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182565100Boston: Published by T. Bedlington James I. Cutler & Co. Printers Bellows Falls VT. 1825. Second American edition of this work. Frontispieces by Abel Bowen one after T. Behan and another by Elkanah Tisdale decorated title-pages. 4 vols. 12mo. Sheep red morocco labels. Slight rubbing some browning and spotting of text generally light in a brown cloth open end case. Second American edition of this work. Frontispieces by Abel Bowen one after T. Behan and another by Elkanah Tisdale decorated title-pages. 4 vols. 12mo. Abel Bowen was a publisher and engraver. He published "The Naval Monument" and Shaw's "History of Boston" both with his engravings. In 1834 with Alonzo Hartwell and John C. Crossman he established the American Engraving and Printing Company. Elkahah Tisdale was an engraver and miniature painter he founded the Hartford Graphic and Bank Note Engraving Company. American Imprints 21496. Curiously both the DNB and NCBEL described the earliest collected poetical works as being published in 1841 there is no mention of either this edition or that of 1821; Stauffer "American Engravers upon Copper and Steel" pp. 26-7 and 272-3 Published by T. Bedlington [James I. Cutler & Co. Printers, Bellows Falls, VT.] unknown books
1889023311W.H. Lawrence & Co 1889. First Edition. Small Quarto. Later printing. portrait frontispiece 394pp. with four maps two single paged maps and two double paged maps. First published in 1810 and because of a few errors and inaccuracies of expression the publisher's felt the British edition deemed the best choice for a reprint. Pike gives a day-by-day account of his travels. His travel through Colorado in the dead of winter was especially interesting. Bound in blue cloth lettered in gilt rebacked in maroon cloth lettered in gilt spine lettered in gilt endpapers renewed with nice repair to outer margin of frontispiece. A very nice copy without names or bookplates. W.H. Lawrence & Co unknown
18584894New York: The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited 1858. These volumes measure approximately 10.75" x 7.5" with 582 504 numbered pages respectively. <br /> <br /> These volumes are in poor condition. Heavy chipping to both ends of spine. Volume I spine is detached from binding. Heavy scuffing to both boards. all edges are gilt. Volume I lacking title page. Both volumes have one double page hand colored map. All other illustrations are missing. Moderate foxing to interior pages. <br /> <br /> Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.<br /> <br /> Inventory # N8-50. The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited unknown
1860mon0000184921Routledge Warne & Routledge 1860-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Not Ex-Library. Hardback/Hardcover. Well-read copy with significant spine wear but still useable - Hardcover is nearly detached from the spine. Colouring of pages due to age. Routledge, Warne, & Routledge hardcover
1841981H37London: Longman Orme Brown Green & Longmans 1841. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". None Stated. A charming four volume set of The Poetical Works of Scottish poet James Montgomery bound in a handsome full green morocco binding. Bound in a handsome full green morocco binding. The first collected edition bringing together all of Montgomery"s poems as revised by the author himself.Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and an illustrated half title. A complete four-volume 1841 edition of The Poetical Works of James Montgomery presenting the collected verse of the Scottish-born poet hymnist and journalist.Includes the following poetical works:Volume I includes Wanderer of Switzerland The West Indies Miscellaneous Poems Prison Amusements.Volume II includes The World Before the Flood Miscellaneous Poems Thoughts on Wheels The Climbing Bou"s Soliloquies Songs of Zion.Volume III includes Greenland Miscellaneous Poems Narratives Translations from Dante.Volume IV includes The Pelican Island Miscellanies Sacred and Scriptural Subjects Appendix. James Montgomery 17711854 was a prominent Romantic-era poet and hymn writer admired for his humanitarian ideals. Bound in a full green morocco binding. Externally very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities and one or two scratches resulting in slight loss to morocco. Bookplate of James Dickson to front paste downs. previous owner's inscription to front paste downs. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot to first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans hardcover
18591006W9London: W. Kent & Co. Late D. Bogue 1859. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". William Harvey; Various. A smart pair of works collecting the poetic legacy of John Milton bound in full calf and illustrated throughout. A rebacked pair of volumes containing the popular poetic works of poet and hymn writer John Milton in full calf with morocco spines.Each work is frequently punctuated with numerous monochrome vignette illustrations throughout.Decorated with marbled endpapers full gilt text block edges gilt doublures. Rebacked in full calf with morocco spines. Externally smart. Moderate rubbing to extremities. Minor loss to vol2 front board bottom edge. Reinforced hinges. The odd marks to boards. Mild fading to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Contemporary ink inscription and stamps to front blanks. Mild age toning to vol2 pp.234-235 where a plant has been pressed. Very Good W. Kent & Co. (Late D. Bogue) hardcover
