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1849823W4London: William Pickering 1849. Cloth. Good. 7" by 5". Raffaele. First Edition illustrated collection of Christmas songs and poems from the library of Ottoline Morrell. First Edition uncommon collection of sacred songs and Christmas themed poems by various authors including William Shakespeare John Milton William Drummond and more.Includes an engraving title page depicting a painting by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbina Raphel. Edited by Sara Coleridge the daughter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.Inscribed personal message from previous owners to the verso of the front endpaper. 'To Lady Ottoline with love from Bob & Kyrle'. Gifted to Lady Ottoline Morrell from Robert Bob Gathorne-Hardy and Kyrle Leng members of the English aristocracy and elite in the early twentieth century. Morrell was the first cousin twice removed of Queen Elizabeth II and was largely involved in the Bloomsbury Group providing inspiration for many fictional characters in the works of Aldous Huxley D. H. Lawrence and Graham Greene.Four pages of adverts to the rear. Original publishers cloth binding. Externally sound with light rubbing. Significant bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities resulting in a little loss to the head of the spine. Crack along the front joint and to the spine. Spine is faded and slightly worn. Some fading to the boards. Some marks to the front board and minor marks to the rear board. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookseller's label to the rear paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with a few scattered spots. Good William Pickering hardcover
1859017039Washington DC: Gales and Seaton 1859. Tabloid. Good. Side folding large tabloid newspaper. A single issue of this long running newspaper published in Washington DC first published in 1800 and publishing until 1870 with an eventual bias toward conservative Whig policies. Besides the usual ads and political news this issue contains two "Was Committed" notices last page bottom right one pertaining to Mary Norris George Park and Sally King the other pertaining to Lewis West. All four were African-Americans with Mary Norris George Park and Lewis West being enslaved people from enslaver Robert E. Lee. According to the US National Park Service website devoted to Robert E. Lee's Arlington House Memorial Mary Norris George Parks and another man Wesley Norris believed they were free based on a provision in the will of George Washington Custis. Based on this knowledge the three emancipated themselves traveling to Pennsylvania. They were all captured in Maryland. According to contemporary newspaper accounts New York Tribune in June 1859 Lee had the re-captured African-Americans whipped. Wesley Norris himself wrote an article in the Anti-Slavery Standard in 1866 which provides his account of the whipping. Early historians and biographers dismissed both accounts considering them to be accounts used for anti-slavery propaganda. Lee himself was silent on the subject with many of his contemporaries and historians taking his silence as a denial. However modern research suggests the accounts of Wesley Norris and others were true dispelling the myth of Lee as benevolent enslaver perpetuated by earlier historians. The first notice states that Norris Park and West were committed to jail on May 26th and that "George and Mary say they belong to Col. Robert Lee of Fairfax County Virginia." The complexion and height of all three are given as well as descriptions of the clothing they wore. Sally King asserted that she was free living in Washington with a Mrs. D. Bread. According to the piece they all initially left Washington on May 22nd 1859. The second notice contains the same information as the first although it appears Lewis West was jailed on May 27th but also asserted he "belongs to Col. Robert Lee." Both notices request that the "owner or owners" come forward and pay all charges due. Also present is a notice of "young servants for sale" indicating the availability of several girls from ages 11 to 15 as well as young men from 21 to 25 years old. All were apparently located in Georgetown. The newspaper is in GOOD condition. Paper split chipped and deteriorating along the spine with very slight loss of letters to some of the "was committed" ads. Horizontal and vertical fold creases present. Moderate toning along the spine edge. Small hole worn through at the intersection of the fold creases. Some wrinkling and creasing to the paper. Several small tears along the extremities. Gales and Seaton unknown
