Social History from Old Bookshelf

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

New York: The Howard Mission, 1870. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 59, xiii pp. Printed wraps. Liight dampstaining and light soil to cover, contents are clean. The work of the Home for LIttle Wanderers orphanage, and appeals for charitable contributions to the Home. The Home, which still exists, is… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1917. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 112pp. Tan wraps. Very light shelfwear, contents age-toned, clean and unmarked. Genealogical records beginning ins1775. Original printing from 1917, not a modern reprint.

Hartford: Russell and Cutler, 1801. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 18pp. Paper wraps, string bound. Front wrap missing, pamphlet otherwise complete, light to moderate foxing, former owner's name on title page.

New York: Water Committee of the City of Brooklyn, 1958. First Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mike Davis - Photography. 190pp. Mass market first paperback edition. Light wear to cover, slight corner crease, contents age-toned, binding is tight. Dr. King's early implementation of non violent resistance.… Read more about this item

New York: The Free Press, 1969. First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxi, 218pp. Black cloth, pink and gilt lettering to spine. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. Near fine book, very good dust jacket is lightly worn and lightly scuffed.

Paris: Brunot-Labbe, 1817. Hardcover. Very Good. . Corners Worn... 507pp. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt tooling and lettering to spine, red leather spine label, 8 engraved plates. Light wear to edges, binding is tight, slit to upper backstrip neatly mended, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, 1/2 inch strip excised from top of title… Read more about this item

New York: George R. Lockwood, 1866. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 155pp. Half-bound brown textured cloth, marbled edges, gilt lettering to spine, former owner's name on front free endpaper, text in French. Light wear to extremities, spine sunned, text is clean and the binding is tight, and in overall very sound… Read more about this item

Philade;phia: Carey & Hart, 1839. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. j242, 228pp. Original boards, cloth backed. Covers edgeworn,spotted, paper spine labels partially chipped off, contents are age-darkened and have very little foxing, bindings are tight, earl owners' names on flyleaves and first text page of second volume. … Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859. First American Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, 413pp, 10 illustrations. Brown embossed cloth, gilt spine lettering, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Light wear to corners and spine ends, slight splitting to rear joint, covers faded, spine still readable, contents age yellowed. The author's travels and… Read more about this item

London: Gro. Routledge & Co., 1855. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 244pp. Half leather, marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine label. Cover worn, front cover detached but present, contents age-toned, text is clean. Much information on the American people, their country, their government and their customs and habits, during the… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1834. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 252pp. Brown cloth, paper spine label. Cover faded, spine label chipped but readable, first and last few pages heavily foxed and stained, rest of contents only occasionally foxed, author's name written on title page ( author's autograph?) and… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vi, 410pp. Half leather, raised bands, gilt spine lettering and decoration, marbled endpapers. Corners and spine rubbed, superficial cracking to front inner hinge but hoding tightly, binding is sound, former owner's bookplate and bookseller's small label on front… Read more about this item

London: John W. Parker, 1850. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 293, 279pp. Blue embossed cloth, gilt ship vignette to front cover, all edges gilt, frontispiece with tissue-guard for each volume. Covers edgeworn, spine chipped at head and tail and darkened, contents age-toned most heavily at first… Read more about this item

Philade;phia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829. First American Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 322, 339pp. Later binding blue paper over boards, tan buckram backing, paper spine labels, uncut edges, armorial bookplate on pastedowns of both volumes, Slight mottling to spine of volume II, contents foxed, some cracking to front… Read more about this item

Hartford, CT: The Hartford Publishing Company, 1882. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 608pp. Marroon cloth, gilt spine lettering and gilt decoration, engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard, 48 full page illustrations. Corners very lightly rubbed, interior is age-toned, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Nice copy.

Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1867. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 406 +12 pp ads. Brown cloth, gilt lettering. Book is in very sound condition except for a one inch strip torn across the head of the spine with loss of some text, and a smaller chip below. Corners are mildly… Read more about this item

Boston: Lewc. Hill (Privately Printed), 1904. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 97pp. Green buckram, gilt lettering. FIRST EDITION. Spine and top edge faded, book is otherwise clean and sound, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, Number 18 of and Edition of 100 copies. Six generations of… Read more about this item

Washington: House of Representatives, 1866. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 81pp. Disbound. Mildly toned but clean and sound. Contains listings of the number and occupations and vital statistics of passengers arriving in the U.S.

Lahore, India: The Lion Press, 1944. 31st Impression . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 182pp. Paper over boards. Light soil and 3 small ink spots on front cover, chipping to spine cover including 1 inch from foot of spine, text is mildly toned but otherwise clean, owner's name and date… Read more about this item