Old Bookshelf: History
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The Connecticut Register and Manual : A State Calendar of Public Officers and Institutions for 1885
Hartford, Brown and Gross, 1885. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. iv, 302pp, folding diagram of Representatives Hall. Red cloth, gilt lettering and state emblem. Spotting and light soil to covers, 10 cent price on title page, contents evenly age-toned, binding and contents are sound. No map apparently issued with this edition. Good/No Jacket.
-- Boeknummer: 001898
USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75]
Trefwoorden: Reference Laws Officials Connecticut
Reminiscences of Mid-Victorian Cooperstown and a Sketch of William Cooper
Cooperstown, NY, 1936. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 56pp. Stiff wraps. Inscribed on title page by author (grandson of James Fenimore Cooper). He was president of Otsego Count Historical Society. Light creasing to cover, contents toned but clean. SIGNED by the AUTHOR.
Boeknummer: 000910
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Catalogus: Signed, History
Trefwoorden: Genealogy Cooper New York Signed
United States Naval Academy; The First Hundred Years
New York, Whittlesey House, 1945. 1st Edition, 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. 53pp + approx. 110 pp illustrations. Blue cloth, gilt insignia to cover and gilt lettering to spine. Corners lightly rubbed, spine darkened but readable, book is in clean and sound condition. Book includes an extensive section on historical photos and illustrations of the academy. Very Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 004543
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5]
Catalogus: American History, Biography, Military
The Webster Centennial. Proceedings of the Webster Historical Society at Marshfield, Mass., October 12, 1882. With an Account of Other Celebrations on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Daniel Webster
Boston, Webster Historical Society, 1883. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 272pp + index. Brown embossed cloth, gilt lettering. Abrasion and chipping along front joint, faint staining to front board, corners rubbed, text is age-toned but clean and the binding is tight and sound. Portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard and 2 photographs, one of the Home of Webster and the other of the Reception of the President and Guests by Mrs. Fletcher Webster. Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 002691
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Catalogus: American History, Government and Politics
Trefwoorden: Celebration Statesman Marshfield Massachusetts
The Connecticut Register, and United States Calendar, for the Year of our Lord 1814: Being the Thirty-eighth of the Independence of the United States.
New London, Samuel Green, 1814. 1st Edition, 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Soft cover. 160pp. Marbled paper wraps. Spine is worn and missing piece at bottom, contents age-toned and very occasionally foxed, binding is tight, and book has held p very well since 1814. Very Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 004699
USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 37]
Catalogus: History, Reference, Government and Politics
Trefwoorden: Almanac Connecticut "New London" Government
World Jewry and the State of Israel
New York, Arno Press, 1977. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed By Editor. 372pp. Blue cloth. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Editor on front free endpaper. Book is clean and sound. Dust jacket is mildly age-toned. Very Good/Good.
Boeknummer: 003613
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Catalogus: Government and Politics, History
Trefwoorden: "Internationao Relations" Diplomacy "Middle East"
Saratoga Illustrated. A Complete Description of the American Watering Place With Steel Engravings, Photo-plates and Wood Cuts.
Troy, NY, The Northern News Company, 1872. 1st Edition, 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 126pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, folding map, 2 color plates, numerous engravings. Corners lightly rubbed, contents are clean and sound, binding is tight, former owner's name and date (1875) on front pastedown. The 2 color plates have small dampstains to top margins; no other stains in book, indicating that the 2 color plates were stained before being bound into book. A very well-preserved guide to Saratoga. Book measures 6 x 4 1/4 inches. Very Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 004682
USD 425.00 [Appr.: EURO 392]
Catalogus: Travel and Geography, American History
Trefwoorden: Guidebook Springs Waters Spas Tourism Hotels Fountains
Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, Transmitting With a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, Report of the Examination and Survey of the Willamette River, Oregon
Washington, DC, 52nd Congress, 1891. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 13pp, 2 folding maps. No wraps, disbound thread binding. Text and maps are lightly age-toned, clean. Both maps have multiple tears along folds. One map is of Willamette River, Oregon in Vicinity of Ross Island, other map of Willamette River, Oregon in the Vicinity of Clackamas Rapids. Fair.
