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185642571Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1856. Five volumes in 2 8vo; engraved portrait frontispiece; publisher's green cloth ruled and lettered in gilt t.e.g.; a near fine set. Printed at the Riverside Press. First published the same year in 4 volumes according to NCBEL III p. 359. <br/><br/> Houghton, Mifflin, and Company hardcover books
1873008730New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1873. 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. . People's Edition. Half Calf. Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover books
34334Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. or The Rules of Rhyme A Guide to English Versification. Edited with additions by Arthur Penn. NY 1892. 208 pages clothbound binding a bit loose pencil writing on flyleaves. . Other hardcover books
187645424London: Ward Lock Bowden and Co 1876. 8vo pp. xviii 2 576; frontispiece 7 plates; contemporary half burgundy calf over marbled boards blue-green morocco spine label all edges marbled marbled endpapers; spine faded to brown edges a bit scuffed textblock lightly toned else a very good attractively bound copy. <br/><br/> Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co hardcover books
188860294Lowell Mass: C.I. Hood & Co. Props. of Hood's Sarsaparilla 1888. Illustrated pink paperwraps. 11 cm. 16 pp. Illustrated. The author of the title poem "The Water Mill" is Sarah Doudney. Interspersed are promotional materials and testimonials for Hood's Sarsaparilla "Purifies the Blood" "Makes the Weak Strong." Included is a second poem a version of the first "Der Vater-Mill" by Charles Follen Adams. Some edgewear and creasing to wrappers faint old tidelines to a few leaves else very good. Nine listings on OCLC: Univ. of Rochester Med. Ctr. Univ. of CT Hagley Mus. & Lib. Missouri Hist. Mus. Penn State Brown Univ. SMU Univ. of TX-Austin and Univ. of Guelph. <br/><br/> C.I. Hood & Co., Props. of Hood's Sarsaparilla paperback books
186216616London: Edward Moxon 1862. 7 volumes 8vo orig. blue blind-stamped pebble-grain cloth gilt lyre vignette on upper covers gilt lettering and decoration on spines; spines somewhat discolored but generally a very good sound set. With a mounted albumen frontispiece showing a portrait of Hood in the last volume. This is the first of only 2 collected editions of Hood's work. <br/><br/> Edward Moxon hardcover books
186267198New York: George P. Putnam 1862. Hardcover. Very good. Hood 1799-1845 was an English poet journalist and humorist whose humanitarian verses such as "The Song of the Shirt" 1843 served as models for a whole school of social-protest poets not only in Britain and the United States but in Germany and Russia where he was widely translated. He also is notable as a writer of comic verse having originated several durable forms for that genre. Frontispieces engraved titles and numerous textual illustrations. Six volumes. Octavo. Period three-quarter green morocco over marbled paper bindings with four raised bands decorative gilt stamping and yellow endpapers. Shadow of a bookplate removed from each front flyleaf with the bookplate of Frederick Forrest Peabody to each rear pastedown. The spines are a touch sun faded with some wear to the corners and tips; else very good. An attractive set. George P. Putnam hardcover books
186246420London: Edward Moxon & Co 1862. 7 volumes 8vo; edited by his son Thomas Hood in chronological order; minor spotting light wear to extremities spines darkened spine ends lightly frayed else very good in original blue pebble grain cloth decorated in blind gilt-stamped vignette on upper cover spine decorated and lettered in gilt. <br/><br/> Edward Moxon & Co hardcover books
199910099Paradise CA:Asylum Arts 1999. 1st edition. Fine in wraps. Blurb by David Rains Wallace. Review copy with material laid in. Paradise, CA:Asylum Arts, paperback books
18781320140London: E. Moxon Son and Co. 1878. Softcover. Folio; pp 63; Fair/paperback; light brown spine without text; missing exterior layer to spine; stiff black front board; missing rear board; some scruffing wear to exterior; light tape residue to front; small chips to edges; text block has broken hinges; all edges gilt; some light foxing to most pages throughout; frontispiece with tissue guard; illustrated;. 1320140. FP New Rockville Stock. E. Moxon, Son, and Co. unknown books
1989915150NY: Bantam. 1989. A trade paperback original. Fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Bantam paperback books
1999185444Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club 1999. Hardcover. VG no dj but covers and pages are very crisp and clean. Light gray cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover; color illustrated end papers; color illustrated frontispiece and title page; 350 pp; richly illustrated throughout in color. "This definitive book documents the history of the silver flatware produced under the Tiffany name. It includes flatware made by others but retailed by Tiffany as well as the flatware that was designed and made in-house. The story is woven into the broader fabric of the history of flatware in general and that of dining and selected food." "Based on extensive new research in the Tiffany Archives and many years of personal experience in collecting and dealing this volume discusses and illustrates Tiffany-made full-line patterns plus variations numerous not-full-line patterns and custom patterns. Detailed descriptions and specially commissioned photographs document the extraordinary creativity and craftsmanship that distinguished much of Tiffany & Co.'s prolific Victorian flatware production."--Description from dj. Contents: Pt. I. Silver Flatware Retailed by Tiffany 1845-c.1876 -- Ch. 1. Flatware made by Polhamus Hebbard Gorham Moore and others -- Pt. II. Silver Flatware Introduced by Tiffany 1869-1905 -- Ch. 2. Names Pieces Weights Parts Patterns -- Ch. 3. Place Pieces in Standard Patterns -- Ch. 4. Serving Pieces in Standard Patterns -- Ch. 5. Standard Patterns: Era of Edward C. Moore -- Ch. 6. Standard Patterns: Era of Charles T. Grosjean -- Ch. 7. Standard Patterns: Era of Paulding Farnham -- Ch. 8. Not-full-line Patterns -- Ch. 9. Custom Patterns. App. A. Flatware Terminology -- App. B. Glossary of Other Technical Terms as Related to Silverware -- App. C. Tiffany Flatware Markings -- App. D. A Tiffany Chronology: 1837-1997. Antique Collectors' Club hardcover books
