Paulding J K (51 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Disbound. Pages have varying amounts of browning. ; 26th Congress, 1st Session. Doc. No. 81. Ho. Of Reps. Navy Dept. ; 41 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Disbound. Very slight foxing. ; 26th Congress, 1st Session. Doc. No. 39. Ho. Of Reps. Navy Dept. ; 7+ pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. ORIGINAL ISSUE. First edition (same date on title and copyright pages; no additional printings listed). Two volumes in ones. Original brown blindstamped decorative cloth, approximately 5 x 7 7/8 inches, 216 pp + 270 pp, no illustrations. Hardcover, fair to good. Backstrip completely gone from spine, corners bumped with cardboard exposed there and at spots along edges of boards, an approximately 1 to 2 inch deep water(? ) stain adjoining spine, on top edge of textblock and upper corner. Iinternally, stain visible on first and last few leaves, the same, approximately 1/2 inch deep, on the top edges a several dozen leaves, previous owner's inscription (in pencil) , hinges cracked between a few of the gatherings, with a central one just barely attached, occasional bit of foxing, otherwise tight, clean, relatively crisp and unmarked. Historical novel set in England and the New World during the English Civil War. Literature; historical fiction.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Disbound, no covers. ; 26th Congress, 2d Session. Doc. No. 86. Ho. Of Reps. Navy Dept. ; 76 pages.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Original cloth, light edge wear, lacks front endpapers; private bookplate on endpaper. ; 2 volumes in 1. BAL 15740, 2nd edition.

softcover. Complete story in "The New-York Mirror: A Weekly Journal, Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts," December 31, 1831, pp. 204-205. Complete 8 pp. newspaper, disbound, some light wear. Also contains items by N. P. Willis and S. Woodworth.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Vi, 432 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt. First Printing, 1954. Near Fine, Gilt Brilliant, No Marks.

Disbound. First edition. 14 pp. 8vo. Read, and referred to the Committee . on Naval Affairs. May 25, 1840. Ordered to be printed. 26th Congress, 1st Session. Senate. Doc. no. 503. Correspondence between Samuel Colt and the government as he tries to have his pistols purchased by the Navy. Removed from a larger volume, inked numerals to title page, still about very good.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a satirical play from the Regency era poking fun at the social customs and upper class of the day. The author uses the arrival of two young American men in London to highlight the perceived differences between the cultures of the time. On one hand, the play reflects a period of social transition in Britain, with the growing middle class challenging the dominance of the aristocracy. On the other, it explores the theme of national identity and the nature of cultural exchange, as the young Americans bring their own unique perspectives and ideas to the English setting. The play offers a witty and engaging examination of the social and cultural norms of the time, and provides insights into the complex relationship between tradition and change. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First. This is a VG hardcover copy, 1868 date on the title page. Brown cloth beveled boards, gold spine lettering, no DJ. The first part is a reprint of The New Mirror for Travellers and a Guide to the Springs. Followed by 8 other pieces, including an account of the author's six week trip to the moon. Author hailed from Tarrytown, NY, was an intimate of Washington Irving, member of the "Nine Worthies" literary circle and a collaborator on Salmagundi. Howes P-134. This copy is from the library of the civil war soldier and later stage actor Carl Ahrendt, with his bookplate.…

Hard Cover. Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: --. 2 volumes in 1. viii 216 pages / viii 270 pages; front ep missing; text clean, 'The Working Man's Club So. Bethlehem' stamp on title pg; 7.5" tall; wear to edges of blind stamped cover; 2" chip to bottom edge of spine; gutters reglued. Hardcover. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Volume 1 only, paper boards and leather spine, ten parts, owner name handwritten, some foxing throughout, corner of page 187 torn with losses, surface wear on covers, small format.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: VG. NY 1938 1st International. Stover, a New York City social reformer, lived 1861-1929. Sm.8vo., 191pp., portrait frontispiece, cloth. VG.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.

Octavo, stitched pamphlet, 36pp. Pamphlet published just prior to Lincoln's 1860 election that bound together three works: An essay by William Dennison Porter, a letter from James Kirke Paulding, and an anonymous piece titled "The Right to Secede" by "States." Toned, stain to lower corner of text, creased, some tears to title page. …

