hardcover. NY, J.D. Torrey, 1st, 1861, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping. Light Fading to spine and covers. Gilt and embossed decorated cover. Illustrated frontispiece with tissue-guard. Black & white illustrations. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Previous owner's bookplate.
Hardcover. NY, J.D. Torrey, 1st, 1861, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Cover with edgewear, chipping. Light Fading to spine and covers. Gilt and embossed decorated cover. Illustrated frontispiece with tissue-guard. Black & white illustrations. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Previous owner's bookplate.
Hardcover. New London CT, Summer Hill Books, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 225 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half title page. A photo-illustrated history of Connecticut college. Minor rubbing to dust jacket. Bright and clean; a tight copy.
Softcover. New York, Dover, 1st, 1963, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in near fine condition. Over 600 patterns and illustrations. 464 pages. Begins with the Egyptians and other peoples of antiquity and ends in the end of the 19th century. This Dover edition, first published in 1963, is an unabridged republication of the English translation first published by George G. Harrap and Company, Limited in 1928.
Softcover. New York, Dover, 1st, 1963, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in near fine condition. Over 600 patterns and illustrations. 464 pages. Begins with the Egyptians and other peoples of antiquity and ends in the end of the 19th century. This Dover edition, first published in 1963, is an unabridged republication of the English translation first published by George G. Harrap and Company, Limited in 1928.
Hardcover. New York, Macmillan and Company, 1st, 1892, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 576 pages, blue cloth cover with gilt title. Inscription to original owner on front flyleaf. Tanning and foxing throughout book and edges. Wearing on cover, some rough cut pages at the end of the novel. Otherwise a nice, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Scribners, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 322 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Dust jacket shows standard wear. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co, 3rd, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 688 pages. White laminate covers with color illustration, illustrated throughout with b&w diagrams and graphs. Slight rubbing and edgewear to covers, pages crisp and unmarked, previous owner's signature to top right corner of front endpaper; a very neat, tight copy.
Hardcover. New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, Inc, 3rd, 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 540 pages. Red boards Wear to front and back covers, corners, spine, and edges. Fraying at bottom of spine. Underlining in pen and pencil throughout. Previous owner signature on front flyleaf. Fading to front and back flyleaves and end pages. Corner folded on page 221 and slight downturn on pages 211-220.
Hardcover. London, The Grolier Society, 1st, 1903, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 419 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations/plates, some with tissue guards (frontispiece), throughout. Bound in dark red fabric, covers show some age wear. Former library book with labels, stamps, etc. Deckled fore and bottom edges, gilt dyed top edge. Spine slightly cocked. Two front preliminary pages separated at gutter, but binding still tight throughout. Pages age-yellowed, but unmarked. In good condition for its age.
Hardcover. New York, Bloomingdale Reformed Church, 1st, 1886, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 99 pages, b&w frontispiece. Red edges. Brown covers w/ gilt lettering. Hinges cracked. Several pages loose. Light rubbing to cover corners. Else a nice, clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, Reprint, 1852, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Volume 5 only. 556 pages. Light to moderate foxing, and moisture stain along top edge of pages throughout. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Black cloth covers with some spots of soiling. Title in gilt on spine.
Hardcover. London, John Murray, 1st Thus, 1845, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2 Volumes. Translated from the German of Dr. J. M. Lappenberg, For. F.S.A., Keeper of the Archives of the City of Hamburg, by Benjamin Thorpe, F.S.A. - Volume 1 - 292 pages. Leather covers with gilt decoration. Front cover loose from book. Features 5 fold-out charts. Marbled endpapers and edges. Previous owners inscription on front endpaper. Light rubbing to cover edges. Clean, tight copy. Volume 2 - 371 pages. Leather Covers with gilt decoration. Features 1 fold-out chart. Marbled endpapers and edges. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Methuen & Company, Ltd., 2nd, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, History of English costume from the eleventh through the twentieth centuries. 224 pp. Contains 4 color plates and over 100 black/white drawings. Cloth bound book is in good condition, cover very faded and slightly loose. Dust jacket is in fair condition, has small tears near the edges and some moisture damage on the spine.
Hardcover. London, Oak Knoll Press, 2nd, 1978, 341 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Clean, unmarked copy with minor edgewear. Tight copy. Black & white and color images throughout.
Hardcover. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 688 pages. Volume one. Some pencil underlining. Paper at front hinge starting to crack. Light soiling to covers. Light rubbing to corners, spine.
Hardcover. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2nd, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 691 pages. Volume two. Some pencil underlining. Front hinge starting to crack. Very light soiling to covers.
Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton , 1st, 1912, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 202 pages. Black & white plate illustrations. Color fold-out frontispiece with tissue-guard. Gilt top edge. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Light foxing to some pages. Some discoloration to endpapers. Spine faded. Light soiling to covers.
Hardcover. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. Ltd., 1st, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 202 pages w/ index. Red cloth, gilt on spine. Some marking/staining on boards. Foxing throughout, except for B/W photographic plates. Otherwise, pages in a great shape. Front and back hinges somewhat cracked. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Beautiful color fold-out of tapestry frontispiece. On several pages, little empty envelopes have been pinned to the page w/ straight pins.
Hardcover. Devon, David & Charles, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 277 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Foxing to top edge. Price clipped dust jacket shows wear. Clean, unmarked text.
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