Complete Inventory Listing for Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll

Addison , Joseph & Steele, Richard. The Spectator, A New EDition, With Biographical Notices of the Contributors. London. William Tegg. 1863. 722 pps. 6.5" BY 10". Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. For its age, this is in very good condition. The cover is dark green, embossed, with very readable gold print on the spine. There is some water spotting throughout but the pages are all tightly bound. There are several black and white portraits. The preface, as one of the objectives, states "by enlivening morality with wit, and tempering wit with morality" feel that the authors conferred a lasting benefit to their country. $45.00 Book #27 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Borrow, George. The Bible In Spain;. London. John Murray. 1847. 328 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. Inscribed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. This is an unusual copy due to the age of the book and the wonderful condition it is in. There are lovely marbled end papers and also marbled edges. The cover a gold design around the edge on both the front and back. There is a 1 inch tear between the front cover and the spine. The book tells of the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman in an attempt to circulate the scriptures in the peninsula. There is a signature on the front end paper and a stamped signature on the back paper, otherwise the book is free of marks. $40.00 Book #42 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Boyer, A. The Royal Dictionary, French and English, and English and French Extracted from the Writings of the Beft Authors, in Both Languages. London. J. Brotherton. 1752. 450 pps. 8.5" by 10.5". First edition. Leatherbound. good copy with no dust jacket. For its age, the book is remarkable.All pages are tight and intact. There is browning of the end papers. The lovely old leather cover is loose between the spine and the front cover.The book is printed in three columns per page on handmade paper. It was formerly composed for use of His Late Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester. $65.00 Book #24 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Braybrooke, Richard Lord. The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S. From 1659 to 1619 With Memoir. London. Frederick Warne and Co.. 1887. 639 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Leatherbound. very good copy with no dust jacket. This is one of the Chandos Classics. The cover is gold with an ornate embossed design in black and green with black lettering. The spine has the same design. There are some pencil marks in the margins on a few pages. $15.00 Book #19 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Canot, Captain Theodore. Adventures of an African Slaver. New York. Dover. 1969. 0 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Republication of 1854 edition. These memoirs, edited by the American journalist, Brantz Mayer, from the Journals, memoranda and conversations in 1854. Details the illegal slave trade. This is a very good copy with a tiny scuff at the lower edge of the spine. $10.00 Book #16 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Chamier, J. Daniel. The Dubious Tale of the Diamond Necklace. London. Edward Arnold & Co.. 1939. 294 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. This is an historical account of an episode from 18th century France. There are 8 black and white illustrations. This is a probable first edition with very slight wear to upper points. Out of print and difficult to find. $28.00 Book #13 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Cole, Bruce. Titian and Venetian Painting, 1450-1590. Boulder, Colorado. Westview Press. 1999. 264 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Book contains 119 black and white illustrations and 8 magnificant color plates.Author is respected scholar, having written several books on Italian Renaissance art. Cover has price clipped from corner, otherwise book appears to have been unread. $20.00 Book #4 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Dale, Iain. Memories of Maggie, A Portrait of Margaret Thatcher. London. Politico's. 2000. 310 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Copyright page says First published in hardback 2000. Appears to be unread. Nice picture of Margaret Thatcher on cover. Number of articles written by contempories, including Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan. $20.00 Book #1 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

