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18904984DB664 Exemplare. Zürich, Orell Füssli, ca. 1890–1920. 8°. Orig.-Broschuren.
1834809Edinburgh: Waugh and Innes 1834. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo green cloth boards with gilt tiles on spine. Library rebound with name in gilt on front cover. Scarce first edition of this treatise on superstitions their origins and the customs associated with them. Contents include chapters on Evil Eye Invocations and Maledictions; Occult Infection and Cure of Maladies; Miscellaneous Remedies or Antidotes to Disease; Amulets; Analogies to Propitiatory Sacrifice; Propitiatory Charms; Faculties Ascribed to Sorcerers; Superstitions Relative to Marriage; Doctrine of Sympathy; Ingredients and Instruments Superstition and Sorcery; Mystical Plants; Mystical Animals; Mystical Mankind; Prognostication Divination; Imaginary Beings; Spectral Illusions; The Tongues; Tests Trial Conviction and Punishment of Sorcery. With errata Addenda and index. A fascinating book. Ex reference library with minimal markings pictorial bookplate on front pastedown handwritten library number to reserve of title page and single stamp to rear endpaper. Very occasional marks to inner book generally in excellent clean condition. Waugh and Innes hardcover
1856000938Amiens: Alfred Caron 1856-1862. First edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good . 5 volumes 12mo 5 x 7 about 550 pages each. Jean Pages historian master of the community of merchants of Amiens and Consul in 1706 was born in Amiens in 1655 and died in 1723. His "Mansuscrits" were written at the turn of the century ca 1700 and were published by Louis Douchet in five volumes in 1856-1862. The original manuscripts are conserved in the Amiens Public Library consisting of 10 folio volumes with the title �Notes on the City of Amiens.� All Five volumes tightly bound marbleized board with black leather gold-stamped spine. Beautifully preserved. Alfred Caron hardcover
188084907Adolphe Braun & Cie | s. l. (Luzern) s. d. [ca 1880] | 44 x 56 cm | reliure de l'éditeur
187824897London: James Nisbet & Co. 1878. A very collectible copy inscribed and signed in ink by Florence Nightingale to 'Miss Johnson' on the half-title page dated Jan/78 January 1878; Original flat brown endpapers separated at the front and rear gutters with hinges strong and intact. Textblock slightly aged but very clean and tight; Bound in blue cloth with gilt embossed titling and characteristic bevel-edged boards worn and scuffed at the corners and along the edges and spine tips; Former owner's signature on ffep verso; On the recto of the rear free endpaper is an undated ink notation concerning the Coffee Public House Assoc. Grosvenor Square; President - Duke of Westminster / Chairman Hon. W.F. Cowper Temple; Elizabeth Reid Coffin was one of Scotland's greatest social reformers and advocated total abstinence from alcohol. She founded the first Coffee-Room in 1869 where food and non-alcoholic drinks were served; Her friend and fellow activist Florence Nightingale established her own Coffee Room in her home village of Whatstandwell Derbyshire and distributed and signed copies of this book; Elizabeth Cotton became Lady Hope when she married British evangelist Sir James Hope in 1877; 247p. plus 16 pages of ads. Additional photos available upon request. From the collection of John Calder Pearson ardent bibliophile former member and one-time president of the Rowfant Club of Cleveland Ohio a celebrated literary society. . Signed by Florence Nightingale. Eleventh Thousand. Embossed Blue Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Frontispiece Engraving. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. James Nisbet & Co. Hardcover
186189114Imprimerie de Louis Perrin | Lyon 1861 | 35.5 x 27.2 cm | Relié
1874056852<p>New York: P. J. Kenedy. Good. 1874. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover no jacket this scarce vintage treasure is inscribed dated and signed by the author it is inscribed to "John Rafferty in the compliments of." Northern Hotel New York March 24/74." The green cloth is worn through to the boards at the corner-tips and at the spine-ends which have shallow loss the spine is a sightly darker shade than the covers the gilt titles remain bright and the binding is tight internally there is a small brown blemish on the frontis page not affecting the frontis and in the margin of the title page the original tissue-guard is present the contents are clean and there are two pages of ads after the text the second ad is for The Northern Hotel in New York the author 1831-1915 a fiery Irish nationalist was a founder of The Fermians also known as the Irish Republican Brotherhood he endured harsh conditions during his imprisonment for treason this book describes his experiences he was released from prison and was exiled to the USA where he leased The Northern Hotel in Manhattan for a time he was feared as a terrorist in England and was loved as a freedom fighter by the Irish people Quote: "Rossa was not the greatest man of the Fenian generation but he was its most typical man"; 446 pages; Signed by Author .</p> P. J. Kenedy hardcover
1819LBW-6802London, John Cary, 1819-1833. En trois feuilles coupées en 30 sections chacune, montées sur toile et pliées, pouvant être jointes pour former une carte de 1,91 x 1,71 m ; plats au dos de percaline prune, protégeant les feuilles une fois repliées, avec vignettes portant les titres de North, Center et South ; sous étui de percaline prune avec vignette de titre sur le premier plat.
