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1895978H18London: William Paterson & Co. c1895. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 5.5" by 4". None. A very scarce three-volume collection of tales collected by Leigh Hunt featuring moral and entertaining stories with Hunt"s own critical essays introducing the authors. Rebound in half blue calf with marbled paper boards.This set contains three volumes from the original five-volume anthology Classic Tales Serious and Lively collected by Leigh Hunt.These volumes are undated. Dated here using Jisc from copies held at University of Birmingham Libraries National Library of Scotland York Minster and Trinity College Dublin Library.The volumes included here are Marmontel Goldsmith and Brooke and Johnson and Others. The two missing volumes are Hawkesworth and Voltaire.The anthology features moral and entertaining tales from a variety of prolific writers. Each volume includes Leigh Hunt"s critical essays introducing the authors and their works. Leigh Hunt 17841859 was an English essayist poet and critic known for his wit liberal politics and role in the Romantic literary circle. Rebound in half calf with marbled paper boards. Externally very smart. Slight rubbing to boards. Rubbing to spines resulting in slight loss to calf. Slight discoloration to perimeters. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edges. Very Good Indeed William Paterson & Co. hardcover
1835290540Paris. 1835. Very good slight toning to edges. 28x18.5 cm. Captions in French and Spanish. Illustrations from Sainson’s Voyage Autour du Monde. weight: 05 lb. 34 etched images on 17 leaves. unknown
18351706210027New York: J. & J. Harper 1835. Hardcover. Acceptable. Small octavo. 53 volumes. Illustrated with frontis portraits/maps and plates. Original boards 2 volumes in black cloth 3 volumes rebound in modern boards. Moderate wear and soiling. Chipping and fraying to spines some loss. Majority of volumes shaken. Some volumes lacking frontises. Foxing. <br> Volume in this set are: 1: History of the Jews Volume I; 3: History of the Jews Volume III; 4: History of Buonaparte Volume I; 5: History of Buonaparte Volume II; 6: Life of Nelson; 7: Life of Alexander the Great; 8: Natural History of Insects; 9: Life of Lord Byron; 13: The History of the Jews Volume II; 14: Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and Regions; 16: Discovery and Adventure in Africa; 17: Lives of the Painters and Sculptures Volume I; 18: Lives of the Painters and Sculptures Volume II; 19: Lives of the Painters and Sculptures Volume III; 21: Mary Queen of Scots Volume I; 22: Mary Queen of Scots Volume II; 27: Palestine or the Holy Land; 28: Memoirs of the Empress Josephine; 29: The Court and Camp of Bonaparte; 31: The Eventful History of the Mutiny of the Bounty; 32: Turner's Sacred History of the World; 33: Celebrated Female Sovereigns Volume I; 34: Celebrated Female Sovereigns Volume II; 35: Lander's Discovery of the Termination of the Niger Volume I; 36: Lander's Discovery of the Termination of the Niger Volume II; 37: Inquiries concerning the Intellectual Powers and the Investigation of Truth; 43: Sketches from Venetian History Volume I; 44: Sketches from Venetian History Volume II; 46: Thatcher's Indian Biography Volume II; 48: History of British India Volume II; 53: Progress of Discovery on the more Northern Coasts of America; 54: Travels and Researches of Von Humboldt; 57: Popular Guide to the Observation of Nature; 58: The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings; 59: On the Improvement of Society by the Diffusion of Knowledge; 60: The History of Charlemagne; 61: History of Nubia and Abyssinia; 64: Lectures on General Literature Poetry etc; 66: Lives of Eminent Painters Volume IV; 67: Lives of Eminent Painters Volume V; 72: Turner's Sacred History of the World; 112: Halleck's British Poets Volume 1; 155: History of the Expedition of Lewis and Clarke Volume II. Classical Library: 2: Xenophon Volume II; 3: Demosthenes Volume I; 4: Demosthenes Volume II; 14: Sophocles; 17: Horace Volume I; 18: Horace Volume II; 29-31 Herodotus in 3 volumes. <br><Br>J & J. Harper were pioneers in the area of series publishing. Harper's Family Library advertised as the "cheapest series of popular works ever published" grew over fifteen years to include 187 non-fiction titles. "The program encompassed the principal branches of "useful knowledge:" history voyages and travel biography natural history physical sciences agriculture and the history of philosophy and religion. It was suggested that the intellectual value of any one book was enhanced by its being part of an approved system or circle of knowledge." Freeman Harper and Brother's Family and School District Libraries 1830-1846 2013 This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. New York: J. & J. Harper hardcover
