Search Results: Americana from Leaf and Stone Books

Boston: George Adams. Good with no dust jacket. 1846. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. [16], 248, 40, 24 pp. 24 pages of ads at the rear. Octavo. Brown paper hardcover ads with brown cloth spine. Covers are age darkened and spotted, corners and edges rubbed, spine cover starting to split away at bottom and top joints, but still holding. Inside front cover has a green ad pasted down, first free endpaper has a beautiful signature of George White & Co, with his address in Boston. Interestingly, White has an entry in the directory of residents where it indicates that he sold West Indian goods, but there is not business listing under West Indian Goods (which does, indeed, have it's own section). Text is somewhat browned, some foxing and occasional spotting throughout, foxing is worst at the back where the ads are, perhaps from the glue used for the rear pastedown, otherwise clean and unmarked. A wonderful survivor, quite scarce in commerce, a fascinating piece of 19th century American… Read More

Hartford, CT: Peter B. Gleason & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1816. Second Edition. Leather. Early edition of this scarce work of American fiction, first published in 1797, based on much that was true. Contains many details on Algeria and North Africa, and on slavery and the slave market. The book is a 16mo measuring 5.5” x 3.5” in original leather, in fair antiquarian condition. What appear to be original sheep, leather boards which are worn and rubbed and were also apparently used for some penmanship practice – no ink, but incision marks. Spine is quite worn although still holding. Interior endpapers have numerous owner marks, no blanks, owner name “Samuel Sturgis” on title page (whether this is the famous Civil War officer we could not say!). Title page worn but intact. Paper is browned throughout with some minor staining and age, pencil marginalia and childish scribbles in some of the margins, shaken, some pages have breaks in the paper mostly in the… Read More

Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co.. Good. 1851. First Edition. Softcover. 56 pp. Fourth Thousand. Original paper wraps, fc inscribed "George S. Hillard Esq, Boston, with the Author's respects". Copyright page ihas pencil notation "1851 Sept 10 Gift of Hon George S. Hillard of Boston". A plea for the holding together of the Union and against secession. Hillard, who apparently gave the book to a library, was an attorney, legislator and author, served as a member of the Senate and was U. S. Attorney before retiring to private law practice. Both covers have separated from the spine and are loose but still present. Brown paper covers are bit grubby, front corner chipped away, spine chipped, back cover has long 2" wide lack plus many chips and has come off but is still present. Interior has a small damp stain at the bottom of the gutter, 2 minor what look like library notations on the title, some creasing to the interior pages, but interior sound and clean,… Read More

New York: The MacMillan Company. Good in Poor dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 144 pp. Large octavo, 10.5" x 8". Stated 1st edition, 2nd printing. Pictorial dust jacket, very machine age dust jacket is missing many pieces, flaps still present, now in Mylar to hold it together. Illustrated with wonderful images, as well as b/w pictures of stamps 1847-1947 Book covers are blue, just a hint of wear at edges. Interior is clean and unmarked, paper is soft and some pages have clean tears with archival repair but otherwise good. Starting with the 1930s, there are a number of stamps that have been pasted down on the image -- almost 100% are cancelled. They include a 1932 Olympic Summer Games, National Parks of 1934-37, Gold Gate International of 1939, New York World's Fair of 1939, Famous Americans of 1940, Win theWar of 1942, Armed Forces Issue of 1945, Tennessee Statehood of 1946Twin-Motored Transport of 1941-44, and many others. Some stamps are loose… Read More

Baraboo, WI: The Baraboo News Publishing Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1912. First Edition. Softcover. 50, [i] pp. Map of Sauk County at rear. Original dark brown kraft card covers with art nouveau design has minor wear, bit of chipping to spine bottom. Interior has light humidity staining at bottom right corner throughout, strongest at front, short tear at bottom gutter of first blank, some rusting of the staples particularly at the bottom near the back of the book but otherwise good, clean and unmarked. Also contains a loose offprint of Cole's 1926 "Stagecoach and Tavern Days in the Baraboo Region." Very scarce 1st edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 50 pages .

Boston: Powars & Willis. Good with no dust jacket. 1784. First Edition. Hardcover. 293 pp. Small octavo. Rebound with leather spine and marbled boards, renewed end papers and blanks. Title page quite darkened, some staining, old library emboss, edge chipping, library stamps to verso. Page 27 has a piece torn out of the bottom margin just slightly affecting a few letters of the text, otherwise normal moderate aging and foxing, red stamp to verso last text leaf, binding sturdy. An attractive copy of this scarce Boston first edition. Chauncy was "the theologian of the American Revolution," a liberal protestant who disagreed with the Great Awakening and wrote on the benevolence of the deity and who believed in universal salvation. Printed by Powars & Willis, an important Boston printing firm who were one of the first to print the Declaration of Independence broadside a few years before. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 293 pages .

Hardford, CT: Connecticut Historical Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1889. First Edition. Cloth. 98 pp. Tucked into the book is 4 page Order of Exercises for the celebration held at the First Church in Hartford, January 24th, 1889, a business card of J. Hammond Trumbull, President of the Connecticut Historical Society and a number of letters written to Frank B. Gay, who was then the Recording Secretary of the C. H. S. , dated 1889 having to do C. H. S. Letters are from Joseph Hopkins Twichell, the Harvard Historical Society, J. W. Perry (State Rep. ) , John W. Stedman (V. P. Of CHS) , N. H. Allen (? ) and George Walker who appears to be the pastor of the First Church in Hartford, in addition to a few letters for which we cannot make out the signature. Blue cloth covers with gilt are a little rubbed at the corners, spine tips a little frayed. Interior title page is loose, otherwise firm and clean. A wonderful collection of C. H. S. Memorabilia in connection with the 250th anniversary… Read More

New York: Blelock and Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. 524pp + 8 unnumbered pages. Frontis, illustrations. Book has brown hardcover with embossing on covers. Reading copy with binding in poor condition, interior fair. Front cover is dettached, but included. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 532 pages .

