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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
1929952T19New York; New Haven: Horace Liveright; Random House; Yale University Press; McGraw-Hill Book Company 1929-1973. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5"; 9" by 6". None. A smart collection of seven volumes of work by and on American playwright Eugene O'Neill. Seven volumes. A collection of volumes by and on the works of Eugene Gladstone O'Neill an American playwright whose poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of realism. This set contains: Dynamo 1929. First edition. A play in three acts following a conflict between two families the Lights and the Fifes that is marked by their religious differences and has soured into personal hatred. A Bibliography of the Works of Eugene O'Neill 1931. Limited to five hundred copies of which this is number one hundred and thirty-three. Illustrated with a frontispiece seven plates and numerous in-text figures. Collated complete. Written by Ralph Sanborn and Barrett H. Clark American writers and editors. A Touch of the Poet 1957. First edition. Intended with its sequel More Stately Mansions be part of a nine-play cycle entitled A Tale of Possessors Self-Dispossessed. This work is set in the dining room of Melody's Tavern near Boston and centers on ageing pub owner Major Cornelius Melody. A Moon for the Misbegotten 1952. First edition. A sequel to O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night in four acts with the Jim Tyrone character as an older version of Jamie Tyrone. The Curse of the Begotten: A Tale of the House of O'Neill. First edition first printing. Exploring the themes of disease alcoholism suicide dissension and unhappy death which so often occurred in the plays of O'Neill with reference to his own life and the personal lives of his family. Written by Croswell Bowen an American political reporter activist journalist and biographer. Ten "Lost" Plays by Eugene O'Neill 1964. First edition first printing. A collection of short plays displaying the creative mind of a young dramatist practicing his art. Eugene O'Neill and the American Critic 1973. Second edition. A serious study of the domestic critical reception of the works of Eugene O'Neill with a complete listing of all publication dates. Written by Jordan Y. Miller an American literary critic. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards with minor fading to the spines. Original dust wrappers are unclipped other than Dynamo A Moon for the Misbegotten and A Touch of the Poet which have been price-clipped. Wrappers are smart with light wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the panels. The odd small closed tear to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Horace Liveright; Random House; Yale University Press; McGraw-Hill Book Company hardcover
1976857T76London: Societe Jersiaise; The History Press; Sutton Publishing Ltd; The Bodley Head; The Army Records Society 1976-2013. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5.5". None. A very smart collection of historical works from the Army Records Society reviewing a variety of important military events and individuals. Fifteen volumes. This set includes: All for the King: The Life Story of Sir George Carteret 1609-1680 1976. Written by George Reginald Balleine. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated complete. The Army and the Curragh Incident 1914 1986. Volume II only. Edited by Ian F. W. Beckett. Illustrated with frontispiece and one map. Collated complete. Colonel Samuel Bagshawe and the Army of George II 1731-1762 1990. Edited by Alan J. Guy. With portrait frontispiece. Letters of a Victorian Army Officer: Edward Wellesley 1840-1854 1995. Edited by Michael Carver. Illustrated with frontispiece and three maps. Collated complete. Amherst and the Conquest of Canada 2003. Selected and edited by Richard Middleton. With portrait frontispiece. At Wellington's Right Hand: Letters of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Gordon 1808-1815 2003. Edited by Rory Muir. Illustrated with frontispiece and six maps. Collated complete. Military Miscellany II: Manuscripts from Marlborough's Wars the American War of Independence and the Boer War 2005. Edited by David Chandler. Illustrated with double-page frontispiece a map and one plate. Romaine's Crimean War: The letters and Journal of William Govett Romaine 2005. Edited by Colin Robins. Illustrated with frontispiece fourteen figures and six maps. Collated complete. Lord Kitchener and the War in South Africa 1899-1902 2006. Edited by Andre Wessels. Illustrated with frontispiece and one map. Collated complete. Major General Oliver Nugent and the Ulster Division 1915-1918 2007. Edited by Nicholas Perry. With portrait frontispiece. Wolseley and Ashanti: The Asante War Journal and Correspondence of Major General Sir Garnet Wolseley 1873-1874 2009. Edited by Ian F. W. Beckett. Illustrated