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184649166Paris: Librairie d'Amyot 1846. Fine. Librairie d'Amyot Paris 1846 11.50 x 18.50 cm 2 volumes reliés First edition of the French translation by Jules Janin. Binders full glossy red calf back with four nerves set with ornate golden dotted double gilded nets and gilded boxes decorated with golden typographical reasons two split bits and restored heads and feet wheels on golden headdresses supervision of a wide gold lace and a lace cold stamped on the boards gilded with gold initials hit the centers of plates nets gilded on the cuts framing a golden lace on contreplats guards and contreplats paper to the bowl gilt edges upper corners very lightly bumped beautiful bindings then signed Lebrun. Signed autograph of her dear Jules Janin Massol "". I ask you to keep this book in memory of my good and sincere friendship ."" Some small foxing auxcune without gravity. Copy drawn in a perfect and elegant contemporary binding signed Lebrun. Librairie d'Amyot hardcover
18065544London : Strahan and Preston New Street Square ; Printed for J Johnson; W Otridge & Son; F & C Rivington; R Faulder & Son; W Lowndes ; J Walker ; Cuthell & Martin; Wilkie & Robinson; B C Collins; J Nunn; Darton & Harvey; Vernor Hood & Sharpe. 1806 1806. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volumes ; 446 443 396 pp ; full leather with gold bands and red titles ; foxed ; tear to flyleaf of volume 1 ; title page of volume 1 not present ; engraved plates as frontispieces by E. Edwards and I. Neagle published by T. Cadell copyright Se pt. 1 1793 present in volumes 2 and 3 ; name of Atlantan James Lowell Battle on front ep of volume 1 ; publisher colophon: Printed for J Johnson; W Otridge & Son; F & C Rivington; R Faulder & Son; W Lowndes ; J Walker ; Cuthell & Martin; Wilkie & Robinson; B C Collins; J Nunn; Darton & Harvev; Vernor Hood & Sharpe; Longman Hurst Rees & Orme; Cadell & Davies Lackington Allen & Co.; B Crosby: J Carpenter; S Bagster; and J Mawman ; London : Strahan and Preston New Street Square 1806. ; copy of Abraham Ver Plank Lansing 1790-1875 son of Albany planter Jan van Arnhem Lansing 1769-1863 and Ariaantje Verplanck 1768- removed in the early 19th century to Watervliet New York the site of an extensive Shaker community the first of its kind in America ; label of the Watervliet Literary Society on front ep of volume 1 ; The Rambler was an early periodical published by Samuel Johnson 1709-1784 of English Dictionary fame on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 1750 to 1752 i n the pattern of the earlier Spectator periodical by Richard Steele and Joseph Addison ; "The sale was very inconsiderable and seldom exceeded five hundred; and . the only paper which had a prosperous sale and may be said to have been popular was one which Dr. Johnson did not write. This was No 97 written by Samuel Richardson the author of Clarissa Pamela and Sir Charles Grandison.The four billets in No. 10 were written by Miss Mulso Hester Mulso Chapone 1727-1801. No. 30 was written by Miss Catherine Talbot 1721-1770.She possessed great natural talents a vigorous understanding a lively imagination and refined taste. .The only remaining contributor was Mrs. Elizabeth Carter 1717-1806 who wrote No. 44 and 10 0.'She could make a pudding as well as translate Epictetus from the Greek; and work a handkerchief as well as compose a poem.'.Of the characters described in the Rambler some were not altogether fictitious. Prospero in No. 200 was intended for David Garrick 1717-1779.Mrs. Piozzi Hester Lynch Thrale Salusbury Piozzi 1741-1841 informs us that by Gelidus the philosopher in No. 24 the author meant to represent Mr. Coulson John Colson 1680-1760 Lucasian professor at Cambr idge a mathematician who formerly lived at Rochester. The man 'immortalized for purring like a cat' was one John Busby a proctor in the Commons. He who 'barked so ingeniously and then called the drawer to drive away the dog' was father to D r. Samuel Salter 1710-1778 of the Charter-house ie. Samuel Salter Sr. 1680-1756 Archdeacon of Norwich who was a member of the Rambler Club meeting weekly at the King's Head in Ivy Lane. Dr. Johnson Hawkins and Hawkesworth were among th e nine members.He who 'sung a song and by correspondent motions of his arm chalked out a giant on the wall' was one Richardson an attorney."--from The British Essayists: The Rambler By Alexander Chalmers; Contents : Volume 1 1. Difficult y of the first address. Practice of the epic poets. Convenience of periodical performances -- 2. The necessity and danger of looking into suturity -- Writers naturally sanguine. Their hopes liable to disappointment -- 3. An allegory on criticism -- 4. The modern form of romances preserable to the ancient. The necessity of characters morally good. -- 5. A meditation on the spring -- 6. Happiness not local -- 7. Retirement natural to a great mind. Its religious use -- 8. The thoughts to be brought under regulation as they respect the past present and Future -- 9. The fondness of every man for his posession. -- The gradual improvement of manufactures -- 10. Four billets with their answers / Hester Mulso Chapone 1727-1801. Remarks on masquerades <br/> <br/> [London : Strahan and Preston, New Street Square] ; Printed for J Johnson; W Otridge & Son; F & C Rivington; R Faulder & Son; W hardcover
