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Harpers Monthly, 1850 to 1940. leather. Good. 6.5"" X 10.5"". 90 years 1850 to 1940 COMPLETE RUN! -Very Rare Set- 181 Bound Volumes of Harper's Monthly Magazine. ` 1086 Monthly Issues ` over 180,000 Pages Complete Run of the original earliest issues. All hard bound Most are leather or half leather bound with some marbled paper, some ex-library. Possible page missing or torn in some volumes. Includes thousands of first printed stories, poetry illustrations etc. Harper's Monthly was the #1 to #2 magazine for nearly a century and published what the buying public was interested in. Here we can view what America's interests and tastes were during their time. See the Photo Gallery with over 300 photos The history and importance of Harper's Magazine Narrative Here. For more information on each individual issue see the nearly 900 issues for sale and their contents Here. -- http://www.offical.net/index.php?/category/7 --Contact us about shipping. The weight would be about 1000 pounds

1887. Leather. Very Good. 9.5 x 12.5. Original Public Opinion Journal Complete RARE Huge Set Collection of 1887 to 1906 38 Volumes in 33 Bindings made up of 988 weekly journals, over 35,000 pages, over 400 pounds. Condition: Good to Fine, most in Very Good, #3 through #29 are half leather and paper or half leather and buckram, #30 through #40 are dark green cloth bound. Some of the leather volumes have spine cracks, hinge surface cracks, 4 volumes have hinge repair, #3 through #18 are of a dark red leather binding, all leather treated with Klucel G consolidate. volumes 21 to 40 are exlibrary and have gilt lettering of library on spine cover and some stamps inside those, some have loose weekly title pages, 9.5 x 12.5 tall. Over 400 pounds
Motto of: A Comprehensive Summary of The Press Throughout the World on all Important Current Topics Washington, D.C. and New York, N.Y.
Each of the 40 Volumes (which is usually 6 months of 26 weekly journals) has a nice Index at the beginning.
Public Opinion was a… Leer más

1884. soft. Fine. Original Edition The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine November 1884 - to - April 1888 Volumes 7 - to - 13 These 7 volumes, each one containing 6 original issues (42 issues), comprise one of the most desirable and highly sought after classics. Original text block beautifully rebound in black leather and buckram with gild lettering.
The December 1884 issue contains the First American Printing of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain .
Each issue contains the Famous Series entitled Battles and Leaders of the Civil War . These volumes contain this complete series . The publishers contracted with leaders on both sides of the Civil War to write their first hand accounts and details of the significant battles and events. U.S.Grant was paid $1,000.00 of each of 4 articles. Grant later included these articles in his 2 volume set memoirs. The series drew so much interest that it lasted for three years. Among the contributors to the series besides Grant were Union generals, William Tecumseh… Leer más

Original 1650 Book - History of Ancient Flanders by Olivarius Vredius in LatinCondition: Very Good to Fine-, Calf Skin, cracked or folded at lower edges of hinges, piece missing on spine, water stain on outside edge and a few pages near the front, Large 8" X 12.5" Tall with about 750 pages. Heavy, Many wood engravings, seals, Double Page Map of Europe between pages 236 and 237, large index in back.Chapter XXI is like a Rosetta Stone. Here the author used multiple founts when comparing different language translations for the same examples. Modern French (French of 1650) compared with the old Flemish, the dialect of Bruges, the dialect of Franconatensi, Latin and German.Olivarius Vredius, Latinization of Olivier de Wree ( Bruges , September 20 1596 - March 21 1652 ) was a Flemish historian from the first half of the 17th century . He was also a renowned lawyer and arts patron.Flandria Vetus, Siue Ethnica, Dicta Prima FranciaHistoria Comitum Flandria liber prodromus alterFlandria Vetus siue ethnica dicta… Leer más

Original Rare Complete Set of 9 Volumes Printed from 1689 to 1694 -*Domestic Sermons Of Father Gio Paolo Oliva Volume 1 through 9, printed in Venice MDCXCIII 1689 to 1694 in the Italian Language Said privately in the Roman houses of the Society of GIESV 'From Gio Paolo Oliva General Bracket - With Index and paragraph on each sermon. Very Rev. Giovanni Paolo Oliva, S.J. (4 October 1600 – 26 November 1681)Condition: Very Good to Fine, Over 300 years old, White Paper Bound, 2 ridge strings, on heavy linen rag paper, library stamps on end papers of Dominican College and FG Horn, spine has library sticker, #4 has oily stain on top of spine not effecting text block, 4.5" x 6.75" tall with 310 pages each about 2600 pages total. Example quote:Sermoni Domestici Del Padre Gio Paolo Oliva In Venetia MDCXCIII Detti privatamente nelle Case Romane della Compagnia di GIESV' Da Gio Paolo Oliva Generale della staffa compagnia Parte Terza - - Companion Part Three has Sermons XXV to XXXVI
Giovanni Paolo Oliva (4… Leer más

