07a (15 results)
More imagesPublished by Richad Bentley, London 1850
- Hardcover
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, U.S.A.Quiet Friends IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Much later ed. VG book. Likely a mid C20th rebind. Brown cloth with red leather label gilt lettered: "HAJJI IN ENGLAND". FINE text. Tight. Book stays closed when stood on its spine.Cover extrems bumped & scuffed. A few foxed spots in leaves before tp, and last text p[ag. Remainder of text flawless. Very Good book, reb…ound. 1st pub in 1820s. 6.5"x4". xvi,343pp.
More imagesPublished by Disturnell, NY 1857
- Hardcover
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, U.S.A.Quiet Friends IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 2nd edition. GOOD book. VG text block. Stated "Appendix to 2nd edition" on page 376. MISSING large map at book's end. 8vo, 386,(6)pp. Howes D-355. Text, frontis, other map (of Lake Ontario), other plates & in text illustrations all quite nice. ZERO aging, foxing, marginalia or any other stain. BUT TEXT BLOCK FORE EDGE… foxed. Pastedowns aged a bit. Ontario map & 3 other plates bound slightly out of place. Both boards triple edge ruled in blind around floral design with gilt book title at center. Back board tile only blind stamped. Backstrip worn. 1" spine top chip. Spine ends worn down to text level. Tips with minor wear. Spine sunned so lettering & decoration only barely visible. Top edge gilt darkened to black. Rear inner hinge paper cracking. GOOD book. Original embossed & gilt lettered brown cloth. TEG. with maps and embellishments (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Lea & Blanchard, Phila 1848
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, U.S.A.Quiet Friends IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 1st Am ed. GOOD book. Brown cloth. Paper author/title spine label. Tight, bok tends to stay closed when stood on its spine. 9x6",320,32pp. GOOD book. FAE. Moderately foxed pre & postlims.
More imagesPublished by John Low, NY 1815
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, U.S.A.Quiet Friends IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 1st edition. FAIR book, worn full brown leather. Detached lower board. Text with moderate water staining, soiling, foxing and offsetting. FAIR book. 1st ed. Worn gilt lettered black leather spine label.
More imagesPublished by Scranton 1880 (1876cp), Hartford 1880
- Hardcover
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, U.S.A.Quiet Friends IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. early reprint. VG++ book. Early REPRINT. Bevelled green cloth. Gilt lettered & decorated spine & front cover. AEG. Tight. 9"x5",527pp. With extra engraved title page. The plate shown is of Elizabeth Zane's Revolutionary War heroic act. She was an ancester of Zane Grey. He wrote his first book, "Betty Zane", centered o…n her. Very nice, in & out. All gilt quite nice. Cover extrems scuffed. Inside flawless but for hint of pastedown glue browning & neatly inked gift note dated Jan 1, 1881. ALSO: book stays closed when stood on spine, a sign of having been seldom read. NOTE: title on cover omits the word "American". VG++ book. Tight. FINE inside, including all 3 text block edges. 16 full page engravings. (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Routledge 1854 (1849cp), London 1854
- Hardcover
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, U.S.A.Quiet Friends IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Early ed. GOOD book. Half leather. Boards & text block edges identically marbled. Tight. Both hinges perfect. FINE text & plates. Five raised ribs. Four panels gilt decorated, with MOST of gilt faded away. Hablot K. Brown (Phiz) did the ilustrations. Plates collated complete. FLAWS: Book cover extrems scuffed. FEP wit…h inked name. Frontis, tp and plate on p319 lightly foxed. No other flaws. ALSO: very tight, book stays closed when stood on its spine. GOOD book. Half black leather. Early edition. 472pp. 20 full page b/w plates. (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Charles B. Norton, NY, London 1853
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, U.S.A.Quiet Friends IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 1st. FAIR book, MISSING backstrip top & bottom. VG text block. Top edges of most leaves after p150 unopened. Brown cloth boards, edge ruled & central floral design in blind. Front cover with gilt vignette of liberty cap holding scales of justice. Spine lettered in gilt. Spine MISSING upper & lower 1/5th of backstrip.…Weak upper hinge. Prelim front margin faintly damp stained. Otherwise nice text block; tightly bound, no loose pages, aging, soiling, foxing, etc. Poole was an important figure in 19th C library science. In 1848, while still a student, he compiled his first index of 154 pages. In 1882 the 3rd, @ 1469pages. "WEBurton" neatly inked inside cover. Below that, in pencil: "A Oakley Hall, who purchased at sale of W Burton Oct 1860". Burton was an NYC actor and author. He also published "Gentleman's Magazine" from 1837-40, with Edgar Allan Poe as editor. Burton's signature is a match with Wikipedia samples. Also his death date of Feb 1860 is consistent with Hall's Oct 1860 purchase. Hall, 1826-1898, was a lawyer, politician & writer. He was NYC DA from 1853-59 & 1861-69, Then mayor from 1869 to 1872. Wilipedia has Hall as one of the worst mayors the country has ever had. FAIR book. 1st, 10"x6", 521,(errata)pp.
More imagesPublished by Longman et al, London 1812
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, U.S.A.Quiet Friends IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 1st edition. GOOD books. 12mo vi,330 & ix,336pp. 3/4 polished calf. 4 raised ribs, leather spine label. Contents clean, only few foxing spots There are no half title pages, books likely issued without, as there's no indication, however small, that they were ever issued. GOOD books. 1st ed Worn. Tight. Coleridge wrote…about 40 entries.
