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186234963Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1862. First edition. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards four raised bands gilt titles all edges marbled. A very good or better copy with minor scuffing and edgewearindex penciled on rear blank. 434 pp. 8vo. 37th Congress 2 Session Ex. Doc. No. 100. In October 1861 England France and Spain signed a treaty to force Mexican reparations; the English and Spanish withdrew but the French remained unseating Benito Juarez and installing Maximilian as Emperor . This was of grave concern to Lincoln and the North and a violation of the Monroe Doctrine. Also of concern was the relations between the Confederacy and Mexico. Provenance: Library of James Torr Harmer with his bookplate on front pastedown. [U.S. Government Printing Office] hardcover books
1862RMP442<p>Washington DC U.S. Government Printing Office House of Representatives 1862<br /><br />8º. 434pp. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards four raised bands gilt titles all edges marbled. First edition. A very good or better copy with minor scuffing and edgewearindex penciled on rear blank.</p><p>37th Congress 2 Session Ex. Doc. No. 100. In October 1861 England France and Spain signed a treaty to force Mexican reparations; the English and Spanish withdrew but the French remained unseating Benito Juarez and installing Maximilian as Emperor . This was of grave concern to Lincoln and the North and a violation of the Monroe Doctrine. Also of concern was the relations between the Confederacy and Mexico. <br />Provenance: Library of James Torr Harmer with his bookplate on front pastedown.</p><p>With a list of Documents relating to Mexican Affairs accompanying the President´s message in reply to the resolution of the <em><strong>House of Representatives of March 3 1862.</strong></em></p><p>A very good copy with minor scuffing and edgewearindex penciled on rear blank.</p> U.S. Government Printing Office hardcover
1807539560London: Printed for J. Johnson … by T. Bensley 1807. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Abridged and edited by William Hazlitt. Octavo. xlvii 4 529pp. Bound in tree calf re-backed with the original gilt decorated spine and red leather titling label laid down marbled endpapers gilt and gauffered edges. Armorial bookplate of Belgian politician Sylvain van de Weyer on front pastedown. Intermittent toning and moderate scattered foxing very good. An attractive copy with a notable provenance. Van de Weyer 1802-74 served as Belgian ambassador to the United Kingdom and briefly as prime minister of Belgium under King Leopold I. Printed for J. Johnson … by T. Bensley hardcover
1805614705London: R. Faulder/T. Payne 1805. Volume I to VII complete. Hardcovers with red boards no dust jackets gilt lettered spines and complementary marbled page blocks in very good condition. Page block heads are slightly tanned. Within age related tanning and foxing on some of the pages which are otherwise clear. Boards are clean and bindings are sound. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. R. Faulder/T. Payne Hardcover
1842151295London: Henry G. Bohn. Good; Waterstain. 1842. Hardback. Vol. 2; 687 pages . Henry G. Bohn hardcover
1807014892London: Printed for J. Johnson 1807. Book measures 22x14.cm. xlvii 5529pp. Bound in early half calf calf corners flat gilt bands and title lettering. Binding worn missing part of spine joints split boards very loose. Internally light browning to about 40 pages. Pages in good clean condition. A good better than working copy. Half Calf. Good. 8vo. Printed for J. Johnson Hardcover
1851168258London : Privately printed 1851. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Gilt cross-bands with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 295 pages; Physical desc.: 295 p. ; 23 cm. Subject: Jesus Christ - Criticism interpretation etc. Jewish. Christianity - Controversial literature. Judaism - Apologetic works. Referenced by: Vinograd v.2 p. 374; London 503. London : Privately printed hardcover