186144586S.l.n.d., , (1861 circa). In-4 broché de (56) ff. sous chemise et étui cartonnés, pièce de titre de maroquin vert (reliure moderne).
1820BB0781London: John Murray Albermarle-Street 1820. First Edition. Paper-covered Boards. First Edition with the rare 4-page publisher's catalog dated April 1820 of this classic of economic theory. 8vo: vi601 1pp. "London: Printed by C. Roworth Bell-yard Temple-bar." on colophon and title-page verso as called for. Uncut in the original publisher's drab blue paper-covered boards largely unopened with brown paper spine and remnants of original printed label. Internally fresh and bright with only occasionally spotting original spine largely perished but restored sensitively by an expert conservationist the boards somewhat stained and bumped but thoroughly original hinges reinforced. Small owner's book label probably contemporary partly effaced reading T Cobb. Clamshell case with leather spine label gilt. An unsophisticated copy of a truly scarce in publisher's binding important and desirable book a cornerstone of economic thought and a major influence on other scientific endeavors including the principles of evolution developed by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace. Goldsmiths'-Kress 22767. Kress C577. Lowndes 1459. The title of Malthus's final major work is "something of a misnomer as the book was conceived as a series of tracts rather than a comprehensive and systematic treatise. . . . The Principles had only a limited impact at the time and was severely criticized by J. R. McCulloch and David Ricardo; the latter prepared extensive critical notes. But more recently it has received greater recognition largely as a result of the comments by John Maynard Keynes in the 1930s. Keynes argued that Malthus's theory of effective demand provided a scientific explanation of unemployment and that the hundred-year domination of Ricardo over Malthus had been a disaster for the progress of economics. Keynes believed that if economics had followed Malthus instead of being constrained by Ricardo in an artificial groove the world would be a much wiser and richer place." ODNB N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. John Murray, Albermarle-Street unknown
1867G61970Bruxelles, Victor Devaux (dès t.18: Closson) 1867-1877 Complet en 25 tomes (en 26 volumes), imprimé sur papier de luxe, reliures cart. (plats marbrés, dos en toile avec titre doré), texte frais, bel ensemble, Edition originale introuvable, publié par l'Académie Royale de Belgique dans la série: "Classe des lettres et des sciences morales et politiques. Collection des anciens auteurs belges. Oeuvres des grands écrivains du pays", [Contenu: Tome I-1: Introduction (viii,558pp.+ frontispice), Tome I-2: Introduction: Recherches sur l'ordre et la date des diverses rédactions des Chroniques (536pp.), Tome II: Chroniques 1322-1339 (558pp.), III: 1339-1342 (534pp.), IV: 1342-1346 (511pp.), V: 1346-1356 (558pp.), VI: 1356-1364 (520pp.), VII: 1364-1370 (556pp.), VIII: 1370-1377 (501pp.), IX: 1377-1382 (590pp.), X: 1382-1386 (588pp.), XI: 1383-1386 (465pp.), XII-XIII: 1386-1389 (402 + 383pp.), XIV: 1389-1392 (454pp.), XV: 1392-1396 (514pp.), XVI: 1397-1400 (527pp.), XVII: 1322-1378 (585pp.), XVIII: Pièces justificatives 1319-1399 (vi + 610pp.), XIX: Glossaire par Aug.Scheler (xii + 498pp.), XX-XXIII: Table analytique des noms historiques (vi,568 + 583 + 401 + 479pp.+ 82 planches hors-texte), XXIV-XXV: Table analytique des noms géographiques (xix,389 + 498pp.+ 32 cartes déplaintes)]
180939882London: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1809. Frontispieces 2 maps 1 folding & 18 plates. xiv 852; 834 pp. 6 vols. 4to. Recently bound in half brown calf and marbled boards spine labels gilt. Ex-library with perforated stamp on title pages & finals pages some browning of leaves plates offset. Very good. Frontispieces 2 maps 1 folding & 18 plates. xiv 852; 834 pp. 6 vols. 4to. Pinkerton's collection of voyages was published over the course of six years in a total of seventeen volumes. The six volumes devoted to Europe comprise the largest section of the collection. They are "of great value for its texts which are sometimes given entire and sometimes abridged with as much as possible of the traveler's own language" Hill. <br /> <br /> Pinkerton was something of a character. Having apprenticed to an Edinburgh solicitor upon the death of his father and receipt of his inheritance he immediately turned his back to a legal career and dedicated himself to literary matters. Through his works as a historian poet and playwrite he made friendships with the likes of Horace Walpole Walter Scott and Edward Gibbon and through his controversial religious views and short temper he eventually lost them. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme unknown
