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184781266Paris: Firmin Didot Freres 1847. Paperback. Good. 3 of 4 maps 38 plates 387 136 48p. Partial wrapper. 23cm. Backstrip replaced with modern plain untitled paper. Front and back covers rehinged. Foxing light to moderate. Lacks one of the maps. Unopened. L'Univers: Histoire et description de tous les peuples series. French text. L'Univers: Histoire et description de tous les peuples series. <br/><br/> Firmin Didot Freres paperback books
184787099Paris: Firmin Didot Freres 1847. Paperback. Good. 4 maps 3 folding 38 plates 387 136 48p. Contemporary quarterbinding. 21cm. Foxing light to moderate. French text. L'Univers: Histoire et description de tous les peuples series. <br/><br/> Firmin Didot Freres paperback books
1889011755London: William McKenzie 1889. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Three volumes - Comedies Tragedies Histories - folio. Undated 1888-89. Richly decorated green pebbled leather beveled oval center in red black and gold beveled edges titles and devices in gilt and black on spine. teg sides uncut. Covers sparkling new cloth to head and foot of spine worn with some loss. Internals as new. 3 gravure plates in Histories 1 in Tragedies and Comedies. William McKenzie hardcover books
1840267575London: Saunders and Ottley 1840. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Half-calf over marbled boards with raised bands and morocco title label. Marbled endpapers with an attractive bookplate on the front pastedown. There is also a name label on the half-title page. Very Good binding. Saunders and Ottley unknown books
185518139Paris: Didot 1855. Deluxe edition with full amount of photos. With 8 mounted photographic vignettes after drawings by F.J. Barrias. 64 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Marbled boards red morocco spine covers worn internally fine. Deluxe edition with full amount of photos. With 8 mounted photographic vignettes after drawings by F.J. Barrias. 64 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Inscribed Copy With the Full 8 Mounted Photographic Plates. Inscribed by the editor on flyleaf "A Monsieur et Mme de La Grange.". The Truthful Lens 179 notes; Yanul Photographically Illustrated Books Before 1860 P. 7 notes Didot unknown books
1861WRCLIT74457Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Son 1861. viii1591pp. Small octavo. Gilt cream cloth. Some light spots and handsoiling to cloth but a very good copy. First edition of this anonymously published collection the painter's first collection of two. This copy is in the second state of the binding with the gilt ornament in the lower right fore-corner of the upper board. Inscribed most likely by one of the author's several sons nine years after his father's death: "To J.G.F. from R.N.P. 1910" NCBEL III:546. William Blackwood & Son hardcover books
18471267London: Longman & Company 1847. First edition. First edition. 12mo. Superbly bound in full black impressed morocco binding over beveled boards by Hayday. 31 chromolithographed full-page illustrations chromo title page text borders and initials all by Noel Humphreys. A monumental production of this most notable and sought-after early Victorian landmark in book binding and color production. A fne copy with almost no signs of wear seldom seen in this condition. <br/><br/> Longman & Company hardcover books
1827S1044Paris:: Janet et Cotelle 1827. 1827. Two volumes. 8vo. 4 vi 689; 4 871 pp. Double column publisher's ads at rear of Vol. I.; moderate water-staining and foxing throughout. Full contemporary calf red and black morocco spine labels gilt; rebacked rubbed. Bookplate of Charles Atwood Kofoid. RARE. FIRST EDITION. A dictionary of the art and sciences including the origins inventions and discoveries made from early times to the modern era. The work was compiled with the collaboration of specialists who supplied articles for their respective fields. The authors also edited a dictionary of French Philology 1831. Janet et Cotelle, 1827. unknown books
1813199487Paris.: Le Normant. 1813. 8th edition. . Contemporary half calf over plain boards leather spine label gilt spine title. . About very good scattered foxing light shelfwear covers lightly soiled. . 8vo. 22.8x14.5 cm. . Le Normant. hardcover books
1870602Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1870. 1/2 calf. Very Good . 41742pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Cont. half tan calf over marbled boards. There is a limitation notice that states that there have been 15 copies printed on "papier de Chine" and 15 on Whatman paper. Our copy appears to be printed on Whatman. Librairie des Bibliophiles unknown books
184210582London: Pr. by Macintosh for James Nisbet & Co. 1842. 12mo. 24 pp. <br><br>Baptist Wriothesley Noel 17981873 was a successful evangelical priest before leaving the Church of England to become a Baptist 184849. In this pamphlet he argues for a moderate and open attitude on the part of members of the Church of England towards nonconformists. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â NSTC 2N9331. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly age-toned with traces of soiling and some fine spotting; darkly pencilled notation on title-page. [Pr. by Macintosh for] James Nisbet & Co. unknown books
