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1870144611870. Third Edition. Fine. Single sheet 37.5 x 28.4cm : plate impression 29.7 x 17.5cm : text and image after the design by William Blake. From the third edition of Robert Blair's meditation on death and resurrection. Blair's poem is remembered today for having some of William Blake's most memorable designs. These were executed by Italian engraver Luigi Schiavonetti who was awarded the commission for executing the plates despite Blake having been asked to create the designs Blake Books 435 E. unknown
180822141London: Printed by T. Bensley for RH Cromek 1808. First quarto edition. Original endpapers retained along with some provenance thereby. Edges trimmed not by Dusel! to 34.4 x 27 cm. A few finger smudges to text and to margins of a couple plates plate marked for page 21 out-of-place at page 23 and with some rubbing to plate caption. . Complete with 13 plates including portrait plate of Blake by Schiavonetti after the painting by T. Phillips and engraved title page: 2 fl. xvi 36 4 pp. 11 plates inserted in main text. New binding by Phillip Dusel of half red morocco and marbled boards. <br/><br/>Bookplate of Ferdinand Meath McVeagh 1789-1888 of Drewstown County Meath Ireland and period Post Office / Bookseller / Stationer's ticket to front pastedown. A very handsome and clean copy in a very tasteful modern fine binding in period style. Bentley 435-B. Printed by T. Bensley for RH Cromek hardcover
1813003676London: R. Ackermann 1813. Leather. Very Good. William Blake. Original half brown morocco over pebbled boards five raised bands gilt title and decorated compartments marbled endpapers 14" x 11 1/2". Dedication to the Queen by Blake List of Subscribers from 1808 issue Advertisement signed Cromak Remarks signed Fuseli Biographical sketch of Robert Blair Biographical sketch of Lewis Schiavonetti Biographical sketch of Robert Hartley Cromek Text of poem 37 pages Of the Designs; Engraved Blake portrait engraved titlepage of 1808 plus 11 full-page plates engraved by Schiavonetti after William Blake at rear. Some general exterior wear bumped corners and rubbing; typical light foxing heaviest on Blake portrait and engraved title page else internally clean. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of George Baird Stichill. Size: Folio <br/> <br/> R. Ackermann hardcover
18131092061813. London: Ackermann 1813. <br /> <br /> Single plate etching on wove unwatermarked paper recently cleaned.<br /> <br /> § From the second 4to edition this is one of the most famous plates in the series. Bentley Blake Books 435D. unknown
180824820London: R.H. Cromek 1808. Marbled boards. Very Good. William Blake. The 1808 1st edition with William Blake's 11 celestial plates and L. Schiavonetti's engraved portrait of Blake at the frontispiece his etched title page and his additional engravings suffused with Blake's drawings. Solid and VG in its contemporary-to-the-period marbled boards and more recent professional re-backing along the spine. Folio published by R.H. Cromek of London. "These designs by Blake are considered his best-known work and his most forcible and poetic thinking on the subject of death" Bentley 435B. R.H. Cromek unknown
18133337<p>Uncut text pages measuring 11 x 13 11/16 in. Though dated 1813 on the title page this like most "1813" editions is the 1870 John Camden Hotten edition with the double-swell title page line see image. Worming through foot of gutter not affecting text; wear to fore-edge; corners bumped; foxing throughout especially heavy to " "Death of the Strong Wicked Man." Quarter morocco over paper covered boards. See image and do not hesitate to request scans. ; Folio ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.</p> John Camden Hotten after T. Bensley for R. Ackermann hardcover
1898845G0876USA: Granite Monthly Company 1898. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 311-362. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Index to Volume XXIV; Fitzwilliam N.H. - feature article with many great photos; Spring Ghosts poem; New Hampshire Men of Mark - William Augustus Gile; Military Law and Courts Martial; Jonathan's visit to Jeremiah; Lake Winnipesaukee - New Hampshire's largest lake and its orthography; "Lord Timothy Dexter in New Hampshire; Fantastic full-age glossy photo ad inside back cover for the Boston and Maine Railroad; New Hampshire Necrology. Peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy copy. Granite Monthly Company Paperback
