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182524043021Leipzig: Johann Abrosius Barth 1825. Rebound in red cloth. Two owner bookplates one partially on top of the other some foxing else clean tight copy: Very Good. 8vo. Text in German Johann Abrosius Barth hardcover
190075793Stratford-Upon-Avon: Printed by Edward Fox at The Shakespeare Quiney Press 1900. 8vo.Presentation Copy. iv 144 pp. Portrait vignette and numerous in-text and full page black and white sketches. Cloth binding of navy spine and blue boards with paper title label to spine; top edge gilt. A little bumping and rubbing to extremities. Save offsetting to prelims and endpapers internally clean. Inscribed by the publisher to the then vicar of Stratford Canon Melville dated 1921. . Very Good. Cloth. 1900. Printed by Edward Fox at The Shakespeare Quiney Press 1900 hardcover
1894012255London: Swan Sonnenschein 1894. FIRST EDITION. Full brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine beveled edges chipped at the top & bottom and wear through the cloth dark blue endpapers. Illustrated frontispiece of Richard Jefferies and several plates. Some barely noticeable foxing to a few pages. Otherwise excellent. Book is slightly cocked. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in GOOD condition. A good gift. John Richard Jefferies November 6 1848 - August 14 1887 was an English nature writer essayist and journalist. He wrote fiction mainly based on farming and rural life. . First Edition. Full Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Swan Sonnenschein Hardcover
1833293280Verlag der Karl Kollmann`schen Buchhandlung Augsburg Verlag von J.P. Sollinger Wien 1833. Hardcover Pappe Rundumfarbschnitt ohne Schutzumschlag 2 Bände in einem Buch 18331834. Zustand: Keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Mit Gekritzel auf der Innendecke. Rücken Ecken Kanten bestoßen und berieben. Mit Abschabungen am Einband. Schnitt etwas staubig verblasst. In allem original. Verlag der Karl Kollmann`schen Buchhandlung, Augsburg + Verlag von J.P. Sollinger, Wien, hardcover
1809P2777London: William Miller Albemarle c. 1809. Very good condition. Notes: A superb panoramic scene in South Africa with beautiful original hand-colouring from the early 19th century by Henry Salt and I. Bluck. Image Size : 457x595 mm 17.99x23.43 Inches Platemark Size : 480x647 mm 18.90x25.47 Inches Paper Size : 495x675 mm 19.49x26.57 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Medium: Aquatint Categories: Views Africa Others; William Miller Albemarle unknown
1814028155London: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington St. Paul's Church-Yard 1814. executed under the orders of the British government in the years 1809 and 1810; 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 . First Edition. Un volume 33x25 cm di 16-506-LXXV pagine. Con 27 tavole ft incise due vignette incise e sette carte su otto geografiche anche ripiegate fuori testo manca solo la carta di Annesley Bay. In barbe; grandi margini. The plates show views costumes portraits architecture as well as some of the works of art of the region. Gay 2683; Pankhurst 12. Legatura moderna in mezza pelle avana ad angoli piatti con carta marmorizzata dorso a nervi con tassello di titolo e decorazioni dorate. Ottime condizioni. Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington, St. Paul's Church-Yard unknown
1814010594London: Rivington 1814. First Edition; E.O. Un volume in 4to 25x33 cm di XI-4-506-LXXV pagine. In barbe quindi a larghi margini. 7 carte geografiche di cui 5 ripiegate 1 colorata a mano; 27 pagine ft di incisioni con 28 tavole; 2 vignette incise. Completa quindi di tutte le carte e le incisioni. Bella legatura in mezza pelle moderna con dorso ornato e tassello di titolo. Sontuoso esemplare di questa prima edizione del più famoso libro illustrato di viaggi nel Corno d'Africa dell'Ottocento. Extra postage cost is required for international shipping. Please email us for the new shipping cost. Rivington unknown
182586465London: A.J. Valpy 1825. Fine. A.J. Valpy London 1825 15.20 x 24 cm 1 volume relié First edition with seven folding plates engraved by Hallmandel after G. Schärf. Beige full calf binding spine with five raised bands framed in gilt gilt lettered morocco title label lengthwise stamped arms of the Society of Writers to the Signet in the center of the boards. Restored spine and corners brittle spine ends spalls and stains to boards. A very rare and important publication by the British Consul General in Egypt in 1815 Henry Salt 1780-1827involved in the excavation of several historical sites and the collection of numerous antiquities. The most remarkable of these is the colossal bust of Ramses II found at Thebes and housed in the British Museum which is said to have inspired Percy Shelley's ""Ozymandias"". Salt carefully reproduces and explains various inscriptions bearing the cartouches of Egyptian gods and pharaohs. He made valuable contributions to the understanding of hieroglyphics following Thomas Young's work on the Rosetta Stone and Jean-François Champollion's groundbreaking discoveries presented in 1822. Historiography even proved that he successfully translated some Egyptian names independently of Champollion's work. Provenance: bindings with the arms of the Society of Writers to the Signet Scottish sollicitors association founded in the late 16th century. Library shelf label glued to the flyleaf. A.J. Valpy hardcover