180939882London: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1809. Frontispieces 2 maps 1 folding & 18 plates. xiv 852; 834 pp. 6 vols. 4to. Recently bound in half brown calf and marbled boards spine labels gilt. Ex-library with perforated stamp on title pages & finals pages some browning of leaves plates offset. Very good. Frontispieces 2 maps 1 folding & 18 plates. xiv 852; 834 pp. 6 vols. 4to. Pinkerton's collection of voyages was published over the course of six years in a total of seventeen volumes. The six volumes devoted to Europe comprise the largest section of the collection. They are "of great value for its texts which are sometimes given entire and sometimes abridged with as much as possible of the traveler's own language" Hill. <br/><br/>Pinkerton was something of a character. Having apprenticed to an Edinburgh solicitor upon the death of his father and receipt of his inheritance he immediately turned his back to a legal career and dedicated himself to literary matters. Through his works as a historian poet and playwrite he made friendships with the likes of Horace Walpole Walter Scott and Edward Gibbon and through his controversial religious views and short temper he eventually lost them. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme unknown books
182377684Chez L'auteur | à Paris 1823 (S.d) | 29.50 x 43 cm | en feuilles
18162221846<p>First edition. 4" x 2 1/4". Red straight-grain morocco gilt the upper cover with a crowned monogram of Louis XVIII wrought of gilded  metal affixed covers with gilt rolls with a fleur-de-lys motif spine with gilt vines all edges gilt. Enclosed in a slipcase of full red morocco similarly tooled the spine with two crowns and two fleurs-de-lys. Fine. 349 pages.</p><p>Illustrated with three engraved plates:</p><p>1. "Vue du Port Cette" depicting two sailing ships.</p><p>2. "Vue Interieure du Port de Brest"</p><p>3. "Vue de la Ville et du Port de Bayonne"</p><p>Printed by J. M. Eberhart rue du Foin-St. Jacques.</p><p>Book plate of the bookbinder and collector Leon Gruel.</p> Le Feuil hardcover books
18039983Levrault frères Paris, Strasbourg An XI - 1803 3 vol. 3 vol. in-8 de 2 ff.n.ch. VIII 398 pp., 2 ff.n.ch. 410 pp. et 2 ff.n.ch. 374 pp.; demi-veau à petits coins de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièces de titre, tranches rouges.
18101203E028London: T. Payne 1810. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: Large 4to. Half Title Engraved Title xvii 1 blank 1 List of plates 1 blank pp19-171 1 blank 5 Index 1 Errata. Very Good. 9.5 x 12 inches 24 x 31 cm. Half leather binding with marbled boards. Leather perished but binding is firm and strong. Rubbing and chipping to boards. Spine has five raised bands and blind tooling lacking the title label. Scattered light foxing offsetting from some of the plates to facing page. Complete with all 28 plates including the engraved title page and five fold-outs. A well illustrated early guide to the antiquities of the Argolis region on the Peloponnese peninsula. A nice solid example. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 9.5 x 12 inches 24 x 31 cm. T. Payne hardcover
1860000944Paris: Librarie de L. Hachette et Cie. n. d. ca. 1860. Half leather. Very Good. 12mo 4.5 x 7 l roman numeral 50 458 plus four index pages and one very large fold-out map. Librarie de L. Hachette et Cie. hardcover
184319239La Russie en 1839 par le marquis de Custine. De la lettre 1 à la lettre 36.Tableau pliant de la généalogie des Princes et Princesses de Brunswick.Rare édition originale. Paris, Amyot - 1843 - xxxj, 354, 416, 470 et 544 pages. Complète du tableau des faux titres.Reliure demi basane brune de l'époque. Dos lisse aux caissons de titre et de tomaison. Coiffes entières et en bon état. Papier des plats frotté. Une tache sur le papier du plat supérieur du tome 3. Bords et coins frottés. Quelques rousseurs éparses. Très bon état. Format in-8° (22x14).On a rapproché La Russie en 1839 du livre publiée quelques années auparavant par Tocqueville (De la démocratie en Amérique). Les deux oeuvres ont en commun leur caractère visionnaire. La démarche sensible de Custine n'a cependant rien de commun avec celle, scientifique, de Tocqueville. L'auteur de La Russie en 1839 a mal vu, mais bien deviné, le système tsariste, ainsi que l'évolution que celui-ci risquait de connaître (la révolution).Des extraits de La Russie en 1839 ont été publiés sous le titre Lettres de Russie, ce qui explique que l'ouvrage de Custine soit souvent dénommé de cette façon.Bien que présentée comme un recueil de lettres écrites pendant son voyage, La Russie en 1839 a été rédigée par Custine entre 1840 et 1842 et publiée seulement en 1843, longtemps après son séjour en Russie.
1880LBW-8467Dépôt de la Guerre, [circa 1880]. En 24 sections montées sur toile et repliées, formant une carte de 0,94 x 1,13 m.
183590694Auguste SEMEN | Moscou 1835 | 14 x 22.2 cm | 2 volumes brochés
1896LBW-8231Paris, Le Petit Journal, [1896. 0,91 x 1,06 m.
187392157Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation J. Hetzel | Paris s. d. [1873] | 11.2 x 18 cm | relié
180715540ABPestini, Trattner, 1807. 34 : 22,5 cm. Title, 79, 20, 8 engraved plates with many illustrations. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, back label. 3 parts in 1 volume.