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200532142San Francisco: Chronicle Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0811842460 . First printing thus. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Chronicle Books hardcover 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
196930347London: Faber and Faber 1969. First edition first prnt. Inscribed by Heaney on the title page. "to _ at Pace University Seamus Heaney with good wishes. May 1983." Dustjacket with a short closed tear at the spine top edge not immediately apparent. Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket. A very nice copy of Heaney's second book. Inscribed and Dated By Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Faber and Faber Hardcover 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
1990570NY: Grove Weidenfeld. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0802113850 . First American edition. Very near fine in like dust jacket. . Grove Weidenfeld hardcover books
1992100010Bennington: Bennington College 1992. First edition. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Issued with Heaney's facsimile signature on p.33 the page listing Heaney's selected works. Pictoral stapled wraps. One in the publisher's "Chapbooks in Literature" series. Text delivered as a lecture at Brennington. Unread copy in Fine condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. Limited Edition. Bennington College Paperback books
4557LAWRENCE HYDE FIRST EARL OF ROCHESTER 1641-1711. Rochester was named a Lord of the Treasury in 1679. In 1681 he was elevated from Viscount Hyde of Kenilworth to Earl of Rochester. He had friction with King James II and was dismissed from the Treasury in December 1686 with a substantial pension. ROBERT HOWARD 1626-1698. An English Restoration dramatist Howard is best remembered for The Indian Queen and The Committee as well as his ongoing literary feud with John Dryden. During the English Revolution Howard sided with the Royalists at the Battle of Newbury and was imprisoned. After the Restoration he was elected to Parliament and made auditor of the Exchequer. DS. 1pg. 8 ½†x 8 ½â€. May 15 1686. Whitehall Treasury Chambers. A document signed “Rochesterâ€. It was written to Robert Howard the auditor of the Exchequer: “At my hearty Commendation By Virtue of his Majesty’s Letters Patents authorizing the payment of the yearly Sallarys sic to the Judges These are to pray and require you to make and pass Debentures for payment of such Summes of moneye sic as are and shall from time to time be due to Richard Hearn Serjeant at Law and one of the Barons of his Majesty’s Court of Exchequer upon his Sallary of One thousand pounds per annum according to the direction of the said Letters Patents and let sic the same be satisfied out of any his Majesty’s Treasure now or hereafter being and remaining in the receipt of the Exchequer not appropriated to particular uses by Act of Parliament For which this shall be your Warrant. Treasury Chamber the 15th day of May 1686. Rochesterâ€. The document is addressed “To my very Loving friend Sr Rob’t Howard Auditor of his Majesty’s Records of Exchequer.†This document concerns the creation of some of the first exchequer bills of credit which was England’s first attempts at paper currency. Obviously it was cumbersome to pay people since lengthy documents such as this example had to be written out and signed by an official. The first bank to permanently use banknotes was the Bank of England in 1695. The currency promised to pay the bearer the value of the note on demand. The next year the Bank of Scotland followed suit. The document has chipping to the margins and three tape stains to the edges and is in very good condition. The manuscript comes with numerous articles about the Scottish economist John Law who first introduced paper money in France and lecture notes from what seems to be an economics professor who used this document in his or her classes. unknown books
