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1857WRCAM35838Hartford: F.C. Brownell 1857. 1629-6411pp. with rear wrapper printed on both sides. Original printed wrappers. Early dampstain in upper margin not affecting text. Number ink- stamped in upper outer corner of front wrapper. Overall very good. First edition thus a separate offprint; originally published in BARNARD'S AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION for December 1856. Reid was a noted Scottish-born chemist educator and ventilation engineer. This very early proposal for a graduate institution in architecture in the United States seems little known; it is not mentioned by Mary Woods in her recent book FROM CRAFT TO PROFESSION THE PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE IN NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICA. A scarce work with OCLC locating only one copy; Hitchcock notes two. HITCHCOCK 987. DAB XV pp.475-76. F.C. Brownell unknown books
1953124928London: Andre Deutsch 1953. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus or better price-clipped dust jacket. Binding slightly cocked front board slightly bowed and faint offsetting at the endpapers. Jacket spine slightly faded with a few tiny chips at the corners and toning at the verso else Near Fine. Basis for the 1955 film directed by Carol Reed and starring Celia Johnson. Andre Deutsch unknown books
177947382London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon in Piccadilly 1779. 1st Edition Goldsmith 11795. Later marbled card-stock covers. Overall Very Good. 4 108 2 pp. Illustrated with 4 inserted fold-out copperplate engravings. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5-1/8" <br/><br/> Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon, in Piccadilly unknown books
6454Six engraved plates on five folding sheets. xii 122 pp. 8 pp. of Debrett ads lacking the leaf with directions to the binder. 8vo cont. calf joints a trifle cracked at head & tail flat spine gilt green morocco lettering piece on spine. London: J. Debrett 1792. "Second edition with many additions"of this work specifically on the cultivation of water meadows first published in 1779. "Francis Forbes had recommended water meadows and had given some instruction how to make and manage them and several other previous writers had done the same while the actual practice had been fairly common in parts of Wiltshire and Berkshire Gloucester and Dorset for at least two centuries.The methods of construction and management were only to be found of course by seeking through a mass of general information and some one came to the conclusion that a specific treatise on the subject was necessary. A suggestion was made to George Boswell of Piddletown Dorset a local expert that he should write such a book."-Fussell II p. 121. In the present edition Boswell vigorously replies to criticisms levelled at him by the Rev. Thomas Wright in his pamphlet An Account of the Advantage and Method of Watering Meadows 1789. A very good copy lacking the leaf of directions to the binder. Stamp of the Lawes Agricultural Trust on the front paste-down. unknown books
2761Five folding engraved plates. xvi 134 pp. one leaf of directions to the binder. 8vo cont. calf red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: J. Debrett 1792. Third edition enlarged of this work specifically on the cultivation of water meadows first published in 1779. "Francis Forbes had recommended water meadows and had given some instruction how to make and manage them and several other previous writers had done the same while the actual practice had been fairly common in parts of Wiltshire and Berkshire Gloucester and Dorset for at least two centuries.The methods of construction and management were only to be found of course by seeking through a mass of general information and some one came to the conclusion that a specific treatise on the subject was necessary. A suggestion was made to George Boswell of Piddletown Dorset a local expert that he should write such a book."-Fussell II p. 121. In the present edition Boswell vigorously replies to criticisms levelled at him by the Rev. Thomas Wright in his pamphlet An Account of the Advantage and Method of Watering Meadows 1789. A very fine copy. unknown books
1991145261Minneapolis MN: Walker Art Center 1991. First edition. Exhibition brochure for a show that ran July 21 through September 29 1991 at the Walker Art Center and then traveled four other locations for additional dates. Single sheet folded three times to create 8 pages. Essay by Peter Boswell. Includes 5 illustrations with 2 in color. A near fine copy. Uncommon. Walker Art Center unknown books
19081315091New York: Duffield & Company 1908. Hardcover. Octavo; G/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine white with black and red print; Boards in grey cloth and white cloth with red and black print soiling to spine and white edges mild wear to corners and spine caps; Text block has gilt top edge else deckle-edged bookplate on front pastedown tanning to endpapers else clean and tight; "From the First Folio of 1623"- page xiii; x 94 pages. 1315091. FP New Rockville Stock. Duffield & Company hardcover books
1997914793NY: Knopf. 1997. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Knopf hardcover books
1997913537NY: Knopf. 1997. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Knopf hardcover books
19974827New York: Knopf 1997. Fine Condition. Mimeographed typed manuscript. An early in-house state of the author's recent novel the likely product of the keystroking of the author's submitted manuscript. 530 pages. A cardstock sheet with Knopf publication and biographical data serves as a cover. Scarce format. <br/><br/> Knopf unknown books