1851281484London : Printed by J. Wertheimer but not published 1851. First Edition. Softcover. Poor copy wear and tear as with age. Boards detached. Text remains in fine condition. Presentation copy. Physical description; viii iv 295 13 p. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Jesus Christ Jewish interpretations. Judaism ; Apologetic works. Christianity ; Controversial literature. London : Printed [by J. Wertheimer] but not published paperback
1817619331817. Appeals of murder were abolished after this Case. Appeals of murder were abolished after this Case. "Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit" Trial. Thornton Abraham c.1793-1860 Defendant. Horrible Rape and Murder!! The Affecting Case of Mary Ashford A Beautiful Young Virgin Who was Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit As She Was Returning From a Dance; Including the Trial of Abraham Thornton For the Wilful Murder of the Said Mary Ashford; With the Whole of the Evidence Charge to the Jury &c. Tried at Warwick Assizes Before Mr. Justice Holroyd On the 8th of August 1817. Taken in Short Hand. To Which is Added Copious Elucidations of this Extraordinary Case; And a Correct Plan of the Spot Where the Rape and Murder were Committed &c. &c. London: Published by John Fairburn 1817. ii 60 columns 34 pp 64 1 pp. Several contemporary newspaper clippings concerning this case pasted to final leaf rear wrapper and verso of title page. Woodcut folding map of crime scene. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers untrimmed edges. Some soiling and edgewear spine and fold-lines of table reinforced fore-edge mended some toning to text. Early owner signatures and annotation to front wrapper and map not the image side interior otherwise clean. $950. "Third Edition." Abraham Thornton a bricklayer "was accused of rape and murder after attending a dance where he became intimate with a gardener's daughter named Mary Ashford. They left the dance together and her body was found the next morning in a deep pool of water near a local footpath. Thornton was tried at the Warwick assizes on 8 August 1817. Since the marks on Mary's body were not necessarily inconsistent with Thornton's claim that she had consented to sexual intercourse and since the times on the morning in question when Thornton was seen walking home to Bromwich suggested he could not have been with her when she met her death the jury found him not guilty. The case aroused much interest and reminded people of a similar murder of a local woman a year earlier. Many were convinced of Thornton's guilt and he was assailed in local and London newspapers. A group collected around the Birmingham solicitor William Bedford invoked the old legal process of 'appeal of murder' by which a person acquitted of murder could be tried again for the same offense. This process was generally regarded as obsolet. unknown books
1817619331817. Appeals of murder were abolished after this case. Appeals of murder were abolished after this case. "Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit" Trial. Thornton Abraham c.1793-1860 Defendant. Horrible Rape and Murder!! The Affecting Case of Mary Ashford A Beautiful Young Virgin Who was Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit As She Was Returning From a Dance; Including the Trial of Abraham Thornton For the Wilful Murder of the Said Mary Ashford; With the Whole of the Evidence Charge to the Jury &c. Tried at Warwick Assizes Before Mr. Justice Holroyd On the 8th of August 1817. Taken in Short Hand. To Which is Added Copious Elucidations of this Extraordinary Case; And a Correct Plan of the Spot Where the Rape and Murder were Committed &c. &c. London: Published by John Fairburn 1817. ii 60 columns 34 pp 64 1 pp. Several newspaper clippings concerning this case pasted to final leaf rear wrapper and verso of title page. Woodcut folding map of crime scene. