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1999243135Tallahassee: Naiad Press 1999. Paperback. 167p. very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Lesbian detective in Toronto. Naiad Press paperback books
1994146140Greensboro North Carolina: University of North Carolina at Greensboro 1994. Softcover. VG museum gallery stamp on title page. Color illustrated wraps; 24 pp.; 1 figure 7 color plates. Accompanied an exhibition that appeared at the Weatherspoon Art Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton New York in 1994. Includes an essay by Trevor Richardson. University of North Carolina at Greensboro unknown books
2005158843The Art Gallery University of Maryland 2005. Softcover. VG- Tanning slightly around edges; few marks on tp as ex-gallery otherwise clean. White & illus. stapled wraps 20 pp. color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2005 exhibition of large metal sculptures and relevant drawings crafted by British-born American sculptor Andrew Dunnill 1967-2016. With an essay by Trevor Richardson and an intro by Scott Habes. Includes a chronology with exhibitions history. The checklist cites 12 pieces and most are pictured here. Uncommon. The Art Gallery, University of Maryland unknown books
2005125497Maryland: University of Maryland 2005. Softbound. VG. White and color pictorial wraps unpaginated approx 20pp 11 color plates. Accompanying catalog for an exhibition in the Art Gallery and Department of Art University of Maryland. Includes a brief essay on the artist and multiple plates of the work exhibited. University of Maryland unknown books
19676119Adelaide: Rigby Limited. Good in Good dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. In conjunction with R. S. Whitington. A later printing. Previous owner's name on verso of front free endpaper and verso of half-title page else good in a good minor edge wear and chipping dust jacket. . Rigby Limited hardcover books
18081259637Boston: Munroe Francis & Parker 1808. First edition. 12mo in brown leather with burgundy frame on spine; VG; moderate soiling and fraying on boards; strong binding; ex-libris plate inside front board; open gutter in front; end pages stained; pages wobbling with offsetting and occasional foxing not detrimental to text; text clean and in tight print; pp. 187; shelved in front door case. 1259637. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Munroe, Francis & Parker unknown books
1902036817London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1902. With 28 coloured pictrues by Gerard Sichel. 123 3p. 28 colored illud. original blue cloth The Oogley OO books 2. Swan Sonnenschein & Co unknown books
1904M11648London:: J. & A. Churchill 1904. 1904. 8vo. xii 121 pp. 46 figs. on plates. Red cloth gilt-stamped cover and spine titles. Ex-library bookplate with embossed stamp on title spine call number painted over. Very good. J. & A. Churchill, 1904. hardcover books
1858302Boston: Higgins Bradley & Dayton 1858. 8vo. 200 x 120 mm. 8 x 5 inches. xxv 9-345 pp. plus 17 pp. directory of leather companies; same collation as Sabin and the copy at the University of Delaware. Original brown cloth title in gilt on spine; cloth boards discolored otherwise a sound and attractive copy. First and only edition. Encyclopedic work on the leather and shoe trade that includes detailed historical information of the manufacture of boots and shoes. Richardson text also acts as a guide or manual to techniques of the trade and offer opinions on the machinery required for fine finished products. He includes information on both English and French styles of shoes and provides patterns for manufacture. Reviewed at the time by G. S. Hillard and called "an interesting and instructive book." Sabin 71096. Allibone Critical Dictionary of English Literature II p. 1801. 302. Higgins, Bradley & Dayton unknown books
1976S8108New York:: Macmillan 1976. 1976. 8vo. xi 259 pp. Figs. Pictorial wrappers. FINE. Macmillan, (1976). unknown books
1921SKU1008247Ohio: Paine Publishing Co. Dayton Ohio 1921. PAMPHLET. Good. 1921 Softcover Pamphlet Minor wear to paper and cover Name written on front cover pencil notation on first page- no other marks or notes good binding Scarce title. Paine Publishing Co., Dayton, Ohio unknown books
196162777Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press 1961. First edition. 8vo. xvi 542pp. Blue cloth with silver stamping on spine with red white and blue dust jacket. Little spotting on top edge else very good. <br/><br/> Louisiana State University Press hardcover books
