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181619598Winchester Va.: J. Foster Printer 1816. First edition. Fragile sheep rubbed but sound; some light foxing and spotting; front joint just a trifle tender; a good sound copy of a moderately crude American book. Small 8vo original sheep red leather label gilt lettering 219 1 pages. An eccentric book-length poem from Elder Joseph Thomas 1791-1835 the wide-ranging charismatic North Carolina itinerant preacher known as the White Pilgrim for his habit of attiring himself in white apparel in all seasons and climes. Thomas includes a fairly lengthy and graphic section here leveled against slavery and its e suggesting those who endorse slavery might "Let them be bound and torn away / From wives and friends to Africa. / Let them be starv'd and beat one year / Then say 'tis right I'll say 'tis queer; / Or whip their wives before their eye-- / Is that all right O no they cry." Thomas also suggests abstaining from the product of slave labor "In sugar works where Negroes toil / A leg and arm they often boil; / They grind them up and mix the sweet / Of all that luxury we eat. / O temp'rate man use not that food / That's stain'd or mix'd with negro blood! / That taste luxur'ous now forego / Which causes human gore to flow." Stoddard & Whitesell 1148; Sabin 63639. Early ink autograph ownership signatures to the front free endpaper and to a rear blank and endpapers. Small tear from the lower margin of one leaf with loss of a few letters but no loss of sense. J. Foster, Printer, unknown books
181627700Edinburgh: Published by Oliver & Boyd and sold by Clementi & c. and Law & Whittaker London Engraved and printed by W. Hutton Edinburgh 1816. First edition. Engraved title and dedication leaf 9 pages Preface with table of contents on verso of last leaf of Preface pp 8-100 of verses and engraved music. 1 vols. Folio. Volume 1 only of two. Original printed boards. Spine lacking leaves loose some soiling of title and margins else a very good copy. First edition. Engraved title and dedication leaf 9 pages Preface with table of contents on verso of last leaf of Preface pp 8-100 of verses and engraved music. 1 vols. Folio. The poetry was by Hogg Sir Walter Scott Mrs. Gray Mr. Pringle James Douglas Alexander Boswell Mrs. Grant the editor William Smyth Mr. Fairbairn and James Douglas. Published by Oliver & Boyd and sold by Clementi & c. and Law & Whittaker, London [Engraved and printed by W. Hutton, Edinburgh] unknown books
183619445New-York: George Dearborn Publisher 1836. Second edition. Spine a few portions of the boards a little sunned; a few small spots of foxing; a very good copy. Large 8vo original ribbon embossed blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt 98 1 pages. With an autograph ink gift inscription dated January 1836 on the front paste-down "B. M. Mumford Esqr. from his son J. Jones Mumford Jan'y 1836." An early reader presumably Mumford pËre has here exposed himself as a Halleck aficionado marking striking passages on nearly every page. An attractive early American publisher's cloth case binding. American Imprints 37878; BAL 6971: "Reprint of the 1827 first edition save for the following three poems which are here first collected. . . . George Dearborn, Publisher, unknown books
1892008439New York: Lovell Coryell & Company 1892. First Edition 1892. 157 pp. 8vo the full page illustrations are unpaginated. In publisher's black cloth with decorations in gilt silver and white featuring two angels white moire silk end papers all edges gilt. Near Fine rubs at spine ends and corners.RARE in such lovely condition the gilt and silver bright the moire silk end papers clean and bright. A marvelous example of late 19th century American publisher's fine decorative binding. Ella Wheeler Wilcox was a quite successful poet of her day perhaps best known for the lines "Laugh and the world laughs with you; / Weep and you weep alone." . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lovell, Coryell & Company Hardcover books
1869900612Boston: Fields Osgood & Co. 1869. First edition first prnt. Earliest state binding. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Minimal shelfwear mostly at spine ends and corners beginning foxing on endpages lightly toned pages and pencilled owner name on front fee endpage . Very Good condition. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Fields, Osgood & Co. Hardcover books
1884006620Edinburgh: Privately Printed 1884. One of 275 small-paper copies printed for subscribers. Very Good in the original red cloth light soiling to cloth ribbon marker the usual offsetting to endpapers spine label with complete lettering the label with small chip and darkened and a bit rubbed. Overall a handsome copy. . Limited First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Privately Printed Hardcover books
