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1897148886London: W.T. Spencer 1897. First limited edition of this biographical catalogue that documents the prolific artistic output of Isaac Cruikshank his sons George and Isaac Robert and their collaborations. Octavo bound in half modern morocco over cloth boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine top edge gilt frontispiece illustrated with three plates and four facsimile illustrations. One of 500 numbered copies this is number 167. In very good condition with some rubbing. Illustrated by Isaac George and Robert Cruikshank. Compiled by Frederick Marchmont. Introduction by Julian Moore. Frederick Marchmont’s 'The Three Cruikshanks: A Bibliographical Catalogue Describing More Than 500 Works' 1897 is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the remarkable family of artists who helped shape British caricature and book illustration. The Cruikshank legacy began with Isaac Cruikshank one of the leading satirical printmakers of the late eighteenth century and was carried forward by his sons George and Isaac Robert who became celebrated illustrators in their own right. George in particular achieved lasting fame for his political cartoons and for his illustrations to works by Charles Dickens and William Harrison Ainsworth while Isaac Robert contributed his sharp wit to caricature and urban satire. Marchmont’s catalogue brings together over 500 entries that showcase this diverse output—ranging from biting political caricatures to imaginative book illustrations—making it clear how the Cruikshanks’ art both reflected and influenced the social and literary culture of their time. W.T. Spencer hardcover
1863COLLECTI013510IWASHINGTON D.C.: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. VERY GOOD. PUB 1863. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT WAS ESTABLISHED MAY 15 1862 DURING A. LINCOLN'S ADMINISTRATION & THIS IS IT'S FIRST REPORT . BROWN PEBBLED CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH 48 FULL PAGE BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS OF VARIOUS FRUIT AND FARM ANIMALS PRECEDING THE 632 PAGES OF TEXT. GILT SPINE TITLES ARE NEAR PERISHED BUT THE BOOK HAS ONLY MODEST WEAR TO THE CORNERS AND EDGES WITH SOME SCATTERED FOXING MOSTLY TO THE PRELIMINARY AND TERMINAL LEAVES. AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS FIRST REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT TO THE 37TH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES AND A FASCINATING LOOK AT THE STATE OF FARMING DURING THE CIVIL WAR. COPYRIGHT PAGE INDICATES: Resolved That there be printed by the Superintendent of Public Printing under the direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture one hundered thousand extra copies of the report of the Department of Agriculture for 1862 for the use of this present House and twenty thousand extra copies for distribution by that department. . GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE hardcover
1855T0002329New York: Stringer & Townsend 1855. Name and date on front pastedown endpaper; foxing to frontispiece of James G. Bennett and title page. "Geo. R. JacksonNew York" in ink on title page. Signed by Isaac C. Pray under "By a journalist" ; title page has 2 small tears at fore edge; leaves are yellowed at perimeter; top corner of page 187-188 is torn; repair to binding at page 481; black boards with gilt print on spine; 488 pages; light soiling throughout; some small chips near at spine and corners; a remarkable book. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Book. Stringer & Townsend Paperback
1829480Portland: Shirley and Hyde 1829. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. First edition of Conversations On The Animal Economy by Doctor Isaac Ray. Twelvemo xi 13-242pp. Contemporary binding marbled covers beige cloth spine gilt title over black. Modern end papers. Clean pages light foxing on title page. An excellent job rebinding this book in an attractive modern presentation. Dr. Isaac Ray was an American psychiatrist known as one of the founders of modern forensic psychiatry. He was best known for "A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity" which he published in 1838. Shirley and Hyde hardcover books
1892045172Nims and Knight 1892. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Handsome large antique book notable for the 10 chronolithographic plates of wildflowers. All 10 plates are present with tissue guards. One small piece of tissue has adhered to one of the plates. Clean pages in sturdy thick covers. Front cover with elaborate embossed and gilted design. Design has remained fresh and bright. Covers with only a few small rubs along the edges and a few faint soil spots. Front endpage has a few foxspots but otherwise the pages are unmarked. First printing was in 1885 so this is only a few years later. Beneifts the Friends of the Albany Ca library. <br/> <br/> Nims and Knight hardcover
