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1835502042Oxford University press 1835. Leather. NEAR FINE. 7.5 x 4.5 175 BCP 1-577 OT 3 581-762 NT; 4 3-55 pp Psalms. Fine Binding in Burgundy Morocco with ornate gilt stamped covers and panels raised bands leather lined with ornamental gilt borders and owners' names imprinted to front leather-lined RFEP. A few small stains to edges some very trivial rubbing to tips rear tail corner just nudged otherwise exceedingly clean and sharp with tight and very handsome binding. Oxford University press unknown
1822875T37London: Sir Richard Phillips & Co. 1822. Hardback. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5.5". None. A very scarce copy of the UK printing of this collection of letters supposedly written by an American traveller on visiting England. Very scarce. Originally published in New York by Charles Wiley re-printed in London by Sir Richard Phillips & Co. Published the same year as the first US edition. A collection of twenty-three letters supposedly written by an American from New England during their travels through England and Wales. Written as a satirical retort to the unflattering accounts of British writers with regard to the new American republic over the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century criticising English customs and social life in comparison with the US. Written by "A New England Man" or James Kirke Paulding an American writer known for his violently anti-British views. He was also the United States Secretary of the Navy for a time. Bound in contemporary paper covered boards. Externally very smart with light shelf wear only. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting predominantly to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed Sir Richard Phillips & Co. hardcover
1822283243Oxford : printed by W. Baxter for J. Parker and F. C. and J. Rivington 1822. Second Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Physical description; 4 lxxii 966 p. ; 28.7cm. Notes; Edition: first issued: Oxford 1820. With form of prayer for accession of George III 25 Oct. 1760 not replaced by that for George IV 29 Jan 1820. Index. Subjects; Book of Common Prayer. Church of England. Anglican. Christian Studies. Oxford : printed by W. Baxter, for J. Parker, and F. C. and J. Rivington hardcover
1899LLV2362London Paris New York & Melbourne:: Cassell ca.1899. 1899. Eight volumes. 4to. xii 612 standard pagination for all volumes. Frontispieces profusely illustrated throughout indexes; slightly browning along margins endpapers lightly foxed. Original quarter gilt-stamped maroon calf over dark blue textured cloth binding by W. Scovell Wolverhampton; extremities rubbed joint cracked on vol. I vols. 6 & 8 with minor kozo repair to outer joint. Bookplates of Frederick C. Thompson corner text scoured off. Very good. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND AND FULLY ILLUSTRATED. This revised edition had been enhanced with additional beautiful and "originally drawings by the best artists" title. We have eight volumes; some other sets include two additional volumes but this history here is complete to the year 1898. These volumes are titled: Volumes I-VIII: From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the Roses; From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion' From the Great Rebellion to the Fall of Marlborough; From the Fall of Marlborough to the Peninsular War; From the Peninsular War to the Death of Sir Robert Peel; From the Death of Sir Robert Peel to the Illness of the Prince of Wales; From the Illness of the Prince of Wales to the British Occupation of Egypt; From the British Occupation of Egypt to the Death of Mr. Gladstone. Laid in are at least two leaves of advertisements including one from Cassell & Company publishers for the Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul's Cathedral on Diamond Jubilee Day June 22 1897. Another sheet is a tipped in insert to Vol. III from the Koko-Maricopas Co. Ltd. to prevent graying of hair and "prevents hair falling" Cassell, [ca.1899]. hardcover
1803013046Oxford New York Toronto Melbourne: Claredon Press 1803. Period full straight grained red morocco leather with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Gilt ruling at edges. Marbled endpages with two period broadsides pasted behind front board. One broadside is of a religous song and the other is a prayer for the prince regent. In lovely condition considering its age. Just some mild age-toning to the pages else very good. . Full Morocco Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Claredon Press Hardcover
18451298London: John Murray 1845. First edition. Velvet and metal. Very Good. Owen Jones. 7 x 10 inches. 8vo. xl 484 pages. Collates as a-e in 4s A - S in 4s g - z in 4s pi 4 leaves Aa - Hh in 4s Ii 1 leaf. Each page printed within border with rules and chromolithographed decorations. Pages bright and clean and free from marking soiling or staining. Rubrics printed in red. Psalter printed in two columns with half title frontispiece and other gilded plates. Griffiths 1845/24. Cream silk moire endpapers. Gilt and gauffered edges. Gilding bright. Bound in full purple velvet with brass edges engraved brass shield to front cover and two engraved brass clasps one defective. All page edges gauffered. A little wear at the top and bottom of the hinges. A very attractive binding with light wear. Contained in black leather slipcase in very good condition. Slipcase repaired and lined with cloth. An extraordinary Victorian Book of Common Prayer in an unusually nice contemporary velvet and metal binding with clasps. The vignettes initials and ornaments were designed by Owen Jones a notable 19th Century Welsh architect. John Murray unknown