Boeknummer: 002547
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.5]
Catalogus: American History, Ephemera, American West
Trefwoorden: Oregon Corvallis
Letter from the Register of the Treasury, Transmitting Statements in Relation to the Trade of the United States with the West Indies and the British American Colonies, For the For Years Preceding the 1st October, 1818.
Washington, Gales & Seaton (Printers), 1820. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 8pp, folding chart of importations. Age-toned, foxed and lightly soiled. Good.
Boeknummer: 002780
USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75]
Trefwoorden: Navigation Imports Commerce
How We Elected Lncoln
New York and London, Harper & Brothers, 1916. 1st Edition, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Alice B. Woodward. 95pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to front board. Cover is in unworn condition, contents are age-toned, slight offsetting to endpapers. Dust jacket is worn and soiled, separated along spine, now protected in mylar cover, and no large pieces missing. Good/Poor.
Boeknummer: 004542
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.5]
Trefwoorden: President "Civil War" Nomination Reelection 1864
Things as They Are
New York, Harper & Brothers, 1834. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 252pp. Brown cloth, paper spine label. Cover faded, spine label chipped but readable, first and last few pages heavily foxed and stained, rest of contents only occasionally foxed, author's name written on title page ( author's autograph?) and page 2, binding is tight. The observations during his tavels through some of the middle and northern states. Howes D-609. Good.
Boeknummer: 003947
USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 92.25]
Catalogus: Social History, Travel and Geography
Trefwoorden: Sightseeing Tourism Cc
Personal Witness : Israel Through My Eyes
New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1992. 2nd Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 671pp. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by author on half-title page. Dampstaining to portions of the text, not affecting inscription or readablity of book. Clipped dustjacket is in very good condition. Fair/Very Good.
Boeknummer: 002617
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5]
Catalogus: Biography, Signed, History
Trefwoorden: Diplomacy Negotiations "Foreign Affairs"
History of the City of Altoona and Blair County, Including Sketches of the Shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
Altoona, PA, Harry Slep's Mirror Printing House, 1880. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 262pp. FIRST EDITION. Brown cloth, gilt lettering, all edges gilt. Spine and rear board missing, front board loose but holding. The interior is completely intact, age-toned and very clean, text block is holding tightly, owner's name and a bookplate of a private library are on front pastedown. Engraved illustrations. This is a first edition, not a recent reprint. Fair.
Boeknummer: 002830
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25]
Catalogus: American History, Travel and Geography
Trefwoorden: Trains "Rail cars"
In War and Peace: Israel 1948-1968
Tel Aviv, Amihai Publishers Ltd. 1968. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover. Unpaginated but around 170pp. No date showing but probably 1968. Red velveteen covers, gilt lettering. Cover wear and soiling mainly to spine and edges, contents lightly toned, gift inscription glued to front pastedown. A pictorial overview of Israel's history from the War of Independence in 1948 to the Six Day War in 1967. Gripping photos of Israel's wars and their aftermaths. Text in Hebrew and English. Good.
Boeknummer: 000829
USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75]
Catalogus: Illustrated, Military, History
Trefwoorden: Palestine Sinai Jerusalem Haifa Jordan Egypt Ben Gurion Dayan Negev "Six Day War"
Napoléon, Par Alexandre Dumas. For the Use of Colleges and Schools.
New York, Ivison & Phinney, 1858. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. vi, 273pp. Brown blind-stamped cloth. Spine detached but present, dampstaining most heavily to first 30 pages, mild thereafter, contents tanned, binding is tight, a portrait of Napoleon has been pasted onto front free endpaper opposite title page. An early textbook, 1858, including conversational exercises and explanatory notes. Fair/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 002030
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Catalogus: Biography, Military, History
Trefwoorden: Emperor General France Bonaparte Buonaparte
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