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185530041855. Mezzotint on steel. 170mm by 150mm image 425mm by 290mm sheet. 'Willy Lott's House is situated on the edge of the river Stour close to Flatford Mill; it is a principal object in many of Constable's pictures. Willy Lott a farmer was born and died in it having passed a life of more than eighty years without having spent four whole days away from it. The figure on horseback was sketched from Constable's father'. From 'English Landscape Scenery' 1855. John Constable RA was an English Romantic landscape painter. He believed that imagination and emotion were an important part of artistic expression and so incorporated these tenets into his lush idyllic scenes. Beginning in 1829 Constable worked closely with David Lucas to produce the mezzotints as a general survey of his work. Tiny spot in platemark. unknown
1865015996Paris Etude Oudart - Drouot. Imp. Renou et Mauldre. 1865 in-8° Agrafé
1880344865London: Marshall 1880. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 135 pages. Subjects: Economics. 19th century economics. Finances. Wealth. London: Marshall hardcover
18573000433Carlisle 1857. Book. Good. Full-Leather. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. pp viii 124 with folded plate. Printed by Charles Thurnam and Sons. Signatures in four hands on the inside front cover first dated 1857 or possibly 1867 last 1882 of whom at least two seem to have been of serving officers so this copy was presumably passed down over the years. The cover looks to be bespoke there is no label or wording - the early signature on the inside front cover suggests that it is contemporary - certainly early. The binding has been recently repaired there are marks around the hinges from the tape that had previously held the copy together otherwise it is internally very good save for a tear to the folded plate - little loss. The cover is in good condition. Scarce. Hardcover
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
1879107013London: Macmillan & Co 1879. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First English translation by Faulkner and Robb of Pasteur's ground-breaking 'Etudes Sur La Biere'. Complete with 12 tissue-guarded plates as required. Toning to stock and occasional light spotting but this minor. One pair of pages has been opened roughly but otherwise all in good internal order. No inscriptions. Re-backed with original boards and spine strip laid on showing some light marking and wear. 8vo. xvi 418pp 2pp publisher's ads. <br/> <br/> Macmillan & Co hardcover
189717049London: Ballantyne Press for the Vale Press 1897. Hardback paper label to spine boards partially covered with decorated paper. 23.5cm x 15cm. 100pp. Illustrated by Charles Ricketts. Limited edition of only 210 copies. Spine slightly darkened with some fraying to outer joint and head of spine. Previous owners' bookplates to front pastedown. . Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Ricketts Charles . Ballantyne Press for the Vale Press Hardcover
181823152Edinburgh: Archibald Constable And Company 1818. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter blue morocco and marbled boards. Teg. Near fine. 344 pages. 19 x 11 cm. Included herein: trial of Andrew Wilson William Hall and George Robertson before the High Court of Justiciary.; Authentic extract of the proceedings in the trial of Captain John Porteous.; Proceedings in the trial of William Maclauchlane.; Proceedings in the trial of Nicol Muschett. A riot erupted after the hanging of Wilson. The authorities authorized Porteus to attempt to disperse the mob but in the confusion and violence ten six people were shot by the guards under command of Porteus. A trial found him guilty subsequently an enraged mob attacked Tolbooth prison dragged him from his cell and lynched him. Text clean and bright small faint stamp on title engraved frontispiece of Tolbooth prison. Backstrip sunned. Bound by Lauriat. Archibald Constable And Company hardcover
187365913Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas 1873. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo 3 volumes. Hardcover. Good. brown cloth gilt lettering 3 volume set 540528 523 pp laid into the first edition is a gift inscription by the author<br /> <br /> Standard shipping no tracking / Priority with tracking / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Edmonston and Douglas hardcover
1848326308Dublin: James McGlashan 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Subscribers list included Charles Dickens 2 copies. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Browning to the pages. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical Description: 283 pages. Genre: Poetry. Dublin: James McGlashan hardcover
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
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. Basil Montagu Pickering unknown
