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1857407713London: Richard Bentley 1857. Hardcover. Good. First edition. 16mo. Original wrappers bound in three quarter red leather with gilt-stamped spine title marble papercovered boards.Illustrated by the author. Boards scuffed with extremities worn and chipped a good to very good copy. Richard Bentley hardcover
1853051570Nathaniel Cooke. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1853. Hardcover. Hardcover 5 volume set written by Cuthbert Bede which is a pseudonym for Edward Bradley. SIGNED letter by Edward Bradley glued into the first endpapers of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green volume. Presumed 1st editions with no additional printings. The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green An Oxford Freshman Nathaniel Cooke1853; The Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green an Oxford Undergraduate H. Ingram & Co.1854; Mr. Verdant Green Married and Done For James Blackwood 1857; Nearer and Dearer A Tale Out Of School A Novelette Richard Bentley 1857; Love's Provocations Being Extracts Taken In the Most Unmanly and Unmannerly Manner From the Diary of Miss Polly C. Ward and Lock 1855. 5 original wrappers with original front covers bound into matching green Morocco leather boards. Gold ruling to boards. Boards worn and rubbed at edges. Some scuffing. One volume has 3 inch rubbed area on rear board. Titles on spines between raised bands. Bands rubbed spines have sunned to brown. Hinges rubbed. Bookplate in each volume. Occasional foxing to text. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Nathaniel Cooke hardcover
1853001305Boston: Little Brown. GOOD-VGworn but nice boards books. REPRINT 8"x5" 500pp. 1893 1853cp. LATER REPRINT. Hardcover. GOOD-VG books. Tan half calf. Bright TEG. Vol 2 upper hinge repaired. Tight FINE inside. Tipped in 3 page book related ALS. . Gilt lettered red & black leather spine labels. Books worn but spotless. With 2nd engraved title page. FINE inside no aging foxing marginalia etc. Both stay tightly closd when stood on their spines. The letter is about books used book sellers children's books and book illustrations. Interesting content. "My dear sir The four books reached us yesterday. They are wonderfully cheap and good.By this post I have sent some lines concerning to - whch I hope Mr Mortimer will insert. I should advise you to try W. Pearson second hand bookseller. York St.Covent Garden for an early copy of "Goody Two Shoes". I note your communication in last week's N. & Q. As a curiosity I send for your acceptance a copy of the style of books prepared for children a half a century ago. It was presented to my wife when a child - and she remembers being charmed with it. You will serve the whole of it letterpress engraved. I made a note of it - "cucklen bch" - some time since in N.&Q. Believe me Very truly yours Edward Bradley". A PS concerning his son Cuthbert indirectly dates the letter to 1880. Cuthbert became a prolific painter of the British fox hunting scene. In the PS the father writes of his son's sketch appearing in "The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News". Since the letter has Cuthbert as 19 at the time the sketch was an early work. . Little Brown hardcover
1853019421London: Nathaniel Cooke 1853. The 3 parts finely bound together in gilt decorated polished calf with brown & red morocco leather spine labels. Top edges gilt. Original color printed wrappers of the first & second titles have been bound in. Full titles read: The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green an Oxford Freshman. With Numerous Illustrations Designed and Drawn on Wood by the Author. Third Edition.; BOUND WITH The Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green. Second Edition.; BOUND WITH Mr. verdant Green Married and Done For. First Edition. Light wear to the extremities and the joins. Gilt rolled edges gilt decorative ruled border. Gift inscription on the front flyleaf. Overall in VERY GOOD PLUS condition. Photos available upon request. Full Calf Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Nathaniel Cooke Hardcover
1875005056New York: Carleton 1875 No edition stated possible first. Decorative green silk binding blindstamped in black with gold titles. 112 pp. Purple endpapers. Antique ex-library with attractive hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate no pocket minimal markings. Boards skewed some rubs to boards fraying top of spine light edgewear. Very good condition. Carleton hardcover
1855V73797London: James Blackwood 1856 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece & pictorial titlepage many text illustrations 2nd work with frontispiece & pictorial extra titlepage. 2 BOOKS IN ONE VOLUME octavo morocco spined boards with original title laid on. Frontis Pictorial Extra titlepage viii 127pp and 2nd work Frontis Engraved extra title x 107pp. Two Victorian humorous works from the same publisher nicely bound together. James Blackwood hardcover
