Search Results: Authors starting with A from Americana Books ABAA

Augusta: Blackmar & Co, 1863. Confederate sheet music. Good. Approx. 13" x 9.5". 4 pages. Decorative borders with title and list of works on front page. Page 4 is an advertisement for A. E. Blackmar Music Publisher, New Orleans. The two sheets are detached. This music piece was entered according to "act of Congress, a. D. 1863, by Blackmar & Co., in the clerk's office of the C. S. Dist. Court for the Dist. of Ga." Parrish & Willingham #7608 (slight variant of Parrish & Willingham's entry: this music piece states the publisher as "Blackmar & Co." - not "Blackmar & Bro.").

Buffalo: Published by A. T. Brown Printing House for E. E. Nicklis and F. E. Lawrence, Niagara Falls, 1904. First Edition. Soft cover. Good. Oblong, string tied, soft cover. [1], [18] leaves. Color illustrated paper front cover. White paper back cover. Covers are creased and edge chipped. Title page toned. Illustrated with tinted photographs tipped in on black paper front sides only. According to the publisher's statement on the verso of the title page - "The process used in the reproduction of these views is a new one, originated and used exclusively by the A. T. Brown Printing House, and is known commercially as the Brownotype." Photographs in very good condition.

New York: Dayton and Saxton, 1841. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. 101 pages, [1]. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt stamped title on the front cover. Ex-institutional copy with small bind embossed stamp on the right front flyleaf. Cloth is chipped head of the spine. Lean to the binding. Light occasional scattered foxing to the contents. Inscription in hand written on the the front paste down - "To the Nancy Rodemaker library from Rod Mays Nov 1977." Period signature by the previous owner (Charlotte L. Philips) on the right front flyleaf.

Chicago: A. P. Connolly, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 273 pages. Frontispiece photograph of Minnesota Governor Ramsey. Illustrated. Green cloth hardcover with gilt title and illustration on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine. Floral end papers. A small spot on the spine. Right front flyleaf detached. Light shelf wear and edge wear to the cloth extremities. Graff 853.

Chicago: A. P. Connolly. Donahue & Henneberry, Printers and Binders, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 273 pages. Frontispiece photograph of Minnesota Governor Ramsey. Illustrated. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt title and illustration on the front cover. Title on the spine. Floral end sheets. The front and rear hinges are cracked and were repaired at one point with tissue. The front floral end sheets are edge chipped. Previous owner name of James R. Down, Utica New York written on the right front flyleaf, twice on the verso of the frontispiece, and on the rear end paper. Name of F. M. Down, Indpls written on the front paste down. Light scattered foxing and toning to the contents. Includes graphic accounts of the siege of Fort Ridgely, battles of Birch Coolie, Wood Lake, Big Mound, Stony Lake, Dead Buffalo Lake and Missouri River. Graff 853.

Boston: London: Printed. Boston; New England, Reprinted and Sold by Green & Russell, at their Printing-Office near the Custom-House, and next to the Writing School in Queen Street, 1756. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Disbound, stitched wraps. Approx. 8" x 5". [2], vi, 83 pages, {1] page blank. Trimmed text. Light toning to the text. Light damp stains to the top edges of the paper. Old ink name trimmed top of the title page. Previous owner's name written on the blank verso of page 83. This is the first and only American edition. The British Museum Catalogue attributes authorship to "Hanley(--) of Saint Albans." Evans 7800.

Warren, PA: A. J. Fouch and Co, 1907. Wraps. Very good. Stapled wraps. Approx. 7" x 4". [90] pages. Yellow wraps with lengthy title printed on the front cover. Advertisements on the back cover. The rear wrap has a small corner chip. Contents in very good condition. This catalog contains several listings of books with illustrations and prices.

Boston: Printed and Published by Lincoln & Edmands, 1810. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. viii, pages 9-162 pages, [2] pages of advertisements. Binding in poor condition. Covers detached. Old home made paper covering over marbled paper. Peach colored paper joints and spine are chipped. Rear blank end sheets removed. Heavy brown toning to the early pages. Moderate scattered foxing and toning to the rest on the contents. Previous owner address label on the front paste down. An earlier pencil name on the same page. Book is in poor to fair condition.

