Rodriguez Freile Juan; translated into English by William C. Atkinson; engravings by Harold BennettABAA
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1961264735London: Folio Society 1961. Hardcover. 228p. cloth-covered boards with gilt title and decorations 5.5x8.75 inches map endpapers illus. very good condition in like slip case. On the Spanish territory which is now Colombia Ecuador Panama and Venezuela. Folio Society hardcover books
18251354New York: Evert Duyckinck George Long E. Bliss & E. White. 1825. First American Edition. Hardcover. Faux quarter bound gray boards with white spine. Good. 2 v-xii 371 pages. 19 x 11 cm. Title conclusion Also The Art of Composing the Most Simple and Most Highly Finished Broths Gravies Soups Sauces Store Sauces and Flavoring Essences: Pastry Preserves Puddings &c. and An Easy Certain and Economical Process for preparing PICKLES By which they will be ready in a Fortnight and remain good for Years. The Quantity of each Article is ACCURATELY STATED BY WEIGHT AND MEASURE; The whole being the result of ACTUAL EXPERIMENTS Instituted in the Kitchen of a Physician. The whole work has again been carefully revised by the author of "THE ART OF INVIGORATING LIFE BY FOOD" &c. "Miscuit utile dulci." The author William Kitchiner M.D. 1775-1827 was a wealthy physician of London who did not practice his profession but was a food science and music enthusiast. An early devotee of mastication Masticate denticate chump grind and swallow Kitchiner purportedly did most of his own cooking and cleaning. First published in 1817 this extensive guide for the domestic cook took the UK and US by storm making Kitchiner a household name and an inspiration for many later cookbook authors including Mrs. Beeton who lifted a number of her recipes directly from his book. Owner's inscription on title page. Rebound with one page of index missing. Usual foxing throughout. LOWENSTEIN 99 <br/><br/> Evert Duyckinck, George Long, E. Bliss & E. White. hardcover books
18381360Edinburgh: Robert Cadell 1838. Hardcover. Green morocco half bound raised bands gilt-tooled spine. Very good. i-iv 424 pages. 16.5 x 11 cm. Title conclusion Containing also a Complete System of Cookery for Catholic Families Being the result of actual experiments instituted in the kitchen of William Kitchiner M.D. The author William Kitchiner M.D. 1775-1827 was a wealthy physician of London who did not practice his profession but was a food science and music enthusiast. An early devotee of mastication Masticate denticate chump grind and swallow Kitchiner purportedly did most of his own cooking and cleaning. First published in 1817 this extensive guide for the domestic cook took the UK and US by storm making Kitchiner a household name and an inspiration for many later cookbook authors including Mrs. Beeton who lifted a number of her recipes directly from his book. Owner's inscription on rear front end paper. Rebound marbled end papers. <br/><br/> Robert Cadell hardcover books
193730375sTallahassee FL: State Department of Public Instruction 1937. Octavo green wrappers softbound viii 807 pp. Good with former owner signiture age darkened covers several small chips to edges of spine rubbing to covers. State Department of Public Instruction, 1937. paperback books
19342221932<p>First edition so stated. Octavo. Dust jacket unclipped; few small nicks designed by J.E. Atkinson. Small book seller label of The Holliday Bookshop New York City. Very good. 336 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Tipped in at end is publisher's 1 page flyer for Young's collected works.</p><p>Printed at The Alden Press.</p> Jonathan Cape books
17721280432Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour 1772. 4to. 243pp.; VG-; spine paneled brown calf with maroon label and gilt lettering; marbled boards; boards have some rubbing to covers bumping and peeling to corners; bookplate on ffep; name written on ffep; mild scattered foxing and age-toning; interior clean; some slight wear to hinges front board slightly loose; shelved case 4. 1280432. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour unknown books
1795212574London: Robinson; T.N. Longman; T.N. Longman 1795. First editions. Engraved frontispiece to third playe Windsor Castle. 4 86 1; 8 84; 8 40 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter blue polished calf gilt spine t.e.g. Covers detached. First editions. Engraved frontispiece to third playe Windsor Castle. 4 86 1; 8 84; 8 40 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Robinson; T.N. Longman; T.N. Longman unknown books
18912221944<p>First edition with half-title page. 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 light rubbing. 396 pages. No signatures.</p><p>Heraldic bookplate of Raymond.</p><p>Printed by Billing and Sons.</p> Richard Bentley and Son hardcover books
