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164844496London 1648. Early edition Madan 21; Almack 15; Wing E-270. Full red morocco leather binding 18th C with elaborate gilt decorative stamping to front & rear boards; raised spine bands; gilt stamped title in second compartment & gilt stamped decorations in the remainder. AEG. Gilt dentelles. Marbled eps. Binding with minor signs of use & wear. Recent bookseller notes to preliminary blank with modern London bookseller ticket to front blank. Frontis is a touch grubby and shows a tiny bit of edge chipping. Title leaf floated with period signatures of Robert Bridge and Joseph MacIntyre. H2 with small hole along gutter. Pale staining to margins heavier to first half of the volume. Tiny worm run to edge of first couple of leaves and some tiny runs to margins in places. Scattered pale marginal foxing. Withal a handsome VG copy of this title. 4 302 16 pp. Numerous mispaginations throughout. Double-page engraved frontispiece by William Marshall "designed for this edition". Madan. 8vo: A - U8 D1 mis-signed as E1 ¶4 a4. 6-1/4" x 3-13/16" 16 cm x 9.7 cm. <br/><br/>A lovely copy of this famous Royalist publication purporting to be the memoirs of the recently executed King. So controversial was it that Parliament commissioned an answer with John Milton's Eikonoklastes. Milton was the first to cast doubt on its authorship and Madan's New Bibliography of the Eikon Basilike demonstrated that while Dr. John Gauden was the author he worked closely from Charles' manuscripts. hardcover books
1649402219London: printed by John Grismond for Richard Royston 1649. 12mo 165 x 95 mm; 6½ x 3¾ inches. Engraved double-page portrait by William Marshall. Early 20th-century half calf marbled boards all edges gilt by Zaehnsdorf. Light wear to extremities; a few occasional pale stains lacks terminal blank generally fresh. FIRST EDITION third state with correct pagination in quire G. Originally attributed to Charles I the bibliographer Falconer Madan believes it was written by John Gauden who probably included some authentic writings of the king. Though the title-page reads 1648 it was published on 9 February 1649 ten days after the king was beheaded in the aftermath of the English Civil War. The famous allegorical frontispiece by William Marshall depicts Charles I as a Christian martyr. The work was so successful in its portrayal of the king that at the Restoration a special commemoration of the king on 30 January was added to the Book of Common Prayer. Charles I is the only saint formally canonized by the Church of England. ESTC R10559; Madan 1c; Wing E270. . <br/><br/> [printed by John Grismond for Richard Royston] hardcover books
1649303254London: Printed by Roger Daniel 1649. Second edition. 8 263 pp. Woodcut device of the King's arms on recto of first leaf. LACKING folded engraved frontispiece. 2 engraved portraits. 1 vols. 8vo. 19th-century sheep. Bookplates. Second edition. 8 263 pp. Woodcut device of the King's arms on recto of first leaf. LACKING folded engraved frontispiece. 2 engraved portraits. 1 vols. 8vo. Madan 25; Wing 2nd ed. E307 Printed by Roger Daniel] unknown books
1648256708London: for Richard Royston 1648. First edition third issue with pagination of sheet "G" corrected. 8 269 pp. Lacking first and last blank leaves A1 and S8 and lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait by Marshall. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in 20th-century black crushed morocco gilt-lettered spine marbled endpapers a.e.g. by Rivière and Son. Some staining to upper corners of pp. 197-269 for the most part in the margin errata leaf bound recto-verso. Bookplate of Frederick Adolphus Philbrick lawyer and an early British philatelist on front pastedown institutional bookplate on recto and verso of front free endpaper. Joints with traces of rubbing. Overall a very attractive copy. First edition third issue with pagination of sheet "G" corrected. 8 269 pp. Lacking first and last blank leaves A1 and S8 and lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait by Marshall. 1 vols. 8vo. A book so infrequently found with the portrait by Marshall that earlier bibliographies incuding Pforzheimer following Almack's lead assumed that when one did appear it was "tipped in". Madan #1 3; Pforzheimer 171 note for Richard Royston] unknown books
1974243531Eugene: Center for Educational Reform 1974. Magazine. 63p. 8.5x11 inches wraps worn and stained table of contents stained else good condition. Center for Educational Reform unknown books
18679351NY HARPER 1867 1867. ORIGINAL DARK GREEN CLOTH FIRST AMERICAN EDITION VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NY, HARPER, 1867 hardcover books
18679352TORONTO CHEWETT 1867 1867. ORIGINAL DARK GREEN CLOTH FIRST CANADIAN EDITION VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. Hardcover. TORONTO, CHEWETT, 1867 hardcover books
4090Toronto Litho Co. Eldest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark married Edward VII of England; card used postmarked Montreal 1902 lacks stamp; some edge tips wear crease; good minus condition. Good. unknown books
