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200432790Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Near Fine. 2004. Paperback. 025207128X . First paperback printing. Small stamp on verso of front cover else fine in illustrated wraps. . University of Illinois Press paperback books
200233853Manchester: Manchester University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0719061563 . First printing. Remainder mark on top edge book-plate on front paste-down else near fine in a fine dust jacket. . Manchester University Press hardcover books
200325331NY: Abrams. As New in As New dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0810946068 . 200 color illustrations. First printing. As new in like dust jacket. . Abrams hardcover 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
192923613New York N.Y.: De Pamphilis Press Inc. 1929. 28 pages; program was presided by Hon. John W. Davis president of the E.S.U. of the U.S.; the menu included Scotch mutton broth broiled spring chicken maitre d'hotel salade chiffonade gateau glacee MacDonald cigars and cigarettes; with the listing of the speaker's table; committee of arrangements membership apologies and acknowledgments followed by pages of seating lists alphabetically arranged by ticket color; a very large event with well over 3000 attendees; approx. 5 3/8" x 8" size; cream color printed stapled wraps; light wear a little faint spottiness to cover; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. De Pamphilis Press, Inc. Paperback books
195615496Center Moriches Long Island New York: Strebel and English 1956. Bright colorful imagery advertizing a Long Island dry cleaner operation in Center Moriches; with complete year's worth of monthly calendar stapled below; thin wooden slats held together with string stamped "Made In Japan" on back edge; approx. 10 " x 16" overall size; little chipping to edges; very good condition. Very Good. Strebel and English unknown books
19792311359New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1979. Abridged. Large Softcover. Very Good. Front wrapper creased. 1979 Large Softcover. 95 pp. Abridged. A commonsense guide to raising a happy dog while keeping its owner happy too. Includes the following essential information: choosing the right breed to suit your personality; understanding the signals your puppy gives you; techniques to handle city dogs and their country cousins; housebreaking your pet to suit your schedule; crimes and punishments--how to discipline your dog; fundamentals of obedience--heeling staying and basic turns to make your pet the Fred Astaire of dogs. Grosset & Dunlap paperback books
1978220526<p>First edition. 8vo. Original 1/2 red calf over matching buckram gilt stamped spine with raised blads. Fine fresh copy. Enclosed in dark red cloth slipcase. Contains 646 detailed entries on the famous literary sisters. #14/25 specially bound copies signed by Yablon and Turner on the limitation page. Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover.</p> Ian Hodgkins, & Co. Ltd. hardcover books
1962306831<p>First edition so stated; "First Published 1962". Octavo. Original black cloth stamped in gilt. Dust jacket designed by Barry Trengrove unclipped; four short closed tears; a few nicks. Very good an attractive copy. 196 pages. First edition first issue in black cloth with "16s" price on the front flap and large margins on the jacket flaps.</p> Heinemann hardcover books
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
175028292Mostly London various imprints and dates 1750-1800 1750. First editions with a few exceptions. The majority of the plays have been disbound and many retain remnants of leather spines. Approximately 150 volumes all 8vo all disbound except for 30 in bound volumes. ¶ A fine representative collection of published plays from the London stage 1750 to 1800 including works by several playwrights who remain well known and others who have been relegated by time and fashion to theatrical by-paths viz: Miles Peters Andrews John Burgoyne Susannah Cibber the two George Colmans Henry Seymour Conway Hannah Cowley Richard Cumberland Charles Dibdin Thomas Dibdin Samuel Foote David Garrick Elizabeth Griffith Thomas Holcroft Elizabeth Inchbald Charles Kemble Edward Moore Arthur Murphy Frederick Reynolds Frances Sheridan George Alexander Stevens et al. A complete list with bibliographical details is available via pdf on our website www.brickrow.com on the catalogues page. <br/><br/> Mostly London, various imprints and dates, 1750-1800 hardcover 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
304443<p>Small octavo. 5 with engraved frontispieces. 3/4 gilt stamped black calf over marbled boards spines with raised bands marbled endpapers and edges minor foxing; bookplates. Very good. 10 volumes. Comprising: "Homeward Bound. . ."; "A Tale of the Sea"; "The Prairie"; "The Headsman"; "The Heidenmauer A Legend of the Rhine"; "The Bravo"; "The Deerslayer. . ."; "The Last of the Mohicans"; "The Pathfinder. . .";The Pioneers. . ."; "Ned Myers.".</p> Routledge [ca 1860-1866] hardcover 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
19342221898<p>First edition thus. Octavo. Four wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Original gilt stamped black morocco over red and beige patterned boards t.e.g. uncut. No dust jacket. Fine. 66 pages. No bookplates or other signatures.</p><p>Number 72 of 250 numbered copies signed by Calder-Marshall on limitation page.</p><p>Chanticleer 99.</p> The Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
1751204039London: W. & J. Mount & T. Page 1751. unbound. very good. Sea Chart. Uncolored engraving. Image with text measures 18.5" x 11.75".<br/><br/> From the "English Pilot" a composite sea-chart atlas published in several editions from 1671 to 1803. This map of St. Peters in Newfoundland was part of the fourth book "The West-India Navigation" published by W. & J. Mount & T. Page in 1751. The Mount family was active in publishing in various manifestations for many generations from the 1650s to 1800. On the back of the page is a beautiful print of two Auks along with a description of the birds and their abundance in this area. These birds were eventually hunted into extinction.<br/><br/> W. & J. Mount & T. Page unknown 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
19502546Madras 1950. Third Edition. Hardcover. Color illustrated boards. Very good. 332 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. First published in 1933 by the Friends In Need Society assisting the aged infirm and destitute European and Anglo-Indian Christians this Anglo-Indian cookbook was written for British women in India who wanted to recreate their home environs while living in the colony. Written in two languages - English and Urdu side by side. Last 12 pages filled with local ads. Some pencil annotations covers rubbed. <br /> hardcover books
1977126184Philadelphia Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press 1977. Hardbound. VG cover and pages crisp and fresh owner's mark on free endpaper of each volume. Tan cloth on boards with embossing and burgundy cloth spine 2-volume set in tan board envelope Vol. 1: xxix 248 pp Vol. 2: 4 pp 250-531 several BW images per volume. Autobiography from age 14-22 of Isaac Mackey 1822-1855. He was from the introduction a lawyer editor historian politician musician translator inventor and diarist.Isaac Mackey not only reveals his own precocious gifts but also illuminates the years in which he wrote. University of Pennsylvania Press 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
19649013350New York: Grove Press 1964. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The dust jacket is price clipped. <br/><br/> Grove Press hardcover books
196613979New York: Grove Press 1966. Paperback. 223p. worn first edition mass market paperback in rubbed pictorial wraps. Grove Press paperback 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
19682222018<p>First edition. Tall octavo. 7 plates in color and 1 b/w illustrations by Rigby Graham. Original gilt stamped stiff blue/green patterned wrappers matching endpapers. No dust jacket. Fine. 20 pages.</p><p>One of 325 unnumbered copies twenty five copies were numbered and signed.</p><p>Printed by Peter Bonser.</p><p>Binding and gold stamping by Trevor Hickman.</p> Brewhouse Press paperback books
197529404Hong Kong: Joint Publishing Company 1975. First edition thick 8vo pp. 8 1688 1; the dictionary proper printed in double column; some light soiling else fine in like dust jacket. "The first medium-sized comprehensive English-Chinese dictionary to have been compiled in China since the Great Proletarian Revolution" jacket blurb. More than 50000 entries including "some words and phrases that reflect the decadent social phenomena of a dying capitalism" Foreword p. 1-2. <br/><br/> Joint Publishing Company unknown books