1865009641London: Sampson Low Son and Marston 1865 London: Sampson Low Son and Marston: 1865. First edition. Extremely scarce. 12mo. Red-orange cloth decoratively stamped and ruled in blind rebacked in matching cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate small stamp to title page no other markings no pocket. 252 pp. Head and tail engraved decorations. Frontispiece illlustration and 7 other engravings by Bradley "Cuthbert Bede". Light soiling light fade silverfish to original boards. New hinges masterful restoration of spine cloth. Very good. Sampson Low, Son, and Marston hardcover
18950010768Cleveland OH: The Burrows Brothers 1895. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo 125 pages blue-grey paper-covered boards with tan spine cloth untrimmed; tape stains at corners of blank leaves at front and rear interiors decorated endpapers. <br/><br/>Copy 435 of 600 copies regular copies. "In January 1896 Burrows Brothers issued the Will Bradley production . 'Fringilla' its design a masterly synthesis of Beardsley Ricketts and William Morris ideals. His stylistic unity reached a new level of mature individuality with that work." Bambace A9 and p.xv. "This is a brilliant book more ambitious and successful than 'When Hearts Are Trumps' with strong Arts and Crafts details. The double-spread title-page is within Kelmscott-style borders. . The opening pages of the sections have borders and matching initials showing a strong MORTE D'ARTHUR influence." - Susan O. Thompson AMERICAN BOOK DESIGN AND WILLIAM MORRIS p.114. Laid in is a letter from Johnson's Bookstore in Springfield Mass. offering in 1933 to sell this copy to The Burrows Brothers for ten dollars - not realizing that as publishers the firm had gone twenty years earlier. The Burrows Brothers hardcover
1891mon0000143633Blackfriars Publishing Company 1891T. hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Two Volume set 7th editions on green gilt illustarted boards volume I frontisplate loosesome intermittent spotting Blackfriars Publishing Company, hardcover
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
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
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
182055396Boston: James Walden 1820. First American ed. Lacks the folding woodcut frontispiece. 12mo pp. 108. Bound in contemporary paper covered wooden boards with plain leather spine. Ex-library with bookplates some foxed and stained cut to one leaf not affecting text. A good copy but lacking the frontispiece. . Imprints 574. This was issued both in the US and UK. Robinson in her Wayward Women notes that the earliest issue of this that she could find was Boston 1821. Bradley and her husband left England in the Spring of 1818. Bradley was the only woman aboard the Sally when it was blown onto the Barbary coast of north-west Africa. She and the survivors were captured by a passing caravan and while the men were sent off to be sold to the British counsel in Mogadir Eliza was held in the village were she spent the next five months until she was reunited with her husband and returned to England. James Walden unknown books
1820294686Boston: James Walden 1820. First. hardcover. poor. 12mo leather backed marbled paper over wooden boards worn cracked and missing a 1 inch square piece. Boston: JAames Walden 1820. First American Edition.<br/><br/> The book is missing the frontispiece has brown-stains water-stains & dog-eared pages but is solid and intact. A popular narrative of shipwreck & captivity by Barbary Arabs which went through many editions.<br/><br/> James Walden unknown 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
187037262Newark 1870. 2pp. 5" x 7-3/4." Entirely in ink manuscript on lined paper and signed "Joseph P. Bradley." Munsell's name above the salutation covers The previously written name of Bradley. Very Good. <br/><br/> Bradley a Rutgers graduate was a highly respected New Jersey lawyer specializing in railroad and patent litigation. President Grant nominated him to the United States Supreme Court in early 1870 and he took his seat in March. He served until 1891. His Letter transcribed in full words in capital letters are underlined in the original suggests that Munsell certainly earned his fee for publishing the book discussed here. The book was 'The Centennial Celebration of Rutgers College June 21 1870: With an Historical Discourse. Delivered by Hon. Joseph Bradley.' It was printed in Albany by Munsell in 1870. Bradley had a scholar's attention to detail and wanted Munsell's work to reflect precisely Bradley's thinking. <br/> "You did not quite understand one correction made by me on the title page. That thing which I originally called an APPENDIX we propose to call a NOTE and say nothing about it in the title page - occupying the same place as it now does - at the end; - but under the name of a note instead of that of an appendix. Hence. Then we propose to call the account of the Centennial Exercises - AN APPENDIX. Now you will see the meaning of my correction on the title page. Calling the account of the Centennial Exercise by the name of an appendix my name as author of the Address could properly come AFTER the word 'Appendix' as you suggest. It would be better if it could. Perhaps even now my name had better come after the word "1870" immediately before the words " with an Appendix." I agree with you that it is more usual to have the name of the author down there.<br/> "Yours truly Joseph P. Bradley. unknown books
