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46516London : The Working Men's Educational Union King William Street Trafalgar Square 1854. Coloured lithographic wall hanging printed on calico 880 x 1160 mm; original brass eyelets at each corner; numbered 'LM No. 12' lower left; slightly creased but a well preserved example the hand colouring still strong and vibrant. The Working Men's Educational Union was a philanthropic organisation founded in London in 1852. One of its aims was to provide free education for the working classes through public lectures at numerous venues across the city. During the 1850s it published at least 400 different large format lithographic wall hangings which it called 'Diagrams' that were designed to illustrate lectures on a wide variety of subjects. They were produced on calico inexpensive unprocessed cotton - apparently to avoid paper duty - and were available for purchase at the Union's premises in Skinner Street Clerkenwell and King William Street near London Bridge. In 1854 the Union advertised a series of these Diagrams titled Missionary Scenes 'Being twenty coloured Diagrams upon Missionary Trials Perils and Insults Heathen Superstitions Cruelties etc. ; suited for Missionary Lectures. Price to subscribers £1 10s. to non-subscribers £2 5s' advertisement contained within the pamphlet The progress of locomotion; being two lectures on the advances made in artificial locomotion in Great Britain by Benjamin Scott. London Published by F. Baron for the Working Men's Educational Union 1854. It is likely that the present Diagram of which we can trace no other extant example formed part of this Missionary series. Indeed it seems reasonable to posit that the 'LM' preceding the sequence number '12' at lower left refers to 'Lectures on Missions' or similar. Although its artist is unidentified the image is possibly after a published lithograph perhaps one which appeared in a journal such as the Illustrated London News. The Alexander Turnbull Library National Library of New Zealand holds in its collection fifteen lithographic Diagrams produced by the Working Men's Educational Union. These depict scenes in New Zealand Australia the Torres Strait the Pacific Islands and South Africa. unknown
182032994London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1820. 3rd edition enlarged. V.g./No Jacket. alf leather binding marbled boards A well preserved copy in a contemporary binding some wear to corners no inscriptions. 20 hand-coloured plates. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown hardcover
187811899-1925. Manuscript Notebook stiff card binding 74pp. used c.17 items listed per page description of clothes and materials and cost total cost given at the end of each page. Author unidentified but occasional biographical entries e.g "Left Ireland/ Bournemouth" 1900 "W. gave me pair of corsets" 1924 obviously well-to-do and ultimately at least middle-aged corsets needed in 1924. Sample page Sept. 1916-Jan/Feb 1917 "Sepr Dressmaker May £4/ Hat black velvet tri-corner & gold ornament 1.10/ Veil 2s3d/Navy coat Frock 8/8/- 8.15.6/ Nov. 2 Crepe de Saute peticoats 1.5.10/ 2 bust bodices 5s 1/ Black tulle & moonlight sequin 8.8/ Velvet bedroom slippers 3s4/ Dec. Lace Evening camisole 6s6/ £62.10.8 3/4// 1917// Jan. 4 3/4 Rose red crape lining fur coat £1.1/ 2 prs Rubber gloves 2s4/ 3 Muslin collars 1s7 1/2/ Walking shoes 18s9/ gave B. -too big in margin House shoes 9s11/ 3 pairs Evening shoes £2.3.3/ 4.16.10 1/2". 1899-1925. hardcover
18067302Ripon: W. Farrer 1806. 2nd edition. Fair/No Jacket. Half leather binding Upper part of spine missing most of title retained; corners worn internally good. 314 pp. Ripon: W. Farrer hardcover
1850LTH28-E-5London: A. Hall Virtue & Co 1850. First edition. Leather. Fair. 8" by 5". George Cruikshank. A first edition of this work by Francis E. Smedley 'Frank Fairlegh' profusely illustrated throughout. First Edition. With thirty illustrations by George Cruikshank. George Cruikshank was a British caricaturist and book illustrator best known for his illustrations in the novels of Charles Dickens. Francis Edward Smedley began his literary career by contributing to Sharpe's London Magazine anonymously. His contributions were well received and would lead to Smedley's development of 'Frank Fairlegh'. In a half morocco binding. Externally sound with bumping and rubbing. Front joint and hinge failed with board detached but present. Ink inscription to front free-endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright with foxing to first and last and occasional spotting throughout. Some pages chipped and creased. Fair A. Hall, Virtue & Co hardcover