with frontispiece and one map. Collated complete. The Military Papers of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Cuthbert Headlam 1910-1942 2010. Edited by Jim Beach. With portrait frontispiece. Crimean Cavalry Letters 2011. Edited by Glenn Fisher. Illustrated with four plates and two in-text images. Collated complete. The Military Papers of Lieutenant-General Frederick Stanley Maude 1914-1917 2012. Edited by Andrew Syk. Illustrated with frontispiece five figures and four maps. Collated complete. The Kenya Papers of General Sir George Erskine 1953-1955 2013. Edited by Huw Bennet and David French. Illustrated with frontispiece and one map. Collated complete. In the original cloth binding. Externally very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper very smart with light shelf wear and sunning to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine Societe Jersiaise; The History Press; Sutton Publishing Ltd; The Bodley Head; The Army Records Society hardcover
100-32663Walker Wise And Company. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with minor wear to cover. Slightly chipped edges. Pages are clean with no markings. Walker, Wise, And Company hardcover
1927866M1Various: Various 1927-1964. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A collection of eleven scholarly volumes of literary criticism and poetry mostly concerning Renaissance poetry Elizabethan drama and eighteenth century literature. A collection of eleven volumes in the publisher's original cloth bindings with the original dust wrappers.Eleven fascinating volumes of literary criticism and poetry from a variety of authors nine of which are first editions. Among this erudite group are studies of Renaissance poetry including the work of John Donne; anthologies and explorations of eighteenth century literature including the work of Jonathan Swift and John Philips; essays concerning Elizabethan drama; and Sir Walter Scott's pastiche of seventeenth-century letter writing. Included in this collection are: The Percy Reprints No. IX: Poems on Several Occasions Written in the Eighteenth Century edited by Kathleen W. Campbell Basil Blackwell Oxford 1926; First Edition The Percy Reprints No. X: The Poems of John Philips edited by M. G. Lloyd Thomas Basil Blackwell Oxford 1927; First Edition Private Letters of the Seventeenth Century by Sir Walter Scott introduced by Douglas Grant Oxford University Press Oxford 1947; First Edition Music and Poetry of the English Renaissance by Bruce Pattinson Methuen & Co. Ltd London 1948; First Edition Queen Elizabeth in Drama and Related Studies by Frederick S. Boas George Allen & Unwin Ltd London 1950; First Edition English Studies Today: Papers Read at the International Conference of University Professors of English held in Magdalen College Oxford August 1950 edited by C. L. Wrenn and G. Bullough Oxford University Press Oxford 1951; First Edition The French Littleton: The Edition of 1609 by Claudius Holyband with an introduction by M. St Clare Byrne Cambridge University Press Cambridge 1953; First Edition Swift and the Church of Ireland by Louis A. Landa Oxford University Press Oxford 1954; First Edition Serial Publication in England before 1750 by R. M. Wiles Cambridge University Press Cambridge 1957; First Edition Víga-Glúms Saga edited by G. Turville-Petre Oxford University Press Oxford 1960; Second Edition John Donne: The Divine Poems edited with introduction and commentary by Helen Gardner Oxford University Press Oxford 1964; Third Edition In the publisher's original cloth bindings with the original dust wrappers. Externally cloth is bright and smart to all volumes except for 'Queen Elizabeth in Drama' which is faintly damp-stained to the boards and spine. Internally firmly bound. Ink inscription to the front free end paper of 'Poems of John Philips'. Small bookplate to the front free end paper of 'Music and Poetry'. A little spotting to the first and last couple of pages of 'English Studies Today'. Bookplate to front paste down and ink inscription to the front free end paper of 'Swift'. Library stamp to the front free end paper and to the verso of the title page of 'Serial Publication' as well as evidence of a sticker once adhered to the front free end paper. Offsetting to the end papers of 'Víga-Glúms Saga'. Sunning to the spines of all dust wrappers. Dust wrapper to 'Private Letters' is price-clipped. Chipping to the head and tail of the spine and to the front of the dust wrapper of 'Queen Elizabeth in Drama'. Dust wrappers to 'English Studies Today' and 'Music and Poetry' are price-clipped with chipping to the head and tail of the spines and sunning to the front and rear of the wraps. Two horizontal tears to the spine and chipping to the head and tail of the spine of the dust wrapper of 'Swift'. Dust wrapper of 'Serial Publication' is chipped to the upper extremities with a loss to the front of the wrap and the odd handling mark. Dust wrappers to 'French Littleton' and 'John Donne' are lightly spotted. Very Good Various hardcover
