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Five 1868 Fortification Prints: Plates 1-5

By: N/A

Price: $75.00

Publisher: 1868

Seller ID: 1665533

Binding: Print

Condition: Near Fine

Matted and reading for framing. Exceptional examples. 1868 Print. Five prints labeled plate 1-5, matted to about 9 3/4 x 6 1/4 each on a single mat measuring 23 1/4 x 30. Prints depict ancient fortresses, various well-labeled diagrams of star shaped fortifications, dissected views of coastal defensive batteries, and other details of siege and artillery warfare. Several are labeled 'Vol. 6' in the lower left-hand corner, indicating this was a series of prints appearing in the same book, likely an encyclopedia.
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Two 1868 Fortification Prints

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: 1868

Seller ID: 1665573

Binding: Print

Condition: Near Fine

Matted and ready for framing. 1868 Print. Two prints singled matted (mat measures 11 3/4 x 15). Labeled Plate 2 and Plate 3, with the latter referencing 'Vol. 6' in the margin - likely removed from an encyclopedia. The first print illustrates two styles of fortification, the 'ancient' style popular in castles during the Middle Ages, and the modern star shaped style adapted for defense against canonry and other gunpowder artillery. The second shows dissected views of wall sections designed by numerous engineers, including the legendary Vauban.
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The New York Tribune. A Sketch of its History. Illustrated.

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, S.N.: 1883

Seller ID: 2006584

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Good

Wrappers toned, top edge slightly gnawed affecting margin only. 1883 Stapled Binding. 26 pp. Printed wrappers, stapled binding. An account of the foundation and development of Horace Greeley's newspaper, The New York Tribune. The paper was founded in 1841, and existed through several name changes and mergers until 1966. During the 1850s it was among the most widely circulated newspapers in the United States. Includes engravings of Tribune counting room, Mr. Reid's study, and circulation map.
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Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of New York, for the Year 1861.

By: N/A

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Albany, Charles van Benthuysen, Printer.: 1861

Seller ID: 2008695

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition. In pencil on front endpaper: 'Compliments of A.E. Larney [?] 1861, Dr. Hemstreet'. Hemstreet is listed as the author of 'Encysted tumor of pelvic origin', included in this volume. Pages lightly stained & foxed throughout, minor loss from spine base, base of boards bumped. 408 pp. 8vo. A collection of medical papers by various authors, significant for the inclusion of the short paper 'Amputation of the cervix uteri' by J. Marion Sims, who later released a full-length volume entitled 'Clinical Notes on Uterine Surgery...' (Garrison-Morton 6057). The paper includes illustrations of...
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The Eclectic Medical Journal, Vol. XXXIX, Nos. 1-12, January - December 1879 [Volume 39, Complete, Comprising Monthly Issues One - Twelve]

By: N/A

Price: $200.00

Publisher: ., S.N.: 1879

Seller ID: 2077069

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Good

Rebound with title, date, and owner's name in gilt on spine. Spine heavily toned, 1 inch split to top of front joint, corners rubbed, owner bookplate on front endpaper, light marginal stains to binding edge of first volume. 1879 Half-Leather. vii, 584 pp. 8vo. Red leather spine & corners, pebbled cloth boards, gilt titles. A bound volume of twelve monthly pamphlets for the year 1879, comprising the complete thirty-ninth volume in this serial medical journal, which features transcripts of addresses, articles, editorials, reviews of recently published medical books, etc. Index for the full volum...
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Index to Wood's Library of Standard Medical Authors for the Years 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884. (Thin Paper Edition)

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, William Wood & Company: 1885

Seller ID: 2161043

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Front & end matter lightly foxed, owner bookplate on front endpaper, contemporary insurance pamphlet for The Good Templars' Mutual Benefit Association laid in. 1885 Hard Cover. iv, 250 pp. 8vo. An index detailing which authors have written works about which medical topics, arranged alphabetically by subject.
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1860 Colton's Map: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, & Delaware. / Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, & Connecticut.

