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1913Embry 144108The Century Co. New York: 1913. First edition first state with single blank at end. Inked name and date to front free endpaper light rubbing to joints and spine tips overall near fine in custom mylar cover. Blue/gray cloth decoratively stamped in gilt and black. BAL 11942. The Century Co., New York: 1913. First edition, first state with single blank at end. hardcover books
1905D12700London: William Heinemann 1905. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original pictorial blue cloth gilt-stamped lettering on upper board and spine; 8vo; pp. 182 plus frontispiece and 5 plates and with numerous illustrations in text. Ownership signature of Bessie "Becky" London Jack's second daughter from his first marriage born 1902 on verso of FFEP. Spine tips and corners lightly bumped and a little frayed; a few small scuff marks on boards; front hinge tender. <br/><br/> William Heinemann hardcover books
178622135London: S.W. Fores 1786. Boards. Orig. illustrated lithograph in a multitude of colors. Fine. 27.5 x 37 cm. Hand colored lithograph from S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse. Caption in right corner read "Man Traps & Spring Guns. Brightly colored print colors fresh and clean. S.W. Fores unknown books
183222145London: Thos McLean 1832. Brown wood frame. Near fine. Color lithograph 8 7/16 x 12 1/2 inches within border frame in matted glass fronted frame wired for hanging. Artist is John Doyle DB with his circular embossed seal in lower left corner. Doyle experienced great success with his political cartoons using the new medium of lithography. His caricatures were mostly faithful likenesses of his subjects. His sons included the illustrator James William Edmund Doyle and painter/illustrator Richard Dicky Doyle. After visiting King William IV on May 8 Lord Grey Prime Minister and Lord Brougham Lord Chancellor were not offered victuals by the King and so get some mutton chop at a posting house in Hounslow. Grey is disconsolate Brougham cheerful holding a chop speared on a fork saying "My Lord you don't eat your chops I have already placed six in Schedule A. & am about to discuss a seventh while you have scarcely got thro' one come cheer up all will be well tomorrow." Grey responds by noting his fear of omens upon entering the post house. Slight rubbing to vertical portions of the picture frame. Thos McLean unknown books
18192072345Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown Paternoster-Row 1819. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Rebacked with new endpapers. Fore-edge corners rubbed library blind stamp on title page no other marks a couple pages foxed. 1819 Half-Leather. xxiii 435 pp. 8vo. Six engraved plates including one in color illustrating rheumatic ophthalmia. A collection of medical papers including John Bostock's Case of Periodical Affection of the Eyes and Chest Garrison-Morton 2582: 'Bostock Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster-Row hardcover books
1906M11881London:: The Stereoscope Company 1906. 1906. Original black-and-white photograph 11.5 x 8 inches mounted on printed paper board 16 x 14 inches of the hospital's nurses and physicians. Small piece missing top paper board edge obscuring the first three letters of "Ophthalmic" and waterstains to the right of the image barely affecting its clarity. Good. Those pictured include an international group from India Ceylon Canada Smyrna Egypt USA and a relative minority from the UK. Two are from the family of Conover must be related: H. L. Arnold Omaha Nebraska / E. Pardee Bucke London Canada / Dr. Albert E. Bulson Jr. Fort Wayne Indiana / Oreste Connonis Smyrna / T. S. Conover Flint Michigan / W. J. Conover Evert Michigan / Robert Henry Cowley Berea Kentucky d.ca.1949 / W. G. Dobson Poughkeepsie NY / J. W. Foley Denver Colorado / A. J. Hall Dunedin New Zealand / David Isaacs Omaha NE / K. N. Karanita India / E. G. Linn Chicago IL / E. A. Mascarenhas Karachi India / Chas. E. Miller Muncie Indiana / L. Monstakas Cairo Egypt / A. J. Mummert Los Angeles CA / D. Nathan Montreal Canada / E. L. Raffel Colombo Ceylon / C. M. Sneed Colombia MO / W. J. Tait London Ontario / E. Treacher Collins London England / J. R. Walker Fresno California. / W. S. Woon Blooming Prairie Minn. Sister Kitchen Claud A. Worth London England / Mary A. Wilson Indianapolis IN / Two additional children are labeled as "mascots".Among the most prominent of these members was Edward Treacher Collins. Treacher–Collins syndrome is named after Edward Treacher Collins 1862–1932 "the English surgeon and ophthalmologist who described its essential traits in 1900. In 1949 Franceschetti and Klein described the same condition on their own observations as mandibulofacial dysostosis. The term mandibulofacial dysostosis is used to describe the clinical features. He was the son of Dr. W. J. Collins and Miss Treacher. Treacher Collins used his mother's maiden name and his father's surname without a hyphen according to the custom of the time. He entered University College London. In 1879 he began studies at Middlesex Hospital; he received his medical degree in 1883. Influenced by his older brother Sir William Collins he decided to specialize in ophthalmology. For his internship he went to the Moorfields Eye Hospital where he remained as a faculty member for the next 48 years. His work culminated in the publication Researches into the Anatomy and Pathology of the Eye 1896 which earned him worldwide recognition." Wikipedia He also wrote a history of the Moorfields Eye Hospital the present name for what was formerly called the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital The history and traditions of the Moorfields Eye Hospital. One hundred years of ophthalmic discovery and development London 1929. Frank Law contributed a second volume in 1975. The Stereoscope Company, 1906. unknown books