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers untrimmed edges. Some soiling and edgewear spine and fold-lines of table reinforced fore-edge mended some toning to text. Early owner inscriptions to front wrapper "Bright" and "St John Crookes" and verso of map "St John Crookes/ Sunderland/ 1856". $950. "Third Edition." Abraham Thornton a bricklayer was accused of the rape and murder of Mary Ashford when she was found dead the morning after a dance where the two had been seen together. Thornton admitted that the two had been consensually intimate but denied the charges of rape and murder. Eyewitness accounts backed up his story and in the absence of other evidence he was acquitted of both charges. Public outcry around his acquittal led to Mary's brother William invoking an "appeal of murder." This uncommon legal practice allowed a retrial of a defendant acquitted for murder but crucially gave the defendant the right to trial by battle. Thornton invoked that right and was released after William Ashford declined the challenge. The case resulted in the abolition of appeals by murder and thus the end of trial by battle. Despite his protestations of innocence the public was thoroughly convinced of his guilt. Unable to lead a normal life Thornton moved to the United States and settled in Baltimore Maryland. One of the former owners of our copy may have been John Bright 1811-1889 a r. unknown
185511141855. TOMLINSON Abraham ed. The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers 1758-1775 With Numerous Illustrative Notes to Which Is Added a Supplement Containing Official Papers on the Skirmishes at Lexington and Concord. Poughkeepsie: Abraham Tomlinson 1855. 1st ed. Engraved frontis. 128pp. Wear to spine ends else very good in orig. decorated cloth. Howes T-289. Sabin 42860. The journals of Lemuel Lyons and S. Haws are annotated by Benson J. Lossing. unknown
18616230New York: Privately Printed for the Association 1861. Very Good/A selection from the "Tomlinson Collection" manuscripts gathered by Abraham Tomlinson of New York and purchased by the Mercantile Library Association. The historical notes are with few exceptions by H.B. Dawson. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: New York city in 1767 by H.B. Dawson--The Stamp act riot: A letter written the day following Nov. 2 1765.--New York in 1770: The "Sons of liberty" extract from a letter by B.Y. Prime--Col. Marinus Willett's narrative: Seizure of arms from the British troops ordered to Boston 1775.--The Hickey plot: Letters from P.T. Curtenius John Varick jr. and Solomon Drowne M.D.--New York correspondence: Extracts from letters . 1775 and 1776.--The battle of Harlem Plains: A letter written by Gen. George Clinton.--New York loyalists of 1776: Addresses to Lord and General Howe and to Sir William Tryon with the names of nearly one thousand signers.--Preparations for evacuation: Letters from Lieut.-Col. Smith . in 1783.--Statement of William Butler esq.: Account of the occupation of New York city by the British from 1776 to 1783.--Sir Henry Clinton's defence: Reasons for not attacking Washington . near King's Bridge . 1781. 28 cm; 194 2 pages and 1 folding frontispiece map of the city of New York 1766-67. Illustrations and maps in text. Title page printed in red and black. This copy sound and entire in original purple ribbed cloth. Slight blemish to title page otherwise clean bright no sign of foxing and no stains. Upper hing a bit worn apparently treated with an amateur's remedy which has left a white residue. Some other discoloration to cloth and title on spine faded. Yet survives in very good condition! Privately Printed for the Association hardcover books
18282123385Berlin: bei G. Reimer 1828. (6), 359 Seiten. Frakturdruck. Unbeschnitten. 8° (20 x 13,5 cm). Spätere Interims-Kartonage. [Softcover / Paperback].
