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1443779350.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1789012995London: Printed for the Author by J. Cooper 1789. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good-Very Good for age. Recently rebound in brown boards with light mottled and gilt-lettered leather spine with gilt edge lines appears virtually new. 86 pp. lacking f/piece and original end-papers but these inc. in pagination so t.p. is p.5 t.p. has tanned edges and light patches of what seems like ingrained dustiness which largely if not entirely resist erasure slight top tanning through to p.7 tanning recurs heavily to final leaf esp. verso which has same dustiness and a small hole to top gutter very slightly affected previous leaf also intervening text-block largely tanning free though occasional odd spots and marginal dustiness but unmarked and tight; new front end-paper has round impressed ex-lib stamp of Derek Gair Gibson 1935-2021 eminent pioneering cardiologist and also a bibliophile probably responsible for rebinding above penciled acquisition date 11.5.85. Apparently very scarce and f/piece absence common to the few listed copies at date of this listing. A good provenance. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm <br/> <br/> Printed for the Author by J. Cooper hardcover
188432891884. A beautiful sketch book by an unknown French artist. This contains sketches of landscapes of Northern France. Also ships and parts of ships and ink portraits of gentlemen. The landscapes is often around St. Malo. These include Paramé and Saint-Servan-sur-Mer in Ile-et-Vilaine and Granville in Manche. All skillfully executed in pencil ink or charcoal. In total there are 13 pages of landscapes 13 of portraits 12 of ships and boats and 4 other sketches. There are also a few others not significant. All drawn between 1884 and 1900 - these are created by a skilled hand. There is a poem dedicated to 'Justine' with ends with the author / artist's name Louis de Crèvecoeur. 105 x 170 mm 4¼ x 6¾ inches. Un beau carnet de croquis d'un artiste français inconnu. Il contient des croquis de paysages du nord de la France. On y trouve également des bateaux et des parties de bateaux ainsi que des portraits à l'encre de gentilshommes. Les paysages sont souvent situés autour de Saint-Malo. Ils incluent Paramé et Saint-Servan-sur-Mer en Ile-et-Vilaine et Granville dans la Manche. Tous sont habilement exécutés au crayon à l'encre ou au fusain. Au total il y a 13 pages de paysages 13 de portraits 12 de navires et de bateaux et 4 autres croquis. Il y en a aussi quelques autres qui ne sont pas significatives. Tous les dessins ont été réalisés entre 1884 et 1900 - ils ont été créés par une main experte. Il y a un poème dédié à 'Justine' qui se termine par le nom de l'auteur/artiste Louis de Crèvecoeur. 105 x 170 mm 4¼ x 6¾ inches. unknown
188432891884 Un beau carnet de croquis d'un artiste français inconnu. Il contient des croquis de paysages du nord de la France. On y trouve également des bateaux et des parties de bateaux, ainsi que des portraits à l'encre de gentilshommes. Les paysages sont souvent situés autour de Saint-Malo. Ils incluent Paramé et Saint-Servan-sur-Mer en Ile-et-Vilaine, et Granville dans la Manche. Tous sont habilement exécutés au crayon, à l'encre ou au fusain. Au total, il y a 13 pages de paysages, 13 de portraits, 12 de navires et de bateaux et 4 autres croquis. Il y en a aussi quelques autres qui ne sont pas significatives. Tous les dessins ont été réalisés entre 1884 et 1900 - ils ont été créés par une main experte. Il y a un poème dédié à 'Justine', qui se termine par le nom de l'auteur/artiste Louis de Crèvecoeur. 105 x 170 mm (4Œ x 6Ÿ inches).
8vo., First Edition thus, with endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. This anonymous journal was compiled as early as 1818 whilst the events were still relatively fresh in the writer's mind. It was first published in Edinburgh in 1819.
