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188042111s. l.: S. n. 1880. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. circa 1880 15.50 x 23 cm relié New edition printed on China paper in small numbers and established by the bibliophile Jacob of this play almost unknown to all theater historians. Bradel binding in half mouse-gray cloth with corners smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif double fillet at tail gray shagreen title-label marbled paper boards contemporary binding. S. n. hardcover
186042462Bruxelles: J. Gay. 1860. Limited Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 16mo; 139 pages; Réimpression faite à Bruxelles par J. Gay 1860 avec une notice bibliographique de P. Lacroix. Catalogue de la bibliothèque de M. Emile Desmazières Reimpression faite a 200 exemplaires sur papier de Hollande. No. 63 of 200 Original plain blue-green wrappers in glassine jacket. Very Good This nicely produced reissue of this satirical exposition of the 'privileges' of cuckoldry takes the form of lengthy dialogue between Le Cocu and Le Jaloux. OCLC 1063428053 "THE BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES OF CUCKOLDS Shewing the little Disgrace there is in being one and the Obligations Men sometimes have to their Wives for conferring that Honour upon them in what Manner soever it is done either as Prudes Coquettes Domines or Writing Desks. The whole beautifully illustrated with several late notable Intrigues that have been carried on in many Parts of the Beau-monde." The purported author: Eustache Le Noble 1643 – 1711 was a 17th-century French playwright and writer. An attorney General at the Parlement of Metz Le Noble led a dissipated life and after he had been condemned for having manufactured false acts he was jailed at the Conciergerie where he fell in love with Gabrielle Perreau la Belle Épicière who was also imprisoned. Having found a way to get away with her in order to make a living he published satirical dialogues about the time topics in which Bayle found "infinite wit and reading." The prose is clear incisive and frequently cut with verses which are not without merit. . (J. Gay) paperback
1879977H21London; Edinburgh: Chapman and Hall; The Religious Tract Society; Chatto & Windus; Everett & Co. George Allen & Unwin Ltd.; Hand and Heart Publishing Offices; W. & R. Chambers; Herbert Jenkins; T. Werner Laurie 1879-1926. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Various; Arthur G. Bell; M. V. Wheelhouse; Donald Mawell; W. J. Roberts. A richly illustrated collection of eleven works on London"s history culture and character spanning 1879-1926. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. This eleven volume collection provides a series of late 19th- and early 20th-century works on London"s history culture and character many of which are richly illustrated.This collection consists of: Two copies of Romance of the London Directory by Charles W. Bardsley 1879. Illustrated with a frontispiece. The Story of The London Parks by Jacob Larwood 1881. This copy is a new edition with illustrations. The Romance of London. Historic Sketches Remarkable Duels Notorious Highwaymen Rogueries Crimes and Punishments and Love and Marriage by John Timbs c1889. This copy is undated dated here using Jisc from copies held at the University of East Anglia Library University of Edinburgh Libraries and Hathi Trust Digital Library. Illustrated throughout. Dibs: A Story of Young London Life by Joseph Johnson c1887. This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc from copies held at the British Library Bishopsgate Institute and Manchester Metropolitan University. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and two monochrome plate illustrations. Collated. complete. The Chronicles of Newgate by Arthur Griffiths 1896. Literary London by Elsie M. Lang with an introduction by G. K. Chesterton c1906. This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. Illustrated with 20 monochrome photographic plates including a frontispiece taken by W. J. Roberts. Collated complete. The Skirts of The Great City by Mrs. Arthur G. Bell 1908. Illustrated with 16 colour plates with numerous monochrome plates including a colour frontispiece. Collated complete. London in The Sixties With a Few Digressions by "One of the Old Brigade" 1909 Illustrated with six monochrome plates including a frontispiece. Collated complete. Nights in Town by Thomas Burke 1919. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Holly House and Ridges Row a Tale of London Old and New by May Baldwin 1924. Illustrated by M. V. Wheelhouse with a colour frontispiece and eleven colour plates. Collated complete. A Short History of the Tower of London by Major-General Sir George Younghusband 1926. Illustrated by Donald Mawell with numerous full-page illustrations and a frontispiece. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally smart. slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight fading to spines. Previous owner"s inscription to front paste down of "Brief History of the Tower of London." Front and rear hinges of "Romance of London" cracked with binding materials slightly exposed holding but somewhat loose. Previous owner"s inscription to front free endpaper of "Romance of London" "The Romance of the London Directory" and "Literary London." Bookplate from Charles S. Burdon to front free endpaper to "Skirts of the great City." Previous owner"s red pencil inscription to rear paste down of "Holly House" with prie plate to front paste down from Bostall Lane school awarded to Hellie Wallace 1924. Prize plate to front paste down of "Dibs" from Primitive Methodist Sunday School. Internally generally firmly bound. Higes slightly strained in places to the odd copy but holding firm. Library stamp from Gloucestershire County Library and library annotations to printing page and front paste down of "London Parks". Paper and glue residue to front endpapers of "London Parks" with slight loss and rubbing to front paste down. Final two pages of the lighter blue cloth bound copy of "Romance of the London Directory fully disbound with rust staining to gutters from stapled binding. Very Good Chapman and Hall; The Religious Tract Society; Chatto & Windus; Everett & Co. George Allen & Unwin Ltd.; Hand and Heart Publishi hardcover
1881098587London: Published By Holtzapffel 1881. Book measures 23 x 15 cm. 144pp 31 full page plates half title. Bound in original publishers embossed cloth with gilt lettering yellow endpapers. Cloth very slightly faded. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally pages clean throughout. A very nice copy. . Publishers Binding. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Published By Holtzapffel Hardcover
184810676No Place of Publication 1848. Bifolium measuring 6.5 x 4" when folded with 2 pp of handwritten text signed "J.J. Astor Jr" and dated November 1848 on the back. Astor Jr. writes to businessman planter and slaveowner Francis P. Corbin offering regrets for not seeing him that morning inviting Corbin to dine and "thanking you for the many acts of kindness you have done me in the course of the last two years." In nice condition with folding creases. unknown
18941388816New York: D. Appleton and Company 1894. Hardcover. Octavo vi 476 pages. In Fair minus condition. Spine is blue with faded gold print. Boards in blue cloth with silver decorative design and gold print. Tattering to spine caps edges and corners toning to spine smudging/shelf wear cocked spine. Text block has cracked hinges shaken spine intermittent spine breaks brittle paper. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates. <br /> <br /> NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P. 1388816. FP New Rockville Stock. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
189853531NY: D. Appleton. Very Good. 1898. Hardcover. Gilt-titled cloth. Reprint. Edgewear to boards hinges cracked PO name. Small stain to bottom textblock edge. All 10 plates present. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . D. Appleton hardcover
1894150663London: Longmans Green and Co 1894. Hardcover. VG Has light wear to binding edges esp. at head and heel of outer spine; tp is loosening and front hinge is slightly cracked; blindstamp from former owner Clare Boothe Luce is on tp; otherwise this is a wonderfully intact and clean copy!. Navy cloth with gilt letters on spine & front cover and silver decoration on spine & covers; 476 pp. 10 BW plates. An early science fiction tale speculating on what daily life would be like in the year 2000. Turns out Americans are fully exploring and hoping to exploit the planets of Jupiter and Saturn. And more much more. Written by American businessman and mogul John Jacob Astor IV 1864-1912. A terrific copy of this intriguing novel. Longmans, Green, and Co hardcover
1832305489New York 1832. 1/2 page. Docketed. Old folds. 1/2 page. Docketed. Olcott was the president of the Mechanics and Farmers' Bank of Albany N.Y. and a prominent figure in New York State politics and finance.<br /> <br /> Reads in part:<br /> " I have your letter of 4st & regret---not get the loan of 1200$. unknown
