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04043London & Cambridge: Macmillan & Co. 1863. Just Another Destitute Little Chimney-Sweep"<br/>or <br/>"The Oddest Fairy Tale That There Has Ever Been.<br/>A Near Fine Copy Of The First Edition of The Water-Babies<br/><br/>KINGSLEY Charles. The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. With two illustrations by J. Noel Paton R.S.A. London & Cambridge: Macmillan and Co. 1863.<br/><br/>First edition second state. Small square octavo 8 x 6 1/8 inches; 203 x 155 mm. viii 3 4-350 1 advertisements 1 blank. Without the ‘L'Envoi' leaf which was canceled early on by Kingsley. Inserted frontispiece and full-page illustration opposite p. 145. With eight large engraved initial chapter letters. <br/><br/>Original dark green fine-grain cloth front cover with gilt triple-rule border enclosing a pictorial gilt center device depicting Tom a Fish and a Sea-Horse. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Dark brown coated endpapers top edge gilt. With the binders ticket of Burn of Kirby St. on the rear pastedown. Unidentified rectangular bookplate on front paste-down. A couple of small and very light spots on front cover inner hinges with partial expert and almost invisible repairs. Otherwise a superlative copy the gilt bright and fresh of this scarce children's classic. Contemporary neat ink inscription on verso of front end-paper dated "Xmas 1863." Housed in a fleece-lined quarter green morocco over green cloth clamshell case. <br/><br/>"Charles Kingsley was a rural vicar in Victorian England and the "land-baby" of the sub-title was his youngest son five-year-old Grenville Arthur. In writing this fairy tale about the underwater adventures of Tom a chimney-sweep's climbing-boy Kingsley uttered many a sermon. But along with his zeal for Anglican Christianity he also brought into play his enthusiasm for nature and his strong sense of indignation at the Victorian practice of using small children as laborers. <br/><br/>The difference between the first and second states is solely the removal of the L'Envoi leaf. The first state "contains a leaf bearing a poem L'Envoi. Kingsley had second thoughts about this while the book was being printed and he had the leaf removed but not before a few hundred copies of the book had already gone forth." Gottlieb Early Children's Books and Their Illustration 113.<br/><br/>Grolier 100 34. London & Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1863 unknown books
6471iv 51 1 pp. 8vo attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards spine gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: B. White and Son et al. 1788. First edition. Land enclosure in 18th-century Britain was highly controversial: it consolidated small landholdings into larger farms ceasing to be common land for communal use. Oftentimes landowners including the Church were not adequately compensated upon suffering enclosure on their properties. Turner 1739-1826 took his degree at Emmanuel College Cambridge and was rector of Wing. This work was written on the occasion of the enclosure of one of his livings given to him by the Crown in 1788 and in it Turner endeavored to call to the attention of the heads of the Church and the public various instances of injustice done to Church revenues by the manner in which enclosures were managed. Fine copy. Scarce. hardcover books
6471iv 51 1 pp. 8vo attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards spine gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: B. White and Son et al. 1788.<br/> <br/> First edition. Land enclosure in 18th-century Britain was highly controversial: it consolidated small landholdings into larger farms ceasing to be common land for communal use. Oftentimes landowners including the Church were not adequately compensated upon suffering enclosure on their properties.<br/> <br/> Turner 1739-1826 took his degree at Emmanuel College Cambridge and was rector of Wing. This work was written on the occasion of the enclosure of one of his livings given to him by the Crown in 1788 and in it Turner endeavored to call to the attention of the heads of the Church and the public various instances of injustice done to Church revenues by the manner in which enclosures were managed.<br/> <br/> Fine copy. Scarce. unknown
19881943POCKET BOOKS/PAN BOOKS 1988. softcover. Dirk Gently POCKET BOOKS 69267PAN BOOKS 30955 POCKET BOOKS/PAN BOOKS paperback
