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55968London: Virtue/NY: Virtue Emmins 1840. This is four of five divisions of American Scenery; Division IV is lacking. In addition to being issued in parts the work was issued in clothbound divisions containing part of the text and 24 plates apiece. Binding is the original plum blind-stamped cloth spines designed and lettered in gilt both covers designed in gilt with an image of a native archer. Pale yellow coated end papers. Some mild chipping at the spine ends some foxing to margins but plates are clean. The first few leaves of Division I are loose. Divisions I and V contain the decorative title pages for the work; at the end of Division V are bound the preface the printed title pages the contents and lists of engravings and two leaves of ads which include an ad for American Scenery: "Now publishing to be completed in Thirty Parts at One Shilling or in Divisions 7s. 6d. cloth gilt". A little wear to the fore-edges of cloth on a couple of divisions but in general they are bright and attractive. Not often seen in this form. Only four of the five divisions are present here with division IV lacking; there are 24 plates with tissue guards in each division. <br/><br/> London: Virtue/NY: Virtue, Emmins, [1840] hardcover
184055931London: George Virtue. Very Good. 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt and blind. AEG. Points bumped cloth somewhat mottled spine edges exposed in spots. Extra engraved title page frontis and numerous engraved plates. Mild foxing more to versos than rectos of plates. Hinges ok. ; quarto; iv 106 pages . George Virtue hardcover
1840H2105London: George Virtue 1840. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes quarto full contemporary black full grained calf with blind embossing and gilt floral decorations good plus set all engravings 120 plus title pages present some light wear to joints and corners front inner hinges show cracking contents good to very good with most plates showing some degree of foxing and some with old tidemarks from dampstaining. Still an attractive set. George Virtue hardcover
184252681London: published for the proprietors by George Virtue 1842. 4to 4 volumes in 13; 2 maps and over 200 fine steel engravings list of subscribers and advertisement leaves with the author's notice in the final volume. Bound with: Canadian Scenery Illustrated. Original quarter roan gilt-lettered in decorated publisher's boards; occasional spotting to edges of plates. A rare set of the two works issued together and assembled from the original parts. A most appealing set of an illustrated classic here in extended form with both the separate American and Canadian publications issued in this form as one continuous work numbered as a coherent series on the bindings. The series in this form includes over 200 steel-engraved images. The publisher's charming binding is in particularly good condition. "The New World of Columbus.its sudden rise to independence wealth and power" Author's preface is captured in this Victorian publication on the United States and "British America" Canada with fine engravings after the noted British landscape painter William Henry Bartlett. This is a wonderful illustrated romp published at a time to illustrate the last days of relative freedom of the North American native peoples Willis cites Blumenbach in analyzing the "real character of the aboriginal inhabitant" and the development of the cities on the West coast of America and unusually Lower Canada. William Bartlett "made four voyages to the United States and Canada.the fruits of which appeared in American Scenery and Canadian Scenery" DNB. The famous plates depict North American cities New York Philadelphia Boston Washington; important buildings such as the U.S. Bank the Capitol and Yale College; bridges parks falls ferries rivers; as well as fine views of Canada through Quebec Montreal Toronto and including Niagara Falls and Thousand Isles. Also included is an engraved portrait of Bartlett a map of the north-eastern United States and Lower Canada. Sabin calls Canadian Scenery "the finest of Mr. Bartlett's works." Willis's "The Literary Department" accompanying letterpress lyrically opines on the picturesque quoting Byron's Childe Harold on sighting Niagara Falls and noting that in America the traveler may imagine "an Eden newly-sprung from the ocean". Abbey 651 American Scenery; Sabin 3784 3786. published for the proprietors by George Virtue unknown
BOOKS256050New York NY: Virtue Emmins & Company. G/NO DUSTJACKET. undated. . 1/2 Leather. 50 Plates . 4to. unpaginated rubbed yellowing minor foxing . Virtue, Emmins & Company hardcover
1840198808London England: George Virtue 1840. Hardcover. VG- scratches & rubbing to boards; harsh edge-wear w/ indentation to front edge. corners bumped & curled w/ fairly light rubbing. spine cloth scratched; rubbing to top. pgs variously lightly toned or tanned. pgs have speckled or blotched foxing though rather light in hue; instances of concentrated large blotched foxing but remain rather light. green marbled boards w/ quarter cloth navy spine; burgundy & gilt spine plate. book iv 106 pgs w/ bw tissue-guard plates throughout. all edges marble. Remains tightly bound; appears to be a lightly read copy. This is only Volume II. Previous owners name to front and back endpapers. George Virtue hardcover
