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180626361806. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 195mm by 120mm platemark. Native of New South Wales.<br /> Australian native botanical engraving from Curtis's Botanical Magazine.William Curtis 1746-1799 was a trained pharmacist in London who maintained a large garden and devoted himself to the study of its flora. He began publishing the Curtis Botanical Magazine in 1787.Accompanied by original text describing features of the plant when it was introduced and by whom and whose collection it comes from. unknown
1860208769San Francisco. : Towne & Bacon Printers. 1860. First edition. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. . Octavo. . Important reference work. Rare. Very scarce in this condition. Towne & Bacon, Printers. hardcover
1864GEN17-B-17N/A: N/A 1864. Brochure/Pamphlet. Good. 12.5" by 8". None. Handwritten minutes of the proceedings on the Argyleshire Roads Bill. Handwritten and hand paginated. In paper wraps bound with ribbon. Externally worn with chipping and creasing. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean. Good N/A unknown
1847GEN24-F-10London: W. Clowes and Sons 1847. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A two volume set of the minutes of the council of education 1846. With engraved plates of plans and maps of proposed model schools. This committee of the council on Education was established in 1839 to promote public education. In original cloth bindings. Externally sound with some rubbing and bumping. Spines sunned and some light dampstaining. Rear hinges strained. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright with some cockling and occasional spotting. Good W. Clowes and Sons hardcover
1818804R3Not Stated: Not Stated 1818. Cloth. Very Good. 14" by 9". None. A fascinating statistical work on factory apprentices in England being notes taken from the parliamentary meetings. From Nottingham Public Reference Library; with their bookplates and bound in library cloth. Donated to the library by Mrs. W. R. Robinson.Complete with an appendix to the rear. A scarce work on employment in British factories. In a full library cloth binding. Externally generally smart; a touch bumped to the head and tail of the spine and the extremities. Library bookplates to the front pastedown and endpaper. Internally binding is generally firm. Pages are uncut and a little spotted in places. The occasional instance of underlining in the margins. Very Good Not Stated hardcover
1845004226London: W Clowes and Sons 1845. Collation iv317 pages plus 18 folding engraved plates. Bound in half calf marble boards raised bands gilt lines leather title lable. Binding in excellent clean firm condition.Internally some very light browning a few plates creased and slightly dusty pages and illustrations in very good clean condition. A very good clean well bound copy.A52. First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W Clowes and Sons Hardcover
1863GEN34-B-2N/A: N/A 1863. Cloth. Very Good. 13" by 8.5". None. A handsome copy of miscellaneous parliamentary papers and bills printed in 1863. Legislative bills relating to diverse topics such as the Colonial legislature the Telegraph Act and commissions regarding land tax. Also included is the House of Lords minutes June to July 1863. Included within is a torn-out section of Charles Dicken's weekly journal All The Year Round. Dated Saturday March 22 1862 it is number 152 pages 25 to 48. This section refers to the acts described above most especially towards land tax and the poor. In a cloth binding. Externally in excellent condition with some handling marks. Pencil annotation to front pastedown and front free-endpaper. Foxing to pastedowns and free-endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good N/A hardcover
186463771Printed By George Eyre and William Spottiswoode. 1864. Hardcover. Very Good. Well over 500 pages much about Turnpike Trusts and roads crime the Ordnance Survey Military barracks etc. Bound in green cloth red leather spine labels; 12"x9" . Printed By George Eyre and William Spottiswoode hardcover
1862500050708C. & W. Britten 1862. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. <br/> <br/> C. & W. Britten paperback
183382500London: Thomas Hookham 1833. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original cloth backed paper covered boards hardcover half title title 208 pages nice bookplate paper from front board mostly missing lacks spine label otherwise internally very good clean and complete. <br/> <br/> Thomas Hookham hardcover
1862052074Mechliniae: H. Dessain. altar missal 44 480 cxxxi viii 13pp hardback bound in full black calf rebacked with new title label to spine gilt rite for the Immaculate Conception tipped-in finger tabs one with short tear ownership bookplate and short inscription to ffep marbled end-papers engraved plates red-edges rubbed propers for the English dioceses at end . Very Good. Hardcover. 1862. H. Dessain hardcover
18661944London: W. Knowles 1866. First edition. Pamphlet. 8vo Contents clean and bright. Caption title p 1. A statement supporting the foundation of a college in England in honour of the Sacred Heart to support the foreign missions. Copac locates only one copy at Durham. The college was founded in 1866 at Mill Hill and went on to become the foundation house of the Mill Hill Missionaries - and order still in existence. 2 1 ii-iv 1 2-42. pp unknown
18500467441850. Mid 19th century or a little earlier - 14 cards on heavy stock moderate wear 2 on heavy stock with more detailed images 10 on paper Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 046744. unknown
1833GT612Derby: Henry Mozley and Sons 1833. Second Edition . Hardback. Fine. 12mo. 232pp. 15 cms. Occasional scattered light foxing to some pages but a tight and mainly clean text block. A rare provincial cookery book in fine complete condition. Hardback brown lightly diced patterned binding with black titles enclosed within a black single ruled frame to the cover. Matching titles to the spine running lengthways. The rear cover lists other books from Henry Mozley and states they are also available from Cowie and Co Pudding Lane London. The first edition was pub. in 1826. but with 213pp. NB THIS IN AN UNRECORDED COPY <br/> <br/> Henry Mozley and Sons hardcover
