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18534192baWashington D.C: A. Hoen 1853. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 23.3cm blind stamped brown cloth folder spine is tape repaired; no text; First map measures 16 3/4" x 20" topographical map of Andes 7 1/2" tear at fold small tear at other fold; Second map measures 18 1/2" x 28 1/2" folded map including south Peru Bolivia part of Argentina roughly folded 2 small tears at folds; also printed beside larger map 18 1/2" x 4 1/2" Brazil map showing rivers Madeira Mamone 4 1/2" tear at fold; ex libris. Exploration South America Cartography Maps. A. Hoen Hardcover books
1839WRCLIT52593London: John Murray 1839. xvi451112pp. Large octavo. Original publisher's cloth stamped in blind and lettered in gilt. Frontis portrait after Reynolds. Cloth lightly rubbed and soiled with a few faint old splashmarks blank fore-margin of portrait has a light discoloration small nick in inner hinge else a very good copy. First edition of the text as edited by Milman enhanced by his privileged access to the original manuscripts. A decent association copy perhaps with the armorial bookplate of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. on the front pastedown. NCBEL II:1723. NORTON p.196-7. John Murray hardcover books
1840044214Paris: Baudry's Eureopean Library 1840. Early Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition. 8 volumes in brown cloth backed boards. Wear to the cloth with tears and loss on a few of the spines two of the spines laid back down bindings generally sound. Mild to moderate foxing throughout owner stamps on titles. 3 folding maps one with color. Light wear in a few spots tear in one gutter foxed. Size: Octavo 8vo. 8-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 044214. <br/><br/> Baudry's Eureopean Library hardcover books
1827684591827. London 1827. London 1827. Contemporary Account of a Famous English Case of Forced Marriage Trial. Wakefield Edward Gibbon Defendant. Wakefield William Defendant. Wakefield Frances Mrs. Defendant. The Trial of Edward Gibbon Wakefield William Wakefield And Frances Wakefield: Indicted with One Edward Thevenot A Servant For a Conspiracy and For the Abduction of Miss Ellen Turner The Only Child and Heiress of William Turner Esq. of Shrigley Park in the County of Chester. London: John Murray 1827. xv 303 pp. Interleaved with de-acidifying paper. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-1/4". Recent library buckram white-stamped title shelf number and library name to spine. Text notably fresh some browning to final leaf and title page which has library marks and stamps. $300. Only edition. The first account of the Shrigley Abduction an 1826 British case of forced marriage by Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the 15-year-old heiress Ellen Turner. The couple was married in Scotland and travelled to France before Turner's father was able to notify the authorities and intervene. The marriage was annulled by Parliament. Wakefield and his brother William were convicted and sentenced to three years in prison. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1217. unknown books
1900318397Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co 1900. A New Edition. Frontis. 5 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary polished tan calf gilt spine marbled sides. Almost fine. A New Edition. Frontis. 5 vols. 8vo. Henry T. Coates & Co unknown books
183321655London: Richard Bentley 1833. First edition. 331; 341pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf. Binding wornboards detached but present browning of text some excisions in margins of a few pages including the title bookplates removed with an inscription on both volumes reading "1835/ To be returned in a Fortnight/ Mr. Adam President" else a very good copy. First edition. 331; 341pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Founder of the "New Colonization System". Following imprisonment Wakefield began to study colonial affairs of Australia with an eye towards immigration. Recognizing that the depressed condition of Australian affairs was due to a lack of efficiency and sensible handling he gathered his theories for correcting the problems and first published them in "A Letter from Sydney" London 1829 under the name Robert Gouger. It was so well done that the author was supposed to be an immigrant. He revised and refined these views for his "New Colonization System" in "England and America" as the chapter the "Art of Colonisation." The theories for his "System" were to abolish free grants of agricultural land requiring a fixed price which would be kept low enough so that a laborer would be able to purchase land after a few years this to reduce the number of ex-convicts laborers from receiving land for which they had no use to regulate immigration and to use tax monies from the rental of grants to bring laborers to the colonies. One of the main results of his publications and efforts was the founding of the National Colonization Society and then the South Australian Association the