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189190933Leeds: Yorkshire Post. 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. 1891 first edition 50pp 2pp adverts illustrated folding map original hard card covers with black cloth spine cover oweners name on front cover some notes on endpaper ; Octavo . Yorkshire Post hardcover
1894MSB6073Mexico MO: Self-Published. Fair with no dust jacket. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hard cover published in 1894. No dust jacket. Grey covers with gilt lettering on front and spine. Covers are scuffed with some stains and have some edge wear. Corners are bumped and worn with some wrinkling. Bottom end of spine is worn and frayed some. Front endpaper has gift inscription at top and second page has gift inscription covering whole page. Binding is split after title page and spine is loose from binding. Title page is loose from binding at top. Binding is also split before last page. Pages have some tanning.; Classic Reprint; 7.75" x 5.5" x .75"; 275 pages . Self-Published hardcover
189415295Mexico Mo.: James Bradley. Very Good. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Being an account of the Battles Marches and Hardships of the First & Second Brigades Mo. C. S. A. Together with the thrilling adventures and narrow escapes of Captain Grimes and his fair accomplice who carried the mail by "the underground route" from the Brigade to Missouri. Light blue cloth has gilt titles on spine & front cover. Portrait frontispiece. B/W photograph illustrations. Floral endpaper has tanned edges. Front top corners lightly bumped. Second part: The Confederate Home its Origin and Objects by Elizabeth Ustick McKinney. Civil War Mail Carrier; Engravings & B/W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 275 pages . James Bradley hardcover
1853878P39DLondon: Nathaniel Cooke; H. Ingram & Co; Geo. Routledge & Co; Ward and Lock; James Blackwood; Charles H. Clarke; Richard Bentley; Saunders Otley & Co; Simpkin Marshall & Co 1853-86. First edition. Leather. Fine. 7.5" by 5"; 6" by 5". Cuthbert Bede; Edward Bradley; W. M'Connell; Alfred Crowquill. A beautiful fine set of the collected first editions works of Cuthbert Bede pen name of Edward Bradley a set of his scarce novels uniformly bound by Bickers. A very smart first edition set of of the works of 'Cuthbert Bede' the pseudonym of Edward Bradley.In a full tan calf binding by Bickers.Edward Bradley was a prolific but now largely forgotten novelist who wrote under the pen name 'Cuthbert Bede' a name taken from his time at Durham University. He is best known for his character 'Verdant Green'.This set includes;'Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green' published in 1853. With in-text illustrations by the author throughout. Six pages of adverts to the rear. 'Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green' published in 1854. Original wraps are bound in. Illustrated with a frontispiece and in-text illustrations throughout by the author. Four pages of adverts to the rear.'The Diverting Pathetic and Humorous Adventures of Mr. Sydenham Greenfinch Gentleman and of His Friends in London' published in 1854. A very scarce work. Original wraps are bound in. Illustrated with a frontispiece and in-text illustrations throughout by W. M'Connell. Eight pages of adverts to the rear.'Love's Provocations' published in 1855. A very scarce work. Original wraps are bound in with adverts to the reverse of each wrap and to the recto of the front endpaper and verso of the rear endpaper. Illustrated with a frontispiece three plates and in-text engravings by the author. 'Motley' published in 1855. A scarce work. Half-title is present. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title and in-text engravings by the author. 'Book of Beauty' published in 1856. A very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title and in-text engravings throughout. 'Tales of College Life' published in 1856 also bound with 'Medley' and 'Motley'. 'Medley' illustrated with an engraved title and in-text engravings bound without the title page. 'Motley' with half-title illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title and in-text engravings throughout. 'Medley' undated dated 1856 from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. A very scarce work. Original wraps are bound in. Bound without engraved title. Illustrated with in-text engravings throughout. Four pages of adverts to the rear. 'Nearer and Dearer' published in 1857. An uncommon work. Half title present. Illustrated with a frontispiece nine plates and in-text engravings. 'Mr. Verdant Green Married and Done For' published in 1857. An uncommon work. Original wraps bound in. Illustrated with in-text engravings throughout. Twelve pages of adverts to the rear.'Fairy Fables' undated dated 1858 from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. A very scarce work. Publisher's original cloth bound in to the rear. Illustrated with in-text engravings by Alfred Crowquill. 'Happy Hours; at Wynford Grange' published in 1859. A very scarce work. Publisher's original cloth bound in to the rear. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece three hand-coloured plates and in-text engravings throughout'Our New Rector' published in 1861. A very scarce work. Half-title is present. Publisher's original cloth bound in to the rear.'The Curate of Cranston; With Other Prose and Verse' published in 1862. A very scarce work. Half-title is present. 'A Tour in Tartan-Land' published in 1863. A very scarce work. Publisher's original cloth bound in to the rear.'The White Wife; With Other Stories Supernatural Romantic and Legendary' published in 1865. A scarce work. Publisher's original cloth bound in to the rear. Half-title is present. Illustrated with a frontispiece and in-text engravings throughout by the author. 'The Rook's Garden' published in 1865. A very scarce work. Half-title is present. Publisher's original cloth bound in to the rear. 'Mattins & Muttons' Volumes I and II published in 1856. A very scarce work. Publisher's original cloth bound in to the rear of each volume. 'Little Mr. Bouncer and His Friend Verdant Green' undated dated 1873 from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. Half-title is present. With in-text engravings throughout by the author.'Figaro at Hastings St. Leonards' undated dated 1877 from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. A very scarce work. Original wraps are bound in with adverts to the reverse of the wraps to the verso of the rear endpaper and to the recto and verso of both the front endpaper and front free. With in-text engravings throughout by the author. 'Fotheringhay and Mary Queen of Scots' published in 1886. A scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece being an original contemporary portrait of Mary now first published. Further illustrated with nine plates most by the author. Publisher's original cloth bound in to the rear.Bookplate of W. A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey to the front paste downs. In a full calf binding by Bickers. Externally smart with only a few small marks and patches of rubbing. Bookplate to the front paste downs. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only the occasional scattered spot. Prior owner has coloured the hair of the figure to the vignette to the final page of text of 'Mr Verdant Green is Married and Done For'. Some spots to the last pages of some volumes due to the original cloth being bound in. Fine Nathaniel Cooke; H. Ingram & Co; Geo. Routledge & Co; Ward and Lock; James Blackwood; Charles H. Clarke; Richard Bentley; Saunde hardcover
189740997New York Published for Will Bradley by R. H. Russell 1897 hardcover. Colophon: Printed by Will Bradley at the Wayside Press Springfield Mass. U.S.A. in December MDCCCXCVII. -- Hardcover deckled edges 99 pages 6x8.5 inches. Good-only used condition half-inch of spine paper loose spine and gutter discolored; corner bumped; personal bookplate of Lotz printers Cincinnati with their printer's device. Published for Will Bradley by R. H. Russell hardcover
1896053137West Springfield / New York: Wayside Press / John Lane The Bodley Head 1896. Original Publisher's Card Ad . Single Sheet. Fine. 6 1/4" x 4 1/2. Printed On One Side Of Strathmore Deckle-Edge Laid Paper Watermarked. Contains Excerpts From Three Reviews Along With The Book And Publisher Information. Not In Bambace And Does Not Have Any Specific Indication That Bradley Printed It But From A Large Collection Of Will Bradley Material Maintained Separately For Decades By A Knowledgeable Printer Who Obtained Much Material From The Bradley Estate. <br/> <br/> [Wayside Press] / John Lane, The Bodley Head unknown
189390930Leeds: Yorkshire Post. 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. 1893 first edition 38pp # 2pp adverts illustrated folding map original hard card covers with white cloth spine cover some notes on endpaper ; Octavo . Yorkshire Post hardcover
189390931Leeds: Yorkshire Post. 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. 1893 first edition 53pp 5pp adverts illustrated folding map original hard card covers with white cloth spine cover some notes on endpaper ; Octavo . Yorkshire Post 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
1893874T31London: James Blackwood & Co. c1893. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". Cuthbert Bede Edward Bradley. A charmingly illustrated novel following the exploits of Verdant Green during his first year at Oxford University. One hundred and thirty-third thousand. Dated from the inscription. Illustrated throughout. A popular novel following the exploits of Verdant Green during his first year at Oxford University at the fictional Brazenface College. Written and illustrated by Cuthbert Bede the pseudonym of Edward Bradley an English clergyman and novelist best known for this work. In the original green cloth binding. Externally sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Hinges starting but firm. Internally generally firmly bound with front endpaper detached. Pages are bright and clean with light spotting to the first and last few pages. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Good James Blackwood & Co. hardcover
