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1897157155Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company 1897. Octavo pp. 1-4 5-407 408: blank original green cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. "An English aristocrat narrates the history of a colonization movement begun by a mineralogist who discovers a gold mine and two miracle metals. He uses his riches to form a secret brotherhood and to establish the Nationality Confederation in the Midwest and Southwest. After his death the Confederation peacefully spreads over America. The hero's disciples honor him with elaborate oaths and rituals." - Roemer The Obsolete Necessity p. 202. "One of the more pleasant novels of social protest of the period; entertaining reading although the message is not as clear as it might have been." - Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1541. Kopp 807. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 160. Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 402. Rooney Dreams and Visions: A Study of American Utopias 1865-1917 p. 188. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 112. Taylor The Economic Novel in America p. 349. Bleiler 1978 p. 142. Reginald 05727. Wright III 2092. Early owner's name stamped on front free endpaper. Cloth rubbed at edges cloth frayed at upper spine end a very good copy. #157155 Charles H. Kerr & Company unknown books
186511496<p>The Religious Tract Society. London. No date. Circa 1865. New edition. 12mo. 6.8 x 4.3 inches. Fore edge painting of Tonbridge Castle. Previous owner name and date; 'Mary Adder 1865' on front blank free endpaper. Fine 19th century binding of full dark brown polished mottled calf. Spine with raised bands all ruled in gilt. Spine compartments double ruled and decorated in gilt. Green morocco title label gilt. Boards with elaborate gilt borders. Board edges decorated in gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. The binding is a bit rubbed to the edges but overall very good and although unsigned of a very high quality. With twentieth century FORE EDGE PAINTING of Tonbridge Castle in Kent. An attractive fore edge painting on a book with a beautiful binding.</p> The Religious Tract Society. London. No date. Circa 1865 hardcover
18951ivBg0056Oxford England UK: Oxonii E Typographeo Clarendoniano/Oxford University Press 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardbound Clothbinding. Copyright 1895. 8vo or 8° Medium Octavo: 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 444 8 pp. Text in Latin. Solidly bound copy with moderate external and internal wear. Clean text. Very light foxing on page edges not affecting text. Corners slightly bumped. No dust jacket. Oxonii E Typographeo Clarendoniano/Oxford University Press Hardcover
18237692<p>Printed by W. Baxter Oxford for J. Parker and F. C. & J. Rivington. London.1823. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. 6.8 4.3 inches. 3 Illustrations by George Cruikshank. A fine clean copy in early twentieth century binding by Riviere. Full tan morocco with five raised bands each with gilt piping. Compartments ruled decorated and lettered. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Paper watermarked 1822. Blank endpapers showing some foxing but the text papges are fine and bright. Published anonymously but the author is known to be E. Berens. .A handsome book with quality illustrations by Cruikshank. Cohn #71.:</p> Printed by W. Baxter, Oxford, for J. Parker and F. C. & J. Rivington. London.,1823 hardcover
1861086818Paris: E. Dentu 1861. Hardcover. pp. 131 / 36. Slim 12mo. Cloth spine with gilt lettering over marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Edgewear light foxing to contents paper label over spine bookseller label to front endpaper name stamp to title page pencilled notations to rear free endpapers otherwise contents unmarked binding sound. Text in French. First title OCLC 19104075. Second title OCLC 753001546: scarce. E. Dentu hardcover
183011099Bloomsbury: W.S. Fortey 1830. Printed in two columns with a hand-colored woodcut portrait of a 'lad' at the top on one column. Amusing poetry. Excellent condition. W.S. Fortey unknown books
18167949AB1816. Third edition. London H. Colburn 1816. 1 Kupfertaf. XI 228 S. Neuerer dekorat. Hldr.-Bd. im Stil d. Zt. mit RSch. und RVerg. schwach fingerfl. SGC II: II 193; Wellcome II 130; Callisen XXII S. 44 3. Aufl. London Burgess and Hill 1817; Halkett & Laing I 184 engl. EA. 1813. - 3. engl. anonym ersch. Ausg. von Beers berühmtem Werk 'Pflege gesunder und geschwächter Augen.' hier ebenfalls mit seinen Ausführungen über die Modetorheit und die Gefahren des Brillentragens. - Hirschberg § 469 und Münchow 455 ff. mit ausführlicher Würdigung von Beers Vorschlägen für die Pflege und Erhaltung der Augen die weniger in Deutschland um so mehr in England und Frankreich auf großes Interesse stießen. - Unbeschn. etwas gebräunt bzw. braunfl. Titel gestemp. unknown
183559161Boston: Russell Odiorne & Metcalf 1835. First Edition. 12mo pp. 192. Little foxed some contemporary writing on the end paper a very good tight copy. A much reprinted and refuted anti-catholic tale. Russell Odiorne & Metcalf unknown books
