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1947111744London: The Verona Press 1947. First edition. #931/1200 COPIES WITH COLOR LITHOGRAPHS BY MARIE LAURENCIN. Neat bookplate on inside front cover else clean and unmarked. A fine hardcover book in a near fine dustjacket and slipcase. The jacket is slightly darkened on its spine and the light gray paper shows a touch of soil. The publisher's box is marred by a gift inscription of a previous owner. A nice edition of Katherine Mansfield which is highly desirable for its colored lithographs. The Verona Press unknown books
1846229691846. Boston Med. Surg. J. 35/21. - Boston David Clapp December 23 1846 8° pp.417-444 orig. wrappers. First Edition in the extreme rare original wrappers! Further content relating to anaesthesia. Dana Fras. Jr.: Mesmerism pp.425-428. Wallace W.Clay: Remarks on the inhalation of ether previous to surgical operations pp.435-436. By a Correspondent who has no Property in Patent Rights: Are inventions in surgery and in chemistry legitimate subjects for patents pp.436-438 On the front inner wrapper appears for the third time in the Bost. Med. Surg. Jo. the famous advertising: " Morton's Letheon. General Circular . Public Caution" Boston Nov.26. 1846 W.T.G. Morton" 42 lines. "Stimulated by the appearance of the paper by Dr. Bigelow Dr.F. Dana Jr. of Boston sent to the Boston Medical Surgical Journal a spirited defense of mesmerism in which he said that mesmerism had been tested much longer than anesthesia produced by sulfuric ether. He referred to the work of Elliotson in England said that the Section of the Royal Academy of France had approved mesmerism in 1831 and claimed that Baron Cuvier Gabriel Andral Francois Broussais and Mathew Bailllie all had strongly approved mesmerism. The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal however always had been contemptuous of mesmerism." cf. Keys p. 29 "The December 23 issue of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal contained five articles relating to ether anesthesia. The first was from J. D. Mansfield of South Reading a physician who reported that Flagg's views on the inhalation of ethereal vapor in certain surgical operations "were those of the profession generally in this region." He ended his communication by describing the inhalation by some of his friends at a recent social party of a mixture of sulfuric ether water morphine and a few drops of sulfuric acid with the effects paralleling those of ether when sniffed. "One young lady in particular came so completely under the influence of it that had she an aching tooth I think I should have tried my skill at extracting." Mansfield's letter was followed by a longish article by Francis Dana Jr. entitled "Mesmerism."M Since the editorial following Bigelow's insensibility paper had noted that "unlike the farce and trickery of mesmerism" the new discovery was in the hands of professional men Dana felt compelled to respond to the attack that had been made and his article was mainly a defense of this system. In the same issue Dr. W. Clay Wallace of New York published his objections to the inhalation of both ether and nitrous oxide because of the dangerous and disagreeable effects accompanying them." Then followed an anonymous discussion "Are Inventions in Surgery and in Chemistry Legitimate Subjects for Patents By a Correspondent Who Has No Property in Patent Rights" its author concluding that patents indeed can be granted for improvements in surgery and chemistry. However an editorial account following it on an "Apparatus for Inhaling the Gas"' criticized Morton satirically for selling his ether inhaler. It ended with the following paragraph: 'In todays journal will be found a communication from a legal gentleman drawn up at our request in which the validity of a patent is strenuously maintained. Since that article was in type we have been informed through a letter from Prof. C. A. Harris M.D. of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgeons that his colleague Dr. Bond had consulted one of the first lawyers there stating to him the whole case; and his opinion is that there is nothing patentable in the matter and that letters patent for it are worthless. We have similar information and assurance from Drs. Roper and Flagg of Philadelphia who have consulted competent legal judges in that city'." Richard J. Wolfe: Tarnished Idol / William Thomas Green Morton and the Introduction of Surgical Anesthesia A Chronicle of the Ether Controversy 2001 pp.94-95 unknown