189369690Illustrated title page unpaginated 30 leaves plus 16 colour illustrated plates vignettes throughout intervening blank pages for adding original composition further selections birthday and other anniversaries contains two tipped-in perforated leaves - details of an amateurs literary and painting competition lower half of the leaf has been removed at the front at the back a list of other competitions both leaves are in reference to the publisher Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons hardcover
1860AQ20395London: George Routledge 1860. 20 379pp 1. With a portrait frontispiece and 99 illustrations in the text engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. Bound by Edmonds & Remnants in contemporary richly gilt-tooled green morocco A.E.G. gilt dentelles. A trifle rubbed marked and bumped. Foxed later inked ownership inscription of William Long to recto of FFEP near contemporary gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf: 'Louisa Gould Long / with / Mary Tourner's love / & best wishes / Dec. 3rd 1863'. A handsome copy of the collected poems of James Montgomery 1771- 1854 illustrated with one hundred wood engravings by inter alia Pickengill Birket Foster John Gilbert and William Harvey engraved by the Dalziel Brothers. Fredrick Remnant born 1780 was apprenticed to his bookbinder father between 1795 and 1807. He established his own premises by 1813 where he prospered employing forty-five men by 1826. About 1824 at the suggestion of his foreman Jacob Edmonds he began to produce bindings in embossed covers a method popular in France. The pair went into partnership about 1829. The firm continued successfully becoming one of the foremost binderies in England until 1873 when it was taken over by Simpson and Renshaw. According to Ramsden Arnett's Bibliopegia 1835 p.126 suggests Edmonds & Remnants originated arabesque binding by whole plates which was later used widely for albums. Ramsden p.121. Quarto. George Routledge unknown
1863BOOKS256642London UK: Carleton Publisher. G/No Dustjacket. 1863. . Cloth. Original gold and blind stamped green cloth. Inscribed with 2p. ALS by the author. . 12mo. 306pp. Tips rubbed gently cracked with some signs of yellowing occas. soiling . Carleton, Publisher hardcover
1869696New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1869. Small 4to. 7-1/8" x 9-3/4." 463 pp. All edges gilt. Specially bound in blue leather binding with green leather medallion stamped in gold signed H. Bühler Froschaugasse 20 8001 Zurich. Engraved title page. Tipped in frontispiece is a real sepia-tone photograph of David Farragut with his signature on the mounting paper underneath the photo. A few faint finger smudges and a touch of light foxing on engraved title page. Former owner's name on front fly-leaf. Fly-leaf also has small tape repair. Otherwise a fine copy of a scarce item. With thirty-nine illustrations in addition to the frontispiece. G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown
1805230818085Manning & Loring 1805. Hardcover. Acceptable. Manning & Loring hardcover
18598636W. Kent & Co. Very Good. 1859. Hardcover. Royal blue cloth covers with gilt blind stamped spines and covers have wear to corners and spine caps and lightly bumped corners but clean bright and in very good condition. Boards and spines are straight. Bindings are tight. Former owner's very small name plate on front paste downs. Pages are clean and in very good condition. Illustrated with 120 b&w copperplate engravings. . . W. Kent & Co. hardcover
1872242124London: Richard Bentley 1872. Second edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Publisher's gilt-stamped maroon cloth. Very Good lendinbg library lael removed on upper cover of each volume. Second edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Sadleir 1761 second edition; Wolff 4849 Richard Bentley unknown
1895018157Chicago: The Werner Company. Black leather with gilt spine title some hinge wear with chipping to the spine head and foot. "With the authors Compliments Montgomery B. Gibbs Chicago Dec 24 '96" on a frontis. BC . Good. Half-Leather. First Edition. 1895. The Werner Company hardcover
1882SKU1018991John Wilson and Son 1882. First Edition. Leather. Very Good. John Wilson and Son; Cambridge 1882. Hardcover. First edition. Very Good some soiling to leather/slight wear to extremes/trace foxing to page edges in full polished brown tree calf leather edges gauffered 5 raised bands 6 compartments deep red leather label in second one with title others embossed and gilt ruled both front and rear panels are gilt lined embossed with a nice gilt embossed emblem of Apollo on front cover teg others very slightly deckled. 4toquarto or approx. 9.5 x 12 inches 330pp. appendix. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. John Wilson and Son hardcover
1872242124London: Richard Bentley 1872. Second edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Publisher's gilt-stamped maroon cloth. Very Good lendinbg library lael removed on upper cover of each volume. Second edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Sadleir 1761 second edition; Wolff 4849 Richard Bentley unknown books
1847015641London: J. B. Nichols and Son 1847. Sewn as issued. Inscribed '' with the compliments of the authour '' on top margin of title page. Inscription partially trimmed. Titlel page dust dirt marked. Pages in good condition. A good copy of a rare work. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. J. B. Nichols and Son Paperback
1832839T14London: John Turrill 1832. Paperback. Good. 8" by 5". None. A second edition of this scarce collection of poetry. Second edition of the work. A scarce collection of epic poems full of religious sentiment. Written by Robert Montgomery an English poet and minister born in Bath Somerset. Other works by the author include "The Puffiad" and "Satan or Intellect Without God." Brown paper wraps. Externally sound with the odd mark to the boards. Chipping to head and tail of the spine with some rubbing and tears. Joints weakening to the rear. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with some spotting and slight age toning to extremities. Good John Turrill paperback
