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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
29282Dore Gustave. MOXON EDITION HOOD Thomas. THE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS HOOD. London: Moxon n.d circa 1900. 12mo. Red quarter-calf. xix 475 pages. Edited by William Michael Rossetti and illustrated by Gustave Dore and Alfred Thompson. Signature on front blank. else very nice. unknown books
1880288745Philadelphia: PORTER & COATES 1880. Hardcover. Fair. Later. Fair in full leather with gold stamping leather is well worn along the spine top one-third of the spine cover is partiall detached scuffing on both boards. PORTER & COATES hardcover books
186735416Boston: Crosby & Ainsworth 1867. Blue cloth binding with gilt title lettering and decoration stamped to spine and blind design stamped to boards. AEG. Significant wear to extremities large water stain to front board. Withal an About VG copy. 480 4 blank pp. Inserted title page in color. 6-1/4" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/> Crosby & Ainsworth hardcover books
182722194London: Longman et. al 1827. First Edition. 8vo pp. 222 1. Bound in original boards uncut with later paper backing and worn paper label. A very good copy. CBEL III p. 224. The son of a bookseller Hood 1799-1845 was a sub-editor of "The London Magazine" from 1821-23 and made the acquaintance of Lamb Hazlitt and DeQuincey. He edited a number of literary periodicals as well as his well-known "Hood's Magazine." He wrote this volume and several others that were well respected even if he is best remembered as a humorist. Longman, et. al unknown books
18273759London: Longman Rees Orme Brown & Green 1827. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary or original boards rebacked with red leather spine. Contents quite fresh. <br/><br/> Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green hardcover books
1977RHOONUC00RJBDa Capo Press 1977. Very Good. Hood Mantle. The Nuclear Theme as A Determinant of Patet in Japanese Music. New York: Da Capo Press 1977. 323pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good with lightly bumped edges. Clean bright pages. Da Capo Press hardcover books
19005170n.p. n.p. ca. 1900. 1900. Thin 4to. B/w illustrations and decorations by Harold Nelson; title page printed in red and black. Original gilt stamped tan cloth over tan boards rubbing to extremities. Very good. 40 pages. Cover title reads: "Early English Prose Romances II. Robin Hood.". Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. [n.p., n.p., ca. 1900]. hardcover books
SKU1035897Golden Gate Junior Books. Hardcover. Good. B0007F1P4I 1962 Hardcover. No dust jacket. Church ex-library copy. Cloth boards are clean has a good binding the pages are clean and crisp has the usual library markings. Orange black and white lithographs throughout. lz Golden Gate Junior Books hardcover books
1973036617Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1973. Edited by Peter F. Morgan. xxvii 702p. b/w illus. dj Univerisity of Toronto Department of ENglish studies and texts 18. University of Toronto Press unknown books
199224533London: Quartet Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0704327481 . very nice copy just the slight bit of abrasion here and there to edges of text block; minor wrinkling to jacket along top edge. "Published for the first time in English these letters provide an invaluable insight into the literary and psychological development of a major writer who was also an innovative and influential film-maker." Includes are long extracts from his early diaries and some of his first poems. . Quartet Books hardcover books
187937334New Orleans: Lilienthal's. 121 Canal Street Touro Building 1879. Cabinet Card oblong 4-1/4" x 6-1/2" depicting Hood's family with portraits of the late General and his wife. Copyright information in white script at bottom of the photo; "Lilienthal Artist" at lower blank margin. Very Good. Title explanatory text and Lilienthal's prominent logo on verso. <br/><br/> "In 1867 a German-born Jewish photographer Theodore Lilienthal 1829-1894 advertised the city's post-Civil War recovery through photographs presented at the Paris Exposition as well as to Napoleon III. Lilienthal also promoted New Orleans to northern investors in 1873 through a book of photographs. Lilienthal considered one of New Orleans's most successful photographers later involved himself in spreading the truth about anti-Semitism in the photography field by offering to distribute for free an article criticizing that practice" Pollack Visual Art and the Urban Evolution of the New South Chapter 3. "Part of the first generation of photographers in New Orleans Theodore Lilienthal was the city's most successful nineteenth-century photographic entrepreneur. At the height of his commercial success from 1875 to 1885 he operated one of the largest studios in the South and was recognized as a pioneer of new photographic processes. His work as a portraitist and view maker was unsurpassed in the Civil War and Reconstruction eras" web site of 64parishes article on