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63885London: William Smith 1843-1845. Original hand-coloured lithograph 28.5 x 22 cm heightened in gum arabic. Henry Noel Humphreys 1810–1879 was a British illustrator naturalist entomologist and numismatist. Humphreys was born on 4 January 1810 in Birmingham the son of James Humphreys and was educated at King Edward's School there. He studied medieval manuscripts in Italy as a young man and became an accomplished scholar in numerous subjects. In addition to his entomological texts Humphreys wrote works on ancient Greek and Roman coins archaeology and the art of writing and printing. London: William Smith, 1843-1845]. unknown
63882London: William Smith 1843-1845. Original hand-coloured lithograph 28.5 x 22 cm heightened in gum arabic. Henry Noel Humphreys 1810–1879 was a British illustrator naturalist entomologist and numismatist. Humphreys was born on 4 January 1810 in Birmingham the son of James Humphreys and was educated at King Edward's School there. He studied medieval manuscripts in Italy as a young man and became an accomplished scholar in numerous subjects. In addition to his entomological texts Humphreys wrote works on ancient Greek and Roman coins archaeology and the art of writing and printing. London: William Smith, 1843-1845]. unknown
63880London: William Smith 1843-1845. Original hand-coloured lithograph 28.5 x 22 cm heightened in gum arabic. Henry Noel Humphreys 1810–1879 was a British illustrator naturalist entomologist and numismatist. Humphreys was born on 4 January 1810 in Birmingham the son of James Humphreys and was educated at King Edward's School there. He studied medieval manuscripts in Italy as a young man and became an accomplished scholar in numerous subjects. In addition to his entomological texts Humphreys wrote works on ancient Greek and Roman coins archaeology and the art of writing and printing. London: William Smith, 1843-1845]. unknown
63879London: William Smith 1843-1845. Original hand-coloured lithograph 28.5 x 22 cm heightened in gum arabic. Henry Noel Humphreys 1810–1879 was a British illustrator naturalist entomologist and numismatist. Humphreys was born on 4 January 1810 in Birmingham the son of James Humphreys and was educated at King Edward's School there. He studied medieval manuscripts in Italy as a young man and became an accomplished scholar in numerous subjects. In addition to his entomological texts Humphreys wrote works on ancient Greek and Roman coins archaeology and the art of writing and printing. London: William Smith, 1843-1845]. unknown
63873London: William Smith 1843-1845. Original hand-coloured lithograph 28.5 x 22 cm heightened in gum arabic. Henry Noel Humphreys 1810–1879 was a British illustrator naturalist entomologist and numismatist. Humphreys was born on 4 January 1810 in Birmingham the son of James Humphreys and was educated at King Edward's School there. He studied medieval manuscripts in Italy as a young man and became an accomplished scholar in numerous subjects. In addition to his entomological texts Humphreys wrote works on ancient Greek and Roman coins archaeology and the art of writing and printing. London: William Smith, 1843-1845]. unknown
63878London: William Smith 1843-1845. Original hand-coloured lithograph 28.5 x 22 cm heightened in gum arabic. Henry Noel Humphreys 1810–1879 was a British illustrator naturalist entomologist and numismatist. Humphreys was born on 4 January 1810 in Birmingham the son of James Humphreys and was educated at King Edward's School there. He studied medieval manuscripts in Italy as a young man and became an accomplished scholar in numerous subjects. In addition to his entomological texts Humphreys wrote works on ancient Greek and Roman coins archaeology and the art of writing and printing. London: William Smith, 1843-1845]. unknown
56776London: Paul Jerrard & Son 1858. Original hand-coloured lithograph 27 x 18 cm from The Genera of British Moths with accompanying leaf of descriptive text. Mounted. Henry Noel Humphreys 1810–1879 was a British illustrator naturalist entomologist and numismatist. Humphreys was born on 4 January 1810 in Birmingham the son of James Humphreys and was educated at King Edward's School there. He studied medieval manuscripts in Italy as a young man and became an accomplished scholar in numerous subjects. In addition to his entomological texts Humphreys wrote works on ancient Greek and Roman coins archaeology and the art of writing and printing. [London: Paul Jerrard & Son, 1858]. unknown
