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189511255591251895. Book. Very Good. No Binding. no publisher no date original circa 1895 engraved pictorial bookplate measuring 10.5 x 8 cm on tinted paper with black ink. A room is pictured a lit fireplace with a picture hung above it.Next to the fireplace a bookshelf filled with books. portrait of a man hanging on the wall. There's an empty chair facing the fire. The bookplate says "Ex Libris Henry C. Bernheim" This image has a calligraphic border frame. Edwin Davis French was an American bookplate engraver who produced at least 330 engravings beginning in 1893. . unknown
18019112Boaton: John Russell & James Cutler 1801. Periodical. Very Good. The original newspaper disbound from a folio. 4 pp. on laid paper vg; minimal foxing. Typeface is still using the 18th-century long 's'. Has a long editorial by 'Americanus' addressed "To the President of the United States". <br/> <br/> John Russell & James Cutler unknown
18119099Hartford Conn.: Hudson & Goodwin 1811. Periodical. Very Good. The highest price in Cash paid for Calves Pates by the Printers hereof." Calves pates the skin of the forehead was used for sizing paper. The original newspaper disbound from a folio. 4 pp. on laid paper vg; some scattered foxing and a sm. waterstain at the bottom edge. A fascinating paper with news of Napoleon's maneuverings against the British; reports of Napoleon's "Non-Intercourse Law" which blockaded most of the ports of Europe for years and started many small wars including our 'War of 1812'; and an editorial critical of Madison's invasion of Spanish Florida left more or less unattended while Napoleon pestered the Spanish government. <br/> <br/> Hudson & Goodwin unknown
18109090New Haven Conn.: Oliver Steele 1810. Periodical. Very Good. The original newspaper disbound from a folio. Vg w/ light foxing minimal edgewear 1 short tear on the left side where it was disbound. Reports on wars between Russia and Turkey and between England and Spain. <br/> <br/> Oliver Steele unknown
1842052781New Berlin PA: S. G. Miller 1842. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Black 1/4 cloth brown paper covered boards. Covers are spotted and show surface rubbing; cloth typically soiled with loss to lower spine panel and two chips along front joint binding firm. 1856 ownership inscription in pencil on front flyleaf. 116 pp. Interior typically foxed ranging light to moderate with paper loss and some scribbling inside back cover. Text in German. Scarce. S. G. Miller Hardcover
1890003046Chicago: Elliott & Beezley 1890. Original stories by Hope Ledyard John D. Long Mrs. L.L. Sloanaker Faith Latimer Clara Doty Bates Mrs. S.J. Brigham Rev. Edward A. Rand Ruth Lamb Cousin Annie and others. 25 full-page color lithographs designed especially for this book under the supervision of Opper the famous artist of Puck. Edited by Daphne Dale. 8vo size dark green clothbound hardcover with three color black gilt and silver illustration on cover and spine. Both color and black and white illustrations; 224 toned pages. Illustrated endpapers. Worn and bumped corners and head and heel of spine. Both pastedowns split. Shaken. Sewn binding split at page 80 with page 81 detached and laid in. See our photographs. We note some soil in the margins of page 33 34 35 49 53 101 147 183 and there may be some soil on other pages as this is a much loved children's book. We note either a publishing defect or damage: the very bottom of page 194 is cut off at a diagonal just below the text on one side and illustration on other so nothing is lost. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Elliott & Beezley Hardcover
1833049217London: Printed for J. G. & F. Rivington 1833. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Full smooth black calf front cover lettered in blind. Rubbed edges some rounding/exposure to corners repaired separation to upper front joint. Firm binding. xxx3582 pp. 1844 gift inscription and later owner stamp on front flyleaf binder's stamp John Bird Hatton Garden on front pastedown signatures and notes in pencil on rear blanks and endpapers. First issued 1717 relatively scarce. Printed for J. G. & F. Rivington Hardcover
1847047909London and Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson 1847. Book. Fair. Full-Leather. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Black leather with Celtic design blind-stamped on both covers spine panel lettered/decorated in gilt. Miniature book 3 3/8" tall. Incomplete ending at p. 448 with "tithing" thus lacking the remainder of "T" and U-Z. Rubbed corners and spine extremities binding lean toned text block edges. Interior shows scattered toning soiling. As is with all faults. Thomas Nelson Hardcover