1861011560Washington D. C.: A. O. P. Nicholson. Very Good. 1861. Map. Map No. 3 Rocky Mountains to Puget Sound disbound from the map volume XI of the Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Light browning and very small tears at corner folds. From the surveys of 1853-54 with the routes of the surveys and Washington area shown in great detail with wonderful regional descriptions like "mountains and table lands destitute of timber." Inset of Yak-e-mah River and Snoqualmie Pass. Wagner-Camp 266c. ; 25" x 37" . A. O. P. Nicholson unknown books
1855ABE-1616543735607Thomas H. Ford 1855 Decorative stamped textured cloth octavo. Thomas H. Ford 1855. Lacks 9 plates. Some wear and tear throughout torn and slightly split at spine. Otherwise very good condition. 358 41pp. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Thomas H. Ford hardcover
185339580New York: Horace H. Moore 1853. First edition. Brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt gilt medallion. A very good copy spine sunned to medium brown minor wear at tips. xi 295 pp. p. 14 misnumbered 4. Sm. 8vo. Inscribed on the free front endpaper by the author. Exploration of Chile and Argentina in journal form. Isaac G. Strain 1821-1857 was a explorer and naval officer who as a midshipman served in the West Indies and off the Brazilian coast. In 1843 he organized an expedition to the interior of Brazil with funding from the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia was later assigned to patrol the waters off the west coast of Mexico during the Mexican War and still seeking further explorations finally received permission to go ashore in Valparaiso where he proceeded across the continent to Buenos Aires recording in this work his observations of the nearly year-long journey. He later served on the Mexican Boundary Commission and led a harrowing exploration of the Isthmus of Darien in search of a canal route. See DAB XVIII p.122. Only one copy seen at auction in over half a century at Sotheby's Alberto Dodero sale in 1961. Provenance: Inscribed by the author to Edward B. Everett most likely the son of Edward Everett president of Harvard. Sabin 92669. Palau 322846. Smith: American Travelers Abroad S204. Naylor 118. Horace H. Moore hardcover books
1833541308Boston: Published at the Water Street Bookstore 1833. Hardcover. Good. New edition. 12mo. 144pp. illustrated with a woodcut title vignette engraved by Alexander Anderson. In the original publisher's cloth boards. Contemporary owner's name in ink on the front free endpaper and front flyleaf later owner's name in pencil and small paper label on front pastedown. The boards are faded moderate stain on front cover lacking most of the paper spine label else very good with scattered foxing. A scarce copy of the new edition featuring a woodcut vignette by Anderson "America's first illustrator". OCLC locates four copies. Published at the Water Street Bookstore hardcover
1826SKU1008249Harris & Son. Fair. 1826. Hardcover. Third edition 1825. All plates very well and neatly contemporarily colored plus folding map 2 p catalogue at end. Paper cover boards worn scraped rounded soiled. Red leader spine worn. . Harris & Son hardcover
1817D3287York: Thomas Wilson and Sons 1817. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes complete. Full contemporary red morocco lavish gilt-stamped border ornament and lettering all edges gilt. With 7 engraved portraits and a folding plate. Some light scuffing along joints and edges of boards; spines a bit darkened. A nice set. <br/><br/> Thomas Wilson and Sons hardcover books
186045328London: Nattali and Bond 1860. Two volumes. 4to.; 14 ccxii 4 129; 131-436 3 pp. Illustrated plates. With original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas. Original gilt-stamped green cloth 3 inch split in cloth along rear joint of volume one with short tear into spine. Still a solid very good copy. Second Nicolas edition. With Peter Oliver's ownership signature on the front endpaper. Coigney 78. <br/><br/> Nattali and Bond hardcover books
1841051583Oxford University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1841. Second Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover 3 volume set. Full vellum boards noticeably soiled and rubbed. Edge wear and fraying. School name in gold on front board. Red title label on spines. Gilt edges. Bookplate in each volume. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Oxford University Press hardcover
1817D3287York: Thomas Wilson and Sons 1817. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes complete. Full contemporary red morocco lavish gilt-stamped border ornament and lettering all edges gilt. With 7 engraved portraits and a folding plate. Some light scuffing along joints and edges of boards; spines a bit darkened. A nice set. <br/><br/> Thomas Wilson and Sons hardcover
1820003793Hartford Sunday School Repository: S. G. Goodrich 1820 24pp bound in original paper wraps. Insect damage to covers and first 3 leaves along with minimal to last leaf in book affecting a small edge portion of 4 lines of text then 3 lines 2 lines and 1 line on last leaf. SCARCE. S. G. Goodrich paperback
