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181128246London: Printed for C. Chapple 1811 1811. First edition. Lowe English Theatrical Literature 3620. Paper a little browned at the edges but supple; edges a little rubbed; very good copy. 3 vols in 1 12mo 19th century red half morocco marbled paper boards and endpapers gilt rules and lettering. Half-titles present. The memoirs of the celebrated actress Mary Leah Wells Sumbel circa 1769-1829 whose life off the stage was riddled with misfortunes abusive husbands and regrettable choices which she chronicles in her matter-of-fact autobiography. She also writes about many of the significant and colorful characters and actors of the theater world with whom she crossed paths. Ownership signature dated 1869 on the front blank of American journalist James Lawson 1799-1800 a friend and collaborator with many New York writers in the 19th century. See the DAB for Lawson and the DNB for Mary Wells Sumbel. <br/><br/> London: Printed for C. Chapple, 1811 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
176122171London: Printed for the Author and Sold by C. Moran 1761 1761. Second edition "Revised and Corrected with Large Additions". ESTC T74956; NCBEL II 687. Very good copy. 4to disbound 46 pages. ¶ The first of several works by Edward Thompson 1737-1786 a naval officer poet and friend of many in the literary circles including Garrick mentioned here Wilkes and Sheridan. The Meretriciad which went through six editions within a few years celebrates in verse the charms of the famous English courtesan Kitty Fisher and some of her colleagues. Thompson wrote other works on courtesans and his first work of collected poetry was entitled The Court of Cupid 1770. <br/><br/> (London:) Printed for the Author and Sold by C. Moran, 1761 unknown books
17775875London: J. Dodsley 1777. 4to 24.8 cm 9.75". 11 1 blank pp. <br><br>bound with Mason William Ode to Mr. Pinchbeck upon his newly invented patent candle-snuffers. London: J. Almon 1776. 511 1 adv. pp. Satiric verse mocking fashionable English dress accompanied by a political satire addressed to Christopher Pinchbeck which includes the lines "Haste then and quash the hot Turmoil / That flames in Boston's angry Soil . . ." The first work is here in its first edition while the second is likely an early printing. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Venus: ESTC T73277; Ode: ESTC T41985 first ed. Recent marbled papercovered boards spine with printed paper label. Second work lacking half-title and title-page. Inner margins of two leaves reinforced; last line of advertising page shaved. Title-page and last few leaves with moderate foxing; one page not the title stamped by a now-defunct institution with some offsetting to opposing page. J. Dodsley hardcover books
1787WRCAM44875London 1787. 250pp. 20th-century red morocco gilt by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Very minor foxing and soiling; a few pages with minor worming in margin. Very good. Fifth edition. Arguments about contempory politics specifically a response to Nathaniel Wraxall's pamphlet which this work dismisses as a bit too trendy and inconsistent. Fewer than ten copies of this edition listed in ESTC. ESTC N20306. unknown books
1769WRCAM44884London 1769. 235pp. Lacks half title. Modern paper boards printed paper label. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Light foxing and soiling. Very good. In a tan half morocco and cloth folder. Commentary on William Pitt the Elder's conduct during his term as Prime Minister. It was under Pitt's administration that the Townshend Acts were passed leading to further strained relations with the American colonies and eventually Revolution. ESTC T148155. SABIN 63756. hardcover books
1784WRCAM44794London 1784. 23pp. Modern speckled calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe spine gilt. Fine. Issued in the wake of the loss of the American colonies this anonymous work urges a curb on the Royal prerogative and in favor or greater Parliamentary power. Addressed to William Pitt the Younger who had just become Prime Minister and making specific references to the situation of the East India Company. unknown books