Alexandria, VA: J.A.K., n.d.. Broadside. Good. Broadside. Approx. 7.5" x 3.5". Content reads: "I fully concur in the following, Which I find in one of your City papers: [Communicated. To be elected a member of our City Councile is generally regarded as an honor. Certainly, the people, in making their selection of persons to be voted for, should look for honorable and trustworthy men. To honor men of a different character, is to do a wrong for society. And I do hope that the good people of Alexandria have independence enough to vote for the good, and true men only, and to repudiate all others, whatever their position in life. I trust therefore the list of candidates will be carefully scanned, that both offices and compliments may be judiciously and properly bestowed, [Signed] A Citizen. VOTERS OF THE THIRD WARD Do you endorse the above propositions? If so, allow me to make a personal application of them? Can you vote this day for James H. McVeigh, who has by his conduct outraged and injured… Read More

Peterborough, New Hampshire: A. P. Morrison & Sons, 1861. Ledger. Good. Lot 3 Account ledgers. Hardcovers. The first ledger measures approx. 7.25" x 6". Brownish marbled paper covered boards with leather spine. The boards are edge and shelf worn. Contents are clean. Dates recorded range from 1842-1860. 74 pages were used to record the sale of books and paper, items purchased, accounts due, 'Cash Notes', 'Bills to Collect', 'Boston accounts', etc. Dozens of names are recorded. Several blank pages in this ledger. Written on the right front flyleaf - "Memorandum & Commissor (sp.?) Book 1842." The second ledger measures approx. 8" x 6". Brownish marbled paper covered boards with brown leather spine. Edge and shelf wear to the boards. Contents inside are clean. A few pages of records are lightly faded. Dates range from 1858-1862. 116 pages used to record cash paid for goods, and dozens of pages with named accounts. On the right front flyleaf is the inscription "Morrison, Cheney & Co. Cash Book Feb. 8,… Read More

San Francisco: A. Roman & Co, 1869. Wraps. Fair. Wraps. 2 issues. Vol. 3. No. 2.: [8] pages advertisements, pages 105-200, 8 pages advertisements. Vol.3. No. 1.: [8] pages advertisements, pages 9-104, [8] pages advertisements. Paper covers with title on front and spines. Covers and spines are chipped. A few pages inside the August issue are chipped upper corner. Rear cover for the August issue is detached. Interior contents clean. Articles cover literature, history, and travel.

Brooklyn: The Albertype Co, 1898. Hardcover. Defective. String tied, oblong octavo souvenir photograph album. [32] photographs on the front sides only. 14 pages of ads and text in back. Defective. Missing the last 2 pages and the end sheet. The last 14 pages are near detached and some are chipped on the edges. Edge wear to the boards. The photographs for the most part are in very good condition.

Cambridge Mass: Harvard University Press, 1985. Hardcover. Very good. Octavos. Two volumes. Volume I: xxvi, [1], 789 pages. Volume II: [4], pages 790-1661, [2]. Blue cloth with titles on thwe spines. Cloth slipcase present and illustrated outer band present.

New York: Total Sports, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +/very good. Tall quarto hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. 219 pages. Illustrated. Black cloth binding slightly faded.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1974. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good +. Octavo. Red hardcover with silver title on the spine. [2], 236 pages. Illustrated section. Inscribed and signed by Furman Bisher on right front flyleaf. Autograph sticker on the front cover. Small stain on the front cover from an old sticker. Light shelf wear to the binding.

New York: Harper Collins, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Hardcover with color pictorial dust jacket. xvii, 333 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Stated first edition. Light edge wear to the dust jacket.

New York: Harper Collins, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Hardcover with color pictorial dust jacket. xvii, 333 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Bar scan sticker on the back dust jacket.

Nashville: E. Stevenson & F. A. Owen, Agents for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1855. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. [1], vi, pages 7-215 pages, [1]. Faded green cloth hardcover withblind stamped decoration on the front cover and faded title on the spine. Cloth is chipped on the outer joint and edge worn on the corners and spine. Moderate toning and light scattered foxing to the contents. Previous owner ink stamped name on the right front flyleaf (S. B. Turrentine). His name is signed in ink on the blank front end paper.

n.p.: n.p., 1862. Letter. Very good. Letter. Approx. 8" x 5" folded letter. 1 page of content. Signed on rear fold in another hand. Letter regards an invitation for Professor A. C. Twining; "We are expecting to see a few friends to meet Capt. E. B. Hunt, from Key West, on Wed Eve at 8 O' Clock. If you can favor us with your company it will be much of a gratification. ..With Much Esteem, I am Truly Yours - John S. C. Abbott. No 1. Crown St. April 21, 1862.

New York: Sheldon & company, 1860. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 252 pages, [1]. Illustrated half title page and 6 illustrations in text. Green pebble cloth hardcover with gilt decorated title on the spine. 1864 Christmas gift inscription written on right the front flyleaf. Light edge wear to the cloth spine and corners. Hinges have are slightly cracked. Text block is uniform. Interior contents clean with occasional light toning.