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1889012028Yale College New Haven 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 4to. Text contains minor marks/notes in pencil. Green gilt-stamped cloth over boards text block dyed dark pink 202 pages illustrated with 4 original tipped-in photographs of the campus. Covers worn especially at corners and spine ends both hinges cracked ffep and two blank leaves loose pages toned some pages have chips on edges tissue protecting photos is foxed still highly readable. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3 lbs 2 oz. Category: Groups Clubs & Associations; Picture 3: front hinge. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 012028. . Yale College hardcover
1871937T8London: The Religious Tract Society 1871. Cloth. Good. 11" by 8". Not Stated. A very scarce copy of this illustrated collection of short stories and verses for children from the Religious Tract Society. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece title vignette thirty-five plates sixteen of which are in colour and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of hymns verses and short stories for children about the year. With titles such as: Winter in the Country A Lesson from a Sparrow Spring Flowers Sabbath Bells in June The Rising Moon and November Bonfires amongst others. From The Religious Tract Society a British evangelical Christian organization founded in 1799 known for publishing a variety of popular religious and quasi-religious texts in the nineteenth century. Dated from the British Library. In the original full cloth binding. Externally sound with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Minor loss and light splits to the cloth at the head and tail of the spine. Hinges just starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and the odd small handling mark. The odd small closed tear to the page edges. With age toning to the endpapers and a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Good The Religious Tract Society hardcover
1871937T9London: The Religious Tract Society 1871. Cloth. Very Good. 11" by 8". Not Stated. A very scarce copy of this illustrated collection of short stories and verses for children from the Religious Tract Society. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece title vignette thirty-five plates sixteen of which are in colour and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of hymns verses and short stories for children about the year. With titles such as: Winter in the Country A Lesson from a Sparrow Spring Flowers Sabbath Bells in June The Rising Moon and November Bonfires amongst others. From The Religious Tract Society a British evangelical Christian organization founded in 1799 known for publishing a variety of popular religious and quasi-religious texts in the nineteenth century. Dated from the British Library. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Age toning to the endpapers. Very Good The Religious Tract Society hardcover
1868994N35London: The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited 1868. Cloth. Very Good. 11.5" by 8". Various. A comprehensive set on upcoming knowledge regarding physics mathematics chemistry and biology with various portraits diagrams and plates. An early edition of The Circle of the Science: A cyclopaedia of Experimental Chemical Mathematica & Mechanical Philosophy and Natural History with an introductory discourse of the Objects Pleasures and Advantages of Science by Henry Brougham. Edited by James Wylde. Published by The London Printing and Publishing Company in c.1868. Volumes I and II in nine books.In the publisher's original maroon decorative cloth. A very informative set that offers readers the latest knowledge on science covering physics biology chemistry and mathematics. Volume I - Focusing on light heat electricity and photography. Contains a frontispiece of Michael Faraday and five other monochrome plates. Collated complete.Volume II - Focusing on magnetism acoustics chemistry and arithmetic. Contains a frontispiece J.F.W. Herschel and five other monochrome plates. Collated complete. Volume III - Focusing on algebra logarithms geometry and trigonometry. Contains a frontispiece of Olinthus Gregory and five other monochrome plates. Collated complete.Volume IV - Focusing on mechanics steam power and astronomy. Contains a frontispiece of Morrison's patent double-acting steam hammer and five other monochrome plates including a folding plate. Collated complete. Volume V - Focusing on astronomy including navigation and nautical astronomy as well as meteorology. Contains a frontispiece of astronomic devices and four other monochrome plates including two folding maps. Collated complete.Volume VI - Focusing on meteorology and beginning volume II on Natural History including on comparative physiology and zoology. Contains Seven monochrome plates including three folding plates. Collated complete.Volume VII - Focusing on zoology including on entomology ornithology and herpetology. Contains six monochrome plates including two folding plates and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated complete.Volume VIII - Focusing on zoology ethnology and botany. Contains a frontispiece of Richard