History of South America and Mexico; Comprising Their Discovery, Geography, Politics, Commerce and Revolutions. To Which is Annexed a Geographical and Historical View of Texas, With a Detailed Account of the Texian Revolution and War. (1839) by John M. Niles; L. T. Pease - 1839

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

History of South America and Mexico; comprising their discovery, geography, politics, commerce and revolutions…A geographical and historical view of Texas, with a detailed account of the Texian Revolution and War, John M. Niles and L. T. Pease, Hartford, H. Huntington, Jun. 1838, 370 pp. & 230 pp., 8vo. Fair condition. Both maps missing. Leather binding with gilt lettering and decoration on spine, scuffed, light bumping, chipping, foxing. Spine uncocked, binding tight. John Milton Niles was U.S. Senator from Connecticut 1835-1839 (and 1843-1849). The first printing of this book is from 1837, immediately after the Texian Revolution of 1835-1836. Lorrain Thompson Pease was the father of Elisha M. Pease, 5th and 13th governor of the state of Texas (admitted 1845). (Sabin 55319) Shipping within U.S. included in price.

New York, NY.: H. Huntington, Jr.. Very Good. 1825. Leather. This book is hard-bound in full brown leather with gilt stamping on the spine. The covers show scuffing and light soiling, edge-wear, and light rubbing to the joints, corners, and spine-ends. There is some wear/cracking to the front hinge, but with the binding solid. The contents are bright and legible, but with some scattered foxing and soiling throughout. .

Hartford: H Huntington. 1839. Full leather, 2 vols in one; part 2 by L T Pease; very good; Extremities worn, text foxed but firm; no maps; one portrait (Gen Santa Ana) .

Hartford: H. Huntington, Jr., 1839. Third edition. Two volumes in one. 369, [3, blanks], 230 pp. With the three engraved plates but lacking the two maps. Publisher's full sheepskin, spine with gilt lettering and decoration, boards stamped in a curling pattern. Some light foxing and toning. Leather a bit rubbed but still tight and sturdy in the original leather. A very good copy.

Hartford: H. Huntington. VG. 1838. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good condition without dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Missing to maps. Two volumes bound as one. Original edition with full repaired leather binding and new endsheets. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

1826 South America & MEXICO Revolution PERU Chile Simon Bolivar Guatemala

John M Niles was an important American politician who is mostly remembered for his historical account of South America and Mexico. First published in 1825, 'A View of South America and Mexico' describes geographical, agricultural, and commercial aspects of various Central and South American nations. Known as the first major description of the South American revolutions, this book was written primarily through a political lens. According to the DAB,
"Niles, a senator from Connecticut, combined considerable literary ability with his taste for politics."
This 1826 edition includes a Frontispiece portrait of Simon Bolivar.
Item number: #14069
Price: $399
NILES, John M.
A view of South America and Mexico: comprising their history, the political condition, geography, agriculture, commerce, &c. of the republics of Mexico, Guatemala, Columbia, Peru, the United provinces of South America and Chili, with a complete history of the… Read More

Hartford: H. Huntington, 1844. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 2 volumes in one. Four steel engravings and two hand-colored maps. Both maps are detached and laid-in, and there is a matching remnant for each map still bound into the book, so it's clear that the maps are original to this copy. Rebound to contemporary style in full dark brown goatskin with leather title label to spine. A significant early history of Texas, which was first published in 1837. All editions are scarce, particularly with the maps. See Howes N556 and Sabin 55319.

This book is in good condition. There is some wear on the front, back, spine, edges and corner of the cover. There is some dog-earring on the right corner pages of the book. The pages are white, crisp and clear of any markings. "This is a history of the visual arts produced in the geographical area that now constitutes the United States. Such a book is difficult to title. A History of United States Art sounds awkward and logically might even be construed to exclude the arts of the colonial period. Thus, with apologies to our northern and southern neighbors, I use the title A History of American Art, knowing full well that the terms America and the United States are not synonymous...." - Preface from A History of American Art

New York: Wicwas Press, 1984. 8vo size trade paperback; 192 pages with a few illustrations and photographs Contents include: Beeswax Grading and Economics Harvesting Beeswax Commercial Preparation of Beeswax for Market Testing Beeswax Beeswax in Comb Foundation Beeswax in Candles Beeswax in Art and Industry Showing and Judging Beeswax Home Products including Candles and Car and Floor Polishes Moderate wear and edgewear to covers, light soil to top of book and shelf soil to bottom fore-edge. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

