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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
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
1830LTH9-B-20London: William Kidd 1830. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". Robert Cruikshank. A scarce humourist publication from the nineteenth century. This poem Steamers v Stages or Andrew and His Spouse is attributed to 'The Author of York and Lancaster' better known as English poet Thomas Hood. Hood is mentioned to the preface as 'the reigning punster'. Hood wrote regularly for The London Magazine the Athenaeum and Punch. He was known for writing humorously on many contemporary issues. In a James Condie of Paisley binding binder's label to rear pastedown. With publisher's advertisements to rear. Illustrated throughout with six humorous engravings by Robert Cruikshank. Cruikshank was a caricaturist illustrator and portrait miniaturist. Brother of the famous George Cruikshank Robert was the lesser known of the two. However Robert illustrated a number of notable books often sequels to previous successes he and his brother had contributed. From the library of Alexander Speirs esq of Elderslie as stated from his bookplate to the front pastedown. Speirs was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1835 to 1841. He was also Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire for the seven years prior to his death. In a half straight grained morocco binding with paper covered boards by James Condie of Paisley. Binder's label to rear pastedown. Externally generally smart with rubbing to the joints and extremities. Head and tail of spine is also particularly rubbed with small loss to head of spine. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown Alexander Speirs of Elderslie. Internally firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to edges with scattered spots throughout. Very Good William Kidd hardcover
1830860B52London : William Kidd 1830 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 6.5" by 4". George Cruikshank. A first edition copy of this poem by Tom Hood and Illustraetd by George Cruikshank. A first edition copy. This poem is written by Thomas Hood or the author of York and Lancaster. Hood was an English poet author and humorist who wrote regularly for The London Magazine and Punch. Illustrated by George Cruikshank who was a British caricaturist and book illustrator. With six plates by George Cruikshank.Collated complete. With adverts to the rear. In cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing to the extremities. The binding is loosening and splitting. Pages are generally bright with scattered spots. Good William Kidd hardcover
187331331873. Lithograph with original hand-colouring. 145mm by 235mm sheet. <p>Walter Hood Fitch was a Scottish botanical artist. For a short article on him click HERE. Native of California. 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. </p> . unknown
1849597080Albany: Boardman & Gray 1849. Softcover. Good. First edition. Folio. 4pp. Wrappers. Notched and worn along the spine from once being bound within an album both wrappers separating along the bottom half or more of the spine light foxing throughout offsetting to the rear wrapper and a tape repair to the unprinted verso of the front cover a complete and good or better copy. For voice and piano. Plate number 470. The music is uncredited though OCLC credits it to Frederick Augustus Packer. The front cover states "Composed and dedicated with esteem to 'Cally.'" OCLC locates only five holdings and it appears to be equally scarce in the trade. Boardman & Gray unknown
1890607491London: Phillips & Page 1890. Softcover. Very Good. Folio. Two nested bifolia making eight pages. Outer bifolium separating along the bottom quarter of the fold edgewear and soiling and foxing to the exterior a complete but good only copy. For voice and piano E flat. Plate imprint "P & P. 269." The back cover has an ad for "The Miner Brave" by Berthold Tours. OCLC locates three holdings. Phillips & Page unknown
1860610208Boston: E.H. Wade 1860. Softcover. Very Good. Later printing. Folio. Single bifolium making four pages. Separated along the fold with both leaves attached by two tape repairs edgewear and soiling a complete but just a good or better copy. For voice and piano. OCLC locates nine holdings and it appears to be equally uncommon in the trade. E.H. Wade unknown
1852269080London: Partridge and Oakey 1852. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition. Second Edition. Very good front hinge cracked spine ends lightly chipped closed tears on top of gutters binding slightly cocked page edges browned stamp on front pastedown light tears on foredge of a few pages. Partridge and Oakey hardcover
