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Book Description: D Appleton and Company, 1872. Decorative Cloth. Book Condition: Fair. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. "Or, the land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil. The mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, waterfalls, shores, canyons, valleys, cities and other picturesque features of our country. With illustrations on steel and wood by eminent American artists." Volume 1 only of 2. 568 pages of illustrations and descriptive prose. A fair copy in poor covers with substantial splits to the cloth at the spine and general shelfwear. Internally the prelims have some water staining, but the bulk of the text is clean. Binding is still solid despite the state of the covers. Bookseller Inventory # 020808

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Book Description: Cassell & Company, London, 1894. Book Condition: Very Good. Complete in 4 volumes, with 48 steel engraved plates, plus numerous other illustrations. A very good clean well bound ex library copy. Bound in buckram/cloth, small wear abrasion on one edge, otherwise all volumes in very good clean firm condition, hinge joints strong without any real wear. Internally, no loose pages, ( about 5 small lib marks to each volume ) steel engravings are free of stamps, ( these volumes were probably in reserve stock and hardly used ) all pages in very good clean bright condition throughout. A very nice clean well bound work. Books measure 24x31cms. Bookseller Inventory # 003252

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Book Description: First Edition. 2 Volumes. D. Appleton and Co. New York. 1872, 1874., 1874. pp.1-568; 1-576. 4to. Illustrated. Slight foxing and browning, gilt and blind tooled roan spine boards and edges,hinge broken,rubbed w.a.f., else contents Good. Sold for the plates Illustrated with steel engravings and wood cuts by Eminent American Artists. Volume 1 contains 24 plates (steel engravings). Volume 2 contains 24 out of 25 plates (steel engravings). ccPS/Nov.2007 US$0. Bookseller Inventory # 24403

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Book Description: First Edition. 2 Volumes. D. Appleton and Co. New York. 1872, 1874., 1874. pp.1-568; 1-576. 4to. Illustrated. Slight foxing and browning, some evidence of use, else VG in publishers roan with gilt spine, boards and edges. Volume 1 contains 24 plates (steel engravings). Volume 2 contains 25 plates (steel engravings). Also contains many other illustrations by Eminent American Artists. ccPS/Nov.2007 US$0. Bookseller Inventory # 24402

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Book Description: 1894., 1894. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, waterfalls, shores, canons, valleys, cities and other picturesque features of the United States with illustrations on steel and wood by eminent American artists. 4 vols. 289, 299, 296 & 295pp 48 steel engraved plates, ills. throughout 4to 1894. Apart from a few marks in the margins the engraved plates are in very good condition. Bound in half leather, somewhat worn. Some of the free end-papers have been torn out. Otherwise the contents are in very good condition. Binding is Hardback. Bookseller Inventory # 448681

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Book Description: c1870. 2 Volumes., 1870. With 49 steel engraved plates including two title pages. These engravings are very fine and are mainly views of the towns. With hundreds more woodcuts either full page or in text of good social or topographical interest. Bound in full publishers gilt decorated & blind stamped roan rubbed a little on extremities, a.e.g. Royal 4to. A lovely copy and free from foxing. US$0. Bookseller Inventory # 4227

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Book Description: D Appleton and Co, New York, 1874. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good +. First edition. New York. D Appleton and Co. 1872 and 1874. First Edition. Hardbacks. Original publishers decorative cloth bindings. 2 Volume complete set. Folio., 1-568; 1-576. Illustrated with 49 steel engravings by Eminent American Artists + further illustrations in the text. Theosophical University Library bookplates. All edges guilded. Some foxing, esp. to plate edges. Shelf numbers to spines have been partially removed. Spines have been repaired. Some water staining to surface of rear covers. Good + condition. Bookseller Inventory # 1508081

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Book Description: Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Co, London, 1894. Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First UK Edition. Large 4to - 13 Inches. Four volumes bound in uniform, near contemporary green cloth with faux moire silk finish. Gilt spine titles. Tidy volumes with some minor wear to ends of spines. Inner hinges weakening a little. xi, (1), 278 ; ix, (1), 290 ; ix, (1), 287 ; ix, (1), 306 pages. All 51 full page engravings with tissueguards complete, correct as list without loss or tears. Some occasional foxing spots. Profusely illustrated with engravings in the text. Overall a rather tidy, fresh set of the rare UK edition. We can send images of these books on request. Due to the weight a postage surcharge will apply. Bookseller Inventory # 029096

