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187334559Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1873. True First Edition Very Scarce. 8vo publisher's original red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. 2 ads. x 130 folding map at rear. A fine copy very well preserved with minimal mellowing to the red of the spine panel the binding tight and the text-block clean. RARELY SEEN FIRST EDITION. The three papers consider: I. The Relations Between Great Britain the Protected Tribes and Ashanti with the Causes of the Ashanti War. II. The Relations and Causes Continued. III. The Topography of Ashanti and the Protectorate of the Gold Coast. A folding map of the Gold Coast and Coomassie is tipped in at the end of the book. William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
189526430Frankfurt. 1895. 8 Seiten. Originalbroschur. 21x15 cm
18636644ABerlin, Thiele, 1863. 8°. 744 Seiten. Mit 8 Chromotafeln u. 51 Textholzschnitten. OHledereinband mit Rückenvergoldung. Wenige Seiten minimal fleckig.
18941399253D Cong. 2d Sess.: SED27. 1894. 101pp Disbound some pages loosened else Very Good. SED27. unknown books
182766716Boston: Richardson and Lord 1827. 1827. Translated from the French. Old Ex-Library from Maryland. Fair condition. Foxing and general wear. 2nd edition translated into English. Old library bylaws included warning the reader that late fees may be as much as six and a half cents.<br /> <br /> Marie François Xavier Bichat was a French anatomist and pathologist known as the father of modern histology. Although he worked without a microscope Bichat distinguished 21 types of elementary tissues from which the organs of the human body are composed. Richardson and Lord unknown
189535288Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company 1895. A New Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 1895 revised edition of 1831 first edition. A Very Good copy. 8vo. 447 pp. bound in publishers green cloth with title in gilt on spine. Tips top/base of spine and edges rubbed with a small wrinkle on spine. Small bubble under cloth on rear cover. Binding very slightly bowed. Rear hinge cracked. Text appears clean and unmarked. <br /> <br /> HOWES W-601 a. Alexander Scott Withers 12 October 1792 – 23 January 1865 was a Virginia lawyer planter magistrate teacher and delegate to the First Wheeling Convention 1861 establishing the state of West Virginia. He is celebrated as the author of Chronicles of Border Warfare 1831 a history of and important primary source on the early white settlement of western Virginia and consequent conflicts with American Indians. The Robert Clarke Company unknown
18957217Cincinnati: Robert Clarke Company 1895. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Octavo. 2 xx 447 pp. frontis. New edition. In publisher's green cloth. Some dampstaining to the bottom of the front boards at the spine limited to some minor discoloration to the cloth; the contents are clean ad bright; a solid copy in very nice condition but for this limited flaw. Originally issued in 1831 this new edition includes a biographical sketch by Draper. "The author took much pains to be authentic and his chronicles are considered by Western antiquarians to form the best collection of frontier life and Indian warfare that has been printed." Field 1690 first edition; Howes W-601; Sabin 104928. Robert Clarke Company unknown
18951170313.29The Robert Clarke Company Cincinnati 1895. A New Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo hardcover no dj. Green cloth gilt spine lettering. Good condition. Prev. owner's inscription on half-title pg. Short handwritten note in margin of last pg. of Table of Contents; single underline in the footnote on pg. 170. Contents otherwise clean no foxing or brittleness to pgs binding & hinges firm; outer textblock edge mildly foxed not affecting interior. Boards lightly rubbed tiny nicks at lower spine front board corners just barely rubbed through. xx 447 pp. frontis. portrait. The focal point of Chronicles of Border Warfare is the American settlement throughout the northwestern portion of colonial Virginia an area which today encompasses parts of Virginia West Virginia Kentucky Ohio and Pennsylvania from the French and Indian War to the Battle of Fallen Timbers and the ensuing clashes with the indigenous population. The Robert Clarke Company, Cincinnati hardcover
1804H5392Aberhonddu Brecan Wales: Argraffwyd gan Wm. a Geo. North 1804. Hardcover. Good. Published 1804 Welsh geographical and astronomical primer 8vo0 old dark brown leather fair to good copy some rubbing and wear to binding no spine label contents fair lacking flyleaf and any prelims before the title page some wear to first few pages to edges light loss and tears not affecting text majority of the text good or better age toning some foxing occasional tears and chips rear flyleaf messy. Vii 278 99 1 pp. No illustrations or maps. First published in 1784 this appears to be the second edition. OCLC locates 2 copies of this edition. Argraffwyd gan Wm. a Geo. North hardcover
