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187453518London. 1874. Crisp and detailed plan of Munich. Inset view of the city from the east along lower edge. Title and scale at lower left. Published for the Atlas for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Edward Stanford in London. Steel engraving. Fine condition. Original outline colour with later additions. Size: 39 x 33 cm. unknown
18931651New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. 1893 89 pages from the "Sunshine Library" a very happpy first edition with a nice and bright unscathed pictoral cvr one little bump along the back bottom edge. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. hardcover
18938811New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1893. 1893 90 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ color pictorial paste-down on front cover. Binding lightly soiled w/ rubbing to corners and spine ends. Black mark on front cover; wear and soiling to bottom corner of front cover. Spine a bit sunned. Tiny worm hole to foredge of text block. Previous owner's name on stamp on front endpapers; neat inscription to previous owner on front blank endpaper. Light dampstains to outer margins of several leaves in rear not affecting text. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by F. G. Attwood. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Thomas Y. Crowell Company Hardcover
18708128<p>Two volume set consisting of a text and plate volume. Quarter morocco over ribbed cloth boards. The text volume has been professionally recassed. The other volume contains 61 recto only folio plates see images. From the library of H. Bradley Martin with his bookplate to the upper left pastedowns. Some wear to the leather on the plate volume. Scarce.</p><p>Plate Vol. x 61 / 12.5 x 16.5 in 32 x 42 cm</p><p>Text Vol. xv 506 xi / 6.5 x 9.25 in 16.5 x 23.5 cm</p> Verlag des Verfassers hardcover
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
1857836A11London: Richard Bentley 1857. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated . Uncommon first edition of this novelette by Edward Bradley. First edition of this work an uncommon copy. School novel by Edward Bradley published under pen name Cuthbert Bede. With numerous illustrations in text and in full page. Edward Bradley was an English clergyman and novelist mainly known for his book The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green concerning an undergraduate of Oxford. Rebound in half calf over cloth covered boards gilt tooling to spine renewed endpapers. Externally smart with minor shelf wear light chipping to head of spine boards only lightly marked. Previous ownership pencil inscriptions to recto front blank page dated 1937. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Richard Bentley hardcover
18942130744Published by Simpkin Marshall & Co. Mark & Moody Limited 1894. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Bradley Gertrude M. Good condition with no wrapper. Large format. Blue boards with gold titles and decorations. Being a Book of Verse for Girls & Boys. Written in Old French Forms. B/w illustrations. Uneven browning/fading to covers. 1.5" loss to paper cover at base of spine; 1" loss to top. Bumping and wear with some chipping to corners and cover edges. Foxing is heaviest to endpapers prelims outer page edges and last few pages. 2" closed tear to half-title page. Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Mark & Moody Limited hardcover
1894213105London ; Simpkin Marshall ; Stourbridge : Mark & Moody 1894. First Edition. Hardback. Publisher's dummpy copy - Good conditiion in the original decorative boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and worn as with ages. An unread copy with unopened pages. Sections of original dust jacket mounted to front lining papers. Contemporary press reviews mounted on blank leaves after main contents. Salesman letter loosely inserted. Remains quite well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 1 pages; Physical description: 1 v. unpaginated. illus. plates frontis ; 25 cm. Subjects: Children's poetry -- Children's books -- 19th century. Notes: As this is an original publisher's dummy copy only half of the original contents are included. London ; Simpkin Marshall ; Stourbridge : Mark & Moody hardcover
1894212832London ; Simpkin Marshall ; Stourbridge : Mark & Moody 1894. First Edition. Hardback. Good copy in the original decorative boards. Some wear and loss to spine cover. Panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed. Colour fading around the board margins. An unread copy with unopened pages. Internally pages are particularly clean and sound. Remains quite well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 1 pages; Physical description: 1 v. unpaginated. illus. plates frontis ; 25 cm. Subjects: Children's poetry -- Children's books -- 19th century. London ; Simpkin Marshall ; Stourbridge : Mark & Moody hardcover
189440035London: Simpkin Marshall & Company. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Previous owner's name. Edgewear spine covering is missing pieces at top and bottom edge. ; Pictured by GMB Lettered by AM written by them Both. ; Unpaginated pages . Simpkin, Marshall, & Company 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
1891984H19London: Blackfriars Publishing Company; George Routledge and Sons Limited 1891-1911 . Cloth. Good Only. 11" by 7". Rev. C. D. Radcliffe; Various. A complete two-volume set of new editions of this classic fox-hunting authority richly illustrated with hand-coloured plates and revised by leading sporting experts to reflect contemporary field practice. In the publisher's original green cloth bindings. A complete two-volume set of this classic authority on British field sport and hound management issued here in two revised and enlarged editions consisting of:Volume I 1891 by Robert T. Vyner published by the Blackfriars Publishing Company is the seventh edition. It offers a comprehensive study of fox-hunting practice and kennel management illustrated with six hand-coloured plates including a frontispiece disbound and loosely inserted and remains one of the foundational texts on the sport. Collated complete. Volume II 1911 by F. P. Delmé Radcliffe published by George Routledge & Sons continues the instructional and historical theme with detailed guidance on hounds hunting etiquette and country craft. This volume features five hand-coloured steel-plate engravings four full-page wood engravings and eleven engraved head- and tail-pieces frontispiece likewise disbound and loosely inserted. Collated complete. Both volumes were revised and updated by William C. A. Blew and Cuthbert Bradley two recognised authorities on hunting and sporting art. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities and boards resulting in slight loss to extremities. Loss to head and tails of spines with the odd small closed tear. Spines slightly faded. Library annotations to spines. Bookplate of Charles and Eliza Markham gifted to the free Library of Northampton to front paste downs. Library loan slip neatly affixed to the gutter of the front free endpaper of volume I. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Library stamps and annotations to verso of title pages. Library blind stamping to title pages and the odd page throughout including the odd plate. Rear joints slightly cracked at upper extremities but holding. Internally generally firmly bound. Frontispieces disbound and loosely inserted. Slight tearing to fore edge of the frontispiece of volume I. Hinges strained in places with binding materials slightly exposed but holding. Pages generally bright and clean with one or two spots and handling marks heavier to first and last few leaves and fore edges. Slight age toning to fore edges. Good Only Blackfriars Publishing Company; George Routledge and Sons, Limited hardcover
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
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
1900D5089Chicago, the University of Chicago Press, s.d. (vers 1900) ; 177 x 250 mm, 20 pp. + 2 pl. hors-texte, couverture et cahier agrafés. Tiré à part, en langue anglaise. the Botanical Gazette (Reprinted from) Vol. XXXVIII. August 1904. Bon état.
