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1843168902London: William Smith 1843-45. First edition splendidly illustrating the moths of the British isles in 124 hand-coloured plates. A collaboration with the leading entomologist John Westwood who contributed the insect descriptions this is one of Humphrey's most accomplished works as a naturalist illustrator. A skilled artist trained in Brussels Humphreys became interested in natural history after a tour of Italy. Upon his return he settled in London as a neighbour of a relative the landscape architect and prolific author J. C. Loudon. Humphreys wrote for a series of garden periodicals including Loudon's Gardener's Magazine. In the 1840s he published two entomological works with Westwood: British Butterflies and their Transformations 1841 and subsequently the present work on moths; both proved extremely popular. Westwood 1805-1893 was one of the first entomologists to obtain an academic position at Oxford University and he founded with Frederick William Hope the Entomological Society of London. In 1846 the name Westwoodia was given in his honour to a genus of Hymenoptera. He was himself a skilled insect illustrator contributing drawings to several publications between the 1820s and the 1840s. 2 vols large quarto 273 x 210 mm. With 124 hand-coloured plates. Contemporary purple mottled half morocco spines with gilt-ruled raised bands gilt lettering in compartments marbled sides and endpapers edges gilt. Patch of skinning on front pastedown of vol. I from removed bookplate. Spines slightly faded light wear to board edges and corners a few spots of foxing to edges extending a little into margins otherwise internally bright and clean. A very good copy. hardcover
18494505034London: Wm. S. Orr & Co and William Smith 1849. Three volumes quarto profusely illustrated with full-page plates exquisitely hand-coloured; uniformly bound in half morocco richly gilt all edges gilt with the gilt arms of the Barons Sherborne. <p><p>A very fine copy in a grand binding with excellent provenance of this remarkable collaboration an exquisite work of Victorian natural history. As one of the pre-eminent entomologists of the Victorian period John Obadiah Westwood 1805-1893 served as collaborator editor and consultant on many entomological publications. He was a prodigious author and researcher publishing some four hundred scientific papers and some twenty books as well as making numerous contributions to works by other authors. In 1833 he was one of the founding members of the Entomological Society and he became honorary life president in 1883 and a fellow of the Linnaean Society. It was for his study of Australian species that Anthony Musgrave author of the Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775-1930 named the period 1831-1861 "The Westwoodian Period" in recognition of his great service during these years to Australian entomology Musgrave p. 345. </p> <p>Henry Noel Humphreys 1810-1879 was an accomplished illustrator and 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 enriching even these simplest texts with exquisite chromolithographs printed by Owen Jones. He was inspired to embark on this ambitious planned survey of British insects following a trip to Italy. In the Preface he likened the person in the fields unacquainted with natural history to one placed in a library and unable to read. "He cannot read in the beautiful book of nature when in the summer it opens its brightest leaves". </p> <p>A contemporary review in The Lancet noted: The plates exquisitely drawn by Mr. Humphreys represent the insect in its three great stages-as the caterpillar the chrysalis and the butterfly or moth -all hanging side by side on the plants which furnish their ordinary food. The transformation thus seems to take place under the eye; and the metamorphoses are associated in the mind without any effort." In response to Humphreys' claim that "Entomology is a branch of knowledge more easily acquired than many imagine. The individual beauty of the insects in every stage the ease with which they are preserved and the comparative facility with which a complete collection of British species may be formed particularly of butterflies of which we number scarcely more than eighty distinct species render it a task of easy attainment" the same reviewer wryly noted "Mr. Humphreys throws out a suggestion which has perhaps a touch of the butterfly Utopia in it but which is ingenious and deserves trial."</p> </p> . Provenance: Each volume with the gilt arms of the Barons Sherborne with links to Australia through the Duttons of Anlaby South Australia; and the bookplate of Princess Despina Mary Karadja 1868-1943 poet writer on spiritualism founder of the White Cross Union and wife of the envoy to the Ottoman empire Jean-Constantin Karadja a distinguished diplomat and noted book collector. Wm. S. Orr & Co and William Smith unknown
