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185354085Washington, Robert Armstrong (and A.O.P. Nicholson), 1853-54. Volume I bound in orig. full cloth, spine faded, skall tears on hinges, light wear to spine-ends. Volume II bound in contemp. full calf., titlelabels with gilt lettering. Spine-ends repaired. Rubbed. 414,IV pp. a. 15 (of 16) tinted lithographed plates. + X,(2),339 pp., 36 tinted lithographed plates and 2 folded maps (one map with a tear, repaired on verso). In volume I on front free endpaper a dedication ""Captain Rothe/ from Lieu/tnt Maury"" - Matthew Fontaine Maury ??
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. 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
1829139663London: Joseph Cross Simpkin and Marshall and Effingham Wilson 1829. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. London Joseph Cross Simpkin and Marshall and Effingham Wilson 1829. Large duodecimo x 222 xxiv appendix pages plus a folding map of the world printed surface approximately 210 × 350 mm. Recent period-style half speckled calf and marbled boards retaining an early leather title-label and endpapers complete with the binder's stamp of 'Eedy Binder 37 Tavistock St'; minimal signs of age and use; essentially a fine copy. Written and published while Wakefield was serving a three year sentence in Newgate Gaol for abduction it first appeared as letters to the 'Morning Chronicle' from August to October 1829. Although Wakefield was not the originator of the theory of systematic colonization 'his was one of the earliest and clearest visions of an empire-by-consent' Pike. In this influential work he 'argued that if settlement were concentrated waste lands of the crown could be readily sold and the proceeds applied to the emigration of labourers preferably young married couples thereby giving maximum population relief in Britain and ensuring a balanced fruitful colonial society. Sufficiency of labour and a congenial society would attract capital encourage emigration assure prosperity and justify the rights of a colony to elect representatives to its own legislature' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. <p>The map in this copy is from the first issue dated 29 October 1829. <p>Provenance: Dr Robert Edwards AO 1930-2023; earlier 'withdrawn' stamp of Lincoln's Inn Library; with the bookplate of lawyer and antiquary Charles Purton Cooper KC 1793-1873 who in 1834 'presented to Lincoln's Inn Library two thousand volumes on civil and foreign legal works having previously presented a hundred and fifty volumes of American Law Reports' biographical fact-sheet from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Kent accessed on the United Industrious Lodge 31 website. Joseph Cross, Simpkin and Marshall, and Effingham Wilson hardcover
1834624691New York: Harper and Brothers 1834. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Tall octavo. 376pp. followed by publisher's ads inserted dated October 1833. Original cloth with printed paper spine label. Nicks and small tears at the spine ends overall sunning and light wear on the boards small stain at the crown foxing scattered throughout a very good copy. Howes W-18. Harper and Brothers hardcover
1833elala336London: Richard Bentley 1833. 1833. 2 Volumes in 1. 8vo. pp. xii 331 1; iv 341 1 2ads. A nice copy in original blind-stamped cloth recased preserving endleaves paper spine label rubbed slight fraying to lower spine & corners occasional light foxing inner front hinge cracked. Inscribed from the Author. First Edition. A detailed examination of the social state and political economy of England and America with discussion of free trade slavery and emigration. Included is an elaboration of Wakefield's theory of systematic colonization a method of planned emigration combined with the sale of crown lands particularly in relation to Australia and Canada. His persistent efforts led to the establishment of successful settlements based on his theory in South Australia and New Zealand. Wakefield also played a significant role in Canadian political history. In 1838 he accompanied Lord Durham to Canada as his unofficial adviser and the celebrated Durham Report though drawn up by Charles Buller embodied in slightly modified form Wakefield's theories of colonial self- government and land settlement. Goldsmiths' 27890. Howes W-18. Kress C.3643. Palgrave III p. 648. Sabin 100976. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. London: Richard Bentley, 1833. Hardcover
1827140266London: John Murray 1827. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London John Murray 1827. Octavo xvi 304 pages. Original moiré cloth with paper title-label to the spine expertly recased with new endpapers; edges lightly speckled red; covers a little bumped and bubbled with a lacquer or similar treatment applied; spine a little sunned with the label slightly discoloured and chipped; scattered foxing; a very good copy. Wakefield's subsequent imprisonment led to his critical study of penal reform emigration and to his remedy systematic colonization starting with South Australia. <p>Bagnall 5815; Ferguson 1159c not noting that this issue precedes his 1159 which includes an additional appendix extending the volume to 350 pages. John Murray hardcover
