Kanzas and Nebraska the History Geographical and Physical Characteristics and Political Position of Those Territories an Account of the Emigrant Aid Companies and Directions to Emigrants by Hale, Edward E - 1854

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hard cover published by Philips, Sampson and Co. in 1854. No dust jacket. Red covers with blindstamped designs on front and back, and gilt lettering and designs on spine. Front edge of spine is torn down its length, and back edge is torn from bottom for several inches. Covers have some small stains and scuffing. Corners are bumped and worn, with material worn off and some splitting. Foldout map is present in front of book and is wrinkled and torn at the upper corner, with a piece missing. Pages have some spotting and foxing. Book is in fair condition. Small 8vo, 256 pages, .9 lb; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 256 pages .

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1854. 256 pages, plus folding map and four pages ads. Blind and gilt stamped blue cloth covers are a little rubbed, and they are a bit faded over spine. Gilt lettering/decoration remains good. Corners are lightly bumped, and there is light wear seen at spine ends. Penciled notations are seen on front end leaves. Folding map shows a little missfold on edges, though not affecting map image. A few small foxing marks. Volume remains tight, and is overall clean and intact. . First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1854. 256 pages, plus folding map and four pages ads. Blind and gilt stamped red cloth covers. Fairly light wear at spine ends and corners. Lower outside corner shows moisture stains and wrinkles, though not affecting contents. There is some residue on the front paste down where a previous owner's book plate was removed. A little foxing is seen on the first and last few leaves, including mild foxing on the folding map. Map is otherwise in very good condition. Volume remains tight and contents are otherwise clean and intact.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., & NY: J.C. Derby. 1854, 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Blind-stamped small 8vo green cloth with gilt-stamped spine. 256pp + 4pp of ads. The 6 3/4" x 7 1/2" tipped in folding map of Kanzas & Nebraska is in photocopy facsimile. There is a pencil signature on the ffep dated from Boston in 1857. A very important pre-Civil War item. Foxing throughout. The title page was torn vertically down through 3/4 of the page, but has been professionally mended without tape. Covers are soiled & dull with light wear to extremities & soft corners. Good, sound copy of a rare title & noted by one authority as the first printed book in the territory. W-C 239a, Graff 1709.

Boston:: Phillips, Sampson and Company,, 1854.. publisher's cloth.. Cloth worn; but a tight and sound copy.. 8vo,. Frontispiece folding map..

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1854. 1854. Hardcover. Fair. Small octavo. [1], viii, 9-256 pages, [4] pages advertisements, [1]. Folding frontispiece map. Blue cloth hardcover with blind stamped covers. Gilt title and decoration on the spine. Folding map has some wrinkling and creases. Cloth hardcover is shelf worn, rubbed at the extremities, and chipped at the head and base of the spine. Lean to the binding. Light scattered toning and foxing to the contents. A fair or better copy. Graff 1079.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Co 1854., 1854. Spine faded to tyan. Chipping at head and tail of spine. 1"x2" paper loss at top of front free endpaper. Foldout map intact. A very nice copy. According to Dary, this was the first book written about Kansas. The author lived in Worcester, Massachusettsa and wrote the book to encourage the emigration to the Kansas Territory of northerners who were opposed to slavery. See Kanzana 1, Graff 1709, Sabin 29624, Eberstadt 230, Wagner-Camp 239a. 256pp. + adverts.. First Edition. Purple Cloth. General Moderate Wear/No Jacket. Octavo.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company. Good. 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers faded and soiled with light to moderate edge wear. Corners bumped and spine ends worn. Slight spine lean though hInges and binding are tight. Map has been removed. Former owner's name penned on ffep. Text shows scattered foxing. ; 256 pages .

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1854. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (20cm). Brown cloth titled in gilt on spine, boards blindstamped; pale yellow endpapers; [i]-viii [9]-256, [4]pp; 4pp publisher's ads at rear; lithographic folding map opposite title page. Rubbed with mild wear at edges, tail chipped and head worn, foxed, small dampstain to top edge affecting about half the textblock including map, but generally sound: just Very Good. An early guide for settlers in Kansas. SABIN 29624. WAGNER-CAMP 239a. GRAFF 1713.

Boston:: Phillips, Sampson and Company,, 1854.. First edition.. original blue cloth.. Postcard of the authors residence in Roxbury, Mass., affived to the front free endpaper; a few light stains to about a dozen leaves of text; spine chipped at head and foot; cloth rubbed, especially at extremities. . 12mo,. Folding map. Sabin 29624.