ANTIQUARIAN AND PRE 1900 from Ravenroost Books

San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1917. ix.74pgs. Very Good condition hardcover, tan boards with purple cloth decorated spine, matching top of textblock and decoration to front board. Dust jacket present only as a chipped fragment of the front panel and flap, preserved and functional in an archival sleeve. Pages are untrimmed, very faint age toning to extremities, minimal edge… Saber más sobre este artículo

Hartford, CT: J.R. Burr and Hyde, 1871. xvi.665pgs. Good condition brown cloth hardcover. Case narratives of Civil War era New York police detective. Gilt decoration to front and spine, spine faded, edges and corners rubbed and frayed, with a one inch closed tear to upper left corner of front cover. Binding weakened but holding under front endpaper, sewn signatures remain… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York and Chicago: Potter, Ainsworth and Co., 1874. viii.405 pgs.+ 2 world maps. Good to Very Good condition original cloth hardcover. Overall wear and rubbing to edges and corners. Light foxin and penciled notes on front endpapers. Endpaper wear to rear hinge, binding sound. Colored frontis plate with intact protective tissue. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1884. xiii.543pgs. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt and black decoration to front and spine. Attractive, ompact and sound. Unmarked but for previous owner neatly penned on front enpaper. Includes a small clipping of a prayer by Frances Ripley Havergal (1876-1839) a religious poet. Pages slightly and evenly age toned. Closed tear to the middle of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea's Son & Co., 1880. xii. 310pgs+adv. Very Good cloth hardcover, dark green with gilt lettering to spine. Binding tight, owner name and bookplate on front endpaper, clean and unmarked but for a few scattered checkmarks and an underlined formula in the rear appendix section. Based in part on "Bowman's Medical Chemistry". Black and white illustrations throughout.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York Vintage prescription form. Very Good condition vintage oculist's hand written prescription for an eye wash formula, with pharmacist's envelope in which it had been folded, undated, circa early twentieth century. Oculist is Thomas Dixon, M.D. in the Arbuckle Building, 367 to 373 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY . Pharmacist is Thomas Lamb, 84 Livingston St. Brooklyn NY "established… Saber más sobre este artículo

Place Not Indicated.: Not Stated Unpaginated. [circa pre-1906] Very Good condition navy blue cloth hardcover, gilt lettering to front cover, boards affixed with vintage 3-hole binding clips which may allow removal of plates for framing if desired. Light rubbing to corners. Clean and unmarked but for gift inscription on front blank dated Dec. 21st, 1906. High quality cream colored paper.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Inc., 1911. vii.200pgs. Very Good brown cloth hardcover, gilt lettering to front and spine. Rubbing to cloth at edges and corners, with 3/4 inch worn through along spine edge at bottom corner. Binding sound, contents clean and unmarked. Advertisements of additional Blakiston's textbooks for medical students on front and rear endpapers. See what chemistry… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1902. 299pgs. Very Good harcover, decorative binding signed MA, navy cloth with attractive decoration in gilt and green by Margaret Armstrong on front board and spine. Attractive period bookplate with the poem "If thou art borrowed by a friend..." and gift inscription [to Dr. Jno. S. Niles by his nephew Frank L. Niles) on… Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1907. 608 pgs. Good condition brown cloth hardcover. Original binding sound. Wear and rubbing to cloth at corners and spine edges. Rubbed spots on cloth at top of spine, scattered worn spots on front and rear boards. Endpapers lightly foxed, internally very good, clean and unmarked. Numerous detailed illustrations in black and white and multi tone… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1893. sm 8vo. 307 pgs. Very Good condition green cloth hardcover, minimal shelfwear consisting of light rubbing to cloth at extremities. Owner name on front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked. Gilt lettering to spine and top edge gilt. Contents include eight essays and a lecture: The Poet, Experience, Character, Manners, Gifts, Nature, Politics, Nominalist and Realist, New… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: P.F. Collier and Son., 1902. 8vo. 1924 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Light cloth wear to spine edges, corners and board edges. Hinges sound. 1/2 inch edge tear to margin of color frontis plate of the entry of the Allies into Peking. Copyright 1900 with no additional printings stated. This volume… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons., 1911. 12 mo. 307 pgs. Very Good hardcover. Top edge gilt. Red cloth, gilt spine and cover decoration. Light edge and corner wear and spotty fading to cloth. Illustrated frontis and seven additional black and white plates by George Gibbs. Text clean and unmarked. #223.. Later Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by George Gibbs.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: G.W. Carleton & Co., 1883. 16mo. 144pgs. Very Good condition dark green cloth with gilt lettering and publishers device on spine. Decorative blindstamping on both front and rear boards. Owner name in pencil on front endpaper, else clean and unmarked throught. Subtitle; From the last London Edition (1879) to Which is Added The Laws and Rules of… Saber más sobre este artículo