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    Cothren, William:  History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut From the First Indian Deed in 1659 to 1854 Including the Present towns of Washington, Southbury, Bethlem, Roxbury, and a part of Oxford and Middlebury. Volumes I, II and III.  Waterbury: Bronson Brothers, 1854, 1872 and 1879. First Edition. All three volumes of this complete set are similarly bound in their original dark brown, ribbed cloth covered boards with blind embossed borders on the boards and gilt text on the spines. They are all in very good+ condition; although volume III has a broken front hinge and volume II has an early prior owner's name on the front paste down. Foxing is limited to the preliminaries and index pages of volume I, the text blocks are otherwise tight and clean. Volume I contains 480 pages of text followed by a seven page index and a page of additions and corrections. The text is illustrated with a map, one engraving and numerous facsimiles of early settlers’ signatures and the marks of many Native Americans on the 17th century deeds they signed. Volume II contains pages 481 to 1610 followed by a six page index and three pages of errata. It is illustrated with a frontispiece of the author from an engraving, ten plates and vignettes throughout. Volume III contains 706 pages followed by four pages of additions and corrections and a one page index. Its focus is exclusively related to genealogical data for the town of Woodbury and for ancient Stratford from 1639 to 1728. An very uncommon set written over 32 years which covers the full history of the area. With its historical references to the early Indian deeds and genealogies of its early settlers in the third volume it remains a valuable source of information. Howes in his bibliography of U.S.Iana consider this "mildly scarce". (Howes C-796; Sabin 17029)
    TB31838  $750.00



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    Cunningham, Peter (Editor):  The Works of Oliver Goldsmith (4 volumes).  London: John Murray, 1854. First Edition. All four volumes of this four volume set are in very good+ condition in beautiful, full green leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spines with two leather title labels with gilt text and gilt decorations in the compartments. All edges of the text blocks are marbled to match the end sheets within the books. Each volume is an octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" with gilt decorations on the edges of the boards and blind dentelle on the turn-ins. The leather is rubbed at the board edges and the heads of the spines. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste downs and a Newport Historical Society plate on the front free end pages with that same name embossed on the engraved title pages. These uniform bindings were performed by Bickers & Son of London. Volume contains 468 pages of text. Volume II has 487 pages; volume III has 447 pages; and volume IV has 450 pages including an index to all four volumes.
    TB26826  $300.00



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    Gibbon, Edward:  The History of The Decline And Fall of The Roman Empire (Complete Set).  London: The Folio Society, 1997. Collector's Edition. All eight volumes of this complete set are in fine condition in full, decorated vellum covered boards with gilt text on red and blue title blocks, gilt rules to simulate raised bands, and gilt text for the author's name, volume numbers and publisher's name on the spines. All eight volumes are within two of the publisher's slipcases of red paper covered boards with gilt text and borders on one side of each slipcase. Volume 1: The Turn of the Tide, Volume 2: Constantine and the Christian Empire, Volume 3: The Revival and Collapse of Paganism, Volume 4: The End of the Western Empire, Volume 5: Justinian and the Roman Law, Volume 6: Mohammed and the Rise of the Arabs, Volume 7: The Normans in Italy and the Crusades, Volume 8: The fall of Constantinople and the Papacy in Rome. A very clean and handsome set which is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap around each slipcase.
    TB32907  $350.00



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    Hafen, LeRoy R.:  The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West biographical sketches of the participants by scholars of the subject and with introductions by the editor.  Glendale, Calif.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, . All first editions, All First Printings.. All ten volumes of this complete set are in very near fine to fine condition in light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines. Each is a small quarto measuring 9 1/2" by 6" with the top edges of the text blocks trimmed and stained brown the other edges of the text block are untrimmed. The majority of the volumes suffer no more than light rubbing of the cloth at the heads and heels of the spines and volume VIII has a bumped upper corner of the front board. Each volume contains approximately 400 pages and is illustrated with maps, and reproductions of contemporary works of art. There are no prior owner's names, dates, notations or book plates. None of the volumes have their original, plain brown dust jackets. The first nine volumes, published between 1965 and 1972, contain the biographies of some 300 active participants in the fur trade. Volume X is the bibliography and index for the entire set. Considered the best biographical resource for the men involved in the American fur trade. (Clark & Brunet, 108)
    TB25731  $1650.00



