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2018x-1138054429Chapman & Hall 2018. Hardcover. New. 358 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. Chapman & Hall hardcover
1689313961Gloucestershire England 1689. Pen and ink on one parchment membrane 305 x 540 mm. Cut vertically down the center with significant loss of text. Verso worn but text on recto clear and bright. Pen and ink on one parchment membrane 305 x 540 mm. The parties involved in this document hailed from Bourton-on-the-Hill and Nether Swell Gloucestershire both in the Cotswolds district of England. The document which has been cut in half vertically a contemporary practice for such documents appears to concern the rights of widows. <br /> <br /> An attractive item related to Gloucestershire history written in English in a clear and unfaded hand. unknown
110647London: George Virtue Ivy Lane 1844. Thick 4to 236 pp. t.e.g. a wide margined copy. With vignette title page frontispiece portrait map 78 full page steel engravings woodcut engravings in text by W. H. Bartlett. Original blue cloth gilt very skillfully recased. § First edition of this collection of beautifully engraved views along the Danube from Ulm 5 Regensburg 5 Budapest Passau 4 Linz Grein Melk Aggstein Greifenstein Wien 10 Pressburg Melk Belgrad Ruschtschuk Sulina etc. and maps of the Danube from Brigach to the Black Sea. George Virtue hardcover books
18361203153London Paris & America; London Paris &: Fisher. Son & Co 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Quarto. Very good in burgundy leather spine with gilt lettering and rulings; stamped faux banding; half-bound w/red boards; ex libris heraldic bookplates; ex libris signatures; shelf wear and bumping; text block clean; endpapers marbled; foxing and toning starts; --v1 80 pp.; vignette on title-page; 38 engravings w/tissue guards; all edges and corners chipping nicks scars and wear; foot of spine break and loss; ---v2 76 pp.; vignette on title-page; 37 engravings w/tissue guards; all edges and corners chipping nicks scars and wear; else very good. Shelved Case #9. 1203153. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Fisher. Son & Co hardcover books
1840168289Leipzig: Thomas Crowell 1840. hardcover. Mit erlauterndem texte von N.P. Willis ins Deutsche ubertragen von Dr. Susemihl. Fine illustrations after Bartlett engraved on steel by Payne. 75 views on 48 plates 24 are full-page including the extra illustrated title protected with tissue. 169pp. Tall 8vo original green patterned cloth with gilt-stamped spine light edgewear; scattered foxing throughout. Leipzig: Theodor Thomas circa 1840. A very good copy of this uncommon book replete with images of New England cities and natural landmarks.<br/><br/> Thomas Crowell unknown books
185189584New York: Harper & Brothers 1851. 1st American ed. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis engraved 2nd title-page map 32 steel-engraved plates vi 2 218p. plus 2p. publisher's adverts. Original gilt-decorated blue cloth. 26cm. Partial tear in lower corner of tissue guard for frontis. Former owner's name "Joseph K. Brick" of Brooklyn N.Y. on recto of blank following free front endpaper. An appealing copy. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1840168289Leipzig: Thomas Crowell 1840. hardcover. Mit erlauterndem texte von N.P. Willis ins Deutsche ubertragen von Dr. Susemihl. Fine illustrations after Bartlett engraved on steel by Payne. 75 views on 48 plates 24 are full-page including the extra illustrated title protected with tissue. 169pp. Tall 8vo original green patterned cloth with gilt-stamped spine light edgewear; scattered foxing throughout. Leipzig: Theodor Thomas circa 1840. A very good copy of this uncommon book replete with images of New England cities and natural landmarks.<br/> <br/> Thomas Crowell unknown
elala5069London: H.Fisher R.Fisher & P.Jackson 1832. First Edition. Holloway 42. 2 Volumes in 1. 4to. pp. 106; 48. 2 engraved titles 1 of 2 engraved maps lacking map of Devonshire & 138 steel-engraved views on 69 plates. contemporary half morocco all edges gilt corners worn spine bit rubbed tissue guards browned occasional foxing. ownership entry of Canadian historian Edwin C.Guillet 1898-1975 London: H.Fisher, R.Fisher, & P.Jackson, 1832 unknown
47589BARTLETT John. A Discourse on the Subject of Animation. Delivered Before the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts June 11 1792. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews 1792. 40pp. Disbound. Very good. Evans 24078. Austin 132. Bartlett 1756-1844 a doctor in Boston gave a lecture on resuscitation to the Humane Society founded in 1786 for preventing drowning and supporting victims of shipwrecks. In addition to the text of his talk the pamphlet includes an appendix reprinting the act of incorporation for the Society along with other documents relating to their activities a donation list and a member list. unknown
191993952<p>second printing - good condition in blue cloth with some wear & spine darkening- no dust jacket - there is some foxing - there is a pen name on the free front end page</p> Small, Maynard & Company hardcover
