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1733GMM12823London: Printed for the Author 1733. .of the Present Age. Interspers'd with The History of the Plants the Characters of each Genus and the names of all the particular Species in Latin and English; and an Explanation of all the Terms used in Botany and Gardening. Together with Accounts of the Nature and Use of Barometers Thermometers and Hygrometers proper for Gardeners; And of the origin Causes and Nature of meteors and the particular Influences of Air Earth Fire and Water upon Vegetation according to the best Natural Philosophers.; The Second Edition Corrected.; Full brown leather rebacked ages ago with the origional boards skilfully laid back gilt title on faded red Morocco spine label raised bands blind panels & decoration to covers frontis engraving 2 additional full page at the back; A very nice good binding with handsome botanical bookplate inside front cover over an essentially very good bright textblock woth ink owner name/date atop title page; Unpaginated. Size: 9"x14". Hardcover. Printed for the Author Hardcover
1734319London: Printed for the author and sold by C. Rivington at the Bible and the Crown In St. Paul's Church-yard 1734. 3rd. vary rare 3rd edition 8vo xv 278 index full calf tooled panel boards raised bands gilt design spine panels with red leather label edge wear rubbing joints working head and tail worn with original binding in tact engraved frontispiece numerous wood cut head pieces tail pieces and initial letters. One of the earliest and most well-regarded of the gardener's "Kalendars." This popular work by Miller the most well known 18th century English horticulturalist before Arthur Young first published in 1732 went through fifteen editions in the author's lifetime. Text very clean Very Good Copy. $500 Printed for the author, and sold by C. Rivington, at the Bible and the Crown, In St. Paul's Church-yard hardcover
1780C1536a<p>2 volumes in one: 320 pages with diagrams and index; 320 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo 8 1/4" x 5 1/2" bound in half leather with gilt lettering to spine. Volumes 7 and 8. Betts: 7-15 First edition.</p><p><em>The Huddersfield College Magazine</em> chess section was superseded by the <em>British Chess Magazine</em> after 1880 with no more published. In 1872 John Watkinson started a chess column in the Huddersfield College Magazine. Eventually the single page column became a small magazine exclusively devoted to chess - <em>The Huddersfield College Chess Magazine</em>. Finally this magazine evolved into the<em> British Chess Magazine</em> which is still going strong today. The columns provide an interesting glimpse of the local Huddersfield & Yorkshire chess scene at the time before eventually becoming more nationally and internationally oriented in later years. In English Descriptive notation One of the early chess magazine published.</p><p><strong>Condition:</strong> Provenance from the Franklin Chess Club of Philadelphia with their stamp on end papers and pasted down. Heavily rubbed at edges corners bumped and rubbed through some occasional internal soiling and pencil marginalia previous owner's neat pen signature on title front endpaper detached. Over all a good copy of a scarce chess item.</p> J E Wheatley & Company hardcover
1782LTH28-C-12London; Edinburgh: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme; Bell; P. Byrne 1782-1803. Leather. Good Only. 6.5" by 4". Unamed. A collection of four Georgian plays performed at theatres across the UK. A lovely example of the popular theatre of Britain at the turn of the nineteenth century. This volume contains: The Jew; A Comedy in Five Acts by Richard Cumberland Esq. As Performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane Printed Under the Authority of the Managers from the Prompt Book With Remarks by Mrs. Inchbald Speed the Plough; A Comedy in Five Acts; As Performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden by Thomas Morton Esq. Printed Under the Authority of the Managers from the Prompt Book With Remarks by Mrs. Inchbald Mahomet the Imposter. A Tragedy by the Rev. Mr Miller. As Performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane Regulated from the Prompt-Book by Permission of the Managers by Mr Hopkins Prompter John Bull: Or An Englishman's Fireside. A Comedy in Five Acts As Performed at the Theatre Royal in Dublin by George Colman Esq. With engraved frontispieces to two of the plays. In a half-calf binding with marbled boards. Externally rather worn with rubbing and wear to the extremities. Joints are cracked and there is some slight loss to the backstrip. Internally firmly bound. Pages have some foxing and handling marks throughout. Good Only Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; Bell; P. Byrne hardcover