00530097NP 0000. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" This unique hand-made book is composed of three Katherine Mansfield short stories with text hand-typed in a small sans serif face illustrated with seven original paintings and drawings. The short stories are 'The Doll's House' 'A Dill Pickle' and 'Psychology'. The typed text averages 36 lines per page. The work is bound in half brown morocco over matching cloth. It is near fine with only the faintest traces of wear. 6 blank 45 pages of text and plates 5 blank broken up into 3 sections each irregularly paginated as 9 pages. Includes 7 original drawings and paintings in watercolor gouache and ink. Though unsigned the art demonstrates considerable skill. Some are abstract some figurative. Two are on red paper one on gray. The remainder of the work is largely on a cream Crane's laid stock. Though Crane's is based in the US their cotton-based rag has long been popular in the UK and Europe. There are no identifying marks in the work and in fact Mansfield's name itself does not appear. A delightful puzzle. We estimate the date to be ca. 1945 to 1955.7 Original Watercolors Etc. NP unknown
1917162549London: Harrison & Sons 1917. First edition presentation copy presumably prepared by the author's battalion commander Colonel Walter Gordon Wolrige-Gordon 1861-1938 to be given to close family and friends with an original photographic portrait of him mounted as a frontispiece. Posted to France in November 1915 the author served with the Royal Fusiliers at Festubert and Cambrin before gaining a commission in the Machine Gun Corps and returning home in February 1916. Educated at Radley and Christ Church Oxford Sturges 1893-1971 joined the 19th Public Schools Battalion Royal Fusiliers as a private. His is a no-nonsense but colourful first-hand account largely based on letters home. He was later Political Secretary at the British High Commission in Baghdad. Harrison & Son the printer-publisher generally worked for the War Office and were not known for general publishing so it is quite likely that this scarce work was printed for the author. Sturges's commanding officer W. G. Wolrige-Gordon 1861-1938 previously of the Black Watch had a distinguished military career. Wounded at El-Teb during the Sudan campaign 1884 he saw service on the Nile Expedition 1884-5 Matabeleland 1893-4 and the Boer War. During the First World War he was five times mentioned in despatches. The original photograph of him mounted as frontispiece is the same image that appears in The History of the Royal Fusiliers "U.P.S." 1917. This is affixed to card with a printed caption reading "Some Colonel" and a reference to page 112 where we read: "We staggered on at snail's pace along the Bethune road and I really believe I should never have been able to complete the journey and other men were worse than me. Then to our great relief the Colonel stopped two motor lorries into which we all climbed and they brought us all here. The Colonel himself stayed behind with those who couldn't find room - some Colonel!" Provenance: John Gordon Wolrige-Gordon 1856-1925 W. G.'s brother with his imposing armorial bookplate dated 1909 engraved by the bookplate specialist Charles W. Sherborn. J. G. served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and had a similarly illustrious career: he was on the Tochi and Tirah expeditions 1897 and saw extensive action during the Boer War notably at Modder River Magersfontein and Paaderberg. Octavo 179 x 115 mm. Tissue-guarded original sepia-toned gelatin silver portrait by Turner of St Albans mounted as frontispiece. Small diagram of opposing front lines at p. 102. Presentation binding contemporary of red morocco bevelled boards spine with a gilt castellated fillet on raised bands and at head and tail gilt fillets either side of raised bands black label covers with border of blind paired fillets foliate cornerpieces resembling the flaming grenade cap badge o Royal Fusiliers blind foliate roll to turn-ins pale cream-coloured ribbed endpapers top edge gilt. Spine and head of back cover sunned frontispiece slightly silvered: a very attractive copy. Not in Falls. hardcover
