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G. Hills, 1841-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . First edition. Bound in full leather, cover shows minor wear, tear, rubbing, joints starting. Minor writing in the prelims, pages are tanned and foxed. Plates removed.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. hardcover. New. 6x1x9.

Lancaster, PA: G. Hills & Co., 1841. Book. Fair. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Full calf, gilt on burgundy spine label. Worn but intact and complete. Leather shows typical surface rubbing/scuffing, with exposure evident at corners, mended separation along lower front joint. Firm binding. 633 pp., illus. Several signatures of former owner David Ayers, Lower Mount Bethel, PA, 1840 on front endpapers, also the address stamp of a later owner. All 8 folding engraved plates present, but versos show tape mends that have darkened and/or later paper reinforcements. Interior shows consistent foxing, light to advanced, as well as scattered soiling. Very scarce. Howes W 548 (first entry)..

Lancaster: G. Hills & Co, 1841. First Edition. Leather bound. Fair. Octavo. 633 pages. 8 folding plates. Restored. Brown calf leather binding with red leather title label on the spine. Front board has been reattached. Both hinges have been reapired. Outer joints cracked. Leather is dry, rubbed, and worn on the lower corners. Light to moderate scattered foxing and toning to text and plates. Some of the folding plates have old tape repairs on the versos. A fair copy. Howes W 548.

Lancaster: G. Hills & Co., 1843. Third printing. 8vo., 633 pp., 8 large folding lithographic plates, printed on a heavy stock. Scattered foxing and staining. Newly bound in half calf with marbled paper over boards, spine label in gilt. Very good. The third printing of Howes W-548. Ayer Collection No. 334. Largely taken from S.G. Drake and B.B. Thatcher. Contains narratives of the captivities of the John Ortiz, Rev. John Williams; Mary Rowlandson; Quintin Stockwell; Sarah Gerish; Elizabeth Heard; John Gyles; Elizabeth Hanson; Nehemiah How; John Fitch; Mary Fowler; Isabella McCoy; and Colonel James Smith.

Lancaster, Penn.: G. Hills & Co., 1841. First Edition. Good in a contemporary full leather binding with a gilt on black leather label on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/4" with rubbing and wear to the leather at the head and heel of the spine and to the edges of the boards. The joints are beginning to show weakness and the front hinge is broken. The first short signature is loose with the folded, engraved frontispiece is missing its folded half. All of the other seven folded, engraved plates have damage caused by tears in the folds or closed tears to the plates in the folded areas. With the exception of the frontispiece none of the plates have missing pieces. Interestingly, there is a very early prior owner's name on the first free end page indicating that the book was "Bot 1842" for a price of $2.25. The book is contained within a recently constructed leather and cloth covered clamshell box with gilt text stamping on the spine. 633 pages of text… Leer más