18283555Hull: Printed and sold by I. Wilson Lowgate 1828. Quarter calf paper boards. Good. FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo pp. xv i 'Errata' portrait frontis engraved by B. P. Gibbon. Contemporary quarter black calf spine lettered and decorated in gilt red paper boards. Green marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Rubbed and scored head of spine chipped corners rounded. Inscribed by Abbott in brown ink to first blank foxed esp. list of subscribers else clean and tight. Good A well-handled subscriber's copy of Thomas Eastoe Abbott's 1828 poem in memory of Prince Frederick Duke of York and Albany who had died in 1827 inscribed in the year of publication to "Sarah Coulson with the Author's affectionate regard—Bridlington 6 Augt 1828". Abbott's list of subscribers features a Robert Coulson Esq. Collector of Excise Newcastle-upon-Tyne who took four copies likely gifting this one to his relation wife or daughter Sarah who was evidently a close enough acquaintance of the author to merit the fond inscription. Thomas Eastoe Abbott 1786–1854 was an English poet and excise officer hence the connection with Coulson whose poems were described by the Darlington antiquarian and great-grandson of Elizabeth Gaunt daughter of the poet John Dyer William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe as "written with great simplicity of language full of genuine patriotism and Christianity; some of them much resembling in style that of Wordsworth". Printed and sold by I. Wilson, Lowgate hardcover
18431901090025Charles Knight & Co 1843-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 3 volume set of 4. Important note: Lacking vol. 1. Vols. 2-4. Bound in contemporary 3/4 leather over marbled boards. 17 cm. Vol. 4 front board detached. Clean unmarked pages. Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 28973.25. Charles Knight & Co hardcover
1888502835Philadelphia : Gebbie & Co 1888. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Ten Volume Set. 1888. 6.5 x 9.25 inches approximately. In very good condition minor scuffing and browning with age. Second edition illustrated revised and augmented. Selected from the standard authors of all nations and all time. Edited with biographical and critical notes by Spofford and Gibbon. This is a heavy set and may require additional shipping charges. Gebbie & Co hardcover
1895019198Philadelphia PA: The Gebbie Publishing Co. Inc. 1895. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Second edition illustrated revised and augmented.Title spine labels on tan cloth covered boards. Top edges gilt. 8vo's. Two newspaper clippings about Robert Ingersoll have been tipped in on page 239 of Volume I where there are two articles by Robert Ingersoll. Page 243 of Volume 4 torn but present. <br/> <br/> The Gebbie Publishing Co., Inc. hardcover
1833887P5London: T. T. and J. Tegg 1833. Leather. Good. 5.5" by 3.5". Not Stated. A selection of the best writings of Edward Gibbon and William Robertson illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of each author. Volume XII of Alfred Howard's 'Beauties of Literature' series originally published in fifteen volume.This volume includes a selection of the works of Edward Gibbon and William Robertson. Howard selects pieces of the eminent author's works to showcase their brilliance in literature and historical writings. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece to each part. Gibbon and Robertson each have a separate title page and pagination. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally a little worn with loss of leather to the extremities and a little loss of paper. Spine is faded. Leather is lightly rubbed heavier to the extremities and to the head of the spine minor rubbing to the boards. Light bumping to the extremities. Small crack to the head of the front joint. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots heavier ot the plates with heavier spotting to the Gibbon frontispiece offset to the title page. Good T. T. and J. Tegg hardcover
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
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
1871015290New York: D. Appleton and Company 1871. Very Good condition. This volume contains 4 novels bound as one. The binding is marbled boards with black leather spine and corners. Moderate corner wear. Small chip at the head of the spine. The four works are: GABRIELLE ANDRÉ by S. Baring-Gould 1871 New York: D. Appleton and Company 201pp.; AGAINST TIME by Alexander Innes Shand no date Boston: Little & Gay 200pp.; FOR THE KING by Charles Gibbon 1872 New York: Harper & Brothers 122pp.; ROUGEGORGE AND OTHER SHORT STORIES by Harriet Prescott Spofford Alice Cary Lucy H. Hooper Jane G. Austin A. L. Wister L. Clarke Davis Frank Lee Benedict etc. 1870 Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott 148pp. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. about 670 pages. D. Appleton and Company Hardcover
