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16397National Women's Social & Political Union. No. 25. What Women Demand. 1908-1909. 1 page. 8 ½ x 5 ½ in. No other copies in Any institutional collection as per OCLC. Handbill calls for voting rights for women on the "same terms" as men.<br/><br/>The WSPU was a women's voting group that became famous for its radical and sometimes violent tactics. This leaflet outlines some of their demands in measured reasonable and language and emphasize that they believe "a woman shall not be refused a vote simply because she is a woman." They go on to list prerequisites for voting which men in the UK had to achieve & assert that there are over a million women who meet these same standards and would become enfranchised. Light scattered stains. Handling creases along left edge and crease in bottom right corner. unknown books
18792221937<p>First American edition. Octavo. 3/4 gilt stamped red calf over marbled boards spine with raised bands and gilt stamped devices within gilt ruled compartments covers ruled in gilt marbled endpapers. Very good. 240 pages.</p><p>Bookplate of Raymond.</p> Roberts Brothers hardcover books
18792221938<p>First edition third printing with half-title page. Octavo. 3/4 gilt stamped red calf over marbled boards spine with raised bands and gilt stamped devices within gilt ruled compartments covers ruled in gilt marbled endpapers. Very good. 216 pages.</p><p>Heraldic bookplate of Raymond.</p> Smith, Elder & Company hardcover books
186912056NY: Putnam & Son 1869. First edition second issue. 12mo.; 63pp. 1. Cloth. Both Howes and Clark call for 62pp. in the first issue. Clark also calls for 23 engraved views while Howes calls for a 62 panel folding viewbook. This issue has no illustrations. The NUC locates just 3 copies of this issue and 16 of the first issue. Near fine. CLARK NEW SOUTH I 136 HOWES S23. <br/><br/> Putnam & Son hardcover books
19235300<p>First English edition so stated. 8vo. Dust jacket unclipped; few nicks. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. Contains "The Hairy Ape" "Anna Christie" and "The First Man". Advance review copy with publisher's slip dated May 4 1923 laid in loose. Atkinson A20-EI-1.a.</p> Jonathan Cape hardcover books
198016020555Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira Memoria Brasileira 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio size 124 pp. inscribed by Claudio Arrau. A little-known work on the great coffee plantations of the nineteenth century in the area around Rio de Janeiro. Coffee first started to appear in the area around 1760 and by 1822 there were plantations in the area with more than fifty thousand coffee plants with massive tracts of rainforest being cleared first from the vicinity of Rio and later Sao Paulo for coffee growing. The families owning the plantations built huge homes some of them almost small castles - one of which the Parque Sao Clemente had ceilings so beautiful that special reclining chairs were installed so that they could be better admired. This book explores those fazendas both inside and out to provide a glimpse into this glittering past. The text of the book is in Portuguese and an accompanying softcover book has the English translation.<br/><br/>This volume was previously owned by Claudio Arrau 1903-1991 a Chilean pianist widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Quarter tan cloth with black paper boards pictorial paste-down of one of the plantation houses inset into the front board with titlte in silver brown lettering on the spine decorative endpapers of stylised palm trees title page in red and black with a small tipped-in photograph tipped-in colour photographs throughout drawn map towards the rear of the book showing the location of the fazendas along the Rio Paraiba do Sul; folio size 13.75" by 10.5" pagination: i-iii 1-2 3-111 112-121 inscribed by Claudio Arrau "Rio de Janeiro 1981" on the first flyleaf. Please note the text is in Portuguese. Accompanying English translation in English a softcover booklet in black paper wraps stapled at the spine with gold lettering and publisher's device on the front cover 19 pp. In a slipcase covered in green paper with stylised palm tree pattern and a pictorial paper label on the front board.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean boards a strong square text block with solid hinges straight corners with no rubbing the interior is clean and bright with the only prior owner markings in both volumes being the name written of Claudio Arrau as noted above and each of the tipped-in photographs is in fine condition; some light stray soil marks on the spine and a small old dampstain on the bottom edge of the spine a few of the final pages have some minor rippling from the old damp else fine. The accompanying English translation is also near fine clean overall with a few shallow creases on the wraps. The slipcase is very good strong and sturdy clean overall some minor overall edge wear and it appears to have gotten wet at some point as the back is warped and the paper coverings are rippled. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Nova Fronteira Memoria Brasileira hardcover books