18001359539New-York: Collins & Co.; T. & J. Swords; John Forbes; 1800; 1802; 1803; 1806; 1808; 1809; 1811; 1812. Mixed Editions. Hardcover. Octavos 10 volumes 1800-1812 non-inclusive some with plates. Good- to Good; all but one volume fully bound in contemporary leather Vol V 1802 bound in marbled paper with leather to spine all have spine labels with gilt titling but of varying styles; all have tears and surface marks to covers most front hinges somewhat compromised but bindings all else tight; text blocks show age toning and several have liquid damage that extends to pages; foxing and age toning to pages throughout; plates present and intact though some with deep age toning and foxing; title page and first several pages of Second Hexade Vol. VI show insect damage; previous owner bookplate to front pastedown of Vol. V 1802 "Ex Libris Henry Barton Jacobs;" previous owner name stamped on title pages of several volumes "Isaiah Matlack;" MF consignment. Volume III 1800<br> <br /> Volume V 1802<br> <br /> Volume VI 1803<br> <br /> Second Hexade Volume III 1806<br> <br /> Second Hexade Volume V 1808<br> <br /> Volume IV 1809 Second Hexade Volume VI<br> <br /> Volume 2 1811 Third Hexade Volume II<br> <br /> Volume 3 1811 May June July<br> <br /> No. 1 Volume I 1812<br> <br /> Third Hexade Volume III 1812<br> <br /> <br /> The Second Hexade Volume III 1806 contains one of the earliest printed accounts of the Lewis and Clark expeditions in particular making reference to a manuscript copy of "A Map of those parts of North-America situated between the 35th and 51st degrees of latitude and the 89th and 124th degrees of longitude" that was been sent to the Secretary at War with other copies made under the direction of Gen. Dearborn for the inspection of Congress. 1359539. Special Collections. Collins & Co.; T. & J. Swords; John Forbes; hardcover
1800537T. and J. Swords Printers to the Faculty of Physic of Columbia College New York 1800. Second Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book . Bound volume with complete year's issues of early American medical journal. Quarter bound leather over marbled boards worn at corners. Front hinge worn with 1 1/4" crack at top and 1/2" chip at top of spine. Title in gold on red leather panel on spine; listed as "First Hexade2" in gold on black leather panel. Articles include research reports from Joseph Priestley. News in each issue includes obituaries of doctors. Text block tight with light foxing; light water stain at top of pp. 1-7. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: MEDICAL; History; Antiquarian & Rare. . Main Picture: Mitchill The Medical Repository Vol. II 1800 - Title page. Picture 2: Mitchill The Medical Repository Vol. II 1800 - Front cover and spine. Picture 3: Mitchill The Medical Repository Vol. II 1800 - Detail of title on spine. Picture 4: Mitchill The Medical Repository Vol. II 1800 - Page with article from a letter by Joseph Priestley about one of his experiments. Picture 5: Mitchill The Medical Repository Vol. II 1800 - Page with a letter to the Governor of Pennsylvania Thomas Mifflin about preventing the return of the Yellow Fever. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 537. . T. and J. Swords, Printers to the Faculty of Physic of Columbia College hardcover
1800021885New York: T. & J. Swords Printers to the Faculty at Columbia College 1800. Second edition 1800. Bound volume of four quarterly issues of this influential medical publication providing news of medical breakthroughs studies of diseases and living conditions ongoing research etc. Full calf with tan spine label gilt lettering and spine ruling 455 pages. Covers rubbed especially at the extremities spine ends chipped text block sound fairly uniform foxing personal library label of of C. N. Gallup M.D. on the front pastedown. A worn but sound copy. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. T. & J. Swords, Printers to the Faculty at Columbia College Hardcover
1790H10GLTBN14DLondon: W. Miller 1790. Hardback full marbled calf gilt title to spine. Corners repaired. New end-papers. Inner hinges re-inforced. 27cm x 19.5cm. xlvii 142pp. Engraved title page. Cracking to spine with small losses. A little occasional foxing/grubby marks to contents. A rather pleasing copy. h10. Hard Cover. Good. W. Miller Hardcover
17905972London: W Miller 1790. Hardback. Poor/No Jacket. 969 4to. No title page; title and year inferred chiefly from Preface i-x Edward Miller Doncaster March 1790 then an additional page and a half the Preface ending at xii. Subsequent contents: Explication of foreign words one page Musical Publications by Dr Miller a list one page Subscribers' Names all these to xlvii Index p1 and then the Psalms 2-142. The Preface is the first printed page the front free end paper the only blank page; this copy thus appears to meet the collation of the 1790 edition but missing the first 3 pages. It also meets ESTC's General Note referring to the Preface as " signed and dated: Edward Miller. Doncaster March 1790". This copy ends with page 142 so is missing 4 pages at the end. Binding is very delapidated calf with 'Millers' Psalmody' to spine. Condition notes: In a very poor way. Spine strip cracked and split with loss; text block broken; boards very worn stained and bumped. Tears to margins of some pages page 142 being the worst affected; this page is also very soiled. Some pencil scribble here and there. W Miller hardcover
