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1886112819conquet 1886 maroquin Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, 1886, 2 volumes in-8 de 135 x 210 mm environ, (3) ff. (Faux-titre, frontispice, titre), IV pages, 184 pages, (1) f. (Table) - (2) ff. (faux-titre, titre), 195 pages, (1) f. (table). Un des 350 exemplaires sur Vélin du Marais (numéroté 447), complet du portrait d'Emile ZOLA en frontispice et des compositions de Edmond RUDAUX, exemplaire à grandes marges, comporte une chaleureuse lettre manuscrite de ZOLA datée du 30 Mars 1865 dans laquelle il rappelle au bon souvenir du destinataire la parution des Contes à Ninon et lui adresse cet exemplaire des Nouveaux Contes dans l'espoir d'une critique dans la presse. Il semblerait que le destinataire soit M. DUPORT, régisseur des annonces des périodiques l'Avenir national et l'Opinion nationale. Demi-maroquin bleu à coins de Charles MEUNIER, filet doré en mors et coins, dos mosaïqué portant titres dorés, tête dorée, gardes marbrées, couvertures conservées. Dos et coins légèrement insolés, plat supérieur du tome 2 griffé, deux coins légèrement frottés, rousseurs éparses sur les tranches, discrètes traces sur les couvertures conservées, sinon bel état.
183019742Neu-Berlin Penn.: Joseph Miller 1830. First edition. Light foxing to the cheap paper stock throughout; some light damp-staining; small gouge from the spine and some soiling and wear; a good sound copy of a utilitarian remedy book. Original calf spine drab boards 6.5 x 4 inches 179 1 pages gathered in sixes. A characteristic handy household medical guide owing at least some debt to Hohman and with specific reference to Thomsonian principles. Atwater 2451 under Miller; Arndt 3114: "Entry for Joseph Miller as proprietor and for H. A. Zellers as author and proprietor in the files of the Copyright office." This copy with early ink notes in German on the rear free endpaper and a slightly later autograph receipt mounted to the rear paste-down for an unnamed medicine involving ipecac myrrh aniseed and brandy. Joseph Miller, unknown books
18662342181019025Cherokee Pub 1866-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. Nice looking book has minor edge wear. Cherokee Pub paperback
18922602080008E.W. Smith and A.H. Mueller Philadelphia 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Atlas folio. 58 leaves : color maps ; 56 cm. Rebound in later cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. Minor loss to bottom margin of table of contents page. Private library stamps. Coverage Includes the City of Chester; the following boroughs and villages: Collingdale Colwyn Clifton Heights Darby Eddystone Fernwood Glenolden Haverford College Lansdowne Linwood Media Morton Moore Marcus Hook Moylan Norwood Prospect Park Ridley Park Rutledge Sharon Hill South Chester Swarthmore South Media Upland Upper Darby Wayne Yeadon; the following townships: Aston Bethel Birmingham Chester Concord Darby Edgmont Haverford Lower Chichester Marple Middletown Newtown Nether Providence Radnor Ridley Springfield Tinicum Thornbury Upper Darby Upper Providence Upper Chichester. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. E.W. Smith and A.H. Mueller, Philadelphia hardcover
1885MSO15982Boston: Ticknor and Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Ex-university library book with several library markings. Hard cover published by Ticknor and Co. in 1885. No dust jacket. Red covers with gilt lettering and designs. Covers are faded along edges and front cover has some water stains along edges. Spine is faded and part of material is chipped and peeling away. Bottom corners of covers are bumped and frayed and upper corners are slightly bumped with some wear. Side edges of covers have wear and some scraping. Upper corners of most pages have water stains. Pages have some toning along top and side edges. Front endpaper has remnants of a sticker at top. Book is in fair condition. 8vo 467 pages 2.4 lb. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 467 pages . Ticknor and Company hardcover
1806GEN67051806. Turnor Edmund. Large quarto. Half calf with marbled boards. Covers are detached and spine partially missing. With hand coloured map and 2 further plates. Some foxing. hardcover
1863031725Glasgow: Kerr & Richardson 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. The Spine Is Worn And Is Missing Some Small Fragmets Still In Very Good Shape For The Age. No Gift Inscription Or Marks Inside. No Pages Are Missing. There Is No Gift Inscription Or Remarks Inside. Black And White Illustrations. Paper Is Yellow From The Age Small Foxing Spots In Some Pages. Original Copy Not A Reprint. No Dust Jacket Non Pictorial Boards.- Specializing in academic collectible and historically significant providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. Kerr & Richardson hardcover