183519369New York: Swords Stanford & Co 1835. 12mo 19 cm 7.5". 130 2 blank pp. lacking pp. 1/2. with Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. New York: Swords Stanford & Co. 1837. 12mo. 132 pp. <br><br>Psalms and hymns in two stereotype editions from a New York publisher who specialized in Protestant works. The texts are given here without music; each portion has a table of first lines with the Psalms providing an index of appropriate selections for particular subjects and occasions.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Contemporary red straight-grain morocco covers framed in gilt roll spine with gilt-stamped title and compartment decorations.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Ownership initials of William R. Whittingham G.R.W. the "William" being rendered as "Guillelmus" for his love of Latin fourth Episcopal Bishop of Baltimore; stamp of an Episcopal Diocesan lending library. Binding as above; front cover detached back joint starting from top head of spine chipped with binding showing minor darkening and scuffing overall. Free endpapers excised. Front pastedown with rubber-stamp as above no other institutional markings; first text page with inked ownership inscription as above dated 1864. Title-page of first work lacking. Pages slightly age-toned some creased; one leaf with lower outer corner torn away. Small emphasis marks to index of Hymns with an additional manuscript entry in the table of first lines. Swords, Stanford & Co unknown books
180327245Philadelphia: William W. Woodward 1803. 8vo. 354 2 pp. <br><br>First U.S. edition of Thomas William's translation and commentary: very representative of the linguistic hermeneutical and classical scholarship of its time. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 3817 & 14505. Recent quarter calf and marbled papercovered sides spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label. Title-page and three others institutionally pressure-stamped; preface with rubber-stamped numeral and inked annotation. All edges some margins and first and last few leaves darkened by smoke exposure. William W. Woodward hardcover books
184735189New York: J.C. Riker 1847. 16mo 11.5 cm 4.5". Frontis. add. engr. t.-p. 2 350 2 blank pp.; 4 plts. <br><br>English New Testament based on that of the Polyglott Bible. Riker printed several variations on this edition from 1831 onwards; here the text is printed in double columns with central column of references and => illustrated with a frontispiece an additional engraved title-page wood-engraved headpieces and four steel-engraved plates the latter done by Illman and Pilbrow after various artists.<br>Â Â Â Â Prize copy: Front pastedown with presentation bookplate to Neal W. Ireland from New York Sunday School No. 41 for "good conduct and diligent study" in 1847. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Hills English Bible in America 1356. Contemporary straight-grained sheep framed in single gilt fillet spine with gilt-stamped title moderately rubbed overall with front hinge inside cracked and back hinge starting; sewing holding but just starting to loosen. Front pastedown with bookplate as above; endpapers with a few pencilled annotations. Pages gently age-toned with scattered faint spots of foxing; one leaf dog-eared in Ephesians. => An appealing little Testament with a charming engraved presentation plate. J.C. Riker unknown books
184135204New York: John C. Riker 1841. 16mo 11 cm 4.4". Frontis. add. engr. t.-p. 2 350 pp.; 4 plts. <br><br>A small hand-size English New Testament based on that of the Polyglott Bible. Riker printed several variations on this edition from 1831 onwards; in this case the added engraved title-page still gives the publication date as 1831 but the main title shows 1841. The text is printed in double columns with a central column of references and => illustrated with a frontispiece an additional engraved title-page wood-engraved headpieces and four steel-engraved plates the latter done by Illman and Pilbrow after various artists.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Tipped-in leaf with inked inscription: "Hannah M. Williams / Presented by directive from her grandmother Williams when on her death bed with this injunction to be read with careful attention"; in pencil below is "A precious legacy." Williams or a contemporary apparently took the directive seriously; there are several instances of pencilled bracketing marks of emphasis and marginalia in the "precious legacy" hand.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Contemporary diced-grain red sheep covers framed in gilt roll surrounding gilt-stamped acanthus and acorn design spine with gilt-stamped title "Polyglott Testament" and decorative motifs board edges with gilt roll. All edges gilt. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â See Hills English Bible in America 768 for 1831 ed.; 1841 not listed. Bound as above rubbed at joints and extremities with front hinge inside cracked yet sound. Front pastedown and free endpaper with pencilled inscriptions dated 1853; inscription leaf as above; one front fly-leaf with pencilled annotations and with hole in lower center. Additional annotations as above; one plate with "My Saviour" pencilled in lower margin. Intermittent mild foxing and a bit of other staining; a few corners bumped. Worn yes still luminous in its own way and an interesting example of two early 19th-century women's engagement with the Bible. John C. Riker unknown books
183724118Andover & New York: Gould and Newman 1837. 8vo. 2 vols. I: 584 pp. II: x 2 584 pp. <br><br>From the latest London edition. In two volumes. Publisher's gray ribbed cloth stamped in blind on boards and in gilt on spines. Boards rubbed and bumped. Ex-library: Each volume with call number label on spine bookplate rubber-stamps and charge pocket. Gould and Newman hardcover books