de la Torre, Teofilo. Psycho-Physiopathy A Study Course in the Philosophy and Science of Psycho-Physical Regeneration and Longevity. San Francisco. Teofilo de la Torre. 1948. 169 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Book III only. This book has a flexible brown cover. The Author is a graduate in Naturopathy and Orthopathy. Very clean copy. $10.00 Book #18 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Edward Earl of Clarendon. The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon,. Oxford. Clarendon Printing-House. 1759. 993 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. very good copy with no dust jacket. These three volumes contain the authors life as Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford. It is a history of his birth to his banishment in 1667. It is printed from his original manuscripts which were given to the University of Oxford by his heirs. The binding are tight, volume 3 has a very loose back cover. There is a book plate in each book of a previous owner, otherwise the books are free of marks. There is evidence of a worm hole in volume 1 in the first few pages at the bottom inch of the book. Considering the age of these volumes, they are in great condition. $150.00 Book #43 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Egan, Francis Egan. The Chatelaine of the Roses. Philadelphia. H. L. Kilner & Co.. 1897. 218 pps. 5" by 7.5". First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. There is some natural shelf soiling of the spine and a small amount of wear at the corners and top of the spine.Some water spotting on a few pages. The author states in his foreword that he writes this book for young persons who cannot be persuaded to read history or remember dates. His hope is that this book will tempt them into further study. $12.00 Book #32 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Ford, Worthington Chauncey. List of the Benjamin Franklin Papers in the Library of Congress. Washington. Government Printing Office. 1905. 322 pps. 8" by ll". First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. This very good copy has a red cover, gold print on the spine. Minimal bumping of the corners and slight scratch mark on lower front cover. $18.00 Book #22 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Gipson, Lawrence Henry. A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the History of the British Empire 1748-1776 volume XV. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1970. 490 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. This lovely red cloth cover has gold lettering on the spine. This is the final volume of the series and provides the student and researcher a key to finding unpublished and published manuscripts used in his research. Interesting to note that Professor Gipson was a member of the first delegation of American Rhodes Scholars to enter Oxford. The dust wrapper is crimped at the bottom of the spine and there is a tiny piece missing from the top of the spine. $25.00 Book #30 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Hijuelos, Oscar. A Simple Habana Melody. New York. Harpers. 2002. 342 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Author signed book plate on front free endpaper. Stated first edition, number 2 present. Appears to be an unread copy. Extremely attractive dust jacket. Pulitizer prize winner of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. $18.00 Book #2 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Introduction by Lucy Allen. Morte Arthur Two Early English Romances. New York. E. P. Dutton. 1936. 209 pps. 4.5 by 7. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. Two versions are contained in this text. The first, Morte Arthure is a translation into modern English and the second, Le Morte Arthur is in the original text. This is book number 634 in the Everyman's Library. There is some notching at the top and bottom spine region of the cover. Book is in blue with gold print. $15.00 Book #41 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Junius. Junius:Including Letters by the Same Writer, Under Other Signature (Now First Collected) to which are added His Confidential Correspondence with Mr. Wilkes, and His Private Letters addressed to Mr. H. Woodfall. London. G. Woodfall. 1812. 1075 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. very good copy with no dust jacket. These three volumes of the letter of Junius were published in the London Public Advertiser from January 1769 to January 1772. Although the identity of Junius has never been established, he is thought to have been Sir Philip Francis. There is a bookplate in each of the 3 volumes on the inner cover with the name Clifford Cyril Scott. There is minimum shelf wear and they remain very attractive books. There are five folding facsimiles of Julius handwriting and a sixth which shows the seals used on his letters. $87.00 Book #38 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Lorenz, J.D. The Man On The White Horse. Boston. Houghton Mifflin. 1978. 267 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Inscribed by author. Probable first edition.Dust jacket has chipping top and bottom of spine area. Interesting cover showing armored man holding a red lance, seated on a white horse with a freeway in the background. $12.00 Book #6 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Macaulay, Lord. The History of England From the Accession of James the Second. London. Longmans, Green, and Co.. 1889. 1596 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. These two volumes have marbled end papers and edges. There is very light browning to edges throughout. Volume 1 has a tear in the marbling at the inner section where cover meets end paper. The cover are of blue cloth. $25.00 Book #35 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Malory, Sir Thomas. Le Morte D'Arthur vol I and II. London. J. M. Dent. 1947. 812 pps. 4.5" by 7". Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. There is some small tearing of the cover on both the top and bottom. A small crimp in the upper outer end paper of volume i, otherwise the volumes themselves are in very good condition. The covers are blue with gold print on the spines. Considered by many to be the English language's greatest romance. First published in 1485. $25.00 Book #36 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Martinez,Pablo. A History of Lower California (The Only Complete and Reliable One). Mexico. Av. Escuela Industrial. 1960. 567 pps. 7" by 9". Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. This text was first published in Mexico in 1956 and has been translated by Ethel Duffy Turner in 1960. The cover is beautiful with a swirl design which carries over to the end papers and edges. A very tightly bound and lovely copy. Possibly a limited edition. Traces Baja's history from prehispanic times to independence. $55.00 Book #29 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Mazzei, Philip. Memoirs of the Life and Peregrinations of the Florentine Philip Mazzei 1730-1816. New York. Columbia University Press. 1942. 447 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. The first few pages of this very fine copy have a slight indentation near the top spine.This entertaining memoir includes his time in colonial America where he lunched with Jefferson, met Washington and became friends with Madison and Monroe. He had various experiences around the world, even working for the King of Poland. The first paragraph of the foreword has the line "We, in these troubled days are concerned about democracy............." $25.00 Book #31 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