1877177021877. Mansfield Charles Blachford. Aerial Navigation 1877 a scientific treatise addressing the technical and theoretical challenges of controlled flight at a time when lighter than air ballooning dominated aerial experimentation. Written by chemist Charles Blachford Mansfield and issued posthumously the work advances early consideration of propulsion steering and mechanical control in the air moving beyond passive balloon drift toward the problem of directed navigation. Mansfield applies chemical and physical reasoning to questions of lift motive force and atmospheric resistance situating the text within mid nineteenth century efforts to transform aerial ascent into practical transportation.<br /> <br /> Mansfield Charles Blachford. Aerial Navigation. London: Macmillan & Co. 1877. First edition. The volume includes a second title leaf reading "Aerial Navigation The Problem with Hints for its Solution by Ithi Kefalende" reflecting the work's earlier conceptual framing. Comprising xxiii 1 513 pages the text presents extended analysis of balloon construction propulsion systems and theoretical models for powered flight drawing on Mansfield's background in chemistry including his work on coal tar derivatives and theoretical studies such as Theory of Salts. Though composed in the early 1850s the manuscript was not published until after Mansfield's death following a laboratory accident preserving a body of research that engaged directly with the limitations of contemporary aeronautical practice.<br /> <br /> Issued during a period when ballooning remained dependent on wind currents Mansfield's work contributes to the intellectual foundation that later supported the development of controllable aircraft. The text engages with the legacy of earlier balloon experiments while anticipating the transition toward powered aviation that would emerge at the end of the nineteenth century. By addressing propulsion and navigational control the work reflects broader scientific inquiry into engineering problems that would define modern aeronautics. Rebound in modern half calf with marbled boards and gilt spine label; text clean and stable with light handling wear. Overall very good condition. unknown
2020AME_9789811202179World Scientific Publishing 2020. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. World Scientific Publishing hardcover
1856042348New York: J.S. Voorhies Law Publishers 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. The Book Is The Original Edition Not A Reprint. Printed In 1856 796 Pages With The Index. Leather Boards And Spine. Pages Are Yellow From The Age. Large Water Stain At The Corner Edge Of All The Pages. Still Legible. Some Of The Leather Binding Is Missing Out The Outer Edges. 796 Pages 25 Cm- Specializing in academic collectible and historically significant providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. J.S. Voorhies, Law Publishers hardcover
191173534London: Locke Ellis 1910 - 1911. 16mo. 12 issues bound in 2 published between October 1910 - September 1911. 10 376 iv 32 ads ; 10 iv 30 pp. Elegant half cream buckram over decorative boards with gilt-tooled lettering to spine. Uncut. Light discolouration to top of boards leaves toned but clean throughout. Bookplates to paste-down of vol. 1 and small inscriptions in ink to rear endpapers. 'The Open Window' was a monthly illustrated magazine published in West & Central London running for six months from October 1910 and then five months from April 1911. These 2 volumes contain the full 12 issues the third issue containing Katherine Mansfield's first published work 'A Fairy Story'. Written contributions include: Edward Thomas E. M. Forster George Bourne Katherine Mansfield Maxwell Armfield Douglas Goldring W. H. Davies Geoffrey Whitworth Lord Dunsany John Drinkwater Walter de la Mare and Vivian Locke Ellis etc. Artworks contributors include: C . J. Holmes John Sloane Auguste Rodin Maxwell Armfield C. M. Gere Jack B Yeats. Adverts and a pair of wraps bound in. . Near Fine. Decorative Boards. 1911. Locke Ellis 1910 - 1911 hardcover
2018Adhya-9781138943087T&F/ROUTLEDGE 2018. Hardcover. New. T&F/ROUTLEDGE hardcover
2018Adhya-9781138943087T&F/ROUTLEDGE 2018. Hardcover. New. T&F/ROUTLEDGE hardcover
1922059752London: Constable 1922. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase. 276 Pp. Blue Cloth Printed In Orange / Ochre. First Edition "First Published 1922" After A Small Limited Issue With Uncorrected Misprint "Sposition" In Last Line On P. 103. Exceptionally Well Preserved No Wear Or Fading To Cloth Lettering Very Strong Small Stamp "Dallas Public Library" In Copyright Page No Other Marks Light Browning To Recto/Verso Of Free Endpapers. With A Custom Slipcase Red Morocco Spine Over Red Cloth Gilt Lettering Black Morocco Spine Label Gilt. Slipcase Fine No Rubbing. <br/> <br/> Constable hardcover
18271253305Cincinnati: Morgan. Lodge and Fisher 1827. 1st Edition. Leather bound. 100p plus two plates. RARE HARDCOVER ISSUE bound in full black leather. Recently restored with newer matching leather spine. The endpapers are original and contain the signature of one David Van Matre and the date of July 1827. A scarce work normally found in wrappers. Scattered foxing. Very good condition. Morgan. Lodge and Fisher unknown
