Search Results: Titles starting with G from GH Mott Bookseller

Washington DC: German Historical Institute, 2002. Softcover. Very good. Clean and tight. 88 pages.

Saint Paul: The Pioneer Press Company, 1880. First edition. Softcover. Very good. 8vo. pamphlet, stitched as issued. 58pp. plus an inserted map of Minnesota and author's compliments slip. Original purple-colored printed paper wrappers. Upham performed a comprehensive survey of the region in 1879.

London: Humphrey Milford, 1931. Softcover. Fair. Covers are worn and detached. Interior clean and tight. Some pages are unopened. An alliterative poem on social and economic problems in England in the year 1352 with modern English rendering illustrated with facsimiles of the original. Notes and glossary.

Washington: Henry Polkinhorm, printer, 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 551, [ix] pp. Bound in one-half leather with marbled paper endpapers. Signed by Corcoran. The privately-printed limited edition is the prime source for the details surrounding this 19th century banker / philanthropist. As a Southern sympathizer, he left America in 1862 and did not return until the end of the Civil War. He gave considerable gifts to institutions in Virginia and Washington, D. C. that were left improverished in the wake of the Civil War. Among the "letters" section of this text are several from Robert E. Lee. An uncommon title. Front hinge tender but otherwise a near fine copy.

Chicago: Henry A. Sumner & Company, 1881. Hardcover. Very good. Original olive-brown cloth binding with blindstamped decorations in black and gilt. Peach colored endpapers. 16mo. Frontispiece with tissue guard, 4 engraved plates, 227 pp followed by 13 pp of undated ads. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, dated "Christmas 1885". Contemporary owner's stamp on front pastedown and title page. Zimmerman wrote this novel for boys and girls on behalf of the Woman's Temperence Publication Association to warn them against the dangers of alcohol in its many forms including whiskey and hard cider. This edition was first advertised in the American Bookseller on November 1, 1880. A new edition was subsequently issued in 1886. A very scarce item, particularly in this condition. A "Signal" Story for Boys and Girls.The binding is remarkably bright and clean. One small mark on rear board and very light wear at corners. Light foxing on some portions of the… Read More

1838. Good. 30pp. Disbound. New York State Library stamp on first page. A "meeting of the Democratic Republican Electors of the City and County of new-York, held at the City Hall, January 2d, 1838.." They elected M. M. Quackenbos President. They wanted to "erect the standard of Jefferson and Madison...and the principles of '98..." List of officers, resolutions adopted, speeches.

[New York]: Great American Insurance Company, [1931]. Ninth edition. Hardcover. Very good. Original green cloth binder with lettering and decorations in black along with two metal screws securing text block. (19 1/2 cm x 23 1/2 cm). 7 introductory leaves with printing on recto, followed by an additional 132 leaves with illustrations on recto of each leaf (i. e. 66 illustrations). This volume includes a "collection of prints" and "is presented in the hope that it will assist those who are endeavoring to reduce the great fire hazard by promoting better construction and safer conditions. . . and thus entitle them to the lowest insurance rates. " A detailed view on the "state of the art" in building construction in the early 20th century. A scarce title. Light wear and soiling to boards and front pastedown. Overall, a very good copy.

Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1870. Later edition. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering and decorations on spine. Brown coated endpapers. vi, 11-314pp plus 8 plates inserted including frontispiece. Henry Leland (1828 - 1868) was a journalist who regularly contributed pieces to the Knickerbocker magazine in New York and other periodicals. He first published these humorous sketches in 1856 and they remained popular enough that they were published in 1870 in a subsequent edition. An good example of mid-19th century popular humor. With Numerous Illustrations. Overall, a near fine copy. Very light wear to the extremities and light foxing to blank leaves by endpapers. Still a very nice copy.

Schmitt, Hall and McCreary Co, 1965. Sheet music. Very Good. 4 pages. [box 50.28] Original Sheet Music. Name of previous owner written on front cover. No internal markings. Clean pages within. Out of print. SATB.

Enoch & Sons, 1917. Sheet music. Good. 10.4. Name of previous owner on front cover. Music store stamp on front cover. Staining to covers. 7 pages. Notation throughout volume.

Choral Art Publications, 1946. Sheet music. Very Good. 9 pages. [box 3.6] Name of previous owner written on front cover. No internal markings. Crisp, clean pages within. Light edge wear.

Philadelphia, nd. Very good. 3 copies of label for 19th century remedy for worms. Said to have " a very pleasant taste and no Child will refuse to take it." Text on the long side of the label is in German on one side.

Williams & Wilkins, 1985-06. spiral bound. Very Good. (B-37) light edge/reading wear. clean book with tight binding. no marks on pages. sturdy copy.

H F W Deans & Sons, 1930. Sheet music. Very Good. 7 pages. [box 46.18] Original sheet music. No internal markings. Out of print. Quite scarce. Only 3 copies cited in WorldCat Libraries.

W Paxton & Co, 1938. Sheet music. Acceptable. 3 pages. [box 50.10] Original Sheet Music. 3 holes punched through volume; music is not impacted. In protective wrapper. Out of print. Scarce.

W Paxton & Co, 1938. Sheet music. Good. 1 page. [box 50.10] Original Sheet Music. 3 holes punched through volume; music is not impacted. Out of print. Scarce.

1940, Broadcast Music. Sheet Music. Very Good. 5 pages. [box 27.7] Original Sheet Music. No internal markings. Clean pages. Light edge wear. Light staining to wrappers. Out of print. Scarce.

August 9, 1851. Good. Volume XV, Number 6. 12pp 8 7/8" x 12 1/8" Includes an article entitled The Staten Island of Panama, about 10 miles out - "a terrestrial paradise." Priests, traders, the natives, beauty of the village, etc. Light foxing and dampstains.

Frankfurt: Heinrich Keller, 1860. Hardcover. Poor. Front cover is missing, rear is detached. Several pages are spotted. The 17 plates plus frontispiece have some spotting but generally are in good condition. 76 pages of German text. 4to. Celebration of the centennial of the poet's birth. Eine Festgabe hrsg. unter freundlicher Mitwirkung der betheiligten K

Amsterdam, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 50th anniversary celbration volume of Amsterdam Wagnervereeniging festival. Text in Dutch. Many photos, drawings, reproductions of programs. List of operas and cast presented. Spine is torn along the length of the covers. Reinforced with tape on interior.