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87212The Leadenhall Press 1894. . Hand coloured engraving showing a rural scene near London with fashionably dressed gentlemen riding the newly invented 'hobby horse'.<br /> The forerunner of the bicycle the 'hobby' or 'dandy horse' was invented by the German Baron Karl von Drais in France in 1817. It was introduced to England the following year by Denis Johnson a coachmaker of Long Acre London who described it as a 'Pedestrian Curricle'. Hobby horses had no pedals or brakes but were propelled by the rider pushing on the ground with his feet and dragging the feet to slow the machine. Johnson started a school where prospective purchasers could learn how to ride the machine and in 1819 fashionable London society was briefly gripped by a craze for riding a hobby horse. <br /> The Leadenhall Press, [1894]. unknown
186015819Trubner & Co. 1860. 8vo. Second Edition with an engraved frontispiece illustrated title in red and black 6 fine wood-engraved plates FINELY COLOURED BY HAND and 26 engraved illustrations in the text wanting front free endpaper frontispiece and title lightly spotted; original pictorial red coarse-grain cloth upper board elaborately blocked with multiple frame border in gilt and blind enclosing jester and title all in gilt gilt back gilt edges bevelled boards yellow endpapers covers moderately age-soiled corners scuffed joints somewhat rubbed with one short tear gathering cracked at F6-7 but binding wholly sound else a firm tight copy. With Westley's binder's ticket on rear paste-down. Mackenzie's version of the German mediaeval classic was first published in 1860 as a Christmas volume but stocks were swiftly exhausted and a second edition prepared to meet continuing demand. Mackenzie produced a lengthy additional preface to this second edition attributing the success of the venture partly to 'the generous and unanimous verdict of the press' but also surely to the wonderful illustrations by 'Alfred Crowquill' A.H. Forrester. Many would-be Christmas readers must have been disappointed for Mazkenzie dates his preface Christmas Eve but scholars of mediaeval romance and fantasy will find this a most useful edition replete with extensive historical preface and bibliographical and other scholarly appendices. The US edition T&F of Boston of the same year is the first American edition of the tale in English. Scarce. Trubner & Co., hardcover
8vo., Second Edition, with an engraved frontispiece, illustrated title in red and black, 6 fine wood-engraved plates FINELY COLOURED BY HAND and 26 engraved illustrations in the text, wanting front free endpaper, frontispiece and title lightly spotted; original pictorial red coarse-grain cloth, upper board elaborately blocked with multiple frame border in gilt and blind enclosing jester and title all in gilt, gilt back, gilt edges, bevelled boards, yellow endpapers, covers moderately age-soiled, corners scuffed, joints somewhat rubbed with one short tear, gathering cracked at F6-7 (but binding wholly sound) else a firm, tight copy. With Westley's binder's ticket on rear paste-down. Mackenzie's version of the German mediaeval classic was first published in 1860 as a Christmas volume, but stocks were swiftly exhausted and a second edition prepared to meet continuing demand. Mackenzie produced a lengthy additional preface to this second edition, attributing the success of the venture partly to 'the generous and unanimous verdict of the press' but also, surely, to the wonderful illustrations by 'Alfred Crowquill' (A.H. Forrester). Many would-be Christmas readers must have been disappointed for Mazkenzie dates his preface Christmas Eve, but scholars of mediaeval romance and fantasy will find this a most useful edition replete with extensive historical preface and bibliographical and other scholarly appendices. The US edition (T&F of Boston) of the same year is the first American edition of the tale in English. Scarce.