18802319London: Ward Lock 1880's. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio. Blue h/b Covers with gilt titles. No marks or inscriptions. Nice and clean internally. Torn inside front page no text affected. Nine full page b&w plates each printed on very heavy stock. With illustrations by Gustave Dore. 68 pages. Complete. Book tight and clean throughout <br/><br/> Ward Lock hardcover
1880mon00005748931880T. unknown_binding. Acceptable. in x in x in. Undated Ward Lock & Co. edition. Ex-library REFERENCE book usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. Library rebind. Some fading and staining of cover. Some marking due to age on pages but overall book remains in good condition considering age. unknown
1883329684London : Hodder and Stoughton 1883. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked leather over boards. Raised bands spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Some wear and tear to the spine bands. Shadow staining to the front board. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: viii 373 p. 21 cm. Subjects: National characteristics Scottish. Scotland Social life and customs. London : Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
185864196<p>original-colour lithograph. Botanical print from "Curtis's Botanical Magazine Comprising the Plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew and of Other Botanical Establishments in Great Britain Vol. 14 of the Third Series or Vol. 84 of the Whole Work. pl. 5066. Walter Hood Fitch 1817–1892 was a botanical illustrator born in Glasgow Scotland who executed some 10000 drawings for various publications. His work in colour lithograph including 2700 illustrations for Curtis's Botanical Magazine produced up to 200 plates per year. His nephew John Nugent Fitch 1840–1927 also produced illustrations for Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Vincent Brooks 1815-1885 was London based printer and lithographer whose firm took over Day & Son in 1867 to form Vincent Brooks Day & Son. Bergenia purpurascens the purple bergenia is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae. This species is a perennial herb and is native to Nepal the eastern Himalayas Assam Tibet south-central China and Myanmar. Useful feature in the garden is the visual interest that its foliage provides by turning a deep beet red during the winter. Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/14224#page/1/mode/1up book; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hood_Fitch; https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/vincent-brooks. Condition: very good.</p> Sir William Jackson Hooker, K.H., D.C.L. Oxon. in London.
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 books
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
184711575H81003Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley Printers. Chipping to corners of front wrap. Rear wrap is missing. . Acceptable. Soft cover. 1847. Crissy & Markley, Printers paperback
1866016394London: Groombridge and Sons 1866. Rare first edition. Book measures 18.5x12.5.cm. xi274pp 12pp catalogue illustrated frontis. Bound in original publishers blind stamped cloth gilt image on top board gilt lettering on spine full gilt edges coloured endpapers. Cloth rubbed some loss on edges corners hinge joints split but binding holding. Internally front hinge slightly split. Pages in very good clean condition. A good clean copy. Rates and taxes / by Thomas Archer -- Like to like / by W.J. Prowse -- The dog-tax / by Tom Hood -- The poor-rate unfolds a tale / by T.W. Robertson -- The income-tax reads a story / by W.S. Gilbert -- Another parochial reads three chapters of a policeman's ms / by C.W. Scott -- United Squashleigh / by Thomas Archer. F. First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good. 8vo. Groombridge and Sons Hardcover
1861LTH16-F-8London: Routledge Warne and Routledge 1861. Leather. Good Only. 7" by 4.5". None. A scarce Victorian work of wit and humour by this British humourist and poet. Featuring numerous illustrations including an engraved frontispiece and titlepage vignette. A newspaper clipping with the poem 'Carol' by Mark Lemon has been pasted to the front free-endpaper. In a half leather binding with marbled boards. Externally worn with the boards held by the cords only and the backstrip missing. Internally the textblock is generally firmly bound although strained in places with the first and last few pages attached to the boards. Generally bright with light foxing throughout. There are tidemarks prominent to the first and last few gatherings affecting the text. The outer margins of p313 and p315 have small closed tears which have been previously repaired. Good Only Routledge, Warne and Routledge hardcover
