Search Results: New York 09 from Quaker Hill Books

Philadelphia:: Printed for the Author,, 1841. 199pp.. "Account by a Presbyterian minister of a journey by sea to Galveston and then to Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Goliad.The rest of the book if made up of general but rather favorable observations on Texas, an attach upon "Popery," a discussion taking several pages to the effect that Texas is at a disadvantage in not having ministers with degrees of Doctor of Divinity and so on. One of the items in the index is the Proposed Charter of Galveston University." . A beautiful fresh clean copy with some very widely scattered foxing. Bound in new 1/2 cordovan morocco over marbled paper boards. Ribbed spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Black, gilt lettered spine label.Vandale 107. Phillips Sporting Books p.242: "Hunting experiences." Graff 2575. Clark Travels in the Old South III 209. STREETER TEXAS 1387. CLARK III:209. RADER 2275. RAINES, p.142. SABIN 42979. HOWES M34. GRAFF 2575. First Edition. Excellent. 12mo - over… Read More

New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1899. A beautiful, near fine copy in the publishers red cloth with embossed horsehead surrounded by a gilt horeshoe on the front board, spine lettered in gilt. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY ANDREW CARNEGIE TO BISHOP WARREN, with an additional inscription on the bottom of the first free endpaper. Bishop Henry Warren was a noted Methodist clergyman whose strong pro-temperance stand and anti-McKinley sermons made him a close friend of Andrew Carnegie.. Near Fine. 8vo..

Montgomery:Montgomery:: , 1861 Blue Paper. Excellent. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed in type by Jefferson Davis. Includes "President's instructions to Private Armed Vessels," signed in type by Robert Toombs; with "Form of Bond" for such vessels. Leather slipcase; moderate wear with a few minor marginal nicks. A wonderful copy of a landmark Civil War declaration..

New York & London:: Charles L. Webster,, 1885. Near Fine. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is a wonderful copy of the First US edition, final state with the following issue points: Title page is bound in; illustration list p87; "with the saw;" p155, final "5" is present in different font; p.283 trouser illustration redone and page bound-in; photogravure frontis portrait; p.l43, "L" in Col present and "b" in body corrected. Contemporary owner's signature in neat hand on ffep. 174 text illustrations. A beautiful fresh and bright copy with only very slight wear to lower corners and foot of spine. A later issue of this classic but in pristine condition.. First Edition. Orignal Green Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo..

New York,: Cosmopolitan,, 1929. Limited Edition, No. 361 of 1000 copies SIGNED BY CALVIN COOLIDGE ON THE LIMITATION PAGE. Together with two engraved White Hous Cards SIGNED BY CALVIN COOLIDGE AND GRACE COOLIDGE. Small nick to upper spine, light rubbing otherwise a lovely copy.. Limited Signed Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo..

London:, 1898. First Edition. 8vo. One of 800 copies on handmade paper. White lined-backed cinnamon cloth in a later cloth slipcase. Binding lightly soiled. (Mason 371).. Original White Cloth Gilt,. Good.

New York:: Macmillan,, 1907. First Trade Edition, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY LONDON on the front free endpaper: " Dear Joe Wharton: In remembrance of all your patient kindness, which at last resulted in the two splendid deer-heads that now adorn my walls. Sincerely yours, Jack London, Glen Ellen, Calif. Feb. 28, 1913. Original pictorial woven tan cloth with red lettering, 242pp + ads. Small photo of London pasted to frontispiece recto. Small tear to leading edge of that page, some very light soiling. A wonderful book with a terrific London autograph.. By the Author.. First Edition Presentation Copy.. Original Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo..

Columbia, S. C.:: The State Col,, 1924. Frontispiece portrait of Bragg, 544pp.. A highly praised account of one of the Confederacy's foremost generals. The text includes many quotations from General Bragg's wartime letters and documents. Original beige cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. In immaculate condition. Previous owner's small bookplate on the front pastedown.. First Edition. Beige Cloth Gilt. Near Fine. 8vo..

London: Edmund Gibson., 1695. Engraved portrait and 50 double-page and folding maps by Robert Morden; double-column text, 9 plates of coins and antiquities; numerous engraved illustrations and woodcut initials in the text. Recent morocco gilt spine over contemporary boards. Minor soiling and some very light dampstsains and foxing. A beautiful clean and sound copy. (Wing C359); (Chubb CXIII);(Skelton 117). Full Contemporary Calf. Excellent. Folio.

Garden City:: Doubleday & Co., 1952. SIGNED BY HERMAN WOUK on the title-page, and ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY HIM AND HIS FAMILY MEMBERS TO HIS IN-LAWS on the half-title. A wonderful association copy of Wouk's great novel subsequently made into an Academy Award winning movie starring Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer and Van Johnson.. By the Author. First Illustrated Edition.. Original Cloth. Near Fine/Excellent. 8vo..

Blelock. New Orleans, 1868. First Edition. 704 pp., text a bit age toned mostly at edges, first pages reinforced at edges. 6 maps, and 6 portraits. 8vo., Newly rebound in clorh with marbled edges.. Excellent.