184676371London: Longman and Co. 1846. Narrow 4to. Unpaginated 60 pp. Complete re-cased sympathetically. Light cloth blocked in gilt blue and red to upper board and in blind to lower. All edges gilt. Marks heavier to lower board though also present with rubbing to edges of upper board and light wear to corners. Short closed tear to ffep and very minor splitting to the front endpapers. Foxing mostly around edges of leaves. Beautifully decorated pages hand coloured with 3 pages per month. The manuscript from which the illuminated calendar for 1846 is reproduced was probably produced in 1380 and has been selected here as it offers a beautiful example of a style of art very different from that of the "hours" of Ann of Brittany which formed the calendar for 1845. The work opens with a preface followed by a 4-page history of the House of Anjou with some remarks on their patronage of illuminators. Humphreys was a master of illumination in the Victorian age. 28cms tall 19.5 cms wide. . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. 1846. Longman and Co. 1846 hardcover
90969London Paul Jerrard n.d. circa 1860. . First edition. 8vo. Hand-coloured pictorial title-page hand-coloured presentation page 10 fine hand-coloured lithograph plates text printed in red with decorative borders of grasses printed in gold. Contemporary green morocco gilt covers with fancy gilt borders and decorative gilt centre panel panelled spine in 6 compartments red morocco lettering piece with gilt to second others richly gilt raised bands all edges gilt.<br /> 'A scarce treasure for the collector' Dunbar.<br /><br />Published in Paul Gerard's series Cream and Gold Presents appropriate for marriage birthday and festive occasions for all seasons these were the ultimate in Victorian drawing-room books. Originally brought out in a gutta-percha binding copies easily fell apart and few have survived. The present copy is extremely fine.<br /> Dunbar p56. London, Paul Jerrard, n.d. circa 1860. hardcover
1950333501Paris: Messager Boiteux de Paris 1950. First edition limited to 500 copies. Text in French. 8vo. Front cover has tiny closed tear at top edge small soil spot and faint crease at lower fore-corner else a very good copy. First edition limited to 500 copies. Text in French. 8vo. Surrealist and Dada writings inspired in part by Jazz and the music of Duke Ellington. OCLC locates seven holdings Library of Congress Emory Northwestern Illinois Missouri Hofstra and South Carolina State. T.C. #1. T.C. #1 <br/><br/> Messager Boiteux de Paris unknown
201329803London: Impress 2013. Very Good/Very Good. London: Impress 2013. First Edition. Oblong quarto. 276 pp. Photographs throughout. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Maroon boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket lightly rubbed and creased along edges with heavier wear and chipping to bottom edge of front panel near spine. Boards similarly mildly bumped and rubbed with heavier wear and brief exposure to bottom edge of front board at and along base of spine. Binding sound and interior unmarked; Very Good. Impress unknown
19505982New York: Gotham Book Mart 1950. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. A Proceeding of the James Joyce Society delivered at the Meeting of November 18 1948. Minor shelf/edge wear touch of sun at the spine booksellers stamp at the rear else tight bright and unmarred. Blue paper wraps black ink lettering. 8vo. 64pp. Illus. b/w plates. Gotham Book Mart unknown
42560Illustrated with 16 lithographs by Edward Bawden. Penguin Books Ltd. London. 1949 Ist Edition. 8vo 31pp. In or bds some flecking on eps o/w text in vg cond. Cover designed by Edward Bawden 16 full col plates. Illustrated with 16 lithographs by Edward Bawden. Penguin Books Ltd. London. 1949 (Ist Edition) unknown
13324Clarksburg: Saucerian Publications n.d. Paperback. Good. Inscribed on the first page by Kirkwood the real name of Mel Noel. Good. Wraps soiled at the edges with some bumps and creases. Firmly bound with two staples former owner's address label inside the front cover clean otherwise. A transcript of Noel's lecture at a UFO event complete with the question-and-answer section. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson. Rasmussen 762. Saucerian Publications paperback
