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1888000000000005510Chicago: Chapman Bros 1888. First Edition . Full-Leather. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brown boards 774pportsillusdep Missing first section on Washington Many loose pages interior Spine has pulled 6" split on spine edge Five line pencil on fep 1892 <br/> <br/> Chapman Bros hardcover
184234996Raleigh: Weston R. Gales Printer Register Office 1842. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Approx. 8.25" X 5.25" stitched wraps. 20 pages. Removed from a larger gathering with the outer wraps missing. Title on page 1. The Annual Commencement notice is on page 20. Light scattered foxing and toning to he contents. Weston R. Gales, Printer, Register Office unknown
184235598Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers 1842. New and Improved edition. Hardcover. Fair. Quartos. Two volumes. Volume I: viii 800 pages. Volume II: 800 pages. Illustrated. Blueish marbled paper covered boards. Leather corners and spine. Raised bands gilt decorations and titles on the spines. Title pages are foxed. Light occasional foxing to the contents. Front board detached on volume 2. Fair condition. William and Robert Chambers hardcover
186733586New York: Agathynian Press 1867. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Stiff wraps. Approx. 9" x 6". 54 pages 5 1 page blank. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettered title stamped on front. Yellow end sheets. Ex-institutional copy with label removed from the front paste down and a small library stamp above a torn corner section of the right front flyleaf. Light edge wear to the cloth. Illustrated with a plan of the new property in back. Contents include proceedings narrative list of officers and a plan for the building. Rutgers Female College was started in the late 1830's. The college had planned to move to a new location in New York around the time this was published but the plans fell through. The college closed in the 1890's. Agathynian Press unknown
18974150081Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Company 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding. Front hinge paper torn but hinge is holding well. Cloth over boards has light overall shelf wear edge wear scuffing at lower spine two labels on spine. Biography of Civil War Union general. Ex-Library; 8.5" tall; 596 pages. Henry T. Coates & Company hardcover
18974610045Concord New Hampshire: Ira C. Evans Printer 1897. Hardcover. Fair in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding hinges repaired with tape joints reinforced with tape on outside. Clean tanned pages. Cloth over boards is heavily worn with label at lower spine. Dampstaining to lower edge of pages.j; Civil War military history. Ex-Library; 11.0" tall; 750 pages. Ira C. Evans, Printer hardcover
18735180077Philadelphia: National Publishing Company 1873. Hardcover. Fair in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Slightly cocked. Cloth over boards has heavy shelf wear and edge wear blind-stamped designs gilt lettering on front. Minor markings previous owner's name a few smudges blue mark on p. 731 tanned pages. Missing final ad page. 240 illustrations forom original sketches and photographic views of the scenery cities lands mines people and curiosities of the Great West. Publisher's ad tous the book as full of useful first-hand information for those dreaming of moving west. Ex-Library; 8.75" tall; 824 pages. National Publishing Company hardcover
18934190071Richmond Virginia: Everett Waddey Co 1893. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding and hinges. Pages clean tanned. Writing on ffep. Cloth over boards has general shelf wear bumped corners edge rubbing. Gilt lettering on spine. Biography of Christopher Gustavus Memminger 1803-1888 German-born American politician and a secessionist who participated in the formation of the Confederate States government. Ex-Library; 9.25" tall; 604 pages. Everett Waddey Co hardcover
18183440077Paris: H. Nicolle 1818. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Fair in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Seventh Edition. Volumes are in the French language. Binding of each is sound. Hinges cracked spine and joints reinforced with cloth tape. Exlibrary markings. Edge wear to all volumes. Volume I has split joint between spine and front and split starting at joint with back. Pages clean tanned. Novel by Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein 1766-1817 a prominent philosopher woman of letters and political theorist in both Parisian and Genevan intellectual circles. This novel is of a love story between an Italian poet Corinne and an English nobleman. The workincludes both observations and reflections on Italy its history its culture and the customs of its inhabitants. Ex-Library; 6.5" tall; 992 pages. H. Nicolle hardcover
18563440076London: John Murray 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. First Edition. First English language edition. Exlibrary marks. Half leather over boards is heavily worn with spine leather chipped and split and joint between spine and front broken. Front is detached but present as are the first few pages of the book to and including the title page. All parts of the volume are present. Binding and rear hinge are sound although the binding is a bit shaken. Pages clean tanned. Volume by Alexis de Tocqueville 1805-1859 author of Democracy in America is one of the major early historical works on the French Revolution. Ex-Library; 8.5" tall; 511 pages. John Murray hardcover
18813750113Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding and hinges. Clean tanned pages. Cloth over boards is shelf worn with wear at coner tips and extremities of spine. Gilt lettering on spine. Four fold-out maps at back of book have some edge creasing but are in very good condition. Ex-Library; 9.25" tall; 261 pages. James R. Osgood and Company hardcover
18683930086Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1868. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding and hinges. Clean tanned pages. Cloth over boards has bumped corners wear to edges. Gilt lettering on spine. Biography and correspondence of officer in the 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry who was killed at Antietam in 1862. Ex-Library; 9.5" tall; 351 pages. Ticknor & Fields hardcover