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York: J.H. Colton and Company: 1860

Seller ID: 2172992

Binding: Single Sheet

Condition: Very Good

Unfolded. Minimal loss from bottom margin, a few faint spots. 1860 Single Sheet. Two maps on opposite sides of a single sheet. 10 3/8 x 12 5/8. The Colton family was very successful in the business of map publishing, beginning with J.H. Colton and continuing with his sons George W. and Charles B. Colton.
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Brave Boys of France: A Story of the Late War in Europe. (Golden Crown Library)

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, Thomas B. Noonan & Co.: 1885

Seller ID: 2180839

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Boards lightly rubbed, St. Patrick's Church Library bookplate on front endpaper (no other marks). 1885 Hard Cover. 304 pp. 8vo. An anonymously written 19th century juvenile military adventure novel focusing on the Franco-Prussian War.
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Manual For The Use of the Legislature of the State of New York 1881

By: N/A

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Albany, New York, Weed, Parsons and Company: 1881

Seller ID: 2190680

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Hinge weak but holding, boards rubbed. 1881 Hard Cover. Contains material useful for a politician or government worker. Includes the constitution of the United States, the constitution of New York, conduct of government business, information on government departments, and much more!
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Image for Nouveau Guide de Florence et ses Environs, Compris la Vallombrosa, Alvernia et Camaldule, avec la Description de la Galerie des Statues et de Celle du Palais Pitti, du Gabinet Physique Ec. Ec., Ornee de Vues et Statues Plan de la Ville et Carte de la Toscane.

Nouveau Guide de Florence et ses Environs, Compris la Vallombrosa, Alvernia et Camaldule, avec la Description de la Galerie des Statues et de Celle du Palais Pitti, du Gabinet Physique Ec. Ec., Ornee de Vues et Statues Plan de la Ville et Carte de la Toscane.

By: N/A

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Florence, Chez Gaspard Ricci Marchand Libraire: 1844

Seller ID: 2198748

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

New edition. Boards toned and lightly rubbed, front and end matter foxed, a few text pages foxed, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1844 Hard Cover. 293, 210 pp. 12mo. French text. A 19th century guide to Florence. Two fold-out maps precede text, engraved illustrations and drawings in text.
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Guida per la Citta di Firenze e Suoi Contorni

By: N/A

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Firenze, Presso Ferdinando Formigli in Via Della Condotta: 1861

Seller ID: 2198749

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

New edition. Edges rubbed with small tears and minor loss to spine head and foot, front and end matter and page ridges foxed, 2 inch tear to front fold-out, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1861 Hard Cover. vii, [3], 310 pp. 12mo. Paper over boards Italian text. A 19th century guide to Florence. Fold-out map precedes text, engraved illustrations.
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Description de la Ville de Florence

By: N/A

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Florence, Au Cabinet a l'Enseigne de Pallas, Pres le Canto de' Pazzi, Rue Balestrieri.: 1819

Seller ID: 2198753

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Wrapper beginning to split along front joint, minor loss from spine, handwritten title on spine, ink name on front wrapper. 1819 Soft Cover. 171, [1], xxiv, [173]-178 pp. Printed wrappers. French text. An early 19th century guide to Florence, with fold-out map opposite title page.
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Image for Description de la Ville de Milan et de Ses Environs, Compris la Chartreuse Pres de Pavie et Excursions de Cette Capitale aux Lacs de Como, de Lugano, au Lac Majeur et a Varese, Exposees a l'Usage des Voyageurs, Accompagnees des Instructions et des Notices Ncessaires aux Etrangers qui se Proposent d'Examiner les Objets Interessans, que Presente Cette Belle Partie de la Lombardie

Description de la Ville de Milan et de Ses Environs, Compris la Chartreuse Pres de Pavie et Excursions de Cette Capitale aux Lacs de Como, de Lugano, au Lac Majeur et a Varese, Exposees a l'Usage des Voyageurs, Accompagnees des Instructions et des Notices Ncessaires aux Etrangers qui se Proposent d'Examiner les Objets Interessans, que Presente Cette Belle Partie de la Lombardie

By: N/A

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Milan, Chez Epimaque et Pascal Artaria: 1834

Seller ID: 2199179

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Nicely rebound - red cloth spine, paper over boards, gilt titles. Small stamp of Peabody Library appears twice inside, with their number on title page, owner bookplate on front endpaper, ink initials on half-title page. 1834 Hard Cover. 264, viii pp. 12mo. French text. Includes two fold-out maps and a fold-out engraving of the Duomo di Milano. A 19th century guide to Milan focusing on local architecture and other picturesque site-seeing opportunities.
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Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of New York, for the Year 1861.

