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185253923101057Whitaker & Co; R Gibson & Son; Callander & Dixon London Whitehaven 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Work on the Whitehaven and Furness Railway initially intended for horse pulled carriages carrying minerals etc. was started in in 1847 and opened in November 1850 just two years before the publication of this book. This small book with its original blind-decorated covers with gilt lettering has the text-block is detached from the covers and early pages are loose. It appears that the book has at some time been partially immersed in water with water-staining on the plates and end-papers pages are generally clean. Contains all twelve required plate but map is missing. 134 18. No dust jacket as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53923101057. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. Whitaker & Co; R Gibson & Son; Callander & Dixon hardcover
1856WRCLIT57337London or Brantwood: By the Author 1856. 4pp. Folded small octavo leaflet. Slightly dusty else a very good copy. First separate edition of this poem composed and published by Linton on the occasion of the celebration of peace with Russia at the end of the Crimean War. It is quite possible that this item was printed by Linton on the press he maintained at Brantwood and on which he printed the concluding numbers of THE ENGLISH REPUBLIC prior to its cessation in 1855. Rare. OCLC locates a copy at Brown and copies in the definitive Linton collection at Yale; it is not reported in Linton's NCBEL entry nor in NSTC. By the Author] unknown books
1892110792Appledore U.S. Press 1892. Limited ed. Hardcover. Poor. One of 25 copies only this copy inscribed on the front free endpaper "Presented to the Century Club by W.J. Linton/ 1892" . Cloth lettered in gilt. 100 pp. Small black and white decorations in the text. A binding copy only lacking the spine strip and with the text block loosened. Sold as is. "Catoninetales" originally published in England in 1877 as an illustrated pamphlet in nursery-rhyme form directed against racist tendencies of American Reconstruction. <br/><br/> Appledore U.S. Press hardcover
1891615425Published by Lawrence and Bullen 1891. 1st edition. Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated by Brown Hattie & Linton W.J. Very good condition with no wrapper. A Domestic Epic. Natural hessian binding. W.J. Linton writing under the pseudonym of Hattie Brown. Edition limited to 330 copies. Poetry about cats. B/w end-of-chapter drawings. Copy no. 251. Slight browning of spine and covers. Offsetting to endpapers. An amusing little book. Published by Lawrence and Bullen hardcover
1891577749Published by Lawrence and Bullen 1891. 1st edition. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Brown Hattie & Linton W.J. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. A Domestic Epic. Natural hessian binding. W.J. Linton writing under the pseudonym of Hattie Brown. Edition limited to 330 copies. Poetry about cats. B/w end-of-chapter drawings. Copy no. 27. Covers soiled. Endpapers browned. Pages unopened at top. One page has a closed margin tear. Published by Lawrence and Bullen hardcover
1891001868London: Lawrence and Bullen 1891. First Limited Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. No. 67 of 330 limitation. Tall 8vo. 100 pp. Feline heroic verse with a nod perhaps to Joel Chandler Harris and Uncle Remus tales and surely a worthy precursor of T. S. Eliot's "Old Possums' Book of Practical Cats". Part of the fun comes from footnotes informative and yet part of the joke. Clean and tight copy within. Soiling to the white cloth/buckram binding. Lawrence and Bullen unknown
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
1891001868London: Lawrence and Bullen 1891. First Limited Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. No. 67 of 330 limitation. Tall 8vo. 100 pp. Feline heroic verse with a nod perhaps to Joel Chandler Harris and Uncle Remus tales and surely a worthy precursor of T. S. Eliot's "Old Possums' Book of Practical Cats". Part of the fun comes from footnotes informative and yet part of the joke. Clean and tight copy within. Soiling to the white cloth/buckram binding. <br/><br/> Lawrence and Bullen hardcover books
