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1792227295London: Hookham and Carpenter 1792. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. xi iv 258 270 pp. Bound in marbled boards with leather spines and corners; decorated in gilt on the spines; headbands. The boards are worn and there is some chipping at the head and foot of the spines; each volume has a previous owner's name inside; the dedication page in Volume One is loose. The full title is: SELECT VIEWS OF THE LIFE REIGN AND CHARACTER OF FREDERICK THE GREAT - King of Prussia. Containing besides many profound Remarks on the prominent Features of the Reign and Character of that unrivalled Sovereign serving to Illustrate His Posthumous Works two very remarkable Letters of the Empress of Russia to the Author; a great Variety of Anecdotes relating to eminent political and literary Characters of Great Britain and other Countries; and also an authentic Exposition of the Origin and True Causes of the British Alliance with Prussia translated from the German of Dr de Zimmerman First Physician to His Britannic Majesty at Hanover Knight of the Russian Order of Wlodimir and Member of several Literary Societies by Major Neuman of the Nassau Guards. Hookham and Carpenter Hardcover
179754433T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies London 1797. Third Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Good Condition. Size: 12mo 6 3/4 - 7 3/4". 326 / 389 / 399 / 509 / 304pp. 5-volume set complete. Wear to spines. Some loss to title pieces. All boards remain attached except for rear board of Vol 3. Front board of vol 1 loosening. Foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's signature in ink. Ex-library with minimal stamps and markings Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre. Covers slightly worn. This set is published over the period 1796-7. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-5 kilos. Category: History; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54433. . This is a SET of books therefore heavier than a standard volume and will involve extra shipping charges to some countries. T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies hardcover
176742719J. Hinton and R. Baldwin London 1767. Second Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Poor Condition. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". 385 pp. One volume of the 2-volume set. Boards detached. End papers loose but present. Main text block remains firmly bound. Spine worn with slight loss to extremities. Foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. Edges browned. Ex-library with minimal stamps and markings. Covers worn. Corners bumped. Contains four fold-out maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Sweden; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 42719. . J. Hinton and R. Baldwin hardcover
17929389307E. Hodson 1792. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With owner's name inside cover. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Medium 8vo. Marbled boards with tan leather half binding. Gilt lettering borders and motifs on backstrip. Top section of backstrip of around two and a half inches is only just attached. Some moderate shelf wear to corners and edges. Striped head bands. Front hinge split. Frontispiece with some transference. Interior is secure clean and clear with faint foxing. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN: E. Hodson hardcover
17884149London England: G. G. J. and J. Robinson 1788. First English edition. Hardcover. VG/VG/VG/VG. 8vos. 380 352 424 336pp. 1/4 bound leather & brown cloth-covered boards with giltstamped title raised bands topedges gilt laidpaper B&W frontis. Early rebind. Corners rubbed light wear to joints and edges. Edgewear to interior and pages offset from previous binding. Pages toned and foxed. Binding tight. Scarce fourth volume present. Translated from the German by Holcroft. G. G. J. and J. Robinson hardcover
1788005070Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey 1788. Hardcover. Very Good. Nouvelle Edition plus complette que toutes les précédentes." 405 3 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary calf; modern spine repair with japanese tissue and gilt-tooled leather spine label. All page edges red. Woodcut tailpieces. Voltaire's satire about the life of Joan of Arc was banned in much of Europe and hence very popular. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed; spine repaired with japanese tissue; edges of first and last leaves darkened from glue used on fixed endpapers; some pages lightly browning; otherwise clean and tight. Marc-Michel Rey hardcover
18004837554J. Moore 1800. Volume 3. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With owner's name inside cover. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. Medium brown leather 8vo. Remains of eroded gilt borders and a small section of a gilt decorated black panel on backstrip. Bumped corners and fairly heavy shelf wear including chipping of backstrip. Ink blots on trimmed edges. Interior is secure clean and clear save for a fair amount of foxing and some age toning. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN: J. Moore hardcover
18004837555J. Moore 1800. Volume 3. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. Medium brown leather 8vo. Remains of eroded gilt border on backstrip. Bumped corners and fairly heavy shelf wear including chipping of backstrip and corners. Interior is secure clean and clear save for a fair amount of foxing and some age toning. A couple of pages have small pencil markings. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN: J. Moore hardcover