1860Cat354South Carolina and others 1860. Approximately 125pp with each item usually about 1 page. Some with slight water damage though legible; generally very good to excellent. A collection of mainly letters with some documents sent to the law firm Spain & Richardson of South Carolina—Albertus Chambers Spain 1821–1881 who in 1860 would sign the state’s Ordinance of Secession and James Sanders Guignard Richardson 1815–1879. Most of the documents concern estate administration and debt collection: a letter from Charleston presses the firm to “force the debtor to pay†August 20 1855; one from New York complains of “a rascal . trying to swindle meâ€; and a different Charleston writer complains that a boarder and his father had stiffed him on multiple bills:<br /> <br /> “I have not seen or heard from old McLeod since although I have written over one doz letters to him he has acted in a villanous manner to me a common hod carrier would not act in the manner he has Done although claiming to be a Class Leader in the Methodist Church . ‘Excuse’ his mother was sick &c&c which I have since learned was all a fabrication . I did not think there was any such tricky folks in Sumter or Clarendon &c . You will please write me as soon as you receive this & Read it & give me your advice in the matter & what is best to Do if Mr McLeod has his property in his own name if it is in his wifes but I Do not think so I could hold them as all the goods he Bought was for the wife & children & negro’s.†1860<br /> <br /> Also included are a document and a letter concerning the sale of enslaved people by the Kelley family of Sumter County. They were enslaved by the estate of Simon Kelley 1787–1852 which was being handled by his daughter Sarah 1812–d. Sarah Kelley’s brother-in-law Castus Belk writes:<br /> <br /> “I received your letter requiring me & the other parties concerned to arrange the matter with the old lady on the terms I have assertained by Sarah Kelley’s husband Mr Drury Boykin that the old lady will come to no agreement as yet But I have sent her a return showing to give her concent to the sale of the negros and for her to assigne which if she dose will be presented to you by Mr B Kelley if she dose assigne it and it answers to the perpose intended I shall be glad to hear from you for the old lady intendes to make no defence at all. NB beware of the man R.K. but pick all out of him you can getâ€. September 1856<br /> <br /> R.K. is Reddick Kelley 1815–1886 another Kelley child who witnessed the following assent to sale included in the collection:<br /> <br /> “State of South Carolina Sep 8th / 56<br /> Sumter District<br /> I the said Sarah Kelley of the said state and district do hereby assign and give my consent to the sale of the said negros belonging to the Estate of Simon Kelley Dec of the said state and district here unto my mark<br /> Reddick Kelley X Sarah Kelley / her markâ€<br /> <br /> Finally there is an intriguing letter from fellow lawyer James Hart Norwood concerning the trial of an enslaved man for an unknown crime:<br /> <br /> “I attended the trial of Kelly’s negro on Thursday and we achieved a clean victory verdict ‘not guilty.’ Beasley says I made the best speech he ever heard from me. I spoke 55 minutes Marley followed spoke 45. The trial was at Brown’s house he gave his testimony in bed. Mrs B- gave us thunder during her examination our argument but Marley will give you a graphic description of it when he sees you.†June 14 1858<br /> <br /> We did not find a record of this trial in newspapers from the time.<br /> <br /> Of interest to historians of enslavement in the law and legal history in antebellum South Carolina. unknown
189742022London: Kegan Paul Trench Trübner and Co 1897. 12 parts bound in 6 volumes. 4to. 11 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches. Vol. I Pt. I: viii 256 pp. Vol. I Pt. II: 257-503 pp. Vol. II Pt. I: viii 256 pp. Vol. II Pt. II: 257-512 Vol. III Pt. I: viii 256 pp. Vol. III Pt. II: 257-511 pp. Illustrated throughout with numerous in-text illustrations and 65 plates many coloured some double-page. Printed on fine laid paper. Finely bound in half red morocco pattered red cloth boards. Spines with five raised bands forming six compartments tooled and lettered gilt. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt<br/> <br/> A landmark in bibliographic literature encapsulating the late Victorian era's reverence for books as both cultural artifacts and works of art.<br/> <br/> Bibliographica is a richly illustrated and scholarly work dedicated to the history design and production of books. It brings together essays by prominent bibliographers typographers and historians of the late 19th century. The volumes cover a wide range of topics including early printing the art of bookbinding the evolution of typography manuscript illumination and the history of book collecting. Lavishly produced Bibliographica features numerous illustrations including reproductions of illuminated manuscripts early printed books fine bindings and typographic specimens. The visual content complements the detailed essays making the work a valuable resource for both scholars and collectors. The contributors include leading authorities of the time such as William Morris W.Y. Fletcher Cyril Davenport H. Oskar Sommer Robert Proctor Alfred Pollard and other notable figures in the world of bibliophilic scholarship.<br/> <br/> Urlich and Kup p. 15. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co unknown
