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Washington: House of Representatives. Very Good. 1831. First Edition. Disbound. Doc. No. 12 ; 22nd Congress, 1st Session ; 5 pages; Clean and unmarked, 5 page document removed from a larger bound volume. OCLC 1315328339 The ship Minerva was wrecked on the Bahama Bank on her voyage from New York to New Orleans. Capt.… Read more

Boston: Allen and Ticknor. Very Good+. 1833. First American Edition. Hardcover. xiii, (1), 110 pages; Original owner's faint pencil note on ffep "Sylvester Judd / from his friend / (?Geo.?) Buel" Otherwise unmarked and secure in original green cloth binding with printed title label at spine. Text quite clen and fresh, foxing to endpapers, a couple… Read more

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. Good. 1902. Hardcover. Collection of British Authors No. 3571; 270 pages; Contents clean and secure in contemporary binding of brown leather spine and corners with patterned boards and endpapers; lacks backstrip. Top edges gilt. Contents very good; binding quite worn spine strip lacking. Per Todd and Bowden: H:26; Td@2 --;… Read more

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. Good. 1894. Hardcover. Collection of British Authors Nos. 2972-2973; 272; 280 pages; Two volume set, contents clean and secure in contemporary binding of brown leather spines and corners with patterned boards and endpapers; lacking backstrips. Top edges gilt. Contents very good; bindings lacking backstrips at spines. Per Todd and Bowden: Vol.… Read more

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. Very Good-. 1896. Hardcover. Collection of British Authors No. 3122; 280 pages; Contents clean and secure in contemporary binding of brown leather spine and corners with patterned boards and endpapers; gilt lettering and decorative devices at spines; leather rubbed, crazed and chipping, esp. along spine. Top edges gilt. Contents very good; binding… Read more

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. Very Good-. 1903. Hardcover. Collection of British Authors No. 3700; 279 pages; Contents clean and secure in contemporary binding of brown leather spine and corners with patterned boards and endpapers; gilt lettering and decorative devices at spines; leather rubbed, crazed and chipping, esp. along spine. Top edges gilt. Contents very good; binding… Read more

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. Very Good-. 1878. Hardcover. Collection of British Authors Nos. 1782-1783; 296; 286 pages; Two volume set, contents clean and secure in contemporary binding of brown leather spines and corners with patterned boards and endpapers; gilt lettering and decorative devices at spines; leather quite rubbed and crazed, chipped at spine ends. Top edges gilt.… Read more

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. Very Good-. 1903. Hardcover. Collection of British Authors Nos. 3648-3649; 287; 286 pages; Two volume set, contents clean and secure in contemporary binding of brown leather spines and corners with patterned boards and endpapers; gilt lettering and decorative devices at spines; leather rubbed and crazed, chipped at head of spines. Top edges gilt.… Read more

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. Very Good-. 1897. Hardcover. Collection of British Authors Nos. 2472-2473; 261;246 pages; Two volume set, contents clean and secure in contemporary binding of brown leather spines and corners with patterned boards and endpapers; gilt lettering and decorative devices at spines; leather rubbed and crazed, Vol. 1 chipped at head of spine. Top… Read more

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. Very Good-. 1893. Hardcover. Collection of British Authors Nos. 2896-2897; 272; 280 pages; Two volume set, contents clean and secure in contemporary binding of brown leather spines and corners with patterned boards and endpapers; gilt lettering and decorative devices at spines; leather rubbed, crazed and chipping. Top edges gilt. Contents very good; bindings… Read more

Nantucket: Henry S. Wyer. Very Good-. 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 72 pages; Scarce anthology of poems about Nantucket by twenty poets, gathered and published by Henry Sherman Wyer (1847-1920), noted author, photographer and artist. Contents clean and secure in original pictorial blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and image of a windmill on front board; floral… Read more

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. Very Good-. 1897. Hardcover. Collection of British Authors Nos. 2445-2446; Two volume set, contents clean and secure in contemporary binding of brown leather spines and corners with patterned boards and endpapers; gilt lettering and decorative devices at spines; leather rubbed and Vol. II chipped badly. Top edges gilt. Per Todd and… Read more

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. Very Good. 1886. Hardcover. Collection of British Authors No. 2386; 288 pages; Contents clean and secure in contemporary binding of brown leather spine and corners with patterned boards and endpapers; gilt lettering and decorative devices at spine; leather rubbed and crazed, top edges gilt. Per Todd and Bowden: H:35;… Read more

Mountpleasant , Ohio. Very Good-. 1825. Second Edition. Leather. v, [3], 320 pages; Contents complete and seure in original full calf bindingwith title label at spine with gilt lettering; wear at spine ends; heavy foxing. The Author: Elisha Bates, a well known Quaker in Ohio during the 1820s and 1830s, was publisher of The Philanthropist,… Read more

(Philadelphia): Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Very Good-. 1867. First Edition. Paperback. 60 pages; Contents unmarked and secure in original printed wrappers. Wrappers toned unevenly; damp stain affecting lower edge of last few leaves. The cases involve the railroad's use of the property of several private individuals for right of way for their tracks. .

Georgetown, DC: Elijah Weems. Very Good. 1818. First Edition. Leather. xv, (2) 18-53, (3) pages; Original owner's name on ffep "Larissa Bates / Camden", otherwise clean and secure in original full leather binding with chipping at spine ends and some worming to left edge of front board. AAS 292580 Shaw & Shoemaker American Bibliography 43356.… Read more

Boston: William Crosby and Co.. Very Good. 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. 178 pages; Bound in cream paper-covered boards with illustrations on front and back boards; binding secure, paper chipped along spine hinges; faint damp stain at lower corners; light scattered foxing. OCLC 62085704 (4 locations cited) AAS 232708 Frontispiece portrait of 'Emma",… Read more

Hartford: Ezra Strong. Fair. 1839. Leather. 298 pages; Embellished with Engravings from Original Designs. Contents complete and unmarked, contemporary full sheepskin binding quite rubbed and worn; LACKS rear board and split along center backstrip; rear free endpaper chipped and creased; several dog-eared corners at final leaves; suitable for rebinding. OCLC 4930402 … Read more

Jersey City: F.D. Linn & Co. Fair. 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. (2), iii-lxv, 573 pages; Contents unmarked and complete; securely stitched, backstrip attached; contemporary binding of full sheepskin; leather crazed and entirely chipped away along spine, but both gilt lettered spine labels present; both boards detached. OCLC 1541566 Good candidate for… Read more

New York: al.. Very Good. 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. 162 pages; Contents clean and complete in original binding of marbled boards and red leather spine; boards quite rubbed and worn, leather chipped at spine ends; some marking on front board and rear endpapers; scattered foxing. Original owner's name signed on ffep "William Brown." Quite… Read more