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1879303196Mexico: Dublan Y Cia. Fair. 1879. Ex-library. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with catalog number on spine. Ink stamp on front blank two ink stamps on title page. Leather portions of binding have areas of surface loss. Spine has heavy wear to the upper end and an area of loss in the center. Covers have heavy wear to the upper edges. Some pages including title page have a trace of foxing. ; Spanish text. Three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards. . Dublan Y Cia hardcover
183526487Boston: James Munroe and Company 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. 528pp. A fair copy bound in worn and stained brown cloth lacking the spine. Very foxed last few pages severely. Some pages stained at one corner. <br/><br/> James Munroe and Company hardcover
1882green165187L N Fowler. good. . 1882 green decorative boards head & tail of spine chipped front ocver loose contents clean binding tight no markings Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1882. Hardcover. L N Fowler hardcover
1842kb589.979GB: Longman Brown Green & Longmans 1842. Printed by J. & R. Aked of Low Street Keighley. Contemporary ribbed blind embossed cloth has been rebacked in plain cloth. Yellow glossy endpapers repaired. Text is fairly clean and tight but slight loss to some upper corners. Cloth rather marked. So just an adequate reading copy. Modern title label on spine. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Good/No Dw. Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Hardcover
1883346838Northampton: John Taylor 22 Guild Street. London: L.N. Fowler Imperial Buildings Ludgate Circus 1883. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in original pictorial gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn and panel edges bumped and dust dulled as with age. Text remains clear without blemish. Provenance: ex-library copy. Physical description: 8 166 2 p. ; 18cm. Subjects:Northampton mercury.Legends England Northamptonshire. Legends England. 19th century description and travel. Northampton: John Taylor, 22, Guild Street. London: L.N. Fowler, Imperial Buildings, Ludgate Circus hardcover
18689931Story W. W. <i>Graffiti D'Italia</i>. New York: Charles Scribner & Co. 1868. First Edition. 8vo. 412 pp. <br /><br />Hardcover no dust jacket. Good hardcover bound in brown cloth with Story's monogram in gilt on cover with black and gilt lines and gilt title and author on spine. There is wear and some fraying at the corners and edges. The inside hinges have cracked but the super is holding. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. Text is clean but there are a few stray pencil marks on first and last pages.<br /><br />William Wetmore Story was the son of Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story of Massachusetts. After becoming a sculptor and rejecting the law WW Story moved to Italy. A contemporary of Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Brownings Story wrote the poems in this volume as dramatic pieces in the voice of historical personages or fictitious characters.<br /><br /> Charles Scribner & Co. hardcover
1900240129-MB12McLoughlin Brothers 1900. Good Hardcover with Full Color illustrations . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. McLoughlin Brothers Hardcover
1890926P11London: L. N. Fowler & Co c1890. Cloth. Good Only. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A very scarce treatise on physiognomy and phrenology by Alfred Thomas Story with illustrated figures throughout. A very scarce work.A treatise of physiognomy and phrenology by Alfred Thomas Story. With in-text illustrations throughouts.Physiognomy is a pseudoscience in which you can read a person's face and from that assess their character and personality. The science was popular with the ancient Greeks falling into disrepute in the centuries after until Johann Kaspar Lavater popularised it again in the late eighteenth century. The science alongside phrenology enjoyed a vogue throughout the nineteenth century.Prior owner's pencil notes to the endpapers and margins regarding the text.Collated complete.One page of adverts to the rear.Undated dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally generally smart. Light rubbing and marks to the cloth. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A small amount of loss to the head and tail of the spine. Cloth to the boards is a little cockled. Internally binding is strained in places with many pages detached or working loose. Pages are age-toned and generally clean with a tidemark to the head of the textblock. Pencil annotations to the margins and endpapers. Good Only L. N. Fowler & Co hardcover
184574102Liverpool: Printed for the author 1845. 8vo. Liverpool printing. xxiii 1 136 pp. Original wraps in patterned cloth. Binding slanted with some marks/ stains to boards and wear to spine ends. Small corner torn of the blue endpapers and light marks/ foxing to the edges of leaves. Small bookplate to endpapers of J. O. Edwards. Robert Story 'the Craven Poet' was presented to Napoleon III in Paris as successor to Robert Burns. . Good. Original Wraps. 1845. Printed for the author [1845] paperback
18771000822.41Chapman & Hall London 1877. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo hardcover brown cloth no dj. About vg condition for its age. Ex-lib copy circulation policy sheet pasted down to front endpaper light markings to opening pgs. & stamp on 2 interior pgs. not obscuring text partial lower spine label. Boards just lightly rubbed frontis. plate loose laid in w/ sm edge-nicks title pg. loosening; binding is slightly loose but intact a big fragile; contents otherwise clean hinges firm. 238 pp. 9 plates. Chapman & Hall, London hardcover
1889mon0000995136L.N. Fowler 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Pages clean and bright Binding firm Light wear to edges Some rubbing to spine. L.N. Fowler hardcover
186130892London: Longman Green Longman and Roberts 1861. Very Good. London: Longman Green Longman and Roberts 1861. First Edition. Octavo 19cm.; publisher's dark violet gilt-and blind-stamped cloth all edges gilt yellow glazed endpapers; xcv220010pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece. Cloth rather scuffed and rubbed at margins with exposure at corners spine toned to tan slightly later 1873 ownership signature to front free endpaper else a Very Good sound example. List of subscribers bound in rear. <br /> <br /> Posthumously published compilation of the works of one of the major-minor Victorian poets Robert Story whose youthful dabbling as a gardener shepherd and farm-hand infused his poetry with "a certain rustic vigor of life" per Carlyle see the DNB Vol. XVIII p. 1318. Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts unknown
