‎Jacob‎

‎ABBOTT Jacob‎

‎Harper Establishment: How Books are Made‎

‎New Castle:: Oak Knoll Press. Fine. 2001. Hardcover. 1584560584 . New introduction by Joel Myerson and Chris L. Nesmith. First edition thus with added material. Fine in green cloth. No dust jacket. . Oak Knoll Press, hardcover books‎

Ссылка продавца : 43090 ISBN : 1584560584 9781584560586

‎ABBOTT JACOB‎

‎HARPER'S STORY BOOKS‎

‎1857. FE. ABBOTT Jacob. HARPER'S STORY BOOKS. A Series of Narratives Dia-logues Biographies and Tales for the Instruction and Entertainment of the Young. Embellished with Numerous and Beautiful Engravings. Volume 10. New York: Harper and Brothers 1857. First edition. There is a bookplate on the front pastedown and a name stamped on the flyleaf as well as an ink number. This is a near fine copy in decorated boards. unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 81382

‎Abbott Jacob‎

‎History of William the Conqueror‎

‎Skyhorse 2012. Very Good. Abbott Jacob. History of William the Conqueror. NY: Skyhorse 2012. 144pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with faintly rubbed wraps. Skyhorse paperback books‎

Ссылка продавца : UABBHIS00AF

‎Abbott Jacob‎

‎Letter handwritten and signed by Jacob Abbott 1803-1879.‎

‎Farmington ME: No publisher 1840. Book. Very good condition. No Binding. Signed by Authors. First Edition. One page letter handwritten and signed by Jacob Abbott the prolific writer of juvenile and other literature. An attached blank leaf is the cover and address sheet addressed to Mrs. Eliza Reed Care of Rev. Dr. Reed Hackney England with postmarks. The letter reads "Mrs Reed Dear Madam Your note with the very interesting pamphlet accompanying it has only recently come to my hands in this place where I now reside. I assure you that I feel highly honored by the expressions of approbation in regard to some of my writings.I contemplate visiting England within a year or two. Remember me also most respectfully to your husband.signed Jacob Abbott.". No publisher unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 011711

‎Abbott Jacob‎

‎Makers of History: Madame Roland‎

‎New York: Harper & Brothers 1901. Reprint. Near fine in full dark blue leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work in the compartments and with gilt rules around the edges of the boards. All three edges of the text block are gilt together with gilt dentelles on the leather turn-ins. With a silk placement ribbon sewn in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. 304 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates from engravings. The contents of this copy are clean and free of any prior ownership markings of any kind. Harper & Brothers hardcover books‎

Ссылка продавца : TB31021

‎Abbott Jacob‎

‎Marco Paul's Adventures In Pursuit Of Knowledge--state Of Vermont‎

‎Boston: T H Carter and Company. Very Good. 1844c1843. First Printing. Hardcover. -; Very Good. No dust jacket. Nice copy of this early edition. . T H Carter and Company hardcover books‎

Ссылка продавца : 38419

‎Abbott Jacob‎

‎Rollo At Work‎

‎New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1897. Hardbound. VG. green patterned paper-covere boards with color illustration light red letters and boy pushing wheel-barrow green cloth spine with art deco gilt lettering. Color frontispiece few full-page bw plates one loose. A very nice copy of a book seldom found except as a tattered remnant. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover books‎

Ссылка продавца : 125871

‎Abbott Jacob‎

‎Rollo in Geneva Rollo's Tour in Europe‎

‎Sheldon & Co 1867. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. No jacket very faint discoloration to boards front board lightly bowed bookplate to front paste-down endpaper ink name and date to front endpaper. 1867 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 220 pp. "Jacob Abbott 1803-1879 was an American writer of children's books. He was a prolific author writing juvenile fiction brief histories biographies religious books for the general reader and a few works in popular science. His Rollo Books such as Rollo at Work 1837 and Rollo at Play 1837 are the best known of his writings having as their chief characters a representative boy and his associates. His other works include: The Teacher; or Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young 1833 Rollo on the Atlantic 1853 Rollo in Paris 1854 Rollo on the Rhine 1855 Georgie 1855 Rollo in Holland 1856 Rollo in Rome 1858 Rollo in Switzerland 1858 Rollo in the Woods and Peter the Great. Sheldon & Co hardcover books‎