1830143793ca. 1830s. Softcover. Fair. Disbound. Illustrations only no text. 22 cm. Unpaginated. From our As Is shelf. Guards between illustrations. Some soiling. <br/><br/>B&w illustrations of Grindenwald Geneva Grenada Harrow The Hague Rome Rhodes Mt. Olympus etc. Drawn by J. M. W. Turner J. D. Harding C. Landseer W. Purser Copley Fielding and others. Mostly engraved by E. or W. Finden. paperback
1825651614London: Thomas Dolby and John Cumberland 1825. Hardcover. Very Good. 7 plays bound into one volume. Includes: BRUTUS or the Fall of Tarquin An Historical Tragedy in Five Acts by John Howard Payne; THE ALCAID or The Secrets of Office A Comic Opera in Three Acts by James Kenney; A BOLD STROKE FOR A WIFE A Comedy in Five Acts by Mrs. Centlivre; THE DISAGREEABLE SURPRISE; A Musical Farce in Two Acts by George Daniel; THE BARBER OF SEVILLE A Comic Opera in Two Acts by Mr. Fawcett; THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL A Comedy in Five Acts by Richard Brinsley Sheridan; A WOMAN NEVER VEXT; or the Widow of Cornhill A Comedy in Five Acts by W. Rowley. Some slight stains on the edges otherwise clean and unmarked. Some markings on the front flyleaf. Marbled endpapers. Page edge are marbled and faded. Bound in full brown leather with gilt titles on the spine. Joints are cracked but intact. Lightly worn around the edges. VG <br/> <br/> Thomas Dolby and John Cumberland hardcover
190032833SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNIONMOSS-ROSE Seriesmoss Rose and Sunday School Union. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1900. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 3" x 4.5"; 50 pages; 8 volumes of about 50-60 pp each. Illustrated in b/w. Lot consists of the following: LION AND THE LAMBSUNDAY-SCHOOL UNIONLITTLE BERTIEMOSS-ROSE SERIESHENRY A YOUNGMISS ALICE'S STORYSUNDAY-SCHOOL UNIONMY LITTLE SISTERSUNDAY-SCHOOL UNIONOLD BEN'S STOCKINGSMOSS-ROSE SERIESHENRY A YOUNGPLAYING SOLDIERDAISY-DELL SERIESHENRY A YOUNGSTICK TO ITSUNDAY-SCHOOL UNIONTHE VACATIONDAISY-DELL SERIESHENRY A YOUNG Some titles quie uncommon. No date but circa 1900. . SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNIONMOSS-ROSE Seriesmoss Rose and Sunday School Union hardcover
1900966H4London; Edinburgh: Henry J. Drane; Dean & Son Limited; Macmillan and Co. Limited; W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd.; Sands & Company; Nicholson & Sons c1900-1955 . Cloth. Very Good. 6" by 4". None. A very scarce eight-volume collection of characterful early 20th-century British domestic guides offering practical and economical instruction on cookery and housekeeping. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.This is a lovely eight-volume collection of vintage British household guides offering practical advice in cookery housekeeping and everyday thrift.This collection consists of the following: How to Cook for Myself and Family c.1900 by "An Experienced Cook". This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc from copies held at the University of Leeds Library and Senate House Library University of London. This is a pragmatic cookbook aimed at modest households needing economical self-sufficient meals. The A B C of Housekeeping: or Mistress and Maid c.1904 by Mrs. J. N. Bell. This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc from a copy held at the University of Cambridge Libraries. This is a vanishingly scarce Victorian manual offering moral and practical guidance on managing a home and domestic staff. Middle Class Cookery Book 1906. Compiled for The Manchester School of Domestic Economy. This is an instructional text blending economy and nutrition created for teaching domestic skills to middle-class women. 365 Cakes and Cookies: A Cake or Cooky for Every Day in the Year c.1906 This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc from copies held at the University of Cambridge Libraries and the National Library of Scotland. Compiled from recipes by Marion Harland Mrs. Lincoln et al. This is a lovely compilation of daily baking recipes drawn from prominent 19th and early 20th century sources. 