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184482502Firenze Le Monnier 1844. In 4° minimo cartonato recente. Pp. VIII 696 testo su due colonne. Molto buono lo stato di conservazione Firenze, Le Monnier unknown
189276138Melbourne: George Robertson and Company 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Melbourne George Robertson and Company 1892. Octavo x 154 pages. Green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; covers slightly bumped and rubbed with a flecking chiefly to the spine; edges slightly browned; endpapers a little discoloured and offset; a very good copy. Provenance: with the amorial bookplate of Thomas Thornton Reed sometime Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide and his pencilled annotation on the front free endpaper. <p>With the binder's ticket of George Robertson on the rear pastedown. George Robertson and Company hardcover
189210426London: Seeley and Co Ltd 1892. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. Sixteen Thousand. DESCRIPTION: Full brown leather presentation binding with school crest The Leys School Cambridge to front board and titles to gilt decorated five ridged spine. Title plates to spine. Marbled text block edge and endpapers. Illustrated with 24 plates from Pinelli's designs. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Wear to corners edges and spine ends. Rubbed spine with faint marks to boards. Sunned lower rear edge. Tightly bound with clean intact endpapers and very strong hinges. Presentation plate to front paste down dated 1894. Spotting to fly pages and half title. Fox marks to frontis tissue guard. Spotting to p262 onward. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages viii 266. Size: 18.5cm by 13cm. Seeley and Co Ltd hardcover
1834004360London: Allman. With an account of the Paraclete the convent where are deposited the ashes of both. Original paper covered titled boards with later plain leather spine. Engraving to frontis. Prelims a little water stained to top of pages. No dustwrapper as issued. Pocket sized - only approx 4" x 6.25". Text nice & clean . Good. Hardcover. 1834. Allman hardcover
1850867M7Brynmawr: Dafydd Stephenson 1850. First edition. Disbound. Very Good. 6.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. A very scarce funeral sermon for the Congregational Minister the Rev. D. Stephenson written in the original Welsh. The first edition of this very scarce work disbound but intact. A funeral sermon delivered at the Baptist House of Worship Tabor Brynmawr on Sunday September 23rd 1849 and written by the Rev. James Davies for his friend the late Rev. D. Stephenson Congregational Minister in Rehoboth Brynmawr and Berea Blaenau. This work was published at the request of friends of the author and consequently is a very scarce work. Disbound but intact. Externally fairly smart with remnants of the original binding to the spine and a couple of handling marks to the wraps. Pages three to six are detached but intact. Pages nine to fifteen are coming loose. Pages are age toned but generally clean. Very Good Dafydd Stephenson unknown
18727816London: John Russell Smith. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth boards embossed front and rear with gilt tiles No DJ. Bumped corners and some gentle edge wear. Deckel edge to pages. Paper evenly but lightly tanned egde darkened. Flyleaf is diagonally clipped otherwise the interior is clean and tight. No marks or other noted defects to pages text etc. . John Russell Smith hardcover
1900s00025876Bellefontaine: The Index Printing & Publishing Co 1900. First printing. Hardcover. Good. First edition 1900. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt titles on the spine and front cover 278 pp. illustrated Good copy pencil-notes to some pages bookplate on the front pastedown ink-inscription on the titlepage some age-toning to the pages and the page-edges a bit of edgewear to some pages some soiling and discoloration to the covers rubbing and wear to the book's covers including some loss and some fraying at the tips no dust jacket. Related items loosely inserted. Rare book. The Index Printing & Publishing Co hardcover