New York: AMS Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1974. Reprint. Hardcover. 040457758X . X, 184 pp. Index. 3 maps. Catholic University of America Studies in American Church History Vol. 8. A reprint of the 1929 original. Octavo. Dark brown cloth with brilliant gilt to spine, library spine label at bottom spine. Interior has normal library marks and pocket at rear, otherwise clean and unmarked. A very nice AMS Press reprint of the original, well bound and quite readable. ; Catholic University of America Studies in American Church History; Ex-Library; Vol. 8; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 pages .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 074321210X . 190 pp. Index, bibliography, glossary. Illustrated with sketches throughout. Tall octavo. Glossy black and red dust jacket with a photo of a grilling piece of meat has some minor shelf wear, otherwise intact. Book itself is clean and unmarked. The restaurant critic for the Dallas Morning News gets into the four main families of BBQ, with plenty of interesting side trips into "micro-trends." Plus recipes, of course. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages .

Toronto, Buffalo, London: University of Toronto Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. 0802092942 . X + 309 pp. Appendix and index at rear. Tan DJ with black and white photo on front cover, in excellent condition. Black cloth boards. Book is in very good condition, clean with no marks. ; Toronto Italian Studies; 9.20 X 6.10 X 1.20 inches; 320 pages .

Harrisburg, PA: Edwin K. Meyers, State Printer. Fair with no dust jacket. 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. 24 pp + (13) blanks. Cloth spine and hard paper marbled boards. Boards are rubbed, old sticker to front cover. Interior front cover library label, library perfs to title. Pages have pencil and ink check marks next to most of the titles, but otherwise clean. Old card inside indicating book was bought in 1937 at a Chicago book auction. Very scarce. ; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Hardford, CT: P.B. Gleason & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1838. Cloth. Xii + 126 pp + errata slip. The 1838 reprint of the 1810 edition, from the original 1710 edition, with an affirmation by the Church that the current edition is an accurate copy. 12mo. Brown basketweave embossed cloth is faded around the edges, spine label is gone, corners bumped. Interior endpapers are oxidized with some small old marks, first 2 blanks have small chip at bottom edge, last blank has a crosswise tear above where the errata slip is laid in, a very occasional light pencil mark in the text, otherwise nice. ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; 126 pages .

Boston: The Fort Hill Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 lvs of ads + 550 pages. This is the 1909 original, not a modern reprints. "An alphabetical list of the Congregational ministers, and of the officers and students of Congregational Theological Seminaries; the annual Record of Changes; the vital statistics of Congregational ministers deceased in 1908; statements of the National Co-operative Societies; the national and state Organizations of Churches, and other miscellaneous information. Number of copies: 12,500. Handsomely library bound in light brown buckram with bright gilt to the spine, just a bit of wear to covers. Interior has old institutional library plate, library pocket (never checked out), the original ads on blue paper bound in, the text pages solid bound, and all clean and unmarked. A very nice copy.; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 550 pages .

Unknown: Privately Printed. Good with no dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. vi + 284 pp. Index, bibliography, heavily illustrated. No date but circa 1978. Very attractively put together history of this Congregationalist Church. Dark brown cloth spine, light brown paper boards with reproduction of baptismal records, etc. Boards clean, just a bit of wear at tips. Interior front blank has a few small marks, otherwise clean and sturdy, very nice.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

Boston: The Fort Hill Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 lvs of ads + 557 pages. This is the 1908 original, not a modern reprints. "An alphabetical list of the Congregational ministers, and of the officers and students of Congregational Theological Seminaries; the annual Record of Changes; the vital statistics of Congregational ministers deceased in 1907; statements of the National Co-operative Societies; the national and state Organizations of Churches, and other miscellaneous information. Number of copies: 12,600. Original brown cloth boards with blind ruling, gilt to front cover and spine. A small splotch to front cover, spine tips bit worn and old library marks to spine. Interior has old institutional library plate, library pocket (never checked out), the original ads on blue paper bound in, the text pages solid bound, and all clean and unmarked. A very nice copy.; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 557 pages .

Wirtz, Virginia: Bullworks. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2004. Softcover. 200 pps. Author's notes, list of patents, and recommended reading list at rear. White softcover with black lettering. Near fine condition, with no marks and wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages .

Wirtz, Virginia: Bullworks. Very Good. 2004. Softcover. 256 pps. Recommended reading list at rear. White softcover with black lettering. Near fine condition, with no marks and wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Wirtz, Virginia: Bullworks. Very Good. 2004. Softcover. 254 pps. Recommended reading list at rear. White softcover with black lettering. Near fine condition, with no marks and wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: William S. Konecky Associates, Incorporated. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 1568521081 . 337 pp. Index and index of recipes. Illustrated in b/w throughout. Octavo. Gold and orange dust jacket with image of a kitchen table, bit of shelfwear, intact. Book itself is clean and tight. Nice copy. The 1996 reprint of the 60s original, complete with lovely stories about Beard and his life in food, including lots of anecdotes about growing up on the west coast, and loads of recipes. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 337 pages .