1839307682London: William Pickering 1839. Hardcover. Very Good. Complete in two volumes. Original page block trimmed and re-bound in modern brown cloth. William Pickering 1839; no later printings indicated; iv 1184 pp. / ii 1185-2223 pp. Bindings are tight sturdy and square; boards in VG condition corners sharp gilt titling remains bright and bold; heavy foxing to a few scattered pages else only light foxing to edges and interior pages; text otherwise very good throughout. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges will apply for international and/or expedited shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. William Pickering hardcover
1884833951884. RICHARDSON Benjamin Ward. THE ASCLEPIAD: A BOOK OF ORIGINAL RESEARCH AND OBSERVATION 6 VOLUMES 1884-1889. London: Messrs. Longmans Green and Company 1884-1889. var pp. 8vo. olive green cloth stamped in gilt. Cloth and gilt lettering clean and bright interiors fine tight and clean. A fine set. Medical essays. Extra postage required. unknown
1848355544London.: Richard Bentley. 1848. 1st Edition. Publisher’s blindstamped green cloth. Good spine worn and glue-repaired corners bumped slightly shaken bookplates to pastedowns light foxing to frontispieces and tissue guards. 8vo. 23x14.5 cm. Uncommon first edition of this famous travelogue complete with the map. Heavy set may require extra shipping weight: 3.3 lb. Two engraved frontispieces plus one additional plate scattered woodcuts in text one folding map. Richard Bentley. hardcover
1838396170London : C.J. Richardson 1838. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original quarter aniline calf over gilt-blocked ribbed-cloth boards. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as with age. Internally bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 8 p. 13 leaves of plates : ill. plans ; 56 cm. Subjects; Architecture Domestic. Historic buildings England. London : C.J. Richardson hardcover
1868016070American Publishing Company 1868. Book. Near Fine. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gorgeous Near fine Copy In Full Leather. First Edition 1868/1868 Black Spine Label. Rare In This Condition Beautiful Copy. American Publishing Company Hardcover
1865016586American Publishing Company 1865. Book. Near Fine. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine Copy In Period Calf. First Edition 1865/1865. Black Label On Spine. Excellent Copy With Very Minimal Foxing.Classic of The Civil War. American Publishing Company Hardcover
1865016137Charles Richardson 1865. Book. Near Fine. Three-Quarter Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine Copy. Bit of Foxing As Usual. First Edition 1865/1865. Classic on The South Generals of The Civil War Scarce. Charles Richardson Hardcover
1873blb07252<p>New York: Scribner Armstrong and Company 1873. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. Brick red cloth on boards with bright as new gilt and black decorations and titling to front and spine. Front has a gilt blanket tied between two trees that acts as title box and gilt flames and smoke around a black cooking cauldron. Book is tight square sharp-cornered and free of major flaws or markings inside and out. Close to near fine but certainly Very Good. Fold out map in front present and also very good but does have two easily repaired tears. Black endpapers. Fantastic copy of a rare book.</p> Scribner, Armstrong and Company hardcover
187316038New York: Scribner Armstrong and Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Map tear professionally repaired light cock light edgewear light tone otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; One of the earliest guide books to Yellowstone printed the year after its creation in 1873. ; The Illustrated Library of Travel Exploration and Adventure; xii 256 4 ad pages . Scribner, Armstrong and Company hardcover
1810009881London: Printed for F. C & J. Rivington et al 1810. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE OCLC locates only two copies of this edition worldwide in institutions no copies found in current commerce. viii 643 p. Bound in contemporary quarter calf over cloth boards Very Good the armorial bookplate of H. B. Stuart front paste down and later from the collection of noted medieval scholar and polyglot James W. Marchand with his name stamp front end page the boards rubbed moderate toning throughout German institutional stamp front end page. Printed for F. C & J. Rivington et al Hardcover
1861698271861. RICHARDSON William H. comp. A Manual of Infantry and Rifle Tactics with Honors Paid by the Troops Inspections--Reviews &c. Richmond: A. Morris 1861. 1st ed. 360pp. Folding frontis. Orig. black morocco-backed marbled boards custom cloth slipcase. Front board starting to separate else very good or better. Parrish & Willingham 5022. Richardson served as a colonel in the Confederate army having taught at the Virginia Military Institute prior to the war. unknown
