Search Results: the sacred mountains by headley j t

Baker and Scribner. Fair with no dust jacket. 1847. Hardcover. Most of cover off spine, corner wear, foxing; Ex-Lib .

Brick Chapel Church 151 Nassau St.: John, S. Taylor, 1847. Book. Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Inside covers and first 8 pages up to Dedication page with evenly heavy to moderate foxing. LIghter foxing and dampening light stains on some of the rear pages, no untoward odor. Green cloth covers with gold decorations and lettering on spine. Unmarked copy, tight, square biniding..

New York: Baker & Scribner, 1847. water damage through the entire book. cover is badly scuffed and faded. spine is badly chipped. corners and edges are chipped, rubbed, worn and bumped. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

(Stereotyped by Thomas B. Smith for) Baker and Scribner, NY: 1847., 1847 175p. + Engraved Half Title and 10 full page plates engraved by Burt. Decorative chapter headings. All edges gold. Very foxed and age stained. Embossed bookseller's label of Bradley's on front fly leaf. 12mo. Original full brown cloth binding. Boards elaborately decorated in gold with drawing of Moses in center. Lacks spine. Text includes: Mount Sinai; Mount Moriah; Mount Ararat; Mount Zion; Mount Lebanon; Mount Carmel; Mount Horeb; Mount Pisgah; Mount Hor; Etc. Hardbound. Good. RELIGION BOX 3 / HOLY LAND BOX 2 0.0. Hardcover.

New York: John S Taylor, 1851. Book. Good. Cloth. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original embossed green cloth, few stains, slight edgewear & slight spine fade. Victorian sentimentality by Headley about the Holy Lands. Must have sold well, as new editions until 1867. First was 1847. Illustrated by 6 excellent steel engravings. second edition. Protected in a clear, mylar dustjacket..

James Blackwood, London no date (prob. 1860s), hb, dec. green boards, light browning to endpapers, else vg. Hardcover.

New York: J. T. Taylor, 1850. 12mo. Blind stamped brown cloth. 204 pp. Engraved title page. Some foxing scattered throughout, heaviest on the prelims. A 1" split on back joint. A little rubbing on fore-edge of front cover. Overall a tight, clean very good copy.. With four steel engraved illustrations.. Chapter titles are Mount Ararat, Mount Moriah, Mount Sinai, Mount Hor, Mount Pisgah, Mount Horeb, Mount Carmel, Mount Lebanon, Mount Zion, Mount Tabor, Mount Olivet, Mount Calvary, The Mount of God and Mount Calvary. The design of the following sketches is to render more familiar and life-like some of the scenes of the Bible. This, I know, is a difficult task, not only from the disposition of men to look at things sacred less naturally than on the common events of life, but from the inability of the writer to find words that shall bring the scenes he would describe home to the feelings, without shocking his own and the reader's sensibilities by too familiar phrases. Yet, unless they cease to become… Read More

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1875. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1875 printing. Hardcover, no DJ. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Text is unmarked. Binding is intact but front and rear hinges are broken with exposed webbings. All engravings appear present. Covers are worn.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

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Baker & Scribner, 1847. 1st ed. Very Good. Very good, foxing to text. 175pp

New York 1850 first edition. John S Taylor. Frontis engraved portrait of Headley. 6 steel engraved plates of views in the Holy Land (with tissue guards.) Grey cloth with full gilt decoration on both cover panels. Gilt spine lettering. Light foxing throughout. Binding secure. Spine ends frayed. One cover tip worn somewhat. Hinges not cracked in or out; gilt is bright. All edges gilt. Good. no owner marks. .

New York: Baker & Scribner, 1847. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 13015 shelf. Solid. Gold-stamped embossed brown cloth, hard to see embossed image of Moses w/ the Ten Commandments on front cover. Foxed throughout, including steel engravings with tissue guards. No names, clean text. With many ads.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York & Chicago: E. B. Treat/C. W. Lilley. Fair with no dust jacket. 1865. Hardcover. Thin light dampstaining to top edges of most pages. Foxed. Most of front free endpaper is mostly toen away. Rear cover is dsicolored. Rear inner hinge is a little weak. .

E. B. Treat/C. W. Lilley, 1865-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Green cloth cover with gilt decoration shows minro waer and rubbing. All edges gilt. Pages with minor foxing. 17 engravings.

NY: Baker & Scribner, 1847. Cloth Binding has Gilt Deco spine/Cover w/Moses & 10 commandment tablets. inscribed in script & dtd 1847 on fep, owners name stamp endpaper, 175 pgs +illus of Mountains of Bible. Pgs.Foxing, Covers have spine/edge/corner wear, shelf rubbing, Binding Firm. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fair. Illus. by Calcot, Turner, Bartlett, Harding, Balmar.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. 441 pp, preface, list of b&w tissue-protected illustrations, Mount Ararat: The mountains of the Bible -- Description of the flood -- After the deluge -- Mount Moriah: Journey of Abraham -- The scene on the mountain -- The dream and its fulfillment -- The Red Sea passage -- Mount Sinai: Terrific scenery amid which the law was given -- Slaughter of three thousand of the children of Israel -- Mount Hor: Character of Aaron -- Mournful scene on its top at the death of Aaron in the presence of his son and Moses -- Mount Pisgah: Character of Moses -- His touching farewell to the people -- His lonely ascent to the mountain -- The prospect spread out before him -- His death -- Eli -- Ruth -- Mount Horeb: Elijah's flight and despondency -- God's fearful exhibition of himself in the whirlwind, earthquake, and storm of fire -- The still small voice -- The nameless prophet -- The power of beauty -- Mount Carmel: Elijah's… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: E.B. Treat, 1867. Hardcover. Cover has general wear, fading, staining. Edge damage on spine and cover. Nookblock has age toning. Inerior pages have age toning and foxing. Multiple previous owners signatures on front end pages. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration. xv, 441 pages : illustrations. Contains all the material included in the author's The sacred mountains, originally published in 1847, and sixteen additional chapters.

New York: E. B. Treat , 1867. GREEN COVERS ARE A BIT FRAYED HERE AND THERE. GILT DECORATIVE IMAGE OF MOSES WITH TABLET ON FRONT COVER . Hardback. Good Used Condition/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Steel Plate Engravings .