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1887203071Philadelphia: Bradley William M. 1887. unbound. very good. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 14" x 11.5".<br/><br/> Beautiful clear map of the Dakotas divided into counties and townships showing towns major routes waterways and Indian reservations. In excellent condition.<br/><br/> Bradley, William M. unknown books
1888203695Philadelphia: Bradley William M. 1888. unbound. very good. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 13.5" x 20.75".<br/><br/> Great double page map of Tennessee and Kentucky divided into counties. Shows towns railroads waterways and topographical details. Full original margins very slight chip to lower corners.<br/><br/> Bradley, William M. unknown books
1900TB31551New York: E. P. Dutton n.d. 1900. First Edition. Very good in its original purple cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board with a mild spine lean. The end sheets appear to be much newer indicating a replacement to repair weakened or cracked hinges. An octavo of 8 5/8 by 5 3/4 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine worn and just beginning to fray and the cloth over the tips of the boards is rubbed the title page preliminaries and first few pages of the book show foxing which is also true of the last few pages the index and faint foxing throughout the book. There is a one inch stain to the fore edge of the text block and a narrow stain to the upper margins of pages 185 to 194. 400 pages of text including an index. Illustrated with a fold-out map of Canada and the English Colonies in 1750 as the frontispiece and with five other maps one of which folds out. A difficult title to locate in first edition. E. P. Dutton hardcover books
1858250281New York: Appleton 1858. hardcover. good. Edited and with an introduction by "Cousin Alice". Several plates. 202pp. 2pp. of publisher's ads. 12mo original brown cloth lacks front flyleaf spine ends worn cloth lightly soiled light foxing to some margins including plates. New York: D. Appleton 1858.<br/><br/> Mary E. Bradley was the author of several works of juvenile and adult fiction that were published from 1855 to 1870. The noted author Alice Bradley Neal Haven who often wrote under the name "Cousin Alice" edited this work and was the sister-in-law of Mary E. Bradley.<br/><br/> Appleton unknown books
185729959London: H. Ingram James Blackwood 1857. Various editions. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. Full green straight-grained morocco gilt t.e.g. by Birdsall hinges rubbed spine toned to brown internally fine with the original pictorial wrappers of each title bound in. Various editions. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. The Complete "Mr. Verdant Green". An enormously popular work that went into numerous editions written and illustrated by a Midland vicar Rev. Edw. Bradley 1827-1889 who also drew for Punch and was one of the first illustrators to satirize photography. Sadleir 3432; Wolff 755 H. Ingram, James Blackwood unknown books
1894WRCLIT70793Chicago: The Dial Press 1894. Ornately gilt decorated green cloth t.e.g. others untrimmed. Decorative title-page. Some light spotting to lower portion of upper board lower fore-tip bruised otherwise near fine. First edition this being the primary binding. One of two hundred copies only. Bambace suggests the binding design is "probably" Will Bradley's work. An uncommon book and imprint. Librettist bookseller and book collector Harry Smith was a frequent contributor to Francis Browne's incarnation of THE DIAL. A portion of the edition presumably a later state was bound in tan cloth with the binding design stamped in blue. BAMBACE C1. The Dial Press hardcover books
1894WRCLIT60952Chicago: The Dial Press 1894. Ornately gilt decorated green cloth t.e.g. others untrimmed. Decorative title-page. Some light spotting to lower portion of upper board lower fore-tip bruised otherwise near fine. First edition this being the primary binding. One of two hundred copies only. Bambace suggests the binding design is "probably" Will Bradley's work. An uncommon book and imprint. Librettist bookseller and book collector Harry Smith was a frequent contributor to Francis Browne's incarnation of THE DIAL. A portion of the edition presumably a later state was bound in tan cloth with the binding design stamped in blue. BAMBACE C1. The Dial Press hardcover books
188463455Richmond VA: Wm. Ellis Jones Book and Job Printer for the association 1884. First edition. 8vo. 39 pp. An overview of the Antietam campaign with details of the various troop movements and battles by the commander of the Confederate 1st Maryland who argues that Lee made the invasion to relieve the pressure of war from Virginia not to re-arouse the secessionist fervor of his fellow Marylanders. Dornbusch II 535. Nicholson p. 426 for an 1886 edition. Very good. Original gray-green wrappers traces of removal from a pamphlet binder along the spine some soiling to the front wrapper. 10137. <br/><br/> Wm. Ellis Jones, Book and Job Printer for the association unknown books
1898317629London: Macmillan 1898. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell and Hugh Thomson. xiv 474pp. 8vo. Three quarters modern mottled calf and marbled boards. Fine. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell and Hugh Thomson. xiv 474pp. 8vo. Macmillan unknown books
