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184543699London: William Pickering. 1845. Hardcover. Very Good-. 8vo; 273 pages; Secure in contemporary binding of half green morocco and marbled boards spine elaborately gilt in 6 compartments with five raised bands decorative devices in five compartments black leather label with titles in gilt; green endpapers; tide marks to lower portion of pages. Nineteenth century newsclipping applied to last two blank pages -- "Pre-Historic America - The Story of the North Men" Former owner's name on title page " Balch / Feb 24 / 1874 at Newport R. I." Arranged in thirty cantos this epic poem is a lyrical tale of the ancient Nordic gods. Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger 14 November 1779 - 20 January 1850 was a Danish poet and playwright. He introduced romanticism into Danish literature. No Danish writer before 1870 has exercised so wide an influence as Oehlenschläger. His great work was to awaken in the breasts of his countrymen an enthusiasm for the poetry and religion of their ancestors and this he performed to so complete an extent that his name remains synonymous with Scandinavian romance. In 1829 he was publicly crowned with laurel as the "King of Nordic poetry" and the "Scandinavian King of Song" by Bishop Esaias Tegnér who would be his Swedish parallel in the cathedral of Lund Sweden based on a vast production of poetry theatre plays and prose. He was inspired by many including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Gottlieb Fichte and Friedrich von Schelling. Includes contents of the cantos a glossary of Norse gods a preface by W. E. Frye the letter of gratitude by Frye to the King of Denmark and a twenty-one page Notes and Elucidations section. . William Pickering hardcover
184520195London: William Pickering 1845. 8vo pp. lxxx 372 1; bound by Riviere in half green morocco and marbled boards spine elaborately gilt in 6 compartments t.e.g. marbled endpapers; joints and edges lightly rubbed; dampstain to margins affecting text on only a few leaves otherwise a very good copy. Based upon the Scandinavian myth of the Edda. William Pickering unknown
18451803Longman and Co.; Henry Mozley and Sons Derby; W. & W. Pike etc. Derby; W. Adam Successor to Mawe Matlock Bath . . . 1845. 1845 xviii 4438 4 p. 2 folding maps county map by Moule 8 tinted litho plates many wood engravings in the text. Contemporary green half calf marbled side. Spine with raised bands and contrasting lettering piece. Paper sides lightly rubbed vertical crease to front endpaper. Otherwise a very good copy. Tight and clean. Longman and Co.; Henry Mozley and Sons, Derby; W. & W. Pike etc., Derby; W. Adam, Successor to Mawe, Matlock Bath . . . hardcover
1851048652Boston: John P. Jewett & Company 1851. Book. Very Good. leather. 1st Edition. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. 306 Pages Illus. Professionally Restored By Hand New Leather Spine Label And End Papers. John P. Jewett & Company Hardcover
1893044040New York: Harper And Brothers 1893. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. Ix 337 Pp 2 Pp Ads At Rear. Blue-Green Cloth Gilt. 1893 Printing With That Date On The Title Page. The Author Was Professor Of Rhetoric At Harvard Before All Disciplines Became Focused On Rhetoric. Ownership Signature Of Actor Hans Conried And Directly From His Library. Book With Gilt Bright But Fraying At Corners Hinges Cracked Through. <br/> <br/> Harper And Brothers hardcover
1816944P27London: Baldwin Cradock and Joy; John Sharpe; John Marshall 1816. Leather. Good Only. 5.5" by 3.5". None. A scarce religious textbook for young children acting as a precursor for a similar volume by Sarah Trimmer. First published in 1785 this volume offers paraphrases of selections from the Old Testament published "for the instruction and amusement of little children". A scarce work.This work by Adam Clarke was written as a precursor for Sarah Trimmer's 'Sacred History' aimed towards the children too young for Trimmer's work. Eight pages of adverts to the rear. In a quarter calf binding with paper to the boards. Externally a little worn and rubbed. Head and tail of the spine are lifting with a small amount of loss. Minor bumping to the extremities. Spine is faded. Hinges are weak. Internally binding is strained in places gatherings A and B are detached but present. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some scattered spots. Good Only Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; John Sharpe; John Marshall hardcover
1900132511250057Hodder & Stoughton 1900. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Hardcover. 2 Volumes from different publishers. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight hinges strong. Previous owners name on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1869210713FLondon: Alex Murray & Son 1869. Hardcover. Good. Scarce. 473 pages. 9 essays. Some pencil check marks and light underlining at very beginning of book. Light foxing otherwise pages good condition and clean. Brown endpaeprs lightly worn at edges. Previous owner's name top of ffep. Maroon cloth gilt title on spine. Spine faded worn and yellowed. Boards edges and corners worn. Corners bumped. GOOD <br/> <br/> Alex Murray & Son hardcover
18691247198Alex Murray & Son. Fair/No Dust Wrapper. 1869. Worn Cover Clean Contents. Hard Cover. G476 . Alex Murray & Son hardcover
