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1866WRCAM26696Washington 1866. 7pp. Folio. Dbd. Minor chips tears. Very good. One of the famous Sioux treaties of Fort Sully. "These famous treaties were concluded at Fort Sully Dakota Territory by Newton Edmunds E.B. Taylor and Generals S.R. Curtis and H.H. Sibley. They stipulate a cessation of hostilities and depredations by the various bands and their withdrawal from the overland routes established or to be established through their country etc. Among the witnesses is Hezekiah L. Hosmer Chief Justice of Montana Territory" - Eberstadt. EBERSTADT INDIAN TREATIES 130. unknown books
1866WRCAM50657AWashington 1866. 6pp. Folio gathered signatures. Mild soiling and toning. Very good. After the Civil War the government moved quickly to control the western Indian tribes and this treaty is one of the first actions taken. The treaty was concluded Oct. 19 1865 at Fort Sully Dakota Territory amended and proclaimed March 17 1866. The treaty calls for the Sioux's subjugation to the U.S. government the ceasing of Sioux attacks on whites and their withdrawal from overland routes made through their country. The government agrees to pay them $7000 annually for twenty years for allowing free travel on these routes. The treaty is signed in print by Brig. Gen. Sibley among others. EBERSTADT 130. unknown books
1855WRCAM50640Washington 1855. 7pp. Printed on blue paper. Folio stitched as issued. Gatherings loose. Edges toned internally clean. Very good. Concluded September 10 1853 proclaimed February 5 1855. Concluded by Joel Palmer at Table Rock in Oregon Territory. The Rogue River tribe agrees to sell their lands between Rogue River and Siskiyou Mountains in return for $60000. EBERSTADT 109. unknown books
1806WOC-2212Examinées sous les Rapports du Poids, du Titre et de la Valeur Réelle, Avec Leurs Divers Empreintes; par Pierre-Frédéric Bonneville, essayeur du commerce. Ouvrage illustré de 189 planches hors texte gravées et de 2 figures dans le texte. Paris, chez L'Auteur & Duminil-Lesueur, 1806. In-folio (40x6x25cm) relié 1/2 toile d'époque bordeaux, dos lisse orné de faux-nerfs et titre et nom dorés. XL,250pp + errata + avis avis au relieur pour les planches.
18254150Mit 8 lithogr. Tafeln (1 bez. "Lith. du Ministère des Finances"). Paris, M. Carrière u.a. sowie Marseille, chez l'Auteur, 1825. 8vo. (19,9 x 12,5 cm). 315 S. Etwas späterer Halblederband.
1893015781Paris Mercure de France 1893 In-12 en hauteur Broché, couverture illustrée rempliée
1830012430Paris H. Fournier jeune, libraire 1830 Demi-reliure de l'époque
1836WRCAM52991N.p. but near present-day Prampram Ghana 1836. Three pencil sketches on wove paper each approximately 7 x 10 inches. Central vertical crease to each drawing the first two titled in a contemporary hand in pencil to verso the third similarly titled below the image. Very good. An attractive set of skillfully-executed original pencil sketches featuring British colonial structures in Prampram Gold Coast present-day Ghana likely between 1819 and 1836. The sketches are titled in pencil as follows: "Commandant's Residence Pam Pram Gold Coast" "Lower Town Pam Pram from the Upper Town" and "Abandoned Fort at Appolonia from the Beach." <br> <br> The Union Jack flies proudly in the foreground of the sketch of the Commandant's residence. Officially Great Britain colonized the Gold Coast region from 1867 until the independence of Ghana in 1957 though the British had maintained and controlled forts along the West African coastline since long before 1867. Fort Appolonia in the extreme southwestern corner of the country had been a British trading and military outpost from 1691 until 1819 and then again from 1836 onwards when it changed hands from the British to the Dutch then back to the British again. As such if the artist here labeled Fort Appolonia as "Abandoned" he or she must have sketched the fort during the period it was shuttered between 1819 and 1836. <br> <br> A fascinating trio of original sketches offering unique views from a rarely- visualized period in British colonial affairs in West Africa. unknown books
1846007828London: sold at the depository 77 Great Queen Street Lincoln's Inn Fields and 4 Royal Exchange: Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge 1846. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. WHIMPER J.W. or WHYMPER Josiah Wood. 1846. First edition in the publishers marked embossed brown cloth gilt titles. corners bumped. Carefully respined printed paper titles. Internally not paginated but title leaf followed by 30 leaves of Phenomena's depicted in numbered & hand coloured illustration with a descriptive text below blank to versos. 337276 mm. <br/> <br/> Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge hardcover
187976196London Rivington 1879. Small 4to. lvi335pp. unknown