355490725379London. First Edition. Hard Cover. London: The Emu Wine Company Limited nd but circa 1935. First UK Edition not published with a dustwrapper. Publisher's card covers. 24pp includes two large concertinaed fold-outs with colour illustrations throughout. Oblong 24mo. Mild marks to the covers staples oxidized internally neat clean bright and tight. Overall a VG copy. The Emu Wine Company dates its history to Patrick Auld who founded a London company to import wine from Australia to England in 1862. It was bought out in the 1970s and is now a party of Hardys. A lovely vintage booklet with charming period illustrations. Uncommon. Further photographs available upon request. hardcover
51840London: Fisher Son and Co. no date 1843. Literature ILLUSTRATED Three volumes octavo 21 x 14 x 8cm. Brown half calf over brown cloth sides gilt titles on darker brown calf squares to spine. Each volume with an engraved frontispiece and half title page plus another twenty-five plates spread between the three volumes. Repaired tears to pp. 119-122 in volume I. Textblocks tone d and spitted more so to the plates and facing pages. Binding rubbed worn and marked with some loss to tiles squares on the spines. A solid set. Good. Ellis was a religious author who wrote mainly about women's role in society. She is well known for her works: The Women of England The Mothers of England and The Daughters of England and established Rawdon House a school for young ladies. London: Fisher, Son and Co., no date [1843] unknown
1866259032United Kingdom: Longmans Green & Co 1866. Book. Fair. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback octavo blue cloth lettered gilt rubbed to extremities with some loss at head and foot of spine upper hinge has at some pint cracked and being re-glued in two places gift inscription to an early owner dated 1867 bookplate of a previous owner to the front pastedown and that of a subsequent owner to the verso of the front free endpaper and that of a third to the verso of the half-title together with a tipped-in lettered gifting the book the body of the text is clean and unmarked b&w illustrations by the authoress 278pp. Longmans, Green & Co Hardcover
18078763Scotland: Published for The Author 1807. First edition Privately Printed in a run of 120 copies only. Folio. 27pp text with 43 etchings as called for with tissue guards. Bound in contemporary full tree calf decorated and ruled in gilt with a large gilt central ellipse by Scott of Edinburgh. Later restoration to the binding has involved strengthening of corners extremities and a full respine with the original spine laid on. The work was done a while ago and was very professionally executed leaving the binding strong solid and still remarkably handsome. Internally clean with some gloriously wide margins a set of ink initials C.L.S. to the front pastedown and a large note pasted to the front flyleaf detailing the origins and provenance of the book:</p><p>"This volume belonged to Frances Lady Douglas sister of the 2nd Duke of Buccleuch and Wife of Archibald 1st Lord Douglas Son of 1st Marquess of Douglas created Peer 1790 of Douglas House Petersham. The C.L.S. opposite is Caroline Lucy Scott Daughter of the above Lord and Lady Douglas and wife of Admiral Sir George Scott of Gala. Lady Douglas was born in 1752. The Douglas Library where this copy entered trade was sold in 1931 at Petersham. M.H.G."</p><p>Elizabeth Countess of Sutherland as is evidenced by this work was an accomplished and skilled artist that much is undeniable. This accomplishment has been rather overshadowed by her role in the incredibly damaging and inhumane uprooting and impoverishment of thousands of her native Scottish tenants through the process of mass family eviction that is now known as The Highland Clearances. The historic occupants of the Sutherland estates traditionally smallholder tenants crofters and the like were evicted en masse men women and children to make way for "agricultural improvements" in the shape of highly profitable sheep farms and other projects not native to the area but guaranteed to swell the coffers of the Countess' estates. In part this highly skilled and evocative collection of engravings perfectly capturing the lonely and awe inspiring remoteness of the Orkneys was only enabled by a lifestyle of leisure and freedom that was directly funded by the misery of the very people whose land she so ably documented artistically. One of the most challenging exercises in separating the art from the artist we have thus far encountered.</p><p>The identity of M.H.G. is unknown but they clearly knew their stuff; a beautifully executed collection of etchings from an aristocratic origin and with an equally aristocratic provenance. Scarce and complicated. Published for The Author unknown
1889011196<p>London: T. Nelson & Sons 1889. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Printing T. Nelson & Sons London 1889; 117 blank 2 Publisher ads pages; blue cloth block illustration & titling to front gold titling on spine rubbed on edges & bumped occasional marks a very good copy. Accreditation of text reads: "The following pages are founded on Mr Smiles' "Lives of the Engineers" vol. ii; "Smeaton & Lighthouses" edition 1844; "Les Phares;" "Lighthouses & Lightships" by W.H. Davenport Adams; and Smeaton's own account of the "Eddystone Lighthouse." Some minor authorities have also been consulted. <br /><br /></p> T. Nelson & Sons hardcover
