MEEHAN, Thomas

Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States

1880. MEEHAN, Thomas. NATIVE FLOWERS AND FERNS OF THE UNITED STATES IN THEIR BOTANICAL, HORTICULTURAL AND BOTANICAL ASPECTS. Philadelphia: American Nat. History Pub. Co. Limited, 1880. Second Series, Volumes 1 & 2. Illustrated with 96 chromolithographic plates (48 in each volumes) by L. Prang & Co. Boston, MA. Two quarto volumes. Nineteenth-century bindings of 3/4 brown leather with marbled paper boards. Ex library, with a library pocket at rear pastedowns, ink and perforated stamps on title-pages and in a few other places in text. Text is clean but for the library marks. The plates are clean and bright, and unmarked. Although the leather is superficially rubbed, the bindings are sound and attractive. Complete and in very good condition. Published two years after the first series, the second series is far less common. (Bennett, p. 75; Nissen 1331). .

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Book number: 86904

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Botany & Pharmacology

Mitchell and Hinman

Accompaniment to Mitchell's Reference and Distance Map

1834. (Mitchell and Hinman). ACCOMPANIMENT TO MITCHELL'S REFERENCE AND DISTANCE MAP OF THE UNITED STATES; Containing an Index of all the Counties, Districts, Townships, Towns, etc. in the Union; Together With an Index of the Rivers. Philadelphia: Mitchell and Hinman, 1834. With publisher's label to front pastedown. 324pp. 8vo. marbled paper sides backed in leather, gilt spine title. Ink ownership to ffep. Boards are rubbed and edgeworn. Some foxing to endpapers and first/last leaves, else generally clean text. About very good. .

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Book number: 76076

Catalogue: Americana

MORRILL, L. M.

Speech of Hon. L.M. Morrill, of Maine. On the Confiscation of Proper

18. MORRILL, L. M. SPEECH OF HON. L. M. MORRILL, OF MAINE. ON THE CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 5, 1862. [N.p. n.d.] 16 pp. 8vo. signatures pinned at the center. Infrequent and faint foxing throughout. Internal text leaves are clean; whereas the external leaves are heavily dust soiled. The final leaf has a thin tear near the botton, with the loss of a few letters on one page. Moderate edgewear overall; and the whole has two horizontal creases from folding. An acceptable reading copy. (Sabin 50792). .

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Book number: 65461

Catalogue: Americana

NEALE, Mary Peisley

Some Account of the Life and Religious Exercises of Mary Neale

1795. NEALE, Mary. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND RELIGIOUS EXERCISES OF MARY NEALE, FORMERLY MARY PEISLEY. Principally compiled from her own writings. Dublin: Printed by John Cough, successor to R. Jackson.. 1795. First edition. 12mo. 120 pp. Contemporary binding of full mottled calf, with a red label and decorative double-rules gilt-stamped on spine. Binding is edgeworn, with joints starting, but sound. Some edge chipping to spine label. Text is clean but for occasional light foxing. (Sabin 52167). This book recounts the service in England and America of Mary Peisley Neale (1717-1757), a Quaker, principally compiled from her own writings. She began her ministry in England in 1744, arrived in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1753, and later traveled to North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and Philadelphia. In 1757, she married Samuel Neale (1729-1792), a notable Irish Quaker minister, who supplied the preface for this book. This copy has a contemporary gift inscription (Dublin, 1795) on the ffep from Thomas Scattergood (American, 1748-1814), the Quaker quietist preacher, to his "beloved" sister Hannah Evans. Scattergood traveled extensively in America (speaking out against slavery when in the American south) and, from 1794-1800, in Great Britain. The book also has other ownership marks from the Evans family: a nineteenth-century book label (Jonathan Evans, Philadelphia) and a twentieth-century ink ownership (W. B. Evans, 1933) on front endpapers. .

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Book number: 80361

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Women

NICHOLAS, Alexander F., comp

Second Brigade of the Pennsylvania Reserves at Antietam

1908. (NICHOLAS, Alexander F. comp.) SECOND BRIGADE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES AT ANTIETAM: Report of the Antietam Battlefield Memorial Commission of Pennsylvania and ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the position of four regiments of the Pennsylvania reserves engaged in the battle. (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, State Printer,) 1908. Illustrated with 38 photographic plates and a fold-out map, with color outlines, of the battlefield at Antietem. Tall, slim octavo. 110 pp. Black cloth, title printed to spine. Binding shows superficial damp-spotting and is bumped at crown, with wear at corners, heel and crown. Although it is over-opened in a few places, it is clean within and, in general, a solid and very good copy. .

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Book number: 75516

Catalogue: Americana

NICHOLSON, John

Farmer's Assistant; Being a Digest of All That Relates to Agriculture

1820. NICHOLSON, John. THE FARMER'S ASSISTANT; BEING A DIGEST OF ALL THAT RELATES TO AGRICULTURE, AND THE CONDUCTING OF RURAL AFFAIRS; ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, AND ADAPTED FOR THE UNITED STATES. Philadelphia: Benjamin Warner, printed by William Dickson, 1820. 468 pp. Small 4to. 7 7/8 inches tall, original calf with gilt spine rules and gilt black leather spine label. Boards worn at corners, edges, spine slightly cracked with small chip at heel. Ex-library with usual markings. Moderate to heavy foxing in the text. Complete, including Appendix and Errata page. Good. .

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Book number: 85010

Catalogue: Americana

NUTTING, WALLACE

Windsor Handbook

NUTTING, Wallace. A WINDSOR HANDBOOK. Comprising Illustrations & Descriptions of Windsor Furniture of all Periods including Side Chairs, Arm Chairs, Comb-Backs, Writing-Arm Windsors, Babies' High Backs, Babies' Low Chairs, Child's Chairs, also Settees, Love Seats, Stools & Tables. Framingham: Old America Company, (1917). Ink ownership. Slight soiling to cloth. Foxing here and there. Very good. Ill.: FE.

