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186012979Philadelphia: Weik & Weik 1860. Handsome print of a Macaw and a Toucan sitting on a tree branch. From the rare "Album of the Finest Birds of all Countries" published ca. 1860 in Philadelphia. The album consists of 25 hand-coloured lithographed plates with the plates hand-coloured in Germany. The species are arranged by continent. 10 x 14" beautiful condition. Weik & Weik unknown
188034972Unpublished no date given 1880 Hardback. corners scuffed backstrip missing covers marked hinges weakened pages tanned at edges photographs mostly unmarked in good condition some very good photographs. 30 x 25 cm approx. 48 photographs in sepia-tone and greyscale ranging from 11 x 6 cm to 29 x 19 cm mounted on card views from Dresden Basteifelsen Berlin Oban Sound of Mull also various churches mountains mountaineers collection of 12 post card size chromolithographic views of Loch Lomond at rear half burgundy calf and cloth with gilt filleting to cloth edges Unpublished hardcover
18804698North Africa: N/P 1880. A group of young children sit upon steps on the edge of the communal clothes washing area. North Africa - probably Morrocco. An adult in a white robe watches the children in the foreground with a young child in similar robe facing them. Palm trees and dust road in the background. The children seem too young to be in school. An attractive albumen image. Slightly faded but overall in good condition. H265mm x 210mm. On green backing card 430 x 350 mm. A little darkened and bumped but still in good state. . Un groupe de jeunes enfants est assis sur des marches au bord de l'aire commune de lavage des vêtements. Afrique du Nord - probablement Maroc. Un adulte vêtu d'une robe blanche surveille les enfants au premier plan tandis qu'un jeune enfant vêtu d'une robe similaire leur fait face. Palmiers et route poussiéreuse à l'arrière-plan. Les enfants semblent trop jeunes pour être à l'école. Une belle image à l'albumine. Légèrement décolorée mais dans l'ensemble en bon état. H265mm x 210mm. Sur carte verte 430 x 350 mm. Un peu assombri et bosselé mais toujours en bon état. N/P hardcover
1861748R32Glasgow: Thomas Murray & Son 1861. Leather. Near Fine. 6.5" by 4.5". J. O. Brown Esq. A lovely insightful novel set in Victorian Glasgow. This charming volume novelthe tale of Alfred Leslie and his escapades in the city of Glasgow. Author remains anonymous but was named Frederick Arnold as denoted by a pencil inscription to the verso of the front endpaper.In a half calf binding with a beautiful decorative gilt spine and marbled boards. Features a full illustrated frontispiece and an engraved title page along with a number of full plate illustrations by J. O. Brown. Contemporary ownership inscription to the front blank. Externally lovely very minor shelfwear. Inscription to front endpaper denotes the author 'by Frederick Arnold' and an ownership inscription. Internally firmly bound pages bright and clean. Near Fine Thomas Murray & Son hardcover
1860mon0000153261Religious Tract Society 1860-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. NOT ex-library. Hardback/Hardcover. Clean copy in good condition. Religious Tract Society paperback
1895mon0003221192Archibald Constable and Co. 1895. Hardcover. Good. . Scarce. Spine faded. Some rubbing at edges. General shelf wear. Pages tanned but clean binding sturdy. Archibald Constable and Co. hardcover
1875AB5469Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot 1875-1902 1875. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 41 volumes of a 56 volume set. Ex-reference library with neat labels on eps. Black leather spines with gilt lettering and decoration browning/scuffed at edges and spine top and tail. Marbled boards have a litle wear to edges and corners. Slight browning to page edges. Most volumes good but 2 volmes have badly damp-affected boards and internally. VERY HEAVY BOOKS WILL INCUR ADDITIONAL POSTAGE CHARGE. Immediate despatch from the UK <br/> <br/> Duncker & Humblot 1875-1902 hardcover
