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NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER AND COMPANY, 1866 VERY NICE LOOKING DARK BROWN COVERS, GOLD DESIGN FRONT WITH LION AND UNICORN. GOLD PRINT SPINE WITH CROWN. RICH LOOKING. NICE PAPER USED THROUGHOUT. VERY GOOD SHAPE FOR AGE. VOLUME 2-3 ARE 1866, 1 & 4 ARE 1865, VOLUME 5-6 1866, VOLUME 7-10 1867. NO MARKS OR SIGNATURE FRONT. STARTS WITH THE SOCIAL CONDITION OF ENGLAND IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. WONDERFUL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. VOLUME X IS ABOUT THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH. IT APPEARS VOLUME 11-12 ARE NOT IN THIS SET. THE QUEEN'S DEATH IS MISSING. MUST BE IN VOLUMES 11 AND 12. Froude, James Anthony (fr¿d), 1818-94, English historian. Educated at Oxford, he took deacon's orders after coming under the influence of the Oxford movement, but he later abandoned the path of Newman and became a skeptic.As literature, Froude's works are superb; his style is graceful and fluent, his opinions are competently and clearly expressed. EAGLE SPIRIT BOOKS, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

BERLIN AND LEIPZIG: I.C.A. MAYER, 1786 RARE MEDICAL BOOK IN GERMAN, 10 COPPERPLATES AND GREAT DETAIL ON INTESTINES, MUSCLES AND LIGAMENTS. BOOK HAS A DARK BROWN COVER DESIGN WITH WEAR ON EDGES. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT. THICK PAPER WITH LIGHT FOXING INSIDE. PAGES ARE TIGHT AND IN GOOD SHAPE, COPPERPLATES HAVE NICE ART AND ARE FOLDOUT. MAYER WAS A COURT COUNSELOR AND PROFESSOR OF MEDICAL SCIENCE IN FRANKFORT. GREAT COLLECTOR ITEM. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

PORTLAND, MAINE: FALMOUTH PUBLISHING HOUSE, 1949 BEAUTIFUL BOOK WITH A WHITE TEXTURED FRONT AND BACK WITH GREEN SPINE. GOLD PRINT ALONG SPINE. BLACK SLIP COVER WITH NICE TEXTURE ON OUTSIDE. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION. CLEAN AND TIGHT. LIMITED EDITION 59 OF 500. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE FRONT. GOOD ARTWORK THROUGHOUT BY STANLEY GREENE. SIX STORIES WRITTEN BY MACDOUGALL RELATING TO HIS CHILDHOOD. STORIES WERE FIRST PUBLISHED IN FIELD AND STREAM, SPORTS AFIELD AND OUTDOORS. GREAT BOOK FOR THE FISHERMAN, LOVER OF THE OUTDOORS AND LIFE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: EUGENE V. CONNETT FOR ANGLERS CLUB OF NEW YORK, 1927 NICE LOOKING BOOK WITH TEXTURED COVER, LIMITED EDITION 19 OF 423. FRONTISPIECE IS BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK PORTRAIT OF FRANK FORESTER. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. WONDERFUL DETAIL AND INFORMATION BY FORESTER. GREAT BOOK THE THE FISHERMAN AND LOVER OF THE OUTDOORS. Henry William Herbert (April 7, 1807 May 17, 1858), pen name Frank Forester, was an English novelist, poet, historian, illustrator, journalist and writer on sport. Starr writes that "as a classical scholar he had few equals in the United States . . . his knowledge of English history and literature was extensive; he was a pen-and-ink artist of marked ability; as a sportsman he was unsurpassed; his pupils idolized him." Catasauqua Creek is a ENESSW oriented creek draining 6.6 miles (10.6 km) (straight line distance) from springs of the Blue Mountain barrier ridge several miles below the Lehigh Gap in the ridge-and-valley Appalachians located upriver & opposite from… Read More

