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No Binding. Condizione: Good. 16pp. 6.5 x 4 inch. Disbound from a compilation of miscellaneous tracts. no cover as seen in photo. undated but about 1835.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. Old Ship Church, Hingham, MA 2006. Signed by Author on Title page with Presentation notation. 185 pages. Light general wear. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Signed Religion::Christian New England::Biographies/Memoirs 7606.

Condizione: Good. 1961. 1st Impression. 182 pages. Beige jacket over green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Condizione: New. 2008. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . .

Condizione: New. 2008. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Impression. vii, 182pp. Four-line ownership stamp and small date stamp by the upper edge of ffep with small book shop stamp by the lower spine edge of the ffep. Or green cl boards, gilt spine titles, in dust jacket which has a lightly tanned spine. In the series 'The Scholar as Preacher'. Size: 8vo.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Ed. Near Fine in white wraps with black lettering. A collection of 25 sermons delivered by the author from 1987 to 2002. Religion.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. 295 pages; expounding and interpreting various topics and ideas: Endless Variety of Divine Workmanship, Not Two Objects Alike, Varieties Geological and Geographical, The Elementary Particles of Things, Varieties Chemical, The Animal Kingdom, Man, Astronomical Varieties, Examples of Extraordinary Development Among Man as Pledges of His High Future Destiny, Nature Providence and Revelation Indicate This High Destiny, The Happiness of God in the Contemplation of His Works and His Ways, and His Own Attributes and Character, Reasons for the One Common Universal Religion, and That Christianity, more; original publisher's dark brown half-leather & cloth covered boards, gilt spine titles, marbled edges; edge, tips wear to binding, spine ends rubbed; front (blank) endpaper lacking; some foxing and spotting; good plus reading or reference condition. …

Hard covers. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Owner's inscription on ffep. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Hardcover. Condizione: VG-. 1st Edition. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, tan cloth boards, blind stamped design on front and rear with gilt text on front. Interior shows spotting and soiling, dark spots are present on spine. Internal binding is good, no hinge issues other than a bit of pulling at the copyright page. Pages are toned due to age and minor spotting/foxing is present. End pages are darkened the most, mainly in the front. Front end page shows the previous owner's last name written in pencil. The strangest part of this book is the edition of five handwritten pages containing the speech and fake marriage vows between Miss Edna Grant and Mr. Edwin W. Flower of San Jose. These pages tipped in starting at page 31 and continue to page 39. It seems particularly odd to pick an obituary book of a US Senator to be used to hold the speech for a mock wedding ceremony. The five page wedding ceremony document is undated but appears to be from the late 19th century and makes for an interesting piece of ephemera. It is unknown with the connection, if any, is to the late Senator Zachariah Chandler. No reference of this marriage was found on any genealogy websites so perhaps this was used in a play.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Free front endpaper has 19th century former ownership signature of "Josiah Holbrook, West Hanover Mass." (perhaps the Lyceum movement founder?). No year in imprint, 1870 on verso of title page. Binding is just about disbound from text block; boards and spine cloth are loose; binding is very worn and has soil; book is a bit musty; corners bumped and worn; spine tips are chipped; head band above top of spine is loose; interior has foxing, soil, and wear; reading copy of the expanded edition. 860 p., with frontispiece and 63 full-page illustrations, some included in the pagination, some not; spine has impressive gilt lettering and illustration, albeit a bit faded. Large, heavy volume. Size: 8 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches. [otob: 44r].…

1859. Asia. J. & H. Miller/Columbus. Edge worn boards with leather spine text is browning title page is slightly torn at the bottom/gutter page 383-384 is missing. All plates are present.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Five volumes. Half red morocco with gilt stamped spines. Top edges gilt. Some wear to edges and corners; modest rubbing and light soiling to sides; foot of spine on two volumes scorched. Bit of cracking to leather at hinges. Marbled endpapers. Interiors are unmarked. Pages are clean with a few minor exceptions. Each volume includes profusion of fine portraits, each with a tissue guard. Thick 4to. Scarce. pp. 426, 425, 465, 404, 397. Five volumes of the 13 volume set of the Encyclopedia of Massachusetts: Biographical-Genealogical, each featuring the original 1916 title page which credits the American Historical Society's seven-member advisory committee headed by William Richard Cutter (1847-1918), who was also the corresponding secretary and historian of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society (NEHGS). [Later issued volumes featured an undated title page with the generic accreditation: ''Compiled with the Assistance of a Capable Corps of Advisers and Contributors''.] More than 2100 pages of Massachusetts biographies and family histories. The biographical entries are not arranged alphabetically, but a name index is provided at the conclusion of each volume. The publisher did not ascribe the set with unique volume numbers; each of these five volume are here identified by the first name that appears: 1 - Brackett, John Q. A. 2 - Dawes, Henry L. 3 - Guild, Curtis, Jr. 4 - Hoar, George Frisbie. 5 - Newton, James Hale. One of the members of the advisory committee was Eugene C. Gardner (1836-1915), a noted Massachusetts architect. He passed away in February 1915, well before the publication of the series. His obituary states that during his last three years he wrote 60 biographies for the project.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Hunting the Opium Smugglers - Author attempts to capture Chinaman who was causing much trouble by smuggling opium into a South Sea Island; Photograph from Hong Kong of a "Punishment Chair" upon which a bound criminal sat upon eleven knives and was then carried through the streets as a lesson to others; With "Lizzie" to the Edge of Beyond - An old Ford car takes four passengers and a heavy load seven hundred miles through Central Africa; The Faithful Burglar - a story involving psychic phenomena from Ray Bell's Tie-Camp at Shabaqua, Ontario - with photo; Through Savage Europe - Part II - Richard Carline continues to describe his painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro; The Devil Panther - Two British hunters pursue a feared killer panther in India; What Happened to Hubbard? - Sequel to "Where the Gold Went" in which Charles A. Siringo described how Schell and Hubbard stole a quantity of gold from the famous Treadwell Mine in Alaska - describes how Hubbard went on to success in Dawson City; Roaming the Wild South Seas - Part IV (conclusion) - Jack McLaren describes the romance and adventure of the South Sea Islands - article with photos; A Run for Money - Author attempts to smuggle a ranch payroll through a Mexican rebel zone; Photo of Filipino "Tom Thumb", Panglima Diki-Diki; The "Human Bomb" - Update on a 1913 story about Carl Warr who walked into the Los Angeles Police Headquarters with enough dynamite to blow it up; Across the Great Sahara - Part III - A journey by camel across the Sahara from bottom to top - article with many excellent photos; The Sheep-Shearer - A sailor's amusing story about a machine invented by his second engineer; At Grips With a Python - Nighmare experience for a South African farmer; The Ghost of Ardtrea - An odd story from County Tyrone, Ireland describing events in an old rectory; A Week End in Bulgaria - Quaint glimpses of Bulgarian manners and customs by traveller Ralph Michaelis. 88 pages. plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip has left the back cover barely holding, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy. de Walton, John; Hiley, F.E.; Abbey, S.; Prater, E.; Robinson, T.H.; Cameron, John; Wood, Stanley L.; Brightwell, L.R.; Soper, G.; Whitaker, W.G.; Woodville, R. Caton (illustratore).…

579.READ H. REV. 1874 THE FOOT PRINTS OF SATAN OR THE DEVIL IN HISTORY. 544PP. ILLUSTRATED. HARD COVER. GOOD CONDITION. (OBG-BASE-33) 7.