305718London F.J. Mason 1834. First edition Thick 8vo. Contemporary tree calf skillfully rebacked red morocco spine label. A fine large margined copy with no foxing. 2 volumes in one. 1015 pages. Bookplate of Irish prelate Vincent Lloyd Russell on the front pastedown. Printed by Charles Whittingham. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. London, F.J. Mason, 1834. hardcover
1787201London: Printed By Assignment from the Executors of E. Wicksteed for W. Bent Part 1 Printed for John Hinton Part 2 1787. Leather Bound. Near Fine. 4 x 6 1/2 inches. Part 1 consists of engraved frontispiece engraved title 1 leaf table of contents ix 156 numbered pages. Part 2 consists of engraved frontispiece engraved title 156 numbered pages. Bound at end is a 22 page publisher's catalogue of W. Lowndes. Bound in simple modern full black calf with red spine label and gilt title. Pages are bright and clean. An unrecorded variant of ESTCN56106 with 156 rather than 144 pages in Part 2. ESTC locates only 1 copy of the recorded version. An unusual copy of this popular Georgian devotional. Printed By Assignment from the Executors of E. Wicksteed for W. Bent (Part 1), Printed for John Hinton (Part 2) unknown
184010711Leeds: Mason & Scott 1840. Second-hand hardcover. <p>Anon. The Whole Art of Confectionary. New Edition Mason & Scott: Leeds 1840. 12mo in 6s 170x100mm recased red cloth brown leather gilt lettered spine label 471pp. VG/VG faint agetoning to pp edges</p> <p><br /> <p><br /> ANON¹. <br /> <br /> The Whole Art of Confectionary; also sugar boiling iceing candying making of wines jellies &c. &c. for the use of ladies confectioners housekeepers and others : to which are added several new and useful receipts never before published. New Edition price One shilling. <br /> <br /> Leeds : Mason & Scott 37 Briggate 1840. New Edition. <br /> <br /> Duodecimo in 6s 170x100mm red satin cloth boards brown leather gilt lettered spine label top-edge stained red-brown 471pp : AⶠB-Dâ¶. Bookseller's ticket "Cooks Books T & M McKirdy" to rear paste down; professionally cased² or recased pre 1980s new endpapers top-edge faintly soiled very faint age-toning to title page very faint sporadic foxing; bottom edge of D6 faintly soiled.<br /> <br /> A Regency/late Georgian/early Victorian book from Northern England on confectionery baked goods preserves desserts non-alcoholic drinks sugar and boiled candy with chapters on curing malt liquor perry beer and ale. The final chapter is "Pleasing and Cooling Drinks many of which may be used by Members of Temperance Socities sic".  There are 110 recipes ranging from funeral bunns to curing ropy ale; barley sugar to elder wine bride cake to quince cream.³ Many of the recipes are for commercial quantities and a number have suggested prices and costs. References to Barm Beest Gingerbreads Yorkshire Muffins and a range of spiced fruit cakes suggest the receipts were drawn from Northern England.</p> <br /> Scarce in any edition or format. An excellent copy.<br /> <br /> § OCLC records no holdings this edition. A number of variants are held in the UK and the USA<br /> § Not in Oxford nor Cagle nor Bitting. cf Axford pps.297-8 for American editions circa 1836.<br /> <br /> ¹ This edition does not list an author. There are a number of British editions with variations published and/or printed and sold between 1815 and 1848 across Yorkshire and the Midlands claiming authorship by W S Stavely Edward Logan MacKenzie J E Thomas and others.  There are also several American editions published 1830s in New York and Chicago claiming authorship by W Young or S W M'Getrick.<br /> ² Inspection of digital copies at Leeds University and the British Library suggest this was issued originally with cheaply printed yellow wrappers.<br /> ³ Again comparing digital copies from institutional holdings early copies have less recipes; later editions like this have additional chapters for apricot preserves and for temperance drinks.</p> Mason & Scott unknown
1904251136np 1904. Manuscript in ink. 4 pp rectos only. 8vo. Very Good. Manuscript in ink. 4 pp rectos only. 8vo. A seemingly unpublished poem about the one cent news issued by "Deh Joinal" including verses on Russo-Japanese War striking miners murderous wives and more. <br/><br/> unknown
1850174034H.E. Carrington 1850. Softcover. As Is complete but front cover is off and stained spine missing corners of illustrated pages have mall water stains all pages included. Red cloth wraps with gilt lettering and gilt armorial illustration on front cover marbled endpages 72 1 pp 3 bw full page illustrations. "In compiling the history of a regiment from such records as are in its possession it is intereting and necessary to shew its origin and the immediate causes which led to its enrolment." page 3 History of the North Somerset Regiment of the Yeo-Cavalry. H.E. Carrington paperback