By: N/A

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Albany, Charles van Benthuysen, Printer.: 1861

Seller ID: 2199731

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition. Corners rubbed with some loss from spine head and foot, light stain to top marginal corner of first few pages, light spot on fore-edge of last few pages. 1861 Hard Cover. 408 pp. 8vo. A collection of medical papers by various authors, significant for the inclusion of the short paper 'Amputation of the cervix uteri' by J. Marion Sims, who later released a full-length volume entitled 'Clinical Notes on Uterine Surgery...' (Garrison-Morton 6057). The paper includes illustrations of a duck-billed speculum, and two figures illustrating a method for applying stitches to close the ampu...
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The Famous Parks and Gardens of the World, Described and Illustrated.

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, T. Nelson and Sons: 1880

Seller ID: 2200409

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Good

Deaccessioned Reynolds Library copy, usual marks, ink stamps on some of the engravings. Boards rubbed, endpapers and margins of a few pages lightly stained. 1880 Large Hardcover. 230 pp. Tall 8vo. Leather spine, gilt titles and rules, marbled paper over boards, marbled endpapers. A popular description of Remarkable Parks and Gardens, public and private, ancient and modern, interspersed with illustrative anecdotes and notes on the history of Gardening. Engraved illustrations throughout.
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Image for Worthington's Natural History: Being Stories and Histories of the Animal Kingdom at Home and Abroad; Also, Interesting Poems and Anecdotes, Profusely Illustrated with Nearly 500 Illustrations

Worthington's Natural History: Being Stories and Histories of the Animal Kingdom at Home and Abroad; Also, Interesting Poems and Anecdotes, Profusely Illustrated with Nearly 500 Illustrations

By: N/A

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Worthington Company: 1886

Seller ID: 2205708

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Binding shaken, hinges and frontispiece loosening, faint stain on edge of first few pages. 1886 Hard Cover. 214, [2] pp. Tall 8vo. A collection of stories and poems about animals. Includes color frontispiece and engraved illustrations throughout.
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Image for [Ordinances, City of Portland, 1855] The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Portland, Together with the Acts of the Legislature Relating to the City, Collated and Revised by a Joint Committee of the City Council

[Ordinances, City of Portland, 1855] The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Portland, Together with the Acts of the Legislature Relating to the City, Collated and Revised by a Joint Committee of the City Council

By: N/A

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Portland, [Maine], Benjamin D. Peck: 1856

Seller ID: 2203738

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Edges rubbed. 1856 Hard Cover. vx, 384 pp. CONTENTS: List of Ordinances in this volume; List of Statutes cited; City Charter and Amendments; Agents; Alien Passengers; Amusements; Auctioneers; Billiard Rooms; Boats and Lighters; Boundary Lines; Bowling Alleys; Bridges; Buildings; Carriages; Cemeteries; City Clerk; City Constable and Messenger; City Engineer; City Hall; Clerk of the Common Council; Constables; Courts; Cows; Criers; Dogs; Drains and Sewers; Elections; Finance; Fire; Gunpowder; Harbor; Hawkers and Pedlers; Hay; Health; House of Correction; House of Reformation; Intelligence office...
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Little Agnes, or the Luxury of Doing Good

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Sheldon & Company: 1867

Seller ID: 2205133

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Faint smudges to boards, pencil name to second page, rear endpaper crease. 1867 Small Hard Cover. 108 pp. Engraved frontispiece and one engraved plate in text. CONTENTS: Little Agnes; or, the luxury of doing good; The best use of a penny; To-morrow; The right way to read; Mary Liston; The will; A wolf-story; The Lord God is a sun; Courage and Cowardice; Many mistakes made in the world; We are seven.
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The Genesee Farmer, 1851. Vol. XII. No. 1. - 12.

