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1680104584London. 1680. London. 1680. Two volumes bound in one. Full mottled calf boards contemporary to book which has been recased with a later spine. Joints visible but sound. Lacks top cm of leather at head of spine. Marbled endpapers. A Coppy. 215pp. Comtemporary notes by a Member of Parliament or a witness to the proceedings adding information to page opposite title and to page 215 His Majesty's Speech. Dec. 1678 A True Copy. 316pp with 3 extra pages numbered and wriiten in ink adding contemporary notes.Wing E2544.OCLC 20886562 An account of the Popish plot as discussed in Westminster and the contemporary political reaction which was later found to be totally fictitious.From 1678 a handful of perjurers Titus Oates William Bedloe et al claimed that the Catholics of England planned to assassinate the king. As a result of their disgraceful work between November 1678 and July 1681 at least 17 Catholics lay and clergy died as traitors on the scaffold and not in the easiest of circumstances. Many others died in prisons before they came to trial. This period of time had a lasting political effect with regards to the emerging Whig and Tory parties. hardcover
1901707L21Dresden: Oesterreichischen Ingenieur und Architekten Verein 1901. Paperback. Near Fine. 19" by 14". Anon. A very scarce architectural work looking at farmhouses in Austria-Hungary. Comprising of numerous illustrated plates. In the original portfolio binding. Published by the Austrian Engineer and Architect Association. Comprising of: Nieder-Oesterreich Nr1 and 2 Ober-Oesterreich Nr1 2 and 3 Salzburg 1 2 and 3 Karnten Nr1 2 and 3 Tirol Nr1 Bohmen Nr1 and Nr2 Osterr-Schlesien Nr1. The plates are a combination of photographs and architectural elevations. Collated complete. A bright copy of this work. In the publisher's original portfolio. Externally very smart with a few light marks to the card. The paper chemise is also in a very bright condition. The leaves are loose as called for. Pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine Oesterreichischen Ingenieur und Architekten Verein paperback
1926013720Vienna: Published by Nationalbibliothek Vienna 1926. Each volume is a limited edition. Volume 2. 22 images book measures 65x31.cm. Volume 4 13 images book measures 56x46.cm. Volume 5 22 images book measures 56x50.cm. Volume 7 29 images book measures 57x45.cm. Volume 10 35 images book measure 57x45.cm. Volume 11 51 images book measures 56x46.cm. 172 images in all many full pages some coloured. All volumes housed in portfolo case. Some minor abrasion wear. All cases in very good clean condition. Internally each volume has the 2 text pamphlets. Illustrations in near fine condition. A very nice clean collection of volumes. . Hardcover. Very Good. Published by Nationalbibliothek, Vienna Hardcover
1810586162 uniform volumes 1 3 4 334 & pages 335-708 7 each with frontispiece 8 folding plates in volume 1 and 10 plates in vol 2 9 are folding both with book plates for Thomas Fitzgerald on front pastedowns Publised by The Hibernia-Press hardcover
1803097206London: Printed by Order of the House 1803. Book measures 17 1/2 x 11 inches.Collation xii635129pp with 56 engraved plates mainly folding 13 partially coloured. Bound in half calf calf corners marble boards. Binding rubbed on edges boards becoming loose but holding. Generally binding is worn but in good condition. Internally library withdrawn stamp and label on endpapers a few other library stamps about 15 in all last plate stamped on verso engraved side free of stamp some minor browing or light spotting to a few plates. Pages and plates in good clean condition. This volume contains the full reports together with plans and diagrams for the years 1793-1802 during which time the development of the London dock system was first discussed at length and the first docks built.F. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good Plus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Printed by Order of the House Hardcover