18981003N9London: T. Fisher Unwin; Smith Elder & Co.; Cassell & Co. 1898-1921. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 6". Various. A group of travelogues on the Balkans Palestine and the Sahara including numerous illustrations folding maps and intriguing insights into Near East cultures and landscapes. An attractive group of first editions on the Near East including on the Balkans Palestine and the Sahara published between 1898-1921. In the publisher's original cloth.- Travel and Politics in the Near East covering the latest developments in the Balkan peninsula written by journalist and medievalist William Miller. Contains a colour frontispiece a large folding map tucked into the rear pastedown and numerous full-page and in-text illustrations throughout. T. Fisher Unwin 1898.- The Land That is Desolate: An Account of a Tour in Palestine written by Sergeant-Surgeon Sir Frederick Treves. Contains a frontispiece and all thirty-nine other plates as well as folding map of the region. Collated complete. Smith Elder & Co. 1912.- The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara an expeditionary tale written by English travel writer and author Rosita Forbes. Contains a frontispiece and all fifty-five other photographic plates taken by Forbes. Collated complete. Cassell & Co. 1921. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally the odd small handling mark and slight browning to board extremities of Forbes and Treves. Minor rubbing to joints a little heavier to Forbes and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities heavier to Miller. Slight fading to spines. Light spotting to end papers of Treves and Miller with offsetting to free end papers of Forbes. Internally firmly bound. Several leaves of Miller unopened. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot to first and last leaves of Treves a little more frequent to Forbes. Very Good T. Fisher Unwin; Smith, Elder & Co.; Cassell & Co. hardcover
1879biblio155<p>320 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo 8 1/4" x 5 1/2" bound in half leather with gilt lettering to spine. Subscription to <em>The New Chess Magazine</em> which became the publication of the <em>British Chess Magazine</em> laid in. Volume 8. Betts: 7-15 First edition.<br /><br />The <em>Huddersfield College Magazine</em> chess section was superseded by the British Chess Magazine after 1880 with no more published. First published as volume one in October 1872 and issued monthly until September 1880 it was edited by W J C Miller from October 1872 to June 1876 and John Watkinson from July 1876 until 1880. One of the earlier chess magazine published.<br /><br /><strong>Condition:</strong><br /><br />Heavily rubbed at edges corners bumped and rubbed through damaged to front hinge soiled some occasional internal soiling front inner hinge cracked. Over all a good copy of a scarce chess item</p> J E Wheatley & Company hardcover
188517156<p>2nd edition. Good softcover. Sewn binding under thin card covers titles on front cover unprinted spine; textblock untrimmed at fore and tail edges. Clean lightly scuffed covers and spine; uneven age darkening along cover edges; 1/2 inch chip missing at front cover top fore corner; tightly bound; bright clean interior. 12mo 148 pp. Cf OCLC #6835165. Laid in is 4 pp. fortnightly-published 'Book Notes' journal issued by Sidney S. Rider of Providence dated October 25 1884.</p> Providence, RI: Sidney S. Rider/Rhode Island Historical Society paperback
1880mon0001546089James Nisbet & Co. 1880. Hardcover. Good. . The boards are in good condition with a little light marking.the corners atre bumped. The gilt lettering on the spine is bright.The hinges and binding are firm with no loose pages.The page edges are tanned.The text is clear and unmarked. James Nisbet & Co. hardcover
1884C2563<p>27012 ad pages with diagrams. Royal octavo 9 12" x 6 1/4" bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial of a rook with gilt pictorial of "The night's Tour" to cover. Association copy with T R Dawson's gift inscription to title. Betts" 12-22 Third edition.</p><p>This copy served as the text for the English edition of the American Supplement.</p><p>Contains the text of the third edition of the "Synopsis" to age 140 and the supplement pages 141-268. Has second title page on 141. Contains a list of chess clubs in the United States and Canada.</p><p>Thomas Rayner Dawson 1889-1951 was an English chess problemist and is acknowledged as "the father of Fairy Chess". He invented many fairy pieces and new conditions. He introduced the popular fairy pieces grasshopper nightrider and many other fairy chess ideas.</p><p><strong>Condition:</strong> Dawson's gift inscription and other previous owner's name to title. Old news clipping to front endpaper dated 1885. Corners and spine ends bumped spine ends and corners rubbed through. Rear inner hinge cracked marginalia else better than good.</p> Robert Clarke and Company hardcover