365 Supper Dishes: A Supper Dish for Every Day in the Year c.1908. This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc from copies held at the University of Cambridge Libraries and the National Library of Scotland. This is a practical family-oriented recipe book offering a different supper suggestion for every day of the year. A Little Book of Sweetmeat Making 1908 by Dora Luck. This is a concise and charming guide to making traditional British sweets confections and holiday treats at home. Vegetarian Cookery 1926 by E. L. B. Forster. This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc from copies held at the British Library and other institutions. This is a novel vegetarian cookbook from the postwar era offering wholesome and simple meat-free meals. Home-Made Wines: How to Make Them 1955 by Mary Woodman. This is an accessible introduction to British home winemaking with recipes for fruit flower and root-based wines. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally generally smart. The odd handling mark to boards with the odd spot of damp staining. Particularly to "Everybody's Vegetarian" with damp staining to the perimeters of boards and the spine spine cockled. Slight soiling to boards particularly "365 Cakes". Front board of "Home-Made Wines" cockled rear board faded. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Spines slightly faded particularly to "365 cakes". Bookplate from "Martin & Pamela Finch: Exlibris Gastronomique" to front free endpapers and to front paste downs of "Sweetmeat Making" and "A B C of Housekeeping". Offsetting to endpapers with the odd spot. Damp staining to perimeter of endpapers of "Everybody's Vegetarian". Previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpapers on all but "Middle Class Cookery" and "Vegetarian Cookery". Ink inscription to rear free endpaper of "How to Cook for Myself" with offsetting to rear endpaper. Blue pencil scribbles to endpapers of "365 Cakes". Hinges occasionally strained but firm. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean if slightly age toned. The odd spot and handling mark heavier to fore edge and first and last few leaves. Very Good Henry J. Drane; Dean & Son, Limited; Macmillan and Co., Limited; W. Foulsham & Co., Ltd.; Sands & Company; Nicholson & Sons hardcover
184035559Various. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1840. Pamphlet. About eighty pamphlets from Italy printed in the 1840s and 1850s. Most are political dating from the turbulent period of the Risorgimento when the different states on the peninsula were struggling to unite into a single country. Others deal with politics and religion as the Papal States under Pius IX resisted unification. As primary sources these documents may offer valuable insight into a critical historical era. One features a beautifully engraved military map. Shipping weight about 10 pounds. . Various unknown
186035558Italy: Various. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1860. Paperback. About eighty pamphlets from Italy printed in the 1860s. Most are political dating from the turbulent period of the Risorgimento when the different states on the peninsula were struggling to unite into a single country. Others deal with politics and religion as the Papal States under Pius IX resisted unification. As primary sources these documents may offer valuable insight into a critical historical era. Shipping weight 10 pounds. General condition Good to Very Good . Various paperback
189539453Various. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1895. Paperback. 9 misc American Souvenir viewbooks Included are THE STORY OF ROCKEFELLER CENTER 1939 24PP. VG; A GUIDE TO WEST POINT AND THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY 1900 88pp. Foxing to covers. Good; A FEW OFFICE BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK 1895 32pp. Soiling to covers else VG; MONTEREY AND ITS ENVIRONS 1913 43pp. A crease/tear to front cover else VG; A FEW OFFICE BUILDINGS IN CHICAGO 1896 40pp. VG; DELUXE SOUVENIR VIEW BOOK SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 50 views printed on one side only. Creasing to cover else VG; JARVIS' FREE COMPANION TO WASHINGTON DC 1902 8pp. VG-; AMUSEMENTS WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO SEE Atlantic City NJ 1924 96pp; BELFAST MAINE PHOTO STAMPS nd 24 stamps 2x 12 scenes. VG. . Various paperback