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Book Description: 1872, 1874 D, 1874. Two large and magnificently illustrated volumes which contain pen and pencil drawings of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, waterfalls, shores, canyons, valleys, cities and other picturesque features of the United States of America, providing a glimpse of the country as it was in the 1870s. Appleton. Hard Cover. Books- VG, gilt titles on front boards & spines, leather bound, bevelled edges, a.e.g., spines darkened. 12.5x10. 568pp, 576pp. Each Vol - tissue-guarded frontis, profuse b/w plates, marbled endpapers. Private library plates - Charles W. Dunlop. Bookseller Inventory # 716885

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Book Description: New York: D. Appleton and Company, [1872–4], 1872. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists. "It is the design of [this] publication to present full descriptions and elaborate pictorial delineations of the scenery characteristic of all the different parts of our country. The wealth of material for this purpose is almost boundless" (author’s preface). The superb plates were engraved by Robert Hinshelwood, a Scots engraver who emigrated to America in 1835 where he established a considerable reputation for his work on landscapes. His painstaking and highly detailed work was much appreciated not only by the publishing houses that employed him, such as Appleton’s and Harper’s, but also by the Continental Bank Note Company who for a time employed him producing plates for currency. 2 volumes, 4to (330 × 250 mm). Publisher’s brown hard-grain morocco, sides blocked in blind and black, lettered gilt in centre, spines lettered in gilt, compartments decorated in blind, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Steel-engraved frontispiece and half-title to each and 45 other similar plates in all, numerous steel- and wood-engraved illustrations, many full-page. Bookplate of Junior Research Club Book Drive 1940 partly removed from free endpapers. A little rubbed in places, some sporadic foxing, chiefly marginal, a good set. Bookseller Inventory # 42429

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Book Description: D. Appleton and Company. New York 1872–4, 1872. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists. "It is the design of [this] publication. to present full descriptions and elaborate pictorial delineations of the scenery characteristic of all the different parts of our country. The wealth of material for this purpose is almost boundless" (author’s preface). The superb plates were engraved by Robert Hinshelwood, a Scots engraver who emigrated to America in 1835 where he established a considerable reputation for his work on landscapes. His painstaking and highly detailed work was much appreciated not only by the publishing houses that employed him, such as Appleton’s and Harper’s, but also by the Continental Bank Note Company who for a time employed him producing plates for currency. 2 volumes, 4to (330 × 250 mm). Bound for the publishers by Matthews in red full morocco, Greek key panel gilt to the boards with laurel wreath corner pieces, title gilt to upper boards, raised bands, title gilt to spine, spine gilt in compartments, inner gilt dentelles, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. Steel-engraved frontispiece and half-title to each and 45 other similar plates in all, numerous steel- and wood-engraved illustrations, many full-page. Light toning, bindings a little rubbed small patch stripped from the upper board of vol. II, but overall a very handsome set. Bookseller Inventory # 41773

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Book Description: New York : D. Appleton & Co., [1872-75], 1872. Physical desc.: 2 vol. ; 4º. Subject: United States/Quebec (Province) - Description and travel - Views - (1865-1900). Contemporary aniline calf over matching buckram boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. Spine compartments uniformly tooled. Minor wear to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains an exceptional set - scans &c. on request. 1 pp. 10 Kg. 1st Edition. Notes: Published in parts. With an additional titlepage, engraved, to each volume. Bookseller Inventory # 119336

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Book Description: American Heritage Pub. Co.; distribution by McGraw-Hill. Book Condition: Acceptable. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. Hardcover. Dust jacket in Acceptable condition. First Thus Ed. Used, acceptable. Bookseller Inventory # 1674512

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Book Description: American Heritage, 1974. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Condition. Oblong. Spiral bound art book, clean and tight, spots to front and back inside covers, book is warped in the center, so it won't close properly, wear to dj, beautiful pictures. Bookseller Inventory # 000996