184447956New - York: Pudney Hooker & Russell Printers 1844. 1st Edition Harris Collection p. 156. Original publisher's dark brown cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Pale yellow eps. General shelf-wear cloth chip from spine panel crown. Very Good. viii 1 blank 9 - 208 2 blank pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Per Harris "Mary Noel Bleecker was born in New York City. Her poetical effusions wer published in the New York Mirror. She was married first to P. E. F. McDonald in 1834 and in 1848 to Mr. Henry Meigs of New York. She has contributed much to periodical literature." Pudney, Hooker & Russell, Printers hardcover books
184439862NY 1844. 8vo pp. 208. Green cloth blind-stamped and with gilt lettering on spine. Donor's presentation on flyleaf. Foxed throughout cover little stained and worn o/w a VG tight copy. Harris Collections p. 156:. MJcDonald was born in New York City and published in a number of periodicals. unknown books
1861e0064Part I "General Report": 131 pages with the 2 large folding maps profile of area 12 engraved plates including frontispiece one "Interior of Moquise House" being colored 7 colored chromolithic plates titled "Indian Portraits" 8 folding panoramas and 41 wood cut illustrations in the text; Part II "Hydrographic Report: 14 pages; Part III " Geological Report": 154 pages with 3 plates 3 lithographic plates 27 wood cut illustrations in text tables 2 maps; Part IV "Botany": 30 pages; Part V "Zoology": 6 pages; and Appendices 32 pages. Quarto ll 3/4" x 9" 36th Congress 1st Session Senate EX Document. Original gilt pictorial blind stamped cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Howes 194 First edition.<br /><br />Ives was born in New York City in 1828 and was a graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1852. As a Lieutenant from 1853 to 1854 he was appointed by the U.S. Army to the Topographical Engineers as assistant to Lt. A.W. Whipple in the Pacific Railroad survey along the 35th parallel. From 1857 to 1858 Ives commanded an expedition to explore up the Colorado River from its mouth. At Robinson's Landing he built then used the 54 foot paddlewheel steamboat Explorer to map and survey the river. His party included Smithsonian associate John Strong Newberry as geologist. He led his party up the Colorado to the lower end of the Grand Canyon then struck out across the desert to Fort Defiance in Colorado. Ives Reported his findings in his 1861 Report upon the Colorado river of the West. The Ives expedition produced one of the important early maps of the Grand Canyon drawn by F. W. v. Egloffstein topographer to the expedition. Ives next served as engineer and architect for the Washington National Monument from 1859 to 1860. During the American Civil War he joined the Confederate Army and served in several engineering capacities and was finally appointed aide-de-camp to President Jefferson Davis from 1863 to 1865. After the war he settled in New York City where he died November 12 1868<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />New spine and paste downs some maps repaired else a very good copy. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1861230141Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1861. First edition. Frontispiece 1 profile 8 fold-out panoramic views 24 lithographs some with tinted backgrounds 8 have been additionally hand-colored without 4 fold-out maps; 131; 154; 30; 6; 31 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to 11-1/8 x 8-5/8 inches. Later quarter cloth and marbled boards and endpapers. Fine copy. Bookplate of the Burndy Library with withdrawal stamp on the front pastedown. First edition. Frontispiece 1 profile 8 fold-out panoramic views 24 lithographs some with tinted backgrounds 8 have been additionally hand-colored without 4 fold-out maps; 131; 154; 30; 6; 31 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to 11-1/8 x 8-5/8 inches. Inscribed to Benjamin Silliman. William Goetzmann calls Lieutenant Ives's complete report "The best by far of these individual reports.It is a long carefully written journal consciously literary but with a maximum amount of attention to scientific observation. John Strong Newberry's geological report which accompanied Ives's narrative is one of the best of the government geological reports." Goetzmann gives a full account of the expedition in Army Exploration in the American West pp.379-94. Includes these separately numbered parts: Geological Report. By Dr. John Strong Newberry; Botany. By Professors Asa Gray John Torrey et al.; Zoology. By Professor Spencer Fullerton Baird; and Appendices<br/><br/>Inscribed by John Strong Newberry on the title page: "Prof. B. Silliman Jr. with the kind regards of J.S. Newberry." John Strong Newberry who was the naturalist on Ives' expedition up the Colorado River wrote Part III of this Report which deals with the