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195726286New York: American Fabrics Magazine 1957. Light foxing to the page edges and a few page margins and a small spot of disoloration at the spine foot else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Sharp copy. First Edition. Tall quarto. Oversized magazine-format textile trade publication. This issue published to commemorate the International Silk Congress of 1957 with covers designed by DalÃ. Printed in color and black and white and featuring fabric swatches throughout. Includes articles promoting silk on women's and menswear trends reports on the silk industry in America and Europe and a silk lexicon with a skein of silk taped in. New York: American Fabrics Magazine unknown books
1897NBD-21048-SET-0New York NY: Peter Fenelon Collier Publisher. Good. 1897. Hardcover. All volumes in good to great condition. Light chipping and wear to spines as pictured. Some light scratching to cover. No other noteworthy blemishes. Pages are crisp and text is intact.; - We're committed to your satisfaction. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. . Peter Fenelon Collier, Publisher hardcover
FORT410553James Fraser. Used - Good. First Edition 1st Edition in original binding only 750 printed. Small octavo. Green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine; Blindstamped decorations on boards. Some soiling fading and rubbing to boards. Binding loose. Fore and bottom edges are uncut. Pages are generally clean internally. James Fraser hardcover
1866008308London: Chapman & Hall 1866. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Later Edition. Small 8vo. Four volumes finely bound in contemporary full vellum with beveled edges red morocco labels with gilt lettering and black morocco tail labels marbled end papers with red edges Near Fine moderate toning mainly at end papers light soiling to vellum. The bookplates of noted New Testament scholar William Sanday Christ Church to front paste downs. A quite handsome and well-bound set with distinguished provenance. Extra postage charges will be requested for international orders. Chapman & Hall Hardcover
1836124840Boston Massachusetts: James Munroe and Company 1836. First US. Hardcover. VG- Spine chipped at top and bottom; Some wear to cloth at extremities; Pencil markings at ffep; Light foxing. Two uncuts sheets inexplicably have amjor tear at mid-page may be a binding error but will need expert repair. Brown cloth; Gilt titling at spine; 299 pp.; No illustrations. The first US edition of Carlyle's major work. James Munroe and Company hardcover books
184341504London: Chapman and Hall 1843. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Octavo 8 x 4 3/4". VI 2 399 1pp. Contemporary gilt-stamped full vellum with gold lettering to spine. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. <br /> <br /> Composed in only seven weeks as a 'respite' from the harassing labor of writing "Cromwell" Thomas Carlyle's "Past and Present" was written as a response to the economic crisis of the 1840s with its closure of factories loss of jobs the growth of slums in industrial centers and the starving poor. <br /> <br /> The work aimed to lead readers toward a "conversion experience" in order to stimulate social reform. In "Past and Present" the author provides a trenchant articulation of the political social religious and economic climate of the mid-nineteenth century and a prophetic vision of the future.<br /> <br /> Binding sunned along spine and edges. Previous owners' armorial bookplates on inside of front cover John Eliot Pringle and front free endpaper Henry Ernest Crawley. Minor and sporadic foxing to very first and very last leaves. Slight age-toning along paper margin. Binding in overall good- to good interior in good to very good condition. Chapman and Hall hardcover
1836124840Boston Massachusetts: James Munroe and Company 1836. First US. Hardcover. VG- Spine chipped at top and bottom; Some wear to cloth at extremities; Pencil markings at ffep; Light foxing. Two uncuts sheets inexplicably have amjor tear at mid-page may be a binding error but will need expert repair. Brown cloth; Gilt titling at spine; 299 pp.; No illustrations. The first US edition of Carlyle's major work. James Munroe and Company hardcover
1882B4319London.: Longmans Green and Co c.1882. A fine copy in original decorative half morocco. Plates are clean. <br>. Binding: Original brown half morocco with matching marbled boards. Tooled gilt rules 5 raised bands in 6 compartments tooled gilt lettering and elaborate design on the spine. Marbled pasted and free end papers Notes: Ex Libris Abel E. Berland. Thomas Carlyle 4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881 was a Scottish satirical writer essayist historian and teacher during the Victorian era. He called economics "the dismal science" wrote articles for the Edinburgh Encyclopedia and became a controversial social commentator. Size: 8vo: 135 x 215mm Illustration: llustrated with 4 black and white plates in volume 1. Volume: Two Volumes. Pages: P. Vol.1: Half title Printer info frontis title preface v-xvi Contents xvii-xviii 1-432; vol2: Half Title Contents v-viii 1-486 Category: Book Biography; Longmans, Green, and Co hardcover