1929018206London: Faber & Gwyer 1929. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1929 first edition second impression. Size 12mo 7.25" tall 252 pages. Red cloth covered boards with black titles to the spine with the dust jacket. Book condition very good plus slight rub to corners and spine very faint offsetting and one faint small mark to front end-paper otherwise very clean throughout. Dust jacket condition very good plus very slight rub to corners spine ends and folds very slight fade to the spine otherwise fine not price clipped. <br/> <br/> Faber & Gwyer hardcover
107660London 1899. . <br /> Unsigned declaration of London rabbies concerning ritual murder allegation. December 5660-1899.<br /> London, 1899. unknown
1919001535Wolverhampton: The Sunbeam Motor Car Co. Ltd. 1919. Soft cover. Fair. Condition : Fair to Good. Numerous wonderful black and white photographs. Booklet with card covers with brown titles to front. Covers soiled and edges slightly chipped and creased. Front hinge cracked but binding firm. Content generally clean and bright with the odd handling mark. A SCARCE ITEM. Not ex-library. No labels names notes or inscriptions. 63 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked. <br /> The Sunbeam Motor Car Co., Ltd. paperback
107426Plymouth: W G Swiss and Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. No date c 1900/10 Stiff black boards with gilt titling to front cover edges/corners/spine scuffed/knocked front cover lightly stained faded gilt decs to front cover. NO INSCRIPTIONS. Illustrated title page. Unpaginated. 20 printed photographs including - general view of Royal Naval Barracks; Gunnery class in drill shed; Battalion on parade; the church; a barrack room; the boys brigade etc. Overall a very good copy internally EXCELLENT CLEAN AND BRIGHT; 107426; 4to small . W G Swiss and Sons hardcover
1731600P21London: W Pepper 1731. First edition. Disbound. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. An extremely scarce political pamphlet from 1731 written anonymously and regarded as attacking the Prime Minister Robert Walpole. The first and only edition of this work. Written anonymously and purtporting to be a speech given by 'The Grand Seignior to his Janizaries'. This work uses many forms of rhetoric to discuss war and the role of a 'Sovereign Judge' in a satirical manner. Walpole's own foreign policy was to avoid wars so that he could lower taxes. With a frontispiece of a Turkish infantryman. Walpole was the first British Prime Minister and held the position for twenty years. This pamphlet was published in 1731 and has been regarded by critics to be an attack on Walpole with the ESTC notes on this work support this view. Walpole had many enemies who were prominent in the literary scene such as John Gay Jonathan Swift Alexander Pope Henry Fielding and Samuel Johnson. With only one entry of this work in the ESTC. no. T106325. Pamphlets became a powerful source of strife in the seventeenth and eighteenth century with dozens being published about each any every political moral or social situation. They were often printed anonymously providing a sense of protecting for the person writing it. Disbound without both boards but with evidence of having been previously bound. Externally generally smart. Light bumping to the extremities. Small contemporary ink inscription to the head of first page. Internally firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to the edges. Blind stamp to the title page. Chip to the head of pages five and nine not affecting text. Otherwise just the odd spot. Very Good W Pepper unknown
1878012113New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1878. Hardcover. Good. Copyright date 1878. Original blue cloth boards with ornate black stamping and a color-illustrated paste-on portrait of a noblewoman. 1881 gift inscription on ffep. Residue of Victorian-era children's stickers on front pastedown and ffep. Pages show a few small spots of minor soiling. 11 illustrated plates including frontispiece. 92 pp. 6 x 4 inches. Rare. One copy located on OCLC at the Library of Congress. A tale of seafaring adventure. Harold a boy of sixteen boards a ship in New York to sail for Liverpool where he'll meet his family. After some rough weather the ship becomes embroiled in mutiny. Harold Captain Wales and couple other men are set adrift in a quarter boat to fend for themselves. After drifting for several days and beginning to despair of their prospects for survival they are picked up by a whaler headed to the Arctic. Eventually they make port in Reykjavik and board another ship to continue on their way to England arriving in London on Christmas Eve. Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover
1946012441Newark: Housing Authority of the City of Newark 1946. Book measures 28x22.cm. 78pp illustrated. Bound in original publishers spiral backed paper covers with printed title on top cover. Covers rubbed dust/dirt marked. Internally offsetting/tanning to last page. Pages in good clean condition. Generally a good clean copy. . 2nd Printing . Soft Cover. Good Plus. Quarto. Housing Authority of the City of Newark Paperback
1990FA26.071Collins Crime Club 1990. 1st edition. SIGNED by all including Robert Barnard Sarah Caudwell Reginald Hill Charlotte MacLeod John Malcolm and others. Hardcover. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper. signed by all the authors on a bookplate. Collins Crime Club hardcover
64600National Society. London. 1856; 1855. 12mo. 2 volumes. pp. 32; 28. With double-page world map frontispiece engraved plate with vignettes of Dublin and Edinburgh and 'Scotch' dancing figures 3 text figures. Both of these chap books in the original printed paper wrappers now loosely sewn into calf boards the engraved plate loose both very good copies. No copy of either traced in COPAC or WORLDCAT. National Society. London. 1856; 1855. 12mo. 2 volumes. hardcover
