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1330383893.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
230900J. C. MacCartie & Co. Sydney c. 1910. 271 pp tinted end-papers fine copy in red cloth boards. J. C. MacCartie & Co., Sydney, c. 1910 hardcover
2026x-1009546309Cambridge University Press 2026. Paperback. New. 3rd revised edition edition. 742 pages. 6.69x1.48x9.61 inches. Cambridge University Press paperback
0484795465.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0469382538.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1334970041.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
40711AM unsigned 19pp recto and verso 4 3/4" X 7 3/4" n.p. n.y. ca. 1870s. Very good. Bit of faint age toning and old folds neither strong nor weakened. Quite attractive and frustratingly cryptic unsigned Autograph Manuscript two-punched at top and string-tied with original pink ribbon. Fascinating firsthand recollections of the writer's early education in a New England country school house apparently penned for some kind of commemoration. All told a dense meaty manuscript that must be read in its entirety to be appreciated. Opens with: "It is a difficult thing to describe an old place which you have not seen for years to a company of friends who have never seen it; a ruler and a compass seem indispensable a rough sketch on paper to show its position and its various surroundings but who among us here can fail to describe most accurately and who can fail to comprehend without the aid of riveted compass and finely pencilled drawings a country school house a New England School house with its ragged walls and still raggeder urchins with its four windows with its one door with its rows of old desks long since hacked by the idlers of other days with its ink spots dropped years before with its benches all scratched over with school boy hieroglyphics and last and not least but first with that old that honorable that respected that indispensable institution to Every New England town the village 'School mom'." He then gives a few vague specifics: "In the years 1847 & 1848 there was a small white house in a village north that has since been torn down. If we were to measure off 200 feet in 27th Street on the lower side of the Street West of the Third Avenue should locate there the Old Academy where two short years we studied. Six young zebras sent from the turmoil of the city to the quiet country there by labor of mind and of body to blend beauty with intelligence alas it was a failure from lack of ingredients ." He describes their beloved "School mom" "She was a nice young lady a little above the medium height with light hair and very mild blue eyes her dress was always plain and becoming. and she was loved by us all young and old thought Miss B. was perfection and how could we help it we fresh from the Schools of Gotham." going at length into her benevolent teaching style and her mysterious personal life. He addresses the family who lived in the house Dominis the appearance of the school and its grounds the pupils' pastimes and pranks the owner of the house "an old Jesuit. always prowling round inserting his long lean crooked nose in the School house. the wealthiest & the meanest" etc. All very Dickensian very Norman Rockwell -- sentimental and charming viewed from perhaps a half century or more later. Penned in brown ink in a handsome easily legible small hand. Although some clues do crop up that may help identify this academy and perhaps the writer we have been unable to do so despite all efforts. unknown
014029Autograph SIGNED letter by Lord Henry Brougham Lord Chancellor of England. His signature on a 1 page autograph letter signed undated and entirely in French which he spoke fluently. He mentions General Zachary Taylor and the architect M. de Larras. Letter is on 1/4 page 4" x 5.75" on a larger sheet of paper 7.75" x 11.5" that has been folded in quarters. Fine. unknown
186633982Eccleston St. S.W. London March 13th 1866. 1866. Good. - Over 39 words penned on a 7 inch high by 4-3/8 inch wide sheet of buff paper with an attached blank leaf. Michael Costa writes to arrange a meeting with the recipient: "On Thursday I am engaged in the morning but if you can come in the afternoon at 1/2 past three o'clock." He then closes with "Hoping your cold is better believe me truly yours" signed "M. Costa". Folded twice horizontally for mailing the letter is slightly soiled. Remnants of gray paper adhering to the right edge of the verso of the blank page would suggest that the letter was once mounted in an album. Good. <p>The Italian-born conductor and composer Michael Costa 1808-1884 studied in Naples with his father at the Real Collegia di Musica and later with Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli. Although most of his works disappeared into obscurity he composed a significant number of operas symphonies and cantatas. After a visit to Birmingham he settled in England. In 1830 working as a conductor at His Majesty's Theatre Costa was able to influence many changes there and subsequently at Covent Garden. He was admired by Meyerbeer and Verdi. Having conducted several orchestras he took on English citizenship and was subsequently knighted in 1869. Among those compositions which survived are his ballets "Kenilworth" "Une Heure a Naples" "Sir Huon" and "Alma". His operas "Malek Adhel" and "Don Carlos" were produced in Paris and London. Eccleston St. S.W. [London], March 13th, 1866. unknown
