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1842019806London: George Virtue 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Light to heavy foxing throughout mostly marginal with some plates completely clean and others heavily foxed most with just a spot or two of marginal foxing. The front cover of the first volume is detached with much of the spine lacking; the second volume's binding is fine. Overall a Good solid set. W. H. Bartlett. Two quarto 8-1/4" x 10-1/2" volumes bound in publisher's full heavily gilt-decorated dark brown morocco leather. Complete with a map a portrait 2 engraved title pages and 116 steel-engraved views all with tissue guards by W. H. Bartlett. <br/><br/> George Virtue hardcover
188424610New York: Geo. A. Leavitt 1884. 8vo pp. viii 434; fine in recent mustard cloth printed paper label on spine. Includes a 4-p. account of Murphy and his library and more than 3100 lots. Mackay 3051. Geo. A. Leavitt unknown
1862ABC_46394London: Arthur Hall & Co. 1862. Original dark purple gold-tooled buckram gold-tooled decoration and title on spine. 4to. With a steel engraved frontispiece: a view of Cairo and the valley of the Nile and an engraved title-page with view on the Approach to Petra typographic title-page a folding map 228 x 264 mm of "Arabia Petraea" embracing the Peninsula of Mount Sinai with the route taken by W. Hughes with a view of Suez in the lower left corner 25 full page steel engraved plates with protective tissue paper by E. Brandard J.C. Bently J. Cousen and A. Willmore and 18 illustrations in the text by J. Cooper and others. A fascinating account by William Henry Bartlett 1809-1854 of his forty-day journey in October-December 1845 through the Egyptian desert. He followed in the footsteps of the Israelites who were led out of Egypt by Moses from Cairo along the east side of the Gulf of Suez to Mount Serbal then east to the Gulf of Aqaba and north to Petra. The book was published in a number of similar editions most of them by Arthur Hall in London. Binding a bid faded head and foot of spine worn hinges weak frontispiece and engraved title half loose and stained map and plates slightly foxed the text is printed in ruled frames with a handwritten with decorated initials in red dedication on the verso of the first flyleaf: "To our dear Mother Jan. 22 1850". In this work Bartlett gives a captivating account of his travels in Egypt.l Blackmer 1138; Hilmy I p. 55. cf. DNB 3 p. 335; Hage Chahine 333-334 other eds. Arthur Hall & Co., hardcover
35209DELAWARE. BARTLETT Edward P. et al. Friends in Wilmington 1738-1938. Wilmington DE: Charles L. Story Company 1938. 163pp. Illus. map endpapers. Orig. pictorial cloth non-pricelipped d/j. Light wear to d/j else near fine. A collection of essays on Quakers in Delaware including a memoir of Friends schools in the 1890s by Henry Seidel Canby histories of the various meetings and Quaker education in Wilmington. unknown
66112London: Hall Virtue & Co. 1851. Second edition. Large 8vo. 24 x 16 cm. pp.viii256. Contemporary full red morocco by Bickers & Son sides with rich gilt frames spine with raised bands and gilt-decorated compartments olive green morocco label marbled endpapers gilt inner dentelles all edges gilt. Frontispiece engraved title page 25 full plates and one folding plate numerous in-text illustrations. Old presentation inscription dated 1871 to flyleaf. Some light occasional spotting generally a very good copy in a most handsome binding. Gleanings Pictorial and Antiquarian on the Overland Route is a classic 19th-century travel book written and illustrated by the prolific British topographical artist William Henry Bartlett first published in London in 1851. The work documents his journey through the Mediterranean toward the eastern approaches to Europe a path heavily travelled by Victorians heading to India. London: Hall, Virtue & Co., 1851. hardcover
183923433Boston: Dutton and Wentworth State Printers 1839. 55 1 blank pp stitched untrimmed light dustsoiling of untrimmed edges. Near Fine except for the absence of wrappers. "5/4 cts Postage" in ink on final blank.<br /> <br /> After the Massachusetts Medical Society had expelled him Bartlett sought to revoke the Society's Charter. The case illustrates the early efforts of medical societies to control physicians' treatment of their patients. The Society had tossed Bartlett for praising a physician who the Society contended was a quack. Bartlett said the Society itself "tended to promote quackery." Moreover it sought exclusive privileges for its members and prohibited "consultation with any who do not become members of that body." Witnesses are sworn and testimony presented. Benjamin Franklin Hallett represented Dr. Bartlett. <br /> II Harv. Law Cat. 1012. AI 54294 5. Cohen 14867.50. Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers unknown
