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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This popular cheap edition - for the people - includes some hitherto unpublished dramatic fragments.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.
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
1840879T39London: A. H. Baily & Co. 1840. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A smartly bound first edition of Thomas Hood's European travelogue illustrated throughout. First edition. Illustrated with thirty-two full-page illustrations and many vignettes. Collated complete. Arranged as a collection of letters from the author this piece provides an account of the author's travels along the Rhine. Written by Thomas Hood an English poet author and humorist best known for his poem The Bridge of Sighs. Bound by Pelton Parade Tunbridge Wells. Bound in half calf with patterned boards. Externally smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light spotting to the first and last few pages. Bound by Pelton Parade Tunbridge Wells. Very Good A. H. Baily & Co. hardcover
1840001263London: A. H. Bailey 1840. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A second edition of this Humourist's tour up the Rhine. Very good in original cloth with gilt vignettes on top board and spine. Illustrated with woodcuts in the text and 32 plates. Previous owner's name on ffep E. Melville Lawford Eden Park Nov. 1845. Small 1" splits to rear hinge see photos. <br/> <br/> A. H. Bailey hardcover
183414944London: A.H. Baily and Co 1834. First Edition. Paper Boards. Very good. First edition of Tylney Hall by Thomas Hood published in 1834 with the bookplate of the notorious Harry Buxton Forman. Octavo three volumes xx 288pp; 1 311pp; 1 308pp 4pp ads. Publisher's paper boards title on label affixed to spine. Solid text blocks free or marks or notations. All three spines with notable wear partial loss of title all stable. Includes the bookplate of Harry Buxton Forman the notable antiquarian bookseller and forger of Georgian and Victorian first editions. This copy was sold at his estate sale at Anderson Galleries New York August 1920 lot 446. Tylney Hall by Thomas Hood is one of the earliest English works to feature black characters in a historical drama in positive roles. This work was published in 1834 the same year that slavery was abolished in the United Kingdom. Thomas Hood 1799-1845 was an English poet and humorist best known for his works "The Bridge of Sighs" and "The Song of the Shirt. A.H. Baily and Co unknown
1840041657London: Richard Bentley 1840. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Xx 440 Pp. Brown Cloth Spine Gilt Covers Blind Stamped Yellow Endpapers; A Standard Bentley Binding. Second Edition With New Preface Corrections And Revisions By The Author. Fine Unusually Well Preserved For A Bentley Edition. An Unopened Copy Pages Still Attached At Top Edges! <br/> <br/> Richard Bentley hardcover
1834000509<p>London: A.H.Baily and Co. 83 Cornhill 1834. 1st Edition . Half leather. Very Good. First edition octavo three volumes; xx 288; 311; 308pp. In contemporary half calf over marbled boards with light wear only spines divided into five compartments by double gilt fillets gilt lettered titles and volume numbers to second and fourth compartments respectively all page edges marbled half titles present small bookselller's and early ownership labels to front pastedowns very minor loss to front pastedown of volume three probably through label removal light creasing to first few pages of volume three unobtrusive spotting to opening and closing leaves of each volume overall a very good clean copy. Hood's only novel was published the same year as the abolition of slavery and is centered on Walter Tyrell born in St.Kitts and raised in Georgian society by Sir Mark Tyrell with all the trials and tribulations of racial prejudice this brings. An attractive copy in uncommon first edition of this progressive novel. Wolff 3250.</p> A.H.Baily and Co., 83 Cornhill hardcover
184072381London: Richard Bentley 1840. PP 143-146 detached but extant. Leather spine rubbed and slightly sunned. Dusty top edge frontis foxed small owner name to ffep clean and tight despite detached pages. Quarter Leather. Very Good Minus. 12mo. Richard Bentley Hardcover