19981337133Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 1998. First Revised English-Language Edition. Softcover. Thick Octavo; VG-/paperback; 2 volumes; black spines with white text; first printing; covers show slight shelf wear to exteriors; minor wear to edges; text block exterior edges show mild shelf wear; interiors clean; illustrated; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 1337133. FP New Rockville Stock. University of Pennsylvania Press unknown books
19522221965<p>First edition thus. 11 1/2" x 8 1/2". Ink and wash drawings by Ronald Searle. Original stiff gray illustrated wrappers. No dust jacket. Very good few nicks; short tear; small chip base of spine. 46 pages.</p><p>Signed and inscribed by Searle on title page: "For Nicholas Gibson from Ronald Searle 1953."</p><p>One of 1600 copies printed at the Chiswick Press.</p> Allen and Richard Lane paperback books
178126419London: Printed for G. Kearsly 1781 1781. First edition. ESTC T32385 records eight locations in the British Isles and three in the US Getty Texas & Yale. Fine copy. 4to recent red quarter morocco period style by Philip Dusel marbled paper boards gilt rules decorations and lettering. A satirical review of an imaginary exhibition by real artists at the Royal Academy dedicated to Joshua Reynolds a founder and the first president of the Academy. The anonymous author makes fun of the pretentions of the Academy and its guidelines in choosing members. In the preface Petit Mot Pour Rire "a small joke" Academy founder Johann Zoffany is subject to a particularly unfriendly tale of how he acquired his fame. This is followed by the review of the fictitious paintings with prefatory remarks on the "revolution of taste in the Polite Arts" "the love of novelty is particularly remarkable . . ." and an addenda with an assessment of the new quarters of the Royal Academy at New Somerset House where it moved in 1780. The author apparently was not a member of the Academy. <br/><br/> London: Printed for G. Kearsly, 1781 unknown books
18102222105<p>Early edition. 6 1/4' x 4". Frontispiece. Illustrated with 32 woodcuts by R. Austin and Hole from designs by Craig. Contemporary brown morocco over green marbled boards two signatures sprung; tear to title page and following leaf. Good. 144 pages.</p><p>Printed by W. Wilson St. John's Square London.</p> Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe hardcover books
19964131JNew York: Hyperion/Miramax 1996. First Edition. Signed by Anthony Minghella the film’s director and screenwriter and Michael Ondaatje author of the novel. Fine in wrappers. The shooting script with illustrations from the award-winning motion picture. Hyperion/Miramax unknown books
19282221759<p>First edition. 11 3/4" x 7 3/4". Original black gilt stamped cloth. Uncut and mostly unopened. No dust jacket. Very good. 93 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Number 204 of 350 copies.</p> Shakespeare Head Press hardcover books
19919005NY:: Ecco Press 1991. First edition first prnt. Glossy pictoral wraps. No hardcover issue. Selected with Introduction by Hall. Publisher's mailing card laid in as issued. Signed by Hall on the title page. One in Ecco's "Essential Authors" series. Unread copy in Fine condition. Unusual as such. Signed. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Ecco Press Paperback books
1889005844Tokyo: T. Hasegawa 1889. First edition. String ties. Very Good. First Edition known based on address 10 Hiyoshicho. 17 by 12.5 cm. Eleven folded crepe paper leaves including cover. Last two pages lists the publisher's catalogue. Condition: wrinkling of cover with slight loss to lower corner. No loss of text. <br /><br /> T. Hasegawa books
179923757Philadelphia: Pr. by A. Bartram 1799. 4to. viii xvi 488 pp.; 196 8 pp. <br><br>George Campbell 171996 was a minister of the Church of Scotland theologian and principal of Marischal College. He wrote a number of theological works including a defense of miracles in response to David Hume and was noted for originality of argument as well as charity towards his opponents. This translation of the Gospels was first published in England in 1789; the work consists of a preface and preliminary dissertations the actual translation and the notes with the whole being very scholarly resorting frequently to the Greek in the dissertations and notes.<br>Â Â Â Â Campbell's translation of the Gospels were first printed in the U.S. in 1796 and was the first privately accomplished translation of the Gospels printed in America. This is only the second edition printed in America. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC W4382; Evans 35200; Hills English Bible in America 71. On Campbell see: The Dictionary of National Biography. Publisher's brown leather rebacked board edges refurbished original spine-label reused. Old library pressure-stamps and a bit of pencilling stamped numberwith a properly deaccessioned. Occasional light foxing and with some marginal waterstains. Overall a rather nice copy. Pr. by A. Bartram hardcover books
