Nesmith C B (4 results)

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Perine, George E. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 88-128. Features: Hon. Dexter Richards - article with excellent one-page engraving of Mr. Richards; Reminiscences of Distinguished Men; Rev. Leander S. Coan; Sonnet; Diary of rev. Timothy Walker of Concord, N.H. for the year 1780; Slavery in New Hampshire in the Olden Time; Major Frank; It Rains; Mary Teviotdale - or Athyne's Heir; Reminiscences of Daniel Webster, No. 3 . Above-average external wear and soiling. Chips and openings to backstrip. Faint prior owner's name atop front cover. Moisture stains throughout. A worthy reference copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 62 pages plus ads. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Historic Hampton; A Warrior; The benefaction of melancthon Downs; Achsah Wray; Christopher C. Shaw; In Haying Time; Lucy J.W. Carpenter; The Tides; A New England Poet - James E. Nesmith; July; John Parker Hale - Jefferson Davis - Franklin Pierce; Why men do not go to church; Love's star; The Legend of John Levin and Mary Glasse; Educational department; New Hampshire Necrology. Some peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. New York: John Low, 1805. Please read complete description. Scarce single plate volume (XXI) for Low's encyclopedia, first such reference published in the United States, in seven volumes from 1805 to 1811. Heavily worn volume containing 46 plates (original total unknown, numbered by section not consecutively), with the following subjects: Scenography (incorrectly identified as stenography on front cover); Sculpture; Shadow; Ships; Short Hand; Silk Manufactures; Steam Engine; Stereotomy; Stocking Frame; Stone Henge; Sugar Mill; Surgery. Paper covered boards with remains of leather spine, two blanks at front and at rear, about 10.75 x 8.5 inches. Covers heavily worn and detached, spine chipping away, blanks and final plate detached, paper very age-browned and somewhat brittle especially nearest the edges, some stray spots, closed tear to one of the Steam Engines plates, another plate with repair to reverse side, generally very worn. . Hard Cover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.