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1903107609London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1903. hardcover. Annotated by Thomas Carlyle. 2 volsume. 16 illustrations. Thick 8vo red cloth quite worn. London: John Lane 1903. A very good- copy.<br/><br/> John Lane The Bodley Head unknown books
1930WRCLIT20702London and New York: John Lane The Bodley Head 1930. Two volumes. Gilt cloth. Portraits and plates. First edition. A good sound set with the ownership signature in the first volume of Matthew Arnold's grandson. John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover books
1952302722London Constable 1952. 1952. First edition so stated. 8vo. Illustrated with 7 b/w plates portraits. Bibliography. Dust jacket unclipped; few nicks. Very good. 618 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London, Constable [1952]. hardcover books
1883008290London: Longmans Green & Co. 1883. Called "one of the great letter writers" by Virginia Woolf Jane Welsh Carlyle was not published during her lifetime 1801-1866. Three volumes in fine contemporary bindings of half polished calf over marbled boards the backs with red and pale green morocco labels with gilt lettering tail date and intricate gilt tooling marbled end papers tops gilt. Very Good Plus corners somewhat bumped light rubbing to calf light toning to end papers only. A quite handsome set. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longmans, Green & Co. Hardcover books
1810027147London: T. Caddell & Davies 1810. Octavo. xvi 143 pages 70 pages of Arabic text Leigh Hunt regarded the fable 'Abou ben Adhem' as one of the best and a translation of it adorns his tomb though he himself did not read Arabic. It is this work of J.D. Carlyle that first appeared in 1796 which became his source though the numerous errors in the original edition were not corrected until the 1810 edition. Moses Stuart the great Hebraist and master of a dozen near Eastern languages wrote Professor Carlyle's translation has enabled the wider English to discover the sweetness of the Arabian tales. Bookplate dated 1832 from Library of Mrs. Whitby Mary Anne Theresa Whitby 1784-1850 of Newlands. She was a landowner antiquary artist silk producer and author. She was also a specimen collector experimenter and observer. In 1846 Whitby read a paper on silkworm cultivation at the Southampton meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at which Charles Darwin was present. In 1848 Whitby published A manual for rearing silkworms in England. Whitby was an active participant in the British Association; her articles on silkworms and silk cultivation appeared in the Association's 1844 1846 and 1849 reports. In addition to her personal experiments which she undertook at her home near Lymington in Hants Whitby undertook experiments on Darwin's behalf and sent him specimens. Whitby's work on silkworms was referenced by Darwin in The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication 1868 Univ. of Cambridge. Bound in a newer 3/4 black leather over early marbled paper covered boards retaining the original endpapers raised bands compartments decorated in gilt double red leather spine labels gilt all edges marbled. A very nice copy. T. Caddell & Davies unknown books
1950046031Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons 1950. 6 volumes complete lightly chipped dj. All from the 3d impression except the first volume 4th impression and the six volume 2d impression. Contents: v. 1 The second century to the ninth. v. 2 The political theory of the Roman lawyers and the canonists from the tenth century to the thirteenth century. v. 3 Political theory from the tenth century to the thirteenth. v. 4 The theories of the relation of the Empire and the Papacy from the tenth century to the twelfth. v. 5 The political theory of the thirteenth century. v. 6 Political theory from 1300 to 1600. William Blackwood & Sons unknown books
1969176600no place: Gargyle Press/Consolidated Press 1969. Paperback. 192p. very good first edition PBO in original camp pictorial wraps. Vintage erotic pulp fiction. Sado-masochistic pseudo-Victorian erotic fiction. Gargyle Press/Consolidated Press paperback books
1928218602Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons 1928. hardcover. very good. Volume III ONLY. 201pp. 8vo cloth; bottom of spine and corners lightly worn few pencil highlights in margins. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons 1928. A very good copy.<br/><br/> William Blackwood & Sons unknown books
19221317768Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 419; G/no-DJ; burgundy spine with gilt text; vol. 4: The Theories of the Relation of the Empire and the Papacy from the Tenth Century to the Twelth this volume only; cloth shows mild wear to exterior; ex-library sticker to spine; strong boards; text block has slight age toning to exterior edges; tight binding; ex-libris plate to front pastedown; ex-library with markings inside; previous owner's name to ffep; errata slip tipped in at ffep; light sticker residue to rear endpaper and pastedown;. 1317768. FP New Rockville Stock. William Blackwood and Sons hardcover books
19281317604Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd 1928. Hardcover. Octavo; G/no-DJ; burgundy spine with gilt text; this volume only; cloth has slight rubbing to exterior; some wear to corners; text block has deckled head edge; interior lightly toned; light pencil; ex-library bookplate to front pastedown; ex-library markings inside; previous owner's name to ffep; slight cracking to front gutter at half title page; chips to fore edges of pp xvi-xvii; sticker residue to rear endpapers;. 1317604. FP New Rockville Stock. William Blackwood & Sons Ltd hardcover books
1317497New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Burgundy spine with gold text; Boards have shelf-wear fading of the text to the spine bumping to the corners and tips and extreme smudges to the boards; Book is ex-library with a book plate to the front paste down; Text block is frayed to the edges and have marks otherwise clean; 494p. Vol.5 Only. 1317497. FP New Rockville Stock. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