187531440London: 56 Regents Park Road 1875. 2 pages. 1 vols. 8vo. On a stub attached to a larger colored sheet some discoloration of larger sheet folds else very good. 2 pages. 1 vols. 8vo. Writing to Youmans that he is sending the last corrected revise of his lecture as asking for the earliest insertion into the magazine continuing that he will be giving his lecture on Human Automatism at Belfast on the 27th "which wil be rather supplemental to thatn an repetition of my Glasgow lecture. If it is well reported as I expect it will be in one of the Belfast papers would a revised Report be of any value to you" Carpenter was noted for his research in botany microscopy zoology and physiology and was a co-leader of the research team in 1868-70 on the deep sea scientific expedition aboard the "Lightning" and "Challenger." Youmans was the founder of "Popular Science Monthly' and planned the "International Scientific Series" he was a noted lecturer on science and author of several works. Provenance: From the autograph collection of W. P. Webster 56 Regents Park Road unknown books
185223774London: George Routledge 1852 1852. Second English edition preceded by the three decker published by T. C. Newby in 1849. NCBEL III 738; cf. Wolff 3506 for the 1849 edition; OCLC records only one copy of this second edition. Cloth a little worn and spotted; fine copy. Small 8vo original blind-stamped green cloth gilt decorations and lettering. ¶ Historical fiction about evil deeds committed by man. <br/><br/> London: George Routledge, 1852 hardcover books
175023108London: Printed by Thomas Baskett 1750 1750. Sheets separating at the fold; very good copy. Folio disbound 8 pages. ¶ An act passed by parliament under the reign of George II that attempts to discourage swearing by establishing a set of fines for the offenders: first time offenders could be fined from one to five shillings; seamen soldiers and government employees were fined at rates lower than gentlemen; and swearing within earshot of a constable could land one in a house of corrections or the stocks. Swear not! <br/><br/> London: Printed by Thomas Baskett, 1750 unknown books
178822408London: Printed for J. Robson and W. Clarke 1788 1788. First edition. ESTC T11081 state 2 without a pressmark on page 74 and with a single flower on page 75; NCBEL II 177. Title-page and final leaf a little dust-soiled; small stain on the front free endpaper; fine copy. 4to modern red quarter morocco red cloth boards gilt lettering. ¶ The only performed play by the poet Bertie Greatheed 1759-1826 a member of the group that fancied themselves as the "gli Oziosi" the idle ones. He was friends with Hester Lynch Piozzi who wrote the epilogue to The Regent. It opened at Drury Lane in April 1788 with John Kemble and Mrs. Siddons in leading roles but it did not last beyond nine performances. <br/><br/> London: Printed for J. Robson and W. Clarke, 1788 unknown books
186520274London: John Payne Collier 1865 1865. The second book issued by subscription in John Payne Collier's Blue Series of facsimiles of rare English poetical miscellanies one of 50 copies. See Freeman & Freeman John Payne Collier A136 for the interesting history of this "hybrid" facsimile and other Collier projects. Edges a little rubbed; very good copy. 4to full polished calf by Bedford rebacked preserving the spine red morocco spine label gilt decorations and lettering a.e.g. Printed slip with a "Notice" from John Payne Collier inserted following the text. Contemporary bookplate of Henry & Eliz. Mary Collins on the front paste-down. <br/><br/> [London: John Payne Collier, 1865] unknown books
1929224127<p>Limited edition. Octavo. Illustrated with folding genelogical plate of The Forsyte Family. Original gilt stamped vellum t.e.g. Original brown silk bookmark. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. Number 641 of 1030 numbered copies signed with a quote by Galsworthy: "John Galsworthy Spring: There's mating.in the air Passionate.The blossoms burst."</p> Wiliam Heinemann Limited hardcover books
1925006149New York: David Belasco Privately Printed 1925. First Edition. Wrappers. Fine/Fine. 4to. 178 pages. Included are photos of stars and of scenes from the play and of Belasco himself receiving a medal from the French government. There are 34 photos in all. Also reprint of interview with Belasco and a tribute to Belasco. Belasco now known by most merely as the name of a theater was one of the leading theater impresarios and a flamboyant showmen in New York in the late 19th and early 20th century noted especially for his crowd-pleasing stage effects and popular entertainments. Condition: other than very minor wear along lower edge of DJ and a few spots on its rear this is a pristine copy and the DJ can still comfortably be described as in fine condition. <br/><br/> David Belasco, Privately Printed unknown books
1942006293Philadelphia: David McKay 1942. Near Fine in red cloth with gilt stamped titles and a gilt stamped decorative design on the front cover. In Very Good Plus glassine jacket two 1" closed tears and a Very Good Minus box corners broken to top half of box and wear at edges. SCARCE in both the box and the glassine jacket. Wonderful Pogany illustrations. . First Edition Thus. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. David McKay Hardcover books