1985002554NY: Abbeville Press Publishers 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Presentation copy of this monograph of the American painter Jennifer Bartlett 1941-2022 published for an exhibition of her work at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Signed & inscribed on the half-title to New York School poet librettist and publisher Kenward Elmslie 1929-2022: "For Kenward love Jennifer Christmas 1985." NY: Abbeville Press Publishers 1985. 168pp; illus. Square 4to. Blue cloth stamped in gilt on front board and spine; dust jacket. Near fine in like jacket. With texts by Marge Goldwater Roberta Smith and Calvin Tompkins. Kenward Elmslie's play City Junket premiered at Eye and Ear Theater in 1980 where Bartlett was on the advisory board. She also provided art for the cover of Elmslie's Three Sisters Z Press 1986. A nice association. <br/> <br/> Abbeville Press Publishers hardcover
185410862New York: D. Appleton & Company 1854. First Edition. Two volume set. 506624pp. Octavo 23 cm Brown cloth with the titles stamped on the backstrip. About very good. Backstrip of vol. 2 chipped at head and foot. Backstrips of both volumes sunned. Corners bumped. 15 of 16 plates present. Lacks 'City of Hermosillo.' Large fold-out map present and laid in. Bartlett was the Commissioner of the Mexican Boundary Survey after the Mexican-American War and his book is a cornerstone work of southwestern travel and exploration. His narrative remains one of the most readable and entertaining accounts of the American Southwest for the period and the illustrations engraved after Bartlett's sketches are some of the most competent depiction's of the area. Basic Texas Books 12. Best of the West 131. CowanII p.36. Eberstadt 103:18. Enduring Desert p.20. Graff 198. Howes B201. Radar 287. Sabin 3746. Wagner/Camp 234. Wheat 798. D. Appleton & Company unknown
1860301884New York: H. Dayton 1860. hardcover. very good. Steel engraved portrait of Liincoln. 8vo original publisher's purple blind stamped cloth spine faded to tan and extremities lightly rubbed. Light scattered foxing. New York: H. Dayton 1860. Very good.<br/> <br/> Authorized Edition. Text includes 10 speeches by Abraham Lincoln including the speech delivered at Cooper Union in New York City. Author was Washington correspondent for the New York Independent and Evening Post. Sabin 3724;<br/> <br/> H. Dayton unknown
1850369088London: Arthur Hall Virtue and Co 1850. Second Edition. Engraved title frontispiece map double-page panorama of Alexandria on thin paper and 31 engravings including a map woodcuts all by Bartlett. vi ii 218pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco by "Gray Binder" some minor wear. Second Edition. Engraved title frontispiece map double-page panorama of Alexandria on thin paper and 31 engravings including a map woodcuts all by Bartlett. vi ii 218pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blackmer 89; Hilmy I55 First edition Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co unknown
185189584New York: Harper & Brothers 1851. 1st American ed. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis engraved 2nd title-page map 32 steel-engraved plates vi 2 218p. plus 2p. publisher's adverts. Original gilt-decorated blue cloth. 26cm. Partial tear in lower corner of tissue guard for frontis. Former owner's name "Joseph K. Brick" of Brooklyn N.Y. on recto of blank following free front endpaper. An appealing copy. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1689313961Gloucestershire England 1689. Pen and ink on one parchment membrane 305 x 540 mm. Cut vertically down the center with significant loss of text. Verso worn but text on recto clear and bright. Pen and ink on one parchment membrane 305 x 540 mm. Confirmation of the rights of Alice Rose of Gloucestershire. The parties involved in this document hailed from Bourton-on-the-Hill and Nether Swell Gloucestershire both in the Cotswolds district of England. The document which has been cut in half vertically a contemporary practice for such documents appears to concern the rights of widows. <br/><br/>An attractive item related to Gloucestershire history written in English in a clear and unfaded hand. unknown books
1971603513Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. 158pp. Soiling on page edges thus very good in a near fine clear acetate dust jacket housed in an about fine marbled slipcase with a slightly toned spine. One of 60 numbered copies specially bound by Earle Gray with the holograph Signature of Stein on the colophon page. Black Sparrow Press hardcover
19728180Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1972. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 100 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author on the colophon this being copy no.23. Octavo 23cm; decorative paper-covered boards and dark brown machine-embroidered cloth backstrip with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket and brown paper-covered slipcase; xii2013 with 12pp of black & white plates. Hint of foxing to two sides of the textblock and upper board edges with a faint musty odor from long storage; Near Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. The slipcase shows some gentle sunning around the opening a few small scuffs else Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Authoritative work by the pioneering African-American composer containing a substantial collection of his work along with a detailed discography and bibliography. With introductions by Howard Hanson and Frederick Hall and contributions by Paul Harold Slattery Verna Arvey and Louis and Annette Kaufman. "Still writes in every medium of musical expression with a power that is undergirded by a spirit of great humility and honest dedication. It is such a spirit that causes him to rise above the technical and creative skills of musical composition over which he has complete mastery and give forth utterances that "lift a race from wood and stone to Christ." What he has done and is doing for American Negro Music is inestimable" p.xi. Morrow & Cooney 123b. Black Sparrow Press unknown
