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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
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 books
1891200230AB1891. Two Volumes in One 14 Issues in Total. Strand / London "Song and Speech" 1891-1892. 18 cm x 24 cm. Volume 1: No.1-12 192 pages / Followed by parts of Volume 2: No.13 - No.1: 16 pages No.13 - No.2: 16 pages. With numerous black-and-white illustrations and photographs throughout. The pagination of this periodical changed from original 16 pages per number at the beginning of Volume I to 8 pages towards the end of the first Volume. With the start of Volume II in 1892 the periodical changed again to 8 pages per issue and also changed its numbering. We were not able to verify if this magazine was published beyond the May - Issue of 1892. Hardcover / Private decoratived half-leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. With the very interesting provenance of two Welsh men of Carmarthen: Victorian photographer J.F.Lloyd and J.C.Portnell. Bound by: 'The "Welshman" Newspaper and Steam Printing Co. Lt. Bookbinders Machine Rulers & c. Carmarthen' - with their bookbindery-label on pastedown. Includes manuscript-draft of a speech on endpaper titled 'John Jones Chairman' written by photographer J.F.Lloyd Carmarthen. The calligraphed titlepage of this privately bound compilation shows the watermark 'Annandale Polton' of 'Annandale and Polton Paper Mill Company' which operated from 1825 until after the Second World War. Contains hand-written note on Page 1 dated January 29 1896 signed by Editor Josiah Richardson'. This note also contains the blindstamped address of Josiah Richardson at 'Gordon House Wandsworth Common S.W.'. In this note Richardson telles the recipient that "I hope soon to go on with the publication of my Journal & should then be pleased to number you among my subscribers - Faithfully your Josiah Richardson". The date of this note leads to the assumption that by 1896 the magazine had already ceased to exist and Richardson answers to one of his fans by expressing his hope to go on. The Volume also includes a manuscript - Index to the rear of the Volume. A very rare and uncommmon compilation of this early Magazine with very interesting articles from "Pronounciation in Singing" to "Alteration of Music by Singers" to "Vocal Physiology" Breathing / Principle of Breathing etc. to "Stammering" etc. This short lived periodical is striking for its excellent in-depth articles on topics like "Voice Culture" Lesson for the Month: Tone Formation / "Sight Singing and Notation" / "Vocal Physiology" / "Something for the Children" / "Songs Worth Singing and How To Sing Them" / "Advice to Singers" / "Articulation for Singers" / "Concerning Critics" / "Concerning The Future of Song and Speech" / "Interviews with Leading Singers and Speakers""Lessons on Word Painting" / "British Dialects" an article on the usefulness of knowing british dialects "to reciters and in a lesser degree to singers. In sustaining the various country characters so frequently introduced into plays and sketches For example "Mid-Yorkshire Dialect"/ "Concerning Nervousness" / "Mark Anthony on the Death of Caesar - Shakespeare - A Study for Reciters" / Included are also Bookreviews on the topics of Song and Speech For example "M.Bautain - Extempore Speaking" / Margaret H. Lawless - "Bring out your Dead" - A Study for Reciters / "Memorising" / "Celebrated Voices: Jenny Lind" / Biographical Sketch of "Miss Adey Brunel" with a photograph of Adey Brunel playing the Guitar / "Postures and Motions of the Hand" etc. etc. Josiah Richardson the editor was able to win over contributors from all fields of Song Reciting and Speech-Therapy of the outgoing Victorian Era. Articles include: Howard Paul - "The Art of Making-Up" / E.Theodore Carrier - "Hymn Reading" / Concerning the Training of Children's Voices / Louisa S. Sandy - "The Dress of Lady Performers" / Biographical Sketch of Alfred George Cargill Gentry" with a photograph / "The Tonic Sol-fa Jubilee Festival" / "The Philosophy of Expression" / Dr. Hans Richter - "Musical Conductors" / "Concerning the Simian Tongue" / J.Harry Wheeler Boston - "Hints for Voice Training" / Walter Wadham - "Songs worth singing and how to sing them by the River" / Interviews with Leading Singers and Speakers: "Mr.William Nicholl" Interviewed by Edwin Oliver / A.T.Goodrich - "Style and Construction of Vocal Solos - Humorous or Buffo Songs" / "Pianoforte Accompanying" / "Original Recitations - Written or Arranged Expressly for "Song and Speech": "Betsy Prigg's Visit to Mrs. Gamp" / etc. etc. hardcover
