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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
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
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
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
18838040<p>INSCRIBED by the author in 1909 ffep. No dj. Very Good book for age comes in custom made slipcase.</p> S.P. Rounds hardcover
1883003502Chicago: S.P. Rounds Jr. 1883 Book. Illus. by Portrait Front. Good Plus. Hardcover. First No Additional printings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original yellow cloth decorated in black in checkerboard motif on boards. Author served in 24th Kentucky Infantry during the Civil War and was a poet of some reknown. Book is lightly soiled and worn outside and has a thumb-sized hole through one preliminary leaf. Leaf-patterned endpapers. Interior clean and easily-readable. A Checkered Life has 300 pp. Poetic Waifs has 18 pp. S.P. Rounds, Jr. hardcover
1900930034Washington DC: Neale Publishing Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. 193pp. A collection of poetry much of it with a Civil War theme. Front inner hinge has splits but appears repaired and tight. The rear inner hinge may have been repaired as well but there is not visible splitting. Internally clean and tight. The green cloth is lightly soiled and spotted and the gold lettering and decoration is faded. ; 8vo . Neale Publishing Company hardcover
189530403Washington DC: Gibson Brothers 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 2 245 pages 2. Frontispiece portrait. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Cloth binding is rubbed in spots. Light edge wear to cloth. 1895 pencil inscription by the author written on right front flyleaf. Contents include author's Civil War observations politicians writers etc. Gibson Brothers hardcover
1895582Washington D. C.: Gibson Brothers. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Some rubbing and light spotting to cloth rear endpapers have a couple of small spots textually clean and crisp binding solid. ; Original green cloth photographic frontispiece portrait of John A. Joyce FULL PAGE INSCRIPTION ON FRONT ENDPAPER SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 245 pages; Signed by Author . Gibson Brothers hardcover
189625338Washington D. C.: Gibson Bros. 1896. Book. Good. Red Cloth. Inscribed by Authors. Second Edition. 245 pages 12mo inscribed by the author to L. M. Taylor on the flyleaf includes Taylor's bookplate showing he was 33 degree Mason is on the inside cover includes illustrations some looseness to the pages and binding some soiling and water marking to the cover some light wear to the cover edges otherwise a clean tight copy. Gibson Bros. Hardcover
1896003853Washington D.C.: Gibson Bros. 1896. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. Signed by Authors. Second Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Historical sketches of military and other heroes most relating to Civil War including Lyon Jackson Fletcher Bair Farragut Porter Sheridan Sherman Grant Roscoe Conkling Samuel Sullivan Cox George D. Prentice Parson Brownlow Father Ryan and Henry Stanton Breckinridge Gen. Nathaniel Bedford Forrest "Corp." Tanner Battle of Shiloh and Louisville Burnside in East Tennessee Jim Nelson in Georgia Iowa etc. Red cloth ornate gilt lettering. 245 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates. Light surface wear cloth a bit flecked along edges and on back strip. "Inscribed to Mr. Jos. M. Frank with the friendship of the author John A. Joyce Washington D.C. July 13 1906" on front flyleaf. Gibson Bros. Hardcover
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
18939780306Richard Bentley and Son 1893. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. 8vo red cloth binding. Heavy shelf wear with tearing chipping and fraying to spine. Discolouration to boards bumped corners. Both hinges split some pages coming loose. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1050grams ISBN: Richard Bentley and Son hardcover
18933959279Richard Bentley & Son 1893. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. 8vo. Rebound. Original red cloth binding is rebound onto cloth. Bumped and frayed corners. Yellowing pages. Loosely bound. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1050grams ISBN: Richard Bentley & Son hardcover
1893522283London: Richard Bentley and Son 1893. Hardcover without dust jacket. Former library copy with stamps and stickers to front pastedown and FEP and penned notation to reverse of title page and to spine. Red cloth board edges are worn and bumped at corners red leather spine is rubbed and worn at ends and down the main section. Faint marks to front and rear boards bumps to rear leading edge. Endpages are lightly foxed annotations in pencil and marks on a few pages internally. Pages remain sound and text is clear throughout. AD. Hardcover. Good. Used. Richard Bentley and Son Hardcover
1829c1952London: Longman Rees Orme Brown & Green. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Some foxing. 1829. 5th Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 170mm x 110mm 7" x 4". 341pp plates. 4 b/w plates vignettes. . Longman, Rees, Orme Brown, & Green hardcover