1881007678Glasgow: Privately Printed 1881. SCARCE. In contemporary half leather over marbled boards back with five raised bands and ornate gilt decorations gilt rules top edge gilt. Armorial bookplate of Charles A. Baldwin a noted collector and his ownership signature front end page. Very Good Plus light rubbing to leather at the tips end pages faint toning. Contents clean and free of toning or foxing. Frontispiece facsimile of an Arabian manuscript fold-out genealogy chart of The Seven Arabian Poets. . First Edition. Half Calf Over Marbled Boards. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed Hardcover books
1854007688Boston: C. S. Francis & Co. 1854. A SCARCE early collection of her poems beautifully bound in contempoary chocolate morocco gilt titles 5 raised bands stamped and tooled rules and decorations all edges dyed red dark brown endpapers. xvii 312. xvi 300. viii 234. Contains all her poems to date the third volume contains "Prometheus Bound and other Poems including Sonnets from the Portugese Casa Guidi Windows etc." Volume I contains her 1844 Dedication to her Father and Introduction by H. T.Tuckerman and the 1850 author's advertisement. Near Fine a few small rubs to morocco white end pages toned period armorial bookplates of Ward front paste downs the owner's name "Julia F. Ward 1855" front end pages is nearly invisible due to dark brown color of paper. . New American Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. C. S. Francis & Co. Hardcover books
1869007930Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo 1869. Fine binding signed Bickers & Son of polished blue calf the back with ornate floral gilt tooled decorations and gilt lettering on red morocco label matching marbled end pages and page edges xx 475 pages frontispiece portrait . Near Fine light rubbing to edges light toning to end pages. The bookplates at front paste down of Edward Robeson Taylor lawyer poet and 28th Mayor of San Francisco and his son Edward DeWitt Taylor noted California artist and printer. Signature of Mayor Taylor in pencil dated 1881 top edge front end page. A quite handsome finely bound copy of this SCARCE edition. . First Nimmo Edition . Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William P. Nimmo Hardcover books
1887007745Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin 1887. RARE and outstanding example of West Coast American Arts & Crafts bookbinding by Clara Rice her initials bottom of front cover. Bound in full crushed green morocco five raised bands gilt lettering spine and front cover front cover image of two trees with initials CR bottom of left tree moire silk end papers top edge gilt. Period bookplate of Charles Ernest Green front pastedown. Gift inscription pasted on card stock front flyleaf reads: " Christmas Greetings to C.E.G. This binding is by Clara Rice and is a fine sample of her work. The book has been on exhibition at the Arts & Crafts Guild. R.J.D.". No Date to inscription circa 1903. The San Francisco Call newspaper shows an article dated Dec. 12. 1903 tha is titled "Guild of Arts & Crafts opens Unique exhibition" and further states "Miss Clara Rice Secretary. Her mosaic leather work in book-binding is much admired". And the Bulletin of the Dept. of Labor Vol. 9 issues 54-56 shows " Guild of Arts & Crafts of California Miss Clara Rice Secretary 639 Kearney St. San Francisco". Very Good front cover and spine uniformly lighter than rear cover top corner front cover small bump. Originally started in 1894 the first run of the Guild of Arts & Crafts in San Francisco lasted until some time in 1897. Douglas van Denburgh launched the second Guild of Arts & Crafts in San Francisco in 1903 and that group lasted at least through 1910. And the poet Edward Rowland Sill was principal of Oakland High School California and professor of English literature at the University of California during the period 1874 - 1882. He died at the age of 46 in 1887 a minor American poet of high quality who but for his early death may have gained a higher place. A uniquely San Francisco book from the height of the Arts & Crafts movement in California and in America. Later Printing. Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
1896007699London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1896. The less common 1896 New Edition a one volume work.Handsomely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe London England for Marshall Field and Company. in half crushed morocco over decorative boards five raised bands with gilt rules and lettering top edge gilt decorative end papers ribbon marker frontispiece engraved portrait of Shelley. Near Fine small shelf rubs top and bottom edges light soling rear cover. . New Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. Hardcover books
