Towns of New England and Old England, Ireland and Scotland. [Two volumes printed as one in a presentation box.] by Forbes, Allan - 1936

Tudor Publishing Company, 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Tudor Publishing Company. Good in Good dust jacket. 1920. Hardcover. Leading edges of front and back covers are stained / water damaged. Jacket is edgeworn with tears and chips. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 225 pages .

Tudor Publishing Company. Very Good. 1920. Hardcover. Very minor scuffing and edge wear, foxing on fore edges. Toning and previous owner's inscription on front endpage. Binding is tight, text is unmarked. An attractive book. .

Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company of Boston, 1921. 1st thus edition; 225 clean, unmarked pages+errate page. Written to commemorate the tercentenary of the Pilgrims landing at Provincetown, 1620 and republished in 1936. Profusely illustrated in black and white photos and reproductions of prints, maps, etc. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by B&w Illus. 4 vo.

Tudor Publishing Company, 1936-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Hardcover, Part 1 and Part 2 in one volume, 1936 Tudor Publishing NY 225 pages. Very Good+, in a VG DJ. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles and embossed architectural motif on front cover. Minor shelf/edge wear to DJ-now in mylar. No notes or writing-All pages are clean and crisp, although a few pages have tiny spots of foxing. Very heavy book due to a very expensive and heavy paper used. Well done, charming and informative book about differences between Cities and Towns of New England and Those of the Same Name in England, Ireland and Scotland, 225 pages and over 300 illustrations. LOC SSM-01

New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1936 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Small Quarto. Small 4to. (4) 225 (1) pp, over 100 illus. Not Price Clipped. 1/2" closed tear to top edge front panel dj with some tine chips and rubbed spots, mostly to top and bottom edge spine of same. Only the faintest wear, else, Pristine. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 7.75" x 10.5". Brown cloth with blind-stamped illustration on front board, gilt lettering to spine, and red top text block. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. Complete title: "Connecting Links between Cities and Towns of New England and Those of the SSame Name in England, Ireland, and Scotland. Containing Narratives, Descriptions, and Many Views, some done from Old Prints. Also much Matter pertaining to The Founders and Settlers of New England and to their Memorials on both sides of the Atlantic.".

Tudor Publishing Company, January 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine. Ex Library. 1936 Edition. No Dust Jacket.

Tudor, 1936. Hardcover. Poor. Text is good; many illustrations and photographs. Stamp and imprint on title page indicates ex-library status, as do a bookplate and stamp on front endpaper. Binding is starting to give. Bottom boards, top edge of spine, and corners show excessive shelf wear.

Hardcover. Good. Two parts in one volume, 4to, 7.5 x 10.5, 226 + 226 pages. Amply and beautifully illustrated. Binding is tight; cloth cover is stained. Interior is clean and bright.

Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1936. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 450pp; Two parts in one volume; Connecting links between cities and towns of New England and those of the same name in England, Ireland, and Scotland, containing narratives, descriptions, and many views, some done from old prints. Also, much matter pertaining to the founders and settlers of New England and to their memorials on both sides of the Atlantic. Written to commemorate the tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrims; This is a reprint of the original, published in 1920; Maroon boards with substantial wear and discoloration; Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean with some foxing; Owner's inscription on fep; Additional shipping charges may apply; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3-5 pounds. Category: History; History::American History; History::European History; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory… Read More

Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum, 1937. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 209pp. Marbled boards, black spine, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, slipcase. Corners lightly rubbed, spine lettering mildly sunned, contents are clean and some pages still unopened. Slipcase is lightly edge-chipped. One of 481 copies printed on Hazelbourn paper by The Southworth-Anthoensen Press.

Walter Scott, London, 1889 revised edition, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 79 pages, 5" x 7.5", waterstain on front board, otherwise clean and tight, inscribed by author on ffep.

lvi+342 pages with frontispiece, 6 maps including two folding maps, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed on front cover with cover and blind stamped ruled edges with original jacket. Edited by Michael Roe. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, second series, volume 131. First edition.In 1794, Charles Bishop sailed from Bristol as master of the Ruby, a trading ship bound for north-west America. He had instructions to procure otter furs fro the Indians and then to proceed to Canton via japan and sell the cargo. During the years 1794-1802, he rounded South America to reach the Pacific coast, then visited the Pacific islands and the coasts of Asia and Australia. In the Moluccas, he sold the Ruby and purchased the Nautilus; correspondingly, the test is divided into two sections. This narrative is Bishop's journal of his voyages and relates a minor epic of adventure,… Read More

By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.

Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight reading wear to corners, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 163 pages. The 25 authors of this book were volunteers in the first Peace Corps rural community development project in Africa: Sierra Leone, 1965-67. They are also the first group to tell a collective story of Peace Corps volunteers, anywhere. The Peace Corps was in its infancy then, and memories of John Kennedy were strong among the young volunteers. Sierra Leone was also in its infancy in the first few years after independence, before military coups and tribal warfare became common. The authors forthrightly recount their feelings of loneliness and isolation, and their frightening experiences with secret societies and witchcraft, but their uniquely optimistic "can-do" American attitude brought most through a great life experience.

547 pages. Black cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine. Spine detatched on one side. JWSC LLC is listing this property on behalf of a private collector's estate. Documentation on file indicates this book was purchased by the estate in the 1970s from (a UK dealer). Additional photos available.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1823. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [viii]ix-xii [1]2-544. FIRST EDITION. Bound in brown half-leather over marbled boards, title in gilt within a red title piece. The first edition of the author's first book. William Wilson (1772-1849) inherited a substantial sum from an uncle, and decided to indulge his passion for travel. He travelled throughout Europe and The Middle East and wrote a series of books. This was his first, and it was the most popular, going through several editions. This is a good copy as all plates, including the frontispiece, have been excised. The boards show moderate wear, heavier at the spine ends. The front hinge is cracked. The text block is mainly clean with a few marks of unknown origin.

Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp ( A First Time Book) Random House 1982 First Edition. Number line starts with 1. Ex-lib hardcover library-bound edition Brown cloth boards. Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice find for Berenstain Bears fans.

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1904. First English edition thus. Octavo, pp xii, 310, illustrated (including two chromolithographs by Keulemans), a rather poor copy, lacking the folding map, an ex-Boots library copy in red library cloth, a bit used and weak internally with cracked hinges (through front and rear hinges tight and strong), some plates a little frayed, a small stamp on the front endpaper and a library label on the rear, the cloth rather worn, marked on the upper cover, the spine torn. A useful working copy. [Andre was an explorer and collector of natural history specimens . He wrote a glossary of common and scientific names of plants and animals and put together a collection of 1800 bird skins which are held at Tring. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Fellow of the Zoological Society. He travelled largely in Venezuala and Columbia and introduced the Anthurium plant to Trinidad & Tobago, 1915.]. Signed by Author. First English edition. Cloth. Fair.

2 Volumes: xxxii+368 pages with frontispiece, five folding maps and ten plates; ix+[369]-640 pages with frontispiece, two folding maps, six plates, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 138 and 139. First edition.By the early sixteenth century the loosely knit kingdom of Georgia had disintegrated from the strong monarch of the middle ages to a number of small states and principalities. This internal disunity made the Georgians easy victims of the power politics of the neighboring Ottoman and Safavid empires, and by the end of the century the southward drive of the Russians intensified the struggle for military and diplomatic control over the whole of the Caucasian isthmus. As a result of this struggle seventeen embassies were exchanged between the Russian tsars and the Georgian kins ruling in Kakheti during the years 1564-1605. W E D Allen and Anthony… Read More