Sears robert ed (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Hardcover. SCARCE ORIGINAL 1846 PRINTING. 592 pages. Text unmarked. Pages have light foxing spots. Full of detailed illustrations. Covers (brown boards with elaborately decorated gilt lettering/design) show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing and bumped corners. Spine edge wear. Tears along cover hinges near spine edges. Hinges cracked but binding still intact. Shows its' age but pages still quite legible/readable.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.…

Zustand: Good. Good condition. 2nd printing. Front hinge cracked. (history of Biblical events, illustrated works, geography).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Engravings, 9 x 6", gilt dec green cloth, 608pp + ads. Covers well worn, rubbed, sunned, corners and spine tips bumped and worn, inner hinges cracked and covers loose, heavily foxed, "Embellishment List" lacks a corner else good. Covers one territory and thirty one states. Well detailed on what each area has to offer. For example, Michigan: Mackinac "Usually there are a number of Indians visiting.in their bark canoes, freighting poles, bark, and matting, for a temporary wigwam", Detroit "there are several fine broad avenues, and the situation for trade is highly advantageous" and regarding copper mining "The Cliff mine has raised 2,495 tons of native copper.The Eagle Harbor company has opened twenty veins." Sixth edition.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. First printed in 1850, this copy 1851. Scarce in any condition. Backstrip peeling off, general age wear. Pages tanned but clean, textblock intact.

Hard. Zustand: Very Good Minus. No Jacket. Sears' Pictorial Magazine 1846. The third year of a short lived magazine, which ran until 1849. Published NY: Sears, 1846. 8vo., 6 1/2" x 10." Bound in half leather with gilt lettering and designs on spine, and marbleized paper covered boards. The first 9 monthly issues for the year 1846 are present, which run from pp. 9 - 378. Pages 379 - 528 for the subsequent issues are not present. Frontis, title page, preface, table of contents and embellishments are missing (pp.1 -8), as is the plate of The Old Billop House on p.106. (P. 105 was blank, being the verso of plate.) Profusely illustrated with many full page engravings - approximately 85 are present among the nine issues. Articles include The Whale and Whale Catching, The Pampas of Buenos Aryes, Music, The Pallisades of New Jersey, Cicero, Benjamin Franklin, The Island of Capri, Form and Structure of the Earth, etc. Some rubbing to the leather with wear at the tips and extremities. Binding is tight and sound. Pages very clean and bright with only occasional mild foxing. Good.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Green cloth covers have gilt text and illustration. Boards show some exposure, bumps, scuffing, edgewear. Corners are worn, with exposed board. See photos. Spine has text and illustration and is scuffed with chipped, frayed ends. See photos. Binding is secure. Pastedowns and feps have some moderate foxing, staining, book plate, owner's marks. See photos. Frontispiece is present and has intact tissue guard, with foxing. Foldout maps are present and in very good condition. Illustrations, engraved plates and in-text figures, are bright and clear. Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits scattered foxing, some smudges. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges are foxed.** PS2025.0717** 592 pages. 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches** A generally Very Good- copy of this popular 19th century pictorial history of China and India. Publisher's green cloth, lavishly illustrated in gilt. Boards show exposure and are worn at extremities. Interior has scattered foxing, fold-out maps are very good, copious illustrations are clear. Owner inscriptions at ffep, text block is unmarked.** Robert Sears' "Pictorial History of China and India," copyrighted in 1850 and issued in several successive years, offers an account of China and India, focusing on geography, politics, and topography. Abundantly illustrated with over 200 engravings as well as two folding maps. Sears gives a thorough description of Chinese monarchies, the foundation of the Han Dynasty, important contributions and inventions (such as paper), costumes, superstitions, and the rise of the Moguls, the Ming Dynasty, and opium trafficking. The second half of the work, dedicated to the history of India, gives details on the Hindu religion, Turkish and Mogul conquests in India, Sikh wars, and the rise of the British government in India.** The owner inscriptions on the end papers also tell a story. Chalburt Richard Fisher (1895-1916) and Cedric Ellis Fisher (1897-1963) were brothers; their family lived in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. This book was a gift to Chalburt from his maternal grandmother Jennie "**Smytherman. Chalburt died in a drowning accident at age 20; it is possible that Cedric later added his own name to the book. The Silas Cummings' Miscellaneous Library bookplate does not seem to be directly connected to the Fisher family, but the name appears in various records from Cheshire County, New Hampshire.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #01. …