19004432England 1900. Very good. Small 4to 250 x 194 mm. 20 pp. printed on glazed linen color printed text and illustrations throughout. Color printed wrappers backed with red cloth with text and illustrations on both sides affixed with three staples as issued. On front cover: a young child looking into or through an aquarium; on back cover: 4 children on the bank of a river one of whom is seated in a rowboat. Thumbing and signs of considerable use by small and large hands covers are soiled and worn SEE IMAGES. RARE CHILDREN'S BOOK PRINTED ON LINEN THE COVERS OF WHICH FEATURE UNSETTLING RENDERINGS OF CHILDREN'S FACES. WHILE THE PRESENT PUBLICATION IS LIKELY ENGLISH WE DRAW ATTENTION TO CERTAIN SIMILARITIES WITH THE STRANGE AND WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATIONS PUBLISHED IN AMERICA BY THE IMMORTAL MCLOUGHLIN BROTHERS. <br /> <br /> We suggest that the book dates from 1880 to 1900 and was published in England based on the illustrators who contributed to it and the selections of the rhymes one of which "On the Fence" mentions London four times. The names of the illustrators include: Ernest Griset d. London 1907; E.J. Walker English active 1878-1886 and the English wood engraver Paul Jonnard 1840-1902; unidentified monograms include "LL" "HJR" and "AH" are found on others. Some of the illustrations appear to have been inspired by or copied from Kate Greenaway's great work. <br /> <br /> Not in JISC Library Hub Discover. Worldcat locates just two copies worldwide: Univ. Kansas Kearney and Univ. Minn. although claiming "5" copies exist only two are actually identified. unknown
186810553New York: Scribner Welford & Co 1868. Hardcover. Near fine. Small quarto 180pp. illustrated plus advertisements. A crisp clean lovely copy in the publisher's full green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt with all edges gilt gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers. Beveled boards. Some foxing to prelims faint contemporary gift inscription on a front blank the rear inner hinge thinly cracked but holding strong and some gentle rubbing to spine joints but really a gorgeous near fine example of this handsome gift book filled with religiously inspired verse from many popular poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Scarce in commerce. Scribner, Welford & Co hardcover
1879006823Boston: T.B. Noonan and Company 1879. One of the more important publications for the Irish diaspora. By the publisher's modest assessment this is "An Extremely Interesting Volume." This copy omnibus volume cover Volume I of the Journal from January to July of 1879. Large heavy octavo. Marbled paper-covered boards with leathe tips and spine; five raised bands and titling in gilt on the spine. Clean textblock light toning; iv 576 pages. Light rubbing to the margins. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. T.B. Noonan and Company Hardcover
1884006822Boston: Thomas B. Noonan & Company 1884. One of the more important reading material for the Irish diaspora. By the publisher's modest assessment this is "An Extremely Interesting Volume." This copy omnibus volume cover Volume XI of the Journal from January to July of 1884; it includes selections from Mitchel's Jail Journal and Cromwell in Ireland. Large heavy octavo. Marbled paper-covered boards with leathe tips and spine; five raised bands and titling in gilt on the spine. Pristine textblock; 577 pages with a one-page advert at the rear. Wel-rubbed at the margins. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Thomas B. Noonan & Company Hardcover
18618360New York: Frank Leslie 1861. First Edition. Softcover. Fair-good. Tall folio about 17" x 23" illustrated. Three individual non-consecutive issues or parts of this epic history of the Civil War which began production while the war was still going on. All three issues show significant wear to the wraps with large chips and tears including some loss. The wraps are fully or very nearly detached from the contents. Contents mostly clean. Altogether in fair to good condition only. This serial publication was intended by its publisher to be collected and ultimately bound into a single massive volume. While those bound volumes are occasionally offered in commerce we had trouble finding any current listings or recent auction sales for individual parts which include a great deal of promotional and metatextual information. Though wanting in terms of condition nevertheless an interesting - and seemingly scarce - ephemeral group of Civil War publications filled with large-scale engravings. Frank Leslie unknown