1818171057London: for Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown and Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh 1818. Identifying Smith's earliest published work Second edition a facsimile reprint of both issues of the Review incorporating the earliest published work by Adam Smith. The Edinburgh Review only ran for this single year from 1755 to 1756 yet its contributors included Adam Smith and William Robertson and it had the fortune to coincide with Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality and Johnson's Dictionary. Both works are covered here by Smith. The journal aimed to review every publication originating in Scotland but this belied a deeper manifesto of social economic and cultural reform. In the preface Alexander Wedderburn 1733-1805 later Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain wrote that the review aimed towards "the progressive state of learning in the country" ODNB. This second edition was supervised by Sir James Mackintosh 1765-1832 a jurist politician and a leading figure in early 19th-century Whiggish history. Mackintosh provides a 12-page preface and explanatory notes in which he puts names to the originally anonymous articles. Provenance: Professor Arnold Heertje 1934-2020 with his engraved bookplate fixed to the front pastedown. Octavo 208 x 133 mm pp. ii-xvi 2 vi 135 1; lacking half-title. Contemporary half calf rebacked and re-cornered spine ruled and decorated in gilt and with red morocco label lettered in gilt contemporary marbled paper sides edges sprinkled red. Bookseller's ticket of J. Seacome Chester to front pastedown. Infrequent light foxing: a very good copy indeed. Goldsmiths' 22015; Vanderblue p. 46. unknown
1890elala101Toronto: Rose Publishing Company 1890. 1890. 8vo. pp. v 3 9-343. frontis. portrait & 7 full-page text illus. original gilt-stamped cloth slight wear to extremities some light foxing. First Edition. Including chapters on Stanleys successful search for Emin Pasha the Congo Free State Mahdis rebellion in the Soudan the slave trade and missionary and trade enterprise in Africa. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Toronto: Rose Publishing Company, 1890. Hardcover
189951534New York NY: George D. Sproul. VG. 1899. Hardcover. Hardbacks in Very Good condition without dust jackets. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The Witley Edition. Number 519 of a Limited Edition. Signed by the publisher. 12 volume set. . Quick Shipping All Books Mailed in Boxes Free Tracking Provided . George D. Sproul hardcover
18763774Montreal: Dawson Brothers Publishers 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 22 x 15cm. 31pp. Original wraps bound-in to a marbled paper board binding with cloth spine. White label to front board with title in ink. Front cover of wraps with a few puncture scars and a couple of curled corners to the leaves. Text clean. Good clean copy of this rare booklet. Dawson Brothers, Publishers hardcover
184456061London: Smith Elder and Co 1844. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Stitched sections as issued. 44pp. A very clean and smart copy. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; History. Inventory No: 56061. . Smith, Elder and Co paperback
1844132188London: Smith Elder & Co. 1844. Softcover. very good. 44pp. Octavo. Beige pages. Title on front cover. Sewn as issued. Some mild discolouration/darkening to outer edges of covers with some mild rippling to text block otherwise clean and crisp. A very nice copy. very good Sabin 95370. Tremaine 5287. A refutation of the American claim in the dispute over the Oregon Territory British Columbia Washington Oregon based on the information and materials advanced by the Americans themselves as presented in Greenhow Memoir. It includes a summary of exploration and settlement of the region 1543-1812. 1844 Smith, Elder & Co. paperback
18441437London: Smith Elder and Co 1844. First printing. Unbound tied with string. Octavo. iv 44 pages. Fine with just slight toning. Thom was a British Crown judicial officer and makes a very able argument in favor of British ownership of the Oregon Territory. He refutes the American claims advanced by Robert Greenhow in his 1840 Memoir of the Northwest Coast. <br /> <br /> This pamphlet was published in the thick of the Oregon boundary dispute. With the outbreak of war between the United States and Mexico in April 1846 the Americans could no longer afford the distraction and risk of a possible second war and the Oregon question was finally settled along the 49th Parallel by the Oregon Treaty signed in June of 1846. <br /> <br /> Ref. WHALE 1508; HOWES T161. Smith, Elder and Co unknown
18442340690London: Smith Elder and Co 1844. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. First edition Sabin 95370 Howes T-161. Faintly toned otherwise an excellent copy. 1844 Soft Cover. 44 pp. Sewn binding printed self wrappers. An account by the recorder of Rupert's Land - a territory in British North America which comprised the Hudson Bay drainage basin - of the United States' claim to the Oregon Territory published "to shew from materials furnished by the Americans themselves Greenhow's 'Memoir' that the claim of Great Britain to the Oregon territory is superior to theirs." Includes a chronology of pertinent 'discoveries' by various European settlers from 1543-1812. Smith, Elder and Co paperback
184414945London: Smith Elder and Co 1844. iv 44 pp. Stitched. Fine but for the absence of wrappers. "Refutation of American claims" Howes particularly those advocated by Greenhow. "Thom was personally familiar with the country and here ably sets forth the British claims to it. An important work when studying the Pacific Northwest." Jenkins. <br /> FIRST EDITION. Howes T161. Jenkins Full Howes 2505. 111 Eberstadt 497. 34 Decker 516. Smith, Elder and Co unknown
186069434London: The Religious Tract Society 1860. 32mo pp. 128; text illustrations throughout; publisher's blue cloth gilt title on upper cover; boards toned and rubbed upper free endpaper perished owner's signature on recto of frontispiece; good and sound. A fictional dialog between a child and their "Uncle Adam" who explains many aspects of China from a missionary perspective. It includes a description of the Chinese collection at Hyde park Chinese books the great wall the food Chinese eat idolatry opium criminal punishment and the bible. One copy likely at Oxford and three more of a different imprint at Cornell Harvard and the University of Floriday. The Religious Tract Society unknown
1897027001Philadelphia PA: The Century Musical Association 1897. Hardcover. Good. The covers show edgewear with rubbing. The bindings are sound. <br/> <br/> The Century Musical Association hardcover
