Very nice, clean catalogues which together represent the eighth and ninth portions of a rare book auction held June 4, 1974 and March 25, 1975 in London. Not only are they hardcover and illustrated with photographs (both color and black and white) of the illuminated Hornby Manuscripts of the 9th to the 16th centuries -- a total of 68 in all -- but Volume I shows realized prices inked in, as well as notes that may well be of interest to the buyer. Major John Roland Abby was an important British collector who sold some of his manuscripts porior to his death in 1969. These, of course, were sold l... View More...
Very nice original first edition Clean and tightly bound with dark green boards printed in gilt. Book is cleana nd tightly bound with just a small bit of wear to top of spine and a few small white marks on back. Former owner's name and the date 1903 written is on front free endpaper (see photo) . Book contains two large fold-out maps, one of which shows two short tears repaired by me on reverse side with archival tape. illustrated with full page photographs Much history and information on early operations. Cedar Hill is the final resting place of such lumninaries as Samuel Colt, poet Wallace... View More...
Brown boards ornamented at face with bright gilt seal and printing. Corners are a tiny bit soft, but just at tips. Pages are very clean and book is tightly bound with no names or writing. Photo of the Historical Society's building at frontis, plus two other illustrations. In addition to what is listed in title topics include donations, funds, election of officers, report of executive committee, report of Gilpin Trustees, children's lectures, librarian's report, museum accessions, publications and more. 146 pages. View More...
Original magazines bound in modern blue buckram. Exterior is clean as a whistle i with gilt printing to spine. Magazine shows mild foxing to coversand some wear -- there is also a tear to top of one page repaired with archival tape -- but pages are otherwise clean and attractive. Great ads and all magazine covers present. Topics include the town of Pomfret, New Britain in the days of the Revolution, Reservoir Park in West Hartford, early Connecticut printing, the town of Canaan, old time music and musicians, the axe and how it's made, Bacon Academy, Edward Sheffield Bartholomew, the town of Li... View More...
Verey nice book -- clean blue-green boards with no bumps and no interior markings, or names. Measures 6-1/2"x9-1/2" and has 85 pages. The auction was held March 22, 1960 in two groupings, one in the afternoon and the other in the evening. Only fault is light foxing to reverse of back endpaper. 442 lots in all with books by Poe, Melville, Thomas Wolfe, Walt Whitman, and many other leading literary lights. The books' owner, Arthur Swann, had emigrated from England to work for an American auction house. Later, he organized the rare book and manuscript department for the American Art Assoc... View More...
Crisp, new copy, clearly never read. Fits neatly into original mailing box with company name and name of book printed boldly. Small crease to upper corner incurred during shipping. Gently stored -- no mustiness. Illustrated in black and white. View More...
Very nice clean, tightly bound book. Only faults are mild wear to green boards and former owner's name written small on front pastedown. for which we will provide a brand new bookpplate to use, or not, at buyer's discretion. 964 pages including index, plus informative tables at back of book. View More...
Excellent condition -- red boards are clean and bright, augmented with shiny gilt to face and spine. No names or writing and pages and page edges pristine. Book measures 6-1/2"x9-1/2" and has 880 pages. This is a facsimile reprint of a history origjnally published in 1886. Illustrated with portraits of early settlers and prominent people from the area. Much historical information on the country, townships, towns, schools, churches, industries etc. TWO like copies available, the second with a brown cover. View More...
Clean and tightly bound with a few small spots of isolated wear to boards. Gilt is bright at face and book retains errata slip laid-in, plus a 1955 folded (as per design) guide to Old Wethersfield, originally published in 1934 and here by the Welles Family Association of America. Book contains handsome black and white photographs of distinctive homes and detailed photos of their various styles of front entries. This copy is #213 of of only 500 printed. View More...
Crisp, clean book with no defect. An update of a classic in the field -- Volume 2 only. Includes new powders, bullets and loads for 206 rifle and handgun cartridges. Volume 2 is essentially the ballistic tables used to implement what's covered in the first book. 1025 pages, plus additional blank pages designed for owner's notes. View More...