1830A141-481Hildburghausen, Bibliographisches Institut, um 1830. Portr?t / Punktierstich, Platte ca. 16,5x13 cm
18915541Paris: Arnold & Trit / Hotel Drouot 1891. First edition. The auction catalogue for the Drouot sale of the collection of Mr Ch. Noel. This was held in the Hotel Drouot on Saturday 21st February 1891. The catalogue features 69 items for sale and there are ten full page photo-aquatint engravings with 11 of the items featured. Original cream soft covers over card with red titles. There is significant darkening to the edges of the covers and some small bumping and nicking. The binding is slightly shaken to the title page but still holding. Pages are a little darkened. The aquatints are in very good clean condition and all under tissue guards these somewhat foxed. Also included is the entry card / invitation to the sale which includes a list of the items going under the hammer. A nice collection of art works. The commmissaire-Priseur was Georges Duchesne and the experts were the Haro brothers. Unpaginated but 30 pages. 33cm x 25cm. Conforms to WorldCat / OCLC: 762566448. . Première édition. Catalogue de la vente aux enchères Drouot de la collection de M. Ch. Noel. Celle-ci s'est tenue à l'Hôtel Drouot le samedi 21 février 1891. Le catalogue présente 69 lots à vendre et comprend dix gravures photogravées en aquatinte pleine page 11 des lots présentés. Couverture souple crème d'origine sur carton avec titres rouges. Les bords de la couverture sont très foncés et présentent quelques petites bosses et entailles. La reliure est légèrement abîmée au niveau de la page de titre mais tient toujours. Les pages sont un peu foncées. Les aquatintes sont en très bon état propres et toutes protégées par des feuilles de papier de soie légèrement rouillées. Le catalogue comprend également la carte d'entrée/invitation à la vente qui contient la liste des articles mis aux enchères. Une belle collection d'œuvres d'art. Le commissaire-priseur était Georges Duchesne et les experts étaient les frères Haro. Non paginé mais 30 pages. 33 cm x 25 cm. Conforme à WorldCat / OCLC : 762566448. Arnold & Trit / Hotel Drouot paperback
186607247Paris: Librairie de Garnier Frères 1866. 2 Volumes. 386 520 pp. Ouvrage illustré. Quelques rousseurs localisées. Reliure bleu-gris de l'éditeur. Bon exemplaire. Librairie de Garnier Frères Hardcover
1866113937Paris France: Librairie de Garnier Freres. 2 vols. Vol1.: 436pp Vol.2: 520pp. b/w plates & illus. Leather spines raised bands gilt lettering marbled boards end papers and text block edges. All extremities rubbed and worn. Tears to leather on spine. Pages 75-78 in vol.1 loose. Owner's bookplate to front paste down in both volumes and also ink inscriptions to ffeps. HEAVY SET - WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE . Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1866. Librairie de Garnier Freres hardcover
185037041Paris: G. de Gonet 1850. Fine. G. de Gonet Paris S.d. ca 1850 15.50 x 24 cm relié First edition. This edition is often mistakenly confused with the Garnier edition Chants et chansons populaires de la France in one volume and in several yet it is rigorously different both in illustration and content. It is illustrated with 48 steel-engraved plates printed in bistre after Gavarni Travies. and numerous wood engravings. Half brown shagreen. Spine with false raised bands decorated with thick and thin compartments. Wine-colored percaline boards. Edges gilt. Boards discolored in places borders. Joints of volume 1 rubbed in places. Tissue guards browned. Occasionally some foxing in margins or around tissue guards. Overall quite fresh and clean. The two volumes offer nearly 1400 songs covering all styles often accompanied by historical and literary notes. G. de Gonet hardcover
18650008349New York: Harper & Brothers 1865. First Separate edition. Wrappers. Good. Small 4to 47 pages printed wrappers sewn; variant state with ten cent price altered to 15 cents very worn. Pencilled name of J. L. Richards. <br/><br/>His new Christmas story. Gimbel B289. Harper & Brothers unknown
184941648John Murray 1849. Sm. 8vo. with engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved and printed titles frontispiece and engraved title very lightly browned; original brown cloth boards framed and blocked in blind gilt back primrose endpapers uncut a very good bright clean crisp copy in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. With the nineteenth century trade ticket of Croydon of Torquay on front paste-down. John Murray, hardcover
