boston james h earle (168 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 421 Pages; 21 Chapters. Pages Tight; Moderate Page Wear; Page Edges Somewhat Darkened. "Log Cabin To White House" Series. Also Includes A Sketch Of The Life Of Gen. John A Logan. Frontispiece Of James G Blaine And Facsimile Of His Signature With Tissue Protector In Front Of Book. Small Tear Along Right Margin Of Front End Page. End Pages Have Cocoa Brown Background With Numerous Illustrations Of Chinese Motif. Dark Brown Hard Covers With Gild Lettering And Etched Images Of White House And Log Cabin; Black Border With Designs On Front Cover And Spine. Corners Slightly Bumped; Some Wear On Spine Ends. Moderate Shelf Wear. Introduction In Front Of Book. Chapter Headings Include: The Boy; Preparation; Teaching In Kentucky; Journalism; Speaker Of The Maine Legislature; United States Senator; Home Life Of Mr. Blaine; Nomination For President; Gen. John A Logan; Etc. Very Rare Vintage Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Lightly worn covers, faded area on front cover, one corner frayed, lovely gilt end papers, inner hinge cracked, page edges tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Notes and Underlining. Pages are yellowed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Brown cloth, gilt titling to cover and spine. Light wear, spine slightly darkened, contents tanned, binding is solid. A sound copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 464 page biography of Charles Jewett - a laborer in the Temperance Reform movement, an anti-slavery orator, general public servant. Gilt-lettered binding has light edge wear. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. Very nice copy of this late 19th century work on "The Epic of Moses and His Institutions; and Our Nation: A Series of Poems, with Historic, Patriotic and Christian Elements. The Whole Interspersed with Lyrics." Illustrated. Gilt lettering on covers, along with black imprinted illustrations. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This first edition HC w/o DJ is in VG cond. Corners and spine ends, very lightly bumped and worn. Spine is faded and lightly worn, but gilt lettering quite ledgible. Beveled boards have moderate scuffing and light soiling. Front hinge starting, but all pages present, clean and tightly bound. Interior in fine cond, no evidence of prior ownership. Not ex-lib. 464 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 451pp. Brown cloth binding stamped in black and gold. Frontis, illustrations. Decorated endpapers. Light wear, Small, neat repairs to hinges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed on front pastedown "To Parke Dickenson from the author, August 14th, 1933." Mild tanning to pages. No marks in this 90-page book. Small stain on front cover and mild wear elsewhere to cover. There is a newspaper clipping laid in book titled "Oldest Hollins College Graduate Dies at Age 99" which is about the author, Mary Pleasants. (Scans available.) Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Good plus or better, light general wear Cloth Int hinge split after title, faded spine. Binding a bit loose. Prev owner's name on front fly.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Original brown board with black imprinted designs on cover and spine. Title is gilt-encased on spine with author's name in gilt. Title on cover is gilt on black with gilt framing. Front piece is signed portrait protected by tissue. Slight bumping and some shelf wear. Little spotting or staining. Binding stitches evident in places and pages 219 -238 lose but holding. Small tear corner of page 319. 308 pages followed by a 19 page biographical sketch of William A. Weaver, his running mate.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original green beveled cloth. Pencil inscription and previous owner's signature, very slight foxing on endpapers, Very Good.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Engraving (illustrator). First Edition. Nice copy of a beautiful book. Brown cloth boards with green flowers and gilt. Some shelf wear, spine top and bottom bumped. Inside has some foxing and paper toning due only to age. Email us for a picture, we ship fast.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Fep and first few pages have chips, taping else VG as attractive dark green/gilt/black cover of log cabin and White House, somewhat delicate browned paper, 272pps, frp, ex library.

First edition Good and attractively designed burgundy boards with gilt titles in clean text throughout.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Spine separated, covers detached but present in two pieces. Covers have a few chips. Internally very good. ; 47 pages; "Witnesses to their influence in the home, the church and the state. Edited and supplied by The New England Christian Association, Boston." Includes letters, lectures, et cetera by William H. Seward, John Quincy Adams, and others.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Interior is VG+, exterior has moderate rub marks and edgewear. Autobiographical memoirs of this 19th century author of "Sketch from Real Life", starting off with stories of the Morses and Vermont, to friends at home in Northampton, to Boston, Dorchester, Woonsocket Rhode Island in 1867, Greenfield Massachusetts, North Springfield Vermont, and her "retiring from the field". Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Blue cloth, white lettering, rubbed, text solid. FER.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Green cloth, white lettering, edges rubbed. FER.