185445778NY: George P. Putnam & Company. Fair. 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Original full leather stamped in gilt all edges gilt. The front board is detached and the leather is split at spine ends. Boards are very edgeworn. PO gift inscription dated 1st Jan. 1855. Tissued chromolithograph frontis and 19 other tissued chromolithograph plates. The plate of the Indian Girl Swinging is bare-breasted. All plates are present with varying moderate degrees of damping and foxing. The damping is generally to the margins. The colors are still very bright. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 347 pages . George P. Putnam & Company hardcover
189948812London: George Allan 1899. 1st edition large 4to 487pp photo illustrations; brown cloth with bevelled edges; previous owner's book plate to the front pastedown a minor production fault has resulted in the paper having rucked up around a binding tape and glued itself to the pastedown and which has subsequently sheared away - difficult to described this nothing much just a short tear in the gutter of the first few pages; foxing to endpapers and cloth has generally faded and age-tanned particularly at the spine mild wear to corners; by and large though this is a decent survivor with top edge gilt and rough-cut edges elsewhere certainly Good approaching VG Copy; subscribers' list at the rear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. George Allan Hardcover
1899016703London: George Allen 1899. Book measures 30x24.cm. xvii487pp illustrated throughout some folding. Bound in original publishers brown cloth with gilt lettering. Cloth rubbed some abrasion wear mainly to head and tail of spine. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally pages clean. A good clean solid copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Quarto. George Allen Hardcover
189958287George Allen 156 Charing Cross Road 1899. 1st edition. Hardback. Buckram P. xx487pp b/w frontis 63 b/w plates 3 large folding pedigrees 2 folding maps 11 genealogies to the text index page margins slightly tanned upper board detached & spine laid in gift inscription to the pastedown stating that the book was a gift from one of the original subscribers named in the subscribers list text in good order so a copy in need to some TLC & a new spine. Monumental history of Chislehurst in South Eastern London once part of Kent. George Allen, 156 Charing Cross Road hardcover
1841994F47Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1841 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 6.5". None. An exceptionally lovely example of the first edition of Washington Irving's biography of teenage poet Margaret Miller Davidson including much of her own poetry. The first edition of this work. BAL 10159. Washington Irving offers a biography of young American poet Margaret Miller Davidson who died in 1838 aged only 15. Alongside providing an account of her short life Washington edits and includes much of her poetry in this volume.Professor Walter Harding wrote in the mid-twentieth century that Davidson "was once of the best-known poets in America" with Edgar Allen Poe numbering amongst her admirers.Eight pages of advertisements to the rear inscription to rear free endpaper.Rebacked in the publisher's original cloth retaining original endpapers housed in custom cloth dust wrapper and with a quarter morocco clamshell case from Riviere. Rebacked in the publisher's original cloth binding retaining original endpapers. Housed in a custom cloth dust wrapper and quarter morocco clamshell box by Riviere. Externally excellent. Endpapers age toned with inscription to rear free endpaper. Dust wrapper in excellent condition with front joint of clamshell detached but with underlying cloth backing firmly held. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with the odd spot and light handling mark. Very Good Indeed Lea and Blanchard hardcover
185377577New York: Washington Association 1853. Fine. 6-7/8 x 4-5/8 inches. Elaborately die-cut gilt folded sheet interior blank. Washington Association, unknown