19522222322244995<p>The First UK printing published by William Heinemann London in 1952. Autograph presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author. The recipient was the actress Sylvia Coleridge 1909-1986 who played Octavia Countess of Bonnington at the play's first performance at the Opera House Manchester on the 15th July 1952. Additionally autographed by 22 members of the play's cast. Tipped-in contemporary newspaper clippings. The author's presentation signature binding of red cloth and gilt by Bumpus Ltd. The author's signature binding by Bumpus was either issued in red cloth or red morocco with all edges gilt to both issues. The BOOK is in Very Good or better condition with a little fading at the spine tips and slight rubbing at the corners. The book is dedicated to Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne who have both signed this copy as part of the cast and who starred in the lead roles of this play. Alfred Lunt went on to win a Tony Award for best actor in the 1955 Broadway production. A wonderful association copy. The book is protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.</p> William Heinemann, London hardcover
Lovely Scrooge-decorated bookplate inside front board bears Barks' hand-written signature and book number. Slipcase bears large excellent colour illustration of Scrooge posing in cowboy hat and red bandana with sack of gold, pick, canteen, ammunition belt, and rifle. Contents include: "Donald Duck's Christmas on Bear Mountain", "Dickens Redone" (two-page illustrated commentary, "The Storybook Scrooge" (one-page commentary), "Uncle Scrooge", "Uncle Scrooge's Christmas Carol", "The Triumph of Scrooge McDuck" (10 page colour illustrated commentary), "Uncle Scrooge the Lemonade King", and selected bibliography. Unpaginated. Book measures almost 12.5" high by 9.5" wide by 5/8" thick. Clean and glossy with negligible wear. Prior owner's signature and date neatly written upon bookplate on 'This Book Belongs To ______" line. Half-inch opening to back panel of dust jacket at edge of lower left corner seems to have resulted from the paper cracking rather than from wear. Very light wear to attractive slipcase. A premium copy. Book
176716239Paris, Ganeau, Bauche, Les frères Estienne, D'Houry, 1767. 3 vol. in-folio de (4)-XVI-959 pp. ; (4)-918 pp. ; (4)-909-(1) pp., veau blond, dos orné à nerfs, pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure à l'imitation).
1767112921ganeau bauche estienne houry 1767 in-folio A Paris chez Ganeau, Bauche, les Freres Estienne, D'HOURY, 1767, 3 volumes in-folio de 245 x 390 mm environ, (1) f., (2) ff. (faux-titre, page de titre), xvj pages (Préface), 959 pages - (1) f., (2) ff. (faux-titre, page de titre), 919 pages - (1) f., (2) ff. (faux-titre, page de titre), 909 pages, (1) f. De nombreux bois gravés in-texte et 2 planches dépliantes. Pleines reliures marbrées d'époques, dos à 6 nerfs portant titres et tomaisons dorés sur pièce de cuir havane, caissons ornés, filets dorés sur les coupes, tranches rouges, gardes marbrées à la coquille. Bel ensemble, reliures agréables malgré 4 coiffes accidentées, des frottements sur les coins et les coupes, 4 plats griffés, tache sur le plat inférieur du T. I, de petits manques de cuir au dos des tomes I et III; intérieur frais, des rousseurs éparses et 2 déchirures sans manque.
Feature article by Albert Einstein entitled "Why Do They Hate The Jews?" offers his views on the subject and includes a large black and white profile photo of the man himself. Additional features include: Local Ghost Makes Good - Jesse James Makes Restitution in Pineville; Coach Ralph Furey explains why football stars are not born (article with several photos of football stars of the day); Speak No Evil (short story); Hangin' Crazy Benny (short story); Uncertain Wings (short story); Via All Oceans (short story); You Liked a Parade (short story); None But The Brave (part 5 of 6); Murder for Christmas - part 3 of 10 of this serial by Agatha Christie; Great cover art by Robert O. Reid features young lovely eyeing the dessert table; and more. 70 pages. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Moderate evidence of moisture exposure. A sound vintage copy of this exceptional issue. Boni, Russ & Laurence 396. Magazine
178490300De Bure Barrois aîné Barrois jeune | Paris 1784-1786 | 7.6 x 11 cm | 7 volumes reliés
17804296Paris, Jorry Louis, 1780. 1780 1 vol. in-4° (250 x 190 mm) de : 399 pp. et 17 portraits hors texte dessinés par Gaincourt et gravés par Hubert, toutes aquarellées d'époque. Demi-veau à coin XIXe, plats recouverts de papier marbré vert, dos lisse et orné. (Taches et défauts d'usage, intérieur frais).
197736576Paris Editions Givre 1977 In-4, reliure rvorim, plats bruns et ocre estamps d'un dcor voquant un mur de briques pouss froid la plaque, dos en box crme-sable laissant apparatre la couture des cahiers; doublures et gardes de papier gris fonc, non rogn, couverture imprime (Jean de Gonet).Edition originale. Tirage limit 200 exemplaires numrots. Un des 50 premiers exemplaires sur vlin pur fil, seuls comporter en frontispice une gravure numrote et signe de Christian Fossier. Exemplaire reli par Jean de Gonet selon le procd Jean de Gonet Artefacts, dans une srie limite 200 exemplaires numrots, justifis au bas de la premire doublure.