36596Birmingham England late 18th century. Oblong quarto. 7 1/2 x 11 inches. 113 engraved plates on laid paper priced throughout in manuscript. Later calf backed marbled paper covered boards flat spine ruled and lettered in gilt.<br/> <br/>A rarely encountered pattern book or trade catalogue of 18th century English furniture hardware including drawer pulls keyholes hinges locks castors bolts and more.<br/> <br/>By 1770 over thirty different brass foundries operated in Birmingham England making it the epicenter of furniture hardware design in the last quarter of the 18th century. At roughly the same period trade catalogues like the present began to be issued by both furniture and hardware makers alike. In all over 500 designs are shown on the 113 consecutively numbered plates from rather simple hinges to incredibly ornate pulls. Although no engravers' names are identified it has been suggested that the foundries themselves produced such plates utilizing the talents of their own craftsmen who by their very occupation would have been highly skilled at etching on metal. Such pattern books "illustrate the beginning of what was then a new movement in the conditions of the crafts namely the growth of the organised factory as a means of production and distribution as compared with the earlier limitation of these functions to the efforts of individuals" Young.<br/> <br/>Cf. Hummel Charles F. "Samuel Rowland Fishers Catalogue of English Hardware." Winterthur Portfolio Vol 1 1964: 188-197; cf. Symonds R. W. "An Eighteenth-Century English Brassfounders Catalogue." Magazine Antiques Feb. 1931: 102-105; Young W. A. comp. Old English pattern books of the metal trades: a descriptive catalogue of the collection in the V&A Museum. London: HMSO 1913. unknown books
179728174Birmingham England 1797. Oblong quarto. 7 1/2 x 11 inches. 143 engraved plates 13 folding on laid paper priced throughout in manuscript. Period calf-backed marbled paper covered boards<br/> <br/>Provenance: W. G. & Co. inscription on front endpaper<br/> <br/>A rarely encountered pattern book or trade catalogue of 18th century English furniture hardware including drawer pulls keyholes hinges locks castors bolts watch stands and more.<br/> <br/>By 1770 over thirty different brass foundries operated in Birmingham England making it the epicenter of furniture hardware design in the last quarter of the 18th century. At roughly the same period trade catalogues like the present began to be issued by both furniture and hardware makers alike. Although most of the brass foundry trade catalogues of this early period have no indication of the foundry the present pattern book is inscribed W. G. & Co. on the front pastedown. In all nearly 1000 designs are shown on the 143 plates from rather simple hinges and hooks to incredibly ornate pulls knockers watchstands etc. Although no engravers's names are identified it has been suggested that the foundries themselves produced such plates utilizing the talents of their own craftsmen who by their very occupation would have been highly skilled at etching on metal. Such pattern books "illustrate the beginning of what was then a new movement in the conditions of the crafts namely the growth of the organised factory as a means of production and distribution as compared with the earlier limitation of these functions to the efforts of individuals" Young.<br/> <br/>Cf. Hummel Charles F. "Samuel Rowland Fishers Catalogue of English Hardware." Winterthur Portfolio Vol 1 1964: 188-197; cf. Symonds R. W. "An Eighteenth-Century English Brassfounders Catalogue." Magazine Antiques Feb. 1931: 102-105; Young W. A. comp. Old English pattern books of the metal trades: a descriptive catalogue of the collection in the V&A Museum. London: HMSO 1913. unknown books
16089FORSTER William E. 1818-1886 Liberal Statesman Carried the Elementary Education Act ALS Oct. 22 1877<br/><br/>Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Vernon thanking her for her note "Any printed documents you may have bearing on the Examination would be really useful to me . I am delighted to find I shall give a prize to my friend Mr Smith's daughter. I suppose all classes will be represented at the competition. Are there any daughters of working men" 2 sides 8vo. Wharfeside Burley-in-Wharfedale Leeds 22nd October 1877 <br/><br/>Son-in-law of Arnold of Rugby and nephew of Elizabeth Fry Forster carried the Endowed Schools Bill and the Elementary Schools Bill of 1870 which for the first time provided universal primary education the foundation of state schooling as we know it. unknown 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
1958006602Cairo Egypt: Self-published 1958. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY Baheega Sidky Rasheed in Cairo and dated by him Jan. 1961 on title page. small corner creases light wear to paper at spine. Stamped " Folklore Institute Reading Collection" on dedication page. 97 pp. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDITOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Self-published Paperback books