1870D11031England 1870s. Hardcover. Very Good. England Kent and Norfolk counties: c. 1871-1874. 8vo 175 x 115mm; 61 numbered pages in the hand of Charles W. Prescott detailing his various hunting excursions around the Kent countryside. Prescotts ownership inscription on front free-endpaper is dated 1871. His entries are easily read and cover Prescotts adventures on hunting hares with a skulk of foxes writing Found another in the same field ran her straight back to Old Park round the pond and the pack hunted her beautifully . Dec. 16 1871. The hunts took place over sprawling village and countryside or as he describes hop-gardens hills and ploughs of land in the Herne Bay area of Kent England. Many entries are headed by recognizable locations; Stroud Park Broomfield Hilsborough Wolston Heath and Chislet Mill and are dated with month and sometimes year. Only a portion of the way full his entries span about three years the first dated: Oct. 19 71 Stroud Park and last March 25 1874. Contemporary black morocco marbled endpapers and marbled endpapers with original brass clasp faint splitting at lower hinge of first few leaves strengthened at endpapers corners rubbed otherwise in very good shape especially considering it was wielded around so much of the Kentish countryside. Prescott makes many personal anecdotes about his day noting things in his surroundings like scent moderate or adding his opinions we could not kill I think we should have but the sun was too hot. Prescott often ends the entries with jotting down the days weather as something like very indifferent but as good as could be expected with a very cold east wind or simply stating Frost. It is evident from Prescotts personal asides that he was a vigilant huntsman quite dedicated to the task. Further personal glimpses reveal a record of his horses charming names including Salt Fish and Molly Malone. At the time Prescott was taking these notes Herne Bay area and the Kentish villages would have been teeming with people. The Victoria era was one of prosperity when elite English folk flocked to popular destinations to partake in their favorite pastimes. From 1873 on in the journal Prescott notes he was hunting with Pytchley by writing their name in parentheses. The Pytchley hunt is an organization originally based in Northamptonshire in formation as early at the 1630s. The organization is still active today. Pytchleys website notes that from 1819-1873 right as Prescott began with Pytchley for one year the Althorp and Pytchley countries were hunted by one pack with a second pack established at Brigstock. Prescott was part of the famous hunt organization at a time when it was amid significant change and expansion. His notes may keep further clue of such growth. While the huntsman himself may be unknown to history the anecdotal evidence in Prescotts diary gives us a glimpse of the Victorian man fond of his sport. <br/><br/> hardcover books
001866Tokyo: T. Hasegawa. N.d circa 1903. Probably first edition. Unpaginated twelve folded-over leaves including cover. Larger format 7.5 by 5.25 inches or 19 by 13.5 cm. Probably the best tale ever built around toothpicks! A fairy tale of the supernatural retribution meted out to lazy women with a second shorter variant of the same story included as well. This copy has particularly crisp and bright color! Light soiling to covers and some minor waviness where fabric dinged by bottom edge. <br /><br /> T. Hasegawa books
2007120752NY: Grove Press 2007. First Grove Press limited edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Stoppard on the limitation page. Copy #33. Introduction by Stoppard. Cloth-covered boards with gilt-lettering in cloth-covered slipcase. Illustrated endpages. Issued without dustjacket. In publisher's shrinkwrap with price sticker as issued. Shrinkwrap opened. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine slipcase. Signed by Author. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Grove Press Hardcover books
194627699New York: Pierre Matisse Editions. 1946. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Of 1150 numbered copies this copy is unnumbered. Very good with much rubbing and some tearing at spine edges. A wonderful book and a nice example of post-Exile New York Surrealism. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 94 pp . Pierre Matisse Editions hardcover books
33698From Wikipedia: "William Harrison Ainsworth 4 February 1805 - 3 January 1882 was an English historical novelist born at King Street in Manchester. He trained as a lawyer but the legal profession held no attraction for him. While completing his legal studies in London he met the publisher John Ebers at that time manager of the King's Theatre Haymarket. Ebers introduced Ainsworth to literary and dramatic circles and to his daughter who became Ainsworth's wife.Ainsworth briefly tried the publishing business but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature. His first success as a writer came with Rookwood in 1834 which features Dick Turpin as its leading character. A stream of 39 novels followed the last of which appeared in 1881. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882. Ainsworth regrets a delay in answering a letter and discusses a reception and banquet held for him by the Mayor of Manchester. unknown books
20012222135<p>First edition so stated. 4to 9 1/4" x 8 1/4". Illustrated by De Loss McGraw. Dust jacket unclipped; designed by Carla Weise; Calligraphy by Leah Palmer Preiss. Fine fresh. 181 pages.</p><p>With an ink sketch on the half title page signed "De Loss" depicting what appears to be a person seated in a small house similar to drawings on pages 42 and 43.</p> Harper Collins Publishers hardcover books