188937787Various. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1889-1976. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 8 to 11" tall 22 pounds. Hard bound except the one noted paperback good to very good condition. Some x-lib with discrete marking. Elmore Mary Janette ; Long Hill South Windsor Connecticut; "Reminiscences" A Family Record of Early American Life 1976 ppbkPalmer Sarah Thompson ; First Baptist Church North Stonington Connecticut: Papers and Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of a Granite Memorial on the Site of the First Church Edifice. Sept. 23 1934 and a Discourse Delivered at the 100th Anniversary of the Church 1843 ; 1936 illustratedNorman Litchfield ; A History of Christ Church Quaker Farms in Oxford Connecticut 1954Brooks Lillian Kruger ; Life Flows Along Like a River: a History of Haddam Neck signed 1972Wallace Nutting ; CONNECTICUT BEAUTIFUL. ; Good DJ poor glassine outer wrapper.1923 two copies- one w/o glassineBraceland Francis J ; The Institute of Living; : The Hartford Retreat 1822-1972 ; 1972Peixotto Ernest ; THE AMERICAN FRONT 1919Richard M. Bayles ; History of Windham County ; W. W. Preston & Co 1889. First Edition; rebound vg good value . Various hardcover
1858937T32London: Henry G. Bohn 1858. Leather. Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A collection of prose and verse in two volumes bound into one with commentary from English critic James Henry Leigh Hunt. Complete in two volumes bound in one. Illustrated with a title vignette and in-text images throughout. A collection of entertaining extracts of prose and poetry from various writers including: Horace Walpole Mrs. Inchbald Marco Polo Sir Richard Steele Lady Winchilsea and many others. Intended for "intelligent persons of all times of life" for amusement only with no mention of politics or polemics. With commentary by James Henry Leigh Hunt an English critic essayist and poet. Dated from the British Library. In the original half calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally smart with rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards with minor loss to the head and tail of the spine and board tips. Front hinge just starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Good Henry G. Bohn hardcover
1894950P16London: Elliot Stock 1894. Leather. Good. 6.5" by 4". Eleanor Vere Boyle. A charming anthology of poems edited illustrated and signed by Eleanor Vere Boyle. Signed by the illustrator to the recto of the front free endpaper "To E. C. C. from E. V. B. Sept 1894".The second edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and a few engravings. Collated complete.A charming anthology of poems edited and illustrated by Eleanor Vere Boyle. The anthology contains pieces by an array of eminent writers. These include Shakespeare Austin Dobson Wordsworth Walter Raleigh Tennyson Emerson Spenser and more.Eleanor Vere Boyle was an eminent Scottish artist of the Victorian era. Her style was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites her work being much admired by Rossetti and she was one of the first women artists to be recognised for her achievements. In a half calf binding with patterned paper to the boards. Externally generally smart a little rubbed. Spine is faded. A few light marks to the boards. Small chip to the tail of the rear joint. Hinges are starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dedication leaf and first leaf of preface are detached but present. Good Elliot Stock hardcover
1860238970London: W. Kent & Co. 1860. First Edition. Green Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Various. 167pp. 1860. First edition. 4to. small sized. A very good essentially clean tight copy in original publisher's high Victorian green cloth binding - profusely illustrated in gilt. All edges gilt. Bevelled edges. Yellow endpapers. Profusely engraved additional title page and a similar frontispiece. Some scattered spotting throughout. Some rubbing to the cloth at the head and tail of the spine with slight loss of outer cloth in several places. A very good copy. W. Kent & Co. hardcover
1894968P35London: Methuen and Co 1894. First edition. Leather. Good Only. 7.5" by 5". None. The first edition of this anthology presenting the best writings of English prose across a period of almost three centuries. The first edition.This volume collects together the best examples of writing character and incident from English prose dating from 1387 to 1649. Including writings by William Caxton Sir Thomas Malory Sir Thomas More John Foxe Sir Walter Raleigh William Shakespeare John Donne Francis Bacon Sir Thomas Overbury Ben Jonson and more. Selected and edited by William Ernest Henley and Charles Whibley. In a prize binding for King William's College Isle of Man with a prize label to the front paste down. In a full calf prize binding. Externally with a dampstain to the tail of the boards. Spots to the boards. Spine is age-toned. Light rubbing to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. Front hinge is starting but firm. Prize label to the front paste down. Small tide mark to the fore edge. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only a few scattered spots. Good Only Methuen and Co hardcover
