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190016451'Knickerbocker Edition'. Red cloth over boards with contrasting grain patterns; gilt stamped on front cover with double egret device and the macaulay motto 'Dulce periculum'; gilt stamped titles and fancy strapwork patterns on spine; top edges gilt; untrimmed fore edges; 2 color title page; tissue-guarded frontispieces and many interior etchings; decoratice head and tailpieces. Bright crisp clean covers and spine; very slight rubbing/fading at spine end corners - no splits or fraying; tightly bound; owner bookplates on each front pastedown 'George Raymond Bunker'; interior is bright crisp clean - many leaves unopened at fore edges from front to rear of each volume - they have never been read. 12mo 4041 total pages. Index in volume 10 for all volumes. Many illustrations. From the collection of Ellsworth Bunker U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Italy India Nepal South Vietnam Organization of American States and twice recipient of U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom. Bookplates are that of Ellsworth Bunker's father. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
180610429London: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1806. First English Edition. Very good. Royal 8vo. full tree calf bindings pp.400431438. -- Internally some light foxing. Overall. "Thomas Clarkson was an English abolitionist and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He helped found The Society for Affecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade and helped achieve passage of the Slave Trade Act 1807 which ended British trade in slaves"-wikipedia. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme unknown
189522446New York: Macmillan 1895. Hardcover. Good. First American edition. 306 pp with folding Map of the Kingdom of Kashmir and many illustrations by the author. Lettering and illustration on cloth boards is quite faded one crack in binding scattered foxing old dampstain and private library embossed stamp visible on title page. Good. Neate M03: "His own account of Conway's 1892 Karakoram Expedition. McCormick was a landscape artist and watercolorist who illustrated Conway's alpine books and other mountaineering books." McCormick describes his book in the preface as "a more personal narrative" in which he has "attemped to give an ida of the picturesque aspect of the expedition rather than of the geographical portion. Macmillan hardcover
1894017759Various Locations : Theosophical Publishing Society 1894. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fair. B00K: Fair/ $435.98 Reduced From. FIVE YEARS of THEOSOPOHY Mystical Philosophical Theosophical Historical and Scientific Essays selected from `the THEOSOPHIST`. UnStated Author Theosophical Publishing Society 1894 2nd and Revised Edition Various Locations Tall Wide Thick H/c Black Cloth Spine With Title In Polished Gold Letters Hard Cover B00K: Fair/ Shelf Edge And Corner Wear. Front Cover Is Detached From Spine And Included. 385 Numbered Pages Printed On Tan Paper Browning From Aging That Are Clean And Tight To The Spine Lightly Read In Very Good/ Condition. Gift Inscription Inside Front Cover To A Prior Owner. To Prevent Further Separation And Damage Held Together With A Copy Paper Band. D/j: None. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic Taped Shut And In A = Corrugated Mailing B0X. Padded Mailing Envelope = To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The Description Described Which Applies To This B00K Only. = No Odors No Writing No Names No Rippling Not Stuck Together No Book Plate Not X~Library No Other Marks. = Will Make It An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection Or As A Gift For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING AVAILABLE <br/> <br/> Theosophical Publishing Society hardcover
18960009423Boston: Lamson Wolffe and Company 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Good. collotype photos. 12mo 157 pages gray cloth untrimmed heel of spine worn <br/><br/>Allen was a prominent scholar of bookplates and their literature. Twenty-one booplates are here reproduced including one by Thomas Bewick. With the ex libris of John Edward Zahn designed by T. R. Hopkins and engraved by G. W. Van Nortwick of Denver. "My purpose is merely to set down . certain facts and incidents in history and biography . to show by such means in what the charm of the book-plate consists - Preface." Lamson, Wolffe, and Company hardcover
