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184238683Hamilton Ontario: Ruthven's Book and Job Office 1842. 8vo. English and Mohawk text on facing pages. viii 456pp. Contemporary blue calf flat spine ruled and lettered in gilt.<br/> <br/>A fine copy of a scarce Book of Common Prayer in Mohawk.<br/> <br/>"Rev. Abraham Nelles archdeacon of Brant Ontario was born at Grimsby Ont. December 25 1805 and died December 20 1884. He was chief missionary of the New England Company to the Six Nation Indians for 53 years being first appointed as assistant missionary in 1829" Pilling. The Collects Services of Baptism etc. etc. translated by John Hill Junr. appear in Mohawk for the first time in this edition of the prayer book. Nelles proposed this edition for the use of the Grand River Mohawks. "This is the most complete of all editions of the Mohawk Prayer Book" Wright. Scarce.<br/> <br/>Pilling 2735; Sabin 6352; TPL 1st Supplement 5228; Wright Early Prayer Books of America p.40. Ruthven's Book and Job Office unknown books
1864438380Rangoon: American Mission Press C. Bennett 1864. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 91 1pp. Tables. Stitched printed yellow wrappers. Faint contemporary penciled name on front wrap "Rev. C. H. Carpenter" modest vertical crease small nicks tears and dogears; spine partially perished but tight overall very good. A comprehensive accounting of cargo exported from and imported to Rangoon with summaries of tonnage specific lists of cargo for each ship etc. "Published by the permission of the Collector of Customs." OCLC locates two copies only both at the British Library. American Mission Press, C. Bennett unknown
18632972001/09/1863. <blockquote><p>A powerful letter showing Lincoln's direct involvement with the chief judicial military officer showing the merciful Lincoln at work and showing his prioritizing retaining experienced veterans in the service</p></blockquote><p><img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-29790"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20240123003955/Lincoln-Sept-1-1863-3-1600x295.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""295"" /></p><p>The Judge Advocate General of the United States Army is the senior officer of the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army. The position was abolished but then reinstated in 1849. In 1862 Lincoln appointed his first Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt only the second since 1783. He named Joseph Holt. Holt joined the Army as a colonel in 1862. As Judge Advocate General of the Army Holt oversaw the expansion of military law to include the military prosecutions of citizens who were not in the military service. By the time he joined the Army he believed that the only means to prevent treason from occurring again was to ensure that slavery was abolished for all time and eventually equal treatment under the law enforced in the South.</p><p>At the beginning of the Civil War Joseph Carbery Lay had an office in Washington D. C. as an agent for the transaction of all kinds of business including procuring patents pensions back pay purchase and sale of real estate writing of deeds releases and other instruments regarding settlement of accounts with and claims against the Government.</p><p>He quickly enlisted in the 12th Infantry Regiment of the Regular Army as a lieutenant. During the Peninsula Campaign in the spring of 1862 the 12th Infantry distinguished itself in its first combat action at the Battle of Gaines Mill in June 1862 while sustaining fifty percent casualties. Lay was a captain at that time.</p><p><img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-29789"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20240123003932/Lincoln-Sept-1-1863-2-1600x746.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""746"" /></p><p>Captain Joseph Carbery Lay was cashiered - dismissed - from the Army on July 21 1862 for being drunk on duty and breach of arrest. Lay felt that an injustice had been done and wanted the dismissal revoked. In 1863 the matter came to the attention of President Lincoln who insisted on seeing the record of the case. He was always anxious to prevent injustice from being done and even a case in which alleged drunkenness was involved was not beneath his notice.</p><p><strong>Autograph letter signed</strong> as President on Executive Mansion letterhead Washington September 1 1863 to the Judge Advocate General insisting that he receive the records in Lay’s case. <em>“Sir: I am told that Carbery Lay a Captain in the 12th. Regular Infantry has been dismissed by a Court-Martial. Please get the record and examine the case & report to me. Yours truly A. Lincoln.â€</em></p><p><img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-29791"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20240123004036/Lincoln-Sept-1-1863-4-1600x491.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""491"" /></p><p>Lincoln prioritized retaining experienced veterans in the service and sided with Lay as is indicated by the fact that Lay was reinstated by being appointed a lieutenant in the Seventeenth Infantry on October 30 1863 less than two months after this letter. While Lay was serving in that unit in 1863 it was present in engagements at Rappahannock Station and on Mine Run and marched with it until going into winter camp. In 1864 the regiment took part in the Wilderness Campaign and the operations before Petersburg inscribing on its colors Laurel Hill North Anna Bethesda Church Cold Harbor and Petersburg; while its records show in addition that it was also engaged at Spotsylvania Court House and the battle of the Wilderness.</p><p>Lay’s problems were not over however as in June 1864 he was accused of having returned to his home in Washington without leave. He came back to base soon after and made a statement that he had been ill and sent to hospital and then had a difficult time rejoining his regiment. Perhaps to avoid disciplinary action he resigned from the Army a few months later on September 12 1864.</p><p>Over the years we’ve had just a handful of letters showing the kindly merciful Lincoln at work and none to Holt.</p><p><img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-25018"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> unknown