1990 to 1992. Fine. Southern Historical Society Papers 1876 - 1959 with 3 Volume Index Picture Gallery A lso See Article about The Southern Historical Society Papers by The Gettysburg Discussion Group Publisher-Printing Location: Broadfoot Publishing Company Wilmington, North Carolina . James I. Robertson, Jr Editor in Chief The set includes 52 volumes, including three index books, all in pristine shape. Cover page with a previous stamp of ownership. The books are organized from January-December by months with excellent information from the Southern side of the war. Date: 1990-1992 Size and Page Count: 6 X 9 Tall Condition: Very Fine Also See Wikipedia Article -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Consisting of 52 Volumes and a 3 Volume Index Total Volumes The ink had barely dried on the various surrender documents under which Southern armies laid down their arms when a new war between North and South broke out with real vehemence. This new war--called… Leer más

Harper's New Monthly Magazine ORIGINAL EDITION! - Publisher-Printing Location: Harper & Brothers, New York Date and Numbering: December, 1866 Volume XXXIV, Number CXCIX Size and Page Count: 6.5 X 10" Tall,approx. 144 pages, the back cover with advertisements and statement of Harper s New Monthly Magazine
Condition: Fair, binding good, front cover has tears worn on all edges especially at spine, rear cover is missing, some staining on cover, foxing, contents are complete.
Illustrations Information: 22 woodcut engravings ----An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian---- Articles and Information:
RARE!!!! Usually found in the later bound 6 month Volume- This is the paper back individual issue published in December 1866.This magazine contains the first appearance of Mark Twain in print in a national magazine. The article is ""Forty-three Days In An Open Boat"" pages 104-113. This predates his first book. It was published anonymously in the individual issues, and attributed to… Leer más

1868. leather. 5.5 X 9"" . Original Edition Publisher-Printing Location: Pessel Balaban in Lemberg (Lviv) Ukraine Date and Numbering:1868 Size and Page Count: 5.5 X 9"" Tall about 250 pages Condition: Good-, Full Leather Bound worn heavy on all edges with spine and board leather cracking but intact not dry. Pages are yellowed but intact. Wood-cuts on title pages. -------- Rare --------- Articles and Information: Multiple text sizes all in Hebrew except for some page numbers and title page has printing info in German. (see photo) First title page is partially translated as... Book Leviticus Five Pentateuch And.......... Tunis On The Explicit Shelter Booklet Lamberg Chumisch Tom 3LembergDruck und Verlag von Pessel Balaban 1868may include commentary

McNamee, 1720. Very Good. Original Edition
Three books in One.
Three older valued books were combined in this volume & rebound around 1900 by bookbinder John H.H. McNamee of Cambridge.----Contents-----1. -English Poets Before 1720 -The Poetical Register , or, The lives and Characters of all the English poets, with an account of their writings : adorned with curious sculptures engraven by the best masters 1723 2. -Giles Jones- Books Printed for Thomas Cox at the Lamb under the Royal-Exchange 17343. - Sermons by Rev. J. Freeman Boston 1829 Printed by E. W. Metcalf and Co. 4. -Signature of Rev. James Freeman! This is a very interesting book with an array of events. When first opening book on the inside of the front board is a small sticker with McNamee Binder Cambridge, Mass. John H. H. McNamee was the binder of this book. McNamee was the Mayor of Cambridge Jan 1902 - Jan 1904 and before that he was the Book Binder for Harvard University. He wrote The Essential of Good Binding in 1899. So this binding is… Leer más

1792. leather. Fair. Photo Gallery Original Edition -RARE!- 1792 -Thirteenth Edition- Corrected (First Edition was about 1770) Publisher-Printing Location: Printed for Charles Dilly, etc. London Author: William Guthrie, the Astronomical Part by James Ferguson Date: 1792 Size and Page Count: 5.5 X 8.5 Tall; 910 Pages Condition: -Fair- Leather Bound that has ancient repairs with leather on hinge and spine, corners heavy wear, a few pages have stain spots tears on edges, Foxing, heavier on front pages; text block Good, many fold out maps that extend at their fold past the paper text block that have wear and tears from storage.(over 220 years) Illustrations Information: 15 foldout MAPS and Hundreds of Tables and Charts -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Articles and Information: Includes: Title page, advertisement (bibliography of changes to each edition up to this one, mentions the 13 Colonies), Preface(6 pages), Contents, Introduction (pages 1 to 58),… Leer más