183517228Boston: Russell Odiorne & Metcalf 1835. First edn. 12mo pp. 192. Little foxed some contemporary writing on the end paper a very good tight copy. ``A much reprinted and refuted anti-catholic tale. Russell Odiorne & Metcalf unknown books
189058264np 1890. Broadside around 8-1/2 x 11 in. recipes written in three columns. Above the title is noted: Copyright Secured. Dates gotten from OCLC which notes just the one copy at Indiana University none listed on line. Page little toned but a very good copy. Not in Bitting. Contains recipes for everything from sun burn and mildew to tea cakes. unknown books
1853GT057London: Ingram Cooke and Co 1853. 1st Edition . Hardback. Vg. large 8vo. xii 17-405pp. Wood-engraved frontis extra-engraved title and 40 engraved plates and text illustrations. Appendix index. Pub. green cloth gilt with blind embossed tree illus. enclosed by a dec. blind border. Patterned blind spine with gilt titles. Neat spine joint repair otherwise a near fine copy. <br/> <br/> Ingram Cooke, and Co hardcover
1810TS415Nottingham: C. Sutton for the Flying Stationera 1810. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. small 8vo. ND c1810. 8pp Four paragraphs I. The children's duty to God their mother and themselves. II. A copy of verses written by the father a little while before his death. III. Some godly meditations. IV. The father's last gift to his children." No. 11 printed in small numerals below imprint. Referenced by P.J. Cropper in 'The Nottinghamshire printed chap-books 1892 no. 25'. A rare pamphlett from c 1810 printed on a single sheet folded and cut into small booklet form with no sewing or staples. Fine condition expept for a small loss on the last fold in the inner margin not affecting the text or integrity of the publication. No woodcut as published. <br/> <br/> C. Sutton for the Flying Stationera paperback
1821TS401London: Henry Colburn & Co. 1821. 1st Edition . Hardback. Vg. 12mo. half-title Preface xi i 359pp. Seven sections. Original full calf with gilt compartments to the spine and a red morocco label. Joints cracked and worn but sound. Full 17 page review of this scarce book can be found in The New Edinburgh Review Volume II No III January 1822. 20cms. Printed by Shackell and Arrowsmith Johnston's-Court Fleet Street. An armorial bookplate pasted to the inside front board 'William Alexr Martin - Writer to the Signet'. <br/> <br/> Henry Colburn & Co. hardcover
1866GT1025London: George Routledge and Sons 1866. 1st Edition . Hardback. Vg. large 8vo. ND c1866. iv 316pp. 21cms. Pub. dec. green cloth with black titles. and two youngs girls reading. Illustrated throughout Brickmaker -- Mason -- Bricklayer -- Plasterer etc. -- Carpenter -- Painter etc. -- Plumber -- Manufacture of gas -- Iron founder -- Blacksmith --Brassfounder -- Gilder -- Cabinet maker -- Floor-cloth ditto. -- Paper stainer -- Calico printer -- Tinman -- Farrier -- Needle maker -- Hotpresser -- Cutler -- Cotton manufacturer -- Tailor -- Tanner -- Shoemaker -- Saddler etc. -- Hatter -- Miller -- Baker -- Sugar refiner -- Dyer and scourer -- Coppersmith -- Gun maker. Finely re-backed. <br/> <br/> George Routledge and Sons hardcover
1850781P40London: Williams and Norgate 1850. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5". None. The author's own copy of his translation of the German epic poem 'Nibelungenlied' with Lettsom's notes throughout and his signature. The scarce first edition of William Nanson Lettsom's translation of the epic poem 'Nibelungenlied'.Originally written in Middle High German around 1200 the poem is based on an oral tradition of Germanic heroic legend.The author's own copy with his ink signature to the verso to the front blank and his occasional annotation to the text. His ink notes to the recto to the front blank.Ink note to the recto to the front free endpaper 'This is William Nanson Lettsom's own copy of the . with his ms. notes and autograph J. Johnston Abraham 6.4.37'.Lettsom's obituary and advert for the sale of his library bound in after the front endpaper. In a full morocco binding. Externally generally smart with some discolouration to the boards and spine. Light rubbing. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean. Author's notes throughout. Very Good Williams and Norgate hardcover
1826045390Madrid: Camara de S.M. 1826. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Near Fine Condition. 2 titles bound up in morocco backed cloth both scarce the first with an attractive title vignette. 58pp; 73pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Inventory No: 045390. <br/><br/> Camara de S.M. hardcover books
1826045390Madrid: Camara de S.M. 1826. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Near Fine Condition. 2 titles bound up in morocco backed cloth both scarce the first with an attractive title vignette. 58pp; 73pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Inventory No: 045390. <br/><br/> Camara de S.M. hardcover