18942311448Harrogate Tennessee: Lincoln Memorial University 1894. Limited Edition. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Limited edition #399 of an unspecified limitation this set 'especially prepared for Harry J. Williams.' Signed by John Wesley Hill opposite limitation page. Copyright page states 1894 but this is clearly reproduced from the plates of the original - this set is circa 1905. Volume 1 has very minor discoloration to edges of cloth on rear board minor wear to corners spine a bit faded. Complete in twelve hardcover volumes. Red half-leather gilt titles and decorations top edges gilt decorative endpapers. A complete collection of Abraham Lincoln's works including speeches letters biographical writings etc. with an introduction by John Wesley Hill and special articles by various other contributors. The editors were Lincoln's private secretary and assistant secretary and also served in various other governmental roles Hay going on to become Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt. Nicolay and Hay are perhaps best known for their ten-volume biographical history of Lincoln's administration originally published serially in The Century Magazine beginning in 1886 -- it remains one of the more exhaustive and personal accounts of the life of the 16th President of the United States and is notable for the inclusion of facsimiles of original drafts of important documents most importantly the Emancipation Proclamation. This set includes facsimiles of original correspondence and documents reproductions of contemporary photographs and engravings etc. Lincoln Memorial University hardcover
1894112666Lincoln Memorial University 1894. Leather. Very Good. 1894 Lincoln Memorial University Sponsors edition #500 of unstated limitation. 12 volume gilt decorated full leather bindings top edge gilt. Fine condition with no issues. oversized and overweight. B67 Please email for photos. Lincoln Memorial University hardcover
18942311448Harrogate Tennessee: Lincoln Memorial University 1894. Limited Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Limited edition #399 of an unspecified limitation this set 'especially prepared for Harry J. Williams.' Signed by John Wesley Hill opposite limitation page. Copyright page states 1894 but this is clearly reproduced from the plates of the original - this set is circa 1905. Volume 1 has very minor discoloration to edges of cloth on rear board minor wear to corners spine a bit faded. Complete in twelve hardcover volumes. Red full leather gilt titles & decorations top edges gilt decorative endpapers. A complete collection of Abraham Lincoln's works including speeches letters biographical writings etc. with an introduction by John Wesley Hill and special articles by various other contributors. The editors were Lincoln's private secretary and assistant secretary and also served in various other governmental roles Hay going on to become Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt. Nicolay and Hay are perhaps best known for their ten-volume biographical history of Lincoln's administration originally published serially in The Century Magazine beginning in 1886 -- it remains one of the more exhaustive and personal accounts of the life of the 16th President of the United States and is notable for the inclusion of facsimiles of original drafts of important documents most importantly the Emancipation Proclamation. This set includes facsimiles of original correspondence and documents reproductions of contemporary photographs and engravings etc. Lincoln Memorial University hardcover books
18942283609Lincoln Memorial University 1894. Limited Edition. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. Limited edition #212 of an unspecified limitation this set 'especially prepared for Ann Emerson Strong to whom it was presented by her father Pritchard H. Strong. Copyright page states 1894 but this is clearly reproduced from the plates of the original - this set is circa 1905. Small chip from spine head of volume 7 1/4 inch tear to spine head of first volume otherwise an excellent set small bookplate with initials A.E.S. on front endpaper of first volume. Complete in twelve hardcover volumes. Red full leather gilt titles & decorations top edges gilt decorative endpapers. A complete collection of Abraham Lincoln's works including speeches letters biographical writings etc. with an introduction by John Wesley Hill and special articles by various other contributors. The editors were Lincoln's private secretary and assistant secretary and also served in various other governmental roles Hay going on to become Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt. Nicolay and Hay are perhaps best known for their ten-volume biographical history of Lincoln's administration originally published serially in The Century Magazine beginning in 1886 -- it remains one of the more exhaustive and personal accounts of the life of the 16th President of the United States and is notable for the inclusion of facsimiles of original drafts of important documents most importantly the Emancipation Proclamation. This set includes facsimiles of original correspondence and documents reproductions of contemporary photographs and engravings etc. Lincoln Memorial University hardcover books
