hazard samuel editor (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Clean brown leather, red spine label with gilt lettering. Spine ends neatly reinforced: covers firmly attached. Light corner wear & light endpaper foxing. Text tight, clean & intact. Devoted to the preservation of facts, documents & useful information. Dams, Canals, Elections, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, etc. Pennsylvania; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 386 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Nicely rebound in brown cloth: black leather spine with gilt lettering. Text tight, clean & intact. X-Cleveland Public Library book plate & ink stamp. Light foxing. Decorated endpapers. Fascinating information on the State of Pennsylvania: Native Americans; railroad, alchemist; prison & crime; Philadelphia's crime chart for the year 1830. Pennsylvania; Ex-Lib; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 432 pages.

Hardcover. First Edition. Contemporary polished calf-backed marbled boards. Five (of six) volumes, lacking volume 5 (July 1841-January 1842). "Containing documents, facts, and other useful information, illustrative of the history and resources of the American union and of each state." Daniel Webster's copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown of the first volume. A wealth of information on legal and financial matters of the United States. One highlight is an early and detailed account of the Amistad affair, which had occurred just days before, published in the 11 September 1839 issue. Webster has two appearances. The first is in the 1 January 1840 issue where Webster gives a lengthy response to a question from the British financial concern Baring, Brothers, & Co. (Founded in 1763 by the Baring family to finance trade with the United States and India and brought to the brink of collapse in 1995 from fraudulent investments): "Has the Legislature of one of the American States legal and constitutional power to contract loans at home and abroad?" The other appearance, 11 May 1842, concerns the Northeast Boundary and is addressed to the Governor of Maine, John Fairfield. A nearly complete set of a rather scarce set with a distinguished provenance. Occasional light to moderate foxing. Near Fine.