188052665Leipzig Wilhelm Engelmann 1880-1924. Royal8vo. Bound in 5 half calf bindings with gilt lettering to spine. White library label pasted on to top of spines and stamp to title-pages. With many text illustration and folded plates. Light wear to extremities. <br/><br/><em>The set comprise of the following 9 volumes: Atlas 1880.Erster Band. Erstes Kapitel. Fünfte Auflage 1924.Dritte Abteilung. Dritte vermehrte Auflage 1900.Vierter Band. Vierte vermehrte Auflage 1912.Vierte Abteilung. Dritte vermehrte Auflage 1903. </em> unknown
188052664Leipzig Wilhelm Engelmann 1880-1917. Royal8vo. Bound in 10 half calf bindings with gilt lettering to spine. White library label pasted on to top of spines and stamp to title-pages. With many text illustration and folded plates. Light wear to extremities. <br/><br/><em>The set comprise of the following 5 volumes: Atlas der Ersten Abteilung 1880. Atlas Der wasserbau. Ausbau von Wasserkr¨ften 1908.Erste Abteilung 1880.Erste Abteilung. Zweite vermehrte Auflage 1886.Zweite abteilung. Zweite umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage 1890. Zweiter Band. Dritte vermehrte Auflage 1901.Zweiter Teil. Fünfte vermehrte Auflage 1917.Dritten Abteilung. Zweite umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage 1888.Fünfte abteilung. Dritte vermehrte Auflage 1906.Sechste Abteilung. Dritte vermehrte Auflage 1903. </em> unknown
188052404Leipzig Wilhelm Engelmann 1880-1924. Royal8vo. Bound in 20 half calf bindings with gilt lettering to spine. White library label pasted on to top of spines and stamp to title-pages. With many text illustration and folded plates. Light wear to extremities internally fine and clean. <br/><br/><em>The set comprise of the following 20 volumes: Erste abt. 1. häfte. Dritte vermehrte auflage 1892. Der Wasserbau. Zweiter Band 1924. Die Baumaschinen.Zweite abt. 1. häfte Dritte vermehrte Auflage 1900. Der Wasserbau. Dritter band 1879. Der Wasserbau.Dritter Band Zweite vermehrte auflage 1884. Der Wasserbau.Dritter band dritte vermehrte auflage 2 Hälfte 1895. Der Wasserbau.Dritter band dritte vermehrte auflage 1901. Der Wasserbau.Dritter Teil Vierte vermehrte Auflage 1904. Der Wasserbau.Dritter Teil Vierte vermehrte Auflage 1913. Der Wasserbau.Vierte vermehrte auflage 1910. Der Wasserbau.Vierte vermehrte auflage 1911. Der Wasserbau.Vierte vermehrte auflage 1912. Der Wasserbau.Fünfte neu bearbeitet Auflage 1914. Der Wasserbau.Fünfte vermehrte auflage 1914. Der Wasserbau.Fünfte vermehrte auflage 1923. Der Wasserbau.Fünfte vermehrte und teilwise neu bearbeitete auflage 1924. Der Wasserbau.Fünfte umgearbeitet und vermehrte Auflage 1924. Der Wasserbau. Sechster band. Vierte vermehrte auflage 1910. Der Wasserbau.Dreizehnter band 1908 Der Wasserbau.Atlas von achtundsechszig Tafeln 1879 </em> unknown
188352663Leipzig Wilhelm Engelmann 1883 - 1911. Royal8vo. Bound in 5 half calf bindings with gilt lettering to spine. White library label pasted on to top of spines and stamp to title-pages. With many text illustration and folded plates. Light wear to extremities. <br/><br/><em>The set comprise of the following 5 volumes: Erste abteilung 1883.Zweite abteilung 1885Zweite abteilung zweite vermehrte auflage. 1903Dritte Abteilung - 1. lieferung. 1887.Vierter band zweite auflage 1911 </em> unknown
1868016609Paris: Ch. Lahure 1868. Oct. 1868 - Mar. 1869. Full pebbled blue cloth with blind stamped borard gilt lettering and gilt design on the front cover gilt on the spine is muted splitting of the cloth at the top & bottom of the spine at the joints. Yellow endpapers. Top corner bumped. Overall in GOOD condition. . Full Buckram. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Ch. Lahure Hardcover
188517169New York and London: Thomas Nelson and Sons & S.W. Partridge and Sons 1885. First Edition First Printing. Illustrated Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. <br /> <br /> A delicate and bright example of late-Victorian moral literature featuring high-quality wood-block engravings by the noted firm of Bross & Bogart.<br /> <br /> KEY FEATURES<br /> Visuals: Color-printed cover lithograph; numerous wood-block engraved plates and a title vignette by the Bross-Bogart studio. Binding: Original paper-covered boards; front cover features a vibrant mounted chromolithograph. <br /> Content: A series of moral vignettes and instructional stories typical of the 'Conduct of Life' genre for children. <br /> Associated Names: Robert Bross and John Bogart Engravers; S.W. Partridge London Co-Publisher. <br /> Rarity: Uncommon; WorldCat and institutional records suggest fewer than 15 copies held worldwide. <br /> <br /> CONDITION: Very Good -- Bindings are tight and square. Text is clean with light even toning consistent with 19th-century paper stock. Moderate shelf wear to the edges of the boards; the front cover illustration remains exceptionally bright and well-preserved.