1894007689London and New York: Lawrence & Bullen / Chas. Scribner's Sons 1894. RARE one of 100 copies in the Large Paper Edition for The Muses Library series. From the collection of Alfred Ernest Hamill Chicago and Lake Forest investment banker book collector philanthropist and president of the Newberry Library Board of Trustees 1929-1953. Bookplate design by Thomas Maitland Cleland American artist and book designer. Finely bound by Hertzberg of Chicago old pencil note rear end page in crushed dark blue morocco 5 raised bands and gilt lettering at spine top edges gilt blue buckram endpapers. Near Fine tiny rubs at corners. The last copy to auction was in 1909. . First Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Lawrence & Bullen / Chas. Scribner's Sons Hardcover books
1867008012London: N. Trubner & Co. 1867. Published 1867-8. lxxiv 12 Subscriber's List 536; lxxi 610; xliv 595 viii 128 pp. Three volumes in contemporary half calf over marbled boards the backs ornately gilt marbled end papers top edges gilt. Folding facsimile of the MS frontispiece Vol. I is Near Fine small crease at edge. A Very Good Plus set light shelf rubbing a few pages with top corner crease. A quite handsome set. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N. Trubner & Co. Hardcover books
1839006294Philadelphia: William E. Burton 1839. Very Good Plus and handsomely bound in later red cloth with gilt titles and rules top edge gilt marbled end pages 332 pp.with six tissue-guarded plates. gilt initials P.L. front board. complete with all illustrations lacking only the tissue guard for the month of September. Bound without the original wrappers. Cloth rubbed at corners and spine ends. Contains the First Printing of Poe's classic story "The Fall of the House of Usher" basis for several movies and TV shows including the 1960 classic "House of Usher" starring Vincent Price and with the screenplay by Richard Matheson. Also includes several other Poe stories and poems including "To Ianthe in Heaven" "The Man that was Used Up: A Tale of the Late Bugaboo and Kickapoo Campaign" "William Wilson: A tale" basis for several TV episodes "Morella: A tale" also filmed 1999 and "The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion". . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William E. Burton, Hardcover books
1815008240London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1815. SCARCE. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -" ministre des Etats Unis de la de l'auteur. Rome Avril 1819 author's initials". Two volumes rebacked in 20th c. quarter leather with gilt lettering over original paper covered boards. Eight page publisher's catalogue at front of Vol. I frontispiece portrait of bust of author xl 2 388 frontispiece map of Plan of Rome Vol. II 419 pp. Very Good 1st signature Vol. ! loose but holding boards worn at edges and lightly soiled end pages browned light spotting throughout both volumes some pages yet uncut. Lucien Bonaparte Prince of Canino 1775-1840 was a younger brother of Napoleon and a French statesman who played an indispensable role in Napoleons rise to power. He wrote this heroic poem on Charlemagne while living in exile in England where he was forced to stay after attempting to obtain a passport to go to America. SIGNED copies of his books are quite uncommon and this copy with its intriguing inscription is unique. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Presentation Copy. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown Hardcover books
1845007683London: John Murray 1845. Bound in full contemporary straight-grain dark blue morocco with five raised bands the spine decorated in gilt gilt rules and decorations to covers elaborate gilt dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt. 60 engraved illustrations "from sketches taken on the spot expressly to illustrate 'Childe Harold' ". With gift inscription 3rd front end page dated 1845 and 1897 from her Mother to Christine and Christine Kean Roosevelt from Christine Kean Griffin. Christine Kean Griffin was the wife of William Emlen Roosevelt and Christine Kean Roosevelt was their daughter. William Roosevelt was a prominent New York banker and cousin to President Teddy Roosevelt and financial advisor to Teddy before during and after his presidency. Near Fine small rubs to moroccoa at spine ends. A quite lovely copy with an interesting provenance. . Illustrated Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Murray Hardcover books
1814006921Leipzig: J. A. G. Weigel 1814. RARE treatise on the metres of Pindar. August Boeckh or Bockh 1785-1867 was a German classical scholar and antiquarian and the founder of classical and ancient studies. Near Fine handsomely bound in recent marbled boards prior owner bookplate front paste down small prior owner stamps title page and verso of title page. Pagination: 582 p. folding table. Page block quite clean and lovely. . Marbled Boards. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. J. A. G. Weigel Hardcover books