1885241526London : Chapman and Hall Limited 1885. Later Edition. Hardcover. Finely bound in near-fine contemporary gilt-blocked calf over boards. Remains preserved overall; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; Two volumes. Notes; First published in 1837. Subjects; France — History — Revolution 1789-1799. London : Chapman and Hall Limited hardcover
1881114036London: Longmans Green & Company 1881. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Both Volumes Very Good in the publishers green cloth. Tiny bookstore sticker to front pastedown of volume 1. Longmans, Green & Company hardcover
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Hypnotist Detective - Dr. Leopold Thoma of Vienna is a new kind of detective; Knocking at the Cannibals Door - a very dramatic story of the "white man's burden" near the Kunimaipa River in British New Guinea; My Misadventures in Finistere - an amusing account of a holiday sojourn on a little island off the northern coast of Brittany; Through the East by Air - Part III - The adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline who were commissioned by the National War Museum to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia; The Tiger Calls - an account of what befell two Indian teaplanters; Our Little Outing - An exciting story from a P. Burns and Co. beef camp southeast of Olds, Alberta; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part III - the remarkable story of a man who conducted the most mysterious one-man robberies to ever occur in America; The Ship That Disappeared - The perilous adventure of the Canadian Government Merchant Marine steamer "Canadian Importer"; The "Human Leopards" - A Terrible secret society in Sierra Leone, West Africa; The Blue Spot Theory - a funny story about checking for birthmarks on Burmese babies; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part I - Oscar Olsson's aim was to shoot big game with a film camera; My Fishing Trip - a British Officer's touch and go experience in Sopor, a village in Kashmir; and more. 86 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A high-quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1825141961825. FE. CARLYLE Thomas. THE LIFE OF FRIEDRICH SCHILLER. Comprehending an Examination of his Works. London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey 1825. The first edition of Carlyle's first original book. The work is recast and somewhat enlarged from the version that appeared in the London Magazine in 1823-4. Bound in 19th century half leather and marbled boards without the half title. The preliminaries are foxed else the text is beautifully clean and fresh; boards and spine show only light shelfwear. A very desirable copy. Scarce. Dyer p. 244 $450.00a. unknown books
18507802<p>London: Chapman & Hall 1850 First collected edition consisting of: No. 1 Feb. 1850: The Present Time; No. 2 Mar. 1850: Model Prisons; No. 3 Apr. 1850: Downing Street; No. 4 Apr. 1850: The New Downing Street; No. 5 May 1850: Stump-Orator; No. 6 June 1850: Parliaments; No. 7 July 1850: Hudson's Statue' No. 8 August 1850: Jesuitism. Full tan polished calf by Bedford. Gilt-decorated spine with raised bands gilt triple-rule borders on covers red morocco spine label. Gilt inner dentelles top edge gilt. . Eight pamphlets bound together. Octavo. The Hoe copy with his leather and paper bookplates. Fine condition. Latter-Day Pamphlets marked Carlyle's most extreme foray into anti-democratic social criticism. The views he expresses here have been described by one modern scholar as "almost insanely unenlightened" and alienated all his liberal friends Oxford History of English Literature.</p> Chapman & Hall, hardcover
183876419Boston:: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1838. publisher's patterned cloth. Some foxing throughout; spines sunned. 8vo. There is a tiny pencil correction on p. 270 of Vol. I changing "heated" to "hearted" said to be the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Charles C. Little and James Brown, hardcover
1884114676London: Longmans Green & Company 1884. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Both volumes Very Good in period binding of half brown morocco with raised bands gilt decoration to spine marbled boards edges and endpapers. On each front pastedown is the armorial bookplate. James Anthony Froude editor.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Longmans, Green & Company hardcover
1883114674London: Longmans Green & Company 1883. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. All three volumes Very Good in period binding of half brown morocco with raised bands gilt decoration to spine marbled boards edges and endpapers. On each front pastedown is the armorial bookplate. James Anthony Froude editor.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Longmans, Green & Company hardcover
