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185917901New York: D. Appleton & Co 1859. Later edition cf. Cowan II p. 145 for the 1st edition of 1853. Not in Baird & Greenwood. Brown cloth in blind with gilt lettering to front cover. Gd heavy wear to extremities include dampsaining on front cover/pencil notations on paste-downs/hinges weak/lacks ffep/some pages dampstained/pages darkened at edges. 214 pp adverts. Illustrated including chromolithographed t.p. 7" x 4.5" <br/><br/> D. Appleton & Co hardcover books
1879282665New York Cincinnati: Fr. Pustet 1879. Hard Cover. near Good binding. An ex-library copy. Library catalogue plate on the front pastedown; library slip on the rear pastedown; library card tipped in the rear endpaper; library stamp on the front endpaper and following leaf. Bound in blue cloth with titling and decoration stamped in black and gilt on the front board and spine with the bottom half of the spine colored black and penned in white with the library catalogue number.Textblock is cocked the rear hinge is cracked but holding and the spine has tear to the top edge and loss to the bottom. near Good binding. Fr. Pustet unknown books
1897WRCLIT60548Chicago: Way & Williams 1897. Cherry red cloth with decorative device in black and white t.e.g. Cloth slightly darkened at edges otherwise very good. "New edition" of this novel by the Chicago editor/novelist but the first under the Way & Williams imprint. The first was published by Schulte in 1892. The binding design is by Will Bradley. KRAUS 51. WRIGHT III:5817 first edition. BAMBACE A30. Way & Williams hardcover 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
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
1896218368Boston: Little Brown 1896. First. hardcover. very good-. x 186 pages. Short 8vo gilt-lettered green cloth. Boston: Little Brown 1896. First Edition. Pages are toned and with small dents to margins on some pages otherwise very good.<br/><br/> Author was a leading Boston lawyer and later a professor at Harvard Law School. ".Thayer's reputation rests on his work in constitutional law and in the law of evidence. On both subjects he became recognized as the leading scholar in the United States." Dictionary of American Biography Vol. XVIII p. 406.<br/><br/> Little Brown unknown 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
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
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
190058434New York: McClure Phillips & Co 1900. First edition 8vo pp. 321 1; frontispiece 66 illustrations from photographs; original pictorial yellow cloth stamped in red and blue on upper cover and spine; front hinge a little tender otherwise a very good bright copy. This copy with a presentation from Parsons: "Mrs. Thomas H. Baxter with the compliments of the author." Laid in is a two-page autograph letter signed from Parsons to Mrs. Baxter dated Feb. 7 1903 with the original mailing envelope which reads: "I have just obtained from the publishers a copy of my little book on China and take great pleasure in sending it to you . 'All the world's a stage' but the stage for the next world drama is I think the Orient and therefore it is interesting to study the players. At any rate this little book is a record of the most interesting experience that I ever expect to have." "Parsons . accepted the direction of a survey of some 1000 miles of railway in China primarily on the line from Hankow to Canton. The party passed through the then 'closed province' of Hu-nan and the success of the entire venture depended not alone on engineering skill but primarily upon the ability of the leader of the expedition to meet the extremely difficult diplomatic problems involved. Nevertheless the mission was accomplished and the small group of American engineers to the surprise of many of their friends returned in safety" DAB. That very same railroad line is still in use today. Parsons 1859-1932 founded Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. one of the largest American civil engineering firms. He designed New York rapid transit subways the Cape Cod Canal and sat on the Isthmian Canal Commission. <br/><br/> McClure, Phillips & Co hardcover 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
1853159292New York: Evand and Brittan 1853. Original Edition. Hardcover. Clean and tight but with general age spots not foxing on some pages; wear to covers fraying to edges small pieces missing from head/tail of spine corners bumped some soiling; page preceding title page is torn out likely a half title. Red cloth with blind-stamp decoration; gilt lettering and decoration. 165 pp. with occasional in-text decoration. Behaviour in church at the table in the street as a house guest as a host; personal habits; bad habits peculiar to little boys; proprieties of dress; ill-bred little girls; rail and sea travel; epistolary experiences; the unguarded look !. "Politeness is to do and say The kindest things in the kindest way." Evand and Brittan hardcover 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
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
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
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
18945127Chicopee Falls: Overman Wheel Company 1894. First edition. First edition. 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches 36pp. Original glossy and embossed light blue card wrappers with bold gilt stamped design leaving the light and darker blue background in relief by Will Bradley. Elaborately designed title page by Will Bradley who has also supplied borders and embellishments throughout. Fine. Overman Wheel Company unknown books
18964955Springfield: The Wayside Press 1896. First edition. First edition. Original printed prospectus 10 1/4 x 5 inches one uncut folded folio sheet making four pages. Lavishly illustrated/decorated front cover by Bradley with lettering in red printed in red and black with decorations and examples of the upcoming Volume One Number One. April 1896. Very fine with no signs of wear. An extremely scarce important record of the greatest short-running decorative American printings by one of the top American book illustrator and designers at the Turn of the Century. P. 202 Bambace. The Wayside Press unknown books