1810Sq41818London: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme Paternoster-Row 1810. The Seventh Edition Corrected. Very Good. three volume set of the anecdotes of the life of chatham william pitt. printed in 1810 seventh edition by longman hurst rees orme. each have some spine wear but nothing major. minor writing on the first few pages of each from prev owner. otherwise unmarked and in great shape = rw Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row unknown
184071584London: Sumptibus Societatis 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. William of Malmesbury's Deeds of the English Kings is one of the great histories of England and one of the most important historical works of the European Middle Ages. Although its focus is national its scope encompasses most of Western Europe and beyond providing a full-scale account of the First Crusade. Apart from its formidable learning it is characterized by narrative skill and entertainment value with topics including unpowered flight and Henry I's zoo. This edition is edited by English archivist and antiquary Thomas Duffus Hardy 1804-78 from the early 12th century manuscript. The text is in Latin with Hardy's preface footnates shoulder notes and an index in English. From the library of John Patrick Crichton-Stuart 3rd Marquess of Bute 1847-1900 the industrial magnate antiquarian and philanthropist whose vast inheritance reportedly made him the richest man in the world with his armorial bookplate to each front pastedown. Tall octavo two volumes. Sumptuously bound in full red morocco with decorative gilt stamping five raised bands black leather onlays ornamental dentelles and marbled endpapers. The spines are darkened just a touch with some light rubbing to the corners and tips. A striking set. Sumptibus Societatis hardcover books
1850DEMO014460IPhiladelphia: Printed by C. Sherman 1850. Popular Edition. Hardcover. Good. 64 excellent steel-plate engravings with 12 of 13 maps Samoa map apparently never inserted many vignettes and woodcuts. Octavos half brown calf blue marbled boards edges and endpapers; vol. 1 rebacked retaining original back and leather labels scuffing and wear to other spines corners worn. <br/><br/>Wilkes' expedition was the first American scientific exploring expedition by sea voyage. His six ships sailed south around South America along Antarctica causing Wilkes to decide that Antarctica was indeed a separate continent. Other stops were at the Pacific islands of Tahiti the Samoas Australia and New Zealand. Maps of Tahiti & Australia and New South Wales Along the way they charted the coasts of California Washington and Oregon. Howes W414; Palau 375505; Sabin 103994 note; see Cowan p.683; Taylor PACIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHY p.13. "Wilkes' spectacular Antarctic and South Sea explorations - Goetzmann ARMY EXPLORATION IN THE . WEST p.61" 64 excellent steel-plate engravings many vignettes and woodcuts. Unlike the 1844 edition the following Sherman editions did not have a 6th volume - the Atlas but have 3 Tables and 11 maps Printed by C. Sherman hardcover
181726835London: Printed by McMillan Sold By T. Egerton / John Murray Albemarle Street 1817. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition / Revised and Enlarged. Octavo. 2 Volumes bound in one: 1 A NARRATIVE OF OCCURRENCES IN THE INDIAN COUNTRIES OF NORTH AMERICA SINCE THE CONNEXION OF THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF SELKIRK WITH THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY AND HIS ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH A COLONY ON THE RED RIVER; WITH A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF HIS LORDSHIP'S MILITARY EXPEDITION TO AND SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS AT FORT WILLIAM IN UPPER CANADA. London: Printed by B. McMillan Sold by T. Egerton 1817. First Edition. Attributed to Samuel Hill Wilcocke - The Macmillan Dictionary of Canadian Biography / W. Stewart Wallace. Attributed also to Simon McGillivray or to Edward Ellice the elder - National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints. Pp. xiv 152 iv 87 - Appendix. Volume 2 STATEMENT RESPECTING THE EARL OF SELKIRK'S SETTLEMENT UPON THE RED RIVER IN NORTH AMERICA; ITS DESTRUCTION IN 1815 AND 1816; AND THE MASSACRE OF GOVERNOR SEMPLE AND HIS PARTY. WITH OBSERVATIONS UPON A RECENT PUBLICATION ENTITLED "A Narrative of Occurrencies in the Indian Countries" &c. London: John Murray 1817. A new revised and enlarged edition with the added "Observations Upon a Recent Publication ." published the same year. Pp. viii 194 ii i - xcx - Appendix 4 - publ. adverts dated July 1817. With a frontispiece map of Part of Hudsons Bay Company's Territory. Drawn and engraved by A. Arrowsmith London 12th February 1817. Bound together in half red morocco and comb-marbled boards gilt titles direct to spine top edge gilt others deckled matching marbled endpapers with binders' ticket T.W. Taylor Winnipeg. Covers scuffed front free endpaper splitting near gutter some offsetting to text and map else very good copy. Printed by McMillan, Sold By T. Egerton / John Murray, Albemarle Street Hardcover
