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187613117New York: Scribner Armstrong & co. 1876. 12mo. xxx 336 p. illus. <br><br>Publisher's "Bric-a-brac series" no. 10. Selections from "Archibald Constable and his literary correspondence" by his son T. Constable 1873 and from Gillies' "Memoirs of a literary veteran " 1851. Edited by Richard Henry Stoddard & compiled Thomas Constable. Publisher's white cloth stamped and decorated in black and gold. Ex-library with bookplate call number on spine in white charge pocket and date due slip at rear. Private owner's stamps including on title-page. Scribner, Armstrong, & co. hardcover books
184617383Washington: Blair and Rives 1846. 13 3 blank pp double columns disbound Scattered foxing. Good. Sabin 16046. Blair and Rives unknown books
189574897Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1895. Octavo pp. 1-4 1-3 4-177 178: printer's imprint 179-180: ads original yellow cloth front and spine panels stamped in black t.e.g. other edges untrimmed. First edition. "Biological science fantasy of a large monkey which is taught to think and to participate in human society; part two of three comprises the beasts written autobiography." - Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 13. "Written alternately by human narrator and intelligent monkey with estranged point of view. Intrigues and murders plus long essay on loss of happiness because of reason. Monkey commits suicide. Influenced THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU." - Suvin Victorian Science Fiction in the UK p. 60. Bleiler 1978 p. 48. Reginald 03714. Early private owner's tiny monogram blind stamp on title leaf and last leaf of text and date "7.5.95" neatly inked on recto of title leaf. Yellow cloth a trifle soiled a near fine attractive copy. Publisher's slip regarding trade terms for the book laid in. #74897 William Blackwood and Sons unknown books
18593571London: Basil Montagu Pickering 1859. Attractive Arts & Crafts binding in dark blue-green morocco on slightly flexibly boards. Spine with five raised bands each decorated with two rows of gilt stippling the gilt-stippled dots repeated on the perimeter of both covers and dentelles. Printed at the Chiswick Press. 8vo. 79 pages. Page edges stained blue. A bit of rubbing to edges near fine. <br/><br/> Basil Montagu Pickering hardcover books
184260182St. Louis 1842. Broadside 10 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches printed in various sizes and styles of type including three large display types for the two headlines and the central "MARMION." The judgment which resulted in the sale of the Marmion was brought by Robert P. Clark H.F. Given & Co. John R. Hammond Jonas Newman Sarah Mason and the city of St. Louis against the steamboat. The Marmion built in 1835 plied the Mississippi River between St. Louis and New Orleans under Captain John Staley and was involved in a collision with another steamboat in 1841. Some faint old staining; splits chips and minor loss of a few letters archivally repaired deacidified lined with Japanese paper. <br/><br/> unknown books