1888106169Carmarthen: William James Morgan Welshman Printing and Publishing Office. Good with no dust jacket. 1888. Solicitor to the vendor - W Morgan Griffiths Carmarthen. Auctioneer - John Francis Carmarthen. Covers torn/chipped at edges internally clean no marks or inscriptions fold out plan of estate. Spine repaired with clear archive tape.; 106169; Folio . William James Morgan, Welshman Printing and Publishing Office unknown
18315448Paris: ve Demoraine et Boucquin 1831. First edition. A rare item. A miniature book to be kept with the owner at all times! As well as the meteorological information it also held information about the sun and moon the births and alliances of the princes and princesses of Europe and the final section was a selection of anecdotes and scandal from the previous years. Dark red paper covers. A little darkened but without significant marking or wear. The book is oblong to be read like a flip chart. Unpaginated but 60 pages. Internally in good clean condition with just a touch of darkening. Attractive letter press printing. 8.5cm x 5.5cm. Conforms to WorldCat / OCLC: 473081525. . Première édition. Un ouvrage rare. Un livre miniature à garder toujours sur soi ! Outre les informations météorologiques il contient également des informations sur le soleil et la lune les naissances et les alliances des princes et princesses d'Europe et la dernière partie était une sélection d'anecdotes et de scandales des années précédentes. Couverture en papier rouge foncé. Légèrement foncée mais sans marques ni usure significatives. Le livre est oblong à lire comme un tableau à feuilles mobiles. Non paginé mais 60 pages. Intérieur en bon état propre avec juste une légère coloration. Jolie impression typographique. 85 cm x 55 cm. Conforme à WorldCat / OCLC : 473081525. ve Demoraine et Boucquin unknown
1885P19BKTAN2201London: Masters Pettitt & Compy. 1885. Paperback with plain card wrap handwritten title to spine. Original covers bound in. 19.5cm x 13cm. 87pp. Illus. Original covers frayed with small losses. Scarce. p19. Soft Cover. Fair. Masters Pettitt & Compy. Paperback
18905521Paris: A. Capendu Editeur C 1890. Soft covers with eight pages. Colour lithographs to front and rear covers. Black and white to the inside covers. Inside are four full page colour lithographs and four black and white printed pages of alphabets and learning aids. Stapled. Overall in good clean condition. The top and bottom of the spine has been slightly split and now repaired with archival tape. Very slight offsetting of black type in parts. Overall in very good condition. printed by Emrik & Binger Haarlem. Although undated Capendu's activity in this juvenile line generally dated from the early 1880s into the 1890s. 22cm x 19cm. Not found in WorldCat / OCLC or the BnF. No copies online at the time of cataloguing. . Couverture souple de huit pages. Lithographies en couleur sur les couvertures avant et arrière. Noir et blanc à l'intérieur des couvertures. À l'intérieur quatre lithographies en couleur pleine page et quatre pages imprimées en noir et blanc contenant des alphabets et des aides à l'apprentissage. Agrafé. Dans l'ensemble en bon état. Le haut et le bas du dos ont été légèrement déchirés mais ont été réparés avec du ruban adhésif d'archivage. Très léger décalage des caractères noirs à certains endroits. Dans l'ensemble en très bon état. Imprimé par Emrik & Binger Haarlem. Bien que non daté l'activité de Capendu dans ce domaine destiné aux jeunes remonte généralement du début des années 1880 aux années 1890. 22 cm x 19 cm. Introuvable dans WorldCat / OCLC ou la BnF. Aucun exemplaire disponible en ligne au moment du catalogage. A. Capendu Editeur paperback
1849BOOKS259819New York NY: C. M. Saxton. G/No Dustjacket. 1849. . Wraps. Plates 73-76. . 4to. 4pls. Cover split at spine but still attached soiled and browned; foxing of plates with stains . C. M. Saxton paperback
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
1825mon0004014330By Subscription 1825. 1825T. hardcover. Acceptable. . lacking top board. gilt decoation to spine. pages tanned and foxed includes fold-out illustrations. By Subscription, 1825. hardcover
1899236006Kilmarnock.: John Ritchie. nd. c. 1899. First edition. . Decorated hard cover. . Fine owner name on end paper copy. . Octavo. . Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. John Ritchie. hardcover
