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1875616080Chicago: Belford Clarke & Company 1875. Hardcover. Near Fine. Revised and enlarged edition. Octavo. 608pp. All edges gilt. Elaborately decorated dark green cloth stamped in red gilt and black with floral designs Pan Pegasus and more. Small neat contemporary owner name a little rubbing at the foot a bright near fine copy of this very attractive American cloth binding. Belford, Clarke & Company hardcover
180216304London: Vernor and Hood 1802. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary tree calf rebacked. Very good/Near Fine. 128 and 219 pages. 21 x 13 cm. First title with five copper-plate engravings two folding; second has two folding plates Divisions of the Linnaean System Characters of the Genera of British Plants English-Latin Dictionary of Botanical Terms and Index to the British Genera. First part carries month by month guide for the Farmer. Scattered light foxing generally bright. Vernor and Hood unknown
18417892Philadelphia: Porter and Coates 1841 circa. Hardcover. Very Good. 7 1/2 x 5 in. Half brown calf with marbled paper boards gilt lettering on a black and a maroon label at spines gilt spine decorations. 5 raised bands. Sides of text block are marbled to match covers. B&W frontis' and engravings on half title pgs. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners edges and ends of spine have moderate wear. Covers are mildly rubbed as are spines. Vols 1 of the poems and Vols 1 and 2 of the Prose have small tears at upper spine. Bindings are all tight and text very clean with no markings. Poetry. RGR. Philadelphia: Porter and Coates hardcover
1825856F8London: Baldwin Cradock & Joy 1825 . First edition. Hardback. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A bright copy of the first edition of Thomas Hood and John Hamilton Reynolds's collection of satirical odes to famous contemporary figures. The first edition of this work consisting of fifteen short addresses to noteworthy contemporary figures including Elizabeth Fry Joseph Grimaldi and Walter Scott.This was an anonymously published collaboration between the great comic poet Thomas Hood and his brother-in-law John Hamilton Reynolds a friend of Keats. It has been identified as the first published work by Hood.Retaining the original half title. Rebound in paper covered boards with endpapers renewed. Light discolouration to back strip and front joint otherwise externally excellent. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy hardcover
18664003801866. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked decorated cloth over bevelled boards. With new endpapers. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Date is suggested. Physical description: x 259 pages illustrations; 27 cm. Subjects: Charlemagne Emperor 742-814; France History comic satirical etc.; Chivalry; Knights and Knighthood Stories. hardcover
1853039647London: Edward Moxon 1853. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Frontispiece. X 388 Pp. Full Morocco Elaborately Gilt Spine Covers And Turns; All Edges Gilt; Yellow Endpapers. 19Th Century Blindstamp Of John Mylrea Bookseller Douglas. Previous Owner's Inscription Dated 1854; Later Inscription Dated 1983. Fine Leather Professionally And Invisibly Conditioned Corners Touched Up Furbished. Very Old Primitive Fore-Edge Painting Of A Fencing Lesson In A Drawing Room. <br/> <br/> Edward Moxon hardcover
184631795Boston: Wilkins Carter & Co 1846. 1st edition American Imprints 46-3422. Original publisher's blue cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Spine sun-tanned. PO pencil annotations to eps. Usual sporadic foxing. A VG copy of a book somewhat uncommon in the first edition. vii 8 - 252 6 pp. "List of works published before 1800": pp. 170 - 178. Index at rear. 3 pages of Testimonials at rear. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/> Wilkins Carter & Co hardcover books
18597999London: Griffith and Farran 1859. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Octavo. 19 1 ads l. illus. First edition. In publisher's pictorial boards; composed of of 20 leaves including a leaf of advertisements at the rear all are printed on one side only; hand coloring to the illustrations. This copy has been skillfully rebacked with new sympathetic black endpapers. Rubbing to the covers as well as some creasing to the top corner of the front and top edge of the rear board; but largely a well preserved copy; internally there is some light to moderate fingering to the leaves as well as some gentle wrinkling to many leaves. Despite all of this the copy presents very well. A charming and remarkably uncommon book. Griffith and Farran unknown
1866200541London / New York: Cassell Petter & Galpin 1866. Hardcover. Good Boards are moderately edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; corners are worn through to the boards and raised bands are worn; textblock edges are toned; inner hinges are cracked; interior is toned and occasionally foxed and smudged; frontis tissue guard is detached at the top and crinkled; textblock appears solid. Dore Gustave. Brown three-quarter leather boards with five raised bands and gilt lettering; x 1 leaf 259 pp.; richly illustrated. Illustrated with 177 designs on wood by Gustave Dore. Cassell, Petter & Galpin hardcover
