Thames: The Biography
New York: Nan A. Talese, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Color Illustrated hardcover. No dust jacket. 481 pages. Minimal wear. More
New York: Nan A. Talese, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Color Illustrated hardcover. No dust jacket. 481 pages. Minimal wear. More
Boston: Nichols and Noyes, 1868. Hardcover. Small octavo. [1], xii, 426 pages, [1]. Illustrated with frontispiece and more steel engraved portraits in text.Brown cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Slight lean to the binding. Edge wear to the cloth extremities. Rear hinge is broken. Front hinge cracked. Contents..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxx, 772 pages, [3]. [4] clean glossy photograph pages. Very good condition in black cloth boards with gilt lettering and seal to spine. Spine creased down the middle from book being left open. Dust jacket in very good condition with some shelf..... More
Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers, Ltd., 1981. Hardcover. Octavo. Black hardcover with green illustrated dust jacket. x, 286 pages. Illustrations. Light shelf wear to the binding. Previous owner blind embossed circle stamp on the title page. Interior contents clean. More
Translated from the Italian of Carlo Botta, By the Author of "Life of Joanna, Queen of Naples." Two volumes in One. Philadelphia: Towar & Hogan, 1829. Hardcover. Octavo. xv, 392 pages. Original publishers paper covered boards with paper title label on the cloth spine. Title label chipped. Cloth split along..... More
Rehoboth, Massachusetts: Privately Printed. Rumford Press, Concord, 1959. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, various paginations. Burgundy cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and spine. Illustrated. This book has 10 sections each with different page numbering. A limited edition of 80 copies. This copy is numbered 77. Previous..... More
London, Edinburgh, and Dublin: A. Fullerton and Co., 1852. Hardcover. Quarto. Volume II only. [1], viii, 477 pages, [10] color tartans, [7] black and white armorial plates. Dark green cloth hardcover with leather corner tips and leather spine. Gilt decorations and lettered title on the spine. Marbled end sheets. Faded..... More
Previously owned by a prominent Augusta, Georgia newspaper owner. New York: Redfield, 1854. Later printing. Hardcover. 12mo. [1], viii, 352 pages, [12] pages advertisements, [1]. Brown cloth hardcover ruled in blind on the covers with gilt title on the spine. Cloth binding has a slight lean. Shelf and edge wear..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. xiv, 413 pages, [1]. Illustrated with plates and maps preceding page 1. Light shelf wear to the dust jacket. More
Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1940. Hardcover. Octavos. Two volumes. xxv, 441 pages; xi, 498 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographed frontispiece. Blue cloth hardcovers with gilt titles and seal to spine. Light shelf wear to the cloth bindings. Ink inscriptions written on the front paste down and..... More
Edinburgh: Robert Buchanan, William Hunter, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1830. Hardcover. Octavo. Later binding with recent restoration. [3], viii, 502 pages, [3]. Marbled end paper covered boards. Blue leather corners and spine. Covers were detached and scuffed. Leather recently dyed with blue paint. Covers reattached with blue mulberry..... More
New York: Random House, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. 454 pages. Illustrated. Minimal wear. Very good. More
Published at the Request of the Society. Charleston: Printed by J. S. Burges, 1834. First Edition. Wraps. Disbound wraps. 40 pages. Original outer wraps removed. Light to moderate scattered foxing to the contents. Author discusses ancient history and the early history of America. More
New York: Old Street Publishing, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Black cloth covered boards with gilt lettered title on spine. Illustrated dust jacket. 566 pages. Illustrated. Illustrated end papers. Minimal wear. Very good. More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1938. Hardcover. Quarto. x, [2], 114 pages. illustrated with drawings. Black flexible cloth hardcover with gilt title and a cross on the front cover. Title on the spine. Cloth is torn at the head of the spine. Cloth partly split on the rear joint. Front..... More
The Family Library Nos. 80, 81. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1836. Hardcover. 16mo. Two volumes: Volume I: [1], viii, pages 9-383 pages, [1]. Illustrated with frontispiece folding map and wood cuts in text. Volume II: [1], viii, 440 pages, [2]. Illustrated. Brown cloth hardcovers with gilt titles on the..... More
Toronto: C. Blackett Robinson, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavos. 2 volumes. Volume I: viii, pages 9-384 pages. Volume 2: viii, 382 pages. Red cloth hardcovers with bright gilt illustrations, black illustrations, designs, and titles on the front boards. Illustrated with frontispiece engravings both volumes, engraved title pages, one engraved portrait..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 673 pages, [1]. Frontispiece, illustrations. Burgundy cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Shelf wear to the covers. The right front flyleaf, front end sheet, and half title page are loosing from the text block. Previous owner's..... More
Salem, MA: Marine Research Society, 1925. Hardcover. Octavo. 446 pages. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece, photographs in the text. Green cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Covers are lightly toned. Illustrated end papers. Front hinge starting to pull. Bookstore book plate on the front paste down. More
Volume III. only. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by James Humphreys, At the Corner of Second and Walnut-streets. 1805. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [1], viii, 9-352 pages. Volume III only of a 4 volume set. Tables I, II, III, IV, VI, and VII located in back. Table V not present (does..... More
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by James Humphreys, At the Corner of Second and Walnut-streets. 1806. Hardcover. Octavo. Volume 1 only of a 4 volume set. [1], xxxviii, [1], 398 pages. Missing the frontispiece engraving of the author. Marbled calf leather binding with red leather title label on the spine. Right..... More
n.p. n.p., ca. 1881. Wraps. Disbound wraps. 49 pages. First two pages detached. Signed, inscribed top of the title page by the author 1881. No printer or location identified. Possibly Charleston. Interior contents clean. More
Signed, inscribed by the author. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. xiv, [1], 239 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Dust jacket has light soil and light damp stains to the edges. Inscribed and signed by the author on the right..... More
n.p. n.p., 1912. Hardcover. Octavo. 320 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Dark green cloth hardcover with pasted down illustration and title on the front cover. Title on the spine. Cloth is edge worn on the spine. First few pages are brittle, flaking and edge chipped. The dedication page and title page..... More
Signed by the author. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with glossy illustrated dust jacket. 511 pages. Sticker residue bottom right front flyleaf. Very good. More