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18376539London / Philadelphia: Edward Churton / DeSilver Thomas & Co 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 359. Frontis. scenic engraving with tissue guard. Illustrated with thirteen additional portraits and castle views with tissue guards. Plates foxed. Brown pebbled cloth titles and decorations stamped in gilt on the spine decorations in blind on the covers gilt edges. Library ink stamp and light pencil marks on the title page and tag on the spine; foxing to edges tissue guards and adjacent leaves; corners lightly bumped. "Graphic and literary contents are a reprint from a popular periodical" not named nor are identified the authors of several poems short stories portraits of aristocrats and descriptions of properties. OCLC classifies it as a Gift Book held at two institutions. A handsome volume well-preserved. Edward Churton / DeSilver, Thomas & Co hardcover
1864022771N.Y.: John Bradburn 1864. Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First American edition original cloth 517 pages two fold-out maps mild scattered foxing private library bookplate 1864 owner name inner hinges starting spine lettering dulled minor edge wear housed in a slipcase. Manassas Oak Hill Missouri Harpers Ferry Price Lee Leesburgh numerous battles and commanders etc. Howes B238. John Bradburn hardcover
18882222174<p>Later printing. Small octavo. Contemporary 3/4 tan calf over brown boards; gilt stamped spine with red leather label edges gilt. Front free endpaper lacking. Good light foxing to endpapers. 280 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p> William Blackwood and Sons hardcover books
18882222174<p>Later printing. Small octavo. Contemporary 3/4 tan calf over brown boards; gilt stamped spine with red leather label edges gilt. Front free endpaper lacking. Good light foxing to endpapers. 280 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p> William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
1888101161<p>Wolverhampton May 17 1888. 1888. Fine. - Over 360 words penned on three-and-a-quarter sides of folded 7-7/8 inch high by 5 inch wide "Queen Street Congregational Chapel Wolverhampton" stationery. The English nonconformist divine Charles Albert Berry congratulates the American Impressario Major James B. Pond on his marriage "Do I know the happy bride I have a sort of dim notion that I both saw & spoke to her. Am I dreaming or have I had the pleasure" He goes on to say that he's "made a place for her in my invisible circle of memoried friends." Explaining that though he and his wife will be visiting America soon he has no intention of lecturing "I am being pretty much worked to death & my holiday when I take it must be a time of real rest." He mentions hearing the Dr. Abbott may be permanently staying in Plymouth and goes on to write his impressions of the state of affairs in Britain: "Over here things are getting hopelessly mixed theologically politically and socially. Spurgeon is urging the Churches to get back to pre-scientific beliefs: Chamberlain is struggling to hold the country to pre-humanitarian views upon Ireland: and a little band of men in London are shouting pre-Civilized crudities about socialism & the like." Signed "Charles. A. Berry". Folded for mailing else near fine.</p><p>The English nonconformist divine Charles Albert Berry 1852-1899 was influenced by the New York Dutch Reformed Church minister Dr. J. M. Macaulay when the latter resided in England for a few years. After attending Airedale College in Bradford to study for the ministry he became pastor of the St. George's Road Congregational church in Bolton. He became pastor of the Curch at Queen Street in Woverhampton where his broad views and eloquence made an impact. Having promised Henry Ward Beecher that he would visit America he did so but refused the invitation to succeed Beecher. Following an 1892 conference at Grindelwald he Hugh Price Hughes and Alexander Mackennal introduced the ideas and principles of a Free Church federation throughout England. He served as the first president of the Free Church congress and also served as president of the Congregational Union of England and Wales. He effectively campaigned for peace between England and America over the Venezualan boundery dispute.</p> Wolverhampton, May 17, 1888.