Wichita, Kansas:: By the Author,, 1904. 228pp. Original dark brown cloth.PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED in pencil: "Presented by the author to his nephew Carl Jordan" on the front free endpaper. Northrop, a member of the 76th New York Infantry, was captured in May,1864,near Culpeper in Northern Virginia. His highly interesting account of his captivity is remarkably objective considering the hardships he endured while a prisoner. Front cover with light stain and rumpling of the cloth. Otherwise a very clean copy internally.. First Edition. Original Dark Brown Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

New York & London:: Johnson and Ward., 1863. Illustrated with eight A.J. Johnson's and J.H. Colton's hand-colored, double-page steel plate maps including plans of the Southern states and harbors. Published in the midst of the Civil War the title page indicates that the contents are complete to date. Two very large folding color military and Virginia maps. Maps are vivid and clean. Binding lightly rubbed. Tiny gouge to lower spine othewise a beautiful copy.. Gold Embossed Green Cloth. Excellent. 8vo..

New York and London,, 1902. Limited to 300 numbered sets. Color etched frontispieces and numerous plates in 10 magnificently bound volumes. 3/4 evergreen morocco profusely gilted with leaf motif in six spine compartments. Spines are ever so slightly and evenly faded to brown; some very scattered foxing otherwise a sumptuous set of Whitman's works.. The Paumanok Edition.. 3/4 Evergreen Morocco Gilt. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 10 Volumes.

New York and London: G.P. Putnam/ Knickerbocker Press, 1902. This is the Collector's Arnheim Edition, limited to 300 numbered sets. This being No. 89. Magnificently bound in 1/2 dark maroon morocco with raised spines, and gold letting, t.e.g.,, over dark red boards. Profusely illustrated. An absolutely gorgeous set in Fine condtion.. Collector's Arnheim Edition. 1/2 Maroon Morocco.. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, 1848. An early issue with the following points: p.284 "Delight" instead of "joy"; Cuttle's hook is in the left hand in the title page vignette; "Capatin" instead of "Captain" in the final line of p.324. 38 illustrations throughout the text by (Phiz). Beautifully bound in 3/4 maroon morocco gilt, spine in six compartments tooled and lettered in gold, a.e.g.. Lacks errata slip and half title. An exceptionally clean copy with only some light soiling to the illustrations. Eckel 74-76). First Edition in Book Form. 3/4 Maroon Morocco. Very Good. Illus. by H.K. Browne. 8vo..

London:: John Hogg,, 1880. Vol I. - xii; 294pp. 2 pp. publishers ads; Vol II - 312pp.; 2 pp. publishers ads after the index. Illustrated with two, striking photographic frontispieces the volume I frontis is after the famous "Stella" daguerreotype; the other in volume II is of Poe's mother. Original publishers elaborately designed pictorial gilt green cloth binding with an embossed black raven on a gold background featured on both front boards. Spines also elaborately designed and lettered in gilt. A beautiful example of late 19th century English binding. Some very light soiling to upper portion of the frontis not affecting the image. Otherwise an exceedingly bright and clean set.. First Edition. Excellent. 8vo.. 2 Volumes..

London,: G.G. And J. Robinson:, 1798. Third Edition Corrected. (iii)-lvi and 463, (iii)-ix and 554 pages, lacking half titles. Extremely nice copy of the final version of Godwin's most important political work, espousing "one of the earliest, the clearest, and the most absolute theoretical expositions of socialist and anarchist doctrine. Godwin believed that the motives of all human action were subject to reason, that reason taught benevolence, and that therefore all rational creatures colud live in harmony without laws and institutions....It is to be doubted if anyone full accepted this out-and-out radicalism, but Godwin's passionate advocacy of individualism, his trust in the fundamental goodness of man, and his opposition to all restrictions on liberty, have endured....they lie at the roots of all marxist and anarchist theory." PMOM Text very clean and strong, showing only some light aging and foxing, minor dampstain to margins of last few leaves in Volume II. C.f., Printing and… Read More

London:: G. Bell and Sons,, 1935. Includes sixty illustrations by Ernest Shepard of which 58 are full page. Two double page maps of London bound before the endpapers. Magnificently bound in full, royal blue crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, wil elaborate gilt decorations to the front and rear board. The spine is rendered in six compartments with raised bands, decorated and lettered in gilt. The front board depicts a wonderfully executed full figure portrat of Samuel Pepys rendered in coloured leather onlays framed in gilt. Aqua marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. The spine has faded to green. Fromer owners bookplate on front pastedown. In custom cloth slipcase.. Fine. Illus. by E.H. Shepard,. 8vo..

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co.,, 1920. No. 188 of 375 copies numbered and signed by Kipling. Very modeate wear and light soiling to covers. "He must go—go—go away from here! On the other side the world he’s overdue. ’Send your road is clear before you when the old Springfret comes o’er you, And the Red Gods call for you!". Limited Edition. Excellent.