18275138Newcastle upon Tyne: M A Richardson. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Covers lightly rubbed and scuffed. Occasional minor marks. 1827. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover. 300mm x 230mm 12" x 9". 46 plates. 46 hand-pressed b/w etchings. . M A Richardson hardcover
1883214943London: Henry Sotheran & Co. 1883. Limited Ediiton . Half Bound. VG. Limited Edition; # 6/750. With a biographical chapter by Leslie Stephen. Pages are in very good condition; clean and white. Marbled edges and endpapers. Half bound with red leather over red boards. Five raised bands gilt titles and decoration on the spines. Very light wear on spine and corners. Lovely set. VG heavy - will require extra postage <br/> <br/> Henry Sotheran & Co. unknown
186692530London: Royal Geographical Society John Murray. 1866. Volume 36 of Journal of Royal Geographical Society of London pp.cxcvii 312 incl Index 10 folding maps some outlined in colour incl "Map illustrating the Overland Expedition from Port Denison to Cape York" by Edward WELLER orig.blue wraps with R.G.S.imprint to upper cover chips and creasing with some loss to spine unopened v.g. condn. Rare. Including report by R.J. Sholl "Journal of an Expedition from the Government Camp Camden Harbour to the Southward of the Glenelg River in North-Western Australia" 1st edition thus. Royal Geographical Society (John Murray) paperback
1805106578York : printed for the Author and sold by W.T. and J. Richardson Cornhill London ; Eliz. Browne Hull; and E. Balfour 1805. Third Edition Enlarged in a Cole. Hard Back. Good. ISigend By the Author. Sigend By the Author Sigend By the Author on page 459. xxxvii 496 pp folding engraved frontispiece folding Table of London Brewers Varius previous owners names. Light sporadic foxing. Contemporary full leather binding lacks a title label and is generally rubbed and bumped. printed for the Author, and sold by W.T. and J. Richardson, Cornhill, London ; Eliz. Browne, Hull; and E. Balfour hardcover
1850860T84Manchester: Abel Heywood 1850. Paperback. Good. 9.5" by 6". George Richardson. A very scarce tale in rhyme from George Richardson inscribed by the author. Scarce work. In presentation from the author inscription reads: "With G. Richardson's thanks." Illustrated with two sketched scenes. A novelty story told in rhyme of Tim Bobbins and his spirit known as a sage ghost reflecting on his own sad endings. Written and illustrated by George Richardson a British author and poet. In the original illustrated paper wraps. Externally sound with light chipping to the extremities and discolouration to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Good Abel Heywood paperback
1868017978American Publishing Co. 1868. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Presentation By Author. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine Copy With Faded spine.Grant's Name Embossed Front Panel. Rare Presentation Copy."Mrs Henry Wethecher With Compliments of AlbertD. RichardsonNew York Feb 10 1888." Rare Copy Signed.Classic Biography On Grant Excellent Fresh Copy. American Publishing Co. Hardcover
1842ST16673London: Richard Bentley 1842. FIRST EDITION. 195 x 115 mm. 7 3/4 x 4 5/8". Three volumes. <br/> Contemporary half calf over brown marbled boards raised bands with gilt tooling spine panels blind-stamped in a scolloped pattern red morocco label marbled endpapers and edges. Front pastedown with the bookplate of the celebrated book-collector Frances Mary Richardson Currer of Eshton Hall in each volume. Provenance: Dibdin "Reminiscences of a Literary Life" 1836 pp. 949–57; De Ricci "English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts" 1930 pp. 141-43. Extremities a bit rubbed boards lightly chafed occasional minor marginal stains or light patches of foxing but a pleasing copy generally clean and fresh in sturdy original bindings with no significant condition issues.