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18518639New York and Philadelphia: Appleton 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes. Original brown ribbed cloth. Tall 8vo. Wear at head and heel. Minor foxing to endpapers. Text is good. "With a copious general index; to which is appended a complete index of the texts of scripture prepared expressly for this edition. Appleton hardcover
1834WB18302Glasgow: Archibald Fullarton 1834. Hardcover. Very Good. Attractive set in 3/4 calf and decorative green cloth. Diced calf spines and contrasting leather labels. Spotting to endpapers but overall quite nice with engraved plates throughout. Small label of Henry Southern Ltd. <br/><br/> Archibald Fullarton hardcover
1835044867Glasgow Scotland: Archibald Fullarton and Co. 1835. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Complete in five 5 volumes uniformly bound in smooth blue-dyed calf with double-ruled gilt borders dentilled inner edges spine panels with 5 raised bands gilt compartments gilt on burgundy title and volume labels top text block edges in gilt tartan plaid endpapers double titles 1st engraved. Vol. II issued 1834 V 1836 others 1835. Volumes are rubbed with surface loss along joints and heads of spines lightly rubbed at corners and a few points along edges. Firm bindings interiors a bit toned by age with foxing to several early/late leaves and adjacent to engraved plates. xii332 x328 xi348 xii383 iii425 pp. illus. w/ engraved plates. Archibald Fullarton and Co. Hardcover
1812LTH14-D-17London: F.C. and J. Rivington 1812. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5". None. A uncommon collection of works by the bluestocking Catherine Talbot in attractive leather binding. Including a biography by the Reverend Montagu Pennington the work mainly consists of essays on religious and moral subjects and contains a frontispiece portrait of Talbot. Catherine Talbot was an English author and member of the 18th century Blue Stockings Society. In half-calf binding with gilt detailing and paper-covered boards. Externally sound there is wear to the boards joints extremities and backstrip with some cracking to joints. Internally the pages are firmly bound but are spotted throughout although the text is unaffected with remnants of a label to rear pastedown. There is an ink inscription to title page. Good F.C. and J. Rivington hardcover
18232010100008John Murray 1823-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine bindings 8 volume set. Bound in contemporary polished calf. Spines decorated in gilt. Covers gilt ruled and tooled in blind. Minor shelf wear. Red marbled end sheets. Clean unmarked pages. Engraved bookplate of Smith Sligo Seligo Veritatem. Provenance: Archibald Smith-Sligo born in Edinburgh Scotland 1815-1891; established a manor in Inzievar House in Fife; coal / iron magnate. John Murray hardcover
182336786London: John Murray. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1823. Hardcover. Engravings; Full green glt ruled morocco leather with spines turning to brown. Neat bookplate in circular gilt from Hon Fitz-Gibbon. Each volume is about 300pp. Full page engravings. Very occasional light foxed spots. Bindings sound and tight. Contents firm and clean. Poems and writings. 5.5" x 8.75" with a 6" shelf length. . John Murray hardcover
18686qujbBernhard Tauchnitz 1868. 2nd edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Volume 1: Frontispiece - Pages 1 to 509./ Volume 2: Pages 1 to 489. / Volume 3: Pages 1 to 454. / Volume 4: Pages 1 to 477. / Volume 5: Pages 1 to 426. / Volume 6: Pages 1 to 536. / Volume 7: Pages 1 to 522. /// Volume 1 to 7 2nd edition Complete in 7 Volume set. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. All the books have gilt on the spine and a tipped in bookplate on the inner boards. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. Internally clean and complete. The text is legible. The binding is excellent. In Lovely condition considering the age of the book 1868. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Bernhard Tauchnitz hardcover
1843216953London: Edward Moxon 1843. Hardcover. The joints of the leather are worn and beginning to split with two back covers nearly detached and a repair attempted at some point on the inside back joint of volume 1; some rubbing to spine tips spines and the corners; foxing to the first few beginning and ending pages including the frontispiece in each volume else internally very good and clean; all said this is still a handsome set. Photographs upon request. 11 volumes bound in full marbled calf five raised bands extensive tooling and gilt all edges marbled marbled endpapers. Edward Moxon hardcover
1891010550Boston: Little Brown and Company 1891. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Revised Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. New and Revised Edition. Translated from the Greek by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Two volumes in royal blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to the spines. Very Good spine ends beginning to wear gilt top edges dulled front paste downs have prior owner book plates those of William Jensen noted American chemist and chemical historian. Higginson's classic translation for the Enchiridion is known for its readability and accuracy. A rather uncommon edition and a handsome set. . Little, Brown, and Company Hardcover