185942532London: John Henry and James Parker 1859. First edition. 4to. xii 243 1 pp. Contemporary brown half morocco over plum cloth sides spine with raised bands gilt lettered direct to two panels marbled endpapers early armorial bookplate to the front pastedown another early ownership inscription to the front flyleaf with a further more recent one underneath top edge gilt. 73 plates plus 43 woodcuts in the text. Very good. London: John Henry and James Parker unknown
1809CCC-141933. Edition Langlois 1809, in-8, quatrième édition française. Reliure toile bleu, dos insolé. Tache d’encre sur les 15 premières pages , en haut à gauche de la page, sans conséquence sur le texte. Tome 5 uniquement "l’Amérique" sur les 202 premières pages, l’Amérique espagnole le Mexique les 62 pages puis Pérou , Paraguay, chili, Guyane... tableau universel des monnaies... chronologie puis table chronologique. L’ouvrage est sur 595 pages. Nombreux tableaux dans le textes Tome 5 uniquement complet en 5 volumes mais uniquement le tome 5. Photos possibles
180229918Canterbury: Printed by W. Bristow for J. Badcock 1802. 1st edition Canterbury issue. Period brown half-sheep binding with marbled paper boards. Some rubs & general wear to binding. Period pos to ffep. A VG copy. vi 7 - 20 232 pp. Illustrated with 15 copperplate engravings 4 color and the 6th Fig 1 serving as frontis. 12mo signed in 6s. 6-3/4' x 3-7/8" <br/><br/> Printed by W. Bristow, for J. Badcock hardcover books
1885366856Edinburgh: privately printed 1885. First Edition. Softcover. Good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Series; Bibliotheca curiosa. Physical description; 38 p. ; 18 cm. Notes; With a reproduction of the t.-p. of an undated edition: The rare and most vvonderful thinges which Edward Webbe an Englishman borne hath seene and passed in his troublesome trauailes in the citties of Ierusalem Dammasko Bethelem and Gallely . London Printed by Ralph Blower for Thomas Pauier & are to be solde at his shop in Corn-hill at the Signe of the Cat and parrats ouer against Popeshead alley nere the Royal exchange 1610. Bibliography: p. 5. Subjects; Middle East Description and travel ; Early works to 1800. Russia Description and travel ; Early works to 1800. Middle East Description and travel. Russia Description and travel. Genres; Bibliography. Biography. Edinburgh: privately printed paperback
183428019The Booksellers Brighton 1834. 12mo. with lithographed frontispiece woodcut title-vignette 5 lithographed plates one folding numerous woodcut illustrations in the text and full-page engraved map signature on front paste-down some negligible dust-soiling to page edges; original pattered green cloth upper board blocked and lettered in gilt short split in lower joint but binding entirely sound else an unusually clean firm copy. THIS COPY MAY BE MISSING A FOLDING MAP WHICH IS PRESENT IN AT LEAST THE 1836 EDITION. The leading guide to Brighton during the 1830s and 1840s variously attributed to James or Edward Wallis. The earliest edition we have been able to trace was published in 1831; the latest in 1846. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Anderson p.208 records only the 1836 1840 and 1846 editions. The Booksellers, Brighton hardcover
1880102582Halle: Max Niemeyer 1880. CLX, 217 Seiten. Gr. 8° (22,5-25 cm). Späterer Leinenband mit integrierter Orig.-Interimsbroschur. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
1893014444Paris Léon Vanier, Libraire-éditeur 1893 Demi-reliure
1806145411Paris: Barba 1806. A beautiful copy Scarce first edition of this essential culinary encyclopaedia the most popular work published by a professional cook in the 19th century. Viard a worthy competitor to Carême in terms of celebrity dedicated his book to the famed gourmand and restaurant reviewer Grimod de La Reynière praising Grimod and his fellow food enthusiasts for having elevated culinary discourse. "To judge from his practical knowledge Viard must have been a professional cook at one time thought to have been chef de cuisine to Louis Philippe comte de Ségur and Francis Egerton 8th Earl of Bridgewater but he described himself simply as an homme de bouche food expert probably someone in charge of catering for a large household. Despite his book's impressive title Viard declared he was writing for 'all levels of fortune' in this egalitarian society of citoyens and indeed the polished text includes such basics as pea soup quick-cooked rabbit and salt cod provençale. At a higher level he was the first cook to describe the classic puffy soufflé flavoured with chestnuts frangipane white coffee vanilla or potato still a novelty that became such a symbol of France. The book did well even when the restoration of the French monarchy required a hasty title change to Le cuisinier