1642EPL71London 1642. Paperback. Good. Published between 1628-1642. Based on the Common Debates of 1628. Including An act to prevent Extortions in Sheriffes Under-Sheriffes and Bayliffes of Franchises and Liberties in cases of Execution and An act for the better suppressing of unlicensed alehouse keepers. Upon question passed. Some contemporary inscriptions in English. Some pages remargined intermittent browning or chipping but a rare piece. Size: 260 x 180mm. <br/><br/> paperback books
1974121000N. pl: TESOL 1974. xiv 139p. ads very good in wraps. Strong emphasis on educating people whose primary language is Spanish. TESOL unknown books
20032362Boston: David R. Godine 2003. Paperback. Color illustrated paperback. Near fine. 210 pages. 21 x 14 cm. As expected the classics are all here: turkey but also goose; stuffings; sauces; mince pies; and Christmas puddings. Alice Waters notes: "This is Elizabeth David at her most delightful: recipes history anecdotes and opinions all in her bracing lucid prose. To read it is to be reminded that she was among the very best food writers about food of all time. You could not ask for a more clear-headed account of an all-out English Christmas dinner than here and of the care you have to take to properly achieve one." <br/><br/> David R. Godine paperback books
1973305688<p>First edition so stated. Octavo. Dust jacket designed by Michael Harvey unclipped; a few tears; creases. Very good. 424 pages. From the library of noted "Gone With The Wind" Hollywood director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre bookplate on the front pastedown.</p> Bodley Head hardcover books
1990010483New York: Hemisphere Publishing Corp 1990. First English Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 118pp. Text. Figures. Formulae. Index. Bound in red cloth boards with grey printed dust jacket. Hemisphere Publishing Corp unknown 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
33703ENGLISH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES. Series I. Numbers 1-4. Six volumes. Farnborough: Gregg 1964. 4to. Cloth. Facsimiles of source books on early English printing history including The Monthly Catalogue 1714-1717; The Monthly Catalogue 1723-1730 Two Volumes; Register of Books 1728-1732; and Bibliotheca Annua 1699-1703 Two Volumes. Bookplates; fine. unknown books
194944776London: Routledge 1949. hardcover. very good. Commemorative Catalogue of an Exhibition Held at the Victoria and Albert Museum May 5th - June 20th 1948. 3 color plates. 120pp. of monochrome illustrations. 94pp. of text. 4to beige cloth d.w. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1949. Very good .<br/><br/> One of 1000 numbered copies.<br/><br/> Routledge unknown books
1949106840London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd 1949. No. 618 of Limited Edition of 1000. Hardbound. VG Former owner name on first flyleaf otherwise clean. Tan cloth; maroon title block on spine with gilt letters; 94 pp. 120 plates in b/w; 3 color plates. Title on spine: English Ceramic Circle English Pottery and Porcelain Exhibition Catalogue 1948. Title on half-title page: Commemorative Catalogue of an Exhibition of English Pottery and Porcelain. The exhibition presented examples of ceramics owned by members of the organization. 553 pieces are listed in the annotated catalogue with BW plates of illustrations in the rear. Categories represented are: Delftware Slipware Elers Ware Brown Stoneware Early Lead-Glazed Ware Salt-Glazed Stoneware Cream-Coloured Earthenware Bow Porcelain Chelsea Porcelain Derby Porcelain Longton Hall Porcelain Early Bristol or Worcester Porcelain Worcester Porcelain Lowestoft Porcelain Liverpool Porcelain Plymouth and Bristol Porcelain New Hall Porcelain Pinxton Porcelain. #618 of 1000 copies. Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd hardcover 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
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
1939112672London: Published for the English Association by the Oxford University Press 1939. Octavo original cloth. First edition first printing. Thirteen stories by Stella Benson John Galsworthy Richard Hughes M. R. James and others whose chosen stories "are intended to be characteristic of their writers and representative of the modern short story technique. They have also been chosen with a view to their use in Schools." - Preface. A clean bright very good copy. #112672 Published for the English Association by the Oxford University Press unknown books
