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1864 reprint of the 1863 first edition. 319 pages. A Biographical Sketch precedes works entitled: Natural History of Massachusetts, A Walk to Wachusett, The Landlord, A Winter Walk, The Successioin of Forest Trees, Walking, Autumnal Tints, Wild Apples, and Night and Moonlight. Appears to be professionally rebound with most of the original green cloth and gilt-decorated backstrip preserved. Pencil erasure atop front free endpaper, otherwise quite tight, clean and unmarked with light foxing. A lovely copy. Book
1811AQ27935London: Printed for Richard Phillips.By J. Adlard 1811. 4 168pp 8. With four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled paper boards ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked loss to head of spine corners exposed. Early inked ownership inscription of John Johnstone to FEP without free-endpapers scattered spotting. William St Clair's copy with his distinctive pencilled ownership inscription and manuscript note to FEP: 'Could this be Godwin's Rural Walks Note the advertisement for his Scripture Histories. Not in Osborne BL Bodleian CVL or NUC'. The sole edition of a work intended for the instruction of children consisting of eleven pedestrian excursions to Hampstead Highgate Richmond Kew Grove- Hill Norwood Twickenham Edmonton Muswell-Hill Amwell and Waltham Abbey during which a father educates his young sons in the wonders of creation. In his succinct manuscript note St Clair tentatively suggests that this may be William Godwin's Rural Walks a title which appears in the publisher's records but of which no copy appears extant. William St Clair 1937-2021 British scholar and senior civil servant notable as the author of The Godwins and the Shelleys The Biography of a Family 1989 and The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period 2004. OCLC record copies at seven locations BL California Florida Miami NYPL Oxford and Toronto; COPAC adds no further. . First edition. 12mo. Printed for Richard Phillips...By J. Adlard hardcover
187544494Washington D.C.: From the Press of The Henry E. Wilkens Printing Co. n. d. ca 1875. 1875. First edition. 3 3/8" x 6" pictorial wrappers 50 pp. including covers illustrated from photographs map. A train trip on the Washington Line of the Southern Pacific Company is described from Washington D. C. to California. Beginning in Washington D.C through North Carolina Alabama Louisiana Texas Arizona New Mexico southern California northern California and ending in Portland Oregon. Many interesting photographic views are shown including the Congressional Library the White House a cotton market in Alabama the French Market in New Orleans the Alamo New Mexican Indians protesting against their picture being taken views of Riverside California Los Angeles and much more. The centerfold is an interior diagram and vignettes of a tourist bedroom and sleeping car. Stamp of Alex S. Thweatt Eastern Passenger Agent Southern Railway 1185 Broadway New York on the inside front cover light wear to the spine else a near fine bright copy of one of the nicest booklets we have handled. From the Press of The Henry E. Wilkens Printing Co., n. d. (ca 1875). unknown
64 pages. Features: Geoffrey Bocca and the Duchess of Windsor; Why Live in the Suburbs? - here are the facts on the great migration that has changed the face of Canada from Coast to Coast; Solution - Rob a Bank, fiction by Michael Sheldon; The Story Behind Walter Murdoch and the Entertainment War; How to Manhandle a Child's Allowance; Remember those Harvest Excursions? - a Maclean's flashback to the years when Canadians flooded to the prairies to help with harvest; The Thirty Years' War with the Commies - how the Mounted Police handle their most dangerous and difficult assignment - article with photos; Should it be called Wawa or Jamestown? - this question has lingered for seven years; The Hero Who Had no Friends, by Thomas B. Costain - part 12; Nice two-page illustrated ad for Allis-Chalmers Tractor Division; Chevrolet ad; Half-page two-colour ad for movie The Caine Mutiny; Full-page two-colour Chevrolet truck ad; Lovely bunny ad for Wabasso Cottons inside back cover; and more. Average wear. Front cover nearly detached, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Book
189743919Washington: Rufus H. Darby Railroad and Show Printer 1897. 1897. 8 1/2" x 32" sheet folded to 16 panels. Illustrations. Map. Schedule. Printed in black and red. Front panel offers a view of the Washington Monument. Information about the train and the route table of average temperatures listing of operating and traffic officers much information on Washington D.C. along with testimonials about past trips listing of schedules for excursions etc. Black and white illustrations showing pictures of the White House the U.S. Capitol Congressional Library the State War & Navy Departments scenery train's dining room and sleeper etc. 4-panel map of the Washington - San Francisco tourist Line showing their route from San Francisco to Washington D.C. in red. Light wear to extremities. Very good. Rufus H. Darby, Railroad and Show Printer, 1897. unknown
18542102297(I) Paris: Chez J.J. Dubochet, le Chevalier et Compagnie; (II) Paris: Victor Lecou 1846; 1854. (4), VIII, 418, (2); (6), XVII, 454, (2) Seiten. Jeweils mit gestochenem Titel, Titelillustration und zahlreichen, teils ganzseitigen Illustrationen in Holzschnitt oder Kupfer. 4° (27 x 19 cm) 1 Halbleder und 1 Lederband der Zeit mit goldgeprägten Rankenkarrees und goldgeprägtem Titel auf den Rücken. Band 1 mit marmorierten Schnitten; Band 2 mit dreiseitigem Goldschnitt und Moiréepapier-Vorsätzen. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
1996Q-088150355XCountryman Pr 1996-05-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Countryman Pr paperback
8vo., First Edition, Large Paper, with engraved and printed titles, and 41 fine engraved plates as called for; contemporary half calf, marbled boards, red sprinkled edges, back gilt with five raised bands, second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled in gilt, joints tender but sound, small crack in backstrip else an unusually crisp, clean copy. The complement of plates matches the binder's directions bound in. Anderson p.262; Steward 363.
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