1871155105Bruxelles: Devaux 1871. Lettres a Madame Urquhart sur la Guerre et la Situation presente par M. Defounry. Text in French. Pp. xof xii without half-title page216 2 folding maps at end split along portions of inner hinge; demy 8vo; half red morocco spine lettered and ruled in gilt between raised boards rebacked the spine dulled and lightly worn fore-corners worn and lightly frayed marbled paper boards; hinge weak at title page which is split along lower portion of hinge and has a small piece torn from top fore-corner leaves browned with several edge splits; Devaux Bruxelles 1871. Originally from The Oxford and Cambridge University Club Library with their bookplate on upper pastedown and stamp on title page; later from the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine with his bookplate on upper free endpaper. Devaux unknown
1894869T30London: W. A. Hammond 1894. Cloth. Very Good. 11" by 14". R. E. M. Bain. A smart copy of this illustrated account of the authors' exploration of places connected with the life of Jesus and His Apostles. Illustrated with three hundred and eighty-four original black-and-white photographs. A comprehensive account and description of the places connected with the life of Jesus Christ and His Apostles including where Christ was born raised baptized transfigured and crucified together with scenes of His prayers miracles and sermons. Also includes details of places made sacred by His Apostles from Jerusalem to Rome. Written by Bishop John Heyl Vincent an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Reverend James Wideman Lee an American priest. With photographs by Robert E. M. Bain an American photographer. In the original full red cloth binding. Externally smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the edges of the boards. The odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd handling mark and light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good W. A. Hammond hardcover
1857857P12London: Ward and Lock 1857. Paperback. Good. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. An illustrated reprint of Isaac Watts' very popular collection of moral songs for children including Watts' best known poems. A Victorian edition of Isaac Watts' popular and often reprinted work of moral and divine songs for children. This work was first published in 1715 and went through more than one thousand editions by the mid 19th century. 'Divine and Moral Songs For Children' collects together didactic moral poetry for children the best known in this volume being 'Praise for Creation and Providence' 'Against Idleness and Mischief' and 'The Sluggard'. Illustrated with a frontispiece and in-text engravings throughout. Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally generally smart with a little loss of paper to the spine. Removed label to the front wrap. A few minor marks to the wraps. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only a few light spots. Good Ward and Lock paperback
1891878T66London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1891. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A smart illustrated edition of this account of the author's experiences in Danby in Cleveland. Illustrated edition July 1891 originally published April 1891. Illustrated with frontispiece and fourteen plates with two maps one of which is folding. Collated complete. An account of the author's experiences in Danby in Cleveland with chapters on the folklore of the area antiquarian features manners and customs geological commentary and historical records. Written by Reverend John Christopher Atkinson an English author antiquary and priest. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and a small mark to the front board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Very Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
189592465La Opinión. 1895. hardcover. Bueno. Barcelona 1895. Imprenta La Opinión. Holandesa lomo piel con dorados. 368488751 pp17x11. Tres obras en un solo volúmen. La Opinión. hardcover
1817RL 1165<p><strong>RL 1165 </strong>Eames William Reverend. <strong>An apology for the United Church of England and Ireland; or a Vindication of the doctrines of the Established Church from the Calvinistic sense ascribed to them in a work entitled "An inquiry into the doctrines of the reformation: and of the United Church of England and Ireland respecting the ruin and recovery of mankind". By the Rev. B.W. Mathias. </strong>Dublin: Printed for W. Watson Capel-Street 1817 xx 298 pages. Contemporary half leather binding very rubbed and worn. The back cover panel covering was a printed page from the Bible before being used in the binding. Foxing throughout but book is in tight condition. <strong> $95.00 Box 131</strong></p> W. Watson, Capel-Street, hardcover