Original 1733 Jac. Augusti Thuani Historiarum Tomus Tertius - Volume IIIPublished by Samuel Buckley in London 1733 from the writings of historian Jacques Auguste de Thou ((Thuanus) (died in 1617) with Pierre Dupuy and Nicolas Rigault.
De Thou was treated as a classic, an honour which he deserved. His history is a model of exact research, drawn from the best sources, and presented in an elegant and animated style; unfortunately, even for the men of the Renaissance, Latin was a dead language; it was impossible for de Thou to find exact equivalents for technical terms of geography or of administration.Condition: Good to Very Good, Boards are loose but connected by original strings binding, text block in fine condition, gilt lettering and decorations, stampings on leather bindings, 11" X 16" Tall, 860 pages, Large Heavy Book text in fine black and red ink. Princeton University library label on inside of front board with signature (stamp) Bernard Edward Duke of Norfolk.Jacques Auguste de Thou ((Thuanus)… Leer más

Many powerful figures on America's founding owned a copy of The Spectator including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton.
Original Edition -1753 -The Spectator- 6 Volumes of 8 total printed
Publisher-Printing Location: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper London Date and Numbering:MDCCLII 1753 Volume 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 Size and Page Count: 4" X 6.5" Tall
Condition: -Very Good- Half Leather Bound with marble paper boards. Leather cracking on spine covers, Hindges work, some foxing or darker areas on end paper. Text blocks tight and complete. Private library Emblem on inside of front boards of earlier owner "William Benj Marshall"
Illustrations Information:
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Volume 1 # 1 March 1 to #80 June 1, 1711
Volume 2 #81 June 2 to #169 September 13, 1711
Volume 5 #322 March 10 to #394 June 2, 1712
Volume 6 #395 June 3 to #473 September 2, 1712
Volume 7 #474 September 3 to #555 December 6, 1712
Volume 8… Leer más

1735. Hardback. Very Good. Original 1735 Entschuldigungen ""Excuses"" in Old German language and font. Early Protestant writings. Authors: Christian Gottfried Marche , Johann Jakob Rambach
Condition: Good, Has been re-covered in maybe the 1950's or 1960's with a woodgrain vinyl sheeting, 560 pages 4"" X 6.5"" Tall.What follows is the beginning of the book proper, after the Forward/Dedication. -- To the dear reader, Light and Grace are wished to you from the first source of salvation by yours Johann Jacob Hambach.Dear reader, The sin of excuses is one of the first fruits of the Fall. For just as soon as a human was unfaithful to his Creator, and He called him (the person) back to Himself, stood him before His judgment, and asked: Did you not eat from the tree, about which I commanded you, you should not eat from it? Then Adam answered: That woman you presented me with gave me to eat from that tree, and I ate. And when god thereafter also called the woman to account, and asked her: Why did you do… Leer más

1906. Very Good. Original Hand Sketched Illustration by May Wilson Preston 1906 Mont St-Michel Rare Original Drawing This is a Original Sketch For Seeing France with Uncle John by May Wilson Preston .
This is the actual illustration that the cut was made from used in the book 'Seeing France with Uncle John' and the magazine serial in 1906 Century Magazine. 'Seeing France With Uncle John' By Anne Warner. After running as a serial in Century Magazine the story was published in book form See http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35574/35574-h/35574-h.htm#gs04 . On page 275 of the book is this original illustration. Condition: Very Good, boarder has stain, yellowing and corner rubbing. Sticker 7845 in corner. Backside has lettering and numbers signifying placement. Has official Century Co. decal with: Article - Seeing France with Uncle John Title - Mont St. Michel Artist - May Wilson Preston Remarks - 15 X 17 Board with illustration 8.75 X 11 Tall
May Wilson Preston (1873-1949) At the height of her career, May… Leer más

New York: Time Life, 1984. hard. Fine. 5.5 X 8.5. 1981 to 1984 Edition The Collector's Library of the Civil War 20 Volumes Publisher-Printing Location: New York, Time Life Date: 1981 to 1984 Size and Page Count: 5.5 X 8.5 Condition:-Fine-Like New- Leather Bound, Bound in dark blue leather, with marbled endpapers, gilt titling on the spines and the front boards; embossed scene on the front panel. All edges gilt. Red ribbon markers are sewn in. Included on each volume is bookplate and the publisher's notes summarizing the author's career and the book's contents on a two-sided sheet. Embossed private library stamp on end page. Illustrations Information: frontispiece on each volume, assorted illustrations in volumes -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Articles and Information: The Time Life Collector's Library of the Civil War Series contained 30 volumes. They were published in the 1980s and sold via book club subscription. Each book is a reprint of an… Leer más

