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184048511London: James Fraser 1840. First Edition. First printing 1000 copies. 12mo. Green horizontally-ribbed cloth with blind-stamped scroll device to front and rear board Tarr's "A" binding; yellow coated endpapers; 1-114pp single page of publisher's ads. Re-spined in matching green cloth; endpapers reinforced with cloth tape at gutters; boards scuffed and rounded at corners. Illegible ownership signature to title page "Jno. Keyser" . A complete and good but undistinguished copy of the first printing. TARR A11.1.a. James Fraser unknown books
1841RCARHER00DPEJames Fraser 1841. Fair. Carlyle Thomas. On Heroes Hero - Worship and the Heroic in History. London: James Fraser 1841. 393pp. 12mo. Embossed brown cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Fair. Rebacked with original backstrip overlaid cover detached at front hinge; pages front endsheet through 118 detached but present. Previous owner's notations stickers and previous booksellers' descriptions pasted on front endsheets otherwise clean sturdy. James Fraser hardcover books
1989284870Sydney Wellington London Boston: Allen & Unwin 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. A First Edition copy of Carlyle Thayer's War by Other Means. With no marks of any kind. Minor shelfwear. Near Fine dustjacket. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket. Allen & Unwin unknown books
18601311329Boston: Brown and Taggard 1860. Hardcover. 10mo; G/no-DJ; reddish brown spines with gilt text; 4 volumes; blind-stamped borders to boards; cloths have moderately sunned exterior; some rubbing wear to edges; bumped corners; strong boards; text blocks have darkening exterior edges; some toning to interior; brown stain to p 143 of vol. 1; slight cracking to gutters; frontispiece to vol. 1 with tissue guards; light offsetting to title page from frontispiece<br /> <br /> <p> Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. Contact seller if you have any questions.<br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office in bookcase next to Ephemera section. 1311329. FP New Rockville Stock. Brown and Taggard hardcover books
19036016Canton Pennsylvania: The Kirgate Press 1903. Edition limited to 640 copies this one of 500 on Old Stratford paper 8vo pp. 142 2; title page printed in red and black; lightly rubbed but generally a very good sound copy in original green cloth paper label on spine. This copy with a presentation from the publisher/printer "To Henry F. Cunningham with the constant friendship of his octagonal friend Lewis Buddy III." <br/><br/> The Kirgate Press hardcover books
1883036683London: Longmans Green and Co 1883. Prepared for publication by Thomas Carlyle; edited by James Anthony Froude. 3 vols. vi 397; 399; 341p. original green cloth lightly mottled and bit of cloth chiipping at head and foot of the spines. Longmans, Green, and Co unknown books
18673566London: Chapman and Hall 1867. Sm. 8vo. 256pp. Orig. green printed wrappers minor chips at extremities. A Carlyle diatribe lamenting the "imminent" collapse of British civilization. Chapman and Hall unknown books
1951JC8563New York: American Fabrics Reporter Publications 1951. Paperback. Very Good. Full-color illustrated wraps; folio; pp. 146 printed and illustrated in full-color some tipped and b/w throughout rich with ads and with 50 fabric specimens each about 1x1 to 2x2 inches plus a bookmark by the Burlington Mills' Ribbon Division. Covers lightly rubbed; spine a bit scuffed; otherwise in excellent condition. A lavish quarterly publication for fashion industry professionals with articles by numerous contributors amply displaying the styles and designs of the period of course but also addressing the vagaries of production government regulation textile technology and more. <br/><br/> American Fabrics, Reporter Publications paperback books
1952JC8564New York: American Fabrics Reporter Publications 1952. Paperback. Very Good. Full-color illustrated wraps; folio; pp. 124 printed and illustrated in full-color some tipped and b/w throughout rich with ads and with 65 fabric specimens each about 1x1 to 2x2 inches. Covers lightly rubbed; spine a bit scuffed; otherwise in excellent condition. A lavish quarterly publication for fashion industry professionals with articles by numerous contributors amply displaying the styles and designs of the period of course but also addressing the vagaries of manufacturing and production government regulation color science textile technology and more. Includes an articles on opportunities for women in textiles. With an index of advertisers and their advertising agencies. <br/><br/> American Fabrics, Reporter Publications paperback books
