Hardcover. New Haven VT, Town of New Haven, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 350 pages, b&w illustrations. Dust jacket with light wear to edges, corners. Previous owner's sticker on front fly leaf, otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd., Ltd Ed. reprint, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 394 pages, red cloth covers, b&w illustrations. Limited to 750 copies, a reprint of the 1934 edition.
Hardcover. London, Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1st, 1915 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two years (1915 and 1916) bound in one volume. Handsome half black calf with raised bands on spine along with red label and gilt lettering. Part one for 1915: 290 pages plus 9 full-page b&w plates. Part two for 1916: 417 pages plus 9 b&w plates. Former university library with minimal stamping to edge of text block and on bookplate inside front cover. Sticker residue to bottom of spine. Chip to calf at top of spine.
Hardcover. London, Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1st, 1913 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two years (1913 and 1914) bound in one volume. Handsome half black calf with raised bands on spine along with red label and gilt lettering. Part one for 1913: 410 pages plus 22 full-page b&w plates. Part two for 1914: 362 pages plus 20 b&w plates. Plus a 164 page catalogue of lantern slides in the Society's collection. Former university library with minimal stamping to edge of text block and on bookplate inside front cover. Sticker residue to bottom of spine.
Hardcover. London, Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1st, 1905 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two years (1905 and 1906) bound in one volume. Handsome half black calf with raised bands on spine along with red label and gilt lettering. Part one for 1905: 382 pages plus 13 full-page b&w plates and 1 color fold-out. Part two for 1906: 303 pages plus 16 b&w and 2 color plates. Former university library with minimal stamping to edge of text block and on bookplate inside front cover. Sticker residue to bottom of spine.
Hardcover. London, Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1st, 1903 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two years (1903 and 1904) bound in one volume. Handsome half black calf with raised bands on spine along with red label and gilt lettering. Part one for 1903: 373 pages plus 13 full-page b&w and color plates. Part two for 1904: 354 pages plus 14 b&w (including 2 fold-outs). Former university library with minimal stamping to edge of text block and on bookplate inside front cover. Sticker residue to bottom of spine.
Hardcover. New York, Neale Publishing Co., 1st, 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 324 pages, dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. An account of a Civil War battle fought in Missouri. Tight, clean copy.
Hardcover. Brattleboro VT, George H. Salisbury, 1st, 1846, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 396 pages, embossed brown cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine. The cloth along the spine has some wear and fraying, some color fade to cloth on spine and edges, previous owner's signature on inside front cover. The title page has a small piece at top cut away, the front fly leaf has the top corner chipped off. Internally the pages are clean and bright.
Hardcover. Boston, Wright & Potter/ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1st, 1903, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 202 pages, b&w illustrations. Brown cloth binding with gilt decoration. Some rubbing, light residue to covers, back hinge partially cracked. Interior very good.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes, bound in matching 3/4 black leather and marbled boards. Spines with raised bands, gilt decorations and lettering, top edge gilt, ribbon markers. Marbled end papers, previous owner's bookplate on inside front covers. Illustrated with b&w portraits and maps. A handsome production in bright, clean condition.
Softcover. Ann Arbor MI, University Microfilms, reprint, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 211 pages. Reproduction of a thesis written in 1970 for a PHD at Syracuse University. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.
Softcover. Salisbury VT, Vermont Society of Colonial Dames, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 48 pages, bound in green card wrappers with gilt lettering, b&w plates. Inscribed by a member of the Vermont Society of Dames, Sarah Clement on the front fly leaf.
Hardcover. Detroit, Wayne State University Press , 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 405 pages, b&w illustrations. Gray cloth covers with blue decoration and lettering. Dust jacket price-clipped otherwise very good.
Hardcover. Edinburgh, Sterling and Slade, 1st Revised, 1819, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Five volumes complete. Bound in half leather with marbled boards. Spines with raised bands and gilt lettering., Marbled design to all edges. Each volume with an engraved frontispiece portrait. Covers rubbed , worn, moderate foxing (mostly to early pages) otherwise clean, solid copies. Gilt lettering on spine faded, rubbing and wear to ribs and edges. Gutter crack in Vol. 1 at rear in middle of appendix, This is the first revised and corrected edition with a new appendix.
Softcover. Jamaica NY, Queens-Nassau Medical Society, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 45 pages, b&w photographs, softcover booklet. A roster of physicians who practiced in Queens and Nassau Counties from 1806-1920. Light dust soiling otherwise very good.
Hardcover. Boston, Briggs and Co., 1887, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 352 pages, includes many ads with line illustrations. Black cloth spine with ad-illustrated cardboard covers, chipping to the paper covering the boards at edges. Otherwise clean, solid.
Hardcover. Bradford VT, privately printed/Green Mountain Press, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 198 pages, Hardcover with no dust jacket. B&w illustrations, brown board covers with label on front panel. Bright, clean copy.