189761925Victoria B.C.: R.E. Gosnell Agent General 39 Victoria St. 1897. 8vo. 500 7 pp. plus 26 pp. publisher’s illustrated advertisements. Over 50 photo plates 4 maps 2 large folding recto & verso text illustrations. Red pebbled publisher’s cloth black lettering & decorated border front cover gilt & black lettering on spine minor edgewear rubbing ownership stamps & writing on title still VG copy from the library of former California State Librarian Gary Kurutz. First edition thus of this expanded edition of Gosnell’s 1860-1931 noted British Columbia Year Book and was originally self-published by first British Columbia Legislative Librarian and the first Provincial Archivist. Unlike the initial print run for this publication which consisted of only 216 pages this Year Book in reaction to the Klondike Gold Rush excitement expanded with a section on “The Canadian Yukon†with notes drawn from William Ogilvie article by H. Bratnober additional maps and even includes a section on the “Routes into Klondyke.†Also featured are numerous printed photos documenting stampeders on their way into the golden rivers and streams of the North. See: Kurutz Klondike & Alaska Gold Rushes A Descriptive Bibliography 211c. R.E. Gosnell, Agent General, 39, Victoria St., hardcover
1825459258London : G. Cowie and Co 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor library copies both in contemporary half calf over marble boards. Spines heavily worn with tearing to the joints and endbands; both lacking volume labels but retaining gilt-blocked black leather title labels. Volume 1 rear joint broken with spine cover pivoting on the rear. Boards and corners somewhat rubbed along the edges. Front board volume 1 coming detached. Text blocks remain notably tight if faintly and sporadically foxed. Some minor library marks remain. A very serviceable set overall. Physical description: complete in 2 volumes : portrait ; 22 cm. Notes: Includes Izaak Walton's Life of Mr. Richard Hooker. Contents: v. 1. Life of Mr. Richard Hooker. Of the laws of ecclesiastical polity books I-V -- v. 2. Of the laws of ecclesiastical polity books V cont'd-VIII. A supplication made to the Council by Master Walter Travers. Master Hooker's answer to the supplication that Master Travers made to the Council. A learned discourse of justification works and how the foundation of faith is overthrown. A learned sermon of the nature of pride. A remedy against sorrow and fear delivered in a funeral sermon. Of the certainty and perpetuity of faith in the elect especially the prophet Habakkuk's faith. Two sermons upon part of St. Jude's Epistle. A sermon upon Matt. VII. 7 8. Subjects: Hooker Richard 1553 or 1554-1600. Walton Izaak 1593-1683. Church of England - Doctrines - Early works to 1800. Church polity - Early works to 1800. Ecclesiastical law - England - Early works to 1800. Sermons English - 16th century. Theology Doctrinal - Early works to 1800. London : G. Cowie and Co hardcover
1845467447Oxford : University Press 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copies only in contemporary half calf over marble boards now lightly scuffed and dust-dulled. Leather shows considerable wear; spines gilt-blocked and with volume labels lacking. Corners joints and endbands rubbed with vol. 2 lacking its top compartment cover and vol. 1 lacking its bottom two. Contemporary reader inscriptions in ink to both vols. prelims; library date slip mounted to vol. 2 front free endpaper. Faint and sparse pencil annotations only to both volumes. Text blocks remain remarkably tight and clean overall showing faint foxing only to prelims. A well-preserved set overall. Physical description; complete in 2 volumes ; 23 cm. Notes; ""The basis of this Edition is the Text of that of 1836"" -- Advertisement. Includes index. With an account of his life and death by Isaac Walton. Subjects; Hooker Richard. Church of England. Church polity. Theology. 16th century. 19th century. Oxford : University Press hardcover
1845362403Oxford : The University press 1845. Third Edition. Hardcover. Worn set bound in half leather over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of Willelmi Dalrymple Maclagan S. P. Episcpi Lichfeldensis with the owner's bookplate. Physical description; 3 vols. fold. facsim. fold. general. tab. ; 22 cm. Notes; ""A supplication made to the Council by Master Walter Travers."" Mr. Hooker's answer to the supplication that Mr. Travers made to the Council"" and seven sermons are included in vol. III. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Church of England Doctrines. Church of England Doctrinal and controversial works. Ecclesiastical law. Church polity. Sermons English 16th century. Church polity. Ecclesiastical law. Sermons English. Theology Doctrinal. Sermons English. Genres; Collected works - England - 1845. Oxford : The University press hardcover
1858057016London: Chapman and Hall 1858. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Royal blue limp cloth illus. and lettered in gilt decorated in blind. Stated 2nd ed. Covers spotted and soiled with vintage dampstaining only modest actual wear. Some soiling to endpapers interior mostly clean. Former owner's signature in pencil on front flyleaf otherwise unmarked. Authorship appears to be variously attributed to H. C. Bunbury or Augustus Frederick Blyth; realizing that we are rather off our areas of expertise we leave that matter unresolved. Chapman and Hall Hardcover
