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189322803London: Lawrence & Bullen; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1893. First Yeats edition. Frontispiece portrait. 1 vols. Sm. 12mo. Original bue-green cloth with the gilt decoration of "The Muses' Library." Cloth quite rubbed some soiling light marginal browning of text with the initials and engraved card of Genevieve F. Winterbotham dated 1901. First Yeats edition. Frontispiece portrait. 1 vols. Sm. 12mo. NCBEL 3:1921 Lawrence & Bullen; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
18671225<p>London: Puttick and Simpson 1867.</p><p>8vo. 220 x 145 mm. 8 ½ x 5 ¾ inches. 2 71 1 pp. Stitched as issued. Very good copy.</p><p>Very nice catalogue of books formed by the Protestant divine former rector at St. Stephens in Dublin and the English Congregation in Rome. He was the author of a number of sermons on topical subjects of the day and wrote essays published in his "Correspondence on the Roman Catholic Controversy" published in 1865.</p><p>The auction sale was organized over five days in May in 1867 and included 1717 lots. As the title suggests this is a gentleman's library reflecting a diverse collecting range from early theology to contemporary novels. His voyage and travel section is considerable.</p><p>Allibone S. Austin. <em>A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors </em>III p. 2831.<em> List of English Books Sales 1676-1900 Now in the British Museum</em> p. 310.</p><p>.</p> Puttick and Simpson
185913<p><em><strong>History of Slavery and The Slave Trade in good condition</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Binding is tight.</strong></em></p> J. & H. Miller
1861836Columbus Ohio: H. Miller 1861. Publishers full embossed leather binding. Near Fine. Book is in Near Fine condition beautifully bound in publishers full embossed leather binding. Binding and hinges are excellent inside front hinge reinforced with Japanese tissue pages are remarkably bright and clean without marks and little to no foxing. Beautifully illustrated throughout. Book measures 10.25" x 7.25" 165 Years Old. A beautiful example scarce in this condition. H. Miller unknown
18801011290001Rockwell and Churchill 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. Thick 8vo. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill 1880. Clean unmarked pages. Fine binding and cover. Modern cover gold stamped with title. A quality copy. See our pictures. Rockwell and Churchill hardcover
1854633Washington: Office of Pacific Railroad Exploration & Survey War Department 1854. 22 3/4 x 10 inches. Very good condition. This is a finely detailed map of the geology encountered between the Rio Grande River and the Red river during the 32nd parallel survey. It is based in a riverine underlying map. The majority of the findings was a Ccrustceous base. The map goes from Ft. Towson to El Paso. Around Ft Belknap is found a Carboniferous sandstone. The expedition was an early attempt to locate a southern based route for a railroad to the Pacific Ocean. It was supported by influence of senators and Representatives of the Southern States. Office of Pacific Railroad Exploration & Survey, War Department unknown
1855M6993California: Office of P.R.R. Exp & Surveys c. 1855. Very Good;. Notes: "Canada de las Uvas" is now the present route of Hwy 5. This is the border between the Sierra Nevada and the Mojave desert. Size : 158x232 mm 6.22x9.13 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps Geological; Maps United States West California; Office of P.R.R. Exp & Surveys unknown
1870111111112518Government Printing Office 1870. Paperback. Good. Government Printing Office; Washington 1870. Trade paperback. A Very Good binding sturdy and intact some handling/scuff marks to covers bit of edge/corner wear some age toning to pages ink stamp top text block edge handwritten title information on front cover and spine ink stamp on title page discoloration to title page margins a nice and overall clean copy in wraps. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 213pp. fold outs b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. Government Printing Office paperback
18701191118.02Government Printing Office Washington DC 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo hardcover. No dj. Vg condition. Quarter leather binding over brown cloth. Covers and contents clean unworn no marking or writing. Binding sturdy square and tight. Leather still supple. Numerous reports contained therein including on photographic apparatus the Atlantic telegraph cables instruments and apparatus of medicine and surgery and most notewothy a 213 page "Reort on tjhe Munitions of War" with foldout illustrations of the Spencer rifle mechanism Remington rifle Krupp's 1000-pounder steel gun and cutaway illustrations of the 'Electric Gun' Henry gun and other weaponry. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC hardcover