182821301London: Henry Colburn. 1828. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two minute tears to spine ends. Else a handsome and tight copy with the slightest hint of slanting. Title page blindstamped. ; Author's note: "To the yet untravelled portion of the British Nation if such there be the following work in which the art of travelling is made easy and the most ignorant and idolent rendered in the space of a few months illustrious tourists tour writers and diners out is presented with all due tenderness and humility by their fellow-countryman and devour well-wisher THE AUTHOR." - In short - these are observations travel tips dos and don'ts for the traveller to the European continent. - "Eldon warned travellers especially young single women not to travel to the Continent. Italy was then a dangerous country 'infested with robbers of all hues'. Young women travellers should be taught that the Continent is a lion's den Frenchmen and Italians little better than two-legged beasts he said. In fact Eldon is so protective of single women that he believes they should avoid travel stay at home and read the Bible." Quoted from: A. A. Kelly Wandering Women. Two Centuries of Travel out of Ireland Dublin: Wolfhound Press 1995 8 in Ireland and Europe: the "European Experience" in Selected Works of Modern Irish Fiction by Dore Fischer. - The two books are bound in one volume in buckram. Gilt spine lettering. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; viii 277 285 2 pages . Henry Colburn hardcover
1819mon0000924342Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Bro 1819. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Volume 5 Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1819. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Bro hardcover
1810080096Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford and Murray Fairman and Co Circa 1810. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Full brown leather binding. AI summary "Plates Vol. VI Ancient and Modern Atlas of Abraham Rees’s The Cyclopaedia 1819–1820 is a dedicated collection of copper-engraved maps focusing on geographic knowledge from the early 19th century. Featuring maps produced under cartographer Aaron Arrowsmith this volume provides a comprehensive visual record of both classical and contemporary world geography. The selection encompasses both ancient and modern geography with the modern maps drawn under the direction of Aaron Arrowsmith England’s leading cartographer of the period.Highlights include two world maps as well as detailed coverage of British Possessions in North America North America the United States and the West Indies."<br><br>CONDITION: Covers endpapers and front flyleaf are fully detached but present. Covers and spine have heavy rubbing and edge wear. Pages have light to mild foxing maps remain fully legible. Text block is square and sound. Full refund if not satisfied. Samuel F. Bradford and Murray, Fairman and Co hardcover
1820ZB1345722Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford 1820. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday June 29 SALE item 22 double-page plates actually 21 with Tab. 15 & 16 together on the same sheet plus 38 double-page maps of the modern world and the large folding map of the United States of America for a total of 61 actually 60 plates; contemporary full leather covers worn and dry moderate to heavy foxing to the plates. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford hardcover
18192007240053London : Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1819. Hardcover. Good. Rees' Cyclopedia 37 volume set. Missing volumes 7 and 8. Bound in contemporary navy Russia Leather-backed marbled boards. Good bindings with minor shelf wear/rubbing. All edges marbled. Lacks the plate volumes. Armorial bookplate of John Proctor Anderdon. Anderdon 1760-1846 was a London merchant and noted collector. <br> Abraham Rees 1743-1825 was a British clergyman best known for this his outstanding encyclopedic work The Cyclopaedia. Initially published 1802-1820. Rees' work not only featured theological and humanistic issues but also extensive articles on mathematics and natural sciences. The Cyclopaedia "is the richest work for technology of the period with detailed text and handsome carefully prepared plates." Ferguson Eugene. "Contributions to Bibliography in the History of Technology part II". Technology and Culture 3.2 1962: 169 p. "Rees was convinced that the important progress made during the last decades of the eighteenth century especially in the fields of history geography geology natural history and the physical sciences senu lato required a new type of encyclopedia with the accent on these fields as well as the still relatively undeveloped domains of biography and the history of sciences. The Cyclopaedia thus became one of the first works of its kind to be compiled with the help of 'persons eminently distinguished in these branches of science to which they had devoted their talents.'" Taxon Vol. 35 No. 2 1986 This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Encyclopedia London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown hardcover
