Search Results: Americana from White Raven Books

[Class of 1924], 1974. Dark blue/black vinyl cloth, faded gold cover title, & many black & white photo illustrations in the text; An almost very good clean solid copy; 176 pages.. 6"x9".

Philadelphia: By Authority, 1795. .In the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the twenty-fourth of October, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninty-one: and of the Independence of the United States the Sixteenth.; While George Washington was president; Full modern calf with gilt spine title on red label; A very good binding over a good+ textblock with repair to title page barely affecting text, & modest toning throughout; 406 pages. Size: 4.75"x8". Hardcover.

Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1855. With an Appendix, Containing a Genealogical Notice of the Champney and Park Families; Inscribed & signed by the Author in ink at the top of front wrap; Drab wraps with title page reproduced in black on the front cover; A just good paperback copy; 35 pages. Size: 5.75"x9.25". Signed by Author(s). Soft Cover.

London: George Virtue, 1840. Volumes I & II only (of 3); Full leather, gilt spine titles on black labels, raised bands & gilt bordered spine compartments, lavender covers with gilt & blind borders, all edges gilt, inside dentelles, 68 tissued plates vol. I, & 52 tissued plates vol. II; A good set with wear to the extremities, foxing mostly to plate borders, & long ink gift inscription dated 1928 on fep in a handsome hand; 140 & 106 pages. Size: 8.25"x10.75". Hardcover. Illus. by W. H. Bartlett, R. Wallis, J. Cousen, Willmore, Brandard, Adlard, Richardson.

Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company Two Volumes. No date stated but published 1907/1908; 3/4 black leather & black textured cloth over boards, gilt spine titles, top edges gilt & others marbled, green marbled endpapers/pastedowns, many black & white portraits (some tissued) & biographies; A good solid set recently rebacked; 1123 pages. Size: 7.75"x10.5". Hardcover.

Cincinnati, O.: Western Bilgraphical Publishing, 1878. This book weighs 12 pounds; Full brown leather, gilt titles, deep decorative blind decoration, all edges gilt, new endpapers/pastedowns, sewing repaired, & many tissued portraits (one portrait is an albuman photo tipped on & apparently signed in pencil); A very strong & handsome copy in almost very good binding & textblock with occasional foxing; Not continuously paginated. Size: 8.5"x10.5". Signed by Author(s). Hardcover.

Washigton: M. St. Clair Clarke & Peter Force, 1839. ...from The King's Message to Parliament, of March 7, 1774, to the Declaration of Independence by the United States; 3/4 brown leather & marbled paper over boards, gilt spine title, & marbled endpaper / pastedown; A fair binding with front hinge open, spine surface molting, & tiny book plate inside front cover, over a good+ textblock rather foxed; 1958 pages.. 9"x13.75".

Garden City & New York: Doubleday, Page, & Company, 1923. Inscribed & signed by the Author in ink on the fep; Dark blue cloth with gilt titles; A just very good copy with a couple small white spots on the cover, moderate fade to spine, & pencil underlining on 4 pages near the end; 72 pages. Size: 4.5"x7". Signed by Author(s). Hardcover.

Stuttgart: F. Schweizerbart's Berlagshandlung, 1838. .Mit vielen bildlichen Darstellungen von Lagen michtiger Orte, alten und neuen Dentmalern, Trachten, Gerathschasten, Kunstfachen, verschiedenen anderen Gegenstanden und katen.; 1/2 green Morocco & burled paper over boards, gilt spine title, all edges yellow, many full page engravings, & fold-out map of Nord Amerika; A just good copy with heavy foxing to some plates; 542 pages. Size: 5.25"x8.5". Hardcover.

Saratoga Springs: G. M. Davison, 1831. ...together with a history of the discovery and settlement of these celebrated watering places, and observations on the geology and minerology of the surrounding county; 1/4 red cloth & marbled paper over boards with gilt spine title; A good solid foxed copy fore & aft; 203 pages. . 4.5"x7".

New-York: Collins and Co., 1824. ...By which the language of a public speaker may be recorded as fast as delivered, in a style at once beautiful and legible; Being A Compilation from the latest European and American publications, with sundry improvements, adapted to the present state of literature in the United States; Fourth Edition; Drab paper over thin board, frontis illustration, & several illustration pages in the text; A fair somewhat foxed copy with early caligraphy on feps & lacking back board; 36 pages.. 3.25"x5.75".

Martinsburg, W. V.: Berkeley Union, 1872. Second Edition; Pale green paper covers with black title & portraits; Chipped covers laid over new stiff wraps with new endpapers; A good copy of fragile pulp paperback; 126 pages. Size: 5.5"x almost 9". Soft cover.

Washington, D.C.: [U.S. Gov't], 1898. XXII articles including Guiana and Venezuela Cartography (97 pages) & A Bibliography of Alabama (469 pages); Blue cloth, gilt spine title, & with no illustrations but Index at the back; A very good clean solid copy; 1272 pages.. 6"x9.25".

Lansing: By Authority [State of Michigan], 1863. ...Containing the Casualities in Battle, Deaths by Disease, Discharged from Servoice, and Causes of such Discharge, of the Private Soldiers in the Military Service of the United States, from this state, from the beginning of the War to the 31st day of December 1862; 1/2 brown leather & drab paper over boards, gilt title on black spine label, A good+ solid copy with institutional bookplate inside front cover & related blind stamp to title page; 309 pages.. 5.25"x8.5".

[Columbus, Ohio?]: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1914. Limited to 500 copies; Red cloth, gilt titles, gilt cover vignette, marbled endpapers / pastedown, frontis photo illustration; many full page maps. also smaller maps & photo illustrations in the text; A near fine copy; 88 leaves.. 16.5"x13.75".

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. Inscribed & signed by the Author in ink on the fep; 1/2 black & yellow cloth over boards with gold spine title, & fold-out map; A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with wide tape on inside of jacket; In a black cloth slipcase with wear to one corner; 216 pages. Size: 5.5"x8.25". Signed by Author(s). Hardcover.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852. Brown cloth, gilt spine title, full blind decoration to boards, & pale yellow endpapers / pastedown; A good binding with 1/4 loss head of spine & 1/8 loss tail of spine, over a good+ text block; 324 pages + Publisher advertisements.. 5"x7.5".

Washington: [U.S. Gov't], 1891. Published between 1891-1895; Published under the direction of the Hon. Daniel S. Lamont, Secretary of War; The Board of Publication consisted of Maj. George R. Davis, Leslie J. Perry, & Joseph W. Kirkby; CLXXV Plates; 3/4 black leather & textured black cloth over boards, gilt spine titles, floral endpapers/pstedown, pale green heavier paper title page to each section, & color to maps & uniform plate; Very good plates (textblock) in a fair binding with some loss to spines & front hinges cracked or broken. Size: 15"x18.5". Hardcover.

Indianapolis, Ind.: Asher & Co., 1861. Pale yellow wraps, black cover title & decoration, & publisher advertisement to back cover; A just good paper cover unchipped but with scotch tape to spine & some extremities, over a very good textblock; 88 pages. . 4.75"x7.25".

General Foods, 1934. These 3 items were issued by General Mills to promote their Grape Nuts product; The portrait "etching" is actually a reproduction of an etching by Walter Tittle on a 8"x10" sheet of what looks like rag paper. A book mark sized explanation sheet accompanies the portrait; The decorative map (24"x18") is printed in several colors. An map explanation page accompanies; The Radio News is printed in mostly pale blue on pulp paper & measures 11"x8" when folded twice; All are good+ to very good with 3 small tears on the crease at the margin of the map..