1865214146CLondon: Blackie & Son Limited 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. With a memoir of the author by Rev. Thomas Thomson. 2 vols. 468 pp. 712 pp. Green endpapers slightly faded. Binding tight on both volumes. Vol. 1: 15 steel engravings. 1/4 Leather covers with burgundy cloth and gilt titles. Leather corners worn lightly bumped. Light wear to cloth edges. Spine lightly worn wear to edges of spine near front covers. Vol. 2: 14 steel engravings. 1/4 Leather covers with burgundy cloth and gilt titles. Leather corners worn bumped. Very light wear to cloth edges. Spine lightly worn edges of spine worn especially near head of front cover. VG <br/> <br/> Blackie & Son Limited hardcover
1878018988London: Blackie & Son 1878. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Centenary Edition. 4to. pp. vol. I: viii 711; vol. II: lxxi 468; portrait frontispiece with tissue guard engraved title & 19 plates to vol. I; frontispiece with tissue guard engraved title and 23 plates to vol. II. Letterpress title pages to both volumes. Handsomely bound in half green calf with raised bands and contrasting red title labels to the spines; all edges marked red and blue. Binding very good with a little rubbing only. Contents very good and tight prelims and last few pages foxed slight spotting to page edges otherwise clean and sound no inscriptions. A very good set. Blackie & Son Hardcover
18511006W3London: William Pickering 1851. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A very smart complete set bound in full black morocco with decorative gilt gauffered text block edges. A very smart complete set of eight volumes collecting the works of English poet polemicist and civil servant John Milton.Volumes VI VII printed in the original Latin.Bound in full black morocco and decorated with full gilt gauffered text block edges marbled endpapers and gilt tooling to spine.Bound by J. Wright with binder's stamp to the front blanks.Volume one features a monochrome frontispiece ii unlisted folding plates and a single vignette illustration. Collated from a copy held by the National Library of Wales complete. Bound in full black morocco. Externally smart. Moderate rubbing to extremities. Vol1 front hinge very slightly starting but very firm. Very slight infrequent fading to board extremities. Very slight chipping to vol VII to front joint. Small loss to vol VII spine. Very slight marks to vol VII front board. Small bookseller to vol1 front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. The odd spot to pages to the very first and last pages. Very infrequent marks to text block edges. Very Good William Pickering hardcover
1864#BIBLIO-1410The Works of Jonathan Swift D.D. and Dean of Saint Patrick's Dublin. Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers Not Hitherto Published. In Two Volumes. With Memoir of the Author by Thomas Roscoe; Portrait and Autograph. London: Henry G. Bohn York Street Covent Garden. 1864. Hardback half calf and marbled paper boards with matching marbled endpapers and page edges. Raised bands with gilt-blocked title and decoration to spine together with dark brown leather title labels and dark red leather volume labels. Contains frontispiece of Swift foldout facsimile handwritten document including sample of Swift's handwriting engraved Specimens of Wood's Halfpenny and contemporary advertisements. Octavo/8vo gatherings but more like quarto/4to in size measures around 6 1/4" x 9 1/2" x 2". Pagination: lxxxiv 844 pp; iv 854. Scuffing and wear to binding with a little loss to leather at head and tail of backstrips and some tearing to head and tail of first volume backstrip. Some tearing to hinges and to corners which are bumped and torn and some chipping and tearing to board edges. Rubbing at edges and on hinges. Some cracking to outer hinges and the front board to the first volume is fully detached along with the front endpaper which is itself attached to the board. Some cracking to the inner hinges but binding reasonably firm aside from the loose board. Page edges display some fading scuffing and marking but overall the marbled detail is still quite clear and generally clean. Foxing to endpapers but otherwise page surfaces throughout very reasonably clean only the occasional mark with no apparent underlining marginalia etc. See pictures for further information.<em>Jonathan Swift born November 30 1667 Dublin Ireland—died October 19 1745 Dublin was an Anglo-Irish author who was the foremost prose satirist in the English language. Besides the celebrated novel Gulliver's Travels 1726 he wrote such shorter works as A Tale of a Tub 1704 and "A Modest Proposal" 1729. Source: Britannica</em> Henry G. Bohn hardcover