<br/> <br/> This novel of the British navy during the Jacobite Rebellion comes from the library of a woman described by De Ricci as "England’s earliest female bibliophile" and hailed by Dibdin as "the head of all female collectors in Europe." An only child Frances Mary Richardson Currer 1785-1861 inherited considerable assets from both her father's and her mother's families: her relative Dorothy Richardson wrote in 1815 "She is in possession of both the Richardson and Currer estates and inherits all the taste of the former family having collected a very large and valuable library and also possessing a fine collection of prints shells and fossils in addition to what were collected by her great grandfather and great-uncle." Dibdin noted that her library at Eshton Hall was "surpassed only by those of Earl Spencer the duke of Devonshire and the duke of Buckingham." According to DNB "the library had substantial holdings in natural science topography antiquities and history together with a collection of the classics. There were rarities some early printed books a collection of Bibles and a fine gathering of illustrated books. . . . Dibdin first estimated the number of volumes at 15000 and later 18000. In 1852 Sir J. B. Burke put the number at 20000." Although best known for his Leatherstocking Tales set on the early American frontier James Fenimore Cooper 1789-1851 had originally intended a career in the navy and spent several years at sea before an inheritance from his father allowed him to pursue a literary career. Deemed by Day "an excellent naval novel" the text here is a poignant tale of conflicting loyalties and the importance of friendship seen through the eyes of the titular "Two Admirals" lifelong friends supporting opposing political forces in the contest over the Stuart succession to throne of Britain. Richard Bentley unknown
1852elala1125New York: Harper & Brothers 1852. 1852. 12mo. pp. 1 p.l. v-xi 516 6ads 6ads. 8 wood-engraved text illus. original blind-stamped cloth light wear to extremities a few tiny wormholes in lower front joint light dampstain to upper outer corner throughout occasional light foxing. First American Edition. Richardson had previously accompanied John Franklin as surgeon-naturalist on his Arctic overland expeditions of 1819-22 and 1825-27. In 1848 at the age of sixty he volunteered to take part in the search for his old colleague who had been missing since 1845. This is the account of that unsuccessful expedition which travelled down the Mackenzie River by boat eastward along the coast to the Coppermine River returning overland to Fort Confidence on Great Slave Lake. Richardson returned to England in the spring of 1849 leaving his assistant John Rae in command. An account of Raes journey that summer down the Coppermine River is also given here. Considerable attention is paid to the ethnography of the Esquimaux and Kutchin Cree and Chipewyan Indians of the regions traversed. The appendices include notes on physical geography climatology plant distribution insects and native vocabularies. Arctic Bib. 14489. Peel 266n. Sabin 71025. Smith 8648. TPL 3030. Wagner-Camp 203:2. cfField 1300. cfLande 1411. cfStreeter VI 3716. Story p. 709. DCB IX pp. 658-661. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852. Hardcover
182752056London: Jones & Company 1827. Near fine. Beautifully bound late Georgian collection of poetry including Dryden's translation of THE AENEID and the ELEGIAC SONNETS of Charlotte Smith. A collection of short poetic imprints all issued by Jones & Company in the late 1820s bound together in a superb contemporary gilt binding. The titles included are: THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN 1829; THE WORKS OF VIRGIL TRANSLATED BY JOHN DRYDEN 1829; THE POETICAL WORKS OF LORD LYTTLETON 1829; THE POETICAL WORKS OF JAMES HAMMOND 1829; SONNETS AND MISCELLANEOUS POEMS PARTLY WRITTEN IN INDIA by David Lester Richardson 1827; ELEGIAC SONNETS AND OTHER POEMS by Charlotte Smith 1829 only partially excerpted; THE POETICAL WORKS OF THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE CANNING 1827; GIFFORD'S BAVIAD AND MAEVIAD: PASQUIN V. FAULDER: EPISTLE TO PETER PINDAR 1829; and THE FARMER'S BOY by Robert Bloomfield 1828. 12mo 7'' x 4''. Contemporary full paneled calf raised bands green spine label spine elaborately stamped in gilt boards with multiple gilt rules and ornamental cornerpieces. Marbled endpapers and edges. xii 139 3 2: ads; viii 108; 23 1; 12; vi 34; viii 13-26; iv 22 2: ads; xii 48; ii 12 pages. Some foxing to early and last leaves small spot of soil to first Dryden leaf A2r. Binding lovely with only trace shelfwear. Jones & Company unknown
1845D14604London 1845. Hardcover. Very Good. Title Dedication 36 hand-tinted lithographs 1 double-page and additional lithographed title page bound in at the rear. Folio 380 x 290 mm bound in contemporary half black morocco. London: Tho's. McLean 1845. Scarce. <br/><br/> hardcover
184748629[London, Eyre and Spottiswoode], 1847. Royal8vo. Bound in contemporary blue cardboard. With title label pasted on to spine. Bound with patents: 11701-25. 22 pp. + large folded plate.
