Language: English
Published by J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1862
Seller: Great Matter Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. LIPPINCOTT'S PRONOUNCING GAZETTEER. Tan vellum covers with raised bands on spine. Red label on spine with gold lettering which is cracked and worn. Covers exhibit heavy wear, chipping, bumping and soiling to edges and corners. Heavy wear and soiling on hinges . Heavy chipping and wear on spine ends. Heavy wear and sunning on spine with the gold on the raised bands barely discernable. Heavy shelf wear and soiling on covers. For a book this size and age the hinges are surprisingly solid. Light soiling and yellowing to marbled page ends. Heavy yellowing and foxing to the edges of the inside front and back covers. Text is yellowed due to age. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Presentation inscription to the previous owner on the ffep. Includes a full etymological vocabulary at the end of the book. "With the most recent and authentic information respecting the countries, islands, rivers, mountains, cities, towns, &c. in every portion of the globe. Including the latest and most reliable statistics of population, commerce, etc." All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-lib unless stated.
Published by Publisher, 1873
Seller: Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc., Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No DJ. 1872 edition. Revised in 1866. Previous owner name inked on front free page: Geo Stone, San Diego. Same name is inked on the title page. Foxing and folds to the first couple of page. The rear free pages have folds and tears along with foxing. Full leather with rubbing and scuffing to covers. Binding is tight. Rear hinge is just starting to crack. Marbled page edges. A touch of foxing here and there in the interior of the book but not much. 2,106pp.
Published by Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1973
Seller: Librarium of The Hague, The Hague, Netherlands
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator). 1st Edition. Royal octavo. Pp. xii, 278. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's cloth, with fair, priced-clipped dust-jacket. Book is in a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Joris Frans Borghouts (1939-2018) with his ownership signature and pencil annotations. Unique scholar's copy. N-5.
Published by J. B. Lippincott, 1878
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Complete tan calf leather bound cover is worn with abrasions but in good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are lightly toned but clean and very good. .
Seller: knew_4_you, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Ian Simmons, Ben Baldwin (illustrator). 1st Edition. NEW UK HARDBACK in TRAYCASE w. front & spine paste-down. SIGNED by ALL 28 CONTRIBUTORS [NO Inscription]. LIMITED Ed. #132/200. DJ in Clear, ARCHIVAL MYLAR WRAP. NO remainder mark. | SHIPS AIRMAIL INTERNATIONALLY! [Extra postage for Priority & International delivery]. Signed by Author(s).
Published by J. B. Lippincott, USA, 1871
Seller: Kazoo Books LLC, Kalamazoo, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. No Jacket. Brown leather binding with brown paper antique book cover. Dj has tears and edge wrinkle. Front cover is detached. Front free endpaper is wrinkled but attached. Marbled side pages. 6 bands on spine with dark brown leather label with gilt lettering. 2317 p.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover reprint of a special edition of Ebony magazine, with articles studying the American race problem from the "Negro" point of view, arguing that Black folks have demonstrated they can do anything white folks can, and the only thing preventing racial equality is "the unthinking white man"; the essays aim to examine the white man in the hope that he will look harder at himself, and understand that HE must change to solve the race problem. Dated but still depressingly relevant. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; the first edition (first printing), listing no later printings, "First published in book form, 1966". Light wear to book, dent/gouge to top page edge; jacket a bit rubbed with some chips, short tears, creases, $3.50 price intact. Text clean, no names or marks; [x], 181 pages; 21 essays. Size: Octavo.
Published by J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1855
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Full-Leather. Condition: Good. First Thus. Full light brown calf, marbled text block edges. Leather rubbed along edges and showing several creases along spine panel, where title label is mostly lacking. Firm binding, intact hinges, generally clean interior. 2,182 pp. Solid copy with essentially cosmetic faults. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.
Published by J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1857
Full Leather. Condition: Very Good. Early Reprint. Published 1857 (copyright 1855), likely the second printing. Original calf with leather spine label, titles in gilt, 2182 pp. mostly double-column format. A massive book, internally clean and solid with rubbing to extremities and a couple of short scrapes to the leather at the edge. Preface dated August 1, 1855. Invaluable as a reference to the geography (political and physical), commerce, education, religion, flora and fauna, and attitudes of the times. Very good.
Published by Oxford University Press, 1931., 1931
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
8vo, 153pp. Black & white illustrations with fold-out plates. A very good hardback copy. Previous owner's name. Top edge lightly foxed.