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 310.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Hard cover bound volume, 4to., in three-quarter black calf over green cloth, die stamped with twining foliage and flowers. The spine has extensive gilt decorative banding at head and foot, double ruled faux banding and titles to second, and date 1847 to the fourth compartment. Marbled end papers, and faint remains of marbling are seen to edges of text block. Original four-color cover bound in. Vol. VII contains Jan.- June, 1847, bound with Vol. VIII July-Dec. 1847. Each volume numbered separately. Illustrations include scenes from the Mexican-American War, (then current,) with commentary by the editors on "The Storming of Palace Hill,(sic)," which the editor reports mis-named from Independence Hill near Monterey, California. In total, there are 3 colored fashion plates, 4 mezzotints and 10 black and white line engravings in Vol. VII. Vol. VIII has 9 black and white line engravings (none colored) and 6 mezzotints. **CONDITION: Very Good. Binding is sound and attractive. Some light scuffs to spine, mild edge wear to head and tail of spine, tips, front joint and corners. Minor rubbing to cloth on boards. Wear is superficial, with hinges in order, endpapers bright. Inside: light, or sometimes moderate, toning with occasional spots of soiling, or a few small tears, but generally clean, square and sound.**Featured in the March, 1847 Issue, p. 123, is the FIRST APPEARANCE of EDGAR ALLAN POE's short story, as revised and re-titled, "THE DOMAIN OF ARNHEIM". A previous version had appeared in 1842 under the title "The Landscape Garden" in "The Ladies Companion." Unusual for Poe, the story is not a gothic, doom-laden tale, but rather a prose poem which is a vision of an artist's Shangri-La built amongst a towering, mountainous, riverine landscape. Biographer Una Pope-Hennessy suggests the singular monolithic author's aerie described in the story was based on Poe's familiarity with the English gothic author William Beckford's (cf. 1786 novel, "Vathek.") whose doomed estate of Fonthill Abbey in Wiltshire collapsed under its own weight in a fit of its builder's drug-fueled architectural vanity. ***L. MARIA CHILD contributes three short stories, including what is arguably the best of the tales in this issue, "The Rival Mechanicians," about a rivalry between two apprentices for the heart of a Swiss watchmaker's daughter in a plot which involves the building of increasingly complex watches, barometers, automatons and a human-like "android," (certainly an early use of that word.) The author may have been influenced by her New York acquaintances of the Knickerbocker school (W. Irving, Paulding, et al) in this unusually spooky tale. Her biographer J. G. Whittier selects letters from her correspondence of the period showing a rather reclusive, solitary exile to the New York area at this time, in flight from real danger and condemnation felt from some Bostonians and southerners for her outspoken contributions to the abolitionist press. [Child published frequently on these topics through the New York offices of the American Anti-Slavery Society, located at 143 Nassau Street in 1842; the "Columbian Magazine" was published but a door away at 140 Nassau Street, until 1846. (See BAL 3141)].**Other notable additions to this annual include short stories, songs and poetry by mid-nineteenth century women authors , Francis S. Osgood, Miss Catharine M. Sedgwick, Mrs. E. F. Ellett, Miss Fanny Forrester and others. Some contributions from the men include ALFRED BILLINGS STREET's (1811-1881) "A Day or Two's Fishing in Pike's Pond." The work of this Poughkeepsie, New York native has been described as prose poetry, and his work has been compared favorably to that of the Transcendentalists, Emerson, Bryant and Longfellow. JAMES KIRKE PAULDING (1778-1860), once Secretary of the United States Navy, and a leading contributor to the Knickerbocker New York literary scene of the 1820's and 30's, contributes a terrific gothic tale, "The All-Seeing Eye" in the Jan. 1847 issue, p. 5-12. A traveller, observing from a riverbank, happens to witness a murder during a violent storm. He meets the perpetrator by chance some twenty years later, who is keen to confess his sin. The psychic toll taken upon the rich, worldly-successful murderer is very much reminiscent of Poe's 1843 tale, "The Tell-Tale Heart". ** REFS : On Poe: Poe Soc.: Text 04-c, for "Arnheim." U. Pope-Hennessy, "Edgar Allen Poe, a Critical Biography," (New York: Haskell House Ltd, 1971), pp. 170-171. BAL 16149 mentions the 1842 version of The Landscape Garden, published in the Ladies Companion, version; but not this re-titled story, "Arnheim." On Paulding: BAL 15743 lists "The All-Seeing Eye" as "otherwise un-located" from a version found in the 1852 "Ladies Illustrated Keepsake" ; this 1847 publication may therefore be its first appearance. On Lydia Maria Child, see J.G. Whittier," Letters of Lydia Maria Child with a Biographical Introduction by John G. Whittier and an Appendix by Wendell Phillips, (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, Riverside Press, 1882), BAL 3220. (2.5 lbs.) First appearance of Poe's "The Domain of Arnheim" and Paulding's "The All-Seeing Eye" and. After Thomas Allom, W.H. Bartlett, T.H. Matterson et al (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Stated third edition. Two volumes in one. 16mo. Original cloth, paper spine label. Hinges starting, owner's bookplate, modestly edgeworn, spine label rubbed, else very good. *BAL* 10229.