1760720L5Cambridge: John Baskerville 1760. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 10" by 6.5". None. A finely bound early Baskerville edition of the Book of Common Prayer. This is the second Baskerville edition of this work. With seven shillings and six pence price at the foot of the title. The text is in double column within star and lozenge ornamental borders. ESTC reference no: T81393. With the signatures: a-b8 c4 B-P8 Q6 r-y4 z2 R-2C8 2D4 2E2 2F-2K4 2L2. Collated complete. Gift inscription to the verso of front endpaper addressed to Henry Pigeon of Clapham Common dated 1853. Possibly Henry Pigeon of the distilling family. Other owner inscriptions to this leaf Richard Carpenter Smith. A lovely edition of this important Anglican text. In a full straight grained morocco binding with gilt stamping to the spine and extremities. Externally very smart with light rubbing to the joints and extremities. Prior owners' inscriptions to the verso of front endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with occasional scattered spots to pages. Very Good Indeed John Baskerville hardcover
1919097102London: The Royal Geographical Society 1919. A run of 30 volumes from January 1919 to December 1933. Books measures 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Many folding plates. Cirac 135 folding maps numerousy illustratations throughout maps mostly free of stamps or stamped on verso some maps linen backed. Bound in library cloth. Cloth dust/dirt marked All binding in good solid condition. Internally library stamps about 20 per volume a few plates have minor wear or tears. Pages and plates in good clean condition throughout. A nice run. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Royal Geographical Society hardcover
1794GT987London: William Lane at The Minerva Press Leadenhall -Street 1794. 1st Edition . Hardback. Vg. 12mo. 288pp last page incorrectly numbered 218. A very rare volume with only one printed copy traced but the title-page has no date but described as 1790 British Library. No copy appears in auction records. Hand-coloured by a child frontisplate and two full-page 'hand-coloured' 'cuts' as called for in the 'Directions for placing the cuts' page on the reverse of the title-page. Original tan full calf original binding with gilt rules to the spine. p70/71 leaf lower small corner lacking but not affecting the text. The covers are frayed and worn but intact.The spine label is worn away but the impress can be faintly observed. FULL TITLE . The pleasing companion; a collection of fairy tales calculated to improve the heart: the whole forming a system of moral precepts and examples for the conduct of youth through life: Containing Princess Hebe Graciosa and Percinet Story of Finetta Princess Carpilona The White Cat The Yellow Dwarf Pigeon and Dove Young and Handsome Ornamented with elegant cuts. <br/> <br/> William Lane at The Minerva Press, Leadenhall -Street hardcover
172654527A Bettesworth Bettersworth 1726-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. Small tooled leather bound volume first edition 1726 issue printed for A. Bettesworth at the Red-Lyon. Ink to second free front endpaper and first free rear endpaper. Text unmarked. Tight binding. First edition with half-title. 12mo. xii 184 8 pp Please email for photos. A Bettesworth [Bettersworth] hardcover
1898500028062London: Her His HMSO 1898. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good. 4to HB leather spine 5 spines detached one missing. Some spines rubbed. Some hinges weak. All the patents covering that crucial period of development of the car fiim aeroplane radio & electronics. <br/> <br/> Her His HMSO hardcover
1907099839London: The Yachtsman Publishing Company 1907. Book measures 33x27.cm. Collation 145661pp58 Full-Page Photogravure Plates numerous other illustrations illustrations complete as index. Spine rebacked in modern cloth retaining the original boards gilt lettering and crest on top board coloured endpapers. Binding has some light wear a few small abrasion marks on bottom cover. Generally binding in good clean firm condition. Internally some light staining to frontisabout 40 pages have some light staining on margins about 10 plates repaired some occasional nicks or tears to margins occasional light rippling Generally pages and plates clean throughout. Overall a nice copy in a good solid binding. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. Large Quarto. The Yachtsman Publishing Company Hardcover