110033London: Chapman & Hall circa 1887 people's edition. Hardcover set Very good no dust jacket. 33 of 37 volumes. Brown cloth decoratively stamped in black and with gilt titles on the spine. Folding maps appendix index. Previous owner's name ex-library with library stamps clippings taped to endpapers of a few volumes some notes and lining in ink and pencil in margins and endpapers. Externally this is a very presentable set which is bright and with no markings. Lacks: Latter-Day Pamphlets. Life of Schiller. Translations from Musaeus Tieck and Richter 2 Vols. Biography of Oliver Cromwell Frederick the Great--Emperor of Prussia. Book about French Revolution & Wilhelm Meister. Sets Sets. Chapman & Hall Hardcover
1905012422London: Printed at the Chiswick Press 1905. Inscribed on free endpaper '' to Murray Marks Esq with S. C. Cocker's kind regards April 20 1910. Collation 36pp 25 plates each with a reproduction of 2 MS pages title printed in red and black. Bound in original publishers leather backed printed boards. Binding rubbed some abrasion wear top board sprung. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally light browning to endpapers. Pages and plates in good clean condition. A nice inscribed copy. F. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Near Very Good. Oblong Quarto. Printed at the Chiswick Press Hardcover
39345showing him head and shoulders in profile with this head resting on his hand 6½" x 4¼" no place no date unknown
182532857London: Taylor and Hessey 1825. First Edition. With frontispiece portrait of Schiller engraved by Bull after Graff. 8vo bound in three quarter polished calf over marbled paper covered boards the spine with raised bands gilt decorated the compartments of the spine gilt tooled one compartment with lettering label gilt. vi 352pp. A good copy of the author's first book some light offsetting to the title from the frontispiece portrait some rubbing and light edge wear to the binding rear board tender and nearly detached. FIRST EDITION AND A VERY EARLY WORK BY ONE THE GREATEST SOCIAL COMMENTATORS OF HIS TIME. Carlyle's thinking was heavily influenced by German idealism and he established himself as an expert on German literature. He was well suited to craft this fine biography of the famous German poet philosopher physician historian and playwright. As both an historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle was a pivotal thinker in nineteenth century Britain. He became the center of a circle of intellectuals in London that included John Stuart Mill Charles Dickens and George Eliot. Taylor and Hessey hardcover
1916WA-45Los Angeles Ca.: Phllips Publishing 1916. Classic collectible text presents an autobiographical and biographical manuscript of the early pioneer history of Colorado covering a span of nearly seventy years including the author's own journalism and newspaper career the Civil War period the ascent of Long's Peak the gold and silver rush mining booms and discoveries regional railroad history politics and government economics agricultural transitions cultural aspects etc. 448 pgs. Illustrated with scenic photographic plates. Photo-frontispiece of the author. Signed by Davis on the copyright pg. and numbered 213 of 300 limited copies. Prior owner's stamps blacked-out on through the title pg. and one on the front endpaper; a couple other very light circular stamps on a few random text margins. Decorative endpapers. Gilt limp morocco leather binding has some minor rubbing to edges and corners and some darkened age-fading to covers; small crease to top edge gilt is bright and undamaged. Deckled pages; tight binding. Scarce. . Limited/Numbered First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Professional Library. Phllips Publishing Hardcover
707578Durham: Duke University Press 1970-1995. Lückenlose Reihe von Band 1 bis 24. In 24 Bänden. - Jeweils mit einigen Tafeln. - Einbände teils am Rücken gebräunt. Sonst saubere und wohlerhaltene Exemplare. 0 0 0 Durham: Duke University Press 1970-1995. unknown
181032985London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davis 1810. 2nd edition. Modern brown leather spine over 19th C marbled paper boards with brown leather tips. Modern eps. Square & tight. Minor rubs to boards with stain to rear board. Withal a VG copy. xvi 143 1 blank 70 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davis hardcover books
1841054508Boston MA: James Munroe & Co. 1841. American . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2vol.set: 408&369pp.; HBs blk.w/gilt-design covers; rubbed w/wear on edges&corners; some lt.stain; lt.fox heavier on endpapers but cleantight pgs. Vol.I: Johann August Musäus Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué & Ludwig Tieck. Vol.II: E.T.W. Hoffman & Jean Paul Friedrich Richter <br/> <br/> James Munroe & Co. hardcover
BIB-59042222Cloth-bound / Cloth spine. Publisher: Gyldendal Copenhagen ; Forum Publishing House Stockholm Sweden 1961-1965 Cloth-bound / Cloth spine 2 vol. : 559 s and Plates and Tip-Ins 967 512 s and Plates 60. Fair condition. --- Information regarding the book: Monographs of the School of American research and the museum of New mexico number 24 Part 1 1961 ; The School of American Research and the Kon-Tiki Museum Number 24 Part 2 1965. hardcover