18051602180078Philadelphia : Samuel F. Bradford Murray Fairman and Co. Peter A. Mesier New-York; Blake et Cunningham Boston; Cushing et Appleton Hezekiah Howe Charles Whipple John W. Adams Stephen Patten Fielding Lucas Baltimore; Daniel Rapine Washington; Joseph Milligan Georgetown; John A. Stewart Alexandria; D. Henderson Fredericksburg; Wm. H. Fitzwhylsonn Richmond; Richard Cottom John Hoff William Williams Savannah; Hobby et Bunce Cramer Spear Eichbaum James Palmer 1805. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. 47 volumes. Includes the 6 plate and atlas volumes. 1st American edition published 1806-1822. A massive set. 4to 28 cm high. Over 1000 engraved plates some folding or double-page Atlas is collated; all 61 double-page maps present 28 x 43 cm. 4 of the maps are browned. Internally generally clean bright and unmarked. Scattered spotting. Printed in two columns. An unsophisticated set. Bound in contemporary 1/4 black leather over marbled boards. A majority of the boards are detached and the leather spines are chipped with loss. All volumes come in modern archival folding boxes. Early signature of G. K. Richardson 1840 on fep of one volume. Previously owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. <br><br> Abraham Rees 1743-1825 was a British clergyman best known for this his outstanding encyclopedic work The Cyclopaedia. Initially published 1802-1820 in parts in Great Britain. Rees' work not only featured theological and humanistic issues but also extensive articles on mathematics and natural sciences. The Cyclopaedia "is the richest work for technology of the period with detailed text and handsome carefully prepared plates." Ferguson Eugene. "Contributions to Bibliography in the History of Technology part II". Technology and Culture 3.2 1962: 169 p. "Rees was convinced that the important progress made during the last decades of the eighteenth century especially in the fields of history geography geology natural history and the physical sciences senu lato required a new type of encyclopedia with the accent on these fields as well as the still relatively undeveloped domains of biography and the history of sciences. The Cyclopaedia thus became one of the first works of its kind to be compiled with the help of 'persons eminently distinguished in these branches of science to which they had devoted their talents.'" Taxon Vol. 35 No. 2 1986 452-453. Some of the notable contributors to this work were Charles Bruney on music; Charles Koenig Robert Bakewell and John Farey on geology; John Dalton and Humphry Davy on chemistry; David Mushet on metallurgy; William Pearson on astronomy; James Edward Smith William Wood William Fitt Drake and William Woodville on botany. "Rees Cyclopaedia is one of the first works to interpret correctly William Smith's ideas on strata identification on the basis of fossil organisms." Ibid. The Cyclopaedia included other notable recent scientific breakthroughs such as Robert Fulton's Cast Iron Aqueduct described in his 1796 book which would become his notable steam engine. See also Ferguson E. "Cast-iron Aqueduct in Rees's "cyclopaedia". Technology and Culture 9.4 1968: 597-600. Refs: BMC. vol 21 p. 2871. Sabin 68634. Rink E. Technical Americana 121. Shaw et Shoemaker 19907. Shaw et Shoemaker 9234. <br> International buyers please note that this is an extremely large heavy set. Shipping will be very expensive outside of the United States. Philadelphia : Samuel F. Bradford, Murray, Fairman and Co. Peter A. Mesier, New-York; Blake et Cunningham, Boston; Cushing et Ap hardcover
1820015026London: Longman Husrts 1820. Map volume only. 62 maps mostly double page. Book measures 30x24.5.cm. Bound in period full calf raised bands gilt lines and tooling full marble edges and endpapers. At some time the spines has been relaid with binders tape on inner hinge joints. Calf rubbed worn on edges and corners. Generally binding in good firm condition. Internally general light spotting throughout. Maps in good condition. . Full Calf. Near Very Good. Quarter. Longman, Husrts Hardcover
182028698London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1820. Single odd volume from this extraordiary production containing hundreds of pages of illustrations under the heading natural history disbound no covers outer leaves dog-eared a little foxing at edges but not extending into the actual illustrations. The illustrations are all in monochrome beautifully done arresting images on almost every page. Includes mammals birds sea creatures insects some botany and fossils and crystallography towards the end. Includes the famous Sukotyro indicus a non-existend pseudo elephant. Some photos available on request. Many of these though not all would in my opinion be of interest as antique mounted prints. First Edition. Disbound. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown Paperback
1890280483Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford 1890. First American Edition. Softcover. Date is suggested. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Missing both boards Physical description; vol. II only: multiple pagings. Notes; No clear date given. Subjects; Universal Dictionary. Cyclopaedia. Arts. Science. Literature. Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford paperback