1813690L8Birmingham: J Belcher 1813. First edition. Paperback. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 4.5". None. A very scarce pamphlet regarding the condensed rules on hallmarking in the context of the Birmingham silversmiths and plate-workers. The first edition of this work. This work looks at the acts of parliament regarding hallmarking so as to protect the public against fraud and to protect the trader against unfair competition. There are explanations to this work of how these acts relate to Birmingham or within twenty miles thereof. This pamphlet is aimed at the silversmiths and plate workers for their better understanding of the rules and regulations. A scarce work with only one on jisc held at the University of Birmingham. In marbled wraps. Externally generally smart with light rubbing and fading to the extremities. Light creasing to the corners. Internally firmly bound. Minor offsetting to the endpapers. Pages are generally bright with just the odd spot. Very Good Indeed J Belcher paperback
1816270651United Kingdom: Robert Triphook 1816. Book. Good. paperback. paperback an 1816 printing of a work first published in the early seventeenth century. The seventh tract of 'Miscellanea Antiqua Anglicana: or A Select Collection of Rare and Curious Tracts Illustrative of the History Literature Manners and Biography of the English Nation'. Covers creased and chipped and with some loss at the head and foot of the spine the sewing remains intact some top edges remain unopened b&w illustrations xv 76pp. Robert Triphook Paperback
183114385Newcastle J. Marhsall; 1831. 1831. Broadside approximately 38 x 15.5 cm. Single sheet titled in bold. Edges a little frayed slight toning to top edge. Remarkably crisp and clean for such a cheaply printed and ephemeral document. Broadside which describes a meeting of a "great number" Fynes od an early trade union of miners led by Thomas Hepburn in dispute with their employer over wages fines and rights to housing. Hepburn was a veteran labour organiser whose campaigning had won shorter working days for boys in the North East. The meeting described here was a precursor to a series of meetings between the trade union and the Marquess of Londonderry which was a significant step in the history of trade unionism. The gains made in the 1831 strike were soon overturned in the 1832 strike. Fynes The Miners of Northumberland and Durham pp. 16-20Outram 'Thomas Hepburn' Society for the Study of Labour History. Newcastle, J. Marhsall; 1831. unknown
185664257Cambrian. 1856. Hardcover. Very Good. MAnuscript title page dated 1856 13" x9 " consists of 33pp of what appears to be a long and comprehensive newspaper report each column set within a red border interspersed with numerous engravings of teh locality bound in half leather. Green cloth spine chipped covers worn loosely inserted booklet of rules ist of members publications etc dated 1856. Unusual if not unique Montgomeryshire itme. ; quarto . Cambrian hardcover
182429517John Thomson Edinburgh. 1824. Third edition. iii 203pp. 190pp. of itinerary 2 very large folding maps 8 engraved plates. Bound in red russian morocco. Boards and extremities rubbed and worn. Some occasional foxing and browning to pages o/w contents clean and sound. hardcover
1843012113Great Britain 1843. Book measures 22x14.5.cm. 89pp iv52pp second part dated 1871. Bound in modern cloth with gilt lettering. Library number on spine. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally occasional library stamp. Pages in good clean condition. A good solid copy. . Cloth. Near Very Good. 8vo. Hardcover
182775670London. 1827. Hardcover. Very Good. 13pp 104pp 16pp some gatherings sl pulled front endpaper repaired bound in half leather/marbled boards covers rubbed; 12 Mo . hardcover
182855274Providence: H. H. Brown printer 1828. First edition 8vo pp. 12; self-wrappers stitched as issued; uncut; a few spots on the title; very good. Warns of the dangers of the "monied aristocracy" and urges voters "to give your undivided support to.the Landowner's Prox by whatever name it may be called" and to support the State's current system of indirect taxation on imported goods luxury items profits levying license fees &c. as a way to lessen the direct tax upon land. American Imprints 31893; Bartlett p. 8; Sabin 70529. H. H. Brown, printer unknown