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    Hugo, Victor:  The Novels of Victor Hugo.  Philadelphia: George Barrie, (1894). Holland Paper Edition, Limited Edition. All fourteen volumes of this complete set are in very good+ or better condition in 3/4 red leather and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spine and with gilt text in three of the compartments and with gilt rules separating the leather from the marbled paper. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt. Each volumes is quarto of 11 5/8 by 8 1/2 inches. The spines are all uniformly darkened some chipping and wear to the leather at the heels of the spines and the leather is worn through on several volumes over the tips of the boards. The hinges and joints for all the volumes are tight and strong. The contents are in near perfect condition with few marks of foxing or tanning. The images are nearly all protected with tissue guards. One of only 1,000 sets printed with this set identified as number 414 and subscribed for by Mrs. Mary E. Drummond as noted on the verso of the fly title page of volume III. The set includes the following novels: Han of Iceland; Bug-Jargal; Last Day of A Condemned; Claude Gueux; Notre- Dame Of Paris in two volumes; Les Miserables in five volumes; Laughing Man in two volumes; and, Ninety-Three. Illustrated throughout with black and white engravings by various artists. This is an extremely large and heavy set weighing 48 pounds. Please contact Town's End Books prior to ordering for a quote on estimated shipping costs.
    TB30669  $1200.00




  • Irving, Washington:  Works Of Washington Irving (Ten Volumes).  New York: United States Book Company Successors To John W. Lovell Company, n.d.. Reprints. All ten volumes of this complete set are in very near fine condition each bound in 3/4 calf and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spines with gilt titles on red and light gray leather labels together with elaborate gilt tool work in the compartments. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt and the end sheets match the marbled paper on the covers of the boards. Each is a small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 3/8 inches with light rubbing at the heads and heels of the spines and to the tips of the boards. None of the spine are chipped. The contents are all clean and tight in their bindings with no tanning or foxing. The first volume containes: Tales of A Traveler, Bracebridge Hall and Wolfert's Roost. The second contains: Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., A History of New York and The Crayon Papers, The third contains: Astoria, Salmagundi and Adventures of Captain Bonneville. The fourth: Mahomet And His Successors, Oliver Goldsmith and Moorish Chronicles. The fifth contains: The Alhambra, The Conquest of Granada and Legends Of The Conquest of Spain. The sixth contains: The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus and A Tour of The Prairies. And the last four volumes contains The Life of George Washington. These last four volumes are illustrated with frontispiece portraits of Washington and maps. Many of the pages in these volumes remain uncut.
    TB30792  $500.00



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    Irving, Washington:  Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists.  London: John Murray, 1822. First Edition, First printing. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very good+ condition in recently rebacked 3/4 leather and green, pebbled cloth covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with the original gilt on red leather title labels in the compartments. The edges of the text blocks are speckled. Both volumes are small octavos measuring 8" tall by 5" deep. Both volumes have an early prior owner's book plate on the front paste downs and there is offsetting from the overlaid leather onto the end sheets. Minor foxing and tanning exists in the pages of the text blocks. Volume I contains 393 pages of text and volume II contains 403 pages of text. The points existing on leaf 93-94 of volume I and pages 403 and 404 indicate that this is the first state of the first edition of this title. Although the English edition appeared two days after the American edition was released the English edition contains a number of alternations to the text made by Irving which do not appear in the American edition. As a result the British first edition is considerably different from the American first. (Langfeld/Blackburn p. 24; and, BAL 10110) A very attractive and clean set.
    TB23066  $175.00



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    Knox, Dudley W., Captain:  Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars With The Barbary Powers Volumes I through V Naval Operations Including Diplomatic Background from 1785 Through April 1805.  Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1939-1944. First Edition. A five volume, ex-library set all in very good+ to near fine conditions in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spines. The library call numbers have been deleted from the spines. There are library plates with "withdrawn" stamps on the front paste downs, and with embossed, punch-through stamps of the library on the title pages and pockets and date due pages adhered to the rear end pages. Volume I contains 718 pages including an index with illustrations one fold-out plan of fortifications of Algiers and two fold-out maps. Volume II contains 598 pages including an index, illustrations and five fold-out maps. Volume III contains 639 pages including an index with illustrations and with four fold-out maps. Volume IV contains 587 pages including an index with plates and three fold-out maps. Volume V contains 639 pages including an index with illustrations and three maps, two of which fold-out, and a fold-out table.
    TB29229  $400.00