1963868T41London; New York: Asia Publishing House; Tavistok Publications; Andre Dutsch; Macmillan; Peter H. Wyden; Doubleday; Columbia University Press 1963-1992. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6.5". None. A very smart and diverse collection of scientific works on sexual biology in humans and animals. Seventeen volumes. A collection of works on the biology and relationships of man and animal alike with reference to sex and reproduction. Previously held in the library of Desmond Morris an English zoologist ethologist and painter known as a popular author of human sociobiology. This set includes: The Origin of Man and His Culture 1963. First edition. Written by Stephen Fuchs an Austrian Catholic priest and anthropologist. Attraction and Hostility: An Experimental Analysis of Interpersonal and Self Evaluation 1966. First edition. Written by Albert Pepitone an American professor. An Analysis of Human Sexual Responses 1967. First edition. Written by Ruth and Edward Brecher American science writers and authors. Man's Behaviour: An Introduction to Social Science 1967. First edition. Written by Jules Karlin an American professor and writer. Pairing: How to Achieve Genuine Intimacy 1970. Written by Dr. George R. Bach an American clinical psychologist and Ronald M. Deutsch an American science writer. The Sexes: The Fascinating Story of Reproduction from Single-Celled Life to Man 1970. Written by Donald E. Carr an American journalist writer research chemist and environmentalist. The Human Imperative 1972. First edition. Written by Alexander Alland a Russian-born anthropologist and professor at Columbia University. Person to Person: A Survey of the Intimate Personal Confrontational Business 1973. First edition. Written by Derek Bowskill a British science writer. The Human Pedigree 1975. First edition. Written by Anthony Smith a British journalist and science writer. Getting On and Getting Off 1976. First edition. Written by Derek Bowskill a British science writer. Deliver Us From Love 1977. Written by Suzanne Brogger a Danish writer novelist poet and journalist. Translated from the Danish by Thomas Teal a British translator and writer. Sex Roles: Biological Psychological and Social Foundations 1977. Written by Shirley Weitz an American science writer. The Evolving Brain 1978. Illustrated throughout. Written by Tony Buzan an English author and educational consultant and Terence Dixon a British writer. Man & Beast: The Natural and Unnatural History of British Mammals 1983. First edition. Written by Ron Freethy an English writer historian and scientist. Men in Groups 1984. Second edition. Written by Lionel Tiger a Canadian anthropologist and professor. With a foreword by Desmond Morris. Nostalgia and Sexual Difference: The Resistance to Contemporary Feminism 1987. Written by Janice Doane and Devon Hodges American feminist theorists. Anatomy of Love: The Natural History of Monogamy Adultery and Divorce 1992. First edition. Written by Helen Elizabeth Fisher an American anthropologist and human behaviour researcher. In the original cloth binding. Externally very smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Original dust wrappers are also smart with light shelf wear and chipping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark or pencil annotation. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Near Fine Asia Publishing House; Tavistok Publications; Andre Dutsch; Macmillan; Peter H. Wyden; Doubleday; Columbia University Press hardcover
1963868T10London; New York: William Heinemann Ltd; Thames and Hudson; Chatto & Windus; MacDonald & Co.; Edinburgh University Press; Patheon Books 1963-1993. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 10.5" by 8". None. Six smart volumes on Doctor Samuel Johnson and James Boswell. Six volumes. A collection of works on the lives and studies of Dr Samuel Johnson an English writer who made lasting contributions to Western literature and James Boswell a Scottish biographer diarist and lawyer best known as the biographer of his friend Dr. Johnson. This set includes: Boswell: The Ominous Years 1774-1776 1963. First edition. Illustrated with eight plates. Edited by Charles Ryskamp an American art director and Frederick A. Pottle an American professor of English Emeritus and writer. Doctor Johnson and His World 1968. First edition. Illustrated with photographs and sketches throughout. Written by Frank Ernest Halliday and English academic author and painter. The Impossible Friendship: Boswell and Mrs. Thrale 1973. First edition. Illustrated with thirty-two plates. Written by Mary Hyde an American writer and co-founder of the Hyde Collection of Johnson's works in Four Oaks Farm New Jersey. A Journey to the Western Isles: Johnson's Journey Retraced 1983. First illustrated edition. Illustrated throughout with photographs sketches and maps. Written by Finlay J. MacDonald a Scottish journalist writer and radio and television producer. Boswellian Studies: A Bibliography 1991. Third edition. With portrait frontispiece. Written by Anthony E. Brown a British scholar and historian. Dr. Johnson & Mr. Savage 1993. First American edition. With in-text illustration. Written by Richard Holmes a British author and academic known for his biographical studies. In the original cloth binding. Externally very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities only. Original unclipped dustwrapper is very smart with light shelf wear and chipping to the extremities. The odd small closed tear to volume one. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown of volume one. Ink inscription to the front endpaper of volume three. Near Fine William Heinemann Ltd; Thames and Hudson; Chatto & Windus; MacDonald & Co.; Edinburgh University Press; Patheon Books hardcover
1741882P16Glasgow: George Paton 1741. Leather. Good Only. 6.5" by 4". None. A scarce collection of sermons and speeches relating to the National Covenant an interesting piece of Scottish history. A scarce work.A collection of sermons published for the National Covenant of Scotland with pieces by Andrew Cant Thomas Coleman Joseph Caryl Philip Nye Alexander Henderson Thomas Case Edmond Calamy and more.This volume includes a total of twenty-eight sermons speeches and exhortations with interesting pieces on the history and state of the Church of Scotland in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.The pieces in this volume date from 1638 to 1663; the National Covenant was founded in 1638 an agreement signed which opposed reforms that King Charles I proposed to make to the Church of Scotland. These conflicts ultimately played a part in the English Civil War. In a full calf binding. Externally lacking the front board. Spine and rear board are rubbed. Loss to the head and tail of the spine and a little loss to the extremities. Marks and chips to the spine label. Rear hinge is starting but firm. Wear to the rear paste down. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are age-toned with some spots and handling marks. First few pages are edge worn heavier to the title page with chips and loss. Ink inscription to the head of the title page. Gatherings B and C are working loose. Good Only George Paton hardcover
1426440758.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1426441347.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1971894Q7London; New York; Australia : Various 1971-2005 . First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 11.5" by 8.5". Various. A collection of five works surrounding children's books and illustrations from fantasy to fairytales one of which is signed by the author. A collection of five works surrounding children's literature and illustrators. Bound in the publisher's original cloth or pictorial boards with four of the works including the original unclipped dust wrappers. Comprised of the following: 'The Collector's Book of Children's Books' 1971 an early edition by Eric Quayle. 'Randolph Caldecott "Lord of the Nurses"' 1988 the first edition by Rodney K. Enger presenting the life and works of British artist and illustrator Randolph Caldecott.'A Golden Age: Visions of Fantasy' 1992 the first edition by Robert Holden. Signed by the author to the half title page to fellow author and author of 'Lord of the Nurses' Rodney Enger. This work depicts the life and works of Australia's fantasy illustrators. 'Children's Book Covers' 2003 the first edition by Alan Powers. This book presents great book jacket and cover designs. 'Once Upon a Time' 2005 the first edition by Amy Weinstein presenting illustrations from fairytales fables primers pop-ups and other children's books. Bound in the publisher's original cloth or pictorial boards with four of the works including the original unclipped dust wrappers. 'Once Upon a Time' does not have a dust wrapper as issued. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. A touch of fading to the extremities of 'The Collector's Book of Children's Books'. A little bumping to the extremities of 'Once Upon a Time'. Dust wrappers are also excellent with light shelf wear. A little edge wear to 'The Collector's Book of Children's Books'. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Author's inscription to the half title of 'A Golden Age'. Fine Various hardcover