18511393770Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1851. Hardcover. Octavo Two volumes xii 574 pages ; viii 676 pages. In Fair condition. Ex-library: call number in ink on spines pin-hole library stamp on title pages. Spines are black with gold print. Boards in black cloth. Tattering to spine caps and corners torn hinges smudging/shelf wear. Text block gilt worn off top edge presentation note in ink on front endpapers light puckering to paper intermittent spine breaks first volume has cracked hinges and damp stains to top fore corner of initial pages. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait in first volume.<br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates.<br /> <br /> NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P. 1393770. FP New Rockville Stock. Charles C. Little and James Brown hardcover
18761358429London: Chapman and Hall 1876. Hardcover. Octavo; 594 pages; G-; Bound in white leather with gilt lettering and detailing; Textblock edges red; Boards strong bowing to covers moderate edgewear; Textblock has waviness to pages from water exposure moisture staining to pages frontispiece title page and copyright page detached from binding; RWO. 1358429. FP New Rockville Stock. Chapman and Hall hardcover
1862023186NY: Johnson Fry & Company 1862. Print. Illus. by Alonzo Chappel. VG. No Binding. Sized 8.25 x 11.25 inches unsigned engraver after the painting by Chappel generally sharp clean and bright. Johnson, Fry & Company unknown
188139237Paisley: Alexander Gardner 1881. Spine ever so slightly bumped and darkened. Very clean and bright but front gutter is cracked causing slight loosening of binding in centre of book. 1st. Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 12mo. Alexander Gardner Hardcover
182955461Boston: Hilliard Gray Little and Wilkins 1829. First edition 8vo pp. 60; removed from binding; very good. Story was the first Dane Professor at Harvard a position he took while serving on the U.S. Supreme Court. American Imprints 40553; Sabin 92301. Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins unknown
182851850Boston: Hilliard Gray Little and Wilkins 1828. Pamphlet. Small 4to. Wrappers. 90pp. Very good. Mildly age toned with bit of light edgewear. First edition of this account -- by the Massachusetts Congressman remembered as the youngest U.S. Supreme Court associate justice ever appointed 1779-1845. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 35420 BRADFORD 5255 SABIN 92299. Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins unknown
1801NC0187Cottom and Stewart 1801. Hardcover. Acceptable. Alexandria 1801; leather covered boards; edge and corner wear with board exposed; covers scuffed; 12mo 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; Previous owner's name on front paste-down; tide mark throughout; foxed; pages wavy; interior is clean and unmarked; 248 pages. Cottom and Stewart hardcover
1899287203Pittsfield Maine: Privately Printed 1899 Green Card Cover With Engraving Of Maine Central Institute. Preface 16 Chapters With Authors Cited. 76 Pgs. Quite Rare Not In Minerva Or Worldcat. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Privately Printed paperback
1875224<p>Graffiti D'Italia by W.W. Story 1875 2nd Edition.</p><p>Marbled Boards average wear and condition.</p> William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
18647170New York: Sunday-School Union 1864. Hardcover. Very good . 32mo 57pp. illustrated plus advertisements. Very good or slightly better in the publisher's blind-tooled textured red cloth. Spine gently cocked hinges tender but a clean copy. Spine gilt dulled. Diminutive volume of juvenile literature quite scarce; we note no copies in commerce as of this listing and just seven in OCLC Strong San Jose Public U FLorida U N TX U Washington AAS Drew U. AAS's listing notes a possible pub date of 1864. Sunday-School Union hardcover
188915469London: Authors' Co-operative Publishing Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine darkened. Small losses at ends of spine. Some splitting to top of lower joint. Previous owner's signatures in ink on front board front endpaper and page one. Ex-libris bookplate of Hardwicke Knight on front endpaper. Some pencil underlining on page 15. Boards rubbed with some foxing and small stains. ; viii 214 pages. White vellum-like boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 176 x 112mm. Uncut at fore and lower page edges. Character studies descriptions of various types autobiographical sketches essays. "It is a good thing to lie in the open sometimes and to keep near the ground" - page 25. "There is one good thing about the sparrow as an article of diet: no one ever caught a podagra from gourmandising on it." - page 41. Contents: The Street Musician; Gardens; Tramps; The Sparrow; The Raree Show; Gipsies; The Ballad Singer; The Ass; Strawberries; The Pedler; Dolls; The Itinerant Preacher; The Tinker; The Grave-Digger; The Carrier; The Vagrom Artist; Bridges; The Wing Maker. Seller ref: KnightCol.; 8vo . Authors' Co-operative Publishing Co. hardcover
18931089621893. London: Swan Sonnehschein 1893. <br /> <br /> 8vo 8 160 pp.With a portrait frontispiece and 4 plates. Very good in original brown buckram with top edge gilt.<br /> <br /> § First edition large-paper issue limited to 280 copies. Story wrote the life of Linnell and had access to much original Blake material through Linnell's sons; four of the five illustrations here are reproduced from original drawings. Bentley Blake Books 2772. unknown
189351081893. London: Swan Sonnenschein 1893. <br /> <br /> 8vo 8 160pp. With a portrait frontispiece and 4 plates. Original brown buckram lettered in gilt gilt top. Edges slightly rubbed and fraying; very good copy. <br /> <br /> § First edition large-paper issue limited to 280 copies. Story wrote the life of Linnell and had access to much original Blake material through Linnell's sons; four of the five illustrations here are reproduced from original drawings. Bentley 2772. unknown