18541945London: Burns and Lambert 1854. First Edition. First Edition. Pamphlet. 8vo. Title page slightly darkened with a small closed tear and a couple of ink spots to the margin. Otherwise a clean copy. Recent paper wrappers. In 1853 Mr Chambers was given leave by parliament to introduce a bill to the Commons. The premise of the bill 'A bill to facilitate personal liberty in certain cases' gave wide access to a panel of commissioners to enter Roman Catholic convents with the aim of securing the freedom of those held there against their will. Catholics viewed this as a scurrilous anti-Catholic attack and denied that any nuns were prisoners. They viewed the legislation as a reaction to the recent restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales. The list of signatories to the rear begins with the Lords whose names are led by Charles H Clifford & Francis Stonor. unknown
185342131Wm. S. Orr and Co. London. 1853. 3 volumes. Half-bound in bottle-green calf with gilt lettering to contrasting red calf labels and raised bands and gilt decorations to compartments to spine; patterned dark maroon cloth boards. All page edges marbled. Marbled end-papers. High quality portrait plates and ills. to text also. Extremities sl. bumped and rubbed cloth sl. sunned with mild marks here and there. Antique bookplate to front paste-down of each vol. small more recent owner's name to fly-leaf Vol. I. Some foxing internally mainly to margins of plates. A handsome set. VG hardcover
61050c.1870. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition; Dimensions: 235 x 135mm. 10 x 7 inches.<br /> <br /> [c.1870]. unknown
18903126London Edinburgh and New York: T. Nelson and Sons 1890. Very scarce. First Edition first printing. Decorative cloth with gilt decoration to front board. Circa 1890. Mounted on Manilla paper 40 full-page colour pictures. Presumably a children's book including a pictorial alphabet of Christian characters from Rebekah to Noah and Moses to Zacharias; plus many full-page colour illustrations. The boards are only slightly rubbed and inside the book is in a very good condition. 42 pages. 290 x 225 mm 11½ x 8¾ inches. T. Nelson and Sons hardcover
18903126London, Edinburgh and New York T. Nelson and Sons 1890
61049c.1870. . Albumen print. Good tonal range with slight foxing otherwise captivating image of this famous mausoleum; Dimensions: 235 x 135mm. 10 x 7 inches.<br /> <br /> [c.1870]. unknown
3733866<p>New York: Printed by George F. Hopkins at Washington’s Head No. 118 Pearl Street 1803. Octavo signed in fours. 1–3 4–56 2pp. Heavily foxed removed from a nonce volume; a good sound copy.</p> <p>First American edition and reasonably scarce to commerce. Born into a military family in Queen’s County Ireland Edward Marcus Despard 1751–1803 joined the British Army as an ensign in 1766 and quickly rose through the ranks distinguishing himself as a military engineer and gaining recognition for his efforts during the capture of Fort San Juan from Spain in 1779. ODNB</p> <p>Despard’s career took a controversial turn when he became involved in revolutionary activities upon his return to Britain. He became affiliated with radical groups such as the London Corresponding Society and the United Irishmen ultimately leading to his arrest in November 1802 for allegedly plotting a coup against the government. At his trial in February 1803 Despard was found guilty of treason despite efforts to paint him as a victim of government conspiracy. He was executed on 21 February 1803 leaving behind a legacy marked by both his military service and his radical political ambitions. ibid</p> <p>Shaw & Shoemaker; 4076.</p> unknown
59209c.1870. . Albumen print. Very good rich tones and in good condition; Dimensions: 202 x 208mm. 9 x 11 inches.<br /> <br /> [c.1870]. unknown
16792489London: Langley Curtis LC 1679. Clean and tidy with very slight darkening to the page edge only. . A single issue of a weekly anti-Catholic diatribe in the form of a contemporary broadside issued at the time of the Popish Plot 1678-1681. The Weekly Pacquet is Number 16 - Both of the broadsides were issued Friday 24th October 1679. Pagination is continuous presumably from issue 1 and these leaves are numbered page 121 - 128. They are held together but would appear to have been bound together with other issues at some point. 16 pages. 190 by 140mm 7½ by 5½ inches. Clean and tidy with very slight darkening to the page edge only. Langley Curtis [LC] unknown
16792489London Langley Curtis [LC] 1679