189442707Boston: Allyn & Bacon 1894. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Owner name to front pastedown.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Allyn & Bacon hardcover
1861WRCAM53599Hampton Roads Va 1861. Pencil and wash sketch approximately 6 3/4 x 9 inches. Encapsulated. Upper left corner torn away obscuring manuscript ink annotation. Contemporary pencil annotation on verso. Light dust soiling and an occasional fox mark. About very good. A pencil sketch with watercolor shading depicting part of Fort Monroe Virginia drawn for potential publication in HARPER'S WEEKLY in October 1861 by Bradley S. Osbon freelance reporter and self-described "sailor of fortune" with his name signed on the lower left and on the verso. Osbon made several written and illustrated contributions to HARPER's WEEKLY including reporting on the construction of the ironclad Monitor also from Fort Monroe. The fort at the southern tip of the Virginia peninsula remained under Union control throughout the war and was used as prison for captured Confederate soldiers and as a refuge for fugitive slaves. unknown books
1896140691London: Bailiere Tindall & Cox 1896. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback in decorated cloth vi 189 168 236pp. text ills. indexes Anatomy of the horse. Part I: The anterior & posterior limb. Part II: The Trunk. Part III: The Head and Neck. Decorated boards a little worn o/w a nice copy Bailiere, Tindall & Cox hardcover
188035602London: G.P. McQueen 1880. Color aquatint. Large folio ca. 29" X 21". Fine. A bright crisp large-margined print by this well-known English painter and illustrator 1842-1904 remembered for his landscapes and animal scenes -- especially dogs. This scene engraved by William Summers depicts two hunting dogs in the foreground sniffing out their prey in a rural English landscape with a shotgun-carrying hunter and his companion in the middle distance at right. This superb example has been single-matted in cream and framed in a simple 1¼" oak frame overall dimensions 37½" X 29". G.P. McQueen unknown
1880DECHMAP12mhWilliam M. Bradley & Bro Philadelphia PA 1880. MAP. Very Good. Map in very good condition inside a case. Color printed lithograph oh Pennsylvania. Paper size 19x24 3/8''. Image size 15 1/7x22 3/4''. William M. Bradley & Bro, Philadelphia, PA unknown
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
1886040204Chicago: David Bradley Mfg. Co 1886. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 64pp; illustrated throughout the text several showing horse-drawn implements in use. Detailed descriptions and index. Bound in wallet-style illustrated stiff wrappers worn at the folds; archival repair to verso of one fold rear panel scuffed. 6.5" x 3.5" WorldCat records only an 1890 edition at the Henry Ford Museum. Romaine American Trade Catalogs 3. David Bradley 1811-1899 is known as a pioneer plowman whose agricultural implements are collected today. David Bradley Mfg. Co unknown
1804623P48London: W. Clarke & Sons 1804. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 9" by 5.5". None. A scarce first edition of Ralph Bradleys 'Practical Points' concerning law with notes added by Joseph Ritson. The first edition of this work. A scrace work. 'Practical Points' is a collection of notes by the English barrister Ralph Bradley. His notes refer to points of practice and the technical details of conveyancing as they were in the eighteenth century when he was practising. Bradley was well respected within the law community being a contemporary of James Charles Booth who was considered the patriarch of modern conveyancing. With critical notes added by Joseph Ritson who had studied under Bradley. Ritson was an antiquary who devoted his spare time to literature whilst practicing law for his career. He may be best known for his attack on 'History of English Poetry' by Thomas Warton. In the original paper wraps. Externally smart. Light edgewear to the extremities with light marking to the wraps heavier to the rear wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with the occasional scattered spot and handling mark. Very Good W. Clarke & Sons paperback
1834W1017London: Baldwin and Cradock 1834. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering on red morocco label. Top edge stained green. Gift inscription on ffep. Considerable shelfwear titling label flecked with some loss of gilt spine ends crumpled short joint split at top of spine foxing on pre and postliminary and some on diagrams. A treatise on linear perspective and projection. . First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Baldwin and Cradock Hardcover books
1883518384Oxford: Clarendon Press 1883. Hardcover without dust jacket; rough cut pageblock; printed endpapers. Boards are lightly worn at edges multiple marks to both front and rear board sides. Signature of previous owner to FEP date and place penned to facing half-title page. Page block and page edges are tanned. Very minor pencil marks in margins. Text is clear. AD. Hardcover. Good. Used. Clarendon Press Hardcover