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Book number: 81393

Catalogue: Americana

ORMSBEE, Thomas Hamilton

Story of American Furniture

1934. ORMSBEE, Thomas Hamilton. THE STORY OF AMERICAN FURNITURE. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934. First edition. Illustrated with photos and line drawings by Robert Curry. xxi,[1],276 pp. Octavo, brown cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and upper board. Paste action to endpapers else clean and crisp. It is a near fine copy in a very good, though price-clipped and lightly soiled, dust-jacket which is sunned at the spine and has some light edgewear. .

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Book number: 77332

Catalogue: Americana

Paris, comte de

History of the CIVIL War in America. Vol. 1 Only

1876. [Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orleans] PARIS, comte de. HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. Translated, with the approval of the author, by Louis F. Tasistro. Edited by Henry Coppee. Philadelphia: Jos. H. Coates & Co. 1876. Volume 1 only. Fold-out maps with outline color. Octavo. xvi,640 pp. Blue cloth, gilt-stamped armorial device to top board and title to spine; brown coated endpapers. A bit of rubbing to and shelfwear cloth, and slight sunning at spine, but generally a crisp copy. Small abraded patch to ffep. else clean within and very good overall. .

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Book number: 77011

Catalogue: Americana

PECK, J. M.

Gazetteer of Illinois

1837. PECK, J. M. A GAZETTEER OF ILLINOIS, IN THREE PARTS: Containing a general view of the state, a general view of each county, and a particular description of each town, settlement, stream, prairie, bottom, bluff, etc.; alphabetically arranged. Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliott, 1837. Second edition, "entirely revised, corrected, and enlarged." 16mo. xi,328 pp. Original blindstamped cloth with a printed paper label on upper board. It is sunned at spine and along perimeters; the backstrip is very nearly detached and chipped at the head. Scattered, very light foxing throughout the text leaves. A good reading copy which, because of the binding, is offered as is. (Howes P170, Sabin 59483). .

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Book number: 74897

Catalogue: Americana

[PERIODICALS]

Basket: The Journal of the Basket Fraternity or Lovers of Indi

1903. [PERIODICALS]. THE BASKET: THE JOURNAL OF THE BASKET FRATERNITY OR LOVERS OF INDIAN BASKETS AND OTHER GOOD THINGS. Pasadena: George Wharton James, 1903. VOL.1, NOS. 1-4 bound as 3. 8vo, 6"x 9 1/4". In original printed wrappers. Illustrated throughout. Binding of Nos. 1 & 2 is cracked with about a 1 1/2" chip to tail. Covers are lightly soiled and worn. Interiors clean. No. 4 pagination begins at p. 41 but appears complete. An uninterupted run of the first year of a journal that lasted only two. .

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Book number: 87685

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PERIODICALS

The Journal of American History, Vols. I - VII Plus Index I - V.

1913. [PERIODICALS] Trevelyan, Francis & Frank Allaben, eds. THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY, VOLS. I - VII PLUS INDEX I - V. New Haven/Greenfield, IN: Associated Publishers of American Records/Frank Allaben Genealogical Company, 1907-1913. Quarterly, four numbers in each volume, Volumes I - VII. 764 + [14 pp.]/716 + [16 pp.]/652 pp/632 + [12 pp.]/640 pp./788 + [6 pp.]/789-1271 pp. Index Vols. I - V: 281 + xxxx pp. Half leather with raised bands and gilt spine lettering over pebbled paper covered boards. Minor wear to spines, else fine with color/gilt plates, tipped in plates and thousands of b/w photos and illustrations. A massive compendium of Americana, American history, reproductions and facsimiles of historical documents. Extra postage required for this substantial set. .

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Book number: 80031

Catalogue: Americana

POMFRET, John

Poems Upon Several Occaions

1751. POMFRET, Rev. Mr. John. POEMS UPON SEVERAL OCCAIONS. Boston: Zechariah Fowle, 1751. 11th edition, corrected. pp. 1-130 (incomplete, missing pp. 41-47, 123-126 and last 40 pages). 24mo. calf, wood boards worn, slightly chipped at corners. Spine partially detached, chipped 1/2 inch at heel and crown, front joint splitting. Lacks front flyleaf. Ex-library with usual markings. Missing pages are from the account of the poet's life (123-126) and the last 40 pages (Reason: A Satire and Dies Novissima: Or, The Last Epiphany, A Pindarick Ode.) The Main text of the major poems (The Choice, Love Triumphant Over Reason, Cruelty and Lust, On the Divine Attributes, A Prospect of Death, and On the Conflagration and Last Judgment) is incomplete, lacking a portion of An Epistle to Delia and .. On the Death of Queen Mary. As is, a very worn copy of an original early American imprint. .

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Book number: 82843

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[POSTCARDS]

Album

1900. [POSTCARDS]. Album of Post Cards and Greeting Cards. 64 cards collected in a black album with printed title. Cards date from early 20th century and include cards from a variety of occasions: Birthday, Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day as well as some assorted humorous and New England travel related cards. .

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Book number: 86712

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A Reporter of the New York Press

Matrimonial Brokerage in the Metropolis

1859. (A Reporter of the New York Press). MATRIMONIAL BROKERAGE IN THE METROPOLIS; Being True Narratives of Strange Adventures in New York, and Startling Facts in City Life. New York: Thatcher & Hutchinson, 1859. First editon. Illustrated. 8vo. brown cloth stamped in blind; spine in gilt. Spine is sunned, slight soil to boards. Light foxing throughout text with owner's stamp on titlepage. Just about very good. .

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Book number: 54251

Catalogue: Americana