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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
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
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
1879630631879. VENAGO CO. NEWTON James H. ed. History of Venago County Pennsylvania and Incidentally of Petroleum Together with Accounts of the Early settlement and Progress of Each Township Borough and Village with Personal and Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers Representative Men Family Records Etc. By an Able Corps of Historians. Columbus OH: J.A. Caldwell 1879. 1st ed. Folio. 651pp. Frontis. plates maps. Orig. calf-backed cloth all edges marbled. Cloth rubbed rebacked in leather with original spine laid down else a very good or better copy. Profusely illustrated with full page lithographic views of buildings farms and local scenes. Scarce. HOWES N-129. unknown
1879410021879. WEST VIRGINIA. NEWTON J.H. et al. History of the Pan-Handle; Being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio Brooke Marshall and Hancock West Virginia. With Illustrations. Compiled and Written by J.H. Newton G.G. Nichols and A.G. Sprankle. Edited by J.H. Newton. Wheeling WV: Published by J.A. Caldwell 1879. 1st ed. Folio. Maps. Illus. with numerous full and half-page lithographic views. 450 1 xxxi pp. Orig. half-calf and cloth. A fine copy. Howes N-128. Scarce. Lithographic views of the residences of prominent men important public buildings and businesses as well as portraits. unknown
1879WRCAM16824Columbus Oh 1879. 651pp. Forty-seven plates some double-page on 33 leaves. Facsimiles. Color maps. Thick quarto. Contemporary cloth recently rebacked in calf corners expertly repaired. Else a very good copy. A scarce Pennsylvania county history with wonderful plates of local residences businesses farms factories oil wells etc. Contains much material relating to the petroleum industry Oil City and the speculative oil business. An important local historical reference. HOWES N129. hardcover books
1839651327Montreal Canada: William Greig 1839. Hardcover. Very Good. Edited by Newton Bosworth. With numerous illustrative engravings 22 Plates 2 being fold-out maps from 1839 and one earlier of Montreal. Several of the Plates have 3 engravings per page. Plates and Maps are FINE. 284 pages. Original brown cloth rebacked blind-stamped gilt title on spine. Book is tight solid; inside pages are in VG condition. Overall VG. <br/> <br/> William Greig hardcover
18395647Montreal: W. Greig 1839. First edition. Cloth. Acceptable. 20 cm; 248 pages engraved frontispiece extra engraved title page 19 engraved plates and 2 folding maps. Bound in original cloth blindstamped with arabesque motif titled in gilt on spine. Binding somewhat discolored with significant flap splitting from spine but present. Some foxing to engraved title page and stock lightly toned but contents generally very good. Pictorial bookplates of the Canadian journalist and newspaper editor C. Gordon-Smith with a view of Montreal and the American industrialist Edwin Stanton Fickes. <br /><br /> W. Greig hardcover
1839elala990Montreal: William Greig 1839. 1839. 12mo. pp. 7 p.l. 9-284. engraved title 2 folding plans & 44 illus. on 20 plates engraved by P.Christie after drawings by James Duncan incl. frontis. original blind-stamped cloth fraying to spine ends front joint & corners some modest offsetting from plates. armorial bookplate of Thomas Rodman Merritt 1824-1906 president of the Imperial Bank of Canada. First Edition. The series of engravings illustrating the work include views of Montreal from the Canal the Haymarket the Mountain and St. Helen's Island as well as depictions of the various architectural landmarks of the city Church of Notre Dame Hôtel Dieu Chapel Nelson's Monument Theatre Royal Government House Bank of Montreal &c. They are engraved after drawings by James Duncan 1806-1881 "one of the first of Montreal's historic artists." Lande Spendlove refers to him as "one of Canada's first lithographic draughtsmen" and a "splendid watercolourist". Duncan emigrated to Canada in 1825 settling in Montreal where he became a skilful and successful professional artist lithographer and teacher of drawing. He was a founding member and treasurer of the Montreal Society of Artists and was elected a member of the Society of Canadian Artists at Montreal in 1867 and an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy in 1880. "These illustrations in which architectural detail is reproduced with great exactness are significant because they are among the few remaining original sources of Montreal architecture of the time." DCB Beaulieu & Morley p. 182. Dionne III 349. Gagnon I 513. Lande 1586. Morgan p. 40. Sabin 6793 calling for 18 plates & maps. cfTPL 2247facsimile reprint. DCB XI pp. 284-86. Spendlove pp. 65-66. Hardcover. Good. Montreal: William Greig, 1839. 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