<br /> Imprint: Thomas Nelson and Sons / S.W. Partridge and Sons. First Edition. <br /> Specs: 5.75 inches tall / 56 unnumbered pages. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE<br /> Thomas Nelson and Sons were pioneers in the 'reward book' and 'gift book' market utilizing high-quality illustrations to make moral and religious instruction more palatable to children. 'My Pretty Present' is a prime example of the transition from strictly religious tracts to the more aesthetic 'gift' book style of the 1880s.<br /> <br /> The inclusion of engravings by Bross-Bogart is significant. Robert Bross was a prominent New York engraver whose studio provided the high-level technical detail required for the 'fine-line' wood engraving style that dominated the American market before the widespread adoption of halftone processes. The dual imprint suggests a coordinated transatlantic release a hallmark of Nelson's expansive 19th-century distribution network.<br /> <br /> SUBJECTS: Conduct of Life Victorian Education Children's Moral Stories Wood Engraving 19th Century Lithography Thomas Nelson & Sons Juvenile Literature Victorian Gift Book Conduct of Life. Thomas Nelson and Sons, & S.W. Partridge and Sons hardcover
186420453New York:: D. Appleton and Co. 1864. Large hardcover. Charles A. Dana editor. Publishers elaborate embossed decorative binding with gilt crest to front and back cover and gilt title to spine some minor rubbing and wear to edges and spine caps but overall still very good to excellent. First endpaper with some scraping at top likely removal of small bookplate first blank with old gift inscription in ink else content of book is clean and crisp. A nice copy of a scarce book. Priced to go. D. Appleton and Co., hardcover
184515514London: Printed by Stewart and Murray. Good with no dust jacket. 1845. First Edition. Softcover. Front wrapper missing. Chips and foxing to lower blank margins of first few leaves not affecting printed area. Small <1/2" tears to lower blank margin of leaves throughout. ; Scarce. 62 pages. Plain grey paper rear wrapper lacking front wrapper. Page dimensions: 213 x 135mm. Letters between various individuals principally Colonel William Wakefield of the New Zealand Company. Also reprinted extracts from "The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian". "The state of the Hutt question remains in almost the same state as when I last wrote to you. The Superintendent has totally failed in removing the strange Natives from the valley and they are now diligently employed in putting in their crops of potaotes. A week ago his Honor upon the report of Mr. Clifford that the Natives were burning the bush they had cut down in breach of their agreement with the Superintendent not to cultivate any fresh land there and had committed some outrages on some of the small Settlers up the valley went thither with Mr. Sub-Protector Forsaith to talk to them once more. After being thoroughly convinced by their language and demeanour which were most insulting to him that they intended to persist in their course his Honor returned to Wellington and made known that the Natives had no intention of leaving the valley in March next as they had promised to do" - page 3-4 letter from Colonel Wakefield Principal Agent to the Secretary of the New Zealand Company. ; 8vo . Printed by Stewart and Murray paperback
189926426London: Grant Richards. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1899-1900. First Edition. Hardcover. "Leicester G. C." in pencil on verso of title page of each volume. No other owners' names or markings. Some rubbing to boards. Joints and hinges strong. Paper in very good condition. ; A literary periodical. Two volumes bound as one. iv 2 plate An Idyll By Maurice Greiffenhagen 278 pages; 2 illustrated title page The Butterfly Vol. II ii contents 2 plate The Storm by L. Raven Hill 294 pages. This pagination is simplified as the actual pagination is complicated as there are many full page plates within the pagination which generally are included within the pagination with each plate leaf accounted for by 2 pages but occasionally a plate is only allocated one page number for example the leaf following pages 95-96 in Volume Two is a plate leaf but the leaf after this plate is numbered 98-99 so the unnumbered plate leaf only takes up page 97 of the pagination. Bound in one volume. Contemporary cloth boards with maroon leather lettering piece. Spine title: "BUTTERFLY / 1900." Page dimensions: 239 x 148mm. Top page edges gilt. Binder's ticket at rear: "BOUND BY / W. H. SMITH & SON / 186 Strand London". Bound without original wrappers. Various contributors. Poetry short stories and art. Illustrators include Max Beerbohm; Maurice Grieffenhagen; W. Kneen; L. Raven Hill several illustrations; Harunobu; J. W. T. Manuel; Outemaro; Carton Moore Park; Joseph Pennell; S. H. Sime numerous illustrations; Edgar Wilson. Authors include Baron Corvo; Laurence Housman; H. D. Lowry; H. G. Wells "A Vision of Judgement" published as by D. O. . [Grant Richards] hardcover
