Treatise on Mineralogy by Charles Upham Shepard

Treatise on Mineralogy by Charles Upham ShepardNew Haven: Hezekiah Howe, 1832. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good. Beige cloth backed blue paper covered boards with black title to paper title label on spine. Fading to spine. Some loss to title label. Two inch tear to cloth along front hinge. Moderate rubbing to boards. Previous owner's name in pencil to front end papers as well as a later owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing throughout though text remains bright. Includes many tables. Rear hinge is

Flexible cloth covered boards

Minor wear to exterior

Salmon colored cloth covered boards with gilt title and decoration to front board and to spine

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE VERSO OF THE FRONT FREE END PAPER

Hartford Connecticut

Minor browning to endpapers and minor wear to edges of dust jacket

Concordia Publishing House

Quarter brown leather bound marble paper covered boards with gilt title and eight gilt rules to spine

Moderate browning to 2/3 of the pages and foxing throughout

Three holes to leather on front board and one hole to the rear board

Dover Publications

Writing in pencil to front and rear free end papers