179152203James Phillips London 1791. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Size: 12mo 6 3/4 - 7 3/4". viii 425pp. Rebound with gilt titles to spine. Foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges browned. Ex-library with minimal stamps and markings Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre. Boards slightly bowed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Religion & Theology; England; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52203. . James Phillips hardcover
175354532J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper London 1753. Second Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Fair Condition. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". viii 469pp. Front hinge cracked. Rear joint mostly split board loosely held at base. Slight marking front/rear pages. Damp staining to outer margins of some pages at the middle of the book. Covers slightly worn. Corners bumped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Religion & Theology; England; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54532. . J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper hardcover
17557053050Charles Bathurst 1755. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Red cloth library binding scuffed and faded. Internally clean and tight. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN: Charles Bathurst, hardcover
1794021678Fleet Street: B. & J. White 1794. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece small thick quarto pp xxxviii 435 with the blindstamp of The Faversham Institute on the title page an ink name and address on the verso of the frontispiece has been cross-hatched out with the result thet the marking shows through to the plate the title page is a little age-toned the dedication leaf a little toned from an early insertion of a piece of paper otherwise this a remarkably clean and wide-margined copy bound in a recent full calf which has just slight signs of use. RARE. The subscribers' list accounts for just sixty copies. First English edition. Full Leather. Very Good. B. & J. White Hardcover
179527842London: James Phillips and Son 1795. Hardcover. 132pp; 144pp; v 36pp; 41pp 1p of advertisements. Modern brown half calf over marbled boards spine with four raised bands gold lettering and decorations. Old annotation with the titles contained in the book on the flyleaf mild scattered foxing. A near fine copy.; 12mo. James Phillips and Son hardcover
177410769London: For J. Dodsley. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1774. Second Edition. Hardcover. Four volume set full calf some hinges in need of repair edges rubbed title blocks missing. This set is in need of a binders help but is very scarce indeed. ; 8vo . For J. Dodsley hardcover
1787BOOKS055036ILondon: Printed for J. Dodsley 1787. HC. good full leather hardcover. frontis volume one. . TO HIS SON PHILIP STANHOPE ESQ; LATE ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AT THE COURT OF DRESDEN TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL OTHER PIECES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINALS BY MRS. EUGENIA STANHOPE. IN FOUR VOLUMES. THE NINTH EDITION: IN WHICH ARE INSERTED IN THEIR PROPER PLACES SEVERAL LETTERS THAT WERE WANTING AT THE TIME OF FIRST PUBLICATION." Volume 1 363pp; Volume 2 356pp; Volume 3 379pp; and Volume 4 346pp followed by a 62 page index. A very nice clean and tight set. Printed for J. Dodsley unknown
1707e9759London: David Mortimer. G : in good condition. Cover darkened. Some age toning. Lacks portrait. Book-plate on prelims. Small hole near top edge of fep. Text block firm. 1707. First Edition. Contemporary vellum. 210mm x 160mm 8" x 6". xviii462pp. Latin text. Contains 8 biographies: Jacobus Usserius; Joannes Cosinus; Henricus Briggius; Joannes Bainbridgius; Joannes Gravius; Petrus Junius; Patricius Junius and Joannes Dee. . David Mortimer hardcover
176626812Paris: Chez Lacombe 1766. Hardcover. Second edition after the one from 1765. Two volumes in one. xvi 246pp; 224pp. Recent green morocco spine with raised bands lettered and decorated in gold all edges stained red. The memoires of Father de Singlande military chaplain. Includes an account of the conquest of Corsica. Small faint stain to lower corner and tiny wormhole to margin affecting the last few leaves of volume I and the first few leaves of volume II; title page of volume one in facsimile. A clean near fine copy. ; 12mo. Chez Lacombe hardcover
1797004161New York: Isaac Collins 1797. Hardcover. Very Good -. xii 2 360 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Journal of Job Scott." Early American Imprints ser. 1 Evans 32810. Howes S-228. Old inscription running vertically on front board. Inscriptions on endpapers and blank adjacent leaves containing family records for former owner Samuel Davis 1766-1809 his wife Sarah Leedom Davis 1764-1806 Ruth Anna Davis 1801-1846 presumably their daughter her husband William Chandler 1787-1878 and their 10 children. Burials are noted as being "at the Valley" at Kennett Square and at Union Hill. Written in upper part of title page: "Friends' Boarding Haus Kennet Square Pa." Job Scott 1751-1793 was an American Quaker travelling minister. In Very Good- Condition: leather is rubbed; minor loss at spine ends; light soiling throughout; some page corners creased; a solid copy. Isaac Collins hardcover
