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1879OVN10079Wheeling WV: J. A. Caldwell. Fair with no dust jacket. 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hard cover pubished by J. A. Caldwell in 1879. No dust jacket. Original half leather and brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine and blind stamped lettering on back. Spine is worn and torn at the ends and leather is mostly worn and scraped along the spine. Lettering on spine is faded. Covers have some scuffing and some scrapes. Corners of covers are bumped and worn with the cloth worn off. Inner front hinge is split but front cover is still attached to spine. Inner back hinge is still intact. Bottom page corners of first several pages are bent and creased. Front endpaper and next several pages have some soiling and stains. Pages have slight tanning. Book is in acceptable condition. Folio size 14x11 inches. 450 pages plus supplements in back 7.8 lb.; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 450 pages . J. A. Caldwell hardcover
1875100207New York: J.W. Bouton 1875. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. Good. Octavo 9.1 in. x 5.8 in. pp. xxxix 1 147 10 advertising. Illustrated with tissue-guarded frontis 19 plates and numerous line drawings. Ivy green cloth boards with three decorative floral bands stamped in blind to front and back. Gilt title to spine. Rubbing to extremities with chips to top of spine. Touch of spine lean but spine and hinges are tight. Unmarked interior. Light age-toning and a very occasional spot to pages. J.W. Bouton hardcover
1879715PA2J. A. Caldwell Columbus OH: 1879. 1879 651 p. This copy lacks all illustrations but retains the extensive text in double columns. Folio. 360 mm . . LACKS ALL PLATES. Small Folio. Though the original cloth boards are present this deserves rebinding. An important history of the area near Drake's first oil well and an essential record of America's early oil industry. Scarce. PA 6 Language: eng. Hardcover. Fair. J. A. Caldwell, Columbus, OH: 1879. hardcover
186925027<p>A rare early volume of <em>The Ibis </em>bound in half leather over marbled boards. Leather worn on edges. Bookplate of previous owner on FEP. Includes multi-part articles: von Heuglin <em>Malurinae </em>of North-Eastern Africa; Harting Rare or Little-known Limicolae. Illustrated with 13 hand-colored lithographs including the endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper by Keuleumans and Eleonora's Falcon by Wolf.</p> British Ornithologists' Union hardcover
1839500176Montreal: William Greig 1839. Book. Illus. by With numerous Engravings. Good. Quarter Leather. 12mo. A decent copy with rear joint split and backstrip lifting away but still holding to worn front joint. Owner's name on ffep. Title-page and fronticepiece tissue-guard loose but present. Slight ghosting of plates onto tissue guards and occasionally onto facing pages not affecting legibility. Maps intact and legible but affected by slight self-ghosting of print. Otherwise text clean. As is. Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair . William Greig Hardcover
187932186Wheeling West Virginia: J. A. Caldwell 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Folio. 450 pages xxx "Supplement to Richland District Ohio County" 1 page advertisement "Condensed Chart and Specimens of Rolling Stock Pittsburgh Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway." Brown cloth hardcover with gilt title and blind stamped decorations on the front cover. Burgundy cloth spine with gilt title. Illustrated with color map of the Pan-Handle and numerous full page black and white engravings. Covers are shelf worn and corners bumped. Thin crack on the front outer joint. Cloth spine creased with light edge wear head and base. A few of the pages in front have edge tears including the title page. Scattered light foxing to the text. Text block mostly sturdy with exception of cracks page 42 with pages 43 44 starting to detach. Also pages 152 153 starting to detach. More thin cracks to the text block but the majority of the text block is sound. some light pencil x marks in the margins early pages. A fair to good copy. J. A. Caldwell hardcover
189223618Washington: Government Printing Office 1892. First edition. Some rubbing to covers old private library stamps to title pages else very good. 222 pp. 25 plates including 7 chromolithographs 11 from photos 7 engraved; ctavo origianl burgundy cloth with gilt spine titles <br/><br/>An important work on a pest devasting to the vineyards of California and throughout the southwest. The vine disease caused by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa was discovered by plant pathologist Newton B. Pierce 1856-1916 and is now officially known as Pierce's Diseaase. Scarce. Amerine & Borg 2621; Gabler II 34000 Government Printing Office hardcover
18790084721Wheeling WV: J. A. Caldwell 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Good-/No Jacket. 1879 First Edition. Hardcover large 4to. 11 x 14 inches original leather-backed boards gilt title. 450 pp. Fair to Good copy. Both boards detached but present; lacks all of the spine leather; original backstrip intact. All contents complete including the engraved plates and hand-colored map. Clean contents with minimal signs of handling. Binding has issues otherwise a better than average copy. J. A. Caldwell hardcover
18841001208vo 9x6 original gilt-lettered green cloth 4 ad 3 311pp. illustrated with numerous wood engravings some of them folding. Extremities slightly rubbed light soiling and front hinge a bit tender; otherwise a near fine copy. Well illustrated guidebook with an advertisement frontispiece of “Yosemite 1884†showing a horse and carriage passing through a carved out sequoia. This installment is considerably expanded from the 68 page first edition published in 1881.A few of the illustrations are folding including one that gives a bird’s eye view of San Francisco opposite page twenty-one and another of the Arlington Hotel which was under construction. Rubberstamp on front endpaper of George Clement Perkins 1839-1923 Governor of California from 1880-1883 and U.S. Senator from California from 1893-1915. C.A. Murdock hardcover
1879C000015787Wheeling WV: J. A. Caldwell 1879. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First printing 1879. Large quarto original brown cloth gilt handsome recent spine in leather-like dark brown cloth gilt with recent endpapers pp. 6 450 xxx 2 with many illustrations full page color map many lithograph plates of people and homesteads farms factories businesses etc. Very good light wear to corners. Very handsome restoration the spine and endpapers clearly done by a professional. RARE. J. A. Caldwell hardcover
