Search Results: Titles starting with N from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

New York: Philosophical Library, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 235 pages. Hardcover in white dust jacket. DJ is toned at edges, has edge-wear, including small tears. Spine has abrasion at foot where a sticker had been placed and was removed. Not price clipped. Author has written inscription on front flyleaf. Text is clean. A blank reader's response form and a small errata slip have been placed loosely in the book.

Boston: Pearson, 2014. Fourth Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Quarto. 124 pages. Soft cover bound in black wrappers with a black wire spine. A nice, clean copy. Illustrated with drawings and photos.

Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas, 1999. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo. 91 pages. Softcover bound in green wrappers with illustration in light gilt on front cover. Text is clean and sound.

New York: The Vanguard Press Inc., 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo. 126 pages. SIGNED inscription by author laid in loosely. Hardback in a black and yellow dust jacket, now in mylar. The jacket shows moderate wear and rubbing. Jacket is NOT price-clipped. The book is sound. It is generally clean within, however a prior owner has pasted in the signed inscription from the author. This is now loose, resulting in brown stains on the front flyleaf where it had been glued.

New York, Washington: Praeger Publishers, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 277 pages, indexed. Hardcover in purple pictorial dust jacket. DJ has moderate wear. Spine is sunned. Some edge-wear. Text has light toning.

Bowie MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1992. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 419, (xiv) pages, indexed. REPRINT of original edition. Softcover in pink wrappers. Binding has light wear. Bottom corners are a little bumped. Spine is sunned. Text is clean.

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Limited, 1910. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Tall Octavo. 304 pages. Hardcover bound in red cloth with spine titles in gilt. The binding is worn and bumped and shows some pale spotting. Gilt on the spine is dulled. Text is browned. A solid reading copy.

Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1992. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 165 pages, indexed. SIGNED hardcover in green illustrated dust jacket. DJ is moderately rubbed. Author has written inscription on front flyleaf. Text is clean and sound.

Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University PRess, 1990. Hardcover. Fair/Very Good. 12mo. 56 pages. Hardcover with a blue and white dust jacket. Light wear to the jacket. THE TITLE PAGE IS TORN OUT. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half title.

New York: The American Tract Society. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo. 62 pages. Hardcover bound in original dark brown publisher's cloth with cover designs embossed in blind and with spine title and design in gilt. Moderate wear to the binding, which has some spotting. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Illustrated with a nice woodcut engraved frontis. Some foxing to the text. Early owner's signature on the front flyleaf of John P. Cushman. No copyright date, but this was printed circa 1840s-1850s. The owner / signer might be John P. Cushman (1784-1848) the American lawyer and politician from New York, or it may be his son. We have several other books from the Cushman family.

New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 478 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in blue cloth. Light to moderate wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within. This was the copy of North Carolina historian Lindley Butler, who has signed the front flyleaf. Contains selections from 13 different early sources.

New York: The American Tract Society. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo. 111 pages. Hardcover bound in original dark brown publisher's cloth with cover designs embossed in blind and with spine title and design in gilt. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Illustrated with a couple of woodcut engravings in the middle of the book. Some foxing to the text. Early owner's signature on the front flyleaf of John P. Cushman. No copyright date, but this was printed circa 1840s-1850s. The owner / signer might be John P. Cushman (1784-1848) the American lawyer and politician from New York, or it may be his son. We have several other books from the Cushman family.

New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 414 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in blue cloth. Light to moderate wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within. This was the copy of North Carolina historian Lindley Butler, who has signed the front flyleaf. Contains selections from 16 different insurrections and topics, including Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia.

Nashville: J. S. Sanders & Co., 1997. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 129 pages. Hardcover with a red and brown pictorial dust jacket. Minimal wear to the jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Stated First Edition. Novel.

Greensboro, N.C.: The Guilford Battle Ground Company, 1902. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 19 pages. Soft cover bound in brown textured wrappers. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within. The top corner of the front cover and text block is a little bumped. There is a spot of soiling and some dull creasing on the rear cover, but overall a sound, clean copy. Housed in a removable plastic sleeve with a board backing. Scarce.

Murfreesboro, TN: Southern Heritage Pr, 1994. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo. 173 pages. Paperback in grey illustrated covers. Binding shows light wear. Prior owner has written his name at top of half title page, along with his embossed stamp mark. Text is clean.

Indianapolis: C. E. Pauley & Co. , 1919. Soft cover. Good. 8v12mtoned, with edgewear and chipping. Text is lightly toned.

Pittsburgh, PA: National Stockman, 1889. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. 1074 pages, indexed. A large, heavy volume measuring just over 15 inches tall by11 1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in 3/4 black leather with dark green marbled paper-covered boards. The binding is worn and scuffed and bumped. There is a horizontal tear in the leather about 5 1/2 inches up from the foot of the spine, and there is a crack in the leather along the front hinge from this split to the foot. The tear appears to be closed or glued, but it is not open. The binding itself is sound, and the text is generally clean. We have found a tear on the fore edge of one page extending a little into the text. Many of the issues have their orange covers (although not especially pictorial). Most of the covers have many advertisements. Most of the issues are not illustrated, although a few do have some an illustration, usually of a farm animal. Weighs just over 10 pounds. Scarce.

Chicago: A. C. McClurg and Company, 1896. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo. 398 pages. Hardcover bound in tan cloth. The binding is quite worn with some pale staining at the headcap. Inner hinges cracked. The text block is a little shaken but sound. Text is toned. Early owner's 1897 signature on the front flyleaf. A reading copy.

Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books Inc., 2002. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 625 pages, indexed. Soft cover bound in green wrappers. Some creasing on the spine, a sound copy with clean text.