18791818Washington: Joseph L. Pearson Printer 1879. 8vo. 33 1 blank pp. <br><br>Strong was a professor at Rutgers a well-known mathematician and a founding member of the National Academy of Sciences. Bradley was an "associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Good. Stitched; in original printed wrappers. A small chip out of the lower outer corner of the front wrapper and a light waterstain along the top edge of the rear wrapper. Joseph L. Pearson, Printer unknown books
18791774Washington: Judd & Detweiler Printers 1879. 8vo. 28 pp. <br><br>Read before the National Academy April 17 1879." Strong was a professor at Rutgers a well-known mathematician and a founding member of the National Academy of Sciences. Good. Stitched; in original printed wrappers. Offsetting and a little chipping to wrappers. A few closed tears in the margins of pages. Judd & Detweiler, Printers unknown books
18792012Washington: Joseph L. Pearson Printer 1879. 8vo. 33 1 blank pp. <br><br>Strong was a professor at Rutgers a well-known mathematician and a founding member of the National Academy of Sciences. Bradley was an "associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Good. In original printed wrappers. Shallow chipping to spine and edges of wrappers. Notations in ink on front wrapper. Joseph L. Pearson, Printer unknown books
181512358Windsor Vermont: Printed by Oliver Farnsworth 1815. First Edition. 1 vols. Small Square 8vo. Wonderful original printed steel blue paper over wooden boards. Spine nearly gone wear to boards but internally good with some darkening and mostly marginal dampstaining. In pale blue-green cloth case with black spine label gilt. First Edition. 1 vols. Small Square 8vo. In referring to Bradley's "An Improved Spelling Book" similar in format to this one and published the same year Nietz informs us that "this book was different from many others in several respects. First Bradley frankly acknowledged that 'the extracts have been taken from Webster Wood Picket Alden Bingham Flint Murray Hubbard Fordyce Walker the American Gentleman's Pronouncing Dictionary Dr. Johnson Dr. Morse and Dr. Blair all authors of spellers.' A second different feature was that all of the content other than the spelling words was presented in catechetical form" Nietz. McCorison Vermont Imprints #1717; American Imprints 34198; Not in Welch; Nietz Old Textbooks p. 20 Printed by Oliver Farnsworth unknown 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
1900UBRAWAT00LAWMilton Bradley Co. 1900. Good. Bradley Milton. Water Colors in the Schoolroom. Springfield MA: Milton Bradley Co. 1900. 1st edition. 63pp. Illustrated. 12mo. 1/4 teal cloth with sage paper covered boards. Book condition: Good with gently bumped and slightly yellowed edges. Subtle soiling on covers. A few Teachers' Library marks on covers and endsheet. Patch of paper residue on rear pastedown. Milton Bradley Co. hardcover books
187355999Boston: D. Lothrop and Company. Very Good. 1873. Hardcover. Brown pictorial boards with gilt stamping contents show a slight toning a very good copy. . D. Lothrop and Company hardcover 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
185321764n.p. 1853. 1 vols. Image 9-1/2 x 12 inches; attractively gilt-framed with lettered French mat 17-1/2 x 19-1/2 inches overall. 1 vols. Image 9-1/2 x 12 inches; attractively gilt-framed with lettered French mat 17-1/2 x 19-1/2 inches overall. Original Drawing of Mr. Verdant Green at Cricket. A popular Victorian literary character was Mr. Verdant Green an Oxford Freshman hero of several books written and illustrated by a Midland vicar Rev. Edward Bradley 1827-1889 under the pen-name of Cuthbert Bede. Bradley had learned wood-engraving from no less than George Cruikshank but as Houfe notes "remained very much the amateur illustrating his own books.and others in a jolly and careless style." He also drew for Punch and "was one of the first illustrators to satirise photography."<br/><br/>This drawing jolly and careless shows two sketches of the hapless freshman unsuccessfully defending a wicket--the drawings appear in more finished wood-engraved form on pages 100-101 of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green-- and a more formal portrait done in the year in which The Adventures first appeared thus making it an Oxford literary and cricket item all in one. Houfe British Book Illustrators p. 230 unknown books