18252652London: Taylor and Hessey 1825. Second edition. Hardcover. Good . With Directions For the Treatment of Plants in Pots and Illustrations From the Works of the Poets. 8vo half leather with gilt titles on spine. Spine and corners rubbed. Edges speckled red. Xliii 464pp. Published anonymously attributed to Elizabeth Kent. Contents include a list of plants in the book preface regarding the appreciation of flora gardens some customs etc and descriptions of the plants themselves including origin of both the names and the plant cultivation uses of the plants associated customs their place in literature etc. All written in an informative but highly readable style. Occasional marks inside someone has ticked in pencil next to some of the plant names in the contents list generally very good and clean inside. Taylor and Hessey hardcover
1825patoo1825<p>Pamphlet 1825 Andover Mass. Early edition. Condition is Fair: wraps show significant general wear top outer corner of blank and last wrap missing causing loss of part a letter. Interior has ownership inscription on front blank with date of 1827 old prior seller's price on blank. No other writing or markings. Spine reinforced with paper in distant past. Paginates: wraps blanks 48. Illustrations included in pagination. Complete as issued. This edition is uncommon. WorldCat locates ~15 copies. See OCLC: 34635134 & 22449258; Rosenbach 681. Harlan Page is the engraver author is unknown. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: identification of edition priority is a challenge. The undated New-York Religious Tract Society is generally considered the true first. The sources on this make conclusory statements and there is reason to doubt them. I put together a summary of my research for those who are interested.Indigenous South Pacific theology</p> Published by the American Tract Society, and for sale at the General Depository, Andover, Ms. & by agents of the Society through paperback
1838053140London/Birmingham/Newcastle/Dublin/ Prior Park: Keating and Brown; Burns & Lambert; R. P. Stone; Charles Dolman; T. Jones; P & M Andrews; Goodwin; Edward Walker; St Paul's Press Prior Park;. Glance at the Institution for the Propagation of the faith Keating's and Brown1838 52pp;The prophecy of Orval containing a Prediction of all the Remarkable Events James Burns 1848 16pp; A Few Words of Affection and Congratulation to Fellow Converts Burns & Lambert 1851 11pp; Moore: Drunkenness and Its Effects Catholic Temperance Confraternity 15pp; John Moore: Substance of an Address Proposing the Formation of a Catholic Temperance Society 1840 16pp; Thomas Tempest: Sermon Laying the First Stone of a Catholic Chapel at Melton Mowbray 1839 21 ixpp;The Christian's Directory or Sentiments of Christian Piety 35pp; M. Frayssinous: Maxims of the Catholic Church Respecting the Salvation of Man T. Jones 1839 31pp; Anon. General Observations on the Religious State 11pp; Maxims and Spiritual Counsels of Saint Teresa 1819 31pp; The Calling of St Peter as An Apostle Dublin: Goodwin 1825 12pp; Henry Rutter: A Summary View of the State of Mankind Newcastle 1821 59pp; P. A. Baines: A Letter Addressed to Sir Charles Wolseley Bart. on the lent Pastoral of 1840 19pp; 13 bound catholic tracts some provincial from 1819-1840 few with creases gift inscriptions some spotted good . Good. Hardcover. 1838. Keating and Brown; Burns & Lambert; R. P. Stone; Charles Dolman; T. Jones; P & M Andrews; Goodwin; Edward Walker; St Pa hardcover
18399868Ashbourne: Dawson and Hobson 1839. 8vo. pp. viii x 372 22 b/w single-page plates as called for including frontispiece and additional engraved title mostly lithographed by Samuel Rayner occasional slight spotting contemporary black half calf over marbled boards slightly rubbed and scuffed; ownership signature Kynnersley to title. A history of Ashbourne in the Derbyshire Dales originally issued in 20 parts 1838-39. Landscape artist Samuel Rayner 1806-1879 trained as a draughtsman under the antiquary John Britton and exhibited his first work at the Royal Academy when he was just fifteen. 10 examples located on worldcat: OCLC: 54153230; 54041710; 464745723. Book Dawson and Hobson, hardcover
1875113039London: Simpkin Marshall & Co. and J. D. Potter. Poor with no dust jacket. 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. In original half leather/marbled boards gilt titling to the spine. The boards and the leather spine and corners are very rubbed and worn the front and rear boards are completely detached. Page fore-edges are dusty/browned and stained. Internally in very good condition with a VERY little sporadic foxing/staining here and there but tightly bound and generally very clean. Formerly in the Seafarers' Education Service library - Crew's Library with their book plate on the front pastedown and a blue 'Withdrawn' stamp but NO other Library markings anywhere in the book. Opposing the bookplate on the ffep is a 'presentation plate' and not noted but the former owner was Joanna Greenlaw - a well known author having written books on horology and the sea etc - a couple of tears in this endpaper. 