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18690009291London: E. Moxon Son & Co. 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Thick 12mos green cloth tips of vol. 1 frayed <br/><br/>This popular cheap edition - for the people - includes some hitherto unpublished dramatic fragments. Tipped-in at vol. 1 is a Autograph Note Signed on Fun Office letterhead a thank you note written and signed by Tom Hood. E. Moxon, Son, & Co. hardcover
18500007886New York: Stringer and Townsend 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 365 pages inked name on title-page foxing publisher's black embossed cloth <br/><br/>Despite this title this work includes a lengthy chapter on Edgar Allan Poe whose death in noted in its first paragraph. Washington Irving is notably absent in this list of authors which includes J. F. Cooper Emerson Dana Prescott Willis Longfellow Bryant Halleck Osgood Fuller Strickland and Jared Sparks. Stringer and Townsend hardcover
1860DEMO011269IChicago: D.B. Cooke & Co. 1860. Third edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo 281 pages original purplish cloth <br/><br/>Essays and poetry by the Literary Editor of the Chicago Evening Journal. Inscribed by Taylor to Dennison. ANTE=FIRE IMPRINTS 512 - cites two copies see also no.103 . Taylor "is alleged to have been the first dramatic critic employed upon a Chicago newspaper . His writings early attracted attention and were distinguished by an originality of though and a fivor of style hitherto almost unknown in the literature of the West - Andreas HISTORY OF CHICAGO vol. 1." D.B. Cooke & Co. hardcover
19005911<p>WITH ORIGINAL ROYCROFT BOX FIRST EDITION THUS FINE FRESH COPY.</p> Roycroft Press hardcover books
19005911<p>WITH ORIGINAL ROYCROFT BOX FIRST EDITION THUS FINE FRESH COPY.</p> Roycroft Press hardcover
18402020506London: George Virtue 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small quarto 333 pages extra-gilt publisher's cloth with variant elaborate covers and spine rebacked with original spine laid down new endpapers some foxing. <br/><br/>These letters by Willis were written above the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. The 9 illustrations are by W. H. Battlett plus a portrait of Willis as a frontispiece. George Virtue hardcover
19006655Thomas B Mosher Portland ME 1900. 32mo. Second Edition thus on Japan vellum with title in red and black; original printed wrappers printed in red and black a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 425 COPIES. The colophon at end reads incorrectly 'Third Edition'. Miller & Matthews confirm that no 'second edition' is known and that the next printing is also titled 'third'. Miller & Matthews C3.2. Thomas B Mosher, Portland ME, hardcover
184526804Henry G. Bohn 1845. 8vo. First Edition thus with engraved portrait frontispiece engraved and printed titles twentieth century brown cloth original backstrip gilt laid down primrose endpapers uncut a very good bright crisp copy. Printed separately from Croker's edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson. The illustrated title carries a view of Streatham Place engraved by Finden after Stansfield. The fine engraved portrait of Mrs. Piozzi appears here for the first time. NCBEL II; 1158. Henry G. Bohn, hardcover
18227211C. Whittingham College House Chiswick for R. Jennings and others 1822. 16mo. with engraved title by Rhodes after Thurston and printed title with engraved vignette by Thompson; original early nineteenth-century patterned cloth expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down original leather label gilt gilt edges new endpapers to style A NOTABLY CRISP CLEAN COPY. The earliest Whittingham/Chiswick Press edition was apparently 1806 see Courtney p.89 after which that well-known house produced several editions for various consortia of leading booksellers. The present edition was printed for R. Jennings Poultry; T. Tegg Cheapside; A K Newman & Co. Leadenhall Street all of London; J Sutherland Edinburgh and Richard Griffin and Co. Glasgow. It should be noted that this is not the relatively common issue of the same date produced by Whittingham for Sharpe of Piccadilly with illustrations after Westall. A delightful and expertly restored copy of an uncommon and most attractive edition. C. Whittingham, College House, Chiswick [for] R. Jennings [and others], hardcover