18631300London: Bickers and Son printed at the Chiswick Press by Whittingham and Wilkins 1863. Leather Bound. Near Fine. 3 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches. 8vo. Unpaginated. Collates as: a - d B - KK a - z aa - bb all in 6s. Title page within border representing the Tree of Jesse. Woodcut of Queen Elizabeth I at prayer on verso of title page. Each page printed within intricately detailed decorated border after Albrecht Durer Hans Holbein and contemporaries. Ink ownership inscription on ffep. Else fine. A variant imprint of Griffiths 1863/22. Bound in full black morocco by Larkins with marbled endpapers and triple gilt ruled covers. All page edges gilt. Gilt dentelles. Spine with six compartments separated by gilt ruled raised bands. One compartment with gilt title "Queen Elizabeth's Book of Common Prayer" and the remaining compartments decorated with gilt floral motifs. A truly spectacular example of Victorian book production reportedly imitating Queen Elizabeth's Prayer Book. Bickers and Son, printed at the Chiswick Press by Whittingham and Wilkins unknown
1821675171821. GEORGE IV King of England. England: July 19 1821 the day of his coronation.<br> <br> Document states that Mayor General Christopher Jefferson is now a Lieutenant in the army. Signed by Wellington and three other Lords. Affixed with 2 seals on the left hand side. One is a red circular wax seal and the other is a blue paper seal. Written on vellum three creases from folds. Measures 390 x 300 mm; 580 x 500 framed. Beautifully matted and framed.<br> <br> "George the Fourth by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; King Defender of the Faith & Trusty and well Beloved Mayor General Christopher Jefferson. Greeting: We reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty Courage and good Conduct Do by these Presents constitute and appoint You to be Lieutenant General in Our Army and to take Rank from 19th July 1821 and We do hereby give and Grant you Full Power and Authority to Command and take your Rank accordingly; You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Lieutenant General by doing and performing all and all manner of Things thereunto belonging. And We do hereby Command All Our Officers and Soldiers whom it may Concern to acknowledge and obey You as a Lieutenant General as aforesaid: And You are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from time to time as You shall receive from Us or any Your superior Officer according to the Rules and Discipline of War in pursuance of the Trust We herby repose in you. Given at the Thirteenth Day of October 1821. In the Year of our Reign.<br> <br> By His Majesty crossed out Command of the Lord Justices in the name of His Majesty William Hamilton"<br> <br> HBS 67517.<br> <br> $500. unknown
183438527Boston: Published by Garrison & Knapp 1834. 72pp. Stitched in original printed pale blue wrappers wrapper imprint: "Printed by Garrison & Knapp". Scattered light foxing Very Good.<br /> <br /> The rear wrapper lists "Anti-Slavery Publications" of the Society. The day-by-day proceedings are recorded. Samuel May was elected President of the Convention which asserts that Slavery "ought to be immediately abolished." Laws prohibit teaching slaves to read distributing the Bible to them or "the preaching of the Gospel" bar them from acting as witnesses. "Their persons and their lives are left totally to the absolute control of their masters." Reports are presented on Slavery in the District of Columbia the progress or lack thereof of the anti-slavery cause the Slave Trade with many examples of the horrors of Slavery. Speeches and an Address to the People are printed.<br /> LCP 7044. Dumond 83. AI 25911 5. Published by Garrison & Knapp unknown
189911Some shelf wear. Bumped corners creasing to the crown and base of the spine. Cocked spine. Scattered foxing and aged toning throughout. Shadow of indication of a former owner's name on the front end pages which has been erased. Ink smudge on pages 131 & 132 which does not affect legibility. Some early indication of separation between the text block and spine. Tipped-in gold lettering on the front and spine. Robert Freke Gould was a soldier barrister and prominent Freemason and Masonic historian. He wrote a History of Freemasonry which remains a standard reference work on the subject. Gale & Polden, LTD. hardcover