royale and the 'year of revolutions' in 1848 precipitated another change this time to Le cuisinier national. only to revert to impérial once more under Emperor Napoleon III. The text too underwent hundreds of additions first by Viard and later by colleagues allowing it to remain in print until 1875" Willan running to at least thirty-two editions. Food scholar Darra Goldstein notes that Le cuisinier impérial also contains the first published recipe for apple charlotte. Hector Dubois d'Enghien was a trade bookbinder son of the prominent Brussels binder Joseph-François Dubois d'Enghien 1841-1923. He took over his father's workshop c.1918 and partnered with Edmond Dooms a gilder from De Samblanx in 1923. An accomplished scholar Hector Dubois d'Enghien wrote a history of bookbinding in Belgium published in 1954. The first edition of Le cuisinier impérial is rare both institutionally and commercially. WorldCat Library Hub and KVK locate just six copies institutionally: three copies in Germany Badische LB LB Rheinland-Pfalz Sächsische LB two in the US Harvard Schlesinger Indiana and one in France BnF. We can trace four copies at auction since the 1920s only one of which is dated from within the last 45 years. Octavo 192 x 122 mm. Beautifully bound by Dubois d'Enghien-Dooms in early 20th-century dark green straight-grain half morocco smooth spine lettered in gilt separated into compartments with gilt scrollwork rolls and double fillets floral motifs to first third fourth and fifth compartments marbled boards edges sprinkled blue. Bound like Cagle without the first leaf half-title verso a publisher's advertisement. Fine externally; binder's stamp to front pastedown contents evenly browned and generally clean central gatherings foxed and single stain to sig. 7.7 small spot to p. 387 partly obscuring one word a few ink marks to Index. An excellent copy. Cagle 433; Vicaire 860; Willan pp. 258-9. Not in Bitting see note on p. 478 for later editions. Darra Goldstein The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets 2015. hardcover
188145183Flumine Januario / Rio de Janeiro: Typ. Economica 1881. First complete edition. Half black morocco over marbled boards gilt spine title. A very good copy boards rubbed repaired tear and closed tear on Volume V half title and title page. xii vii 467 1 pp. 4to. Published in and taking up the entire volume of Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio De Janeiro. Volume V. 1880 1881. Added title page: Petro nomine ac imperio primo Brasiliensis imperii perpetuo defensore . jubente Flora fluminensis a' fr. Josepho Mariano a Conceptione Vellozo Ordinis monorum collecta descripta et elaborata anno M.D. CC. XC. Ex M.S. cod. Imperialis bibliothecæ eruta nunc primo etitur. Flumine Januario A.D.M. DCCC. XXV imperii IV. José Xavier Veloso 1742-1811 born in what is now Minas Gerais Brazil was ordained in 1766 in the convent of St. Anthony in Rio de Janeiro where he studied philosophy and theology later geometry in San Paulo and finally natural history. He collected plants animals and minerals in the Rio de Janeiro area from 1783 to 1790 at which time he moved to Lisbon where he worked at the Royal Academy of Sciences while preparing Florae Fluminensis his greatest work for publication. Using the Linnaeus’ system of sexual classification of plants he prepared very highly detailed texts and 1700 prints many of them of new species. But the publication of the work was beset by problems. First sent to Venice the plates were never completed. Later the French invasion of the Iberian peninsular sent the Portuguese government then Veloso and his manuscripts into exile in Brazil where he died in 1811. In 1825 an abbreviated version of the text was published followed by the eleven volumes of the Icones in 1827 of which few copies survive. The complete text was not published until this edition in 1881.<br /> <br /> Bound with and proceeded by Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio De Janeiro. Volume IV. 1879. Rio 1881. viii 151 1 pp vii plates. Folded color plate split at fold. Volume subtitle: Insectologia. Includes Müller Fritz: A metamorphose de um insecto diptero among other works. Rodrigues 2473. Sabin 98833n. For the shorter version of 1825 see: Barba de Moraes II p. 343. Pritzel 468. Jackson 377. Innocencio V.5 4258; V.13 p.122. Also see Nissen BBI 2046. Typ. Economica hardcover
