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1841167561841. Women's Educational Movement. Rural Repository News Journal 1841 Poughkeepsie Female Academy Founding Story and Engraving. Large Item. Poughkeepsie Female Academy- Hudson NY. This news journal the "Rural Repository" leads with a full page story on the opening of the Poughkeepsie Female Academy and engravings. More than 30 years later Vassar College would open near the same site. <br /> <br /> Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." This document predates Seneca Falls by 7 years. unknown
1898462406London : Gresham Publishing Co 1898. First Memorial Edition. Hardcover. Very good copies all in the original gilt-decorated green cloth over bevelled boards now somewhat dust-dulled overall. Corners and joints slightly rubbed endbands somewhat more so. Text blocks remain tight. Foxing chiefly to the prelims scattered faintly and sparsely throughout. A well-preserved set overall. Physical description; complete in 4 volumes : illustrations portraits ; 25 cm. Subjects; Archer Thomas 1830-1893. Story Alfred Thomas 1842-1934. Gladstone W. E. William Ewart 1809-1898. Prime ministers Great Britain Biography. Statesmen Great Britain Biography. Great Britain Politics and government 1837-1901. Great Britain History Victoria 1837-1901. Great Britain Social conditions 19th century. London : Gresham Publishing Co hardcover
189859469London: The Gresham Publishing Company 1898. Cover designs by Talwin Morris. Light wear light foxing spine lightly rubbed clean and tidy overall. Cloth. Very Good Minus. 4to. The Gresham Publishing Company Hardcover
1898132507London: Gresham Publishing Co. 1898. Memorial Edition. Hardback. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked decorative bevelled boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong; 1 pages; Physical desc. : 4 vols. ; cm.25. Subject: Gladstone William Ewart 1809 -1898 London: Gresham Publishing Co. hardcover
1898809J15London: The Gresham Publishing Co 1898-99. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 7". Not Stated. A smart complete set of this illustrated work on the social and political career of former British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone in Talwyn Morris binding. A fascinating and comprehensive account of the life and political career of former British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. Gladstone served as Prime Minister for twelve years and had a political career lasting for over sixty years. This work was written with the intention of illustrating the social and political progress brought about by Gladstone's policies and government.From the Memorial Edition published during the year of Gladstone's death 1898. Complete in four uniform volumes in the classic Talwyn Morris binding. Including forty-four illustrated plates collated and complete. Written by Thomas Archer and revised and extended by Alfred Thomas Story. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Externally smart with some light shelf wear and darkening to the spines. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines. Internally front hinges of Volumes I and IV strained title page to Volume IV lifting slightly but still attached. Remaining binding is firm. Scattered spotting to the first and last few pages of each volume though remaining pages are generally bright and clean. Very Good The Gresham Publishing Co hardcover
1874BORllSTO17London: Macmillan And Co. 1874. 1874. 8vo. pp. xii 385 1 54ads. engraved frontis. portrait. contemporary half morocco t.e.g. joints & extremities slightly rubbed. First Edition. Davies & Keeler 3792. F. London: Macmillan And Co., 1874. unknown
1874168218London : Macmillan 1874. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 384 pages; Physical desc.: xii 384p 55p : ill front.port. Referenced by: NSTC 0724925. Subject: Carstares William 1649-1715. Clergy - England - Biography. London : Macmillan 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
18931010191893. 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 boards somewhat faded newspaper clippings from "The Manchester Daily Guardian Monday July 10 1911" pasted in; 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
189530283<p>SMALL HARDBACK NODustjacket Date Published: 1895 ON COPYRIGHT PG. 1st edition THUS VG/VG AS-IS NOJACKET SMALL GoldGILT red & BRown CRUSHED LEVANT LEATHER CVR SUPER EXTRA HAND FINISHED EDGES SEWN WITH SILK GILT TOPSHardback: Very Good. Binding firm. Beautiful Art Nouveau cover. Wear to cover sunning of spine. Interior clean and unmarked. No library markings in book. Dust Jacket: NO DJ issued. 4 1/4" by 6 1/4" 258pg. ads.</p> Henry Altemus PHILADELPHIA hardcover