Medical Record, 1875. leather. Original Edition Volumes 9 and 10, all 104 Issues of the Medical Record - Bound A Semi-Monthly Journal of Medicine and Surgery edited by George F. Shrady, A.M., M.D. Publisher-Printing Location:William Wood and Company, New York; binding by Trow's of New York, Date and Numbering: January 1874 to December 1875 Size and Page Count: 7"" X 10"" Tall 104 Issues Condition: Good +: half leather bound with marbled page boards, Spine leather covering cracked, hinges cracked and repaired, some yellowing, very little foxing, some pencil marks, text block Complete and tight. Illustrations Information: Dozens of wood cut illustrations -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Contributors List in Front of publication and Index of listings from A Abdomen, gunshot wound of, toHugo Wilhelm von Ziemssen
Index :
Abdomen, gunshot wound of, 73;
diagnosis of enlargement of, 396; pain and cramps in, as symptoms, 427. Acne, treatment of. 235, 424.… Leer más

Original 1850 Hand Colored Map of The City of Washington MAP 13 x 16 Condition: Very Good, was once used as a display with backing material, edge tears, toned from age, corner missing on border, not affecting actual map. Hand painted 13 x 16.5 CITY OF WASHINGTON MAP (possibly from the New Universal Atlas of the World) Publisher: Thomas Cowperthwait Co.Philadelphia Details: Map is toned but otherwise clean and in very good condition. Hand colored. Enscription alone bottom edge Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1850, by Thomas Cowperthwait Co. in the Clerk's office of the District court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Includes Plan of the Principal Floor of the Capitol. Includes a List of References.

1788. leather. Original Edition RARE!
New London Magazine Volume 4 1788 Publisher-Printing Location: printed for Alex Hogg at the King's arms, London Date and Numbering:1788, all 12 Monthly Issues bound Size and Page Count: 5 X 8 Tall, 716 Pages Condition: Good to Very Good , Half Leather bound with marble paper boards, hinges have been repaired, spine leather cracked with top and bottom edges broken, text block very good, light foxing, 4 pages missing 299-300, 301-2, 573-6,
dozen pages with torn corners or pieces missing, a few pages that are repaired at tears in way past, light water stain lower half of December 1788 -pages 617 to 636-. Portsmouth Public Library stamp on inside of front board, with ink writing on Title page 'Portsmouth Mercantile Library Association March 1862, Joseph Foster'
Illustrations Information: Many Copper plates in the 12 month issues, including a frontispiece of Mercury delivering to History and Experience a great Variety of important Productions.
Title Page: "The New… Leer más

1729. leather. Very Good. See Photo Gallery Original Edition Content and Summary of the Whole Understood New Testaments Printing Location: Unknown, possibly Tuebingen Germany, but more likely Nuremburg Germany. Date: 1729 Size and Page Count: 4.25"" X 7"" Tall, approx. 1174 pages Condition: Very Good! Calf-skin bound, text with golden gilt edges, binding good, boards with marks and scratches, comparatively light foxing, one endpage missing, one page torn (though not detached), pages back of boards with pencil markings, cracks and scratches, but otherwise in excellent shape, text clean and easy to read, Complete. ------An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher, or historian------ Contains: The complete New Testaments in the German language. The text is a Martin Luther translation (Martin Luther was a leader of the German Protestant Reformation in 1517), with 'Practical Application' commentary below text and prefaces before each book. Several of the… Leer más

1869. Very Good. -Original Rare- Thorwaldsen and His Works, By J.M. Thiele of Copenhagen Volume II Translated by Professor Paul C. Sinding Publisher-Printing Location: MacDonald Palmer New York; Published By John G. 1869 Size and Page Count: 10.7"" X 14"" Tall, approx. 161 pages Condition: Good to Very Good - some pages with a tear, on inside of cover Ex-libris bookplate of Rowland Hazard (Rhode Island Manufacturer, Politician, and Philosopher) with family crest and motto ""Sinceritas"", moderate foxing , a few pencil marks on endpages, Beautiful gilt page edges and gilt decorated boards. Illustrations Information: 78 full page illustrations ----An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian----The First part of this publication describes each of his works
and the second part has a sketch of each of the works.
Quote from book: 'AÑ, the period that intervened between the year 1812, when Alexander's triumphal entry was executed, and the year 1814, Thorwaldsen seems, at least in a… Leer más