humphreys colonel david (10 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Fair. The author was Aide de Camp to General Washington and Minister Pleni-Potentiary to the Spanish Court. Book measures approx. 3 3/4" wide by 5 1/2" tall, 24mo, 190 pages. Leather spine over printed boards. Boards are mostly illegible, badly marred; spine heavily worn. A couple of former owner names and date on front paste-down endpaper. Illustrated with woodcuts. Americana. Studio.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. New York, 1835; illustrated paper covered boards; corners bumped; edge wear; leather spine; spine edges chipped with pieces missing; 5 1/2 inches tall; interior foxed; interior clean and unmarked; 190 pages.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. New York, 1851; red cloth covered boards; edges and corners heavily scuffed with board exposed at corners; spine edges chipped with pieces missing; gilt illustration on front board and spine; 4 1/2 inches tall; all edges gilt; Previous owner's name on free front end paper; interior foxed; 256 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first issue with d4 signature, 8vo (8" x 5"), pp. (1-3), 4-31, (4) without pagination, 32-348. Signed: (A)4, B-C4, D4, d4, E-I4, K-U4, X-Z4, (Aa-Bb)4, Cc-Ii4, Kk-Uu4, Xx2. Full old tree calf, smooth back in five gilt roll tooled compartments, gilt lettering piece in the second, gilt urn form center ornaments & gilt corner foliation in the rest. Very good attractive copy with professionally repaired sunk in bands. Attractive tree calf worn at extremities & corners. Small head cap repair. Erasure to title page below the first line, sheets clean, unmarked, complete. Old name on title "Nath Potter" & faint old embossed stamp at imprint "The Raynclus Library Rochester New York". H9716 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping. All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges.

First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's full sheep, maroon gilt-lettered spine label; 348pp. Boards scuffed and leather sun faded at spine and rear spine edge, corners bumped, textblock uniformly toned and rather finger-soiled, slightly later (1814?) ownership inscription to front flyleaf, contemporary ex libris mostly removed from front pastedown, long closed tear to K1, small coin-sized loss at fore-edge of Q1 not quite touching text, else Very Good and sound overall. Collection includes both poetry and military history, among the latter a life of Major-General Israel Putnam. EVANS 22578; SABIN 33808.

First edition, 8vo, pp. iv, [3], 8-22; removed from binding; lacks the terminal ad leaf, otherwise very good. An influential poem, combining the images of patriotism, manufacturing, and the work ethic. Humphreys was a colonel in the Revolutionary War and served as Washington's aide-de-camp. Evans 27145; Sabin 33813; Wegelin 225.