189339246Lawrence & Bullen 1893. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with portrait frontispiece original tissue guard present titles in red and black; ribbed plum cloth gilt backs uncut a very good bright crisp clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 750 NUMBERED COPIES THIS COPY NO. 479. Ward's extensive Introduction is followed by: The Relapse Aesop The Provok'd Wife The False Friend The Country House The Confederacy The Mistake A Journey to London and A Short Vindication of The Relapse and The Provok'd Wife. This edition omits 'The Pilgrim'. NCBEL II 749. Lawrence & Bullen, hardcover
183822234Henry Washbourne 1838. 16mo. with engraved frontispiece title in red and black 5 fine copper-engraved portraits and plates and 51 wood-engraved illustrations in the text; attractively bound in contemporary full calf sides with Oxford frame border in gilt back with five raised bands ruled in gilt second compartment with black leather label ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt marbled edges gilt doublures marbled endpapers backstrip gilt save label faded a remarkably bright crisp clean copy. A scarce edition based on the first Major of 1825. A useful feature is the printing of the latter's extensive notes at the foot of the relevant pages rather than collectively at end. There are also several alterations and additions. Henry Washbourne, hardcover
1886221079Rudolf Roth`sche Buchhandlung Leutkirch. L. Auer Donauwörth Direktorium des Cassianeums 1886. Softcover Zustand: Exemplare einer Privatbibliothek mit Kennungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten gut. Nur beim Jahrgang 1886 Beschädigungen: dort ist der Rücken nicht mehr vorhanden der Einband randrissig. Rudolf Roth`sche Buchhandlung, Leutkirch. L. Auer, Donauwörth, Direktorium des Cassianeums, paperback
1838311270Verlag von Joh. David Sauerländer Frankfurt 1838. Hardcover mit Lederrücken und -ecken 1838-1850 mit Lücken hier: 3 Bücher. 13.-18. Bändchen: Die Ansiedler 1.2. Theil zweite Auflage. 211.-216. Bändchen: Lucy Hardinge. 223.-228. Bändchen: Der Kettenträger oder die Familienpapiere der Littlepage. Zustand: keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten leicht bestoßen/berieben. Innen manchmal braunfleckig. Verlag von Joh. David Sauerländer, Frankfurt, hardcover
1831223678Dannheimersche Buchdruckerei und Buchhandlung Kempten 1831. Softcover Zustand: Exemplar einer Privatbibliothek mit Kennungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten gut. Auf zwei Kalenderblättern mit Texteintragung einzeilig in Tinte. Dannheimersche Buchdruckerei und Buchhandlung, Kempten, paperback
1898250200Verlagsanstalt Benziger & Co. Einsiedeln 1898. Softcover 4 Kalender Zustand: keine Eintragungen. Ecken Kanten bestoßen. Die Rücken sind beschädigt. Ein Einband ist fleckig ansonsten sauber. Die Kalender sind lagerbedingt längsgewölbt. Mit Kennungen einer Klosterbibliothek. Der Preis ist für alle 4 Kalender zusammen. Verlagsanstalt Benziger & Co., Einsiedeln, paperback
1861216745F.A. Brockhaus Leipzig 1861. Hardcover Halbleder 1861-1864. Alle 4 Bände. Zustand: Exemplare einer Privatbibliothek mit Kennungen Rücken Ecken Kanten sehr gut. F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, hardcover
182330919Augustus Mylius. 1823. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Front board detached. Rebound in 1/2 leather binding. Spine appears to have been varnished at one time. 5 raised bands. Gilt lettering and tooling to spine. Leather flecking off base of spine. Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. Waterstaining to upper part of some pages. Foxing passim.; L 626 pp; 375 pages . Augustus Mylius hardcover
182040094Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1820. 3 vols. 8vo. First Edition First Issue some light and generally inoffensive age-staining; contemporary dark blue half roan marbled boards backs with flat bands ruled in gilt second compartments lettered in gilt red sprinkled edges boards scuffed and age-faded all joints moderately rubbed but bindings wholly sound backstrip of second volume wanting top panel backstrip of third volume wanting two panels at bottom a good sound working copy. The following points should be noted. All volumes: bound without half-titles. First volume: fly-title present; gathering missigned F for E as sometimes see T&B p.527. Second volume: fly-title present; wanting lower half of last leaf of text Q2; no figure '6' on p.350 Q1 see T&B p.527. Third volume: wanting fly-title; moderate age-staining on front endpapers; section signature missigned 2P for P2 as often see T&B p.527; full point after printer's imprint Q4; bound without advertisement leaf. Todd & Bowden 146a. Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown, hardcover