1851008761Oxford: John Henry Parker 1851 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Original blue cloth on boards. Previous owner's name Text in English. 214 pp. including index of first lines. Scarce in miniature form. John Henry Parker hardcover
18768645NY: Munn & Co. 1876. Soft cover. Very Good. Original folio-size magazine in vg condition; was once folded in fourths. The pages are bright and clean but for a brown stain on the last page. The front cover has an etching of 'Curious Boats at the Centennial Exposition'; inside there is a new water-engine a screw-cutting lathe improved saw teeth and much more. <br/> <br/> Munn & Co. paperback
18408938NY: W. Burritt & E.F. Clayton 1840. Periodical. Good. The original newspaper 4 pp. on plain white paper a little browned at the very edge with one tear on foreedge but very clean. Has been disbound from a folio. An astounding variety of things for sale from around the world with a list of current wholesale prices. <br/> <br/> W. Burritt & E.F. Clayton unknown
1813032818Philadelphia PA: Joseph Crukshank 1813. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Full original calf complete and intact. Both covers a bit warped with 1" area of paper adhesion at top front binding corner leather still nicely intact though a bit soiled. Front flyleaf and blank both partial with several period signatures otherwise complete. Dampstaining to several early and late leaves. 18015110222 pp. Interior typically a bit dulled a few pages printed weakly overall showing only minor considerations better than average. Joseph Crukshank Hardcover
1817061417Poughkeepsie NY: P. Potter 1817. Book. Good. Full-Leather. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Full brown calf 5 gilt bands on spine panel. Leather rubbed along edges and joints with several scratches to covers. Signature of former owner John Rodgers on upper main title and inside front cover dated 21 Jan. 1833 also signature of James Hulborg on dedication page. viii9-156 pp. illus. w/ 4 numbered 2-5 of 9 plates at rear lacking flyleaves plates 1 frontis. and 6-9. Internally foxed generally light with dampstaining to fixed endpapers and latter leaves including plates. P. Potter Hardcover
18049100Boston: John Park 1804. Periodical. Very Good-. The original newspaper disbound from a folio. 4 pp. on laid paper vg-; An owner's name is crossed out above the text. Edges are darkened but very little worn; no foxing. Has a to me incomprehensible editorial about Jacobins and Jefferson rumors of Napoleon's invasion of Holland a report of 2 ships captured by pirates at Guadaloupe and an interesting bit from New orleans a 'remonstrance': ".that the act passed by last Congress for the government of Louisiana be annulled and particularly that part respecting the slave trade:- that the French language be preserved in all our judiciary and civil proceedings; that we be immediately acknowledged as a State and enjoy as such the privilege of appointing our own Executive Council. <br/> <br/> John Park unknown
1892006848Boston: D. Lothrop Company 1892 Book. Illus. by Uncredited. Good. Soft Cover Stapled. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original buff stapled softcover. Both covers were separated and have been re-attached. This number contains the complete serial story "In War Times at La Rose Blanche" by Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis first published in 1888. A family plantation story told by an eight-year-old girl whose siblings and slaves want to join Marse Tom in the war. 64 pp in the story Many ads. D. Lothrop Company paperback
18689115NY: World 1868. Periodical. Very Good. The original newspaper disbound from a folio. 8 pp. vg; no foxing or edgewear. A fascinating paper with somewhat biased news of the ongoing Reconstruction from many states on the front page. <br/> <br/> World unknown
18618855NY: NY World 1861. Periodical. Good. The original newspaper letterpress printed on plain white paper 8 pp. unopened still folded at top so that pp. 2-3 and 6-7 are at first hidden. Much news from the beginning of the Civil War including Gen'l Irwin McDowell's report of the Battle of Bull Run now called the First Battle of Bull Run. McDowell was soon replaced by Lincoln after botching this battle. Condition is good only; There is a printer's flaw at the bottom of p.1 with the loss of maybe 20 words; there is a great deal of edgewear and brown splotches staining the paper in many places. Everything is legible. <br/> <br/> NY World unknown
