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1850122476London: Arthur Hall Virtue and Co 1850. Second. Hardcover. VG- Corners bumped; Light wear to extremities. Grey cloth over boards; Gilt titling and decoration to spine; Gilt decoration to both covers; Yellow endpapers; 218 pp.; 52 bw plates and figures. Chronicles the author's travels to Egypt in 1845; Wonderful wood cuts and engravings by various artists accompany the text. Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co hardcover books
185361768London: Arthur Hall Virtue & Co 1853. First edition. 28 steel engravings and numerous woddcuts. xii 13-240 16 ads pp. 1 vols. 4to. Brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt t.e.g. Upper hinge tender head of spine chipped else Near Fine. First edition. 28 steel engravings and numerous woddcuts. xii 13-240 16 ads pp. 1 vols. 4to. Howes B-631; Sabin 3789 Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co unknown books
1974230146Jerusalem: Canaan Publishing House 1974. hardcover. very good/very good-. Introduction by Rechavam Zeevy. With b/w illustrations. 255pp. 8vo gilt-stamped navy cloth d.w. wrapper edgeworn. Jerusalem: Canaan Publishing House 1974. Cloth spine ends bumped still a very good copy in a very good- dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Canaan Publishing House unknown books
18502310184London: Arthur Hall Virtue and Co 1850. Second Edition. Second Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Second edition. Edges rubbed owner bookplate and ink name and date on front endpapers ink gift note on front flyleaf dated Easter 1857 at Eton. 1850 Full-Leather. vi 2 218 pp. Full leather all edges gilt gilt titles and decorations. Illustrated with 17 woodcuts 33 engraved plates and 2 maps. Bartlett was a British artist known for his engravings and published a number of works focusing on the visual aspect of world travel. Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co unknown books
1856182308New York: George Virtue & Co 1856. Hardcover. VG All covers show wear. Most interior pages show age toning and foxing. Several pages are loose from the spine especially vol 1. Spines have internal damage where they connect with pages. Vol 1 and 3 have water damage to lower part of pages. Red leather boards with gilt lettering and design. All edge gilt. All volumes with 5 raised bands on spine. All volumes with b/w frontace piece w/ protecive guard. B/w illustrated half title page in all volumes. Majority of illustrated plates have protective guard. Pagination of each volume respectively: 698 720 and 726 pages with 8 pages of publisher's advertisements following volume 3 at the end of division 7./ Includes folded facsimile of the signatures at the end of the Declaration of Independence in division 2. The most common engravers of plates are J.C. Armytage W.J. Edwards T. Knight R. Wallis Chas. Hall T.W. Hunt and J. Stephenson. Some of the portraits are based on daguerrotypes by Mathew Brady. Contents: v. 1. From the earliest period to the installation of Washington as first president -- v. 2. From the administration of Washington to that of Madison -- v. 3. From "the second war" to the present times. George Virtue & Co hardcover books
1840WRCAM47282London 1840. Two volumes. 2iv140pp. plus sixty-six plates frontispiece portrait and engraved title; iv106pp. plus fifty-two plates and engraved title. Quarto. Contemporary black morocco gilt extra a.e.g. silk endpapers. Minor shelf wear. Foxing to a few plates light tanning to some leaves more pronounced in second volume. Near fine an elegant copy. Bartlett's most famous work. He visited Canada and the United States on four separate occasions and the illustrations show many of the principal cities of North America as well as the most famous scenic vistas of the day. The majority of the views are in New York and New England but Bartlett went as far north as the White Mountains and as far south as Virginia. He found Niagara and the Hudson Valley most suitable for landscape. There are city views in Washington Saratoga Boston New Haven Baltimore Rochester Philadelphia and New York among others. A very pretty copy. HOWES B209 "aa." ABBEY 651. CLARK III:256. SABIN 3784. unknown books