2004100484New York: Salander O'Reilly Galleries 2004. Softbound. VG. Blue printed wraps. 39 pp. Color and bw plates including one gatefold. Includes essays by William Hood and Leon Wieseltier. Salander O'Reilly Galleries unknown books
19757314Montreal and London: The Arctic Institute of North America McGill-Queen's University Press 1975 Reprint and best edition with corrections. Edited by C. Stuart Houston. Quarto. xxxv 217pp. 5 maps text illustrations 24 paintings 16 in color; bibliography and index. Publisher's cloth. A fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. First published in 1974. Journal kept by the author while a member of Franklin's first expedition to the Arctic seeking the Northwest Passage. His paintings are some of the finest and earliest records of the animals and birds of northern Canada. Hood perished on the expedition which covered 5550 miles and traversed a large portion of the arctic coastline of mainland North America. The Arctic Institute of North America, McGill-Queen's University Press hardcover books
189173560New York: Cassell Publishing Company 1891. Hardcover. Good. Illustrated by Alice Wheaton Adams. 25cm. Edges rubbed. Some cover soil. Numerous tears mostly short repaired with archival tape. <br/><br/> Cassell Publishing Company hardcover books
1891W98885New York: Cassell Publishing Company 1891. Corners bumped some darkening and soiling along edges top edge stained brown and front end-paper re-attached making it a little shy of the edge. No former owners name. Illustration opposite page 22 has 1 1/2 " clossed tear. Some finger soiling in early pages. Text pages 21 to end are Japanese double fold while most of the pages before are open. They appear to have been professionally cut rather than opened by an owner. There are no "rough" edges. Generally speaking the pictures are clean delicately coloured and of course Hood's poetry is jolly as always. First Thus. Cloth Backed Paper Covered Bds. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Adams Alice Wheaton. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. Cassell Publishing Company Hardcover books
198545925NY: Hudson Hills 1985. First Edition. 4to pp. 159. Bibliography index. With 192 illustrations including 86 in full color. Top edge slightly soiled o/w a nice copy in scuffed and slightly chipped dj. Hudson Hills unknown books
1995177101995. Softcover. NF. Bw wraps. 96 pp. Numerous bw plates. unknown books
19637697Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. Illustrated by James Alexander. First printing. Near fine in a near fine minor edge wear dust jacket. . Bobbs-Merrill hardcover books
1911238147Milwaukee WI: Social-Democratic Publishing Company 1911. Pamphlet. 31 ip. wraps with minor soiling pen numeral on front wrap minor creasing else very good condition 5.25x7.5 inches first edition. Social-Democratic Publishing Company unknown books
18409026787London: A. H. Baily 1840. 2nd . Hardcover. Very good. Second edition. Bound in half leather with marbled boards and endpapers. <br/><br/> A. H. Baily hardcover books
1865281325New York: Putnam 1865. hardcover. good. One engraved plate many text engravings. 234pp. 12mo original green cloth lacks 2nd plate lacks front flyleaf edges of corners lightly worn pages slightly wavy throughout. New York: Putnam 1865<br/><br/> Putnam unknown books
18407564London: A. H. Baily and Co 1840. First edition. Full morocco. Very Good. viii328pp. Illustrated with numerous woodcut plates and text vignettes. Cont. elaborately gilt tooled full orange morocco black calf spine labels hinges a bit rubbed. A.e.g. On the half-title is a signed presentation inscription from Hood "To Mrs. Dore with kind regards from Thomas Hood." 1936 ownership inscription on a preliminary blank. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown. A. H. Baily and Co unknown books
185214971New York: Geo. P. Putnam 1852. 8vo. 173 1 pp.; 5 plts. <br><br>Early American printing of the second volume of Hood's lighthearted German voyages. Publisher's cloth spine with gilt-stamped title; cloth faded with back cover lightly waterstained and spine gilt dimmed. Vol. II only. Front pastedown with institutional bookplate front free endpaper with bookseller's stamp and front fly-leaf with private collector's stamp. Title-page with affixed "ex libris" slip covering an early inked ownership inscription with dangling loop from that inscription erased firmly enough to leave a small hole in the paper. Pages and plates lightly to moderately foxed. Geo. P. Putnam hardcover books
1861278633New York: Derby and Jackson 1861. hardcover. good. Text engravings. 496pp. 12mo original brown cloth spine ends lightly worn edges of corners lightly bumped and lightly worn pages slightly wavy throughout. New York: Derby and Jackson 1861.<br/><br/> Derby and Jackson unknown books