18612307958Stuttgart / Bonn / Berlin / Gotha. / Hamburg: J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag / Adolph Marcus / Ferd. Dummler's Verlagsbuchhandlung / C.F. Thienemann / Agentur des Kauhen Hauses 1861. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Former library copy College of St. Scholastica and likely bound together by them with just a few marks on new end sheets. Marginalia throughout Grimm's work with a few instances of underlining. 1861 Half-Leather. 64; 81 1; 56; 23 1; 142; 8; 29; 22 pp. German text. A sammelband of seven pamphlets by German philologists including an essay by Jacob Grimm of The Brothers Grimm on the origins of language. While he is best known for his work with folklore and fairy tales he also wrote several important works regarding language with very detailed research about the history of the German language and its grammar and 'Grimm's law' is a set of statements about Germanic Sound Shift named after him. The scarce Dummler catalogue includes entries with brief prospectuses for 34 titles by Grimm Bopp Von Humboldt Steinthal and other notable German philologists; a similar Auszug of linguistic works published by Dummler caption title 8 pp. c. 1858 is present between pamphlets 5 and 6. Titles include: Goethe und die Erzahlungskunst; Chaucer in seinen Beziehungen zur italienischen Literatur.; Uber den Ursprung der Sprache; Verzeichniss von Werken aus dem Gebiete der Sprachforschung Erschienen in Ferd. Dummler's Verlagsbuchhandlung in Berlin. December 1852; Der Ursprung der Sprache in Zusammenhange mit den Letzten Fragen alles Wissens. Eine Darstellung Kritik und Fortentwickelung der Vorzuglichsten Ansichten; Auszug aus dem Linguistischen Verlagskataloge von Ferd. Dummler's Verlagsbuchhandlung in Berlin.; Schleiermacher seine Personlichkeit und seine Theologie.; Licht und Schattenseiten der gegenwartigen Culturentwicklung. J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag / Adolph Marcus / Ferd. Dummler's Verlagsbuchhandlung / C.F. Thienemann / Agentur des Kauhen Hau hardcover
1817650801817. Tübingae : Typis excudebat Ludov. Friedr. Fuess 1817 kl.-8° 39 1 pp. Rückenbroschur. d.Zt. Erstdruck! Präses.: Johann Hermann Heinrich Ferdinand Autenrieth seit 1818 von Autenrieth 1772-1835 württembergischer Mediziner; Begründer des Universitätsklinikums Tübingen und war Mitglied der Württembergischen Ständeversammlung. Autenrieth wurde bekannt mit seiner empirisch begründeten Heilkunde. Er war Leibarzt von König Wilhelm I. von Württemberg sowie Mitglied in vielen medizinischen Fachkommissionen in Württemberg. Resp.: Jacobus Steinmüller Helveto - Glaronensis. unknown
1811651211811. Tubingae : Typis Excudebat Ludov. Fried. Fuess 1811 kl.-8° 27 pp. Rückenbroschur d.Zt.; minimal fleckig. Erstdruck! Präses.: Johann Hermann Heinrich Ferdinand Autenrieth seit 1818 von Autenrieth 1772-1835 württembergischer Mediziner; Begründer des Universitätsklinikums Tübingen und war Mitglied der Württembergischen Ständeversammlung. Autenrieth wurde bekannt mit seiner empirisch begründeten Heilkunde. Er war Leibarzt von König Wilhelm I. von Württemberg sowie Mitglied in vielen medizinischen Fachkommissionen in Württemberg. Resp.: Jacobus Keller ex Nieder - Stozingen. unknown
1807652101807. Tubingae : Litteris Reis- et Schmidianis 1807 kl.-4° 32 1 pp. Rückenbroschur d.Zt. Erstdruck der "Diss. inaug. med. sistens Descriptionem morbi epidemici Münchingae grassati ejusque medelam . cui adjuncti sunt Aphorismi quidam ad theoriam inflammationis constituendam Spectantes". Präses.: Johann Hermann Heinrich Ferdinand Autenrieth seit 1818 von Autenrieth 1772-1835 württembergischer Mediziner; Begründer des Universitätsklinikums Tübingen und war Mitglied der Württembergischen Ständeversammlung. Autenrieth wurde bekannt mit seiner empirisch begründeten Heilkunde. Er war Leibarzt von König Wilhelm I. von Württemberg sowie Mitglied in vielen medizinischen Fachkommissionen in Württemberg. Resp.: Johannis Jacobus Friz Müncingensis. unknown
1834008768Paris: Silvestre 1834. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE in current commerce and fine binding. Vols. I and II published 1834 III and IV 1835. Bound in contemporary quarter vellum over marbled boards the vellum with later restorations the backs intricately tooled in gilt with black and brown morocco labels newer plain end papers. Very Good some rubbing to the marbled boards and labels. A handsome set quite well-bound. A heavy set that will require additional postage for international orders - please inquire. Silvestre Hardcover
1859142053Paris : A. Delahays 1859. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 468 pages; Description: xix 468 p. ; 18 cm. Subjects: French literature --18th century --History and criticism. Paris : A. Delahays paperback
182044249Kjøbenhavn Schubart 1820. Samtidigt hldrbd. Ryg og hjørner med brugsspor. XII440 pp. Gl. ejernavne på titelbladet. unknown
182035031Kjøbenhavn Schubart 1820. Senere privat hfableabd. XII440 pp. Titelbladet opklæbet uden teksttab. Noget brunplettet. unknown
