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1899135177London: William Heinemann 1899. Hardcover. F Ex-library with usual library markings bookplate on front inside cover pocket and discoloration at back inside cover perforation stamp used on illus. pages are slightly tanned but otherwise good hinges are beginning to loosen no djs covers show heavy wear along all edges and corners v.1 has spine material held on with adhesive tape still a good reading copy. Blue and gray paper boards gilt letters on spine 2 vols. 328 324 pp. 27 BW plates. Charles-Joseph Lamoral 7th Prince de Ligne 1735-1814 was a Field Marshall and writer. William Heinemann hardcover books
187759177Hartford CT: Worthington 1877. 8vo pp. xxx 623. Bound in Publisher's sheep spine loose covers well rubbed good. VG. BAL 19481. Worthington unknown books
187549184Hartford CT: Worthington 1875. 8vo pp. xxx 623. Green cloth with decorative stamping in gilt. Frontis detached ex library with stamps and bookplate cover scuffed at edges o/w VG. BAL 19481. Worthington unknown books
182714153Washington: GPO. Very Good. 1827. Softcover. Disbound heavy foxing pages detached pages 10 Rep. No. 100 . GPO paperback books
1874517Salt Lake City 1874. Printed check 9 cm x 21.5 cm printed in black with blanks to be filled in by hand. Near fine. Check is dated September 21 1874 and payable to the Super Napper. The amount is for $2.00 and is signed by Susan Napper. unknown books
18901891Stereoscopic Gems of American and Foreign Scenery 1890. Stereoview. Silver gelatin photograph 8 cm x 15.5 cm on gray curved mount 9 cm x 18 cm. Mount and image in very good condition. Small damp stain to rear of mount. Strong contrasts. Image of the Temple from the south west with wall in the foreground. Stereoscopic Gems was a small pirate company that issued views of American and Foreign Scenery in the 1880's and 90's. Their home office location is unknown and their views were sold by agents only. Stereoscopic Gems of American and Foreign Scenery unknown books
18901892Stereoscopic Gems of American and Foreign Scenery 1890. Stereoview. Silver gelatin photograph 8 cm x 15.5 cm on a light gray curved mount 9 cm x 18 cm. Mount and image in near fine condition. Strong contrasts. Image of the Temple from the south west with wall in the foreground. Stereoscopic Gems was a small pirate company that issued views of American and Foreign Scenery in the 1880's and 90's. Their home office location is unknown and their views were sold by agents only. Stereoscopic Gems of American and Foreign Scenery unknown books
18971895Meadville PA: Keystone View Company 1897. Stereoview. Silver gelatin photograph 8 cm x 15.5 cm on a light gray curved mount 9 cm x 18 cm. Mount and image in near fine condition. Strong contrasts. "The Pioneer Jubilee was to commemorate the establishment of the institution of Mormonism in Utah. Brigham Young their great leader and statesman entered the Salt Lake Valley July 24th 1847 leading a band of 143 men 3 women and 2 children and settled where now stands Salt Lake City. This view shows the assemblage at the unveiling of the monument to Brigham Young and Pioneers. This monument is the gift of the grateful people of Utah to the state. It was erected by popular subscription at a cost of $35000." - from the reverse. Keystone View Company unknown books
185874176Wash D. C.: GPO. Very Good. 1858. Pamphlet. 10 page original US Senate document related to the Territory of Utah. Bright complete and NOT a reprint. . GPO unknown books
1894WRCAM35120Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk & Co. 1894. 2-952pp. including one chromolithographic advertising plate and 43pp. of advertisements printed on tinted stock. Original black half cloth gilt and boards printed with advertisements. Boards and preliminary leaves detached closed tear in cloth of spine. Plate fold strengthened. Internally fine. Overall very good. An exhaustive directory with numerous illustrated advertisements. The chromolithographic plate advertises "The Orcutt Company Leading Lithographers" and depicts a middle eastern market scene. R.L. Polk & Co. hardcover books
1865808161865. SALT Thomas. Partridge. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON RUPTURE; ITS CAUSES MANAGEMENT AND CURE AND THE VARIOUS MECHANICAL CONTRIVANCES EMPLOYED FOR ITS RELIEF. London: John Churchill & Sons 1865. 2nd edition. 112 pp. 8vo. maroon cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Ex-library with usual markings top of front joint starting. Cloth bright. Woodcuts in the text. Salt was active in the re-design of artificial limbs in the mid 19th century. A rare title. Very good. unknown books
185045926London: Published by W. H. Smith and Son et al 1850. 1st Edition. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping to front cover & spine. Pale yellow eps. General wear and soiling to binding which has a slight lean. Front hinge starting. Withal a VG copy. xi 1 210 pp. Charts graphs. 12mo. <br/><br/>Much statistical information on the railways & products shipped therewith including railways in the US e.g. Table 96 "Railway Fares in America". Published by W. H. Smith and Son [et al] hardcover books