By: N/A

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Rochester, N.Y., The Genesee Farmer: 1851

Seller ID: 2205712

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Front and end matter, fore-edge margin, and a few text pages foxed. 1851 Soft Cover. [9]-292, [2] pp. Shoestring-bound sammelband of twelve issues of The Genesee Farmer, reinforced with wood. An important mid-19th century agricultural periodical published in Rochester, New York. Collected articles on farming, livestock, and other rural concerns, with engraved illustrations throughout.
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The Illustrated London News. Vol. LVI., Jan. to June 1870 [Volume 56, Nos. 1574-1600]

By: N/A

Price: $300.00

Publisher: London, George C. Leighton: 1870

Seller ID: 2260273

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Boards a bit rubbed with minor leather loss, front and end matter lightly foxed. 1870 Half-Leather. iv, 668 pp. Folio. Twenty-seven issues of The Illustrated London News, bound in one half-leather volume. Green leather spine and corners, gilt titles and rules, marbled boards, edges, and endpapers, five raised spine bands. Numerous engravings throughout (including several with a partial fold-out), with an index of these preceding the periodicals, and an engraved title page preceding that, which states that this volume was released on July 16, 1870. The Illustrated London News was the first illu...
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The Proverbs, with Scripture Illustrations.

By: N/A

Price: $60.00

Publisher: London, Samuel Bagster & Sons, Limited: 1860

Seller ID: 2262523

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

No date, circa 1860. Corners a bit rubbed, front hinge repaired. 284 pp. 32mo. 4 1/8 x 2 7/8. Black full leather, gilt titles, all edges gilt. Despite the title, this book contains no illustrations. Scarce - only 3 copies located in OCLC, none in the trade or at auction.
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Image for The Four Kings of Canada. Being a Succinct Account of the Four Indian Princes lately arriv'd from North America. with a particular Description of their Country, their strange and remarkable Religion, Feasts, Marriages, Burials, Remedies from their Sick, Customs, Manners, Constitution, Habits, Sports, War, Peace, Policy, Hunting, Fishing, Utensils belonging to the Savages, with several other Extraordinary Things worthy Observation, as to the natural or curious Productions, Beauty, or Fertility, of that Part of the World.

The Four Kings of Canada. Being a Succinct Account of the Four Indian Princes lately arriv'd from North America. with a particular Description of their Country, their strange and remarkable Religion, Feasts, Marriages, Burials, Remedies from their Sick, Customs, Manners, Constitution, Habits, Sports, War, Peace, Policy, Hunting, Fishing, Utensils belonging to the Savages, with several other Extraordinary Things worthy Observation, as to the natural or curious Productions, Beauty, or Fertility, of that Part of the World.

By: N/A

Price: $350.00

Publisher: London, J.E. Garratt & Co: 1891

Seller ID: 2265379

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Wrappers lightly toned, 1/2 inch tear to spine head. 1891 Soft Cover. 47, [1] pp. Printed wrappers, sewn binding. 1891 reissue of 1710 original (Sabin 25282, Howes C106: These were Iroquois chiefs taken to London by Col. Schuyler of Albany.). An account of colonial Canada published for the British book trade, providing a great deal of contemporary detail about Native American culture, specifically within the Iroquois tribe.
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Facts for the People: or Every One's Book.

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: ., S.N.:

Seller ID: 2266076

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Lightly foxed, last leaf a bit wrinkled. 64, [2] pp. Sewn binding, self wrappers. A domestic guide providing advice on various things. Includes tips on good behavior, personal finance, cookery, care of infants, diseases of the hair, preservation of the sight, warts and corns, canaries, etiquette of courtship and marriage, hydropathy / water cure, the art of conversation, and lists of the wealthy citizens of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia.
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Annual Report of the Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans of Pennsylvania, for the Year 1883.