1850456374Various 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original half calf over marble boards in which the text block is now loose. The binding is shaken; in general each composition is now loose with some threading remaining between them. Externally worn but sound; joints head and foot of spine and corners are worn with light scuffs to the boards. The spine is gilt-blocked ""Music"" and somewhat rubbed. Small tear at the rear top joint. Some faint foxing internally with some offsetting; leaves are strong overall. A very serviceable copy. Date is suggested. Physical description; 1 volume variously paginated : music ; 35 cm. Notes; A bound collection of engraved sheet music for piano published in London c.1830-1855. The volume contains popular dances and character pieces of the period including: Gervasius Redler's quadrille 'Les petites Caledoniennes' with an illustrated title page by J. Brandard; waltzes attributed to or associated with Carl Maria von Weber; polkas by William Henry Cooke and J.W. Marshall; and various other instrumental arrangements. The works reflect the popular musical tastes of the early Victorian era. Subjects; Piano music - 19th century - Scores Dance music - England - 19th century - Scores Waltzes - Scores Polkas - Scores Quadrilles - Scores Sheet music - England - London - 19th century. Various hardcover
1860456391London : Various 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Good tight copy in contemporary half black leather over dark teal marble boards now somewhat worn with edges and the ends and joints of the spine somewhat rubbed. The spine is gilt-blocked ""Music."" Internally strong with faint dust-dulling foxing and offsetting throughout as expected from age. Some light creasing and small marginal tears as from page-turning. Remains very well-preserved overall. Physical description; 1 volume variously paginated : music portrait ; 35 cm. Notes; A bound collection of engraved sheet music published in London c.1810-1860. The volume comprises pedagogical works and salon pieces for piano including: Henri Bertini's 'Etudes caractéristiques' Op. 66 edited by Cipriani Potter; J.B. Cramer's 'Useful extracts' scales and preparatory exercises; Friedrich Kalkbrenner's 'Scales in the four positions'; N.B. Challoner's collection of national melodies 'Lays of harmony'; and L. Bosanquet's arrangement of 'The original Parisian fantasia' for piano or harp; and several others. Represents a practical anthology for the amateur pianist of the period. Subjects; Piano - Studies and exercises - 19th century - Scores Piano music - 19th century - Scores Songs with piano - 19th century - Scores Sheet music - England - London - 19th century. London : [Various] hardcover
1825LTH15-B-21London; Dublin: Religious Tract Society; J M Porteus; Francis Westley c1825-30. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 4" by 2.5". None. A charming and unique collection of moral and religious short stories. The majority of the works in this volume original published by the Religious Tract Society. Two stories published elsewhere with separate title pages. Of the 16 stories in this collection 15 have title pages 13 of which were published by The Religious Tract Society. With 6 full page illustrations as well as 120 vignettes in the text including finis tailpieces. Also bound in are 16 descriptive plates of stereotypical characteristics of natives from a selection of countries worldwide including Peru Wales and Mexico. Stories included in this volume as as follows: The Little-Peace Maker The Woodcutter Truth and Falsehood; The True History of Jane and Lucy The Welsh Weaver The History of John Robins The Sower Mary Gray: The Sunday School The History of Ann Hart The Willow Tree by Charlotte Elizabeth Second Edition Characters of Christ in Scripture Prepare! Old Catherine Prescott The Villager's Daughter Fourth Edition The Red-Hot Poker Children's Wishes A Lesson in the Garden The Real Value Lucy; or I Will Not be Naughty Again Papa The Affectionate Daughter The Clean Heart The Christian Drummer The Irish Girl The Bubble Stories of Sunday Scholars The Two Sunday School Girls The Wonderful Cure of Namaan The Religious Tract Society founded in 1799 was the original name of a major British publisher of Christian literature. In particular the literature produced was aimed at children women and the poor. In a full calf binding with five raised bands. Externally excellent with just light rubbing. Mark to rear board. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean. Pages for The Willow Tree and The Villager's Daughter foxed. Loss to one page at Old Catherine Prescott not affecting text. Some pages close cropped not affecting text. Very Good Indeed Religious Tract Society; J M Porteus; Francis Westley hardcover
