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182527068Various publishers 1825-1850 1825. Edges lightly rubbed; fine set. 4 vols small 8vo mid-19th century black half morocco marbled paper boards gilt decorations and lettering. Contemporary notations on the front blanks listing the plays present; notations in pencil and ink on several of the individual plays with information about the cast of characters where the play was performed etc. The majority are American reprints of English plays but they are contemporary plays as opposed to being reprints of earlier plays; only three can be clearly identified as being American in origin but others are possibly American such as the Old Guard by Dion Boucicault. The volumes include three portraits of actors and 17 frontispieces of scenes from the plays ten of which are by Tudor Horton signed "Horton" or "T. Horton" See Hamilton Early American Book Illustrators page 156. Ink signature of A.G. Williams February 22 1901 on the front paste-downs. <br/><br/> Various publishers, 1825-1850 hardcover books
1899688601899. Washington D.C. 1899. Washington D.C. 1899. An Uncommon Nineteenth-Century Law Dictionary English Arthur. A Dictionary of Words and Phrases Used in Ancient and Modern Law. Washington DC: Washington Law Book Co. 1899. iv 979 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Small folio 10" x 6-1/2". Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth gilt-edged raised bands and lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Light toning to text faint dampstaining to heads of a few leaves. A handsome copy of a scarce title. $750. Only edition. "In this work the effort has been to make the definitions as short as possible yet so clear that a man without legal education can understand them. . Essays or long discussions of subjects have been avoided because few have time to read such and fewer care to while those who have time prefer to investigate for themselves" Explanatory Statement. This is an uncommon book. OCLC locates 29 copies a low number for a law dictionary published at the turn of the twentieth century. This is the second non-reprint copy we have seen. Not in the Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909. unknown books
1825305815Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by T. and J. Hodgson for E. Charnley 1825. First edition. One of 32 Large Paper copies. Engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Colalrd after W. Nicholson on india paper and mounted engraved armorial headpiece to dedication page. xxxvi 243 1 pp. Royal 8vo 248 x 181 mm. Contemporary brown straight-grained morocco covers with double gilt rule and corner arabesques covers centered with gilt arms of Brockett family motto: Invictus Maneo spine gilt a.e.g. Small stain at foot of spine and a few small scuffs to boards offset and minor spotting to title spotting to endpapers later gift inscription to f.f.e.p. but overall a fine copy internally in an attractive binding. First edition. One of 32 Large Paper copies. Engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Colalrd after W. Nicholson on india paper and mounted engraved armorial headpiece to dedication page. xxxvi 243 1 pp. Royal 8vo 248 x 181 mm. ONE OF 32 LARGE PAPER BROCKETT COPY. An attorney by profession Brockett 1788-1842 was a dedicated antiquarian with an interest in philology printing and book collecting. His 1818 Hints on the Propriety of Establishing a Typographical Society in Newcastle led to the founding of that society. Brockett assembled remarkable collections of books medals and coins and the sale of part of his library in 1823 through Sotheby's lasted fourteen days and raised more than £4000. That sale catalogue notes numerous bindings bearing his arms by the great London binder Charles Lewis 1786-1836. The present binding is unsigned but of a very high quality suggesting it may also be an example of Lewis' work for presentation or for the author's own shelf.<br/>The regular edition was printed in 600 copies. This large paper copy is about 2 inches taller.<br/>A fascinating work on dialects in the north of England in a fine binding bearing the arms of the author. Vancil p 34; O'Neill B-198 Regular Issue printed by T. and J. Hodgson, for E. Charnley unknown books
181817093Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1818. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. 108pp. Publishers original drab brown cloth; upper board blocked in gilt with title within a floral design. Ink name on front pastedown. Cloth soiled binding lightly shaken gilt rubbed else a very good copy. The date of publication is taken from the Advertisement page 4. This seems to be the first Oliver and Boyd printing of a hieroglyphic Bible and the second Edinburgh printing after the Doig and Sterling edition of 1814. The accepted publicaton date for this Bible is 1818; three other known copies are known to have been issued either in quarter leather and marbled paper boards or in printed card covers. Our copy is in what is clearly publisher's cloth with gilt blocked on the upper board. This combination is unknown before 1826. It is likely then that the textblock while printed earlier was bound after 1826. Exceedingly scarce. Protected in a custom clamshell box. Oliver & Boyd hardcover books
18872221945<p>First edition. Octavo. 3/4 gilt stamped red calf over marbled boards spine with raised bands and gilt stamped devices within gilt rule compartments covers ruled in gilt marbled endpapers. Very good slight foxing; light rubbing. 260 pages. No signatures.</p><p>Sadleir 1303.</p><p>Heraldic bookplate of Raymond.</p><p>Printed by the Chiswick Press/C. Whittingham and Co.</p> Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington hardcover 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