1923896Q24Paris: Librairie Plon; Payot 1923-1931 . First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A collection of illustrated works surrounding the First World War each written in French and uniformly bound in a smart half calf. A collection of nine works surrounding the First World War written in French from the perspective of French and German authors. Uniformly bound in a smart half calf with cloth to the boards. Comprised of the following: 'Souvenirs de Guerre du Kronprinz' 1923 translated into French from the original German by Mabille Mollard and Rusterholtz. With three maps. 'La Stratégie Allemande pendant la Guerre de 1914-1918' 1929 written by Wolfgang Foerster translated from German into French vby L. Koeltz. With twelve maps.'Le Plan de Campagne Français et le Premier Mois de la Guerre' 1929 by General Lanrezac. With eight maps and one photograph. 'La Bataille de Verdun' 1929 by Marechal Petain. With eight maps and eighteen photographs. 'Le Danger Aérien et l'Avenir du Pays' 1930 by Lieutenant-Colonel Vauthier. With seventeen illustrations.'Documents Allemands sur la Bataille de la Marne' 1930 with the documents translated from German to French by L. Koeltz. With three maps. 'Orages D'Acier: Souvenirs du Front de France' 1930 by Ernst Junger translated from German to French by F. Grenier.'Mémoires pour Servir à l'Histoire de la Guerre de 1914-1918' in two volumes 1931 written by Marechal Foch. With sixteen maps and forty-four photographs across both volumes. Collated complete. Uniformly bound in a half calf with cloth to the boards. Externally excellent with minor shelf wear. A little rubbing to the extremities with a small patch of loss to the leather on 'Le Plan de Campagne Francais' and 'La Bataille de Verdun'. A touch of fading to the spine. Scattered spotting to endapers with the odd spot to the fore edge. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the occasional spot. Very Good Indeed Librairie Plon; Payot hardcover
001316Washington: The National Geographic Magazine. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Not called for>. A collection of Maps published by the National Geographic Magazine. India and Burma 1946Germany 1959 NorthWestern United States 1960 Lands of the Bible Today 1956 Mexico and Central America South 1961 A Map of New England 1955 Land of the Maya 1989 Poland and Czechoslovakia 1958 Greater New York 1964 Suburban Washington 1964 Historical Map of the United States ND The United States 1961 A Map of California 1954 Southern South America 1958 Eastern South America 1958North Western South America 1964 Eastern South America 1955 Round About the Nations Capital 1956 South Eastern United States 1958 North America 1952 North Eastern including Great Lakes Region 1959 South America 1960 France Belgium and the Netherlands 1960The United States 1956 Mexico and Central America 1953 North America 1964 Battle Fields of the Civil War 1962 British Isles 1958 The Great Lakes Region of the United States 1953 Eastern Soviet Union 1967 Land of the Maya A travelers map 1989. No fold tears evident maps housed in National Geographic custom designed Folder. <br/> <br/> The National Geographic Magazine hardcover
177930887Paris: Printed by J. G. A. Stoupe 1779. Leather bound. Fair. 16mo. approx. 5.5" x 3.25". 3 199 pages. Brown calf leather binding ruled in gilt on the covers. Gilt lines and leather title label on the spine. Reddish marbled end sheets. Text printed in English. Upper right corner of the front corner is creased and loose. Light toning and occasional light spotting to the text. Poems include: "Henry and Emma" by M. Prior; "Amyntor and Theodora" by D. Mallet; "Porsenna King of Russia" by the Rev. Dr. Lisle; "The Traveller and the Deserted Village" by O. Goldsmith; and "The Hermit" by Th. Parnell. Old ink name of Mosby King on the half title page. Printed by J. G. A. Stoupe unknown
010118Includes 37 Issues of Grip Fast - Newsletter of the American Clan Leslie Society 1991 - 2005 A 1995 Membership Directory 6 Issues of The Journal of the American Clan Leslie Society 1991- 2005 2 Grip Fast - Griffin 1993 - 1995 Along with extra loose papers to include Clan Ballots. paperback
175726121<p><strong>1757 QUAKERS Dissenters AMERICA Colonies Glorious Revolution Acts of Parliament</strong></p><p>A rare 18th-century printing of the acts of British Parliament beginning with the Glorious Revolution in 1688. This collection published in 1757 contains information on Dissenters and the feuds between Protestants and Catholics in the early 18th-century. The most desirable aspect of this work however is the inclusion of the <strong><u>acts concerning America</u></strong>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->the King's attempts to recoup debts from American colonies </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->acts discussing growth of coffee in America</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->clauses for naturalizing Protestants in American colonies</p><p>Item number: #26121</p><p>Price: $499</p><p>various</p><p><strong><em>A collection of acts of Parliament and clauses of acts of Parliament relative to those Protestant dissenters who are usually called Quakers from the year 1688</em></strong></p><p>London: Printed by Luke Hinde 1757.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->96</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Sabin 14370</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: Handwritten – <em>Leod. Muling</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~10.5in X 8.25in 26.5cm x 21cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>26121</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Luke Hinde 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