Lilienthal. <br/> Confederate General John Bell Hood-- known for his wild bravery his several serious wounds and his disastrous defeats at Atlanta and Franklin-Nashville-- married Anna Marie Hennen after the War. After producing eleven children in ten years including three sets of twins the General his wife and their oldest daughter contracted yellow fever and died. <br/> New Orleans and particularly veterans of Hood's Texas Brigade created the "Hood Relief Committee." In the photograph the ten orphans pose near portraits of their mother and father with a seat at far left open for their deceased sister Lydia. Printed caption on verso notes "Every Picture Sold adds to the Permanent Fund for the Education and maintenance of these 'Wards of the South.' Lilienthal's. 121 Canal Street Touro Building unknown books
1990113458Oakland: Hood Trust 1990. 294p.263p. in one binding illustrations and plentiful line maps very good first edition in original pictorial wraps previous-ownership signature in ink. Two inter-related tough-guy novels by the Bay Area author with a curious appended interview with the main character questioning his ties to the Communist Party in the 1920s and 1930s. Manly adventure crime several fistfights some gunplay characters converse realistically but also tend to declaim on such subjects as railroads and doing business in Central America on physiognomy and on palmreading "chirography" in the text. Writes better than E. Howard Hunt --we mean this as a compliment. Hood Trust unknown books
1896140938854New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1896. First Thus. Near Fine. First thus. Original green rubbed cloth with gilt decorations cream stamping to front board all edges gilt. Near Fine with wear at head tips exposed; date written on front free endpaper front hinge a little overopened. Bright gilt a very clean copy. An illustrated edition of one of the 19th century English poet's more popular poems uncommon in such nice shape. Frederick A. Stokes unknown books
1915266243London: The London & Counties Press Association Ltd 1915. First edition. one of five hundred sets no. 22 vols. I & IV or 111 vols. II & III. Photogravure frontispiece of King George V in each volume. With 59 colored plates and 5 monochrome plates after G. Lodge A. Thorburn V. R. Balfour-Browne and E. Caldwell; 8 tinted photogravures; 206 black-and-white plates chiefly halftone; most with captioned tissue guards. Numerous illustrations and tables in text. Title pages printed in red and black chapter initials printed in red. 4 vols. Large 4to. Original brown pebbled morocco stamped in gilt t.e.g. rest uncut. Some rubbing to extremities occasional spotting to endsheets light traces of dampstaining in pp. 413-429 and back endpapers of vol. IV. Very good imposing set. First edition. one of five hundred sets no. 22 vols. I & IV or 111 vols. II & III. Photogravure frontispiece of King George V in each volume. With 59 colored plates and 5 monochrome plates after G. Lodge A. Thorburn V. R. Balfour-Browne and E. Caldwell; 8 tinted photogravures; 206 black-and-white plates chiefly halftone; most with captioned tissue guards. Numerous illustrations and tables in text. Title pages printed in red and black chapter initials printed in red. 4 vols. Large 4to. Truly encyclopedic in its scope The Gun at Home and Abroad encompasses all aspects of shooting from stag hunting technique and statistics to tips on burning grouse moors in autumn to accounts of African big game hunts that blend solid observation with colorful anecdote. A lavishly produced and richly informative work documenting the sporting life of a bygone era. Phillips p. 151; Riling 1734; Litchfield p. 74; Chute 482; Czech Asia p. 45 The London & Counties Press Association Ltd unknown books
1991045352Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 1991. 343p. colored and b/w illus. dj quarto format author's SIGNED presentation copy. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation unknown books
1991212494Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 1991. First. hardcover. very good-. Many Illus. some in color. 4to original maroon cloth ex-lib area near corners lightly soiled. Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 1991.<br/><br/> Colonial Williamsburg Foundation unknown books
186129113London: T. Nelson & Sons 1861. 8vo. 328 96 pp. <br><br>First edition of these thoughts on Christian faith for children written by a Scottish Presbyterian minister. The volume closes with a section of "Hymns and Melodies for the Young" including both music and lyrics. Title-page in black and red with a gothic frame. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â NSTC 2W25551. Publisher's textured brown cloth front cover with gilt-stamped decorative title spine with plain gilt-stamped title; binding cocked extremities and joints rubbed spine slightly sunned. Exsocial club library: paper shelving label on spine call number on endpapers rubber-stamp on title-page and one other no other markings. Scattered small spots pages mostly clean. T. Nelson & Sons hardcover books