1823ST19567-137London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1823. 142 x 83 mm. 5 1/2 x 3 1/8". 22 510 pp. 1 leaf blank 81 1 pp. <br/> VERY ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY RED STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO BY RUSSELL'S OF GUILDFORD their ticket on front pastedown covers with central sunburst medallion containing the Tetragrammaton within a triangle from which the dove of the Holy Spirit descends surrounded by a blind-tooled roll and multiple gilt rules foliate cornerpieces raised bands gilt-ruled compartments with floral cornerpieces gilt-rolled turn-ins all edges gilt. Housed in a very nice felt-lined cloth folding box with red morocco back gilt lettering. For the binding: Ramsden p. 144. A little soiling to leather and a couple of trivial imperfections internally but a very fine copy inside and out.<br/> <br/> This pretty little prayer book is a lovely example of provincial English bookbinding and very typical of an era in which such luxurious volumes were popular gifts among the moneyed classes. The Russell firm is recorded by Ramsden as operating in Guildford in southern England and the ticket in the present book notes that they were also booksellers stationers printers cutlers and silversmiths in addition to binders. This charming devotional work has been carefully looked after by its previous owners and comes down to us in excellent condition. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown
1850019528London and New York: The London Printing and Publishing Company - Limited 1850. First Edition Thus . Half Leather. Good. 11 1/8" Tall. 3 Colored Maps 22 Colored Plates 30 Uncolored Plates. Two Volumes Three Quarter Leather. Volume 1: 944 Pp With 30 Uncolored Plates And One Colored Map "Mexico California And Texas: The Newly Discovered Gold Districts". Volume Ii: 784 Pp With Two Colored Maps Of Canada And 22 Colored Plates All With Yellow Borders And Nice Original Color Throughout. The Map Of Mexico And California Tipped In But Neatly Loosened And Detached Without Intention And Usually Not Present Has Nicely Detailed Illustrations Of The Ruins At Uxmal Yucatan Mexican Peasantry And Gold Washing And Outlines The Gold Districts Of The U S And Mexico In Yellow. No Date Of Publication Indicated But Presumably 1850. Bindings Poor Three Of Four Boards Detached Spines Perished Boards Very Worn And Frayed Deserving Of An Expensive Rebind. Contents Near Fine Clean Maps Perfectly Preserved. Volume I With Additional Illustrated Title Page Showing Penn's Treaty Painted By Benjamin West And Here Engraved By J. Rogers. This Greatly Enlarged Fourth Edition With The Colored California Gold Map Is Uncommon About 7 Holdings Shown In Worldcat; It Is Not Listed In Carl Wheat's "The Maps Of The California Gold Region 1848 - 1857" Nor In The Addendum To The 1997 Martino Reprint Of That Book. <br/> <br/> The London Printing and Publishing Company - Limited hardcover
184911347London: M. A. Nattali 1849. First Thus. Three-quarter leather over marbled paper boards. Good. J. M. W. Turner W. Collins William Westall S. Prout P. Dewint and others. 4to. Pp. viii 202 plus six pages of advertisements. Frontis. black & white engraving. Illustrated throughout with engravings of artwork by J. M. W. Turner W. Collins William Westall S. Prout P. Dewint and others. Index. Marbled endpapers. Bound in 19th-c. three quarter leather over marbled paper boards with gilt lettering stamped on spine gilt tooling to spine along with raised bands. Edge-wear wear to boards; light age-toning and minor foxing throughout. Bucolic and seaside views of Ramsgate Dover Hastings Folkstone the Isle of Wight and other points on the south coast. Many of the views were first published in Turner's two-vol. set 1826 but this edition with the substantial addition of engravings coupled with the thoroughly revised text create a fresh edition unto itself. M. A. Nattali unknown
1857List317New Hampshire 1857. Broadside advertisement 5 ½ x 11 inches. Very Good. An unusual advertisement for a penmanship instructor a Mr. Chadbourn announcing the opening of his academy on September 15 1857 in Wolfborough New Hampshire. The broadside states “Inspired with the confidence of more than five years experience as a Teacher of Writing now offers to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Wolfborough his universally admired system of Penmanship which for beauty of style ease of acquisition rapidity of execution and ready adaptation to the wants of business and private correspondence stands unrivalled by any system extant.†An interesting relic from the middle of the Bleeding Kansas period which would serve as a harbinger for the bloodiness of the American Civil War. A very good example with a chip with loss to upper corner and some toning to head but attractive and well preserved. Unrecorded in OCLC. unknown
18933292171893. framed. near fine. Document signed July 15 1893 the day after their marriage while on their honeymoon tour. Framed with three photographs; the wedding party Victoria Mary in wedding dress and portrait of George V. Decorative Elaborate decorative frame. Please inquire for more information.<br/> <br/> George V George Frederick Ernest Albert was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Mary of Teck Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-Emperor George V.<br/> <br/> unknown
