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1860018435Leipsic: Ernest Fleischer 1860. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. iv 96 pages of text followed by 16 plates for Hamlet 12 plates for Macbeth 12 plates for Romeo and Juliet 12 plates for King Lear 12 plates for The Tempest 12 plates for Othello 12 plates for The Merry Wives of Windsor and 12 plates for King Henry IV. The front endpaper is inscribed and signed by the poet Thomas Carlyle. It reads "To Mrs. Dr. Russell Holm Hill with lasting gratitude and regards: signed T. Carlyle. Chich 2 Octr 1869." Oblong octavo 8vo. a.e.g. Nicely bound in half green morocco by Zaehnsdorf with minor rubbing with minor touch-ups. The title page one plate and most text pages are lightly creased. There is minor foxing to several pages. Many of the plates are lightly foxed in the plate and in the margins. First edition. Ernest Fleischer 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
188989866Boston: 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. Early owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper. Some wear to cloth and head and tail of spine panel and corner tips a very good copy. #89866 Ernst von Himmel Publishing Company unknown books
1892164603Boston: Colby & Rich 1892. Octavo pp. 1-6 1 2-234 1-2 3-17 18: blank note: two of the preliminary leaves are blanks two inserted plates both photographs of the author pictorial title page original brown cloth front panel stamped in gold. Second edition. A "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. In addition to the two photographs of Carlyle Petersilea 1844-1903 a noted concert pianist and music teacher this new edition adds fifteen pages of reviews of this novel and OCEANIDES: A PSYCHICAL NOVEL 1890 the second of his four occult/utopian novels. Petersilea was born in Boston and spent most of his life there. In 1892 he moved to California where he and his wife built a home at Tropico near Los Angeles. It was there that he died of a stroke in June of 1903. 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. Spine panel just a bit sunned a very good copy. #164603 Colby & Rich unknown books
18391322316London: James Fraser 1839. New edition revised. Hardcover. 12mo; New edition revised; G-/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine purple/tanned with gold print; Boards in blind stamped purple silk tanning to spine bumped corners and spine caps light bumps to edges light stains at bottom of spines mild shelfwear; Text blocks have spotting to edges slight foxing to endpapers owner label and vendor label on front pastedowns intermittent spine breaks; Spine title: Goethe's Meister; Vol. 1-2. Apprenticeship - Vol. 3. Travels; 3 vols. xix 324 pages; 377 pages; xxi 290 pages. 1322316. FP New Rockville Stock. James Fraser hardcover books
187516366New York: Harper and Brothers 1875. n.ed. Brown cloth. A very good- set with fraying to spine ends and small tear to gutter otherwise tight and clean. Frontis xv 560 pp.; x 616 pp. Sm. 8vo. Harper and Brothers hardcover books
18812179955Harper & Brothers Franklin Square 1881. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Stain along top edge of pages ink name on front endpaper pencil marks on front endpaper. 1881 Hard Cover. viii 337 10 pp. "Harriet Martineau Thomas Carlyle was one of the most influential commentators of the nineteenth century: writer critic historian biographer and brilliant correspondent he dominated his age. Described as 'the greatest writer of his time' his Reminiscences lovingly trace three triumphs sorrows and achievements of his often turbulent marriage with Jane Welsh. Devastated by his wife's death Carlyle set down his recollections of their life together with moving directness. Hurriedly published in 1881 the year of Carlyle's death the Reminiscences provoked outrage for their outspokenness. Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square hardcover books
1881008415Londini: Longmans Green & Co. 1881. SCARCE in lovely fine binding stamp signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe London for Marshall Field and Co. Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881 was a Scottish essayist satirist and historian. Published a month after Carlyle's death by his literary executor James Anthony Froude to much controversy over the editing. They were republished in 1887 with Harvard professor Charles Eliot Norton as the editor. Two volumes in contemporary half calf over marbled boards the calf undyed at the spines and dyed green at the covers to harmonize with the green marbled boards backs gilt marbled end papers top edges gilt wear showing at joints yet still holding nicely small rubs at corners interiors clean and bright. A handsome set. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good -/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longmans, Green & Co. Hardcover books
1827008736Edinburgh: William Tait 1827. SCARCE. Four volumes rebound in later 19th c. quarter calf over marbled boards a Very Good set calf worn at corners boards a bit rubbed lacking half titles and added engraved title pages p.145 in Vol. IV misnumbered 149. From the personal library of noted medievalist Charle W. Jones his signature FEP each volume. Thomas Carlyle's 3rd book appearance to which he contributed a preface to the whole work and biographical and critical introductions for the authors here included. The last volume comprises the first English edition of Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister's Travels". . First Edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Tait Hardcover books
1884WRCLIT80018London: Longmans Green and Co. 1884. Four volumes. Original cloth. Portraits. First editions. Matching bookplates and ownership signatures in the first two volumes modest shelfwear at extremities a few small spots to cloth of second work a bit of light foxing early and late; withal a very good tight set. Longmans, Green, and Co. hardcover books
1860Embry 79438Brown and Taggard 1860. Occasional light wear still near fine to fine and bright One half blue morocco over marbled boards spines decoratively gilt. Brown and Taggard, 1860. hardcover books
188027149Chicago: Donohue Heneberry & Co. n.d. ca. 1880. 12mo. 345 pp. <br><br>Late U.S. edition in a handsome publisher's cloth binding. Publisher's green cloth front cover and spine stamped in silver. Covers lightly soiled; spine with small surface abrasion at head. Front free endpaper with long tear at inner edge. Ink numeral on front pastedown. Pages age-toned throughout. Ex-social club library with pressure-stamp on the title-page. Donohue, Heneberry & Co. hardcover books
188871339bdLondon: Macmillan and Co. 1888. Both volumes of a two volume set. Octavo olive green cloth hardcover gilt letters tissue protected frontis. viii 418 pp; ii pp. 393 pp. Very Good with light edgewear. Macmillan and Co., 1888. 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
189227161New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1892. 8vo. Frontis. vi 383 5 adv. pp. <br><br>Includes "Wotton Reinfred: A Romance" "Excursion Futile Enough to Paris" and "Letters. Publisher's maroon cloth front cover and spine gilt-stamped; minor shelf wear spine with small area of discoloration. Top edge gilt. Exsocial club library: call number on pastedown pressure-stamp on title-page no other library markings. Front fly-leaf with inked gift inscription dated 1892. Paper slightly brittle a few edges with short tears or small chips. D. Appleton & Co. hardcover books
1892111451London and New York: Macmillan and Co. 1892. Octavo pp. i-v vi vii viii 1 2-248 249-250: ads errata slip tipped in at page 1 original white cloth printed paper label affixed to spine panel all edges untrimmed. First edition. Part of Macmillan's "English Men of Letters" series edited by John Morley. NCBEL III 1258. Bookplate of Edward Hale Bierstadt affixed to front paste-down. Cloth dusty spine panel spotted and darkened partial hairline cracks along inner hinges but a sound good copy with clean interior. #111451 Macmillan and Co. unknown books
1881011832London: Longman's Green and Co 1881. Cloth. Octavo 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2 volumes: 338 341pp. Printed floral endpapers. Bound in green cloth boards with gilt title light rubbing to exteriers; light foxing on outer pages Good. Longman's, Green and Co unknown 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
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
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
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
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