1856258578New York: Kiggins and Kellogg Publishers 1856. Hardcover. Very Good. New edition two parts complete in one volume. x 189pp. 212pp. Blind embossed brown cloth gilt-stamped spine. Contemporary owner's name inked on front fly pages foxed spine ends and corners chipped and bumped spine slightly cocked a bit about very good. Kiggins and Kellogg, Publishers hardcover
1890024455London/New York: Longmans Green and Co. 1890. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ford H. J.; Hood G. P. Jacomb. Lovely little volume from Longman's Fairy Tale collection compiled by Andrew Lang based on stories from his "Blue Fairy Book'' one in a series of "color" fairy tale books that he did around the turn of the 20th century. In 216 pages with pronunciation guide in an Appendix so that young readers could practice new words. Stunning pen-and-ink drawings by H. J. Ford & G. P. Jacomb Hood throughout including frontispiece. Scarce OCLC reporting only 2 copies worldwide 2024. A FIRST EDITION from 1890 unknown printing this small 12mo 5" x 7" has bright blue cloth-covered boards stamped with an intricate image & lettering in black to front & spine. Condition is VG: very clean & bright with significant bumping to all corners & spine tips no cloth loss. Former owner's name & "1894" date in pencil inside front cover else pages lightly tanned & completely unmarked aside from some offsetting/foxing in Appendix & atop a few other pages photo 3. Binding strong & straight front hinge starting. No DJ as issued. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays Pacific time; later orders weekends & holidays ship very next day. <br/> <br/> Longmans, Green and Co. hardcover
1880157462Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1880. 1880s. Softcover. Good- with wrinkling and a corner fold to front cover and general light soiling to contents. No extraneous marks. Name/Date in blue ink at top of front cover. Good clear illustrations. Treated cloth covers with bw illus. lettering and borders. 16 treated cloth pages. Spine held together with a straight pin. A nice copy of this children's classic about Precocious Piggy. In this tale Piggy goes out to see the world goes driving does landscape gardening takes to drinking goes to the grand ball and the fair gets a wig and. Scarce. J.B. Lippincott & Co paperback books
1880157462Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1880. 1880s. Softcover. Good- with wrinkling and a corner fold to front cover and general light soiling to contents. No extraneous marks. Name/Date in blue ink at top of front cover. Good clear illustrations. Treated cloth covers with bw illus. lettering and borders. 16 treated cloth pages. Spine held together with a straight pin. A nice copy of this children's classic about Precocious Piggy. In this tale Piggy goes out to see the world goes driving does landscape gardening takes to drinking goes to the grand ball and the fair gets a wig and. Scarce. J.B. Lippincott & Co paperback
1877JC9316London: John Hogg 1877. New and Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Green cloth gilt-stamped lettering on upper board and spine; 12mo; pp. xvi 238 2 ads. Boards lightly rubbed; spine tips and corners a little frayed; some cracks in the gutter but holding just fine. Includes a rhyming dictionary. <br/><br/> John Hogg hardcover books
184537012AB1845. London J. Churchill 1845. 4 Bll. XX 231 S. Grüner Leinenband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel u. blindgepr. Deckel etwas bestoßen berieben bzw. verfärbt und fleckig. Stellenweise leicht braunfleckig sonst innen sehr sauber und gut erhalten. SGC I: VI 339; BM Gen. Cat. Vol. 12 569; Dawson 3495. - Der Allgemeinmediziner und Chirurg Peter Hood gehörte zu den Ärzten die die hohe Säuglingssterblichkeit nicht als gottgegeben hinnahmen oder in der Natur begründet ansahen wie viele der damals praktizierenden Ärzte vgl. Peiper 404. unknown
18458882AB1845. London J. Churchill 1845. XX 231 S. Mod. Halbleinenband im Stil der Zeit. Innen sehr sauber und gut erhalten. SGC I: VI 339; BM Gen. Cat. Vol. 12 569; Dawson 3495. - Der Allgemeinmediziner und Chirurg Peter Hood gehörte zu den Ärzten die die hohe Säuglingssterblichkeit nicht als gottgegeben hinnahmen oder in der Natur begründet ansahen wie viele der damals praktizierenden Ärzte vgl. Peiper 404. unknown