1852ST20768London: Simpkin & Marshall 1852. FIRST EDITION. 153 x 102 mm. 6 x 4". 64 pp. <br/> Publisher's deluxe red pebble-grain morocco gilt covers with graceful Romantic-style frame central panel of upper cover with gilt lettering that of lower cover with gilt ornament spine blind-stamped to resemble raised bands panels with gilt ornament gilt turn-ins pale yellow endpapers all edges gilt. With title page vignette frontispiece portrait of Wellington and three full-page engravings of battles. Printed entirely in gilt on "enamel" gloss paper. Front free endpaper with faint pencilled signature. Binding very slightly soiled joints and extremities a little rubbed trivial soiling to front endpapers otherwise quite a fine copy the text entirely clean fresh and bright with sparkling gold.<br/> <br/> This now-scarce luxuriously produced little volume celebrates the life and military achievements of Arthur Wellesley Field Marshall and 1st Duke of Wellington perhaps the most widely admired Briton of the 19th century--and does so in glittering fashion. The key facts of Wellington's life and the decisive battles of his storied career are related here in sparkling gold text and images on alabaster white pages. Poet laureate Tennyson's funerary ode described Wellington 1769-1852 as "the last great Englishman" and his death evoked great mourning in response to his life of public service. DNB notes that his defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo crushing the emperor's ambition for European dominance put him in a class of his own: "No man certainly no Briton had ever been in such a situation before in Europe the object of universal hero-worship and gratitude." Wellington was particularly notable among senior military officers for his determination to lead his troops on the frontline in battle. The three battles depicted in the illustrations here attest to this: in "The Battle of Assaye" we see him on horseback two horses were shot from under him during the conflict wielding his sword as he bears down on enemy cannon. At the "Battle of Vittoria" he is shown leading the infantry to face the enemy with bayonet fixed. And in the decisive "Battle of Waterloo" scene he is once again with the cavalry wheeling to attack the advancing French. The frontispiece shows Wellington astride his famed horse Copenhagen who was his mount at Waterloo. Our volume concludes with a chronology of principal events in the duke's life. It is notable that such a handsome memorial work was produced so quickly after Wellington's sudden death on 14 September 1852: a contemporary ad in Bent's Literary Advertiser notes our title was published on 15 November three days before Wellington's state funeral on the 18th. Copies of this work are rare: we could trace no auction sales and OCLC records only seven copies just one in North America. Simpkin & Marshall unknown
18201381642London: J. Johnston 1820. Third Edition. Hardcover. Quarto iv 2 319 pages. With 20 hand-colored engraved plates including frontispiece and title page. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full mottled calf with gilt ornamentation to boards board edges turn ins and spine; green leather labels bearing gilt titling to spine. Light plus bumping and rubbing to corners of boards and light plus rubbing to joints; splits starting at joints. Spine labels sunned almost to brown. All text block edges gilt and still bright. Text block lightly age toned. Pencil annotations to first and second front free endpapers. Moderate offsetting to blank sheets inserted opposite plates. EH Consignment. 1381642. Special Collections - Downstairs. J. Johnston hardcover
1820ST15905London: J. Johnston 1820. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. 233 x 143 mm. 9 1/8 x 5 7/8". iv 2 319 pp. <br/> Attractive contemporary purple straight-grain morocco covers with gilt frame in the Romantic style raised bands spine compartments framed in gilt with drawer-handle cornerpieces gilt titling gilt-ruled turn-ins with drawer-handle ornaments at corners green watered silk endleaves all edges gilt. With engraved title page featuring hand-colored vignette and 19 HAND-COLORED ENGRAVED PLATES. Front flyleaf with bookplate of Harald Pedersen and verso of front free endpaper with bibliographical notes in pencil. Abbey "Life" 265; Tooley 434. ◆Spine sunned to maroon bottom corners a bit rubbed frontispiece cropped close at foot with much of the imprint trimmed away otherwise quite a fine copy--the plates in excellent impressions and pleasantly colored without the typical offsetting from these kinds of illustrations and the binding lustrous and with scarcely any wear.<br/> <br/> With charming illustrations by one or more of the 19th century's leading caricaturists this work is an imitation of the popular "Tour" books of Doctor Syntax featuring a pedantic clergyman and schoolmaster meeting with an onslaught of amusing misfortunes in the course of his wanderings. The original "Tour" published in 1812 was conceived of as a parody of the books of picturesque travels then enjoying a considerable vogue and when it met with a great popular response itself two more tours followed in 1820 and 1821. Even this could not sate the public and a number of imitations of the Syntax books including the present work were issued. There is some disagreement as to whether Thomas Rowlandson 1756-1827 or Isaac Robert Cruikshank 1789-1856 created the illustrations here; as Tooley notes "Both Rowlandson and I. R. Cruikshank are credited with the designs for the plates the balance of opinion favoring Cruikshank but according to the advertisement . . . more than one artist was employed or at least a different engraver to the artist." Either way the amusing illustrations of the follies and faux-pas of the good Doctor Syntax do not disappoint. Aside from being in pleasing condition our copy also stands out for its particularly attractive contemporary binding. J. Johnston unknown