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
1895247634N.p. 1895. 5 stanzas of verse with 7-line note. 2 pp. on two sheets of blank stantionery. 8vo. Fine. 5 stanzas of verse with 7-line note. 2 pp. on two sheets of blank stantionery. 8vo. Author of "Ben Bolt" New Jersey Congressman and Enemy of Poe. Thomas Dunn English 1819-1902 was a proilific author of poems ballads and novels; he also server two terms in the U.S. Congress as a Representative from New Jersey; but his fame as a writer rests on the ballad in wrote in 1843 "Ben Bolt." First published in Nathaniel Parker Willis' magazine NEW YORK MIRROR "Ben Bolt" was set to music many times and became very popular especiallly in the version set to a tune by Nelson Kneass. In his note appended to this transcription of the poem English writes:<br/><br/> "The foregoing stanzas are as they originally appeared in Willis & Morris's NEW YORK NEW MIRROR in the year 1843. Though they have been set to music eight tiimes the only popular melody was the one take from a German air by Kneass. The words there - three stanzas only being taken - are very much mutilated."<br/><br/>"It was hugely successful at the time but had a new lease of life as the song that Trilby O'Ferrall sings in the novel TRILBY 1894 by George du Maurier. It is described in the novel as an 'unsophisticated little song' but when Trilby performs it under the influence of the sinister hypnotist Svengali it reawakens a 'cosmic vision of the beauty and sadness of things' in her former lover Little Billee." Derek B. Scott THE SINGING BOURGEOIS: SONGS OF THE VICTORIAN DRAWING ROOM AND PARLOUR. Aldershot Hampshire; Burlington VT: Ashgate 2001.<br/><br/>Ironically "Ben Bolt" being a tribute to a long-lasting friendship English is also remembered as the bitter foe of his former friend Edgar Allan Poe. The two had a falling out which resulted in a fist fight as well as a long running literary feud. unknown books
1864WN610A103New York: John Bradburn 1864. Three quarter brown calf with gilt spine lettering on black label 4 raised bands green rules. Marbled boards. A very attractive solid professional rebinding. Some foxing on edges and in text block. Two maps present as called for. Account by Englishman who fought with the CSA. First American Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Good /No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. John Bradburn Hardcover books
18957527New York: American Bible Society 1895. Hard Cover. First edition of this Bible volume I only; folio 14" x 13" 164 leaves embossed in the New York Point Alphabet for the Blind which is a system of tactile raised dots similar to Braille. Contemporary 3/4 calf over tan cloth covered boards spine ruled in gilt; spine label is absent. New York Point for the Blind was invented by William Bell Wait 1839-1916 educator for the Blind as an alternative to the "Line Letter" system consisting of raised letters of the standard alphabet which was in use in the late 19th Century and lasted for several decades. But Braille had been invented by Louis Braille in 1824 but fell into disuse only to be revived in the early 20th Century and Braille remains today the standard in reading and writing for the Blind throughout the world. Internally quite clean with the embossed dots in very good condition; small loss at head of spine and corners worn through; a very good copy now quite scarce on the market. <br/><br/> American Bible Society hardcover 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
18912165Madras: Higginbotham and Co. 1891. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Plain cream boards gray linen spine. Good. 608 pages. 20 x 13 cm. 'Wyvern' wrote about gastronomy for for the Madras Athenaeum and Daily News during his time in Madras as a Colonel in the India Army. With social changes stirring in India the Colonel's directives furnished to local staff to create the Victorian haute cuisine desired by the Anglo-Indian elite illustrate the transformations occurring throughout the British empire. Chapters cover every aspect of the kitchen the storeroom model menus and of course curries. This edition the sixth contains all preceding prefaces illustrating the changes in taste and style during the mid to later 1800's in Anglo-Indian culture. Hinges cracked but holding. Covers rubbed closed tears to cloth spine. Interior clean. <br/><br/> Higginbotham and Co. hardcover books
19002197274Dunlap Printing Company 1900. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Lightly rubbed. 1900 Hard Cover. xxvi 227 pp. First Annual Message of Samuel H. Ashbridge Mayor of the City of Philadelphia with Annual Reports of Abraham L. English Director of the Department of Public Safety and of the Bureau of Health for the Year Ending December 31 1899. Issued by the City of Philadelphia 1900. Annual reports for the year 1899 include the following: The First Annual Message. Office of the Mayor Philadelphia April 2 1900.; Department of Public Safety.; Thirteenth Annual Report of the Department of Public Safety. Abraham L. English Director.; Bureau of Health of the City and Port of Philadelphia.; Appendix to the Report of the Bureau of Health of the City and Port of Philadelphia for the Year 1899.; Medical Inspector Division of Contagious Diseases.; Medical Inspector of the Sanitary Inspection of Public Schools.; Division of Disinfection.; Division of Bacteriology Pathology and Disinfection.; Physician-in-Charge for the Dunlap Printing Company hardcover books