By: N/A

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Harrisburg, Lane S. Hart, State Printer: 1883

Seller ID: 2266875

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Front and rear blanks removed, 'Compliments of Wm. B. Bigelow, House Reps' written in pencil on front endpaper. 1883 Hard Cover. 78 pp. 8vo. An annual report giving information about orphanages in Pennsylvania for children of soldiers who died in the American Civil War. Illustrated with sixteen engravings of orphanages, including the Bridgewater School which is labeled in the illustration index as 'colored'.
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The Art Journal for 1876. New Series. Vol. 2. [Volume Two]

By: N/A

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton & Co., Publishers: 1876

Seller ID: 2284776

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Front joint repaired, edges rubbed, frontispiece foxed, ink name on title page. 1876 Half-Leather. vi, 380 pp. Leather spine and corners, gilt titles, blind stamped compartments, marbled endpapers. A collection of steel engravings and representing the work of a wide range of artists, with articles by various contributors.
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Image for Standard Fairy Tales, Containing Aladdin, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Jack the Giant-Killer, Red Riding Hood, Tom Thumb, Puss in Boots, Etc., Etc. [Jack and the Beanstalk; Little Red Riding Hood] [The Child's Own Book of Standard Fairy Tales]

Standard Fairy Tales, Containing Aladdin, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Jack the Giant-Killer, Red Riding Hood, Tom Thumb, Puss in Boots, Etc., Etc. [Jack and the Beanstalk; Little Red Riding Hood] [The Child's Own Book of Standard Fairy Tales]

By: N/A

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Porter & Coates / Press of Henry B. Ashmead: 1878

Seller ID: 2290945

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Corners rubbed, light stain to bottom corner, first gathering loosening, ink name on half-title page, pencil gift note dated June 20th 1878 on front endpaper. vi, 525, [3] pp. 8vo. A collection of classic fairy tales, with illustrations by renowned engraver Gustave Dore and prolific artist George Cruikshank.
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Baby's Own Primer.

By: N/A

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Boston, D. Lothrop & Co.: 1877

Seller ID: 2292001

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Edges rubbed, ink gift note on front endpaper ('From my dear little Josi on my third birth-day, Feb 21st. 1878.'). 1877 Hard Cover. [64 pp.] Blue cloth spine, color pictorial paper over boards. Engraved frontispiece, silhouette illustration on title page, full alphabet in both capital and lower case on copyright page, alphabet paired with illustrations featuring two letters per page, each paired with two lines of verse, with an additional page for '&', followed by fifteen brief stories, in which all polysyllabic words are hyphenated.
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Sunshine for Little Children

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Sunshine Publishing Company: 1888

Seller ID: 2302218

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Front hinge just beginning to weaken. 1888 Large Hardcover. 48, [2] pp. Maroon cloth spine, pictorial paper over boards, decorative endpapers with gold star design on maroon background. Color frontispiece, engraved illustrations throughout by various artists, including Maude Humphrey, Julia Robinson, E.S. Tucker, W.L. Taylor, A. Buhler, etc. A collection of stories for young readers with numerous illustrations throughout text.
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The Capture of a Locomotive: A Brilliant Exploit of the War. [The General: Story of Andrews' Raiders, April 12, 1862.]

By: N/A

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Atlanta, The Franklin Printing and Publishing Co. (Geo. W. Harrison, State Printer, Manager.): 1895

Seller ID: 2303842

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Only 4 located in OCLC. Lightly toned. 1895 Stapled Binding. 20, [2] pp. Includes frontispiece of locomotive and illustration of the monument to Andrews' Raiders. Front wrapper reads: The General: Story of Andrews' Raiders, April 12, 1862. Both this and the proper title of this work refer to what is now called the Great Locomotive Chase, or sometimes Andrews' Raid or Mitchel Raid. Union soldiers in northern Georgia, led by civilian scout James Andrews, commandeered a locomotive called The General, brought it north to Chattanooga, and razed as much of the Western & Atlantic Railroad as they cou...
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The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised.

By: N/A

Price: $450.00

Publisher: New York, American Bible Society: 1850

Seller ID: 2200987

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

'35th Ed.' stated on contents page. Ink gift note on front flyleaf ('Mr John Rankine, A token of friendship from Cornelia W. Martin, Willowbrook Sept 22nd 1852.'). Family Record section preceding New Testament includes following names: Julia G. Willson; John Rankine Jr. (twice, for his marriage to Julia in 1851 and for his death in 1880); Elizabeth Nicholson Rankine; George Willson Rankine; Kenneth R. Willson; Marcius Willson Jr. 1850 Full-Leather. 1213, [1] pp. Tall 8vo. Two-column format. Full morocco, gilt titles and decorations including gilt dentelles on turn-ins, all edges gilt, Includes...
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