18562793lUSA: Harper & Brothers. Good. Hardcover. 1856. original brown patterned cloth gilt titles on spines<br><p></p> . Harper & Brothers hardcover
182650316Edinburgh UK: William Blackwood 1826. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/None Issued. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First published in 1825 this is considered one of the most interesting accounts of the Peninsular War. Gleig was seventeen when he arrived in Spain with the 85th Regiment of Foot and the Peninsular War was about to become the invasion of France. Gleig fought in Spain and the 1814 'American War' before become a chaplain and eventually becoming the Chaplain-General of the British Army. 374pp. Contemporary brown calf boards with five raised bands to the spine which has a red morocco title plate with gilt lettering. Newer green tooled leather boards have been laid over the original boards these have a gilt band around them Rubbing to extremities. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Contemporary name to title page. Spotting to inner endpapers. William Blackwood hardcover
185315279London: Saunders & Stanford; Manchester: Simms & Diham 1853. Small 8vo. 40 pp. <br><br>In the society's series: "India reform" this being number 9. Library of Congress attributes authorship to John Sullivan. Condemnation of British assumptions that regarded native rule as evil and wrong. Uncommon. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â NSTC 2I1607 & 2I1608 for the series. Removed from a nonce volume. Good condition. Saunders & Stanford; Manchester: Simms & Diham unknown books
1832465994London : John Murray ; Parbury Allen & Co 1832. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine text bound in good waxed green cloth with a contemporary paper spine label now age-toned. Covers and label scuffed with faint damp-stains to the margins. Endbands rubbed with the lower spine showing a tight crosswise tear and joint split with the the tail lifting; corners bumped. Preliminary and final leaves somewhat foxed with the interior very clean on the whole. Text remains tight with pages unread and unopened. A well-preserved example overall. Notes; Engraved subscriber's page for J. F. Davis Esq. F.R.S. bound in before title page somewhat foxed. Series; Oriental translation fund of Great Britain and Ireland. Physical description; ix 465 pages : table. Notes; ""Volume I."" No more published. Revised from the translation of Haji Mustefa and collated with the Persian original by John Briggs. Subjects; Muslims. India. History. 18th century. Mughal Empire. British India. London : John Murray ; Parbury, Allen, & Co hardcover
18072804London: Printed by T. Bensley for Payne and Mackinlay 1807. Lg. 4to. 8xl572pp. Cont. gilt tooled calf covers with a few old scrapes. Front hinge split but holding minor chips at extremities of spine. Bookplate on front pastedown. Printed by T. Bensley for Payne and Mackinlay unknown books
1850401327London : T. Bosworth 1850. 1st edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of Alfred Byard Sheppard. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Lacks spine. Spine bands worn; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 264 17 1 pp. 2 plates 21 cm. Subjects; Poor London England. Public baths. Wash-houses. Tenement houses. Laundries. London England Social conditions 19th century. London : T. Bosworth hardcover
1862329196London : Rivingtons 1862. First Edition. Softcover. Poor disbound copy. Some slight wear and tear as with age. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; 80 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Vaughan C. J. Charles John 1816-1897. Revised code of the Committee of Council on Education dispassionately considered. Fraser James 1818-1885. Revised code of the Committee of Council on Education its principles tendencies and details. Fraser James 1818-1885. Revised Code of the Committee of Council on Education. Vaughan Charles John. Revised code of the Committee of Council on Education dispassionately considered. Fraser James 1818-1885 Studies. Revised Code of the Committee of Council on Education. Vaughan Charles John Studies. Revised code of the Committee of Council on Education dispassionately considered. Great Britain. Committee of Council on Education. Revised Code 1861. Great Britain. Committee on Education. Great Britain Education 19th century. Educational law and legislation Great Britain. Education Great Britain Finance. Education Finance. Educational law and legislation. Educational change. Church and education Great Britain. Educational law and legislation Great Britain. Education and state Great Britain. Education Great Britain. Education Great Britain Government policy. Great Britain. National education. Educational administration. Educational policy. Schools. Primary education. Teaching. Genres; Bibliography. Letters - Open letters. London : Rivingtons paperback