14487Rouen, Chez Martin le Mesgissier, tenant sa boutique au haut des degrez du Palais,1588. Petit in-8, (16)-265-(4) pp. plus une carte, reliure de l'époque vélin souple. (Reliure brunie, rares taches et rousseurs.)
1767R300125501CHEZ GANEAU / BAUCHE / LES FRERES ESTIENNE / D'HOURY. 1767. In-Folio. Relié plein cuir. Etat d'usage, Plats abîmés, Dos à nerfs, Mouillures. XVI + 959 pages + 916 pages + 910 pages - contre plats jaspés - ouvrages d'environ 25 x 38 cm - quelques gravures en noir et blanc dans et hors texte - textes sur deux colonnes - titre, tomaison et caissons dorés sur le dos - dos à 5 nerfs - manque de cuir sur les plats du tome 1 - traces de mouillures à l'intérieur des ouvrages sans réelle conséquence sur la lecture - coiffe en tête abîmée sur le tome 1 - coiffe en pied abîmée sur les tomes 2 et 3 - manque sur les pages 909-910 du tome 3 altérant légèrement la lecture - 10 photos disponibles.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.05-XVIII ème siècle
A remarkably well-preserved first printing copy of this wonderfully illustrated Christmas tale. Aside from light external wear, the only defect is a narrow one inch opening between top of backstrip and front board. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. A copy of such high quality is rare indeed. Book
1879B6441London: John Murray. 1879. A fine copy in publisher’s decorative half red calf. Binding: contemporary half red calf over marbled boards title in gilt on two spine with five raised bands spine with decorative gilt ruling and central devices marbled upper and lower endpapers top edges in gilt. Notes: The books Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates and A Pilgrimage to Nejd are attributed to her and were based on her journals but were extensively edited by her husband. Illustrated with a folding map and hand-coloured woodcuts by the author. <br><br>Anne Isabella Noel Blunt 1837 – 1917 known for most of her life as Lady Anne Blunt was co-founder with her husband the poet Wilfrid Blunt of the Crabbet Arabian Stud in England and the Sheykh Obeyd estate near Cairo. The two married on 8 June 1869. From the late 1870s Wilfrid and Lady Anne travelled extensively in Arabia and the Middle East buying Arabian horses from Bedouin tribesmen and the Egyptian Ali Pasha Sherif. Among the great and influential horses they took to England were Azrek Dajania Queen of Sheba Rodania and the famous Ali Pasha Sherif stallion Mesaoud. To this day the vast majority of purebred Arabian horses trace their lineage to at least one Crabbet ancestor.<br><br> Size: 8vo. Illustration: Illustrated with a folding map and hand-coloured woodcuts by the author. Volume: 2 volumes. Category: Book Asia Middle East General; Book Plate Books Colour; John Murray. hardcover
1635MS0022<p>A2-4 lacking A1 blank B4 C2 Aa-Ff4 Gg2 Hh-Kk4 Ll2 A-H4 A-S4 pages with tables and illustrations. Quarto 9" x 6 1/2" bound in old limp parchment with title to spine. From the library of professor Astronomer Historian and Bibliophile Owen Gingerich. Fist edition.</p><p>Noël Duret also known as Natalis Durret was a prominent 17th-century French mathematician astronomer and astrologer. He actively advanced both the theoretical and applied scientific practices of his era. He served as the official Royal Cosmographer to King Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu. : He worked as a professor of mathematics in Paris teaching both pure theory and applied branches like cartography. Duret acted as a vital publisher and promoter for the famous mathematician François Viète. He helped popularize Viète's revolutionary system of symbolic algebra across France. : In 1635 he published <em>Nouvelle Théorie des Planètes</em>. He followed this up in 1641 by publishing detailed astronomical ephemerides and tables. These tools provided essential calculation methods for determining celestial positioning at sea and on land.</p><p>Owen Jay Gingerich 1930-2023 was an American astronomer who had been professor emeritus of astronomy and of the history of science at Harvard University and a senior astronomer emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. In addition to his research and teaching he had written many books on the history of astronomy.</p><p><strong>Condition: </strong>Edge wear some endemic browning from the original paper stock occasional old ink marginalia else about very good.</p> Chez Gervais Allio
2017Am2173Chichester: Wiley Blackwell 2017. 15 volumes xcvii 8217 pages : illustrations black and white and colour maps black and white and colour still in publishers's boxes 2 unread. Contents: v. I. A-B -- v. II. C-Cor -- v. III. Cor-D -- v. IV. E-Env -- v. V. Env-Geo -- v. VI. Geo-Gra -- v. VII. Gra-Inf -- v. VIII. Inf-Map -- v. IX. Map-O -- v. X. P-Rec -- v. XI. Ref-Slu -- v. XII. Sno-Spa -- v. XIII. Spa-T -- v. XIV. U-Z -- v. XV. Appendix/index. Hard Cover. New. Wiley Blackwell Hardcover
