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184855475Philadelphia: G. B. Zieber & Co 1848. First edition 8vo pp. 7 8-221 3; wood-engraved frontispiece portrait signed in the plate "Hinckley" 3 wood-engraved plates and 6 vignette wood-engraved portraits in the text; errata slip tipped in between pp. 208-09; verso of the penultimate leaf with a full-page wood engraving of a soldier also signed "Hinckley"; the last last leaf consists of printed music "Mouris pour La Patrie" with the caption "Words by Alexandre Dumas. Music by F. Alphonse Varney. Translated by T. Dunn English."; contemporary plain paper wrappers - BAL calls for printed wrappers. Hinckley is likely Cornelius T. Hinckley active as a wood engraver in Philadelphia between 1845 and 1857 see Dictionary of American Artists Yale 1975. English an editor and prolific author of poetry and prose composed the poem "Ben Bolt" and wrote a play entitled The Mormons. But he is perhaps best remembered for the fistfight that ended his friendship with Poe. This resulted from the public scandle revolving around letters sent to Poe by Elizabeth Ellett and Frances Sargent Osgood. "This association with Poe remains the chief source of scholarly interest in English. Their war of words figures as a major event in biographies of Poe and English's account of the poet have provided valuable information about Poe's sensitivity to alcohol and the possibility of his drug use" American National Biography. BAL 5517. <br/><br/> G. B. Zieber & Co unknown books
1850412931850. Folio 246 x 293 mm. Contemporary plain brown wrappers with octagonal paper label to upper titled "Music Miscellaneous Piece." Notated on 12-stave rastrum-ruled paper. 26 pp. 2ff. blank. <br /> <br /> Contains operatic and dance numbers by composers including Auber Bellini Cimarosa Donizetti Handel Mozart Verdi et al. scored for solo violin and duo violins in score: Polka Militaire Canthel La Fugitive Valsa Jullien Air in Don Giovanni Mozart Round about the Maypole Arne The Patriots Welcome Russell Dead March in Saul Handel Grand March in Alfred the Great Cimarosa Fragments de Lutzow Weber On yonder rock reclining Auber Waltz Strauss Der Scottisch Pupeski The Nuptial Serenade Mancinelli and selections from operas by Bellini Donizetti and Verdi. <br /> <br /> Wrappers worn. Minor wear soiling and staining. unknown
18852222094<p>First edition Octavo. B/W illustrations by Charles Keene. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in black red white with design of a waiter in white apron; maroon coated endpapers. No dust jacket. Very good few small stains. 144 pages. Small bookseller rubber stamp.</p><p>Inscribed on title page: "Thos. F. Rigler Esq. with the author's kindest regards. Aug 8/88."</p><p>Includes chapters on Greenwich Wanstead Park Hyde Park Crystal Palace.</p> Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. hardcover books
18852222094<p>First edition Octavo. B/W illustrations by Charles Keene. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in black red white with design of a waiter in white apron; maroon coated endpapers. No dust jacket. Very good few small stains. 144 pages. Small bookseller rubber stamp.</p><p>Inscribed on title page: "Thos. F. Rigler Esq. with the author's kindest regards. Aug 8/88."</p><p>Includes chapters on Greenwich Wanstead Park Hyde Park Crystal Palace.</p> Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. hardcover
18272378London: G. Virtue nd c.1827. First Edition. Hardcover. Half Bound leather with marbled boards. Good. 838 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Engraved frontispiece title-page and ten plates illustrating trussing carving and bills of fare. Heavily foxed front hinges cracked but holding. Boards rubbed. Owner's signature on front free end paper. CAGLE 632. <br /> G. Virtue hardcover books
181923072Paris: Chez C. C. Le Tellier 1819. Period blue paper wrappers. VG some expected edgewear/remnants of po spine labels. 155 pp. Text double column: English - French. Untrimmed edges. 12mo bound in 6s. 7" x 4" <br/><br/>Quite uncommon- no copies on OCLC. Chez C. C. Le Tellier unknown books
18412221746<p>"C. J. Mathews" 1 page T.R.L.G. January 25 1841 to "Sir". 7 1/4" x 4 1/4" inlaid to size. Very good.</p><p>In part: "Before I send you the answer you demand and which you tell me is to be made the subject of a public discussion allow me to inquire whether I am at liberty to publish your letters."</p><p>Mathews  born Dec. 26 1803 Liverpool England — died June 24 1878 Manchester England English actor dramatist theatre manager writer of comic sketches and one of the best high comedians ever to appear on the English stage.</p> unknown books
18412221746<p>"C. J. Mathews" 1 page T.R.L.G. January 25 1841 to "Sir". 7 1/4" x 4 1/4" inlaid to size. Very good.</p><p>In part: "Before I send you the answer you demand and which you tell me is to be made the subject of a public discussion allow me to inquire whether I am at liberty to publish your letters."</p><p>Mathews born Dec. 26 1803 Liverpool England — died June 24 1878 Manchester England English actor dramatist theatre manager writer of comic sketches and one of the best high comedians ever to appear on the English stage.</p> unknown
188747668Montreal: Dawson Brothers Publishers 1887. 1st Canadian Edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy to Alfred Miles SIGNED by the author. Original publisher's blue cloth binding blocked in black with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Blue patterned paper eps. TEG. Spine slightly darkened though gilt bright. Modest wear. Age-toning to eps. A VG copy. 134 pp. 12mo. <br/><br/> Dawson Brothers, Publishers hardcover books