1785377London: Printed by assignment from the executors of E. Wicksteed for W. Bent 1785. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo pp. 6 ix 1 156; the first leaf consisting of an approbation on the recto and an engraved frontispiece on the verso; contemporary and probably original black goatskin with decorative gilt border and similar border outlining central panels on the covers smooth gilt spine with winged cherub heads a.e.g. green ribbon page maker; minor refurbishment at head and tail of spine. ¶ An attractive English binding possibly made in Brighton on account of the early provenance of two women owners see below. This edition is not listed ESTC or OCLC and is distinguished by the engraved frontispiece on the verso the printed appeal by W. Bent dated 1785 warning the public of "surreptitious" counterfeit editions of the present work. Indeed two similar but not identical editions are listed by ESTC; these are recorded in just one or two libraries each. Both editions are reproduced in "Eighteenth Century Collections Online" and ours represents an entirely different setting of type. THE BINDING: The most extraordinary tools on the present binding are surely the "bat-wing" cherubs that adorn the entire length of the spine quite distinctive and yet apparently remain unrecorded. It is very possible that the workshop was provincial perhaps Brighton which accounts for a paltry amount of literature published on the subject. PROVENANCE: Early inscriptions of two women collectors appear on the verso of the first flyleaf: "Sarah Lumsdale 9 Bloomsbury Place Brighton" NB: this house still exists -- "Mary Cobb April 11 1800." This edition is not to be confused with ESTC T80498 or T80499. Printed by assignment from the executors of E. Wicksteed for W. Bent hardcover books
173925958London: No publisher/printer 1739. 8vo 20.6 cm 8.1". 8 pp. <br><br>Sole edition: Supplement to the Rev. George Whitefield's reply to Bishop Edmund Gibson in which Whitefield took the Anglican Church to task. This anonymously published item contains "Notes on the Pastoral Letter" an attack on Gibson's language and theology in the pastoral letter which started the controversy and "A Remark on the Weekly Miscellany of August 18th 1739; with an Extract of a Letter from Mr. Seward Relating to the Writer of the Same. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T222052. Recent quarter calf and marbled papercovered sides spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-ruled raised bands. Pages age-toned edges slightly ragged. Inner margin of title-page with staining just touching text and an unobtrusive repair. No publisher/printer hardcover books
183111716Washington 1831. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>An overview of pioneering efforts in the education of the blind in both Europe and the United States. The memorialists state "A few years ago a deaf and dumb person was considered non compos mentis in law and incapable of exercising the rights or duties of a citizen. The degree of knowledge to which some individuals of this description have lately attained would have been incredible had we not witnessed it. In Europe it has been demonstrated that the blind are capable of still greater attainments." Government document: 21st Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 20. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume; inner edge slightly irregular. Very light foxing. Title-page with number inked in upper margin by an early hand. unknown books
192515760New Hampshire : New England Telephone and Telegraph Company 1925. First Edition. Boards. Very Good. First Edition. 9 x 11 1/2 inches. Thick boards covered in grey coated linen. Bulks 2 1/2 inches thick at the spine. Bound in boards secured by two screw posts. An archive of more than one hundred 7 1/2 x 11 inch photographs each mounted on linen. Tonality of the images is excellent. The front cover is stamped "Outside Plant - General Store and Garage Equipment - General Tools and Implements as Included in Inventory and Appraisal of Property New England Telephone and Telegraph Company State of New Hampshire as of April 1 1925" <br/><br/>The photographs are divided into sections each under a different tab. Each section of photographs is preceded with a financial page noting the value of the infrastructure being documented. A sample section is "Exchange Pole Lines Summary - Reproduction Cost - Fully Owned and Jointly Owned". Most photographs have typed explanations at bottom. Other section headings are Pole Lines Exchange Poles Toll Poles Aerial Cable Exchange Aerial Cable Toll Aerial Cable Exch. Aerial Wire Toll Aerial Wire UG Conduit UG Cable Exch UG Cable Toll UG Cable Motor Vehicles this section empty Other Accounts Submarine Cable GNL Tools and Implements. Boards. The first category tab has a stamp "Exhibit No 14 New England Tel & Tel Co New Hampshire P.S.C. No D. 964 Witness GK Manson". A legal expert advised us that this archive was probably 'an exhibit compiled for use in a state rate case - a substantial portion of which consisted of proving that the physical plant included in the company's 'rate base' on which it was allowed to earn its 'fair return' was 'used and useful' and fairly valued.' In other words NE Telephone was attempting to prove that the rates it charged to customers were fair and appropriate based in part on the inventory and property documented here.<br/><br/>A fascinating view into the state of the art in telephone/telegraph cabling and outside plant as well as how that infrastructure was used to justify rates in 1925. Archives of this nature are certainly scarce on the market and worthy of study and preservation. While individual photographs are found occasionally groupings like this which tell a story larger than the sum of their parts are quite uncommon.<br/><br/>Major Mason organized the 401st Telegraph Battalion from the NE Tel and Telegraph Company and was involved in analysis of the Transatlantic Cable see Circuits of Victory by Lavine. New England Telephone and Telegraph Company unknown books