17944016Leeds 1794. Large 4to 308 x 240 mm. 12 leaves text comprising 3 printed titles each with a 6-page description of the items in the catalogue in German French and English and 45 engraved plates of which one folding containing 186 designs numbered 1-152 with an additional 34 numbered and lettered designs for "tea-ware" tea- and coffee-ware in the French and English descriptions. Paper watermarked with a fleur-de-lys and shield with capital letters L V G below Lubertus van Gerrevink. Some light scattered foxing and offsetting plate 20 with closed tear to top margin just entering plate area without loss folding plate 26 torn across and repaired. Modern retrospective calf gilt edges red-stained extremities very lightly rubbed. Provenance: contemporary notes in Portuguese on the blank verso of the last plate; Duncan Grant Warrand loosely inserted ex-libris; Martin Woolf Orskey bookseller 1925-2018 signature at end with purchase date 1972. A multi-lingual catalogue of pottery produced by Hartley Greens and Co. for the use of traveling salesmen. Founded circa 1756 at Hunslet south of Leeds the company gained a reputation for its elegant cream-colored earthenware in the classical style known as creamware a type of earthenware made from white Cornish clay combined with a translucent glaze to produce a characteristic pale cream color. Hartley Greens and Co. so dominated the market that their products came to be referred to as Leedsware or Leeds pottery. Although some of the pieces in this catalogue are for display or special use Leeds pottery was generally a more everyday pottery than that of Wedgewood their principal rival and hence its survival rate is low. The earlier pieces before around 1775 were furthermore unmarked making attribution uncertain thus rendering the firm's printed catalogues all the more important. The present catalogue was "one of the earliest pattern books published in England by pottery manufacturers for the use of their travellers with illustrations of all the articles produced by the firm" Solon. It shows the creamware as issued from the studios before jobbers and importers added colored glazes. Shown are terrines sauce boats salts jugs egg cups covered terrines and bowls cake plates cruet stands candlesticks urns tea services and a remarkable tulip vase among other useful objects of the table many with ornaments some in the characteristic openwork or perforated style. All 186 designs are numbered and identified in the accompanying plate lists. The variety is impressive. Copies of the Leeds catalogues were often cut up by jobbers who relied on the illustrations to transmit orders accurately rather than trusting to written descriptions of the forms. Their consequent rarity makes the publishing history of the catalogues difficult to unravel. The earliest catalogue appeared in 1783 with the text in English only and 41 plates. The Danish National Library has a copy with the text in English and French and the English title dated 1786. Another copy of the present 1794 edition is held by the V&A but it has only 41 plates. Meanwhile there are also copies of a 1794 edition at Yale and RISD with the English text only but with 71 plates. The plates were reissued in 1795 and 1814 or 1815 these undated issues are identified by the watermarked dates of the paper they are printed on. Most of the variously dated copies seem to be reissues of the same plates. Most of the variously dated copies seem to be reissues of the same plates. A comparison of this copy to the Winterthur copy from 1814 which is digitized shows that the same plates were used with the addition of an engraved oval label " Leeds Pottery" on each plate up to and including plate 38 a compotier from which emerges a large cross after which the designs diverge. The editions or issues after 1795 do not have the very useful text with gives the name function and size of each piece: "As the price lists and the general title had been printed independently from the plates and not in sufficient quality to accompany the sets of engravings these late copies are generally found without the title and the printed description of the objects. These price lists now very rare were printed in English French German and Spanish. As the prices were subject to constant revision prices are added with pen and ink" Solon. Our copy is unpriced. Altogether OCLC locates fewer than a dozen copies some incomplete of various issues or editions of the Leeds pottery catalogue. Cf. M.-L. Solon Ceramic Literature 1910 p. 196. unknown books
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