188145183Flumine Januario / Rio de Janeiro: Typ. Economica 1881. First complete edition. Half black morocco over marbled boards gilt spine title. A very good copy boards rubbed repaired tear and closed tear on Volume V half title and title page. xii vii 467 1 pp. 4to. Published in and taking up the entire volume of Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio De Janeiro. Volume V. 1880 1881. Added title page: Petro nomine ac imperio primo Brasiliensis imperii perpetuo defensore . jubente Flora fluminensis a' fr. Josepho Mariano a Conceptione Vellozo Ordinis monorum collecta descripta et elaborata anno M.D. CC. XC. Ex M.S. cod. Imperialis bibliothecæ eruta nunc primo etitur. Flumine Januario A.D.M. DCCC. XXV imperii IV. José Xavier Veloso 1742-1811 born in what is now Minas Gerais Brazil was ordained in 1766 in the convent of St. Anthony in Rio de Janeiro where he studied philosophy and theology later geometry in San Paulo and finally natural history. He collected plants animals and minerals in the Rio de Janeiro area from 1783 to 1790 at which time he moved to Lisbon where he worked at the Royal Academy of Sciences while preparing Florae Fluminensis his greatest work for publication. Using the Linnaeus' system of sexual classification of plants he prepared very highly detailed texts and 1700 prints many of them of new species. But the publication of the work was beset by problems. First sent to Venice the plates were never completed. Later the French invasion of the Iberian peninsular sent the Portuguese government then Veloso and his manuscripts into exile in Brazil where he died in 1811. In 1825 an abbreviated version of the text was published followed by the eleven volumes of the Icones in 1827 of which few copies survive. The complete text was not published until this edition in 1881. Bound with and proceeded by Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio De Janeiro. Volume IV. 1879. Rio 1881. viii 151 1 pp vii plates. Folded color plate split at fold. Volume subtitle: Insectologia. Includes Müller Fritz: A metamorphose de um insecto diptero among other works. Rodrigues 2473. Sabin 98833n. For the shorter version of 1825 see: Barba de Moraes II p. 343. Pritzel 468. Jackson 377. Innocencio V.5 4258; V.13 p.122. Also see Nissen BBI 2046. Typ. Economica hardcover books
1856B6046St. Petersburg;: Vasily Timm c. 1856 . Title leaf slightly soiled; but overall texts and plates are clean and crisp and in very good condition; tears to leaves # 27 28 29 33 have been expertly repaired. A very attractive example in full contemporary binding. . Edition: First 1856 Edition. Binding: Contemporary quarter morocco over marbled boards; spine with six flat gilt ruled bands forming five blind compartments with gilt lettered title on two and gilt date on four. Notes: Text in Russian. The Russian art periodical publication or gazette of printed collections of lithograph scenes was a chronicle of currents of the life of Russia published by leave of the Royal Family and by the artist himself - painter and draftsman - Georg Wilhelm Timm also known as Vasily Fyodorovich Timm or ВаÑилий Фёдорович Тимм 1820-1895 a Baltic-German painter lithographer and ceramic designer known for his genre and battle scenes; the period extending over 12 years from 1851 to 1862 in St. Petersburg. Having travelled extensively throughout Russia serving as a battle painter during the second phase of the Caucasian War he was chosen in 1852 to accompany the Tsar Nicholas I on a visit to Finland his main task continuing to faithfully share his impressions without criticism or analysis. Later he would make sketches of the Siege of Sevastopol at the height of the Crimean War of 1853-1856. In 1855 this earned him the title "Academician" conferred by the Imperial Academy. In 1860 the collection was compiled and an index of drawings prepared. The publication discontinued in 1862 due to the weakening condition of V.F. Timm's eyes. Scenes from Petersburg life portraits of popular figures reproductions from paintings cartoons etc accompanied by brief explanatory texts had been a great success with the public the complete series of having featured 432 illustrations with Timm referred to as the "Russian Gavarni" having primarily worked with lithography and woodcut engravings. Lithographs were printed in two tones along with a brief explanatory text authored by the Russian publicist and publisher N. I. Grech. and Timm's drawings executed by other artists with lithographs prepared in the workshop of A.E. Münster. <br>As of 2013 publications are estimated at 2-2.5 million rubels; in 2007 a reprint of the collection was made in St. Petersburg including three catalogs and three albums with 432 illustrations; publishers have tried to bring all illustrations as close as possible in color to the originals and leather bindings were chosen with covers gilt embossed.<br> Size: oblong folio 528x352mm. Illustration: Illustrated with 19 full-page 16 half-page and 24 smaller lithographs; and one map. Volume: Text leaves and lithogra Pages: 53 text leaves including one map plus 35 large oblong lithographed leaves. Category: Book Russia; Book Plate Books General; Vasily Timm, hardcover
1831H3649New York: McElrath and Bangs 1831. First printing. Hardcover. Good. First US edition 1831 8vo original paper backed boards with spine label 4 301 pp with errata slip pasted on terminal leaf. Good copy heavy rubbing to boards and spine contents show foxing stains some light damp staining. A rather haphazard compilation of morals maxims advice translations tales etc. all arranged alphabetically. McElrath and Bangs hardcover