1854001541London: Rock & Co. 1854. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Oblong 32mo. Two volumes. Yellow printed and embossed wrappers with slight shelfwear and soiling. No title pages as issued. Each volume contains 6 engraved views. The first contains views titled Clifton from Ashton Falls Clifton from the Ferry The Avon from St. Vincent's Rocks St. Vincent's Rocks Hot Wells & Baths and Victoria Square. The second volume contains New Church - Victoria Park Terraces - Clifton from Cumberland Basin Victoria Square duplicate The Pump Room - Royal Clifton Spa - Hotwells Clifton The Rivers Avon & Levern from Penpole Point and Nightingale Valley near Clifton. There is a bit of foxing affecting each plate of the first volume as well as small tears at the top edge of each plate not affecting images. A small water stain in the margin of the first 4 plates in volume one and the first 3 plates in the second volume not affecting images. The plates in the second volume are on thicker paper. Most of the plates are dated individually and range from June 2nd 1852 to October 10th 1854. They measure 4" tall by 6.75" wide approximate. Natural scenes showing the countryside rivers and paddlewheelers and architecture of local buildings. Interesting ephemeral viewbooks in very good condition despite the minor faults. England Great Britain Cities Viewbook Natural History. Rock & Co. Paperback
1854001541London: Rock & Co. 1854. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Oblong 32mo. Two volumes. Yellow printed and embossed wrappers with slight shelfwear and soiling. No title pages as issued. Each volume contains 6 engraved views. The first contains views titled Clifton from Ashton Falls Clifton from the Ferry The Avon from St. Vincent's Rocks St. Vincent's Rocks Hot Wells & Baths and Victoria Square. The second volume contains New Church - Victoria Park Terraces - Clifton from Cumberland Basin Victoria Square duplicate The Pump Room - Royal Clifton Spa - Hotwells Clifton The Rivers Avon & Levern from Penpole Point and Nightingale Valley near Clifton. There is a bit of foxing affecting each plate of the first volume as well as small tears at the top edge of each plate not affecting images. A small water stain in the margin of the first 4 plates in volume one and the first 3 plates in the second volume not affecting images. The plates in the second volume are on thicker paper. Most of the plates are dated individually and range from June 2nd 1852 to October 10th 1854. They measure 4" tall by 6.75" wide approximate. Natural scenes showing the countryside rivers and paddlewheelers and architecture of local buildings. Interesting ephemeral viewbooks in very good condition despite the minor faults. England Great Britain Cities Viewbook Natural History. Rock & Co. Paperback books
18726965<p>Octavo. Engraved frontispiece portrait pictorial title page from the 1866 edition 64 illustrations. 1106 pages. Full contemporary blindstamped dark brown morocco spine with raised bands and gilt stamped title gilt stamped edges and inner dentelles marbled endpapers a.e.g. slight rubbing. Very good. Two volumes in one. Printed by Welch Bigelow Cambridge. Hearldic bookplate of Charles K. Giles designed by T.K. Raffington.</p> James R. Osgood hardcover books
18726965<p>Octavo. Engraved frontispiece portrait pictorial title page from the 1866 edition 64 illustrations. 1106 pages. Full contemporary blindstamped dark brown morocco spine with raised bands and gilt stamped title gilt stamped edges and inner dentelles marbled endpapers a.e.g. slight rubbing. Very good. Two volumes in one. Printed by Welch Bigelow Cambridge. Hearldic bookplate of Charles K. Giles designed by T.K. Raffington.</p> James R. Osgood hardcover
1882RO40240133George Bell & Sons. 1882. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 663 pages. Texte en anglais (in English) sur 2 colonnes. Titre doré sur le dos. Etiquette de code sur le dos. Tampons de bibliothèque en page de titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 423-Dictionnaire anglais
189210431<p>London Printed at Chiswick Press 1892. HB NODJ ISSUED 1892 1st edition with colophon on Last pageSoft Light Brown Tweed with White Vellum Leather Spine with Gold Gilt Decorations & Titles NF/VG AS-IS NODJ Minor Cover Rub & Scuff Minor Soil Spine Some Fox 194 pgs Interior Nice Tight Clean . First Edition. Hard Cover.</p> London Printed at Chiswick Press hardcover
1848126461848 Edité par American and Foreign Bible Society, New York, 1848 in8, belle reliure romantique, cuir noir, dos et plats tres ornés de décors dorés, , roulette interieure dorée, toutes tranches dorées, 112 pp textes sur deux colonnes
18964411Digby, Long & Co / London 1896. In-8 cartonnage éditeur pleine toile rouge de 250 pages au format 12,5 x 19,5 cm. Superbe couverture polychrome illustrée. Dos rond illustrée avec petits tassements en haut et en bas. Quatrième pal avec monograme gravé et de petites traces blanches au bord inférieur. Plats et intérieur frais, malgré d'infimes tassements aux coins, une petite déchirure en page 4, et de pâles rousseurs éparses. Exemplaire non coupé. Photo de l'auteur en frontispice, sous serpente. Coupure de presse collée au verso de la couverture. Livre sur le Transval et la guerre des " Boers " avec photos, cartes et plan. Superbe état général. Deuxième édition ornée d'une cordiale dédicace autographe, signée et datée de l'auteur.
