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1898kb831.131aGB: Sampson Low Marston 1898. Not dated but perhaps about 1898 which is date of owner inscription at start. Green pictorial cloth. Frontispiece. 418 pages. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . Hardback. VG-/No DW. Sampson Low, Marston Hardcover
1876002303London : MacMillan 1876 Bound in dark blue Morocco leather with gilt double borders elaborate gilt spines with five raised bands red spine label aeg 576 pp. An unread copy with light foxing to the end papers spine rubbed at high points and spine gilt somewhat faded. MacMillan hardcover
1844006641London: Hippolyte Bailliere 1844. 2nd Ed. . Hardcover. G-VG. 13.5 Cm x 22 Cm. xxxv390; front gutter paper mostly split but remains firm rear gutter good prev.owner's small gilt label top front pastedown Newcastle-on-Tyne Spiritual Evidence Society library plate centre same no other internal lib.markings occ.dustiness faint hints of edge-browning etc. but basically internally clean tight and unmarked; covers have cloth faintly faded in patches joints rubbed Newcastle-on-Tyne Spiritual Evidence Society library plate recurring on back cover but very darkened - to illegibility on much of it. Half leather and mauve cloth covers spine faded with early star lib.number label towards bottom title legible but lacking any gilt it may have once had. A quite acceptable reference copy of this popular work with an interesting provenance. Note: quoted non-UK shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range. <br/> <br/> Hippolyte Bailliere hardcover
1844459687London: Hippolyte Bailliere 1844. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second edition. Revised and Enlarged. Tall octavo. 390pp ads. Green cloth gilt. Two owner's names including "E.M. Simms London NW 1865" and the stamp and signature of noted American psychologist and anthropologist Henry Guze a founder of the American Academy of Psychotherapists the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and co-founder of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex on the front fly corners a little bumped and rubbed else near fine. Hippolyte Bailliere hardcover
184121251Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1841. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First American Edition. x 2 1-539 pages. 8vo. Publisher's dark brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and blindstamped decorations on the front and rear panels. A bright copy with some fraying at the top of the spine panel and light foxing throughout. With the ownership signature of Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch son of the better known mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch on the title page and dated 1842. Cloth. Nathaniel I. Bowditch was Vice President of the Massachusetts General Hospital from 1856-1862. Townshend was a skeptic later a supporter of animal magnetism. The first edition was London 1840 with the title "Facts in Mesmerism With Reasons for a Dispassionate Inquiry Into it" and went through a number of editions. Robert H. Collyer has added an appendix "Report of the Boston Committee on Animal Magnetism as Exhibited by Dr. Robert H. Collyer" to this edition "First American Edition" as stated on the title page There was also a Harper and Brothers edition in 1841 with a page count of 388 pages. Nicely represented in institutional collections but less commonly found in the trade. Charles C. Little and James Brown unknown
185615849New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1856. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Some rubbing fraying of extremities endpapers browned text browned in margins else a good copy. With booklabels of "From Plummer's Cheap Bookstore Davenport Iowa" and "Baldwin's Original Antiquarian Cheap Book Store 199 East Madison St. Chicago" on endpapers also bookplate of Russel van Arsdale Lee. 1 vols. 8vo. Testimony into the validity of mesmerism with chapters devoted to writing of the "causes that have made mesmerism unpopular" on the Mesmeric consciousness and Mesmeric sensation as well as the Mesmeric Medium. A very interesting look into this subject. Harper & Brothers, Publishers unknown
18419009259Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1841. 1st. Hardcover. With an appendix containing the report of the Boston Committee on Animal Magnetism. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with spine stamped in gilt. A nice tight and bright copy with only minimal rubbing to extremities. minor foxing to fore edge and easily removable pencil notes throughout. An important book. <br/><br/> Charles C. Little and James Brown hardcover