180427999London 1804. Hand-coloured and colour-printed aquatint with stipple and line engraving by Elmes. Paper watermarked 1804. The most strikingly beautiful flower plates ever to be printed in England.<br/> <br/>"The Persian Cyclamen Cyclamen persicum Miller parent of the florist's cyclamen. is a native of the countries and islands at the eastern end of the Mediterranean but not of Persia itself. It is the largest flowered of an attractive genus of small plants much grown in modern times by connoisseurs. The Persian Cyclamen was not the first of its kind to become known in western Europe. Cyclamen europeaum the `Bleeding Nun' as it was called was thought to be dangerous to pregnant women: any unfortunate lady in this condition who stepped over it might immediately miscarry. John Gerrard the Elizabethan herbalist believed this implicitly and describes how he fenced his plants around with sticks with others laid across them `lest any woman should by lamentable experiment find my words to be true by stepping over the same.' When the baby was nearing full term and delivery was to be encouraged wearing of the disc-like tuber `hanged about' the expectant mothers had a salutary effect and Gerrard told his wife to use it when attending confinements. Its use by midwifes dates back to the days of the Greeks." Ronald King. The Temple of Flora by Robert Thornton. 1981 p. 52. Thornton's Temple of Flora is the greatest English colour-plate flower book. ".Thornton inherited a competent fortune and trained as a doctor. He appears to have had considerable success in practice and was appointed both physician to the Marylebone Dispensary and lecturer in medical botany at Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals. But quite early in his career he embarked on his. great work. What Redouté produced under the patronage of L'Héritier Marie Antoinette the Empress Josephine Charles X and the Duchesse de Berry Thornton set out to do alone. Numerous important artists were engaged. twenty-eight paintings of flowers commissioned from Abraham Pether known as `Moonlight Pether' Philip Reinagle . Sydenham Edwards and Peter Henderson. The result. involved Thornton in desperate financial straits. In an attempt to extricate himself he organized the Royal Botanic Lottery under the patronage of the Prince Regent. it is easy to raise one's eyebrows at Thornton's unworldly and injudicious approach to publishing. But he produced. one of the loveliest books in the world" Alan Thomas Great Books and Book Collecting pp.142-144. Third state of three of this plate from the Temple of Flora. `In the first state the top the castle is indistinct and has no pinnacles on the towers and this is the first feature to inspect. The hillside is pure aquatint; the shading behind the cyclamen flowers is lightly cross-hatched while the tree trunk to the right has only a few lines on it. In the second state the castle is more prominent and five distinct sharp pinnacles have been added while many extra etched lines are to be seen - notably behind the cyclamen flowers; on the tree trunk; and under the cyclamen leaves on the left which themselves stand out more sharply. The principal change in the third state is the addition of the aquatint to the sky on the left so that only a streak of light remains above the mountains while in the earlier states the light reached the top corner. The leaves of the cyclamen now have. light and dark patches the coarse-grained aquatint has been added to the middle distance. Much additional aquatinting has been applied to other parts of the plate. The most easily-noticed difference however are the changes in the castle between states one and two and in the sky between states two three." Handasyde Buchanan. Thornton's Temple of Flora 1951 p.15. Third state of three of this plate from the Temple of Flora. unknown books
1872003726Privately printed. HAYWARD Abraham. Lady Palmerston. A Biographical Sketch. A signed presentation copy with autograph correspondence of Viscountess Palmerston and Lord Palmerston bound in. London reprinted by permission from The Times of September 15 1869; dated June 1872. Slim 8vo 21 pp. Contemporary full green morocco boards with dense gilt fillet borders and elaborate gilt corner and frame tooling upper cover lettered in gilt; spine gilt ruled. Rubbing to extremities minor wear at corners but a handsome and well-preserved presentation binding. Internally clean with manuscript material neatly bound in at the front. Very good. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to Alfred Montgomery with the inscription leaf bound in at the front: "Alfred Montgomery Esq. with best regards A.H." Bound in with the pamphlet are five autograph letters addressed to Alfred Montgomery: four from Emily Temple Viscountess Palmerston and one from Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston dated 1856 and signed "Palmerston". The Palmerston letter was written during his first term as Prime Minister 1855-1858. The Lady Palmerston letters concern social arrangements and engagements. The pamphlet itself was privately issued marked "Not for Sale" and printed shortly after Lady Palmerston's death in 1869. Hayward's sketch is one of the earliest biographical appreciations of her role within Whig political and social life. Alfred Montgomery 1814-1896 was a senior Admiralty clerk private secretary to Lord Wellesley later Commissioner of Stamps and Taxes and of the Inland Revenue and a well-known Victorian society figure. According to contemporary accounts he was a well known dandy that had 'known domestic trouble and been rewarded by non-domestic success'. He was clearly closely associated with the Palmerstons and both wrote to him personally with the letters that have been bound in. A highly unusual Palmerston association volume most likely a commemorative memento put together by Montgomery. The result being a privately printed biographical text authorial presentation inscription and contemporary autograph correspondence of both Lady Palmerston and the Prime Minister himself preserved in a presentation binding. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1872. Privately printed hardcover
185028839AB1850. London / Cambridge etc. Chatto & Windus / Routledge & Sons / etc. c. 1850-1879. Octavo. Ballads and Songs of Brittany 1865 edition: Frontispice XXII 239 pages / Ballads and Songs of Brittany Later Routledge edition: XVI 176 pages / Tom Taylor's Historical Dramas: VIII 466 32 pages. / Manuscript Letter: 2 1/2 pages. Original Hardcover / The manuscript letter in a Folder it includes an A4 manuscript leaf from a 19th century autograph-collector describing the letter by Taylor. / The two vintage cabinet photographs of Taylor included in the Folder with the autograph. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tom Taylor 19 October 1817 12 July 1880 was an English dramatist critic biographer public servant and editor of Punch magazine. Taylor had a brief academic career holding the professorship of English literature and language at University College London in the 1840s after which he practised law and became a civil servant. At the same time he became a journalist most prominently as a contributor to and eventually editor of Punch. In addition to these vocations Taylor began a theatre career and became best known as a playwright with up to 100 plays staged during his career. Many were adaptations of French plays but these and his original works cover a range from farce to melodrama. Most fell into neglect after his death but Our American Cousin 1858 which achieved great success in the 19th century remains famous as the piece that was being performed in the presence of US President Abraham Lincoln when he was assassinated in 1865. hardcover
1900131290New York: The Doubleday & McClure Co. 1900. First Special Illustrator's edition of the work that earned Tarbell a national reputation as a major writer and the leading authority on Abraham Lincoln. Quarto two volumes half cloth over paper-covered boards illustrated tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Lincoln to each volume. One of only 75 numbered copies printed this is number 51. In near fine condition. Rebacked. Housed in a custom slipcase. Rare. Meant to compete against a Century Magazine series which had been written by Lincoln's private secretaries John Nicolay and John Hay Tarbell's 20-part series The Life of Abraham Lincoln was a massive success and earned Tarbell a national reputation as a major writer and the leading authority on Abraham Lincoln. The popular series based on Tarbell's own original research and interviews helped boost McClure's circulation to over 250000 which climbed to over 300000 by 1900 and allowed McClure to buy a printing plant and a bindery. Tarbell went on to publish five books about Lincoln and traveled on the lecture circuit recounting her discoveries to large audiences. The Doubleday & McClure Co. hardcover
189710894Santiago de Chile: Ercilla 1897. First Edition — Primera edición. Hardcover — Tapa dura. 175x135mm. 7x5¼". Santiago de Chile Ercilla 1897. En 8º 175 x 135mm. 113 pp. Encuadernación de época en holandesa. Cubiertas originales. Primera edición. Ejemplar de Antonio Cánovas del Castillo. En perfecto estado de grandes márgenes. Ercilla hardcover