193096221New York: circa 1930s. 1930s. Very good. - 39 words penned on an 8-1/2 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide sheet of The Living Age letterhead. Signed "Quincy Howe". The right edge & top edge of the letterhead are slightly darkened. Pieces of tape adhere to the verso where the item was removed from an album. Folded 3 times for mailing. Very good. <p>Howe writes to an unidentified committee about tickets to the committe's upcoming party in Harlem. Howe was an editor for The Living Age from 1923 to 1929 when the magazine was sold. After the sale the new owner rehired Howe as Editor-in-Chief.<p>An advocacy journalist in the tradition of New England liberalism Quincy Howe 1900-1977 helped bring food to striking miners in Harlan County Ky in 1932; opposed restriction of immigration; and was active in prison reform. As a director of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1932 to 1940 he fought against censorship. But it was in foreign policy matters that Howe drew the most attention in the thirties. A critic of dictatorships of the left and the right he was sympathetic to the rising nationalist movements in the colonial empires of the Old World. He was a member of the left-wing American League against War and Fascism. In his writings of that time he stressed the dangers of American intervention in another world war. New York: circa [1930s]. unknown
9756"I love the present - but the past / Hath such a spell around it cast ". Inscribed in another hand on lower margin "Robert Montgomery Author of Luther". 1-page 8vo on blue paper mounted to a leaf from a Victorian album. Undated. 'Luther' his last long poem appeared in 1842. unknown
9658319th Century. . Very good. - A one-and-a-half page letter consisting of over 35 words penned on 4-7/8 inch high by 4 inch wide creamy white paper. Responding to Miss Thompson's request the actor Henry Maeder Pitt is enclosing his autograph and mentions that he is also enclosing "a letter of Charles Keen's and one by H.J. Byron the playwrite" neither of which are here present. Signed in full "Henry Maeder Pitt" on the attached integral leaf. There is a small piece out from the bottom corner of the second leaf. Glue and paper remnants at the corners of the blank verso of the second page would indicate that the letter was once mounted in an album. Very good. <p>The 19th century actor Henry Maeder Pitt was born in Albany New York in 1850. He was active in England and America and joined the Augustin Daly Company in 1882. His death in NYC from poison on March 7 1898 was believed to be a suicide. 19th Century. unknown
11647'Middleton Middleton Cheney Jan. 22 1823'. 1p. 4to. 41 lines of text written in a close neat hand. Good on aged paper laid down on grey paper leaf removed from autograph album. He begins by explaining that an earlier answer was not possible 'while my family were all with me and much sickness in the house and in the parish'. He explains that he is sending 'two or three autographs' and gives a reason for not sending that of 'Mr. Warton' whose handwriting would show 'that he wrote rather more legibly but not much better than another excellent & learned man the Bp. of St. Davids'. He now expresses the hope that his correspondent is 'not immediately going to press with the reprint of the Life of Mr. Henry; at least that the intended addition about "popular preacher" is not yet wanted; for it certainly wants to be revised. . The passage also about Jan. 30. of which you say very truly that it is an important document wants I fear both consideration and correction.' He suggests that the recipient call on 'Mrs. James Mainwaring Sister to my late incomparable friend Mr Bridge' who will 'shew you the picture of her revered ancestor the Rector of Malpas'. He now discusses the 'Sermon of the Rector or heads of a sermon' there being 'a few mistakes in the references either in your transcript or in the copy that was before you'. He discusses the sermons of the period and the 'one thing that amazes' him 'how Mr. Henry could possibly carry away with him so many distinct topics & texts of Scripture'. The last paragraph concerns 'Bp. Barrow's burial' and the site of his tomb. COPAC records an edition of the 'Life and Death of Philip Henry' printed in Edinburgh by Andrew Jack in 1823. 'Middleton [Middleton Cheney] Jan. 22, 1823'. unknown
130317 Holly Place Hampstead. 21 June 1853. 3pp. 12mo. Bifolium. Good on lightly-aged paper with traces of mount adhering to the blank reverse of the second leaf. He thinks that Rickards 'could answer the question in the enclosed letter with much more authority exactness and detail than I could.' If Rickards has 'anything to say on the subject' Mozley asks him to 'send it at once to my brother at Oxford as he is in the last crisis of an article on the Manuscript Commission'. He continues with news of 'Grace' 'now home for the holidays' and of his health. 7 Holly Place, Hampstead. 21 June 1853. unknown
1899013878Boston Mass: Bigelow & Dowse Co 1899. Fine/No Dust Jacket Issued. <br /> A turn-of-the-century trade presentation showcasing the height of the American bicycle craze and the rapid commercialization of the safety bicycle. <br /> Issued at a critical juncture in leisure transport history this catalog outlines detailed specifications for three premium regional lines: the B & D Special the Park Flyer and the ultra-scarce Copley line which operated exclusively during the year 1899. <br /> It documents the late-Victorian transition toward standardized consumer athletics featuring specialized mechanics for adult road racers and children's models sourced from the Fay Bicycle Company.<br /> <br /> KEY FEATURES<br /> Visuals: Elaborately illustrated throughout with detailed technical wood engravings demonstrating frame configurations gear layouts and drop-handlebar profiles for specific models.