182088903London: J. Bailey 116 Chancery Lane 1820. First Edition. Slim Twelvemo. 18cm. Late 19th century half mottled calf over marbled paper covered boards by Bayntun of Bath with a red title label to the spine titled in gilt very much in the style of an older binding. 24pp. with 24pp binder's blanks to rear to stabilize the binding. Light scuffing to corners and spine ends darkening to spine label and a little dulling of the gilt strong tight and handsome; internally clean all edges gilt marbled endpapers later ex libris to front pastedown with traces showing removal of an older one visible beneath hand colored frontispiece illustration with later tissue guard and a small archival tissue repair to a small tear on the fore-edge offsetting of the color and some light soiling to title page the work would originally have been issued as a chapbook in paper wraps. A very good attractive copy of an obscure piece of early 19th century pop culture.<br /> John Bailey was one of those highly-energetic and slightly scurrilous printer-publishers of the early 1800's running alongside Stockdale Dugdale Duncombe and the like in a frenetic race to recognise the current zeitgeist and mine it for pamphlets chapbooks and on occasional multi-volume exposés until the vein ran out and they moved on to the next thing. It could be the sporting Fancy the murky doings of the Ton memoirs of ladies of negotiable virtue the scandalous habits of the French or the diabolical behavior of home grown rakes; if it could be illustrated with a lurid cut and sold to popular acclaim but no legal outcry then it was prime for publication. <br /> This is an indicative offering; a tale of a lady maligned a wandering-handed husband and some untrustworthy foreign types Italians in this case portrayed as being of a nation of bandits promoting the popular and rather thrilling idea that nobody really knows what the aristocracy gets up to but slim little volumes like this can give you a fair idea. Unusually studded with relatively competent verse commentary and enough arch detail for the suggestive reader to wonder whether it is entirely fictional. <br /> It isn't in case you were wondering; it forms part of the Caroline Scandal blizzard of pamphlets and cartoons directed at the indiscretions and marital strife of Caroline of Brunswick the oft estranged wife of King George IV. George despised his wife even after the birth of their daughter and Queen Caroline retired to Italy where her chief advisor and confidante was a gentleman named Bartolomeo Pergami - in short order Caroline and Pergami were rumored to be lovers accusations of adultery and possible treason flew in all directions and a legal deadlock began with both parties George and Caroline whose middle name was of course Amelia denying infidelity whilst pointing the finger at each other. The "Green Ridicule" is a reference to the bags presented at the reading of the bill intended to grant the King a divorce; large green sacks of "evidence" collected by the Milanese authorities much of which was rather hilarious and involved a lot of innkeepers and coachmen testifying to having seen Pergami in flagrante whilst within 20 feet of the noble lady. The resulting legal wrangling and backstabbing had the opposite effect from the one desired by George and rendered Caroline something of a public and political heroine misused by her abusive husband and adopted by reformist political figures seeking to gain ground on an increasingly eccentric and damaging monarchy. <br /> The tone of the tale is therefore rather sympathetic to Lady Amelia in keeping with public sentiment. It is also stated to hopefully be the first part of a series of exposures of the travails of "Lady Amelia" and her somewhat ungallant spouse which suggests it was rushed out mid-trial and may have had subsequent installments as the proceedings continued through 1820. The title itself is possibly a riff on Mary Charlton's work; she published a substantial and popular work with a similar title a few years earlier. Scarce and a little obscure with three holdings in US institutions. J. Bailey, 116 Chancery Lane unknown
18305311France: S.P. C1830. Three lovely papier maché snuff boxes. French circa 1830. Each has an engraving under varnish to the lid. One is coloured two are uncoloured. The boxes have painted edges around the image. The images are a touch darkened and the edges are a little scuffed but the boxes are still very presentable. The three are as follows: 1 "Devinequi" "Guess who." Two young men in an arcadian scene. One is behind and covering his friends eyes. Coloured image Appears to be a watercolour under varnish. 8.5cm diameter 1.5cm depth. Sound but with slight damage to the base. 2 "La Veillée" "The Vigil" A group of five in a cottage waiting expectantly although who knows what for. Woodcut under varnish. 9cm diameter. 2cm depth. Sound but with slight damage to the base. 3 "La tendresse Maternelle" "a mother's tenderness." Appears to be a mother trying to save a child from drowning. Woodcut under varnish. 