189146355London: Lawrence and Bullen 169 New Bond Street W. 1891. Limited Edition of 35 printed on Japanese Vellum of which this is 16. Tan half-calf with marbled boards. TEG. Marbled eps. Modest wear to binding front joint a bit rubbed. 19th C bookplate R. D. Jackson to front paste-down. A VG - VG copy. 4 blank i-xiii 1-3 4-100 4 blank pp. Small vignettes throughout done by J. W. Linton. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>The author is described as "A young lady of colour lately deceased at the age of 14". Lawrence and Bullen, 169 New Bond Street, W. hardcover books
18657794London: Simpkin Marshall & Co 1865. 266p cloth decorations by Linton paper browning with a little light foxing good. Pencil notations not very legible small packet of hair laid in with label "Hair 1883" in ink and "W.J. Linton" in pencil. First edition. Simpkin, Marshall & Co unknown
1865623P43London: Simpkin Marshall & Co 1865. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7" by 4.5". W. J. Linton. The very scarce first edition of the engraver William James Linton's collection of poetry with his play 'Claribel'. The first edition of this work. A very scarce work. A collection of poetry by the engraver William James Linton. With the play 'Claribel' and the poems 'The Old Legend of King Arthur' 'The Ruined City' 'Nature's Gentleman' 'The Advent of Peace' 'Two Stories of One Fate' 'Principle and Opinion' and more. Illustrated with head and tail pieces throughout illustrated by the author. William James Linton was an Englishman who emigrated to America to try his fortune after suffering from financial difficulties in England. He is said to have reached the highest point of execution in engraving in wood. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally with a crack to the tail of the front joint. Light marking to the boards. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Label to the rear pastedown. Hinges are starting but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front free endpaper '. from her loving Uncle J.E.D. Christmas 1870'. Internally firmly bound. Pages are with some spots and handling marks heavier to the first and last few pages. Good Simpkin, Marshall, & Co hardcover
18975587Boston: Lamson Wolfee and Company 1897. Hard Cover. Good binding. Octavo. viii 330 pp. First edition. Bound as issued in red checkered cloth with title stamped in silver; a reasonably nice copy with some light soiling and wear; contents are shaken; front endpaper is toned from what may have been a newspaper clipping; contemporary owner name on the front free endpaper and then again on the first page of the book. are toned. Lamson, Wolfee and Company unknown
1876WRCLIT42426Cambridge MA: Printed by Welch Bigelow & Co. 1876. 8pp. Large octavo. Printed self-wrappers. A bit tanned at edges a few creases otherwise a very good copy. First edition of this poem by the British radical poet/engraver dedicated to Bryant and the "Members of 'The Century' in acknowledgement of hospitality and many courtesies received by an English Member." Not in NCBEL. Printed by Welch, Bigelow & Co. unknown books
1884TK0295London:: Kegan Paul Trench 1884. 1884. 8vo. xliv 2 336 pp. Original full maroon blind- and gilt-stamped morocco raised bands gilt spine title all edges gilt gilt inner dentelles marbled endsheets. Very good. With a modern double fore-edge painting of two anglers on their rowboat. Commissioned or painted by a house artist for Harrington's ca. 1990s-2010. c340/102 Kegan Paul, Trench, 1884. hardcover
188327176New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons 1883. contemporary half calf and marbled boards. A few light scuffs to the bindings; but still an attractive set nicely bound. 8vo. Charles Scribner's Sons, hardcover
1883137630N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons 1883. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Titles TRANSLATION-LYRICSOF THE XIX CENTURY-BALLADS AND ROMANCES. Three volumessolid and clean.Previous owner's name on front endpaper of each volume. <br/> <br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
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
187837523J. Garnett Windermere 1878. 2nd edition. V.g./No jacket. Publisher's cloth gilt lettering and decoration Two previous owners' discreet signatures. One of the many popular works arising from the Victorian Fern Craze. The author lived at Brantwood later the home of John Ruskin. J. Garnett, Windermere hardcover
1882347870Hamden Conn.: Appledore Private Press 1882. 1st Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in gilt-blocked full leather. All edges gilt. Raised spine bands and gilt-blocked leather label to the spine. Internally bright and clean. Limited edition of 225 copies numbered of which this is number 160. Physical description: XVI 4 187 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects: English poetry Early modern 1500-1700.English poetry 19th century.English poetry. Linton W.J. Hamden, Conn.: Appledore Private Press hardcover