1839blb01252London: T.M. Cradock 1839. 10th . Hardcover. Very Good . Full leather boards original with black title box on spine. Book is protected in professionally applied mylar. Binding is loose at bottom of spine but otherwise book is Very Good with clean interior. Uncommon to Rare in any condition. T.M. Cradock hardcover
1837103176London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Very Good. 1837. Hardcover. Leatherbound. Some shelfwear and rubbing else Very Good Plus. 1837. Inscription from 1839 on page following free endpaper. Acre of Books stamp on endpaper. 422 pages. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 422 pages . Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge hardcover
1854135741London: G. Cox 1854. 1st edition. Nice copy. small octavo. hardback in original cloth viii iv 188pp. frontis. Chapter headings: Roach fishing Jack fishing Barbel fishing Roach and Dace fishing Gudgeon fishing Chub fishing Perch fishing Eels Carp Tench Bream The River Lea and its fisheries The River Thames and its fisheries The docks and other places around London Trout fishing Angling - general remarks The Three Jolly Anglers Stanzas to the Ladies on Angling. Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy in red/brown blind-stamped cloth G. Cox hardcover
1885133327Sydney: Thomas Richards Government Printer 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Sydney Thomas Richards Government Printer 1885. Octavo 11 pages. Cloth slightly marked and bumped; endpapers and adjacent leaves tanned; some scattered foxing; a very good copy. Other articles in this volume include HARGRAVE Lawrence: 'Notes on the Trochoided Plain' 12 pages plus 5 folding plates; ABBOTT W.E.: 'Water Supply in the Interior of N.S. Wales' 27 pages plus a folding map; and MANNING Norton: 'Cases of Mental Disturbance after Injury to the Head with particular reference to Loss of Memory' 8 pages; the author was Inspector-General of the Insane. <p>With the ownership label of pioneering desert field archaeologist Professor Mike Smith AM 1955-2022. Thomas Richards, Government Printer hardcover
1866biblio691<p>This is a nice 1866 indexed copy of Kip's record of the Jesuits efforts in New France. There are chapters on Missionary life among the Abnakis the wanderings of Father Rasles the death of Rasles Catherine the Iroquois Saint Iroquois martyrs Montcalm's expedition to destroy Fort George Father Marest's journeys through Illinois and Michigan voyage up the Mississippi mission to the Arkansas massacre by the Natchez and the mission to the Illinois. Altogether essential to the student of the period.</p><p>Photos on request.</p> Pease & Prentiss hardcover
185433600New York and Boston 1854. Paper. Very good. Paper. Three documents. One manuscript and the other two part manuscript and printed form.<br /> <br /> 1. First document is manuscript on blue folded paper measuring approx. 10" x 8". One page with the three other pages blank. The document reads: "The undersigned members of the N.Y. Young Men's Christian Association and Connected with the Amity St. Baptist Church desirous of testifying their regard for yourself personally and their appreciation of your labors as this Pastor pro. tem. have constituted you a Member of Life of the New York Men's Christian Association by the payment of the requisite sum." This document written in one hand has a list of 20 names and is dated July 8 1854 New York. Folded.<br /> <br /> The second document part manuscript and printed form is a certificate with hand written names and dates. Rev. Curtis paid money to the American Baptist Missionary Association for a life time membership. This document is dated May 9th 1854 printed in Boston and signed by the treasurer. Folded paper with splits at the folds. <br /> <br /> The third document is part manuscript and printed form. One page of content two pages blank and one page with the written inscription "Rev. T. F. Curtis. Present". Printed top of the form is "New York Young Men's Christian Association. Rooms 659 Broadway Stuyvesant Institute." Document relates to a "Life Membership in the New York Young Men's Christian Association." It is signed by the Secretary July 8th 1854. Multiple folds to the paper. unknown
184312134Alexandria: Printed at the Sou: Churchman Office 1843. 56pp bound in later plain wrappers scattered fox. Good. Meade became Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Virginia in 1841. "Meade's character and leadership made him a power for good throughout not only the Episcopal Church but the entire state." DAB. Meade warns here that "those are most positive and intolerant who most implicitly take their faith from others instead of drawing it by careful study and humble prayer from the word of God. The Romanists who blindly take everything from the infallible oracle of their Church think it impossible they can be wrong and therefore disposed most violently to condemn others." FIRST EDITION. AI 43-3413 5. Haynes 12033. Printed at the Sou: Churchman Office unknown