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Book Description: American Heritage Publishing Co., New York, 1974. Cloth. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Natural linen covered boards, lettered in black, spiral-bound. Slightly foxed endpapers, else as issued. Former owner address label on lower front pastedown. Unpaginated, reproducing 49 engravings attractively hand-colored for republication, all from the original two-volume issue of 1874. Oblong format, approx. 9 3/4" x 13 1/2". Dust jacket shows light shelf and edge wear, now in Brodart sleeve. No statement of edition or printing. Bookseller Inventory # 015532

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Book Description: D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1873. Soft Cover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. This is the thirty-seventh installment of this magnificent work on the scenery of America, originally issued to subscribers in separate parts, in light blue wraps, prior to its eventual publication in book form. Each issue features one full-page steel engraving, with tissue guard, plus numerous full-page or partial page woodcuts and parts of two or sometimes more chapters. This issue features the steel engraving "The Housatonic" and the completion of the chapter "The Valley of the Housatonic" plus the beginning of the chapter "The Upper Mississippi, from St. Louis to St. Anthony's Falls." There is a final full-page nicely detailed woodcut of "The Levee at St. Louis." Never read (pages never cut), fine condition. Bookseller Inventory # 004605

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Book Description: D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1873. Soft Cover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. This is the forty-first installment of the magnificent work on the scenery of America, initially issued for subscribers in separate parts, each in light blue wraps, prior to its eventual publication in book form. Each issue typically has one full-page steel engraving, with tissue guard, and parts of one or more chapters, accompanied by nicely detailed woodcut illustrations throughout. This issue features the steel engraving "On the Beverly Coast, Massachusetts," plus the conclusion of "The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay" the entire chapter "The Eastern Shore, from Boston to Portland," and the beginning of the chapter "The Adirondack Region." Full-page woodcuts include "Portsmouth and Isle of Shoals," "Portland Harbor, and Islands," and "Gloucester and Rockport." This issue has never been perused (pages never cut); fine condition. Bookseller Inventory # 004609

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Book Description: D. Appleton, NY, 1872. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Poor. First Edition. 175pp. includes 8 steel engravings. This is the 3rd volume only pages 393 to 568. Heavy rubbing scuffing and a few loose pages. All Books Are Graded by American Book Association Standards. Bookseller Inventory # 01806

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Book Description: D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1873. Soft Cover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. This is the thirty-ninth installment of this magnificent work on the scenery of America, originally issued to subscribers in parts, in light blue wraps, prior to their publication in book form. Each issue contains one full-page steel engraving, with tissue guard, plus parts of one or more chapters, each superbly illustrated with numerous full-page and partial-page nicely detailed woodcuts. This issue's steel engraving is "The Adirondack Woods" and also contains the conclusion of the chapter "The Upper Mississippi" and the first installment of the chapter "The Genesee." Nice full-page woodcuts of St. Paul Minnesota and Rochester NY. Never read (pages never cut); fine condition. Bookseller Inventory # 004607

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Book Description: D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1873. Soft Cover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. This is the forty-third installment of this magnificent work on the scenery of America, issue to subscribers in parts, each in light blue wraps, prior to its publication in book form. Each issue contains a full-page steel engraving, with tissue guard, plus numerous full-page and partial-page nicely detailed woodcut engravings. There are typically parts of one, two or three chapters per installment. This issue features the steel engraving of "Mount Hood from the Columbia, the conclusion of the chapter on the Long Island Sound shore of Connecticut and the first part of the chapter "The Mohawk, Albany and Troy." There are full-page woodcuts of "Connecticut Shore Scenes," "Scenes in Bridgeport, Stratford and Milford," "New Haven and Vicinity," "New Haven, View from East Rock," "New London and Norwich," "Lake Memphremagog, South from Owl's Head," "Lake Memphremagog, North from Owl's Head," and "Little Falls." This issue has never been read (pages never cut); fine condition. Bookseller Inventory # 004611