19974816New York: Knopf 1997. Uncorrected Proof. Bound in the publisher's original wrappers stamped in black on the front cover and spine. Minor bump to one corner otherwise near fine condition. <br/><br/> Knopf unknown books
1997006809NY: Knopf. 1997. Uncorrected proof copy of this novel by the author of Mystery Ride Crooked Hearts and the story collection Living to Be A Hundred. Considerably scarcer than the advance reading copy of this title. Fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Knopf paperback books
1997700583NY: Alfred A. Knopf. 1997. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf paperback books
1997106205New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1997. First edition. Hardcover. A well received novel. A fine and tight copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Boswell on the title page. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
17683571Glasgow: : Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry London 1768. First edition. With all issue points called for by Rothschild. Contemporary sheep. Spine decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments with burgundy morocco gilt lettering label. Expertly rebacked with the original spine laid-down. Front pastedown with early ink signature partially erased pencil signature of D. Cecil Gibbs armorial bookplate of Thomas Havers with his name crossed out in pencil penciled note: "J. Joseph's copy" and penciled bookseller's note. Penciled annotations at foot of pages 71 -72. Octavo 205 x 125 mm. Collating xxi 1 blank 1 table of contents 1 blank 382: bound without the final blank leaf Aa8 but else complete including the large folding engraved frontispiece map of Corsica here in its second state by Thomas Phinn. A very good copy.<br/><br/>"The first edition was sold out within six weeks and a new edition also of 3500 copies was advertised for 1 April 1768.This second edition supplied the public demand for a year. The third edition was advertised for 1 May 1769 with the announcement that ‘Mr. Boswell's Account of Corsica has been so well received by the Public that two numerous Editions of 3500 Copies have been sold within the Space of a few Months; and the Book is so highly esteemed abroad that it has been translated into the French and Dutch languages and printed at Amsterdam and Lausanne'.As Boswell proudly recorded later.it was ‘translated into Dutch German Italian and twice into French'—all within a year of its publication. Besides this there were as listed above at least three editions printed in Ireland. The Account of Corsica was a book of the hour. Many more copies of it were sold in Boswell's lifetime than of either of his great works in the biography of Johnson and it achieved abroad a much more remarkable success" Pottle.<br/><br/>Cox I pp. 138-139. Gaskell 473. Lowndes I p. 242. Pottle 24. Rothschild 442-445. : Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry, London unknown books
1768159382 pp. Good with 20th century book plate of a former owner replaced spine interior foxing and light wear. Folding map has a minor tear. Edward and Charles Dilly hardcover books
1768303206London: Printed for E. and C. Dilly 1768. The Second edition with half title. Variant that has Appendix listed in Contents at p. 141 instead of correctly at p. 241. Engraved title-page large fold-out map of Corsica. xxii ii 384 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 8-7/8 x 6-7/8 inches. Boards uncut. Spine quite worn. The Second edition with half title. Variant that has Appendix listed in Contents at p. 141 instead of correctly at p. 241. Engraved title-page large fold-out map of Corsica. xxii ii 384 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 8-7/8 x 6-7/8 inches. ESTC T26158 ; Pottle 24; Tinker 322 Printed for E. and C. Dilly unknown books
1768WRCLIT71586Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly 1768. xxiv382pp. plus folding map bound before A1. Contemporary calf neatly rebacked with most of the original backstrip laid down. Bound with the half-title and the terminal blank. Typical offsetting from binding to edges of endleaves a bit of ink spatter at the fore- edge of the verso of the folded map and offset then to blank margins of adjacent leaves with a modicum of scattered foxing and marginal discolorations elsewhere still an about very good copy. First edition first form of the map as appropriate to the first edition without scale or marginal divisions E2 is a cancel as usual and is in the 'Istria' form; however Z3 is present in the original uncorrected state with the 'Mariana' reading in the penultimate line. D2r is also in the uncorrected state. All but one of the misprints noted by Pottle are present. One of 3500 copies printed. The Tinker copy and one of the Rothschild copies are among those examples with Z3 uncorrected. POTTLE 24. ROTHSCHILD 442 & 443. GASKELL FOULIS PRESS 473. ESTC T26157. Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly unknown books
1768244330London: Foulis for E. and C. Dilly 1768. First edition with cancels at E2 & Z3. Engraved title-page large fold-out map Rothschild state 2. Half-title present. Pp. xxi xxii blank 2 contents 382 2 blank. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary polished calf red title label Minor wear at joints else fine. First edition with cancels at E2 & Z3. Engraved title-page large fold-out map Rothschild state 2. Half-title present. Pp. xxi xxii blank 2 contents 382 2 blank. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition in contemporary binding of Boswell's first major work - an account of his trip to Corsica and his meeting with General Pasquale Paoli leader of the Corsican independence movement. "With its reports of the gallant islanders and a Plutarchan depiction of Paoli paralleled with several classical heroes An Account of Corsica was an immediate success. The work was widely read and translated stimulated great interest in Paoli and the Corsican cause brought its author wide fame in Britain and Europe and found an interested readership among the Americans. It attracted the notice of the French government which had a translation made and though Boswell's ambition for British intervention was not to be fulfilled he probably influenced Britain's decision to send secret supplies of arms to the Corsicans" ODNB. Pottle 24; Rothschild 442; Gaskell Foulis 473 Foulis for E. and C. Dilly unknown books