Owen as well as five other monochrome plates and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated complete.Volume IX - Focusing on crystallography minerology geography and geology. Contains six monochrome plates. Collated complete. In the publisher's original maroon decorative cloth. Externally smart with the rare small mark to boards except marks to top left of front board to volume VI. Fading to spines lighter to volumes VII-IX. Slight bumping to the heads and tails of the spines and to the extremities. Minor edgewear. End papers are bright and generally clean with the small odd mark rarer to vol. I and more frequent to vol. V. Internally firmly bound with exceptions tender binding to leaves pp.484-487 of vol. VIII and slight wear to hinge between leaves pp.802-803 of vol. IV. Pages are bright and clean with the rare spot generally on verso of plates and slight browning to final leaves of vols. IV VI and IX. Very Good The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited hardcover
1829JD1258Jesper Harding 1829. Hardcover. Acceptable. Philadelphia 1829; Volume IV for the year of 1829 only; full year run of issues for 1829; marbled paper covered boards; leather corners and spine; heavy edge and corner wear with board exposed; leather rot with spine edges chipped and missing; covers scuffed; joints cracked; 4to9 3/4" to 12" tall; hinges split; end papers foxed; text pages very lightly foxed; interior is clean and unmarked; 414 pages; Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book. Jesper Harding hardcover
1869955T24London: Rivingtons 1869. Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5". Various. A smart volume of The Church Builder with sixteen issues from three volumes bound into one illustrated throughout. Including No. XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII XXXIX XXXXL XLI XLII XLIII and XLIV. From the years 1869-70 1871 and 1872. Illustrated with three title vignettes twenty plates two folding plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A British quarterly journal on church extensions across England and Wales with reference to memorials paintings materials and more. Includes contemporary news on individual churches and events. The journal served as a platform to discuss and promote church extension efforts in England and Wales. Previously held in the library of Peter Burman a British architectural historian. Bound in half calf with marbled boards. Externally sound with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd mark to the boards. Hinges starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Good Rivingtons hardcover
1868960T35London: Rivingtons 1868-1869. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 4.5". Various. A smart volume of The Church Builder with eight issues from two volumes bound into one illustrated throughout. The Church Builder With eight issues from two volumes bound into one including No. XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI and XXXII. From the years 1868 to 1869. Illustrated with ten plates one folding plate and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A British quarterly journal on church extensions across England and Wales with reference to memorials paintings materials and more. Includes contemporary news on individual churches and events. The journal served as a platform to discuss and promote church extension efforts in England and Wales. Bound in half calf with marbled boards. Externally smart with light rubbing to the extremities and minor bumping. The odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Rivingtons hardcover
185163018New Haven CT: George B. Bassett 1851. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 640pp. Old half leather & marbled boards. Lower corners of first several pages are lightly stained. Otherwise about vg with good binding pages & inner hinges. <br/> <br/> George B. Bassett hardcover
184963042New Haven CT: Bassett & Bradley 1849. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Circa 1849. Half leather & marbled boards. 632pp. Scattered foxing not too bad. Edges rubbed. <br/> <br/> Bassett & Bradley hardcover
1859708P2London: Longman & Co 1859-79. Leather. Very Good. 10" by 6.5". None. A collection of sixteen volumes of the influential and monumental 'Rolls Series' detailing the Medieval history of Britain. Sixteen volumes of the 'Rolls Series' the major collection of British and Irish historical documents and sources detailing medieval England is great detail. Rare to find in this condition and these are private copies without the library markings usually seen. "Fr. Rogeri Bacon Opera Quaedam Hactenus Inedita" published in 1859 edited by J. S. Brewer. This volumes contains "Opus Tertium" "Opus Minus" and "Compendium Philosophiae". The title page states that this is Volume I though it doesn"t appear that a second volume was published. "Roberti Grosseteste Episcopi Quondam Lincolniensis Epistolae" published 1861 edited by Henry Richards Luard. Bound without frontispiece. "Narratives of the Expulsion of the English From Normandy M.CCCC.XLIX. - M.CCCC.L. Robertus Blondelli de Reductione Normannlae le Recouvrement de Normendie par Berry Herault du Roy. Conferences Between the Ambassadors of France