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1876616244Boston: Roberts Brothers 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition Issued anonymously in the No Name Series of novels. 12mo. Black cloth titled and decorated in red. Contemporary gift inscription spine cocked a little nicking at the crown about very good. Roberts Brothers hardcover
1896314069Wakefield Mass: Privately Printed 1896. First edition. With photographic plates and illustrations in text. 33 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth gilt t.e.g. Spine a bit dull and soiled at foot. Very Good. First edition. With photographic plates and illustrations in text. 33 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "An account of a fishing party in verse" Bruns also known as Dreams and Chronicles. The fishing trip on Great East Lake took place in "the seventh year of the reign of Grover when the voice of the frog was known throughout the land."<br /> <br /> Dedicated to the members of the Hopewell Club who are identified in the preface; with an additional poem "To Frank Hopewell" laid in dated May 17 1895 Goodall Camp. Wetzel p. 168; Bruns J83; Heller 2:1030 Privately Printed unknown
1894314068Wakefield Mass: Privately Printed 1894. First edition. Illustrated with plates vignettes in text. 36 2pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. Very good plus. First edition. Illustrated with plates vignettes in text. 36 2pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Angling verseabout fishing at Camp Goodall Maine dedicated to Frank Hopewell who is the leading figure in the Hopewell Club and Joyce's later volume Dreams ca. 1896. Wetzel p. 168; Bruns J84; Heller 2:1029. Wetzel p. 168; Bruns J84; Heller 2:1029 <br/><br/> Privately Printed hardcover
1804AQ21202Cambridge: Printed by and for B. Flower 1804. 324pp. Modern morocco-backed marbled boards gilt. Slightly rubbed to extremities occasional marking else a crisp unpressed and generously margined copy displaying several untrimmed fore-edges and some marginal paper flaws. With occasional neat early underlining of key passages suggesting a close reading a handful of single-word manuscript translations into French early ink-stamps of Wm. McKendrick to early blank preceding title and following leaf and later ink inscription to modern blank fly. The second edition of the first work of economics in English consciously intended to be used as a textbook: as the author himself notes in a preliminary 'advertisement' the work was to be 'found convenient as a text book in those institutions of liberal education in which the "Wealth of Nations" makes an essential branch of their letters'. A lucid abridgement by English radical Jeremiah Joyce 1763-1816 of Scottish philosopher Adam Smith's monumental Wealth of nations it condensed the two thick quartos of the original edition London 1776 or the by then well known bulky triple-decker octavo editions of the late eighteenth century into a single convenient octavo volume. Mizuta 82. Second edition. 8vo. Printed by and for B. Flower hardcover
182155104London:: Printed for G. & W. B. Whittaker 1821. The Third Edition. original boards; green cloth spine with printed paper label. . Spine sunned; spine label tanned; but a beautiful copy in original condition. 12mo. Printed for G. & W. B. Whittaker, hardcover
1802vs011.023GB: J Johnson 1802. V1&2 2nd edn 1803; V3&4 1st 1802; V5&6 1st 1805; 143 x 90 mm. Six matching volumes all with armorial bookplate of Joseph Laycock.Full leather with twin title labels. Front cover of v1 is DETACHED. Else set is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1300g. . Hardback. VG-/No DW. J Johnson Hardcover
189516075Washington DC: Gibson Brothers 1895. 1st edition. Presentation copy. Red cloth binding with gilt spine lettering & boards ruled in blind. A VG copy bit of spine sunning/light soil to cloth. 245 pp. Frontis of Joyce. 12mo. 5" x 7 3/8" <br/><br/>Armstrong a respected member of the Confederate miliatary senior guard having served with Polk & Jackson. Long laudatory inscription from Joyce to Armstrong on the ffep: "Inscribed to / Genl Frank C. / Armstrong with / the respect that / a genuine soldier / of the "Blue" has / for a genuine / soldier of the "Gray" / John A. Joyce / Author / Washington D.C. / Nov. 25th 1895". Gibson Brothers hardcover books
