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189527559Methuen 1895. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper with portrait frontispiece in photogravure original tissue guard present titles in red and black free endpapers very lightly browned; original green buckram gilt backs uncut AND LARGELY UNOPENED boards and b NCBEL II 751. Methuen, hardcover
1873035997London: Chapman and Hall 1873. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. THE CLAVERINGS PHINEAS FINN MARY GRESLEY BELTON ESTATE and THE KELLYS Bound in matching brown leather with marbled boards gilt lettering and decoration to the spines very good just a little rubbing all hinges firm. Contents good and tight matching marbled endpapers and marbled fore-edges a little marking to the first few pages of a couple of the titles. THE CLAVERINGS 1873 A New Edition published by Smith Elder & Co.; PHINEAS FINN Chapman and Hall New Edition; MARY GRESLEY Chapman and Hall New Edition; BELTON ESTATE Chapman and Hall Seventh Edition; THE KELLYS and THE O'KELLYS Chapman and Hall New Edition. Chapman and Hall Hardcover
1820biblio206<p><i>John Warren. London. 1820. First edition. 12mo. viii 137pp. Contemporary half calf marbled boards gilt. Rubbed to extremities. Endpapers and title page toned. Signature of Thos. Yarde to fep. </i></p><p><i>"If it were necessary for me and I rejoice that it is not to account for the way in which the following Letters came into my possession. I think I could as satisfactorily acquit myself…I have merely availed myself of an opportunity…I shall only observe that when the packet which contained the letters in question came into my hands it was not padlocked…If a few secrets should escape or a few uneasy thoughts spring out like the plagues from Pandora's box…no sting may for a moment wound an honest bosom" A curiosity: a "passing smile at folly".</i></p> John Warren hardcover
180428869Albion Press Printed by James Cundee for T Hurst 1804. 8vo. First Edition thus with engraved frontispiece engraved and printed titles 3 engraved plates and four engraved head-and-tail vignettes one for each section of the work some mild age-staining as usual last leaf of text wanting upper outer corner with loss of half a dozen words; handsomely bound in contemporary green full roan boards with double gilt frame border enclosing elaborate blind frame within which sits a decorative gilt rectangle backstrip elaborately tooled in gilt with with black leather label ruled and lettered in gilt gilt doublures red sprinkled edges green endpapers a most attractive copy. The plates one of which is placed as frontispiece and head-pieces are by Sartorius and engraved by Scott. Some of the tail-pieces are signed 'Austin'. This copy was presented by A.H. Cowie to his friend E.W. Hermon with the former's inscription 'J. Cundee the publisher of this book was my grand uncle and the original oil paintings by Sartorius were in my family till a few years ago'. Somervile's famous blank verse poem was first published in 1735 its successor 'Field Sports' in 1742. VERY SCARCE. Albion Press, Printed by James Cundee for T Hurst, hardcover
1878SB17426Boston: Lockwood Brooks and Company 1878. Aged textblock gently leaf stained at pages 38-49 else clean and tight; Original flat-brown endpapers; Engravings. All edges aged. Green cloth with black stamped illustration on the front cover Frayed and bumped head and foot of spine bumped and worn edges and corners; Rear board has small abrasion at mid gutter 297p. Embossed Green Cloth. Good. Illus. by Engravings. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Lockwood, Brooks, and Company Hardcover
1863003349Boston: William H. Hill Jr. 1863 Book. Illus. by Uncredited Engravings. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original blindstamped purple cloth on boards with gilt spine decoration and lettering. Dull and dusty overall but securely bound and clean inside except for previous owner's name in pencil and two small name stamps. Eight admonitions and a question with an engraving beside each Never be Down-Hearted Be Cheerful Do it Well Be Orderly Be in Time Be Humble Make a Good Use of It Be Considerate and Is it Honest Advice all of us could "make a good use of." 93 pp. William H. Hill, Jr. hardcover
1806012329London: Printed for Richard Phillips 1806. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. First Edition. 12mo 10 x 16cm. pp. xvi 248; & 253. Contemporary full polished calf binding with gilt decoration to the spines and boards black spines labels gilt. Bindings good with some general and rubbing to extremities slightly chipped to the head of the vol. II front joint to vol. II cracked but front board still firmly attached later gilt number stamped to the tail of each spine. All edges gilt. Contents clean and tight; private contemporary bookplate to marbled end papers and contemporary signature to the head of the title page. A very good tight copy in attractive bindings. Printed for Richard Phillips Hardcover
