Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield by Blaine, James G

Norwich, CT: Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1884. Ex-Library. Fair. Full-Leather. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Leather binding, however the spine has been repaired by library with brown cloth tape. The pages are in good condition with the normal library markings and attachments and a few pages with some small margin marks. The hinges have been taped. The cover has some discoloration on the edges and some edge and corner wear. Volume I (1) only..

Norwich CN: Henry Bill Publishing Company. Good+. 1884. Full Leather. Brown leather with black and red spine labels. Leather is generally in nice condition with minor scuffing and dings -- minor splitting on lower 1" on front hinge. Small corner of front endpaper missing. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 464 pages .

Norwich, CT: Henry Hill Pub Co. G. 1884. Brown embossed binding, gilt lettering & decoration. Edge wear, removal marks ft endpaper (may be ex-library copy), . presentation to library on flyleaf. .

Rand, Avery, and Company, 1884. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. endpaper slightly mildewed, heavy wear to edges of leather covering boards, handful of stains to age toned pages

Henry Bill Publishing, vol.1- 1884, vol.2- 1886 (app. 1st ed) 2 vol.s 9.8 x 6.8" each. Gold emb. pebble grained cl.; G+; cvs smudged, soiled, rubbed. some fx.. F.

Norwich, Connecticut: Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1886. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Two volume set. Thick octavos, 646pp., 724pp. Blind ruled brown cloth with gilt-stamping on front boards and spines. Illustrated with steel portraits and a fold-out map (with tears) in rear of volume one. Lacking the portrait of Abraham Lincoln in volume one and lacking the frontispiece of Ulysses S. Grant, portraits of Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield in volume two, hinges cracked with loss of spine on volume one, spine ends on volume two are chipped and worn, front endpapers clipped and some page corners, some newspaper offsetting, dampstained in volume two, a fair to good only set.

BLAINE, James G. Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield. With a Review of the Events which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860. Norwich, CT: The Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1884. 2 Vols. xv,646;xv,724pp. Portrait frontises., portraits, folding map. Orig. cloth, all edges marbled. Faint speckling to cloth, else very good or better. Mostly devoted to the Civil War years in government and the fallout from Reconstruction afterwards. "Four chapters treat of this famous Maine senator's Civil War service; surprisingly objective and even-tempered" Nevins II, p.39.

Norwich, CT: The Henry Bill Publishing Company Dates: Volume 1--1884; Volume 2--1886. Original brown cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Bindings lightly soiled and rubbed w/ light wear to extremities. Edges of text blocks marbled. Bookplate on, and "1392" written at top edge of, front endpaper of both volumes; blank slips on front paste-down of both volumes. Light scattered foxing. Front hinge of Vol. 1 starting. Both volumes illustrated w/ steel portraits (6 in Vol. 1; 7 in Vol. 2) w/ a fold-out map in rear of Vol. 1.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

The Henry Bill Publishing Compan, 1884T. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Norwich, CT: Henry Bill Publishing Co, 1884-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Matching two volume set featuring black pebbled boads with leather quarterstripe and tips with gilt lettering and four raised bands along spine; moderate rubbing along edges; small tears along spine. Bindings and hinges tight and square. Contents clean and unmarked except for small bookplates front inside covers. Marbled endpapers. Three gilt . - Vol I - 640 pp with folded map in fine condition. Vol II - 724pp. Index. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.