1801221413London Printed for J. Johnson et.al. 1801. 1801. 8vo. Engraved vignettes on title page by J. Heath after Burney. Elegantly bound in 3/4 red morocco spine with gilt floral and scroll design edges stained glazed green. Very good-fine. 4 volumes. No signatures or bookplates. Hardcover. London, Printed for J. Johnson et.al., 1801. hardcover books
1893006197London: James R. Osgood McIlvaine and Co. 1893. With an introduction by Andrew Lang. Very Good bound in ornately decorated leather with gilt inlays of cherubs with trailing vines and rose-filled vases. All edges gilt decorative silk endpapers and marbled end pages 5 raised bands at spine. Includes a First Lines Index and 7 illustrations all present. Front end page loose rear marbled endpage with 1/3 of page paper loss leather rubbed at spine folds white end pages darkened. A quite lovely example of turn-of-the-century binding. . Later Edition. Decorative Leather. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. James R. Osgood McIlvaine and Co. Hardcover books
1823008038London: John Murray 1823. Bound in contemporary half black pebbled morocco over marbled boards marbled endpapers top edge gilt period bookplate front paste down. Very Good Plus light rubbing at ends of joints and corners toning to end paper edges and scattered toning first signature. 8 325 pp. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Murray Hardcover books
1882007925London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co. 1882. SCARCE. # 49 of an edition of 50 large paper copies SIGNED by R. & R. Clark Printers Edinburgh at limitation page. Finely bound in half red crushed morocco over marbled boards five gilt ruled raised bands with gilt stamped devices each section matching marbled end papers top edge gilt. Near Fine toning only at frontispiece engraved portrait of Gay small rubs at corners else Fine and bright. . SIGNED. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. Hardcover books
1897007696London: Macmillan and Co 1897. A SCARCE title finely bound by Bumpus of London in pigskin with intricate gilt tooled Art Nouveau flowing rose blossom and vine motif to front cover and spine gilt ruled dentelles all edges gilt ribbon marker. "The Text Collated Afresh with the Manuscript at Paris the Translation Revised & the Introduction Rewritten". Near Fine the white morocco evenly soiled. An uncommon choice of binding for that time period quite lovely with the intricate gilt tooling. . Second Edition. Pigskin . Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Macmillan and Co, Hardcover books
18898382Groton NY: Published by the Compiler 1889. 1st edition. Original green cloth with elaborate gilt cover decoration in the form of a 'grip'. Fine. A very nice bright copy. 72 pp frontis of Streeter 12mo. <br/><br/>The author compiled these 'gems' in response to requests from fellow traveling salesmen met on the road. Published by the Compiler hardcover books
1804D23731804. Wraps 6.25 x 7.75 inches sepia engraving and handwritten title on front cover; pp. 40 the first 32 of which contain poems from a variety of sources nicely copied out by hand. Covers detached; corners a little chipped. Includes poetry hymns and prayers by Alexander Pope Joseph Addison "Dr. Watts" Isaac Watts John Gay and an "Evangelical Mag" as well as some unidentified works possibly original. 11 entries in all. <br/><br/> paperback books
1828008678London: Treuttel and Wu¨rtz Treuttel Jun. and Richter 1828. RARE. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half title page of Vols. II and III - "Mr.& M. Trafford Southwell Wroxham Hall from the author". Three volumes First Editions published 1828-1830. Bound in unsigned 19th c. half green morocco over marbled boards marbled end papers tops gilt Near Fine a trifle rubbed. William Taylor of Norwich 1765-1836 was a British essayist literary criticscholar and polyglot to whom William Hazlitt paid tribute in "The Spirit of the Age " - "The style of philosophical criticism which has been the boast of the Edinburgh Review was first introduced into the Monthly Review about the year 1796 in a series of articles by Mr. William Taylor of Norwich". This Historic Survey of German Poetry is considered Taylor's major work and was considered a major factor in furthering British interest in German literature. A copy last seen at auction in 1968 RareBookHub no SIGNED copies of any of Taylor's works found online or at auction. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Treuttel and Wu¨rtz, Treuttel Jun. and Richter Hardcover books