More imagesPublished by Frasca (1931), NY 1931
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, U.S.A.Quiet Friends IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 1st edition. FINE book, VG+ DJ(in Brodart). Gilt lettered maroon cloth. DJ with one 1/2" closed tear, few shorter. Flawless book but for very lightly scuffed spine ends. Text block edges clean as new. No internal flaws. Alao, book stays closed when stood on its spine. Nice DJ with minor edgewear. FINE book, VG+ DJ(in…Brodart). 1st ed. DJ with minor wear.
More imagesPublished by John Camden Hotten. (1869) (1821cp), London 1869
- Hardcover
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, U.S.A.Quiet Friends IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Much later ed. VG book. Gilt lettered & decorated brown cloth. 36 plates, frontis & extra engraved tp all in color. 16 b/w pages of music. All cover gilt bright as new. FINE text. Very bright plates. Possibly a hint of aging but no foxing, marginalia, etc. FLAWS. Lower tips bumped. All extrems scuffed. Bookplate, just… below which a one inch section of white paper has adhered. Adjoining fep has a hole at the exact same spot. Tight. Book tends to stay closed when stood on its spine. Very Good book. Later edtion, intro dated 1869. 7.5"x5", 406pp. Cruikshank (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by McClurg, Chicago 1902
- Hardcover
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, U.S.A.Quiet Friends IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 8th edition. VG book. TEG. FINE text. 3/4 tan morroco, marbled paper boards. 5 raised ribs, gilt lettered black leather author/title labels. Each with bkplt of Frank Edward Sincere and Jesse Belle Wood Sincere. Wikipedia has them both born in 1878 and her dying in 1973 in Herkimer NY. All four FLAWLESS inside. Hinges…like new. No aging, foxing, marginalia, etc. TEG, all edges clean as new. Books stay closed when stood on their spines. Flaws solely in the covers, that being minor scuffing. All with binder's info on fep lower edge: "bound by Ringer & Hertzberg, for A.C. McClurg & Co". Hertzberg founded Monastery Hill bindery in 1902. Each book available separately. VG, Hertzberg binding. FINE inside. 8th ed. 7"x5", about 200pp. Tissue guarded frontis. (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Macmillan, NY and London 1892
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, U.S.A.Quiet Friends IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 1st Am ed. GOOD-VG book, no DJ(likely as issued). FINE inside BUT pastedowns lightly foxed & inked name dated 1892. 8vo, 113pp. TP lists NY over London. CP states typography & presswork both done in Boston. Certainly a US publication but the hand made paper (laid) is water marked John Dickinson & Co, a leading UK pape…r making business. The book was published only weeks after Tennyson's death. GOOD-Very Good book. 1st ed, cp states 200 printed on hand made.
More imagesPublished by Scholastic (1999), NY 1999
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, U.S.A.Quiet Friends IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 1st edition. NEAR FINE book, FINE DJ(in Brodart). Green spine, blue boards, red pastedowns. CP # line starts with "1. DJ with $17.95 price. Book's spine ends rounded in a bit, lower tips very lightly bumped. Book otherwise FLAWLESS. 1st printing, number line: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9/9 0/0 1 2 3 4". Below which: "Print…ed in USA 37, First American edition, June 1999". "Sorceror's" on page facing tp, "ancestor" last word on P.332. 1st state DJ with $17.95 price and raised author & title words. "51795" on DJ rear panel. DJ without tiniest closed tear. Immaculate book & DJ, three text block edges are as white as new. Read with care, if at all, as book stays closed when stood on its spine. COMES WITH a 2nd reading copy, in DJ, in same remarkable condition. A 3rd printing, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 0/0 9/9 1 2 3 4. DJ with number "2" on upper spine. DJ p/c but otherwise flawless. The two books make a great set, one to be admired, the other to be read. NEAR FINE book, FINE DJ. 1st ed, 1st printing in 1st state DJ.
More imagesPublished by Hart, Leo, Rochester, NY 1932
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, U.S.A.Quiet Friends IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 1st 281 of 950. FINE book, VG slipcase. Ltd ed, #281 of 950. SIGNED "Wilfred Jones" on limitation page. Spectacular color prints. Half yellow vellum has a light colored dime size spot on the rear board. Else a pristine book in & out, top to bottom and back to back. Not the faintest of scuffing on the board corners or…the spine corners. Slipcase with some corners scuffed. Slipcase covered with a kind of geometric design in orange and gilt now largely faded away. Slipcase is a very tight fit. FINE book, VG slipcase. Ltd ed, #281 of 950. 8"x6". Unpaginated. Jones, Wilfred, illustrator. (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston 1970
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, U.S.A.Quiet Friends IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 1st edition. FINE book, VG DJ. SIGNED presentation dated May 12, 1970 on tp. Flawless book. Tight. All text block edges spotless, including the green stained top edge. DJ with $5.95 price. DJ bright & clean; no aging, foxing nor any spine sunning or fading. BUT: DJ spine top with 1/8" chips, other DJ extrems with 1/8"… closed tears. Laid in newspaper ad for a Mar 20 signing in Columbia, S.C. Ad references Dickey's residence in Columbia and his position of U.S.C. poet in residence. Dickey's SIGNATURE in book done two months after book's Mar '70 initial release, book's title page inscription reads: "To Walter Fheed - with best wishes - James Dickey May 12, 1970". Lastly, book stays closed when stood on its spine; a good sign it's been read with care, if at all. FINE book, VG+ DJ(in Brodart). 1st edition, same tp & cp date.
