Elements Geography Containing Concise Comprehensive by Morse Jedidiah (6 results)
More imagesPublished by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, Boston, 1796
- Hardcover
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Crestline, CA, U.S.A.curtis paul books, inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. Contemporary half or quarter leather, marbled (? ) boards. Boards very worn with losses to the board edges. Prelims have minor corner losses. Lacking frontis map; the other map is torn and only partially present. Pages toned and spotted. ; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 143 pages.
More imagesPublished by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, Boston, MA, 1796
- Hardcover
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA)
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Maps; This is a small format book (approx. 3.5" x 5.5"). The book has thin boards covered with marbled papers with a leather spine. The top sixth of the rear board has chipped off and the marbled paper has chunks missing, along with generalized heavy rubbing. The leather spine has darkeni…ng / burning to the bottom half, along with a two inch tear to the bottom front spine joint. The text pages are in generally clean condition, though there is generalized foxing. Both of the maps are present, but have issues. The Chart of the World on Mercators Projection has a large chip missing from the left bottom and has wrinkles where the folds are. The map of the US has a large tear to the fold. "Morse strongly influenced the educational system of the United States. While teaching at a school for young women, he saw the need for a geography textbook oriented to the forming nation. The result was skimpy and derivative, Geography Made Easy (1784). [citation needed] He followed that with American Geography (1789) , which was widely cited and copied. New editions of his school textbooks and the more weighty works often came out annually, earning him the informal title, "father of American geography." His postponed gazetteer for his work of 1784 was bested by Joseph Scott's Gazetteer of the United States in 1795. With the aid of Noah Webster and Rev. Samuel Austin, Morse published his gazetteer as Universal Geography of the United States (1797). " (from Wikipedia).
More imagesPublished by Boston, Boston, 1804
- Hardcover
Seller: High Ridge Books, Inc. - ABAA, South Deerfield, MA, U.S.A.High Ridge Books, Inc. - ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFifth edition improved. Original 1/4 leather with marbled paper over boards. Paper has tears and chips, but overall very good condition. 143, [1] pp., 2 folding maps hand-colored in outline. The maps are of the World and the United States, though the list of plates identifies it as a map of North America. A lovely little copy of… one of Morse's geographies for children. Shaw & Shoemaker 6829.
More imagesPublished by Thomas and Andrews, Boston, 1804
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Seller: Classic Books and Ephemera, IOBA, Lansdowne, PA, U.S.A.Classic Books and Ephemera, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Good +. "On a new Plan.Adapted to the capacities of Children and Youth: designed for a Reading and Classical Book in Common Schools; and as a useful Winter Evening's Entertainment for Young People in Private Families; Illustrated with a neat Map of the United States, and a beautiful Chart of the whole World…. . Fifth Edition -- Improved." J.T. Buckingham, printer. 143, [1] p.: 2 folded leaves of engraved maps; 15 cm. Original calf spine and marbled paper over boards. Metal-engraved maps have imprint: Published by Thomas & Andrews Boston 1801. Early American Imprints, Ser. 2 (Shaw & Shoemaker), 6829. In attractive modern box with gilt-tooled title on black calf spine. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper: "John Worleys Book York April the 27, 1817." Book is in Good+ Condition: lacking part of each board and leather at head of spine; boards are attached and text block is solid; browning along fore-edges of first folded map and title page; occasional light foxing; clean and tight. Box is in Fine Condition.
More imagesPublished by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, Boston, 1801
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Seller: Classic Books and Ephemera, IOBA, Lansdowne, PA, U.S.A.Classic Books and Ephemera, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. "On a new Plan. Adapted to the capacities of Children and Youth; and designed, from its cheapness, for a Reading and Classical Book in common Schools, and as a useful Winter Evening's Entertainment for Young People in Private Families. Illustrated with a neat Map of the United States, and a beaut…iful Chart of the whole World. . Fourth Edition, Improved. Printed at Boston, By I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews; Sold by them . and by I. Thomas, in Worcester; in Albany, by Thomas, Andrews & Penniman; in Baltimore, by Thomas, Andrews & Butler; and by other Booksellers in different parts of the United States -- May, 1801." 143, [1] p.: 2 folded leaves of engraved maps; 15 cm. Contemporary calf spine with marbled paper over boards. All page edges red. Metal-engraved maps have imprint: Published by Thomas & Andrews Boston 1801. Shaw & Shoemaker, 959. Signatures in old hands on fixed endpapers by former owners: Harriet M. Look, David Look, Eliza Look, and Harriet Nickerson. Harriet M. Look (1811-1882) married David Nickerson in 1830. In Very Good Condition: boards are rubbed and faded; front board has a horizontal split 1.5-cm. from the lower edge; occasional foxing; otherwise clean and tight; maps are complete and intact.
More imagesPublished by by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews [et. al.], Boston, 1796
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerSecond edition, corrected. Second edition, corrected. Two engraved folding maps (one hand colored). xii, [1], 14-143, [1]pp. 12mo. About as nice an example of this scarce georgraphic juvenile as you could hope to find. First published in December 1795. Evans 30826; ESTC W31849; Wheat & Brun 30 and 124 Calf-backed marbled paper c…overed boards, worn. Minor split at fold of one map Two engraved folding maps (one hand colored). xii, [1], 14-143, [1]pp. 12mo.
