Above the Clouds by Stauffer, Russell G.; Alvina Treut Burrows & Thomas D. Horn - 1961

New York: American Book Company, 1908. Gray cloth with black titles and decoration on covers and spine. 91 toned pages followed by several pages of publishers other publications. No evidence that the book is ex-library (we actually know the provenance) but it does have a rough glue area inside back cover. Rear end page (blank) also has rough area and large tear. We can guess that a library pocket may have been removed. Contents include: The City of Boston: Its Past; How It Grew by Florence Converse; How Boston Is Governed by Myron E. Pierce; Public Education by Charles M. Lamprey; Our City Streets by Meyer Bloomfield; How City Money Is Raised and Spent by Harvey S. Chase; The Public Parks, Playgrounds, Baths and Gymnasiums by Sylvester Baxter, much more. We note words underlined in pencil on page 7 and some stray pencil marks on page 58; a half inch tear in the margin of page 15 and some fingermarks on light soil on fep; bumped back corners. Title page has seal of the City of Boston. Color… Read More

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829. How fascinating it is to hold in your hand a book that is almost two hundred years old... Stated First American edition on cover. 16mo hardcover; binding looks like paper over cloth; 336 pages including index. This is volume II of a three volume work (we do not have the other volumes in our collection.) From back: "The title of this book is so good as almost to render explanation superfluous; it is one which may be taken up occasionally, and a little of it read at a time, with pleasure and profit; and, so managed, may well last one's life without weariness: for if the ideas you hit upon are not always profound or beautiful, they are at least curious and provocative of reflection; and the language is generally good, often exquisite..." From page 53: "False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the wall it embraces, but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports. --Burton"" Many… Read More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1868. Wear to covers including bumped corners, possible water damage to front cover. Water stain visible on lower corner blank fep and up to title page of book (three pages, nothing obscured) The author has dedicated this book to "The Queen" (Victoria) and named the "Albert N'yanza in memory of the late illustrious and lamented Prince Consort" (Albert) 499 pages including index with some tanning. Separation inside front and back hinges. Color map of The Albert N'yanza has been mended with tape in one spot and has an inch tear along fold in another spot. It folds easily and was attached during publishing. Binding is broken at pages 176/177 with covers and pages firmly attached. 2nd American Edition. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. 2nd American. Cloth.… Read More

Boston: Little Brown, 1974. one of the Library of World Biography, J.H. Plumb, General Edition Stated First Edition 8vo size red clothbound hardcover with dust jacket, subject photograph on back of jacket; endpapers are maps; 268 toned pages with some black and white photographs. From jacket: "Rhodesia was his namesake. In effect his private country, it bore his flag and coat of arms, his laws and ordinances. No other financial magnate of the modern world could command his own uniformed army, with which he could make war for the extension of his dominion, as he did. The British government itself could not restrain him. In his short lifetime, Cecil John Rhodes amassed unequaled wealth and power in British South Africa... By rallying the British and Dutch colonists in the area around the issue of race, Rhodes reached the apex of power...he introduced the Glen Grey Act of 1894 which became the blueprint for modern apartheid policies... Despite his undeniable achievements Rhodes was… Read More

New York: Henry S. Goodspeed & Co., 1873. with an Introduction by Dr. L.P. Brockett 8vo size decorative cloth; 1,158 pages. Every page has a beautifully decorated engraved border: angels, cherubim, seraphim at the top and an open bible centered among flourishes at the bottom. There are also several hundred full page black and white engraved illustrations. Dark brown endpapers. Covers are brown cloth with bevelled edges. They are decorated with gilt titles and illustrations and black decorations. Ingram Cobbin (1777 - 1851) was an English minister. When ill heath forced his retirement from the pulpit, he turned to writing hymns and biblical and scholastic works. Book is partly disbound with front cover detached bound to front endpaper and back cover partly detached. Worn corners and head and heel of spine and to detached areas. We note finger marks or ink transfer to several pages; name and notes on ffep; two small amounts of soil on back cover, a small mottled area on front cover and… Read More