18602512160020Columbus Ohio H. Miller 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. An important early history of American Slavery by an Abolitionist Writer Bound in publisher's black leather. Front board detached. Contemporary signature of Isaac Esbenshade. Toning spotting throughout. xvi 17-861 pages : frontispiece 1 illustration plates. Sabin 5800. Blake describes the history of slavery in antiquity and the British isles and focuses on American slavery Constitution the annexation of Texas the Compromise of 1850 the Missouri Compromise and Troubles in Kansas etc. Includes an infamous image of the "Decks of a slave ship" showing the human cargo lined in a hold. SOLD WITH ALL FAULTS. Columbus, Ohio, H. Miller hardcover
18930849573Oxford: H. Daniel 1893. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In cloth tape backed cream colored paper covers deckled page edges 8vo 38pp. #36 of 100 copies printed on the occasion of christmas 1893. Single Illustration opposite page 5. toning to extremities 1cm tape repair to lower cover edge name/date to endpaper. H. Daniel paperback
1893985N21London: Lawrence and Bullen 1893. Hardback. Good. 7" by 4.5". John Linnell. A limited edition of The Poems of William Blake a comprehensive collection of the romantic giant's work. Edited by acclaimed Irish poet W.B. Yeats. A limited edition of The Poems of William Blake edited by huge Blake admirer and acclaimed Irish poet W.B. Yeats. Published in 1893 by Lawrence and Bullen. This particular edition is no.69 out of 200 copies to be printed on large handmade paper.Quarter white parchment in the publisher's original green cloth. A frontispiece of Blake by John Linnell.Despite not receiving great critical acclaim during his life William Blake was one of the most influential poets in English History. A key figure within the 19th century Romantic movement Blake inspired huge swathes of poets including W.B. Yeats who would later become a very successful poet himself and win the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature. This particular collection contains over 100 of Blake's poems and have been separated into each of his books including Songs of Experience and Songs of Innocence. Quarter white parchment in the publisher's original green cloth. Externally mostly smart with fading to the spine and the occasional mark heavier towards spine and extremities. A spot to bottom edge of both boards. Offsetting to end papers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the occasional mark and spot to leaf extremities. The odd pencil annotation. Good Lawrence and Bullen hardcover
1876500037355London: The English Picture Publishing Company 1876. First edition thus. . Paperback. Good. The English Picture Publishing Company was formed by Pre-Raphaelites Charles Rowley George Milner and Frederic Shields " It was all done under Madox Brown's influence we lost half our cash but we spread some fine things the like of which was not on the market." They set about to publish photographic reproductions of the work of contemporary and earlier British artists. The company became the Fine Art Autotype Company. The company operated out of Manchester. Any prints by this company are scarce. Some have found their way into prestigious collections e.g. The British Museum & The Wellcome Library. There is no mention of these prints on the net. They are 15" by 22" though the actual images are 6".5 by 8.5". They are autotypes which is a photographic process and began in 1868. "The mourners" "Eve's Dream" "Comus. The Lady restored to her parents" "Comus with his revellers" "Comus meeting the lady" "Queen Catherine's Dream" "Comus: Sabrina disenchanting the Lady" "Comus: The Two brothers passing the Night in the Wood" "A Breach in the City" "The Bread of Life". Foxing to surround two prints have a small damp stain. <br/> <br/> The English Picture Publishing Company paperback
1855M6992United States: Office of P.R.R. Exp & Surveys c. 1855. Very Good;. Notes: Geological survey of the country between Los Angeles San Diego and the Colorado River. Size : 170x235 mm 6.69x9.25 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps United States West California; Maps Geological; Office of P.R.R. Exp & Surveys unknown
18281078721828. London: for the author and sold by Longman 1828. <br /> <br /> Single plate by William Blake cleaned by Court Benson. Framed.<br /> <br /> § From the first and only edition of this elusive Blake item. Includes Blake's figure of the constellation 'Cancer' which may be a caricature self-portrait of Blake himself. Keynes 248: 'extremely rare'. Bentley Blake Books 501. unknown
