History from Cat's Cradle Books

Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1898. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Lightly circulated. Embossed cloth over boards is generally lightly worn with heavier wear at extremities of spine and at corners. Gilt design on front is bright. Spine is darkened, including lettering. Some soiling on front. Writing on ffep. Binding and hinges sound. Pages clean,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Exlib marks. Very lightly circulated. Binding is half leather with gilt embellishments and lettering on spine. Pages clean, tanned. ; ; Ex-Library; 9.0" tall; 809 pages.

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

New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Rebound in cloth over boards which has light shelf wear and gilt lettering on spine. Hinges reinforced with cloth tape. Binding sound. Very lightly circulated. Pages clean with light foxing. ; Volumes I and II included in single volume. ; Ex-Library; 9.0" tall; 454… 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

London: J. Baker, 1713. Hardcover. Poor with no dust jacket. Front and back boards are missing. Leather over spine is still attached. Binding sound. Pages tanned, occasionally foxed. Last page of index has detached but is present. Foldout Schedule of the Trade between England and France has closed tear but is whole. ; Almanac-style accounting of political events… 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

London: Edward Moxon, 1836. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Second Edition. Minimal exlibrary markings. Very lightly circulated, if at all. Sound binding and hinges on each volume. Pages clean, tanned. Some foxing on endpapers, frontispiece, and title page of each volume. Half leather over boards has scuffing, edge wear especially at corners. Gilt… 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

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1853. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. First American Edition. Exlibrary markings. Volume I has cracked hinges, broken joint between spine and back. Half leather over boards is generally worn with tear at lower spine. Pages tanned with some dampstaining early and late in book. Volume II has sound binding… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Murray, 1856. 1st English language edition. Hardcover. Poor with no dust jacket. 1st English language edition. Exlibrary marks. Half leather over boards is heavily worn, with spine leather chipped and split, and joint between spine and front broken. Front is detached but present, as are the first few pages of the book to and including the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Hanovre: Hahn, 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair with no dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary markings. Publication dates 1847-53. Third volume published by Hahn in Berlin; other two in Hanover. Volumes are in the French language. Full embossed leather over boards is heavily worn, with spines repaired/reinforced using cloth tape. Tape has split at joints between spine/back and spine/front.… 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