1790059204London: Published by W. Miller No. 5 Old Bond Street and to be had at all the music shops. 1790 1790. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio - 12 x 10 Inches Tall. Music score. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1790. Hardback. Engraved title-page and Dedication page; To the most Revered Father in God William Lord Archbishop of York. Music Score and Words. Later professional rebind. Calf-leather spine; raised bands; marbled boards. Original gilt label to spine. Internally fresh and clean. Scarce in such nice condition. Neat contemporary owner name; no internal markings. Bright tight and clean. NEAR FINE iii xlvii 142 pages. Contains sixteen settings by Handel including three 'said to be Handel's'. Title p.i dedication p.iii preface pp.i-xii explication p.xiii author's works p.xiv list of subscribers pp.xv-xlvii and Index p.1. Referenced by: BUC p.676. B/II p.294. Will be well-packed for shipping. Folio; approx. 12 x 10 inches. Published by W. Miller No. 5 Old Bond Street and to be had at all the music shops. 1790. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> Published by W. Miller, No. 5, Old Bond Street, and to be had at all the music shops. [1790] hardcover
1767151933London. 1767. Seventh Edition. Leatherbound. Fair. Front and back covers are detached but still present; 1; 290 pages . hardcover
1782828911782. C. Plummer. Doncaster. 1782. First edition. A Contemporary and Locally Printed response to the death of the Marquis who was at that time Yorkshire's most important resident. Twice Prime Minister and for his time a fair landlord who mangaed his estates in Ireland well. A slim volume - the original 30 pages have been bound with 18 blank pages before the title and with ten at rear. Full patterned calf with a modern reback and new marbled endpapers. Pages browned with occasional light foxing otherwise a clean and useful copy of a scarce item. unknown
1737347983London: J. Watts 1737. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 6 76 i.e.75 pp. Lacks the title page and advertisements else complete page 75 misnumbered 76. Near contemporary owner's signature in neat ink on page 1 after the dedication and prologue just beneath the headpiece. Professionally bound in modern period-style laid paper wrappers. A very good copy with moderate scattered spotting. James Miller poet playwright and divine was celebrated for his parody and wry wit which made him many enemies. A handsome copy neatly bound in folded wrappers with endleaves. J. Watts unknown
17623156Late 19th century half calf has long outlived its usefulness: boards detached spines chipped. Closed tear to title page of vol II; otherwise a very good set. Full page sur blanc engravings include frontispieces to most individual works including Volume 1: Spring; Summer; Autumn; Winter; Poem Sacred to the Memory of Sir Isaac Newton; Britannia; Liberty; The Castle of Indolence; etc. Volume 2: Sophonisba; Agamemnon; Alfred; Edward and Eleonora; Tancred and Sigismunda; Coriolanus. Not to be confused with the 12mo editions sans illustrations. With errata.; 24x30cm; 9.5x12 in.; xxvi468524 pages; Additional images and further information provided upon request. A. Millar hardcover
1768049258A Yverdun: N.p. 1768. First Edition First Printing . Leather Bound. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 16mo. 332 pages. Hardcover bound in early full speckled calf with raised bands and gilt tooling on the spine. Binding housed in a modern removable clear mylar jacket. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. Hinges sound; headcap of the spine is chipped. The binding is rubbed and abraded at the fore edges. Marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. Text is toned and is generally clean. Not an illustrated work. Text is in French. A translation of the title into English is "Treatise on the Planting and Cultivation of the Principal Vegetable Plants Collected from the English Dictionary. <br/> <br/> N.p. hardcover
175572962London: 1755-71. This beautiful engraving from 'Figures of the Most Beautiful Useful and Uncommon Plants described in the Gardener's Dictionary' was published by Philip Miller in London in 1755. It was engraved by T. Jeffreys. Philip Miller 1691-1771 was the chief gardener at the Chelsea Physick Garden in London and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his extensive knowledge of plants. Copper engraving. Plate size: 335 x 215 mm Very good condition. unknown
175938825London: P. Miller 1759. Faint foxing left margin a bit chipped. P. Miller unknown
1756189581Berolini: A. Haude et I.C. Speneri 1756. Leather bound. VG pages are lightly age toned as expected with age of book binding is secure and pages are otherwise clear. Bound in green leather with gilt border gilt design on spine; color illustrted end papers; XVIII 180 138 pp all edge gilt. Text is in Italian and Latin. The life of excellent emperors is added to the French translation by the care of Ioanne Petro Millero. A. Haude et I.C. Speneri hardcover