1929541421929. A Monument of English Legal Scholarship English Reports. Full Reprint 1220-1873. Edinburgh and London: William Green & Sons; Stevens & Sons 1900-1929. Odd/Miscellaneous volumes available. We have 85 of 178 volumes available. 21 volumes worn original calf repaired with tape upper black red and lower black spine labels; 8 volumes original tan buckram upper black red and lower black spine labels; 56 volumes bound in green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Light to moderate shelfwear and soiling hinges of some volumes cracked or starting. Ex-library with stamps. Overall good to very good condition internally sound. See digital image. $995. This record contains volumes: 7; 10; 11; 13; 15; 18; 22 to 23; 25 to 30; 32 to 34; 43 to 47; 49; 64 to 69; 71; 86 to 92; 100; 103 to 105; 108; 109; 113 to 134; 142 to 149; 157 to 163; 166; 168; 169; 171; 174 The English Reports are a full reprint of all reports prior to The Law Reports except the Year Books and the collateral reports of the period retaining in bracket the original page numbers. "This is a literal reprint of English cases together with their original footnotes.where a decision has been affected by subsequent legislation the fact has also been mentioned.": Winfield The Chief Sources of English Legal History 196-197. Marke 14. unknown books
186923005London 1869. 1st edition thus. "Carefully edited from the unique copy now in the British Museum of the edition printed by William de Machlinia about 1482.". Stiff chocolate wrappers. Edges untrimmed; some leaves unopened. VG front pastedown lifting/average wear. 112 4 pp catalogue at rear. Foolscap 8vo. 17cm x 11cm. <br/><br/>"Here begynnyth a mervelous revelacion that was schewyd of almighty god by sent Nycholas to a monke of Euyshamme yn the days of Kynge Richard the fyrst. And the yere of our lord. M.C.Lxxxxvi." unknown books
105344London: 1868-1880. 30 vols. in 20 a complete set bound in half brown morocco gilt tops the Easton Neston set in fine condition. § "English Reprints" 1868–1880 by which an accurate text of the works of many English authors formerly only accessible in more expensive editions was placed within reach of the general public. Among the thirty volumes of the series were Stephen Gosson's School of Abuse Roger Ascham's Toxophilus Tottel's Miscellany and Robert Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia. An important collection of early English texts rarely found complete. 1868-1880. 30 vols. in 20 unknown books
1665WB16395London: Edward Man 1665. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 4to. pp. 614. Modern 3/4 brown leather and green boards. Engraved frontispiece in facsimile. Title page defective with loss to lower 1/3; replace with very amateurish pen and ink. Bookplate of Horace Walpole fixed to front blank. Lacks last leaf a blank. This is the first complete edition second issue with cancel title-page denoting "Second Edition" - here appearing in modern ball point pen. Several leaves with crude repairs. 10 line manuscript index in pencil purportedly in Walpole's hand. The book itself has become scarce on the market. <br/><br/> Edward Man hardcover books
1712WRCAM53913Edinburgh: Printed by James Watson 1712. 23pp. 12mo. Dbd. Small closed tear from top edge of titlepage. Trimmed close at top edge occasionally affecting pagination. About very good. One of four printings of this satirical pamphlet variously attributed to John Arbuthnot or Jonathan Swift. The work poses as a prospectus for a treatise on political lying; an actual full length treatise was never published. This Edinburgh printing is scare with ESTC locating only four copies at the National Library of Scotland the Folger Shakespeare Library the University of Illinois and Princeton. ESTC T171029. Printed by James Watson unknown books
18602206161860. With Inscription and descriptive text in pencil. 1 vols. 19 x 14 inches 48.3 x 35.6 cm. Framed and glazed. Fine. With Inscription and descriptive text in pencil. 1 vols. 19 x 14 inches 48.3 x 35.6 cm. unknown books
18306526London 1830. Aquatints coloured by hand. A fine complete series of four anonymous prints of hunting scenes possibly after the Alkens.<br/> <br/>The style and naming of these prints suggests an Alken origin for the series. Siltzer records a number of series by the Alken family in which the first plate is titled "Unkennelling." This title appears to be unique to them and supports the supposition that the present series are after the Alkens. Henry Thomas Alken was born into what became an artistic dynasty. He studied under the miniature painter J. T. Barber and exhibited his first picture a miniature portrait at the Royal Academy when he was sixteen. From about 1816 onwards he "produced an unending stream of paintings drawings and engravings of every type of field and other sporting activity. He is best remembered for his hunting prints many of which he engraved himself until the late 1830s.To many sporting art is "Alken" and to describe his work or ability is quite unnecessary." Charles Lane British Racing Prints pp. 75-76<br/> <br/>Cf. Siltzer pp.57-76. unknown books
