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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1866987Brantwood Coniston Windermere: Printed for the Author 1866. <p>Narrow folio 445 x 140 mm. 17 ¼ x 5 ½ inches. Printed on recto only. Folded across the middle edges with minor tears light use and foxing at edges</p> <br /> <p>First separate printing of these two poems the first on the cession of Venetia to Italy by Napoleon and the second re: Bismarck Garibaldi and other affairs signed "Spartacus." Written during the struggle for Italian independence and the rise of German nationalism Linton a printer poet engraver and friend of Mazzini published numerous articles on liberal subjects from his press in Branston. </p> <br /> <p>This broadside appears to be a proof printing of the two poems and could very well be from Linton's press in Brantwood. OCLC reports only copies in the Linton Archive at Yale the source for the printing date of 1866 for the proof sheet.</p> . Printed for the Author unknown
18707899Charles Scribner & Co New York 1870. HB NODJ ISSUED Beautiful Green Decorated Cloth with Gold Gilt Leaf Design Within Rules Center Shield Stamped in black enclosing Title in Gilt This Design The Spine is Similar in Design also continued on Back Cover1870 1st US Edition 2ND ISSUE VG/VG AS-IS NOJACKET Cover minor Rub & Wear mainly extremities Minor Fox Pages edges Gold Gilt 74 pgs Relatively Nice & Tight Cover minor Rub & Wear . First Edition. Hard Cover. Charles Scribner & Co New York hardcover
1893325235London: Walter Scott Ltd 1893. 202 vi 16pp. 12mo. Publisher's blue cloth. Very Good. Signed John S. Mayfield on title-page. 202 vi 16pp. 12mo. Whittier has written out a slip and it has been tipped in to the back fly-leaf: "Universal suffarge and universal education must go together. John G. Whittier. Amesbury Mass. Nov. 5 1891. Walter Scott Ltd unknown
18639031921London: Macmillan 1863. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition of the original biography of Blake which brought him public attention for the first time. Completed by Dante Gabriel Rossetti after Gilchrist's death. Ex-library. Recased in brown cloth with original front and back leather covers affixed stamped in illustrated gilt. Spines stamped in gilt. The text is beautifully illustrated throughout "in facsimilé by W.J. Linton and in photolithography" and features many illustrations from Blake's original plates. Library numbers in white ink on spines blind stamp to title pages and at bottom of page 41 in both volumes. Otherwise the text blocks are in fine condition. Cloth binding is near fine with infinitesimal rubbing to corners heads and heels of spines. Library pouches and newspaper clippings neatly affixed to endpapers. 5 3/4 x 9 inches. 657 combined pages plus plates. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover
18872037New Haven: Appledore Press 1887. First edition. First edition. Only 50 Copies Printed a wonderful Association Copy inscribed by Linton to Wiliam Bell Scott leading Pre-Raphaelite artist poet critic and closest friend to Dante Gabriel Rossetti. written in pencil on front free fly: “To my dear old friend/ W. B. Scott:/ W.J. Linton/ 1887.†Fascinating inscriptions as Linton was to later become romantically attached to Scott’s lover after Scott’s death Alice Boyd. Original mottled brown and yellow patterned paper-covered boards. 125pp. Near fine. Important and scarce Pre-Raphaelite Association Copy. Appledore Press unknown
1828TH095London: James Robins and Co 1828. Later Issue . Hardback. Vg. 8vo. vii dedication leaf to Ane Isabella The Dowager Lady Byron. 756pp. engraved frontis.and half title-page dated 1829 title-page and 8 full-page plates some foxed. The first issue called for 47 plates and an engraved title-page with a dated portrait. The later issue had 40. By the time this issue was publised the number of plates has been reduced further. Half-title present. Half-calf blue calf binding with marbled boards lacking the calf spine label in the compartment. 4 raised bands. A nice tight copy with a rubbed binding and lacking the label. 20.5 x 13.5 cms. Oringinally pub. in 1825 with <br/> <br/> James Robins and Co hardcover
186844588New York: J.S. Redfield 1868. First American Edition. Octavo 19cm.; publisher's burnt-orange cloth gilt-lettered spine yellow glazed endpapers; xii13-371pp. Extremities shelf worn spine cocked some foxing and finger-soil throughout textblock contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Very Good only. Series of anti-feminist articles by Eliza Lynn Linton the first salaried female journalist in Britain. SABIN 49818. J.S. Redfield unknown
188748146Nyc: Worthington 1887. Hardback. Good Condition. Worthington Hardcover
1875435870London : Chatto and Windus 1875. 1st edition. Hardcover. Poor copies 3 in marbled boards backed in gilt-blocked leather; spine and covers dust-toned nicked and rubbed as with age with some tears covers detaching. Light foxing. Physical description; 3 vols 18 cm. Subjects; Collection of British authors. 19th century fiction. 19th century fiction Great Britain. Elizabeth Lynn Linton. London : Chatto and Windus hardcover