18200011454Philadelphia: M. Thomas 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 151 pages original publisher's grey boards untrimmed new cloth spine and new endpapers <br/><br/>Frontispiece mezzotint portrait of Byron by Kennerley from a painting by Harding; however it appears rather to be the image by Thomas Goff Lupton. Page 97 is misnumbered 79. The final poem in the book "Enigma" is not by Byron. M. Thomas hardcover
18796495<p>Riverside Edition. Four volumes in two. Good HCs no DJs.Dark maroon cloth over boards with gilt stamped titles; top edge gilt; light brown end papers; tissue-guarded frontispiece 1st vol only. Clean lightly scuffed square covers and spines; 1 volume has some insect grazing appearing like light colored scrape marks; slightly faded spines - titles clear; rubbing at spine ends 1 volume with 1/4 x 1/2 inch strip missing at spine head; tightly bound; very clean interiors with slight age darkening along page edges; leaves remain supple; some leaves unopened at fore edges - never been read. Includes short bios of each author 106 45 & 7 pp. 12mos 1427 total pp 256 352 356 306 pp plus bios.</p> Houghton, Osgood and Company. Boston hardcover
186896508May 29th 1868. 1868. Very good. - A few words penned on his 4-5/8 inch high by 5 inch wide stationary with his pictorial seal embossed in blue at the top. The seal bears Coleridge's motto "Time Deum Cole Regem" embossed within a belt framing ears of wheat in front of a cross an otter "statant" i.e. standing with all four paws on the ground in the foreground. Coleridge has penned but a few words "I am Madam faithfully yours John Duke Coleridge". Once folded the note is mounted with glue from the verso onto heavier stock clipped from an album. Very good. <p>The English lawyer judge and Liberal politician John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge 1820-1894 was the great-nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. An attorney practicing on the western circuit Coleridge held several appointments and was elected to the House of Commons for Exeter. Appointed Solicitor-General under Gladstone he was promoted to Attorney-General for England and Wales. He was subsequently appointed Chief Justice for the Common Pleas and then Lord Chief Justice of England. He was recognized by the "Women's Suffrage Journal" as a "firm and consistent" supporter of women's suffrage. May 29th, 1868. unknown
184216637London: Tilt & Bogue 1842. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in smooth tan calf gilt decorations on spine & around endpapers five raised bands burgundy endpapers gilt top edges vi 300 pages 22 full page steel engravings and 78 woodcuts. At end of book are three pages with textured burgundy cloth on paper two having gold title & decorations. Previous owner's small bookplate on front pastedown. Several pages are shorter at bottom. Front board has partly detached at the spine. Rear board is tight. Clean straight and unmarked. Not available for international shipping. <br/><br/> Tilt & Bogue hardcover
1827WRCLIT72810London: John Murray 1827. 284pp. Disbound. Several faint old stamps of a mercantile library occasional foxing and minor spotting but near very good. First edition. A curious work the narrative in verse appearing on pp. 151-191 with the extended preface up through p.151 being concerned with establishing reform and pp.191 to the end being a record of the evidence and proceedings in the 1825 Lord's Committee hearings and other matters. Uncommon. OCLC: 6206989. BRADSHAW 7908. John Murray unknown books
189019731890. Two images each a lithograph in colors printed on one sheet of cream wove paper 10 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches 265 x 193 mm sheet full margins. In good condition with a repaired horizontal edge tear at the left-center sheet edge with associated tape on the verso and a pencil inscription in the lower left margin recto well outside of image area. Colors are fresh. unknown
185014791850. Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor on cream laid paper 3 1/2 x 3 inches 90 x 75 mm trimmed to the plate. In good condition with uniform toning and edge wear. There is some adhesive residue on the verso with associated discoloration. Members of a Scottish naval regimen in their slops and kerchiefs performing an informal highland dance while a piper in traditional Black Watch tartan plays on. unknown