1889206638London: Reeves and turner and Bertram Dobell 1889. Hardcover. 335p. original publishers cloth heavily chipped on the spine affecting spine titling ex library with the usual markings both hinges cracked with weakness to rear hinge. Salt a socialist an animal rights activist vegetarian and pacifist was active in social reform circles and influential with anarchists Joseph Ishill & his Circle Gandhi and many others. Reeves and turner and Bertram Dobell hardcover books
18942304476London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1894. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Limited large paper edition printed on hand-made paper. Hand numbered #145 of 280 printed copies. Ink stamp on title page. Related letters laid in. 1894 Hard Cover. viii 128 pp. Beveled boards. Top page ridge gilt. Photographic frontispiece black-and-white plates in text. "John Richard Jefferies 6 November 1848 Swan Sonnenschein & Co unknown books
181619413Philadelphia: M. Carey; Boston: Wells & Lilly pr. by Lydia R. Bailey 1816. 8vo 23.5 cm 9.25". 24 454 pp.; fold. map. illus. <br><br>First U.S. edition and printed by Lydia Bailey following the London first of 1814. Salt a British traveller and Egyptologist first visited Ethiopia in 1805 and returned in 1809 on a diplomatic mission intended to promote ties between the British government and the Emperor of Abyssinia. The Voyage gives Salt's observations of Ethiopian customs manners dress cuisine and music along with the factual details of his diplomatic achievements or lack thereof in terms of concrete agreements followed by an appendix comparing vocabulary words from various languages spoken along "the Coast of Africa from Mosambique to the borders of Egypt with a few others spoken in the Interior of that Continent" p. 395.<br>Â Â Â Â This is an untrimmed copy in original boards with 24 pages of advertising for Carey publications bound in at the front of the volume. The preliminary map engraved by John Bower has hand-colored border lines; this American edition does not call for the plates found in the English first but does include in-text depictions of several "Ethiopic inscriptions. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 33864; NSTC 2S3118; Library Company Afro-Americana 9080; Nipps Lydia Bailey 157; Clarkin 932. Publisher's quarter tan paper over light blue papercovered sides; front cover detached and back joint cracked binding spotted paper cracked and split along spine spine label now absent and replaced with hand-inked title spine with later paper shelving label. Front pastedown with institutional bookplate front free endpaper with inked ownership inscription dated 1829. Half-title with portion of outer margin torn away not touching text and laid in. Map lightly foxed with two short tears along folds. Pages age-toned with occasional spots of foxing. M. Carey; Boston: Wells & Lilly (pr. by Lydia R. Bailey) hardcover books
18099205London: William Miller 1809. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by J. Bluck after Henry Salt on wove paper. A lyrical South African view from the 'Roode Zand' Red Sand Pass inland from the Cape of Good Hope.<br/> <br/>Henry Salt artist traveller diplomat and collector of antiquities was born at Lichfield Staffordshire England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter and on leaving school was taught drawing by Glover the watercolour-painter of Lichfield. In 1797 he went to London and became a pupil of Joseph Farington R.A. and in 1800 of John Hoppner R.A. The turning point in his career was 3 June 1802 when Salt left London for an eastern tour with George viscount Valentia afterwards Lord Mountnorris whom he accompanied as secretary and draughtsman. He visited the Cape India Sri Lanka and in 1805 Abyssinia returning to England on 26 Oct. 1806. He made many drawings some of which served to illustrate Lord Valentia's Voyages and Travels to India published in 1809. The present image is from a work titled Twenty-four Views in St. Helena the Cape India Ceylon the Red Sea Abyssinia and Egypt published by William Miller with hand-coloured aquatints by D. Havell and J. Bluck from Salt's own drawings. The originals of all these drawings were retained by Lord Valentia who also retained the ownership of the copper plates after Salt's death. The format and style of presentation of the plates is similar to Thomas and William Daniell's great work Oriental Scenery 1795-1808 and displays great artistry by both Salt and his engravers.<br/> <br/>Abbey Travel II 515 no.3. William Miller unknown books