1898DEMO004497INew York: Dodd Mead 1898. 2d Limited editioin. 12mo. vg gray bds. & cl. untrimmed. collotype photos. 12mo 143 pages gray boards & cloth untrimmed <br/><br/>Includes his seminal "An Account of Book-Worms". One of only 220 copies on hand-made paper printed at The Marion Press after a deluxe first edition of only 85 copies. Larremore 5b. An incunabular book about books by typical collector of the period. With Five Egotistical Chapters of Anecdote and Advice addressed to the Beginner in Book-collecting. Collotype photos. Dodd, Mead unknown
18392133Boston: Marsh Capen Lyon and Weber 1839 Volume 1 and 2 bound together in a three quarter leather binding marbled boards. Light foxing page 69- 70 has a rip possibly from binder very solid book subtly rubbed through on marbled boards leather in nice condition. A seemingly scarce book edited by Horace Mann. Marsh, Capen, Lyon and Weber hardcover
1900DEMO016342ILondon & New York: Macmillan And Co. 1900 - 1901. First Limited edition. Hardcover. . Frontispiece portraits. 8vos later blue linen parttially unopened foxing; vol. 3 of MARIUS has dampness damage. <br/><br/>The ordinary edition one of only 775 sets. Previously owned but you can still be the first person to read this set. Frontispiece portraits. Macmillan And Co. hardcover
18390006865London: L. A. Lewis 1839. Revised edition. Octavo. Very Good. 8vo 26m v vi-lxxii 396 pages 9pp. index at end; triangular chip in bottom margin of leaf 10/11; full extra-gilt pictorial cloth covers and spine rebacked with original spine chipped at tips laid down. <br/><br/>"This edition is a reissue of the third Major edition of 1835 No. 43. without Major's introduction which has been replaced by the biographies of the authors by Sir John Hawkins; the Thomson notes have been abridged. . The illustrations are those of the Major edition of 1835 but it has only 76 woodcuts instead of 77 'Walton surrounded by the Graces' having been omitted. The 15 copperplates are present. Coigney had six copies in two variant publisher's bindings -see Coigney 49 ; however this uncited variant shows motifs of a heron in a bird bath a fishing rod net fish fishing creels a dragon fly a butterfly and more. Church Catalogue 60; Wood's ANGLER p.66. Edited by Richard Thomson and John Major. L. A. Lewis unknown
1890006382London: John C. Nimmo 1890. Limited Ediiton. Full Morocco. Very Good. Extra-illustrated with 20 additional engravings besides the 11 hand-colored plates by Commedia dell'Arte costume by Maurice Sand and seven Lalauze etchings. Two volumes. No. 604 of 780 copies. 8vo. 23.5 by 17.5 cm. xii 4 371 2 379 pp. Contemporary full green morocco binding with fairly elaborate gilt ruling pips floral devices. Condition: binding heavily rubbed along joints and spine extremities. A few small abrasions on boards. Light age toning to leaves which are otherwise clean. John C. Nimmo unknown
1858DEMO004059IBoston: Phillips Sampson and Co 1858. First edition. 8vo. Very Good. vignette title page 8 pls. 8vo 373 pages brown cloth tips of spine worn corners worn jogged sheets; Ex libris George E. Dawson of Chicago purchased Aug. 15 1901; prior ownership pencilled for August 1859; embossed bookseller's mark on free endpaper from Herman & Whitney stationery Milwaukee. <br/><br/>First Printing: has the period after Company in the single imprint no terminal ads with rear endpapers 'Poetry and the Drama' & 'School Books'; binding state A with three fleur-de-lis on spine and imprinted front endpapers. BAL 8781; Grolier List of Books That Influenced America 69; Merle Johnson HIGHSPOTS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. Vignette title page 8 plates by Augustus Hoppin: Note: Dr. Holmes objected to the illustrations and demanded that they be eliminated in later printings. Phillips, Sampson and Co unknown
188823376Sydney and Brisbane: A. Hutchison & Son 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 10" x 6.25" pp xxiv 690 with 22 tissue-guarded chromilithograph plates. Original cloth binding Moderate rubbing to edges and corners of boards; binding tight a few pages with finger smudges but generally clean. Inglis 1845 -1908 ran an Indigo Plantation on the borderlands between India and Nepal in the years 1863-1875. He later moved to Australia and became a politician in colonial New South Wales. An avid big game hunter he writes here about both plantation life and hunting for tiger buffalo bear rhinoceros and leopard. A. Hutchison & Son hardcover