Hardcover. Claremont NH, Tracy Kenney & Co., 1st, 1856, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 215 pages, b&w illustrations, original embossed green cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine. Pages have some foxing, bottom edges with light scuffing. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Vergennes VT, J. Shedd, 1st, 1831, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 316 pages, original leather binding with spine label. Calf rubbed, edgeworn, Prelim page preceeding title page has piece cut out, small number on title page, spotting to edges of text block, otherwise clean, sound copy.
Hardcover. Burlington VT, Free Press Association, 1st, 1869, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 191 pages, errata slip in rear, map plates. Brown cloth covers with decorative gilt cross on front and gilt lettering on spine. Bright, clean copy.
Hardcover. Middlebury VT, A.H. Copeland, 1st, 1860, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 362 pages, half leather over patterned boards, labels and gilt lettering on spines. B&w illustrations. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper, pastedown.
Hardcover. Middlebury VT, A.H. Copeland, 1st, 1860, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 362 pages, embossed green cloth covers. B&w illustrations. Front spine edge with 2 inch cloth tear, previous owner's stamp on prelim page, small label on spine, numbers on title page. Internally very good, clean.
Hardcover. Montpelier, Vermont General Assembly, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1665 pages, black leatherette binding with gilt lettering. Bright, clean copy.
Softcover. London, 1849, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, This is 64 page extract from a larger volume (pages 443 - 506), possibly London Magazine. This is the original printing and features 4 fold-out plans and illustrations, all in excellent condition. Bound in a clear acetate folder.
Hardcover. New York , Arno Press, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 295 pages, green cloth covers with gilt lettering. Previous owner's stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean, very good. Facsimile reprint of the 1933 edition. Scarce in hardcover.
Hardcover. New York , Wilfred Funk, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 175 pages, many b&w illustrations. Dust jacket with light edgewear.
Hardcover. Chicago, U.S. Publishing House, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 250 pages, containing maps of all the states and territories of the United States, all the continents, empires, kingdoms and republics, together with maps of the leading cities of the United States, and useful and instructive colored diagrams, charts and engravings. With all populations according to 1890 census. Large format, brown pebbled cloth covers, minor wear.
Hardcover. Florence, Flor & Findel, 3rd, 1907, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 254 pages. Tipped in illustrations and photographs. Age discoloration to pages, beveled brown leather over covers with three bands on spine continued on front and back cover ending in flor de lis decoration. Rubbing all edges. front and rear hinge cracked.
Hardcover. Vermont, Town of Westminster, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 174 pages. Red cloth covers with white lettering, blue cloth spine. Previous owner's signature on front end paper, Binding cracked on page 67. Black & white photographs throughout. Vermont Sesquicentennial souvenir.
Hardcover. Syracuse, NY, Journal Office, 1st, 1883, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 612 pages. Maroon cloth covers, gilt decoration and lettering on spine and cover with stamped decorations. Corner and edge wear, fading to spine. Decorative stain on all page edges. Tissue guarded illustrations. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Binding cracked in multiple places.
Hardcover. Montpelier, Miss A.M. Hemenway, 1st, 1882, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 592 pages. Red cloth covers with black stamped decoration and gilt lettering. Edgewear and fraying on spine. age discoloration on pages, black & white illustrations, binding cracked, multiple pages loose and some separated. Previous owner's marking on front end paper.
Hardcover. Salisbury, VT, Privately Published, 1st, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 189 pages with appendix and index. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering. Light sun fade on rear cover. Foxing on first few pages, otherwise tight, clean copy.
Softcover. Vermont, Consulting Archaeology Program, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 316 pages. Brown glossy wrappers, slight rubbing and edge wear on fore edge. Front paper wrapper turns up slightly. Black & white photographs and map laid in. Clean and tight internally.
Hardcover. Chicago, The Disabled Veterans of the World War, reprint, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes complete, 496 pages total. INSCRIBED BY MACKEY on title page. Matching hardcover volumes in blue striped moire cloth boards with silvered title and ornament on front; silvered ornament on spine. No dust jackets, as issued. Both books are crisp and clean and almost as new, with barely any wear at all. Interior pages are in fine condition, with page after page of photos and maps documenting the First World War and its aftermath. Produced by the Disabled Veterans of the World War, Department of Rehabilitation. Folio. The two volumes are numbers sequentially. Volume 2 concludes with a Pronouncing Dictionary of War Names and a bibliography. Very heavy-- about 12 pounds; will require substantial additional postage if shipped outside the U.S.
Hardcover. St. Johnsbury VT, The Caledonian Co., 1st, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 604 pages, With Genealogical Records of Many Families. Portrait frontispiece., illustrations, portraits. Original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering. Cloth is starting to tear along spine at front edge. Fraying to top of spine. Gutter cracked at title page, previous owner's signature. Fold out map at page 94 very good. Internally clean.