188945451Rockland Maine: The FRee Press 1889. first edition. Paperback. Good. 6 x 9 in. 78 pp. Blue paper wraps. Condition is GOOD ; front cover is attached just at the top. Covers toned at edges with a small ink notation. Text bright a coupe of pgs have pencil margin marks. Scarce item. Maine. RGR. The FRee Press paperback
18771007N26London: Sampson Low Marston and Company 1877. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 7". Various. A fascinating history into European painting exploring numerous different schools and exploring how they differentiate from one another. A Brief History of the Painters of All Schools an art history of various European schools of art dating to Ancient Greece written by French art historian Louis Viardot with the assistance of biographical details from well-known sources. The translated edition.In the publisher's decorative original green cloth bound by Burn and Co. Contains a frontispiece of the Sistine Chapel and all thirty-nine other principal illustrations many of which are plates. Collated complete.Offering most attention to the various schools of the Renaissance Viardot's history offers us fascinating glimpses of how painting transformed and differentiated from one area of Europe to another looking at the Castilian and Paduan schools. As well as being a skilled art historian Viardot translated a number of Spanish and Russian literary works popularising them in his native France. In the publisher's decorative original green cloth. Externally mostly smart with the odd small mark. Slight rubbing to joints and edges with a minor lift to cloth at bottom of front board. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Brown end papers are generally clean with slight browning to the extremities. Binding stamp to rear pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with slight age toning to leaf extremities. Very Good Sampson Low, Marston and Company hardcover
182655718United States: Various. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1826. Hardcover. Contemporary or later full speckled leather morocco label gilt. About 23 titles in one binding of various missionary and educational reports; dated 1813- 1826. Separate pagination. Firm binding mild foxing. Spine title: Variety. The listed titles are in the end of the book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Various hardcover
1869824J5London: Harrison and Sons 1869. Paperback. Very Good. 12.5" by 10". Not Stated. A fascinating catalogue of the antiquities and arts exhibited at Ironmongers Hall in May 1861 illustrated throughout. A fascinating catalogue of the antiquities and arts exhibited at Ironmongers Hall in May 1861. Including sections on ironwork armour portraits Egyptian antiquities paintings books and book-binding furniture and more. Edited by George Russell French and compiled by a Committee of the Council of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society. Including two chromolithograph plates one of which is in colour also including seven plates featuring facsimile letters along with over three hundred in-text illustrations. Collated and complete. In the original paper wraps. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally smart with some light edgewear and a small amount of loss to the wraps at the tail of the spine. Front of the wrap is lifting slightly at the head. A few light marks to the wraps. Internally binding is slightly tender in places. The odd spot to the pages which are otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Harrison and Sons paperback