20122020532Berlin: Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof/ Walther Koenig 2012. Fine paperback exhibition catalog in decorative wrappers soft cover book/ no dust jacket. Text in German & English; 104 pages illustrated. Berlin: Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof/ Walther Koenig paperback
1874762501874. BARTLETT Napier. A Soldier's Story of the War; Including the Marches and Battles of the Washington Artillery and of Other Louisiana Troops. New Orleans: Clark & Hofeline 1874. 1st ed. 25911335 pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Spine tape repaired small inkspot on front wrapper wrappers lightly foxed else a very good copy in custom cloth folding case. HOWES B-206. Dornbusch II:410. Coulter 18. Howes notes "also issued without plates" as in this case. "A highly reliable even-tempered account of the war in Virginia by a member of the famed Washington Artillery; especially good for camp scenes." Nevins I p. 55. unknown
1944300916Culver City Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1944. 1944. Typescript. 4to. Original stiff original yellow/orange wrappers. Enclosed in a gilt stamped blue cloth spring binder. 188 pages. Very good. File copy upper cover dated March 16 1944. Filmed by MGM in 1945 directed by S. Sylvan Simon starring Peter Lawford Donald Crisp and Nigel Bruce. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. [Culver City, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944]. hardcover
183632811London: George Virtue 1836. 2 volumes. First edition. With steel-engraved vignette title-page in each volume 107 steel-engraved plates by Bartlett with blue-tinted tissue guards and a large folding map in volume 1. 4to very handsomely bound in fine contemporary three-quarter black morocco over marbled-paper covered boards the spines with raised bands elaborately gilt decorated lettered in gilt in two compartments. iv 2 188; 6 152 pp. A very handsome and very well preserved copy the binding in excellent state of preservation the text with essentially none of the usual foxing a couple of the plates a touch dusty at the blank portion of the plate otherwise the plates are very clean and bright essentially pristine and without the normal foxing in all an excellent copy. FIRST EDITION OF AN EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL WORK FILLED WITH PICTURESQUE STEEL ENGRAVED SCENES OF SWITZERLAND. William Bartlett traveled extensively throughout Europe and the East with his good friend Dr. Beattie and brought home over a thousand drawings. Eventually they were engraved and published into volumes with descriptive text by the latter. Here we find one of one of Bartlett's best works partly attributable to the magnificent scenery of the country described. Each engraving combines attention to detail subtle use of lighting and shade and romantic portrayal of the landscape. Scenes are rendered from virtually every corner of the country and include both natural and architectural compositions.<br> The text focuses heavily on the history of each locale but also includes local customs sights and first hand travel impressions. A somewhat elusive title in the Bartlett oeuvre these illustrations of Switzerland are typical of his best and most famous work. George Virtue hardcover
1837j6425ccLondon: Fisher Son & Co. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Wear to boards along extremities. Ink inscription to fep. Inner hinges starting. Scattered foxing. Aeg. 1837. First Edition. Brown gilt decorated hardback leather cover. 280mm x 220mm 11" x 9". 76pp 36 plates. 36 tissue guarded engraved plates; engraved title page. . Fisher, Son, & Co hardcover
