Search Results: life in danbury being a brief by bailey james m

Henry L. Shepard & Co., 1874. Hardcover. Good. .

Shepard and Gill, 1873. Hardcover. Good. . Mottling to spine, general shelf wear. Pages clean, binding sturdy.

Boston: Shepard and Gill, 1873. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Gilt lettering & front cover decoration on blue covers. 8vo, 303pp. Tenth Thousand. Many interesting and humorous articles about Connecticut by "The Danbury News Man". Spine ends & edges torn, corners worn.

Boston : Lee and Shepard, 1873. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 303pp. Green cloth, gilt spine lettering. Clean and sound both inside and outside, inscription on front free endpaper reads "Ella with the regards of the author Oct.27, 92'" in the author's handwriting. A wonderful collection of sketches and anecdotes.

Boston: Lee & Shepard. VG. (1873). Br emb cloth bds, tear top/bottom spine, 14pp adv in rear .

Boston: Shepard and Gill. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards heavily worn, waterstain to front boards . and page tops, front free endpaper missing.. 1873. Hardcover. Several humorous engravings by John Andrew & Son. Green cloth with gilt design of man falling through a roof while cat and cow look on front boards. "Howard Orphan. Asylum, 1874, No. 22" inked on front flyleaf, possibly indicating that this book was in the library of the African-American orphanage located in Brooklyn, New York. A collection of humorous pieces culled from Bailey's humorous weekly newspaper, The Danbury Times. Publisher's ad at rear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 303 pages .

Boston, MA: Shepard and Gill, 1873. First Edition, First Printing; red embossed c w/gilt titles, lite mottling; small tear at top spine; tip of corners on a couple of pages are clipped; ownr's name; lite pull at front hinge; 303 pages. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by B/W Illus. 12 vo.

Shepard and Gill, 1873-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Green cloth cover with decoration in gilt shows minor to moderate wear, tear, rubbing, and edgewear. Loose hinges, name and stamp of former owner on the front endpaper. Pages are tanned with a few minor spots.

Shepard and Gill, 1873-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Green cloth cover with gilt decoration shows moderate wear, tear, edgewear, and rubbing, bumped corners. Pages are tanned with some minor spotting.

Boston: Henry L. Shepard & Co., 1874. Thirty-fifth thousand, 1874. Sketches of life in Danbury, Connecticut. Rust colored cloth with decorative lettering in gilt, 303 pages plus ad. Covers rubbed with additional wear to the extremities, front hinge internally lightly cracked but secure, text block sound but not tight, pages lightly age-toned but clean, name neatly written on front free endpaper, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston: Shepard and Gill, 1873. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, publisher's green cloth gilt, very good, light wear to spine ends and corners. 303 pp.

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Life in Danbury: Being A Brief But Comprehensive Record of the Doings of A Remarkable People, Under More Remarkable Circumstances, and Chronicled in A Most Remarkable Manner, by the Author, James M. B.

Paperback / softback. New.

London: George Routledge And Sons, 1873. First U.K. Edition. 16mo, 188 pages, yellow pictorial boards (lithographed), spine chipped and separated at top joint, text block loose. "Carefully compiled with a pair of eight-dollar shears, by the compiler." The famed news man of Danbury. "Augustus thinks 'keeping ah dwam shop in Dhanbury just now must be wisky business.' " "A new-Street man while under the influence of liquor, Christmas morning, deliberately keissed his wife's mother."

Boston: Shepard & Gill, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Duodecimo. Engraving. Extremely scarce Connecticut lore in a beautiful gilt design. Remarkably fine condition.