Resultados de búsqueda: Sturgis Library from Respectful Exits

New York: Harper & Row, 1967. Ex-Library. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Harper & Row. First edition, stated. 8vo. Cloth binding, 326 pp. Illustrated with photographs. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title to Sturgis Library in West Barnstable, Massachusetts. A history of the House of Harper. Decorated endpapers, both heavily rubbed and with remants of library paraphernalia (bookplate and pocket). Good in very good dustjacket, fresh mylar cover replaces library issue..

New York: The Century Association, 1918. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Century, 1918. First edition. Cloth binding, 56 pp. illustrated with photographs. Bookplate of Sturgis Library Barnstable. (Does not appear to have ever been added to the collection, as the bookplate is blank). Bookplate of William Sturgis Bigelow, Boston Brahmin. Near fine condition..

Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. Book. Good. Decorative Silk. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First American Edition. Brown silk binding, decoratively blindstamped. Gilt titles. Lemon coated endpapers. Volume I has a lovely calligraphic bookplate of Edward G. Tileston. Volume II has an antique library bookplate from Sturgis Library in Barnstable, hand-numbered and hand-dated. Bindings match. Volume I: Advertisement to the American Edition, Note by the American Editor, Preface (all dated 1851), 472 pp. Volume II: 518 pp. Volume I chipping at spine, corner scraped, boards rubbed. Volume II library marking to spine, scratch across front, chipping top of spine. Both in good condition..

Providence, RI: Meeting for Sufferings, Knowles & Vose, Printers, 1841. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Providence: Meeting for Sufferings, Knowles & Vose, 1841. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 96 + 36 p. Two volumes bound together: Memorials of Deceased Friends of New-England Yearly Meeting. Published by the Meeting for Sufferings, 1841. Providence : Knowles & Vose, Printers, 1841. AND The Testimony of the Society of Friends on the Continent of America. Printed in Philadelphia, 1830. The first volume includes biographical sketches of: Moses Aldrich, Jeremiah Austin, Obadiah Brown, David Buffam, Benjamin Buffinton, Daniel Brayton, Jonathan Chace, Edward Cobb, Micajah Collins, Abel Collins, Peter Davis, James Davis, Thomas Davis, Moses Farnum, Daniel Howland, Mehitable Jenkins, Elizabeth Mott, Valentine Meader, Abigail Miller, Joseph Mitchell, Marble Osborne, Obed Paddock, Dorcas Peckham, Theophilus Shove, Daniel Southwick,… Leer más

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presumed first edition. 8vo. Cloth. Index. Bibliography. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, was a British statesman who served twice as British Prime Minister. He served in government office nearly continuously from 1807 until his death in 1865, He began his parliamentary career as a Tory and ended it as a Liberal. An exlibrary copy from the Sturgis Library, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Library marks include small white letter on spine, bookplate from 1930, and library stamps. Shelfwear. Hinges weak. Very good..

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1917. Ex-Library. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FROM COLLECTION OF HENRY CROCKER KITTREDGE (bookplate inside front board). Ex-library. Donated to Sturgis Library in Barnstable by Kittredge. 327 pp. This is a fascinating collection of information about Paul Jones collected through excerpts from contemporary sources, as well as an annotated bibliography. Small scrape to front board nicking cloth, tear to cloth at spine, usual library markings. Good..

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1883. Book. Illus. by Buttre, J. C.. Fair. Hardcover. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York: Appleton, 1883. Possible First American Edition. Complete in one volume. Green silk decoratively blindstamped with black in a rope pattern and with elaborate gold decoration on front board and spine. Frontispiece engraving by J. C. Buttre. Floral endpapers. 513 pp., 2 pp. advertising. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated (1883) bookplate purchased directly from library started by another Captain, William Sturgis. Spine cloth torn along edges, needing to be set down, front hinge cracked, book shaken, old waterstain to first signature (which is loose) and part of frontispiece, discoloration to rear board. Light foxing. Still uncommon title in earliest American edition noted. Fair..

New York: C. S. Francis & Co., 1845. Ex-Library. Good. Cloth. New and Corrected Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New and corrected edition. 12mo. Cloth. 290 p. + publisher's catalog. Lydia Maria Child was an American abolitionist, women's rights activist, opponent of American expansionism, Indian rights activist, novelist, and journalist. This book, according to the preface, is "purely romance." Boards worn and faded; damp staining to pages. This is an ex-library copy from the Sturgis Library in Barnstable, Massachusetts, and bears a bookplate from 1889 as well as a title page stamp. Good..

Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. Signed - Association Copy. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853. SIGNED AND DATED June 1853 by Captain W. Sturgis Hooper served in the 41st Mass. Volunteers during the Civil War and died 24 December 1863. Dark brown silk binding, decoratively blindstamped with rulings and medallion, gold titles with blindstamped compartments. Reddish brown endpapers, 192 pp. Some pages still uncut. Chipping to top of spine with 5 cm. loss of material. Boards scuffed. Very good condition..

Boston: Little Brown, 1866. Boston: Little Brown, 1866. 16mo. 452 pp. Volume V ONLY. Chipping top and bottom of spine. 1" tear to cloth along spine. Hinges sound. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. Good.. Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Illustrated. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Antique ex-library.

Boston: Little Brown, 1864. Boston: Little Brown, 1864. 16mo. 285 pp. Volume III ONLY. Chipping top of spine. Hinges sound. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. Good.. Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Illustrated. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Antique ex-library.