189421402Methuen 1894. 8vo. Second Edition contemporary signature on front free endpaper later signature on half-title; original red buckram gilt back uncut boards mildly age-stained upper hinge starting but binding wholly sound a very good bright clean copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Collects three extended tales first published in periodicals: Jael English Illustrated Magazine Jacquetta English Illustrated Magazine and Moth-Mullein Cornhill Magazine. First collected in book form in 1890. In keeping with Baring-Gould's habitual topographical settings the three stories are based respectively in Essex Guernsey and the Thames Estuary. Extremely scarce. Not in Sadleir or Wolff; apparently not listed in BLPC. CBEL III 1035 recording the first edition. Methuen, hardcover
188314690Routledge 1883. 8vo. Second Edition thus with frontispiece title-vignette and very numerous illustrations a number full-page in the text; original pictorial blue cloth upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and black floral endpapers expertly recased a very good bright clean copy. With 8pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. First published in the UK in 1881. Collects two works published separately in the US: 'Legends of the Old Plantation' and 'Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings'. Includes Harris' extended 'Introduction to the American Edition'. SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Routledge, hardcover
189732623Heinemann 1897. 8vo. First Edition thus small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; dark green cloth upper board lettered in lighter green lighter green cloth back lettered in black uncut a bright clean crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES. With 8pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Heinemann, hardcover
184923140William Tegg 1849. 8vo. with engraved portrait frontispiece original tissue guard present and 4 engraved plates original tissue guards present small neat signature on front free endpaper some light spotting to plates; original mid-brown ribbed cloth sides framed in blind enclosing armorial crest in gilt gilt back buff endpapers uncut expertly recased a remarkably clean crisp copy. With the nineteenth-century trade ticket of Brown of Bristol on front paste-down and 8pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The frontispiece is engraved by Greatbach after Gilbert the plates by Greatbach after Gilbert. The notes by Nichols appear here for the first time. A remarkably bright clean copy in sympathetically restored publisher's binding. William Tegg, hardcover
183227825James Cochrane 1832. Sm. 8vo. First Edition thus with engraved frontispiece and 3 engraved plates frontispiece mildly age-soiled with some light offsetting to title plates mildly age-soiled; original series binding of ivory moiré boards backstrip with two labels blocked and lettered in gilt uncut very neatly recased a bright clean crisp copy. Complete with printed series title The Novelist's Library vol. VII. THIS IS THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THESE CRUIKSHANK ILUSTRATIONS COMMISSIONED BY ROSCOE FOR THIS SERIES IN 1831. See Evans pp.77-79. COPIES IN THE ORIGINAL AND FRAGILE SERIES BINDING ARE SCARCE. James Cochrane, hardcover
186831788N Trubner 1868. 8vo. First Edition thus title lightly spotted; handsomely bound in contemporary full calf sides with multiple frame border in blind back with five raised bands tooled in blind second and fourth compartments with red leather labels lettered and numbered in gilt red edges marbled endpapers a very good bright clean copy in attractive period binding. First appearance of this volume one of three such comprising first publication of one of the most important documents in English poetry. Now in the BM Percy's MS is a major and primary source of Child's pioneering collection of English ballads. SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. N Trubner, hardcover
18794921Smith Elder & Co. 1879. 8vo. First Edition label removed front front free endpaper; original decorative green cloth upper board blocked in gilt and black gilt back chocolate endpapers joints very faintly rubbed else a very good bright clean copy. Sold from an institution with trace of label on half-title small neat stamps on title cancelled on verso and last leaf of text only. Miller & Matthews B9.1 binding variant 'b'. Smith Elder & Co., hardcover