18881223864to. Edmonton: William Muir 1888. 4to intaglio title page iv text prologue 18 leaves with Muir's black and white intaglio engraved plates sewed. with 25 leaves including the preliminary and final blank. Original wrappers upper cover lettered in manuscript and signed and numbered by Muir. with 1 leaf signed and numbered by Muir. Dark green straight grain morocco panelled in gilt gilt top backstrip lettered in gilt slightly worn but internally perfect. § The "Gates" is copy #17 signed by Muir. The facsimile is convincing enough that plates from it have been offered as originals on occasion. Bentley BB 249m. "There is No Natural Religion" is copy #4 and includes “ All Religions are One†and Muir's own version of the missing plate b5. Essick notes: There is No Natural Religion. The "Preface" dated 1886 indicates that the facsimile is based on plates "in the British Museum copy A and from some papers in my own possession copy L." Upper wrapper present. "On Homer's Poetry" is a single leaf #4 signed by Muir. Bentley BB 249 h. William Muir unknown books
185244806Auburn NY: Derby Miller 1852. First Edition. 8vo pp. xii 13-654. Index. Original blind-stamped black leather with gilt spine decorations and titles. Marbled endpapers and edges. Frontis engraving and several other illustrations. Hinges tender cover scuffed and worn at edges and spine occasional lilght foxing and notes o/w VG. Advice to farmers and their wives on a multitude of subjects. Pages bordered with "twelve hundred laconics and apothegms relating to ethics relligion and general literature. Derby, Miller unknown books
185532645New York and Auburn: Miller Orton & Mulligan 1855. 13th thousand. Leather. Good. 13th thousand 1855. A Good copy. 8vo. 654 pp. bound in blind stamp decorated leather with titles in gilt on the spine. Leather is worn and soiled tips edges & spine rubbed. Spine is faded. Scattered light foxing throughout. Previous owners name inside front cover with a couple other notes in pencil on end papers. Miller, Orton & Mulligan unknown
18501032421Auburn NY: Derby MIller and Co. 1850. Full blind-stamped black leather spine gilt. Light cover rubbing text foxing else clean tight copy: VG. 8vo. Illustrated with black and white engravings. 1st edition Derby, MIller, and Co. hardcover
18507856Auburn N.Y.: Derby Miller and Company 1850. Full Leather. Good/No Jacket. Some water damage to pages however binding in surprisingly good condition. No loose pages all in one piece. Noticeable shelf-wear and damage to edges. <br/> <br/> Derby, Miller and Company hardcover
1857mon0002857431New York: Miller Orton & Co. 1857. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Rebound in modern navy cloth with black leather spine and gilt lettering cover is near pristine. New endpapers. Heavy staining/tidemarks and minor foxing to the interior. New York: Miller, Orton & Co. hardcover
1852CF12816Auburn N. Y.: Derby Miller and Company 1852. .with the Popular Elements of practical and theoretical agriculturs and .also.; Full black leather gilt spine title & vignette full blind decoration to boards marbled endpapers/pastedown frontis illustration & several full page illustrations in the text; A good copy with modest tide mark in the margin fore & aft & occasional foxing & toning; 654 pages 1 leaf of publisher advertisement. Size: 5.75"x9". Hardcover. Derby, Miller and Company Hardcover
183459712New York: published by Peter Hill no. 94 Broadway 1834. Large 8vo in 4s approx. 10¼" x 6½" pp. 6 960; alphabetical text in double column; engraved oval frontispiece portrait of George Washington and 22 lithographs by Pendleton of notable American architecture; contemporary quarter diced russia over marbled boards; boards worn neatly rebacked with old spine laid down; internally clean and the binding remains sound. Early owner's ownership signature on two flyleaves and recto of the frontispiece. Originally published in monthly parts beginning in 1832 of which no copies in OCLC this is the first book edition. Among the buildings represented are City Hall Augusta Georgia; Columbia College; the Deaf and Dumb Asylum Philadelphia; Mount Auburn Cemetery; Andover Theological Seminary; Mount Vernon; the Arcade in Providence; Kenyon College; Dartmouth College; the Capitol of Pennsylvania at Harrisburg; Yale College and State House; The White House State House in Boston and City Hall in New York among others. That six of the nine records in OCLC are for individual plates suggests that this was a book often broken up for the lithographs. OCLC locates a total of only 7 copies: Yale Boston Athenaeum Boston Public Harvard Lehigh Houston and the University of Edinburgh. Not noted in Walsh Anglo-American General Encyclopedias. Not in the Arents Collection of Books in Parts. American Imprints 23440; Sabin 5782. published by Peter Hill, no. 94 Broadway unknown