Ссылка продавца : 2205836

‎Abbott Jacob‎

‎ROLLO IN HOLLAND‎

‎Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Boston Taggard and Thompson 1863. Original cloth a bit worn good condition. . Other hardcover books‎

Ссылка продавца : 35181

‎Abbott Jacob‎

‎ROLLO IN PARIS‎

‎New York: Sheldon & Company. Very Good-. 1870. Hardcover. 226 pages brown cloth covers with black and gilt stamping.The spine is sunned and the covers slightly soiled. The contents are bright and complete. Near Very Good. . Sheldon & Company hardcover books‎

Ссылка продавца : 69158

‎ABBOTT Jacob‎

‎ROLLO ON THE RHINE‎

‎BOSTON BROWN 1858. BOSTON, BROWN, 1858 unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 194670

‎Abbott Jacob‎

‎ROLLO'S TOUR IN EUROPE complete series 10 volumes‎

‎Boston: DeWolfe Fiske and Company 1885. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good-. A solid uniform set of the DeWolfe Fiske reprint c1885-1890 of juvenile novels written by Abbott and originally published as follows: On the Atlantic 1853 In Paris 1854 In Switzerland 1854 In London 1855 On the Rhine 1855 In Scotland 1856 In Geneva 1857 In Holland 1857 In Naples 1858 and In Rome 1858. This set is dark green cloth stamped in black and gilt and is the same as Lothrop's later cover and the one on the later Baker and Taylor books. A uiniformly aged set - spines slightly cocked with some edgewear mostly at spine head. Some covers rubbed a tad more than others. Internals toned but again uniformly so. No names inscriptions or bookplates as is usually seen. Uncommon as a complete uniform run. DeWolfe, Fiske and Company hardcover books‎

Ссылка продавца : 012040

‎Abbott Jacob‎

‎Rollo's Tour in Europe: Rollo on the Atlantic 1853; Rollo in Paris 1854; Rollo in Switzerland 1854; Rollo on the Rhine 1855; Rollo in London 1855‎

‎Boston: W. J. Reynolds 1853. First Editions. Illustrated. 5 vols. Sm 8vo. Original maroon cloth covers heavily embossed in blind spines gilt titled spines a bit spotted and sunned occasional light foxing overall near fine and attractive with contemporary ownership signatures of James Rindge Stanwood of Portsmouth NH. First Editions. Illustrated. 5 vols. Sm 8vo. Rollo in Europe--First Editions. Jacob Abbott 1803-79 an American congregational minister and educator wrote the famous Rollo series of books Rollo at Work Rollo at Play etc. to teach his young readers specific moral values and concepts. In these travel books following the picturesque and educational experiences of Rollo and his uncle in narrative form the young reader is taken along as though he were an accompanying guest a lively format which helped to account for the books' immense popularity. The character of Rollo was modelled on Abbot's son Lyman who himself became a distinguished minister and editor. Bingham and Scholt pp. 172-3 W. J. Reynolds unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 18295

‎Abbott Jacob‎

‎STORIES OF RAINBOW AND LUCKY‎

‎Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. NY Harper & Brothers 1860. Original cloth somewhat worn good condition. . Other hardcover books‎

Ссылка продавца : 35182

‎Abbott Jacob‎

‎THE FLORENCE STORIES GRIMKIE‎

‎New York: Sheldon & Company. Very Good. 1860. Hardcover. NY: Sheldon & Co. 1860. 252 pages hardbound. First edition. A good copy in a sound edgeworn maroon cloth binding. . Sheldon & Company hardcover books‎