and England" published in 1863 edited by Joseph Stevenson. "A Collection of the Chronicles and Ancient Histories of Great Britain Now Called England" published in 1864 by John de Wavrin translated by William Hardy. This volume looks from Albina to A.D. 688. Incomplete in one volume being Volume I of a total of III volumes. "Magna Vita S. Hugonis Episcopi Lincolniensis" published 1864 edited by James F. Dimock. Printed from manuscripts in the Bodleian Library in Oxford and the Imperial Library in Paris. "Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the First" published in 1864 and 1879 edited and translated by Alfred J. Horwood. In two volumes. Volume I looks at the years XXXII to XXXIII Volume II looks at the years XXXIV to XXXV. Thirty-four pages of publisher"s adverts to the rear. "Le Livere de Reis de Brittanie e le Livere de Reis de Engletere" published 1865 edited by John Glover. "Willelmi Rishanger Quondam Monachi S. Albani et Quorundam Anonymorum Chronica et Annales Regnantibus Henrico Tertio et Edward Primo" published in 1865 edited by Henry Thomas Riley. This volume looks at A.D. 1259-1307. "Le Livere de Reis de Brittanie e le Livere de Reis de Engletere" published 1865 edited by John Glover. "Johannis de Trokelowe et Henrici de Blaneforde Monachorum S. Albani Necnon Quorundam Anonymprum Chronica et Annales Regnatibus Henrico Tertio Edwardo Primo Edward Secundo Ricardo Secundo et Henrico Quarto" published in 1866 edited by Henry Thomas Riley. This volume looks at A.D. 1259-1296 1307-1324 and 1392-1406. Illustrated with one folding table. Bound without frontispiece. "Liber Monasterii de Hyda; Comprising a Chronicle of the Affairs of England From the Settlement of the Saxons to the Reign of King Cnut; and a Chartulary of the Abbey of Hyde in Hampshire" published in 1866 edited by Edward Edwards. Looking at A.D. 455-1023. "The Chronicle of Pierre de Langtoft in French Verse From the Earliest Period to the Death of King Edward I" published in 1866 edited by Thomas Wright. Volume I of II only. "Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani a Thoma Walsingham Regnante Ricardo Secundo Ejusdem Ecclesiae Praecentore Compilata" published in 1867 edited by Henry Thomas Riley. Incomplete in two volumes being Volumes I and II of a total of III volumes. Volume I contains A.D. 793-1290 and Volume II contains A.D. 1290-1349. "Chronica Magistri Rogeri de Houedene" published in 1868 and 1869 edited by William Stubbs. In two volumes. Incomplete as two volumes being Volumes I and II of a total of IV volumes. "The History of the English" published in 1879 by Henry Archdeacon of Huntingdon edited by Thomas Arnold. Looking at A.C. 55 to A.D. 1154. Thirty-four pages of publisher"s adverts to the rear. In the original quarter leather binding with cloth to the boards. Externally generally smart. Some light marks and patches of rubbing to the boards and spines. Just a small amount of bumping to the extremities. Some spots to the fore edges. A very small amount of loss to the spine of "A Collection of the Chronicles and Ancient Histories of Great Britain". Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some spots mostly to the first and last few pages. "The History of the English" uncut to the fore edge. Very Good Longman & Co hardcover
1867842A46London : The Chromolithograph Zorn & Co. 1867-8. Cloth. Good Only. 11" by 8". Various. A scarce volume containing the consecutive numbers from November 1867 to February 1868 of 'The Chromolithograph' journal of art. Bound without title page. Vol. I of two from November 1867 to February 1868. A scarce work only catalogued on Copac at the University of the Arts of London and the University of Cambridge Libraries both single volumes. Complete sets have not been seen at auction in recent times. Journal of art literature and decoration published by Zorn & Co. Featuring a miscellany of articles dedicated to the arts as well as exhibition reviews biographies notes and studies of techniques.This volume was bound without its title page. Featuring numerous lithographs in text as well as thirty-one chromolithographs tipped in. Collated without a chromolithographic plate for Feb 1 18 '1st Illustration - Objects in Soapstone from India.' In full cloth binding. Externally with shelf wear bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities front joint starting mark to rear board. Considerable damp and consequent cockling to boards. Previous ownership inscription to first leaf of text undated. Internally firmly bound. Minor spotting and offsetting to occasional leaf. Good Only [The Chromolithograph (Zorn & Co.)] hardcover
188042833Eight coloured engravings of different travel destinations including Venice Lake of ComoWindermereMont Blanc New York Heidelberg Constantinople & Bantry Bay Religious Tract Society hardcover