This is a rather hard-to-find book with a print run of just 1000 copies of which this is numbered 707 on the pocket affixed to back pastedown which holds a booklet titled " Welcome To Our Town Minerva, Ohio Growing To Be A City." This booklet is pristine. The book itself measures 9"x11-1/4" and has 211 pages, plus a lengthy index. Illustrated throguhout with black and white photographs. Book is clean and atrractive except for some odd staining at back (see last photo). View More...
Tightly bound and very clean with nice beveled edge to both boards. Brown cloth shows small bit of wear to corners and to crown and tail of spine, but no cracking to hinges, either fornt or back. Pages are also very clean with very light overall foxing to two blank pages at fornt and back. Eells was a 19th century American philosopher, essayist ,and orator who founded the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity in 1832 at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Book offers biographical information, the story of the fraternity, a copy of an address given by him at Miami University on the study of the classi... View More...
Very nice, book, tightly bound with only a small bit of external wear to boards. Light foxing to endpapers, otherwise clean pages. NOT an ex-lib. Very crisp, untorn fold-out map of Fort Ancient at frontis. The preceding edition, Volume III, was published in 1892, but this publication took three years due to the state's involvement with the World's Fair Columbian Exposition. It's quite a good one, as it contains lengthy articles on the Ohio Company and the Scioto Purchase, the border dispute between Ohio and Michigan, an early abolitionist colony and its founder, the Underground Railroad and R... View More...
Very handsome book in excellent condition. Dark burgundy boards pristine with crisp gilt to spine and a nice beveled edge to boards. Fitted with a crisp plain brown dustjacket which may, or may not, be original. Pages printed on heavy paper and have not been opened. A fairly scarce book which offers a wealth of information about the Puritan courts and law from 1639-1663 from actual cases, including civil and criminal cases, and probate actions. The Particular Court ceased to exist in 1664 and was succeeded by the Quarter Courts or County Courts and by the Court of Assistants. Includes index ... View More...
BRAND NEW book still in original publisher's shrinkwrap. Navy blue embossed boards with gilt printing to spine and gilt decoration to face. Covers the period from January to December 1881. Part of a set, but also a stand-alone title. View More...
Very handsome book filled with information and colorful art. The "5" in the title on the cover refers to the five typesof brochures in which the book will explain. These five are corporate brochures, product brochures, service brochures, institutional and organizational brochures, and self-promotional brochures. There's also a directory of design firms. View More...
Clean, solid book with no names or writing and no cracking to hinges. Tightly bound with sunning to spine, a small flat spot to cloth at front spine area, and a small paper loss to top edge of title page. Very handsomely illustrated throughout. Perhaps the most interesting thing is a lengthy article with photos about the golf clubs of the state with much emphasis on women golfers of the day. Other topics include, but are not limited to, Southington, John Reed 1633-1730, Capt. Reuben Marcy, Rockville, James Gates Percival, Col. Zebulon Butler, New Britain; Ruth Thompson Sperry, Stamford, Put... View More...
Charming inside and out, plus contains a hidden treasure laid-in -- a booklet about the Dorchester Burying Ground published in 1901. The main book is oversized at 8"x11-1/4" and is beautifully decorated at face with silver printing and ornamentation. Book is tightly bound and clean as a whistle with no names or writing. Only fault is light rubbing to spine and a small bit of wear to crown and tail. Appears to have been published via advertising dollars, as there are many ads from the area at both front and back. Test offers history, plus photographs printed on coated paper and a delig... View More...
Book is clean as a whistle inside and out. Dark blue boards show no bumping and pages and page edges are pristine. Only fault is a small name written at upper corner of front free endpaper. Book measures 7-1/4"x 10-1/4" and has 230 pages. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. View More...
Crisp, large map folded to fit between two black boards. In folded state measures 4-1/2"x9-1/2". Map is printed on cream paper in black and shows all post offices, railroads, electric roads in operation and proposed Good Roads, population (latest Massachusetts census) and a comprehensive distance table. Excellent condition with just a small bit of wear to tips of two corners. View More...
