History from Old Bookshelf

Boston : T. & J. Fleet, 1794. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 148pp. Marbled boards, leather spine and leather backing. Rear board detached but present, front board barely holding, first 5 leaves separated (including title age), contents age-toned but clean and unmarked. A fascinating journal of a day's activities, … Read more about this item

Hartford: Robinson & Pratt, 1831. Soft cover. Fair. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Yellow printed stiff wraps. 12 hand-colored maps and charts, one of which is double page. Covers heavily soiled, maps and charts lightly soiled, most soiling is in margins, occasional chipping to edges, atlas has folded vertically showing slight crease. Regional… Read more about this item

New London: Samuel Green, 1814. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 160pp. Marbled paper wraps. Spine is worn and missing piece at bottom, contents age-toned and very occasionally foxed, binding is tight, and book has held p very well since 1814.

Hartford and Chicago: J.B. Burr & Company, 1874. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 573pp. Blind-stamped green cloth, gilt lettering and publisher's device on spine, 12 engraved illustrations. Extremities very lightly rubbed, binding is tight and sound, spine lettering still bright, text is age-toned, foxing to endpapers and very occasionally in text, former owner's name… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1035pp. Red boards, black buckram backing, gilt spine lettering.Signed by Author on half-title page. Light wear to spine ends and lettering. Book is sound, binding is tight, contents are clean. Dust jacket is price-clipped,… Read more about this item

New York, Chicago and New Orleans: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1867. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 61pp. Pictorial paper over boards.. Very light wear to cover, text is clean and sound, foxing to endpapers. Thirteen color maps, plus numerous black and white illustrations throughout the text. An attractive and well-preserved … Read more about this item

Paris: Treuttel et Würtz, 1808. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 513pp. Marbled boards, gilt tooled leather spine. Moderate wear and scuffing to cover, text is lightly age-toned, light spotting to endpapers, slight cracking at gutters, text block is tight and holding firmly, former owner's bookplate and bookshop label on front pastedown. Author discusses the influence… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 370pp. Inscribed and SIGNED by AUTHOR on front free endpaper. Blue decorative boards, black backing, gilt spine lettering. Corners lightly rubbed, slight fading to edges, interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is worn and several pieces torn from… Read more about this item

Buenos Aires: Editorial Difusion, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 220pp. Stiff card stock cover. Text in Spanish. Cover very lightly worn, text is tanned, dampstain to top edges and foredges, text is unharmed. Inscribed and signed illegibly on half-title page, possibly by author. Dust jacket is… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1830. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 248pp. ight wear, miderate soiling, contents age-toned and lightly foxed, binding is tight. Ten articles on ia wide assortment of issues, including historical, political, drama, Indians, and biographical. An 8 page catalog of Carey & Lea's publications… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Henri Schelte, 1710. Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 456pp. Full vellum, marbled endpapers, hand-lettered spine, title page in red and black. Very light wear, spine slightly darkened, faded ink blot on title page (all text visible), contents otherwise clean and binding is tight.

New York: Francis B. Felt & Co., 1871. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Thomas Nast. 34pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering. A very clean, unworn copy, contents age-toned, small spot in margin of 4 pages, otherwise unblemished.

London: Charles Mitchell, 1898. Seventh Edition . Soft cover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 216pp, Firsr Section and Second Section. Detached printed wraps. Book is completerly disbound, but all pages appear to be present. Front cover of First Section is missing and cover of Second Section is present and chipped. … Read more about this item

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 298pp. Brick colored cloth, gilt lettering. Very light wear to edges, spine darkened, contents mildly age-toned. SIGNED "With compliments of the author, Nelson Glueck" on front free endpaper.

London: For the Author By R. Ackermann, 1816. Fourth Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 215pp. Publisher's original paper backed boads, paper spine label, frontispiece portrait, folding map and one additional plate. Boards and spine darkened and lightly soiled, spine chipped at bottom, contents age-toned and faint foxing to first and last… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 368pp. FIRST EDITION...Blue embossed cloth, gilt spine lettering. Corners worn, spine ends chipped, spine slightly darkened, slight internal separation, endpapers darkened from offsetting, light foxing to first and last few pages, pencil notes on rear endpaper,former owner's… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1900. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 414pp. Red pictorial cloth, gilt and black lettering and decoration, all edges gilt, numerous black and white illustrations and 10 color plates. Text in French. Bon état, coins usés, papeir jauni. Spine chipped, light wear to edges, contents are age-tanned but… Read more about this item

Fréjus: Louis Leydet, 1881. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 800 pp, Text in French. 3 folding plates. Rebound in vellum, red spine lettering. Some soiling and curling to boards, contents and plates are clean and unmarked, several fold tears mended with archival tape, some 0ages still… Read more about this item

New York: Arno Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 372pp. Blue cloth. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Editor on front free endpaper. Book is clean and sound. Dust jacket is mildly age-toned.

Philadelphia: J.C. McCurdy & Co., 1881. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 475pp. Green cloth, gilt and black lettering and decoration. Covers well worn, a tear at tail of spine, front free endpaper missing, former owner's name in elegant hand on front and rear endpapers, contents are age-darkened and… Read more about this item