1880B4061London: Henry Frowde Oxford University Press Warehouse c. 1880. Binding: Full cloth boards with tooled gilt lettering. Black free end papers. <br> Notes: Ex Libris Abel E. Berland<br><br>Edges are gilt and tinted red.<br> Illustration: Illustrated with 9 plates including frontis. Pages: P. Half Title design FrontisTitle contents v-xi Prefatory Memoir xiii-xxiii 1-615 design. Pages are clean and crisp. A fine copy. Category: Book Literature Henry Frowde Oxford University Press Warehouse, hardcover
182766776London: printed for Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green Paternoster-Row 1827. First edition 8vo pp. viii 222 2; original drab paper-covered boards with a contemporary green cloth shelf-back; top of spine chipped level with text block boards soiled corners bumped; a good sound copy and internally clean. Hayward 242: "The best of his serious poetry was printed in this volume which was dedicated to Charles Lamb. printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster-Row unknown
186575900London:: Ward Lock and Tyler 1865. First edition. publisher's beveled cloth rebacked retaining original backstrip. . Some marginal soiling to many pages; 6" old repair to one text page; another long tear unrepaired and several small ones; one tear extends 2" into the final Dore plate. Cloth rubbed and frayed at extremities but tight and sound. Folio. Illustrated by the Pencil of Gustave Dore; frontispiece and 22 full-page engraved plates. Told in Verse by Tom Hood. Ward, Lock, and Tyler, hardcover
1863WRCAM30378Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas 1863. ix3268pp. plus folding map and twenty illustrations including nine tinted lithographs. Frontis. Half title. Contemporary brown pebbled cloth gilt-lettered spine. Slight wear to extremities half of rear cover faded and bubbled front free endpaper lacking. Minor foxing contemporary pencil annotations on list of illustrations else internally bright and clean. Very good. A charming and descriptive narrative of a tour of most of the major islands of the western Pacific including Aukland New Zealand New Caledonia Fiji Samoa Norfolk and the Isle of Pines with a lengthy segment on the Pitcairn Islands. Hood writes extensively on the habits of the numerous native peoples he encountered including thoughts on anthropology polygamy cannibalism religion child rearing and relations with whites. "An informative work with an interesting description of the Bounty mutineers' descendants at Norfolk Island. Scarce" - Angus & Robertson. FERGUSON 10528. TAYLOR pp.213261. HOLMES p.50. ANGUS & ROBERTSON INGLETON COLLECTION 6567. AUSTRALASIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY p.188. Edmonston and Douglas hardcover books
1830D20776London: William Kidd 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo. 19th c. 3/4 leather and marbled paper over boards. Foxing throughout as typical. otherwise a pretty copy with an early gift inscription dated 1838: "Given to Wm. K. Riland Bedford by Mary Jane.Lady Harloth.1838" <br/><br/> William Kidd hardcover
1861176950London: Edward Moxon & Co 1861. Later printing. Leather. 2 vols. 568p; 564p. A set of two hardcover books bound in 3/4 green leather with marbled boards. Very good condition overall. Surfaces and edges of boards are scuffed. Some light foxing on the endpapers but otherwise text unmarked and binding secure in both volumes. Humorous poems and stories illustrated with comedic black and white vignettes. Edward Moxon & Co unknown
1873008730New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1873. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. People's Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Printed and bound by Poole & MacLauchlan New York. Four volumes finely bound in two half polished blue calf over marbled boards gilt backs end papers and edges marbled. The Prose volume with 250 engravings in wood in text. Very Good Plus the spines sunned to grey light rubbing to corners period prior owner name in pencil. SCARCE in this edition and contemporary American fine binding. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover
1829639C20London: Charles Tilt; Thomas Rood; Marsh and Miller 1829-30. Cloth. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". George Cruikshank; Robert Cruikshank. A uncommon collection of poetical and theatrical works from the early nineteenth century featuring the works of Thomas Hood William Barnes Rhodes and John Taylor. Three volumes bound in one in a full cloth binding with a gilt title to the spine. The works featured in this volume are as follows: 'The Epping Hunt' a poem by Thomas Hood the noted humorist of the 19th century. He is known to have contributed greatly to publications including Punch and The London Magazine. Illustrated with 6 plates by George Cruikshank collated complete. 'Bombastes Furioso' a play by William Barnes Rhodes. This satirical piece of theatre is regarded as Rhodes seminal work. Illustrated with 7 plates by George Cruikshank collation unavailable. And finally 'Monsieur Tonson' by John Taylor. Illustrated with 7 plates by Robert Cruikshank collation unavailable. George Cruikshank was a noted caricaturist and illustrator of the nineteenth century. With an overtly comic tone Cruikshank's artwork features in many literary works of the period. With additional illustrations by Robert Cruikshank George's lesser known brother who is similarly ranked as a important artist of the 19th century. With a stamp the tail of the rear pastedown with the initials 'M.W.D.N.'. Rebacked. In a full cloth binding. Externally generally smart with bumping to the head and tail of the spine and also to the extremities resulting in light fraying to the cloth. With a small patches of cockling to both the front and rear board alongside a small ink spot to the rear. Light handling marks to the front and rear endpapers and a small initials stamp to the tail of the tail of the rear pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot. Very Good Charles Tilt; Thomas Rood; Marsh and Miller hardcover