180923839London: William Miller 1809. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by J. Bluck after Henry Salt on wove paper. Image size: 16 3/4 x 23 1/4 inches. A splendid aquatint portrait of the Great Pagoda of Thanjavur.<br/> <br/>Henry Salt artist traveller diplomat and collector of antiquities was born at Lichfield Staffordshire England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter and on leaving school was taught drawing by Glover the watercolour-painter of Lichfield. In 1797 he went to London and became a pupil of Joseph Farington R.A. and in 1800 of John Hoppner R.A. The turning point in his career was 3 June 1802 when Salt left London for an eastern tour with George viscount Valentia afterwards Lord Mountnorris whom he accompanied as secretary and draughtsman. He visited the Cape India Sri Lanka and in 1805 Abyssinia returning to England on 26 Oct. 1806. He made many drawings some of which served to illustrate Lord Valentia's Voyages and Travels to India published in 1809. The present image is from a work titled Twenty-four Views in St. Helena the Cape India Ceylon the Red Sea Abyssinia and Egypt published by William Miller with hand-coloured aquatints by D. Havell and J. Bluck from Salt's own drawings. The originals of all these drawings were retained by Lord Valentia who also retained the ownership of the copper plates after Salt's death. The format and style of presentation of the plates is similar to Thomas and William Daniell's great work Oriental Scenery 1795-1808 and displays great artistry by both Salt and his engravers. Brihadishvara Temple at Thanjavur is an 11th century pyramidal temple in southern India.<br/> <br/>Abbey Travel II 515 no.3. William Miller unknown books
180917298London: William Miller 1809. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by D. Havell after Henry Salt on wove paper watermark 'J Whatman'. View of the British colonial island St. Helena prior to its becoming Napoleon's last residence<br/> <br/>Henry Salt artist traveller diplomat and collector of antiquities was born at Lichfield Staffordshire England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter and on leaving school was taught drawing by Glover the watercolour-painter of Lichfield. In 1797 he went to London and became a pupil of Joseph Farington R.A. and in 1800 of John Hoppner R.A. The turning point in his career was 3 June 1802 when Salt left London for an eastern tour with George viscount Valentia afterwards Lord Mountnorris whom he accompanied as secretary and draughtsman. He visited India Ceylon and in 1805 Abyssinia returning to England on 26 Oct. 1806. He made many drawings some of which served to illustrate Lord Valentia's Voyages and Travels to India published in 1809. The present image is from a work titled Twenty-four Views in St. Helena the Cape India Ceylon the Red Sea Abyssinia and Egypt published by William Miller with hand-coloured aquatints by D. Havell and J. Bluck from Salt's own drawings. The originals of all these drawings were retained by Lord Valentia who also retained the ownership of the copper plates after Salt's death. The format and style of presentation of the plates is similar to Thomas and William Daniell's great work Oriental Scenery 1795-1808 and the artistry displayed by both Salt and his engravers is in many cases more than a match for the Daniell's images.<br/> <br/>Abbey Travel II 515 no.5. William Miller unknown books
180934489London: William Miller 1809. Hand-colored aquatint by Daniel Havell. Sheet: 21 1/4 x 29 inches. Mild bubbling in places. This view of Cairo from a hilltop near the Citadel shows Old Cairo with its walls domed buildings and minarets. Across the Nile in the hazy distance are the pyramids of Giza. Heny Salt later returned to Cairo as consul-general for the British. Henry Salt artist traveller diplomat and collector of antiquities was born at Lichfield Staffordshire England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter and on leaving school was taught drawing by Glover the watercolour-painter of Lichfield. In 1797 he went to London and became a pupil of Joseph Farington R.A. and in 1800 of John Hoppner R.A. The turning point in his career was 3 June 1802 when Salt left London for an eastern tour with George viscount Valentia afterwards Lord Mountnorris whom he accompanied as secretary and draughtsman. He visited the Cape India Sri Lanka and in 1805 Abyssinia returning to England on 26 Oct. 1806. He made many drawings some of which served to illustrate Lord Valentia's Voyages and Travels to India published in 1809. The present image is from a work titled Twenty-four Views in St. Helena the Cape India Ceylon the Red Sea Abyssinia and Egypt published by William Miller with hand-coloured aquatints by D. Havell and J. Bluck from Salt's own drawings. The originals of all these drawings were retained by Lord Valentia who also retained the ownership of the copper plates after Salt's death. The format and style of presentation of the plates is similar to Thomas and William Daniell's great work Oriental Scenery 1795-1808 and displays great artistry by both Salt and his engravers.<br/> <br/>Abbey 515. William Miller unknown books