1840148908London: George Virtue 1840. First edition of this illustrated portfolio of views of stunning American scenes. Quarto two volumes bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tolling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling and floral detailing to the front and rear panels all edges gilt gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles tissue-guarded engraved portrait frontispiece to volume one and illustrated with 117 engraved plates from drawings by William Henry Bartlett. In very good condition bookplates to the front pastedowns. American Scenery 1840 authored by Nathaniel Parker Willis and illustrated by the British artist William Henry Bartlett represents one of the most influential early attempts to define and disseminate a distinctly American landscape aesthetic. Combining Willis’s romantic prose with Bartlett’s finely detailed engravings the work offered readers in both the United States and Europe an idealized vision of American natural beauty from the Hudson River Valley to Niagara Falls. George Virtue unknown
184022476London: George Virtue 1840. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark salmon cloth decorated in blind and gilt front and back covers with gilt arabesques and lettering at spine. Aeg. Five Vols. Very good. Bartlett William H. 48 106 96 140 4 52 28 x 22 cm. 117 steel engrave plates with tissue guards. Originally published in Thirty parts at one shilling or in Divisions 6s. 6d. cloth gilt. Drawings by William Henry Bartlett one of the most prolific of illustrators for topographical works. "It is almost certain that there are more steel engravings after Bartlett than after any other painter of views" -- see RUSSELLp.196. Bartlett made four voyages to America between the years 1836 and 1852. HOWES B209. From the publisher's original announcement: "Like Columbus at first we only dream of America. It is yet both a new and an unknown world to us in regard to its scenes of natural beauty and sublimity. The Proprietors.have sought to produce a series of Select Views which will form a characteristic Panorama of the Western World; especially in its Lake and River Scenery which has no parallel in Europe perhaps not on earth." Four pages of adverts Vol. 1 Vol. III book label rear pastedown of publisher rare first issue in five volumes. Slight rubbing to backstrip extremities and a few corners cover gilt illustrations very bright and fresh. George Virtue hardcover
1855127793London: Virtue & Co. City Road and Ivy Lane 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. London Virtue & Co. City Road and Ivy Lane circa 1855/ 1840. Quarto two volumes bound as one as issued vi 140 iv 106 pages plus 2 engraved pictorial title pages a full-page map of the 'North Eastern Part of the United States' and 117 full-page engravings all but one with its original tissue-guard. The plates are 'From drawings by W.H. Bartlett. Engraved in the first style of the art by R. Wallis J. Cousen Willmore Brandard Adlard Richardson &c.'. Original half dark green morocco and green cloth the spine lettered and decorated in gilt in compartments all edges gilt; leather a little scuffed and sunned with a little wear to the corner tips; cloth scuffed more so at the rear; front inner hinge cracked but very firm; three tissue-guards a little chipped and creased; occasional foxing and minimal signs of use; overall an excellent copy. The early inkstamp of 'J.R. Hamilton Book Importer Sydney' is on the front pastedown. Virtue & Co., City Road and Ivy Lane hardcover
18401372719London: George Virtue 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto two volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in red leather with gilt lettering and decoration on paneled spine with gilt ruling on covers. Edges of text block dyed speckled red. Mild shelf wear. Rubbing and scuffing to front and rear covers and spines. Small cracking to spine hinges on both volumes. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Age toning and scattered foxing throughout text blocks. Features 118 illustrated plates with 66 in Volume I and 52 in Volume II. Shelved in Case 1. 1372719. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. George Virtue hardcover
1840158271London: George Virtue 1840. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. Engraved frontispiece portrait and extra illustrated title page. Illustrated with 122 tissue protected plates including the map and the title pages from drawings by W.H. Bartlett engraved in the first style of the art by R. Wallis J. Cousen Willmore et al. 4to. Handsomely bound in contemporary brown polished calf; blind-stamped panels and gilt-stamped spines with black leather labels; marbled endpapers and page edges leather is rubbed but sound and attractive; one plate loose; minimal scattered foxing. London: George Virtue 1840. Very good.<br/> <br/> George Virtue unknown
1862598092Marengo County Alabama 1862. Unbound. Very Good. Manuscript Document Signed by L.H. Bartlett Enrolling Officer Marengo Co. Ala. December 20 1862. Measuring 4†x 8½â€. Light old folds one nick at bottom edge very good or better. A neatly written and fully legible document written out by Bartlett granting J.W. Isler who is “overseeing on his plantation of 20 negroes or more†exemption from military duty. The Second Conscription Act popularly known as the “Twenty Negro Law†was enacted by the Confederate Congress on October 11 1862. It exempted from military service one white overseer for every 20 enslaved people on a plantation. The purpose of this provision was to allow enough white men to stay home to defend against a domestic insurrection particularly after President Lincoln announced his Emancipation Proclamation which could encourage the enslaved to rebel. The law was highly unpopular among the vast majority of poorer white Southerners who fewer than 20 enslaved persons or none at all. A scarce primary source Civil War document from Alabama. A full transcript of the document is available. unknown
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
0331094401.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0332356809.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1973746275PN. New. 1973. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