1954JC8565New York: American Fabrics Reporter Publications 1954. Paperback. Very Good. Full-color illustrated wraps; folio; pp. 108 printed and illustrated in full-color some tipped and b/w throughout rich with ads and with 33 fabric specimens each about 1x1 to 2x2 inches. Covers lightly rubbed and a little creased along the edges; otherwise in excellent condition. A lavish quarterly publication for fashion industry professionals with articles by numerous contributors amply displaying the styles and designs of the period of course but also addressing the vagaries of manufacturing and production government regulation color science textile technology and more. In this issue "The Colors of India." With an index of advertisers and their advertising agencies. <br/><br/> American Fabrics, Reporter Publications paperback books
197227276NY: The New York Botanical Garden 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very good-/Very good-. NY: The New York Botanical Garden 1972. First edition. Fully illustrated with b/w line drawings maps and color photographic plates by the author. 293 pp. Hardcover. 4to size. Beige cloth. Minor bumping and rubbing to pressure points. Front heel joint starting to fray. Spine slightly sunned and cocked still stands on end. Very light scattered foxing on edges fading to endpapers. Edges and pages very lightly yellowed. Still clean tight and bright. Dj is slightly edge rubbed yellowed dust soiled front flap corners clipped and interior foxed. Very good-/Very good-. Oversized - extra shipping charges apply The New York Botanical Garden hardcover books
197219210NY: NY Botanical Garden 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good-. NY: NY Botanical Garden 1972. First edition. Copious full color illustrations. 293 pp. Hardcover. Large 4to size. Beige cloth. In slightly edge-worn dust jacket. Very good/Very good-. NY Botanical Garden hardcover books
18837325London: Longmans Green 1883. First Edition. 8vo Pp. 397 399 341 24pp of adv. Sl. nick to top of spine on vol. 1 o/w a fine copy. CBEL III p. 152. Carlyle 1801-1866 married Thomas Carlyle in 1826 and had been a writer from a very early age. "Insulating Carlyle from the daily activities of the world occupied much of Jane Carlyle's time and these efforts form the subject of many of her letters." She bore the stress of living with Carlyle and never published the novel that was urged on her. Longmans, Green unknown books
184957716Philadelphia: Horatio N. Joy & Co 1849. 12mo pp. 84; original printed tan wrappers; tear in front wrapper neatly closed on verso spine partially perished; all else very good. We have been unable to identify the American editor. Not in NUC. LSU Rutgers and Penn State in OCLC. <br/><br/> Horatio N. Joy & Co unknown books
187740799Boston: James R. Osgood and Company Late Ticknor & Fields 1877. 1st edition thus Tarr A24.3.a. Green cloth binding black and gilt stamping to front board black lettering to spine. Printed endpapers. Moderate wear to binding some rubbing to edges light soiling puffing to cloth binding. A VG example. 94 pp. A couple small woodcut engravings in text. 4-7/8" x 3-3/8" <br/><br/>Only 6 institutional holdings recorded on OCLC Buffalo & Erie Public Notre Dame UMich UWash U of Waterloo & the British Library. This edition rare in the trade. James R. Osgood and Company, Late Ticknor & Fields hardcover books
175923900London: printed for M. Cooper 1759. Octavo. 8 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches. 51 1pp. Uncut. Stitched.<br/> <br/>Scarce.<br/> <br/>Carlyle charges the Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder with being too favourable towards France. The discontent amongst army officers in America and the various failed expeditions were all blamed on Pitt's perceived failure to support the military.<br/> <br/>Sabin 42915; ESTC T93350. printed for M. Cooper unknown books
18691341036London: Chapman and Hall c. 1869. Reprinted. Hardcover. 12mo; VG-; dark green/red spine with gilt text; gilt embossed designs to spine; raised bands to spine; reprinted; no jacket; leather binding shows slight scratches to exterior; some rubbing wear to edges and joints; gilt borders to panels; strong straight boards; text block edges marbled; ex-library plates to front pastedown; cracked front hinge; partial crack to rear hinge; marbled endpapers; previous owner's name to ffep; light pencil to facing page; interior clean; pp 234;. 1341036. FP New Rockville Stock. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
1893015834London: Chapman & Hall 1893. Small Octavo. Three volumes in one 252 260 and 300pp. with 7 books: Book 1: Death of Louis XV. Book II: The Paper Age. Book III: The Parlement of Paris. Book IV: States General. Book V: The Third Estate. Book VI: Consolidation and Book VII: The Insurrection of Women. bound in olive polished calf boards triple ruled in gilt raised bands red morocco spine label gilt other compartments fully gilt decorated al edges marbled with matching endpapers inner gilt dentelles. A lovely copy from a Wedgwood family library with bookplate and a gift inscription with a sentiment in Greek. Chapman & Hall unknown books