1880382376Philadelphia: Everts & Peck. 1880. Hardcover. Good. Spine edges have had varnish or glue applied. Top spine end has a split which has been glued. Covers have slight corner and edge wear and areas of discoloration. Front endpaper has a dark stain to the upper spine corner. Front free endpaper has a tear/crease along the spine edge and is loosely attached. Title page is crookedly reattached and has wear to the outer edge. Preface page has slight creasing. Contents very good. ; Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co. Errata slip attached in rear. . Everts & Peck hardcover
18485385<p>Title in english: "Views in America drawn to pictures on the site itself" 2 volumes complete. Dutch text throughout. Quarter green morocco over marbled boards with gilt particulars to spine. Marbled endpapers. Hors textes plates throughout text; sporadic image transfer to adjacent pages. Volume 1 contains approximately 65 engravings and the frontispiece; volume 2 contains approximately 50 engravings. Scenes depicted include: Niagara Falls Capitol at Washington View from Fort Putnam Indian Falls - Near Cold-Spring Catterskill Fall Mount Tom and the Connecticut River. The United States Bank Philadelphia and many others. Some sunning to spines and foxing throughout. Vol. 1: 128 pp.; Vol. 2: 96 pp. 9 x 11 inches. <br /><br /><br /></p> G. J. A. Beijerinck hardcover
55937London. Near Fine. N.D. Hardcover. Two volumes in pebbled leather stamped in gilt and blind gilt dentelles AEG yellow endsheets. Slight rubbing to points and edges. Additional engraved title pages with tissue guards in each volume. Numerous plates with tissue guards throughout. No date circa 1855; no pagination. Clean and tight. ; quarto . hardcover
1854009175London: Ackermann & co. 1854. Hardcover. Good. Extremely scarce collection of hand-coloured prints of compositions of British flowers commonly seen in various locations done by Bartlett. Contains 11 out of 15 tissue-guarded prints including the title page which incorporates the flowers seen around Ruins. With preface by Bartlett. Large 4to. Beveled edges all edges gilt. Previous owner's inscription to fly-leaf. Rubbing to edges with fraying to top/tail of spine. Small tear with loss to ffep. Mild toning and foxing within. Good. <br/> <br/> Ackermann & co. hardcover
18501012W25London: Bell and Daldy c1850. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 7". Not Stated W. H. Bartlett. A richly illustrated travel title with folding map in striking original binding. Undated dated approximately from a copy held by the University of Edinburgh Libraries. An uncommon work in the striking original green cloth richly decorated with intricate gilt detail to the front board and spine. Featuring the mis-represented title text to the front board: 'Or The Tracks of The Israelites' as opposed to 'On'. Additionally decorated with full gilt text block edges. Featuring a monochrome frontispiece an illustrated half title twenty-five further monochrome plates and a monochrome folding map in addition to monochrome vignette illustrations throughout. Collated complete. Penned and illustrated by British artist William Henry Bartlett who travelled extensively and created sepia wash drawings as he did so to be engraved Only 3 records on jisc. Bound in original green pictorial boards. Externally smart. Mild offsetting to boards. Mild rubbing to spine. Mild shelf wear. Moderate damp stains to board fore edges. Moderate strain to font hinge between title page and preface and to rear hinge between pages of index. Internally generally firmly bound with occasional moderate strain throughout. Plate facing p.45 weak. Plates facing p.73 and p.127 loose and slotted inside. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Notable age toning to frontispiece tissue guard. Very Good Bell and Daldy hardcover
60796London George Virtue 1847. 4° Stahlstich-Titelblattillustr. IV 234 S. 1 gestochene Karte. u 78 Stahlstichtafeln davon eine doppelblattgross OLwd goldgeprägt der Zeit Rundumgoldschnitt Vorsätze erneuert alter Rücken montiert Ecken etwas berieben. Innen etwas stockfleckig 3 Blätter mi Flecke papierbedingt gebräunt - insgesamt gutes Exemplar. Erste Auflage William Henry Bartlett 1809-1854 britischer Illustrator der vor allem für seine zahlreichen Stahlstiche bekannt ist. Eine von Bartletts Besonderheiten war dass er für seine Landschaftsstiche immer selbst zu den entsprechenden Orten reiste und nicht mit Skizzen arbeitete wie die meisten seiner Kollegen. Er fuhr nach Nordamerika in den Nahen Osten und in europäische Länder. 010 London, George Virtue, [1847] unknown
2013x-9401080887Springer Netherlands 2013. Paperback. New. 368 pages. 9.45x6.30x0.86 inches. Springer Netherlands paperback
