Edited Benjamin Shambaugh (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. 1909. Near Fine condition. TEG (top edge gilt). Deckle (untrimmed) pages side and bottom. Red cloth binding with gold printing and decoration. Previous owner's name and date at top of free front endpaper. Tissue guard of frontis photo. Slight bumping/rubbing to corner tips. Slight rubbing at bottom of spine. This is a really nice copy. 257 pages including index.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very Good in light brown wraps with black titles. 163pp tall 8vo.

Soft cover. Condition: Good +. Moderate age/use wear. A quarterly state journal. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: New. First Edition, !st Printing. Volume itself has tan cloth covers with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover as well as the gilt emblems of the State Historical Society of Iowa at both of these places. Top of pages have beautiful gilt and bottom and outer edge of pages are deckled. 455 pages, including an index. BRAND NEW BOOK, NEVER USED NOR READ. Some pages not yet separated. Original onion-skin dust jacket is present and protected in an archival quality Brodart clear cover. A tiny piece of the dj is torn near the bottom at the spine, the small loose piece appears to be hanging on. By tiny I mean a rectangle measured under a 1/4 of an inch any way. Unfortunate, but it is what it is. Furthermore, I seriously doubt if many, if any, surviving copies are in this superb condition. Acquired by this bookseller from an original purchaser who had acquired the copy eons ago and had just recently opened the original box. Available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box!

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 416 pp. Original brown wraps w/ wear and few short tears to edges. Leaves untrimmed; several leaves unopened. Contents very nice.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Bound in dark burgundy red cloth with spine lettered in gilt, FINE as NEW condition with no faults noted, page edges untrimmed and mostly unopened.

Hardcover. Condition: New. BRAND NEW BOOK, NEVER USED NOR READ! Packed away more than a century in its original shipping box without being opened until recently. Volume itself has red covers with sharp gilt lettering, borders, and the seal of the State Historical Society of Iowa on the spine and front cover. Top edge of the pages are gilt, outer edge and bottom of pages are deckled. Opposite the title page is a portrait of John Chambers, the second Governor of the Territory of Iowa, with an onion skin frontispiece. Some pages in the work are not separated as the work is new and unread. A beautiful copy well over a century old in new condition that is protected by an archival quality clear cover. Available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box!

Hardcover. Condition: New. Query? How is it possible to have a 1909 book in new condition? Answer: The book was carefully stored in its original box for over a century, never opened. When acquired by this bookseller the book was lacking the original onion-skin dust jacket and therefore was immediately placed in an archival quality clear Brodart cover. The covers of the book are bright red with sharp gilt lettering and the gilt emblem of the State Historical Society of Iowa on the spine and the front cover. Top of the pages are gilt, and bottom and outer edge of the pages are deckled. 279 pages, including notes and references and an index. Opposite the title page is a portrait of John Chambers from an oil portrait behind a frontispiece that is near perfect. Book is new, never used, nor read and some pages are not separated. For a condition conscious buyer of early American biographies, this is minervia. An original work in this condition, instead of a reprint. A no-brainer! Available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box!

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: None. One of the Iowa Biographical Series. Volume itself has bright red covers with sharp gilt lettering and the Historical Society of Iowa emblem on both the spine and the front cover. Top of the pages are gilt, bottom and outer edge of pages are deckled. Opposite the title page there is a portrait of the subject of the work, Thomas Cox, from a crayon sketch made from a photograph of a restored oil portrait. It has a frontispiece that is pristine. Brand new book, never used nor read! This work was stored in its original shipping container over a century and once acquired by this bookseller the book itself was immediately protected in a clear archival quality cover. It lacks the original onion-skin dust jacket. Absolutely, positively, one of the finest condition books for its age I have ever been privileged to acquire. Why consider a reprint when you can acquire the original in this kind of condition? A condition gem, that would make a marvelous gift. Available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Volume itself has red cloth covers with very sharp gilt lettering on the spine and the front cover. The top of the pages are gilt, which is gold & beautiful. The bottom and outer page edges are deckled.There is a reproduction of an oil painting by George H. Yewell of Robert Lucas opposite the title page that is protected by a frontispiece. The frontispiece is pristine. The original onion-skin dust jacket is not present but since the book has been in my possession it has been protected with an archival quality Brodart clear cover. The book was storied for more than a century in the original shipping container and this is a condition that is rarely found in a book over a century old. Some pages have not been separated. The book has never been used or read. This work is truly in a condition conscious buyers heaven. Available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Incredible high quality of condition for its age. Bright red covers, some pages remain uncut, deckled edges at side and bottom of pages. Gilt edges at top. Tissue guarded captioned frontispiece of Robert Lucas reproduced from an oil painting. The original onion-skin type of dust jacket is present. On the front cover at the top there is a small approximate 5/8 of an inch tear in the original dust jacket. The book was stored unused for in excess of a century. The period of time the book has been in my collection the fragile dust jacket has been protected in a clear archival quality cover. This book is a condition conscious buyer's heaven! Available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box!