1816174164London: John Murray 1816. Inscribed by Byron to inspire his fellow writer and later by Maturin in memory of his friend Presentation copy of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage inscribed by Byron on the half-title "To the Revd R. C. Maturin from the Author". Following Byron's death in 1824 Maturin inscribed a quatrain from a contemporary poem by James Montgomery on the rear free endpaper in memoriam: "Friend after friend departs; / Who hath not lost a friend / There is no union here of hearts / That hath not here an end". Byron and Maturin enjoyed a warm literary friendship beginning in December 1815 when they were introduced by Walter Scott. That month Maturin sent Byron the manuscript for his Gothic tragedy Bertram. Byron adored the play writing to John Murray that he received the manuscript "late in the evening and read it through without being able to stop" Murray letter to Scott 25 December 1815. In a letter to Maturin he praised the work as "a very extraordinary production - of great & singular merit as a composition" 22 December 1815. Byron helped Maturin bring his work to the stage sending the manuscript to George Lamb with whom he managed the Drury Lane Theatre Lamb like Byron read the play by candlelight and "could not go to bed without finishing it". Despite his enthusiasm for Maturin's tragedy Byron found himself exiled from England from April 1816 and never saw the play performed. His Childe Harold was nonetheless an important influence on its success: "Bertram undoubtedly benefitted from the great popularity of Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage the first two cantos of which had been published in 1812 for the hero of Maturin's play was spoken of by a number of contemporary critics as a 'Byronic figure'" Lougy p. 45. The play became Maturin's first critical and commercial success and his touching inscription at the rear of the volume reveals the gratitude and affection he felt for the poet. This copy of Childe Harold is from the 1816 edition of Byron's collected works. Vol. I of IV only duodecimo 165 x 106 mm. Engraved plate by Thomas Stothard with tissue facing p. 10. Contemporary unlettered calf. Housed in a custom brown quarter morocco folding box by the Chelsea Bindery. Book label of J. O. Edwards to front pastedown. Binding worn front joint cracked but cords firm contents clean. A good copy in unrestored condition. Robert E. Lougy Charles Robert Maturin 1975. unknown
181617868<p>London : for John Murray 1816. First edition of the third canto: the second issue. "There was a sound of revelry by night ." etc. Demy 8vo 209 x 129mm. iv76 i.e.79ipp. Bound complete with half-title in a smart recent binder's cloth; last leaf a touch dusty occasional slight spotting but a very good copy.</p> London : for John Murray, 1816. hardcover
1818184242London: John Murray 1818. First edition first issue with all the requisite readings given by Wise. The bibliographer says of first issue copies: "The Fourth Canto of Childe Harold has hitherto been regarded as the least uncommon of the first editions of Byron's poems. As a fact the correct book is one of the scarcest" Wise p. 60. The concluding canto to Byron's long poem follows Cantos I-II 1812 and III 1816. Octavo 218 x 134 mm pp. xvi 258. Late 19th-century red half morocco spine lettered in gilt floral gilt device in compartments marbled sides and endpapers top edge gilt others uncut. Spine a little darkened abrasion from removed label on spine occasional light foxing. A very good copy. Wise pp. 58-60. unknown
1818229706London John Murray 1818. 1818. First edition. 8vo. 19th century 1/2 brown calf over marbled boards front cover detached. Good. 257 pages 2 pages advertisements at end. Small bookseller's ticket of C.E. Rappaport Rome. First issue of the concluding cant with an introductory letter of Byron; plus two of Byron's translations of a Spanish ballad and a sonnet by Vittorelli. Includes a page of advertisements for Byron's works; the second page is an advertisement for Hakewill's Views in Italy. Printed by T. Davison Lombard St. Whitefriars London. 1st Edition. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. London, John Murray, 1818. hardcover
1837017351John Murray. Original calf binding with gilt piping. FIve raised bands on spine with gilt design and titles. Marbled page edges. Top spine title block missing. Corner edges worn from handling. Front detached but present.Tight copy. Internally bright and clear. 3" x 5.5". Warmly inscribed and signed to his publisher by the author on his frontispiece portrait page: "My dear Murray yrs very sincerely Byron". One of Lord Byron's most famous epic verses. Originally published in 1812 and 1818. Rare Edition. No DJ. In archival sleeve. . Good. Hardcover. 1837. John Murray hardcover
