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2004162143Silver Spring MD: Adventure House 2004. Large octavo pp. 1-9 10-111 112 numerous illustrations most in color pictorial wrappers. First edition. A fine copy. #162143 Adventure House unknown books
192456810London: Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Physical Society of London 1924. 8vo pp. 383-398; original printed wrappers. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Physical Society of London Vol. 36 Part 5 August 15 1924. <br/><br/> Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Physical Society of London unknown books
192456797London: Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Physical Society of London 1924. 8vo pp. 383-398; original tan printed wrappers. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Physical Society of London Vol. 36 Part 5. August 15 1924. <br/><br/> Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Physical Society of London unknown books
1854WRCAM54205London 1854. xi11711 erratapp. plus thirty-three mounted lithographic plates seventeen double- page. Half title bound after the titlepage. Quarto. 20th-century half polished calf and marbled boards spine gilt leather label. Minor scuffing to boards. Modern bookplate on front pastedown light occasional foxing. Very good. The first edition of this zoological publication from the voyage of the Herald with descriptions of fossil bones from Eschscholtz Bay. The first part of this work appeared in 1852; in 1854 it was completed and issued with a new titlepage. The lithographs depict all manner of mammalian fossils including full skeletons of the bighorn and musk-bull and detailed illustrations of their parts with skulls spinal bones and more. Also includes three excellent plates featuring lizards and six of various fish. Rare; not in Hill or ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. <br> <br> "Sir John Richardson was a distinguished British naturalist and arctic explorer. In 1819 he was appointed surgeon and naturalist to Franklin's first arctic expedition and subsequently to the second. The scientific results of these expeditions he described in contributions to Franklin's NARRATIVES. He also wrote the natural history accounts of several other arctic voyages. The present work is one of these." - Lada-Mocarski. FORBES 2049. LADA-MOCARSKI 139. SABIN 71033. hardcover books
1939WRCLIT23209London: Heinemann 1939. Gilt cloth. First edition. Edges lightly dustmarked else fine in faintly tanned dust jacket with wraparound band. Heinemann hardcover books
1991151433N.p.: N.p. 1991. Fourth Draft script for the 1992 film. <br/><br/>An international chase ensues in pursuit of the most valuable bottle of wine in history bottled in the year of the Great Comet of 1811. <br/><br/>Shot on location in France Scotland and England. <br/><br/>Self front wrapper integral with title page dated February '91 noted as Fourth draft with credits for screenwriter William Goldman. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine back wrapper Very Good plus with light dampstains on bottom left bound with two gold brads. N.p. 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
19448827Detroit MI: Detroit Institute of Arts 1944. Softcover. VG. Pink wraps. 35 pp. 28 bw plates. Catalogue by E.P. Richardson is organized by theme each section having introductory text and annotations on the 97 works: national leaders elegance and romantic beauty talent character national life poetic revery fantasy and idyll religion animals & birds still life wilderness continent seas & ships cities pastoral landscapes exotic landscapes and the human scene. Includes an index of 43 artists. Published to accompany the exhibition held in Detroit MI: Detroit Institute of Arts Dec. 28 1944 to Jan. 28 1945. Detroit Institute of Arts unknown books
17921380941792. A New Edition Corrected with the Additions of An Essay on the Knowledge of Prints and Cautions to Collectors. Hardcover. G Marks from a variety of previous owners; some foxing to select pages; book block must have been rebound once and only 9 of the 12 original plates on pink paper were stitched in as part of that process. Comparing this copy to a scanned one shows that the missing images are of Pietro da Cortona Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony Van Dyck. Three-quarters brown & white paper boards with brown leather corners and spine gilt letters on spine gilt top edges 287 pp. 9 of expected 12 BW plates. Title on spine: Richardson on Painting. A later reprint of essays first written by Jonathan Richardson 1667-1745 in the early 1700s and considered to be the first such writings in English which addressed artistic theory. Enhanced by occasional BW plates of representative artists. A classic. hardcover books
26040RICHARDSON Jonathan. STRAWBERRY HILL PRESS RICHARDSON Jonathan. THE WOR OF JONATHAN RICHARDSON. Strawberry Hill: T. and J. Egerton and others 1792. 4to. Contemporary vell spine marbled boards. ii 287 pages 12 plates. First edition. This is an unsophisticated uncut copy of original Strawberry Hill edition of this famous work a great influence on the classical school of painting in England specifically William Hogarth and Sir Joshua Reynolds. Richardson's works were popular in early America and were in the library of Thomas Jefferson. A forgery of this edition was also published in 1792 identified plates portraits of old masters on tinted pink paper and the omission of th binder's instruction for the plates. With a few pencil notations throughout. very scarce book rare in original boards which are heavily rubbed. unknown books
26038RICHARDSON Jonathan. THE WORKS OF JONATHAN RICHARDSON. London: T. and J. Egerton and others 1792. 4to. Contemporary red morocco l 287 pages 12 plates. First edition. Hazen pages 65 and 83. Richardson's work was the basis for the classical school of painting in Engla and he influenced both William Hogarth and Sir Joshua Reynolds. The spine la advertises this as "Supplement to Walpole's Painters." This edition has the Strawberry-Hill Press vignette device on the title page but was not printed b Walpole See Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press for details. The plates are of the great masters in painting and are on pink tinted paper. Previous owner's signature. Very good. unknown books
19399009061Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1939. 1st. Hardcover. Fine Condition. With 174 black and white illustrations. In publisher's original blue covers with gilt border and spine titling. <br/><br/> Harvard University Press hardcover books