180248236Boston: J. & T. Fleet 1802. Good. Lovely chapbook edition of a selection of Isaac Watts's hymns bound in an attractive vernacular wallpaper wrapper. Just because this edition of Watts's hymns adapted for a young audience was made to be inexpensive didn't mean it had to be unattractive. At least that's what an early owner seemed to be thinking when they added a wrapper of blue and green wallpaper with a floral design skillfully centered on the front cover. A lovely example of the early 19th century American propensity to use materials efficiently and a peek into the interior of a well-to-do house of the period. 6.25'' x 3.25''. Early vernacular stiff wrappers of blue and green floral wallpaper. 44 pages lacking front and rear blanks and leaf C4; bottom 2/3 of leaves B3 and B4 perished. Wrapper with might rubbing and soil mild edgewear. Leaves with toning and scattered soil some edgewear; wallpaper offsetting a bit to first and final pages. Sound. J. & T. Fleet unknown
1813607740Concord N.H.: I. and W.R. Hill 1813. Hardcover. Very Good. Two works in one volume each with a separate title page and pagination. Thick 64mo. 336; 332pp. Contemporary full sheep gilt tooled spine divided into five panels with a black leather spine label with "Watts" stamped in gilt. Owner inscription in ink on front fly leaf dated 1815 same owner's signature "Rebecca Bowers" in ink on the verso of the title page underneath the printed text "the property of" and with the obituary of the owner affixed to the rear pastedown. The boards and spine are rubbed and worn moderate toning and foxing throughout still a sound and very good copy. The obituary reads in part "In Tynsborough 5th inst of consumption Mrs. Rebecca wife of Samuel B. Porter formerly of Pepperell Mass. aged 49. Blessed are the dead who die in full faith of their Redeemer" which is followed by even briefer obituaries of other individuals. Laid in is a piece of paper with Samuel B. Porter's signature. The full titles for the two works are as follows The Psalms of David: Imitated in The Language of The New Testament and Applied to the Christian State and Worship and Hymns and Spiritual Songs In Three Books: I. Collected From the Scriptures II. Composed on Divine Subjects III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. A nice little volume that doubles as a rather touching momento mori. I. and W.R. Hill hardcover
187426536Cincinnati: Office of the American Israelite 1874. First edition. Hardcover. g. Small quarto. 134 2pp. Original full cloth with blind-stamped decoration on boards and gold lettering on front cover. Decorative initial on title-page and Preface. Fascinating and heart-gripping work by one of the most renown American Jewish religious leaders Isaac M. Wise who was the builder of Reform Judaism in the United States. Wise was a prolific writer. He wrote a number of books on Jewish theology and in addition published numerous works on the relationship between Judaism and Christianity among them "The Martyrdom of Jesus of Nazareth" 1874. Some age wear on binding with head and tail of spine chipped corners slightly bumped and rubbed and minor abrasion and soiling on covers. Front hinge partly split. Previous owner's name on free front endpaper. Offsetting on endpapers. Very minor age-toning on upper edge of pages. Binding in overall fair to good- interior in good to very good condition. Office of the American Israelite hardcover
1817FB6831(1&2) /6B<p>Tan calf spine with black title plate gilt banding and title on the spine. Tan marbled boards. Dimensions are for one volume.</p><ul><li><strong>We provide an in-depth photographic presentation of this item to stimulate your feeling and touch. More traditional book descriptions are immediately available</strong></li></ul><p>As shown two lovely well bound volumes with some early spotting upon the contents which does not detract from the readability. </p><p><strong>Izaak Walton</strong> baptized 21 September 1593 – 15 December 1683 was an English writer. Best known as the author of <em>The Compleat Angler</em> he also wrote a number of short biographies including one of his friend John Donne. They have been collected under the title of <em>Walton's Lives</em>. Born at Stafford around 1593 Walton moved to London in his teens where he worked as a linen draper. In the capital he befriended the poet and clergyman John Donne. A Royalist during the English Civil War Walton returned to his home county of Staffordshire settling at Shallowford following the Royalist defeat at Marston Moor in 1644. Though Walton had returned to London by 1650 his experiences at Shallowford provided material for <em>The Compleat Angler</em>: a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing first published in 1653. Throughout his life Walton published biographies of subjects including Donne and Henry Wotton. These were later collected as Walton's <em>Lives</em>. Walton's literary admirers have included Charles Lamb and he gives his name to places and organisations in his native country the United States and Kenya. Walton left his residence at Shallowford to the local poor. It is now maintained as a museum to his legacy.</p> Payne & Foss. hardcover