1852010643London: Partridge and Oakey 1852 With the signature of E. J. Dingwall on the front free endpaper. Eric John Dingwall 1890-1986 was a British anthropologist psychical researcher and librarian. He wrote popular books on Sexology and earned the nickname of "Dirty Ding" due to his interests in erotica. He became interested in the paranormal in 1921 and served as a research officer for the Society of Psychical Research from 1922 to 1927 along with being an honorary vice-president for The Magic Circle and a founding member of its Occult Committee. He also co-wrote the skeptical book "Four Modern Ghosts" with Trevor H. Hall. xii 1 14-232pp 6 of ads bound in blind stamped green cloth inner hinges starting to split occasional light foxing pencil notations on the back free endpaper. Advertising for the 1992 Psychic Questing Conference in London laid-in. Covers show upper/lower spine wear bumped corners with a ring mark on the front and back covers. Partridge and Oakey hardcover
1869AQ26032London: E. Moxon Son & Co. 1869. viii 282pp. With half-title and an engraved portrait frontispiece. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf stamp-signed to verso of FFEP in contemporary gilt- decorated green morocco A.E.G. marbled endpapers gilt dentelles. Bookplate of Bernard Lord Coleridge to front blank fly-leaf. Frontispiece browned very occasional light spotting. A Coleridge family copy sumptuously bound by Zaehnsdorf of English poet and editor Thomas Hood's 1799-1845 collected poems first issued posthumously in 1847. Known for his humorous commentary on contemporary issues Moxon's collections of Hood's verse were a wild success - as demonstrated by this twenty-second edition over two decades later. . Twenty-Second edition. 8vo. E. Moxon, Son, & Co. unknown
1870AQ26033London: E. Moxon Son & Co. 1870. viii 282pp. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf stamp-signed to verso of FFEP in contemporary gilt-decorated green morocco. Marbled endpapers gilt dentelles A.E.G. Bookplate of Bernard Lord Coleridge to verso of FFEP. Scattered spotting particularly to title. A sumptuously bound copy of English poet and editor Thomas Hood's 1799-1845 collected poems first issued posthumously in 1847. Known for his humorous commentary on contemporary issues Moxon's collections of Hood's verse were a wild success - as demonstrated by this eighteenth edition over two decades later. . Eighteenth edition. 8vo. E. Moxon, Son, & Co. unknown
1832613091832. Hand-colored lithograph in 20-1/4" x 16-1/2" mat. Hand-colored lithograph in 20-1/4" x 16-1/2" mat. "Give Me My Seals and Be Off!" Hood Thomas Presumed Author. Ejection & Symptoms of Rejection!. No. 4. London: Published by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly c. 1832-34. 15-1/2" x 11-1/2" hand-colored lithograph in 20-1/4" x 16-1/2" hinged matte. Light soiling to matte white areas lightly toned colors vivid. $350. Possibly the work of a Thomas Hood this print is in the style of John Doyle 1797-1868 the leading English caricaturist of the 1830s to 1850s. It is commentary on the work of the 1832 Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws which drafted the Poor Law Amendment Act. Passed in 1834 it created the system of laws and workhouses described by Dickens. unknown books
1865114028London: Ward Lock and Tyler 1865. Hardbound. VG. Original red beveled boards with elaborate gilt design newer spine cloth with original spine remnants expertly laid down. Contents bright and fresh. Ex art library copy. Slight ding to one lower edge a small amount of fraying beginning on lower right edge not bad. Red gilt embossed cloth. 91 pp. 24 full-page illustrations including the front piece. All edges are gilt. The date is taken from the authors' preface. A very nice copy all things considered of this scarce Dore title. The full-page plates are bright and clean. Includes the engraved bookplate of the former institutional owner created by H.W. Faulkner. Ward, Lock, and Tyler hardcover
186228435New York: George P. Putnam 1862. Very Good. New York: George P. Putnam 1862. First American Edition. Six volumes; octavos; publisher's brown gilt-stamped cloth marbed endpapers; engraved frontispiece at head of five volumes four volumes with added engraved title pages woodcut illus. throughout. Minor shelf wear mostly affecting spine ends textblocks a shade toned else a Very Good quite brilliant set uncommon in the publisher's cloth. George P. Putnam unknown
1870333694London : E. Moxon Son and Co. Dover Street 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 63 p. 9 leaves of plates : ill. ; 42 cm. Subjects; Doré Gustave 1832-1883. Hood Thomas 1799-1845 ; Illustrations. English poetry 19th century. London : E. Moxon, Son and Co., Dover Street hardcover
1830371102London : W. Kidd 6 Old Bond Street 1830. First Edition. Softcover. Good paperback copy; wrappers slightly dust-toned and edge-nicked. Some foxing and staining within. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 27 1 p. 6 leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm. 12mo. Subjects; Verse satire English. Steam-engines ; Poetry. Voyages and travels ; Poetry. Humorous poetry English. London : W. Kidd, 6, Old Bond Street paperback