1853057763London: William Pickering 1853. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. xiv 207 publisher's blind stamped green cloth. Lacks the back strip which has been replaced with a new compartmented leather spine. handwritten genealogical table on blank ep and owner signature on half title dated 1878. 2 neat annotations in text.Front eps reinforced and remains of original backstrip added. Corners well-worn and rounded. All edges gilt heavy pape. <br/> <br/> William Pickering hardcover
1888293631888. Print. Good overall. Over 100 sheets illustrating the English milk industry milk maids all things milk. 32 engravings 2 vinegar valentines 2 color illustrations 2 hand bills two small illustrations by "H. W. P." one printed on unusual silvered paper or silver of a man delivering milk in a town numbered "55" and a colored print of the same image unnumbered in colored woodblock. Over 20 pages of newspaper clippings carefully mounted on folio sheets 13 1/2 x 11 1/2" discussing milk adulteration milk famine etc. Newspapers clipped include the Daily Telegraph and Fun great name for a newspaper. Edges a little ruffled & musty. Overall a very interesting collection impossible to recreate. unknown
186337487Boston 1863. Folio broadside 9-1/4" x 13-1/2". Printed beneath the caption in three columns each column separated by a rule. Blank upper left corner with a slight smudge. Very Good plus.<br /> <br /> The Society founded in 1863 published numerous articles supporting the Union emancipation and victory. Its folio broadsides are far scarcer than the octavo imprints of the Loyal Publication Society in Philadelphia.<br /> The first of several articles reports on the stunning election results in Pennsylvania and Ohio: "The people of this country-- the great democratic masses-- without regard to parties or prejudices are determined to maintain their government in all its integrity and strength. Both the peace men of the North and the war men of the South received a stunning blow yesterday." In Ohio the traitor Vallandigham "has been beaten by an unprecedented majority." And in Pennsylvania the Copperhead Woodward has been repudiated. Another article expresses hope that the small farmers of the South and "are thoroughly tired of the war."<br /> The final article reports on Kentucky's Joseph Holt's advocacy of the use of Negro soldiers. <br /> Sabin 52696 reference. unknown
18444749Oxford: Printed at the University Press. 1844 1844. 138x82mm. Unpaginated. Bound by J. L. Barritt stamped Barritt and Co. at foot of one of the blank preliminary leaves in purple morocco over bevelled boards. Housed in a black morocco box. Covers constructed of raised and sunk panels tooled in blind with small gilt roundels. At centre of upper cover the Sacred Monogram IHS in gilded metal has been laid on. Spine with five raised bands compartments tooled in blind and gilt roundels second compartment lettered in gilt. Gilded metal clasp in the shape of a cross catch has broken so it does lock but otherwise the clasp is all present. All edges gilt with intricate gauffering. Gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers. The borders of the pages are coloured bright blue so that with the leaves fanned as when looking at a fore-edge painting the gilt gauffering disappears and a vivid blue emerges. Oxford: Printed at the University Press. 1844 hardcover
1809012223Edinburgh: Printed by Sir D. Hunter Blair and J. Bruce 1809. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. red leather gilt title to spine gilt borders and decoration to compartments. A.E.G. Marbled endpapers. Unpaged. Fore edge painting of Edinburgh St. Giles and High Street undergilt. Possibly the first edition by this printer. Leather is rubbed and stained spine darkened. A few minor spots of foxing and ink staining to interior. Handwritten notes to front flyleaf bookplate to front pastedown. Small chip to lower corner of signature D5. Printed by Sir D. Hunter Blair and J. Bruce hardcover
1835177521835. Garrison William Lloyd associated. Third Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the New England Anti Slavery Society 1835 an early institutional document of organized abolitionism that records the structure leadership and expanding influence of the New England Anti Slavery Society during a formative stage of the movement. Issued four years after the Society's founding in 1831 under the leadership of William Lloyd Garrison editor of The Liberator the report documents the transition from localized reform efforts to a coordinated national campaign through affiliated societies. The text situates abolition as a moral and political imperative asserting the rapid growth of antislavery sentiment and anticipating legislative abolition.<br /> <br /> Garrison and Knapp. Third Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the New England Anti Slavery Society. Boston: Garrison and Knapp 1835. First edition. Pamphlet. The report includes the Society's constitution lists of officers detailed subscription and donation records and a treasurer's report alongside rosters of life and honorary members. Named figures include William Lloyd Garrison Moses Brown Thomas Clarkson Josiah Wedgwood and William Wilberforce linking American abolitionist organizing to transatlantic reform networks. The closing statement declares "Thousands and tens of thousands of conscientious persons are already beginning to look upon slaveholding in its true light as an atrocious crime. it will have been abolished by the State legislatures" expressing confidence in the accelerating spread of antislavery conviction.