1871055734London: Henry G. Bohn Covent Garden 1871. One-Volume Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Folio - 12 x 10 Inches Tall. Engraved Portrait Frontispiece. SALE LONDON : 1871. 250th anniversary of singing Amazing Grace in 1773. Hardback. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Memoir by Rev. Richard Cecil. Introduction by F. Cunningham. Complete in one volume. Double-column text; good clear print. Contemporary dark-red Morocco-leather spine & corners; marbled boards. Gilt lettered spine. Marbled edges and end-papers. Minor wear only. Bright tight and clean. Neat owner name of 'DAVID WATSON March 1958' to fly-leaf; no internal markings David Christopher Knight Watson 7 March 1933 - 18 February 1984 was an English Anglican priest evangelist and author. A few fox spots. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. lviii 1102 pages. Index. Heavy volume; extra postage required. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. Folio; approx. 12 x 10 inches. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books CHS Cumberland Everyman GKC Inklings Keswick Literature MacDonald Rarities Theology and History. . <br/> <br/> Henry G. Bohn, Covent Garden hardcover
1871053089London: Henry G. Bohn Covent Garden 1871. One-Volume Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Folio - 12 x 10 Inches Tall. Engraved Portrait Frontispiece. LONDON : 1871. 250th anniversary of singing Amazing Grace in 1773. Hardback. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Memoir by Rev. Richard Cecil. Introduction by F. Cunningham. Complete in one volume. Double-column text; good clear print. Contemporary dark-red Morocco-leather spine & corners; marbled boards. Gilt lettered spine. Marbled edges and end-papers. Minor wear only. Bright tight and clean. Neat owner name of 'DAVID WATSON March 1958' to fly-leaf; no internal markings David Christopher Knight Watson 7 March 1933 - 18 February 1984 was an English Anglican priest evangelist and author. A few fox spots. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. lviii 1102 pages. Index. Heavy volume; extra postage required. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. Folio; approx. 12 x 10 inches. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books CHS Cumberland Everyman GKC Inklings Keswick Literature MacDonald Rarities Theology and History. . <br/> <br/> Henry G. Bohn, Covent Garden hardcover
1825bzocC and J Rivington ; J Nunn ; Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Co. ; T Cadell ; J Richardson ; Baldwin Cradock and Joy ; G B Whittaker ; R Saunders ; J Collingwood ; J Parker Oxford ; Deighton and Sons Cambridge ; Thomas Davison Blackfriars printer 1825. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 428 pages complete. In most appealing condition. Volume One only of a new edition of seven volumes. Fully bound in leather. The boards have stamped gilt frames. The spine is clubbable and pleasing. It has five ridges. Gilt titling and stamping clear and elegant. The spine has some slight wear. The boards are scuffed rubbed and a little worn about the edges. They are gratifying. Marbled page trims and frontis and end papers. The pages are especially taking the advanced age of the book in near immaculate condition. They are very clean clear confident bold generous occasionally acned with foxing satisfying. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. C and J Rivington ; J Nunn ; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Co. ; T Cadell ; J Richardson ; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy ; G B Whi hardcover
190042620London: Archibald Constable & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. circa 1900. Hardcover. Three quarter red calf and marbled boards with gilt decorations to spine and five raised bands. Deckled pages with top edge gilt light rubbing to points and edges occasional nick to leather at corners but overall a quite handsome set showing very light wear. Marbled endpapers. "This edition is Limited to One Thousand Copies for sale in the United States and Canada of which this is No. 490." With frontis illustrations with tissue guards. Not dated published circa 1900. ; MCF04831; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . Archibald Constable & Company hardcover
1871005732New York: James S. Virtue 1871. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. C. Clint A.R.A. painter and H. Bourne engraver. New York: James S. Virtue Publishers undated but circa 1871. Large Folio 15"x11 1/4" soft orange wrappers with black imprinting and decorations on the covers large frontis engraving paper guard 32 pp. Good; spine slits at top and bottom occasional spots of light soil minor right-edge tatter at front cover caused by circuit binding faint stain at engraving page not affecting the engraving. See scans. One of 48 separate serialized subscription offerings issued under the title "The Works of Shakspere sic Edited by Charles Knight" this entry in the series is King Henry VI-Part II-ActI-ActV preceded by a large engraving from The Merry Wives of Windsor see scan executed by C. Clint A.R.A. painter and H. Bourne engraver and some commentary on King Henry Vi Part I. This somewhat scattershot inclusions are how the publisher executed the series presumably to encourage ongoing and encompassing attention from the subscribers. A scarce form of Knight's editing and one claimed by the probably-not-unbiased Virtue & Yorston to be "The Best Edition of Shakspere Published" referring to the entire subscription series of 48 numbers. Please review scans. L-lng2 <br/> <br/> James S. Virtue paperback
1844252622Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1844. hardcover. very good. Three volumes. 3/4 morocco over marbled boards gilt-lettered and lined spines. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1844. A very good set.<br/> <br/> Carey and Hart unknown