1883Embry 174972James R. Osgood 1883. Second edition. Bookplates to each front pastedown spines sunned a shade boards and corners with some scuffing very good to near fine and handsome in custom mylar covers. One-half dark brown calf over marbled boards spines decoratively gilt. James R. Osgood, 1883. Second edition. hardcover books
185048226Boston: Phillips Sampson and Company 1850. 1st US book edition 1st printing Tarr A21.2.b. Original publisher's vertically ribbed brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & boards blocked in blind. Spine gilt bright. Square & tight. Light extremity wear. Prior owner pencil signature to ffep. Smattering of foxing. A VG copy. Divers paginations. Stab holes present. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/>Contents: 1. The Present Time 46 pp. 2. Model Prisons 47 pp. 3. Downing Street 51 pp. 4. The New Downing Street 57 pp. 5. Stump Orator 54 pp. 6. Parliaments 50 pp. 7. Hudson's Statue 48 pp. 8. Jesuitism 57 pp. Phillips, Sampson, and Company hardcover books
188229983London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1882. Small 8vo. vii 263 pp. <br><br>First edition; a posthumous publication. The preface is signed by James Anthony Froude Carlyle's biographer. The manuscript left at Carlyle's death was not a formal piece of writing but notes and jottings made during the trip he did not wish to make but felt compelled that he must make to view the ravages of the famine. His observations are often chilling and lacking empathy.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Previous owners' signatures; bookplate of Francis Massey O'Brien Portland Maine bibliophile and bookseller. Publisher's green cloth blind-ruled covers; spine lettered in gilt. Volume a little cocked. Interior clean. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington hardcover books
197510190The New York Botanical Garden 1975. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A clean very sharp copy of the 1975 1st edition of Volume II. Near Fine with light foxing at the fore-edge in a bright Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto 361 pgs. crisp color photographs thruout. <br/><br/> The New York Botanical Garden hardcover books
1965147218Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1965. First Draft script for the 14th and final episode of the first and only season of "Blue Light" originally aired on ABC on May 18 1966. With holograph ink annotations to the cast list noting the names of prospective actors for each role.<br/><br/>An American spy living in Germany during World War II receives orders to kill a scientist who appears to be completing an atomic bomb for the SS but soon realizes the man may be working against the Nazis after all.<br/> <br/>Set in Germany. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated DECEMBER 22 1965. Title page present dated December 22 1965 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Harold Livingstone. 36 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mimeographed on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown books
19726208New York: The New York Botanical Garden 1972; 1975. First editions. Very Good Good. Two separate volumes. 32cm; 293 361 pages illustrated with line drawings and color photographs by the author. Both volumes printed at Ipswich England by W. S. Cowell Butter Market. Original cloth in dust jackets. Dust jackets a bit yellowed and text block edges speckled with dust. Otherwise apparently unread copies in very good condition! The New York Botanical Garden hardcover books
1889139595Boston: Ernst von Himmel Publishing Company 1889. Octavo pp. 1-4 1 2-234 235-236: blank note: last leaf is a blank flyleaves at front and rear original decorated brown cloth front panel stamped in black and gold white endpapers with floral pattern printed in gold. First edition. "Fantasy of the afterlife set mainly in Heaven . A couple of chapters towards the end carry the protagonist's spirit accompanied by angels to the physical planet Jupiter and contain a description of the advanced civilization there." - Locke Voyages in Space 107. "One of the few spiritualist utopias." - Roemer The Obsolete Necessity p. 187. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 220. Kopp 929. Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 909. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 82. Bleiler 1978 p. 100. Reginald 11413. Wright III 4203. Some rubbing and light wear to cloth along edges and at spine ends and corner tips a very good copy. #139595 Ernst von Himmel Publishing Company unknown books