1983110471983. VG. Color wraps. 24 pp. 23 bw plates. With sections on the twin brothers' lives style and technique and subject matter this slim volume contains some exquisite renderings of their unique animal art as well as a catalogue of 40 annotated works. paperback books
1965137319New York: Avalon Books 1965. Octavo five volumes cloth. Later edition. A five-volume reprint of this important early American science fiction novel utilizing the catastrophe motif. The trilogy was first published as serials in Cavalier in 1912 and 1913 and first published in book form in 1914 by Small Maynard and Company. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 2-73; 1981 1-67; 1987 1-33; 1995 1-33; and 2004 II-383. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 673. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 283. Lewis Utopian Literature pp. 58-9. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I pp. 484-87. In 333. Reginald 04904A-E. Spotty fading to spine panel of DARKNESS AND DAWN offset from old asphaltic-edged dust jacket protector along upper and lower edges of front cover and rear covers of BEYOND THE GREAT OBLIVION else a fine set in nearly fine to fine dust jackets the first being price clipped the jacket for THE AFTERGLOW with minor creases to flaps and several with mild foxing to upper edges of flaps. An attractive set. #137319 Avalon Books unknown books
1914165239Boston: Small 1914. Octavo pp. i-vi vii-x xi-xii 1-2 3-672 673-676: blank note: last two leaves are blanks four inserted plates including color frontispiece by P. J. Monahan original red cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind pictorial endpapers. First edition. An important early American science fiction novel utilizing the catastrophe motif. Trilogy originally published as serials in CAVALIER in 1912 and 1913. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 2-73; 1981 1-67; 1987 1-33; 1995 1-33; and 2004 II-383. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 673. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 283. Lewis Utopian Literature pp. 58-9. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 79. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I pp. 484-87. In 333. Bleiler 1978 p. 79. Reginald 04904. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 E-194. Hanna A Mirror for the Nation 1097. Rideout The Radical Novel in the United States 1900-1954 p. 294. Lower fore-edge corner of half title leaf wrinkled a very good copy with bright gold stamping. #165239 Small unknown books
1914136644Boston: Small 1914. Octavo pp. i-vi vii-x xi-xii 1-2 3-672 673-676: blank note: last two leaves are blanks four inserted plates including color frontispiece by P. J. Monahan original red cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind pictorial endpapers. First edition. Presentation copy with signed inscription by England on the verso of the frontispiece: "A ma Bonne Amie / Madamoiselle Carney / avec mes meilleurs / voeux / George Allen England / 22 fevrier 1914." An important early American science fiction novel utilizing the catastrophe motif originally published as serials in CAVALIER in 1912 and 1913. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 2-73; 1981 1-67; 1987 1-33 and 1995 1-33. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 673. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 283. Lewis Utopian Literature pp. 58-9. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 79. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I pp. 484-87. In 333. Bleiler 1978 p. 79. Reginald 04904. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 E-194. Hanna A Mirror for the Nation 1097. Rideout The Radical Novel in the United States 1900-1954 p. 294. Page edges just a bit dusty a bright fine copy. #136644 Small unknown books
191484218Boston: Small 1914. Octavo pp. i-vi vii-x xi-xii 1-2 3-672 673-676: blank note: last two leaves are blanks four inserted plates including color frontispiece by P. J. Monahan original red cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind pictorial endpapers. First edition. An important early American science fiction novel utilizing the catastrophe motif. Trilogy originally published as serials in CAVALIER in 1912 and 1913. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 2-73; 1981 1-67; 1987 1-33; 1995 1-33; and 2004 II-383. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 673. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 283. Lewis Utopian Literature pp. 58-9. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 79. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I pp. 484-87. In 333. Bleiler 1978 p. 79. Reginald 04904. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 E-194. Hanna A Mirror for the Nation 1097. Rideout The Radical Novel in the United States 1900-1954 p. 294. Some slight dulling to spine panel minimal wear to extremities small spot on rear panel a very attractive tight nearly fine copy. #84218 Small unknown books