1853839431853. BARTLETT William Henry artist. Views in America Great Britain Switzerland Turkey Italy the Holy Land etc. New York: J. Milton Emerson 1853. Small folio. 4pp. plus 111 trade advertisements printed on verso of engraved views. Publisher's full black morocco intricate gilt tooling and lettering on boards rebacked with orig. gilt spine laid down. Toning and foxing throughout previous owner signature on front flyleaf else near fine. A curious album of mid-nineteenth-century American trade advertisements printed on the versos of steel-engraved plates by W. H. Bartlett 1809-1854 the popular landscape artist. These must have been remaindered from his popular series of books illustrated with world views. An index at the front of the volume lists the companies included in the advertisements by the merchandise they produced: drugs book-bindings carpets china stained glass engravings ink lamps locks maps pianos spices and more. Most of the businesses are in New York or Boston with other northeast manufacturing centers such as Philadelphia and Troy occasionally represented. Some advertisements are also illustrated. A remarkable picture of antebellum art and commerce. unknown
185062974London, Britische Societät zur Beförderung der Schönen Künste, o. J. (um 1850). 4°. Mit 2 gest. Titelblättern (?American Scenery?), einer gest. Karte u. 118 (inkl. einem Portrait) Stahlstich-Tafeln. 3 Bll., 148 S.; 2 Bll., 121 S., Kart.-Bde. d. Zt. (Text) bzw. Kart.-Umschläge d. Zt. (die jeweils mit Seidenhemdchen ausgestatteten Tafeln lose inliegend), alles zus. in dekorativer HLdr.-Kassette d. Zt. m. Rückenverg., goldgepr. Rückentitel (?America?) u. marmor. Seitenteilen.
202600435S.l., ARCADIA BOOKS , 2009 ; in-8, 784 pp., br. EN ANGLAIS.
1849781881849 London, Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co, 1849, grand in 8° relié pleine percaline marron de l'éditeur, dos et plats ornés et dorés, 218 pages ; des rousseurs ; la dernière garde blanche manque ; petits frottis.
197029435New York:: Grove Press 1970. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. Eleanor Bartlett has written a softcore "novel of picaresque erotomania" that traces the sexual lighthearted adventures of Doreen who at an early age indulges in the crazy world of sexual deisre and gratifaction. This is one of Grove Press' series of books of "adult interest" that appeared in the late Sixties and Seventies. Grove Press, unknown
67724New York: Arbor House 1980. Golfing omnibus FIRST EDITION. Large octavo 27 x 21cm pp.282. Publisher's green hardcovers in photographic dust-wrapper. Fine in a near fine jacket with a few short tears. An Anthology of Golf Writing. Includes 'All to Play For/The Cup and The Lip' being the famous showdown on the golf course between 007 and Auric Goldfinger from Ian Fleming's 1958 thriller. Also contains golf writing from P.G. Wodehouse John Updike Arnold Palmer Bernard Darwin and others. This copy is from the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert bookplate within. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming 2012 won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert A7b p.263. New York: Arbor House, 1980 unknown
18657665New York: printed by A. Penfield 1865. Unfolded booklet 13 x 22.5 cm. 6 pages if folded. John B. Barlett’s business was located at 69 Murray Street New York where he distributed the Squire’s Patent Fruit Jar. “The GREAT SECRET in preserving fruit lies in thoroughly expelling the oxygen and safely sealing therefrom". The Squire’s Jars used a combination rubber band and cork to achieve this. The cover illustration depicts a young woman in the process of canning with a steaming pot on the stove in the background and shelves of finished product in the background implying the efficiency of this method which she is employing. Discoloration of one edge of the leaf effecting the illustration; otherwise very good. OCLC locates one copy in an unnamed collection of culinary ephemera; otherwise not located. [printed by] A. Penfield unknown
2001202601075Paris, Éditions du Rocher, 2001 ; in-4, 335 pp., cartonnage d’éditeur d'éditeur avec jaquette illustrée. Traduit de l'anglais par Claude Bonnafont.
50844Londres George Virtue sans date In-8, demi-veau brun, plats de papier mouchet, dos cinq nerfs joliment orn de fers et filets pousss or; doublures et gardes de papier marbr, non rogn (reliure de l'poque).Edition illustre d'une carte dpliante de la Hollande et de la Belgique, et de 62 planches hors texte graves sur acier d'aprs les dessins de William Henry Bartlett, dont un titre grav illustr d'une vignette, 22 vues de la Hollande et 39 de la Belgique. Bel exemplaire en reliure de l'poque.
