Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 416 pages. Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, and embossed design. Some wear to corners and edges of spine. Spine is slightly cracked at rear endpage. Some faint stains on front pages, otherwise inside is bright and clean, with more than 500 b&w illustrations, maps and diagrams. A nice copy.
Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 425 pages. Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, and embossed design. Some wear to corners and edges of spine. Some faint stains on front pages, otherwise inside is bright and clean, with more than 500 b&w illustrations, maps and diagrams. A nice copy.
Hardcover. Bellows Falls, VT, P.H. Gobie Press, 1st Edition, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 700 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout including frontispiece. Hinge cracked on front and back endpapers, but binding good. Previous owner's ID stamp on front flyleaf. Brown cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine and front cover board. Pages unmarked. History of leaders of the Vermont Baptist church.
Hardcover. Erie PA, Ashby Printing Company, reprint, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bright blue cloth with gilt lettering. Frontis. Illustrated w/ b/w photos. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf. Interior leaves are clean and tight. A memoir of Commodore Perry's victory of the battle of Lake Erie against a British squadron, September 1813. Includes period correspondence and memoranda of Sailing Master Daniel Dobbins. Second edition of this history first published in 1876. Standard account by this captain (1800-76) whose "father. was a pioneer in the construction of the squadron, and served actively upon the upper lakes during the war" -- which inspired and informed this chronicle of the pivotal War of 1812 battle off the coast of Ohio in which the American fleet gained control and turned the tides against the British.
Hardcover. Troy NY, William H. Young, 1st, 1876, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 400 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners name on inside front cover. Features black & white illustrations and fold-out maps. Short tear and wrinkle along bottom of fold-out map ('View from corner of Second & Congress Streets 1824') between pages 144-145. Leather covers with rubbing and peeling along edges. Bit of chipping to title label on spine. Clean, unmarked text.
Hardcover. Hartford CT, L. Stebbins, 1st thus, 1866, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Giving an Account of its Origin, the Secession of the Southern States and the Formation of the Confederate Government, the Concentration of the Military and Financial Resources of the Federal Fovernment, [...] From Official Sources. Hardcover, dark brown embossed cloth, gilt lettering on the spine. 778 pages plus 5 pages of publishers addenda at rear. ("Military Terms" 4 pp., "To Canvassing Agents", 2 pp. ("We want every person in the United States to have a chance to purchase Kettell's One Volume History of the Great Rebellion."). Marbled endpapers, many steel plate engravings with tissue guards, b&w maps. Front spine edge starting, tissue guards have tanned but pages and plates are bright and clean. Copyright page states 1865, title page has a 1866 date. A Civil War history that was written, and issued, in installments as the War proceeded, cumulating to three volumes in all -- here gathered into one for the first time. Clean, no markings.
Hardcover. New York, G. P. Putnam & Co, 1st, 1853, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Three volumes in one. 267, 248, and 100 pages respectively. B&w frontispiece with tissue guard. Heavy spotting to endpapers, title page, and spotting throughout. Previous owner's signature and stamp on front flyleaf, bookplate on front endpaper. Front hinge cracked. Markings on top edge. Damp stains, wear, rubbing, and soiling to cover.
Hardcover. Rhiinebeck, N.Y., Frank D. Blanchard, 1st Edition, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 191 pages. Hardcover. Scarce. Brown cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine and front cover. Pages and edges have some tanning from age, unmarked. Spine straight. Binding good. History of the church, from the eighteenth century through 1931. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, MA, C. E. Goodspeed & Co , Revised, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, New Edition, Illustrated with three volumes. 391+403+418 pages. 174 b&w full-page illustrations. Ruff cut paper edges. Dark green cloth, some bumps to corners. No dust jackets as issued. Light edge wear, otherwise a very nice, tight set. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Hardcover. New York, The 77th Division Association, 1st, 1919, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 228 pages, hardcover. History of famed military division. Designed and written in the Field (France). Beautifully illustrated with b&w and color plates. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to boards, as well as some light soiling. Bumping to corners, slightly flayed. Spotting/yellowing to half title page and rear flyleaf. Unmarked. A tight copy.
Hardcover. Vergennes, J. Shedd, 1st, 1831, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 316 pages. Brown leather covers with title in gilt on spine. Ex- library copy with numbered stamp at bottom of spine. Bookplate on inside front cover, and remains of card pocket on inside of back cover. Moderate rubbing to covers. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co., 1st, 1885, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 188 pages, b&w illustrations, patterned end papers. Dark green covers w/ gilt lettering on spine and seal on front. Rubbing to corners. Bookplate inside front cover. Front hinge cracked. Else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Omaha NE, The Colonial Press, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers with gilt title on spine. 265 pages plus appendix with names of workers, tonnage statistics, wages, etc. b&w illustrations. About 15 pages with yellow highlighting, otherwise a solid copy.
Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Co., reprints, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Five volumes beautifully bound in three-quarter leather and marbled boards. Raised bands on spine, gilt lettering and rules. 506, 541, 659, 557, 659 pages. Marbled end papers, several folding maps, top edge gilt. The first 5 volumes in a series that was eventually extended to 8 volumes. Handsome set.
Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton, Reprint, 1901, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 559 pages. Volume 2 only. Black & white illustrations. Front and rear hinges cracked, with hinge cloth revealed. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Cloth covers show light wear with minor rubbing. Clean, unmarked text.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, reprints, 1913/1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two matching hardcover volumes, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spines, top edge gilt. Vol. 1: 1850-1854, 506 pages, title page dated 1913. Vol. 2: 1854-1860, 541 pages, title page dated 1914. NOTE: These are the first two volumes of what became an 8-volume set. Name on front fly leaf in both copies, otherwise lean bright copies.
Hardcover. New Haven CT, L. Candee, 8th Ed., 1842, Book: Good, Hardcover, brown leather covers with marbled endpapers. Frontis engraving "Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Dec. 22, 1620" with tissue guard. plus seven other engravings, Volume 1 only. Covers worn at edges, leather spine with chipping making title unreadable. Pages 309-337 with dog ear crease to top corners. Small bookplate inside front cover. Despite faults a solid copy.
Hardcover. Burlington, VT, Chauncey Goodrich, Early reprint with appendix added, 1853, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 716 pages. Hardcover. "...With a New (fold-out) Map of the State, and 200 (b/w) Engravings." Significant foxing and tanning to volume from age, as well as some moisture damage to bottom of fore-edge. Leather bound with bands and gilt title on spine. Fading to covers. Binding surprisingly tight. Cover boards slightly warped. In fair condition.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1st, 1853, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 260 pages plus 36 pages of ads. Hardcover. Front endpaper removed. Foxing to pages throughout. Area of soiling to foredge. Cloth covers with fading along edges and spine. Firm binding.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1st, 1853, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 260 pages plus 36 pages of ads. Hardcover. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover. Foxing to pages throughout. Small amount of cloth missing at very top of spine. Some minor chipping to cover cloth at edges. Clean, tight.
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. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 387 pages, b&w photos. Author takes you behind the scenes of Paramount, MGM, Warner Brothers, RKO and Universal in their glory years.