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For your consideration, I am liquidating these remaining books. Images available.  Please email me at bookmaven at comcast.net, or call 609-513-2193- Shipping to AZ, CA. NM, and W. Coast on sets may be higher
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Journal of A Voyage to New York, and A Tour in Several of the American Colonies in 1679-80, Dankers, Jasper and Sluyter, Peter of  Wiewerd  In Friesland,1867, Long Island Historical Society, Brooklyn New York, Volume I.  A fascinating historical diary of 17th century Dutch colonists voyage, observances and experiences, while looking for re-settlement in America. Lengthy 'Introduction, by Henry C. Murphy. Inclusive of details on sea travel, geography, genealogy, culture, colonies, encounters with Indian Tribes, Quakers and Labadists, settlers, etc. Jasper Danckaerts and Pieter Sluyter, Wiewerd Friesland, Netherlands, two Labadist Priests seeking a new colony in America. In 1769 they sailed on small Flute-ship called the Charles, from Holland. Traveling through Long Island, up to the Hudson to Albany, then Eastward to Boston, through New Jersey and along the Delaware to Maryland where they visited the first Labadist communistic type Settlement. Twelve plates, various fold-out: Plate I. Fishes, Indian Woman; II. View of The Entrance at Sandy Hook from Fort Hamilton; III. View of New York From The Southeast; IV. View of New York form the East; V. View of New York form the North. The preceding plates are in facsimile of the original drawings accompanying the manuscript. Including new drawings rectifying some portions of them:  VI. Map of the South or Delaware River From the Falls to Burlington; VII. View of New York from the North; VIII. The Stadthuys of New York In 1679; IX. North View of The Dock, New York, 1679; X. The Water Gate, Foot of Wall St., New York, 1679; XI. The East River Shore North of The Water Gate, New York, 1679; XII. The De Hart House, On Gouanes Bay (as it appears in 1867). Chapter Contents: Preface; Introduction; Voyage to New York; New York and Its Vicinity; Journey to the Delaware; The Hudson and Its Affluents; Boston, and the Voyage Home; Index; List of Plates. Three quarter light brown morocco leather over marbled boards. Gilt title and date of publishing. Ex-libris plate to front paste down: The Charles S. Boyer Memorial Library, Camden County Historical Society, 1899, NJ.  Small library numbers in ink to upper plate. Small square old booksellers sticker to rear paste down lower edge. Top edge gilt. Few spots to rear leather. Moderate rubbing to boards and extremities. Very clean, hinges tight, plates extremely nice. xlvii, 440 pp.  Royal Octavo.  

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The Autobiography of a Stage Coachman, Two Volumes,Cross, Thomas; Illustrated by James Pollard, Robert Havell, C. Cooper Henderson, et al.,1904, Kegan Pau, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., London, Limited Edition, Complete in two Volumes, Limited to 500 copies. Illustrated with 43 color engraved plates- beautiful bright in excellent condition. First published in 1861   ...a plain, unsophisticated detail of incidents and occurrences that came under the observation of a man who had daily intercourse with all classes of people, from the 'Preface'.  A hearty look at a 19th century life through the life of a coachman, literary and historical references abound. From early home life and education, at sea with Royal Navy, with detailed descriptions of  voyages, shipmates and captains, dueling, cruelty on board, returning from sea life, work, family, marriage, farming, becoming a Coachman who has more savvy than to just sit at top a coach. Two robust volumes filled with vivid descriptions of England's countryside, city,  architecture, Derby Day, Cock-fights, King Charles, Piccadilly, accounts of 'characters of all grades,' gentleman, royalty, statesmen
 and squires, from the fashionable to ordinary,  politics, crime and the law, etc.  Bright clean color engravings, various tissue guards toned with tears, some toning to page edges following tissue. Engravings clean and clear. ,Vol. I. 20 plates, 2 engravings: The Taglioni Windsor Coach, by C. Cooper Henderson (tissue guard missing); Stage Coach Passengers at Breakfast, Redbourn, James Pollard; London, Dover, and Deal Coach, H. Vernet; Putting-up a Cock-Fight on the Road, H. Alken, etc. Vol. II. Frontispiece, Tandem, by James Pollard; Leeds Royal Mail Coaches Saluting Half-Way, C. Cooper Henderson; A Passing Remark, C.B. Newhouse; The Liverpool Umpire, James Pollard; The Oxford and Opposition Coaches, Robert Havell; The Duke of Beaufort Coach. Driven by the Marquis of Worchester, W.J. Shayer; North-country Mails at The Peacock, Islington, James Pollard; A Horse Sale At Hopkin's Repository, Barbican, Thomas Rowlandson; Quicksilver Royal Mail Passing Kew Bridge, James Pollard; The Birmingham Tally-Ho Coaches, James Pollard; The Mail Changing Horses at  The Falcon  Walthamstowe, James Pollard; Cambridge Coach, James Pollard; Changing The Horses at The Bull, " C. Cooper Henderson; Hyde Park Corner, Derby Day, James Pollard; Henry Villeboise, Esq., 1842, Thomas Phillips, etc.  Vol. II. 22 color engravings. 
All plates accounted for. Three quarter red cloth, with heather red polished cloth boards, gilt lines, gilt stage coach stamped illustration to front.  Bright gilt title, author and publisher to spine, with volume number, TEG. Volume I., light rubbing of extremities, tissue guards toned, few with wrinkles or closed tears, mild toning of text. Vol. II., 1 1/4 by 1/2 inch loss to upper hinge and head of spine frayed. Lower edge of spine has two small mild stains, rubbing to tips, edge of cloth to front board. Cracked hinge between pages 80-81 (tissue guard has tears at gutter), and pages 176-177. Both volumes light rubbing and soil, solid in cover 500 pages total.  4 to. Limited to 500 copies. Handsome set - excellent resale value.