18065649Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford and Murray Fairman and Co. Fair. 1806. Leather Bound. Complete set of 41 volumes plus 6 illustrated volumes published between 1806 and 1820 in half-volume jobs. This is the US edition of the British original published between 1802 and 1820. All books appear to be complete except for some blank endpages of Illustrated Volume I. Covers are quite worn and four front covers are detached Volumes I VI X and Illustrated I and two more noticeably loose Volume VIII and Illustrated II. Illustrated I has tapemarks from poor repair work and the title page is torn. On most volumes the title pastedowns on spine have fallen off. Three volumes have a little water damage most extensively on Volume XV -- but even that is isolated mainly to cover and endpages. Volume XVI has child's drawings on one blank endsheet. On Illustrated III the foldouts are worn on the edges but still intact. Some foxing but no mold. Occasional creases and waviness. Ex-owner plate in each volume "The property of Phineas J. Miller bequeathed to him by his uncle Phineas Janney and his aunt Sarah S. Janney. 1852-3." All in all despite the wear to the covers the set is nicely preserved. ; Vol. 1/1/2047 . Samuel F. Bradford, and Murray, Fairman and Co. hardcover
18203956London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown. Worn condition. Heavy rubbing to covers. Spines missing. Plates generally clean and bright with some foxing and browning sometimes heavy. 1820. Reprint. Brown hardback leather covers. 280mm x 220mm 11" x 9". 187pp; 160pp; 166pp; 127pp. 540 of 692 engraved plates. The full collation is as follows: 540 plates present. 152 missing: Vol I Agriculture - Algebra-Analysis-Anatomy-Architecture-Artillery-Astronomy Fergusons eclipsareon and globes Constellations Davis's quadrant Eltons quadrant Newtons Quadrant; Mayers and Bordas Circle Troughton reflecting circle; Mendozas circle Ramsdens circle; Herschels Fort Fett reflecting Telescope 187 present 29 missing. Vol II Basso Relievo - Bleaching-Block machinery- Roman Camp -Circumvallation-Castrametation- Cannon-Canteens-CAsting-Chemistry- Clouds-Compostion-Conics-Cotton Manufacture-Cycloid- Dialling Scientific Dials Docks in London-Drawing-Drawing Instruments-Electricity Priestleys Battery CondensersAbbe Nollet's Dr Watsons's Mr Wilsons; Mr Hawksnee's Dr van Marum Mr Beccaris Mr Nairnes Mr Cuthbertsons machines- Engines- Early English Engraving- Fortification- Furnaces- Bark beds and pits -Geography-Geometry - Gunnery - Heraldry-Horology missing: 160 present 50 missing. Vol III Hydraulics - Hydrostatics-Iron manufacture- Furnace- Lamps- Masonry- Mechanics- Military Manoeuvres-Mill Work-Miscellany- Monograms - Music - Naval Architecture - fold out diagrams: 166 present 18 missing. Vol IV Navigation-Organ-Painting-Papermill- Perspective- PLanetary Machines- Planing- Plated Manufacture - Pneumatics - Pottery - Press - Projection - Proportional compasses- Scenography- Sculpture-Shadow- Ships-Shorthand-Steam engines-Stereography-Stereotomy- Sugarmill-Surverying-Telegraph- Trigonometry -Waterwheels-Waterworks-Weaving-Wiremill-Woolen Manufacture-Worsted manufacture-Writing by Cipher-Cypher writing: 127 present 54 missing. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown hardcover
1819805K1London: A. J. Valpy 1819-1830. Hardback. Good. 10" by 7". None. A scarce 136 volume set of the Regent's Edition 'Delphin Classics' based off of a published series used to educate le Grand Dauphin Louis with works by notable thinkers such as Virgil Horace and Cicero. An extensive run of the scarce 'Delphin Classics' very scarce to see a large run of the work like this.This set contains volumes I-CVIII CXIII-CXLI published between 1819 and 1830 a total of 136 volumes.The Regent's Edition of this work.In Latin.'The Delphin Classics' was an extensive series of the Latin classics which reached to 182 volumes this set containing 136 of the volumes.The series printed the prominent works of writers such as Virgil Sallust Pliny the Elder Ovid Horace Cicero and Caesar often printing their complete works in the original Latin.Edited by George Dyer the series was based off a monumental publication of the Latin classics that had been published for the education of le Grand Dauphin Louis the heir to Louis XIV to assist in his education. In fact the title 'Delphin' translates to 'Dauphin'. Le Grand Dauphin was the eldest son of Louis XIV but predeceased him and thus never became the king his grandson succeeding to the throne as Louis XV after the death of Louis XIV.Working off those original Dauphin editions Dyer and the publisher Abraham John Valpy supplemented the texts with the best variorum editions and literary notes from important late eighteenth century editions. These include the Variorum Classics and the Zweibrucken editions.This Georgian edition reached around six hundred subscribers and saw great success. Publisher's adverts to the front of volumes XII XXV XXVII XL and CXXVIII.Subscriber's lists bound in to volumes I and XXXII.With remarks on 'The Review Relative to Stephens' Greek Thesaurus in the Quarterly review No. 48 bound in with vol. XXXI. The Classical Journal No. XLIII bound into the front of no. XX. With 'Delphin Classics with the Variorum Notes' sheet bound in with no. X XXI and LXIV. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally generally sound with shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities minor chipping to the extremities of the boards and rubbing to the occasional volume a touch of edge wear; general light soiling to the boards and age toning to the spine. Tears and losses to back strips of XLIV LXXXI XLVII LXXIII and XCIII with back strips of volumes CXLI and LIVII absent. Faint handling mark to the front board of nos. I IV XI XXXIV XXIX XXXII LVI LVII LXIII and LXIV. Minor staining mark to the front board of no. XXXIV. Small library stamps to the front board of the majority of volumes. A little loss to the paper of the front board of volume XLVII LIV and LXXV. Joints to nos. VII XI XXII XXX XXXIII XCIV LXXI and CXXXI starting. Front joint of Volume XI is starting with boards held by cords only. Front joint of volumes CXXXV CXXXIII CXXXVI XLIX starting with boards holding firm. Rear joint is strained to CXIX. Rear joint is starting to Volumes III VI XVIII XXIV XL CXIII and CXV. Rear joint to no. LXXXV strained held by cords only. Rear joint of no. XIX has failed with board held by the front joint. Front joint no. IX XL XXX XXXIX LXXXIV LXXV and CXIX are starting. Front joint of no. LXXXVI cracked binding held by endpapers. Front joints to CXVII CXIII CXX and CXVI have failed front boards are detached but present. CI with cracked joints front and rear board loose but present light soiling to the rear of the text block. Back strip and front board of volume XLVII detached but present both boards and back strip of volumes XCIX LXXXII and LII detached but present. Boards of volumes LIVII and CXXXIX detached. Boards of volumes CXLI and CXXXII loosely held. Minor chipping to the spine of no. II V XIX XI XVII XXXVII XXIX XXXVI LXV LXXXIV LXXXV CI CVI and CVII. Loss to the head and tail of the spine of no. XIX XXI and XXIX. Loss to head of the spine on no. I II IV XIX CXVII CXVIII and CXX and paper to spine is lifting exposing interior of the spine. Tearing to the spines on no. XXV and XL. A few ink marks to the spine of IV and VII. Spine is lifting to XI CXIII CXXI and CXIX. General bumping particularly noticeable to the extremities of XVI XCV CXXX. Volume CXXIV has the odd mark to the front board. Volume CXXIII has some slight loss to the paper of the front board front joint is starting a little to the tail. Volumes LXIX LXVII have slight loss to the paper of the front board. Tidemarks and loss to the front board of volume XCV. Loss to the head of the spine of volumes XIII CXXX XXVII LXXXVI and LXVIII. Small perforation to the tail of the spine of LXXIV. Loss to the tail of the spine of XIV. Loss to the paper of the rear board to volumes LXXXVII and CXXVI. Minor loss to the tail of the spine of no. XXXII minor chipping to the joints holding firm. Backstrip no. LIX laid down. Backstrip is lifting to the tail of volume XCII CXXIV. Backstrip is loose to volumes XXVIII XC. Head of the backstrip of volume XVII is detached but present with the remainder of the backstrip held at the rear board. Backstrips of volumes LXX LXXI LXXXIX are loose. Backstrip lifting to the head of volume LXVII. Front and rear hinges starting to volumes XCIV CXXXVII with boards holding firm. Rear hinge to no. XXV is strained. Rear hinge to II III V VI XXIV starting. Hinges to no. XXX and CXXI have failed and boards are hanging by cords only. Front hinges to no. VIII and XXXIII are starting. Front hinges to no. VII and X are tender. Front hinge of No III XI are weak. Rear hinge to no. III LI and CXV is attached by cords only and may detach with further handling. Hinges to no. XXXIX and CXIV have failed; boards and spine are detached but present. Front hinge to CXVIII has failed front board is detached but present. Rear hinge is held by cords only. Front and rear hinge of volume XCI strained with boards tenderly held. Front hinge strained to volume LXXXVIII and held by two cords only. Front hinge has failed to volumes XC XCIII LXXXIX CXXVII; front boards are loose but present. Textblock is held to the rear board of XC by a cord only. Front board is held by cords only to volume XV XXVIII. Rear hinge starting to LXXXVIII . Rear hinge has failed to XIV XVI XVII with rear boards held by a cord only. Front and rear hinges failed to volumes LXXXIX XCII with rear board held by two cords only paper in the case of XCII. Rear joint starting to CXXVI and LXXXVI. Rear joint starting at the tail of LXVI. Front joint starting to volume LXX and LXVII. Front joint starting at the tail of volume CXII and LXXIII. Front endpaper detached to XCIII. Front free-endpaper of no. CXIV is torn. Tidemark to the head of the front pastedown in no. XL and to rear pastedown of no. XI. Small bookseller sticker to the front pastedown of volumes XVI XVII XIX XX XXII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXX XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXVI XXXVIII XXXIX LXIII CVIII CXXVIIII and CXXIX. Internally generally firmly bound though some volumes are tender. Binding tender to p. 497 no. LVI holding firm; p. 769 no. LXXXV held by three cords only; p. 3049 of no. CII holding firm; and to p. 5640 no. CVI held by two cords only; p. 5001 no. CV; binding of volume CXLI tender. Binding is tender to LXXXVI noticeably at pages 928 and 929 XCV CXII and LXXII. Binding is tender to Volumes XV XXVIII XIV XVI XVII. Some light spotting or handling marks to the odd leaf particularly to the first and last few otherwise the pages are generally bright and clean throughout. Some leaves unopened. Large mark to top corner of page 1729 of no. XIX. Half title and title page bound in to the rear of no. XXXVII. Half title and title page to vol. I II