Benson J. Lossing. The Hudson. H. B. Nims & Co., 1866.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Blindstamped boards with black decoration and gilt titles. Boards with some wear and soil.Rear boards with some scratching and shallow ripples. Spine with black and gilt decoration and wear. Spine extremities with wear, absence of cloth to edges, chipping, fray. Tear/split about a half inch above tail with small absence of cloth. Corners bumped, bowed, loss of cloth, board exposure. Wear to hinges and joints. Gilt edges with wear. Split hinge with internal tape mend. Rubbing and edge wear to endpapers and pastedowns. Lightly blackened area to top of front endpaper with the brown color from endpaper rubbing through FEP verso. Front fly with small tear at hinge. Frontispiece missing. Foxing, smudging here and there. Tanning throughout. 464 pages. Ephemera laid in. Images can be provided upon request.

Seller: Friends of Poughkeepsie Library, Poughkeepsie, NY, U.S.A.

Benson J. Lossing. The Hudson. H. B. Nims & Co., Troy, NY, 1866.

Price: US$139.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Royal blue cloth boards with gilt and black. Gilt on spine somewhat dulled. Corners lightly bumped, rubbed. Spine ends rubbed, fraying. AEG. Illustrated by 306 engravings on wood from the drawings of the author. A few surface scratches on the boards. Book is tight and square. Pages mildly toned.

Seller: onourshelves, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.

Lossing, Benson J.. The Hudson, from The Wilderness to the Sea. H. B. Nims & Co., Troy, NY, 1866.

Price: US$403.30 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Pp: vii + 464. G+/No DJ. Dec gilt titles on frt & sp. AEG. Frontis w/ tissue gd .Illus w/ 306 b/w wood engravings from author's drawings. Boards and spine blind-stamped. Raised titles, frt bd. Cors bumped & lgt-ly frayed. Beveled edge bds. P/o name penned in calligraphy on fly-leaf. Lgt fx-ing to pps. 105-109. Interior leaves clean and tight. A beautiful and sentimental Journey of the Hudson River from the wilderness to the sea. Victorian collector's item.

Seller: Brillig's Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.