1890288415Lynchburg Va: W. A. Miller & Son 1890. An autograph letter signed from the farming supplies company W. A. Miller & Son to Mr. Chas. Palmer who is either a farmer or seed dealer. The author of W. A. Miller & Son is contacting the farmer in reference to their ensilage corn; W. A. Miller has seen 'Blount's White Prolific or Mammoth Ensilage Corn' heavily advertised and certain "Western Northwestern Parties" have asked for the same to be furnished for them. W. A. Miller goes on to ask the farmer the history of their ensilage corn and whether they could send samples of it or if they would be willing to attempt to crossbreed theirs with another variety. W. A. Miller was established in Lynchburg Va. and the letter is dated 1890. Two leaves of company letterhead lightly creased and edgeworn with two hole punches at the top edge. W. A. Miller & Son unknown books
1835111376Bruxelles: A La Society Pour Le Developpment 1835. Hardcover. Fair with no dust jacket. Leather spine shows rubbing and handling the paper that was over boards had been rubbed mostly off on the front cover with the rear cover seemingly never had paper over the boards corners worn foxing to pages. Front and rear hinge a bit loose but not broken or cracked. Edges worn. Very old faint writing on page facing half title page. ; Traduites de "lAllemand Par P. A. Huybrecht. Accompagness de 15 Plans. "Tome Premier". ; 4 x 6 "; 350 pages. A La Society Pour Le Developpment hardcover
186530699Paris Germer Baillière, 18651867. 4 volumes (dont 2 tomes pour l'année 1865) in-12 reliés demi-basane rouge, 388-401-372 et 422 pages. - Naturaliste, publiciste, socialiste utopiste, Victor Meunier pratiqua durant une soixantaine d'années un journalisme scientifique militant.- 1580g.- L'année 1864 est la première année de "La science et les savants".- Rare, très bon état.
1849138241849. Paris Librairie Phalanstèrienne troisième édition 1849 - Broché 13 cm x 20 5 cm 48 pages - Texte de Victor Meunier - Etat moyen ex. à relier - L'ouvrage était paru auparavant dans "La Démocratie Pacifique3 et en complément de « Le Socialisme devant le Vieux Monde » de Victor Considérant
1877876T63Paris: Hachette & Cie. 1877. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A smart fourth edition of this collection of writings on big game hunting in the original French language. French language. Fourth edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with twenty-one plates and many in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of writings on big game hunting and wildlife with chapters on gorillas tigers bears lions tapirs elephants hippopotamus rhinos ostriches crocodiles and much more. Written by Victor Meunier a French journalist novelist and playwright. Bound in quarter morocco with green cloth boards. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and minor age toning to the extremities. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. School bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Hachette & Cie. hardcover
1876707551876. Mutiny and Murder on the High Seas McDade 679 Trial. Miller George d. 1876 Defendant. Glew John Defendant. Smith William d. 1876 Defendant. The Jefferson Borden Mutiny: Trial of George Miller John Glew And William Smith for Murder on the High Seas: Before Clifford & Lowell JJ. Boston: Printed Under the Direction of the Clerk of the Court 1876. 141 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet printed wrappers which are detached with moderate edgewear fading and light soiling spine perished text block secure. Moderate toning to text faint offsetting to title page light foxing to a few leaves heavier offsetting to verso of final leaf a blank. $350. Only edition. "The Jefferson Borden was bound for London from New Orleans. Corydon Trask Patterson was the mate and in the course of a mutiny he was hit with an iron bar and thrown overboard. The mutiny was suppressed and at this trial Glew was acquitted and Miller and Smith were condemned" McDade. This official account includes the indictment arraignment pleas assignment of counsel to prisoners empaneling of the jury evidence charge to the jury verdict remarks of the Court on passing sentence and the sentences. McDade The Annals of Murder 679. unknown books
18704337Philadelphia: Haddock & Son Printers 1870. Bi-fold catalog 28 x 21.5 cm. 4 pages. Printed in blue and red. One engraved image of "The Excelsior Fruit Drop Machine". A catalog of confections offered by George Miller & Sons of Philadelphia. Decorative red border encloses product list. Items include cough confections Arabian gum drops and sticks fruit nuts jelly work rock candy chocolate sardines fancy toys and more. George Miller & Sons established in Philadelphia in 1833. Philadelphia was a large candy-making center in the 19th and 20th centuries. Philadelphia grew from having just four confectioners in 1800 to 117 large-scale wholesalers 418 retailers and 1011 places listed as corner candy stores just a century later. Fold creases otherwise near fine. Not in Romaine. Haddock & Son, Printers unknown books