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1882008408London: Longmans Green & Co. 1882. SCARCE. Two volumes in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards the backs with five raised bands and gilt tooled decorations and lettering marbled end papers the tops gilt. Very Good Plus small rubs at corners small abrasions to morocco top edge at front board Vol. II. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longmans, Green & Co. Hardcover books
1942291303Cincinnati: The Stratford Press 1942. Hard Cover. Fine binding. The attractive three volume set in slipcase taken from The Amenities of Literature by Disraeli. The books are: 1. The Invention of Printing; 2. The First English Printer; 3: The War Against Books; they describe the features mechanics and history of English printing. Bound in yellow pink and blue paper-covered boards backed in paper vellum with titling to the spines and upper boards in gilt; and issued in slipcase; the paper label of the slipcase is chipped; the books still have the original glassine wrapper. Fine binding. The Stratford Press unknown books
192952228London: William Jackson Books Ltd 1929. Edition limited to 850 copies printed at the Curwen Press this being one of 200 signed by the illustrator; this copy also with a presentation by Austen to Alan Steele October 29 1929; 8vo pp. 12 85 3; pouchoir frontispiece illustrated title page 16 illustrations by Austen a number full-page 4 colored by pouchoir; original quarter blue morocco over beige cloth boards gilt-lettered direct on spine; spine sunned and slightly scuffed; very good. <br/><br/> William Jackson (Books) Ltd hardcover books
192980389London: William Jackson 1929. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece and color illustrations by John Austen. 85pp. slim 8vo 1/2 blue morocco; covers slightly soiled bookplate pasted into page after flyleaf. London: William Jackson Ltd. 1929. Very good.<br/><br/> One of 800 numbered copies signed by the artist.<br/><br/> William Jackson unknown books
18709022101London: Longmans Green 1870. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Bound by Riviere & Son in full green leather five raised bands and gilt stamped on the spines. Inner dentelles and top edges gilt marbled endpapers. Very light foxing throughout else fine. <br/><br/> Longmans, Green hardcover books
18709022104London: Longmans Green 1870. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Bound by Riviere & Son in full green pebbled morocco five raised bands with spines stamped in gilt. Inner dentelles and top edges gilt marbled endpapers. Very light foxing throughout. <br/><br/> Longmans, Green hardcover books
186437372New York: Hurd & Houghton 1864. "A New Edition". Original publisher's tan half-leather bindings with marbled paper boards eps & edges. Gilt decorated spines. Average wear. Armorial bookplate of Henry T. Babcock. A VG set. 2 volumes: viii 9 - 419 3 blank; iv 5 - 453 5 blank pp. Index Vol II. Crown 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/> Hurd & Houghton hardcover books
186621279NY: Widdleton 1866. A new edn. 2 Vols. 8vo pp. 419 453. Ex library. hinges tender. o/w VG. Essays on English literature criticism public opinion concerning literature etc. Widdleton unknown books
186472048Cambridge: Riverside Press. Very Good. 1864. Hardcover. Disraeli Isaac. CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE. Cambridge: Riverside Press 1864. This is two of four volumes Volumes 1 and 2. Some rubbing to the covers former owner bookplates on the front paste down of each volume. Contents are bright and complete. Very Good. . Riverside Press hardcover books
183330108Boston: Lilly Wait Colman and Holden; New York: William Jackson 1833. First complete American edition of the first series 8vo 3 vols. pp. 386 363 and 375; wood-engraved frontispiece illustration in each vol. folded facsimile of "Mr. Pope's Manuscript Homer" in vol. III; original purple moiré-patterned cloth covered boards stamped and lettered in gilt on spine; moderate wear to extremities the spines faded to tan with ends fraying and chipped joints on each volume cracked with a few inadequate and amateurish tape repairs and light to moderate foxing throughout. The Curiosities was the most popular and most reprinted work by Benjamin Disraeli's father. <br/><br/> William Jackson hardcover books
1875000140New York: W. J. Widdleton 1875. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾. Book. 1874 ed. for Amenities 1875 for Curiosities all volumes bound in black cloth. Some soilage to boards some minor chips vol. 1 of Amenities has small tear upper spine right. Still atttractive 6 volume set. Interiors tight pages age toned clean with name of owner written neatly into title pages owner was famous American statesman of time 1876. Isaac Disraeli was belletrist of note and father of British PM. This work was a monument to bibliophilia and is considered a minor classic in own right without regard to son. Basically a collection of strange and fascinating trivia about literary figures and other miscellany. <br/><br/> W. J. Widdleton hardcover books
1875RDISCUR00CCWW.J. Widdleton 1875. Good. Disraeli Isaac. Curiosities of Literature 4 volume set. New York: W.J. Widdleton 1875. 446 468 466 472pp. Indexed. Small 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Good with chipped heads of spines and bumping and rubbing to edges.Light soiling. All four volumes are tightly bound and internally clean. Each volume has a contemporary bookseller's leabel and a presentation bookplate on its front pastedown. A collection of the writings of Isaac D'Israeli with a commentary on his life and work by his son British Prime Minister Benjamin D'Israeli. W.J. Widdleton hardcover books