1859LTH9-F-19London: Religious Tract Society 1859. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". None. An interesting anthology from the Religious Tract Society. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seven colour plates. A selection of poetry prose and essays by various authors published by the Religious Tract Society. No date to this work dated from Copac. The Religious Tract Society was a publisher of Christian literature intended for evangelism. Their main publications were aimed at children women and the poor. In a full morocco binding with gilt stamping to the board edges and spine. Externally smart with small patches of rubbing to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Prize bookplate to front pastedown Birmingham Educational Association Prize Scheme awarded to Samuel Edkins. Bookseller's label to front pastedown Religious Tract Society Birmingham. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with instances of scattered spots throughout. Very Good Religious Tract Society hardcover
1867010847United Kingdom: John Snow & Co 1867. Hardcover. Poor/NO Dustwrapper. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Includes poetry biographical notes obituaries and articles on biblical interpretation prayer missionary work etc. John Snow & Co. London 1867. viii 568pp hb spine frayed front cover detached. pages browned inscription inside front cover & on fep contents sound poor <br/> <br/> John Snow & Co hardcover
1837dale204Rowe Whimpole Street Plymouth 1837 Rowe Whimpole Street Plymouth 1837 half leather hardback with marble boards and Christian Witness 1834 decorative gilt title to spine 468 marble edge pages paper marble cover to rear cover loosening just a few annotations but still in acceptable tight clean reading order. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour dispatch via Tracked If not pictured in this listing a scan of the actual book is available on request. Hardcover. Fair. Rowe Whimpole Street Plymouth hardcover
185513849Religious Tract London 1855. Second Edition. Hardcover Embossed Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Kronheim. Size: Small Octavo. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is loose but fully intact. Moderately foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription in ink neat dated 1860. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. All edges gilt faded. The publication date given above is an estimate only there being no date given in the book. Illustrator: Kronheim. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item not stock photos. Inventory No: 13849. . Religious Tract hardcover
1809065584Duke Street Liverpool: Printed by Nuttall Fisher and Dixon 1809. Leather Bound. Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Embellished and enriched by engravings. Firmly bound original full leather binding rubbed and worn heavily worn on the corners foxing and marks on some pages title on the spine is Woods's Bible although I could not find the name Woods as editor inside. The very large and heavy volume may have an extra postage charge for orders outside the United Kingdom. <br/> <br/> Printed by Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon hardcover
1865284391United Kingdom: Reliigous Tract Society 1865. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback undated but we think about 1860-1865 gift inscription to a previous owner is dated 1867. Measuring 6 1/2" x 4" and bound in blind stamped green cloth lettered and blocked with a design in gilt all edges gilt. A very good tightly bound copy tissue guarded colour plates of flora by Kronheim & Co. the body of text clean and unmarked. The work consists of selected passages of prose and poetry 251pp. Reliigous Tract Society Hardcover
1876826P28Hong Kong; Shanghai; London: China Mail" Office; Kelly & Walsh; Trubner & Co 1876. Leather. Good. 9.5" by 7". None. Volume IV of the scarce 'China Review' a journal containing many fascinating and educational articles on various aspects of China and Chinese culture. A scarce and important work.Volume IV of 'The China Review' this volume including the issues from July 1875 to June 1876 including all six issues bound in one volume.Bound without the title page and index to the contents a total of two leaves.'The China Review' was an academic journal published from 1872 to 1901 providing a wealth of articles about China written by foreign scholars.This volume includes fascinating articles such as 'The Folklore of China' 'Cosmogony and Religion' 'Ostriculture in China' 'Chinese Exploration of the Indian Ocean During the Fifteenth Century' 'The Prisons of Canton' 'A Trip to the Hot Springs of Yung Mak' 'The Chinese Vernacular' 'Pao-sze: The Cleopatra of China' 'The Lamentations and Death of Ch'ung Chen the Last Emperor of the Ming Dynasty' 'Essays on the Chinese Language' and many more.The first years of the journal were edited by Nicholas Belfeld Dennys who studied Chinese folklore publishing works such as 'The Treaty Ports of China' and 'Folklore of China'. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally rubbed with a little loss of leather to the head of the spine and to the extremities. Rubbing is a little heavier to the spine. Small crack to the head of the front joint. Numerical label to the front board. Pencil mark to the front board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot. Bound without the title page and index to the contents a total of two leaves. Stamp of the School of Oriental Studies in Finsbury Circus to the contents leaf of No.1. Good China Mail" Office; Kelly & Walsh; Trubner & Co hardcover