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The Holidays: Christmas, Easter, and Christmas Warren, Nathan B,  Hurd and Houghton, New York, Second Edition. Cultural history  of the 16 & 17th century Christmas, Easter, and Whitsuntide Festivities, Customs and Carols. Profusely illustrated by F.O.C. Darley, 6 full page illustrations, 15 illustrations in text; 15 chapters with Appendix: Gloria In Excelsis, The First Noel, Christmas Day in The Morning; As Joseph Was Walking; The Holy Well; The Holy Well and the Ivy; The Boar's Head Carol; Christmas Plays.  Based on the works of Hone, Drake, Soane, Sandys, Wright and Chambers. Green cloth boards, stamped gilt title and design to front board and spine, with stamped gilt border. Rear board blind stamped same. Beveled edged. Mild rubbing to spine ends. Decorative Ex-libris plate to front paste down. Tissue covered full page illustrations, mild foxing to both. Clean bright text. Inside hinge starting, binding firm. Sm 4 to, 198 pp. VG

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Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the United States and British Provinces of North America, Volume I & II  Forester, Frank; Henry William Herbert,1857, Stringer & Townsend & Co., New York, First edition  Two compendious volumes on Equestrian History, finely illustrated. A total of 14 tissue covered Engravings on Steel, printed on India paper. Each volume has a Vignette on the pre-title page by F.O.C. Darley, Engraved by R. Hinshelwood. A total of 44 Engravings on Wood executed by N. Orr.  Volume I: The Horse, his Origin, Native Land, History, and Natural History; History of the English Blood Horse; American Blood Horse;  Blood Horse in Tennessee;  Blood Horse in New York; Pedigrees, Performances and Anecdotes of Famous American Races of the Modern Day, Memoir of Sir Archy; Memoir of Diomed, sire of Sir Archy and Duroc; Memoir of American Eclipse, Great Match Race between Eclipse and Sir Henry; Pedigree and Performances of Ariel; Ariel and Flirtilla Race, etc. Fold-out Pedigrees: English Eclipse, Diomed, Castianira (Dam of Sir Archy), Leviathan, Priam, Glencoe, Trustee; American Eclipse, Fashion, Boston (1833-1850), Richmond Va., the Sire of Lexington, America's leading stud for many years. Etc. Tables of Stock, of Foreign and Native Sires, Winning Horses from 1830's through 1850's; Summary of Results. Vol. II.: Horses, American Varieties and Breeds; Vermont Draught; Conestoga; Canadian; Indian Pony; Narragansett Pacer; Stock, Ohio and the West; Michigan; Iowa; The Morgan Horse, Memoir and Description of the Justin Morgan; The Trotting Horse, Account of the Celebrated Horse Topgallant, Memoir of Flora Temple, Pedigree, Performances, etc., Best time of Records, Extraordinary Performances of American Trotters, Lists of American Winning Trotting Horses in 1856, Principles of Breeding; Principles and Practice of Breeding for the Turf, etc.,   Henry William Herbert pseudonym of Frank Forester, born London, 1807 -1858, New York. English novelist, Equestrian and Fishing sports writer. Original brown cloth stamped boards, gilt illustration of two horses, decorative bright gilt title and illustration to spine. Both boards reflect old repairs to hinges. Spine ends are frayed with chips and tears. rubbing to tips. Vol. 1. front board not attached, title page 4 closed tears 1 to 1 1/2” at gutter Rear board chips and closed tear at upper 3/4 of hinge, attached, few scratches to rear board.  Text block solid.  552 pp. Vol. II. 1” closed tear to each hinge at head, hinge shows repair, with some tiny insect holes, mild rubbing to boards rubbing,  575 pp. Blue ep's. 4 to. Contents clean, text block secure.  Contents and plates in VG or better condition.