188320136Dunedin: J. Wilkie & Co. / Wise Caffin & Co. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. 1883-1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. General Assembly Library of New Zealand. Gilt library stamps on front board of each volume. Leather rubbed with abrasions along joints and at corners. ; Two volumes. Volume I: vii 1 586 pages 1 folding map. Volume II: viii 596 pages 1 map 5 plates including 2 albumen photographs. Half-bound in dark blue leather. Moire cloth boards. Page dimensions: 236 x 145mm. Page edges sprinkled red. Various contributors including Captain F. W. Hutton. Index pages bound in at front of each volume. Volume One includes the article "A Trip to Lake Hauroto" by Robert Paulin with folding map; Obituary notice for Charles Darwin died April 1882 4 pages by George M. Thomson. Volume Two includes the article "On the Origin of the Fauna and Flora of New Zealand" by Captain F. W. Hutton. Volume Two includes the article "In Memoriam: Ferdinand Ritter Von Hochstetter" by Julius von Haast pp. 202-220 2 albumen photograph plates. . J. Wilkie & Co. / Wise, Caffin & Co. hardcover
1880132805London: Cassell c.1880. Very Good. large octavo. hardbacks in decorated cloth 320 320 320 320 320 320 320 320 320pp. engravings maps indexes 6-7 engravings on heavy card bound into the front of each volume total 60. Copious engravings in text. Some fading at spine & weak hinges in some volumes but generally a very nice set in bright red cloth with bright gilt decoration & all edges gilt Cassell hardcover
184826992London; Auckland: various. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. 1848-1879. First editions. Hardcover. Bound in 20th century blue cloth boards. Binder's ticket on rear endpaper Pelorus Press Auckland. Previous owner's ex-libris bookplate Frank G. Glen. Some foxing. Berry "New Zealand as a Field for Emigration" has tissue paper repair to lower corner of front wrapper and lacks the folding map. Original wrappers bound in for four titles. Fading to wrappers. The pamphlet without wrappers Buddle "Aborigines of New Zealand" 1851 was not issued with wrappers see Bagnall 739: "Cover-title". "Aborigines of New Zealand" with dampstain to title leaf. The John White pamphlets "Maori Superstitions" 1856 as an inscription by the author but without the author's signature. The inscription is hard to red: " With kind regards from of the author". ; Bound volume of 5 pamphlets all first editions. Berry pamphlet lacking the map. 20th century blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Spine titled " VOL. 5". With typewritten contents leaf bound in. The 5 pamphlets are: 1 Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society "New Zealand. Correspondence between the Wesleyan Missionary Committee and the Right Honourable Earl Grey Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonial Department on the Apprehended Infringement of the Treaty of Waitangi". London: 1848. 36 pages. Printed green wrappers. Page dimensions: 211 x 130mm. Cover title: "New Zealand. Treaty of Waitangi." Reference: Bagnall 5983 - "a lengthy restatement of the views of Hobson the British Government and the missionaries. 2 John White "Maori Superstitions: A Lecture". Auckland: Printed by Williamson and Wilson 1856. 33 1 blank pages. Printed pink paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 214mm x 134mm. Selected Contents: World origin of; Kumara Origin of; Cannibalism Origin of; World drowned; New Zealand fished up; Mamari Canoe of Ngapuhi; Arawa; Canoe of East Cape District; Tainui Canoe Of Whaingaroa; People In New Zealand Before The Maori Race; Names and Attributes Of Dogs; Two Men And A Woman Taken To Heaven Alive; Origin Of The Moon; Incantation To Make Children's Teeth Come; Tattooing Ceremonies of for Man; Ditto ditto for Woman. Reference: Bagnall 6031. 3 Rev. J. Berry "New Zealand as a Field for Emigration" London: James Clarke & Co. 1879. 41 pages including the printed inside of the rear green cover. Lacking the map. Blue printed paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 182 x 121mm. Reference: Bagnall 420. 4 Rev. Thomas Buddle " The Aborigines of New Zealand: Two Lectures". Auckland: Williamson and Wilson 1851. 51 1 blank pages. Cover-title. Page dimensions: 213 x 131mm. Reference: Bagnall 739: "An outline of Maori life and custom." 5 Rev. Thomas Buddle "The Maori King Movement in New Zealand with a Full Report of the Native Meetings held at Waikato April and May 1860." Aucklnad: Published at the "New-Zealander" Office 1860. 72 2 blank pages. Printed pale yellow paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 214 x 134mm. Rare. Reference: Bagnall 740 - "The origins of the King movement so far as it was understood at the time by a noted Wesleyan missionary. Buddle saw the implications of settle anxiety for land as well as of Maori political organisation but circumstances made his temperate proposals impracticable." . [various] hardcover