18984062A.D. Innes London 1898 A very good copy of the first edition in the original burgundy cloth. Gilt spine and front board lettering 9 1/8 x 6 inches 340 pp. frontispiece and 31 other b/w photo illustrations large fold out map in rear. Many signatures remain unopened. 1722RO083. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A.D. Innes, London hardcover
18994310061Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Sound bindings cracked hinges. Clean tanned pages. Cloth over boards has light shelf wear label at lower spine. Both volumes protected in mylar. Biography of Lincoln's Secretary of War. Ex-Library; 9.5" tall; 1004 pages. Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover
18903950061New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1890. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Hinge papers cracked but hi9nges holding. Binding sound. Pages clean tanned. Pictorial cloth over boards has edge wear worn corners wear at extremities of spine. Gilt lettering and design on front and spine. Originally serialized in Century Magazine. Ex-Library; 9.25" tall; 354 pages. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
18394430045London: Edward Lumley 1839. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Rebound. Sound binding and hinges. Tanned pages with occasional minor notes in pencil. Cloth over boards has light shelf wear label at lower spine. 14th-century book of supposed travels written in Anglo-Norman French this edition in old English that became a medieval bestseller despite being a fantastical blend of fact myth and plagiarism claiming to detail the adventures of an English knight in the Holy Land Egypt India and China and influencing explorers like Columbus. Ex-Library; 8.75" tall; 326 pages. Edward Lumley hardcover
18955190076Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Company 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding hinges broken. Clean tanned pages. Cloth over boards is shelf worn with split at joint between front and spine on volume 2 with label at lower spine of each volume. Military history of Massachusetts during the Civil War. Ex-Library; 10.5" tall; 1452 pages. Wright & Potter Printing Company hardcover
18994070088Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding. Hinges starting. Writing on ffep volume one. Pages clean tanned. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed with gilt lettering on spines and label at each lower spine. Autobiographical account of John Murray Forbes 1813-1898 American railroad magnate merchant opium merchant philanthropist and abolitionist. Edited by his daughter. Ex-Library; 9.0" tall; 617 pages. Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover
1815000000000005566Cincinnati: Morgan Williams & Co 1815. First Edition . Full-Leather. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown boards 3iv-vi32-296p Three line owners ink Jan 1816 on Tp 1852 date with name on paste-down Interior age brown spotting throughout book Four pages pulled but present Leather on spine rubbed Gilt title on spine World cat shows a 144 page copy same publication year <br/> <br/> Morgan, Williams & Co hardcover
18792324San Francisco: Francis Valentine & Co. 1879. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown board with adds. ii-lxviii67-1115pillus. Roman numeral pages are advertisments.Corners frayed. Splits on spine Edges on backstrip rubbed with cloth loss.Inteior very good.No map Title on spine states Langley's San Francisco Directory 1879-80. World cat only shows The Autry Museum and Book Club of California. Not in Rocq. Scarce <br/> <br/> Francis, Valentine & Co. hardcover
18465120060Charleston S.C.: Burges & James 1846. Hardcover. Poor in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Binding sound but hinges broken. Quarter leather over boards is heavily worn with front board detached but present leather over spine missing. Writing on endpapers. Pages have some dampstaining tanning. Edited by Legaré's sister. Includes his contributions to the New York and Southern Reviews as well as a memoir of his life. Ex-Library; 9.0" tall. Burges & James hardcover
1832000000000005775London: Harding and Lepard 1832. First Edition . Half-Leather. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Marbled boards Various pagesillusdepraised bandsteg. Essays on twenty differnet commanders with illustrations from original pictures <br/> <br/> Harding and Lepard hardcover
18436218New York: Dayton & Newman 1843. Good hard cover/No dust jacket as issued 282 pp. Brown embossed cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine An ex-university copy with stickers-barcode-stamps Spine ends heavily chipped with open tear at top and closed tears at bottom Previous owner name written in ink on ffep Moderate foxing throughout with the heavier foxing toward exterior pages Well bound Good hinges Text is unmarked. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Ex-Library. Dayton & Newman Hardcover
18865010057Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Sound bindings hinges starting. Clean tanned pages. Decorative cloth over boards is water damaged at lower front and back corners of each volume with other general shelf wear. Label at lower spine. Benjamin Perley Poore 1820-1887 was an American journalist editor and author in the mid-19th century. Ex-Library; 9.0" tall; 1090 pages. Hubbard Brothers hardcover
18635220042New York: D. Van Nostrand Company 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. First Edition. Quarter leather spine is heavily worn scuffed chipped with horizontal tear across middle of spine and torn joint with front. Cloth over boards is heavily worn and scuffed with edge wear and bumped corners. Hinges broken binidng a bit shaken. Previous owner's name on ffep title lpage. Pages clean tanned. Civil War era publication with often textensive explanations of terms. Many drawings throughout. 9.25" tall; 674 pages. D. Van Nostrand Company hardcover