179611489Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson 1796. 4to 27.7 cm 10.9". vii xvi 488 196 pp. 8 ff. <br><br>Three American "firsts" here counting that of our caption! For while being additionally the uncommon first printing in America of the Gospels in English in any translation other than the King James or the Douai-Rheims version this is also the first privately accomplished translation of the Gospels printed in America.<br>Â Â Â Â George Campbell 171996 was a minister of the Church of Scotland theologian and principal of Marischal College. He wrote a number of theological works including a defense of miracles in response to David Hume and was noted for originality of argument as well as charity towards his opponents. This translation of the Gospels was first published in England in 1789; the work consists of a preface and preliminary dissertations the actual translation and the notes with the whole being very scholarly resorting frequently to the Greek in the dissertations and notes.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Title-page and contents leaf with early inked inscriptions reading "Jas. Booth. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC W4383; Evans 30086; Hills English Bible in America 56. On Campbell see: The Dictionary of National Biography. Contemporary treed sheep rubbed and abraded with leather lost at corners; nicely rebacked with original label laid on. Title-page and contents inscribed as described above; endpapers waterstained and pages with light spots of foxing. Paper in many sections faintly blue. Thomas Dobson hardcover 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
184855475Philadelphia: G. B. Zieber & Co 1848. First edition 8vo pp. 7 8-221 3; wood-engraved frontispiece portrait signed in the plate "Hinckley" 3 wood-engraved plates and 6 vignette wood-engraved portraits in the text; errata slip tipped in between pp. 208-09; verso of the penultimate leaf with a full-page wood engraving of a soldier also signed "Hinckley"; the last last leaf consists of printed music "Mouris pour La Patrie" with the caption "Words by Alexandre Dumas. Music by F. Alphonse Varney. Translated by T. Dunn English."; contemporary plain paper wrappers - BAL calls for printed wrappers. Hinckley is likely Cornelius T. Hinckley active as a wood engraver in Philadelphia between 1845 and 1857 see Dictionary of American Artists Yale 1975. English an editor and prolific author of poetry and prose composed the poem "Ben Bolt" and wrote a play entitled The Mormons. But he is perhaps best remembered for the fistfight that ended his friendship with Poe. This resulted from the public scandle revolving around letters sent to Poe by Elizabeth Ellett and Frances Sargent Osgood. "This association with Poe remains the chief source of scholarly interest in English. Their war of words figures as a major event in biographies of Poe and English's account of the poet have provided valuable information about Poe's sensitivity to alcohol and the possibility of his drug use" American National Biography. BAL 5517. <br/><br/> G. B. Zieber & Co unknown books
1833246869London: Charles Knight Pall-Mall East 1833. 168 engraved portraits. 7 vols. 8vo. Half lavender pebbled morocco. Some rubbing else very good. 7. 168 engraved portraits. 7 vols. 8vo. Charles Knight, Pall-Mall East unknown 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
1936194108<p>DUST JACKET UNCLIPPED; LIGHT TONING A COUPLE OF TINY NICKS; ADVANCE COPY FOR REVIEW WITH LAID IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP LISTING THE PUBLICATION DATE AS FEBRUARY 24 1936. RARE THUS; THIS EDITION PRECEDES THE UK EDITION. THERE ONLY 2000 COPIES ISSUED FIRST EDITION "FEBRUARY 1936" VERY GOOD.</p> LITTLE, BROWN hardcover books
1971100814NY: Random House 1971. First US edition first prnt. Godine's published 20pp limited edition of the same title in 1969. Signed by Spender on the title page. Upper board corners tapped faint remainder stamp on the front free endpage; dustjacket with wear at the folds and corners and a price-clip with partial price sticker present. Very Good condition in a Good dustjacket with an archival cover. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House Hardcover books
1969900343Boston: Godine 1969. Limited edition of 250 numbered copies fifty of which were numbered I - L and signed by Spender. This is one of the unsigned issue. Marbled paper-covered boards cloth spine with paper label. Issued w/o dustjacket. Fine condition. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued. Limited Edition. Godine Hardcover books