Geology and Paleontology of the regions they explored. Ives' party were among the first white men to visit the floor of the Grand Canyon and upon their return it was Newberry who realized the canyon's geological significance and encouraged further exploration. It is likely that Newberry inscribed this copy to Benjamin Silliman Jr. a famous chemist and Yale professor whose analysis of "rock oil" in Pennsylvania in 1855 introduced investors to the potential of petroleum and led to the drilling of Edwin Drake's successful oil well on his property in 1857. Silliman also took on consulting activities in the American West in the 1860's and favorably reported on petroleum deposits in southern California as well as gold and silver properties in California Nevada and northern Arizona. Howes I-I92; Wagner-Camp 375; Sabin 35308; Wheat Transmississippi West 4: pp.98-101; Flake 4287; Goetzmann pp.379-394; Larned 412; Paher Nevada: An Annotated Bibliography 952; Arizona 100:47 Government Printing Office unknown books
184841192London: Longman & Co. 1848. 8vo 17.1 cm 6.75". iv pp; 16 double-sided col. plts. <br><br>First edition of this Victorian interpretation of a medieval book of meditations: Biblical miracles delicately calligraphed and => framed in 32 vividly illustrated chromolithographed illuminated borders. The main figures were adapted from the Old Masters and the decorative details "all strictly original and not borrowed" according to the artist p. ii a successful illustrator with particular interests in natural history numismatics and classical and medieval studies.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Publisher's boards of papier-mâché and black plaster molded to resemble a medieval carved binding each cover with six figural medallions surrounded by a border of interlaced vines and strapwork incorporating small creatures; spine with embossed title edges and turn-ins with gilt roll. All edges gilt; marbled endpapers. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Ray Illustrator and the Book in England 232. Binding as above small red shelfmark at foot of spine; corners and spine extremities chipped one small chip to outer edge of back panel design one very unobtrusive break in inner frame of front panel design nicely refurbished. Sewing loosening as is common with last leaf separated and previous one threatening; pages gently age-toned with occasional minor smudging in margins; text pages not plate pages foxed. => A striking binding and equally striking color-printing. Longman & Co. hardcover books
184922424London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1849. First edition. Hardcover. Black leather spine papier mache boards decorated in blind inner dentelles marbled endpapers. Aeg. Very good. Unpaginated. 19 x 14 cm. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated with six chromolithographed vignettes four chromolithographed borders two wood engraved borders with numerous wood engraved initials. The author a British illustrator naturalist entomologist and numismatist took advantage of the Victorian craze for for gift books as well as aquariums providing practical instruction for creating them at home. This work exemplifies the former as GORDON N. RAY 233 notes in his Chromolithography section: "'Not content merely to imitate his medieval predecessors he created fresh designs in their spirit thus producing the most attractive of chromolithographic books." Chips to back cover lower corner and front cover upper corner. ABBEY LIFE 228. McLEAN. Victorian Book Design p.104. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans hardcover books
184721823London: Longmans 1847. Humphreys Noel. 8vo 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. Chromolithographed title page and 31 chromolithographed pages with text symbolic borders miniatures and initials printed in gold black and colors 2 page printed explanation and advertising leaf. Publisher's papier-maché boards covered with black plaster molded to appear like a Gothic carved wood binding with gilt stamped leather back. Although as inevitable with the gutta-percha gluing the leaves have become detached this is nonetheless an exemplary and extraordinarily fine copy of a fragile production usually found quite worn often missing the spine the edges chipped etc. but here with the binding showing almost no wear and even the gilt on the cover edges intact and the spine gilt visible though tarnished. This is the earliest example of this innovative use of materials to reproduce antiquarian handmade work and it met with considerable commercial success. Cornelius Hauck copy with bookplate. Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England 231; Abbey Life 222. <br /><br /> Longmans hardcover books