184748629London Eyre and Spottiswoode 1847. Royal8vo. Bound in contemporary blue cardboard. With title label pasted on to spine. Bound with patents: 11701-25. 22 pp. large folded plate. <br/><br/><em>Scarce original printed patent for the first fishplate often also referred to as a splice bar or joint bar a metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track. It was put into use as early as 1844 but not patented until 1847.Dissatisfied with the scarf joints then in use for joining iron track he invented the firstrailway fishplate in the form of an unbolted wedge between adjoining chairs in collaboration with Robert Richardson a junior engineer under Peter Bruff on the Eastern Counties Railway. </em> unknown
1841856F31London: Tho. McLean 1841-1848 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 15.5" by 12". C. J. Richardson Charles James Richardson. The complete four volume set of C. J. Richardson's beautifully illustrated study of Old English houses and their contents. Illustrated with four tinted lithographed title-pages and with twenty-four lithographs to first series; twelve decorative text plates followed by twenty-three lithographs to second series; thirty-seven plates to third series; thirty-seven to third series. These plates include eight chromolithographs and a number of double page plates. Collated complete.With all four volumes bound in two. With the 1841 first series and 1842 second series bound in one volume and the 1845 third series and 1848 fourth series also bound together.The work of English architect artist and writer Charles James Richardson the author of further works on design and architecture including 'Studies of Ornamental Design' and 'A Popular Treatise on the Warming and Ventilation of Buildings'.A wonderfully illustrated four volume work. From the library of Doctor Malcolm Higgs an important architectural historian who worked as an assistant architect to Stirling & Gowan working on their particularly renowned Leicester University Engineering Laboratory. During his long career he taught at the University of Edinburgh School of Architecture Canterbury School of Architecture and University of Nottingham. Later in his life he was the Vice-President and Honorary Librarian of the Royal Institute of British Architects and contributed and edited the "Journal of Architecture". In half morocco bindings with cloth covered boards. Significant rubbing to back strips and board perimeters with tail of rear joint of volume I and front joint of volume II starting but boards holding firm. Boards lightly cocked. Internally firmly bound. Plates clean and bright with light spotting to tissue guards growing heavier to the tissue guards of the fourth series. Very Good Tho. McLean hardcover
1883237815London : Macmillan and Co. 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-boardered cloth edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Physical description; 2 v.xii 420; 421-1014 2 p. ; 8º. Subjects; Disease - Etiology. Medicine. Pathology. Hygiene. Disease - etiology. Medicine. Hygiene. Medicine. Pathology. London : Macmillan and Co. hardcover
188017628Colt Publishing Co. Very Good. c. 1880. Print. Late 19th century original lithograph view of Hyde Park. The margin has staining with light chipping at the extremities and several tears in the bottom margin one of which extends 3/4" into the left side of the lithograph. The lithograph itself is toned with modest faint foxing. Dimensions: 24" x 18". Lithograph: 20.25" x 14.5". . . Colt Publishing Co. unknown
1846L1322London: Henry G. Bohn 1846. Hardback. Vg. large 8vo. iv 436pp; vi 429pp; v427pp; vi 420pp; iv 430pp; vi 416pp; v 416pp; v 416pp. engravings vignettes. Moses Aaron Richardson 1793-1871. 900 woodcuts. v.1-5. Historical division; v.6-8. Legendary division. Printed for the author. Originally published in 1841 as the 'Local Historian's Table Book' this new edition was reset in 1846. Joints rubbed and a little frayed but sound. Nice clean set in the original brown blind stamped patterned cloth with gilt lettering. The Borderer's Table Book; or Gatherings of the local history and romance of the English and Scottish Border 8 books in 4 volumes <br/> <br/> Henry G. Bohn hardcover
183642867London, Genua, Livorno u.a., 1835-1836. Kl.-8°. 53 nn. Bll. (2 weiße Bll. vor- u. 32 nachgebunden), HLdr. d. Zt. m. dreiseitigem Farbschnitt, Deckellasche u. Stiftschlaufen.