194043221Fairfield: S.W.O.C. District No. 3 1940. First Edition. Mimeographed side-stapled sheets 11" x 8-1/2"; 6pp; printed recto-only. Text toned with chips to extremities; but of rust to staples; Good and sound. Ink signature of a "Dolph Mosley / Fairfield" to front cover. Report to the second annual convention of the S.W.O.C. documenting the union's successes in the southern states during its first year of existence and as well as union-busting activities which as might be imagined were rampant throughout the south during this period especially against a C.I.O.-affiliated union with a reputation for radicalism and a racial integration. A locus of anti-labor sentiment appears to have been the industrial community of Gadsden Alabama where the authors document numerous instances of direct threats against steelworkers including some that were racially motivated. Rare; as in our experience is most southern steelworkers material from this period. S.W.O.C. District No. 3 unknown
1872848B91London : Macmillan and Co. 1872. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A charming children's tale following Conrad the Squirrel. The second edition. A second edition copy of The Life and Times of Conrad the Squirrel A Story for Children. Written by Lady Augusta Noel also the writer of Effie's Friends and The Story of the Wandering Willie. A charming children's tale following the life of a little squirrel called Conrad with a frontispiece. Bound by Burn & Co. With fifty nine pages of adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart with some fading to the spine and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. With a previous owner inscription to the reverse of the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1920243701920. Ephemera. Very good condition. Greeting card with lithographed shape map of Australia with a printed photograph at the center captioned "Harvesting the Wheat Crop" surrounded by a kookaburra red gum nut branches and eucalyptus leaves all printed in color.<br /> On a tab at the bottom center is a pen sketch with caption of the ship 'Mooltan" whose maiden voyage was to Sydney in 1923; signed from Arthur. He has added 2 'X's" above and below the location of Sydney on the map. There is a small hole punched at the top center for hanging the Christmas card. The tab has a ruffled edge perhaps was longer when published. 7 x 4 3/4" printed on stiff card blank on verso. Not found on Trove. unknown
199125014Santa Barbara ::: Capra Press 1991. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy of this paperback pamphlet. This copy is signed by Noel Young. In this 23 page chapbook publisher Noel Young recounts his 30 year personal and professional relationship with Miller. Capra Press,, paperback
1885134677Pietermaritzburg: P. Davis & Sons Printers 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Pietermaritzburg P. Davis & Sons Printers 1885. Octavo xxiv chiefly indices 456 146 Postal Directory for the Colony 62 advertisements pages plus advertisements printed on the endpapers. Purple cloth extensively lettered in gilt and decorated in blind on both sides; rear cover affected by moisture buckling the board a little and staining the cloth and causing it to lift and crease; spine sunned and a little inkstained with a neat repair to the head; a few other minor signs of age and use; notwithstanding overall in very good condition internally excellent. The twenty-fourth number of the 'Natal Almanac and Register'. Provenance: the ownership signature 'Searcy' is written in ink at the head of the title page. We recognise it to be the hand of Alfred Searcy 1854-1925 customs officer parliamentary official and author. In 1882 he 'went to the Northern Territory as sub-collector to direct new customs arrangements. In recognition of his varied and excellent work he was promoted in 1888 and also became a justice of the peace. Within the tiny white community he was one of a handful of public servants striving to establish orderly administration over a vast area. In the 1880s especially there seemed to be a rosy future for many developmental schemes and Searcy was always an enthusiastic optimist. In 1890 his wife and family returned to Adelaide for health reasons' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. P. Davis & Sons, Printers hardcover
196181874Pietermaritzburg: Natal Convention Committee 1961. Paperback. Very Good. 64p. plus errata sheet tipped inside back cover. Softcover in original wrapper. 21cm. Errata sheet browned. Natal Convention Committee paperback