1885233875Boston: J. Stilman Smith 1885. First separate publication of this work. 1 vols. 12mo. Original wrappers printed in red and black slight cover toning. A fine copy. First separate publication of this work. 1 vols. 12mo. On the verso of the front wrapper is printed "A Christmas Present from Edward E. Hale". On the cover Hale has written in the top margin "Hon. H. C. Lodge" ; further down by the printed line "By Edward E. Hale D.D." Hale has crossed out the "By" and "D.D." and written "With the best wishes of". This story by the the author of The Man without a Country is followed by the three stanzas of Hale's reverential "Boston Club Song". A splendid association copy. J. Stilman Smith unknown
1866CH103NY: Gen. Prot. Episc. S.S. Union and Church Book Society 1866. First. Cloth. Very Good. First edition. 12mo. Cloth gilt 71pp. frontispiece. A couple of light splash stains on the front board else a very good or a little better copy. A collection of instructive Christmas stories made possible by the contributions of the Sunday School of the Cathederal Church of Chicago. OCLC locates no copies in American libraries. A very scarce Christmas and juvenile title. <br/><br/> Gen. Prot. Episc. S.S. Union and Church Book Society hardcover
185534377London: David Bogue 1855. An early edition in pleasing binding. With 53 lovely colour-tinted illustrations designed and drawn on wood by Birket Foster and engraved by Henry Vizetelly. Many of the cuts within elaborate gilt frames each page printed within a gilt boarder large gilt initials and other decorations all throughout. 4to in the publisher's deluxe binding of bright red full morocco the boards with elaborate decorative panels in gilt the spine gilt decorated in similar panel design and with festive gilt lettering board edges beveled marbled endpapers a.e.g. x 202 pp. A very attractive copy generally the text is very clean and fresh with some occasional light spotting more to the prelims as would be expected the block solid the festive red binding sturdy with firm hinges the scarlet morocco spine panel a bit darker than the covers the giltwork still very vivid and bright a little minor rubbing to the edges and shoulders. A BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION OF CHRISTMAS POEMS AND LYRICS. Arranged by periods of English history it includes the religious hymns one would expect but also more lighthearted fair such as carols in praise of ale mistletoe and wassailing. Birket Foster steals the limelight here though his wonderful tinted engravings make this a holiday gem truly worth treasuring. David Bogue hardcover
184929127London: W. Pickering. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1849. Hardcover. POETRY; B/w frontis; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; xvii 205 2 pages; 12mo orig. Gilt-lettered green cloth gilt-lettered spine edges untrimmed; light edge wear slightly sunned text with lined borders. Title vignette. Minor foxing. Headpieces tailpieces and elaborated intitials. . W. Pickering hardcover
1890010135<p>London Paris & New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons 1890 1890 per Nat. Lib. Scotland. AEG. 24 pgs. Pictorial boards with cloth spine surface edge and corner wear light foxing throughout. The poem "Christmas Lights" illustrated on every page 12 chromolithographs in color the balance in sepia. Pictorial Boards. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by J Pauline Sunter. Oblong 12mo.</p> Raphael Tuck & Sons
1882471Complete set of five chromolithograph collecting / trade cards depicting scenes throughout Christmas Day in a comic strip. Numbered to upper right corner. Scenes range from Father Christmas standing beside a bed with 4 sleeping children 6 o'clock through opening presents under the Christmas tree 9 o'clock to Christmas lunch 1 o'clock then over-excited/misbehaving children 3 o'clock and 7 o'clock. Very Good condition. <br /><br /><i>Sammis & Latham was a New York publishing firm active in 1882 that issued comic card sets and juvenile novelty items.</i> Sammis & Latham
19002645200227006CHRISTMAS CAROLS 1969 A GOLDEN BOOK SONGBOOK E15 1900-01-01. Sheet music. Very Good. Nice looking book has minor edge wear on spine. CHRISTMAS CAROLS 1969 A GOLDEN BOOK SONGBOOK E15 unknown
189141462Frontis portrait of Most Rev. John Walsh archbishop of Toronto. Other portraits throughout. Many adverts for mainly Detroit businesses throughout paperback
18540009032London: George Routledge 1854. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. R. Seymour. 16mo; ixi 148 pages full green polished calf extra-gilt spine a.e.g. by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; spine sunned; in a worn slipcase. Rare. <br/><br/>Illustrated by Phiz with four engraved plates. "We are ushered into the banking house and introduced to the senior partner Sir Fograss .; Thomas Snorton the junior partner . who rose from nothing to his present position; Jack Tripples a clerk in the outer office; and Thomas Poundaweek head messenger. These are the four persons with whom we will spend Christmas each in his own setting . All held together by a mystery - Walter Smauch." Not in Sadleir VICTORIAN FICTION . George Routledge hardcover