1882DEMO014248IChicago Nov. 1882. Octavo. Very Good. woodcut of warehouse. 8vo folded once horizontally <br/><br/>Promotional piece for consignments of grain and general produce to a company which also sells stock and securities NYSE. With a woodcut of their warehouse on the Chiago River. unknown
1813021709Whitehall London England: Printed for T. Egerton Military Library 1813. Book. VG. Soft cover. Facsimile Reprint Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Vintage bound photocopy of the 7th edition revised by William Granville Eliot. Pale green stiff paper wraps perfect-bound. viii391 original pages copied 2 pp. side by side per page. Appears to date to ca. 1960s-70s. Light handiing wear covers slightly tanned along edges. Printed for T. Egerton, Military Library Paperback
1801021711Whitehall London England: Printed for T. Egerton Military Library 1801. Book. VG. Soft cover. Facsimile Reprint Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Vintage bound photocopy of the original 1801 edition. Pale green stiff paper wraps perfect-bound. 217 original pages copied 2 pp. side by side per page. Appears to date to ca. 1960s-70s. Light handiing wear covers slightly tanned along edges. Made from a copy in the collection of the Canadian War Museum Ottawa Canada. Printed for T. Egerton, Military Library Paperback
1888035461Stockholm Sweden: Fahlcrantz & Co. 1888. Book. Illus. by O. Arborelius D. v. Essen A. T. Gellerstedt Rob. Haglund C. F. Hernlund P. D. Holm C. W. Jaensson et al. VG. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Original tan cloth illus./decorated in blue red and gilt with sepia and black pastedown illus. on front cover. Mild shelf wear a bit rubbed at corners and spine extremities with front cover decoration bright and intact lightly soiled cloth on rear cover. Original brown cloth hinges intact. Front flyleaf shows several creases and slight fore-edge chipping text block edges toned by age. Interior generally clean and intact with some leaves midway through text block showing light staining in upper binding margin not affecting text. Text in Swedish. Fahlcrantz & Co. Hardcover
1896040029Indianapolis: American Buncher Mfg. Co 1896. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 24pp; 6 woodcut illustrations. Bound in gray pictorial wrappers both covers printed in red. 4.75" x 6.5". Faint stamp on front cover of Fellows & Sons Agts. Evansville Wis. Company not in Romaine American Trade Catalogs. WorldCat locates only a 1913 American Buncher catalog of 16pp held only by Indiana Hist Soc Lib. American Buncher Mfg. Co unknown
1894039605London and New York: Macmillan and Co. 1894. Book. Near Fine. Full-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. An original copy beautifully rebound in polished dark eggplant leather both covers with gilt decorative border gilt decorative edges and elaborately decorated spine panel with six compartments marbled text block edges and endpapers. xxii308 pp. illus. Minor shelf wear some surface indentations to cover leather. Firm binding clean interior. Verso of front flyleaf shows binder's stamp of Belfe Brothers London and the signature of L. S. Hawes. Front blank preceding half-title shows 1897 gift inscription. Macmillan and Co. Hardcover
1845019840New York: D. and J. Sadler 1845. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown ribbed cloth decorated in blind decorated and lettered in gilt on spine panel. Moderate shelf wear with mild surface rubbing to cloth exposure at corners and along majority of top and bottom edges narrow bands of loss at spine extremities. Still presents reasonably well despite flaws. Text block edges rather dulled by age with scattered foxing generally light to interior. Former owner's signature dated 1850 on front flyleaf. xxii23-472 pp. illus. w/ frontis. author's portrait and 3 additional engraved plates. Overall typical wear but no compromising defects. D. and J. Sadler Hardcover
1881Q058Paris: J. Boyveau 1881. First edition. Near Fine. Presumed first edition printed by Boyveau in Paris; Siegle in London. Only 1 copy in OCLC dated 1881. 12mo 125pp. A book of useful phrases for conducting business and travel geared toward the native French speaker with the bulk of the text printed simultaneously in English on facing pages. Contains trade-specific scenarios and vocabulary. Quarter leather with marbled boards in Near Fine condition with minor shelfwear and a hint of foxing throughout. Previous owner signature Bousquet to pastedown and half-title page else clean and unmarked. <br/><br/> J. Boyveau hardcover