1861009786Washington D. C: Superintendent of Documents 1861. 5 parts in one volume. 2 large folding lithographic maps clean/no tears 8 fine folding lithographic views 8 chromolithographic beautiful color plates showing dress of various Indian tribes along river and 16 lithographic plates of views and fossils from sketches by Baldwin Mollhausen all clean and in excellent condition. Original decorated black cloth gilt with spine cloth missing. Overall tight and clean. Minimal foxing. Frst edition This is the Senate and preferred issue. Probably best known as the engineer and architect of the Washington Monument 1859-1860 in 1857 Ives was "promoted to first lieutenant and was named to lead an expedition up the Colorado River in order to develop potential routes of supply in the event of a war between the national government and the Mormon settlements in Deseret Utah. Ives's expedition included John Strong Newberry as naturalist the Prussian Heinrich Balduin Möllhausen as artist and unofficial diarist and F. W. Egloffstein as topographer. Ives purchased a steamboat in Philadelphia. The vessel was taken apart and shipped via the Isthmus of Panama to California and thence to the mouth of the Colorado River where Ives and the members of his expedition rendezvoused late in 1857. Ives and his men reassembled the steamboat and christened it the Explorer. They launched the ship on 31 December 1857 and set out on their journey of reconnaissance. Overall with exception of spine covering missing an exceptional copy. Clean. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket - Issued. Illus. by Möllhausen Heinrich Baldwin. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Superintendent of Documents Hardcover
16991509150060Parisiis : A. Dezallier 1699-01-01. 3rd. Hardcover. Good. Complete 8 volume set bound in 7 volumes. Vols. 1 & 2 bound together. Folios 38 cm. 3rd edition. Bound in contemporary calf. 6 raised bands. Gilt spine. All bindings solid. Chipping with loss to spines particularly to vol. 3. Engraved title in red and black. Internally good a few contemporary notations to margins browning spots to pages but very usable. Early signature of Joannes Baptista Parisi parrochey Ollargien 1703 sp on end pages. 19th century seminary book plate. Moreri Grand Dictionnaire Historique I1731 220; Graesse /71; Qurard I 29; Ebert 418 ; De Feller Biographie Universelle I1847 129; Brunet I 169; A. Hanggi Der Kirchenhistoriker Natalis Alexander Freiburg/Schweiz 1955. <br><br> Alexander Natalis an important French historian and theologian began his great history of the church at the urging of Jean Baptiste Colbert. Alexander's Historiae initially brought him praise from Pope Innocent XI and many cardinals but subsequent volumes gave offence to the Pope and Rome because of the author's Gallicanism an upstart Catholic sect from the Declaration of the Clergy of France in 1682 at the behest of King Louis XIV. Pope Innocent IX placed this work on the Index and forbade Catholics to read it on pain on excommunication. In the preface to the third edition Paris 1699 eight folio volumes Father Alexander submitted fully to the judgment of the Holy See and in some scholia added to the dissertations showed that in some instances he had been criticized and judged unjustly. Alexander did formally amend his edition as expected but did not purge the offending remarks rather these remarks where extracted from the text and placed in the scholia. Alexander is noted for his important contribution to research on Thomas Aquinas and his Summa Theologica. - McMahon A. 1907. Alexander Natalis. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. <br><br> This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Parisiis : A. Dezallier hardcover
1824186939London: John Murray vols I-VI; Knight and Lacey IX; John & Henry L. Hunt X-XI 1824-27. Fine contemporary morocco A very attractive mixed-imprint set in well-preserved bindings. 11 vols octavo 160 x 103 mm. Contemporary blue straight-grain morocco spines lettered in gilt gilt lozenge tool to upper and lower compartments gilt ivy-leaf frame to boards enclosing blind roll and corner rosettes green coated endpapers edges gilt blue bookmarkers. Unobtrusive scratches to boards corners bumped intermittent foxing heavy in vol. XI. A very good set presenting well in the bindings. hardcover
1832139270London: John Murray 1832-33. An attractive set An attractive library set of Byron's works complete with the three Don Juan volumes added to the edition including all his poems and plays letters and journals and the Life by his friend Thomas Moore. 17 vols octavo 166 x 104 mm. Engraved frontispieces and vignette title pages. Contemporary red half morocco spines lettered in gilt marbled sides and endpapers. Bindings with sporadic rubbing but generally in nice shape slight discoloration to some endpapers contents lightly toned else clean and unmarked. An excellent set. unknown