1861701341861. RICHARDSON William H. comp. A Manual of Infantry and Rifle Tactics with Honors Paid by the Troops Inspections--Reviews &c. Richmond: A. Morris 1861. 1st ed. 360pp. Folding frontis. Orig. black morocco-backed marbled boards. Rebacked in period-style black morocco original spine laid down edgewear to boards boards lightly rubbed small amount of faint foxing else very good or better. Parrish & Willingham 5022. Richardson served as a colonel in the Confederate army having taught at the Virginia Military Institute prior to the war. unknown
1862764911862. CONFEDERATE ALMANAC. RICHARDSON David. Richardson's Virginia & North Carolina Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1863. Richmond: A. Morris 1862. 1st ed. 36pp. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Some insect damage to foredge of final leaf scattered foxing and toning a few marginal notes in a contemporary hand else very good. Rare. P&W 5787 locates two copies. At head of title" Wynne's Edition. unknown
1861764901861. CONFEDERATE ALMANAC. RICHARDSON David. Richardson's Almanac 1862. Richmond: J.W. Randolph 1861. 1st ed. 36pp. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Scattered foxing and toning else very good. P&W 5889 locates 14 copies. At the head of title :Cottom's Edition. Includes the Hebrew calendar for the years 5622 and 5623. unknown
181934051819. Aquatint printed in colors with additional hand-coloring. Originally published by the artist Newcastle: 1819. A modern impression printed on hand-made wove paper with wide margins and in excellent condition. Thomas M. Richardson was a Newcastle-based artist who began his career as an engraver of local views. From 1818 he exhibited paintings in several places in London including the Royal Academy. Views of his native city and its environs were a staple of his output. In this view we can identify several buildings which still stand: the neoclassical Moot Hall with its porticoed entrance and the Castle Keep behind it. Toward the center of the composition the neo-Gothic spire of St. Nicholas' church now cathedral rises above a terrace of houses. unknown
185223313New York: Harper & Brothers 1852. Cloth. Very Good. A solid copy of the 1852 1st American edition. Tight and VG to VG in its dark boards with decorative blindstamped bordering along the panels and bright gilt-titling at the spine. Light wear to the spine ends with just a bit of loss at the spine crown. Small vintage Troy NY bookseller blindstamp at the front free endpaper light foxing to the preliminaries pages otherwise very bright and crisp including the 8 woodcuts and various tables sprinkled throughout the text. Thick octavo with sections at the rear including "Eskimo" "Kutchin" "Chepewyan" "Dog-Rib" and "Mauvais Monde" vocabularies. And finally a number of pages devoted to "valuable works in the departments of biography and history" and "fresh books of travel and adventure" all published and offered by Harper & Brothers. Harper & Brothers unknown
182650001908Ludgate-Street London: J. Mawman 1826. Soft cover. Poor. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large softcover with 16 pages advertisements and 292 pages of text. Reprinted in 1826 from original 1815 publication. Some pages still unopened along top-edge. Good candidate for rebinding. All pages accounted for including both boards and end pages. Front and back boards are not attached nor ar the first few pages - which includes the title page. No spine is left. A few pages have light pencil notes as someone long ago used this as reference for their own work. Some pages dampstained and all are wavy but this was printed on a high quality paper so overall there is little foxing or toning. A few small tears are also noted and page 205 has the bottom right corner tore out about one inch - does not include any text. Condition rating lowered to poor since spine is not present. Inside front board is a discoloring where a bookplate once stood and there is the name "N.P. Trish" pencilled there as well. This important book is still being reprinted today and the few remaining copies appear only to be found in collections found in museums and institutions. <br/> <br/> J. Mawman paperback
1877226823New York: James S. Virtue 1877. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Hardcover; 4to; complete in 2 volumes. Numerous colour and uncoloured plates throughout. Half-bound in dark brown leather. Gilt on spine gilt borders on boards. Edges quite rubbed some exposed board at corners. Brown pebbled cloth boards. 1.5" rip to spine leather of volume 2 near headcap. All edges marbled but faded. Some sagging of text-block as expected for a volume of this size/weight. Hignes reinforced with cloth. Some water damage to top-edge of pages moreso visible in volume 2. Marbled endpapers. Heavy/large may require extra shipping. VG-/-- <br/> <br/> James S. Virtue hardcover
