By a citizen (9 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 8º. disbound pages loose, Advice to drink "Alsopps' ales" Burton ales etc but don't put strychnine in them. Sound advice. Book.

First Edition. First Folio Society edition. Colour illustrations - insight into domestic medieval life in Paris. VG in slipcase.

Zustand: Acceptable. Collins Philadelphia, PA 1840 Binding: Hardcover boards and spine are worn. hinge cracked at ffep. foxing and hand soiling throughout. rear endpaper torn and creased.

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. First Edition. London: Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1852. First edition, 1852. Hard to find biography of the Duke of Wellington illustrated with full page engravings. Dark brown embossed cloth over beveled boards, vi [2] 160 pages. Ex-circulating library with label on front cover, library blindstamp to title page and frontis, no other library marks, front cover barely hanging on with one binder's cord, spine covering mainly chipped away, frontis and title page stuck together at the far inner margin (no loss of printed areas), first few pages loosened but text block otherwise sound, pages age-toned with occasional finger soil, name of Isaac K. Loos of Bethlehem, PA on front free endpaper, no other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Poor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Full leather. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Twelvemo, [x], 11-156. Full calf, gilt bands on spine, title rubbed off, some cracking to spine. Lacking the map of Cincinnati. Paper is toned. Includes almanac for 1820. (Thompson, 196) (Howes C409) (Sabin 13085). This first directory of Cincinnati details the local government, distilleries, canal systems, shipping project and prominent citizens. It was followed by a second edition in 1825, but only a small number were printed, making them exceptionally scarce. First edition of The Cincinnati Directory, published in 1819. (illustrator).…

Full Calf. Zustand: Very good. First Edition. Twelvemo, [x], [11]-156pp, [3]. Period tree calf, title in gilt on spine, decorative gilt bands, both hinges starting. Printed by Morgan, Lodge & Company. Mount St. Joseph Library label on front free endpaper, no other indications of library usage. Boards heavily worn. Occasional toning and foxing throughout. Includes almanac for 1820 at preface, as expected. Complete with the "Plan of Cincinnati", dated 1819, with two tape repairs, minimal toning, solid hinges, a bright example. (Thompson, 196) (Howes C409) (Sabin 13085) Housed in custom green cloth clamshell. A scarce work. This first directory of Cincinnati details the local government, distilleries, canal systems, shipping project and prominent citizens. It was followed by a second edition in 1825, but only a small number were printed, making them exceptionally scarce. The first Cincinnati Directory, published in 1819, with the scarce "Plan of Cincinnati" map. (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 296p + eratta. Bound in its original plain boards, spine perished, front fly leaf detached, stained on the last 25 pages, few spots on pages 16 & 17 signature of William Berkeley on the title page and inside rear panel, foxed. Front inner hinge cracked. Berkeley was a Jeffersonian Republican whose works later provided inspiration to the Libertarians. …

Full Calf. Zustand: Very Good. xx, 183 pp. Full brown calf with raised bands to spine. Rubbing and chipping to leather at edges and spine, front hinge repaired and new title label. Yellow fore-edge, staining to edges of first and last six pages. Bright and clean otherwise. Bookplate bearing the name Bennett Cuthbertson Esq. A scarce 18th Century 'Fear of Invasion' title, instructing the public how to deal with enemy invasion. This copy is bound without the four plates. ESTC = T180390 Small 8vo.…

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in modern buckram by a well intentioned owner with new endpapers and flys with some pages having been trimmed to the foredge. Some foxing and toning throughout. No previous owners' names or other defacements. John Cleves Symmes was a well-known proponent of the hollow Earth concept having petitioned Congress for financial support for a journey to the center of the earth to prove his theory of its habitability. Scarce.5.25 x 8 in (13.5 x 20.5 cm).…