1853934F31London: Nathaniel Cooke; James Blackwood 1853-1857. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Cuthbert Bede Edward Bradley. Three charmingly illustrated examples of Cuthbert Bede's 'Verdant Green' works including one first edition. Three volumes of tales about Mr. Verdant Green a fictional Oxford University student created by clergyman and novelist Edward Bradley under the pen name Cuthbert Bede.With the publisher's original illustrated front and rear wraps bound in.Present here are:The scarce 1853 first editions of 'The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green'. With six pages of advertisements to the rear.An 1857 edition of 'The Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green' which was first published in 1854. With twelve pages of advertisements to the rear.The 1857 thirty-fifth thousandth of 'Mr. Verdant Green Married and Done For' published in the same year as the first edition. With ten pages of advertisements to the start of the work.Illustrated throughout with charming vignettes from the author himself. Rebound in cloth with the publisher's original front and rear wraps bound in. Externally excellent. Rear hinge of volume III strained but firmly held. Front free endpaper of volumes I and III tenderly held. Internally firmly bound. Publisher's original wraps significantly age toned and with handling marks. Instances of small marginal losses to wraps. Pages age toned due to paper type with handling marks and the odd spot throughout. Very Good Nathaniel Cooke; James Blackwood hardcover
1853977Q29London: Nathaniel Cooke 1853-1857 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Cuthbert Bede. A delightfully illustrated trio of Cuthbert Bede's 'Verdant Green' stories bound together in one volume with two of them being first editions. Three volumes bound in one each with a separate pagination and title page. Three tales about Mr. Verdant Green a fictional Oxford University student created by clergyman and novelist Edward Bradley under the pen name Cuthbert Bede. Present here are: - The scarce first edition of 'The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green' published in 1853.- The 1854 third edition of 'The Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green' which was first published in 1854.- The first edition of 'Mr. Verdant Green Married and Done For' published in 1857.Illustrated throughout with charming vignettes from the author himself. Bound in half straight grain morocco with paper-covered boards. Bound without the publisher's advertisements to each work. Bound in half straight grain morocco with paper-covered boards. Externally very smart with light rubbing and the odd mark. Endpapers renewed. Publisher's ads discarded. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just a couple of light spots. Very Good Nathaniel Cooke hardcover
1899986R38London: James Blackwood & Co. c1899 . Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". Cuthbert Bede Edward Bradley. Later edition of this illustrated novel by Edward Bradley in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth with gilt decoration. Dated via Jisc from a copy of the 'one hundred and thirty-third thousand' catalogued at the Open University Library. This one hundred and twenty-third thousand. Illustrated in text and complete with frontispiece and additional illustrated title page.The Adventures of Verdant Green is a novel concerning the exploits of Oxford University freshman Verdant Green. Written by Edward Bradley under the pseudonym Cuthbert Bede.With six pages of publisher's catalogue to rear. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth with gilt decoration. Externally smart with shelf wear to the extremities and joints. Fraying of cloth to joints and small closed tear to rear joint. Bumping to spine head and tail. Marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Front and rear hinges cracked and beginning to strain. Pages age toned with six pages of publisher's catalogue to rear. Very Good James Blackwood & Co. hardcover
1899847A27London: James Blackwood & Co. c1899. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Edward Bradley. Later edition of this illustrated novel by Edward Bradley in the original publisher's cloth. Dated via Jisc from a copy of the 'one hundred and thirty-third thousand' catalogued at the Open University Library. This one hundred and thirtieth thousand. With eight leaves of publisher's catalogue to rear. Illustrated in text and complete with frontispiece and additional illustrated title page.Novel concerning the exploits of Verdant Green a freshman at Oxford University. Written by Edward Bradley under pseudonym Cuthbert Bede. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with minor shelf wear lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities boards only lightly marked light chipping to rear joint. RW Croft's stamp to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good James Blackwood & Co. hardcover
187038145London: James Blackwood 1870. Three volumes bound as one. Original gilt decorated dark blue cloth. With numerous illustrations designed and drawn on the wood by the author. 123rd thousand with 6 pages of publisher's ads at the rear. No date circa 1870's. Hard Cover. Good. James Blackwood Hardcover
