joseph bryan 1845 1908 (1 risultati)

TWO VOLUME COMPLETE SET. First editions (not stated but with matching dates upon title and copyright pages). Hardcover: H 23.25cm x L 15.75cm. No dust jackets (i.e. lacking). Uniformly bound in dark green cloth; some rubbing and slight stains; board corners worn; spine ends nicked/frayed; spine's gilt lettering remains fairly bright. Heavy flaking to text blocks' gilt top edges; foxing to bottom edges and deckle fore-edges. Endpapers foxed; some foxing/toning, soiling, and stains to interior leaves. Some glue reinforcement at hinges with some other internal stress points but bindings otherwise holding. *** VOLUME I: xii, 661, [2] pages; remnant of removed bookplate on front pastedown; two-line ink inscription "Mary S.C. Bryan | March 1923 J.S.B." at front free endpaper's top right; ffep verso has handwritten copy of June 1905 letter from Joseph Bryan to Rev. C. Braxton Bryan following up on the former's gift of a John Randolph portrait to Randolph Macon College; ink inscription "Mary S.C. Bryan | March 1923 at title page's top right; varied toning to pages 304-305, 322-323, and 544-545 from laid-in clippings; chipping at bottom fore-edge corners of pages 611-632; pencil note on page 661's verso. *** VOLUME II: vi, 804, [3] pages; laid-in at front endpapers is handwritten copy of December 1819 letter from John Randolph of Roanoke to "My dear Boys" J.R. Bryan and T.F. Bryan of Baltimore (godson John Randolph Bryan and brother Thomas F. Bryan); four-line ink inscription "Mary S.C. Bryan | From J. Stewart Bryan | March 1923 | Petersburg." at front free endpaper's top right; strong toning to pages 366-367 from laid-in clipping; two other clippings laid-in; pencil and ink notes on rear endpapers. *** Among a four book collection acquired from an Alexandria, Virginia estate that had a descent connection to Richmond, Virginia newspaper publisher John Stewart Bryan. Please note that this set has an approximate shipping weight of 6 pounds (2.72 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.