Search Results: Titles starting with N from Quaker Hill Books

London: J. Cooke, 1770. With 42 engraved plates by Dodd. Including the Life, Sufferings, and Martyrdoms of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, with the Martyrdom of the Apostles, Evangelists, and other Primitive Christians, and the Ten Great Persecutions under the Roman Emperors. 18th century former owners ink inscription on the upper right edge of first free endpaper. Two small former bookplates of previous owners inside front cover.Contents very clean especially the plates. A lovely copy with some rubbing and wear at the joints, very minor foxing and soiling and some light marginal dampstains. A beautiful 18th century religious rarity.. First Edition. Contemporary Calf. Excellent. Folio.

London:, 1897. Extra Illustrated with 28 finely engraved portraits. Magnificently bound by Root in full green morocco; spine in six compartments decorated in gilt with fly and eagle ornaments; inner dentelles, top-edge gilt.. Full Green Morocco. Fine. 8vo..

London:London:: John Murray, 1826 Near Fine. Second Edition. 8vo. Gleig's famous narrative reviewing the British army's victories and defeats in America and his philosophical conclusions about war, politics and society. Beautifully bound in recent 3/4 red morocco with gilt lettering and tooling on the spine. Very light scattered foxing but overall the text and pages are very clean and fresh..

New York,: B. Appleton and Company,, 1874. Six maps; 15 plates. . (Howes J167) Brown publisher's boards with gilt lettering,depicting the Confederate flag and a cannon in gilt. Spine ornately decorated in gilt. Contents clean and very slightly toned in the margins. Was Joseph E. Johnston a genius or a marplot? This question almost splintered the Confederacy, and still intrigues students of the Civil War. His partisans regard him as a brilliant strategist and sound field commander whose talents were stifled by a rancorous Chief Executive.. First Edition. Pulisher's Cloth. Fine. 8vo..

BostonBoston: , 1846 Publisher's Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Portrait frontispiece. Rear cover lightly stained, some wear at extremities. Howes C457..

New YorkNew York: , 1836 Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Includes the large folding color woodcut fron-tispiece which is usually lacking or tattered. Wrappers lacking. Some staining and foxing but nonetheless a highly interesting and lovely item -Howes B63..

Henry Colburn. London, 1826. First edition. 3/4 morocco. Moderately worn and rubbed, map skillfully repaired - Very good. Engravings. 8vo., Beautifully bound in 3/4 red morocco, raised spines with gold lettering..

New YorkNew York: Negro Labor News Service, 1936 Original Wrappers. Excellent. Small 8vo. First Edition of this appeal to African-Americans to join the Labor Party, an important arm of the Communist Party of the United States..

NewYork,: Harper & Row,, 1974. FROM THE PRIVATE LIBRARY OF FILM LEGEND MARLON BRANDO AND HEAVILY NOTATED BY HIM THROUGHOUT Most of Brando's notations are in the first half of the book where many passages are highlighted some with his comments in the margin. A fascinating look into the mind of one of America's greatest actors.. First Edition. Excellent/Excellent.

The Fortune Press. London, 1925. First Edition. Orig. cloth. Very Good - lightly bumped and rubbed, small tear in upper hinge 8vo., 55pp..

London Engraved frontis and 60 magnificent engravings all with engraved borders. A comprehensive review of all known religions. Hurd examines Native Americans of Virginia, California, and Florida including the Eskimos and other Canadian aborigines, the Jews and native religions of the South Pacific and the Orient. In full contemporary calf with an elaborately gilted spine. Very minor scuffs. A beautiful copy of a very important work.. Ca. 1779. Full Comtemporary Calf Gilt. Near Fine. Folio.

Dutton: New York, 1964. First Edition. Orig.cloth. Near Fine., Original dw. 8vo..

2 Volumes. Large 8vo.. Original burgundy pictorial cloth, black and gilt, t.e.g., illustrated with folding map and numerous color plates throughout. Custom slipcase. George Catlin was an American painter, author, and traveler. The original book, published in 1842 in London, was written during eight years of travel from 1832 to 1839 and contains many of Catlin's illustrations. The book is divided into letters written by Catlin, rather than chapters, with some letters containing information about the same regions. In near fine condition.

2 Volumes. Large 8vo.. Original burgundy pictorial cloth, black and gilt, t.e.g., illustrated with folding map and numerous color plates throughout. Custom slipcase. George Catlin was an American painter, author, and traveler. The original book, published in 1842 in London, was written during eight years of travel from 1832 to 1839 and contains many of Catlin's illustrations. The book is divided into letters written by Catlin, rather than chapters, with some letters containing information about the same regions. In near fine condition.

London:: Richard Phillips., 1805. First edition. 3/4 leather. Light foxing to some pages and plates, . 11 Engravings. 4to., Bound in 3/4 brown leather over marbled paper boards, with raised spines,gold letters and black leather label. Corners bumped. Moderately rubbed.. Very Good.

Washington, D.C.,: Wendell and Van Benthuysen,, 1848. Modern Cloth. 8vo. 5 maps (including 2 folding), 64 lithographed plates. One of 10,000 extra copies printed by the House of Representatives. Some very scattered foxing, one good, small tape repair to a large folding map. Howes E1454; Wagner-Camp 148:5; Graff 1249.. Very Good.

Philadelphia, 1888 First edition Excellent - lightly soiled. 8vo., Maroon cloth embossed and lettered in gold..