By Year Of Issue / 1870s from Books Tell You Why, Inc.

New York: Orange Judd Company. Very Good. 1874. Hardcover. A very good copy of this book. There are multiple tears to the fabric on the spine and edges, and pages are starting to separate from the original binding. There is a sticker on the first paste down that has an advertisement of past book seller; ;… Read more about this item

Gerholt, Leipzig: Stuttgart, Edward Hallberger. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1870. Second Edition. Hardcover. A linen hardcover in very good condition housed in a detailed alike dust jacket. Tears are evident to outer edges as well as discoloration of jacket itself. Gold trimmed pages of this book are separating from hardback however normal aging and… Read more about this item

Munchen: Christian Kaiser. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1867/1868. Second Edition. Hardcover. A near fine to fine copy of this remarkable work consisting of 400 colored plates showing flowering plants from the Alpine region with the plant names given both in German and in Latin, the bindings are in excellent condition (showing only light rubbing… Read more about this item

Leipzig: Friedrich Brandstetter. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1876. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. A fine fourth edition that has an engraved title with many golden details on the front and spine, the spine hinge is starting. Volume is housed in a rare fine glassine dust jacket, placed in the rare original Publisher's box in surprisingly nice condition… Read more about this item

Vienna: A. Hartlebens Verlag. 1879. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A fine copy of the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original ornate green binding. There is some mild rubbing to the board corners and spine ends and some oxidation to the board and spine lettering. Volume is housed in a fine example of the RARE… Read more about this item

Bielefeld und Leipzig: Verlag Von Velhagen Und Klasing. Very Good+. 1879. Fifth Edition; First Printing. Leather. An attractive fifth edition in original decorative burgundy leather, with gilt motifs. Spine with gilt decorated bands and floral motifs, top edge tinted red, decorative endpapers. Stamp and 1898 inscription on flyleaf: Josef Schwalber kgl. Advokat Passau; With 160 illustrations and… Read more about this item

Leipzig: Ernst Keil. Very Good. 1878. Edition in Very Good condition with rubbing to the boards with faded discoloration on the front board. There is an inscription on the front flyleaf; Goldelse tells the story of a young girl, Lotte, who is sent to live with her uncle in a small, isolated town in the Alps after… Read more about this item

Good. 1873. An edition in good condition with rubbing and chipping to the boards and spine separation. There is dampstaining, tanning and foxing to the pages. There is a previous owner’s signature on the front pastedown; The Liedersammlung for the School is a four-volume set in a step-by-step order. It has four sections in levels of… Read more about this item

Bielefeld Und Leipzig: Velhagen Und Klasing. Very Good. 1879. Fifth Edition. The Fifth Edition, reprinted from the 3rd and 4th, in Very Good condition with rubbing to the boards, light tearing to spine ends, and minor foxing to the pages. Top edge tinted red, decorative endpapers. Stamp on flyleaf: Josef Schwalber kgl. Advokat Passau with 1898 inscription;… Read more about this item

Washington: Solomons & Chapman. Good. 1876. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition/first printing in Good condition with fraying to the edges of the aged boards, tanning to the pages and a check marking on the ffep; Edward McPherson was an American political scientist who wrote a handbook on American politics in 1876. The book is… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford At the Clarendon Press. Good. 1873. Centennial Edition. Hardcover. A Revised American edition in Good condition that is aged, soiled, has some light discoration to the upper boards, a bookplate on the front pastedown, a Hartfood Public Highschool embossing on the title page, other general wear and tear and numbers on the spine; The… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford At the Clarendon Press. Good. 1873. Centennial Edition. Hardcover. A Revised American edition in Good condition with a portion of the spine exposed, edgewear and aging, an owner's bookplate on the front pastedown, a Hartford Public Highschool embossing on the title page and numbers on the spine; The History of the Norman Conquest of… Read more about this item

Baltimore, MD: James Young. Very Good. 1873. First Edition. Original cloth. A smart first edition in Very Good condition with cocked spine, soiled boards, sunned spine, light scattered foxing, cracked spine. Illustrated. Frontis. Portraits of Niemeyer. Original decorative brown cloth; Niemeyer immigrated from Germany to the United States, eventually settling in Baltimore. She lost her sight… Read more about this item

St. Louis, MO: Presbyterian Publishing Company. Very Good-. [ca 1879]. First Edition. Original cloth. First edition in Very Good- condition with rubbed extremities, chipping to upper and lower spine, closed tear to spine head, bumped corners, damp staining to front board, front hinge starting, soiled pages; lacking front end paper. Illus. , frontis. , portraits. Original decorated… Read more about this item

Springfield, IL: Jno. C. Huges. Very Good-. 1879. First Edition. Original Wraps. A handsome first edition in Very Good- condition with tape repaired spine and chipping to front wrap and first leaf. Original printed wrappers. Rear wrap: "Announcement. Prof. Denslow will probably lecture on the topics embraced in the within pamphlet during the coming year. Adress: Slayton's… Read more about this item

Boston: Lee & Shepard, Publishers. Good. 1876. Cloth. Good condition with clean and tight text, although somewhat acid toned. Boards are lightly shelfworn with a brown stain on back board. Three brown dots on front pastedown and front end paper; The first wife of Napoleon; 8vo; 384 pages; TBC .

New York: Edgar S. Werner. Near Fine. c1913. Pamphlet. A nicely maintained publication, staples rusty as expected, spine of printed wrapper split above top staple, else Fine, and very clean condition. Reprinted from "My Debut as a Literary Person" from 1903. BAL 3676; Death-Disk was as inspired by the historical account of the execution of Colonel… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. Very Good. c1882. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. First edition/first printing in slightly rubbed Very Good condition with lightly darkened spine, cloth bubbly in areas with a few occational smudges; This book is a collection of folk ballads about farmers and their work. The ballads are charming and often humorous, and… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good+. c1871, [ca. 1875]. Cloth. As per BAL 5096, published with Orange Judd, variant 7A, issued not before 1875. Good+ condition. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number on front paste down; … Read more about this item

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 039450173X . First edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in Very Good dust-jacket with closed tears at top and sun-fading to spine. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century,… Read more about this item