1825LTH16-F-21London: D Walker and Sons 1825. Leather. Very Good. 9.5" by 8". None. A very scarce copy of this religious work by Christopher Bishop of Gloucester and others. Collated complete. The work is composed of a series of charges and sermons published between 1776 and 1825 bound in one volume. They are as follows: 'A Charge delivered at the triennial visitation of the diocese of Glouster' by Christopher Bishop of Gloucester 1825. 'A Sermon preached before the House of Commons' by William Jackson 1804. 'A Sermon preached before the Right Honoutable the House of Lords in the abbey church of Westminster' by Richard Lord Bishop of Worcester 1786. 'A Sermon preached at the Octagon Chapel in the City of Bath on the day the late Bishop of Worcester was buried' by the Reverend George Butt 1775. 'A Charge delivered to the clergy of the Diocese of London' by William Lord Bishop of London 1814. In a half vellum binding. Externally rubbed with some shelfwear and marks to boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright with spotting to some pages. Very Good D Walker and Sons hardcover
181787850Various London Leeds &c.: various 1817. Mixed editions. Hardcover. 1817-c.1908 Mixed edition. 8vo. Later buckram cloth. A rare and fascinating collection of pamphlets from the early nineteenth century through to the early twentieth century encompassing an array of subjects including a rare pamphlet on the SS Great Eastern 1886:<br /><br />1. England's Hope Suddenly Cut Off: Authentic Particulars of the Last Illness and Much Lamented Death of Her Royal Highness The Princess Charlotte Who Expired at Half Past Two O'clock on Thursday Morning November 6 1817. Author not stated printed by R Edwards Fleet Street 1817. 32pp. Second edition. First and last pages foxed and tanned but main body of text in good readable condition.<br />3pp adverts for cigar importers and outfitters in Ramsgate and Margate the third page of adverts with a newspaper clipping concerning the following pamphlet laid in<br /><br />2. An account of the wreck of the Indian Chief lacking covers. The Indian Chief was a barque that was wrecked in a storm in 1881 on the Long Sand off the mouth of the Thames. Twelve of her crew were rescued by the Ramsgate life-boat. Good readable condition but a printing error has left the bottom corner of page four lack a few words of text.<br />4pp adverts Thanet businesses some damage to one page.<br /><br />3. Letter on Corpulence Addressed to the Public by William Banting. Published by Harrison London 1864. Third edition 50pp. Good clean pages bound without covers. A rare early diet plan and the first to advocate the low carbohydrate method to achieve weight loss.<br /><br />4. End of this Age on April 23 1908 by Rev. M Baxter The Prophet Baxter. 32pp Biblical prophecies the end of the world etc etc in the light of political events and so on. Foxed but readable.<br /><br />5. Britain or Israel The Fifth and Last and The Unconquerable Empire as Depicted in Nebuchadnezzar's Dream and its Interpretation to which is added Britain or Israel The "Ancient of Days" by John Gilder Shaw. Published by S W Partridge London. Undated c1879 includes fold-out map of "J G Shaw's Illustrative Prophetic Map" with hand-coloured figure stretching from France through to Persia. The first of a number of British Israelism texts the movement that believed the people of Great Britain are the direct descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of ancient Israel.<br /><br />6. Forty-Seven Identifications of the British Nation with the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel Founded upon Five Hundred Scripture Proofs by Edward Hine. Published by S W Partridge undated c1874. 54pp. Good condition some spotted foxing. Bound without covers. British Israelism.<br /><br />7. Are Englishmen Israelites A Three-Nights' Debate between Mr Edward Hine and Mr Robert Roberts in Exeter Hall London 1879 together with A Lecture by Mr Roberts in the Myddleton Hall Islington Sunday 27th April 1879. Published by F Pitman London 1879. 128pp. Assumed first. The subject of the lecture being "the true position of Britain in relation to Israel's coming Restoration and the re-establishment of the Kingdom of David."<br /><br />8. Are we Israelites The Testimony of History Philology and Ethnology on the Subject by Rev Bourchier Wrey Savile with an introduction by Philo-Israel. Published by W H Guest London 1879. 63pp. Good condition foxed to page edges.<br /><br />9. A Complete History of the "Great Eastern" from her First Projection in 1850 to her Visit to the Mersey in 1886. Published by Lewis's of Liverpool 1886. 