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187437031874. Lithograph with original hand-colouring. 235mm by 145mm sheet. Australian native botanical lithograph from Curtis's Botanical Magazine. William Curtis 1746-1799 was a trained pharmacist in London who maintained a large garden and devoted himself to the study of its flora. He began publishing the Curtis Botanical Magazine in 1787. Accompanied by original text describing features of the plant when it was introduced and by whom and whose collection it comes from. CONDITION : Small indented mark top right. unknown
18690009291London: E. Moxon Son & Co. 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Thick 12mos green cloth tips of vol. 1 frayed <br/><br/>This popular cheap edition - for the people - includes some hitherto unpublished dramatic fragments. Tipped-in at vol. 1 is a Autograph Note Signed on Fun Office letterhead a thank you note written and signed by Tom Hood. E. Moxon, Son, & Co. hardcover
1840020976Philadelphia: Porter & Coates 1840 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. This four volume matched set is inclusive of "Prose Works of Thomas Hood - Volume I - Miscellanies. Hood's Own" which also includes a memoir of Hood no publication date 400 pages; "Prose Works of Thomas Hood - Volume II. Whimsicalities. Whims and Oddities" 1843 336 pages; "Poetical Works of Thomas Hood" 1845 320 pages; and "Up the Rhine with Comic Illustrations" 1840 339 pages. Top edges gilt; green silk ribbon page markers on 3 of the volumes though fragile; red cloth covers. Paper spine labels on each volume have foxing marks otherwise only minor wear. Porter & Coates hardcover
18605592London c. 1860. Tinted lithograph 21.5 x 31.5 cms blank verso. Print unknown
18605593London c. 1860. Tinted lithograph 21.5 x 31.5 cms short tear without loss extending slightly into printed area. blank verso. Print unknown
1844424746London : Henry Colburn 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Spine and boards sun-toned. Endpapers slightly foxed. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: vol 2. 312 p.; illustrations; 20 cm. Subjects: Whimsicalities; Hood Thomas 1799-1845. London : Henry Colburn hardcover
1852400131New York: George P. Putnam 1852. Softcover. Fair. Putnam's Semi-Monthly Library for Travellers and the Fireside. Humorous Series. Feb. 1 1852 No. II. Complete in one volume. 12mo. 228pp. Original pink printed wrapper worn and lacking the rear wrapper and spine gutter split between pages 24-25 thus a fair only copy. Scarce. George P. Putnam unknown
1844152720London: Henry Colburn 1844. First. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. With numerous illustrations from designs by Leech. 300 312pp. 8vo bound in 19th century 1/2 leather over marbled boards well-rubbed overall but still sound and attractive. London: Henry Colburn 1844. First Edition. Scarce. Very good.<br/> <br/> Henry Colburn unknown
1844176967London: Henry Colburn 1844. Leather. 2 vols. 300p; 312p. FINE BINDING BY RIVIERE. A set of two hardcover books bound in full polished calf with gilt-decorated spines. gilt dentelles gilt top edges and marbled endpapers. Very good condition! A fewight scuff marks on the spines slightly marring the gilt decorations but not severely disrupting their overall overall beauty. Edges lightly rubbed and tiny age spots on the boards. On volume II cracks are just starting to form where the front cover attaches to the spine but the board is still securely enough attached for normal handling. A previous owner's bookplate is inside both volumes' back covers. In volume II the bottom corners are chipped off pages 229-232 not affecting the text. Otherwise text unmarked and binding secure in both volumes. From the library of Sir David Salomons 1797-1873 the first Jewish Sheriff of London and later Mayor of London. Both volumes contain his bookplate. Illustrations from designs by John Leech. Henry Colburn unknown
182789347London: Charles Tilt. 1827. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition viii 150pp illustrated marbled endpapers and closed page edges bound in red leather spine with raised bands/gilt/marbled boards; Small Octavo . Charles Tilt hardcover
1827402340London : Lupton Relfe 1827. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original leather-backed marbled boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Scattered foxing. Boards somewhat loose. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xiv 146 pages 40 unnumbered pages of plates black and white ; 20 cm. Subjects; English literature 19th century. Thomas Hood. London : Lupton Relfe hardcover
1826005522773Lupton Relfe 1826. First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Bound in full 19th-century brown diced calf spine with raised bands black morocco label and tooling in blind edges speckled red expertly rebacked in brown calf with original spine laid downB/w Illustrations. Lupton Relfe unknown
18605077NY NY: Derby & Jackson 1860. Cloth. Very Good . Beautiful book very nice condition lightly scuffed at the spine. <br/> <br/> Derby & Jackson hardcover
18601010326.27Derby & Jackson New York 1860. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Hardcover no dj. Good condition for its age. Exterior rubbed corners lightly bumped pea-sized nicks to cloth at spine ends; very occasional interior foxing contents moderately age-toned as expected otherwise clean binding firm. 479 p. Derby & Jackson, New York hardcover
1861845W19London: Edward Moxon & Co. 1861. Leather. Good. 7" by 4.5". Thomas Hood. A new beautifully illustrated edition of this collection of poetry and oddities in Maclehose signed leather binding. Early edition of Whims and Oddities in Prose and Verse by Thomas Hood in Maclehose signed straight grain morocco binding.A new edition. Illustrated throughout the text with eighty seven original designs by the author. Collated complete. Thomas Hood was a nineteenth century English poet and humourist best known for 'The Song of the Shirt' and 'The Bridge of Sighs'. He also wrote for Punch and The London Magazine. In Maclehose signed straight grain morocco binding. Externally sound. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is some rubbing to the leather in these areas and to the spine. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the very occasional spot. Good Edward Moxon & Co. hardcover
18702298231870. Titled "Mount Hood From Tysch Prairie." 11" x 8". Very good a few spots in margin; ca. 1870. Mount Hood is the highest peak in Oregon at 11245 feet. General Report Plate IX from the famous Survey of the 47th & 49th parallels. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. unknown
186511831London: John Camden Hotten. London John Camden Hotten 1865. First edition first impression. Hardback. A very good copy. "Idiotically illustrated by William Brunton" in a series of small vignettes. No adverts and the original wrappers have not been bound in. Rebound in full green leather. Binding worn and chipped with a fair few indentations and rubs. Thomas Hood 1835-1874 was a well-known comic writer best known for his 'Hood's Comic Annual'. 11831 Hyraxia Books. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1865. John Camden Hotten hardcover
186254735Botanical print from 'Select Orchidaceous Plants' first edition pl. 18; original colour lithography. Reference: Tropica p. 1104 Graf 3rd ed. 1981. Robert & Williams. Warner & Benjamin Samuel, printed by Vincent Brooks.