Search Results: Titles starting with N from Black Swan Books, Inc.

[London]: 1675 // London: printed by T. R. and sold by Benj. Tooke, 1676, 1675. Full Leather. Very Good binding. [6], 64, [8], 48, 51-66. Two pamphlets bound together in contemporary Cambridge panel binding; discrete repair to the bottom of the front joint; small leather loss at the head of the spine; Naked Truth is lacking the last leaf; in this edition signature F is imperfectly imposed, but all pages are present if out of order; the "B" of signature B1 is below the space between "I" and "am", a state not noted in Wing; in Animadversions, the preliminary Imprimatur page is present; the irregular pagination is a printer's flaw called for in Wing, the work is complete; 5 stab holes in the inner margin throughout this pamphlet where it was originally stitched prior to being bound; another work was bound in but has been excised at the end and a dozen or more leaves of stubbing is visible; both pamphlets are tightly trimmed occasionally trimming page numbers or a bit of text on both title pages, but no… Read More

Worland, Wyoming: High Plains Publishing Compamy, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. This copy has some light and scattered pencil marginalia. Faint smoky odor. In the publisher's green cloth bidning. Near Fine binding.

New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1907. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's olive green cloth titled in gilt and ruled in blind to the perimeter of the upper board; 38 pages, with frontispiece and 11 additional plates; the frontispiece is protected with a tissue guard, the other plates are not; there are no ownership or other marks in the book.~~Krick tells us that the book consists of poetry of the Cherokee Indians.~~ (Krick 571). Very Good binding.

Melbourne: Editions Renard, 2004. Facsimile Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Facsimile type reprint of the first edition, first published in 1789 for J. Debrett. Reproducing one color portrait, one map,two views, and the original title page. With no marks. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine binding.

Washington: Beverley Tucker, Senate Printer, 1856. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Second Edition of Vol. I and II only of Commodore Perry's Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, compiled by Francis L. Hawks, with the suppressed "Public Bath at Simoda" plate which depicted men and women together in the nude (Vol. I, p. 408). This is the Senate Report, preceded by the House Report. Vol. I being the 'Narrative' and Vol. II the 'Natural History Reports' of the expedition. Lacking two plates of facsimile Japanese paintings in Vol. I, also the plate of the Temple of Hat-chi-man-ya-chu-ro; the plate of the First Landing at Goraham is bound in at p. 272 instead of 256. With 86 plates in Vol. I and 42 plates of 43 in Vol. II, many aquatint or hand colored. With three additional cartographic plates and two folding maps in Vol. I, and 16 large folding maps in Vol. II, with some paper reinforcements at the folds. Seven leaves of facsimile text, of the… Read More

London: Richard Bentley, 1835. Half Leather. Good binding. Travel narrative by Thomas Boteler, of the survey expedition of HMS Barracouta and Leven as they survey the East African coast, and the River Gambia. Upon their return, they had surveyed 30,000 nautical mailes of coast, prepared 83 charts, and lost half their crew to tropical diseases. With four plates and few text illustrations. Wear to the joints, rubbing to the boards, surface loss to the edges of the boards, and spots of surface loss and creasing to the spine, especially one spot affecting the titling of Vol. II. Hinges feel fragile, though appear to be holding and are not cracked at the time of description. Half leather over marbled paper boards, with gilt lettering and designs along the spine. Good binding.

New York: Marlowe and Company, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 4to.; in the publisher's black cloth binding, with dustjacket; [vi], 577 pages, including Bibliography and Appendix; with illustrations, including color plates; there is a previous owner name on the front endpaper. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.

New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Four Small quarto volumes; no marks of any kind; a clean and nearly fresh First Edition set. Near Fine binding.

New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, 1839. Half Leather. Good binding. Volume IX only of Rev. Daniel Smith's series on Natural History for Sunday Schools. Engraved frontispiece, with additional illustrations accompanying the text. Spot of loss to the title page; writing in ink to the preliminaries; lacking the rear endpaper; surface loss to the rear board. Half black leather over marbled paper boards. Good binding.

Brattleboro: Fessenden & Co., & Peck & Wood, 1834. Hard Cover. Good binding/no dust jacket. Large 8vo; in full mottled calf, rebacked and retaining the original spine; xxi, [23], 24-879 pages; with many illustrations -- as well as foxing -- throughout; the rear board is loose but holding.~~Augustus Addison Gould was an naturalist, with a specialization in conchology.~~. Good binding / no dust jacket.

J. Mount, T. Page, and W. Mound, 1780. Small quarto; in full contemporary calf; 160 pages; [5], 6-38; the boards are ruled in blind to the perimeter of the boards; the joints are cracked but are still holding though the upper board is wobbly; minor loss to the crown of the spine.~~~This edition first printed by mapmakers Mount and Page in 1757; the true first edition appeared in 1722.