355490722283Port Sunlight: Lever Brothers Limited nd 1900. A softback. Illustrators: W. Rainey Gordon Browne Charles Robinson Phil. Ebbutt E. Miriam Garden Jess Cauldwell and Other Leading Artists Pages: Beautifully illustrated with engravings line drawings and frontispiece. 156 pages Index 4 pages 2 pages of adverts. Published in 1900. Publisher's original illustrated stiff wrappers originally priced at 6d. A VG copy. Scarce. At the time of listing We can find no copies for sale on the www. Photographs/scans available upon request. unknown
184039549Oxford: Thomas Combe 1840. 1st edition. V.g./No Jacket. Half leather binding gilt title and decoration and raised bands on spines. Portion of ffep of vol. 1 excised. Oxford: Thomas Combe hardcover
16166'London: R. Clay Sons and Taylor Printers Bread Street Hill'. Undated London: Edward Stanford 1871. 15 1pp. 8vo. Drophead title. In good condition lightly-aged no wraps disbound. Poetic dialogue in Tennysonian blank verse beginning: 'First Peer. - This measure every session comes to pass By large majorities the Lower House; And every year of course we throw it out But only by a bare majority. That such a Bill should ever be the law To me appears impossible absurd - Things are not what they were I know: Reform Of one kind or another is abroad.' Footnote on p.6 referring to 'Lord Lyndhurst and Sir William Follett.' See also p.14: 'For what was Equity in 'Thirty-five Must still be Equity in 'Seventy-one; If Beaufort be absolved why not the rest' Apparently lacking the title stating that the poem was published in London in 1871 by Edward Stanford. 'London: R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor, Printers, Bread Street Hill'. Undated [London: Edward Stanford, 1871]. paperback
18333554907222731833. Hard Cover. Boston: Munroe & Francis 1833. This is a very early edition ie the Second Edition of a book that was originally published in first edition a year earlier in 1832. xxxvi; 300 pages 37 The Leslie section. No adverts are present in this edition. Contemporary leather binding with the spine re-backed the title in gilt to a red label in panel 2. This copy does not appear to have a frontispiece but may not have been published with one . A good copy with mostly clean interior. A section title for the complete system of confectionery which appeared on p. 249-250 in other impressions is not present in this impression and was not present in the 1840 edition at Harvard University. There is a long closed tear on page 26 of the Leslie section which has been historically repaired a long time ago it would appear. NB: The first edition was 1832 the Miss Leslie section was added the following - this edition being its first appearance therefore. Photographs/scans available upon request hardcover
19583554907255041958. Hard Cover. Nairobi: East African Standard 1958. This is the twelfth edition from 1958 originally published as a first edition in 1929. Not issued with a dustwrapper. Publisher's original cobalt blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to the front and back boards and to the spine. The blue boards are bright clean and unfaded. The gold-stamped gilt lettering is crisp highly legible with no fading whatsoever. Pages have aged gracefully to a light cream/off-white. There is no "foxing". The hinges are starting to weaken but are still holding firm. "The Kenya Settlers Cookery Book and Household Guide" published by the East African Standard in Nairobi for the St. Andrews Church Womans Guild isnt just a recipe book it is a historical window into the domestic life of 1950s Kenya. A classic colonial-era Kenyan domestic manual covering cookery household management food preservation Swahili dishes and practical advice for life in East Africa. These editions were produced in relatively small runs and are increasingly difficult to source outside the region. NB: Highly collectible regional African cookbooks continue to rise in demand due to their historical and culinary significance. Excellent for collectors of African history colonial-era cookery or rare international recipe books. Further photographs available upon demand. hardcover
1920LTH13-D-7London: Hodder and Stoughton c1920. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". None. An undated edition of this work attributed to Cecily Spencer-Smith Phillimore. A reflection of the gospel as if written by a follower of Jesus in the first person. Originally published in 1918. In a half calf binding by Truslove and Hanson. Externally very smart with just some fading to the spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