Hardcover. Blue cloth, white lettering, no dj, rubbed, owner's name on cover page. FER; 27267.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Covers have some light wear. Spine is beginning to chip. Pages are beginning to yellow. Spine is cracking at front endpaper, and copyright page.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Brown board covers, beveled at edges; gilt cover and spine lettering still bright; brown end papers; tight, uncracked hinges; tissue paper over frontispiece image of Jewett (facsimile signature); spine ends rubbed and compressed but not nicked, torn, or frayed; small damp stain to back of frontispiece page; one inch corner tear to first fly leaf; bottom corner page edges to pp. 343-348, collectively dog-eared at some point in the book's history, have been straightened; text pages age-tanned throughout; overall, remarkably good condition, given its vintage.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Original Cloth. Good/No Jacket Includes a sketch of Sumner's life by Cornell, an original article by Bishop Gilbert Haven, and the "Eulogies Pronounced by Eminent Men." Pre-Civil War anti-slavery senator from Massachusetts. Illustrated with frontis portrait and several other etchings. Moderate-to-heavy wear of cover extremities; light rubbing to boards. Prior owner name (small, blue, inkstamped) appears on endpapers and in many random margins throughout the book without marring text. (He seemed to get a little carried away!) prior owner name, town, and date also neatly in pencil on front endpaper. Moderate shelf-dust and small area of dampstain at upper page block. Interior otherwise clean and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, BLACK LINES, GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. SLIGHTLY WORN. GOOD PICTURE OF JEWETT AS FRONTISPIECE. GREAT INTRODUCTION BY THAYER. BOOK TIGHT AND CLEAN WITH NO MARKINGS. DR. JEWETT AND TEMPERANCE REFORM. PHYSICIAN, ARTIST, CHEMIST, INVENTOR, TEACHER. INVOLVED AGAINST SLAVERY. PROHIBITION. GREAT BOOK. FROM BOYHOOD, PHYSICIAN, PIONEER, REBELLION, GUERRILLA WARFARE, CHILDREN, LECTURING, FAMILY, CHURCH, DEATH. A WONDERFUL LIFE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. VERY NICE LOOKING BOOK, BROWN COVER, GOLD PRINTING FRONT WITH BLACK DESIGN, BLACK DESIGN SPINE WITH GOLD. TIGHT WITH NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, SLIGHTLY BROWNING PAGES FROM AGE, LAST BLANK PAGE HAS TEAR AGAINST BINDING 2/3 WAY DOWN. TIGHT BINDING. PRINTED NICELY INSIDE. INTERESTING FICTION NOVEL WITH 32 CHAPTERS. NICE COLLECTOR ITEM. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Minus. No Jacket. Green cloth with white lettering and trim on front cover and spine, corners and spine ends a little bumped and worn, cover shows minor rubbing. Binding is breaking at front hinge; all pages present and secure. Pages a little tanned and foxed but clean, no markings. 198 pages. Packaged carefully for shipment in cardboard with U. S. tracking. Oversized or heavy books may require extra postage for priority or international shipment.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . . . . 8vo. Hardcover, decorative brown cloth. Upper & lower spine and corners very mildly rubbed, pgs. age-toned, else vg condition. 226 + 74 pp. Over 10 b/w plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. First or early printing. Black and gilt stamped binding, shows mild wear, slight spine lean, well bound, name on front fly leaf, o/w unmarked. Paper shows age toning with minor foxing. 480 pp., plus 20+ woodcut plates.

Cloth. Condition: G/No Dustjacket. Frontispiece (illustrator). Boston, MA: James H. Earle, Publishers. G/No Dustjacket. 1886. . Cloth. 8vo., 464pp., Cover stained; yellowed pages .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. White hardcover shows wear at edges and soiling/tanning to covers. Edges of pages are silver as is silhouette and title on cover. INSCRIBED ON SECOND ENDPAPER: TO MARY NEVILLE DAVIS WITH THE AFFECTIONATE REGARDS AND NEW YEAR GREETINGS, FROM HER UNCLE, THE AUTHOR FEO. C. LORIMER BOSTON, MASS. 1893. 110 pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Inscribed by Author(s).