ADVENTURES OF AMERICA 1857 * 1900 by KOUWENHOVEN JOHN A - 1938: A PICTORIAL REVIEW FROM HARPER'S WEEKLY

Andover: Warren F. Draper Printer. Good+. 1859. Hardcover. Bound into this volume: 24 pp. Andover Catalogue, 6 issues of "THE MIRROR OF THE PHILOMATHEAN SOCIETY" + other pamphlets from Andover along with several peroiodicals from Princeton "NASSAU RAKE & MEMORIBILIA SOPHOMORUM" Clean marbled boards with leather spine & corners. Text tight, clean & intact . Approx 500 pp. Prior owners book plate. Front hinge starting on both ends with cover firmly attached. New England, New Jersey ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; approx 500 pages .

Elmsford, NY: Westchester County Historical Society, 2003. SIGNED First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Elmsford, NY: Westchester County Historical Society, 2003. Thick, square folio, 11 1/4" x 11 1/4." xii+480 pages, 615 illustrations, 360 in color. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, burgundy end papers. Inscribed by author on title page. A very fine copy in very fine dust jacket.. Signed by Author. 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.

IN: Terre Haute Northwest Territory Celebration Committee. Hardcover/No DJ as issued; Very Good (minor edgewear; previous owner inscription front endpaper); 1938, 1st Edition, unpaged-125 pages, illustrated with numerous historical B&W photos & drawings of residents, businesses, schools & area scenes. Decorative leather-like cover picturing portraits of Wm. M. Harrison & Zachary Taylor & blind-stamped historic Old Fort Harrison in the center.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First printing ("1897" on the copyright page and title page), issued simultaneously with the London edition, of this late Jack Hamlin novel, set in the California Gold Rush. Small 8vo: [4],342pp. Publisher's brown S cloth (also issued in red V cloth, no priority noted), upper cover stamped in black, spine lettered in gilt, olive clay-coated end papers. A Fine, lightly read copy, spine unfaded, gilt lettering bright. Provenance: "Robert Shortz" (perhaps the author of "The Gift of Bonaparte" and "The Girdle of God") in an elegant script to the front paste-down. BAL 7385. Kozlay Collection, 312. Wright 2557. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we… Read More

NY: Bedford and Company, 1848. First edition. Quarter leather and marbled boards. Published NY: Bedford and Company, 1848. 8vo., 6" x 9 3/4", 192pp., illustrated with 6 engraving plates, several reproductions within the text. A short-lived publication. Covers detached, spine backing gone, large darkening stain throughout. Fair, but a good reading copy. . 1st. Hard. Fair/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

Andover: Warren F. Draper Printer. Good+. 1859. Hardcover. Bound into this volume: 24 pp. Andover Catalogue, 6 issues of "THE MIRROR OF THE PHILOMATHEAN SOCIETY" + other pamphlets from Andover along with several peroiodicals from Princeton "NASSAU RAKE & MEMORIBILIA SOPHOMORUM" Clean marbled boards with leather spine & corners. Text tight, clean & intact . Approx 500 pp. Prior owners book plate. Front hinge starting on both ends with cover firmly attached. New England, New Jersey ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; approx 500 pages .

Elmsford, NY: Westchester County Historical Society, 2003. SIGNED First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Elmsford, NY: Westchester County Historical Society, 2003. Thick, square folio, 11 1/4" x 11 1/4." xii+480 pages, 615 illustrations, 360 in color. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, burgundy end papers. Inscribed by author on title page. A very fine copy in very fine dust jacket.. Signed by Author. 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.

IN: Terre Haute Northwest Territory Celebration Committee. Hardcover/No DJ as issued; Very Good (minor edgewear; previous owner inscription front endpaper); 1938, 1st Edition, unpaged-125 pages, illustrated with numerous historical B&W photos & drawings of residents, businesses, schools & area scenes. Decorative leather-like cover picturing portraits of Wm. M. Harrison & Zachary Taylor & blind-stamped historic Old Fort Harrison in the center.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First printing ("1897" on the copyright page and title page), issued simultaneously with the London edition, of this late Jack Hamlin novel, set in the California Gold Rush. Small 8vo: [4],342pp. Publisher's brown S cloth (also issued in red V cloth, no priority noted), upper cover stamped in black, spine lettered in gilt, olive clay-coated end papers. A Fine, lightly read copy, spine unfaded, gilt lettering bright. Provenance: "Robert Shortz" (perhaps the author of "The Gift of Bonaparte" and "The Girdle of God") in an elegant script to the front paste-down. BAL 7385. Kozlay Collection, 312. Wright 2557. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we… Read More

NY: Bedford and Company, 1848. First edition. Quarter leather and marbled boards. Published NY: Bedford and Company, 1848. 8vo., 6" x 9 3/4", 192pp., illustrated with 6 engraving plates, several reproductions within the text. A short-lived publication. Covers detached, spine backing gone, large darkening stain throughout. Fair, but a good reading copy. . 1st. Hard. Fair/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.