1862382151London: John Russell Smith 1862. Hardcover. Very Good. First British edition. Gilt spine titles. From the French 'Eusebius Salverte." Two volumes only. 367pp. ; 447pp. Both volumes very good with bowed boards bumped corners and tiny tears on the edges. John Russell Smith hardcover
18992362<p>El milagroso nino jesus de praga compendio historico de la imagenreglamento de su archicofradia arreglados por el padre fr aurelio del carmen primera edicion habana cuba 1899caratulas originalessueltasalgo deterioradas.folleto muy raro.e historico </p> Tipografia los ninos huerfanos paperback
18322368<p>Oracion funebre en las honras celebradas en sufragio del alma de don juan jose diaz de espada y landa dignisimo obispo de esta diocesis por remigio cernadas primera edicion habana cuba 1832 nueva encuadernacionrestauradaoracion en memoria de la muerte del ilustre obispo de espada.<strong>Juan José DÃaz de Espada y Fernández de Landa</strong> más conocido como <em>Obispo Espada</em> Arroyabe >Ãlava 20 de abril de 1756 - La Habana Cuba 12 de agosto de 1832 fue un religioso >español segundo obispo de La Habana en la isla de Cuba. Director de la >Sociedad Económica de Amigos del PaÃs de La Habana y presidente de la sección de educación. >Gran Cruz de Isabel la Católica. el folleto es de una gran importancia bibliografica fue publicado por la imprenta de bolona en la habana.Los Boloña fueron una notable familia de impresores habaneros cuya trascendencia en el oficio marcó la historia de la imprenta en Cuba.</p><p>Esteban José Boloña estableció su taller en La Habana en 1776. A su muerte en 1817 ostentaba los cargos de impresor de la Marina de la Curia Eclesiástica del Tribunal del Santo Oficio e impresor de la Cámara del Rey.José Severino Boloña sustituyó a su padre en el oficio con un gran espÃritu de superación e ideas revolucionarias para su época que lo llevaron a convertirse en el impresor más sobresaliente del siglo xix en Cuba.</p><p>Su taller era de los más modernos y sus impresiones podÃan competir con las realizadas en Europa. De sus prensas salieron obras muy relevantes como <em>Teatro histórico jurÃdico y polÃtico-militar de la Isla Fernandina de Cuba </em>1789 de Ignacio José de Urrutia uno de nuestros primeros libros de historia. En 1797 publicó el estudio de Tomás Romay sobre el vómito negro y ese mismo año imprimió la primera defensa de la cirugÃa publicada en Cuba realizada por el médico español Francisco Javier de Córdova.</p><p> A José Severino Boloña se le debe la impresión de la primera novela cubana <em>El espetón de oro</em> de Cirilo Villaverde y la publicación del periódico <em>La Mujer Constitucional</em> entre 1820 y 1823 cuyo lema era "No siempre las mujeres han de tratar de dijes y alfileres"</p> Oficina de don jose bolona hardcover
1897018562London England: Charles H. Kelly 1897. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. British First. Inscribed and dated Toronto Dec. 6 1911 by the author to Reverend W. B. Creighton father of the Canadian historian Donald Creighton:" Rev. W. B. Creighton D.D. with the authors illegible regards"; bound in green cloth with black and white decoration on front and back cover and gold lettering on front cover and spine; edge wear to boards particularly at top of spine; otherwise a solid clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition. Charles H. Kelly Hardcover
1888001027Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers 1888. An interesting and important source for the work of the Christian Commission which provided both religious support and social services to the Union troops. Edward Parmalee Smith 1827-1876 was Field Secretary to the Commission. Somewhat scarce - only six institutional copies held. Originally published in 1868 this is a Very Good copy of the First Edition done by Hubbard. 512 pages indexed. Clean and supple text. A nice example of Victorian decorative binding gray cloth with embossing in black and gold. Small tear to FFEP and the upper part of the spine has been rubbed to rob it of some of its color. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition Thus. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hubbard Brothers Hardcover