New York/London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1885.. 1885.. Good. - Square octavo, green cloth titled in green within gilt panel on spine & in green within gilt panel with vignettes in gilt & green down right side of front cover. The binding is rubbed & the covers are bumped with spotting to the front cover. 154 pp. & 6-page publisher's catalogue printed on heavy stock with red borders throughout. There is occasional light foxing & the page edges are slightly darkened. Full-page & textual B&W illustrations by C. D. Weldon. Good. "Nr. 4000" handwritten in red ink on the title. Each of the first 10,... View More...
- Octavo, titled in gilt on the spine with decorations in blind on both covers. The binding is bumped & rubbed. The head of the spine is chipped & the titling is faded. xii & pages [13]-359. The pastedowns & endpapers are darkened. There is foxing to the bottom edge with occasional foxing to the text pages. There is very light staining to the front edges of a number of pages in the middle of the book. Good. First edition.The travels of "Belle Brittan'" to the Midwest and South, as well as her observations of East Coast life, are recounted in a series of letters to her friends. From the librar... View More...
New York: Wm. A. Mercein, Printer, 1832.. 1832.. Very good. - sc Octavo, softcover disbound and removed. 87 deckle-edged pages. There is some scattered foxing thoughout and a tiny dampstain to the bottom edge of the title and another to the front edge of the last few leaves. There are stab marks along the left edge of the book. The contents are in very good condition.
First edition.
Albert Gallatin was the chairman of the committee. First Edition. View More...
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833.. 1833.. Fair. - Octavo, three-quarter brown calf & marbled boards. The covers are quite scuffed & rubbed, with some wear to corners. 410 pages. The hinges are cracked and the front endpaper has partially adhered to the pastedown. A previous owner's name is boldly penned on the front blank and 3 lines of notes in ink are penned at the top of the title page. Scattered foxing throughout and some staining to the inner edge of the last few leaves. Some marginal pencil lines. A complete copy. First American edition. [Howes H-138].The author, who embarked f... View More...
[Washington, DC]: [Gales & Seaton, print.], etc., 1832-1834., 1832-1834.. Very good. - Octavo, 8-3/4 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Softcovers, being a collection of 43 pamphlets with various paginations on subjects relating to Andrew Jackson's actions in regard to the Second Bank of the United States. The pamphlets where removed at some previous time from a larger collection of bound pamphlets with the expected stab marks and occasional remnants of a leather spine along the left edge. Two of the pamphlets originated in the 1st Session of the 22nd Congress of 1832. The remainder originated ... View More...
- Quarto, 11-3/8 inches high by 9 inches wide. Softcover, self-wraps disbound and removed from a larger work with stab marks along the left edge. [8] pages in all, consisting of the title page & pages [244]-250. Ex-library, de-acquisitioned by the Rutgers Female Institute with their faint red stamp at the top of the title page. Good. A reprint of the work originally Printed & sold by William Bradford at the Sign of the Bible in New-York - 1698. Extracted from Documentary History of the State of New York: Arranged Under Direction of the Hon. Christopher Morgan, Secretary of State by E. B. O'Cal... View More...
[Newark, NJ: National Newark & Essex Banking Company, 1936].. 1936].. Good. - Small octavo, plain tan & gray paper covered boards backed with rust brown cloth. The boards are bumped & slightly darkened around the edges. The head & tail of the spine are rubbed & very lightly chipped. 24 & 102 pages plus 3 pages of ads. The pastedowns & endpapers are lightly spotted & there is minor darkening to the front edges & top corners of the text pages. There are some small pencil markings in the Historical Sketch. Good. View More...
- sc Octavo, printed self-wraps consisting of stitched signatures. 88 untrimmed deckle-edged pages with a woodcut vignette illustration of the attactive pictorial state seal decorating the title page. The half-title which serves as front wrap is slightly darkened with a couple of light dampstains. Else only minor flaws detract from this otherwise near fine unopened copy of this rare book. First edition. Rare. [Evans 24582]. Christopher Toppan was the elected chairman for this session of the proceedings covering the votes and details of the many issues which came before New Hampshire's House of... View More...
- Quarto, 11-1/2 inches high by 9 inches wide. Softcover, bound in plain white wrappers with the title penned in black on the front cover. The covers are soiled and creased along the edges and corners with chipping to the front edges and to the head and tail of the spine. There is a small hole to the front cover. 295 pages consisting of the title and pages [331] through 623, illustrated with a full-page engraved plate depicting Governor Jay, Lieutenant Governor V. Rensselaer, and The Hon. Dirk Ten Broeck, New York's Speaker of the House. Most of the pages are slightly darkened along the edges,... View More...