184142948New York: Harper & Brothers 1841. Cloth Hard Cover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 388pp publisher's interesting ads. Frontispiece. Original blind-stamped cloth with spine chipped about 1/2" top & bottom. Edges & corners rubbed. Foxing on endpages not too bad inside. Interior good. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall <br/> <br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover
1854316226London: Thomas Bosworth 1854. 216 2pp. 8vo. Original brown cloth front hinge split. 216 2pp. 8vo. Inscribed on the title-page; "From the Author." Dickens who was also interested in mesmerism dedicated Great Expectations to Townshend and gave him the maunuscript. Townshend desicated his volume of poetry The Three Gates to Dickens. This is his second book on mesmerism andrare. Thomas Bosworth unknown
185116970London: Chapman and Hall 1851. First Edition. Full leather. Near fine. From the personal library of Charles Dickens the first edition of Sermons in Sonnets by Chauncy Hare Townshend. Octavo vii 323pp. Finely bound in full red morocco gilt trim along borders gilt turn-ins and gilt edges. Five raised bands title in gilt on spine. Bindery's imprint "Chapman & Hall 186 Strand" at top of front endpaper. Solid text block light wear to corners and hinges. Faint toning to endpapers a near fine copy. Includes a bookplate belonging to Charles Dickens affixed to front endpaper with a lion facing left. Another bookplate from the estate sale of Charles Dickens with the notation: "Gadshill Place June 1870." Gad's Hill Place in Higham Kent was Dickens' home from 1857 until his passing on June 9 1870. The contents of the library at Gad's Hill were hand-written by Carles Dickens Jr. who inherited the library upon his father's passing. This copy is found in the Dickens Jr. catalogue Henry Sotheran's catalogue c. 1871 and the Stonehouse catalogue 1878 1935.<br /> In addition to writing and painting Chauncy Hare Townshend 1798-1868 studied mesmerism throughout the 1830s. He succeeded Dr. John Elliotson as the chief British exponent of mesmerism. Elliotson introduced Townshend to Charles Dickens and the pair bonded over their mutual interests in hypnotic arts and writing. They remained lifelong friends. Townshend's 1859 poetry book The Three Gates was dedicated to Dickens and in return Dickens dedicated Great Expectations 1861 to Townshend. One of the Sonnets in this volume is addressed "To the Author of Oliver Twist etc. Chapman and Hall unknown
182513655London: Thomas Boys. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1825. Hardcover. Attractive olive half calf edges lightly rubbed rubbed through at rear hinge green marbled boards gilt titles and decoration small repair to the edge of the endpaper. A very scarce tome. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 228. pages . Thomas Boys hardcover
1865948F34London: Longman Green Longman Roberts & Green 1865 . Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 6". None. The third edition of Thomas Hare's scarce and highly influential work on electoral reform in which he details his invention of the single transferable vote. The third edition of this work scarce in all contemporary editions.First published in 1859 in this work the British lawyer and supporter of electoral reform Thomas Hare presents his proposed electoral system in which he advocates for the single transferable vote system as a way to ensure that minority voices were represented in legislative bodies.John Stuart Mill described this system as 'the greatest improvement of which the system of representative government is susceptible; an improvement which exactly meets and cures the grand and what before seemed inherent defect of the representative system'.His system is now used in elections in Ireland Malta in Australian Senate and state elections and in several cities in the U.S. New Zealand and Scotland.Rebacked with endpapers renewed. With the bookplate of the Tennessee State Library and Archives to the front pastedown and their stamp to a rear blank the half title title page and final leaf. Rebacked in the publisher's original cloth binding retaining the original boards. Externally very smart. Endpapers renewed. Library bookplate to back strip. Internally firmly bound. Library stamps to title page half title tail of final leaf and a rear blank. Pages lightly age toned but generally clean. Very Good Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green hardcover