1820293015Kjobenhavn 1820. Hardcover. Good. Later printing. Good in three quarter leather with marbled paper covered boards and marbled endpapers leather is worn front outer hinge torn about half way from the top corners bumped leather worn through ink notation on front endpaper. 440 pp. hardcover
181042860Kjøbenhavn: Trykt paa den Gyldendalske Boghandlings Forlag 1810. 8vo 2 parts in one volume pp. 598 614; blackletter text in double column; contemporary speckled calf recently rebacked maroon gilt-lettered morocco spine label; blind-stamp of the British and Foreign Bible Society on ffep accomplished in manuscript pencil; about fine. Danish dictionary with German equivalents. OCLC locates 3 copies in North America. Not in Vancil. Trykt paa den Gyldendalske Boghandlings Forlag unknown
181850936Zürich 1818. Edidit et notis illustravit Joannes Conradus Orellius Jakob Balde 1604-1668 Jesuit neulateinischer Dichter Lyriker Dramatiker lebte in Bayern. Enthält auch die deutschen Gedichte u.a.Totentanz Antologia lyrica Poetarum Laatinorum Tom.I Guter Zustand Editio altera auctior et emendatior Orell Füssli Vlg. 8°. Hldr. Deutsche Literatur unknown
18551805AB1855 . 3 Bände in 1. Regensburg: Georg Joseph Manz 1855/1856. 8°. VIII 942 S. Bibliotheks-Halbleinen teilweise leicht stockfleckig; sonst altersgemäss gut erhalten Text in Fraktur. unknown
1861322790New York or Washington D.C. 1861. Portrait frontispiece engraved by J. Rogers 367pp. paginated erratically with added manuscript page numbers after page 111. 8vo. Half purple morocco and cloth rebacked. Bookbinder's label on the front pastedown A. D. Bloodgood. Portrait frontispiece engraved by J. Rogers 367pp. paginated erratically with added manuscript page numbers after page 111. 8vo. Comprises a 5-page epistolary Preface dated 25th July 1861 and addressed to his son Abraham with caption title as above followed by 22 sections including various appendices as detailed on p. 4 including: Brief and speech of Mr. Jacob Barker of New Orleans. 1857 -- United States Court of Claims. R.R. Ward Fitz G. Halleck and Jacob Little assignees of Jacob Barker vs. the United States. 1859 -- Court of Claims. Ward and others vs. the United States: brief of Jacob Barker counsel for plaintiffs 1859 -- R.G. i.e. R.R. Ward Fitz G. Halleck and Jacob Little assignees of Jacob Barker vs. the United States: brief of Jacob Barker counsel for plaintiffs on the rehearing granted the 16th March 1859 -- Court of Claims. R.R. Ward and others assignees of Jacob Barker Washington the last week in March 1860 : substance of the speech of Jacob Barker . 1860 -- To the honorable the members of the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled : the petition of R.R. Ward Jacob Little and Firz G. Halleck assignees of Jacob Barker . 1861; etc.<br /> <br /> Each of the sections was evidently separately printed and here collected for distribution by Barker to present his case. His claims centered on non-payment of a $5 million loan he gave the U.S. government during the War of 1812: "My advanced age approaching 82 years admonishes me to place before the world a full history of the wrongs which have been done me by the officials to whom our national affairs have been intrusted" Preface. <br /> <br /> American banker financier and insurance lawyer Barker 1779-1871 founded the Exchange Bank of New York in 1815 was an early investor in the New York Life and Fire Insurance Company for which he was later charged with fraud which was eventually dismissed and a member of the New York State Senate. He removed to New Orleans in the 1830s and became an insurance lawyer but by 1867 his fortunes had dwindled and he declared bankruptcy. unknown
189638294Breslau: S. Schottlaender 1896. First edition. Softcover. poor to good. Large Octavo. 98 1pp. Original light green wrappers with black lettering on cover. Fragments of the Aramaic translation of the Torah its origins and character as well as its relation to the other Aramaic translations of the Torah. Text in German and Hebrew. Front cover separated but present. Cover with heavy wear along edges brief pencil and ink notes and sunned. Some sunning and a stain along gutter of title page. Block somewhat age-toned and uncut. Wrappers in overall poor interior in good condition. S. Schottlaender unknown
180930861Liepzig: Weidmann. 1809. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Foxing sometimes heavy and browning to pages. Book has been rebound in cream boards with black lettering to spine. Spine browned.; Vi 298 64 pages. At end: "Appendix ad Frider. Iac. Bastii epistolam Criticam. Partim latine Vertit cumque suis notis et indicibus edidit Godofr. Henricus Schaefer.; 362 pages . Weidmann hardcover
18487895J. J. Gebauer Halle 1748 11848. Oleder 4° 650s.2 Kpfe davon eine Karte. in gutem Zustand AZB689. HC J. J. Gebauer, Halle 1748, hardcover