<br /> <br /> Published in 1835 the same year the New England Anti Slavery Society reorganized into the Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society the report documents a critical moment of institutional consolidation and expansion within the abolitionist movement. The inclusion of financial records and membership lists provides evidence of the material and social networks sustaining reform while the ideological language reflects the shift toward immediatism that defined Garrisonian abolitionism. Later plain wrappers; light wear with clean and stable text. Overall very good condition. unknown
183438513Edinburgh: Thomas G. Stevenson 1834. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE EDITION OF 27 LETTERS ALMOST ALL OF WHICH ARE HOMOEROTIC MISSIVES FROM THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM TO KING JAMES I BELIEVED TO BE HIS LOVER. 4 xlii 40 pp. 11 of the letters had been printed before with modernized spelling and often bowdlerized; the other 16 are printed here for the first time. ALL 27 LETTERS APPEAR HERE WITH THE ORIGINAL SPELLING AND COMPLETELY UNEXPURGATED. See David M. Bergeron "King James & Letters of Homosexual Desire" Iowa City: University of Iowa Press 1999 chapter 5. EDITION LIMITED TO ONLY 51 COPIES. 8vo. Fore- and lower edges uncut top edge gilt. Attractively bound by J. Larkins signed in 19th-century half morocco and marbled boards. Some wear to extremities of binding. INTERNALLY FINE AND BRIGHT. An early and important monument in the history of homosexuality in Great Britain. <br/><br/> Thomas G. Stevenson hardcover
1824FIN3-C-11London: W. Bent 1824. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6" by 4". Not Stated. Published by W.Bent by the King's authority this is a personalised copy of the weeks preparation. This companion contains two parts and is a guide to the week including prayers hymns and a companion for the altar. Full title: The New Week's Preparation for a worthy receiving of the Lord's Supper: as recommended and appointed by the Church of England: consisting of meditations and prayers for the morning and evening of every day in the week: with forms of examination and confession of sins: and a companion at the altar directing communicant in his behaviour and devotions at the Lord's table: also instructions how to live well after receiving the Holy Sacrament: to which are added a morning and evening prayer for the closest or family. In a full calf gilt stamped binding. Personalised gilt stamp indicates owner as Isaac Oldham Bold Esq Bailiff of Liverpool. Externally very smart. Some mild rubbing to boards joints and tail of spine. Small ink spill to rear board. Pastedowns and endpages lined with silk and gilt stamped. Internally generally firmly bound. Front endpaper loose. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed W. Bent hardcover
1844119852London: George Baxter 1844. London George Baxter 1844. An original Baxter-process colour print behind a window mat obscuring the original titled mount if present; visible image size 292 × 407 mm and behind glass in an antique-style wooden frame external dimension approximately 590 × 680 mm with the original letterpress description of the print on the verso of the mount visible through a cut-out in the backing board; in fine condition. 'A scene connected with the Wesleyan Missionary Society and the Maories sic. Mr Waterhouse general superintendent of that Society's Missions in Australia and Polynesia is seen introducing to the natives Mr Creed their new missionary and his wife. The detail is wonderful and the colouring beautiful . The missionary ship in the bay is the "Triton". Mr Waterhouse died at Hobart in 1842' Courtney T. Lewis: 'George Baxter' pages 104-5. <p>Baxter's patented prints comprised the printing of a key image by means of steel engraving here printed in grey and then overprinting coloured oils with wood blocks sometimes twenty or more. <p>Lewis 87. George Baxter unknown
1809347929Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by Dawson Bensley and Cooke printers to the University: and sold by W. Dawson at the Oxford Bible Warehouse Pater-noster-Row London 1809. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in gilt-blocked full leather. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. All edges gilt. Remains quite well-preserved overall.Provenance: Susanna Eames' copy. H.M.S.O Typography related letter loosely inserted. Physical description: 1 volumes various paging; 16 cm. Subjects: Church of England Book of common prayer. Church of England; Prayers and devotions; Early works to 1800. Church of England Liturgy; Texts; Early works to 1800. Bible Psalms Paraphrases English. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, by Dawson, Bensley, and Cooke, printers to the University: and sold by W. Dawson, at the hardcover