1886biblio473<p>Gibbon was an active novelist in the mid-19th century and this very good copy is one of his rarest works made highly prized for its amazing cover art---a very finely drawn fire-breathing dragon embossed full across the front cover. Complete in one volume.</p><p>Photo on request.</p> Dodd Mead hardcover
1871027377UK 1871. First Edition . Paper. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An Original Hand Written Letter and Signed By Writer Charles Gibbon to Scottish writer Alexander Japp. Dated 1871. Long autograph letter to the Scottish writer Alexander Japp with thanks for hospitality details of the journey home and information about Gibbon's latest projects. Charles Gibbon 1843-1890 was a British novelist specialising in popular romances. Size 180mm x 115mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18007 <br/> <br/> unknown
1885kb492.110GB: John and Robert Maxwell 1885. Not dated but perhaps about 1885. Publishers moss green cloth with leaf design on front cover. Modern armorial bookplate in volume 1. Half-title only in volume 3. A very worn set but no major faults. Set is in only good that is fair or average condition with major signs of wear and/or age. PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Good/No DW. John and Robert Maxwell Hardcover
1885FIN3-C-3London: Chatto & Windus 1885. Vellum. Good Only. 7" x 4.5". None. An edition of Charles Gibbon's 'Of High Degree; A Story' originally published in 1883. This copy is scarce. Charles Gibbon was a 19th Century British novelist and biographer who published over thirty works including 'Robin Gray' 'The Dead Heart' and 'For Lack of Gold'. He also edited 'The Casquet of Literature' and wrote a biography about George Combe. Half-bound in vellum with an attractive colourful print which is continued on the edge. Generally smart lightly rubbed in certain spots. Internally Binding loosening in places. Pages 295-298 disbound but complete. Pages generally bright and clean; some spotting to to first and last pages as usual. Good Only Chatto & Windus hardcover
1883mon0000935295London: Blackie & Son 1883. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. London: Blackie & Son 1883. 6 Volumes. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Fine illustrations. London: Blackie & Son hardcover
1835R260125411A. DESREZ. 1835. In-4. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos abîmé, Quelques rousseurs. 400 pages. Manques au dos. Premier plat et premier cahier partiellement détachés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 930-Histoire générale du monde ancien jusqu'à 499 apr. J.-C.
186019<p>A 2-volume abridged set in good condition. Potential 1st edition. Both volumes include 57 engraved plates and maps. Volume I has a total of 643 pages; Volume II has 666 pages. Full marbled edging leather quarter spines that showcase the titles in gilt. There is minimal foxing within both volumes. The hardcovers and binding remain intact with wear around the edges from handling and age. Sold as a set.</p><p>Disclaimer: Postage rates may be subject to change depending on the weight of the books. For the heavier and/ or multivolume sets the cost will be determined using the prices displayed below.</p><p>UK: £7 per kg</p><p>EU: £10 per kg</p><p>USA: £12 per kg</p><p>If you have any queries please get in touch.</p> hardcover
1890TOB215-26468-SET-20Philadelphia PA: Porter & Coates. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Circa 1890. Hardcover. All 5 volumes included and in great condition for the age. Light wear and discoloration to covers and spines. Pages crisp and bindings tight. Edge wear to covers. ; - We're committed to your satisfaction. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. . Porter & Coates hardcover
1841298539J.A. James 1841. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. both volumes are bound in original full leather there is some scuffing and wear on the covers the contents are heavily foxed volume 1 has a slight bowing to rear cover small split to top of spine seam is splitting near bottom of cover on volume 1 about 2 inches J.A. James hardcover
1819678<p>2 volumes 447p. and 480p. Well preserved copy. Pages yellowed with age. Translation by M. F. Guizot</p> Chez Lefevre hardcover
18410853206Cincinatti: J. A. James 1841. First Thus. Full Leather. Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Two volumes bound in two toned tan leather with black morroco spine labels stamped in gilt 4to 541 & 514pp. Scarce early Sterotyped edition featuring Guizot's revisions and corrections. "A Sketch of the life of Gibbon" included. A good vintage reading/reference copy with moderate shelfwear rubbing and scoffing to extremities including spine tips and board edges toning and foxing to end/preliminary papers page edges and margins vintage names to endpapers. J. A. James unknown