19731208194PN. New. 1973. Reprint Edition. Soft Cover. Date is copyright date; this is a later reprint edition . PN paperback
19731207994PN. New. 1973. Reprint Edition. Soft Cover. Date is copyright date; this is a later reprint edition . PN paperback
19731207874PN. New. 1973. Reprint Edition. Soft Cover. Date is copyright date; this is a later reprint edition . PN paperback
1331680816.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0428919766.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1987778152PN. New. 1987. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
12762No Publisher. Landell Bartlett 1897-1972 was primarily an editor but also a minor science fiction writer from Colorado. He's best known for his 1928 chapbook Vanguard of Venus which came with a 1928 issue of Amazing Stories. A Landell Bartlett Archive. Comprising: 1 Moonfoam and Sorceries by Stanley Mullen number one of 1000 copies issued. A little wear to the jacket some chips and tears and general signs of age. The book is signed by both Mullen and Roy Hunt the illustrator. Additionally inscribed by the author to LB and his wife. With an additional ANS laid in. 2 The Immortal Storm first edition inscribed by Moskowitz to LB. A little dustiness and edgewear. 3 Misc. Letters relating to conventions etc. mostly ALS. 4 A small archive of material related to a radio presentation of 'Vanguard of Venus' comprising i 22pp typescript letter paper single-sided probably 2nd copy with a few pencil annotations ii Civic Players Theater of the Air May 7 1950: another adaptation of VoV 20pp typescript with some crayon annotations iii16pp typescript of the same for the same production as ii and probably i. iv 11pp typescript in card covers probably top copy. v Holograph ms of the same 15pp single-sided on toned paper stapled. vi two further copies of the same typescripts dated May 7 1950. 16pp rectos only. 5 Errand's End a typescript for an unpublished work 7pp rectos only stapled in card covers stained cover. 6 Heroes for a Day a typescript for an unpublished work rectos only stapled in card covers. 7 Coma Berenices two typescripts for an unpublished work actually published in the Gorgon fanzine seemingly offered as part of a contest. Each with a couple of TLS laid in. 9pp each. 8 Misc papers relating to a Margaret Bourne and a text 'Benito Cereno' unknown at this point how it's related to the archive. 9 The God of Cerro Canyon. Original holograph ms in card wrappers with staples removed. 40pp single-sided with 3pp synopsis at the end. 10 Navassa Night. Original holograph ms. c20pp main story seems to be around 12pp with additional sheets numbered so maybe redrafts. 2pp of these are synopsis. 11 Bartlett's own copy of 'The Vanguard of Venus' privately bound in cloth boards. Gilt work heavily rubbed. ALS laid down from Richmond C E Lawlor who seems to have illustrated the 1954 reprint of VoV. Ownership signature from the author. 12 Bartlett's own copy of VoV the reprint issue of 1954 from Experimenter Publishing. One of 100 copies issued. 13 Venus Vanquished two typescripts. One 47pp with corrections the other 31pp without corrections. The latter bound in card covers. VV was published in the Gorgon fanzine edited by Stanley Mullen. 14 Venus Operation holograph manuscript. 39pp manuscript with corrections. In card covers. 15 7x9 Portrait photograph of LB 16 18th Worldcon Programme with a couple of TLS laid in and a few leaves of the original VoV 17 Copyright info presumably for an anthology LB was editing. Hand-written by LB including his own work. 18 Venus Vanquished retitled Operation Venus. 31pp typed ms singled-sided in paper covers stapled. 19 The Vanguard of Venus proof copy . 20 The Vanguard of Venus first edition in shipping envelope 21 Bartlett's 50-year membership certificate for the Kappa Sigma Fraternity at the University of Virginia 22 Typescript for Bathhouse John Coughlin and the Old Colorado Springs Zoo 14pp ts for a speech given in 1958. 23 Typescript for VoV. 8pp single-sided. Unclear if this is prior to the publication as a complimentary chapbook with Amazing Stories in 1928 or after. It has various blurbs from other writers etc. in the typescript so certainly not the first draft. Perhaps prepared for the 1954 reissue 24 A selection of letters and ephemera related to the 1928 publication several from the Amazing off . Very Good. Paperback. Edition. No Publisher paperback
184045856Thomas Kelly London 1840. New Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Good Condition. Size: 4to <12". xxviii 1122 / 848pp. 2-volume set complete. Front hinges cracked both vols. Minor wear to spines with slight loss at ends. Title pieces present but volume number pieces absent. Scattered foxing mostly to plates. Edges browned. Covers worn. Corners bumped. Numerous plates and maps present in both volumes. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 5 kilos. Category: Geography & Maps; 19th century; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 45856. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Thomas Kelly hardcover
29437published by Thomas Kelly London no date given approximately 1855 New Edition including discoveries of Ross Parry Franklin Clapperton Denham . Hardback. head and tail of spine and corners scuffed edges bumped and rubbed boards rubbed and marked paper cracking on rear hinge first blank torn and loose maps show a few faint spots plates range from clean to foxed and water stained with most showing f. Quarto. 1126 pages printed in double columns 6 page Preface NB this New Edition appears to have been printed without the introductory chapter on geography and astronomy illustrated with frontispiece and vignette title page and 48 further plates including half brown calf with marbled paper to sides five raised bands with gilt decoration & title to spine green enpapers published by Thomas Kelly hardcover