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1888933T57London: Longmans Green and Co. 1888-1905. Cloth. Good Only. 7.5" by 5.5". Various. A collection of five illustrated volumes on sport from The Badminton Library. Five volumes. The Badminton Library. A collection of volumes on sports and pastimes from the sporting and publishing project conceived by Longmans Green & Co. and edited by Henry Somerset 8th Duke of Beaufort. Between 1885 and 1902 it developed into a series of sporting books which aimed to cover comprehensively all major sports and pastimes. This set contains: Hunting 1888. Fourth edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and numerous in-text images. Written by Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset 8th Duke of Beaufort a British peer soldier and Conservative politician who conceived and edited the project of The Badminton Library which began with this volume and Mowbray Morris a British author and journalist. Shooting: Field and Covert 1892. Fourth edition revised. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. Written by Thomas de Grey Lord Walsingham an English politician and amateur entomologist and Sir Ralph William Frankland Payne-Gallwey an English engineer historian ballistics expert and artist. Yachting 1895. Volume one of two only. Second edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece twenty plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. Written by Sir Edward Sullivan an Irish lawyer and a Liberal Member of Parliament for Mallow with contributions from many others. Big Game Shooting 1903. Volume two of two only. New edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece sixteen plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. Written by Clive Phillips-Wolley a British-Canadian official author and big game hunter with contributions from many others. Riding and Polo 1905. New edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece twenty-five plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. Written by Captain Robert Weir a British sportsman and writer and J. Moray Brown a British Army Officer who wrote several books on sporting topics. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine with a large split to the head of volume five. Front hinge held by cords only to volume one with frontispiece loosening. Rear hinge starting but firm to volume four. Hinges failed to volume five with text block detached from binding. Internally generally firmly bound. Frontispiece and pages i to xii of volume five are detached but present. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and the odd small handling mark. Further spotting and light age toning to the endpapers. Bookseller's blind stamp to the front endpaper. Contemporary ink inscription to the title page of volume two. Pencil inscriptions to the front endpapers of volume five. Good Only Longmans, Green, and Co. hardcover
1880937T4London: Frederick Warne and Co. c1880-1890. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. Including Edgar Allen Poe a smart collection of fourteen volumes from the Chandos Classics series. Fourteen volumes. Chandos Classics series. This set contains: The Complete Poetical Works and Essays of Edgar Allan Poe Together with his Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. Written by Edgar Allan Poe an American writer poet editor and literary critic best known for his poetry and short stories involving mystery and the macabre. Edited by John Henry Ingram an English biographer and editor with a special interest in Edgar Allan Poe. The Diary of Samuel Pepys Esq. F.R.S. from 1659 to 1669 with Memoir. Written by Samuel Pepys an English diarist and naval administrator. Edited by Lord Braybrooke a British peer clergyman and academic. The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. Revised with notes by Reverend George Fyler Townsend a British editor and the translator of the standard English edition of Aesop's Fables. The Romance of London. Written by John Timbs an English author and antiquary. The Diary of John Evelyn Esq. F.R.S. from 1641 to 1705-6 with Memoir. Written by John Evelyn an English writer landowner gardener courtier and minor government official best remembered as a diarist. Edited by William Bray an English antiquary. Bacon's Essays Including his Moral and Historical Works with Memoir Notes and Glossary. Written by Francis Bacon an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I. Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha. Written by Miguel De Servantes Saavedra a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. Translated by Peter Anthony Motteux a French-born English author playwright and translator. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. Written by Sir Walter Scott a Scottish novelist poet and historian. The Constitutional History of England From Edward I to Henry VII with The Constitution of England. Written by Hallam an English fellow of the Royal Society and a trustee of the British Museum and Jean-Louis de Lolme a Genevan and British political theorist and writer on constitutional matters. The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Written by Rudolf Erich Raspe a German librarian writer and scientist. Illustrated by George Cruikshank a British caricaturist and book illustrator. Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. Written by Samuel Johnson an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet playwright essayist moralist literary critic sermonist biographer editor and lexicographer. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Three of four volumes lacking volume one. Written by Edward Gibbon an English essayist historian and politician best known for this his most important work. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. Front hinge starting but firm to Diary of John Evelyn. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Minor age toning to the endpapers with the odd ink inscription to the front endpaper. With light spotting to the first and last few pages of Don Quixote. Very Good Frederick Warne and Co. hardcover
1886937T23London: Longmans Green and Co. 1886-1898. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Various. A collection of seventeen illustrated volumes on sport from The Badminton Library many of which are first editions. Seventeen volumes. The Badminton Library. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A collection of volumes on sports and pastimes from the sporting and publishing project conceived by Longmans Green & Co. and edited by Henry Somerset 8th Duke of Beaufort. Between 1885 and 1902 it developed into a series of sporting books which aimed to cover comprehensively all major sports and pastimes. With contributions from authors such as: Arthur Coventry Hon. R. H. Lyttelton Captain Robert Weir Clive Phillipps-Wolley and Lilly Grove amongst others. Illustrated by artists such as: John Sturgess A. Lang R. A. H. Mitchell J. Wolf Percy Macquoid Lucien Davis C. E. Brock and many more. This set contains: Racing and Steeple-Chasing 1886. Second edition. Hunting 1886. Third edition. Fishing: Salmon and Trout 1888. Fourth edition. Athletics and Football 1888. New edition. Illustrated with six plates. Collated complete. Driving 1889. Second edition. Cricket 1889. Third edition. Illustrated with ten plates. Collated complete. Cycling 1889. Second edition. Riding and Polo 1891. First edition. Illustrated with seventeen plates. Collated complete. Mountaineering 1892. First edition. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated complete. Skating and Figure Skating 1892. First edition. Illustrated with eleven plates. Collated complete. Big Game Shooting 1894. Complete in two volumes. First Edition. Volume one is illustrated with nineteen plates and volume two is illustrated with sixteen plates. Collated complete. Dancing 1895. First edition. Sea Fishing 1895. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-one plates. Collated complete. The Poetry of Sport 1896. First Edition. Illustrated with thirty-one plates. Collated complete. Billiards 1896. First edition. Illustrated with ten plates. Collated complete. Rowing and Punting 1898. First edition. Illustrated with nineteen plates. Collated complete. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. The odd small split to the cloth at the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light spotting and age toning to the endpapers with the occasional ink inscription to the front endpaper. Newspaper article pasted to the front pastedown of Racing and Steeple-Chasing Fishing and Hunting. Very Good Longmans, Green, and Co. hardcover
1900943T11Paris: Not Stated c1900. Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 7.5". Not Stated. A smartly bound collection of twenty-three works on Egyptian antiquities and archaeological findings in the original French. French. Twenty-three volumes or essays bound into one. The Annales du Service des Antiquités de L'Egypte is a research publication focused on Egyptology that began printing in 1900. Illustrated with thirty-three plates and numerous in text figures. This volume contains essays entitled: Second Rapport sur les Travaux Executes a Karnak. Inscriptions Hieroglyphiques Trouvees dans le Caire. Un Sarcophage de Gaou. La Princesse Mirit-Tafnouit. Fouilles a Gebel-el-Teyr. Sarcophages Egyptiens. Fouilles a Tehneh. Inscriptions Hieroglyphiques du Musee D'Alexandrie. Rapport Sur Kom El-Hisn. Report of the Work Done at Aswan. Tombe de Hor-Kheb. Report on General Work Done in the Southern Inspectorate. Report on Work Done in Upper Egypt. Un Tombeau a Zeitoun. Report on Work Done in the Gebel Esh-Sheikh Abd-El-Kurneh at Thebes. Report of the Excavations and Other Work. La Protection de Philae. Sur Une Stele Copte. Rapport Sur Une Statue de Tigresse ou de Lionne. Work of the Expedition of the University of California at Naga-Ed-Der. A Propos de Beni Hassan. Statue de Sedher Le Sauveur. Une Stele Fragmentee d'Abousir. Bound in full cloth. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. A small mark to the spine. Front hinge just starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and occasional ink annotation. Very Good Not Stated hardcover
