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This book was owned by Harold Jefferson Coolidge, his book plate is within the front board, prominent lawyer and the great great grandson of Thomas Jefferson and distant relative of President Calvin Coolidge! This book came from the estate of John Robert Gregg, the inventor of the Gregg Shorthand writing system from his property in York, Maine.
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Compared with the Former Editions, and many valuable MSS. By John Urry. London: Bernard Lintot, Between The Temple Gates. 1721. Folio. The first collected Chaucer in easier-to-read Roman typeface, Out of which, Three Tales are added which were never before Printed; By John Urry, Student of Christ-Church, Oxon. Deceased; Together with a Glossary, By a Student of the same College. To the Whole is prefixed The Author's Life, newly written, and a Preface, giving an Account of this edition, Printed for Bernard Lintot, between the Temple Gates, London, 1721, 626 pp, 81 pp, plus errata, frontispiece of Urry, full-page copper engraving of… Leer más

This biography helped in shaping the popular image of Boone as a heroic pioneer. Tales within are his bear encounter which he killed in hand to hand combat.
The First White Man Of The West or the Life & Exploits of Col. Daniel Boone, The First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. Timothy Flint. H.S. & J. Applegate & Co. Cincinnati. 1851. First Edition.
CONDITION: Book has edge and corner wear. Exposed corners, some fading and scuffing. End page has some penciling and a tear. Heavy foxing to the end pages front and back, some foxing throughout the book. Rip to the bottom pages 23-26, doesn't now affect the text in any manor. 8 Engravings. Books is complete and held well. Light water stain to the top right corner that runs through the the title page to page 17. 252 pages. See pictures for condition references, ask questions before purchasing!

Trappers Of New York or a Biography pf Nicholas Stoner & Nathaniel Foster; Together With Anecdotes Of Other Celebrated Hunters, And Some Account of Sir William Johnson, and his style of Living. By Jeptha R. Simms, Author of The History of Schoharie County, And Border Wars of New York. "He lifts the tube, and levels with his eye; Straight a short thunder breaks the frozen sky." - Pope. Albany: Printed By J. Munsell. 1850. Stereotyped.
Black cloth boards. Gold gilt stamp of a bear in a trap on the front board. Wear to the boards, edge and corner wear, corners exposed. Some chipping of the boards. Bottom and top spine bands are not present. Heavy chipping/exposure of the spine's edges. Pages have small sporadic stains, no foxing. There is some toning and smudging within. Four plates counted within the book. Previous owners name neatly penned to the end page.

History of New York City, From Discovery to The Present Day by William Stone. Virtue & Yorston, New York 1872. 20 engravings and 85 woodcuts, many beautiful portraits of American historical figures.
Marbled boards with 3/4 brown leather corners and spine/edge. Board edges have rubbing and chipping. Board corners are exposed and slightly sloped. Spine face/edges have creasing/lightly stressed. Outer page fore edges have marbling design as well as toning. Inner boards and end pages also have marble pattern. Some plates/surrounding pages have foxing. Most plates have original tissue-guards. Tissue-guards have transfer staining from plates. Pages have light toning around the edges. Front end pages, title pages, frontispiece/tissue guard all have foxing. Book held well. See pictures for condition references and please ask any questions before purchasing!

Plantation Songs - For My Lady's Banjo and Other Negro Lyrics & Monologues by Eli Shepperd. Pictures by J. W. Otts. Published by R. H. Russell. Copyright by Robert Howard Russell. New York. 1901.
Boards have light soiling. Boards have general edge and corner wear. Board corners are exposed and sloped. Spine face has chipping along edges. Outer page fore edges have toning. Front board feels loose though is fully attached. Front end page has tear at top edge along with small, scribbling inscriptions. Title page has "Specimen Copy" stamped at very top edge. Pages have light soiling throughout. See pictures for condition references and please ask any questions before purchasing!

Album of Salt Lake City Utah, Ca. 1880's, Images Include: Mormon Temple (Under Construction), Brigham Young Home, Also Included is a picture of Assembly Hall, some Protestant churches and a hotel. 11 pages of text in the back. Sales Stamp of "Low Bros. News Agents, Ogden, Utah" within. OCLC locates one copy in each of four libraries. Obscure.
Album consisting of 14 accordion panels. Size: 3x5" and an eleven p. text. Circa 1880's. Cloth, Stamped gilt lettering, bright and crisp, with sales stamp of "Low Brothers, Ogden Utah." One image has a paste-on errata correction. The text is laid down against rear cover. The panels are loose from the book but all connected with each other with the last panel being the exception. The very first panels fold is actually held to the second by a small piece of tape. As you can see from the pictures the panels themselves are not attached anymore to the boards. If you look at the fourth picture, the back panel that completes the front one is detached and so is the… Leer más