8.5cm x 2cm. Gold painted edges and wood veneer base. Good condition. . Trois jolies tabatières en papier maché. Françaises vers 1830. Chacune présente une gravure sous vernis sur le couvercle. L'une est colorée les deux autres ne le sont pas. Les boîtes ont des bords peints autour de l'image. Les images sont un peu assombries et les bords sont un peu éraflés mais les boîtes sont encore très présentables. Les trois images sont les suivantes : 1 "Devinequi " "Devinez qui". Deux jeunes hommes dans une scène arcadienne. L'un d'eux est derrière et couvre les yeux de son ami. Image colorée Semble être une aquarelle sous vernis. 85 cm de diamètre 15 cm de profondeur. Sain mais avec un léger dommage à la base. 2 "La Veillée" Un groupe de cinq personnes dans une chaumière attendant avec impatience mais on ne sait pas pourquoi. Gravure sur bois sous vernis. 9 cm de diamètre. Profondeur de 2 cm. Sain mais avec un léger dommage à la base. 3 "La tendresse Maternelle" "La tendresse d'une mère". Semble représenter une mère essayant de sauver un enfant de la noyade. Gravure sur bois sous vernis. 85 cm x 2 cm. Bords peints à l'or et base en placage de bois. Bon état. S.P. unknown
18305311France S.P. C1830 Trois jolies tabatières en papier maché. Françaises, vers 1830. Chacune présente une gravure sous vernis sur le couvercle. L'une est colorée, les deux autres ne le sont pas. Les boîtes ont des bords peints autour de l'image. Les images sont un peu assombries et les bords sont un peu éraflés, mais les boîtes sont encore très présentables. Les trois images sont les suivantes : 1) "Devinequi ?" "Devinez qui". Deux jeunes hommes dans une scène arcadienne. L'un d'eux est derrière et couvre les yeux de son ami. Image colorée Semble être une aquarelle sous vernis. 8,5 cm de diamètre, 1,5 cm de profondeur. Sain mais avec un léger dommage à la base. 2) "La Veillée" Un groupe de cinq personnes dans une chaumière, attendant avec impatience, mais on ne sait pas pourquoi. Gravure sur bois sous vernis. 9 cm de diamètre. Profondeur de 2 cm. Sain mais avec un léger dommage à la base. 3) "La tendresse Maternelle" "La tendresse d'une mère". Semble représenter une mère essayant de sauver un enfant de la noyade. Gravure sur bois sous vernis. 8,5 cm x 2 cm. Bords peints à l'or et base en placage de bois. Bon état.
195048571950. Three attractive postcard sized original water colours pasted onto a dark paper background. Held in a simple wooden frame under glass. Unsigned and anonymous. The first image shows a woman and officer inspecting a parade of Algerian soldiers in uniform with Fez. One of them is smoking! The second shows a woman approaching a statue of St Raphael seemingly in devotion but actually reaching for a bottle of wine the statue is holding. The third shows a line of circus / carnival folk queuing at an optician's reception. All are in good clean condition and painted by a competent hand. Each image is 8.5cm x 14cm. Frame is 21cm x 48cm. . Trois jolies originale aquarelles de la taille d'une carte postale collées sur un fond de papier sombre. Elles sont présentées dans un simple cadre en bois sous verre. Non signées et anonymes. La première image montre une femme et un officier inspectant un défilé de soldats algériens en uniforme avec Fez. L'un d'entre eux fume ! La deuxième image montre une femme s'approchant d'une statue de Saint-Raphaël apparemment en signe de dévotion mais cherchant en fait à attraper une bouteille de vin que la statue tient à la main. La troisième montre une file d'attente de gens du cirque ou du carnaval à la réception d'un opticien. Toutes les images sont en bon état propres et peintes par une main compétente. Chaque image mesure 85 cm x 14 cm. Le cadre mesure 21 cm x 48 cm. unknown
195048571950 Trois jolies originale aquarelles de la taille d'une carte postale, collées sur un fond de papier sombre. Elles sont présentées dans un simple cadre en bois, sous verre. Non signées et anonymes. La première image montre une femme et un officier inspectant un défilé de soldats algériens ( ?) en uniforme avec Fez. L'un d'entre eux fume ! La deuxième image montre une femme s'approchant d'une statue de Saint-Raphaël, apparemment en signe de dévotion, mais cherchant en fait à attraper une bouteille de vin que la statue tient à la main. La troisième montre une file d'attente de gens du cirque ou du carnaval à la réception d'un opticien. Toutes les images sont en bon état, propres et peintes par une main compétente. Chaque image mesure 8,5 cm x 14 cm. Le cadre mesure 21 cm x 48 cm.
121212Jerusalem c.1920. . Three small cloth backed albums 9.5 x 16 cm; 8.5 x 12 cm; 9.5 x 14 cm olive wood boards one of them carved containing colour-lithograthed plates and pressed flowers protected by tissue paper on opposite pages pages slightly browned. 9 ll.; 13 ll.; 13 ll.<br /> Early 20th-century souvenirs from Jerusalem containing local dried flowers and colour-lithograthed views of the Holy Land.<br /> Jerusalem, [c.1920]. hardcover