1886936T91London: Longmans Green and Co. 1886-1890. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". Various. A collection of five illustrated volumes on sport from The Badminton Library with a first edition of the volume on Tennis. Five volumes. The Badminton Library. A collection of volumes on sports and pastimes from the sporting and publishing project conceived by Longmans Green & Co. and edited by Henry Somerset 8th Duke of Beaufort. Between 1885 and 1902 it developed into a series of sporting books which aimed to cover comprehensively all major sports and pastimes. This set contains: Fishing 1886. Third edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. Written by Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell a British writer on angling poet and Inspector of Sea Fisheries. Shooting: Moor & Marsh 1887. Second edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece seven plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. Written by Thomas de Grey Lord Walsingham an English politician and amateur entomologist and Sir Ralph William Frankland Payne-Gallwey an English engineer historian ballistics expert and artist. Shooting: Field & Covert 1887. Second edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece ten plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. Written by Thomas de Grey Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph William Frankland Payne-Gallwey. Boating 1889. Second edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece nine plates numerous in-text images and four maps. Collated complete. Written by Walter Bradford Woodgate a British barrister and oarsman who won the Wingfield Sculls and various events at Henley Royal Regatta including the Silver Goblets and the Diamond Challenge Sculls. Tennis and Lawn Tennis 1890. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece eleven plates and numerous in-text images. Written by Charles Gilbert Heathcote an English barrister and tennis player who was one of the founders of the All England Club and played in the first Wimbledon Championships in 1877. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown of Tennis. Very Good Longmans, Green, and Co. hardcover
1962952Y1New York : Harcourt Brace and World Inc; The Bobbs-Merrill Company et al 1962-2007. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None . A terrific range of works from American poets as well as from leading Australian poet of his generation Les Murray. All first editions except for 'Biplane Houses' which is a proof copy of the first US edition. A delightful set of poetical works the majority of which are written by American poets. Notable works include a very scarce proof copy of Les Murray's work 'The Biplane Houses' and a review copy of a debut book of poetry by American novelist Bradford Morrow. 'Poems' 'Ransoms' 'Center of the Circle' and 'Collected Poems' bound in the original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Remaining volumes are bound in the publishers' wraps with flyleaves to 'Posthumes'. The entirety of this set includes the following: The Center of the Circle by Bink Noll 1962 In Time: Poems 1962-1968 by Joel Oppenheimer 1969 Ransoms by Leslie Norris 1970 Three Poems by Alan Pryce-Jones 1973 Why I Lived in the Forest by James Nolan 1974 The Great Mother and Other Poems by Michele Murray 1974 The Collected Poems of George Oppen 1975 Allophanes by George Bowering 1976 Limited edition of 1000 copies Two Brooklyn Poems by Robin Tewes 1981 Posthumes by Bradford Morrow 1982 Review copy of his debut collection with the publisher's review slips laid in. The Biplane Houses by Les Murray 2007 A very scarce uncorrected proof copy of the first US edition 'Poems' 'Ransoms' 'Center of the Circle' and 'Collected Poems' bound in the original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Remaining volumes are bound in the publishers' wraps with flyleaves to 'Posthumes'. Externally excellent with shelf wear. Minor marks to the wrap of 'Great Mother'. Dust wrappers are very smart with slight sunning to the spines. 1" closed tear to the rear panel of 'Ransoms' and scattered spotting to its wrap and the wrap of 'Joel Oppenheimer'. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc; The Bobbs-Merrill Company et al hardcover