1854011175London: Geo. Routledge & Co. 1854. Book. Very Good. Half Leather. Reprint. 8vo 12 X 17cm. Six titles in three volumes all 300 pages approx. Unillustrated published 1854-1855. Original half-polished green calf binding with burgundy title labels to spine marbled paper covered boards very good with a little general wear and slight rubbing to extremities. All edges speckled. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions minimal foxing. All very good tight copies. Geo. Routledge & Co., Hardcover
18402221861<p>First edition issue "B" with one page lithographed frontispiece with college view by Bufford engraved by E. Ruggles. Original blindstamped brown cloth with gold stamped rose in center plain edges; yellow endpapers. Faint signature pencil of an early owner John Brown Dec. 3 1842. No bookplates. 5 page preface. Very good some light foxing to frontispiece and title page; minor rubbing to corners and head of spine; no foxing to text. 188 pages. Uncommon.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Front joint has partial crack and appears to have been glued down.</b></p><p><b>BAL vol. 5 page 592. Four contributions by Longfellow.</b></p> Joseph Griffin hardcover
189517906Warne 1895. Oblong 4to. Thirtieth Edition with illustrated title and 109 full-page illustrations by the author in the text front free endpaper creased; original pictorial blue cloth upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and black bevelled boards primrose endpapers backstrip mildly chafed without material loss at head and tail hinges tender but binding entirely sound an unusually bright clean copy. With personal bookplate and contemporary inscription on front paste-down. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Lear's humorous classic was first published in 1862. Warne, hardcover
1895301220<p>First edition. 6 1/4" x 4 1/2". Original tan boards stamped in black with an art nouveau floral design on the covers outer joints cracked. Good. Enclosed in an attractive 1/2 red morocco slipcase. Crane's second book; the first published under his own name.</p> Copeland and Day hardcover
19001198Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher. 1900-1914. Softcover. Very Good. Any defects are listed in the description.; This is a lot of 39 copies of The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers and 1 bound Volume IX which is a 1-year run from 1903. Further described as "Chosen in Part from Scarce Editions and Sources Not Generally Known." The Bibelot was publisher Thomas Bird Mosher's little literary magazine published monthly for subscribers and brought the short works of notable authors to the US public. Most works if not all are taken from Mosher's own library and the 20-year span of publication represents what's essentially an anthology of that collection. Mosher wrote most of the Forwards to accompany the short works.The 39 softcovers:The authors include William Morris Francis Thompson Andrew Lang J. M. Synge Arthur Symons Sir Thomas Browne Algernon Charles Swinburne Aubrey Beardsley Oliver Eton William Butler Yeats Walt Whitman David Gray and many others. Volumes from 1900 1906 1907 1908 1909 1911 and 1914 are in this lot which has no continuous run for any of these years. There are a few duplicates.Published under the imprint Thomas B. Mosher these were job printed by Smith and Sale of Portland Maine are 6" x 5" string bound in soft blue wraps and typically between 30 and 40 pages printed on Van Gelder paper. There are no illustrations and a few advertisements are present usually for other literary publications. An occasional leaf is unopened.These were ephemeral 5-cent publications and not meant to last through the ages. All are intact but have light soil and discoloration to varying degrees with sunning and wear to the edges. Some have minor chipping an occasional penciled or stamped ownership name to the cover and are the antithesis of pristine. Generally Very Good to Very Good. All would be perfect impulse buy items near the counter of your open shop. The 1 hardbound volume:This is volume IX from 1903 and contains all 12 numbers. These are the wraps edition bound together in blue paper over boards with a vellum or parchment spine. Title Volume and Year are on a paper label laid down to the spine.The bound volume has edge and corner wear and faint discoloration to the paper over the boards. The spine is darkened as typical. This book is about Very Good condition.All would be good for online stock or for impulse buys near the front counter of your open shop. They can be placed under your pillow at night and you'll have absorbed their fine literature by morning.; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 35 pages . Thomas B. Mosher paperback
1824024846London: Printed for Sherwood Jones and Co. 1824. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. pp. civ 484 4 -adverts; frontispiece portrait of George IV. Bound in the publisher's original cloth backed boards with paper title label to the spine and consequently an uncut copy. The binding is strong but somewhat worn and the cloth to the spine marked and a little chipped label to spine chipped paper covering to rear board not present. Contents tight and generally clean contemporary signature to the head of the title page light spotting to a few pages. Overall a very good copy with wide margins. An anthology of contemporary writings many of which taken from the European Magazine The Liberal New Monthly Magazine London Magazine etc. Printed for Sherwood, Jones and Co. Hardcover