  • Ranson, Will:  Selective Check Lists of Press Books, A Compilation of All Important & Significant Private Presses, or Press Books Which are Collected Parts One through Nine.  New York: Philip C. Duschnes, 1945-1948. All first editions. All seven volumes are in very good condition in heavy paper wraps with stapled bindings. Each volume is stamped with a entry number on the front panel just above "New York" and all but Part Nine is stamped with "Order Dept." at the upper edge of the front panel with a small rubber stamp. The set contains Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Parts Five and Six, Parts Seven and Eight and Part Nine.
    TB18300  $60.00



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    Ruskin, John:  On The Old Road A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays, Pamphlets, Etc., Etc., Published 1834-1885 (3 Volumes).  Kent: George Allen, 1885. First Editions. All three volumes of this complete set are in good condition all bound in light blue-gray paper covered boards with paper labels on the spines. The spines are all moderately soiled and tanned and the heads and heels of the spines are well worn and rubbed. The front joints for all three volumes are starting but the hinges, bindings and pages for all are tight and strong with no pages loose. There is an early prior owner's name neatly written on the front paste down of each volume. Without dust jackets. Each volume is a small quarto measuring 9 3/16" tall by 5 3/4" deep. Volume I contains 400 pages; volume II contains pages 405 to 812 and volume III contains 435 pages including the index to all three volumes.
    TB20602  $60.00



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    Ward, R. Gerard:  American Activities in the Central Pacific 1790-1870 (Vols 1 -8 Complete Set) A history, geography and ethnolgraphy pertaining to American involvement and Americans in the Pacific taken from contemporary newspapers etc..  Ridgewood, New Jersey: The Gregg Press, 1966-1967. First Edition, First printing. All eight volumes of this complete set are in near fine to fine conditions in ivory colored buckram covered boards with illustrations on the spines and boards with brown and blue text on the spines. Volume one is contained in a fine paper covered slipcase which also contains eight large fold-out charts of various sections of the Pacific. All volumes are small quartos measuring 10 by 6 1/2 inches. The spines of all the volumes are very slightly tanned and volumes 4, 6 and 7 have some spotting. Volume 1 contains 316 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps and photographs all of which are contained within a fine, paper covered slipcase. Volume 2 contains 596 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps, charts and photographs. Volume 3 contains 655 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps, charts and photographs. Volume 4 contains 695 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps, charts and photographs. Volume 5 contains 578 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps, charts and photographs. Volume 6 contains 572 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps, charts and photographs. Volume 7 contains 545 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps, charts and photographs. Volume 8 contains 295 pages which is primarily an index of vessels, persons and ports only. These volumes represent the culmination of many years of work and research first started by the WPA in 1940. The charter given to the original 50 employees who were charged with this research by the WPA was to comb the extensive records in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and National Archives for newspaper accounts, seaman's journals and ship's logs to find evidence of visits by American seamen to the islands of the Pacific Ocean. It was hoped that the resulting evidence would be strong enough to substantiat a claim to some of the islands by the United States. The result is an incomparable treasure of information for the researcher or historian.
    TB32817  $200.00



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    White, David A.:  News of the Plains and Rockies, 1803-1865 plus Plains and Rockies 1800-1865; One hundred twenty proposed additions to the Wagner-Camp and Becker bibliography of Western Americana A Supplemental Volume.  Spokane, Wash.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2001. . All five volumes of the News of the Plains and Rockies, 1803-1865 are in fine condition in tan cloth covered boards with gilt on red title blocks on the spines and front boards. All five volumes remain contained within their original shrink wrapped covers. The bibliographic supplement is also in fine condition in dark red cloth covered board with gilt text on the spine and front cover. Without dust jackets as issued. (Clark/Brunet, 302)
    TB31116  $150.00






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