18501478London: William Follit 1850. Lithograph on lightweight cream wove paper 9 5/8 x 6 inches 244 x 152 mm full margins. In good condition with uniform age tone. Text reads:<br /> THE HUMORIST N° 4.<br /> V Miles from London:<br /> Simkins my boy what's the use of a double barrel gun Why when you shoots at a Tom-tit you lets em of both together to make sure of him but when you shoots at a larger bird such as a lark one after the other will do. William Follit unknown
184456249Boston 1844. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 24cm. Printed pink paper wrappers; 32pp; wood engraving of Fairchild on front cover and final page. Untrimmed rubbed with marginal chips covers detached minor foxing: Good only. <br /> <br /> Fairchild a Congregationalist minister was tried for seducing Rhoda Davidson a domestic worker in his employ. This pamphlet reports on his trial by an Ecclesiastical Council in which he was convicted; later he was tried in a Boston municipal court and acquitted. The entire scandal was widely reported on in the New England press. unknown
18592221734<p>Sixth edition. Octavo. Title page in red and black. B/W illustrations by Richard Doyle John Leech and Alfred Crowquill. 3/4 gilt stamped tan calf minor rubbing t.e.g. Very good. 256 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Includes Spanish American and Miscellaneous Ballads.</p> William Blackwood and Sons hardcover books
186496471August 1st 1864. 1864. Good. - A two-and-a-half page letter consisting of over 80 words penned on three sides of 8 inch high by 5-1/8 inch wide "The Opera Company" stationery. Hatton has crossed out the letterhead and penned his home address below. In his letter addressed to James Couper sp Hatton seeks to correct the assumption made in an article about the title of his forthcoming opera: "My dear Sir" he writes "There is an article in Saturday's Orchestra signed 'J.C." -- J.C. it is yours -- what put it in yr head that my opera is called 'Blue Beard' The story of my work is as unlike the career of that courageous individual as it well can be." He goes on to write that he's not yet decided on a name for his work "but I think it is likely to be 'Rose de mai-" and requests that J.C. correct the mistake. Signed "J.L. Hatton". The recipient has penciled "yes JC" in the left margin of the first page affirming that he was indeed the author of the article. Folded several times for mailing with a couple of short tears along the edges of the folds. The bottom third of the integral second leaf has been clipped without loss to the text. Apparently once mounted into an album with paper remnants along the top and inner edges of the verso of the second leaf. Good. <p>The English composer conductor pianist and singer John Liptrot Hatton 1809-1886 was a pupil of Michael Maybrick and also studied in the academy of Mr. Molyneux. An organist by the age of 16 he acted on the Liverpool stage and later performed in London in Macready's Drury Lane production of "Othello". A man of many talents he was making a name for himself as a musician and composer at the same time directing the choruses in the English Opera series at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and composing his own works. His fist operetta "Queen of the Thames or The Anglers" was followed by a more ambitious work "Pascal Bruno". He composed numerous songs in the style of the German classics and performed as a pianist. Hatton toured in the U.S. from 1848 to 1850 performing several public and private concerts in New York City which included some of his own works. As a composer Hatton set to music various songs to poems by Robert Herrick perhaps the most famous of which was "To Anthea". Engaged as Director of Music at the Princess's Theatre in London he composed music for "Macbeth" "Sardanapalus King of Assyria" "Henry VIII" "Faust and Marguerite" and several of Shakespeare's plays. In 1864 his third opera "Rose or Love's Ransom" likely the work to which he refers in his letter was performed at the Royal English Opera Covent Garden. August 1st, 1864. unknown
1896DEMO008664ILondon & Chicago: John Lane / Way And Williams 1896. First. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo gilt dec. green cloth tips of spine worn <br/><br/>Illustrated by Housman with 6 drawings Morris-esque title-page and cover design to accompany his poems Kraus 33. John Lane / Way And Williams hardcover
18805637lLondon & New York 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 4to panelled calf gilt stamp of Princess or Queen of England on top cover. Prize volume to Percival Horton Smith. <br/><br/> hardcover
