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1895244439London: N.D. Thompson Publishing Company 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Some wear and tear to the spine and boards as with age. Remains preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 203-406 pages. Subjects; The Holy Land. Pictures. Maps. Descriptions. 19th century. London: N.D. Thompson Publishing Company hardcover
1895244438London: N.D. Thompson Publishing Company 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Provenance; from the library of Warren B. Middleton with his bookplate. Physical description;203- 406 pages. Subjects; The Holy Land. Pictures. Maps. Descriptions. 19th century. London: N.D. Thompson Publishing Company hardcover
18596481859. Wood-engraving. 400mm by 270mm sheet. Wood-engraving with text describing the first drinking fountain in London. The top image is titled 'Street-Fountain near St Sepulchre's Church' andd the lower image 'Opening of the First Public Drinking-Fountain for the Metropolis on Thursday Week'.<br /> Unrelated text on the reverse as issued.Slight cockling to the sheet. Small crease over top left corner. unknown
185426061854. Wood-engraving. 160mm by 250mm image 390mm by 280mm sheet. Caroline Chisholm sailed for Australia in the Ballarat in 1854 her departure was widely reported and over 900 pounds was subscribed as a testimonial. The Family Colonization Loan Society then had more than 15000 pounds in hand and had sent out over 3000 emigrants. She arrived in Port Phillip in July. In October 1854 she toured the Victorian goldfields and at a meeting in Melbourne in November proposed a series of shelter sheds along the routes to the diggings; with some government help ten were under construction by the end of 1855. <br /> Relating text above the image as well as unrelated image. Unrelated text on the reverse. unknown
188033491880. Wood-engraving. 405mm by 550mm sheet. Central vertical fold as issued. Blank reverse. From 'The Illustrated London News'. Samuel Read was an English illustrator who provided many illustrations for the Illustrated London News. CONDITION : Paper tab along left hand edge of sheet. unknown
1875DEMO014964IChicago: W. B. Keen Cooke & Co. 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 22 woodcuts. 12mo 287 pages embossed purple cloth trifling wear to tips of spine which has its gilt titling intact over a sunned backstrip. Rare thus. <br/><br/>Victorian Detective Fiction 379; H-Q Cornerstone; not in Andrews CHICAGO IN STORY. Detectives Claude Melnotte and Jules Imbert. "The second of the many Pinkerton volumes. "The patrons of the old Clifton House in Chicago will readily recall the occurrences related in 'Claude Melnotte'. In some very minor details a small ingredient of fiction has been introduced but the accuracy of the story has not been perceptibly affected thereby -Preface." Tipped-in at the front endpapers is the publisher's advertisement leaf for the first two books in this series. Illustrated with 22 woodcuts. W. B. Keen, Cooke & Co. hardcover
189889622San Francisco News Letter 1898. Soft cover. Good/No jacket. Covers very edgeworn. Text block in very good shape. Scarce. San Francisco News Letter unknown
186614991866. Wood-engraving. 280mm by 400mm sheet. Early panorama of Brisbane from Observatory Hill. The image below is a continuation of the panorama to the east. <br /> Believed to be engraved from photographs by Freeman Bros Sydney or John Watson.Related and unrelated text on the reverse. unknown
186815751868. Wood-engraving. 190mm by 275mm sheet. Half-page illustration from 'The Illustrated London News'.<br /> Unrelated text on the reverse. unknown
1884204244London : The Werner company of Chicago 1884. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked dark green cloth over beveled-boards. Gilt insignia and vignette to front board. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age minor generalized wear to extremeties. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 192 pages; Physical description. : 192 p. ; 28 x 35 cm. Notes: Photographs taken by gracious permission of Her Majesty the Queen. Royal residences palaces and castles bowers and hunting lodges river banks and islets the homes of princes."" -- t. P. Subject: Castles - Great Britain - Pictorial works. Great Britain - Pictorial works London : The Werner company of Chicago hardcover
1893212003Stromberg and Company 1893 Authentic Guide to Chicago 1893 Worlds Exposition. Covers appear to be missing. Has many 1890s ads elixirs railroads Cigars etc and Exposition information. 67 pp with ads. Has two folded 1893 Newspaper maps. The bigger one is frameable and is entire Chicago wide area. The other is just the 1893 Worlds Fair map / layout. Both in nice condition and frameable. Has pressed 1893 flowers and a clipped poem loose "The Two Orphans". 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fair. Stromberg and Company paperback
1893212003Stromberg and Company 1893 Authentic Guide to Chicago 1893 Worlds Exposition. Covers appear to be missing. Has many 1890s ads elixirs railroads Cigars etc and Exposition information. 67 pp with ads. Has two folded 1893 Newspaper maps. The bigger one is frameable and is entire Chicago wide area. The other is just the 1893 Worlds Fair map / layout. Both in nice condition and frameable. Has pressed 1893 flowers and a clipped poem loose "The Two Orphans". 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fair. Stromberg and Company paperback
185015811850. Wood-engraving. 400mm by 275mm sheet. 'Australian Emigration - Driving Horses to the Stock-Yard - Bushing It - Camped for the Night'<br /> Relevant text and unrelated text on the reverse.One small mark lower right corner. unknown
18766361London 1876. Wood engraving 34.5 x 49.5 cms after Henry Wallis modern hand-colour English text on verso. Print unknown
187643211876. Wood-engraving. 270mm by 400mm sheet. Related and unrelated text on the reverse. CONDITION : One small faint printer's crease. unknown
18626333London 1862. Wood engraving 33.5 x 50 cms modern hand-colour English text on verso. Print unknown
187667309London. 1876. A splendid view of two traditionally attired Chinese ladies of wealth sitting upon a one wheeled apparatus propelled by a local man. An interesting view of transport in China almost a century and a half ago. Size: 270 x 400 mm. Uncoloured woodcut. Fine condition. unknown
188840097Denver: The Colorado News Company 1888. 1888. COLORADO. First edition. 5" x 7" string-tied decorated cloth titles in gold gilt and black on the front cover n. p. 14 pp. illustrated from photographs. 2 pages of text and 12 pp. of Albertype views that include: State Capitol. Denver Club Barclay Block Union Depot U. S. Court House and Post Office Tabor Opera House Albany Hotel Windsor Hotel City Hall Panorama of Denver etc. Minor rubbing to the spine ends a few pages lightly soiled else a very good copy. The Colorado News Company, [1888]. hardcover
187643221876. Wood-engraving. 270mm by 400mm sheet. Unrelated text on the reverse. CONDITION : One small faint crease across bottom right hand corner. unknown
18737501873. Wood-engraving. 400mm by 280mm sheet. Wood-engraving from a front page of the 'The Illustrated London News' unrelated text on the reverse.<br /> A couple of marks. unknown