18916968Leipzig Germany; Trieste: Tauchnitz 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. Stanislaus Joyce's copy inscribed by him presumably in Triests where he shared lodgings with his brother James Joyce. Black textured cloth binding presumed to be a mid twentieth century rebind gilt spine lettering; original pastedowns laid down at either end of the small format Tauchnitz imprint - 15x11cm. Browning to paper stock which has become brittle with small loss to upper margins of the contents and two subsequent leaves. Short tape repair to foreedge of page 33: this is a book which has been valued for a long time. Stanislaus Joyce has written his name in black ink at the head of the half-title. There are no further annotations to the book but a small ink blot in the margin of page 27 suggesting that it was read with pen in hand. It was in 1905 that Stanislaus Joyce 1884-1955 joined his brother James Joyce's household in Trieste where the brothers shared ideas and books. While in Trieste James Joyce completed Dubliners a second version of Chamber Music and he started to work on Exiles and on the novel Ulysses that would finally make his name. This title does not appear among the known catalogue lists of James Joyce's library. pp 278. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1891 Tauchnitz hardcover
1884UCROREP00lawJ.C. Graham & Co 1884. Fair. Crocheron Augusta Joyce. Representative Women of Deseret: A Book of Biographical Sketches to Accompany the Picture Bearing the Same Title. Salt Lake City: J.C. Graham & Co 1884. 131pp. 12mo. Book condition: Fair with lightly rubbed and soiled extremities. Black cloth repair to spine with neatly painted white lettering. Front hinge cracked but just holing near head. Front gathering loose. Contemporary owner's bookplate and bookplate of owner in 1954 on front pastedown. A few SLC Public Library marks throughout. J.C. Graham & Co hardcover books
1891H22926Chicago: Skandinavens Boghande 1891. Hardcover. Good. Small 8vo publisher's green cloth good with some general wear text tanned stamp of a public library on the title page pocket on rear pastedown ownership signature of a Hans Rasmussen in Minneapolis. "Dick Donovan" was a journalist pulp fiction writer etc. his real name being Joyce Emmerson Preston Muddock. This largely fictional autobiography was first published in 1889; this would appear to be the first translation into Danish for the immigrants of the upper Midwest. Rare; OCLC records only the 1892 edition - 4 of them in libraries. Skandinavens Boghande hardcover
189913741London: Chatto & Windus 1899. First edition. Bookseller blind stamp WH Smith to upper corner of front free endpaper offsetting to endpapers some moderate foxing mild rubbing to cloth at corner tips and spine edges two small spots to rear cover a very good copy of a scarce book. 13741. Octavo pp. 1-8 1 2-325 326: blank 327: publisher's device 328: blank 32-page catalogue dated "Sept. 1899" inserted at rear original burgundy cloth front panel stamped in tan white and black spine panel stamped in gold fore and bottom edges untrimmed. "Wonderfully lurid sensational horror stories in full-blooded manner of Victorian melodrama; story titles such as 'The Corpse Light' 'The Cave of Blood' and 'A Night of Horror' say it all." - Robert Knowlton. Reference: Ashley Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction p. 68. Barron ed Horror Literature 2-70. Sullivan ed The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural p. 130. Tymn ed Horror Literature 3-66. Wilson Shadows in the Attic p. 192. Bleiler 1978 p. 62. Reginald 10482. Not in Wolff. Chatto & Windus unknown
190048461London: Chatto & Windus 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 8vo. Pp. 287 no publisher's catalogue. Blue decorated cloth with white lettering to the front cover gilt spine lettering. Some loss to white picture to the front cover dulled spine with light rubbing to the spine ends light foxing throughout but overall clean and the binding tight but slightly cocked. Nice copy overall scarce. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1845s336.004GB: S Johnson Manchester 1845. 136 x 84 mm. 536 pages. Brown publisher's cloth gilt. with highly ornate spine. HEAVY SPOTTING/BROWNING AT START. Else Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . Hardback. VG-/No DW. S Johnson (Manchester) Hardcover
1828849F14London: Baldwin and Cradock 1828 . Leather. Very Good. 6" by 4". None. A smart set of early nineteenth century educational scientific works aimed at the 'Entertainment of Young People'. Five volumes only of the seven volume 1828 'New Edition' of the scientific dialogues of educator and Unitarian minister Jeremiah Joyce.Consisting of volumes II to VI: Vol. II Astronomy; Vol. III Hydrostatics; Vol. IV Pneumatics; Vol. V Optics and Magnetism and Vol. VI Electricity.A wonderfully informative introduction to various scientific subjects published with the intention of igniting an interest in such subjects in the young.With numerous vignette illustrations.Former owner's illustrations to head of front boards. In quarter morocco bindings with marbled paper covered boards. Fading to back strips with minor losses to back strip heads. Rubbing to boards. Former owner's inscriptions to head of each front board. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright with only the odd spot. Very Good Baldwin and Cradock hardcover
