRANCE-EMPIRE. 1990. FORT IN-8 BROCHE DE 573 PAGES, COUVERTURE BLANCHE ILLUSTREE, TITRE IMPRIME EN NOIR ET EN ROUGE. ILLUSTRE DE 16 PLANCHES HORS TEXTE. COMPLETE PAR UNE BIBLIOGRAPHIE. EDITION ORIGINALE. EXEMPLAIRE A L'ETAT DE NEUF.
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
1799004114New York: Printed by Hurtin and McFarlane at the Literary Printing Office No. 20 Gold-Street 1799. First Edition. Disbound. Good. Disbound pamphlet. 139 pp plus 9 unnumbered pages and one blank endpaper in the rear. Contains as given on the title page: I. A narrative of its rise progress and decline with opinions of some medical gentlemen with respect to its origin. II. The manners in which the poor were relieved. III. A list of donations for relief of the sick and indigent. IV. A list of the names of the dead with occupations. This list also states if the deceased was African-American. V. A comparative view of the fever in the year 1798 with that of 1795. The nine unnumbered pages contain tables of information relating to the fever and its affliction of various groups of people. Contains letters from Dr. Samuel Mitchill and Richardson Underhill in regard to the origin of the fever. In GOOD condition. Remains of leather binding on the spine. The signature of a Samuel Dodge present at the top of the title page with a handwritten list in pencil of phrases on the rear blank endpaper. Page 85 with a number in ink with two numbers in faint pencil. Faint pen squiggle in the margin of page 97. Moderate toning to the paper with minor spotting and foxing scattered throughout. Rear endpaper with a few minor chips along its fore edge as well as bearing a diagonal crease. This crease affects the previous leaf as well. Sabin 30314. Printed by Hurtin and McFarlane, at the Literary Printing Office, No. 20 Gold-Street unknown
1703WRCAM1650London: Printed for John Gellibrand; and are to be sold by A. Baldwin 1703. Title-leaf 10pp. Folio. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Text lightly age-toned. Very good. Kirkby and the other naval officers were court-martialed at Port Royal in Jamaica for their disgraceful behavior in Benbow's encounter with the French in August 1702. The whole action is detailed especially regarding the officers who refused to fight deserted the line of battle etc. A well- known mutiny cited as a precedent in other British naval cases. SABIN 37982. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 703/84. CUNDALL 94. JCB 1III:29. DNB XI pp.207-8. Printed for John Gellibrand; and are to be sold by A. Baldwin hardcover books
183245990London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1832. Disbound. About very good. Marginal stain along the edges on the first few leaves removed from a larger volume. 31 pp 1141-1171. 4to. Caption title./ "16th August 1832."/ At head of title: Anno Secundo & tertio. Gulielmi IV. Regis. Cap. CXXV. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty unknown
1815017887Hallowell ME: Ezekiel Goodale Printer 1815. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet lacking any wrappers issued. 24 pp. A pro-freemasonry speech looking at historical precedent for masonry in the Bible as well as ancient Greece and arguing for its importance in furthering culture in America. GOOD condition. General toning some foxing spotting minor soiling and staining to the pamphlet. Minor wrinkling. Remains of binding on the spine. Owner's signature on the title page. Several bookseller notes in pencil also on title page. Ezekiel Goodale, Printer unknown
1820007184Andover: Printed for the New England Tract Society by Flagg and Gould 1820. Pamphlet. Good. Stated fourth edition. Pamphlet lacking any wraps that may have been issued. Apparently disbound from a larger work. 24 pp. A work of religious teachings using examples from real life anecdotes. This includes brief mention of Mr. Anderson and his sons efforts in the Revolutionary War in the service of General John Stark at the Battle of Bennington. GOOD condition. Remains of leather along the spine. Minor scattered foxing and staining with light soiling. Small tear to the first page at the center spine edge and lower fore edge. Minor creasing. First page starting to detach. Sabin 99138. Printed for the New England Tract Society by Flagg and Gould unknown
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
1829006322Brookfield MA: E and G Merriam Printer 1829. First Edition. Pamphlet. Good. First edition. Pamphlet disbound from a larger volume. Lacking any original wraps. 64 pp. A piece on the history of Brookfield Massachusetts recalling in detail many early fights and skirmishes with Native Americans; and also providing an early history of the settlement and growth of Brookfield including short biographies of early settlers etc. Native American accounts include attacks on Joseph Woolcot and his family in 1692 as well as an account of Philip presumed King Philip or Metacomet and his actions drawn from a manuscript among others. GOOD condition. Moderate foxing and uneven browning to the piece with a few spots of heavier foxing present. Ownership signature in ink on top of the title page. Minor chipping along the fore edge. Old paper tape repair to the copyright page. Faint dampstain at the top page edges. Sabin 25006. Bradford 1723. E and G Merriam, Printer unknown
178643537Bergerac, J. B. Puynesge, 1786. 2 vol. in-4 de XXV-(1)-553-(1) pp. et XVIII-401-(1)-40 pp., demi-basane brune, dos lisse orné (relié vers 1820).