1828107872Single plate by William Blake. London: for the author and sold by Longman 1828. Single plate by William Blake cleaned by Court Benson. § From the first and only edition of this elusive Blake item. Includes Blake's figure of the constellation 'Cancer' which may be a caricature self-portrait of Blake himself. Keynes 248: 'extremely rare'. Bentley Blake Books 501. for the author and sold by Longman unknown books
188455357Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1884. Very good. First edition of this posthumous selection from Thoreau's journal aptly following the theme of the season. Transcendentalist Thoreau idealizes one of the most powerful strains of the American spirit a "spiritual seeker philosopher and poet . who encouraged his readers to try the experiment of life for themselves" Walls xiii. Independent-minded and a committed naturalist his writing have had an enormous impact on popular American environmentalism. 7.5'' x 4.75''. Original green cloth stamped in gilt. Black coated endpapers top edge gilt. Illustrated with double-page map of Concord. Publisher's ads at fore and rear. 2 vi 382 16 pages. Early Connecticut bookseller ticket to rear pastedown. Moderate spotting and wear to binding. Faint tidemark to margin of last few leaves else clean. Tight. Houghton, Mifflin and Company unknown
1884379240London: T. Fisher Unwin 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Boards stained. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Map is missing. Series: The writings of Henry David Thoreau vol. 6. Physical Description:v 382 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects: Été.Massachusetts. Massachusetts Description and travel. Massachusetts Descriptions et voyages. Summer. Travel. summer season. London: T. Fisher Unwin hardcover
188870421Boston:: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1888. First edition. publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth t.e.g. Very slight use to cloth at extremities; clean tight and sound. 8vo. BAL 20129. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, hardcover
18961342084Boston: Houghton Mifflin adn Company 1896. Riverside edition. Hardcover. Octavo; volume 7 only; Riverside edition; Fair; Hardcover; Spine green with gold print; Boards in green cloth with gold print light wear to spine caps and corners slight blemish on rear slightly cocked spine; Text block has gilt top edge cracked hinges front and rear hinge tear to half-title page inscription in ink on half-title page puckering to entire text block else clean and tight; vii 470 pages. 1342084. FP New Rockville Stock. Houghton, Mifflin adn Company hardcover books
1881Embry 182499Houghton Mifflin & Co. Boston: 1881. First edition first printing. Page 26-27 browned from previously laid in article title page and front free endpaper foxed minor foxing to first few pages light wear to spine tips but for foxing to title page near fine in custom mylar cover. Green cloth no dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin & Co., Boston: 1881. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
185016754H80687London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. c 1850 no date. Damage to spine. . Acceptable. Hardcover. 1850. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge hardcover
1844007578New York: Alexander V. Blake. 252pp. Brown leather black spine labes with gold stamp. Cover has wear and some surface losses. Previous owner info on fly leaf. Light foxing. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall B7 . Good. Leather Bound. First Edition. 1844. Alexander V. Blake hardcover
184416869<p>1st edition. Very Good HC no DJ. Brown vertical rib-grain cloth over boards; blind stamped on front and rear covers with acanthus-floral-tendril designs; gilt stamped on spine with similar design and titles; 'Boston' gilt stamped at lower spine; unsigned copper plate engraved frontispiece and title page vignette; numerous engraved small vignettes interior. Clean lightly scuffed covers and spine; slight fading on covers; bright spine gilt work; slight rubbing wear at spine end corners; tightly bound; owner name on front free end paper; slight foxing on end papers; bright clean interior with occasional very light foxing. 16mo 252 pp. Cf Sabin #4204 1850 ed; LCCN #02021290; OCLC #317693861.</p> New York: Alexander V. Blake hardcover
1832251401832 Caricature de Eugène Poitevin sous le pseudonyme W. B. (William Blake) parue dans le journal la Caricature N° 107 du 22 novembre 1832. Talleyrand est sous les traits de Méphistophélès et tend les Évangiles à Satan Louis Philippe. A gauche, la haute société se réjouit ; à droite le peuple apprécie beaucoup moins la représentation.