18971307998New London: Press of the Day Publishing Company 1897. Hardcover. Octavo; G/no-DJ; pp 327; sun faded green spine with gilt lettering; cloth has moderate staining to front boards slight wear to edges; text block shows age toning to edges some staining to first and last few pages loose ffep but still present; interior clean. 1307998. Full-priced Rockville. Press of the Day Publishing Company hardcover books
1897SKU1030855The Day Publishing Co 1897-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Press of The Day Publishing Company; New London 1897. Hardcover. A Very Good green cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine moderate age spotting/discoloration to boards and spine some spine edge/board corner wear few dog eared pages text block edges a bit pulpy binding sturdy and intact small tear top edge front free endpaper age toning to pages starting hinges bit of scattered foxing to front/back matters and text block edges dent to fore-edge of both boards small abrasions to bottom board corners without Dust wrapper. A nice clean and unmarked copy. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches. 327pp. indexed. We pack securely and ship daily with 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. The Day Publishing Co hardcover
18962501170025Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1896. Hardcover. Good. Bound in publisher's burgundy cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Library stamps and markings. Shelf wear. Some staining. <br> The Anatomy Act of 1832 was a controversial law in Great Britain and Ireland that regulated the use of human bodies for anatomical study and medical education. <br> From the library Dr. Owen Hannaway. Hannaway was director of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University. He authored numerous books and served as an editor of academic magazines in the history of science. Partial list of publications: Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry 1975; Observation Experiment and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science 1985; The Evolution of Technology 1989; Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century 1994; and The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious Institutional and Intellectual Contexts 1996. Swan Sonnenschein & Co hardcover
1896mon0003920924Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1896-01-01. unknown_binding. Good. . cover shows minor wear. bookplate on the front pastedown dedication and unsigned inscription by the author on the front free endpaper. Swan Sonnenschein & Co unknown
18081238951808. London: Cadell and Davies 1808. <br /> <br /> Single plate etching on wove unwatermarked paper cleaned and in fine condition.<br /> <br /> § From the first 4to edition. Bentley Blake Books 435b. unknown
18081077721808. London: Cadell and Davies 1808. <br /> <br /> Single plate etching on wove unwatermarked paper trimmed to the image recently cleaned. <br /> <br /> § From the first 4to edition. Bentley Blake Books 435 A. unknown
18131092021813. London: R. Ackermann 1813. <br /> <br /> Single plate etching on wove unwatermarked paper recently cleaned. <br /> <br /> § From the second 4to edition. Bentley Blake Books 435D. unknown
18081073221808. London: Cadell and Davies 1808. <br /> <br /> Single plate etching on wove unwatermarked paper margins slightly soiled and worn image clean. <br /> <br /> § From the first 4to edition. Bentley Blake Books 435 A. unknown
18081239001808. London: Cadell and Davis 1808. <br /> <br /> Single plate etching on wove unwatermarked paper cleaned and in fine condition.<br /> <br /> § From the first 4to edition this is one of the best known plates in the series. Bentley Blake Books 435b. unknown
18131092141813. London: Ackermann 1813. <br /> <br /> Single plate etching on wove unwatermarked paper recently cleaned.<br /> <br /> § From the second 4to edition this is one of the best known plates in the series. Bentley Blake Books 435D. unknown