32pp. An incredibly rare pamphlet produced by Lewis's the famous Liverpool department store documenting the history of Brunel's the ship from it's launch in 1858 and transatlantic crossings to its mooring as a floating advertisement for Lewis's The S.S. Great Eastern was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and was was broken up in 1889. This pamphlet has few illustrations including the Great Eastern at Sea and as the floating advert. Readable condition but delicate. Pages quite heavily tanned and bound without covers. Pages starting to work loose a little but the text is complete. <br /><br />10. Croquet; The Laws and Regulations of the Game with a Description of the Implements etc by John Jaques. Published by Jaques and Son London undated c1866. 48pp many illustrations with adverts to rear. Green cover bound in contents in very good condition.<br /><br />11. Thirteen plates of Thomas Rowlandson's works Vauxhall Gardens Harmony Racing Incidents etc followed by a 4pp copy of "Rowlandson's Tour in a Post-Chaise to the Wreck of the Royal George 1782" Probably the 1891 reprint published in The Graphic.<br /><br />12. The History of the Convict Hulk "Success" and "Success" Prisoners A Vivid Fragment of Colonial History by Joseph C Harvie. Published by Petty & Sons Leeds 1900. Early reprint 80pp illustrations. Some tanning but good.<br /><br />13. Montalembert on Constitutional Liberty A Picture of England Painted by a Frenchman being a Complete Translation of the Memorable Article entitled 'A Debate on India in the English Parliament' which has Subjected the Author to the Now Pending State Prosecution by M. Le Comte de Montalembert. Published by Effingham Wilson London 1858. First edition. 76pp. Quite a rare Montalembert title in which he praises English political freedom particularly its parliamentary system and religious neutrality in India and which left him facing prosecution in France. This copy slightly tanned and with some spotted foxing but in strong readable condition. Signature to the head of the title page is George Henry Maberly a noted London coach builder in London and founder of Thrupp and Maberly. Contents mostly in good order some foxing contents remains secure with just the Great Eastern pamphlet starting to work loose as it was produced on cheaper paper and would originally have been stapled; binding faded to spine otherwise very good. No jacket [various] hardcover
1850926P13Various: Various 1850-1978. Paperback. Very Good. 9" by 6"; 12" by 9". Various. An interesting set of six papers on phrenology dating from over a century all very scarce. A selection of six very scarce papers on phrenology. Phrenology is a pseudoscience involving the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental and personality traits. The science was developed by Franz Joseph Gall in 1796 and was popular throughout the nineteenth century in particular during the first half.The papers in this set date from 1850 to 1978 providing a unique look at the development of the science and how it was perceived from the nineteenth to twentieth century.'On the Bony Frame of the Head in Different Nations' by Professor A. Retzius dated 1850 an extract from Volume LXXIX of 'Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal'.'Contributions Towards Determining the Weight of the Brain in Different Races of Man' by Joseph Barnard Davis dated 1868. Extracted from the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society' in Volume XX.'The Journal of the Franklin Institute' two issues for April and May 1909 being Nos. 4 and 5 of Vol. CLXVII. The article of interest here is 'Identification of Human Beings by the System of Alphonse Bertillon' by Persifor Frazer. With in-text illustrations. 'Dermatoglyphics' by L. S. Penrose dated 1969. An offprint of the 'Scientific American'. Illustrated in colour and monochrome'Science American Association for the Advancement of Science' dated 1978 being Vol. 200 No. 4341. The article of interest is 'Morton's Ranking of Races by Cranial Capacity' by Stephen Jay Gould. With the occasional in-text illustration. In paper wraps 'On the Bony Frame' Davis' 'Contributions' and 'The Journal of the Franklin Institute' are unbound. Externally smart with light age-toning and a few light marks. Marks a little heavier to 'Dermatoglyphics'. Label to the front wrap of 'Science American Association for the Advancement of Science'. 'On the Bony Frame' 'Dermatoglyphics' and 'Science American Association for the Advancement of Science' are firmly bound. Davis' 'Contributions' is generally firmly bound the final leaf detached but stapled to the head textblock unopened to the top edge. No. 4 of 'The Journal of the Franklin Institute' is generally firmly bound with some pages detached No. 5 is generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. No. 5 of 'The Journal of the Franklin Institute' is tidemarked. Very Good Various paperback