18945046Chicago: The Dial Press 1894. First edition. First edition. Original publisher's polished light brown buckram. Presentation Copy from the Author Harry Smith to H. I. Kimball cofounder of the famed Stone and Kimball Press in Chicago: "To H. I. Kimball Jr. with the compliments of Harry B. Smith October 1894. Together with three separate Autograph Letters Signed by Will Bradley to F. F. Browne American editor poet and literary critic who founded the literary journal The Dial. Over the years he had become close friends with John Muir John Burroughs Walt Whitman and other notable figures. All three ALS on ruled thin paper: 1 "Mr. F. F. Browne. Chicago. Dear Sir: Your postal received this morning. will send or bring sketches so you will get them tomorrow A.M. Hope circumstances will permit of Mr. Smith waiting to see them. Yours resp. Will H. Bradley Geurva Apr. 6 '94." 2 "Dear Mr. Brown Enclosed are two rough sketches. This work has been a blank with me as I have spoiled everything I have undertaken. I let your work go until to-day hoping my luck would change but it hasn't will come n and see you next week. Yours resp. Will H. Bradley Geurva Apr 7 '94." 3 "Mr F. F. Browne: "The Dial" Chicago. Dear Sir: Please consign to the waste basket the sketches I sent Saturday. have had better luck since sending them. and will call with finished drawing at about 10 to-morrow A.M. Yours resp. Will H. Bradley Geurva Apr. 9 '94." A fascinating story here as the book is listed in Bambace's "Will H. Bradley His Work" Item C1 but not declaratively done by Bradley. Herewith we provide these three letters verifying indeed Will Bradley supplied the drawing for the design to the title page in the book bearing a decidedly Will Bradley flair. A wonderful grouping marrying author artist and publisher. Book is near fine with brown stamped cover design most likely by Bradley full-page design on title page by Bradley top edges gilt others all uncut 149pp. The Dial Press unknown 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
189717944Springfield MAss: The Wayside Press 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Volume I number 1 through Volume II number 3. Volume I is tall thin 8vo. containing the four numbers of Volume I. Volume II is 4to. containing the three complete numbers of Volume II all published but for a fragmentary No. 4 not present here. Contemporary half morocco marbled paper boards. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers with cloth inner hinges. A compilation of stories and poetry richly illustrated throughout with reproductions of the work of Beardsley Morris Burne-Jones Parrish Toulouse-Lautrec and others by a master of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Unfortunately in 1897 Bradley's health suffered; he had to sell the Wayside Press and was unable to complete the final number of volume II. Spines are significantly sunned and the leather and marbled paper are rubbed in places. A fine copy of the bound seven numbers; the leather of the binding is sunned on the spines and rear board of Volume II and the leather and paper are rubbed. Overall a nice copy in a very good binding. Scarce. The Wayside Press hardcover books
1884213075London & Clifton: George Bell & Sons/J. Baker & Son 1884. Leather Bound. 204p. errata sheet bound-in preface dramatis personae bookplate of Masonic Library in DC withdrawn some unopened pages covers bowed-out soiling to covers and endpapers hinges sound first edition of both titles both later republished separately in white vellum boards with red titles and device top-edge-gilt. Katherine Harris Bradley 1846-1914 and her niece and ward Edith Emma Cooper 1862-1913 assumed the pen name Michael Field after writing under another set of names Arran and Isla Leigh. They lived openly as lovers. Bradley was associated with John Ruskin's utopian project Guild of St. George during her years at Cambridge. The couple died of cancer within eight months of each other. First publication under this pen name. George Bell & Sons/J. Baker & Son unknown books
1887WRCLIT64161London & Clifton: George Bell & Sons / J. Baker & Son 1887. Original stiff cream parchment printed in red t.e.g. Date of publication written in ink beneath the title-page imprint parchment a bit bowed as usual with short cracks at crowns and toes of joints otherwise an unusually nice copy near fine in plain tissue dust jacket possibly original but with some small chips and edge tears. First edition of this relatively early volume - two plays - by the pseudonymous collaborators. The first book by "Michael Field" appeared in 1884. With several small publishers' advertisements laid-in including a Matthews and Lane leaf for books by "Michael Field." From the collection of Herbert Boyce Satcher with his book label. Herbert Boyce Satcher vicar of St. Aidan's parish Cheltenham PA 1924-1958 and authority on church music built an estimable collection of books on subjects both sacred and secular among the latter an extensive collection of the works of the Uranian poets and their fellow travelers. NCBEL III:626. COLBECK I:247. George Bell & Sons / J. Baker & Son unknown books
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
1882106069<p>Unbound colored map straight-line border 15"x 11". Pennsylvania on reverse double page 15" x 24". Slight toning and aging; a few chips and tears on side or joining margin overall bright and clear and in very good shape. Maps are wrapped with acid free board or in rigid sleeves. While the map was published by William Bradley this is essentially a Mitchell map. As the Mitchell family retired from the business between 1880 and 1887 their maps were published by Bradley in Philadelphia. This map is an attractive map of New Jersey. However it includes a double page map of Pennsylvania on the reverse. </p> Bradley and Company, books