1928145380Snowshill Cotswolds: November 1928. Cotswold calligraphy A beautiful arts and crafts style calligraphic Christmas gift inscribed in orange ink to the final leaf "Written for Miss Ellen D. Sharpe by her friend S. B. Russell at Snowshill on the Cotswolds in November 1928". The work was created by Sydney Bolton Russell 1866-1938 the father of the arts and crafts furniture designer Gordon Russell 1892-1980. Sydney moved to the Cotswolds in 1904 when he bought the Lygon Arms in Broadway. He renovated the property in 1910 with the help of the arts and crafts architect Charles Bateman and it was at this time that Gordon developed an increasing interest in furniture design and the wider arts and crafts movement as he repaired the inn's antique furniture. Sydney moved out of the inn in 1915 which was by then a hotel of national repute and to the neighbouring town of Snowshill and a home he again renovated with Batemen in order to spend more time on his own artistic endeavours. In 1922 he and Gordon established Russell and Sons a brand which shaped 20th-century furniture design. The recipient of this Christmas gift was Ellen Dexter Sharpe 1861-1953 a patron of the arts in Providence who gave numerous donations to the Rhode Island School of Design. Russell travelled to Boston in October 1926 and likely met Sharpe on this visit. Quarto 280 x 186 mm pp. 18. Text written in black with red initials colour nativity illustrations pasted to title page and final page of text. Finely bound at time of presentation in blue morocco spine in compartments raised bands ruled in gilt titles in gilt to front board blue marbled endpapers turn-ins elaborately rolled in gilt. Spine very lightly toned minor scuff to edges faint offsetting to free endpaper margins a near-fine copy. hardcover
1931178845London: 1931. The "Incomparable Max" meets The Master Limited edition number 41 of 100 copies. Each plate a caricature of the stars of Noël Coward's operetta Bitter Sweet is signed by the artist and subject. There were 900 further copies issued without autographs. The show was Coward's most successful musical play running in the West End from 1929 to 1931 and on Broadway from 1929 to 1930. This volume is accompanied by the publisher's prospectus. "It was difficult to ignore the production appearing as it did in every medium. Cochran the producer commissioned Max Beerbohm to do a series of Bitter Sweet caricatures. 'Max took a great liking to Noël Coward himself and was enchanted with the play' wrote David Cecil. 'Its nostalgic evocation of Victorian and Edwardian epochs chimed deliciously with the wit of the song 'Green carnation' which poked fun at the very group of 'greenery-yallery' aesthetes the venerable dandy personified" Hoare. Provenance: the New York collector Herbert Schimmel 1909-2003 with his bookplate on the inside cover. A collector of art nouveau Schimmel also amassed a large library of Coward's works as well as of his contemporary Ivor Novello. Folio. Original quarter vellum portfolio grey paper covered boards titles to front cover in gilt containing title and contents leaves bifolium introduction 5 offset caricatures 334 x 230 mm mounted within grey card bifolia 400 x 286 mm as issued. Corners bumped covers and mounts lightly toned slight foxing to flaps and title page nick at foot of prelims plates bright and fresh: a very good set. Gallatin & Oliver 30a; Philip Hoare Noël Coward: A Biography 2013. hardcover
24694Guildford: Genesis Publications Ltd. 2004. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Deluxe Issue. Signed by the author. Quarto. Publisher's quarter purple leather with aluminium boards silkscreened in orange and pink fluorescent inks orange lettering to the spine. All edges in prismatic silver. Housed in a full black leather box silkscreened with six flourescent guitar strings. Illustrated with over 300 photographs in colour and black and white throughout. Multi-coloured silk ribbons. A fine copy the binding square and tight clean and bright inside and out. Complete with the black leather box pocket inside the lid containing a photographic print signed by Rolling Stone Magazine photographer Baron Wolman in an orange sleeve only present in this deluxe edition. This is number 333 of 350 copies of the deluxe edition signed by Ross Halfin Brad Tolinski and Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry. There was also a simultaneous issue of 1400 'collectors' copies without the signed print or the signature of Joe Perry. A typically beautiful and weighty Genesis production which with commentary from Noel Redding Mitch Mitchell Eric Clapton Ronnie Wood Aerosmith's Joe Perry and Jimi himself claims to be the most comprehensive visual memoir of Hendrix ever published. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Guildford: Genesis Publications Ltd. 2004 hardcover
