Americana from Cat's Cradle Books

Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards & Broughton, Publishers, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Book has been rebound in cloth over boards, which has only very slight shelf wear. Bright gilt lettering on spine. Binding and hinges sound. Lightly circulated. Pages clean, tanned. ; History of military engagements in North Carolina during the Revolutionary War, particularly the last… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Sound binding and hinges. Pages clean, bright. Cloth over boards has light edge rubbing. ; Frederika Charlotte Louise von Massow, Baroness (Freifrau) Riedesel zu Eisenbach (1746-1808) was a German writerand wife of General Friedrich Adolf Riedesel. She… Saber más sobre este artículo

Greensboro, N. C.: Jos. J. Stone & Company, 1925. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary markings. Lightly circulated. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, age-darkened pages. Foxed endpapers with writing on ffep. Cloth over boards has overall light shelf wear. Gilt lettering on spine is darkened. ; Illustrated with black and white illustrations of men and women whose… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Previous owners' bookplates on front pastedown, writing on ffep. Previous owner's name stamp on title page. Binding and hinges sound. Cloth over boards is worn at corner tips and extremities of spine, with overall light shelf wear. Gilt lettering on front is… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: Swedish Colonial Society, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, off-white pages. Cloth over boards has light shelf wear. Bright gilt design on front, lettering on spine. Several black and white plates, some foxing early in book. ; Translated from the Swedish, with introduction, notes,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Front hinge paper cracked. Binding and rear hinge sound. Clear tape reinforcing joint between spine and front. Cloth over boards has shelf wear, wear to corner tips and extremities of spine. Pages clean, slightly tanned. ; Travel guide to eastern… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: Hayes and Zell, 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair with no dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Embossed cloth over boards is heavily worn, especially at edges and corners. Cloth over spine is missing on bottom half. Front endpapers torn out. Drawings of Eastern Star and writing on rear endpapers and pastedown suggest connection with the Masonic Order… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor with no dust jacket. First Edition. Embossed cloth over boards is heavily worn. Front board is detached but present. Binding has split at page 92, but all pages are present. Spine is missing most of cloth, exposing guttering. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. Pages clean, tanned. ;… Saber más sobre este artículo

Greensborough, N.C.: Swaim and Sherwood, 1842. Hardcover. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding and hinges. Quarter leather over boards is shelf worn with edge wear especially at top of spine and at joint between spine and front. Exlibrary markings. Previous owner's name on front pastedown and several notes on rear pastedown. Pages are tanned and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Greensborough, N.C.: Swaim and Sherwood, 1842. Hardcover. Poor with No dust jacket as issued. Volume is complete and in one piece with hinges and binding sound. However, there is extensive water damage to the boards, which are bowed and warped, and to the cloth over the boards, which have heavy wear besides. Leather spine is missing except for… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Carlton & Porter, 1857. Hardcover. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. Exlibrary markings. Hinges sound, binding shaken with several signatures loosened but still bound. Pages tanned with foxing. Embossed cloth over boards is worn overall with heavy edge wear at extremities of spine, and corners badly bumped. ; Memoir of the author's experience preaching in… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia / New York: King & Baird / Sheldon & Co, 1867. Hardcover. Fair with no dust jacket. Front board detached but present. Rear board secure. Binding and hinges sound. Full embossed and gilt decorated leather over boards is worn epecially at edges and spine. Previous owner's name on title page. Pages clean, tanned, occasionally foxed, with gilt… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: Leary & Getz, 1855. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Book has been rebound. Binding and hinges sound. Pages clean, tanned. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed with exlibrary mark on lower spine. Gilt lettering is bright. ; Addresses of the early Presidents, along with copy of the U.S. Constitution and the constitutions of various states .… Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington, D.C.: Office Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1964. First Edition. Unbound. Very Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by H. Charles McBarron. First Edition. Dates of some are 1964, others undated. One title page creased, prints lightly bumped and scuffed (1812 has dark scuff across verso)), no markings. Ex-library folder with sticker damage at… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Russell Robins, 1825. Hardcover. Fair with no dust jacket. Lightly circulated for in-library use only. Full leather over boards is heavily worn, scuffed. Front has separated at joint with spine but has been repaired with cloth tape. Pages tanned, some foxed, some dampstained. Decorative spine with gilt design and lettering. Frontispiece is engraving depicting Lafayette. Authorship… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: B'nai B'rith, N.D.. Ephemera. Very Good. Folder containing loose pages is a bit tanned with light handling wear. Indentation where a paper clip had been is visible on outer front edge. Pages clean. ; Portfolio series presents facsimiles of notable documents in America's Jewish history. This set is with regard to Abraham Lincoln, with facsimiles of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Reprint. Exlibrary marks. Very lightly circulated. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is lightly edge rubbed. DJ, in mylar, has light edge rubbing, fading at spine. ; 52 plates in black and white. Covers the period from the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cincinnati: Miami Printing and Publishing Company, 1867. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary markings. Very lightly circulated. Book has been rebound in cloth and quarter leather. ound binding and hinges. Pages are tanned with light dampstaining at bottom edge not affecting readability. Pages tanned, otherwise clean. Pages have gilt at top edge, visible when closed. Cloth… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary markings. Both hinges broken with boards detached but present on Volume 1. Hinges sound on Volume 2. Binding sound on both volumes. Pages clean, tanned. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed and shelf worn, with heaviest wear at corners… Saber más sobre este artículo

Lexington, Kentucky: University of Kentucky Press, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary markings. Very lightly circulated. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is edge rubbed. DJ, in mylar, is clean with faint edge rubbing. ; First-hand account of service in the Orphan Brigade (First Kentucky Brigade),… Saber más sobre este artículo