New Hampshire from T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA

Publisher's original string-tied wrappers with title lettering in single-ruled border, 16mo (6 inches in height x 4 3/4 inches in width), pp. 16. Several black and white illustrations. GOOD condition with mild shelf and handling wear. First edition uncommon in trade or institutional holdings, with a 2024 OCLC search returning Harvard and University of New Hampshire only. Protected now in… Saber más sobre este artículo

First edition, so stated, octavo, pp. 457, [1]. Illustrated endpapers. Color frontis and many other illustrations, perfect with the Table of Contents. Old bookseller ticket near bottom edge of rear pastedown. A FAIR only copy at best. Spine ends and board tips frayed and rubbed heavily. Lettering on spine and upper board worn away. Front hinge very tender. No dust… Saber más sobre este artículo

Publisher's reddish brown cloth with spine lettering gilt, now faded, octavo, pp. 78. Top edge gilt. Incomplete bookplate removal near top edge of front paste down. Previous owner name and 1901 notation from St. John, New Brunswick, on free front endpaper. Some black ink spots on upper board near top corner. Light shelf wear at spine ends and board tips.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Publisher's stapled color-illustrated card stock wrappers, 12mo, pp. 64 of black and white photo illustrations from the White Mountains in NH. Some edge wear and shelf rubs. Staples are rusty. Several small white abrasions on the centerpiece illustration (see photo 4 for our best attempt at a close-up). GOOD and sound withal. This item may have been issued with… Saber más sobre este artículo

Publisher's cream-colored buckram-style cloth with elaborate upper board gilt lettering and decorative device within double-ruled gilt border, 12mo, pp. 70. Tissue-guarded frontis of the author and 8 additional illustrations by E. H. Garrett inserted. Note that the List of Illustrations calls for the final illustration to be inserted at page 64 but it is at page 68. Top edge gilt.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Removed from Herring & Longacre, National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Volume 1. An 8-page biography of Webster removed from the National Portrait Gallery volume and rebound separately in a variegated maroon leatherette with Webster's name gilt on front and the engraving of Webster from the large volume tipped in on a clean new endpaper. The slim resultant volume measures… Saber más sobre este artículo

Originally in the publisher's gray printed wrappers, but rear wrapper now missing and front wrap holding by a thread and likely to separate with further handling. Wrapper spine mostly perished. Largely clean internally save for a few old tide lines at preliminary and terminal pages. String-binding holding sound. Lists of curators, professors, tutors, etc., 1771-date. Ensconced now by us in… Saber más sobre este artículo

Removed from a bound volume, octavo, pp. 25. Two contemporary owner names, one crossed out, near top edge of half-title page. Nick with no loss at bottom-edge of half title (Photo 2). Short tear with no loss, mid fore-edge of title page (Photo 3 is title page verso). Small tear at top of page 15 (Photo… Saber más sobre este artículo

Revised, octavo, pp. 349. A FAIR only copy in gray wrappers with perimeter tears and chips, soiling, and separation beginning at each end of the spine. Fore-edge and portions of the interior with old tide-lines. (see photos 2, 3, & 4). But to our mind, what makes this a desirable item is the large multi-panel fold-out chart… Saber más sobre este artículo

Very good octavo, pp. 52 in the publisher's illustrated stapled wrappers. Housed in a clear protective display sleeve with white cardstock backing board.