Aka Peter Parley (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (As Issued). Cover Title: Peter Parley's Geography for Children. Title Page: Peter Parley's Method of Telling about Geography to Children. With Nine Maps and Seventy-Five Engravings. Measures about 5.5 x 4.5 inches in printed paper covers; [vii], 120pp. Evidently worn and soiled; spine showing some loss but holding together, pages protruding, owner name and old ink price ffep, owner name on title, complete with all nine maps present.…

Hard Cover. Condition: BOOK FAIR. No Dustjacket. 352 Pages. Good candidate for rebinding. Spine is mostly missing though the interior pages are still holding together. Red embossed, decorative cover. Scarce. By the author of Peter Parley's Tales.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Illustrated Edition. unkedn; Book Description: ca 1864? 12mo Brown cloth blind stamped front and back - edges and corners worn. Gilt lettering on spine hard to read. The spine looks weak and ready to separate. Covers 25 Indians - only about six are North American. Illustrations of Indians.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Illustrated Edition. unkedn; Book Description: ca 1864? 12mo Brown cloth blind stamped front and back - edges and corners worn. Gilt lettering on spine hard to read. The spine looks weak and ready to separate. Covers 25 Indians - only about six are North American. Illustrations of Indians.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This very scarce first edition in Near Fine condition is a notably early juvenile. It is chock-full of actual, or perhaps invented, travel stories--it's difficult to know which. Illustrated, embossed covers, and gold leaf on the spine.

First editions IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPS AND RARE THUS. All volumes are bound in their original paper wrappers. Books are in generally very good condition. Spines of some volumes are chipped but overall these are clean, whole copies with minimal wear. This set is truly rare in this condition. With 34 volumes as follows: MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF NATIONS (2v - moderate staining to first 50 pages of Vol. II); ENTERPRISE, INDUSTRY & ART OF MAN (2v); BOOK OF LITERATURE (2v); FAMOUS MEN OF MODERN TIMES (2v); LIGHT AND SHADOWS OF AMERICAN HISTORY (2v); CURIOSITIES OF HUMAN NATURE (2v- spine of Vol I is split and book is in two halves); ANECDOTES OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM (2v); A GLANCE AT THE SCIENCES (2v); WONDERS OF GEOLOGY (2v); THE WORLD AND ITS INHABITANTS (2v); HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS (2v); LIVES OF CELEBRATED AMERICAN INDIANS (2v); MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS (2v); GLANCE AT PHILOSOPHY (2v); LIVES OF BENEFACTORS (2v); LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY (2v). The complete set contains 40 volumes. This set is missing the final six volumes, consisting of two books each on The Romance of Comerce, A Home in the Sea, and Miscellanies. All volumes present are the first edition.…