183326771ABLondon, Jones & Co. 1833. 2 Bände. 4°. Titel, Portrait, 35 Tafeln, 3-80 S.; 45 Tafeln, 81-160 (statt 224) S. Rote strukturierte Pappbände der Zeit mit Rückentitel und -vergoldung, Goldschnitt. Einbände mit Lichtspur, ein Deckel etwas wasserfleckig. Teils leicht gebräunt oder leicht stockfleckig, eine Tafel stärker. Der 2. Band mit einem Braunfleck im unteren weißen Rand.
182380097Edinburgh, William Blackwood; and T. Cadell, London, 1823 [Ediniburgh. Printed by James Ballantyne and Co]. Trois volumes in-8, sans les faux-titres, (1) f. [titre], pour chaque volume, 346-(2), 343-(1) et 337-(1) pp., demi-veau vert olive, dos à faux-nerfs dorés, pièce de titre noire, tomaison dorée, petits coins de vélin (reliure anglaise de l’époque ; dos légèrement et uniformément insolé ; traces sombres en tête ; plats légèrement frottés; à l’intérieur, rousseurs éparses). Comme souvent, relié sans les faux-titres (Sadleir, 1446, faux-titre à chaque volume... cité d'après un confrère canadien; confirmé d'après l'exemplaire numérisé in "archive.org"). « Valerius » parut en 1821, « Adam Blair », l’année suivante. Edition originale de ce roman de John Lockhart (John GIBSON du nom de sa mère, - LOCKHART), né à Combusnethan House (Lanarkshire), en 1794, décédé en 1854, à Abbotsford ; célèbre pour avoir été l’ami, le gendre et le bibliographe de Walter Scott. Reginald Dalton est considéré comme son meilleur roman ; il y donne une bonne description d’Oxford au début du XIX° siècle. « According to Wolff "a really readable novel, one of the best pictures of Oxford in the early nineteenth century... there is a lot of venom in Lockhart." (bonhams.com/auctions) ["un roman vraiment lisible, l'une des meilleures images d'Oxford au début du XIXe siècle ... il y a beaucoup de venin à Lockhart." (bonhams.com/auctions)]
185227662ABLondon, Office of the Illustrated London Library (ca 1852). Gr.8°. XX S., 1 Bl., 402 S. Geprägte OLwd mit Rückentitel und Deckelvignette in Gold. Gelenke restauriert, Innengelenke verstärkt. Rückenvergoldung fast abgerieben, Einband minimal fleckig; Schnitt leicht angerändert; Leimspur und Exlibris am Spiegel; insgesamt wenig fleckig; papierbedingt etwas gebräunt; Widmung am Vorsatz.
1898454804 revues reliés en un vol. in-folio reliure pleine percaline bordeaux, The illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, Saturday July 9, 1898, pp. 739-776 and 8 pp. - The Sketch. Saturday, July 13, 1898, 478-520 pp. - The Navy & Army Illustrated. Saturday July 16th, 1898, pp. 386-406 - The Graphic. Saturday July 16, 1898, pp. 74-106
180354439Describing the country, it's inhabitants, their manners and customs ; with anecdotes, illustrative of them, 4to, half leather binding, Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, T. Egerton, J. Harding, London, 1803, 1 leaf, 150 pp.
1838000149Paris, Bourgueleret, (Imprimerie Everat et Cie) 1838
184427132London Ackermann & Co 1844 1 planche lithographiée en couleur d'après Deschamps, imprimée sur papier épais crème, format : 47 x 31 cm, TIREE DE : Scenery and Reminiscences of Ceylon (Paysages et souvenirs de Ceylan) par John Deschamps, 1844 London by Ackermann & Co., 96 The Strand
188227827London Maclure & MacDonald 1882 une Lithographie en couleurs : format : 39 x 56 cm, "Special gratis supplement, The Graphic, 23rd September 1882", 1882 Maclure & MacDonald lithrs. to the Queen, London Editeur,