019829Newark NJ: Whitehead and Hoag Producer. Unbound. Good. circa 1896 based on patent date on the reverse. Celluloid pinback with paper back. Stickpin style back. Approximately 7/8 inches in diameter. Paper on the reverse reads "F. Ziegfeld Jr. Mgr Anna Held. A pinback promoting Polish-French actress and singer Anna Held. Working in Europe Held was "discovered" by Florenzo Ziegfeld in London in 1896 and was persuaded by him to return to New York with him. Ziegfeld a master promoter and user of media fed American papers semi-lurid or exotic tales of Held creating a public sensation before she even arrived. From 1896 to 1910 she was one of Broadway's most popular actors. Held and Ziegfeld were common law spouses until Ziegfeld began an affair in 1909 with another actress and married yet another performer in 1914. GOOD condition. Image of Held very toned and faded with the words barely visible on the face. Whitehead and Hoag, Producer unknown
1851016751St. Louis: James R. Albach Publisher 1851. Cloth. Good. Second edition revised and enlarged. Modern black cloth. Xxiv 818 pp. A lengthy historical survey of the settling of what was considered the West in the United States in 1850 focusing on events in Kentucky Illinois and other territories and states in the Midwest. This includes sections on interactions and battles with Native Americans the massacre at Chicago etc. GOOD condition. Cloth faded with some soiling and scuffing. Scattered foxing in the interior. Minor toning to the paper. Sabin 60955. James R. Albach, Publisher unknown
1847016970Cincinnati: James R. Albach Publisher 1847. Full Leather. Good. Full Calf leather. Xx 592 pp. With two maps including one of Kentucky. A lengthy historical survey of the settling of what was considered the West in the United States in 1850 focusing on events in Kentucky Illinois and other territories and states in the Midwest. This includes sections on interactions and battles with Native Americans etc. GOOD condition. Leather heavily scuffed along the extremities and spine. Hinges cracked with the covers somewhat tenuously attached. Scattered foxing in the interior. Owner's signature on the inside front cover and title page. Sabin 60955. James R. Albach, Publisher unknown
1846018912Cincinnati: James R. Albach Publisher 1846. Full Leather. Poor. Full calf leather. Xx 592 pp. Two maps present as called for one depicting Kentucky and the other Louisiana and vicinity. A lengthy historical survey of the settling by white men of what was considered the West in the United States in 1845 focusing on events in Kentucky Illinois and other territories and states in the Midwest. This includes sections on interactions and battles with Native Americans the massacre at Chicago etc. POOR/FAIR condition. Front cover DETACHED along the hinge. Heavy scuffing to the leather especially along the edges resulting in some loss. Scattered foxing in the interior mostly minor a bit heavier to the endpapers. Faint dampstain in the lower margin of the first several pages. Sabin 60954. James R. Albach, Publisher unknown
225960S.l., s.d. (1937) in-4, 16 ff. anopisthographes dactylographiés. en feuilles.
QWA-16773Presses de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (PFNSP), 1983, in-8 br. (13,5 x 22), XIII-265 p., préface de Georges Ballandier, couverture et dos passés, nom manuscrit en page de garde, assez bon état.
66957Presses de la Fondation Nationale des SciencesPolitiques, 1983, 265 pp., broché, couverture un peu défraîchie, plis de lecture sur le dos, état correct.
40209Paris : Editions Caribéennes, 1983 - un volume broché (14x22,5 cm), 429 pages - dos insolé sinon bon état -
28857Ed. Caribeennes, 1983. In-8 (225x140mm) broché, 427 p. Bon état général.
1983vh3688Editions Caribéennes Arc et littérature Dos carré collé 1983 In-8 (14,2 x 22,5 cm), dos carré collé, 427 pages ; coins cornés, mors supérieur déchiré en queue, ouvrage gondolé suite à une mouillure, en l'état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.