1900WRCLIT50013New York 1900. Volume One Number One through Volume Four Number Twelve. Bound together in four volumes contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Inscribed in the first volume: "William Aspenwall Bradley Columbia '99. Managing Editor 1896-7." Edges slightly rubbed but nice with associated items laid in. Edited by William A. Bradley et al. An interesting Columbia associated student literary magazine this being the editor's own set for the period of his involvement containing many contributions by him and by John Erskine and others. Bradley went on to a career of great distinction as the literary agent for many notable American expatriates in Paris including Gertrude Stein Henry Miller Anais Nin etc. He comes in for extensive mention in Ford's PUBLISHED IN PARIS. hardcover books
189737620New York & London: Published by John Lane Sign of the Bodley Head 1897. First edition. Printed for John Lane by Will Bradley Springfield Mass. Cover Illustration by Will Bradley. 1 vols. 12mo. Linen spine paper label with some loss else a fine copy. First edition. Printed for John Lane by Will Bradley Springfield Mass. Cover Illustration by Will Bradley. 1 vols. 12mo. Published by John Lane, Sign of the Bodley Head unknown books
1898299786London: Ballantyne 1898. hardcover. very good. Charles Rickets. cxvii pages. Tall slim 8vo original decorative boards with peacock motif; drab board spine with paper label spine sunned and bit splotchy with light wear at ends; bookplate. Beautiful red & black woodcut illustration by Charles Ricketts under whose supervision the book has been printed at the Ballantyne Press. London: Ballantyne 1898. Limited edition - one of 210 copies. A very good copy with very fresh clean interior.<br/><br/> Ballantyne unknown books
18973739New York: R. H. Russell 1897. First edition. First edition. Original light brown card wrappers with two staples at spine vignette and letterpress design in darker brown on cover. The very rare List of Publications booklets with cover design and design of pamphlet by Will Bradley printed in bold orange and black throughout with photos. Cover designed by Bradley with Russell logo in design printed in dark brown. Illustrated throughout. The pamphlet is quite rare and almost never seen in presentable condition. Our copy is very fine. <br/><br/> R. H. Russell unknown books
1891WRCLIT84092Oxford: At the Clarendon Press 1891. xxiii708pp. Large octavo. Publisher's 3/4 plum morocco and matching cloth t.e.g. other untrimmed. Shallow shelf-wear at crown and toe of the spine otherwise a very near fine copy with the bookplate of Scofield Thayer principal of THE DIAL beginning in 1920 on the front pastedown. The important new edition re-arranged revised and enlarged by Henry Bradley. Based on a review of the first fascicle of the OED he published James Murray hired Bradley as junior and eventually coeditor of the OED where he supervised the work of among others J.R.R. Tolkien. At the Clarendon Press hardcover books
1855186London: Thomas McLean 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 8vo. 83pp with 24 plates including title page and charmingly illustrated frontispiece . Decorative binding embossed pictorial blue cloth over boards with gilt all edges gilt. Bookplate of Charles H. Bayley to front paste down. Page 43/44 is a British Library copy bound in with binding a little loose at this gathering. Cover shows wear with rubbing to edges."A comical and satirical illustrated book by the Victorian clergyman novelist and eventual photographer Cuthbert Bede. The book addresses the attitudes and challenges surrounding early photography and attempts to portray a serious scientific pursuit in a leisurely and lighthearted context. Photographic Pleasures is both a lampooning of "serious" Victorian-era photography and a taunting commentary of the personalities and social attitudes of the time.The book begins with a note to the reader suggesting that the reason for the increase in popularity of photography as an amateur hobby or leisure pursuit is the fact that the technology is still new and in its infancy." - University of Glasgow Special Collections Department Book of the Month. Thomas McLean hardcover books
1880242273London: Hogarth House 1880. First edition bound from 12 penny parts. Wood-engraved frontispiece and 12 illustrations; 119 pp. 8vo. Contemporary cloth gilt-lettered spine; near fine. First edition bound from 12 penny parts. Wood-engraved frontispiece and 12 illustrations; 119 pp. 8vo. Bound with: ANON. Jack Rushton; or Alone in the Pirate's Lair. London: Publishing Office 1877. Illus incl. colored frontis and one colored plate;154 pp. Not in James & Smith. Ono 161; James & Smith 71 Hogarth House unknown books
1896275668Springfield: Wayside Press 1896. First. paperback. very good-. Narrow 4to 5-1/8 x 10- 1/2. Colored pictorial wrappers bound with string 2 signatures loose covers worn at the edges. Springfield: Wayside Press May 1896. First Edition.<br/><br/> First number of this scarce short-lived periodical containing art poetry & essays. The ads as well as the illustrations were designed by Bradley himself.<br/><br/> Wayside Press unknown books
