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1883021523-DNew York: The Century Company De Vinne Press 1883. Book. Illus. by Elbridge Kingsley / J.H.E. Whitney / R.A. Muller / J.Harrison / R.C.Collins . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st. Edition 1883 hardcovers with green leather spine and corners with gilt top edge and five band tooled with gilt letters and design Illustrated by various artist with eleven tissue cover Japan Proofs .Two volume set with 888 total pages. An important work with contribution by Dan beard John Burroughs George Bird Grinnell John Muir and others. Condition : Very Good with edge ware and aging . New professional hinge repair to both volumes. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The Century Company De Vinne Press Hardcover
1897102503-XIthaca NY.: Comstock Pub. 1897. Book. Illus. by Anna Botsford Comstock. Very Good. Revised Edition. 1897 revised edition Hardcover with drab green cloth boards and silver drawing on the front cover and letters and drawing on spine. Illustrated with one color plate frontispiece and other black and white plates and drawings through out . Condition: Very Good outside boards have rubs and edge wear with ex. owners name pened to the top cover see photo inside ex.owner name and date on the FF with some notes penned in the margins. Condition: Very Good. See the book cover at our secure book site at : GibbsBooks. " Always buy from the independent book dealers " search the I.O.B.A. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Comstock Pub. hardcover
18590005670Philadelphia: G. G. Evans 1859. New edition. Hardcover. Good. 12 original hand-colored woodcuts. 12mo x 336pp. variant 20pp. of publisher's ads; embossed cherry pebbled cloth tips of spine worn chip from lower margin leaf 17/18. Ex libris photographer A. W. Huntington Princeton Bureau County Illinois. <br/><br/>The pseudonymous author tells of hunting jaguars elephants giraffes bears lions and others in far-flung places such as Tyrolia England India Argentina as well as wild hogs in Texas and wild sheep in the Rocky Mountains. He also tells of his friend Joe Blaney's mix-up with the Arapaho tribe. Wright's AMERICAN FICTION vol.1 no. 1179 lists this work. BUT Wagner - Camp - Becker lists this printing as no. 239b:5. HOWEVER John C. Phillips included it in his BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN SPORTING BOOKS 1930. Wagner-Camp notes "The work accordiing to Phillips is a compilation which uses excerpts from actual hunting narratives to form a fictitious autobiography." I report. You decide. The wood engraved pictorial title-page depicts the moment of death of a grizzly bear encountering our hero from the first chapter. 12 original hand-colored woodcuts. Bennett PRACTICAL GUIDE TO AMERICAN NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOR PLATE BOOKS p.54. G. G. Evans hardcover
18951743Paternoster Row London: S. W. Partridge & Co. 1895. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Spine written in nice gilt small ink stain on front cover. No issues re binding contents unmarked and very clear barely any sign of age. Extremely slight wear on board edges. 188 pages S. W. Partridge & Co. hardcover
18467006Durham: George Andrews. London: Whittaker & Co. 1846. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Used - Good/None. Includes detailed map of Durham as a frontispiece. Spine binding and cover all fine though covers and outer edges are very faded. Contents clean though tanning lightly and have a previous owner name on inside cover and endpapers are foxing significantly. Durham: George Andrews. London: Whittaker & Co. hardcover
18896830Elliot Stock London 1889. Second Series. Hardcover. Used - Good/None. Spine binding and covers all fine and robust corners turning in gilt title on spine. Contents clean tanning lightly and softening outer edges with no inscription. Elliot Stock, London hardcover
1900biblio95Quebec: Cie d"imprimerie du Soleil 1900. Good. <p>in8 rel demi-toile plats marbrés iv 428 pages Ill carte dépliante mouillures tranche inférieure en marge </p> Cie d"imprimerie du Soleil unknown
18336158London: Liverpool George Smith and Ackermann & Co London 1833. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/None. Quarter bound leather and gilt edged leather corners. Robust boards though faded spine binding and cover all fine. Spine is in six sections with gilt title on red leather background and small gilt illustrations in each section of the spine. Contents very clean with no inscription only a previous price in pencil with faded gilt outer edges. A small number of pages have a tiny piece missing at the top edge - please see photos. 21 beautiful colour lithographic plates of birds. 136 pages. Liverpool, George Smith and Ackermann & Co, London hardcover
188510899London: Macmillan & Co. 1885 A 'new edition' with a biographical introduction and explanatory index. 100 illustrations. Green cloth a little worn and marked gold lettering and pelican to spine black beasts and bird decorating the black title to the front board black end-papers some pages roughly opened occasional grubby marks to pages tight and sound good. Macmillan & Co. hardcover
1853biblio478London: Nathaniel Cooke Milford House Strand 1853. Very Good. <p>8vo xviii 342 publisher gilt cloth stained 70 woodcuts 4 full page map edges gilt last 70 pages lightly damp stained in margins</p> Nathaniel Cooke, Milford House, Strand hardcover
