History from Cat's Cradle Books

Leghorn (Livorno): Glaucus Masi, 1818. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Fourth Edition. Exlibrary marks. Binding and hinges sound. Pages tanned, generally clean with an occasional marginal note. Writing on front pastedown and ffep. Paper over boards is shelf worn with some soiling. Joints reinforced with cloth tape that covers spine. ; Content: Islands and other… Read more about this item

Milwaukee, Wisc: Jermain & Brightman, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair with no dust jacket. First Edition. Front hinge broken, rear hinge paper starting. Binding sound. Embossed cloth over boards is heavily worn, especially at corners and spine. Cloth at spine is chipped, and split at joints. ; Author was chaplain of the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil… Read more about this item

Baltimore: T. Newton Kurtz, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Lightly circulated. Binding and hinges sound. Pages tanned, foxed. Embossed cloth over boards is heavily worn especially at corners and extremities of spine. Gilt lettering on spine is a bit faded but still visible. ; Frontispiece is a stone lithograph of… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Very lightly circulated. Sound binding and hinges. Writing on front pastedown. Previous owner's name on ffep with date 1852. Pages clean, tanned, foxed. Embossed cloth oer boards is lightly shelf worn. Gilt lettering on spine is a bit… Read more about this item

Raleigh: North Carolina Historical Commission, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, off-white pages. Half-leather binding has light shelf wear, small scraped area on front, minor scraped area at top of spine. ; This is a one-volume collection of four quarterly issues of The North… Read more about this item

Leghorn (Livorno): Glaucus Masi, 1818. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Fourth Edition. Exlibrary marks. Binding and hinges sound. Pages tanned, generally clean with an occasional marginal note. Writing on ffep. Paper over boards is shelf worn with some soiling. Joints reinforced with cloth tape that covers spine. ; Content includes Milan, Como and surroundings, Lago… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1898. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Lightly circulated. Embossed cloth over boards is generally lightly worn with heavier wear at extremities of spine and at corners. Gilt design on front is bright. Spine is darkened, including lettering. Some soiling on front. Writing on ffep. Binding and hinges sound. Pages clean,… Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Exlib marks. Very lightly circulated. Binding is half leather with gilt embellishments and lettering on spine. Pages clean, tanned. ; ; Ex-Library; 9.0" tall; 809 pages.

Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards & Broughton, Publishers, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Book has been rebound in cloth over boards, which has only very slight shelf wear. Bright gilt lettering on spine. Binding and hinges sound. Lightly circulated. Pages clean, tanned. ; History of military engagements in North Carolina during the Revolutionary War, particularly the last… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Sound binding and hinges. Pages clean, bright. Cloth over boards has light edge rubbing. ; Frederika Charlotte Louise von Massow, Baroness (Freifrau) Riedesel zu Eisenbach (1746-1808) was a German writerand wife of General Friedrich Adolf Riedesel. She… Read more about this item

Greensboro, N. C.: Jos. J. Stone & Company, 1925. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary markings. Lightly circulated. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, age-darkened pages. Foxed endpapers with writing on ffep. Cloth over boards has overall light shelf wear. Gilt lettering on spine is darkened. ; Illustrated with black and white illustrations of men and women whose… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Previous owners' bookplates on front pastedown, writing on ffep. Previous owner's name stamp on title page. Binding and hinges sound. Cloth over boards is worn at corner tips and extremities of spine, with overall light shelf wear. Gilt lettering on front is… Read more about this item

New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Rebound in cloth over boards which has light shelf wear and gilt lettering on spine. Hinges reinforced with cloth tape. Binding sound. Very lightly circulated. Pages clean with light foxing. ; Volumes I and II included in single volume. ; Ex-Library; 9.0" tall; 454… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Swedish Colonial Society, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, off-white pages. Cloth over boards has light shelf wear. Bright gilt design on front, lettering on spine. Several black and white plates, some foxing early in book. ; Translated from the Swedish, with introduction, notes,… Read more about this item

London: J. Baker, 1713. Hardcover. Poor with no dust jacket. Front and back boards are missing. Leather over spine is still attached. Binding sound. Pages tanned, occasionally foxed. Last page of index has detached but is present. Foldout Schedule of the Trade between England and France has closed tear but is whole. ; Almanac-style accounting of political events… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Hayes and Zell, 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair with no dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Embossed cloth over boards is heavily worn, especially at edges and corners. Cloth over spine is missing on bottom half. Front endpapers torn out. Drawings of Eastern Star and writing on rear endpapers and pastedown suggest connection with the Masonic Order… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor with no dust jacket. First Edition. Embossed cloth over boards is heavily worn. Front board is detached but present. Binding has split at page 92, but all pages are present. Spine is missing most of cloth, exposing guttering. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. Pages clean, tanned. ;… Read more about this item

Greensborough, N.C.: Swaim and Sherwood, 1842. Hardcover. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding and hinges. Quarter leather over boards is shelf worn with edge wear especially at top of spine and at joint between spine and front. Exlibrary markings. Previous owner's name on front pastedown and several notes on rear pastedown. Pages are tanned and… Read more about this item

Greensborough, N.C.: Swaim and Sherwood, 1842. Hardcover. Poor with No dust jacket as issued. Volume is complete and in one piece with hinges and binding sound. However, there is extensive water damage to the boards, which are bowed and warped, and to the cloth over the boards, which have heavy wear besides. Leather spine is missing except for… Read more about this item

London: Edward Moxon, 1836. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Second Edition. Minimal exlibrary markings. Very lightly circulated, if at all. Sound binding and hinges on each volume. Pages clean, tanned. Some foxing on endpapers, frontispiece, and title page of each volume. Half leather over boards has scuffing, edge wear especially at corners. Gilt… Read more about this item