1816990F2Fredericksburg: William F. Gray 1816 . First edition. Leather. Good Only. 7" by 4.5". None. The very scarce first US edition of Anglican evangelical and abolitionist John Newton's essays and writings on faith and morality. The vanishingly scarce first US edition of this compilation of the religious works of English evangelical Anglican cleric and slavery abolitionist John Newton best known for authoring the hymn 'Amazing Grace'.This posthumously published work includes Newton's 'Apologia' alongside several essays on 'modern characters' 'religious affections and 'on hearing sermons'.Library bookplates of the General Theological Seminary to pastedowns with stamps to verso of title page. Contemporary inscriptions to title page head dated 1827. In a quarter morocco binding with marbled paper covered boards. Front board detached but present. Rear joint starting with board firmly held. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages significantly age toned due to paper type with spotting and handling marks throughout. Inscription to title page head library markings to title page verso. Good Only William F. Gray hardcover
186555746London: Day & Son. Very Good. 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Original green cloth gilt. Xiv 2 360; xiv 2 275pp. All plates present. Partially unopened. Scattered foxing points bumped few spine breaks. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Day & Son hardcover
18928186<p>This is a leather-bound copy of "The California Vine Disease - A Preliminary Report of Investigations" by Newton B. Pierce. 1892; Government Printing Office; Washington D.C. Bulletin No. 2 issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Division of Vegetable Pathology. The book features 25 illustrated plates seven of which are in color a large fold-out chart titled "Effect of Shade on Diseased Vines - Showing the Shade Effects in the Vineyard of Col. J.A. Scarritt at Orange" and a Chart of Anaheim and Vicinity - Showing Many of the Old Vineyards Where Disease was First Noted. There is an Index at the back. Nicely bound in full leather with gilt and four raised bands on the spine.<br /><br />In the early 1880's "Anaheim disease" decimated 30000 acres of vines near Anaheim and Pomona. Newton B. Pierce a special agent of the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture responded to this event as the first professional plant pathologist in California. He skillfully eliminated explanations other than disease but was not able to identify the causative agent. In the late 1880's the disease damaged vineyards in Napa County followed by severe outbreaks in Southern California in the 1930's and 1940's. This "Preliminary Report" documents Pierce's initial findings. The vine disease is now referred to as "Pierce's disease" after him.<br /><br />Condition:<br />The bulletin has been nicely and professionally re-bound in full leather by "Crahan." The leather has peeled a bit at the top of the spine the top-left corner of the front cover and near the top-left corner of the back cover. Some shelf wear to the leather along the perimeter of the boards. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. The original front cover is present - it has some light staining a piece missing at the top-right corner handwriting in pen at the top-left corner and an old name written in ink. Light dampstaining along the top edge of the color plates at the back. Some pages are still attached along the top edge; some of the separated pages have tears at the outer edge. Old name written in pen at the top of page 13. Tanning along the perimeter of the front end papers. There is a 3" strip along the inner edge of the rear pastedown where the top paper layer has Peeled. Overall the book is in Good condition.</p> Government Printing Office hardcover
189522877London: John Lane 1895. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green decorate cloth. Very good. 56 pages. 20 x 13 cm. Limited edition one of 350. Front cover decoration by Laurence Housman noted for his intricate Art Nouveau designs. 16 pages of adverts at rear. Small book label free front endpaper of W.H. Clarke & Co. Boston. Interior contents bright. Rubbing to backstrip head and foot first few leaves unopenend. John Lane hardcover
1855478London 1855. First Edition. Hardback. Very good condition. unknown
1877851M23Bristol: Privately printed 1877. First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 12" by 10". None. A very scarce schedule of property owned by the trustees of Bristol Municipal Charities in the late 19th century. A very scarce work in the original paper vellum binding. A schedule of properties owned including houses land schools and almshouses by the trustees of Bristol's municipal charities in the following areas: Bristol Congresbury Wick St. Lawrence Yatton Chew Magna Dundry Nempnett Burnett Chewton Keynsham Queen Charlton Frenchay Winterbourne Almondsbury Henbury Siston Portishead Portbury Brislington Horfield Stapleton Wickwar and Bradwell Essex. Information includes length of tenancy annual rent and a description of the property. In the original paper vellum binding. Externally very smart with just a couple of marks to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for spotting to the first and last couple of pages and a little age toning to the page perimeters. Near Fine Privately printed hardcover
1813g3686bLondon: G Kearsley; J Walker; J Stockdale; &c. G : in good condition. Rebacked. Cover rubbed. Some foxing. 1813. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover. 240mm x 160mm 9" x 6". 186 plates. 186 plates 10 hand-coloured 2 fold-out. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . G Kearsley; J Walker; J Stockdale; &c hardcover
18652285411Day & Son 1865. Volume 1-2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. 8vo. Both volumes have been bound together in a red cloth library binding featuring gilt titles to spine. External condition like new. Internally binding is secure and pages are clean with some very minor foxing and markings. Complete with numerous illustrations and maps. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1800grams ISBN: Day & Son hardcover
188942627London Harrisn and Sons 1889. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1888 Vol. 179 - Series B. Pp. 503-537 textillustr. and 2 lithographed plates. Fine and clean. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of this importent paper describing for the first time a new species of the Jurassic flying reptile.The skull was collected in the 1880s by D.W. Purdon who is honoured in the specific name "Scaphognatus Purdoni s Newton nmd it. It was recognizd as a distinct genus only decades later in 1919 by Gustav von Arthaber. </em> unknown