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1850WRCLIT57303London 1850. 6pp. plus blank. Octavo. Printed self-wrappers. Engraved decorative head and tail pieces. Slight tanning at edges and verso of blank a bit dusty else very good. First separate edition. A rare printing of a mid-career poem by the talented radical engraver and poet to all appearances printed in the U.K. possibly for his own distribution in the period prior to his emigration to the U.S. OCLC locates a single copy in the distinguished Linton collection at Yale there tentatively dated 1850. It is not listed in his entry in NCBEL and not recorded in NSTC. unknown books
192341111Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press 1923. seattle 2019. 4to. pp. iv 1 264-471plus b/w plates. <br /><br />Complete original work. With b/w plates XL-LXXXIV of diverse objects and decorative designs. Rebound in brown buckram with gold spine lettering. Very good condition. Bishop Museum Press hardcover books
186443052London: Smith Elder 1864. Linton W. J. 8vo pp. xxx 351. Appendices on local words botany geology; index. Illustrated with a map 100 illustrations drawn and engraved by W. J. Linton. AEG. Maroon cloth with fancy gilt stamping on front and spine. Cover little worn at edges spine faded slight foxing here and there o/w a very good copy. Smith, Elder unknown books
28238Oblong 4" x 6.5". 90 pp in manuscript remaining pages blank pages lined. Original brushed leather decorative tooled borders and spine rubbed and worn spine eroded covers detached. First few leaves loose one torn then neatly sewn together. A couple of small clipped articles on cures for hydrophobia recipe for a consumption cure. Good.<br/><br/> This is the pocket-sized receipt ledger of Samuel Linton 1806-1888. Linton was married to Maria Hoover Linton 1811-1888. For the 1830 Federal Census he lived in District 2 Maryland; the 1840 census in Pennsylvania; the 1850 census in Ward 6 Washington D.C. working as a clerk; the 1880 Census in Maryland and working as a farmer. <br/> The book spans 56 years of Linton's dealings from 1832 through 1888. It includes receipts for payments for leather rent taxes professional services of Dr. B.W. Helffenstein a subscription to the Norristown Register and other goods and services. Each receipt is written out and signed by the recipient of Linton's largesse. Linton died on October 19 1888; his wife Maria died just five days later. They were buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington. Linton's son Irwin took over the book at this time and recorded information about his parents' estates including funeral costs flowers distributions. <br/> Some names mentioned in this book are John N. Ford William H. West and John P. West all of Washington D.C. Also listed are Dr. B.W. Helffenstein B. Posey Capt. Francis Simmons Benjamin K. Brant Henry Nuss Henry L. Acker Simpson & Philips Jonathan Thomas Cyrus Wheeler William Walker J.L. Righter B. Johnson Jno. Pursell & Son Edwin Bird Samson Thomas. unknown books
1891WRCLIT42413London: Lawrence and Bullen 1891. Large octavo. Original publisher's vellum over boards lettered in red and black. Head- and tail- pieces after engravings by Linton. Title-vignette. Attractive bookplate and remains of another on front pastedown vellum slightly bowed and smudged but a very good or better copy. First British edition limited issue. One of thirty-five numbered copies on Japon vellum specially bound from a total edition of 330. Linton is credited on the half-title as editor and illustrator but he of course was the composer of the poems as well. Scarce in this issue. NCBEL III:533. Lawrence and Bullen hardcover books
1920109895Salem Oregon: From the Press of Statesman Publishing Co. 1920. Octavo pp. 1-13 14-231 232: blank 233: dedication 234-236: blank note frontispiece is included in publisher's pagination; first and last leaves are blanks inserted frontispiece photographic portrait of the author seven illustrations six full-page in the text by Murray Wade original pictorial gray cloth front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. Signed presentation inscription by Linton on the front free endpaper. Two variants noted priority if any not determined one with dedication at back of book page 233 the other at front page 7 this being one of the latter. Linked short stories of exploration journey to earth's hollow interior flight to the moon etc. utilizing the "Earthomotor" a burrowing machine and the "Arctic Bell" a flying boat. Much of the narrative is set in Alaska and the Arctic region. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 510. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 167. Teitler 2013 764. Bleiler 1978 p. 124. Reginald 09088. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 L-357. A fine copy in the pictorial dust jacket illustration and typography matching that used on the binding with shelf wear at edges closed tear to upper portion of front panel with internal tape mend and some general staining and soiling. Rarely found in the jacket. #109895 From the Press of Statesman Publishing Co. unknown books