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Old and New Testament connected in The History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations, From The Declensions of Kingdoms of Israel, and Judah, to the Time of Christ, Two Volumes, Prideaux, Humphrey, 1779,  W. Darling Printer for W. Coke, in Leith, Edinburgh.
Part I, Volume I, and Part II., Volume III, & Vol. IV. 14th Edition. Three volumes contained in two. Humphrey Prideaux’s scholarly biblical history of Old and New Old Testaments, detailing events in both Judaic Calendar and Common Era (vulgar era,) Calendar. Containing Prideaux's Preface (1717-18), a Chronological Table, Index to Volumes III, and IV.  Literary Scholar and Biblical Historian Humphrey Prideaux  (1648-1724), born at Padstow, in Cornwall; descendant of an ancient Cornish (Celtic)  family. Educated at Westminister School, Oxford, his first scholarly work was a commentary on the Arundel Marbles (1676), Prideaux later became the Dean of Norwich.  Original calf boards, well rubbed, with original red leather title panels to spine. Both volumes re-cased a different times, with new calf spines, e.p. replaced. There is a variance in the dying of the spine leather.  Calf boards, rebound professionally, new leather spine with original red leather title panel Prideaux Connection, gilt dulled.  Name plate to upper paste down and above title page of both volumes, e.p. missing to second volume. Text toned and foxed with some text lighter than other parts, however very readable; old ex-library plate to rear paste down The Property of the Washington Historical Society, two areas to lower spine where stickers where removed. Boards secure, text block firm. xxviii, 291, 374 with index,   xx, 388, 394. 8 vo. Both volumes solid in covers.  G+

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Woman In All Ages And In All Countries, 8 Volumes, Effinger, John, R., Ph.D.; Carroll, Mitchell, Ph.D.; Brittain, Alfred, Rev.; Butler, Pierce Ph.D., Et Al, 1907, The Rittenhouse Press, Philadelphia  Decoratively bound set on women in history; essays of women in their culture; customs; goodness or evil; bravery or cowardice; loyalty or infidelity; their learning or illiteracy; responsibilities; intelligence or ignorance; politics; social history; movements; classes; religion; physicality, etc. Eight volumes out of ten containing: Women of The Romance Countries: (Italy and Spain); Women of America, (from Aboriginal Woman through to close of the Century (19th); Oriental Women, ( from Women of the Dawn (Biblical times), Israel, Babylonian and Assyrian Women, Land of the Lotus (Egypt), Hindus, Persian Gulf, Arabia, Turkish Women, Moorish, China and Corea (Korea), Japan, the backward races, (there is dent to the rear board; Women of England, (fprehistoric Britain, ancient, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Nor mans, Middle Ages, Women of Manors, Monasteries, Industrial Classes, Transition Period, Tudor, Commonwealth, Restoration, 18th Century, Women of Ireland and Scotland;  Women of Mediaeval France, (from Captains and Kings, famous lovers, early French Literature, Age of Saint Louis, Blanche De Castille as Regent, Mother and wife of a Saint, Romances of Chivalry and love; Marie DeBrabant and Mahaut D'Artois, Jeanne De Montifort, Court of the Mad King, Savior of France, Triumph and Martyrdom of Jeanne D'Arc, Rite of Monarchy, consolidation of a Kingdom; Women of Christianity,  rise and fall of empires and dynasties and the manner in which woman's status in society has been modified by the new religion); Roman Women (front board small round fade 5/16” area); Greek Women, Heroic Age, Women of the Iliad, Odyssey, The Lyric Age, Sappho, Spartan Woman, Athenian, Apasia, Aphrodite Pandemus, Ancient Athens (social and domestic, etc.); Greek Woman in Religion, Higher Education, Macedonian Woman, Alexandrian Woman. Purple silky cloth, brightly decorated gilt border design and gilt figure of a woman standing on a globe. Spine has gilt lettering and same illustration of a woman, all spines have varying degrees of faded gilt,  mild sunning. Frontispiece to each volume, few from noted works. Title page decorated with orange frame and illustration of woman standing on the world. Few corners and spine ends mildly bumped. All clean no writing, clean bright text. Solidly bound, no hinge cracking. A scholarly work presented by different historians of various universities. 8 vo, each volume 300 to 400 pp. 1907-1908 to copyright page.