184656446Newcaste-upon-Tyne: Henry G Bohn 1846. Maroon leather is rather scuffed with some small tears and rubbings. Heads of spines chipped some light chipping to board edges. Marbled boards are rubbed. Endpapers and closed edges also marbled top edges dusty. Light foxing to titles otherwise contents are very clean and solid tidy set overall. Half Leather. Very Good. 8vo. Henry G Bohn Hardcover
1877018159New York : James S. Virtue 1877. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Three matching volumes large format brown cloth bindings with elaborate gilt decorations on front cover and spine beveled boards brown endpapers top edge gilt colored frontispiece in each volume. Vol. I 446 pages Vol. II 405 pages Vol. III 290 pages. Illustrated with full page plates several in color many small illustrations throughout very attractive production. All volumes clean and unmarked mildly rubbed at edges some scattered foxing. Scarce complete 3 volume set. Photos on request. <br/> <br/> James S. Virtue hardcover
1848128286London: Thomas McLean 1848. Hardcover. VG- tight copies with slight to moderate occasional foxing here and there; occasional light dampstain along bottom of sheets not affecting the images. A very nice solid set. Each vol: red library buckram gilt lettering; each volume collated: Vol. 1 - 24 plates TP and dedication; Vol. 2 - 35 plates; Vol. 3 - 37 of 38 plates TP and dedication page complete according to desc.; Vol. 4 - 37 plates. Most plates are duotone but several are in color. Vols. 2 3 and 4 have text blocks in the middle of several plates. Beautiful illustrations of English mansions including engravings of exterior and interior views as well as architectural details and images of fonts staircases fountains and more. Many of England's most famous stately homes are included. Three of the four volumes have excellent descriptions on several of the illustrations of both the images and the mansions along with historic information about the buildings. Thomas McLean hardcover
1848128286London: Thomas McLean 1848. Hardcover. VG- tight copies with slight to moderate occasional foxing here and there; occasional light dampstain along bottom of sheets not affecting the images. A very nice solid set. Each vol: red library buckram gilt lettering; each volume collated: Vol. 1 - 24 plates TP and dedication; Vol. 2 - 35 plates; Vol. 3 - 37 of 38 plates TP and dedication page complete according to desc.; Vol. 4 - 37 plates. Most plates are duotone but several are in color. Vols. 2 3 and 4 have text blocks in the middle of several plates. Beautiful illustrations of English mansions including engravings of exterior and interior views as well as architectural details and images of fonts staircases fountains and more. Many of England's most famous stately homes are included. Three of the four volumes have excellent descriptions on several of the illustrations of both the images and the mansions along with historic information about the buildings. Thomas McLean hardcover books
18761612070013London : Macmillan 1876-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Modern blue cloth. Perforated library stamp to title page and page 47 on text. Benjamin Ward Richardson's celebrated address before the Health Department of the Social Science Congress at Brighton in 1875. Hygeia the name of Richardson gave his ideal city in which he told of what a city should be if sanitary science were advanced in a proper manner. His Hygeia--a city of health--illustrates one of the influences that gave rise to the modern planning movement in Britain and elsewhere. Concerned little or not at all with the aesthetic aspects of city planning as seen by most architects Richardson concentrated his imagination and scholarship on defining the conditions required for urban services and facilities that would maximize the health of its residents and thus enhance the quality of their lives. Modern Sanitary Science--A City Of Health Cornell University. London : Macmillan hardcover