18220007721Paris: Chez Bechet 1822. First French Language edition. Original Boards. Good. 8vo xiv 351; vi 359 pages untrimmed in contemporary boards. Very scarce. <br/><br/>Attracted by the ideals of the "Declaration of Independence" Fanny Wright traveled extensively through the U.S.A. tracking how those ideals were being realized. In France who became almost like a daughter to Gen. Lafayette. She and her sister returned to America and with Lafayette were guests of Jefferson at Monticello. Later as a U.S. citizen she founded the Nashoba commune in Tennessee in anticipation of emancipation. She visited New York and Philadelphia West Point Niagara Falls Lake Errie and on to Lower Canada Montreal Lake Champlain Burlington Vermont Washington D.C. to Virginia with many observations along the way. This edition has a dedication to Lafayette by the translator who also supplied a new translation. Vol. 1 ends with remarks upon Morris Birkbeck's letters about the Illinois country. All in all Fanny Wright became one of the most remarkable women of the first half of the 19th century: among other accomplishments being the first woman to write this work the first travelogue by a woman. Howes D74; Sabin 18642; Clark Old South 16; Buck 137. Chez Bechet hardcover
1826biblio51Graham John A.; Memoirs of John Horne Tooke together with his valuable Speeches and Writings: Also containing Proofs Identifying him as the Author for the Celebrated Letters of Junius 1826 8vo Covers off spine cover wanting. Light fox and toning. A rare book.This book was presented to: Mrs. Sarah Ann E. Strong presented by the Author with his best respects and high consideration." The front cover is detached and on it is written Dr. Graham New York. There is fox throughout but mostly light with some toning as well. It is a rare book. Sarah Ann Strong married a Henry Strong who was a descendent of Caleb Strong revolutionary war soldier and governor of Massachusetts. There were several persons believed to be 'Junius' a person who wrote public letters to the London newspapers which published them. John Horne Tooke was one that was the author of Junius. John Horne Tooke 25 June 1736 – 18 March 1812 was an English politician and philologist. He was born in Newport Street Long Acre Westminster the third son of John Horne a poulterer in Newport Market. As a youth at Eton College Tooke described his father to friends as a "turkey merchant". Before Eton he had been at school in Soho Square in a Kentish village and from 1744 to 1746 at Westminster School.12 January 1754 he was admitted as sizar at St John's College Cambridge and took his degree of B.A. in 1758 as last but one of the senior optimes Richard Beadon his lifelong friend afterwards Bishop of Bath and Wells being a wrangler in the same year.1 Horne had been admitted on 9 November 1756 as student at the Inner Temple becoming friends with John Dunning and Lloyd Kenyon. His father wished him to take orders in the Church of England and he was ordained deacon on 23 September 1759 and priest on 23 November 1760. For a few months he was usher i.e. an assistant teacher at a boarding school at Blackheath. On 26 September 1760 he became perpetual curate of New Brentford the incumbency of which his father had purchased for him. Tooke retained this poor living until 1773. During part of this time 1763–1764 he traveled on a tour in France acting as a "bear-leader" i.e. a travelling tutor to a wealthy man. The excitement created by the actions of John Wilkes led Horne into politics and in 1765 he brought out a scathing pamphlet on Bute and Mansfield entitled "The Petition of an Englishman". In the fall of 1765 he escorted another rich young man to Italy. In Paris he met Wilkes and from Montpellier in January 1766 addressed a letter to him which began the quarrel between them. In the summer of 1767 Horne returned and in 1768 secured the return of Wilkes to parliament for Middlesex. With inexhaustible energy he promoted the legal proceedings over the riot in St George's Fields when a youth named Allen was killed and exposed the irregularity in the judge's order for the execution of two Spitalfields weavers. His dispute with George Onslow MP for Surrey who at first supported and then threw over Wilkes for place culminated in a civil action ultimately decided after the reversal of a verdict which had been obtained through the charge of Lord Mansfield in Horne's favour and in the loss by his opponent of his seat in parliament. An influential association called "The Society for Supporting the Bill of Rights" was founded mainly through the exertions of Horne in 1769 but the members were soon divided into two opposite camps and in 1771 Horne and Wilkes their respective leaders broke out into open dispute. On 1 July 1771 Horne obtained at Cambridge though not without some opposition from members of both the political parties his degree of M.A. Earlier in that year he claimed for the public the right