196871211New York: Da Capo Press 1968. Hardcover. Good. xvi 478p. Red cloth. 22cm. Backstrip faded and somewhat soiled. Page corner creased in first half of book. No Jacket. Reprint of the London edition of 1784. <br/><br/> Da Capo Press hardcover books
1812012933London: Printed for Samuel Bagster 1812. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Sixth edition. Octavo 8vo. x 448 pages of text. Hardcover: leather spine and corners are moderately rubbed and worn; decorative cloth covered boards. Attractive leather spine label. Minor foxing to first and final pages of text. Previous owner's stamp neatly on a front endpaper. Minor pencil marginalia. From the collection of Louis Marder Shakespeare historian and collector of books by on or referring to William Shakespeare. Printed for Samuel Bagster Hardcover books
2575Richardson William. Large Political Campaign Banner. Brooklyn: Union Print 1875. Banner measuring 31¼" x 41½" printed on cloth in blue ink. Very good: old folds a few small circular stains and a 2" x 2½" stain around the "i" in "Richardson. " William Richardson was a Brooklyn businessman and politician. In 1872 he was able to convert his lease on the Atlantic Avenue East New York and Greenwood Railroad into full ownership and created the Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company which he ran and owned for the next 20 years. According to a short biography in the finding aid to his papers at the Brooklyn Historical Society he was "elected to serve two terms as Alderman for Brooklyn's 22nd Ward from 1870-1874 . . . And was regarded as a lieutenant of Republican boss Benjamin Tracy who was an officer of the Atlantic Avenue Railroad. " This is an enormous banner measuring two and half feet by three and a half feet promoting his unsuccessful run for state senate in 1875. This item is offered by Langdon Manor Books LLC antiquarian booksellers. Please do not hesitate to contact us for additional information and/or photos and we will respond promptly. We package our items carefully ship daily and have a no hassle returns policy--your satisfaction is guaranteed. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America ABAA the International League of Antiquarian Booksllers ILAB and the Independent Online Booksellers Association IOBA and adhere to their rules of ethics. unknown books
647034 pp. 8vo attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards spine gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. Dublin: W. Porter 1809. First edition and quite rare. Richardson 1740-1820 political activist and geologist devoted his final years to agricultural research. He "experimented with sixteen grasses as described in An Elementary Treatise on the Indigenous Grasses of Ireland 1806. From 1808 he was a zealous advocate of fiorin grass Gaelic fioreann Agrostis stolonifera L as food for animals a preventive of famine and a means of abating the poor laws. He believed it to be the most nutritious of grasses with the advantages of late growth and harvesting; he pressed for its universal cultivation."-ODNB. Richardson believed fiorin grass should be planted on the various bogs of Ireland as a way of reclaiming the land and making it useful. He provides a most interesting description of the kinds of bogs in Ireland: moor softer moor red bog black bog and shaking quagmire; he recommends fiorin grass be planted on each. Cropped presentation inscription on title from the author. Fine copy. ❧ Fussell III pp. 60-62. hardcover books
1803SS13456Dublin:: Graisberry and Campbell 1803. 1803. 4to. Article: 21-43 pp. 2 engraved plates of giant's causeway. WE OFFER: whole volume: 487 172 7 pp. Various engraved plates articles; occasional light foxing. Original half calf marbled boards; spine a remnant. AS IS. Content is very good. FIRST EDITION. Study of the geology of Whynn's Dykes in Ireland with 2 beautiful engraved plates of the geological area discussed. William Richardson was born at the Manse in Aberfoyle Stirling Scotland on 1 October 1743 the first son of the Rev. James Richardson. He received his MA from the University of Glasgow Scotland in 1763 and attended a few sessions in Divinity before abandoning the idea of entering the Church. For four years he was tutor to the sons of Lord Cathcart and then secretary to His Lordship while Ambassador at St Petersburg. He became Professor of Humanity at the University of Glasgow in 1773 a post he held until 1814. His published writings include the following: Poems; Analyses of Shakespeare's characters; a tragedy; a lyrical drama; Anecdotes of the Russian Empire; contributions to The Lounger The Mirror and The Edinburgh Magazine and Review; and an essay on Celtic Superstition. He died unmarried on 3 November 1814. University of Glasgow Archive Services. His papers are preserved at the University of Glasgow. Graisberry and Campbell, 1803. hardcover books
