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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
189175552li 3 497 7 pages 4 plates comprising colour frontispiece and 3 foldout maps reproduced by John Bartholomew further in text illustrations a revised and improved edition based upon Irving Brock's Translation some pages unopened Published by Archibald Constable 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
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
189039082brEdinburgh: T. and A. Constable/Edinburgh University Press 1890. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Limited edition of 30 copies this being number five handwritten and initialed by Archibald Constable. Additionally inscribed by Constable to "Aunt Lucy Xmas 1890." Gilt titles to front on blue buckram cloth boards. Binding rebacked with medium blue cloth spine and corners and new endpapers. Some light wear about edges. Owner's name to new front endpaper. Some toning toward endpapers and one tissue-guard creased. Otherwise a clean tight and unmarked book. Chromolithograph frontispiece plus two lithograph plates. Additional illustrations in text. Index. . T. and A. Constable/Edinburgh University Press Hardcover
1828271503Edinburgh : Printed for Constable 1828. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked aniline calf over marble boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight bright clean and strong. Previous owner's bookplate. Physical description; 335 pages ; 16 cm. Subjects; Canning George -- 1770-1827. Europe -- History -- 1815-1848. America -- History. Edinburgh : Printed for Constable hardcover
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
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
189515242THE CURSE OF INTELLECT Roberts Brothers 1895 first edition American issue some soiling to the yellow cloth binding foxing to the end-papers and paste-downs else a tight vg copy. A simian romance whereby a monkey is acclimated into human society with unfortunate results. Roberts Brothers hardcover
1821433824London : Printed for A. Constable & Co 1821. 3rd edition ""which is almost entirely rewritten"". Hardcover. Good copy in marbled boards backed in gilt-blocked aniline calf. Edges nicked dust-dulled and rubbed as with age with some loss. Creased and cracked pages with some browning. Physical description; xvi 464 p. ; 20 cm. Notes; First published 1817. Subjects; Cooking English. British cooking. Home cooking United Kingdom. 19th century cookbooks. London : Printed for A. Constable & Co hardcover
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
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
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
184617383Washington: Blair and Rives 1846. 13 3 blank pp double columns disbound Scattered foxing. Good. Sabin 16046. Blair and Rives unknown books
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
1822GEN73221822. Stewart David Hardbacks there is a folding hand coloured map in volume I and a folding plate of Black Watch officers towards the end of the second volume. The books are bound in later blue cloth the bindings have some light wear and have faded a little the bind ings are sound. The map has some foxing and a tear without loss the folding plate some foxing. There is some edge foxing throughout with some pages more extensively affected. hardcover
185530081855. Mezzotint on steel. 130mm by 185mm image 290mm by 425mm sheet. 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. unknown
185530031855. Mezzotint on steel. 175mm by 210mm platemark 290mm by 425mm sheet. 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. unknown
1884Gen63981884. Hole William Quarto hardback grey decorative cloth some wear to top & bottom of spine uncut. Illustrated with a series of etched portrait plates Limited edition of 750 copies hardcover
185530141855. Mezzotint on steel. 245mm by 185mm platemark 425mm by 290mm sheet. 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. Scattered foxing. unknown
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
1876288603Kingston-upon-Hull : Leng 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Physical description; xi 689 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes footnotes. Subjects; Medical misconceptions. Medicine Miscellaneous. Genre; Bibliography. Kingston-upon-Hull : Leng 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
1821GEN73281821. Franck Richard Philanthropus. Leather bound hardback. The book is bound in rubbed half calf with marbled boards the spine has a small loss and is peeling the hinges are a touch weak. The text is clean and crisp throughout. hardcover
185530151855. Mezzotint on steel. 170mm by 240mm platemark 290mm by 425mm sheet. 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. unknown