This book is in good condition. There is a lot of wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. There is also a substantial amount of staining on the cover boards. The pages are yellowed and tanned. There are also markings throughout the book. "The roots of this book reach back to the early 1950s in Paris, where I began my professional career as a journalist. France, supported by the United States, was then fighting to retain its hold in Indochina against the Vietminh, the Communist-led nationalist movement there. As I reported on the French end of the war, I soon became acquainted with the names and places in Vietnam from a distance, But I scarcely imagined that they were to be part of my own experience. Then, in 1959, I was assigned to cover eastern Asia; the region that included Vietnam became my beat for more than two decades. I visited Vietnam most recently in 1981 for seven weeks, the longest permitted an American correspondent since the Communists gained control of the entire… Read More

Top edge of jacket slightly flared but overall in excellent condition. Book itself is clean and free of any markings except for previous owner's name on first page (Jeanne M. Nixon). Book has some light shelf wear to corners and spine is slightly canted. Solid binding. 189 indexed pages. 0.75" X 6.25" X 9.25" 2cm X 16cm X 23.5cm Part of the series "Women's Diaries and Letters of the Nineteenth-Century South". Illustrated by Olivia Jackson McGee with additional black and white photo reproductions. Includes a family tree. The Revised edition includes additional material in the form of letters between Floride and her mother Anna Maria Calhoun Clemson between July-October 1863 at the height of the Civil War. The main body of the book is Floride's journal from January 1863 until 1866. The main sections concern Florida's trip to Niagara in summer 1863, the journey form Beltsville Maryland to Pendleton South Carolina at the end of the 1864, and the last says of Floride's grandmother Mr.s John C. Calhoun in… Read More

USA: L. W. Walter, 1917. Hardcover with no dust jacket, 1917. Book has heavier corner wear to board corners and edges, and spinefoot, and aging and some soiling to cloth. This book has blue cloth with navy and red text and design. Tipped plate of American flag on center of front board. Interior tanning heavily from age and book has light warping from age and moisture. Has small bookworm hole affecting the upper right corner of pages 23- 83, completely out of the way of any text and only about 1/2 inch in depth. Missing page corner as depicted, affecting the first front illustration page, affects a small amount of caption text, and the edges of 2 photos. Book generally lays flat and is readable and is fairly supple, Binding is decent and will permit reading. Fair condition, but not terrible for its age. 100+ illustrations. A peice of history, as this was basically news when this was printed. RARE EDITION: NOT A REPRINT. THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo -… Read More

Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.

Little, Brown, and Company, 1960. Used-Very Good. Hard Bound

University of California Press, 1947. 11th. Paperback. Author unstated : The Lick Observatory of the University of California - A Brief Descriptive Account Prepared at the Observatory. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1947. Eleventh Edition. Stapled booklet, size is demy octavo (8vo), 8 1/8"/21cm h. Bound in publisher's dark green wrapper stapled to textblock. [vi] pp prelim material, 47 numbered pp, plus three blank. Glossy paper. In addition to many b&w photos, included is information for visitors, organizational info about the observatory, its Chile station, its students, features it observed, acknowledgments. Condition notes: Staples rusted, but holding, moderate wear and scuffing but no tears to wrappers. No notes or highlighting. The observatory is on Mount Hamilton near San Jose, CA. We learn that the observatory was the gift of James Lick, who also left money to support building of a monument to Francis Scott Key in San Francisco, "...a Home for Old Ladies in San Francisco..." and… Read More

2004 - SIGNED by one of the authors on the title page - FIRST EDITION stated "1" present - book: very good+ - tight, sound, and square - all pages are clean and unmarked - not remainder - dj: very good+ - no chips or tears - not price clipped (NPC) - slight amount of edgewear "In the summer of 1972, with a presidential crisis stirring in the United States and the cold war at a pivotal point, two men -- the Soviet world chess champion Boris Spassky and his American challenger Bobby Fischer -- met in the most notorious chess match of all time. Their showdown in Reykjavik, Iceland, held the world spellbound for two months with reports of psychological warfare, ultimatums, political intrigue, cliffhangers, and farce to rival a Marx Brothers film."