1848W1799London: John W. Parker 1848. 2 volumes: frontispiece 4 ccxxxii 504 pages; and frontispiece 4 649 1 pages. 12mo. First editions. Bound in full tan leather by 19th century Glasgow bookbinders Carss & Co.; marbled edges and endpapers. Published 3 years after the death of British writer John Sterling 1806-1844 at age 38 these two volumes contain much of his output as well as a memoir of his life by Charles Hare. Included are most of his fantasy tales among which are the novella The Onyx Ring five of the fantasy tales that were imbedded in the novel Arthur Coningsby and the longer short story "A Chronicle of England" which Murray Ewing describes as "a delightful fairy-haunted picture of England in the days before it received its first human inhabitants." John Sterling had long languished in obscurity but today he is hailed by many as an important progenitor of fantastical literature. In the Encyclopedia of Fantasy John Clute and John Grant argue that Sterling has to be considered "the most significant UK pioneer of fantasy." In The Dedalus Book of British Fantasy: The 19th Century Brian Stableford states: Sterling would surely have become one of the leading writers of his day had he not died so young and he might well have become the most important nineteenth century fantasy writer; his prose fantasies are more various and more adventurous than any other contemporary work. Very good condition: both volumes are clean and tight with some rubbing along edges of covers and spine. There is a Bloomingdales price sticker affixed to the verso of the front free endpaper in each volume. Rare: WorldCat locates only 5 copies in libraries worldwide. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book. John W. Parker Hardcover
1836288901Philadelphia: J. G. Auner 1836. Third Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. A textbook on Chemistry for use by students of the University of Pennsylvania written by a university professor Robert Hare who also provided his name to the Robert Hare Medical and Dental Library 1878-1969. Numerous plates and text illustrations depicting the curious chemical instruments and experiments of the day. Toning to the endpapers; contemporary owner’s name on the front flyleaf; foxing throughout. Overly mottled calf with some surface loss to the leather and a black leather label on the spine. Very Good binding. J. G. Auner unknown
1837A75336Printed by Samuel Bentley ;London: for Taylor and Walton 35rd edition ALL PUBLISHED to date 1837 1838. Hardcover. Good. multi-folding map . 2 Volumes Octavo publisher's green cloth spined boards with original spine labels corners & edges worn/spine labels darkened /head & foot of spine chipped but entirely sound xxxiv incl.Titlepage Preface contents 626pp vol.2 xii =half title title Preface Contents 644pp including Appendix I & II. Further volumes were issued but the next volume did not come out for 5 years and had a different translators and with slightly different titles. Ownerships to endpapers H.W.Hodgson Balliol college 1843 W.Congreve Wadham College & Bookplate of Herbert and Mary Congreve. Endpapers and first few leavess sl.foxed else neat tight copies with useful footnotes throughout. Born in Copenhagen Niebuhr was a key figure in German Romanticism and Germany`s leading Ancient Historian his history of Rome is considered a seminal work. for Taylor and Walton 35rd edition ALL PUBLISHED to date hardcover
183575888Philadelphia:: Thomas Wardle 1835. publisher's green cloth. Old ink signatures in each volume; pages at beginning and end of text heavily foxed; lighter scattered foxing to balance of text. Bindings worn and chipped; Vol. I tight and sound; Vol. II split at the inner hinge but structure still sound. 8vo. Translated by Julius Charles Hare and Connop Thirlwall. Thomas Wardle, hardcover
1835006830Philadelphia : Thomas Wardle Printed by James Kay Jun. & Brother 122 Chestnut Street MDCCCXXXV 1835 1835. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 1st American from the London edition ; Volume 2 of a 2 v. set ; 24 cm. ; LCCN: 36-573 ; LC: DG209; Dewey: 937 ; OCLC: 1330473 ; dark green cloth ; repair to spine ; foxing ; Contents: The Latin State -- The League with the Latins -- On the Rights of Isopolity and Municipium -- On the Franchise of the Latins -- The Wars with the Volscians and AEquians down to the end of the Valentine War -- The Office of Warden of the City -- The Internal Feuds of the Patricians -- Of the public land and its occupation -- The assignments of land before the time of Sp. Cassius -- The Agrarian Law of Sp. Cassius and his death -- The seven consulships of the Fabii -- The Valentine War -- Internal history from the destruction of the Fabii to the first Pestilence -- The legend of Coriolanus -- The wars with the Volscians and Aequians down to the peace of 295 -- The Aequian war fown to the Decemvirate -- The first Decemvirs and their laws -- The second Decemvirate -- The first Year after the Restoration of Freedom -- Civil Commotions down to the Constitution of 311 -- The Consular Military Tribunate -- The Censorship -- Civil Affairs from the Year 311 down to the last Veientine war -- On the Pay of the Troops -- The last War with Veii -- The other Wars down to that with the Gauls -- Internal History down to the War with the Gauls -- Physical History from 305 to 365 -- On the Gauls and their Immigration into Italy -- The War with the Gauls and the Taking of Rome -- On the Olympiad and Year of the Taking of Rome -- Rome after the Departure of the Gauls -- The Wars down to the Reform of 384 -- Civil History down to the Year 374 -- On the Roman Mode of Partitioning Landed proprty and on the Limitatio -- On the Agrimensores ; large thick volume ; FAIR <br/> <br/> Philadelphia : Thomas Wardle, [Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 122 Chestnut Street], MDCCCXXXV (1835) hardcover
