Downing Major (34 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Original issue. Brown blindstamped decorative cloth, 5x7 ½ inches, 384 pp, illustrated with frontispiece and two other plates. Fair. Front board detached, backstrip relatively tattered, tear along rear joint, first free front endpaper missing, 2 inch tear at side edge of title page, hinge cracks betwe…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Missing, possibly as issued. First Edition. Stated first printing of the 1973 facsimile of the 1859 edition (first THUS). Very good hardcover, missing dust jacket, possibly as issued from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; sage green boards also very goo…

x, 306 [10, ads] pp. Two engraved frontispieces and added engraved illustrated title page plus six engraved plates. 16mo, publisher's cloth with printed paper label on spine erroneously denoting this the Sixth Edition. Fourth edition. BAL 4497, second issue, containing 35 letters (32 letters listed in the Table of Contents). BAL…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. Early edition, copyrighted 1854. Brown textured cloth, embossed, gilt illus. and spine lettering. Cloth is spotted over portions of both panels, rubbed at corners with some exposure, a bit frayed at spine extremities. Several small holes through cloth along both join…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Brown covers exhibit very heavy wear, bumping and chipping on corners and spine ends. Moderate wear, soiling and bumping on edges. Heavy chipping and wear to hinges, Gold lettering on spine is faded. Very heavy soiling, shelf wear and fading to covers, and edges. Spine is worn with large…

16Mo Hardcover. Condition: Good. 8th ed. 288pp. Brown boards, title pastedowns on spine. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact with some separation at front hinge, textblock is square with pointed corners. Moderate+ overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, board edge and cornerwear, spotting, sunning; foxing an…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Fiction. Blindstamp brown cloth covers rubbed and worn, corners and spine ends bumped and frayed, rear joint partially split, book slanted. Owner's blindstamps on two of the front endpapers with other minor owner's notes, hinges good, pages tanned, some signatures mis-aligned…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. worn leather cover, 4 x 6", 288 pages. This is a comment on politics in the U. S. of the early 19th century, written in a humorous tone. Several woodcuts or etchings (never can tell which) are in the humorous tone of the book. He says he is writing about Maine, but inc…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No. First Edition. Philadelphia: John E. Potter & Company, 1854. First edition in fair, worn condition. Spoof on the life and people of early 19th century New England. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and extensive Victorian style decoration in black, decorative endpapers, 384 pages. Covers heavi…

Hardcover. Condition: Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. Original black cloth binding with blind stamped decoration. Gilt illustration and titles on spine are faded. Top and bottom of spine and corners of binding are bumped and rubbed. Dark brown end papers. 458pp Contents clean and sound with paper lightly tanned. This book may re…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1834. First edition 1834. Political satire concerning the Andrew Jackson administration. Pinkish brown cloth with remains of paper spine label, frontis engraving, additional title page with engraving of Andrew Jackson, 240 pages plus 16 pages of publisher's…

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book offers a comical account of the political maneuverings of the Maine legislature in 1830. The author, a country bumpkin named Major Jack Downing, stumbles into the legislative chambers and is astounded by the antics he witnesses. Downing chronicles the proceedings, providing a…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Original tan cloth covers that are soiled and stained. Top one inch of title page missing to include the word "Letters", rear end papers torn out. A few dog ears to upper corners. Intermittent foxing throughout. Frontis woodcut of Landing Of The General At Castle Garden, New Yo…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were eit…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright referenc…

Hardcover. Lacks front cover; rear cover nearly detached but present; backstrip rubbed and chipped at edges; dampstain on first pages, with outside margins frayed; pages edge-browned and foxed; old repaired tear on p. 122, with loss of a few words in text; top corner of p. 121 lacking (no loss of text); old inking on p. 71 and 7…

ix, [1 (blank)], 270, [6] pp. Contains 32 letters, 3 more than the first edition, also published in 1834. Twin, facing frontispieces [with tissue guard], one on yellow paper. With the engraved title leaf on yellow paper, image as pictured in BAL, after p. 412. 6 inserted illustrations on yellow paper. 12mo, signed in 6s. Jaffray…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. This book came from the Sondley Reference Library in Asheville North Carolina. It has typical libray markings but no card pocket or Due Date slip. Otherwise there is general wear on the corners and edges, but square and securely bound. ; Signature of F. A…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. A clean, tight copy with a bit of fray to spine ends and rear joint. First blank Inscribed on the first blank: "Hon John Kelley with the compliments of Appleton Oaksmith." Appleton Oaksmith was the son of the author, Seba Smith, an early American humorist from Maine. App…