1898346H3096London: George Newnes Limited 1898. Book. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The second issue of this popular and long-lived publication. Pages 114-224. Features: Canadian Curiosities - article with great illustrations; The Marvelous Feats of Juggler Ram Pershad; Earth Pyramids in the Rosengarten Mountains; "For the Company's Credit" - story of an ocean-liner race; The Queerest Monarch in the World - Mwanga King of Uganda illustrated article; The Wreck of the "Rising Sun" - fire at sea; Picnics in Perak - article with photo of many Malay sultans aboard elephants crossing a river; The Telegraphist of Neufchateau - true WWI story; The Romance of the Mission Field - part 1; Across the Atlantic in an Open Boat - article with photo of Harvo and Samuelson in their rowboat "Fox"; The Mysterious Tramp; Tree-Blazing - how explorers in Australia's interior mark trees to guide those who may come after them; Bagging a Man-Eater - Major A. St. H. Gibbons kills a lion to protect villagers - article with photo; "The Miracle of Moses" - the Platte High Line Canal in Colorado - article with photos; In Search of an Orchid; The Fiery Ordeal of Fiji - walking on coals illustrated article; In the Ocean Depths - illustrated recollections of ocean diver John Pearce. Front cover loose but present. Back cover missing. Last page is 224. It is uncertain if any pages were included after that. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy. George Newnes, Limited Paperback
1867338251New York: Riverside Press Published by Hurd and Houghton 1867. First edition. pp. iv 5-64 plus plates illustrated with six full-page engraved plates. 12mo. Green embossed cloth stamped in gilt on front cover. Owner's early rubberstamp on front flyleaf. A fine bright copy. First edition. pp. iv 5-64 plus plates illustrated with six full-page engraved plates. 12mo. OCLC lists twelve worldwide holdings: Harvard Brown New York Historical Society LC Delaware Florida University of Illinois Southern Illinois Chicago Kent State Texas A&M and Oakland University. Riverside Press, Published by Hurd and Houghton unknown
18375083Boston; Philadelphia: Wells and Lilly; P. H. Nicklin and T. Johnson Law Booksellers 1837. Two quarto volumes 4 827-1532pp and 7 2104-2632pp. Tan buckram red and black morocco labels on spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Damp staining to lower page edges of the first third or so of each more pronounced in the earlier volume. Pages tanned and somewhat brittle in volume 4 foxing throughout in volume 2 unused card pockets in front of both. Several ownership markings including signatures from John Neely Bryan in each. <p><br /> Historic set of two statute books from the library of the founder of Dallas John Neely Bryan 1810-1877. Bryan left his home state of Tennessee at an early age with law degree in hand first to Arkansas and in 1839-1841 surveying and settling in the area that would later become Dallas. <br /> <br /> The natural features of the landscape the Trinity River being shallow and crossable at the site perhaps drew Bryan to the area but were also a source for disaster shortly after his settling. Stephen R. Butler in his biography John Neely Bryan: The Father of Dallas pg. 46: <br /> "In 1842. A Trinity River flood damaged the so-called 'Gilbert-Bryan cabin.' John Neely Bryan Jr. described this event: 'Shortly after this first cabin was completed my father went back to Colbert's Ferry for a supply of corn. he found that a rise of the river had occurred during his absence. damaging his books and destroying many of his papers. he had brought with him numerous valuable books and papers pertaining to his profession.'" <br /> <br /> </p> <br /> <p>These volumes were later rebound and owned by Maurice Eugene Locke who established a practice in the city in 1891 and built one of the great law libraries of the West. The stamp of a "John B. Seymour" is also present in each perhaps owning the books between Bryan and Locke. We find no record of John Neely Bryan's signature at auction. This wonderful piece of Dallas history also presents a rare case where water damage adds to rather than detracts from the appeal. </p> . Wells and Lilly; P. H. Nicklin and T. Johnson, Law Booksellers unknown
1804TN973Barnard Macanulty 1804. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1804; leather covered boards; spine has been replaced with brown cloth and has a title label; heavy wear with lots of rubbing; front and rear hinges are cracked; previous owner's name on ffep; interior is foxed and toned with creases that are darkened; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; 260 pages Barnard Macanulty hardcover
1804087266Barnard Macanulty 1804. Book. Good. Full-Leather. In full calf. A New and Improved Edition. Leather starting to split along top spine gutters running down about an inch. Wear to spine ends and corners. Several previous owner names. . Barnard Macanulty Hardcover