181918157London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1819-1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Lacking 3 plates. Ex-institutional collection "Societe de Lecture de Geneve" with rubber stamps on main title. Near contemporary 19th century quarter leather and paste-paper boards. Lettering piece on spine split with small losses. Page dimensions: 214 x 132mm. Page edges dyed red. Some rubbing to joints. Moderate rubbing and wear to edges and corners of boards. Gutters split at endpapers. ; This volume is divided into 8 individually paginated sections each with their own part title leaf. The imprints on the part titles are either undated dated 1819 or dated 1820. The volume is lacking 3 plates in total. Lacking two plates from McKeevor's "Voyage to Hudson's Bay" - the frontispiece "Island of Resolution" and the final plate "A Moonlight Scene on the Ice." Also lacking one plate "View of the Town and Fort of Mosambique" from Prior's "Voyage to the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans". The "Chart of the Route of the Nisus plate" also from Prior's "Voyage" has been backed with thicker paper; and the following plate also has paper backing a 3" tear along one of the folds. The plate "Slaves in Barbadoes" in Waller's "Voyage in the West Indies" has been cropped at the upper margin with loss to some of the printed area of the plate. Waller also has a 2" tear without loss to the title leaf. Contents: I. "Travels in Egypt . . ." by Count de Forbis; II. "A Voyage to Hudson's Bay during the Summer of 1812 . . ." by Thomas M'Keevor. This is followed by Freminville's "Voyage to the North Pole" which is continously pagination from M'Keevor's "Voyage" but with a separate title page. III. "Narrative of the Thirty-four Years' Slavery and Travels in Africa" by P. J. Dumont. IV. "Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Hendrick Portenger a Private Soldier of the late Swiss Regiment De Meuron who was wrecked on the Shores of Abyssinia in the Red-Sea" by R. De May. V. "Travels of M. Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia". VI. "Voyage along the Eastern Coast of Africa to Mosambique Johanna and Quiloa; to St. Helena; to Rio de Janeiro Bahia and Pernambuco in Brazil" by James Prior. VII. "A Voyage of Discovery to the Strait of Magellan; with an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants; and of the Natural Productions of Patagonia undertaken by order of the King of Spain" by Admiral Don A. De Cordova. VIII. "A Voyage in the West Indies: containing various Observations made during a residence in Barbadoes and several of the Leeward Islands; with some Notices and Illustrations relative to the City of Paramarabo in Surinam" by John Augustine Waller. Pagination of the entire volume: xii preliminary leaves; Forbin - iv 95 1 pages 7 plates including folding frontispiece "General View of the Pyramids of Gheza; M'Keevor - iv 76 pages 4 only of 6 plates. The 4 plates are bound in following de Freminville; de Freminville - iv 77-96 pages; Dumont - vi 42 pages frontispiece; de May - 28 pages; Travels of M. Burckhardt - 32 pages; Prior - iii-v advertisements 1 errata 114 pages 2 folding maps lacking 1 plate View of the Town and Fort of Mosambique; de Cordova - viii 104 pages frontispiece 1 folding map; Waller - iv 106 pages 6 plates 1 map the plates and the map all bound in at rear. . Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co. hardcover
185113506London: John Murray. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1851. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. 2 advertisement leaf iv 2 iii 1 lxxiii-xciii listing of accessions to the Library 1 161-388 pages 4 4 pages advertisements 3 folding maps. Original blue printed papered card boards with blue cloth spine. Page dimensions: 220 x 141mm.Contents of this volume includes: "Considerations on the Great Isthmus of Central America" by Captain Robert Fitz-Roy on pages 161-189 pages folding engraved map with Fitz-Roy's route hand-coloured in red small 15mm tear to lower margin of the map; "Tibet and Sefan" by Dr. Ch. Gutzlaff communicated by Sir George Staunton on pages 191-227; "On the Northern Frontier of Nepaul" by a member of the Napaulese Embassy in London communicated by the President on pages 252-254; "The Kubbabish Arabs between Dongola and Kordofan" by Mansfield Parkyns on pages 254-275; "Notes taken during a Journey through Part of Northern Arabia in 1848" by Dr George Aug. Wallin on pages 293-344 1 folding engraved map; "Journal of an Expedition to explore the Interior of the Middle Island of New Zealand" by Thomas Brunner on pages 344-378 1 folding engraved map