Lot of 9 books of Americana/History

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Holbrook T. Mitchell Collection, Early Books ...

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Jan 29, 2022

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  Group of 9 books of Americana: 1. [CONGRESSIONAL REPORT.] A report of the 25th Congress, 1st Session [1937], Document No. 52. 8vo. Full calf, red morocco gilt label, spine also stamped "337." Embossed block decoration and tooled edges. Good. Edgewear, scratches and staining; foxing throughout 2.  BRADY, WILLIAM. The Kedge-Anchor; or, Young Sailor's Assistant. Appertaining to the Practical Evolutions of Modern Seamanship, Rigging, Knotting, Splicing, Blocks, Purchases, Running-Rigging, and Other Miscellaneous Matters, Applicable to Ships of War and Others. Illustrated with Seventy Engravings. Also, Tables of Rigging, Spars, Sails, Blocks, Canvass, Cordage, Chain and Hemp Cables, Hawsers, &c., &c., Relative to Every Class of Vessels. Fifth Edition. New York: William Brady, 1850. Blind-stamped brown cloth. Poor. Battered overall; cloth is missing from the front board and most of spine, front and back boards are nearly detached, loose front pages, foxing, toning, staining throughout. 3. [PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSION.] Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Report of the Pennsylvania Commission, December 31, 1913. Revised edition. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1915. 8vo. Red, white, blue, gray cloth with gilt eagle shield with horses, quarter dark blue leather, gilt to spine. Photographic illustration throughout, fold-out present/attached at back. Mottled blue endpapers. Fair. Leather spine is split at hinge and starting to detach, covers are rubbed, some foxing throughout, but illustrations (on glossy paper) and map looks good. Previous owner's bookplate on pastedown, and signature on flyleaf. 4. DEVENS, R. M. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One Hundred Great and Memorable Events of Perpetual Interest in the History of Our Country, Political, Military, Mechanical, Social, Scientific and Commercial... Chicago: C. A. Nichols & Co., 1877. Illustrated with 700 plates, portraits, and other embellishments. 4to. Full calf, black gilt leather labels to spine, red marbled endpapers.  Fair-Good. Leather of spine is chipped, cracked, and stained; edgewear and some peeling of leather on covers; light soiling and staining on first several pages. 5. to 8. RIDPATH, JOHN CLARK. History of the United States From Aboriginal Ties to the Present Day... Set of Vols. I-IV. New York: Henry G. Allen, 1899. Brown, gold, red, marbled paper and half calf, applied red and black gilt labels to spines.  Poor-Fair. All have cracked/worn detached spine leather, and nearly detached covers that have edgewear and corner wear. However, all four volumes look clean inside, including marbled endpapers.  9. RICHARDSON, ALBERT D. Beyond the Mississippi: From the Great River to the Great Ocean. Life and Adventure on the Prairies, Mountains, and Pacific Coast. With More Than Two Hundred Illustrations, From Photographs and Original Sketches, of the Prairies, Deserts, Mountains, Rivers, Mines, Cities, Indians, Trappers, Pioneers, and Great Natural Curiosities of the New States and Territories, 1857-1867. Hartford: American Publishing Company; Philadelphia, Cincinnati, etc.: National Publishing Company; New York: Bliss & Company, 1867. 8vo. Calf, gilt black spine label. Poor. The leather is very rubbed overall, and mostly disintegrated on the spine (with underlying paper and string showing), corners worn, scratching. Covers are mostly detached. Pages are mostly clean, but for some occasional smudges.  
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