18572853London: Longman Brown Geen Longmans and Roberts 1857. 12mo. vi 98 pp. Additional illustrated chromolithograph title page. 8vo 19x15 cm 7Ωx6" original black papier-machÈ binding intricately formed with central oval portrait of William Shakespeare in terra-cotta on front cover rear cover with oval bearing intertwined initials "W.S." red boards showing through the spaces in the design black leather spine. A scarce survivor of this inherently fragile binding style. In need of some binding repair: lower third of spine perished three of the four outer corners of the boards have chipped rear cover detached; good only yet an extremely rare Humphrey's title. <br/><br/> Longman, Brown, Geen Longmans and Roberts hardcover books
184822423London: Longman 1848. First edition. Hardcover. Black leather spine papier mache boards decorated in blind. Aeg. Very good. Unpaginated. 17 x 12 cm. Thirty two chromolithographed plates. The author a British illustrator naturalist entomologist and numismatist took advantage of the Victorian craze for for gift books as well as aquariums providing practical instruction for creating them at home. This work exemplifies the former as GORDON N. RAY 232 notes in his Chromolithography section: "'Not content merely to imitate his medieval predecessors he created fresh designs in their spirit thus producing the most attractive of chromolithographic books." Chips to upper cover corners last two text leaves Remarks of the Illuminator toned T. Bowler book label Manchester and gift inscription dated 1849. Longman hardcover books
184817405London: Longman & Co 1848. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. iv1312pp. Thirty-two pages are chromolithographed by Humphreys in addition there is a leaf of the illuminator' s remarks and one comprising an index of the miracles. Bound in the original black papier-mache covers designed to look like carved ebony. The binding was based on one carved in ivory in the 12th Century and has medallions of the principal miracles intertwined with ornate decorations and the title. The front and rear covers are identical. The book is exuberantly illustrated using chromolithography on 32 pages alternating between hot bright colors and cool pages subtly tinted with various shades the whole combining to make both a magnificent tribute to Medieval illustration and to the then new and novel technique of chromolithography. Marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Nicely rebacked in plain black leather;; a few small cracks in the binding edges and corners neatly mended but a very good copy. The Art of Publishers' Bookbindings 160-162. Housed in a custom slipcase. Longman & Co hardcover books
1848103118<p> Large 4to 9" x12" original red cloth gilt title top cover and gilt decorated spine illustrated with 42 hand colored plates xii. 137 1 pp. and 206 pp. Spine is split and torn lower portion may have been reattached frayed at head and foot hinges weak some minor foxing and toning a little some staining to half title probably from and old flower; otherwise about very good. Plates bright and clean. Henry Noel Humphreys 1807-1879 was a graphic artist and author born in Birmingham. His illustration work ranged from natural history and book illumination to works of fiction. He would do the incredibly attractive illustrations in Jane Loudon's Ladies' Flower Garden Series 1839-1848. The present title was first published in 1841 but several editions followed. Humphreys would also publish a similar work on Moths in 1845 and a second work on moths and butterflies in 1859. The 42 plates in this volume illustrate most of the known British butterflies at that time. ODB.</p> William Smith, books
1852000374London: Grant and Griffith 1852. All edges gilt. . Front free endpaper loosened. Fourteen full page color plates printed by Day & Son with tissue-guards. Text pages printed by Vizetelly. 118pp. See VBD p.110. First Edition. Red Morocco-grained Cloth. Moderate Wear and Soiling/No Jacket. Quarto. Grant and Griffith Hardcover books
18409789London: Charles Tilt 1840. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. First edition. Illustrated with engravings by W. B. Cooke from drawings by eminent artists accompanied by literary sketches by H. Noel Humphreys. Bound in half brown leather and maroon cloth with blind-stamped decorations and title stamped in gilt on the spine. Marbled end papers. Occassional foxing to plates extremeties rubbed otherwise very good. <br/><br/> Charles Tilt hardcover books
1868126809London England: Bernard Quaritch 1868. original cloth edges uncut. folio. original cloth edges uncut. xvi 216 pages. Second issue with the section on references at the end of the book in the first issue suppressed because of errors Bigmore & Wyman I 350. Preface to the second issue table of contents errata appendix. Contains 106 facsimiles in photolithography produced by Day & Son which are the highlight of this book. The text contains numerous errors but the fine color work done in the plates make the book a worthwhile addition to a printing history library. Covers worn separating at outside joints. Covers separated from text except back inside hinge. Cloth separating from board at lower front fore-edge corner. Back cover stained along fore-edge. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Leaves of text loose. Plates all present but out of sequence. Some spotting in text and on plates. Bernard Quaritch unknown books