1939118672Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1939. Hardbound. VG clean and tight but for very small stamp from museum lib. on ffep. Navy cloth with gold lettering and border; 204 pp. with 174 bw illustrations. Harvard University Press unknown books
198678644London: Socialist Platform 1986. Paperback. xiv 252p. wraps illus. very good condition. Socialist Platform paperback books
186118388London: Richardson & Company 1861. First Printing. Cloth. Fair. First Printing. 3- publisher ads count includes front pastedown and endpaper foldout leaf with Plates I & II 1 leaf Plate IV i-vi 1 leaf Plate VI vii-viii 2 leaves Plates III and VII ix-xi 1-general contents 11 - "PART I" 1 - "PART II FOREIGN VESSELS OF WAR The list of the French Navy being no longer published this Part cannot be continued" 2 leaves plate V 154 last leaf apparently an insert with additional information on front verso blank - "PART III MERCHANT VESSELS" 2 - "BRITISH MERCHANT VESSELS OFFICIAL NUMBERS &c" 72 last blank - "PART IV LIGHTHOUSES HEADLANDS PORTS and HARBOURS ." 85 - "PART V MEM. - Several New ." 51 "PART VI VOCABULARY ." 2 "ADMIRALTY NOTICE" 10 - "LIST OF AGENTS TO LLOYD'S" bottom of last page with printer imprint 2 - "ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY'S DIRECTIONS FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE APPARENTLY DROWNED" this tipped onto rear endpaper pages. A total of 6 Parts. 2 xi 391 pages plus 7 plates Binding appears to be publishers cloth with blind stamped design quite faded and worn with amateur repair to corners and spine panel. Recent paper label on spine. Front board with gold title lettering and decorative border: "THE UNIVERSAL CODE OF SIGNALS MARRYAT RICHARDSON" also faded but readable. Front flyleaf crudely glued at the gutter first folding plate nearly torn in 2 at the fold repaired with archival tape. Binding still sound noting several signatures a bit "proud". A working man's copy and in it's original "patina'd" state. Front pastedown and endpaper publisher advertisements. Previous owner Haddock & Co St. Thomas stamped in several places another inked name/location on front flyleaf. Chips and creasing to front flyleaf no loss of text. 2 of the plates probably trimmed no apparent loss to content While there are no page numbers each section appears complete with numerical signals progressing page to page in an appropriate manner with no obvious gaps. All sections present per the "General Contents" page. While not aesthetically pleasing as a book the content signaling ship to ship was an important function in the days before other communication systems as evidenced by it's obviously used state. Cloth. This copy is dated 1861. The preface which is for the edition of 1856 notes that the original Inventor of the code of signals the late Captain Marryat produced his last edition in 1841. It further notes that six large Editions have been issued since "each greatly extended and improved". We don't know how many editions if any were produced between that 1856 edition and this 1861 edition. There is no specific edition noted in the book.<br/><br/>A scarce title with only 6 items for this publication date in OCLC not all complete. Richardson & Company unknown books
194530304Hartford: The Prospect Press 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tall hardbound 8vo. 77 pp. Bookplate from The Cae Lockwood & Brainard Company afixed to the front inside pastedown. A collection of beautiful Christmas stories set in the San Francisco Bay Area. Very good clean condition. The Prospect Press hardcover books
198119586London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1981. Paperback. viii 206p. very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Routledge & Kegan Paul paperback books
32387Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. NY 1934. 475 pages clothbound no jacket very good condition. . Other hardcover books
1967Z1571New York:: Macmillan 1967. 1967. First printing. 8vo. x 310 pp. Frontis. 107 numbered figs. index. Blue cloth silver stamped spine title; covers a bit soiled bottom corners bumped. Very good. An astronomer's comments on the work of: Baade Barnard Einstein Encke Goodricke Hall Halley Horrocks Huggins Janssen Lowell Newton Nicholson Roemer Schwabe and Tycho. Macmillan, (1967). hardcover books
1967118858New York: Macmillan 1967. hardcover. Frontis. 310pp. 8vo cloth d.w. New York: Macmillan 1967. Fine. The Men & Women Who Have Watched and Tried to Understand the Skies.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
192956803London: Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society 1929. 8vo pp. 2 51-88; original green printed wrappers. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society A Vol. 124 1929. <br/><br/> Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society unknown books
190543688London: Longmans Green and Co 1905. First Edition. Octavo. Purple cloth boards; 334pp. Binding age-spotted and faded with a bit of fraying at crown of spine; internally clean tight and unmarked. Words arranged by Westcott set to music by A. Madeley Richardson organist and director of the choir at the Collegiate Church of Southwark. Though somewhat aged externally still a serviceable internally fine copy. Longmans, Green and Co unknown books
1999180067New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1999. Hardcover. VG. light edge-wear to lower covers & corners. dustjacket has scuffs to back cover. grey boards w/ debossed initial printing & black quarter spinel w/ silver printing. illustrated pastdowns & flyleafs. 319 pgs w/ 124 bw illustrations. glossy bw illustrated & red dustjacket. Tightly bound. Appear lightly read. A very nice copy. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
31878Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition London 1925. Very good in badly chipped dust jacket. . Other hardcover books
19339027363London: Batsford 1933. Hardcover. Very good. A reissue of the 1925 edition. Former non-circulating library copy with numbers on spine and perforation on title page. Bound in publisher's original dark green cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt Top edge dark green. Moderate overall wear. Text block is tight. Profusely illustrated with drawings and photographs throughout. <br/><br/> Batsford hardcover books