1842WRCAM47281London 1842. Two volumes. 4128; 4116pp. plus frontispiece and engraved title in each volume and 117 engraved plates. Quarto. Contemporary green morocco gilt extra a.e.g. Corners bumped. Some light shelf wear. Internally clean. A very pretty near fine copy. First edition first issue with the portrait of Bartlett. Bartlett was a skilled topographical draughtsman who travelled extensively providing the plates for a number of travelogues. CANADIAN SCENERY is considered his finest work. Between 1836 and 1852 he visited the U.S. and Canada four times and sketched much of what he saw. The views include Kingston Cobourg Ottawa River Quebec Toronto Queenstown scenes of Indians and much more. Willis provides the text descriptive of the plates and relating a history and the current conditions in the eastern provinces and Upper and Lower Canada in 1839-40. SABIN 3786 ref. TPL 2424 imperfect. LANDE 2310. unknown books
297866London: George Virtue. CRESWICK Thomas. Steel engraving with hand coloring. Sheet measures 8 5/8" x 11 1/8". Image measures 4 7/8" x 7 1/8"<br/><br/> Beautifully colored view of Black Mountain and Lake George in the Adirondacks of New York engraved by R. Wallis after T. Creswick after a sketch by William Henry Bartlett. Published in volume I of "American Scenery: Or Land Lake and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature" by N. P. Willis from drawings by W. H. Bartlett.<br/><br/> George Virtue unknown books
297864London: George Virtue. CRESWICK Thomas. Steel engraving with hand coloring. Sheet measures 8" x 10 1/2". Image measures 4 3/4" x 7 1/8"<br/><br/> Beautifully colored view of Rogers' Slide and Lake George in the Adirondacks of New York engraved by J. Cousen after T. Creswick after a sketch by William Henry Bartlett. Published in volume II of "American Scenery: Or Land Lake and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature" by N. P. Willis from drawings by W. H. Bartlett.<br/><br/> George Virtue unknown books
297865London: George Virtue. Topham F. W. Steel engraving with hand coloring. Sheet measures 8" x 10 1/2". Image measures 4 3/4" x 7 1/8"<br/><br/> Beautifully colored view of Lake George in the Adirondacks of New York engraved by F.W Topham after William Henry Bartlett. Published circa 1840 in "American Scenery: Or Land Lake and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature" by N. P. Willis from drawings by W. H. Bartlett. Clean and bright in very good condition.<br/><br/> George Virtue unknown books
1853239074London: Arthur Hall Virtue & Co. R. Clay Printer. Bread Street Hill 1853. First edition. 28 steel engraved plates by Bartlett and numerous woodcuts. xii 13-240 16 ads pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original publisher's pebbled purple morocco gilt extra a.e.g. minor rubbing and wear else very good. Bookplate of John Lane Merriam. First edition. 28 steel engraved plates by Bartlett and numerous woodcuts. xii 13-240 16 ads pp. 1 vols. 4to. Engravings by Bartlett 1809-1854 as superb as those for his famous AMERICAN SCENERY 1840. Sabin 3789 "The principal merit of this work is in the fine plates" Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co. [R. Clay, Printer. Bread Street Hill] unknown books
185183975London 1851. Paperback. Very Good. 38p. Original wrapper. 22cm. Modest gnawed or torn area at center of top edge of front cover and first few pages. Laid in is an orange pasteboard ticket "Lecture on the Lands of the Bible. Admit the Bearer". An illustrated 66-page version was also published -- we don't know if there were any differences in the text. <br/><br/> paperback 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
1925288373Canajoharie NY: Bartlett Arkell 1925. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. With photographic plates. Foxing to the plates and opposite pages. Lacking the front endpaper. Sunning to the spine and loss to the top of the spine. Light blue paper covered boards. Very Good binding. Bartlett Arkell unknown books
185636198Cambridge MA: John Bartlett 1856. Second edition. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket. with Complete Indices of Authors and Subjects. Cambridge MA: John Bartlett 1856. Second edition. 358 pp. Hardcover. 16mo size. Dark green cloth. Gilt stamped lettering to spine. Head and heel quite chipped and frayed. Corners moderately to heavily curled and split. Spine and perimeter of boards quite sunned. Boards lightly rubbed; drink ring stain to front board. Top edge dust soiled. Edges and pages toned in varying shades with minimal scattered foxing and staining. Bookplate to front paste-down. Hinges slightly pulled. Still quite good. Text clean binding tight. Good/. John Bartlett hardcover books