1939212522New York: Workmen's Circle 1939. 9p. 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets stapled at left very good. Not found in OCLC as of 9/2020. Guide for individual branches to conduct programs. Includes instructions for a Halloween social proposed topics of discussion such as "Do you think it is desirable to stimulate the development of a Jewish culture in America Should a Jewish radical be interested in Jewish culture" debate themes such as "Food or freedom: the conflict between economic security and civil rights" and more. Workmen's Circle unknown books
1940263480New York: Workmen's Circle 1940. 14p. 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets stapled at left horizontal crease front cover has a small piece torn from edge by the bottom staple. Guide for individual branches to conduct programs. Includes instructions for leap year games advice on publishing a paper for the local branch and debate about the Dies Committee the "pro" side notes that fascists were being outed. Workmen's Circle unknown books
1940263481New York: Workmen's Circle 1940. 14p. 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets stapled at left horizontal crease last page loose but present; cover stained and with handwritten notations; a reading copy only. Guide for individual branches to conduct programs. Includes instructions for leap year games advice on publishing a paper for the local branch and debate about the Dies Committee the "pro" side notes that fascists were being outed. Workmen's Circle unknown books
1939212521New York: Workmen's Circle 1939. 12p. 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets stapled at left very good. Not found in OCLC as of 9/2020. Guide for individual branches to discuss youth issues. Includes instructions for an "Information please" program on what is being done about the needs of youth the script for a short play by Harold Coy "Risen from the ranks" originally from Commonwealth College Labor Skits and a symposium and conference to determine actions to undertake. Workmen's Circle unknown books
196027156London 1960. Softcover. VG- overall wear to extremities corners bumped sticker residue on front cover cover slightly loose at spine all pages intact with illustrations and text clear. Black wraps with white lettering and illustrationbw frontisipiece 88 pp. 31 bw plate pp. Features 17th-19th century pieces from key Massachusetts New York Delaware and Maryland makers. The annotated catalogue presents 225 specific pieces and many are pictured here at the end of the book. Includes makers' biographies. Uncommon. unknown books
173075293London: Printed for Walthoe et al. Very Good. 1730. Contemporary Calf. 14 by 9 inches 35.5 x 23 cm. small folio in a contemporary paneled calf binding with six raised bands but heavily abraded worn and defective. The text block is complete and clean and sound in 998 pages Volume I ONLY of 6 volumes; with the title page printed in red and black. Trials included date from 1388 to 1648 and include cases related to High Treason Murder Heresy etc. . Printed for Walthoe et al unknown books
1734130729London: Read 1734. hardcover. very good. 2 vols. folio contemporary 3/4 calf; spines worn marbled boards rubbed inner hinges strengthened light browning p. 229 of vol. II torn with loss of text. London: T. Read 1734 1735. Very good.<br/><br/> Trials begin with Sir Walter Raleigh in 1603 and conclude in 1722. Included are the trials of several conspirators in the murder of Thomas Overbury.<br/><br/> Read unknown books
2074455mm x 615mm. 17 3/4 x 24. Large original watercolor with some damage. unknown books
16231Published by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. 1906. Two sided handbill. 8 x 5 ½ in. The NUWSS was a UK based organization of suffrage groups. In advocating for women's right to vote the handbill highlights the intellectual accomplishments civic tax-paying duties women share and important roles of women in children's upbringing. Very good condition with some toning and light creases. Two small brown spots in lower right quadrant. No copies of this item held in any library or institution in the US as per OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