of printing an account of parliamentary debates and after a long struggle the right was established. In the same year 1771 Horne argued with Junius and ended in disarming his masked antagonist. Letters of Junius or Junius: Stat nominis umbra is a collection of private and open letters from an anonymous polemicist Junius as well as other letters in-reply from people to whom Junius had written between 1769 and 1772. The collection was published in two volumes in 1772 by Henry Sampson Woodfall the owner and editor of a London newspaper the Public Advertiser.The collection includes 69 letters 29 to the Printer of the Public Advertiser originally intended for public readership with the remaining 40 to individuals then made public. It included letters written by Philo Junius who some say was Junius himself. Several unauthorised editions were published before 1772 and many others afterwards. The 1772 Woodfall edition however was believed to have been arranged by Junius and includes the opening "Dedication to the English Nation" in which Junius expresses his desire to educate the public and thanks them for their support. In the "Preface" he grants ownership and copyright of the letters to Woodfall. Junius was the pseudonym of a writer who contributed a series of political letters to the Public Advertiser from 21 January 1769 to 21 January 1772 as well as several other London newspapers such as the London Evening Post. Charges were brought against several people of whom two were convicted and sentenced. Junius himself was aware of the advantages of concealment as he wrote in a letter to John Wilkes dated September 18 1771. Two generations after the appearance of the letters speculation as to the authorship of Junius was rife. Sir Philip Francis is now generally but not universally believed to be the author. According to Alan Frearson there is scholarly consensus in favour of Sir Philip Francis; he divides the evidence into four classes and reports that each class "points most strongly to Francis".This scholarly theory has been called the "Franciscan theory" at least since Abraham Hayward's More about Junius: The Franciscan theory unsound 1868. Numerous subsequent publications have been written by those skeptical about the identification with Francis. John Cannon editor of an edition of the Letters published in 1978 adhered to the Franciscan theory. As Francesco Cordasco puts it "while the Franciscan theory has recently enjoyed new life it remains contested and impossible to demonstrate categorically. John Horne Tooke: A case for John Horne Tooke is based on Tooke's involvement with the Society of the Supporters of the Bill of Rights. This organization existed during the same years as the appearance of the Letters of Junius. 56 Libraries have copies of the book none have signed editions. Stephen Gould hardcover
180123544London: Printed at the Oriental Press by Wilson & Co. for Edward Harding 1801. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto pp 205 217 with two folding hand-colored maps and 47 engraved plates in a contemporary full calf binding with gilt rules spine in six compartments with red and black spine labels and gilt embellisment. Some rubbing to boards especially at joints and head of spine a little worming to boards. Binding sound scattered foxing but generally clean. The maps which are in very nice condition show Pennant's route from London to Dover and then from Dover to the Isle of Wight. "Thomas Pennant was a Welsh antiquarian and naturalist whose works were very popular in the eighteenth century. His reputation was built on his important natural history survey British Zoology first printed in 1766 and his accounts of two tours of Scotland undertaken in 1769 and 1772. Pennant made further tours in Wales and in England between 1773 and 1787 and his popularity among amateur naturalists and antiquarians resulted in the development of a comprehensive network of correspondents many of whom supplied him with additional information that he added to subsequent editions of his works. Aside from his 1783 book describing the antiquities on the road between Chester and London and his immensely popular account of the antiquities of London none of Pennant’s English tours were published during his lifetime. This account of his 1787 tour to the Isle of Wight was edited by his son David and published in 1801. Rather than heading directly to the island Pennant’s tour took in much of the south-east coast of England travelling first from London to Dover before traversing the coasts of Kent and Sussex" Royal Collection Trust. Printed at the Oriental Press by Wilson & Co. for Edward Harding hardcover