185056786Dublin: Celtic Society 1850. Presumed first thus. Hardcover. good. 791 pages footnotes appendix index marbled endpapers half-leather binding edges worn slight foxing on a few pages. Volumes 2 ONLY of the three-volume set. Text is in English. Subtitled: In quo plerasque justi historici dotes desiderari plerosque naevos inesse ostendit Gratianus Lucius Hibernus qui etiam aliquot res memorabiles Hibernicas veteris et vovae memoriae passim e re nata huic operi inseruit. Cambrensis Eversus has been generally esteemed one of the most valuable works on the history of Ireland. Viewed merely as a refutation of Giraldus de Barry it was on some points unsuccessful but its comprehensive plan embracing a great variety of well-digested and accurate information on every period of Irish history makes it a valuable work. Lynch defends the cessation of 1643 the peace of 1646 and 1648 condemns the nuncio and approves the general policy of Ormonde. This volume contain the bookplate of Peter Lanyon-Orgill 1924-2002 a bizarre linguistic charlatan who was responsible for a rather large body of work that he apparently purloined from legitimate linguists over his lengthy career. Celtic Society hardcover
188932321New York: Scribner and Welford 1889. Hardcover. 5.5 x 8in. xvi. 352pp.; 340pp. Publisher's cloth boards with gilt titling. Both volumes are in VERY GOOD condition showing the extremities shelf rubbed former owner gift inscription of the period at each second blank otherwise the bindings are strong and tight the text-block are clean and unmarked and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured. Scribner and Welford hardcover
1886DEMO016615ILondon & Newcastle-on-Tyne: Walter Scott 1886. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 24mo lxxxi 324 iv pages blue cloth paper label on spine foxing untrimmed. <br/><br/>Presentation inscription from Sharp to W. A. Turner Esq dated "January/86". That is at least 16 days earlier than the earliest copy cited by Colbeck's catalogue of his Victoriana p. 739. Includes the proposed first book appearance of Oscar Wilde's sonnet "On the Sale of Keats' Love-letters" not in Mason. Contains 265 sonnets plus a long introduction and Notes by Sharp. Issued in the Canterbury Poets series. Rare thus. Walter Scott hardcover
189520220004New York & London: Charles scribner's Sons / John Lane 1895. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Duodecimo 186 pages pictorial gilt covers corners bumped short split in rear hinge partially unopened with t.e.g. and deckle-edged <br/><br/>Illustrated by Charles Robinson who was the son of an illustrator and the brother of two illustrators Thomas Heath and William Heath Robinson. Born in 1870 this 1895 work was Charles's first full-size book commission. Its popularity caused a number of new commissions and many reprints of this beloved book. Charles scribner's Sons / John Lane hardcover
189483895London: Lawrence & Bullen 1894. Limited Edition. hardcover. good/none. E.R.Hughes. A collection of 75 stories and fairy tales in this two volume edition. Quarto.29 cm x 20 cm.Brown cloth. Gilt lettering and pictorial gilt emblem. Vol.1: 276pp.Frontispiece & 8 sepia illustrations with tissue guards. Vol. 2; 323pp.Frontispiece & 8 sepia illustrations with tissue guards.Border and headpiece illustrations. Corners and spines bumped with chipping. . Edges rubbed. Some toning to pages. Bindings tight. This set is limited to 1000 copies for sale for England and America. This is # 357. Lawrence & Bullen unknown
18452222175<p>Second edition. 16mo. 3/4 gilt stamped blue calf; richly gilt spine; red morocco labels; over marbled boards and marbled edges. Very good minor rubbing; 2 small scrapes on back cover. 242 pages.</p><p>Printed by Bradbury and Evans.</p><p>Small binder's ticket of J. Kelly 15 Gower place.</p><p>Heraldic bookplate of Rogers.</p><p>Pencil signature of K. Rogers on title page.</p> Edward Moxon hardcover books
18452222175<p>Second edition. 16mo. 3/4 gilt stamped blue calf; richly gilt spine; red morocco labels; over marbled boards and marbled edges. Very good minor rubbing; 2 small scrapes on back cover. 242 pages.</p><p>Printed by Bradbury and Evans.</p><p>Small binder's ticket of J. Kelly 15 Gower place.</p><p>Heraldic bookplate of Rogers.</p><p>Pencil signature of K. Rogers on title page.</p> Edward Moxon hardcover
