Murphy Henry C Ed (3 results)

MURPHY, Henry C., ed. Journal of a Voyage to New York and a Tour in Several of the American Colonies in 1679-80 by Jaspar Dankers and Peter Sluyter. Translated by Henry C. Murphy. Brooklyn: Long Island Historical Society, 1867. xlvii, 440pp. Orig. cloth. The plates are lacking. Some edgewear, else very good. Howes M-905.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, pebbled cloth-gilt, t.e.g., xlvii, 440pp., viii, 12 plates. First edition, from the 1,000 print run of 8vos (also 100 in royal 8vo). VG: discoloration to the cloth at the head of the rear from an old stain, limited to the externals; snag to the head of the spine (slightly unsightly but no real loss); solid hinges & joints; clean text and plates with a small spot of loss to the lower right margin of plate 12 (see images); a pencilled signature to the front pastedown, either "J.C." or "J.L." "Fosdick". Extra postage may be asked (3).

Cloth. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. First Edition. Pp: viii + xlvii + 440 + 12 plates. Gilt titles: sp. Blind-stamped brds. T.E.G. Illust. w/ b/w & drawings & tinted plates, some folded-in, maps. Green pebbled brds. One of 1000 copies octavo (unnumbered) . Sp. ends curled and chipped. 1/2 " of hinge chipped at crown, frt. brd. Cors. bumped and frayed. Deckled edges. Interior leaves lgt-ly tanned around margins, else clean and tight. P/o name and date penciled f.f.e.p." Journal of a Voyage to New York and a Tour in Several of the American Colonies in 1679-80, by Jaspar Dankers and Peter Sluyter of Wiewerd in Friesland." Translated from the original manuscript in Dutch for the Long Island Historical Society. Includes index and plates list. Beautiful!