Search Results: Colonial Era from Black Cat Hill Books

London, UK Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1949. Hardcover First Edition [1949], so stated. First Edition [1949], so stated. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ: The Book shows indications of very careful use: foxing at the top edge of the text block and less so at the fore-edge and endpapers; a quarter-inch red line at the upper corner of the front free endpaper; a small line of sun-blanching at the head and heel of the backstrip; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a couple minor, unobtrusive cosmetic flaws. Bright and clean. Close to 'As New'. The DJ shows only a hint of wear to the extremities and a touch of darkening to the backstrip; the price is intact; mylar-protected. Overall, remains a… Read More

Harrison, NY Harbor Hill Books, 1985. Hardcover First Ed, but unstated. Very Near Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows only the former owner's name at front free endpaper; binding square and secure; text clean. Near Flawless in condition, but the rear board is slightly larger than the front board, causing it to protrude slightly. DJ unclipped; mylar-protected. As New. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 160pp. First Ed, but unstated. Hardback with DJ.

Ottawa, IL Jameson Books, 1991. Hardcover First Edition [1991]; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition [1991]; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ: The Book shows only minute indications of use: very mild shelving wear along the bottom edge of the boards; the top edge shows some faint flecks of foxing; a hint of crimping to the head of the backstrip; the is binding square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. Remains very close to 'As New'. The DJ shows light wear to the extremities, particularly at the head of the backstrip and the bottom of the front hinge; else only mild rubbing; the price is unclipped; mylar-protected. No longer 'As New', but remains close to it. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.95 x 1.55 inches). xxv, 392 pages. Foreward by Warren Burger. Language: English.… Read More

New York, NY Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, 1979. Paperback First Edition Thus (1979); First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Neat, light, PENCIL UNDERLINING to about page 100. Else, Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: a crease near the lower corner of the front panel; just a touch of wear to the extremities; moderate rubbing to the wrapper covers; the pages have tanned slightly, due to aging; the binding remains square and secure. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing light wear - and of course the underlining. No longer 'As New', but remains a clean, sturdy, presentable reading copy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.25 x 5.5 x 0.85 inches). xiv, 368 pages. Language: English. Weight: 13.9 ounces. First Edition Thus (1979); First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Paperback. 

New York, NY Washington Square Paperback, 1964. Paperback First Edition Thus [1964], Third Printing (1968). First published in French in 1835-1840. The Reeve translation was first published in 1863. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: shows mild rubbing; the pages have tanned just a bit, due to aging; the white background field shows faint, but pervasive soiling, due rubbing. The binding remains square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creases to the covers. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor, unobtrusive flaws. No longer 'As New', but remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7 x 4.2 x 0.65 inches). xvi, 331… Read More

Leipzig, Germany Bibliographisches Institut, 1936. Hardcover Very Good: shows very light wear to extremities; mild rubbing and faint, but pervasive soiling to the boards; slight spine lean; former owner's name in ink at the upper front free endpaper. Binding secure; text clean. Despite noted flaws, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 56pp. Profusely illustrated with maps and plates in Color and a few drawings in Black & White. Cream/Tan paper over boards with Rust-Red titles and designs at the front panel and back strip. Hardback: Lacks DJ.

XLibris, 2007. Hardcover First Edition (2007), unstated. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Very Good+ to Near Fine: shows very light wear to the extremities and the mildest rubbing to the panels; a small area of superficial scuffing at the bottom edge of the front panel; the binding leans ever so slightly off square, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names (except of course the authorial signature), dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. Shows a couple of very minor flaws; but remains a handsome copy: clean, sturdy, and quite presentable: in fact, in overall appearance, remains very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. (11.15 x 8.65 x 0.45 inches). 81 pages. Indexed. Profusely illustrated in color. Language: English. Weight: 19 ounces. First Edition (2007), unstated. Hardcover: Pictorial Laminate Boards. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

New York, NY Penguin Books: Pelican Originals, 1977. Paperback First Edition [1977]; So Stated. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to the extremities; a little mild rubbing to the wrapper covers; the pages have tanned somewhat, due to aging; a price in small red pencel at the the upper corner of the front endpaper.The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Not quite pristine, but remains very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. First Edition [1977]; So Stated. 8vo. 448 pages. Trade Paperback. 