18824968.1London: W. H. Allen & Co 1882. 1st edition NCBEL III 815. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine professionally rebacked with original spine panels laid-down. Pale yellow eps. Spine panels darkened. Bookplate of "C. M. Ingleby L.L.D. Valentines." the noted 19th C Shakespearian scholar. A VG set. 2 volumes 406; vi 2 420 pp. Index in Volume II. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/>A scarce set as the print run was withdrawn from the trade due to copyright issues on No Thoroghfare and not republished until 1885. W. H. Allen & Co hardcover books
182763736Cincinnati: Printed by Morgan Lodge and Fisher 1827. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. original wrappers soiled paper label on front. First Edition. 100 1 pp. Two plates. The plates depict the Medical College of Ohio and the Branch Bank. A plain sensible and well-written sketch of the fertile country in the center of which Cincinnati is situated; followed by a lucid and interesting account of the city at that time. It contains a clear exposition of the astonishing growth of the city internal improvement resources etc." Very good copy uncommon in the original binding. Original tan wrappers rubbed and soiled printed paper label on upper wrapper. Tipped in sheet in front: "Js S. Stevens with the compliments of A.S. Dudley Jan. 1 1877". Housed in green clamshell box. HOWES D458; SABIN 20813 THOMSON 339. 11128. <br/><br/> Printed by Morgan, Lodge, and Fisher unknown books
19224422London: Constable & Company Limited 1922. First Edition Fourth Printing. First edition fourth impression- with its original fourth impression dust jacket. Measuring approximately 7.5" x 5" with 276 numbered pages. <br /> <br /> The book is in very good plus condition. Foxing to the edges of the textblock. Previous owner's signature and date on the front endpaper. Minor scattered foxing throughout the textblock. Dust jacket is in good plus condition. Moderate chipping and paper loss on spine. Minor staining to the panels. <br /> <br /> Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.<br /> <br /> Inventory #N3-95. Constable & Company Limited unknown
1863WRCAM32357Richmond: R.M. Smith 1863. 123pp. Gathered signatures stitched. Minor spotting and dust soiling. Near fine unopened. A lengthy volume of correspondence between Gen. Mansfield Lovell and the War Office in Richmond regarding New Orleans' defenses. Upon his resignation as deputy street commissioner of New York City Lovell was made a major general in the Confederate army charged with the defense of New Orleans. His constant want of arms and men is borne out in the present correspondence as is his desire to keep the transmissions as secret as possible. His material insufficiencies compelled him to evacuate the city nearly guaranteeing Union control of the Mississippi. A Confederate board of inquiry judged him responsible for the loss and he was barred from any further major command. Important background to one of the most important Union victories of the war. Quite scarce. HOWES L523 "aa." PARRISH & WILLINGHAM 2316. GENERALS IN GRAY p.194. R.M. Smith unknown books
192378500London: Constable & Co. Very Good. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket. Bound in brown paper covered boards with a tabn cloth spine with a gilt stamped leather label in a dust jacket with soiling foxing and edge-wear. The covers are curved. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and legible but with light toning to the outer edge of the pages. There is a previous owner bookplate on the front paste-down. . Constable & Co. hardcover
1853011184London: John Murray 1853 Fascinating account of nineteenth century travel and cultural observations in Abyssinia now Eritrea and Ethiopia Tidy copy of first edition in original unrepaired binding corner tips of volume one are rubbed and frayed small Victorian bookseller label to front paste down of each volume volume one has binders label to rear paste down all plates and maps present two are placed as frontispieces and not in the position dictated by the list of illustrations. blue 'marbled' cloth with gilt decoration to upper boards and spines minor signs of age but no faults appendices of volume one are UNOPENED as is the final half of volume two 2kg shipping rate double standard. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Mansfield Parkyns. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. John Murray hardcover