COLUMBUS, OHIO: THE WESTBOTE COMPANY, STATE PRINTERS, 1889 RARE BOOK ON THE NATIONAL CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE TERRITORY NORTH WEST OF THE RIVER OHIO, AND OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT THEREIN, HELD AT MARIETTA, OHIO, JULY 15-19 INCLUSIVE, 1888. INCLUDING VERBATIM REPORTS AND SPEECHES AND TRANSACTIONS OF THE OCCASION. NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVERGOLD DESIGN FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE. NOTE IN FRONT GIVING BOOK TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER, TIGHT WITH NOTES IN PENCIL ON THE BACK BLANK PAGES REFERENCING FRENCH , ENGLISH, LIBERTY AND CONSTITUTION. REFERENCE ON FIRST PAGE TO SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 21 THAT CIVIL GOVERNMENT WAS ESTABLISHED AT MARIETTA, OHIO, UNDER ORDINANCE OF 1787, BY GOVERNOR ST. CLAIR, JULY 15, 1788. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 28. COMMISSIONERS LISTED, HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 25. GREAT DETAIL SHOWING COMMITTES, LOCAL ORGANIZATION, TOWNSHIP DETAIL AT TIME. HISTORICAL PAGEANT LISTING. DETAIL OF THE HISTORY. FIRST REFERENCING 1749. NAMES, INFORMATION AND… Read More

NEW YORK: HERAUSGEGEBEN VON UMERIFANIFCHEN, 1863 RARE BOOK, NICE LOOKING BLACK COVER, DESIGN ON FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE, RIBS ALONG SPINE. LIGHT WEAR AROUND EDGES. PREVIOUS OWNER HAS FADED WRITING IN FRNT. NO OTHER MARKINGS THROUGHOUT. LIGHT FOXING FRONT AND BACK FEW PAGES. HEAVY BOOK, 3.58 POUNDS. INCLUDED ARE CARDS DATING BACK TO 1909, PLACE MARKERS AND HAIR TIED WITH RIBBON. aLL WERE IN THE BIBLE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: J. C. RIKER, 1848 RARE BOOK, NICE LOOKING DARK BROWN. GOLD DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. GOLD TRIM ON PAGE EDGES. AN INSCRIPTION GIVING THE BOOK TO SOMEONE IN 1853 IN FRONT. BEAUTIFUL PLATES OF FLOWERS THROUGHOUT. NICE INTRODUCTION, FLOWER DETAIL, BOTANY AND FLORAL DICTIONARY. TIGHT AND CLEAN WITH LIGHT FOXING. FOR THE LOVER OF FLOWERS. Frances Sargent Osgood (née Locke; June 18, 1811 May 12, 1850) was an American poet and one of the most popular women writers during her time. Nicknamed "Fanny", she was also famous for her exchange of romantic poems with Edgar Allan Poe. Frances Sargent Locke was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Joseph Locke, a wealthy merchant, and his second wife, Mary Ingersoll Foster. Her father's first wife, Martha Ingersoll, was the sister of Mary, his second wife. Mary was also the widow of Benjamin Foster, by whom she had two children: William Vincent Foster and Anna Maria Wells, who would also become a published poet and close associate of Frances.… Read More

FLORAL PARK, N.Y.: JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, 1893 RARE BOOK, BEAUTIFUL COVER IN RED WITH SILVER AND BLACK DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. HEAVY BOOK, WONDERFUL DESIGN AND ARTISTRY THROUGHOUT. TIGHT AND CLEAN. LOVE THE ARTWORK AND DETAIL. TWO THOUSAND APPROPRIATE GEMS OF POETRY AND NEARLY 500 AUTHORS. ALPHABETICAL LIST. A PRACTICAL TREATISE FOR AMATEURS ON THE CULTIVATION AND ANALYSIS OF PLANTS INCLUDED. INDEX INCLUDED. TERRIFIC BOOK FOR THE FLOWER LOVER. John Lewis Childs (May 13, 1856 March 6, 1921) was a horticultural businessman and politician who founded Floral Park, New York. In addition to a widespread reputation for being a zealous ornithologist, Childs is also credited with founding the first mail order seed catalog business in the United States. Childs was born in Franklin County, Maine, and grew up in Buckfield. His career in horticulture began in 1874, when he took a job with C. L. Allen of Queens. Soon afterwards he began renting, then buying land in nearby East Hinsdale, Queens County, near other… Read More