1807LTH28-E-6London: John Murray 1807. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5". None. Two fifth edition volumes of D'Israeli's 'Curiosities of Literature' his most popular work. In an attractive uniform leather binding. Isaac D'Israeli 1766 1848 was a British writer scholar and man of letters. He is best known for his essays his associations with other men of letters and as the father of British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. The work contained a myriad of anecdotes about historical persons and events unusual books and the habits of book-collectors. The work was very popular and sold widely in the 19th century reaching its eleventh edition the last to be revised by the author in 1839. Previous owners bookplate to the front pastedown. In half-calf bindings. Externally sound with slight rubbing and some wear to the extremities. Bookplate to front pastedowns. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages throughout save for some browning. Loss to title pages of both volumes probably to excise an ownership signature. Good John Murray hardcover
1804014070Birmingham U.K.: Knott and Lloyd 1804. Hardcover. VG- for age and genre. 10 cms x 15 Cms. Marbled boards with recent gilt-lettered sp. fr.outer edges and back outer edge have 1 cm rubbed or faded strips. 60 pp.; opening 32-33 has some penciling in childish hand copying part of text this fairly faint but resists full erasure otherwise tight and clean bar a few minor marks of little consequence. No end-papers issued paste-downs generally clean but 2 short words and v. smbrown square top fr. and traces of erased penciling top back plus short thin brown 3.5 cm strip across bottom from gutter. First published in 1715 this now appears to be remarkably scarce. It includes Song XX the famous and famously parodied by Lewis Carrol the verses beginning 'How doth the little busy bee/ Improve each shining hour'. <br/> <br/> Knott and Lloyd hardcover
18301365386Worcester: Dorr and Howland 1830. Hardcover. 12mo 3 iv-vi 2 312 pages; G-; Fully bound in calf with red label and gilt lettering to spine; Boards have light shelfwear overall a few small chips and small stain to front board central; Textblock shows light age toning to edges and interior moderate to pp.190-191 light to moderate foxing throughout interior occasional uneven faint offsetting not affecting readability occasional marginalia penned in 19th century hand light damp-staining pp.155-169 and paste downs and light chipping to occasional fore-edge. RWO. 1365386. Special Collections. Dorr and Howland hardcover
18111365491Concord: I. & W.R. Hill; Isaac and Walter R. Hill 1811 - 1812. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 3 pp.4-636 6 pp.3-23; G; Fully bound in calf with red label and gilt lettering to ruled spine; Boards have light edgewear and bumping to corners moderate wear along hinges covers loose but attached and moderate cracking to spine with loss of material and chipping to head/tail; Textblock shows light age toning to edges light interiorly occasional light foxing and ownership markings penned to front paste/fep in 19th century hand. RWO. Publication includes Volume I of Isaac Hill's "Congressional Reporter" up to June 1812 No.1-40 Sabin 31832. Bound with Richard Rush's "An Oration Delivered in the Hall of the House of Representatives At the Capitol Washington July 4 1812" 20 pages Isaac and Walter R. Hill Washington. S&S 26672. A reprint of the original printing in Washington earlier in 1812. 1365491. Special Collections. I. & W.R. Hill; Isaac and Walter R. Hill hardcover
1807954F63London: C. Whittingham for John Murray 1807 . Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. A smart example of the very scarce third edition of this anthology of three romance tales by Isaac D'Israeli. The very scarce revised third edition of this work from Isaac D'Israeli the British writer scholar and the father of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli. With an introductory 'Poetical Essay on Romance and Romancers'.The longest piece in this collection is the oriental 'Mejnoun and Leila the Arabian Petrarch and Laura' inspired by Beckford with 'Love and Humility A Roman Romance' and 'The Lovers or the Birth of the Pleasing Arts' also present.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece.With five pages of advertisements to the rear.D'Israeli was a personal friend of the publisher of this work John Murray. In a full calf binding. Externally smart. Minor loss of calf to back strip head with three small areas of rubbing to front board. Hinges strained but firmly held. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with the odd spot or light handling mark. Very Good C. Whittingham for John Murray hardcover
1845953P32London: Henry G. Bohn 1845. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A smartly bound edition of this important philosophical work by Isaac Taylor. 'Natural History of Enthusiasm' is a treatise exploring religious imagination. First published in 1830 this was a popular work oft-reprinted.By Isaac Taylor a philosopher and inventor.The tenth edition.Bookplate of Edward Festi Kelly to the front paste down. In a full calf binding. Externally smart. Light marks to the boards and spine. Minor rubbing to the spine. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed Henry G. Bohn hardcover