1687673L6London: Not Stated 1687. First edition. Paperback. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 6". None. The first edition of this very scarce satire on John Dryden written contemporaneously to his success. Scarce - last seen at auction in 1981. Pages 12 20 are misnumbered as called for. ESTC no: R36782 WING: R1206 Collated complete with the final blank. With the signatures A4 B2 C-E4. This work is a satire on John Dryden with extracts from his poems. The title references his allegorical poem 'The Hind and the Panther' which is regarded as one of his most controversial. Dryden had converted to Catholicism around the same time as the Catholic monarch James II's accession to the throne in 1685. Many Protestant writers were disgusted by this particularly as previous poems by Dryden included praise towards Puritan Protectorate Oliver Cromwell. Dryden's 'The Hind and the Panther' came from Dryden's conversion and he describes the different religious denominations as animals making clear his new stance as a Catholic. This 'Trage-Comedy' is a response to Dryden's 'The Hind and the Panther' and his revolt against his previous beliefs. The introduction provides a synopsis of Dryden's poem and states that for writing it Dryden deserves to be 'reckon'd in the number of the Heathen Gods'. A very scarce work which provides context to the political and social climate of the seventeenth century. Disbound as called for. Externally smart with just a few light spots to the front and rear wraps. Internally firmly bound. To A2 there is a small ring mark at the bottom of the page not affecting the text. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. Just the odd spots. Very Good Indeed Not Stated paperback
3728502<p>New York 1837. Small octavo. 1 engraved title 2 91 1 1 10pp. Album with manuscript additions and two hand-drawn star charts and 13 pen and ink outline portraits. Quarter green cloth with original pale yellow silk-patterned paper covered boards; dark blue endpapers; all edges gilt. Album with engraved title leaf with vignette illustration. Album re-backed with green cloth; new cloth reinforced hinges; rubbing to edges of boards; scattered foxing; very good.</p> <p>Unusual handwritten American astrological album dated 1837 containing detailed horoscope readings hand-drawn star charts predictive portrait drawings dream interpretations and lottery number advice. </p> <p>The manuscript records two full horoscope readings: an extensive analysis of Robert H. Gould not yet twenty-one and a separate “Lady’s Horoscope†for a woman apparently born in 1810. Each section is accompanied by a hand-drawn astrological chart mapping the celestial signs governing the subject’s birth with the individuals consistently described as “natives.â€</p> <p>Gould’s horoscope is notably elaborate forecasting marriage career prospects travel to the southern United States and Mexico “In 7 years you will be in the South you will be Rich in Mexico and in the Southern States†longevity and specific advice on favorable days of action. It also provides recommended lottery numbers and predictions concerning children prosperity and personal relationships. The album includes pen-and-ink portraits depicting Gould at age twenty-one figures said to influence his future and a child identified as one of his sons.</p> <p>The lady’s horoscope offers comparable predictions including marriage faithfulness personal fortune bodily injury and death and is illustrated with drawings of her future husband or sincere friend.</p> <p>Written with confident authority the compiler explicitly distinguishes his interpretations from contemporary printed dream books suggesting familiarity with popular astrological and oneiric literature of the period. An exceptionally rare survival documenting antebellum astrology and popular belief in the United States.</p> <p>Note. 1. Album New York: Published by Solomon King 1830 unrecorded in OCLC. zxc</p> unknown
19711976Verona: Officina Bodoni 1971. Hardcover. Fine. One of 160 numbered copies this one numbered 80. Folio. Translated into Engish by Richard Bernard with twenty-five illustrations by Albrecht Durer. Albrecht Durers illustrations for Andria were made in Basel about 1492 for a planned edition of Terences comedies on wood-blocks which were never cut and are now preserved in the Kupferstichkabinett of the Kunstmuseum of Basel. The drawings have been copied on new blocks and cut for the first time for this edition by Fritz Kredel. Hand Press. Fine condition hardcover vellum spine over yellow boards in slipcase with volume also in clear plastic cover. SIGNED by Fritz Kredel Officina Bodoni hardcover
1888CAT000740Puebla: M. Corona 1888. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. String bound no wrappers likely as issued chipped at edges but otherwise fine and untrimmed. 138 4pp.<br/><br/>As rare as the many editions of the La Cocinera Poblana published from 1877 well into the 20th century are ubiquitous. Just four copies in OCLC three in CA and one at UTSA. No auction records. Mostly European influenced with Mexican recipes mixed in: Salsa bretona inglesa genovesa robert chile rellenoslengua estofada croquetas tortas mayonesas - a interesting and rare cookbook. The cover brag of 50000 copies is undoubtedly exaggerated by a couple orders of magnitude. Size: 12mo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000740. M. Corona unknown books