1940180557Circa1940s. Carbon typescript title-page 238 pages 35 x 22.5 cm manila card wrappers marked D.A.S.F. Rabaul in red pencil bound into a green pebbled cloth Penfold's springback letter file slightly scuffed edges of the typescript a little ragged but in very good condition. Translation from the German of Richard Parkinson's scarce work on the Bismarck Archipelago first published in 1907. This recently discovered typescript by translator and Rabaul resident Noel C. Barry is based on the second edition published in 1926. <br> <br>Barry began work on his translation in the 1920s after returning from service in WWI and completed it in the 1940s before War again intervened. The scholarly edition by John Dennison and J. Peter White of Parkinson's original work published in 1997 and online in 2010 by Sydney University made note of Barry's work observing "For many people this Barry translation became the sole avenue into Parkinson’s book." <br> <br>This copy with an early New Guinea provenance is from the collection of R. L. Pulsford a colleague of Noel Barry's at the Department of Agriculture Stock and Fisheries Rabaul has the errors in transcription mentioned in the Sydney University edition and as such is a valuable insight into the publishing history of a foundation work on the Pacific. . hardcover
1999129129London: Harper Collins Publishers 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London Harper Collins Publishers 1999. Octavo 287 pages with over 100 illustrations plus 8 pages of colour illustrations from photographs. Cloth; small indentation to the front cover; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper indented on the front panel and slightly faded on the spine. Number 85 in the New Naturalist Library. Harper Collins Publishers hardcover
188524771New Zealand 1885. Good overall. Image is of a carved Maori meeting house with a large group of indigenous people Maori men women and children dressed in western attire posed in front of the building's ornately decorated facade. Amongst the group all dressed in their Sunday best clothing is a European dressed in a dark suit with the words "Merry Christmas" above him.<br /> <br /> A wharenui big house is the communal meeting house of the Maori people of New Zealand. The houses are often elaborately carved inside and out with stylized images of the tribe's ancestors in the tribe's unique patterns. This meeting house was newly constructed with a large glass window next to the door.<br /> <br /> 6 x 4" laid down on card stock. The Christmas greeting captioned in white. Faint outline of old sticky tape now removed at top of image; card corners rubbed. hardcover
188024689New Zealand 1880. Very good condition. Charming card with family crest and manuscript greeting above pen and ink sketch in a gold border of a man on horseback crossing a river in a mountainous landscape and captioned "Crossing NZ River Going into deep water". <br /> <br /> The family crest with 3 gold anchors and white band charge on a black field; the greeting "Wishing you a jolly Xmas" penned in black ink with the first letter done in brush. 4 1/4 x 7 unknown
1736997Y32London: J. Pemberton 1736. Leather. Fair. 8" by 5". Not Stated . Two scarce second edition volumes from Noel-Antoine Pluche's popular work of natural history illustrated with many copper plates. Second edition. Vol II and Vol. III only of this six-volume work. Bound in contemporary full calf. Both boards detached from Vol II but present. Bound with front blank and no rear endpapers to Vol II. Bound with front blank detached and rear blank to Vol III. Vol. II illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-four copper plates most folding. Vol. III illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-two copper plates most folding. Collated complete.Spectacle de la nature published in nine volumes from 1732-1742 was a study of life and creation widely translated all over Europe and although it influenced many to become naturalists it was a work of popularisation not of science. Translated from the original French of Noel-Antoine Pluche a French priest. Bound in full calf. Both boards detached from Vol II but present. Joints weak to Vol III. Crack running down the spine of Vol III. Notable rubbing and scuffing to the calf. Internally front blank is detached but present to Vol III. 147-162 of Vol III detached but present. 163-174 at risk of detaching. Frontispiece at risk of detaching. Pages are generally bright and clean with spots and toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to front endpaper of Vol II. Fair J. Pemberton hardcover