1848WRCAM54899Baltimore: John W. Woods Printer 1848. 96pp. plus three wood-engraved plates including frontispiece one in-text illustration and a facsimile manuscript. Modern morocco in an antique style spine gilt raised bands edges tooled in gilt. Contemporary institutional gift inscription on front free endpaper. Occasional light foxing. A very good copy. Second edition after the very rare first edition of the previous year of this important Wagner-Camp and Mexican-American War title. This second edition remains quite rare and is seldom met with in commerce. Richardson enlisted as a mounted volunteer due to patriotism engendered on the 4th of July in Carrollton Missouri. He took part in Doniphan's expedition over the Santa Fe Trail in the fall of 1846 heading south to El Paso by the first of the New Year then on to Chihuahua and eventually to Matamoros where the command shipped by boat to New Orleans. By July 10 Richardson was back home in Anne Arundel County Maryland and the first edition of his fascinating journal was published before the end of 1847 in the nearest city Baltimore. <br> <br> An important and well-written account of overland travel along the Santa Fe Trail during the Mexican-American War. GARRETT p.153. GRAFF FIFTY TEXAS RARITIES 33 1st ed. WAGNER-CAMP 137:2. CLARK II:164. HOWES R262 "aa." TUTOROW 2630. GRAFF 3496 1st ed. RITTENHOUSE 480 note. SABIN 71093. John W. Woods, Printer hardcover books
19386237Jersey City: The New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Company 1938. First edition. Good. 26 cm; 69 pages and folding facsimile. Bound in cream boards with paper title label. Dusty with a bit of shelf-wear but sound and entire. The New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Company hardcover books
200373737New York: Fordham University Press 2003. Trade paperback. Fine. Fourth Edition. Octavo: 776 p. Original paper wrappers. A fine unread copy. Fordham University Press unknown books
1839699401839. Richardson William M. 1774-1838. Life of William M. Richardson LL.D Late Chief Justice of the Superior Court in New Hamshire. Concord: Israel S. Boyd and William White 1839. vi 90 pp. 12mo. 6-1/2" x 4". Original blind-stamped cloth gilt title to front board paper shelf label to spine. Light shelfwear some fading to spine owner inscription to front pastedown light toning and foxing to text. $15. unknown books
182456315Concord: Isaac Hill 1824. First edition 12mo pp. 320; contemporary full sheep red morocco label on spine; the sheep with the usual peeling flyleaves excised a couple leaves with closed tears large ink stain across pages 272 and 273 and permeating into adjacent pages but remarkably the text can still mostly be read; bookplate of Julius Arthur Brown and Helen Connor. American imprints 17823. <br/><br/> Isaac Hill unknown books
196525798Santa Barbara: Noel Young Printer 1965. First edition. 16 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. Poems. Santa Barbara: Noel Young, Printer, unknown books
197468585Santa Barbara: Capra Press 1974. First edition. 39 pp. Spine badly sunned else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Yes! Capra Chapbook Series Number #17. Santa Barbara: Capra Press, unknown books
184730338<p>quarto two page illustrated printed promotional circular letter describing and illustrating William H. Richardson's Patent Walking Cane Umbrellas formerly folded very good clean condition.</p> The printed letter from Richardson lithographed on the first page of the circular describes and promotes Richardson's umbrellas particularly his "Patent Walking Cane Umbrella." Richardson describes his manufactory which ran on steam power enabling him to make 1200 umbrellas a day or "between 7 and 8000 umbrellas per week". This enabled him to keep his costs low and ensure a low price for prospective purchasers. Richardson claimed his was "the only manufacturer in the United States using steam I have no fear that any can or will undersell me…" The circular states that umbrellas and parasols were 25 cents each. The illustration instructs the potential customer how to use the patent walking cane umbrella. books