18571739893834MEPLongman Brown Green Longmans and Roberts 1857. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1857. No Edition Stated. 416 pages. Signed by the author. Fully bound in green leather with decorations and gilt lettering. Gilt text block edges. Signed by the author with dedication to Charles Stanfield Esq dated 14th November 1857. Book has been rebound. Engraved vignette of Alnwick Castle on dedication page. Decorative boarders to text pages in blue and gilt. List of subscribers not included. Noticeable cracking to front hinge front pages up to page VI are loose. Binding throughout is fragile however pages remain attached. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed. Some faint markings throughout. Text still legible. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Leather peeling to all surfaces heavier to spine and edges. Gilt is slightly dulled. Some marks and scratches overall. Book is slightly forward leaning. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts hardcover
1857AQ30450London: Longman Brown Green Longmans and Roberts 1857. xii 416pp 8. Text in red and black decorative initials in red and blue decorative borders in blue and gilt. Engraved vignette of Alnwick Castle on dedication page. With a list of subscribers. Contemporary red morocco richly tooled in gilt black morocco onlay to upper board A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Robert Story 1795-1860 'The Craven poet' was the son of a Northumberland agricultural labourer and himself variously employed as schoolmaster and civil servant in the administration of Robert Peel perhaps after his 'The Isles are Awake' contained within this volume expressed poetic support for the Conservatives. This lavishly produced collection the final published in Story's lifetime is dedicated to the Duke of Northumberland. The list of subscribers is a testament to the author's popularity in his native county containing a preponderance of Northumberland residents notably textile manufacturer and politician Sir Titus Salt 1803-1876. . First edition. 8vo. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts unknown
1857STORYROB003872Longman Brown Green Longmans and Roberts London. 1857. First edition. Royal octavo. pp xii 416 6 List of Subscribers. Titles printed in red decorative initials in red and blue. Decorative borders of blue and gilt. Engraved vignette of Alnwick Castle on title-page. Period binding of full red morocco with raised bands decoration in gilt and blind all edges gilt. The author known as the Craven Poet was of humble background and was considered in his lifetime as a successor to Burns. The Duke of Northumberland was largely responsible for financing this edition of his work which may account for the fairly lavish nature of the printing. The list of subscribers includes the names of a number of other aristocrats as well as of a preponderance of residents of the author's native northern England including Titus Salt.Presentation copy from the author inscribed on the second black: ''To John Beach Esq with the Author Robert Story's best wishes - 2 Nov. 1858''. On the first blank is a presentation inscription dated in the following year from John Beach to his niece Mary. John Beach's name doesn't feature in the list of subscribers. A later unconnected inscription appears on the verso of the front free endpaper.Rear cover slightly marked. Joints faintly rubbed. Very good indeed. Scarce. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, London. hardcover
1900240129-MB12McLoughlin Brothers 1900. Good Hardcover with Full Color illustrations . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. McLoughlin Brothers 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
18521364417Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1852. First Thus. Hardcover. Octavo x 828 pages; G-; Full publisher's black cloth embossed with cloth on spine sunned to brown with gilt lettering; Boards show wear to spine head and tail with small split at head minor loss of material bumping to corners significant sunning to cloth on spine and moderate discoloration to boards overall; Textblock has light age toning to edges light shelfwear to bottom edge very light age toning to pages interiorly textblock starting to split at p. 828 and two sets of prominent ownership signatures penned in ink on sfep and copyright page; Top edge appears to have been dyed black now significantly faded; RWO. 1364417. Special Collections. Charles C. Little and James Brown 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
185227337Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1852. 1st edition. Cloth. Very Good. 1st edition. A Good to Very Good copy. 8vo. 828 pp. Bound in the publisher's green cloth with title on spine in gilt. Moderate edge wear; lower tips rubbed through. Spine lightly sunned. Several previous ownership signatures most dated:1852 1894. Plus bookplate from the 1920's. Charles C. Little and James Brown unknown
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