180232435AB1802. Fourth Edition. Three Volumes Volume I II and III. Edinburgh Printed by D.Willison for Archibald Constable 1802. Octavo 14 cm wide x 21.7 cm high. Volume I: II 489 pages plus 7 unnumbered pages of an Index and including 1 full-page illustration of a "Plough for Cleaning Turnips"/ Volume II: 484 V pages plus 1 page of Advertising of "Books Printed for Archibald Constable" plus 1 Extra-Large Fold-out "Table or Mode of Cultivating the Farm 1 full-page plate showcasing the "Advantage to be derived from streighting of Rivers" 1 full-page plate showcasing different Grubs and Caterpillars 1 full--page Diagram showing compositions of soil Clay Sand or Gravel Calx Moorish or Mossy Soil Loam or Black Rich Earth / Volume III: Portrait-Frontispiece of Francis Duke of Bedford 546 pages with 1 full-page "Plan of W. Hunter's Feeding Byre at Eskmont" with a Dung Court 1 Text-Illustration showing "A Machine for Pounding Limestone" 1 full-page plate showing the phenomenon of "Floating Land" - Farming next to a River 1 Text-Illustration of "The Argyleshire Plough invented by Alexander Campbell" 1 extra-large fold-out plan of a Table showing Price-Developments of British Corn Barley Wheat Peas Bear Bigg exported 1 full-page plate showcasing the architectural structure of a Thrashing Mill Barn 1 full-page plate showing the structure of sucessful Embankments. Hardcover / Original decorative half- leather with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare in this original condition. From the library of Richard Meade Ballymartle with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. This fantastic publication was a novelty at the beginning of the 19th century published by influential scottish publisher Archibald David Constable. The Magazine includes some wonderful diagrams and illustrations see our details in the description and some of the topics mentioned in detail are for example: Volume I: - General View of the Agriculture of the County of Fife - An Essay on Lime by a Yorkshire Farmer - A Rural Sketch if the County of Lancaster - Review of Nottinghamshire Survey - Sheep and Great Farms favourable to Population - Register of the Weather in 1799 Volume II: - Proceedings of the County of Caithness - Agricultural Intelligence England - Agricultural Intelligence Scotland - Strictures on Farm-Management near London - Of the quantity of Bread Corn required yearly to maintain the Inhabitants of Great Britain - General View of the Agriculture of the County of Argyle - Sketch of a Tour through the Northern Counties of Scotland - Communications on American Husbandry - On the means of encreasing Manure - Bordley's American Husbandry Volume III: - Disadvantages if a Fixed Rotation of Crops - Obstacles arising from Climate - "Experiments and Onservations on the Culture of Potatoes" by Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk - Hints regarding Cattle - On Potatoes - A General View of the Corn Trade and Conr Laws in Great Britain - Account of the Drainage of Loch Coot - Hints on the Improvement of Waste Land - On the Husbandry of the Hindoos sic Hindu's From a Letter of an Officer in the British Army in Allahabad in the year 1798 etc. etc. Archibald David Constable 24 February 1774 21 July 1827 was a Scottish publisher bookseller and stationer. Constable was born at Carnbee Fife son of the land steward to the Earl of Kellie. In 1788 Archibald was apprenticed to Peter Hill an Edinburgh bookseller based on the High Street south of the Mercat Cross. In 1795 Constable started in business for himself as a dealer in rare books taking a unit immediately opposite Peter Hill on the north side of the Mercat Cross. He was then living in a house in Calton village on the edge of Calton Hill. He bought the rights to publish the Scots Magazine in 1801 and John Leyden the orientalist became its editor. In 1800 Constable began the Farmer's Magazine and in November 1802 he issued the first number of the Edinburgh Review under the nominal editorship of Sydney Smith; Lord Jeffrey was however the guiding spirit of the review having as his associates Lord Brougham Sir Walter Scott Henry Hallam John Playfair and afterwards Lord Macaulay. In 1802 he published "Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border" by Walter Scott and continued a lifelong friendship with Scott from at least this point. Walter Scott was primarily an advocate and the Edinburgh courts were only 100m from Constable's shop. From at least 1809 his head clerk Robert Cadell had a financial interest in the firm and in 1811 he replaced Hunter of Blackness as a partner and from 1812 was sole partner with Constable. Constable made a new departure in publishing by the generosity of his terms to authors. Writers for the Edinburgh Review were paid at an unprecedented rate and Constable offered Scott 1000 guineas in advance for Marmion. In 1804 A. G. Hunter of Blackness joined Constable as partner bringing considerable capital into the firm which thereafter was styled Archibald Constable & Co. In 1805 jointly with Longman & Co. Constable published Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel and in 1807 Marmion. He also published four of James Hogg's books The Mountain Bard 1807 The Shepherd's Guide 1807 The Forest Minstrel 1810 and Poetical Works 1822. In 1808 a split took place between Constable and Sir Walter Scott who transferred his business to the publishing firm of John Ballantyne & Co. for which he supplied most of the capital. In 1813 however a reconciliation took