18395647Montreal: W. Greig 1839. First edition. Cloth. Acceptable. 20 cm; 248 pages engraved frontispiece extra engraved title page 19 engraved plates and 2 folding maps. Bound in original cloth blindstamped with arabesque motif titled in gilt on spine. Binding somewhat discolored with significant flap splitting from spine but present. Some foxing to engraved title page and stock lightly toned but contents generally very good. Pictorial bookplates of the Canadian journalist and newspaper editor C. Gordon-Smith with a view of Montreal and the American industrialist Edwin Stanton Fickes. W. Greig hardcover books
1839005654Dublin: Hodges and Smith 1839. Book. Good. Full Calf. Second Edition. 809pp; Full calf with tooled edges and with marbled edges; Covers slightly shelf-worn with 2 inch tear along rear hinge of spine and small close d split to front hinge at base of spine; 4 raised bands with black title and period labels; Gilt stamped lettering to front cover stating "The Resident Magistrate At Boyle"; Prelims slightly yellowed else a very bright and tight copy; Digital photos available on request; Size: Large 8vo. Hodges and Smith Hardcover
1843118578London: Winsor & Newton 1843. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed by the authors on the front free endpaper "To C. Stanfield Esq. R. A. respectfully presented by his obedient humble servants W. Winsor & H. Newton." The recipient was Clarkson Stanfield elected as a Royal Academician in February 1835 who "between 1820 and his last submission in 1867 showed 135 paintings at the Royal Academy his only absences being from 1822 to 1826 in 1828 and owing to a tour in 1839" ODNB. He played an active role in the Royal Academy repeatedly serving on their council and in 1852 became a member of the hanging committee. Originally a theatre painter Stanfield was described by Ruskin as "the leader of the British Realists and next to Turner the noblest master of cloud forms of all our artists" ODNB. Winsor and Newton were the first developers of the commonly used glycerine based watercolours and have been important producers of art materials since they were established in 1832. An uncommon work traced in seven institutions worldwide. Octavo 185 x 123 mm. Black and white illustrations to text. Bound for presentation by Westleys & Clark in pale brown calf titles to front cover gilt elaborate gilt frames to covers spine fully gilt edges gilt yellow moiré endpapers. Binder's ticket to foot of rear pastedown. Slight bumps and rubbing to extremities rubbing to joints boards lightly soiled with a couple small scratches very light foxing to prelims and endmatter; a very good copy. hardcover
190019536Nashville And Dallas: Publishing House of the M. E. Church. Very Good. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. 8" x 5 1/2" cloth worn and soiled 432 pgs. With a folding map and several b/w illustrations. Contents are clean and sound and tight; map in very nice shape. . Publishing House of the M. E. Church hardcover books
18954112London: T.Fisher & Unwin 1895. Book. Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 244pp. Yellow cloth cover with gilt title pages slightly yellowed edges a little fraied name of previous owner on the first page otherwise sound throughout. T.Fisher & Unwin Hardcover
189534015Kensington MD: Unknown. Good with no dust jacket. 1895. Presumed 1st. Hardcover. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 136 pages; Brown cloth tip of first free endpaper dogeared. WorldCat locates but a single copy. Slight waterstaining to front cover. . Unknown hardcover
1879014412Yankton Agency: St. Paul's School Press. Good. 1879. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with title gilt on spine. Boards have moderate wear and soiling to all edges; gilt title on spine has light rubbing. One third of the title page missing affecting content and first endpaper missing; most leaves have light toning. This is a translation of the biblical "The King's Highway" into the Dakota language. There are 7 copies in OCLC as of October 2017. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 427 pp . St. Paul's School Press hardcover
1879014412Yankton Agency: St. Paul's School Press. Good. 1879. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with title gilt on spine. Boards have moderate wear and soiling to all edges; gilt title on spine has light rubbing. One third of the title page missing affecting content and first endpaper missing; most leaves have light toning. This is a translation of the biblical "The King's Highway" into the Dakota language. There are 7 copies in OCLC as of October 2017. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 427 pp . St. Paul's School Press hardcover books
1870R240095597SOCIETE DES LIVRES RELIGIEUX. 1870. In-12. Relié. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos abîmé, Intérieur frais. 249 pages - illustration en noir et blanc en frontispice - quelques illustrations en noir et blanc hors texte - 1er plat partiellement désolidarisé - ornements dorés sur les plats.. . . . Classification Dewey : 220-Bible