191490392Boston: Small 1914. Octavo pp. i-vi vii-x xi-xii 1-2 3-672 673-676: blank note: last two leaves are blanks four inserted plates including color frontispiece by P. J. Monahan original red cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind pictorial endpapers. First edition. An important early American science fiction novel utilizing the catastrophe motif. Trilogy originally published as serials in CAVALIER in 1912 and 1913. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 2-73; 1981 1-67; 1987 1-33; 1995 1-33; and 2004 II-383. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 673. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 283. Lewis Utopian Literature pp. 58-9. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 79. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I pp. 484-87. In 333. Bleiler 1978 p. 79. Reginald 04904. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 E-194. Hanna A Mirror for the Nation 1097. Rideout The Radical Novel in the United States 1900-1954 p. 294. A fine bright copy. An excellent copy of this book. Quite scarce in this condition. Front and rear flaps of the rare dust jacket are laid in. #90392 Small unknown books
19141334084Boston: Small Maynard and Company Publishers 1914. Third Printing. Hardcover. 10mo; pp 672; G-; sunned red spine with black text; no jacket; cloth has modest wear to exterior; slightly cocked spine; corners and edges shows some wear; gilt titles to front; text block edges have some age toning; pictorial endpapers; previous bookshop's sticker to rear pastedown; light pencil to rear endpaper; cracked rear hinge. 1334084. FP New Rockville Stock. Small, Maynard and Company, Publishers hardcover books
191923253Boston: Small Maynard & Company 1919. First Edition. Octavo 19.25cm.; publisher's blue decorative cloth embossed in black; 8349pp.; color frontispiece. Light edge wear mostly at spine ends else Near Fine. Socialist author's fantastical adventure novel set in Malaysia. BLEILER 1972 p. 109. Small, Maynard & Company unknown books
1919264040Boston: Small Maynard & Company 1919. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. A clean copy by the American Science Fiction writer George England. The dustjacket is missing a piece about 1 1/2" from the bottom of the spine. Very Good binding / Good dust jacket. Small, Maynard & Company unknown books
182233165London: G. F. Cruchley 349 Oxford Street 1822. Second Edition stated. Housed in the publisher's original green paste-paper slipcase with printed paper title label to one side "CRUCHLEY'S NEW MAP Of ENGLAND And WALES .". Matching green paper backing to 2 outer panels of folded map. A VG map in a similar case. A dissected very detailed 25-panel hand-colored in outline linen-backed map. Title set in border top-right. Scale: 1" = 10.91 miles. Unfolded: 38-5/8" x 26-1/4"; Folded in Portfolio: 7-3/4" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/>An early publication from this London carographer- no copy recorded on OCLC with the British Library per their on-line listings holding only a later 1827 edition. G. F. Cruchley, 349 Oxford Street unknown books
166044488London: Printed for James Davis and are to be sold at the Grey-hound in St. Pauls Church-yard 1660. 1st Edition Abbott 1043; Wing G351. Later binding by Riviere & Son full red morocco triple gilt border rule to boards. AEG. Spine with elaborate gilt tooling five raised bands. Gilt stamped title to spine. Gilt dentelles. Very minor binding wear. Age-toning to eps & text paper. A handsome & pleasing VG - Nr Fine volume. 8 131 13 pp. A6 blank. 12 pages of bookseller offerings conclude volume. Engraved frontispiece restored lower corner. 12mo; A6 B - G12 A1 = Frontis. 5-1/2" x 3-1/4" 14 cm x 8.3 cm. <br/><br/> Printed for James Davis, and are to be sold at the Grey-hound in St. Pauls Church-yard hardcover books
190117107Boston: Nathan Sawyer & Son printers 1901. 8vo. 18 pp. <br><br>Issued by the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company Benj. F. Stevens President. Printed at head of title: "Calendar for 1901. Sewn in original wrappers; slightly soiled. Corners chipped. Front wrapper with chip at corners and fore-edge and with small tear from spine. Library shelf number pencilled on front cover. Nathan Sawyer & Son, printers unknown books
6379018. NEW ENGLAND TRACT SOCIETY. THE COTTAGER'S WIFE. A narrtive written by a clergyman of the Church of England. Taken with some omissions from the Christian Observer. Andover: Printed for the New England Tract Society by Flagg and Gould 1815. Tract No. 63. First edition. 24 pp. Bound with: THE HAPPY NEGRO. Andover: Printed for the New England Tract Society by Flagg and Gould 1814. Tract No. 7. First edition. 8 pp. Bound with: A SERIOUS ADDRESS TO CHILDREN & YOUTH relating to the great and necessary Duty of Prayer. By I. Watts D.D. Tract No. 29. 4 pp. Contemporary binding; the three tracts are side sewn in a plain paper wrapper. 36 pp. total. Early ink ownership of Octavia Parks. Wrappers and pamphlets are lightly foxed and heavily edgeworn with creasing to bottom fore-corner of text leaves in the first two tracts nos. 63 & 7. Insect damage to wrappers and the leaves which immediately follow or precede them. The final tract no. 29 has been trimmed to a smaller size and lacks the colophon. Three tracts bound as one; condition is very good overall. unknown books