1894WRCLIT70794Chicago: The Dial Press 1894. Ornately gilt decorated green cloth t.e.g. others untrimmed. Decorative title-page. About fine in oversize half morocco clamshell box. First edition this being the primary binding. One of two hundred copies only. Inscribed by the author on the front free endsheet: "To my dear sister Mollie with much love Harry B. Smith. July 6 1894." Bambace suggests the binding design is "probably" Will Bradley's work. An uncommon book and imprint. Librettist bookseller and book collector Harry Smith was a frequent contributor to Francis Browne's incarnation of THE DIAL. A portion of the edition presumably a later state was bound in tan cloth with the binding design stamped in blue. BAMBACE C1. The Dial Press hardcover books
188446228Boston: Little Brown and Company 1884. First Edition. 12mo 16.5cm.; publisher's card wrappers in grey printed dust jacket; 141pp. Jacket a bit dust-soiled and extremities toned and rather brittle due to inferior paper stock flap folds starting to split two small chips at top edge of rear panel else a Very Good or better copy in a Very Good copy of the rare jacket. Travel diary kept by Thayer during a journey by rail from Boston to California with a group that included Emerson. With an early chapter devoted to Salt Lake City and its LDS citizens. FLAKE 8890. Little, Brown, and Company unknown books
18991280839New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company 1899. First Edition First Printing. 8vo. 96 pp. VG-; gray paper-backed pictorial boards with black lettering and illustration; spine age-toned to brown; spine re-backed with gray cloth turned-in over endpapers original paper label laid down; head and tail of paper label to original spine chipped off mild bumping to head of cloth spine; bumping and chipping to edges particularly corners; mild age-toning to boards and to margins of interior; light staining to bottom of front cover; beveled fore- and bottom-edge of text-block; text printed on heavy gray paper; square tearing to front paste-down likely from removal of bookplate; MA consignment; shelved Case 0. 1280839. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Frederick A. Stokes Company unknown books
1853008024London: Nathaniel Cooke 1853. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Second edition. Octavo 8vo. Two volumes bound together. Verdant Green: stated 2nd edition; iv 118 pages of text containing numerous in-text illustrations. Yankee Humour: stated 2nd edition; iv iv 115 pages of text containing eight black & white plates including frontis and engraved half-title. Half leather binding rubbed and worn but intact and attractive; lacks one of two spine labels. Minor foxing scattered throughout text. Humor. Nathaniel Cooke Hardcover books
1893WRCLIT64163London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Bodley Head 1893. 83-482141pp. Large octavo. Medium green cloth lettered in red. Cloth a bit soiled and edgeworn one corner bumped otherwise a good copy with the bookplates of William S. Argent and Herbert Boyce Satcher. First edition public issue. One of 120 copies bound thus. The implication of both the authors' note and the physical make-up of the book is that the sheets less the publisher's prelims a substantial errata the 'Note' and the adverts are from an edition "roughly printed for our own and the actors' use." The text of the play was considerably revised when republished in 1918. Laid-in is a printed announcement for a production of "A Question of Memory" to take place at the "Opera Comique Strand W.C." under the direction of J.T. Grein on 27 October 1893 a bit stained along lower margin. COLBECK I:248. NCBEL III:626. NELSON 66. Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Bodley Head hardcover books
18973382<p>Frederick A. Stokes Co. New York 1897<b> IN THE ORIGINAL LINEN DUST WRAPPER WITH LETTERING AND DECORATION BY BRADLEY </b>An octavo bound in the original rust colored cloth with a beautiful heavily gilt cover design by Bradley. The book is fine with no wear and the gilt clean bright and unworn. New endleaves with appropriate paper done at some point in the past. The paper backed linen dust-wrapper has wear and tear internally at the folds and is soiled with some darkening to the spine. Gilt titling and decoration by Bradley on the dustwrapper is bright and unworn. Very scarce and a nice example of the early cloth dust wrapper. Illustrated by Madeleine Lemaire.</p> Frederick A. Stokes, Co. hardcover books
1896300587New York: David Bradley 1896. First. pamphlet. very good. Many illustrations in black & white of the harbors in and around New York. Slim 4to 56 pages 16 page supplement with advertisements some pages with small faint folds red cloth wrappers with decorative gold type. New York: David Bradley 1896. First Edition. A very good copy of this scarce title.<br/><br/> David Bradley unknown books
18972666<p>Chicago: Way & Williams 1897. First edition. A beautiful copy in the original black pictorial cloth. Front rear and spine panels stamped in red and yellow TEG other edges untrimmed. First edition first printing. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 2-160; 1981 1-70; 1987 1-97; and 1995 1-97. Bleiler 1978 p. 203. A near fine copy.</p> Way & Williams hardcover books