McDonald, Douglas. Nevada Lost Mines & Buried Treasures. Las Vegas, Nev.. Nevada Publications. 1981. 128 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Softcover. Signed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. Illustrations by Roy Purcell. Descriptions and locations given for 38 separate mines in Nevada. Book contains several maps. Cover shows a typical mining site. Signed by author. $15.00 Book #3 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Milton, John. The Poetical Works of John Milton. Leipsic``. Printed for Ernest Fleischer. 1827. 392 pps. 4.5" by 8.5". Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. The cover of the book is intact but quite scuffed around the edges. For the age it is in quite good condition. The book is prefixed by Edward Philips, the nephew of Milton, and is a biography of Milton's life.The title page is loose but the remainder of the pages are firm. $30.00 Book #15 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

none listed. Franklin Bicentennial Celebration. Philadelphia. American Philosophical Society. 1906. 321 pps. 8" by 10". First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. The cover is dark green with gold lettering and a gold crest on the spine. The book is a record of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin. $20.00 Book #23 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

none listed. Proceedings of the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge..........at the celebration of the Bi-Centenary of the Birth of Right Worshipful Past Grand Master Brother Benjamin Franklin. Philadelphia. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. 1906. 352 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. This is a limited edition #1228 of 2000.The cover is of purple cloth with gold printing on the spine and a gold decoration to the front board. There is almost no discoloration on the end papers and very minimal scuffing at the points. A few scuff marks on the front cover, out edge. $40.00 Book #33 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Peake, Mervyn. Gormenghast. London. Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1950. 454 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. The cover is in black and white with red lettering with design of flame-like clouds over Gormenghast Castle. There is v-shaped tear in the cover at the top of the spine. The book itself is very tight with slight foxing at corners. $150.00 Book #17 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Puckett, Newbell Niles. The Folk Beliefs of the Southern Negro. New York. Dover. 1969. 644 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Reprint of the 1926 edition. There is very slight soiling to upper edge, otherwise cover is in excellent condition. Cover pictures water with overhanging trees as in a swamp. There are 9 black and white illustrations. $30.00 Book #14 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Raley, Harold. Jose Ortega y Gasset: Philosopher of European Unity. University, Alabama. The University of Alabama Press. 1971. 247 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. This very fine copy, which appears to be unread has a perfect red cover with a gray and black dust jacket with a quarter inch nick in the top back cover. This volume must be judged a very important and much needed contribution to the literature on Ortega. $16.00 Book #37 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Russell, John H. Ph.D. The Free Negro in Virginia 1619-1865. New York. Dover. 1969. 194 pps. 5.5" by 8.5". Reprint. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. This is an unaltered republication of the work first published in 1913. The book tells of the number of free people of color in Virginia(nearly 60,000) at the beginning of the Civil War. It describes their social and cultural life. $15.00 Book #28 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln The War Years Volume I, II, III, IV. New York. Harcourt, Brace & Javanovich. 1939. 2501 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. The jackets of these fine volumes are a very deep blue with gold writing on the spine. Undoubtedly one of the most thorough histories of Lincoln during the Civil War by a recognized authority of this subject. A must read for any lover of history. $50.00 Book #34 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Thorpe, Francis Newton. Benjamin Franklin and The University of Pennsylvania. Washington. Government Printing Office. 1893. 450 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. very good copy with no dust jacket. The spine and parts of the cover appear to be leather with a dark green and white section on both the front and back. There is some normal shelf wear but the binding is tight and a very clean copy. There is a small pencil mark on the end paper. The book deals with Franklin's self-education, his ideas of education and the history of the University of Pennsylvania, etc. $25.00 Book #39 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace. London. The Folio Press. 1971. 1435 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. This two volume Folio Society edition appears to be unread.The black and gray slip case is in very good condition. The binding is lovely in maroon and cream with full pictorial cloth. There are many black and white drawings throughout the books by artist Feliks Topolski. $52.00 Book #26 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Wells, H.G. A Short History of the World. Middlesex, England. Penguin Books Limited. 1938. 316 pps. 4.5" by 7". Reprint. Softcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. A classical short history of the world by a master story teller. There is a signature on the front page, otherwise this is a very clean copy. There is foxing on the cover on all corners and minimal foxing on the book itself. $10.00 Book #25 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

Wellsman, J.S. Panorama of London 1749. London. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1972. 14 pps. 8.25" by 8.25". Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. This panorama, originally made in 1749 by the Buck Brothers is a realistic view of Georgian London as seen from the Thames. There is a sticker from Dover Publications on the back cover. The fold-out engraving of London is over ten feet long. $25.00 Book #10 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries ll, Grass Valley, CA

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