2 1060 pp. A couple of full page b/w plates a b/w fold out diagram and some line drawings /diagrams in the text. Contents cover various "subjects connected with maritime affairs." some continued from former volumes others are 'stand alone' - Articles included in this volume = ' Wreck Report for 1873 '; ' Our Colonies -V - Indian Possessions and Australasia ' ; ' Arctic Expedition of 1875 ' ; ' Atlantic Stream Ferries - 1. Cunard: 2. The Allen Line: 3. Inman Line: 4. National Line '; ' Starvation ' ; 'The International conference on Maritime Metrology ': ' The Annexation of New Guinea ' ; ' Emigration to South America ' ; 'Marine Inventions ' ; 'The commercial value of Human Life' ; ' The "Schiller" of Hamburg Wrecked 7th May 1875' ; etc etc. Overall a generally clean and tight complete copy for research reading etc - but not a collectors copy unless you have it repaired/rebound. Images available on request. This book is overweight and MAY require extra postage depending on your location. ; New Series; Ex-Library; Thick 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Simpkin, Marshall & Co. , and J. D. Potter, hardcover
1876113038London: Simpkin Marshall & Co. and J. D. Potter. Fair with no dust jacket. 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. In original half leather/marbled boards gilt titling to the spine. The boards and the leather spine and corners are very rubbed and worn the front board is completely detached and the rear hinge of the spine is splitting down most of the length but holding. Page fore-edges are dusty/browned. However in very good condition internally tightly bound and generally very clean. Formerly in the Seafarers' Education Service Library - Crew's Library with their book plate on the front pastedown and a blue 'Withdrawn' stamp but NO other Library markings anywhere in the book. Opposing this on the ffep is a 'Presentation plate' and the former owners' name and location written by her in ink Joanna Greenlaw - a well known author having written books on horology and the sea etc - a couple of holes in this endpaper. 4 1148 pp. Three Full page b/w plates a b/w map and some line drawings /diagrams in the text. Contents cover various "subjects connected with Maritime Affairs." some continued from former volumes others are 'stand alone' - articles included in this volume = ' Shipowners: The Few and the Many ' ; ' Atlantic Sea Ferries No V ' ; 'Marine Invention'; ' The Strength and Strains of Iron Ships ' ; 'As Regards the Mercantile Marine' ; ' The Crab and Lobster Fisheries of Cromer '; 'The Channel Tunnel and Railway' ; ' The Norwegian Deep-Sea Exploring Expedition ' the bottom front corner of page 595/6 torn off with a little loss to the text there ; ' On the Authority of the Master of A British Ship to Correct the Mariners ' ; ' The Screw-Propeller ' ; ' The Port of Venice ' ; ' The Lifeboat Bridge and Lifeboat in Steamers ' ; ' Our Maritime Defences considered combined with the Manning of our Merchant Ships' ; ' The Health of Seamen '; ' On Sea and Land - Recollections of a Sailor.' ; ' The Port of Venice ' ; ' The Lifeboat Bridge and Lifeboat in Steamers ' ; ' Our Maritime Defences considered combined with the Manning of our Merchant Ships' ; ' The Health of Seamen '; ' On Sea and Land - Recollections of a Sailor.' ; ' The Arctic Expedition '. Overall a Clean and Tight complete copy for research reading etc - but not a collectors copy unless you have it repaired/rebound. Images available on Request. This book is overweight and MAY require extra postage depending on your location. ; New Series; Ex-Library; Thick 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Simpkin, Marshall & Co. , and J. D. Potter, hardcover
1801105650Paris: Chez Marchand 1801. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. original half vellum hardcover with marbled boards with spine lettered in an early handhalf titlehand coloured frontispieceprinted title pagevi including titlefurther engraved plate1-178ppold relevant notes and labels to flyleavesotherwise a very good complete copy of a scarce book. <br/> <br/> Chez Marchand hardcover
18111793London: John Murray 1811. Second Edition. Hardcover. Brown leather Very good. 440 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. A comprehensive household manual filled with what seems to be very helpful receipts and some of a dubious nature. Chapters filled with constructive advise on rearing livestock making butter brewing and the management of malt liquors the management of plants seeds and the greenhouse while other advice such as using a bush held by a rope to clean a chimney as opposed to employing a child children will damage the interior bricks seem a bit outdated. Accredited to Mrs. Rundell of New Systems of Domestic Cookery fame but there are many who think this is a false theory due to her well published falling out with the John Murray. All edges gilt dentelle edging and blindstamped Missing 1 cm. of leather at the head of spine. Interior crisp and clean. Owners signature present on front boards 1819. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