19913554907240041991. First Edition. London: Virani Food Products 1991. First Edition. A softback with stiff wraps. A fine copy. Photographs/scans available upon request. paperback
1802840A46North-Allerton: Printed by J. Langdale 1802. Hardback. Very Good. 6" by 3.5". None . A scarce copy of this treatise against religious indifference by Bernardus Pictet. Third edition of this work. A treatise concerning the importance of religion with notes for atheists sceptics libertines and more. Originally published in 1694. A scarce volume. Published anonymously but attributed to Benedict Pictet a Genevan Reformed theologian. This edition with an introduction by the reverend Anthony Horneck. No half title as issued. Rebound in full morocco. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only boards lightly marked fading to spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Printed by J. Langdale hardcover
1792V74333London: J. Good 159 New Bond Street 1792. Softcover. Good. Copperplates 62 Titlepage vignette with coat of arms of Gloucester and its cathedral in background in total 370 coats of arms engraved by Ames of Bristol. Small folio linen spine with contemporary blue paper wraps. Engraved titlepage 62 plates of coats of arms. Titlepage partly torn across and repaired on back and hinge strengthened else a neat copy with only a little light freckling. There is no text or subscribers list in this version the book was sold both with and without 49 pages of text which listed and briefly described the coats of arms pictured in the plates. The arms of Gloucestershire families are derived from Sir Robert Atkins' History 1712 and a few from Rudder's New History 1779. Printed 6 per page they are alphabetical first from Atkyns up to plate 53 which has only 4 arms ending in "Yate". Then the alphabet begins again with A from Rudder but ends with "Cassey". A further volume was intended but the work was never completed. Generally attributed to Sir George Nayler born at Stroud Garter King of Arms but the Dict. Nat. Biog. xl.130 states that "it was in reality the work of one Ames an engraver at Bristol". J. Good, 159 New Bond Street paperback
1649Biblio867<p>John Williams. London. 1649. 24mo. 2" x 4" Miniature "Waistcoat pocket" size for easy concealment by Royalists. "Eikon Basilike" in Greek script. On recto of first leaf a Crown below which is a large A for Alpha to correspond with Omega on p. 175. On verso "The Explanation of the Embleme." Engraved folding frontispiece of King Charles I a version with his left eye showing. Cropped with short closed fold tear. Title page in red and black. On Verso "'An Epitaph upon King Charls." Text 1–175 ending "Vota dabunt quaebella ne-garunt. Ω"; "His Majesties Prayers in the time of his restraint" 3pp. FINIS. "His Majesties Reasons against the pretended jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice which he intended to deliver in writing on Munday Januarie 22. Anno Dom. 1648." 3pp. "A True Relation of the King's speech to the Ladie Elizabeth and the Duke of Glocester the day before his death". "Another Relation from the Lady Elizabeths Own Hand". Another Relation from the Lady Elizabeth". "A copie of a Letter which was sent from the Prince to the King. Dated from the Hague Jan 23 Anno Dom 1648". Closely cropped margins. Final page chipped to edges no loss of text. Marbled endpapers. Edges red. Some creased corners. Full calf worn with surface loss to lower board and spine. Boards detached but present. Text-block is firm. Inscriptions of historic interest see below. I have resisted the inclination to have this book restored and have adjusted the price accordingly to accommodate restoration if desired for the purchaser as it is such a unique item.</p><p>Provenance –</p><p>Inscribed by two hands:</p><p>First inscription probably contemporaneous with publication: J – L inked through and obscured. "At the Great Posterne betwixt Cripplegate and Moorfields. Druggist." <br />Postern. At the west end of Petty France leading into Moorfields within the precinct of the late Monastery or Priory of the New Hospital or Hospital of the Blessed Mary without Bishopsgate</p><p>2nd inscription to verso free endpaper "Robert Robson Anno Domini 1733" with some practice writing "To – To - To" below it. Perhaps in a younger hand than the inscription on the opposite page</p><p>3rd inscription on crown page: "Robert Robson Book A.D. 1733." "Sacrilegy est instar." "De grote state principu disputart. Alsted"</p><p>Sacrilegy est instar - Justinian's Code and later interpreters such as Frederick II used this concept to argue that questioning the ruler's decisions was akin to violating religious sanctity. Interesting to note that the Alsted quotation is in Dutch</p><p>Robert Robson appears to have been a well-educated individual with knowledge of canon law. He has also made a marginal annotation to the Prayers: "Pem. Arcadia p. 243" ie The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia; by Sir Philip Sidney.