III IV and V 'Quinti Curtii Rufi' bound in to no. LXXIX. Half title and title page for vols. II - IV of 'P. Papinii Santi' as well as for vol. III 'L. Annaei Flori' and vol. II 'Boethi' vol. III 'Justini' bound in to no. LXIV. Title page to vol. I 'Pub. Terentii Afri' and half titles and title pages for vol. II-IV of 'Pub. Terentii Afri' bound in to no. LXI. Half title and title page for vol. I-III 'D. Magni Ausonii' to no. LVII. With remarks on 'The Review Relative to Stephens' Greek Thesaurus in the Quarterly review No. 48 bound in with vol. XXXI. Subscribers leaflet bound in with no. XXXII. Insert of fifteen pages of the front of No. I with list of 'Subscribers' Names Already Received to the New and Corrected Edition of the Delphin Classics; with the Variorum Notes'. The Classical Journal No. XLIII bound into the front of no. XX. With 'Delphin Classics with the Variorum Notes' sheet bound in with no. X XXI and LXIV. Publisher's advert bound into the front of no. XXV and XL. Publisher's adverts to the front of volumes XII XXVII and CXXVIIII. Good A. J. Valpy hardcover
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
185914778Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey 1859. Wraps. Good overall. The monthly issue for December 1859 with the classic Australian two full page steel engravings of the famous railway scenes 'The Departure Second Class Car' and 'The Return First Class Car' depicting a young man leaving to make his fortune in the Australian gold fields with advertising for ships departing to 'Port Phillip' and 'Sydney' visible on the wall behind his head. Here they appear re-engraved in a smaller format by an unknown artist. Originally published in elephant folio size in London this would be the first US publication.<br /> <br /> Godey's magazine covered a range of topics from literature music furniture fiction costume gardening & contemporary events. Individual issue Vol. LIX December 1859. Orig. pp paper wraps black titles covers ruffled at edges & rear cover detached. Not found on Trove digital edition only is available. Louis A. Godey paperback
185711291857. Mixed method engraving. <p>A pair of mixed method engravings published by Gambart and Co. in 1857 in a declared edition of 225 pairs. The original paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1854. In the first picture the scene is the interior of a second class railway carriage with hard unpadded wooden benches. A young mother plainly dressed in a black coat bonnet and shawl clutches the hand of her young son who is evidently on his way to Portsmouth to join the service of the East India Company a recruiting poster is pasted to the wall above his head. His tearful sister sits on the bench opposite next to her brother's baggage a sailor is traveling with his wife in the background numerous posters advertising ship passages to Australia and India and other advertisements are stuck to the walls and ships in the harbour are visible through the carriage window. In the second picture the young man now considerably older has returned to England evidently having made his fortune. He sits in backview in a comfortably upholstered first class carriage wearing smart military uniform chatting to an elderly well dressed fellow passenger while exchanging glances with the old man's pretty fashionably dressed young daughter who sits demurely crocheting in a corner of the carriage. Abraham Solomon was a popular London artist and Simmons was a notable mezzotint engraver. The Departure has some faint spotting lower right corner in margin faint indentation in title area and repaired tear in margin outside the platemark on right hand side. The Return has a repaired tear on left hand side which enters the image about 4cm. It also has a repaired tear in top margin outside image area but within platemark. <br /> <br /> </p> <br /> <p></p> unknown
1863017619Coblenz: Karl Baedeker 1863. Book. Near Very Good. Pictorial Cover. First Edition. Illustrated softcover with all 13 plates and with the folded map present uncut pages. Spot foxing marginal wear. bookplate of Charles W. Nettleton later owners signature thus near very good. Dj has browning due to age missing 30% of spine split along the seam very fragile. Scarce in dj. Karl Baedeker Hardcover
1846B7062London: George Virtue. N.d. c. 1846. Near fine example. . Binding: Half green calf over textured cloth boards. Spine with 5 raised bands decorated in gilt title lettered in gilt on black morocco label in 2nd compartment volume number lettered in gilt on red morocco label in 4th. Marbled pasted and free endpapers. All edges marbled. Notes: Abraham Wivell 1786 – 1849 was a British portrait painter writer and pioneer of fire protection credited with inventing the first effective fire escape system. After visiting Stratford-upon-Avon to make a study of the tomb sculpture of Shakespeare Wivell decided to create an illustrated study of all of his known portraits. In 1827 Wivell published the work under the title An inquiry into the history authenticity & characteristics of the Shakspere sic portraits. As well as a collection of prints the book presented a detailed examination of purported Shakespeare portraits. The book also replied the arguments of an earlier work by James Boaden. Unfortunately Wivell lost a great deal on money on the venture as the cost of printing such a richly illustrated work far exceeded the sales. Size: large 8vo. 250 x 170 mm Illustration: Complete with 49 steel engravings as matches index including frontis-portrait of Shakespeare and engraved title pages. Many engravings reproduced from those featured in Boydell’s Shakespeare Gallery. Volume: 3 volumes Pages: Vol I Blank 3. Frontispiece. Engraved title. Blank. Title. Blank. Contents 1. Plate index 1. Blank. Plate. Preface and memoir v-xlii. Blank. Plate. Title to Inquiry. Blank. Dedication. Blank. Inquiry 5-46. Index. Blank. Plate. Pp. 1-256. Blank 2. Vol II Blank 2. Pp. 257-642. Blank 2. Vol III Blank 2. Pp. 643-1107. Blank 3. Category: Book Literature; George Virtue. hardcover