1946116964New York: Little Brown 1946. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo. pp. 1 80. Some blind creasing to back cover. On the autograph pages the following have signed :- page 1 Dell O'Dell Arnold Furst Goodlette Dodson Adolph Boldt Ernest T Heldman Harry Blackstone sr Jack Miller Merlin Eifert. On page 2 JJ Gillespie Paul Limerick John Paul Samuel Berland. Page 3 Harlan Tarbell with… Little Brown paperback
1860CAT0007231860. Scroll. Near Fine Condition. 8" x 12' scroll illustrating place settings and plated food designs. Slight wear at a few spots where pages were joined to form the scroll 15 sheets form the scroll. Undated ca. late Edo period. Text at start and end color added to a number of the illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000723. unknown
1860CAT0007231860. Scroll. Near Fine Condition. 8" x 12' scroll illustrating place settings and plated food designs. Slight wear at a few spots where pages were joined to form the scroll 15 sheets form the scroll. Undated ca. late Edo period. Text at start and end color added to a number of the illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000723. unknown books
1917001769Er You Mountain Publishing House 1917. The West Lake area near Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China has been valued as a destination for travellers seeking outstanding scenic beauty since the 9th century. The subject of numerous classical paintings literature and poetry it has welcomed scholars pilgrims philosophers monks and foreign envoys for over a thousand years. Many sojourners have left their mark in the form of numerous gardens temples and pagodas constructed over the intervening centuries. In 2011 UNESCO declared the Lake and its surrounds a World Heritage Site stating at the time that "The West Lake has influenced garden design in the rest of China as well as Japan and Korea over the centuries and bears an exceptional testimony to the cultural tradition of improving landscapes to create a series of vistas reflecting an idealised fusion between humans and nature." The present map a large scale woodblock print dated 7th year of the Republican era 1917 illustrates and names the various natural and man-made features of the area in pictorial form providing a panoramic view of the region. Mountains islands and causeways walls and gates pagodas pavilions gardens and general vegetation are all depicted in remarkably fine detail. The nature of the map appears to be aimed at a popular clientele; the long colophon providing directions for visitors to the many points of interest depicted in the map. Size in cm.: 51.5h 61.0w. Condition: very good with no losses or discolouration. Recently remounted in scroll format. Er You Mountain Publishing House unknown
1788047296London: Printed for G. G. J. And J. Robinson Paternoster Row 1788. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 2 ii 4 xxviii 184 159 1 299 1 pages. Contains an early British printing of the United States Constitution Hardcover begins page 100 of the second section. Hardcover bound in original full leather with raised bands on the spine. Spine also has a burgundy lettering piece the date 1787 and rules in gilt. The binding is worn and rubbed. Front hinge is cracked and the rear hinge is starting. Removed bookplate from the front pastedown but an early simple paper bookplate bears the name "Robert Y. Hayne" and the title page has the signature of "Robt. Y. Hayne." The text of the book is toned and the text block is sound. Robert Young Hayne 1791-1839 was Governor of South Carolina 1832-1834 and was Mayor of Charleston 1836-1837. He was an ardent States Rights supporter. He died in Asheville North Carolina. This volume is notable for the inclusion of an early printing of the United States Constitution page 100 of the second section. This volume also includes George Washington's "Plan of a new Constitution of the United States of America agreed upon at a Convention held at New York." There is also "Dr. Ruston's Letter to Dr. Franklin on the Cure of Smoky Chimneys From Dr. Franklin's Philosophical and Miscellaneous Papers." Page 147 has the "History of Virginian Mountains. From Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia." <br/> <br/> Printed for G. G. J. And J. Robinson, Paternoster Row hardcover
