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1889119035Montreal: C. O. Beauchemin & Fils 1889. Cloth. Very good. 473 p. 28 cm. Bound in burgundy cloth with new endpapers. Rough page edges. Slight dent in front fore-edge. French text. <br/><br/> C. O. Beauchemin & Fils hardcover
1898190081London: Sampson Low Marston & Co. Ltd 1898. Hardcover. Very Good Cover has general wear discoloration edge/corner damage. Bookblock has age toning and foxing. Intrerior pages have age toning and foxing. Red cloth baords with gilt lettering. 1 preliminary leaf xii pages 1 leaf 146 6 pages lix i.e. 60 plates including frontispiece. Clear mylar cover attached to book. Limited to 425 copies This is number 269. <br /> <br /> Contents: Appendices -- A. Catalogue priced of the miniatures sold at Strawberry Hill 1842 -- B. Catalogue of the exhibition of the works of Sir W.C. Ross at the Society of Arts 1860 -- C. Alphabetical list of the miniatures named at the loan exhibition South Kensington 1865 -- D. Catalogue of the exhibition of miniatures at the winter exhibition Royal Academy 1879 -- E. Catalogue of Messrs. Dickinson's loan exhibition 1880 -- F. Catalogue of the miniatures named shewn at the Stuart Tudor and Guelph exhibitions 1889-91. Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd hardcover
1892E19853Mt. Holly NJ: Writers & Hand 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Quite scarce a book we have not previously encountered. Hardcover in dark green cloth lettered in gilt. 185 pp. plus index. A tighty example bit of light spotting to the cloth. Collection of poetry consisting of three long pieces and several short pieces with religious themes 'The Magi" "Salvation" etc. Levis was an Episcopal minister from Mt Holly in south central New Jersey. Writers & Hand hardcover
1860035732Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley. Very Good. 1860. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover quarter-leather binding black leather spine and corners marbled boards nicely-preserved copy of this original pre-Civil War publication binding is tight and square and the contents are clean and free of foxing there are two gentle vertical creases on most of the pages but they have done no damage this is a minor flaw the leather is worn at the corner-tips and there are some small worn areas on the spine 590 pages many topics some illustrations also . Crissy & Markley hardcover
1876185884London: G. Bell and Sons 1876. Hardcover. G Cover has wear discoloratio edge fdamage. Spine has tearing peeling . Cover entirely seperate from bookblock. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have age toning foxing water staining some pages seperate from bookblock edge damage. Green cloth boards with black design elements. vi 4 228 pages frontispiece. With introduction and notices of the various schools: Italian German Dutch and Flemish Spanish French and English. By Louis Fagan. G. Bell and Sons hardcover
1886208011New York NY: F. Keppel & Co 1886. Softcover. VG- wraps tanning show signs of age with some minor tears around edges as well as creases all else excellent. Green/tan wraps with black text and printed decorative illustration. 3 4-31 pp. Features bw illustrations. "Reprinted from the Century Magazine for February 1883 with a brief additional chapter reprinted in part from the New York Star by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer to which is added an account of Meryon and his work by Frederick Keppel." F. Keppel & Co paperback
1889031956Montreal: C. O. Beauchemin & Fils 1889. Book. Bon Etat condition livre. Soft cover. Darkening of spine with some moisture spots and edgewear. Toning to pages. Text is clean binding solid. Text clean binding strong. Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair. C. O. Beauchemin & Fils Paperback
1876194133London: G. Bell and Sons 1876. Hardcover. VG. Light brown cloth covers withfaded gilt title on sdpine. vi 4 228 pages frontispiece. With introduction and notices of the various schools: Italian German Dutch and Flemish Spanish French and English. By Louis Fagan. G. Bell and Sons hardcover