184170010London: George Virtue 1841. 2 volumes. Beautifully illustrated with a full page engraved map and 122 plates including the two pictorially engraved title-pages all by W.H. Bartlett complete as called for. Quarto publisher's original Irish green cloth the spines gilt decorated with gilt lettering and elaborate pictorial Irish motifs the covers with all over designs stamped in blind and with a central gilt pictorial ornament surrounded by vines and flowers gilt all edges gilt one of the most preferred of the bindings used by the publisher's to present this fine work. vi 1794 ads.; iv 186 pp. A really pleasing copy of this fine work both volumes beautifully preserved and in essentially fine condition the light wear or evidence of age comes primarily from shelving the plates and text-blocks are in fresh and clean condition with only very occasional evidence of the usual spotting to which the paper is prone. As usual the engraved titles with a bit more of the spotting. Generally a very clean and handsome set in unusually nice condition. AN ESPECIALLY BEAUTIFUL WORK FILLED WITH PICTURESQUE STEEL ENGRAVED SCENES OF IRELAND. William Bartlett traveled extensively throughout Europe and the East with his good friend Dr. Beattie and brought home over a thousand drawings. Eventually they were engraved and published into volumes with descriptive text. Here we find one of one of Bartlett's best works partly attributable to the magnificent scenery of the country described. Each engraving combines attention to detail subtle use of lighting and shade and romantic portrayal of the landscape. Scenes are rendered from virtually every corner of the country and include both natural and architectural compositions.<br> The text focuses heavily on the history of each locale but also includes local customs sights and first hand travel impressions. A somewhat elusive title in the Bartlett oeuvre these illustrations of Ireland are typical of his best and most famous work. George Virtue hardcover
191612464New York: Sully and Kleinteich 1916. Printed in blue and red on rectos only inside decorative border. Hanging wall calendar tied with beige cloth hanger with wrapper covers; small damp-stain to margin of first few leaves inking to front wrapper and a small chip on the rear. A weekly calendar with a quote by Lincoln on every page. Monaghan 2220. Sully and Kleinteich unknown
189951342Brooklyn NY: Eagle Press 1899. 4to. 303 1 pp. Frontisp. w/ tissue guard decorated title in red & black numerous text illustrations plates. Half-white cloth over light blue cloth gilt decorated lettering & ornament on front cover minor dustsoiling shelfwear still a VG copy from the library of Edna Mackay Skene 1874-1928 daughter of Donald Mackay b. 1843 owner and operator of North Pacific Lumber Co. in Portland OR wife of Dr. William Henry Skene 1870-1934. First edition of this souvenir fund raiser filled with essays on the history of medicine and local history in the Americas including an ambulance service and the American Red Cross. The Graeco-Roman Fair fund raiser was a huge success for the Kings County Medical Society the oldest scientific organization in Brooklyn and was attended by Governor Theodore Roosevelt the year after his experiences with the Rough Riders in Cuba. Eagle Press, hardcover
182749948Bath: Joseph G. Torrey 1827. First Edition. Octavo 21.5cm.; removed; 17pp. Faint vertical fold old ink signature to title page serving as upper cover else Very Good and sound. Address to and about the duties and history of the Medical Society of Maine. Quite uncommon. SHOEMAKER 28065. Joseph G. Torrey unknown
192943383New York: William Morrow 1929. 8vo. 8 309 1 pp. Yellow cloth illust. w/ Californio hat on frnt cvr red lettrng illust. endpapers vry slght bmpng to couple crnrs mnr shlfwr w/d.j. mnr chppng hd & ft of spine mnr scuffng still a VG/VG copy. First edition 1st printing of this historical novel based on the life and exploits of Joaquin Murrieta and the semi-legendary bandit known as the Robin Hood of El Dorado during California’s gold rush and considered the inspiration for the character Zorro. This was the basis for the 1930 Frank Lloyd Film the Lash which starred Richard Barthelmess Mary Astor and Marian Nixon. William Morrow, hardcover