1866AB745Edinburgh: William P Nimmo 1866. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Good. 16mo. A good copy in red cloth with gilt decoration. Spine faded and with some suffing small tears and slight loss to spine top. Samll damp area to fore edge of back cover and back pastedown. Minor foxing internally. Front inner hinge cracked. Immediate despatch from the UK <br/> <br/> William P Nimmo hardcover
1890170002-02Pellerin 1890. No Binding. Good. Circa 1890. Original Single Card Sheet. 29 X 40 Cm. Just A Little Yellowing To Pale Card. Faint Stain To Top Left Corner. Uncreased And Next To No Wear To Edges. <br/> <br/> Pellerin unknown
184310161843. Etching. 90mm by 165mm image only. Etching from 'A narrative of a visit to the Australian colonies' by James Backhouse 1843.<br /> James Backhouse 1794-1869 was a naturalist and Quaker missionary. For further information on Backhouse click on the following link:click here unknown
1875LTH20-C-15London: Privately Published c1875. Leather. Good. 10" by 7.5". Not Stated. A mounted collection of plates taken from a work by Gottfried Ehrenberg. With a letter explaining the origin of this volume. Consisting of 30 photographic plates believed to be photographs of the original plates in the work by Ehrenberg. The letter explains that the negatives have been scrapped and that this mounted copy is the only one remaining to the original compiler. Fortsetzung der mikrogeologischen Studien from which the plates originate is a work by German naturalist and microscopist Christian Gottfriend Ehrenberg. It is considered to a continuation of Ehrenbergs great work Mikrogeologie focusing particularly on the Radiolarian collections from Barbados. For nearly 30 years Ehrenberg examined samples of water soil sediment and rocks and described thousands of new species. He was particularly interested in diatoms but also studied and named many species of Radiolaria foraminifera and dinoflagellates. After his death in 1876 Ehrenberg's collections of microscopic organisms were deposited in the Museum fur Naturkunde at the University of Berlin. The Ehrenburg collection includes 40000 microscope preparations 5000 raw samples 3000 pencil and ink drawings and nearly 1000 letters of correspondence. In a half morocco binding. Externally sound with some rubbing and bumping. Spine sunned with personalised spine label. Letter affixed to front pastedown explaining origin of the work. Internally firmly bound. Plates generally clean with shading from original photos Good Privately Published hardcover
188118731881. Wood-engraving. 210mm by 270mm sheet. From Cassell's 'Illustrated Book of the Dog'.<br /> Small crease across top right corner. unknown
187310250Boston: J.R. Osgood & Co 1873. First edition. Frontispiece and 12 plates. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Original tan pictorial boards black calf spine. Bottom half of spine perished some cover wear internally fine. 1873 Christmas gift inscription on title. First edition. Frontispiece and 12 plates. 1 vols. Oblong folio. An account of the adventures of a group of friends vacationing at Mt. Desert Maine recounted in humorous verse and equally humorous drawings evidently by two members of the party. Summer romances the hazards of the communal dining table days of genteel ennui and other activities with the first names of the participants indicated as a partial aid to social historians a few of them are named in pencil on the title page are described in double columns of rollicking verse narrative and accompanying plates. A charming period piece and a not insignificant bit of amusing Americana. J.R. Osgood & Co unknown
1856470780John Murray London 1856 Eleventh edition corrected. 1856. Hardcover. hardback small 8vo xl571pp 8 folding plans and a large folding map the map slightly foxed and creased owner's bookplate on endpaper page edges browned text clean and sound red cloth gilt rubbed and slightly soiled Good condition . John Murray, London, 1856, Eleventh edition, corrected, hardcover
184512530Philadelphia; American Sunday-School Union circa 1844. 1845. Hard Cover. Undated presumed First Edition. 12 mo bound in sixes pp. 139 1 10 catalogue. 6 lithographic plates including frontispiece; decorative tail-pieces. Full purple cloth with gilt titles to spine and decoration in blind to both boards; primrose yellow endpapers. Cloth lightly toned and sunned particularly to spine with wear to spine tips and corners and small split to head of upper joint approx 2 cm. Scattered light foxing; light toning to plates; ownership inscription at head of Chapter I in ink dated 1848. A very good copy. Text suitable for respectable Sunday reading with themes of temperance redemption and reformation written as a memoir set in New England. Scarce both commercially and in institutional holdings around the world. Philadelphia; American Sunday-School Union circa 1844. hardcover
1882756A58Oxford Street: Bolton 1882. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A very scarce copy of this autobiography written by a mother for her daughter. A fascinating copy of this very scarce book. Local Bolton imprint. Really scarce. A rare window into the late Victorian female perspective.Written by a mother to her daughter for the latter to understand the intricacies and complications of life as she grows older. An autobiography that shines 'light on life and simultaneously highlights the shadows'. This book is a mother giving her daughter a hand to go through life almost as a lifetime companion and a preservation of a family history. Printed by Morris Fine Art Printer Bolton. In the publisher's original binding with titles stamped in gilt to front board and spine. Externally very smart with minor shelfwear and slight bumping to head and tail of spine. Spine has slightly faded. Inscribed by previous owner to front free endpaper "to dear Father from Pollie" dated 1889. Internally binding is loosening in places. Pages are bright and clean. Good Bolton hardcover