1768WRCLIT65297London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry 1768. xxii2384pp. plus folding map. Contemporary calf neatly rebacked and recornered to style in brown morocco gilt label. Bound with the half-title. Typical offsetting from binding to edges of endleaves map a bit foxed and offset to A1 and blank recto of B8 slight tear to map at tab but a very good copy. Small early ink name on free endsheet and engraved bookplate of Sir George Shiffner on pastedown. Second edition but first with the London imprint and with some minor authorial tinkerings with the text. The map is in the proper form for this edition with the added scale and division of degrees to the border. POTTLE 25. ESTC T26158. Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry unknown books
1768WRCLIT65296Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly 1768. xxiv382pp. plus folding map. Contemporary calf neatly rebacked to style raised bands gilt label. Bound with the half- title but without the terminal blank. Typical offsetting from binding to edges of endleaves map a bit offset to title leaf five leaves show an old tea spatter toward the marginswith some scattered foxing elsewhere still a good copy. First edition first form of the map as appropriate to the first edition without scale or marginal divisions E2 and Z3 cancels as usual with the former in the 'Istria' form; D2r is in the uncorrected state. One of 3500 copies printed. POTTLE 24. ROTHSCHILD 442. GASKELL FOULIS PRESS 473. ESTC T26157. Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly hardcover books
1768WRCLIT65295Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly 1768. xxiv382pp. plus folding map. Contemporary calf neatly rebacked to style raised bands gilt label. Bound with the half- title but without the terminal blank. Typical offsetting from binding to edges of endleaves map a bit offset to A1 with minor scattered foxing elsewhere forecorners worn small ink name on pastedown but a good copy. First edition first form of the map as appropriate to the first edition without scale or marginal divisions E2 and Z3 cancels as usual with the former in the 'Istria' form; D2r is in the uncorrected state. One of 3500 copies printed. With the bookplates of Thomas Arnold MD 1742 - 1816 and a descendant. "At the height of his power Thomas Arnold held a monopoly not only on the lunacy trade in Leicestershire but also together with his sons of the post of physician at Leicester Infirmary. A supporter of radical causes Arnold's career in Leicester was marked by his involvement in struggles for social status and political influence . Arnold's principal medical work is the two-volume OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE KINDS CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF INSANITY LUNACY OR MADNESS 1782 1786 which ran to two editions and a German translation. In it he abandoned the traditional humoral theories basing his classification on the ideas of Locke and separating disordered sensations from disordered reasoning. He helped to pioneer a new approach to insanity based on observed symptoms but his classification was too detailed to be practical and it never became popular. Arnold is representative of a shift towards the 'moral' treatment of the insane" - DNB. POTTLE 24. ROTHSCHILD 442. GASKELL FOULIS PRESS 473. ESTC T26157. Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly hardcover books
1768WRCLIT36458Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly 1768. xxiv382pp. plus folding map. Contemporary calf neatly rebacked with the original backstrip laid down. Bound with the half-title but without the terminal blank. Typical offsetting from binding to edges of endleaves some small surface scrapes to spine and extremities but a very nice copy internally fine. First edition first form of the map as appropriate to the first edition E2 and Z3 cancels as usual with the former in the 'Is- /tria' form; D2r is in the uncorrected state. One of 3500 copies printed. POTTLE 24. ROTHSCHILD 442. GASKELL FOULIS PRESS 473. ESTC T26157. Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly unknown books
17683638London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly 1768. Second edition. xii2384pp. with the half-title and a large engraved folding map. Engraved title-page vignette. Cont. calf rebacked some time ago brown morocco spine label. Map & title a bit browned. Old pencil notations on the half-title inked notes on front pastedown and 2 old ownership signatures on title. Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly unknown books
1939163819New York NY: Art Digest Monographs 1939. Softcover. G. Former library book with usual marks. Shelf wear small rips on covers; spine tanned. Binding is coming unglued near front of book. Contents are clean and unmarked. Yellow paper wraps. 52 pp. 35 bw plates. Considers the work of American artist Frederic Taubes 1900-1981. With an introduction by Allen Gruskin. This is followed by a brief statement by Boswell and then by three critical evaluations. These are written by Paul Gardner Dr. Alfred Neumeyer and Sibilla Skidelsky. Includes 35 illustrations which are followed by excerpts from recent reviews and finally by a biographical note including collections and index. Art Digest Monographs paperback books