1896011791Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Bobbs Merrill binding 1896. Large Octavo. .with numerous sketches of men who served under Clark and full list of those allotted lands in Clark's grants for service in the campaigns against the British Posts showing exact land allotted each. Volume I and II have continuous pagination Vol. 586pp and Vol. II. 593-1186pp. It was Clark whose victories in the old Northwest enabled the US to obtain full legal right to the territory under the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Both volumes bound in original blue pictorial gilt depicting Clark with sword in hand standing above Vincennes. Only minor rubbing to edges corners with wear previous owner's name dated 1896. A very good set. Bowen-Merrill (Bobbs Merrill binding) unknown books
1897WRCAM51844Indianapolis; Kansas City: Bowen-Merrill Company 1897. 1186pp. with numerous in-text illustrations. Quarto. Two volumes. Original red publisher's cloth boards gilt stamped spine gilt. Corners bumped edges worn hinges starting spine extremities somewhat frayed. Small bookplates on front and rear pastedowns. Minor dust soiling to edges of text block. Good plus. Biography of the life and military exploits of George Rogers Clark remembered principally for his capture of Kaskaskia and Vincennes during the Revolutionary War in 1778 and 1779 respectively. English wholeheartedly endorses the opinion that the British cession of the Northwest Territory to the United States in the Treaty of Paris was the result of Clark's military operations there. With voluminous detail about Clark his famous campaigns his life and decline after the Revolution and his family associates and fellow soldiers. HOWES E157. Bowen-Merrill Company hardcover 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
185235190New York: Tryckt pa Americansta Bibel Sallskapets Bekostnad American Bible Society 1852. 12mo. 655 pp. <br><br>Second edition of the American Bible Society's Swedish and English New Testament. The Swedish is presented on the even-numbered pages and the English on the odd. All texts are in double-column formats. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â For this binding see: Wolf From Gothic Windows to Peacocks 41. Publisher's black textured roan elaborately blind-embossed with a plaquette. Title in gilt on spine. Tryckt pa Americansta Bibel Sallskapets Bekostnad, American Bible Society unknown books
18532285London: Dean & Son 1853. Sewn binding. Pink blind-embossed wrappers. 84 pages. 16 X10 cm. In the 19th and early 20th century it was common for middle and upper class households to employ a maid dedicated to helping the family cook. This concise booklet defines the primary functions of the maid previous and prior to preparing food and the best methods to carry out such duties. The second half of the book focuses on food preparations and the elementary steps in order to assist the cook. Early owner's ink signature to title-page. Fading to paper binding joints expertly secured. Interior clean. <br/><br/> Dean & Son unknown books
1880301548<p>Smith Elder and Co. 1879-1880. First editions of the first and second series. Octavo. Original gilt stamped cloth. Very good minor foxing; clean tight copies. 2 volumes. No signatures or bookplates.</p> Smith, Elder and Co. hardcover books
1899197166<p>Octavo. Woodcut borders and initials by Charles Ricketts. Original gilt stamped cream linen. Very good. 121 pages. One of 210 copies printed at the Ballantyne Press. Publisher's prospectus tipped-in. Large bookplate of Pickford Waller on the front pastedown. Waller 1873-1927 Illustrator and decorator friend of J. McNeil Whistler designed for Guthrie's Pear Tree Press.</p> Hacon & Ricketts 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 books
18102222047<p>Third edition. Octavo. No half title. Full brown morocco with elaborate gilt borders of a musical instrument and center vignette of an angel with Celtic harp. Two large chips on spine covers becoming detached. Fair. 85 pages 1 page of ads.</p><p>Heraldic bookplate of William Gordon of Fyvie Scotland on front pastedown.</p><p>William Gordon 1736-1816 of Fyvie Aberdeen.</p><p>Printed by T. Collins London.</p> James Cawthorn 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
189412611894. ENGLISH William F. EVOLUTION AND THE IMMANENT GOD. An Essay On The Natural Theology Of Evolution. Boston: Arena Publishing Company 1894. Small 8vo. purple cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. An essay focusing on using Darwin's theory of evolution as a clearing ground for upbuilding acceptance of Christian theology. A rare book- I have been unable to locate any other copy! English was pastor of the First Congregational Church in East Windsor Connecticut. Signed inscription by English on a front blank page: "Regards of Wm. F. English." Near fine covers bright with very minor rubbing spine; contents clean & tight. $450.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1879999<p>First edition. Octavo. Author's preface. Bibliographical references. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt and black bevelled edges uncut. Very good clean and tight copy. 384 pages. Scarce. Johnsonian bookplate of A.E. Newton and Vincent Lloyd Russell. Publisher' name on spine: Longmans & Co. Comparative theories of natural selection and teleological progression examined by the famous author 1835 1902 of "Erewhon" and "The Way of All Flesh."</p> Hardwicke and Bogue hardcover books