180929143London: William Miller 1809. Hand-colored aquatint by D. Havell. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches. In this large panoramic view Salt demonstrates the appropriateness of the sobriquet "City of a Thousand Minarets". In the foreground is the great Sultan Hussan Mosque one of the largest mosques in Cairo. As we look through the streets towards the distant Nile we see many neighborhood mosques and holy places. Henry Salt artist traveller diplomat and collector of antiquities was born at Lichfield Staffordshire England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter and on leaving school was taught drawing by Glover the watercolour-painter of Lichfield. In 1797 he went to London and became a pupil of Joseph Farington R.A. and in 1800 of John Hoppner R.A. The turning point in his career was 3 June 1802 when Salt left London for an eastern tour with George viscount Valentia afterwards Lord Mountnorris whom he accompanied as secretary and draughtsman. He visited the Cape India Sri Lanka and in 1805 Abyssinia returning to England on 26 Oct. 1806. He made many drawings some of which served to illustrate Lord Valentia's Voyages and Travels to India published in 1809. The present image is from a work titled Twenty-four Views in St. Helena the Cape India Ceylon the Red Sea Abyssinia and Egypt published by William Miller with hand-coloured aquatints by D. Havell and J. Bluck from Salt's own drawings. The originals of all these drawings were retained by Lord Valentia who also retained the ownership of the copper plates after Salt's death. The format and style of presentation of the plates is similar to Thomas and William Daniell's great work Oriental Scenery 1795-1808 and displays great artistry by both Salt and his engravers. William Miller unknown books
180981318London: William Miller 1809. Very Good. Hand-colored aquatint print now in a modern frame under glass. Image size approximately 61 x 42cm. This is Plate No. XV from "Twenty-Four Views in St. Helena the Cape India Ceylon Abyssinia and Egypt" which was published in 1809. <br/><br/> William Miller unknown books
1814184001London England: F.C. And J.Rivington 1814. Hardcover. Good- leather boards detached. boards have considerable edge-wear scuffs & scratches; corners rubbed to boards. spine has considerable rubbing & wear w/ 2inch section missing at edge; spine end missing rubbed & chipped. light to dark speckled foxing throughout w/ higher concentrations on plates/maps. leather boards w/ blind-stamped & gilt tile borders; gilt printed & raised band spine. xi 5 506 pgs & ixxv; plates & maps. all edge marble. Textblock and pages firm. Plates Missing: 2 chart of East Coast of Africa 10 Chart Of Amphilia Bay 12 Chart Of Howakil Bay 13 Portraits and 34 Chart Of Annesley Bay. Tissue-guards are also torn or missing from various plates. Color plates have retained their brightness; text dark and detailed. Complete title ". in which are included an account of the Portuguese settlements on the east coast of Africa visited in the course of the voyage; a concise narrative of late events in Arabia Felix; and some particulars respecting the aboriginal African tribes extending from Mosambique to the borders of Egypt; together with vocabularies of their respective languages. F.C. And J.Rivington hardcover books
1814314823London: F.C. and J. Rivington 1814. First edition. With 28 engraved plates on 27 leaves 7 engraved maps and charts on 6 sheets including 4 folding and 1 hand-colored and 2 vignettes. xi 5 506 lxxv pp. 4to. Contemporary brown russia neatly rebacked. Fine copy. First edition. With 28 engraved plates on 27 leaves 7 engraved maps and charts on 6 sheets including 4 folding and 1 hand-colored and 2 vignettes. xi 5 506 lxxv pp. 4to. A fine copy of this important work by Salt on his two years journey to Abyssinia. "On 2 March 1809 Salt sailed on a mission from the British government to Abyssinia to carry presents to the king and report on the state of the country. Owing to factious unrest he was prevented from going to the king at Gondar and was obliged to deliver the presents instead to the ras of Tigré. While in Abyssinia he made many observations on the geography the customs of the people and the flora and fauna. He brought back many specimens including a previously unknown dik-dik . In 1812 he was elected one of the very few honorary members of the African Association in acknowledgement of information he had procured in its interest. In 1814 he published A Voyage to Abyssinia which was received with some acclaim" ODNB. Salt was subsequently appointed consul-general in Egypt and played an important role in fostering Egyptology financing the excavations of Belzonia Caviglia and d'Athanasi. Blackmer 1479; Czech African p. 141; Fumagalli 139; Gay 2683 F.C. and J. Rivington unknown books
18274729Paris: Chez Bobee et Hingray Treuttel et Wurtz Debure Freres 1827. Hardcover. Very Good. A scarce book; only 300 copies of this French edition were printed. Scattered foxing and toning to contents but in a contemporary armorial French binding leather flaked. 6 folding lithograph plates. <br/><br/> Chez Bobee et Hingray, Treuttel et Wurtz, Debure, Freres hardcover books
18618200Albany 1861. Original printed wrappers lightly worn. Stitched 37pp. Very Good. New York State acquired the Salt Springs for a song from the Onondaga Indians. The State leased rights to private industry to process the salt with activities overseen by the Superintendent Vivus Wood Smith who reported the production costs problems other pertinent information. The springs were located at Salina Liverpool Geddes and Syracuse. unknown books