elala4005London: John Murray 1853. First Edition. Parkyns spent three years travelling in Abyssinia from 1843-46. His narrative which includes remarks and observations on climate natural history hunting missionary activity slavery manners and customs government and law diseases and modes of cure and accounts of journeys to Taccazy Cafta Soufi and Khartoum corroborated certain statements made by James Bruce in his Travels which had hitherto been considered lies. Brunet 20816. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xv 425 1; iv 432. folding engraved map 18 engraved plates 11 wood-engraved text illus. incl. 1 full-page plan. 19th century half calf London: John Murray, 1853 unknown
1923151011923. London: Constable & Co. 1923. Original brown paper boards with buff cloth spine and red leather spine label with dust jacket.<br/> <br/> First Edition of Katherine Mansfield's verse collected by her husband John Middleton Murry and published just ten months after her death by tuberculosis at age 34. The verse is divided into "Poems: 1909-1910" "Poems: 1911-1913" "Poems at the Villa Pauline: 1916" "Poems: 1917-1919" and "Child Verses: 1907." Included is Murry's "Introductory Note" explaining how she wrote her poetry. Kirkpatrick gives the height of this volume as 9-3/16" but this copy is definitely an exact 9-1/2" tall. It is in fine condition. The dust jacket is very good-plus with very minor edge-wear and some foxing. Kirkpatrick A7a. unknown
1939BB1448London: Verona Press 1939. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Limited and First Illustrated Edition number 145 of 1200 copies printed at the Officina Bodoni on handmade paper. Oversized 8vo: xii3162 colophonpp Illustrated with 16 superb colored lithographs by the French Cubist artist Marie Laurencin 1883-1956. Publisher's olive-green and cream patterned cloth red paper lettering piece gilt to spine fore- and bottom edges untrimmed title page in orange and black manuscript inscription to front fly-leaf in elegant hand stone-colored dust jacket printed in pale olive-green. Without the slipcase. According to Kirkpatrick "Though printed in 1939 the Second World War delayed publication until 1947." Near Fine or better spine ends lightly rubbed page edges spotted else a crisp bright copy in Near Fine or better jacket several light smudges and insignificant pale stains. NCBEL IV 653-654. Kirkpatrick D6. Connolly 40. First edition of this collection its contents differing from those of the collection of the same name published in 1922 Kirkpatrick A5. The publisher's note tipped in on tan paper following copyright page states "This special limited edition aims at presenting in one volume the best stories written by Katherine Mansfield at every stage in her career." Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp Murry was born in New Zealand and moved to Great Britain in 1908; she died of the effects of tuberculosis contracted during World War I at the age of thirty-four. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Verona Press hardcover
196200084467New York: Hendricks House 1962. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Reprint of the 1952 edition. Crisp clean pages except for a faint pencil ghost on the front free endpaper and a small clear oil stain on page xlvii; the full blue cloth cover has a few tiny white specks and nearly negligible finish wear at the corners. The red portions of the dust jacket's backstrip have faded but the red pattern on the front remains bright; there is a short neatly closed tear and crease at the top front a faintly greenish smudge at the right front a thin line of pale gray smudging along the right rear edge and a scattering of tiny edge chips around the head edges but remains overall quite attractive and is now protected in a clear sleeve. lii 857pp. incl. index pertaining to introduction and notes. The Hendricks House editions of Melville's works remain crucial. ; 857 pp. Hendricks House hardcover
182714361Cincinnati: Morgan Lodge and Fisher 1827. First Edition First Printing. Leather bound. Near fine. First edition of Cincinnati in 1826 by Benjamin Drake and Edward D. Mansfield published in 1827. Twelvemo 100pp 1. Custom three-quarter brown morocco binding gilt-ruled bands on spine. Top edge gilt. Free of notable foxing or toning. Publisher's original gray paper wraps bound in with paper label on front cover. Complete with two illustrated plates.Howes D458 Sabin 20813 Thomson 339 American Imprints 28729 An attractive copy of this early descriptive text of Cincinnati. Benjamin Drake and Edward D. Mansfield were both lawyers at the time they wrote Cincinnati in 1826. Their detailed account of Cincinnati became an important guide to emigrants and contributed to the city's rapid growth making it one of the 10 largest cities in the US by 1830. Morgan, Lodge, and Fisher unknown
2017Atlantic-9783527340392Wiley 2017. 1st Ed. Hardcover. New. Wiley hardcover
2017Atlantic-9783527340392Wiley 2017. 1st Ed. Hardcover. New. Wiley hardcover