</p><p>Frontispiece to 'Eikon Basilike: The pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings'; emblematical design; to right Charles I kneeling on his left knee looking upwards with his head three-quarters right holding a crown of thorns a book propped on the table in front of him and a crown at his feet; a ray extends from his left eye to the crown of martyrdom at top right. The frontispiece is cropped to be accommodated in such a small volume. <br />"Marshall's design is known in seven slightly different states – an indication that the image was in great demand with a plate being worn down by the continual printing process and re-engraving many times over. Multiple English and overseas editions of the Eikon Basilike resulted in five additional frontispieces based on the original design signed by contemporary engravers and etchers including Wenceslaus Hollar Thomas Rawlins and Robert Vaughan together with numerous unsigned versions by unknown <br />artists after Marshall" William Marshall's Frontispiece to the Eikon Basilike 1649<br />By Pierce Helen; Kemp Geoff. Censorship Moments 2015 p.79-86</p><p>Almack see no. 38 variant with much smaller type for John Williams. Wing E301 poss. variant. Madan F.F. New bibl. of the Eikon Basilike 34 poss. variant. Erroneously recorded as being reproduced on microfilm Early English Books 1641-1700 reel 1651. The item microfilmed is actually Wing E301.</p><p>This copy complies with the British Library and Oxford University Magdalen College copies but there are variants with a further plate similar to the octavo editions. There is no evidence that this copy has ever had an extra plate.</p><p>King Charles I of England was executed by beheading on January 30 1649 in London following his conviction for high treason after losing the English Civil War to Cromwell's Parliamentarian forces. This marked a major shift in British legal and political history.</p><p><br />On December 25 1649 John Williams was committed to the Gatehouse by the Commonwealth Council of State for printing and publishing scandalous and seditious pamphlets.</p> John Williams hardcover
187910537Merthyr Tydfil: H.W. Southey. Merthyr Tydfil H.W. Southey nd 1879. First edition first impression. Hardback. A good copy. Boards a touch rubbed front hinge starting with paper split. Lower board has been bent at some point. A little general dustiness. Front endpaper grubby with pencil erasure marks. 10537 Hyraxia Books. nd 1879 . Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1879. H.W. Southey hardcover
1808266792United Kingdom: B McMillan 1808. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback octavo re-backed with a new spine laid in marbled paper covered boards with original leather to corners and backstrip edges edges speckled blue tightly bound some browning & spotting to the paper signature of a previous owner and a small advertisement laid down at the head of the title page the text otherwise unmarked folding Tables xi 302pp. B McMillan Hardcover
1767278664United Kingdom: Hurst Chance & Co 1767. Book. Good. hardback. hardback fifth edition published in the year following the first octavo quarter calf with marbled boards upper joint wearing but cords remain strong. scuffed to the extremities. Bookplate trimmed and laid to the front pastedown. the text clean and unmarked. Frontis iv 173pp. Hurst, Chance & Co Hardcover
1883355490722278London: Fisher 1883. First Edition. London: T Fisher Unwin 1883. 5 2-196 2pp. The first edition of this work. A very scarce work. A collection of classic American recipes from the late nineteenth century. An early American work on the subject providing recipes for soups meats salads breads vegetables cakes and more. Written anonymously by 'an American lady'. With two pages of publisher's adverts to the red/ In the original publisher's cloth binding. A VG copy with slight pushing at the head of the spine and with just a hint of foxing to the page block edges and the text block. A much nicer copy than normally seen of this very scarce book. Photographs/scans available upon request. Fisher hardcover
355490722285First Edition. Hard Cover. London; Robert Jackson nd 1905. First UK Edition. 92 pages including the index. Issued with 40 page price list dated March 1905 titled: American fancy groceries imported by Rt. Jackson & Co. Recent blue cloth binding with gold lettering to the spine and brown coated end-papers. A VG or better copy. The copy held at the University of Leeds Library is dated as 1909 on account of the price list at the front of their copy being dated November 1909. The copy on offer here has an earlier price list dated March 1905 which casts doubt on the Leeds University publication date of 1909. This copy has the one page of adverts to the rear of the title page as called for by Driver. Rare. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