189622212New York: Silver Burdett and Company 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 318 pp illustrated from photographs. Original green cloth with gilt vignette of mounted rider in Middle Eastern garb on front board. Corners lightly bumped a few small rubbed spots but overall a very attractive copy. Ownership inscription "Albert Haley August 1896" on front free endpaper. Terhune's first book describing his travels across Syria on horseback. He describes the work in the Introduction as "a description of the Holy Land of to-day as seen through a young man's eyes.If my book is not that of a scholar it is at least the tale of a traveler who felt deeply the more than human interest that must always cling to that dead land which was the cradle of our great faith." A contemporary review wrote in The Dial "This is a rather careless and flippant account in a gossipy journalistic style.However the author's unconventional point of view lends a new aspect to some common experiences and there are some entertaining stories." Smith American Travellers Abroad T28. Silver, Burdett and Company hardcover
188524407London: George Routledge 1885. Hardcover. Near fine. Number 335 of 550 copies printed by H. Launette Librairie Artistique Paris. 12.25" x 9" 210 pp 12 full-page photogravure plates and numerous sketches in the text by Maurice Leloir. Beatifully bound by Brentano's in full green morocco with multiple gilt rules on both boards spine in six compartments satin endpapers. Original front wrapper and front of illustrated cloth box bound in at the rear. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box with title printed on spine. Evidence of a bookplate removed from front pastedown else a fine copy. George Routledge hardcover
1899k68kaChapman and Hall 1899. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Complete 34 volume set Gladshill Edition. Printed from the edition that was corrected by Charles Dickens from 1867 to 1868 and were carefully reprinted for these volumes. All 34 volumes are bound in quarter leather the spines have 5 raised band with gold gilt detailing. All 34 volumes have slight wear along the edges but remain in good overall condition. . The pages of Volume 8 are lightly wavy but the pages remain accessible and the text is not affected. Volume 23 and 30 have a few pages with small closed tears the text is not affected. Volume 21 has pages that are a little torn. There are no ink inscriptions or annotations in any of the Volumes. the binding is lovely and strong. Heavy set extra postage required outside South Africa. a truly beautiful set that will give years of pleasure to any Dickens fan. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Chapman and Hall hardcover
181223262Edinburgh: Archibald Constable et al. 1812. Hardcover. Very good. Second edition. Quarto pp. xv 491 complete with 3 maps one folding 4 folding charts and 14 engraved plates of which 8 are lovely hand-colored aquatints. Additional engravings in the text. Rebound in quarter-leather and brown cloth. Approximately 10 text pages with significant foxing otherwise very clean. A chemist and geologist by training Mackenzie 1780-1848 traveled to Iceland with the physicians Henry Holland 1788-1873 and Richard Bright 1789-1858 both of whom made constributions to this book. First published in 1811 it describes the natural history of the island and the history literature and diseases of its people. This edition has some revisions to the geological observations and interpretation as well as some new material in the Appendix. Abbey Travel 160 first edition. Archibald Constable et al. hardcover
189736334Paris France: Me. Paul Chevallier C. -P. ; Galerie Georges Petit. As New. 1897. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Hinges cracked many pages loose but still bound; binding has a few tears reinforced with tape; text pristine. In French. Brief biographical essays on many of the artists whose works are included in the collection. 188 works catalogued none illustrated by artists such as Th. Ribot Millet Th. Rousseau Daubigny Harpignies Bonvin and many others. -- with a bonus offer-- . Me. Paul Chevallier, C. -P. ; Galerie Georges Petit paperback
190058590Imprimerie E. Capiomont & Cie. As New. 1900. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine & unmarked - Text in French. 244 lots catalogued; a number illustrated in b/w. Includes essays by Georges Lecomte Arsene Alexandre Gustave Geoffroy Roger Marx and others. Among the artists represented: Renoir Degas Guillaumin Ribot Sisley and many others. -- with a bonus offer-- . Imprimerie E. Capiomont & Cie. paperback