1809163London: Wm Miller 1809. 14 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches. Good condition with several small marginal tears expertly repaired with mending tape. Very nice engraving of the area of Axum in Ethiopia. According to Wikipedia "Axum was the hub of the marine trading power known as the Aksumite Empire which predated the earliest mentions in Romas era writings. It was located on the edge of the Red Sea above the Horn of Africa. Wm Miller unknown
1809P4190London: William Miller c. 1809. Very Good. Notes: A charming view of the Axum Obelisk in Axum Ethiopia during the early 19th century. <br>Henry Salt 1780 – 1827 was an English artist traveller collector of antiquities diplomat and Egyptologist. His is most famous for his paintings and drawings of his travels in Egypt and eastern Africa. Image Size : 455x597 mm 17.91x23.50 Inches Platemark Size : 482x655 mm 18.98x25.79 Inches Paper Size : 544x707 mm 21.42x27.83 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Medium: Aquatint Categories: Views Africa Others; William Miller unknown
1809P1903London: William Miller 1809. Very Good. Image Size : 415x590 mm 16.375x23.25 Inches Platemark Size : Paper Size : 480x655 mm 18.875x25.75 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Medium: Aquatint Categories: Views Africa Egypt William Miller unknown
1809P2756London c.1809. Very Good. Image Size : 404x515 mm 15.91x20.28 Inches Platemark Size : Paper Size : 456x559 mm 17.95x22.01 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Medium: Aquatint Categories: Views Africa Egypt; unknown
181688779Paris: Magimel 1816. Fine. Magimel Paris 1816 13.5 x 21.3 cm et 317 x 233 pour l'atlas Broché Rare first edition of the French translation established by P.-F. Henry. Gay 2683.Some occasional light foxing.The work also includes an oblong quarto atlas in which map no. 6 has been bound upside down containing 33 engraved plates and maps 1 to 32 plus 1bis based on the author's original drawings.The illustrations comprise 8 maps or plans and 25 plates depicting a variety of subjects: views portraits inscriptions buildings hunting scenes animals etc.As is frequently the case our copy lacks the out-of-text plate in volume 2 showing ancient inscriptions.In 1809 Henry Salt was sent on a diplomatic mission to Abyssinia to establish trade relations with England. During this his second journey to the region he traveled along the eastern coast of Africa visited Portuguese colonies and collected extensive data on the hydrography of the coastal areas. In addition to the travel narrative the work includes several vocabularies of African tribes ranging from Mozambique to Egypt: Makua Monjour Somali Hurrur Galla Darfur Amharic Tigrinya etc.; it also contains notes on Abyssinian birdlife and rare plants.A handsome copy preserved in its original publishers wrappers with plain covers and title labels pasted at the heads of the spines minor marginal flaws to the plain covers without significance. Magimel unknown
1894531First American edition of this landmark book. Scuffed section on front cover darkening on spine. Some trace of makings to rear cover. Solid copy.<br />Also an Essay on Vivisection In American by Albert Leffingwell M.D. Macmillian hardcover
1894E27446New Yorka nd London: Macmillan 1894. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition and first thus containing Leffingwell's essay on vivisection. 12mo. in olive green cloth with spine lettered in gilt and front cloth lettered and lined in black. x 176 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher's ads at rear. A tight example few tiny spots to the front cloth spine lettering bright interior clean. Important and seminal 19th century work on animal rights; the author who has been called "the father of animal rights" states in the prefactory note "The object of the following essay is to set the principle of animals' rights on a consistant intelligible footing to show that this principle underlies the various efforts of humaitarian reformers and to make clearance of the comforatble fallacies which apologists of the present system have .accumulated." and from the first line in Chapter I "Have the lower animals 'rights' Undoubtedly--if men have." Salt himself a vegetarian was the first to argue for actual animals' rights rather than just animal welfare. Among the chapters are "The Principle of Animals' Rights" "The Case of Domestic Animals" "The Case of Wild Animals" "The Slaughter of Animals for Food" "Sport or Amateur Butchery" "Murderous Millinery" "Experimental Torture". In the essay appended to this volume Albert Leffingwell addresses the issue of vivisection in both American medical schools and in American colleges noting the often cruel nature of the practice and urging significant reform. Macmillan hardcover
1895W7-VC89-A6XNMacMillan & Co 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & Unmarked . 0x0x0. Red cloth with gilt title editor and publisher on spine. Spine sunned and lightly bumped at foot lightly rubbed at head. Corners have some light bumping. Previous ownership plates on front paste-down. Deckle fore-edge has some creasing. 330 pp. MacMillan & Co hardcover