18261012F25London: J. Mawman 1826 . Cloth. Good Only. 12" by 9.5". None. The second edition of this very scarce study of the English language and the literature that surrounds it from English teacher lexicographer and linguist Charles Richardson. The second edition of this very scarce work. The first edition was published in 1815. A linguistic and literary study examining the history structure and usage of the English language through examples drawn from English literature discussing etymology verbal usage and grammatical development using quotations from earlier writers. Offering a critical examination of Samuel Johnson's 'A Dictionary of the English Language' and a reply to Dugald Stewart's criticism of Horne Tooke's 'Diversions of Purley.' Lacking the half title and the advertisements to the rear. With the bookplate of the Salford Borough Museum and Library Peel Park to the front pastedown and blind stamps to the first twenty leaves. In cloth covered boards lacking back strip. Boards detached but present. Library bookplate to front pastedown. Blind stamps to first twenty pages. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with only the odd spot. Good Only J. Mawman hardcover
1859991F14London: William Mackenzie 1859-1862 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 11.5" by 8.5". Various. The first edition of this impressive study of the animal kingdom by the Museum of Natural History illustrated beautifully with over one-hundred plates both hand-coloured and monochrome. The first edition of this work produced by the Museum of Natural History complete in two volumes.Volume I illustrated with a hand coloured title page and sixty-five plates sixty of which are hand coloured.Volume II illustrated with seventy-one plates twenty-two of which are hand coloured.With further vignette illustrations.Collated complete.A fascinating work on zoology detailing the lives and habits of mammals birds reptiles fishes insects molusca and radiata.Former owner's stamp of John W. Baker to each letterpress title page.By Sir John Richardson William S. Dallas T. Spencer Cobbold William Baird and Adam White. Rebacked in half calf bindings with cloth covered boards. Endpapers renewed. Rubbing to back strip with light rubbing to board perimeters. Internally firmly bound. Pages age toned with light handling marks throughout and the odd spot. Plates lightly age toned. Former owner's stamps to letterpress title pages. Very Good William Mackenzie hardcover
185344757London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1853. 1853. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Quarter red leather and decorated cloth red front and rear endpapers book listings printed in black on the front and rear pastedown sheets titles stamped in gold gilt on the spine teg xii 140 pp. plus 24 pp of advertisements dedication preface introductory address illustrated 5 plates including the frontispiece index advertisements. The Spectator says: "Plain well-arranged directions to the student in horsemanship from mounting up to hunting and to buying or breaking-in a horse. Every page shows the experienced horseman who handles nothing but what is actually necessary and to attain that disregards repetition or minuteness." A bit of cosmetic touch-up to the corners a few pages lightly soiled and some with light foxing else a very good copy of an elusive title housed in a cloth slipcase with a leather label on the spine and titles stamped in gold. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853. hardcover
18834442London: Henry Sotheran and Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1883. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Includes a chapter of biographical criticism by Leslie Stephen . 12 volumes limited to 750 sets of which this is # 410. Gilt raised bands and 3/4 leather. Brown spine labels marbled endpapers. Portrait of autor as frontis. Rear board of volume #1 is detached but present and there is wear to leather at spine edges and label gone from volume #1. Text blocks tight and sound and internally clean. Heavy set will require extra postage. 26 pounds. Please inquire before ordering. ; 8vo . Henry Sotheran and Co hardcover
186722672Edinburgh & London 1867. Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches. A very fine plate from Ravenscroft's 'The Pinetum Britannicum. A Descriptive Account of Hardy Coniferous Trees'<br/> <br/> Ravenscroft's work is the third in order of publication of the three great coniferous iconographies of the nineteenth century following Bedford and Lambert. The very fine plates fall into two categories: botanical studies of details of the needles and fruit of the individual trees and landscape studies of examples of individual trees in their natural habitat. This plate is an outstanding example of the latter group here drawn from a drawing by William Richardson and lithographed by F. Schenck.<br/> <br/> Cf. Nissen BBI 1588; cf. Great Flower Books 1990 p.127; cf. Stafleu & Cowan 8685. unknown