18632222007<p>Octavo. Edited by "Peter Parley." Pictorial title page. Two page preface. 8 engravings. Original green cloth stamped in gilt and blind one signature loose. No dust jacket. Very good. 312 pages.</p><p>First published in New York in 1855. The 8 engravings show unusual "aerial views."</p><p>Old signatures on front free endpaper.</p> Sheldon & Company hardcover
190039703Cambridge At the University Press. 1900. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Former owner's name to ffep with additional name to inner cover deleted. Minor rubbing to boards. Pages tanned.; Clv 275 pp.; 275 pages . Cambridge At the University Press hardcover
188534243Cambridge At the University Press. 1885. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good- in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Top edges gilt. Chipping and fraying to spine ends. A few small tears to joints of spine cover. Upper corners are lightly edgeworn. Foxing to endpapers.; Clv 273 pp.; 275 pages . Cambridge At the University Press hardcover
1858DEMO004059IBoston: Phillips Sampson and Co 1858. First edition. 8vo. Very Good. vignette title page 8 pls. 8vo 373 pages brown cloth tips of spine worn corners worn jogged sheets; Ex libris George E. Dawson of Chicago purchased Aug. 15 1901; prior ownership pencilled for August 1859; embossed bookseller's mark on free endpaper from Herman & Whitney stationery Milwaukee. <br/><br/>First Printing: has the period after Company in the single imprint no terminal ads with rear endpapers 'Poetry and the Drama' & 'School Books'; binding state A with three fleur-de-lis on spine and imprinted front endpapers. BAL 8781; Grolier List of Books That Influenced America 69; Merle Johnson HIGHSPOTS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. Vignette title page 8 plates by Augustus Hoppin: Note: Dr. Holmes objected to the illustrations and demanded that they be eliminated in later printings. Phillips, Sampson and Co unknown
1858DEMO011759IBoston: Phillips Sampson And Co 1858. Second printing. Hardcover. Good. eight plates by HOPPIN. 8vo 373 pages brown embossed cloth extremities worn first signature loosened lacks two leaves before the half-title light water spot on fore-edge of first gathering; Ex libris "A. P. Maury / Feby 3d 1859". also N. B. Beck of Missoula MT and J. York & Co. bookbinders and stationers of Nashville TN paper label on front pastedown. <br/><br/>Second printing: No period after Company in the single imprint blank blue endpapers Binding C. A tall copy 7.5 x 4.5 in. BAL 8781; Grolier List of Books That Influenced America 69; Merle Johnson HIGHSPOTS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. No vignette title page 8 plates by Augustus Hoppin. Note: Dr. Holmes objected to the illustrations and demanded that they be eliminated in later printings. Phillips, Sampson And Co hardcover
18796406Smith Elder & Co. 1879. 8vo. First Edition; attractively bound in mid-twentieth century half calf back gilt with five raised bands second compartment with leather label lettered and ruled in giltuncut a very good bright clean copy. Miller & Matthews B10.1 Smith Elder & Co., hardcover
1839013837London: A. H. Baily 1839. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. "Contributed by distinguished writers and edited by T. K. Hervey." A rare work with various poems prose and engraved plates. pp. xiv 2 96 half-title page' engraved vignette title page additional letterpress title page 11 engraved plates the frontispiece plate is missing The poems include "A Sabbath on the Sea" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning the first time it appeared in print. Bound in the original textured cloth with blind stamped decoration to the boards and gilt lettering to the spine gilt vignette to the title page binding good with some general wear and rubbing cloth somewhat marked and a little frayed at the head/tail of the spine. Contents clean and tight some light staining to the odd plate. A good to very good copy. Scarce. A. H. Baily 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
181428154J. Walker Paternoster Row 1814. 12mo. with engraved frontispiece and engraved and printed titles some light and inoffensive age-staining; contemporary diced calf boards with double frame border enclosing decorative floral frame all in gilt back with flat bands in gilt second compartment with black leather label ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt marbled endpapers expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down corners mildly worn else a very good crisp copy. Printed by Hamilton of Weybridge. The engraved titles are dated 1814; the printed titles 1815. With the contemporary trade ticket of Lance Libraire 50 rue croix des petits champs Paris on front paste-down. Includes the Life Preface and Apologue. SCARCE J. Walker, Paternoster Row, hardcover