1883015841Chicago: S.P. Rounds Jr. 1883. First Edition. Octavo. Review copy from the publisher with review slip tipped in portrait frontispiece with tissue guard 318pp. bound in an olive cloth decorated with a black checkerboard spine lettering gilt floral endpapers. rub through to one corner edges rubbed. The author served in the 24th Kentucky Infantry to the West Mormons later he served a prison term with members of the Reno Gang of train robbers.Six-guns-1203. S.P. Rounds, Jr. unknown books
189687732London:: Methuen & Co. Very Good. 1896. Hardcover. With two chapters by G. R. Sinclair. First edition. INSCRIBED by the author in 1898. Octavo bound in dark green cloth with gilt lettering and design. Light edge wear to boards foxing to edges endpapers and title page else very good. ; 278 pages . Methuen & Co., hardcover books
189634060London: Methuen 1896. 278 pp. Binding worn. Minor foxing. Inscription to front free endpaper. Methuen unknown books
185074701Trieste: Favarger 1850. Hardcover. Good. viii 241p. Contemporary boards. 16cm. Backstrip chipped at ends and heavily rubbed as are cover extremities. Former owner's name. Relatively light stain in upper right corner throughout along with some foxing. Page 178 refers to an illustration which according to the Introduction had to be omitted. <br/><br/> Favarger hardcover books
182145395London 1821. hardcover. very good. 24 engraved plates. 7 vols. 18mo. Contemporary 1/2 black morocco marbled boards rubbed. London: Baldwin Cradock & Joy 1821. Very good.<br/><br/> Ambitious guide for Regency youngsters the volumes covering Mechanics Astronomy Hydrostatics Pneumatics Optics & Magnetism Electricity and Vol. VII dated 1824 the "Companion" of examination questions etc. New Edition with Additions & Improvements.<br/><br/> unknown books
189553612Washington DC 1895. First edition. 12mo. 245 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Joyce served in the 24th Kentucky U.S. Infantry here recounting his experiences at Shiloh and with Burnside in East Tennessee along with other activities from the western theater. Original blue cloth gilt spine title. Very good. <br/><br/> hardcover books
190059714Washington: The Neale Company. Very Good. 1900. Hardcover. Author inscribed scarce. 72 pages covers are just slightly scuffed otherwise very good. . The Neale Company hardcover books
189858412London: Longmans Green 1898. 7th edition. 8vo pp. 589 538. Bound in green cloth a very good tight set. This set was later expanded to 3 volumes. Patrick Weston Joyce 1827 - 1914 was an Irish historian writer and music collector known particularly for his research in local place names of Ireland. Longmans, Green unknown books
187968923Boston: Roberts Brothers. Very Good-. 1879. Hardcover. Joyce Robert D. BLANID. Boston: Roberts Brothers 1879. Signed by Joyce on the half title page. 249 pages 7 ¼ x 5 green cloth covers with gilt printing. The covers are slightly soiled with rubbed spine ends and corners. The front hinge is starting but the contents are bright and complete. Near Very Good. . Roberts Brothers hardcover books
1896314069Wakefield Mass: Privately Printed 1896. First edition. With photographic plates and illustrations in text. 33 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth gilt t.e.g. Spine a bit dull and soiled at foot. Very Good. First edition. With photographic plates and illustrations in text. 33 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "An account of a fishing party in verse" Bruns also known as Dreams and Chronicles. The fishing trip on Great East Lake took place in "the seventh year of the reign of Grover when the voice of the frog was known throughout the land."<br/><br/>Dedicated to the members of the Hopewell Club who are identified in the preface; with an additional poem "To Frank Hopewell" laid in dated May 17 1895 Goodall Camp. Wetzel p. 168; Bruns J83; Heller 2:1030 Privately Printed unknown books
18219777<p>G. & W. B. Whittaker. London. 1821. THIRD EDITION. 12mo. 7.8 x 4.7 inches. xii 395pp. A very good clean copy in the original publishers paper covered boards. Pages untrimmed. Chipping to the edges of the original printed paper label on spine. Previous owner has covered the spine and board edges with white paper which is chipped and showing loss which allows the original printed label to be seen. Board edges a bit rubbed and bumped. An uncommon survivor in any condition but in the original publishers boards even more so.</p> G. & W. B. Whittaker. London. 1821 hardcover