1895054951Westminster London: A. Constable 1895. Second Edition . Soft cover. Good Plus. WESTMINSTER : 1895. The Acme Library . First published in 1894. This is the first British and first published edition. Preceded by a handful of copies printed in New York in late 1894 by Theo. L. De Vinne & Co. to secure American copyright. The second book in this Acme Library series. Grey printed paper covers. Tight bright and clean. Neat contemporary owner name; no internal markings. Minor wear and a couple of neat repairs. GOOD; internally VERY GOOD. ix 165 pages. 8pp adverts to rear. ABRAHAM STOKER 8 November 1847 - 20 April 1912 was an Irish author who wrote the 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the West End's Lyceum Theatre which Irving owned. In his early years Stoker worked as a theatre critic for an Irish newspaper and wrote stories as well as commentaries. He also enjoyed travelling particularly to Cruden Bay in Scotland where he set two of his novels. During another visit to the English coastal town of Whitby Stoker drew inspiration for writing Dracula. He died on 20 April 1912 due to locomotor ataxia and was cremated in north London. Since his death his magnum opus Dracula has become one of the best-known works in English literature and the novel has been adapted for numerous films short stories and plays. Sm.8vo. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books Cumberland Everyman Keswick Inklings Literature MacDonald Rarities Theology and History. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> A. Constable paperback
1871135435Portland ME: George Stinson and Co. Publishers 1871. Large format lithograph of the Lincoln family by American engraver George Stinson. Framed. The entire piece measures 27.5 inches by 20.5 inches. Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He led the United States through its Civil War and in doing so preserved the Union of the United States of America abolished slavery and strengthened the federal government. Lincoln began constructing his cabinet on election night and sought to create a cabinet that would unite the Republican party. His eventual cabinet would include his primary rivals for the Republican nomination and although his appointees held differing views on economic issues all were opposed to the expansion of slavery into the territories of the United States. The most senior cabinet post of Secretary of State was appointed to William Seward who had recently failed to win the 1860 Republican presidential nomination and Lincoln's choice for Secretary of the Treasury was Ohio Senator Salmon P. Chase Seward's primary political rival and the leader of a radical faction of the Republican party that sought the immediate abolition of slavery. George Stinson and Co., Publishers unknown
1858W107977Paris, Victor Dalmont 1858 100pp., 20cm., reliure cart. D'éditeur (dos fragile), quelques rousseurs, bon état, W107977
183346405Berlin G. Reimer 1833. 4to. In "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik 1848.". Entire issue offered in the original printed wrappers without backstrip. Fine and clean. Entire volume: 392 pp. <br/><br/><em>First printing of Stern's important papers on continued fractions which is the first systematic summary of the theory.As a professor at Göttingen University Stern taught Bernhard Riemann along with Gauss. Stern also helped Ferdinand Eisenstein in formulating a proof of the quadratic reciprocity theorem. </em> unknown
184016009Florence, Cabinet scientifique-littéraire de J. P. Vieusseux, 1840. Grand in-8 de VI-358 pages, demi-basane verte, dos lisse orné de filets dorés.
186542656Philadelphia: Published by John Dainty 1865. Age-toning to engraving with some discoloration sections to margins especially to left. Minor wear to frame. Very Good. Oval image sepia toned 8" x 6-1/8". Period black oval wood frame 13-7/8" x 11-5/8" <br/><br/>Full-length group portrait of Abraham Lincoln and his family. Mary Todd Lincoln and the president are seated left to right with Robert Todd standing behind them and Thomas to Lincoln's right. A portrait of William Wallace Lincoln hangs on the wall. Published by John Dainty unknown books
185717454London: E. Gambart & Co 25 Berners St. 1857. First printing. In fine condition. The Departure - Second Class" and "The Return - First Class" are a pair of moralistic narrative works a popular genre in Victorian times and demonstrate the growing trend towards emigration particularly to Australia. The Victorian artist Abraham Solomon depicts a family traveling second class to a port where the young boy will go to sea in "The Departure". In "The Return" the boy returns as a successful middle aged squatter in the first class carriage with his son and daughter. <br /> <br /> Both paintings by Solomon are held in the National Railway Museum UK . Of "The Departure" they write "The painting is a contemporary image of rail travel showing the discomfort of the lower classes traveling in a draughty bench-seated second class carriage. Despite their discomfort this shows how the railways opened up travel to the less wealthy as well as those with money. It also shows how the industry allowed travel nationally and internationally with the posters in the background advertising passage to Australia highlighting the growing trend of emigration. " National Railway Museum UK website. The advertising includes ship departures for Port Phillip and Sydney.<br /> <br /> Published 4th April 1857 with a stated edition of 225 pairs. Engraved by W.H. Simmons. 26 3/4 x 20 3/4" image & text on paper 32 1/4 x 25 1/4". Black & white as issued. E. Gambart & Co 25 Berners St. unknown