place. Ballantyne was in difficulties and Constable again became Scott's publisher a condition being that the firm of John Ballantyne & Co. should be wound up at an early date though Scott retained his interest in the printing business of James Ballantyne & Co. Around 1810 he bought a house at the head of Craigs Close nearby his shop. The premises was previously the house of William Creech and historically had been the home of Andro Hart. The printworks linked to this house seem to have been leased by Constable since around 1800. In 1808 he served as Moderator of the High Constables of Edinburgh. In 1812 Constable who had admitted Robert Cathcart and Robert Cadell as partners on Hunter's retirement purchased the copyright of the Encyclopædia Britannica adding the supplement 6 vols 1816-1824 to the 4th 5th and 6th editions. In 1814 he bought the copyright of Waverley. This was issued anonymously; but in a short time 12000 copies were disposed of Scott's other novels following in quick succession. The firm also published the Annual Register. Constable played a key role in the 1825 purchase of the Astorga Collection by the library of the Faculty of Advocates. The collection comprising 3716 pre-1800 volumes which ones belonged to Spain's 14th Marquis of Astorga is now held by the National Library of Scotland. Through over-speculation complications arose and in 1826 a financial crash occurred. Constable's London agents stopped payment leading to his failure for over £250000. James Ballantyne & Co. also went bankrupt owing nearly £90000. The collapse of both firms had a significant impact on Sir Walter Scott. Constable started business afresh and began in 1827 Constable's Miscellany of Original and Selected Works consisting of a series of original works and of standard books republished in a cheap form thus making one of the earliest and most famous attempts to popularize high-quality literature. Constable died of dropsy which had plagued him for several years at home 3 Park Place in Edinburgh on 21 July 1827 but his firm survived and the Constable publishing business continued in the twentieth century issuing a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books. It continues today as Constable & Robinson. Wikipedia hardcover
1854P4615London c.1854. Very Good. Image Size : 553x686 mm 21.77x27.01 Inches Platemark Size : 615x714 mm 24.21x28.11 Inches Paper Size : 640x755 mm 25.20x29.72 Inches Coloring: Black & White Medium: Mezzotint Categories: Landscapes; Views Europe England Others; unknown
1879140944887London: Macmillan & Company Ltd 1879. First British edition. First British edition. xvi 418 2 pp. with 12 engraved plates. Bound in publisher's cloth ruled in black spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine worn at tips contents toned with age especially tissue guards with limited foxing. Uncommonly nice condition.<p>The first English language edition of the French chemist's groundbreaking work on fermentation. cf. Garrison & Morton Medical Bibliography 2485 for the first French edition of 1876. Macmillan & Company Ltd unknown
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
1827411014Edinburgh : Archibald Constable & Co. 1827. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copies in the original cloth with paper-labelled titles to spine. Panel edges and spine bands somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some pages unopened. Light scattered foxing in places; hinges starting to detach on some copies. Remain generally quite well-preserved; overall tight bright and strong. Physical description; 66 volumes : plates illustrations portraits frontispieces folded maps ; 16 cm. Notes; includes vol. 1-3 6 7 10 to 32 35 to 67 69 71 to 74 of a total of 80 vol. published from 1827 to 1831. Dedicated to the King. Some volumes contain ads for recently published or upcoming issues or lists of past issues. Contents; Hall's voyages I-III -- Converts I II -- Table-talk -- Perils & Captivity -- Phenomenon of nature -- Mariner's Tonga Islands I II -- Rebellion 1745 I II -- Robert's adventures -- Schiller's works I II -- Illustrations of British history I II -- General Register for 1827 -- Life of Robert Burns -- Life of Mary Queen of Scots I II --The Pleiad by Wrangham -- Memorials of the late war I II -- Tour in Germany I II -- Rebellions 1638-1660 I II -- Revolutions in Europe III --Cochrane's journey I II -- Norway Sweden and Denmark -- Sculpture painting and architecture -- The Ottoman empire I II -- Rebellions 1689-1715 -- Conspiracies I II -- Natural history of Selborne -- An Autumn in Italy -- Life of Oliver Cromwell I II -- Life of Hernan Cortes -- Chivalry and the Crusades I II -- History of music -- Life of Sir W. Wallace I II -- Life of King James I. I II - Memoirs of Napoleon I-III -- Greek war of independence I II -- Conquest of Peru -- The knights of Malta I II -- Residence in Normandy -- Switzerland France and the Pyrenees I II -- American ornithology II IV -- Memoirs of Josephine -- Civil wars of Ireland I II. Subjects; Constable Archibald 1774-1827. Miscellanies. Non-fiction. Libraries of useful knowledge. Non-fiction 19th century. General knowledge. Edinburgh : Archibald Constable & Co. hardcover