52409NY:: Barnes & Noble. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. N.D. Hardcover. Complete in six volumes. All volumes are third to fifth impressions thus. From the personal library of the late Renaissance historian and scholar Vincent Ilardi - each volume bearing his name stamp on the front free endpaper. Each volume is very good in a very good age toning along the spines and edges dust jacket. . Barnes & Noble, hardcover books
180528304London: Printed by William Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Printing Office; for John White 1805 1805. First and only edition. Colbert. Original paper spine skillfully repaired; spine label almost gone; boards a little rubbed; but a fine copy in original state enclosed in a cloth clamshell case. 4to original tan paper spine and blue paper boards printed paper label untrimmed. Two aquatint engravings by R. Pollard. Eight page list of subscribers. Topographically inspired poetry about Turkey Syria and Greece by Joseph Dacre Carlyle 1759-1804 posthumously edited by his sister Susanna Maria Carlyle 1752-1833 handsomely printed by William Bulmer and illustrated with two fine aquatints by the artist and engraver Robert Pollard 1755-1838. Susanna Maria Carlyle's role in this publication was essential and hence Colbert recognizes her contribution in his bibliography of Women's Travel Writing. Small book labels of Ruari McLean and J. O. Edwards on the front paste-down. <br/><br/> London: Printed by William Bulmer and Co., Shakespeare Printing Office; for John White, 1805 hardcover books
196493552NY:: Vantage Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. B0007H92IW . A novella of crime and racism in a small Southern town at the turn of the twentieth century. The author's first book. Stated first edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Very good in a very good faded out along the spine dust jacket. ; 76 pages . Vantage Press, hardcover books
198654799Minneapolis: Coffee House Press 1986. 7.5" x 11" poetry broadside printed on the occasion of the Grand Opening of Rizzoli International Bookstore in Minneapolis. <br/><br/> Coffee House Press unknown books
1852WRCLIT56867The Grange Alresford Hamps 1852. Three pages on folded small octavo lettersheet. In ink. Blank lower 40% of lower leaf cut away just touching the initials a few original ink smudges otherwise very good. Addressed to "Dear Sir" but in all probability to his publishers Chapman & Hall: "A certain Mr. Lenthall a descendant of the old Cromwellian speaker so-called has discovered that in many of the Cromwell letters which I copied from Carey's book there are frequent errors." He notes that Lenthall has offered to compare the texts with the originals at no cost and advises the wisdom of taking him up on that offer. Toward that end Carlyle instructs the recipient to send to Lenthall a copy of the 1846 SUPPLEMENT and provides details for accomplishing that end. unknown books
1825007687London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey 1825. In full contemporary polished calf with each cover decorated with a border of 4 blind rules two gilt fillets and blind dot roll tool inner corners with fine gilt floral tool spine with 4 padded compartments with gilt rules and 4 with blind rules gilt lettering and tail date marbled edges and endpapers. With the small label of Hessey Bookseller Fleet Street rear end page. Thomas Carlyle's first published book. Near fine boards lightly rubbed spine a bit darkened light toning primarily to end pages.SCARCE in contemporary fine binding. . First Edition. Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for Taylor and Hessey Hardcover books
1955319664London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1955. 8vo. Bound in full green morocco a.e.g.for Aspreys. Fine. 8vo. Rupert Hart-Davis unknown books
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
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
1880179594London: Chapman and Hall 1880. hardcover. very good. 34 volumes 30 original 1 volume Index 3 volumes of Carlyle's Translations from the German. Frontispiece illustrations in some volumes. 8vo handsomely bound in 3/4 tan polished calf; gilt-decorated spines with raised bands and red and black leather labels marbled boards and edges three volumes slightly chipped. London: Chapman and Hall no date circa 1880. A good set. The Library Edition.<br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown books
1880135178London: Chapman and Hall 1880. hardcover. very good. 34 volumes 30 original 1 volume Index 3 volumes of Carlyle's Translations from the German. Frontispiece illustrations in some volumes. 8vo handsomely bound in 3/4 tan polished calf; ornately gilt-decorated spines with raised bands; burgundy and black leather labels marbled edges. London: Chapman and Hall no date circa 1880. A very good set. The Library Edition.<br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown books
18521110PHILADELPHIA HART 1852 1852. ORIGINAL BROWN CLOTH FIRST EDITION THUS VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. PHILADELPHIA, HART, 1852 hardcover books
9449Emerson Ralph Waldo Carlyle Thomas. CRITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS. Boston: James Munroe 1838-9. 4 vols. First edition first printings. Original blue-green cloth gilt. Minor wear and a few stray marks but a very attractive sharp set of this rare collection of Carlyle's works edited by Emerson. The edition was 1000 copies. The first two volumes were printed and published together in 1838 and last two volumes were published together in mid-1839. After the four volumes were issued Carlyle bought 260 sets for distribution in England with a cancel title page leaving 740 for the American market. This set contains a contemporary owner's signature in each volume. Tarr A10.1.I-IV.a. Myerson F1. BAL 5187. hardcover books
18386489Boston: James Munroe and Company 1838. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. TWO VOLUMES. In original green cloth stamped in gilt. The first two of four volumes only 1000 copies were issued. As fine a pair as we have seen; occasional light foxing throughout cloth showing very light wear; small wax seal FEP of volume I. <br/><br/> James Munroe and Company hardcover books