188200285021New Haven Conn.: Appledore Private Press 1882 Poems Not in the Collections wood-cut engraved title page. Grey card boards with four yellow apples. spine chipped top/bottom short tear boards tight. No. 98 of 225 copies only. Signed in pencil by Linton. XVI 4 187 1pgs. Notes Rare Copy of scare early poetry in original conditon. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Authors. Limited Edition. Stiff Card. Very Good. Appledore Private Press hardcover
1882WRCLIT74443Hamden CT: Appledore Press 1882. xvi4187pp. Large octavo. Original printed decorated boards. Wood-engraved title-page and head- and tail-pieces. Boards a bit darkened at edges and spinesmall chip at toe of spine and thin residue of old cellotape mend to chip occasional faint foxing otherwise a very good copy of a book often seen with the spine perished. First edition. One of 225 numbered and signed copies edited set and printed by hand by Linton at his Appledore Press. The selection of poems from the 16th-19th centuries includes those Linton felt had not seen frequent publication in anthologies. He dedicated it to his friend Richard H. Stoddard. RANSOM 4. NCBEL III:533. Appledore Press] hardcover books
187599632<p>New York: Harper & Brothers 1875. 1875. Good. - Folio 16 inches high by 11-3/8 inches wide. Softcover bound in pictorial self-wraps. Once bound in with other issues the newspaper has been removed with chipping and glue stains along the inner edges of the cover pages. There are a couple of tiny tears to the front edges of the cover pages with a couple of chipped corners. 20 pages numbered 89 to 108 printed on news stock profusely illustrated including works by Thomas Nast William James Linton & others. There are tiny tears to the front edges of the pages and minor creases to the corners. Good.</p><p>There is much on the troubles brewing in Louisiana including the dispatch from Sheridan to the Secretary of War. A woodcut of a Dunce cap for the Banditti on the cover page illustrates a statement condemning the "Ringleaders of the Armed White Leagues" "who have covered the South with murder and assassination. Burned schoolhouses."</p><p>This issue includes three engravings by Thomas Nast "General Sheridan Stands by His Dispatches" one depicting Ulysses S. Grant's message on Louisiana Affairs: "At The Door: U.S.G. 'If I hammer long enough perhaps they'll wake up'" an engraving illustrating a letter titled "Bayonets and Legislation" published in the January 9th issue of the New York Herald Tribune illustrating the article titled "Advertising for an assassin of the President of the United States U.S. Grant". A double-page engraving by William James Linton titled "The Castaway" depicts a man and his dog floating on on a raft with no land in sight.</p> New York: Harper & Brothers, 1875. paperback
1845WRCLIT57304London 1845. 4pp. Octavo. Folded leaflet. Light use at edges but very good. First separate edition. A rare printing of a mid-career poem by the talented radical engraver and poet signed at the end 'W.J.L.' and 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 copy in the distinguished Linton collection at Yale undated as well as a different printing in company with two other poems tentatively dated 1845 in an odd format paginated 51- 74pp. It is not listed in Linton's entry in NCBEL and not recorded in NSTC. unknown books
188298639Boston: Estes and Lauriat 1882. later cloth. 4to. later cloth. x 711 pages followed by one printed leaf and 15 blank pages. First edition limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. With 20 full-page plates reproducing woodcuts from such artists as Anderson Linton Cole Kruell Closson and others. The text is followed by a page printed in red ink which states that extra blank pages have been bound in that can be used to mount additional plates. These pages are blank in this copy. Ex-library copy with markings. One leaf partially detached. Estes and Lauriat unknown books
1895y346Heinemann - Colonial 1895. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The boards are a bit marked and worn. Internally clean and tightly bound. A little foxing / tanning and moisture staining. 1st thus. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Heinemann - Colonial hardcover