Ссылка продавца : 46735

‎Abbott Jacob‎

‎The Florence Stories: The English Channel The Florence Stories IV‎

‎New York: Sheldon & Company 1863. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Small stain on front board light general wear. 1863 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 252 pp. 10 pages of publisher ads follow text. Engraved frontispiece title page and plates. "The Florence Stories is a six volume series written by Jacob Abbott. As with many of Abbott's series this is a travelogue series and the title character with companions travels to various sites. The destinations are not as important however as the simplistic lessons of morality and character that are learned by the traveling youngsters. Florence her brother John her cousin Grimkie and her mother Mrs. Morelle Mr. Morelle was away on business had adventures stretching from their home in the Hudson River area of New York to Scotland the English Channel Rome Paris etc."--Jacob Abbot .com Sheldon & Company hardcover books‎

Ссылка продавца : 2311937

‎Abbott Jacob‎

‎THE REDEEMED CAPTIVE RETURNING TO ZION‎

‎New Haven: William W. Morse. Very Good. 1802. Hardcover. - Williams John. THE REDEEMED CAPTIVE RETURNING TO ZION.or A faithful history of remarkable occurrences in the captivity and deliverance of Mr. John Williams minister of the gospel in Deerfield; : who in the desolation which befel that plantation by an incursion of French and Indians was by them carried away with his family and his neighbourhood into Canada.-- / Drawn up by himself. ; Annexed to which is a sermon preached by him upon his return. ; Also an appendix by the Rev. Mr. Williams of Springfield. ; Likewise an appendix by the Rev. Mr. Taylor of Deerfield. ; With a conclusion to the whole by the Rev. Mr. Prince of Boston. New-Haven: : Printed by William W. Morse. 1802. v 2 8-188 p. Later edition of Howes W-461. S/S 3561. . The last leaf has corner torn off losing a few words. Original leather binding worn but holding. The lower couple of inches of the spine is missing. Williams a Harvard graduate in charge of the church at Greenfield when it was attacked by Indians in 1703 was taken with others to Canada. His wife and two of his children were tomahawked on the way. "As a powerful picture of Indian cruelty ranks next to the Rowlandson captivity narrative published in 1682." - Howes. HOWES W461 later edition. Ayer 311. S/S 3561. . William W. Morse hardcover books‎

Ссылка продавца : 70450

‎Abbott Jacob‎

‎Water and Land‎

‎New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket solid book moderate wear at extremities minor spotting to covers slight fraying to cloth at top front corner ffep torn out but with no apparent weakening to binding; gilt lettering/decorations on front cover and spine still bright and attractive. Science for the Young Series engravings Discussion of the fundamentals of geology "prepared with special reference to the young and written to a considerable extent in a narrative form" to provide "some substantial and thorough instruction in respect to the fundamental principles of the sciences treated of in the several volumes." The six-page section of advertisements in the rear of the book includes a listing for the two previous titles in the "Science for the Young" series "Heat" and "Light" both issued in 1871; a subsequent 1873 volume dealt with "Force" and was apparently the final entry in the series. . Harper & Brothers hardcover books‎

Ссылка продавца : 16203

‎Abbott Jacob 1803 1879‎

‎ROLLO'S TOUR In EUROPE. Rollo in Geneva‎

‎Boston: D. Lothrop & Co 1858. Later printing. Green cloth with red & gilt decorations at spine & upper board. VG spine ends frayed/bpt/period pos at ffep/corner wear. 220 4 pp adverts at rear. Illustrated. 12mo. 18.5cm x 12.5cm. <br/><br/> D. Lothrop & Co hardcover books‎

Ссылка продавца : 22915

‎Abbott Jacob 1803 1879‎

‎ROLLO'S TOUR In EUROPE. Rollo on the Atlantic 1853. Rollo in Paris 1854. Rollo in Switzerland 1854. Rollo in London 1855. Rollo on the Rhine 1855‎

‎Boston: W. J. Reynolds & Co 1854. 1st editions cf. Weber 17 - 21. Publisher's purple cloth with boards stamped in blind & gilt spine lettering. Yellow eps. An overall VG set spines sunned/volumes cocked a bit/period pos to ffeps. 5 volumes of eventual 10 published. Illustrated with a wood engravings. 8vo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>'Rollo's Tour in Europe' Series 1 - 5. "The Rollo books! . no better books for boys were ever written ." A. Edward Newton "The Books of My Boyhood" THIS BOOK-COLLECTING GAME. W. J. Reynolds & Co hardcover books‎

