Eclectic Americana from Setton Book Collection

A little foxing, age-soiling, a loose hinge, one loose page. The last 16 pages are of Henry Altemus Company catalogue advertising. The author's name is actually Moore, misprinted in earlier editions. This format was part of the Altemus Series 58 "Boys and Girls Classics" (No. 91), printed between 1899 and 1906. This edition is among the early ones of the series,… Read more about this item

Volume is tight, solid and complete; no fraying of spine head or heel, no marks of any kind, all pages tight, bright and complete. Boards are semiflexible cardboard. A little age-darkening, 3 corners slightly bumped. Has "BRAZ, M." and "X45" stenciled in white on front board. Issued to US Navy enlisted personnel since 1902, and a direct successor… Read more about this item

Upper corner of front cover shows a fold mark; binding and pages solid, tight and unmarked. Includes Robert Montgomery's obituary from the New York Times under pastedown, which left a slight shadow on flyleaf. From J.H. Heineman's "Open Letter" series, which was, according to the Foreword, "...conceived and developed as the platform for an international assembly of prominent people and… Read more about this item

Octavos, three volumes. No damage, no marks of any kind, not an ex-library copy, no bookplates, etc.. The only deviation from new condition is a few very small spots on page tops (see photograph). Colonel Charles Edward Banks was an American medical doctor with the U.S. Marine Hospital Service, Assistant Surgeon General of the United States Public Health… Read more about this item

Title on spine is "Tisbury's Town and Proprietors' Records." One of 500 copies. Spine tanned, a little age darkening, small scratch and a little scuffing on bottom right of rear board but otherwise volume is complete, tight, unmarked and wholly sound. This unique work was meticulously deciphered, arranged and recorded over many years as a labor of love by William… Read more about this item

Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 93.This volume is in new condition, with a 1 1/4" tear on top front of the dust jacket, a 1/2" tear and a water spot on the bottom front of the dust jacket (which does not penetrate to the front board of the book). A couple of small soil spots on dust jacket.… Read more about this item

Minor fraying on head and heel of spine of volume, some small tears in dust jacket (see photographs). Deckled pages; a little age-soiling of page tops. Name of owner in pencil, copy of poem "Love's Lantern" pasted inside front pastedown. Some age-darkening of pastedowns. The 44th Large Printing of Streeter Aldrich's much-reprinted 1928 classic story of a pioneer woman and her… Read more about this item

Vol 128 of the Memoirs. First edition. Moderate tanning of spine and slight tanning mark on front cover, very small imperfection on head of spine; otherwise unmarked, undamaged, and virtually as new, apparently never been opened. Prof. Jones's introduction and notes provide excellent context to this fascinating series of letters from pioneering American physician Jonathan Warren, probably… Read more about this item

Open dimensions of map 13" x 15 1/2", folded 3" x 5". Map is complete but for a small piece missing between Allentown and Doylestown; a couple of tears along fold lines, a long one along rightmost section, but none detached. One of the famous series of antebellum Tourist Pocket Maps by eminent American geographer Samuel Augustus Mitchell. Sold by Thomas, Cowperthwait… Read more about this item

First Edition, 2nd printing. One map. Two corners slightly bumped, very slight fraying of head and heel of spine, no dj. Binding entirely sound, all pages unmarked, undamaged, tight and bright. Part of the Princeton History of New Jersey series. Prof. Pomfret outlines the history of what became a major part of southern New Jersey from Henry Hudson's… Read more about this item

Front hinge a little weak, some age-darkening, spine fading, a little foxing, some soiling of boards, previous owners' names. All pages intact, clean, bright and unmarked. A first edition of the first of Gene Stratton-Porter's best-selling books set in the (formerly) famous 13,000 acre Limberlost swamp in Adams and Jay counties in Indiana. Once… Read more about this item

307 pages. Binding is a little cocked, but solid and tight. Shows some rubbing, fraying at head and heel of spine, flyleaf cut out; hinges solid, all pages tight, unmarked, intact, with very little age-darkening Norval Richardson (1877-1940), author and former United States diplomat, wrote a number of popular thrillers in the pre-WWll era; Pirate's Face, a well-written romantic adventure,… Read more about this item

Complete, Vols. 1 and 2 in one. Full leather; owner's name gilt-stamped in black label on front board, marbled endpapers. Good +: some abrasions and water/ink stains on front board, some abrasions on rear board, some corner bumping and a fair amount of foxing, but binding is sound, all pages present, intact and untorn; overall in very serviceable condition.… Read more about this item

332 pages. Binding is solid, all pages intact; some foxing and minor staining, but book is eminently readable Grant Overton (1881-1930) was a literary critic, editor, and novelist. He was an editorial writer and the literary editor for the New York Sun from 1906 to 1919, editor of Colliers Magazine, then worked for George H. Doran, the book… Read more about this item

434 pages. Solid and clean, a little age-darkening, a little foxing and a few light stains on a few early pages; binding slightly cocked, front hinge just starting.This is the second state of the first printing, because the word transposition on pg. 419, line 14 has been corrected, and the copyright date of 1921 is on the copyright page… Read more about this item

201 pages on glossy paper. Includes typed note by author, unsigned, to A.M. Blackburn of the Township Press. Binding tight and all pages clean and intact. Some shelf wear, with a little scratching on back board, and a small tear at head of spine. NO dust jacket. Gress's (1872-1934) comprehensive and fascinating survey and examples of American typographic styles… Read more about this item

A little age-browning, all pages intact, small corner missing from second end-paper. A couple of marks, stain on back board. Binding a little loose, but holding. Rinehart's charming and funny story about a sergeant in WWI who keeps getting in trouble with his general, featuring spies, romance, etc.