189164065Thomas Baker London 1891. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xii 307 x 388 / viii 666pp. 2-volume set complete. Bindings split in several places. Wear to spine ends. Foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's address in ink. Edges foxed and browned. Marking to lower external margin of first half of Vol 1. Covers marked. Corners bumped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-5 kilos. Category: Religion & Theology; Spain; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Magic Paranormal & Occult. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 64065. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Thomas Baker hardcover
1879167679London: Smith Elder & Co 1879. 94 of 1000 copies printed. Hardcover. VG a beautiful copy of this volume with exquisite colored plates. 3/4 plush red leather with 5 raised bands tooling on bands and elaborate gilt device at base of spine marbled endpapers Top edge gilt. xv 205 pp. 70 colored plates not sure if they are hand-colored or not with tissues guards. A stunningly beautiful copy. From a series of 24 finally 26 volumes published this is number 13 of that set. Smith, Elder & Co hardcover
1879167678London: Smith Elder & Co 1879. 94 of 1000 copies printed. Hardcover. VG a beautiful copy of this volume. 3/4 plush red leather with 5 raised bands tooling on bands and elaborate gilt device at base of spine marbled endpapers Top edge gilt. Volume 1: 353 pp. with numerous etchings or engraved mounted prints with tissue guards as well as illustrations on the text pages. A stunningly beautiful copy. From a series of 24 finally 26 volumes published this is number 10 of that set. Smith, Elder & Co hardcover
1890374625Boston: The Club of Odd Volumes. Good. 1890. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Condition is good minus. Last several plates have a large area of slight damp staining to the upper portion. Diminishes toward the front. First several leaves have the same but a little fainter and diminishes quickly. Covers have wear to the corners and edges and some staining to the front. Spine is browned. Some of the lettering on the spine label is rubbed away. ; Copy #45 of 125. Signed by L. G. DuBois Sec'y. "With a fac-simile of the catalogue and twenty-eight original drawings reproduced by photogravure." . The Club of Odd Volumes hardcover
1838833F40Philadelphia: E. L. Carey and A. Hart 1838 . Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 7". Not Stated. An impressive example of this scarce two volume edition of the collected works of the Countess of Blessington. The only collected edition of her works to be published. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece to volume I retaining the original tissue guard.The Countess of Blessington a known acquaintance of Lord Byron was exceedingly beautiful and an accomplished hostess who shrugged off any attempt at conventional respectability. The Countess's name has been handwritten to the title page of volume III by a contemporary owner.The rumours surrounding the relationship between her her husband the Earl of Blessington and Count Alfred d'Orsay was memorably treated by Michael Sadleir in his 1937 study 'Blessington d'Orsay: A Masquerade' and the biography 'The Strange Life of Lady Blessington'.Present in these two volumes printed in double columns and with divisional half titles are each of her novels up to 1838's 'Confessions of an Elderly Lady' and a selection of her minor works and poetry.Included in these two volumes are: 'The Two Friends'; 'The Repealers'; 'Confessions of an Elderly Lady'; 'Confessions of an Elderly Gentleman'; 'The Victims of Society'; 'Conversations with Lord Byron'; 'The Honey-Moon'; 'Galeria'; 'Flowers of Loveliness' and 'Gems of Beauty'.With the inscription Louis B. Smith to the head of each title page.A scarce and impressive collections of the writings of this impressive eighteenth century Irish novelist journalist and literary hostess. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Bumping to back strip heads and tails with fading to back strips and perimeters of front boards. Internally firmly bound. Contemporary owner inscriptions to heads of title pages. Pages bright with spotting throughout. Very Good E. L. Carey and A. Hart hardcover
1870868A16London: Blackie & Son 1870. Leather. Very Good. 10" by 7". Not Stated . Centenary edition of the works of Scottish writer James Hogg in two uniform volumes. The collected works of James Hogg known as the 'Ettrick Shepherd'. Scottish poet and novelist he is best known for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. This work is of the centenary edition complete in two large paper volumes revised by the Rev. Thomas Thomson. Containing 'Tales and Sketches' to vol. I and 'Poems and Life' to vol. II. Illustrated with frontispiece and additional engraved title page to both volumes as well as forty-two full page plates of engravings. Collated complete. Rebound in uniform half calf binding with cloth covered boards marbled edges. Titles in gilt to morocco spine labels. Externally smart with minor shelf wear lightly rubbed to spine and extremities. Internally firmly bound. Light spotting to occasional leaf. Very Good Blackie & Son hardcover