latter intended to be based upon Wakefield's theories. He was also a close advisor to the Molesworth Committee. On the appointment of Lord Durham to Canada in 1838 Wakefield became interested in that territory and is credited with having greatly assisted Durham with his famous "Report on the Affairs of British North America." He also acted as an adviser to Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe in Canada in the 1840's. In 1837 Wakefield had formed the New Zealand Association and spent most of years following directing the affairs of the association from England while his brother William Hayward Wakefield directed and managed it from New Zealand. Kress C3643; McCulloch's"Literature of Political Economy" 1845. p 94; Sabin 100976 Richard Bentley unknown books
1827233168London: Talboys and Wheeler; and William Pickering 1827. New edition. Illustrated with maps and a portrait. Printed by D.A. Talboys Oxford. 8 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary tan calf. Bookplate of Fred Robison-Herver. Vol. VIII split hinge several others started. Good only. New edition. Illustrated with maps and a portrait. Printed by D.A. Talboys Oxford. 8 vols. 8vo. Talboys and Wheeler; and William Pickering unknown books
1854207072U.S. Government 1854. hardcover. very good. Case Map. Color lithograph in original brown buckram case. Image measures 9.25" x 5.75".<br/><br/> Case map of two maps pertaining to the Amazon River and it's surrounding area with notes on gold and copper mining. Embossed cloth cover with gilt title. Some wear to spine but both maps are attached. First map is "Map of the Andes" a minimalist chart of altitudes measured by varying boiling points. Measures 17" x 19.75". Second map is "Map Drawn by Lieut. Lardner Gibbon to Accompany His Report" a beautiful map of South America including Bolivia parts of Brazil Argentina and Peru. Includes a side inset of the Rio Mamore in Northern Bolivia to Rio Madeira to Rio Amazon. Measures 18.5" x 28".<br/><br/> U.S. Government unknown books
201611010Norwalk CT: Easton Press 2016. Deluxe Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. From the Easton Press deluxe limited edition of Edward Gibbon's The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire. Quarto two volumes xvi xi 1 643pp; xi 1 666pp. Full green leather titles in gilt on spines raised bands with illustrated gilt compartments. Title with decorative gilt illustrations on front and back covers. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin bookmarks bound-in. Green cloth slipcase with black felt lining title in gilt on front panel with matching decorative gilt illustration as on volumes. Limited edition of 600 copies which this is number 139. A handsome set. Easton Press unknown books
1980290015Franklin Center: Franklin 1980. hardcover. near fine. Illustrated in black and white. 6 volumes. 8vo gilt stamped brick-red leather orange silk moire endpapers all edges gilt; very subtle fading to spines one scuff to spine of volume I and very light spotting on gilt at top edges still a near fine set.<br/><br/> Franklin unknown books
1854WRCAM32262Washington 1854. Two text volumes plus atlas. Text: 4417pp. plus sixteen plates; 12339pp. plus thirty- six plates and two folding maps. Atlas: Two large folding maps. Contemporary cloth gilt-lettered spines. Minor edge wear spines sunned gilt on spines rubbed. Spine of atlas split. Moderate foxing and dust soiling. Contemporary presentation inscription on front pastedown of first volume. Good. The first volume contains the report of Herndon and the second that of Gibbon. The two went to Lima together and Herndon went north to the Amazon while Gibbon navigated rivers in the south. They met in Serpa and sailed together down the Amazon to Para. ".Contains minute accurate and very interesting accounts of the aborigines of the Andes and the Amazon and its tributaries." - Sabin. "This is an excellent book on the regions cited" - Borba de Moraes. PALAU 113897. HILL 803. SABIN 31524. BORBA DE MORAES p.336. hardcover books
1849WRCAM19970London 1849. xxiv512pp. plus 6pp. of advertisements and errata slip. Modern half calf and marbled boards leather label. Very good. A classic work in the theory of colonization the culmination of Wakefield's attempt at a theory of colonization based upon scientific principles. His ideas influenced colonial officials and practices in Canada Australia and New Zealand and in the latter place Wakefield was instrumental in establishing a permanent British colony. "The importance of Wakefield's achievements in colonial matters can hardly be overestimated. The tangible fruits of his labours are the least part of their result for all subsequent colonial development has followed the direction of his thought" - DNB. FERGUSON 5235. DNB XX pp.449-52. hardcover books
179624870London: A. Strahan & T. Cadell 1796. First edition 2 vols. 4to pp. xxiv 703; viii 726 2; silhouette frontis portrait of Gibbon; full contemporary tree calf rebacked old spine with red and black morocco labels laid down; bottom panel of spine on vol. 1 scraped; good and sound. U1 in Vol. I is a cancel as usual. A supplementary third volume published in 1815 is not present. Rothschild 949; Norton 131. <br/><br/> A. Strahan & T. Cadell unknown books