New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1913. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's blue cloth binding with decoration in red and in gilt, and titling in gilt; 350 pages, with a frontispiece illustration of Oliver Norton, as well as photographs of Capt. Porter Farley of 140th New York, Strong Vincent; Col. Patrick O' Rorke and Joshua Chamberlain, along with two other illustrations; there is a previous owner gift inscription in this bright attractive copy.~~Krick tells us that Norton was an eye-witness to the fighting on Little Round Top as brigade bugler. He asserts that "the most worthwhile in the volume is in the form of unpublished letters and accounts, e.g. Porter Falery of the 140th New York provided a lengthy paper on his Gettysburg experiences". ~~Eicher notes that the book "examines many secondary accounts, including those of William Swinton, Abner Doubleday, Francis A. Walker, Henry J. Hunt and William H. Powell.~~Nevins considers the account to be… Read More

New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1908. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; gray cloth with titling in gilt and rule in crimson to the perimeter of the boards; 194 pages; previous owner gift inscirption in pencil.~~"The daughter of Virginia Dare is none other than Pocahontas in this novel of the colonization of Virginia. A heavily fictionalized account of Virginia's favorite ancestor makes up the majority of the story." (Krick 524). Very Good binding.

New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1910. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's black embossed cloth, with titling and decorations in oranges; 296 pages; the binding has silverfishing; the previous owner penned her name several times on the front endpaper.~~Krick considers this novel to be "insubstantial" and indeed it seems to be: a nice older woman unfolds here experiences for the girl to prepare her for "the foibles and confusing destinies of life."~~The author was, among other things, Superintendent of the Confederate Woman's Home in Austin, Texas. (Krick 95). Good binding.

New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Co, 1908. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's tan buckram with pictorial decorations in blue and white; 273 pages, with 12 illustrations as well as frontispiece "I am F.F.V. to the marrow"; there is a previous owner bookplate as well as name penned on the front endpaper; there is also a penciled name; the binding has silverfishing especially to the spine.~~This is "[a]n F.F.V. novel of the post-war Shenandoah Valley, narrated in the first person. The plot is very complex, full of romance and mystery and ancestral confusions, and hinging on a secret dungeon beneath the big old Virginia house" [Krick 273].~~Uncommon in commerce.~~~ (Krick 273). Good binding.

New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo., (8 1/2" x 6 1/2"), in the publisher's olive green cloth with titling in red, and pictorial pastedown in color; 95 pages, with illustrations; there are 12 full page illustrations by James Freixas including the frontispiece. ~~Oddly, there are two rubber-stamped eyeballs on the front cover, one each at the bottom corners; there are also two rubber-stamped eyeballs on the front endpapers (eerily reminiscent of the dustjacket of The Great Gatsby). ~ ~Krick tells us that "[s]ome of these heavily illustrated poems for children has been published previously in Harpers.." (Krick 301). Very Good binding.

New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo. ( 7 3/8 " x 5 1/4"); in the publisher's blue cloth binding with titling in gilt to the spine; 178 pages; with photographic frontispiece and nine additional photographic illustrations; the is a small place on the front endpaper with some surface loss, but there are no marks of any kind in the book, and overall a near fresh copy.~~Krick notes that "[t]his travel narrative departs from the usual configurations of such pieces by including lengthy passages of admiration for the Finns and their way of life, and by endeavoring to draw coincidental parallels to the American South."~~A very nice copy of one of the less common imprints issued by Walter Neale. (Krick 179). Very Good binding.

New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1906. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo. (7 3/8" x 5 1/4"); in the publisher's gray cloth binding, with decorations of crossed muskets in blue, and titling in dark red; 263 pages; with inscription on the pastedown "My heart's best thoughts | for my lovely friend, | Alice Duncan Pierrepont. | Montgomery, Ala. | Springtime of | 1910| |March."; with a bookseller's label from "Fowler's | Booksellers & Stationers | Montgomery, Ala."~~Given that the author was from Montgomery, the inscription is at the least suggestive.~~Krick tells us that this is "[a]n action filled novel constructed around the story of a crime and the accusation of an innocent man".~ (Krick 304). Very Good binding.

New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1908. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo. (7 1/2" x 5 1/8"); in the publisher's decorative cloth binding; 267 pages; the front hinge is cracked, but this is a reasonably bright copy with no ownership marks or other writing in the book.~~The tale is based on an 1825 murder in Frankfort, Kentucky and its sequel -- the assassination of Colonel Solomon P. Sharp in his home, and the subsequent hanging of Jeroboam O. Beauchamp for the crime (and the suicide of his wife). (Krick 396). Very Good binding.

New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1910. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. 8vo. (8 1/4" x 5 3/8"); in the publisher's mauve cloth ruled in blind at the perimeter of the upper board, and titled in gilt, an ex-library copy deaccessioned from Southern Methodist University and has the usual marks; there is a previous owner name ("Oregon Waite" (!)). The rear hinge appears to have been reinforced with japanese tissue.~~Krick opines that this is "[A] Texas classic of considerable scarcity. It is considered the best source on the Chichuahua Trail ... There is some material on the Civil War and Reconstruction."~~ (Krick 441). Good binding.