UNITED STATES: T. N. JAMES & CO., 1884 RARE, VERY NICE THREE BOOK SET, LIGHT TAN HARD LEATHER COVERS. WEAR EDGES AND ON SPINE, FIRST BLANK PAGE INSIDE VOLUME I AND III LOOSE, OTHERWISE TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. TERRIFIC ARTWORK AND ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT. GOLD PRINT, BLACK AND RED COLOR IN SPINE DESIGN. LARGE, HEAVY BOOKS WITH SET WEIGHING 13.4 POUNDS. GREAT DETAIL ON ALL NATIONS. VOLUME I GREEK, ROMAN AND GERMAN HISTORY. VOLUME II GERMAN, FRENCH AND ENGLISH HISTORY. VOLUME III ENGLISH, AMERICAN AND APPENDIX. Charlotte Mary Yonge (18231901) was an English novelist, who wrote in the service of the church. Her abundant books helped to spread the influence of the Oxford Movement and show her keen interest in matters of public health and sanitation. Her work is mostly out of print. Yonge's work was widely read and respected in the 19th century. Among her admirers were Lewis Carroll, George Eliot, William Ewart Gladstone, Charles Kingsley, Christina Rossetti, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Anthony… Read More

BOSTON: E.W. WALKER & CO., 1887 BROWN COVER WITH LEATHER COVERING SPINE ARE AND BOOK CORNERS. PAGES HAVE RED EDGES. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. LARGE BOOK SET WEIGHING 14 POUNDS. INCLUDES 850 ILLUSTRATIONS ON WOOD AND STEEL, VIEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD COMPRISING MOUNTAINS, LAKES, RIVERS, PALACES, CATHEDRALS, CASTLES, ABBEYS AND RUINS WITH ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS BY THE BEST AUTHORS. LOCATIONS FEATURED IN VOLUME ONE ARE ROME, TIVOLI, PARIS, ST. PETERSBURG, NOVGOROD, MOSCOW, SIBERIA, CHATEAUX AND CHURCHES FRANCE, BELGIUM, MEISSEN, TREVES, ZEELAND AND HOLLAND, STRASBURG BLACK FOREST HEIDELBERG, WURTEMBERG, BAVARIA, DANUBE, TRANSYLVANIA AND TURKISH, MOUNT ATHOS AND ATHENS, SICILY SND LIPARI ISLANDS, TEMPLES OF PAESTUM, SIENA, VINTIMIGLIA, SPAIN. LOCATIONS FEATURED IN VOLUME TWO ARE PORTUGAL, AFRICA, NILE, MADAGASCAR, CONSTANTINOPLE TURKEY, BABYLON, PERSIA, INDIA, INDO CHINA, AUSTRALIA, CHINA, JAPAN, SANDWICH ISLANDS, CALIFORNIA AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS, MEXICO, CUBA, BRAZIL, PERU, NORWAY, DENMARK, POLAND,… Read More

CHICAGO: A. WARNER & CO., 1887 RARE BOOK, LIGHTLY WORN OUTSIDE, MARBLING FRONT AND BACK INSIDE, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. THICK AND HEAVY BOOK, 4.91 POUNDS. GREAT DETAIL. CONTAINING A HISTORY OF EACH COUNTY; THEIR TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, VILLAGES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, INDUSTRIES, ETC.; PORTRAITS OF REPRESENTATIVE MEN; BIOGRAPHIES; HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA, STATISTICAL AND MISC.. THREE SECTIONS; HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA, HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, HISTORY OF MONTOUR COUNTY, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, PORTRAITS, MAPS. GREAT DETAIL. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