179250943R. Jackson Dublin 1792. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Signed by persons connected with book. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". iv 435pp. Binding firm spine worn with chips to ends. Foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges foxed and browned. Covers worn. Corners bumped. Hannah Grubb's signature to title page. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Ireland; 18th century; Biography & Autobiography. Signed by persons connected with book. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50943. . R. Jackson hardcover
175654257Luke Hinde London 1756. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Fair Condition. Size: 12mo 6 3/4 - 7 3/4". viii 198pp. Front board loose. Rear board held in place with tape. Main text block firmly bound. Minor wear to spine with slight loss to ends. Scattered foxing but text mostly clean. Edges browned. Multiple copies available this title. Covers worn. Corners bumped. Quantity Available: 2. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Religion & Theology; England; 17th & 18th century; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54257. . Luke Hinde hardcover
17661125557619London: Printed for L. Hawes W. Clarke and R. Collins 1766. Book. Poor. Hardcover. 4th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. old calf full leather bindinggilt spine label 5 raised bands 279 pages Parallel Latin and English texts. ex lib copy with small 2 small stickers one front cover one spine covers are scuffed edges worn front cover startingink sigs on title page pencilings inside covers & on endpapers a reading copy only with clean text pages The history of the wars of Catiline and Jugurtha by Sallust with a free translation. To which is prefixed a large dissertation . also the life of Sallust by . Monsieur Le Clerc. By John Clarke.". Printed for L. Hawes, W. Clarke, and R. Collins, Hardcover
1760002464Bristol Eng: J. Grabham and W. Pine 1760. Very Good -. Printed by J. Grabham and W. Pine . . . and sold at the New-Room in the Horse-Fair; and at the Foundery near Upper-Moor-Fields London." The third edition. 65 sic 69 3 p.; 16 cm. Signatures: A-F6 12mo is 6s. Disbound from a larger volume. Typographic head-pieces and tail-pieces. Extracted from: The Holy Life of Monr. de Renty a Late Nobleman of France and Sometime Councellor to King Lewis the 13th. Written in French by John Baptist S. Jure and translated into English by E.S. Gent. London 1658. Cf. Green R. John & Charles Wesley. Errors in pagination: 62-69 misnumbered as 58-65. In Very Good- Condition: disbound; first leaf half title detached but present; light soiling throughout; otherwise solid. J. Grabham and W. Pine unknown
179620021James Phillips London 1796. 2nd edition. V.g./No Jacket. Full leather binding Significant corner wear to cover. Owner's bookplate. Light pencil notes on rear pastedown. Originally published in 2 vols. The author was a Quaker living in Dublin. James Phillips, London hardcover
1769W1335London: C. Bathurst et al. John Hearne 1769. 10 578 pages and xxiii 195 pages. Two books bound together in tan buckram in 1907. Both first editions--the Ruffhead book published in 1769; the Roscoe book published in 1825. SIGNED on the front endpaper by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn 1831-1917 the Concord Massachusetts author and educator who was a prominent supporter of the abolitioniat John Brown. Also signed on the first title page by Stephen James Wilson Tabor the Iowa Republican and abolitionaist whom Lincoln appointed Fourth Auditor of the United States Treasury. The book is tightly bound internally clean with moderate soiling/staining on cover; a faint damp stain at spine light edgewear; occasional spots of faint foxing; pages very lightly tanned. There is minor pencil underlining of the Roscoe book. . SIGNED. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. C. Bathurst, et al., John Hearne Hardcover
1745000649Toulon France. Good. 1745. Hardcover. On offer is a stunning look into the the mind finances and economy of Rudelle Dalzon a landlord caterer and food supplier in pre Revolutionary France on the French Riviera. Many layered very thick elephant folio list many many hundreds of transactions for rents properties listed supplies purchased traded sums loaned and paid plus many pieces of ephemera stuffed inside. Unpaginated in original boards on thick paper there are at least 200 pages at two inches thick. Rudelle begins in 1745 and writes well into 1780s. There are at least two businesses running and ancilliary loans with corresponding notes. Mentions of trade with members of the King's staff. Many years of research in this ancient ledger. Rudelle diarizes his thoughts regarding most years in a special middle section of the book. Truly fascinating pre-Revolution manuscript and a delight for historians of the French Riviera. This journal boasts a very discreet Ex Libris HPK label identifying it from the library of the famed book collector Hans Peter Kraus.; French; Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall; ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT COMMERCE HANDWRITTEN HAND WRITTEN JOURNAL LEDGER MEMOIR PERSONAL LOG HOLOGRAPH AUTOGRAPH DIARY DIARIES ANCIENT ANTIQUE TOULON LANDLORD APARTMENT REAL ESTATE CATERING PRE FRENCH REVOLUTION FRENCH RIVIERA MONACO . hardcover
