Waldo putnam esq (5 risultati)

red & gilt cloth hardbound 8vo. ~ 8º (octavo). no dustwrapper (as issued). fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ b&w frontis. portrait. 392p. american history. biography. american revolution. naval history. maritime history. great lakes history. british empire. nicholas biddle. john paul jones. edward preble. alexander murray. james monroe. thomas jefferson. john adams.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. 1st Edition. Text block is intact. The front board is detached but the endpapers are present with no inscriptions. Foxing throughout. The spine has chipping on top and bottom. The naval book is from the Library of Carl Jackson, Head of the Wells Library of Indiana University. Jackson was an accomplished sailor and eventually was lost at sea crossing the Atlantic. Enclosed is a typed invoice to Jackson from the bookseller of this book, 1975. 1823 Sketches of Nicholas Biddle, John Paul Jones, Edward Preble and Alexander Murray, all Commanders. Also, Character of James Monroe and Letters of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Naval Commanders of the American Revolution are presented after much research and collecting, records, pamphlets, newspaper, and even handbills. The author states he gathered a file of newspapers embracing the whole period of the War of the American Revolution; facts relating to Naval Heros, not to be found in voluminous histories of that wonderful war and also journals of the Old Congress.…

Leather. Condizione: Good - Cash. No Jacket. A beautiful 200 year old book in fantastic condition! General use wear, surface and edges rubbed with some creasing. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Unmarked pages. Secure pages, solid binding. Writing on front paste down. FFEP is showing aging. Foxing throughout text. Spine still has red block with gold gild lettering in it. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. .with descriptive and historical notices of the principal places through which he passed; Second Edition; Full brown original binding with gilt title on black spine label, & frontis portrait; A good & solid binding over a toned & somewhat foxed textblock; Ownership & graffiti to the endpapers / pastdowns, chip from lower margin of title page, & early quire starting; 343 pages. …

Full-Leather. No Jacket. Full-Leather. No Jacket. HBNODJ Issued, 1819, Stated third edition, Interior relatively nice, tight Clean With FoX & some chips or dogeared edges few of pages, NF+/NF+, AS-IS,NODJ, 312 pages, Brown Leather with black spine Label, Cover Slight Rub, wear & tiny chips Tears Extremities, Slight Wrinkling some Pages Inside.…