with Brunner's route hand-coloured in red a 25mm tear to the lower margin of the map. Moderate rubbing and some staining to covers. A nice original copy. Partial newspaper clipping on Brunner tipped in to the first page of the Index at the rear. Several interesting articles in this issue. "The Bhraebung situated to the W. contains above 5000 students. Many magicians are attached to this as well as other monasteries. The Dalai-Lama passes likewise here many days during summer on account of the magnificent surrounding country. In Samei there is a large printing-press where the absurdities of Dalaism are perpetuated. The demand for the books is very great each volume being equivalent to a relic and hundreds of workmen are constantly emplyed to supply the wants of the Tibetans Kalmucks and Mongols." - from the article "Tibet and Sefan" by Dr Gutzlaff page 216. Wallin's article describes his second trip into Arabia in the disguise of a horse dealer. Wallin later became Professor of Oriental Languages at Helsinki University. ; 8vo . John Murray hardcover
185224497London: The Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge. Good with no dust jacket. 1852. Hardcover. Wear to cloth at head and tail of spine. Spine rubbed. Cloth split along length of rear joint with paper tape reinforcement. Gutters split at hinges with paper tape reinforcement. Inscription on front endpaper dated 1868 partly rubbed away. ; No date Preface dated 1852. Volume One complete containing 26 issues. iv 628 pages. Blind-stamped brown cloth boards. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 213mm x 136mm. Notable in this volume is an early periodical issue of "Narrative of a Journey through part of the North Island of New Zealand" by David Rough here printed anonymously. This account of travel in New Zealand was first published in the periodical "The New Zealander" then here in "Home Friend" before being separately issued in book form later in the year 1852 by the SPCK in an edition with a frontispiece a plate and a map of "New Ulster or North Island". This Home Friend issue is in two installments in Vol. 1 Nos. 9 and 10 of the Home Friend. This "Home Friend" edition does not have a map but has 2 wood-engraved illustrations both differing to the frontispiece in the scarce separately issued edition. The two illustrations in this edition are titled "Group of Natives in New Zealand" and "Portrait of a New Zealand Chief." The text appears to be the same as in the separately issued book edition except that the book edition begins with "MY DEAR ____ According to my promise" while this "Home Friend" text begins with "According to my promise". "The New Zealander is not less hospitable than the Indian chief but he has very different ideas as to what constitutes comfort. During our whole journey we were never refused a share of such food and shelter as the natives have for themselves; and though we sometimes passed the night in one hut with the men and women - grandfathers grandmothers children dogs and pigs - the best corner was cheerfully given up to the 'pakeha' stranger and even there lying altogether round the fire in the middle of the hut and listening to their remarks and jokes we were well amused with the study of human nature which the habits of these children of nature afforded us." - page 211. "At sunset we entered an extensive valley bounded on one side by a range of steep hills burning in many places. The natives chose the immediate vicinity of some boiling mud holes as the best place for encamping; we yielded unwillingly to their anxiety for a warm berth though the ground on which our tent was pitched seemed to be a mere crust of earth over an incandescent substratum. Before we had finished supper it became so hot that we could not sit upon it and made a hasty retreat to another position." - page 226. Reference: c.f. Bagnal 4931 for the separately issued first edition : "By sea to Tauranga thence Maketu Rotoiti Rotorua Ohinemutu Rotomahana the Rev. S. M. Spencer Lake Taupo Tapuaeharuru and the chief Poihipi; return to Auckland via Otawhao the Waipa and Waikato Rivers in August / September 1849." . The Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge hardcover
188630571Richmond: J. W. Randolph & English 1886. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Wraps. 64 pages. Number 4 only. Green printed outer wraps with title on front cover and advertisement on rear. Ex-institutional copy with "Surplus Duplicate Library of Congress" on title page and verso of title page. Contents include I. Prison Diary of Creed Davis of Second Company; II. The Hog-Hole by J. V. L. McCreery of First Company; and III. Extracts from an Old "Order Book" of first Company Richmond Howitzers. Outer wraps chipped on edges. Paper spine perished and stitching on the spine is coming apart. <br /> <br /> Coulter 173; Nevins I p. 173. J. W. Randolph & English unknown