183825808London: Taylor and Walton. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1838. Full Leather. Very Good full leather editions both volumes have some rubbing to the spines. Both volumes have spotting to the page block fore edge. No previous owner's name or marks. Bindings are tight and pages are clean. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Taylor and Walton hardcover
180117757London: Mawman 1801. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good. G HB 1st leather wear to cover <br/> <br/> Mawman hardcover
1870019419Boston: Lee and Shepard 1870. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Rosy Diamond Story Books for Girls". Bright gilt lettering & spine decoration on green covers in hand-made brown paper wrappers - which have kept this volume in near fine condition! 12mo 141 pages plus ads Ads even on the end papers. Ex- library copy - This is Volume No.3 of the West Bath Maine Library Association with their label on the inside of the front cover. The unusual library label says: "N. B. This book must not be lent out of the subscribers family and if injured all damage must be paid to the librarian. No volume can be kept over four weeks ; two weeks additional time will be allowed by having it renewed. A fine of two cents per day will be charged for a book kept over this time. A violation of these rules will result in a loss of membership.". Other than the brown paper wrapper pasted on the inside of the covers and the library bookplate this is a near vine copy. <br/> <br/> Lee and Shepard hardcover
1864260197Boston: published at the office of ""Littell's Living Age"" 1864. First Edition. Softcover. Poor copy with wear and tear as with age. Page edges cut unevenly. Text remains in fine condition. Physical description; 86 pages. Notes; Some library marks remain. Subjects; Reports. United States Sanitary Commission. Prisoners of War. Confederate prisons. Union prisoners. Boston: published at the office of ""Littell's Living Age"" paperback
1899010299London: Leonard Smithers 1899. Hardcover. Fair. Tony Ludovici. First edition of Douglas' satirical poem poking fun at the Victorian aristocracy and social mores. With colour illustrations by Tony Ludovici. The Son of the infamous Marquess of Queensberry Douglas is best known for his relationship with Oscar Wilde. This scarce volume was published pseudonymously towards the end of Wilde's life. Oblong 4to. Rubbing to covers and corners Toning and marking to rear cover. Some very faint foxing within. Binding tight and sound. Fair/good. <br/> <br/> Leonard Smithers hardcover
1873124992London England: Henry Sotheran Joseph Baer and Co 1873. Hardcover. Blue leather with gilt decoration; Raised bands and gilt decoration at spine; All edges gilt; Color marbled endpapers; Approx. 200 pp.; 30 plates. Wonderful engravings of works by Andrea del Sarto Tissot Hans Holbein Gerome da Vinci Rembrandt Ingres and others; Each work accompanied by annotations; Oversized; Nice plates. Henry, Sotheran, Joseph Baer and Co hardcover
186831789Paris France: Goupil & Cie. As New. 1868. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Pages unnumbered; text in French. Includes monographs by Charles Blanc Alfred Darcel and others on topics such as the Portrait of D'Andrea Salai after Michelangelo Renaissance-style timepieces and more. -- with a bonus offer-- . Goupil & Cie hardcover
187020644Paris: Morel 1870. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary red half morocco and marbled boards marbled endpapers. Very good. 2 vols. 4 pages in text. Folio 44.2 x 33.3 cm. 120 plates comprising 100 chromolithographs and 20 engraved plates. Half-title title page and some text printed in red and black Arranged in chronological order the collection of vibrant printed color plates traces a history of decoration and ornament including textiles ceramics glass wood and metal. This work was an important during the preparation of the Paris Exhibition in 1878 being a highly influential publication in dispersing Japanese and Eastern styles as inspiration for Impressionism and Art Nouveau. The author a cabinet maker and decorator is noted for his Wardrobe "Japanese style" that was sold at 2.036 million pounds sterling at auction at Bonhams London in Dec. 12 2008 beating the world record for a piece of furniture of the 19th century. Some light marginal spotting rubbing and scuffing to leather the marbled boards fresh and bright. Morel unknown