1858AQ34234London: Hamilton Adams and Co. and T. Hatchard 1858. viii 100pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's blind-ruled brown cloth lettered in gilt to upper board. A trifle rubbed and marked cocked. Upper hinge exposed early inked ownership inscription and manuscript inscription 'For the use of Ayston Sunday School' to recto of FFEP initial gathering protruding from text-block. 'These Questions are not intended as exercises for the intellect. The objects aimed at in them are the forming early of a habit of attention in reading the holy scriptures and fixing in the memory some of the great truths and facts those scriptures record'. The sole edition of Church of England clergyman Charles Bradley's 1789-1871 devotional questions intended for the use of Sunday Schools. The fifty-two sets of questions each relate to a specific subject from John the Baptist and the creation of the world to Judas Iscariot and the rivers of Canaan. OCLC records copies at just four locations BL Cambridge NLS and Oxford; COPAC adds no further. . 12mo. Hamilton, Adams, and Co. and T. Hatchard hardcover
188552671Santa Fe: Headquarters District of New Mexico 1885. 1885. First edition. Single-sheet Broadside. 7.5" wide x 9.75". Establishes a succession of movements of men and supplies to the border region in relation to the on-going pursuit of hostile Apaches in Arizona New Mexico and Mexico. In part: "The commanding officer Fort Union New Mexico will detail two companies of Infantry for field service at Lang's Ranch New Mexico. They will proceed to Separate New Mexico as soon as transportation can be obtained reporting the time of their arrival at that point by telegraph to Brigadier-General George Crook U.S. Army Fort Bowie A. T. from whom they will receive further instructions.The companies will take from Union the necessary camp equipage either shelter or common tents two six-mule teams rations and stores for sixty days six pounds grain per animal and 200 rounds of ammunition per man." Additionally: "Lieutenant-Colonel A. P. Morrow 6th Cavalry will move immediately with three troops cavalry from Fort Bayard to Separate and from there to Cloverdale Alamo Vejo Emory Spring or such permanent water as he can find near the Mexican line. One troop will be stationed at each point with Indian scouts and the positions will be selected with reference to watching the line for Indians coming from the south." Signed in print by James Fornance First Lieut. and Adjutant 13th Infantry Acting Assistant Adjutant General. A rare and interesting document from the Apache Wars in the Southwest. Fine condition. Headquarters District of New Mexico, 1885. unknown
189727426New York: Published for Will Bradley by R. H. Russell 1897. Hardcover. Very good overall. With cover designs and internal decorations by Will Bradley. Printed by Will Bradley at the Wayside Press Springfield MA U.S.A. August MDCCCXCVII 1897. 12mo 61pp uncut foredge. Publishers green papered boards with elaborate green design on front and back cover spine sunned retaining most of the title label which is often missing. Nearly signed on the ffep "Xmas E. D. Moody 1897 Published for Will Bradley by R. H. Russell hardcover
1897002858New York: R. H. Russell for Will Bradley 1897 New York: R.H. Russell for Will Bradley 1897. Fitzgerald Edward Translator Designed/Illustrated by Will Bradley. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam the Astronomer Poet of Persia. New York: R. H. Russell 1897. 12mo. 61 pages. Printed by Will Bradley at the Wayside Press Springfield MA August 1897. SIGNED and dated: "Will Bradley Nov. 24 '97" and signed by owner:"Given me by Mr. Bradley Nov. 24th 1897 Mary Dwight Shurtliff." Very good condition except paste-on label gone from spine. Printed on rough-cut Strathemore paper with red decorations by Bradley. Thick paper-covered boards have green arabesque design a small soil spot on front board. The book is tight and bright. Will Bradley 1868-1962was a leading book designer in the forefront of the American Arts and Crafts movement. His posters advertisements book designs and magazine covers are both striking and utilitarian. Spine label missing part of underlying paper missing about .5" on bottom. Solidly constructed with signatures as indicated and exquisite decorations. Overall very good condition. Rare signature. R. H. Russell for Will Bradley hardcover
189724690New York: R.H. Russell 1897. Boards. Orig. thick illustrated brown boards with paper spine label. Near fine. 35 pages. 19.5 x 10.5 cm. Bradley arranged and printed the work originally at the Wayside Department of the University Press Cambridge. Title page in red and black and accompanied by a full page illustration of Van Winkle holding a rifle and a mug of beer. Interior very fresh and clean as published. R.H. Russell unknown
189705057RIP VAN WINKLE Harper & Brothers 1897 base of spine ever so slightly bruised else a fine copy in a nicely illustrated binding with same frontispiece two colored title page and first page all design by Will Bradley. Putnams unknown
1858500043045London: RTS Religious 1858. Second printing. . Hardcover. Good. ex library 108 p. ; 12º. limp cover <br/> <br/> RTS Religious hardcover