This book is in good condition. There is some wear on the front, back, spine, edges and corner of the cover. There is some dog-earring on the right corner pages of the book. The pages are white, crisp and clear of any markings. "This is a history of the visual arts produced in the geographical area that now constitutes the United States. Such a book is difficult to title. A History of United States Art sounds awkward and logically might even be construed to exclude the arts of the colonial period. Thus, with apologies to our northern and southern neighbors, I use the title A History of American Art, knowing full well that the terms America and the United States are not synonymous...." - Preface from A History of American Art

This book is in good condition. There is a lot of wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. There is also a substantial amount of staining on the cover boards. The pages are yellowed and tanned. There are also markings throughout the book. "The roots of this book reach back to the early 1950s in Paris, where I began my professional career as a journalist. France, supported by the United States, was then fighting to retain its hold in Indochina against the Vietminh, the Communist-led nationalist movement there. As I reported on the French end of the war, I soon became acquainted with the names and places in Vietnam from a distance, But I scarcely imagined that they were to be part of my own experience. Then, in 1959, I was assigned to cover eastern Asia; the region that included Vietnam became my beat for more than two decades. I visited Vietnam most recently in 1981 for seven weeks, the longest permitted an American correspondent since the Communists gained control of the entire… Read More

New York: Wicwas Press, 1984. 8vo size trade paperback; 192 pages with a few illustrations and photographs Contents include: Beeswax Grading and Economics Harvesting Beeswax Commercial Preparation of Beeswax for Market Testing Beeswax Beeswax in Comb Foundation Beeswax in Candles Beeswax in Art and Industry Showing and Judging Beeswax Home Products including Candles and Car and Floor Polishes Moderate wear and edgewear to covers, light soil to top of book and shelf soil to bottom fore-edge. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.

YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

William R. Gillis. Goldrush Days with Mark Twain (H. Glintenkamp woodcuts). Copyright 1930. Albert & Charles Boni, NY. With an into by Cyril Clemens. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS 6 woodcut illustrations included, Twain frontis (Three old friends), and 5 other historic and realistic woodcut illustrations. MEMOIRS. HISTORY OF NEVADA GOLDRUSH. Summary: Mr. Gillis was a friend of American author/humorist Mark Twain and was with him at Virginia, Nevada in the Goldrush days. In 1859 placer miners in the Great Basin discovered the largest gold and silver strike that had happened in the United States up until that time. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS. Used. Good- Condition. 264 pages. Used. Good condition. First few pages are loose. Frontis is still affixed to binding. Green cloth boards gold titling. No titles left on spine. Spine is sunned.

Top edge of jacket slightly flared but overall in excellent condition. Book itself is clean and free of any markings except for previous owner's name on first page (Jeanne M. Nixon). Book has some light shelf wear to corners and spine is slightly canted. Solid binding. 189 indexed pages. 0.75" X 6.25" X 9.25" 2cm X 16cm X 23.5cm Part of the series "Women's Diaries and Letters of the Nineteenth-Century South". Illustrated by Olivia Jackson McGee with additional black and white photo reproductions. Includes a family tree. The Revised edition includes additional material in the form of letters between Floride and her mother Anna Maria Calhoun Clemson between July-October 1863 at the height of the Civil War. The main body of the book is Floride's journal from January 1863 until 1866. The main sections concern Florida's trip to Niagara in summer 1863, the journey form Beltsville Maryland to Pendleton South Carolina at the end of the 1864, and the last says of Floride's grandmother Mr.s John C. Calhoun in… Read More

USA: L. W. Walter, 1917. Hardcover with no dust jacket, 1917. Book has heavier corner wear to board corners and edges, and spinefoot, and aging and some soiling to cloth. This book has blue cloth with navy and red text and design. Tipped plate of American flag on center of front board. Interior tanning heavily from age and book has light warping from age and moisture. Has small bookworm hole affecting the upper right corner of pages 23- 83, completely out of the way of any text and only about 1/2 inch in depth. Missing page corner as depicted, affecting the first front illustration page, affects a small amount of caption text, and the edges of 2 photos. Book generally lays flat and is readable and is fairly supple, Binding is decent and will permit reading. Fair condition, but not terrible for its age. 100+ illustrations. A peice of history, as this was basically news when this was printed. RARE EDITION: NOT A REPRINT. THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo -… Read More

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.

Little, Brown, and Company, 1960. Used-Very Good. Hard Bound