193818461Westerville OH: Albert Publishing. Very Good. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth DJ inscribed. Author was educator at Otterbein College Westerville Ohio. . Albert Publishing hardcover books
185847226Providence: Knowles Anthony and Company 1858. Hardcover. Good. vii 577pp. Contemporary full calf with black spine labels. Offseting to prelims rear joint separated but board still holding fast spot of loss at foot of spine else a good example. <br/><br/> Knowles, Anthony, and Company hardcover books
186047225Providence: Knowles Anthony and Company 1860. Hardcover. Good. iv 571pp. Contemporary full calf with black spine labels. Offseting to prelims front joint separated but board still holding fast. <br/><br/> Knowles, Anthony, and Company hardcover books
199122452Berkeley: Provine Press 1991. First edition. Paperback. Very Good . Trade paperbound original volume of essays on the beats. A clean very good copy in bound printed wrappers. Rear cover blurbs by Allen Ginsberg Harold Norse Gerald Nicosia Ann Charters and Neeli Cherkovski. 165 pp. <br/><br/> Provine Press paperback books
18362147London: George Virtue 1836. 1st . Hardcover. Fine. Bartlett W.H. Illustrated by W.H. Bartlett. London George Virtue 1836. 1st edition. Folio. Beautifully rebound in quarter moroccan oasis goat with marbled boa rds and the spines lettered in gilt a.e.g. Matching cloth slipcase. 2 engraved title viii 188 pp. 57 full-page engraved plates; engraved title iv 152 pp. 49 full-page engraved plates and a folding map of Switzerland. Light foxing throughout small tear at a fold in the map just touching the impression otherwise very good condition. BMC. <br/><br/> George Virtue hardcover books
193021453New York: William Morrow 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Limited edition signed by Bartlett on the limitation page which page states that there were 210 copies for sale; this copy is numbered 217 so perhaps was a hors commerce copy. There is also a previous owner's gift inscription on the facing page. Cloth spine with red paper label decorative paper boards. Corners lightly rubbed spine label dust soiled otherwise a very nice copy. In the scarce original slipcase which has several old tape repairs. According to Adams Six Guns 188 the content of this book is "drawn from the wealth of unpublished material that Major Bell left at his death containing much information that he did not wish to make public while his subjects were alive." It contains material on Joaquin Murrieta and other notorious outlaws. William Morrow hardcover books
1930017491New York: William Morrow & Company. Very Good. 1930. Hardcover. Marbled paper over quarter cloth with title label on spine; gilt top edge deckled fore edge; housed in original pictorial slipcase. Signed and numbered by the editor Lanier Bartlett on limitation page; numbered 214 out of 210. Boards have lighting sunning and soiling; fore edge has minor chipping; text block has light toning and soiling; slipcase has moderate chipping to all edges. Major Horace Bell was a lawyer journalist and founder of the Los Angeles Rangers the city's early police militia. This volume "was drawn from the wealth of unpublished material that Major Bell left at his death containing much information that he did not wish to make public while his subjects were alive" Adams Six-Guns. Six-Guns 188. ; B&W Plates ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 336 pp; Signed by Editor . William Morrow & Company hardcover books
1981175522Hong Kong: Shangri-La 1981. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Profusely Illustrated with color photos. 127pp. oblong 4to cloth dust wrapper. Hong Kong: Shangri-la Press 1981. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Shangri-La unknown books
1981179512London/ New York: The Vendome Press 1981. Hardcover. Good. slight spine lean. multiple scuffs & scratches to covers; edge-wear to covers; creasing to spine edges. ex-libris plate to cover flyleaf. occasional random marks to pgs otherwise a clean copy. dustjacket scuffed. oblong violet boards w/ gilt spine printing. 127 pgs w/ color illustrations. glossy illustrated & tan dustjacket w/ white printing. A wonderful collection of the people practices and landscapes of Tibet. The Vendome Press hardcover books
149New York: The Vendome Press 1981. First American edition. Oblong quarto. A fine copy with dust jacket. A photo-essay of a journey to Tibet. [New York]: The Vendome Press, [1981]. unknown books