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Report on the Census of Cuba, 1899,  Sanger, J.P., L. Col, Inspector-General; Henry Gannett and Walter F. Willcox, Statistical Experts, 1900,  Government Printing Office,  Washington DC, First Edition   A comprehensive Census report on 19th Century Cuba. Containing Cuban Geography, political divisions, coast regions, climate, flora, etc.; the History of Cuba, discovery of island, first settlement, colonization and early government, causes affecting progress; Governors of Cuba, their character and administration; insurrections of Cuba, causes and results of; intervention of United States; political organizations including former representation to the Spanish Cortes; Cuba republics declared; United States military government; the judiciary; population of Cuba's aboriginal history, black history, coolie history. Discussion on tables: total population, density, urban population, center of population, distribution in altitude, sex, age, age by provinces, Nativity and race, Foreign born, Citizenships of: Habana province, Habana City, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Puerto Principe, Santa Clara, Santiago de Cuba; families; census on Marital conditions; Literacy, Education, etc.; Occupations in Cuba; dwellings of families in Cuba; Agriculture of Cuba, Education of Cuba, Universities, teachers, etc. Encyclopedic in scope of contents. Fold-out map of Cuba, 11 lithographed maps, 14 Diagrams, in halftone, and color lithographs, 60 photographic reproductions. Sangerís Letter of Transmittal, to War Department, Cuban Census. Errata tipped in front of Contents first page. Photographic frontispiece of Supervisors of the Cuban Census. Ex-library from The Library of Lafayette College.  Brown cloth, stamped decorations to front board, gilt title to spine, old ex-library sticker to lower spine. Spine ends bumped. Ex-library plate to front paste down. Partial loss of two titles on first 'contents page'. Upper edge of Errata was stuck to lines 20, under Geography. Ex-library plate tipped to rear f.e.p. not written on, top edge has withdrawn stamp. Lower rear hinge starting. Clean text, maps and images, solid in covers. 786 pp Sm 4 to. VG

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My Wife and I: or, Harry Henderson's History,  Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1871, J.B. Ford and Company, New York, First Edition   Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), the most popular American writer of her time (Uncle Tom's Cabin), using literary realism to convey the plots in her works. Harriet and her husband had seven children, two were twins, Harriet and Eliza. The twins never married and lived with their parents. When the twins were young, Harriet worried that they were becoming too frivolous; however they went on to become responsible women, family oriented with active social lives. Harriet Beecher Stowe conveys her feelings of concern in this characterization of the young twins in this book; she paints a picture of the modern emancipated woman of advanced ideas and free behavior. The characters portrayed with broad dramatic license. Purple boards, black design to front board, with title. Spine, same design with gilt lettering, ends rubbed with short closed tears, 1/4 inch cloth hole to lower joint, mild sunning. Green end papers, old private ex-libris plate to paste down, stained and torn, three tiny scars to e.p. remnants from ex-libris plate. Seven plates, plus tissue covered frontispiece. Rear has 7 pages of ads. Under author's name to title page author of Uncle Tom's Cabin,  Pink and White, etc. BAL. 19462. sm. 8 vo.  474 (last page slightly unevenly cut to edge)  Clean bright text, solidly bound. VG

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The Beginnings of the Public Education in North  Carolina, A Documentary History 1790-1940, Two Volumes, Coon, Charles L., 1908, Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, Raleigh N.C. First  Edition: Charles L. Coon, 1868-1927. A Publication of the North Carolina Historical Commission. Historical documentation of Educational History in N C. From the early free schools" and involvement of the N.C. Government; education by county; bills passed; lotteries; clergy; military schools; first Teacher's Association, social and economic conditions; civil involvement; salaries; methods of teaching; study course; building of schools and equipment; consequences of the Civil War; beginnings of the denominational colleges, etc.  Vol. II Chronological Table of Contents. Maroon cloth boards and spine, gilt stamped North Carolina seal to front boards gilt title, author and volume number spine. Vol I. e.p. 1/4 inch closed tear to side edge, 2 inch separation of title page from lower hinge. Text mildly toned. Mild rubbing of extremities. Tiny fade spot VG

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Dickens and Dickensiana A Catalogue of the Richard Gimbel Collection In the Yale University Library, Podeschi, John B.  1980, Yale University Library, New Haven, Ct., First Edition    The definitive, scholarly study of Dickens works, including, books Major and Minor Editions, Autograph Letters & Documents, etc. Frontispiece “Cart-de-visite photograph. Circa 1867 portraits of Charles Dickens. 570 pp. Green cloth, title paste-down to upper spine. Mild rubbing of tips. Clean, bright text, tightly bound. 560 pp tall 8 vo.
The First Editions of Charles Dickens, Eckle, John C., Reprint,Maurice Inman Inc, New York, Limited to 325 Editions, The First Edition of the Writings  Charles Dickens Their Points and Values. Bibliography by Eckel, with illustrations and facsimiles. Reprint of the 1932 Maggs Bros. Edition. Illustrated throughout. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine. 272 pp, blank Note area to rear.  NF