Henry W Erving (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A portion of the dust jacket front is included, with a pictorial illustration of Hartford, from the Connecticut River, with the Paddle-wheel "City of Hartford" in the foreground. Also included is a 1.5" x 1.75" gold "One Hundred Years of Service 1825 1925" label. A double circle in the center says" The Connecticut River Banking Co. Hartford, Conn" surrounding a scene of ships on the river. Paste-on paper title labels on the brown cloth covered spine and grey front board. The front cover has a light, somewhat circular stain. The top edge of the spine is damaged and there is separation of the spine cloth at the top rear [about 2"] and the bottom front [about 1"] Still a tightly bound, straight copy of a very interesting Connecticut history volume. 8vo, 216pp. The text is unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Covers show light soilng. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First Edition. 8vo hardcover with dust jacket. 216 pp. Moderate wear and creasing to jacket, now in a brand new Brodart clear protective sleeve. Light soiling to boards. Binding is sound. Very light scattered foxing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No. First Edition. Hartford, Connecticut: The Connecticut River Banking Company, 1925. First edition, 1925. History of the Connecticut River Banking Company, intertwined with the rich history of the Connecticut River Valley. Illustrated with numerous plates and black and white, as well as a double-page map, the book provides the background of this historic area from the time of Thomas Hooker's first explorations to the early 20th century. Light tan hardcover wth darker tan spine, paper labels, uncut foredge, 216 pages. Light edgewear, good hinges, sound text block, light foxing to text pages, pages otherwise clean, no names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hard cover book with minor edge wear/marks, date stamp on endpapers. DATED, INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Erving on the flyleaf. 216 page, illustrated bank history. DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Book.

PB. Condition: very good, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations (illustrator). 39pp "A Paper read at a meeting of the Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth Branch, Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Hartford Club, October 19, 1922." Publication No. 4.

HC. B&W illustrations (illustrator). Catalogued and sold from the Goodspeed catalog of March 6, 1943 (listing laid in). Limited to 45 copies, this copy was inscribed by Erving to Wallace Nutting. There is an ownership inscription "From The Book-House at Time Stone Farm, Dr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood," the noted collector, and finally a note "From the old Capt. Nickerson Estate" [probably a Goodspeed notation]. Eleven page text (with some nice marginal notes) followed by 7 page typewritten supplement translated from the original German of Christoff Weigel in Ratisbon, A.D. 1698. good, brown cloth with leather spine (hardcover).

HC. B&W illustrations (illustrator). 60pp Limited to 200 copies, and UNCOMMON. This copy inscribed by the author in 1932. Note tipped in, "At the suggestion of Mr. George Francis Dowd." Extensive annotations on the various furniture pieces mentioned. This copy was owned by noted collector, Dr. Arthur M. Greenwood of Time Stone Farm in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and the annotations are most likely his. very good+, brown cloth spine (hardcover) author signed.