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Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1855 Book. Good. Hardcover. Moderately worn; splitting along spine strip edges, with tape residue. Other normal wear. A study copy..

Boston: D. Lothrop Company. Very Good/No Jacket. 1893. ........ Hardcover. Slight wear/spotting to covers and spine. Previous owner ink inscription on front fixed endpaper. Otherwise, contents clean and tight. A nice solid copy. Size: 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall 0.0 .

Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1856. Cloth - Hard Cover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. Ex-library with usual markings. Tears in cloth along joints and the spine cover is partially detached. Moderate foxing throughout. Still solid and text is clear.

Boston, MA Gould and Lincoln, 1855-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Fair+ hardcover. ORIGINAL 1855 PRINTING. Text unmarked. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing and bumped corners. Spine edge tearing. Binding loosening slightly but still intact. Book slightly shelf-cocked.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1855. First Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, publisher's dark brown cloth gilt, good or better, light wear to spine and outer joints, contents very good and tight. Frontispiece, 369 pp. Lawrence was a merchant and philanthropist whose business drove the entire New England textile industry in cotton and wool products in the early to mid 19th century.

Boston:: Gould and Lincoln,, 1855.. First edition.. publisher's embossed gilt-lettered cloth.. Old ink signature; spine slightly sunned; clean, tight and sound.. Large 8vo,. Illustrated..

Gould & Lincoln,, 1856.. hardcover. Collectable, good. Original 1856 edition/printing in Good Plus condition. Small brown hardcover with elaborate blindstamped design on cover, gold lettering on spine, Gould & Lincoln, 369pp + ads. Formerly owned by a library and has very old library marks; cover on spine appears to have been repaired but original cover has been preserved; moderate edgewear, sound binding; gift inscription on front free endpaper in neat old script dated 1856 ; heavy foxing on first few and last few pages; minor dampstain in outer margin of first 100 pages. Fully functional. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.

Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 2005-12-21. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 2005-12-21. Paperback. Used:Good.

Boston: Gould and Lincoln. G. 1856. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 2nd printing bound in brown embossed cloth, b&w plates, 369 pages +ads . A Good copy with rubbed & frayed spine tips, mild foxing & dust soil ing. Frontis page has a faint water mark on outside edge. Scattered pages also have a small, faint water mark to bottom edge of page block ~ contents are otherwise clean and unmarked. An envelope with letter dated December 16, 1954 from the Librarian at Williams College is laid -in loose. .

Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1856. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1856. First Edition . Very Good+/no dust jacket. Clean dark brown cloth boards with blind-stamped decoration on front and rear boards, gold lettering and blind-stamped decoration on spine. A little bit of fraying at top spine edge. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Blank endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Nice frontispiece portrait of Amos Lawrence (an engraving) with tissue guard. 369 pages with index + publisher's advertising at rear of book..

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-01-17. Paperback. Used:Good.

Boston, MA, Gould and Lincoln, 1855. hbk 8vo 369pp illus steel engravings spine strip professionally replaced with bright gilt lettering original embossed board show a little shelfwear (now in custom acetate jacket) some foxing to text block and ink annotation on fep very good clean tight text

Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1855. First Edition. Large 8vo, pp. 369. Bound in little rubbed black cloth stamped in blind and gilt, engraved frontispiece, some foxed, a very good copy. From Wikipedia: "In 1799, Amos Lawrence became a clerk at a country store in Dunstable, Massachusetts and a few months afterward was promoted to a variety store in Groton run by a Mr. Brazer. After the completion of his apprenticeship, in April 1807, Amos went to Boston with $20 of his savings. His employers there failed. Amos was appointed by the creditors to settle the firm's accounts, and after doing that to their satisfaction he rented a shop on Cornhill and founded a dry-goods establishment on his own account in December. In 1808, his brother Abbott entered his employ as chief clerk, and in 1814 became a partner in the firm, now called A. & A. Lawrence and later A. & A. Lawrence and Co. The firm continued until Amos's death and became the greatest wholesale mercantile house in the United States. It was successful… Read More

Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1855. First Edition. Large 8vo, pp. 369. Bound in little rubbed black cloth stamped in blind and gilt, engraved frontispiece, some foxed, a very good copy. Includes a presentation on the title page by John Fiske. From Wikipedia: "In 1799, Amos Lawrence became a clerk at a country store in Dunstable, Massachusetts and a few months afterward was promoted to a variety store in Groton run by a Mr. Brazer. After the completion of his apprenticeship, in April 1807, Amos went to Boston with $20 of his savings. His employers there failed. Amos was appointed by the creditors to settle the firm's accounts, and after doing that to their satisfaction he rented a shop on Cornhill and founded a dry-goods establishment on his own account in December. In 1808, his brother Abbott entered his employ as chief clerk, and in 1814 became a partner in the firm, now called A. & A. Lawrence and later A. & A. Lawrence and Co. The firm continued until Amos's death and became the greatest wholesale… Read More

Boston: John Wilson & Son. Brown leather with black decoration and gilt spine title, marbled end papers. Small gift inscription on the front secondary end paper. V11 . Very Good. Leather Bound. First Edition.. 1855.

Boston, MA: Gould and Lincoln, 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Gould and Lincoln, Boston, MA 1855. 369 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Size: 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Amos Lawrence (1786-1852) of Boston, Massachusetts was an American merchant and philanthropist. Biography New England::Biographies/Memoirs Biography New England::Biographies/Memoirs 6893 6893

1855. [LAWRENCE, AMOS] LAWRENCE, William R., ed. EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THE LATE AMOS LAWRENCE; WITH A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF SOME INCIDENTS IN HIS LIFE. Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1855. Bookplate of George L. Balcom, New Hampshire State House and Senate. xiv + 369 pp. 8vo., green cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Spine sunned to dark brown. Minor corner wear, spine nicked, pink endpapers faded. Light foxing to frontispiece portrait and title page. Dedicated to Amos A. Lawrence.

Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1856. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Wear to corners and at top of spine.Hard cover, no dust jacket. Good condition. Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the… Read More