<br /> Binding: Original stiff illustrated stapled wraps; retaining bright clean corporate lithographic cover design.<br /> Content: Exhaustive parts pricing mechanical dimensions and optional upgrades for the B & D Special Park Flyer and Copley lines including technical agent data for Ohio-manufactured Dayton Bicycles.<br /> Imprint: Bigelow & Dowse Co. Boston Massachusetts 1899.<br /> Specs: 8.5 x 8 inches; 12 pages complete.<br /> Unmarked domestic copy completely free of library stamps or industrial workshop notation.<br /> <br /> CONDITION: Fine. A remarkably bright and well-preserved specimen. The stiff paper wraps remain clean flat and structurally sound with no fading to the lithographic ink. The staples are secure and completely free of oxidation or rust transfer. Internally the pages are crisp bright and untouched completely without flaw marks or the heavy thumb-soiling typical of late 19th-century hardware and trade literature. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --<br /> By the late 1890s the American landscape had been utterly transformed by the bicycle boom. The introduction of the safety bicycle-featuring two equal-sized wheels and a chain-driven rear axle-replaced the dangerous high-perch ordinary bicycle democratizing cycling for women children and the broader urban public.<br /> <br /> This 1899 catalog from Boston hardware powerhouse Bigelow & Dowse documents the peak of this cultural frenzy. Rather than acting as a simple order sheet the volume showcases how traditional industrial jobbers adjusted their entire distribution frameworks to accommodate the mass-market demands of seasonal sports and athletic leisure.<br /> <br /> The inclusion of specialized youth models from the Fay Bicycle Company emphasizes the expanding nature of the late-nineteenth-century consumer market demonstrating that bicycle ownership had transitioned from an elite hobby into a standardized family fixture.<br /> <br /> SCHOLARLY FEATURES<br /> Design: Captures late-Victorian athletic marketing layouts pairing bold typography with isolated mechanical profiles to emphasize structural lightweight speed.<br /> Scholarship: Serves as a vital primary document for the history of American transportation tracking the rapid shift away from the high-wheel ordinary bicycle to the equal-wheeled safety design.<br /> Influence: Preserves the fleeting industrial footprint of the Copley Company whose single-year operational window 1899 makes their surviving trade literature extraordinarily scarce.<br /> <br /> SUBJECTS: Bicycles 19th-Century Transportation American Leisure Culture Boston Commerce Industrial Design Trade Catalogues Ephemera Fay Bicycle Company Huffman Bicycles Dayton Ohio Manufacturing Ephemera Trade Catalogue.<br /> <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: OCLC/WorldCat 49198294 locating only 1 copy globally at the University of Maine. Bigelow & Dowse Co unknown
20121-1615642145Alpha Books 2012. Paperback. New. 414 pages. 9.25x7.50x1.00 inches. Alpha Books paperback
0715801031.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2006Q-0713676949A & C Black Publishers Ltd 2006-06-05. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! A & C Black Publishers Ltd paperback
197824474EP Publishing Limited 1978. Trade paperback in very good minus condition. Some foxing. 1978 edition. Soft cover. Very Good. EP Publishing Limited Paperback
1976BOOKS037361ICanaan NH: Phoenix Publishing 1976. HC. good brown cloth hardcover -- NO DUSTJACKET THIS COPY. B&W illustrations. ISBN 091401627X History of this Vermont town dating from 1789. -- NO DUSTJACKET THIS COPY. 142pp. Phoenix Publishing unknown
2002Q-034081988xHodder & Stoughton 2002-04-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
2002Q-0340819898Hodder & Stoughton 2002-11-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Hodder & Stoughton paperback
14098Bank of England: 28 August 1852. Sent from the Bank of England on 28 August 1852. 4pp. 12mo. Bifolium. In poor condition with a section torn away from the foot of both leaves with loss of text including the writer's signature. The letter begins: 'Dear Sir When you receive this your Press &c. will be well on its way to Edinburgh. When it arrives do not attempt to take it out of its case but have the case placed upon a Table and take it to pieces from about the machine leaving the machine standing upon the bottom of the Case - until its own bench is made when you will push the machine with its mahogany board in upon it.' He discusses the machines at the Stamp Office and goes into technical detail pin die and rollers. The letter concludes: 'There is also a small key hanging on one of the Guide Springs for unlocking the slide for disconnecting the Register. In my next letter I shall send directions how to disconnect the Register and take it to pieces to clean.' See Image. Bank of England: 28 August 1852 unknown
1960C209545Bank of England/ Henry Loveridge Chadder 1960. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. 5 issues and Index bound in one. Quarto. x 65 60 68 66 80pp. Ex-Cornell University library in full blue cloth with minimal attributes. Very good indeed. Bank of England/ Henry Loveridge Chadder, hardcover
1951D04NS1284Governor and Company of the Bank of England London 1951. 1st Edition. SOFTCOVER. Quarto size 4to booklet in thin card wraps with silk tie. 12pp plus plates in colour and b/w __CONDITION : Wrappers lightly edge-chipped and rubbed a little foxed and dusty in the margins. Closed tears to spine fold internally very clean and tight copy and overall a VERY GOOD copy. . __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS Governor and Company of the Bank of England, London paperback