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Book Description: D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1872. Cloth. Book Condition: Fair. 4to. Pp. 395-576. Spine shaken, rear joint split, spine strip missing. Front cover nearly detached, edges and corners of both covers worn. Front cover stamped in gold and black, rear cover decorated in blind. Hinges cracked. Inkstamp on ffep. Contents and first page, and pp. 411-12 have 1" tears at bottom edge. Plates and text sl. foxed. Steel and wood engravings illustrating the Eastern shore (Marblehead, Mass. to Portland Harbor), the Adirondacks, the Connecticut Shore of Long Island Sound, Chicago and Milwaukee, the Grand Canyon, Washington DC, New York, more. Frontispiece and sven steel engravings sl. foxed, edges sl. soiled, with the exception of the two New York plates, which have minor foxing. Bookseller Inventory # 15050

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Book Description: American Heritage Publishing Co., New York, 1974. Cloth. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Thus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. AS NEW, STILL IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S SHRINKWRAP. Oblong folio bound in cream cloth over a spiral bound spine. Reprint edition of the original 1874 printing. The book contains 49 historical engravings by noted American artists, now colored here for the first time in the style of the period. With a new Preface by Oliver Jensen. Bookseller Inventory # 9156

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Book Description: D. Appleton, New York, 1874. Full-Leather. Book Condition: Fair. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 1874 First Edition. Volume 2 only. Incomplete. Lacks the 24 interior steel engravings - has just the Dome of the Capitol. In the beautiful original full embosed brown leather binding. The book would be rated "Very Good" for it's condition if it wasn't lacking the 24 plates which have been cut out of the binding. Clean, tightly bound with good, unworn edges. Still has many black and white woodcut illustrations. Bookseller Inventory # 8564

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Book Description: Appleton, 1872. Full Leather. Book Condition: See Notes***. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Front cover of volume 1 is detached, heavy foxing throughout, a.e.g., covers show some wear but gilt lettering and design is still bright, filled with many steel engravings. Bookseller Inventory # 018875

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Book Description: hardcover. The Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Waterfalls, Shores, Canyons.by Eminent American Artists. many color plates. oblong folio, cloth; (lettering on spine faded, cloth lightly soiled). N.Y.: American Heritage, (1974). Bookseller Inventory # 155376

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Book Description: Lyle Stuart, Secaucus, NJ, 1974. Centennial edition. Large quarto; vg+/none; burgundy cloth spine with gilt lettering; minor shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; 568+576 pp.; illus., steel engravings and woodcuts; else very good. Americana. 7-41-1147004. Bookseller Inventory # 7-41-1147004

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Book Description: American Heritage Pub. Co.; distribution by McGraw-Hill. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fair. 0070324611 #317, fine book,poor DJ. Bookseller Inventory # Z0070324611Z8

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Book Description: Lyle Stuart, Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S.A., 1974. Hard Cover. Book Condition: GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: NO DUST JACKET. Engravings (illustrator). Reprint. Folio. "A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, canons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country." Volumes One and Two bound in maroon cloth with gilt titles. The set was donated to a library in memory of a family memory but saw minimal library use and marking; no discard stamps; light edgewear and rubbing to covers; minor foredge soiling, otherwise pages are clean; binding a bit shaken from weight of book but as it is a sewn binding it is still sound; hinges intact; library labels taped to spine. Bookseller Inventory # 19964

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Book Description: American Heritage Publishing Co. Book Condition: Used - Good. Spiral, white cloth No jacket. Bookseller Inventory # wmc2122-1789430

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Book Description: D. Appleton, 1874., 1874. 576 pages. 1st printing / edition. Large Hardcover. Full decorative leather over boards with gilt decorations on the front boards, raised bands and all edges gilt. Frontis. Profusely illustrated on steel and wood. Good. Steel engravings and tissue guards are present but for one plate at page 176 removed (Emigrants Crossing the Plains by F.O.C. Darley). There is some scattered smudging to the plates, especially the frontis plate. Binding crack at the contents page, which is loosely laid in. Pages 188 and 559 have tears, with some minor effect to the text. Page 427 is slightly pulled from the binding. Cover has heavy wear along the spine edges and corners. Bottom of the spine has a 3-inch split at the front fold and a half-inch chip at the bottom. Show-through at the corners. Gilt edging mostly worn along the edges. Bookseller Inventory # A-176475

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