New York: American Book Company, 1908. Gray cloth with black titles and decoration on covers and spine. 91 toned pages followed by several pages of publishers other publications. No evidence that the book is ex-library (we actually know the provenance) but it does have a rough glue area inside back cover. Rear end page (blank) also has rough area and large tear. We can guess that a library pocket may have been removed. Contents include: The City of Boston: Its Past; How It Grew by Florence Converse; How Boston Is Governed by Myron E. Pierce; Public Education by Charles M. Lamprey; Our City Streets by Meyer Bloomfield; How City Money Is Raised and Spent by Harvey S. Chase; The Public Parks, Playgrounds, Baths and Gymnasiums by Sylvester Baxter, much more. We note words underlined in pencil on page 7 and some stray pencil marks on page 58; a half inch tear in the margin of page 15 and some fingermarks on light soil on fep; bumped back corners. Title page has seal of the City of Boston. Color… Read More

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829. How fascinating it is to hold in your hand a book that is almost two hundred years old... Stated First American edition on cover. 16mo hardcover; binding looks like paper over cloth; 336 pages including index. This is volume II of a three volume work (we do not have the other volumes in our collection.) From back: "The title of this book is so good as almost to render explanation superfluous; it is one which may be taken up occasionally, and a little of it read at a time, with pleasure and profit; and, so managed, may well last one's life without weariness: for if the ideas you hit upon are not always profound or beautiful, they are at least curious and provocative of reflection; and the language is generally good, often exquisite..." From page 53: "False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the wall it embraces, but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports. --Burton"" Many… Read More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1868. Wear to covers including bumped corners, possible water damage to front cover. Water stain visible on lower corner blank fep and up to title page of book (three pages, nothing obscured) The author has dedicated this book to "The Queen" (Victoria) and named the "Albert N'yanza in memory of the late illustrious and lamented Prince Consort" (Albert) 499 pages including index with some tanning. Separation inside front and back hinges. Color map of The Albert N'yanza has been mended with tape in one spot and has an inch tear along fold in another spot. It folds easily and was attached during publishing. Binding is broken at pages 176/177 with covers and pages firmly attached. 2nd American Edition. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. 2nd American. Cloth.… Read More

Boston: Little Brown, 1974. one of the Library of World Biography, J.H. Plumb, General Edition Stated First Edition 8vo size red clothbound hardcover with dust jacket, subject photograph on back of jacket; endpapers are maps; 268 toned pages with some black and white photographs. From jacket: "Rhodesia was his namesake. In effect his private country, it bore his flag and coat of arms, his laws and ordinances. No other financial magnate of the modern world could command his own uniformed army, with which he could make war for the extension of his dominion, as he did. The British government itself could not restrain him. In his short lifetime, Cecil John Rhodes amassed unequaled wealth and power in British South Africa... By rallying the British and Dutch colonists in the area around the issue of race, Rhodes reached the apex of power...he introduced the Glen Grey Act of 1894 which became the blueprint for modern apartheid policies... Despite his undeniable achievements Rhodes was… Read More

New York: Henry S. Goodspeed & Co., 1873. with an Introduction by Dr. L.P. Brockett 8vo size decorative cloth; 1,158 pages. Every page has a beautifully decorated engraved border: angels, cherubim, seraphim at the top and an open bible centered among flourishes at the bottom. There are also several hundred full page black and white engraved illustrations. Dark brown endpapers. Covers are brown cloth with bevelled edges. They are decorated with gilt titles and illustrations and black decorations. Ingram Cobbin (1777 - 1851) was an English minister. When ill heath forced his retirement from the pulpit, he turned to writing hymns and biblical and scholastic works. Book is partly disbound with front cover detached bound to front endpaper and back cover partly detached. Worn corners and head and heel of spine and to detached areas. We note finger marks or ink transfer to several pages; name and notes on ffep; two small amounts of soil on back cover, a small mottled area on front cover and… Read More