1906310398New York: Fred DeFau & Company 1906. Illustrated. Printed at the Norwood Press. 12 vols. 8vo. Three quarter red calf and cloth t.e.g. by Frost & Co. Bath England. Some rubbing with minor loss else Very Good. Illustrated. Printed at the Norwood Press. 12 vols. 8vo. Fred DeFau & Company unknown books
180465139Philadelphia: Published by William Y. Birch & Abraham Small Printed by Robert Carr 1804. First American edition. First published in 1776-1788. Frontispiece portrait engraved by Alexander Lawson after Joshua Reynolds trimmed along lower margin affecting imprint; folding map of "Parts of Europe and Asia adjacent to Constantinople" other map removed and lacking. 8 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep red morocco label. Wormholes and trails on a few of the bindings some rubbing light browning of text even lacking the map a very attractive copy in two cloth open end cases. First American edition. First published in 1776-1788. Frontispiece portrait engraved by Alexander Lawson after Joshua Reynolds trimmed along lower margin affecting imprint; folding map of "Parts of Europe and Asia adjacent to Constantinople" other map removed and lacking. 8 vols. 8vo. Lawson engraved plates for the first volume of Wilson's "Ornithology" and those in the continuation by Bonaparte. Norton 48 maps and portrait were bound in volumes one and two rather than as noted in Norton. PMM 222 for the first edition Published by William Y. Birch & Abraham Small, Printed by Robert Carr unknown books
185319237Washington: Robert Armstrong & A.O.P. Nicholson 18531854. 8vo 23.2 cm 9.1". 2 vols. I: 414 2 iii 1 pp.; 16 plts. II: x 2 339 1 pp.; 36 plts. <br><br>Original government issue of these "Minute accurate and very interesting accounts of the aborigines of the Andes and the Amazon and its tributaries" Sabin. These two volumes are parts I and II of Senate Executive Document no. 36 32d Cong. 2d sess. consisting of Lieut. Herndon's description of following the Amazon itself and Lieut. Gibbon's account of his travels along the Amazon's tributaries in Peru Bolivia and Brazil.<br>Â Â Â Â Many of the 52 lithographed plates are in duotone; some were done by Ackerman Lithography and some by P.S. Duval & Co. after views of scenery buildings and natives drawn by Lieut. Gibbon. Two volumes of maps not present here were issued separately. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Sabin 31524; Palau 113897. Publisher's textured cloth covers blind-stamped spine with gilt-stamped title; vol. I with spine sunned and cloth chipped at spine extremities; vol. II with corners bumped cloth peeling away from spine and chipped at spine extremities spine with gilt dimmed and small area of unobtrusive discoloration from now-absent label. Front pastedowns each with pencilled owner's name and institutional rubber stamp no other markings; front free endpaper of vol. II starting to tear along inner margin. Mild to moderate foxing and spotting; a few text gatherings unopened. One plate in vol. I with short tear from outer margin turning into a narrow scrape extending about halfway into the upper portion of the image; one leaf in vol. II with tiny portion less than one word affixed to opposing plate. Not a perfect set but a perfectly fascinating one. Robert Armstrong & A.O.P. Nicholson hardcover books
1833247284London: Richard Bentley New Burlington Street 1833. First Edition. xii 331 1; iv 341 1 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary quarter tan calf and marbled boards. Ticket of R.E. Narby Bookseller & Printer Warminster. Bookplate. Fine. First Edition. xii 331 1; iv 341 1 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Founder of the "New Colonization System". Following imprisonment Wakefield began to study colonial affairs of Australia with an eye towards immigration. Recognizing that the depressed condition of Australian affairs was due to a lack of efficiency and sensible handling he gathered his theories for correcting the problems and first published them in "A Letter from Sydney" London 1829 under the name Robert Gouger. It was so well done that the author was supposed to be an immigrant. He revised and refined these views for his "New Colonization System" in "England and America" as the chapter the "Art of Colonisation." The theories for his "System" were to abolish free grants of agricultural land requiring a fixed price which would be kept low enough so that a laborer would be able to purchase land after a few years this to reduce the number of ex-convicts laborers from receiving land for which they had no use to regulate immigration and to use tax monies from the rental of grants to bring laborers to the colonies. One of the main results of his publications and efforts was the founding of the National Colonization Society and then the South Australian Association the latter intended to be based upon Wakefield's