New York, NY Cambridge University Press, 1955. Paperback Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: former owner's name and date at the lower front endpaper; the spine leans rather heavily; else just a hint of wear to the extremities; just a touch of sunning to the crimson background field of the backstrip (the white titles thereon are of course unaffected, but the blanching of the background field renders them less crisp); the binding, which is sewn, remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. No longer 'As New', but remains a handsome copy: clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.5 x 0.85 inches). xiv, 335 pages. Weight: 15.2 ounces. Trade Paperback.

New York, NY Penguin Audio, 2000. Audio Cassette Four Audio Cassette Tapes in Very Good+ condition (they have been played, but show little sign of it), housed in a colorful heavy card billfold case, which shows moderate wear to the corners, and a crease to the flap, and mild rubbing to the panels (Good+), Overall, Very Good. Read by Edward Herrmann. Running Time: 6 hours. Product Size: 7.15 x 4.25 x 1 inches. Weight: 6 ounces. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Audio Cassette. Most readers now probably know that the destruction of the whaling ship Essex by a very large whale was a source for Herman Melville's great novel "Moby Dick". Without invidious comparison, it might be said that Mr. Philbrick picks up where Melville left off. He offers a fascinating and very real account -- and aftermath-- of the dramatic and dumbfounding event that actually happens at the end of Moby Dick as a masterwork of American literature. Philbrick draws from the accounts of Essex survivors and the… Read More

New York, NY Alfred a Knopf, 1972. Hardcover First Edition [1972], so stated. First Edition [1972], so stated. Very Good+: shows barely discernible bowing to the boards; a small, very faint stain at the upper front panel; just a hint of sunning and rubbing to the backstrip. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Not without flaw, but remains stucturally sound and tightly bound: clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. xvii, 316 pages. Brown cloth over boards with gilt "MK" design medaliion at the front panel and gilt titles and designs at the backstrip. Deckle Fore-Edge. Top Edge Tinted Yellow. Hardback: Lacks DJ. 

New York, NY Cambridge University Press, 1984. Paperback First Ed Thus, Second Printing. Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 328pp. First Ed Thus, Second Printing. University Press Paperback. This book contributes in a very important way to substantiating thus refining the transatlantic connection around the American Revolution. It does so by describing what I want to call the "epistemic" presence of Lockean thoughts on education throughout the process. Fliegelman's rehabilitative investigation impinges on discontinuities as much as on continuities between the Old World and the New World. As what buttresses the whole Enlightenment, the continued strain is Locke's sensationalist epistemology that encourages moral and political independence, but it transforms while differentiating across the Atlantic and through the period of the Revolution. Still, the entire antipatriarchal movement is,… Read More

Santa Rosa, CA, U.S.A. Jerns Montague Press, 1998. Hardcover First Edition [1998], so stated. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition [1998], so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Book shows barely discernible bowing to its boards; two pages show their corner tips inadvertently dog-eared; else flawless. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. Very close to 'As New'. The DJ shows the mildest rubbing; the price is intact; mylar-protected. Overall, remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo.(9.35 x 6.3 x 1 inches). xiv, 232 pages. Weight: 1 pound, 5.7 ounces. Hardback with DJ. The American Revolution took place over nine generations of colonial Americans and grew out of ideas that had been evolving for centuries. Anderson begins and ends this work by connecting recent history with the events and people of the early colonial period… Read More

New York, NY Dodd Mead & Company, 1985. Paperback First Edition Thus (1985), so stated. First Edition Thus (1985), so stated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: the book's binding is very slightly cocked; else, shows only light wear to the outside edges of the panels; the binding remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very mild wear only. Bright and clean. Close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. (10 x 7 x 1.25 inches). xii, 657 pages. Language: English. Weight: 39.6 ounces. Trade Paperback.