Ссылка продавца : 15482.1

‎Abbott Jacob 1803 1879‎

‎Rollo's Experiments‎

‎Boston: Weeks Jordan and Company 1839. First Edition. Frontispiece and 4 plates. 180 pp. 12mo. Original brown ribbed cloth gilt stamped on upper cover. A brilliant copy with a modicum of foxing. Bookplate of Blairhame. Stamp of Charles C. Chase of Hopkinton N.H. and label of bequest to him in 1840. In brown cloth dropbox and leather label. First Edition. Frontispiece and 4 plates. 180 pp. 12mo. BRILLIANT COPY. The seventh Rollo book. Weeks, Jordan, and Company unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 306147

‎Abbott Jacob Bates‎

‎Red-Tailed Hawk in pursuit of a mouse a painting of the hawk in flight wings spread and talons poised to strike at the mouse as it flees toward a refuge in a haystack all in the foreground of a blue sky and farm scene signed by the artist in the lower left corner beneath the haystack‎

‎Montgomery PA 1945. Gouache on board 13 x 17 inches. Abbott 1895-1950 was a popular American illustrator of wildlife. A native of Brookline Massachusetts he studied at Harvard and was thereafter engaged in business in New York City. He moved to Altadena California in the early 1930s and then relocated to Montgomery Pennsylvania in 1935. He illustrated two ornithological works by Leion Augustus Hausman an "Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Birds" 1944 and a "Field Book of Eastern Birds" 1946. His illustrations also appeared in various books by Marguerite Henry Gertrude Howell Hildreth Sterner St. Paul Meek Rutherford George Montgomery Charles Anthony Stephens and others. A lovely rural image in vivid colors. Fine. #6842. <br/><br/> unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 59445

‎Abbott Jacob.‎

‎Marco Paul's Travels and Adventures in the Pursuit of Knowledge: on the Erie Canal.‎

‎16mo leather spine and boards 4 illustrations including frontispiece 144 pp. Some wear to spine and extremities foxing a bit heavy in places; otherwise good. Jacob Abbott 1803-1879 is considered one of the most prolific writers of children's books in the 19th century. He and his brothers produced a well received set of historical biographies which included stories on Xerxes Darius the Great and Alexander the Great. He also produced a few travel and adventure books. The current tile is about life along the Erie Canal in the mid 19th century. The OCLC locates 6 copies of this edition. heritage-history website. OCLC. T. Harrington Carter & Co., books‎

Ссылка продавца : 101686

‎Abbott Jacob.‎

‎Marco Paul's Travels and Adventures in the Pursuit of Knowledge: on the Erie Canal.‎

‎16mo red cloth gilt lettering on spine illustrated 203 pp. Ex-library copy rubber stamp on front endpaper extremity and spine wear a little foxing and aging; otherwise almost very good. Jacob Abbott 1803-1879 is considered one of the most prolific writers of children's books in the 19th century. He and his brothers produced a well received set of historical biographies which included stories on Xerxes Darius the Great and Alexander the Great. He also produced a few travel and adventure books. The current tile is about life along the Erie Canal in the mid 19th century. heritage-history website. Harper & Brothers, books‎

Ссылка продавца : 101688

‎Abbott Jacob.‎

‎Marco Paul's Travels and Adventures in the Pursuit of Knowledge: on the Erie Canal.‎

‎16mo original cloth gilt lettering on spine 2 illustrations including frontispiece 144 pp. Top cover and front endpaper detached a little extremity wear ex-library with bookplate and embossed stamp normal aging and foxing; internally fairly bright and clean. Jacob Abbott 1803-1879 is considered one of the most prolific writers of children's books in the 19th century. He and his brothers produced a well received set of historical biographies which included stories on Xerxes Darius the Great and Alexander the Great. He also produced a few travel and adventure books. The current tile is about life along the Erie Canal in the mid 19th century. heritage-history website. Benjamin B. Mussey & Co. books‎

Ссылка продавца : 101689