189029020780Philadelphia PA 1890. Age toning and crease marks. . A two-sided handbill promoting the 'Levis' Metallic Splint' which were made from copper and as such much lighter and comfortable than the other options of the day which were mostly made out of wood. The circular was advertising a set of 21 pieces for $15 and features splints to be used for various finger arm or leg injurious. The splints in the set came in both child and adult sized. There are seven illustrated examples of the splints in use. The creator of this splints was Richard J. Levis a Civil War doctor who was a surgeon at the Pennsylvania Hospital. While the there is no date on the circular Leach & Greene appear to have been in business at the Tremont Street location in the late 1880 to the early 1890s. Some of the same illustrations found on the circular were also used in a variety of medical supply catalogues around the same time. Single sheet double-sided green paper. Measures 9 3/4" x 5 3/4" <br/><br/> unknown
1808030883Paris: Xhrouet 1808. 1/4 Leather. Near Fine. 1/4 leather over marbled boards in a modern period binding. Very light wear to boards. Top edge dusty internally largely unmarked. A lovely copy of the Second edition of this collection of memoire and apohorism. 347pp with the supplement. <br /> <br /> Levis was a military officer who served in North America during the Seven Years War and participated in the battle of Carillon and the Siege of Montreal. Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 030883. Xhrouet unknown
1813FIN3-C-17Paris: Chez Ant Aug. Renouard 1813. Leather. Very Good. 5.5" by 3.5". None. Three uniformly bound volumes of Antoine Hamilton's work. Antoine Hamilton's Contes or Tales to the first two volumes with his 'Zeneyde' and 'Des Facardins' bound to the end of volume II. Volume III is his Works which include his 'Lettres et Eptres' his 'Poesies Diverses' and his 'Chansons'. Collated complete. All three volumes are written entirely in French. Antoine Hamilton was an Irish classical author of Scottish ancestry who wrote in French. His literary characteristics are those of a French author and his 'Memoires du comte de Gramont' made him one of the classical writers of France. Hamilton was raised in France as his family fled after the execution of Charles I. In half calf bindings with gilt stamping to the spines. Externally smart with rubbing to the joints and the head and tails of the spines. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown Clonmore. Internally all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to edges with spotting throughout. Very Good Chez Ant Aug. Renouard hardcover
1874118336London: Levis and Kennebec Railway Company 1874. Circular. very good. 4pp. Quarto folded into narrow Octavo 22.5x9cm printed in black and red. With 2 page Intoductory letter on blue paper stock 1 page "Form of Application" printed in black and red and "Map shewing the Levis & Kennebec railway and connections" approximately 43x28cm folded to narrow Octavo 21.5x10cm showing the proposed route in red. Small hole and several short closed tears else a very good copy of an ephemeral piece. very good At head: "Dominion of Canada". The proposed railway from Levis Quebec to Kennebec Maine was to connect with a railway under construction from Lexington Maine to Kennebec. The president of the company was the Hon. J. G. Blanchet - Speaker Legislative Assembly the Vice President the Hon. Thomas McGreevy M.P. and directors included the Mayor of Quebec P. Garneau and J. Jobin - Mayor of Levis. 1874 Levis and Kennebec Railway Company unknown
1810161693Paris: P. Didot l'Ainé 1810. First edition of this intriguing work of futuristic fiction imagining a visit to Europe in the early 20th century by a Chinese couple. The work marks the first use of the narrative device of a pull-out newspaper from the future - in this case the Journal du Déjeneur recounting world events on 15 September 1910. Les Voyages de Kang-Hi is intended "partly to describe present French manners from a distancing perspective. and partly to show plausible developments in technology" Alkon pp. 198-9 and it emulates the form of Montesquieu's Persian Letters. The author 1764-1830 was the son of Marshal Francis de Gaston and a politician and intellectual. During the French Revolution following the dissolution of the National Constituent Assembly of which he was a member he fled to England. 2 vols duodecimo 168 x 97 mm. With 3 folding plates. Near-contemporary quarter sheep smooth spine divided by gilt scrolling rolls compartments tooled with gilt five-pointed stars red and green labels red sides pale blue endpapers edges yellow and speckled blue. Near-contemporary ownership label of one L. Perrin fils on front pastedowns. Losses to spines worming to two boards and final 30 leaves of vol. II slightly affecting text first plates in vol. I slightly proud were sometime incorrectly refolded. An acceptable copy with contents presenting nicely. Cordier 2nd edition p. 639; Lust 1280; Versins p. 534; not in Löwendahl. Paul K. Alkon Origins of Futuristic Fiction 2010. hardcover