189089619George Allen & Unwin 1890. First Thus. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. Like New Book. 1890 Edition Stated 4th Printing 1949. NOT a remainder. NOT a book club edition. NOT price-clipped 9S 6D price intact. Published by George Allen & Unwin 1890. Red cloth boards with black stamped spine lettering. Book is like new; clean tight sharp corners bright spine lettering. Dust jacket has light shelf wear. No writing highlighting underlining dog ears etc. No rips tears etc. Pages and boards crisp and straight. Spine un-broken with no spine lean. Book in un-read condition. A very nice collectible copy of this landmark essay of political history first published in 1790. 155 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ships with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor New York. George Allen & Unwin hardcover
185645677Paris Victor Masson 1856. No wrappers. Extracted from: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique" 3e Series - Tome 47. Pp. 5-50. Textillustr. With titlepage to vol. 47. Some scattered brownspots. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of Fremy's importent paper on the isolation of fluorine a historic paper in electro-chemistry. The existence of the element fluorine had been well known for many years since 1813 Davy but all attempts to isolate it had failed and some experimenters had died in the attempt."The history of fluorine is a tragic record. Marggraf described hydrofluoric acid in 1768 and Scheele studied it three years later. Lavoisier. thought that all acids contain oxygen but Davy showed that this one does not. Ampere suggested to Davy that hydrofluoric acid must be composed of hydrogen and an unknown element. Poul Schutzenberger expressed the belief that this unknown substance fluorine would be found to be the most active of all elements and correctly predicted some of its properties. Ti is this extreme activity of the element that made its liberation such a difficult and dangerous task and brought agony and death to some of the pioneer investigators."Weeks p. 266-67. "An important step was made by Frémy Moissan’s first mentor when he succeeded in preparing pure anhydrous HF and also KHF2 so-called Frémy’s salt expressed "KFl.HFl" using the notations of that time. Frémy had come very close to finding the solution by electrolysing anhydrous HF molten calcium fluoride or potassium fluoride but he seemed not to have had the idea of replacing these compounds by KHF2 perhaps because of the high melting point of the compound TF = 293°C which would have led to insurmountable technical difficulties." Weeks "Discovery of teh Elements" p. 266 ff. </em> unknown
1881120943London: Bickers & Son 1881. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback in decorated cloth 344pp. frontis. illusts. Neat ownership inscription o/w nice copy in decorated cloth with bright gilt Bickers & Son hardcover
18972090202122800063Not Available 1897. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
189421611London: Elliot Stock 1894. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. xvi 2771pp. followed by 2pp publisher's catalogue. Illustrated. Green cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board and in blind on the lower board. Top edge gilt. Patterned end papers.<br /> <p><br /> One of fifty numbered large paper copies of which this is No. 3<br /> <p><br /> Light rubbing to the boards wear to the edges and hinges else a very good copy. With the inscription: Compliments of E. C. Hill Dec 25 1900.<br /> <p>. Elliot Stock hardcover
189420183London: Elliot Stock 1894. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. xvi 2771pp. followed by 2pp publisher's catalogue. Illustrated. Blue cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board and in blind on the lower board. Top edge gilt. Patterned end papers.<br /> <p><br /> One of fifty numbered copies of which this is No. 6.<br /> <p><br /> A few spots of very light foxing light wear to the edges and hinges else a very good copy.<br /> <p>. Elliot Stock hardcover
189448252London:: Elliot Stock 1894. First edition. publisher's printed brown cloth. Bookplate; very slightly shaken with some rubbing at corners and extremities; but an attractive copy. Folio. Illustrated with numerous engravings and photographic reproductions of ancient bindings in colour and monotints. Elliot Stock, hardcover
1891322358London: Sampson Low Marston and Co 1891. First edition no. 7 of 50 copies on Large Paper. xliv 64pp. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter publisher's green morocco and boards. With the bookplate of Leon Gruel famous French binder and Randeria bookplate. Light traces of rubbing. Very good plus. First edition no. 7 of 50 copies on Large Paper. xliv 64pp. 1 vols. 4to. S-K 1103; Mejer 1205 Sampson Low, Marston and Co unknown
1894162264London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent and Co 1894. 1st edition. Nice copy. quarto. hardback in decorated cloth 328pp. frontis. b/w plates text ills. maps Signed by William Salt Brassington on prelim. Nice copy in slightly rubbed burgundy cloth boards with a fine elaborate gilt illustration of a Worcester street on the front board Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co hardcover