1889mon0000158667S. W. Partridge & Co London 1889-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-Library. Hardback/Hardcover. Clean copy in good condition. S. W. Partridge & Co, London hardcover
1853069657New York : General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union 1853. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. FIRST EDITION 1853. Twelve months of popular children's magazine in the nineteenth century presented in this small volume. Contains poetry short stories devotions and calendars for each month. Many black and white illustrations throughout. <br><br>CONDITION: Penniman Memorial Library of Education of Yale University was given this volume; bookplate inside front cover library label on spine; rebound in brown publishers cloth gilt title on spine. Very little shelf wear. Although month of January is heavily foxed readability is not compromised. Light foxing throughout. 294 pp. Full refund if not satisfied. General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union hardcover
1836069660New York : General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union 1836. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Various Illustrators. FIRST EDITION 1836. Twelve months of The Children's Magazine are presented in this small volume containing children's short stories devotions poetry woodcuts and descriptions of each calendar month. Frontispiece List of Cuts Index to Volume VIII vi 282 pp. <br><br>CONDITION: Half bound marbled boards red leather spine with gilt title. Heavily worn corners paper on back cover loosening crown of spine worn. Front hinge partially detached but pages intact. Rubbed and soiled; damp stained pages throughout on bottom yet easily read. Good condition for year published. Ex-library bookplate of Penniman Memorial Library of Education of Yale University inside front cover; library sticker on cover. Full refund if not satisfied. General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union hardcover
1830069738New York: General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Church Book Society 1830-1850. Paperback. Good. Various Woodcuts. The Children's Magazine was a monthly paperback containing various authors poetry devotions short stories and important dates for most months. This is a collection of 49 individual string bound issues covering the years 1830-1850. The issues are as follow:1830: January <br>1831: Feb. March April May June July August Sept. Oct. Nov. <br>1832: Feb. June July Aug. Sept. Dec. <br>1833: March May July Nov. <br>1840: February Sept. <br>1841: April Aug. Sept. Oct. Dec. <br>1842: May <br>1843: Sept. <br>1844: May <br>1945: May <br>1846: May Aug. Nov. <br>1847: May June Sept. Nov. <br>1848: Jan. Feb. May June July Sept. <br>1849: March Nov. Dec. <br>1850: Jan. Feb. <br><br>CONDITION: All small magazines are in good condition for year published; soiling tattered edges illustrations very readable. Collectors will cherish these magazines. Full refund if not satisfied. General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Church Book Society paperback
1889903T64London: The Religious Tract Society 1889. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6.5". Various. The first of this edition of the Child's Companion from the Religious Tract Society full of stories and illustrations for young readers. First edition for 1889. Very scarce edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and many in-text images. A collection of stories games poetry and puzzles for children including: At the Seaside Bible Puzzles Dolly's Kitty The Loyal Drummer-Boy A Child's Morning Hymn and more. Produced by The Religious Tract Society a British evangelical Christian organization founded in 1799 known for publishing a variety of popular religious and quasi-religious texts in the nineteenth century. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original pictorial green cloth binding with gilt. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small handling mark. Age toning to the endpapers with a small tear to the front endpaper. Very Good The Religious Tract Society hardcover
1882016377Chicago: Victor F. Lawson and Co 1882. Tabloid. Good. Large format tabloid newspaper. Single sheet four pages. Single issue of this Chicago newspaper published three days after the killing of Jesse James. This includes a lengthy account of the day of the killing including quotes from Robert Bob Ford the wife of Jesse James and some background into the plot of the killing. Also in this issue is a short paragraph on Dick Liddle a member of the James Gang and his testimony as to robberies committed by the gang; and a lengthy account of the Blue Cut Train Robbery by John Land recalling the actions of the James Gang. Various items of news and commentary present including the suicide of Cornelius Vanderbilt and the hanging of an African-American in Virginia Doc Wright who apparently murdered Coleman Arthur and who was suspected of being part of a secret society called "The True Friends." GOOD condition. Horizontal and vertical fold creases present. Minor loss along the left edge presumably nibbled away. General toning some foxing soiling and minor staining. A few chips and tears along the extremities. Victor F. Lawson and Co unknown