1849008152London: Edward Moxon 1849. Three volumes finely bound in contemporary polished calf black morocco labels and intricate gilt decorations back marbled end papers and edges the bookplates front paste downs of William Jones Loyd 1821-1885 a partner in the London branch of Jones Loyd & Co and who was High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1861. Frontispieces with 2 engraved portraits and one tinted lithographic view. xlii 525 vii 606 viii 588 pp. Very Good Plus light rubbing and soiling to boards moderate toning at end pages and title pages interiors clean and bright. A handsome set. . Fourteenth Edition . Polished Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edward Moxon Hardcover books
186532138London: Routledge 1865. Three volumes. Half calf extremities rubbed; very good otherwise. Feom the library of Ira Gershwin with posthumous bookplate. <br/><br/> Routledge unknown books
186632139London: Routledge 1866. Polished calf. Extremities rubbed; very good otherwise. Inscribed to Ira Gershwin by Gershwin biographer Edward Jablonski and other family members. With Ronald Fuller's 1925 Merton College bookplate by Rex Whistler. <br/><br/> Routledge unknown books
1859UDISCAL00ECRoutledge Warnes and Routledge 1859. Good. Disraeli Isaac. The Calamities and Quarrels of Authors : With Inquiries Respecting Their Moral and Literary Characters And Memoirs for Our Literary History. London: Routledge Warnes and Routledge 1859. 552pp. Indexed. 12mo. Book condition: Good only. The edges of the covers are lightly bumped. The top edges of the pages are very lightly moisture stained. Pp. 419-430 are hanging on by a thread. Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge unknown books
187131902New York: W.J. Widleton 1871. Cloth edges worn. Bookplate of Alexander Eakin. From Ira Gershwin's library with posthumous bookplate. <br/><br/> W.J. Widleton hardcover books
1868W61816New York: W.J.Widdleton 1868. Original 3/4 tan calf 5 raised bands enclosing red and black morocco labels and fleurons. Matching marbled boards edges and endpapers. Some general light wear to edges joints and tips. Owner label on each front pastedown. One volume "Literary Character" 4 volumes "Curiosities of Literature" 2 volumes "Amenities of Literature" and 2 of "Calamities and Quarrels of Authors". The series was edited by Isaac's son Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. First Edition. Three Quarter Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. W.J.Widdleton Hardcover books
1925JC9483London: Jonathan Cape 1925. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Cloth paper labels on upper board and spine; illustrated dust jacket; small 8vo; pp. 6 72 with full-color frontispiece and b/w illustrations in text. Spine tips and corners lightly chipped; small crack in front hinge but holding just fine. Dust jacket lightly chipped along the edges; spine perished with the flaps and panels together under mylar. <br/><br/> Jonathan Cape hardcover books
19532027London Geoffrey Bles 1953. 1953. First edition so stated. 8vo. Frontispiece b/w portrait after Daniel Maclise. Bibliographical references. 319 pages. Dust jacket price clipped; nicks. Very good. Neat ink signature or Jeanne Tupper on the front free endpaper. F. Hardcover. London, Geoffrey Bles, 1953. hardcover books
18758337London The Tyne Publishing Company Limited ca. 1875. 1875. "Fifteenth Thousand" edition. Small 8vo. Author's preface. Original frontispiece portrait photograph by W.& D. Downey. Appendix literary chronology. 296 pages. Original dark blue cloth stamped in gilt black and blind bevelled edges. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. Disraeli 1804-81 English statesman and author; founded modern Conservative Party; popular novels include "Lothair" 1870. Hardcover. London, The Tyne Publishing Company, Limited [ca. 1875]. hardcover books
2006Embry 152921Henry Regnery 2006. Second edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Henry Regnery, 2006. Second edition, first printing. unknown books
188424750London: William MacKenzie 1884. First edition. 2 vols. 4to. Gilt stamped blue cloth a.e.g. Fine. First edition. 2 vols. 4to. William MacKenzie unknown books
188124816London: William MacKenzie 1881. First edition. illustrated with steel engravings after photographs. 5 vols. 4to. Full blue pebbled cloth gilt embossed design on front covers gilt fillets gilt design on spine a.e.g. Fine. 5. First edition. illustrated with steel engravings after photographs. 5 vols. 4to. William MacKenzie unknown books
188123989London: A.W. Cowan 1881. First Edition. Illustrated with 25 Permanent Photographs mostly Portraits and 6 Engravings. The Photographs taken by W.D. Downey. portrait at p. 301 of Vol II of Beresford is slightly damaged. 2 vols. 4to. Original 3/4 brown calf and cloth over boards. Very Good copy some offsetting in Vol. I where flower has been laid in. First Edition. Illustrated with 25 Permanent Photographs mostly Portraits and 6 Engravings. The Photographs taken by W.D. Downey. portrait at p. 301 of Vol II of Beresford is slightly damaged. 2 vols. 4to. With Photographs. Photographic Portraits of Disraeli Lord Randolph Churchill etc. A.W. Cowan unknown books