1767105389London: J. Almon 1767. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original half leather hardcover with marbled boardsprinted title page1-391ppsadly lacks spineinternally very good clean and complete.Scarce. <br/> <br/> J. Almon hardcover
168916161London 1689 First Edition. Hardback. corners and foreedge slightly rubbed pages slightly yellowed very good condition. Octavo over 7-10 inches tall. 93 pages with 2 contents pages modern quarter brown calf with gilt title to spine marbelled paper to boards a number of blank pages added at rear to make up binding hardcover
173259824Printed for J Wilcox . 1732. Hardcover. Very Good. 128pp 20pp folding map and six plates bound in full leather spine underlaid with new leather raised bands minor wear to cover edges tiny repair to fly leaf; Quarto . Printed for J Wilcox hardcover
66356David Steel. London. 1797. 8vo. pp. iv 188. Engraved frontispiece and 108 text figures with added hand-colouring. Contemporary marbled boards with later leather spine and corners a very good copy with the early signature on the title of CAPTAIN C. CAMPBELL R. N. David Steel. London. 1797. 8vo. hardcover
1849GEN36-E-20London : E Atchley 1849. Cloth. Good. 6.5" by 4". None. An anonymously written Victorian tale. Illustrated with dozens of vignettes and seven full page plates. Bookplate to front pastedown indicates a prior owner to be Walter Flinn. A scarce publication with not much known about it. The fictional prose is set around Christmas time as inferred from the title. The frontispiece is titled 'Christmas in the Olden Time'. Very scarce - only held in four locations worldwide institutionally. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD 1906-1973 a noted book collector and diarist. In a full cloth binding with gilt stamping to the front board and spine. Externally generally smart with bumping to the head and tail of spine as well as the extremities. Small ink spills to the front board. Cloth has aged. Walter Flinn bookplate to front pastedown. Library of the Arts stamp to bottom of title page and Selbourne library stamp to verso of title page as well as to the bottom of page 51 does not affect text. Internally firmly bound. Pages are age toned to edges and clean throughout. Good E Atchley hardcover
1789004352<p>My book plate on front free end paper and armorial book plate of Rev John Dunn Yarker on front paste-down. 3 front free end papers and 3 rear free end papers one of which has been pasted to the last page. One page of errata bound in. Skiver on spine with gold title slightly tarnished; gold crenellations around all edges largely intact; head and tail of spine have been rubbed; hand-made rag paper un-foxed but last four sheets have a brown stain 30mm long and max 4mm wide along the upper edges; somewhat yellowed on all edges. 323 pages large type. There are XXVI letters the first dated Aug 2 1788 and the last Sept 3 1788. On Sept 2 he wrote: So much peturbation and heat will not eafily fubfide; and it will be found a matter extremely difficult if practicable to reduce their minds as before to the yoke of fubjection In fact the whole kingdom feems ripe for a Revolution . Bear in mind Bastille day was under a year later - July 14 1789. Hard Cover Parchment. Coverd in PVC plastic. This book apparently followed a companion volume on the Netherlands. At least 7 other publishers have offered this book some still in print proving that many people would choose a hard copy. The book is a classic of Historic interest. This English printing might be the true first. I do not know if there was an American edition in the same year. VERY rare in this edition. Feel free to make a reasonable offer. </p> T. Cadell hardcover
084540unknown 1000. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. H/B 319 pages condition is very good. chapter headings; A memoir of the life of Sir William Chambers; An examination of the elements of beauty in Grecian Architecture with a brief investigation of its origin progress and perfection by Joseph Gwilt; On the progress and perfection of Grecian Architecture; Of the parts which compose the orders of architecture and of their properties applications and enrichments; Of the Tuscan Order; Of the Doric Order; Of the Ionic Order; Of the Composite Order; Of the Corinthian Order; Of Pilasters: Of Persians and Caryatides; Of Pedestals; Of the application of the orders of architecture: Of Intercobove Orders;lumniations; Of Arcades and Arches; Of Orders above Orders; Of Pediments; Of Ballustrades; Of Gates Doors and Piers Of Windows; Of Niches and Statues; Of Chimney-Pieces; Of Profiles for Doors Windows; Of Ceilings; Designs for Casines Temples Gates Doors etc. <br/> <br/> unknown hardcover
1444657720.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1829472930Edinburgh Printed for the author 1829. 1829. Hardcover. hardback 8vo xii342pp edges browning and slight foxing text clean and sound paper-covered boards and quarter-cloth frayed at top of spine and a glued repair to front spine edge; Good condition . Edinburgh, Printed for the author, 1829, hardcover
1688249902United Kingdom: printed by H Clark for James Adamson 1688. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback 8" x 6 1/2" modern binding in marbled effect paper covered boards new endpapers lacks the half-title page else all present name of the author written under title the text is clean and unmarked vi 168pp. Henry Wharton 1664-1695 Chaplain to Archbishop Sancroft writer and librarian. printed by H Clark for James Adamson Hardcover
17996086London: F. and C. Rivington. Good with no dust jacket. 1799. Hardcover. Heavy rubbing to edges of boards with loss of paper. Quite heavy rubbing to leather at edges and ends of spine and corners of boards. Some rubbing to edges of spine and boards. Hinges intact.; Four tracts bound in one volume. Pagination: vi 7-48; 144; xv 1 123 1 2 advertisements; iv 126 2 advertisements. Half-Calf and marbled papered boards. Spine title: "Tracts". Page dimensions: 175 x 104mm. Owner's signature: "R. B. Willis" Robert Bruce Willis Brasenose College Oxford.; 12mo . F. and C. Rivington hardcover