Boston: Little Brown, 1864. Boston: Little Brown, 1864. 16mo. 280 pp. Volume IV ONLY. Brown cloth binding, decorated in blind with gilt titles to spine. Chipping top and bottom of spine.. Hinges sound. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. No pocket, Very good.. Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Antique ex-library.

Boston: Little Brown, 1864. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Cloth. Early Reprint. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. In five volumes. Volume I. Engraved frontispiece, protective tissue. 320 pp. Bottom half of spine cloth missing. Fair. Volume II. 344 pp. Chipping top of spine. Very good condition. Volume III. 285 pp. Chipping top of spine. Very good condition. Volume IV. 280 pp. Chipping at spine. Very good condition. Volume V. 1866. First Edition. 452 pp. Chipping at spine, tear at bottom of spine cloth. Good condition. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate, indicating prior ownership by William Sturgis. All very good reading copies. Fair to very good condition..

Boston: William Ticknor, 1837. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boston: Ticknor, 1837. First American Edition, stated. 8vo. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering and black title block on front. 134 p. Illustrated. The dedication reads: "To the members of the Horticultural Society of Massachusetts: Permit me to dedicate to you a reprint of Mr. Hoare's Practical Treatise...I am persuaded that a cursory perusal of it will indicate the causes of the general failure of our vines, and that a strict adherence to the severe discipline so clearly illustrated by the author will restore the confidence of horticulturists of Boston and its vicinity in the capacity of the climate to mature in the open air some of the best varieties of foreign grapes." An exlibrary copy from Cape Cod's historic Sturgis Library in Barnstable, Massachusetts, the oldest library building in the country. Library marks include removable… Leer más

New York: John Wiley & Son,, 1866. Ex-Library. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo. Cloth. Various pagings. A collection of essays and addresses by Ruskin. Exlibrary marks include vintage bookplate from the Sturgis Library, barcode, stamps, and number on spine. Good..

New York: Longmans, Grren, & Co., 1889. Ex-Library. Illus. by Browne, Gordon. Fair. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 12mo. Cloth. 144 p. A fairy tale set in the land of Pantouflia, complete with fairies, princes, and dragons. This is an ex-library copy from the Sturgis Library, Barnstable Massachusetts, the oldest building housing a library in the country. Library marks include antique bookplate, pocket, date due slip, pencil marks, and stamps. Marbled boards show rubbing and wear. A typewritten review of a different edition pasted inside front cover. Fair..

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1920. Ex-Library. Near-Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 660 p. Illustrated. Proceedings of the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum. Includes extensive illustrated articles on a variety of flora and fauna from around the globe, including land shells from the Philippine Islands; Miocene fossil plants from Northern Peru; Descriptive catalog of Ecclesiastical Art in the United States National Museum; bees; North American Ichneumon flies; Chitons from the Pacific Coast of America; Branchiobdellid worms; Ptinid beetles; parasitic hymenoptera; chalcid-flies; Hemiptera collected by the Yale Dominican Expedition of 1913; new restoration of Triceratops; adult taenioid cestodes of dogs and cats and other carnivores; exploration of a pit house village at Luna, New Mexico; half-beak Hemiramphus balao of Cuba; Atherine fishes; copepods of Honduras; slings in pre-Columbian… Leer más

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1906. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 840 p. Illustrated with drawings, photographs, maps, and charts. Proceedings of the Smithsonian Institution, then known as the United States National Museum. Includes extensive illustrated articles on a variety of flora and fauna from around the globe, including bats; hymenoptera of the Philippines; American Siphonaptera; Thomas Martyn and the Universal Conchologist; American moths; South American moths; fossil raccoon from California; mounted skeleton of Triceratops Prorsus; pipefish; blattoid; American Paleozoic insects; fishes of China; syntomid moths of Venezuela; monkeys of the Macaca Nemstrina Groups; wings on the Tenthredinoidea; exotic earwigs; Livoneca of Panama; ground dove of Puerto Rico; Mexican plants; Georgian plants; Mexican violets; South American moths; lizards of Mexico; Cambrian faunas of China; and more.… Leer más

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1916. Ex-Library. Near-Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 702 p. Illustrated. Proceedings of the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum. Includes extensive illustrated articles on a variety of flora and fauna from around the globe, including dipterous genus Symphoromyia in North America; Javanese crane-flies; albino salamanders; Philippine land shells; fossil mollusks west coast of America; Washington relics in the US National Museum; Eperetmus; Medeba mosaic map of Palestine; US grasshoppers; Tettigniid insects of America; British fossil insects; bivalve shells ot the west coast of America; molluscan of northwest America; Entomostraca of Colorado; amphibians and reptiles of Michigan; North American Ichneumon-flies; new restoration of Stegosaurus; fore limb of Allosaurus; Osteology of Thescelosaurus of Wyoming; Euphausiacean crustaceans of Albatross Expedition to the… Leer más

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1905. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 663 p. Illustrated. Proceedings of the Smithsonian Institution, then known as the United States National Museum. Includes extensive illustrated articles on a variety of flora and fauna from around the globe, including hymenoptera of the Philippine Islands; Arcarina or Mites; Adult Goblin Shark of Japan; Orthoptera of Southern Arizona; Japanese lepidoptera; fishes of Puget Sound; Labracinus; fishes, sea horses; salmon and trout of Japan, fishes collected on the Island of Negroes, Philippines; fishes of Korea; fishes of the Hawaiian Islands; Tortricid moths of North Carolina; cestode cysts of a porpoise; mammals of the Northern Mackenzie River District of Canada; Lawaiian repital from the Island of Maui; bird from the Kilimanjaro region of Africa; Tanaidae and Tanais from Monterey Bay, California; frogs and geckos of the… Leer más