theories. He was also a close advisor to the Molesworth Committee. On the appointment of Lord Durham to Canada in 1838 Wakefield became interested in that territory and is credited with having greatly assisted Durham with his famous "Report on the Affairs of British North America." He also acted as an adviser to Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe in Canada in the 1840's. In 1837 Wakefield had formed the New Zealand Association and spent most of years following directing the affairs of the association from England while his brother William Hayward Wakefield directed and managed it from New Zealand. Kress C3643; McCulloch's "Literature of Political Economy" 1845. p 94; Sabin 100976; Palgrave III p. 648; Goldsmiths' 27890 Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street unknown books
1764WRCLIT35233London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt 1764. 6163pp. wanting the final blank and terminal ads. Octavo. Speckled calf rebacked in matching calf gilt extra gilt label. Restoration to blank portion of fore-margin of title otherwise a very good crisp copy. First edition in English of Edward Gibbon's first published work following its publication in French in London by three years. This edition omits the text of the "Avis au lectuer" as well as Dr. Maty's letter to the author which had appeared in the French edition. NORTON 6. ROTHSCHILD 939. ESTC T79690. Printed for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt unknown books
1828321601London: Printed for T. Cadell et al. 1828. 8 vols. 8vo. Bound in full contemporary polished speckled calf gilt spines neatly laid down. 8 vols. 8vo. Printed for T. Cadell et al. unknown books
1788260128London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand 1788. New Edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece after Sir Joshua Reynolds. 12 vols. 8vo 53 x 34 mm. Bound in contemporary tree calf contrasting leather title labels on spine. Very Good. New Edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece after Sir Joshua Reynolds. 12 vols. 8vo 53 x 34 mm. Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand unknown books
1820L57-1630London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies et al 1820. Hardcover. Good. Half calf and marbled paper gilt-stamped lettering on spine all edges marbled. With two nice bookplates on the front paste-down: that of Abel Berland and the armorial bookplate of Sir Francis Lynch Blosse Bar. A working set with lightly rubbed boards some scuffing along joints some cracking at spine tips and corners. <br/><br/> Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, et al hardcover books
17967588baZ4London: Strahan Cadell Davies 1796. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto 4to. English literature; biography; first edition; 2 volumes; 27.8cm; modern 3/4 maroon leather binding by Corey; volume 1 frontispiece silhouette portrait of author English historian; volume 1 errata leaf facing page 1; volume 2 errata leaf after index; supplementary volume 3 published in 1815 not present; owner marks. Strahan, Cadell, Davies Hardcover books
1946012282NY: Limited Editions Club 1946. 1s US Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good. 7 volumes complete simply yet elegantly bound in half black leather over black cloth gilt ruled spines. 1500 copies this #847. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
176420791London: printed for T. Beckett and P.A. De Hondt 1764. First edition in English of Gibbon's first published work 12mo pp. 8 168 including ads; contemporary full speckled calf ruled in gilt leather spine label lettered in gilt previous owner's name written neatly in ink on title else a very good copy. In 1753 Gibbon a young man of twenty-five was sent by his father to Lausanne to study with the Calvinist minister Pavillard and did not return until 1758. By this time he had already begun his Essai sur l'Etude de la Litterature which he finished in England in 1759 where it was published on the urging of his father in 1761. Published in French the work found little audience in England but succeeded apparently abroad and it was reprinted in both Paris and Geneva in 1762. After its publication in English in 1764 it became highly sought after but Gibbon refused to republish it himself. Only one other contemporary edition appeared in 1788 in Dublin which was pirated. Contains a touching 5-page dedication to his father. Norton 6; Rothschild 939: The translation was not made by Gibbon though it was announced as being prepared "under the inspection of the author" Norton p. 4. <br/><br/> printed for T. Beckett and P.A. De Hondt hardcover books
179623989London: A. Strahan & T. Cadell 1796. First edition 2 vols. 4to pp. xxiv 703; viii 726 2; silhouette frontis portrait of Gibbon; full contemporary tree calf neatly rebacked red and black morocco labels on spines; very good and sound. U1 in Vol. I is a cancel as usual. A supplementary third volume published in 1815 is not present. Rothschild 949; Norton 131. <br/><br/> A. Strahan & T. Cadell unknown books