186797828452307781867, Société des livres religieux de Toulouse, in 16 broché, traduit de l'anglais par H. Fargues. | Etat : Bon état général, dos un peu écorché. (Ref.: Ref98063)
1845054720London: Published by Jeremiah How 132 Fleet Street 1845. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Folio - 11 x 9 Inches Tall. Illustrations by several distinguished artists. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1845. Hardback. Illustrated with engravings throughout. Original red ribbed-cloth; gilt lettered spine. Blind and gilt decorative cover. Original yellow end-papers. All edges gilt. Bright tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear. VERY GOOD. viii 194 pages. Folio; approx. 11 x 9 inches. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books CHS Cumberland Everyman GKC Inklings Keswick Literature MacDonald Rarities Theology and History. . SCARCE. <br/> <br/> Published by Jeremiah How, 132 Fleet Street hardcover
1811024393New York: S. Whiting. First American Edition. Nice contemporary full leather binding. Two previous owner's names in ink one dated 1815 some leaves with faint dampstain Good. Rare. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1811. S. Whiting hardcover
1881Z07081301Kingston Jamaica: Government Printing & Stationery Establishment 1881. Paperback. Used: Very Good. 0x0x0. Extracted from the Handbook for Jamaic for 1881 pp. 103-117. Government Printing & Stationery Establishment paperback
1855M7534London: Bell & Daldy 1855. Very good folding map laid down on contemporary canvas. Notes: This very decorative and large-scale mid-19th century map engraved on copper by Thomas Sherralt represents London at the time of Henry VIII circa 1517 from Westminster Abbey to the Tower. A pink line represents the area destroyed by the Great Fire of 1666. A decorative border encases the map illustrated by the royal coat of arms important English shields the names of important Englishmen and kings and allegorical figures around the title cartouche. Two indexes sit in the upper corners a compass rose and scale sit beneath the upper right index and a dedicatory cartouche sits in the lower right. The map folds and is backed by dark navy cloth.<br><br>The map is accompanied by a historical text by William Newton "London in the Olden Time." It is in matching dark navy cloth a small folio. Paginated x 120 pp. The whole comes in a navy cloth case with the title gilt on the upper board. Unlike the map the cloth case is scuffed and rubbed at the extremities in good condition. Size : 1020x1370 mm 40.16x53.94 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps City Maps; Maps Europe United Kingdom England London;Maps Folding Maps; Bell & Daldy hardcover
1855542536London: Bell and Baldy 1855. A very scarce hard cover within a protective rigid pocket folder both in very good condition for their age. An extensive and decorative historical map of the capital in the time of Henry VIII. Its full title is "London in the Olden Time being a Topographical and Hiftorical Memoir of London Weftminster and Southwark Accompanying a Pictoral map of the City and its Suburbs as they exifted in the Reign of Henry VIII before the Diffolution of the Monafteries." The map laid on linen is presented within the hard cover book. This details the history of London and contains a complete index to the map. According to details penned to title page this copy was presented to the Herne Bay Literary Institute by Miss Newton the daughter of the author William Newton d.10.07.1861 Herne bay in July 1883. Brown cloth pocket folder rigid has bright gilt title and decoration to the front. Light fading rubbing and wear to front edges and corners with bubbling to rear board where a section of cloth has lifted from card. No tears present. Pocket folder 'closing' flap is worn creased and faded with marble backing paper torn and missing in places. Boards show wear to edges and corners bumped light wrinkling and fading to cloth cover creasing to spine head and foot closed tear to spine foot split to spine head and occasional blemish. Front board is decorated as per card case. Map within shows some age-related discolouration at folds but details and colours are bright and true. A pink line represents the area of London destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. Beautifully illustated border comprises of a royal coat of arms various English shields the names of notable Englishmen and Kings and allegorical figures around the title cartouche. Within pages and map are securely bound. Tanning and foxing is present to pages and reverse of map however none is overly significant and content is bright and clear. More pictures are available upon request. CN. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Sherratt Thomas Original engraving. Used. Bell and Baldy Hardcover