186423032AB1864. Washington Printed for the Union Congressional Committee 1864. 8°. 14 pages. Softcover / Original Pamphlet. Original brochure. Some foxing. Unopened. Extremely RARE ! "To vote for Lincoln is to vote for Union and for Liberty". This is how this pamphlet ends in which Laboulaye urges the americans to vote for Lincoln instead for McClellan. But Laboulaye was even more important to the american people in his overall favour of this country as a leading role for freedom and future. He suggested the present by France which was later erected as the "Statue of Liberty" "In the summer of 1865 a group of Frenchmen were gathered together one evening at the home of the well-known author Edouard Rene de Laboulaye in the village of Glavingny a suburb of Paris. Among those present were Oscar and Edmond de Lafayette grandsons of the Marquis d' Lafayette Masonic brother of George Washington; Henri Martin the noted historian and French Mason; and a young artist from Colmar in French later German Alsace by the name of Frederic Auguste Bartholdi who at the time was engaged in making a bust of Laboulaye called by one biographer "America's most ardent admirer in France." Laboulaye told the group that it would be a splendid gesture on the part of all liberty-loving Frenchmen to acknowledge their friendship to America by presenting a fitting memorial. Some have speculated that he had a second motive in mind to call attention to the contrast between the American way of life with its freedoms and that of the French under the repressive Second Empire. The 31-year-old Bartholdi became imbued with the idea and also the challenge it presented to his artistic talent. But the proposal lay dormant during the autocratic rule of Napoleon III and throughout the destructive years of the Franco-Prussian War. In 1871 Laboulaye the Brother Lafayette with their cousin the Marquis de Noailles and the Marquis de Rochambeau along with Henri Martin revived the plan for the as yet unnamed memorial. They suggested that Bartholdi visit America and make arrangements for the presentation of the monument on July 4 1876 the Centenary of the Declaration of Independence. Armed with letters of introduction and full of high hopes Bartholdi sailed for America although it is said that he did not have even a rough drawing of the proposed monument. Two weeks later while standing on the deck of the ship Pereire steaming up Lower New York Bay he caught a vision of a magnificent goddess holding aloft a torch in one hand and welcoming all visitors to the land of freedom and opportunity. Quickly obtaining paper and brush Bartholdi sketched in water-color the idea of the Statue of Liberty substantially as it appears today. It was his thought to have this symbolic structure tower over the steeple of Trinity Church then the tallest building on the New York skyline. He wrote to Laboulaye "these outlines may well aim beyond the mere monument at a work of great moral value." MasonicWorld - By R. W. Robert C. Singer Édouard René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye French pronunciation: edwa ne lfv d labul 18 January 1811 25 May 1883 was a French jurist poet author and anti-slavery activist. In 1865 he originated the idea of a monument presented by the French people to the United States that resulted in the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. He got the idea thinking that this would help strengthen their relationship with the United States. Laboulaye was received at the bar in 1842 and was chosen professor of comparative law at the Collège de France in 1849. Following the Paris Commune of 1870 he was elected to the national assembly representing the departement of the Seine. As secretary of the committee of thirty on the constitution he was effective in combatting the Monarchists in establishing the Third Republic. In 1875 he was elected a life senator and in 1876 he was appointed administrator of the Collège de France resuming his lectures on comparative legislation in 1877. Laboulaye was also chairman of the French Anti-Slavery Society. Laboulaye was president of the Société d'économie politique. Always a careful observer of the politics of the United States and an admirer of its constitution he wrote a three-volume work on the political history of the United States and published it in Paris during the height of the politically repressed Second Empire. During the American Civil War he was a zealous advocate of the Union cause and the abolition of slavery publishing histories of the cultural connections of the two nations. At the war's conclusion in 1865 he became president of the French Emancipation Committee that aided newly freed slaves in the U.S. The same year he had the idea of presenting a statue representing liberty as a gift to the United States a symbol for ideas suppressed by Napoleon III. The sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi one of Laboulaye's friends turned the idea into reality. Wikipedia paperback