PENNSYLVANIA: CLARENCE M. BUSCH, STATE PRINTER OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1896 RARE TWO BOOK SET. BEAUTIFUL LIGHT BROWN COVERS, GOLD PRINT SPINE, GOLD PAGE TRIM EDGES. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. GREAT DETAIL, PICTURES, MAPS AND FOLD OUT MAPS. MARBLING INSIDE FRONT AND BACK COVERS. 4 CONTRIBUTORS VOLUME I- M.M. RICHARDS, JOHN M. BUCKALEW, SHELDON REYNOLDS, JAY GILFILLAN WEISER. VOLUME II WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FORTS BY GEORGE DALLAS ALBERT. SECTIONS VOLUME I ARE INDIAN FORTS OF BLUE MOUNTAINS, NORTH AND WEST BRANCHES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, WYOMING VALLEY REGION, CUMBERLAND AND JUNIATA VALLEYS. HEAVY SET- 7.31 POUNDS. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

PHILADELPHIA, PA: GLOBE BIBLE PUBLISHING CO., 1894 NICE LOOKING TAN, RED AND GOLD COVER. SPINE OUTSIDE MISSING, FRONT AND BACK COVERS LOOSE. CLEAN AND TIGHT INSIDE WITH HEAVY PAGES. FRONTISPIECE MAP OF CHINA, CONTAINS GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS, ENORMOUS RESOURCES, WEALTH, EMPERORS AND COURTS, GOVERNMENTS AND PEOPLE, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, HOW THE PEOPLE OF THE GREAT NATIONS LIVE AND DIE AND MAINTAIN IN ORIENTAL SPLENDOR THE CHINA AND JAPAN OF TODAY. A SKETCH OF COREA AND THE COREANS, AND THE CAUSES LEADING TO THE CONFLICT OF 1894. 20 CHAPTERS, LARGE NUMBER ILLUSTRATIONS. WONDERFUL BOOK HELPING UNDERSTAND THE GREAT NATIONS AND THE CONFLICT. China (Chinese), officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's second-most populous country with a population exceeding 1.4 billion. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, tied with Russia as having the most of any country in the world. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

UNITED STATES: THE PEOPLES PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1869 LEATHER BOUND HARD COVER, GOLD AND BLACK DESIGN SPINE, LOWER 5TH OF SPINE COVER MISSING OUTSIDE, CLEAN AND TIGHT INSIDE.FRONT AND BACK COVER HAVE BEEN REATTACHED NEATLY. LIGHT FOXING INSIDE VERY FRONT AND BACK COVERS. NICE FOLD OUT MAP OF THE UNITED STATES IN FRONT. NUMEROUS MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
DETAILS OF CLIMATE, SCENERY, SOIL, PRODUCTIONS RAILROADS, MINING INTERESTS, GENERAL RESOURCES, COST OF FARM LANDS, HOW TO OBTAIN TITLES, HOMESTEAD AND OTHER LAND LAWS AND RATES AND WAGES.
TERRIFIC BOOK PUBLISHED 1969. VERY EDUCATIONAL.
Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere (to permanently leave a country). Conversely, immigration describes the movement of people into one country from another (to permanently move to a country). A migrant emigrates from their old country, and immigrates to their new country. Thus, both emigration and immigration describe migration, but from… Read More

CHICAGO: J. H. BEERS & CO., 1915 RARE TWO BOOKS SET, 1/3 LEATHER ON SPINE AND CORNERS, VOLUME ONE HAS HAD COVER REBOUND AND IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. VOLUME II HAS ORIGINAL COVER WITH LIGHT WEAR SPINE AND EDGES. GOLD PRINT SPINES. BOTH ARE CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. VERY NICE SET. MARBLING ON PAGE EDGES. VOLUME I HAS TABLE OF CONTENTS, HISTORICAL INDEX AND BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX. GREAT DETAIL REGARDING INDIANS, PENNSYLVANIA AND MANY OTHER AREAS. LARGE NUMBER OF PICTURES. VOLUME II HAS BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX AND DETAIL OF LARGE NUMBER OF INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF THE AREA. WONDERFUL BOOKS FOR THE LOVER OF PAST HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.