1821008722Edinburgh: Printed by J. Ballantyne and Co. for W. and C. Tait 1821. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. SCARCE in Fine Binding. With reproductions of title pages: The Cherrie and the Slae. Edinburgh 1597; and The Flyting betwixt Montgomery and Polwart. Edinburgh 1629. In fine contemporary binding stamp-signed James Toovey. Full Pebbled calf ornate gilt back marbled end papers all edges gilt. Near Fine light soiling to boards. Montgomery was a Scottish Jacobean courtier and one of the principal members of the Castalian Band a circle of poets in the court of James VI in the 1580s. Printed by J. Ballantyne and Co. for W. and C. Tait Hardcover
184012893London: John Snow. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1840. Hardcover. No signatures. Moderate rubbing and marks to spine and boards. Inner hinges split at gutters. Some foxing.; Second edition corrected. xvii 1 288 pages 15 plates including frontispiece 12 in-text wood engravings. Contemporary green cloth boards with gilt title on spine. Page dimensions: 231 x 152mm. There are two portrait plates and 13 plates showing views and scenes. The thirteen plates are numbered from 1 to 12 but there are two numbered plate 7. The first plate 7 is titled: "Papetoai Island of Eimeo" the second is titled: "Water Spout seen from Raiatea". Provenance: from the collection of Arthur Thomas Pycroft 1876-1971. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . John Snow hardcover
1889226867Denver W.H. Lawrence & Co. 1889. 1889. Second edition. Large 4to. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Pike illustrated with 4 maps. 7 page new introduction by William M. Maguire. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt; floral endpapers. 394 pages. Signature of Albert A. Sanford June 1893 Denver. Maps on page 24; page 59 pages 148-149 double page pages 208-209 double map including those of the Mississippi from Leech Lake Minnesota to St. Louis; the Falls of St. Anthony; the Interior of Louisiana with a part of New Mexico; and Internal part of Louisiana. See Howes : P-373; Rader 2677. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Denver, W.H. Lawrence & Co., 1889. hardcover books
1889226867Denver W.H. Lawrence & Co. 1889. 1889. Second edition. Large 4to. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Pike illustrated with 4 maps. 7 page new introduction by William M. Maguire. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt; floral endpapers. 394 pages. Signature of Albert A. Sanford June 1893 Denver. Maps on page 24; page 59 pages 148-149 double page pages 208-209 double map including those of the Mississippi from Leech Lake Minnesota to St. Louis; the Falls of St. Anthony; the Interior of Louisiana with a part of New Mexico; and Internal part of Louisiana. See Howes : P-373; Rader 2677. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Denver, W.H. Lawrence & Co., 1889. hardcover
185031072AB1850. First Edition. London and New York The London Printing and Publishing Company that was J. and F. Tallis no year c. 1850. Quarto 20 cm x 27 cm. Volume I British North America Canada / USA: Frontispice illustrated titlepage XXIV 360 pages with pages 1 - 9 missing / Volume II Australia: pages 361 - 744 pages / Volume III New Zealand / Tasmania: II 384 pages. / Volume IV Africa and the West Indies: II 188 pages / Volume V British India: II 564 pages with pages 455 - 456 missing / Volume VI Ceylon East India and Mediterranean Settlements: II 172 pages. Hardcover / Original decorative publisher's halfleather with gilt lettering and ornament to spines. Bindings rubbed but overall in firm and very good condition with only minor signs of wear. All maps and illustrations besides one illustration removed by a previous owner. In the course of removal of maps and illustrations one page slightly torn and 11 pages of text missing. This is still one of the most important text-sources of British Colonial History itsevaluation in Britain and a plethora of data on economical and political impact the Colonies had for the former Empire. No other contemporary 19th century publication includes details on colonial produce movement of population and local History from Tasmania to Quebec from Hong Kong to Heligoland Helgoland and in general on the depition of "England the 'Nursing Mother' of Nations" Introductory page XXIV by Montgomery Martin. hardcover
1824AQ27711London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme Brown and Green 1824. In two volumes. 3 vi-xvii 3 285 1; 4 294pp. Without half-titles. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf marbled boards contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers internally clean and crisp. The sole edition of hymn writer and poet James Montgomery's 1771-1854 collected prose; a diverse selection comprised of essays devotional short stories and journal extracts including a narrative of juvenile delinquency in London a brief life of a flower told from the perspective of the plant and a fictional account of a Christian missionary in Africa. . First edition. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green hardcover
1850119859London: Tallis & Co. c.1850. 1st ed. thus. Very Good. large octavo. hardback in decorated cloth 1-168 169-360 361-568 569-744 1-192 193-184 208 188 1-180 181-372 373-564 172pp. engraved plates indexes Some minimal chips to lovely bright red boards with bright gilt on front boards & spines. NOTE there are no maps in this otherwise nice set Tallis & Co. hardcover
