Morrell capt benjamin jun (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION USA 1832. Rebound in dark brown calf with gilt lettering and bands spine, raised bands spine forming 5 compartments, new brown EPs. Red seminary library stamp on title page. No other library marks on any pages. Clean covers, missing much of the gilt in the spine littering, sold binding, complete with short-ttile page and with four pages of publisher's ads at end. Title page is heavily embrowned and has a tideline. Subsequent 30 pages have increasingly faint tideline in upper outside corner. Pages 161 to 176 have heavy embrowning. Most other pages are bright but some have light scattered foxing (not heavy). The book measures 222mm tall x 150mm, and has 492 + [4] pages, b/w frontispiece. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. George Marston (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. 1832, Fair Only/no dj, thick octavo, 492pp plus 4pp ads in rear, original tan cloth hardcover, cloth split along rear exterior hinge, original title label on backstrip partially chipped away, binding shaky with several signatures loosening, covers very stained & edges shelf-worn, xerox facsimile frontispiece of author tipped-in, light water-staining & foxing here & there throughout text, in dire need of a nice restoration, at least a decent reading copy, Howes #M-818.".…