19382Ca. 1937. 179 images 5 missing ranging in dimension from 2-1/2" x 2" to 3-1/2" x 5-1/2". Artfully arranged and almost fully captioned in white ink with names of subjects and locations; a few items dated 1937 & 1938. C.C.C. Company 297 moved from Kanona New York to Heppner Oregon in late 1936. The images in this album document the cross-country move in detail including way-stops in Denver and Boone Colorado. Includes many captioned of the lads at work laying dams and bridges cutting wood preparing meals etc. A tipped-in meal coupon is issued to one "Joseph Accurie" likely Accurio whom we speculate was the compiler of the album. An unusually well-conceived and captioned CCC scrapbook documenting a significant piece of a single company's history; substantially complete and in excellent condition. unknown books
1819EXP3-C-1London: J J Stockdale 1819 . Cloth. Good. 8" by 4.5". Charles Williams. A scarce and interesting publication of humorous notes and anecdotes. Written by an anonymous author. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD 1906-1973 a noted book collector and diarist. Illustrations by Charles Williams. Williams was a British caricaturist and was chief caricaturist for S W Fores between 1799 and 1815. The title page states that the text is embellished with humorous coloured plates. The British Library copy shows the illustrated plates as coloured as well as throughout text. To our copy the plates have not yet been coloured and are also bound following the preface. Therefore it is possible that this copy was issued before publishing was complete or it is an early publisher's proof. In a quarter cloth binding with a hand written spine label. Externally sound with slight bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Spine has faded due to sunning. Internally binding tender for two of the plates otherwise generally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot throughout. Good J J Stockdale hardcover
1833014094London: Ordered By the House of Commons 1833. Book measures 34x22.cm. Collation 88pp 23 plates of which 18 are folding 5 single 13 partially coloured. Bound with. The New Houses of Parliament. 1835. Collation 15pp pages have been bound in incorrect order. & Report from the Select Committee on Rebuilding Houses of Parliament; with the Minutes of Evidence and Appendix. Collation 351pp.Bound in half calf. Rebacked retaining the original marble boards raised bands gilt lines title label. Calf rubbed on corners with minor wear loss. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally a few plates lightly creased. Pages and plates in very good clean condition. A very nice copy. . Half Calf. Very Good. Quarto. Ordered By the House of Commons Hardcover
1763774L1Oxford; Oxonii: Clarendon Press; E Typographeo Clarendoniano 1763. First edition. Leather. Good Only. 11.5" by 9". None. The scarce first Baskerville edition of the New Testament. One of only 500 quarto editions produced by Baskerville. Printed in Greek and in Latin. The text of this New Testament mostly reproduces the text edited by John Mills which is one of the most famous eighteenth century Greek testaments. This Baskerville printing was issued in 4to and 8vo with 500 4to copies ordered and 2000 in 4vo. This is a bright wide-margined copy of this work. Bound with the half title. ESTC reference no: T94898. In need of a sympathetic rebind this copy remains extremely bright internally. In a contemporary full calf binding. The boards are detached but present. Loss to the head and tail of spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with just the odd spots. Good Only Clarendon Press; E Typographeo Clarendoniano hardcover
1675LTH1-E-6London: George Dawes 1675. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 6" by 3". None. A scarce copy of one of earliest works on cases for moot courts. This title was only printed the once making this a particularly hard title to come by. Bound in early eighteenth century calf. This volume contains an account of 103 cases. The license to print page is on the verso of the first leaf. In a full calf binding. There is some wear to the extremities including some rubbing and some bumping to the corners. The front board has become detached. The rear board is firm.Internally the binding of the text block is tight and firm. The pages are generally bright and clean with some slight age-toning and the occasional mark. There is a copperplate signature to the top of the title page and the front blank endpaper. Overall this volume is in very good condition. Needs some work to the binding which is later anyway. Very Good George Dawes hardcover