Hardcover. Boston, Bradbury Soden & Co., 1st thus, 1844, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 336 pages, frontispiece engraving with tissue guard, extra engraved title page, several other full page engraved plates as well as text illustrations. Brown cloth with black leather spine stamped in gilt. Pages with tanning to edges, faint water stain to top corners of some pages, not affecting text or images. Covers show mottling, discoloration to foredges, front and rear. Interior clean, binding tight.
Hardcover. Boston, Bradbury Soden & Co., 1st thus, 1844, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 336 pages, frontispiece engraving with tissue guard, extra engraved title page, many b&w text illustrations. Brown cloth with black leather spine stamped in gilt. Pages with tanning to edges, light water stain to bottom corners of most pages, affecting text and images, but not horrible. Covers show mottling, discoloration to foredges, front and rear. Interior clean, binding tight.
Softcover. Salem MA, Peabody Museum of Salem, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Four softcover journals, 307 pages total, b&w illustrations. Light cover wear, some dog-earred pages. Clean set. Scholarly essays covering a wide spectrum of maritime history.
Hardcover. New York , Neale Publishing, 1st, 1910, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pebbled brown cloth with maroon lettering (bearly readable), 163 pages. A history of coastal Georgia taken from oral reminiscences of Wylly's distinguished family and their friends and acquaintances. Hinges cracked, light fraying to top and bottom of spine, previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.
Hardcover. New York, Joseph Shannon, 1st, 1869, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 912 pages, rebound in green cloth with original leather cover affixed to front with a special presentation in gilt to Dr. C. Brailey/ compliments of Matthew T. Brennan (former NY State Assembly member who became city Police Commissioner in 1868). Valentine Manuals are considered the best source material on New York City History. They are abundantly illustrated with color plates maps and documents. First published by David Valentine in 1841, he continued to be the editor until 1867, when Joseph Shannon took over the job. This volume contains some great material and plates (27 plates, maps and related matter) including four color views of Central Park. Additionally, the large folding map of the city is present, as is the second large folding map of upper Manhattan. There is also a folding plate illustrating a birds eye view of New York. All edges gilt, light foxing, the cover pastedown shows rubbing, Overall clean.
Hardcover. New York, Joseph Shannon, 1st, 1870, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 896 pages, rebound in green cloth with original leather cover affixed to front with a special presentation in gilt to Dr. C. Brailey/ compliments of Matthew T. Brennan (former NY State Assembly member who became city Police Commissioner in 1868). This 1869 edition the "Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York" was one of the two manuals published by the New York City Common Council to be issued by Joseph Shannon, clerk of the council in 1868 and 1869. The "Manuals of the Corporation" were directories of extensive historical and contemporary records of New York first compiled by D.T. Valentine. These books include detailed information on the meetings of the Aldermen Council, ordinances passed, public officials, the city"s debts, directories of hospitals, alms houses and schools, ferry schedules, lists of public porters, demographics and census information, and descriptions of historic buildings and streets. Folding maps are present. There is a folding color map frontispiece of the plan of the city of New York 1869, also there are color folding illustrations of the city of Harlem, Central Park, the Battery and Merchants Exchange and other fold out plates. The Harlem plate is damaged by paper sticking to the folding plate, resulting in some loss to image. All edges gilt, light foxing, the cover pastedown with light rubbing, Overall clean.
Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1898, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth covers stamped in blue and red, 360 pages. 116 b&w photos throughout, color maps in rear. In 1898 America intervened in the Cuban War of Independence, leading to conflict with Spain. This is a detailed account of this campaign, together with American military sea and land operations on the island of Puerto Rico during the Spanish American War. Cloth spine darkened otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, American Unitarian Association, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with white lettering, 232 pages. Collection of six essays, including "Atlanta University" by Professor W. E. Burghardt Du Bois in which the author discusses the significance of Atlanta University. Other institutions and authors include: Howard University by Prof. Kelly Miller; Berea College, by President William G. Frost; Tuskegee Institute by Prof. Roscoe Conkling Bruce; Hampton Institute by Principal H. B. Frissell; and Fisk University by President James G. Merrill. From a church library with label on spine, bookplate and stamp on front endpapers. Otherwise a sharp copy with no other markings or residue. Scarce in original edition.
Hardcover. Boston, Farrand Mallory and Co., 1st, 1810, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, contemporary calf with a red leather spine label with gilt lettering. Library bookplate on inside front cover, two small spine labels otherwise no other markings or stamping. There is a general tanning to the pages and moderate foxing. Sound throughout. Title page states three volumes but research says this was the only volume printed.
Hardcover. New York, Harper and Brothers, reprint, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering and design, 295 pages, frontispiece portrait of author. The Indian War of 1876 in the Big Horn and Yellowstone campaigns. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Light fraying to bottom of spine otherwise very good, clean.
Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1884, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth stamped in red and gilt, 320 pages. Frontispiece, b&w plates and illustrations. Folding map. Spine sunned, light wear to extremities, previous owner's name, inscription on inside front cover, otherwise clean.
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