1912WM09128New York: The Century Co. 1912. Original greenish blue cloth with black lettering and cream and black pictorial moonscape decoration. Spine ends corners worn and some general edgewear. Page edges darkened and a little foxed. Text block tight clean and good. Owner penciled name dated 1913 on ffep. 8 black and white illustrations. Six stories thematically connected. BAL11939. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by P.J.Monahan. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. The Century Co. Hardcover books
193023636London: Christie Manson & Woods 1930. Hardcover. VG-; ex-library with few labels and marks re-binding is strong and appears to have seen little use. Inside pages clean and edges sharp. Brown library buckram boards; 109 pp; 38 bw photoengraved plates. Catalogue has extensive annotation for 119 works; From an auction held on March 6 1930 at Lansdowne House in London England. Essay summarizing the origins of the collection notes that it was considered one of the most beautiful and valuable in England. Some of the marbles were derived from excavations in 1769 near the Roman site of Hadrian's Tiburtine villa on a spot known as the Pantanello. Beautiful engravings show many of the marbles for sale including: a basalt figure of an Egyptian; statues and reliefs of Marcus Aurelius Hermes Artemis Athene Homer; a marble throne; sepulchral monuments; and Sleeping Nymph by Canova. The essay contains a bibliography of published works which enumerate the most important works in the collection. Christie, Manson & Woods hardcover books
190216031201New York: The Century Co 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo size 582 pp. This volume includes six months of the wonderful St. Nicholas children's magazine with the July issue containing the first published appearance of the short story "The Cruise of the Dazzler" pp. 784-812. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Decorated red cloth boards with black and gilt designs title in black inside a gilt shape with black and gilt patterns on the spine rear board with ruled border in black bevelled boards pictorial endpapers in tan lavishly illustrated with black-and-white drawings throughout; octavo size 9.5" by 7.5" pagination: i-iv v-vii viii-vix 579-1152. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is good only with a strong square text block solid hinges the pages are clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; some soiling to the boards especially to the rear board which appears to be two spots of spilled ink rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and to the corners corners are gently bumped and there is a faint old dampstain to the fore-edge margins of the first fifty or so pages. We are rating the volume as good plus due to the condition of the binding as the interior is clean overall with strong hinges. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Woodbridge #10. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Please note that this is a large and heavy volume and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Century Co hardcover books
2290New York and London: Macmillan 1907. An octavo 242 pages plus ads. First Edition bound in original pictorial cloth. Adise from some offsetting from a small newspaper portrait of London tipped-on to the verso of the frontispiece and some browning to the free endpapers this is a fine bright copy. Nicely illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull. hardcover books
1912290101912. LONDON Jack. SMOKE BELLEW. New York: Century Co. 1912. First edition. 8vo blue pictorial cloth. Spot of soil at lower edge of front endpaper and prelim. pages otherwise a fine clean copy with only slight wear to cloth. unknown books
1905RLONTAL00MELMacmillan Company 1905. Very Good. London Jack. Tales of the Fish Patrol. New York: Macmillan Company 1905. First edition. 243pp. 12mo. Book condition: Very good with rubbed and bumped edges faint soiling spine faded and gently rolled and foxing to half-title frontispiece and title page. Macmillan Company unknown books
1905W6804CNew York: The Macmillan Company 1905. Spine ends worn with material loss corners bumped. Original green yellow and blue cloth with some sunning of the spine. TEG slightly worn. Stated as "Published September 1905". First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by George Varian. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. The Macmillan Company Hardcover books
1904WRCLIT75116London: Heinemann 1904. Brown cloth stamped in gilt and darker brown. First British edition. Scattered light foxing bookplate otherwise a very good tight copy. BAL 11878n. SMITH L-438. Heinemann hardcover books
1902WRCLIT29456London: Isbister & Co. Ltd. 1902. Gilt red cloth. First edition British issue of the author's second book printed and probably bound in the U.S. with a variant subtitle. Ink name and Smith's bookplate on front endsheets extremities shelfworn but a good sound copy. BAL 11870n. SMITH L-440. Isbister & Co., Ltd. hardcover books
1915136681915. Illustrated by Gordon Grant. New York: The Macmillan Company 1915. 6 pp undated ads. Original maroon cloth decorated in orange and yellow. First Edition of this unusual tale actually written some time earlier at about the same time as SMOKE BELLEW and THE NIGHT-BORN. He had just abandoned a book he called THE ASSASSINATION BUREAU as he was interrupted by the death of their newborn baby and he never returned to it. He then turned to THE SCARLET PLAGUE -- a haunting futuristic novel about the end of the world with San Francisco reduced to an archaeological site beside which an old man tells a group of young savages about the breakdown of society after the attack of an incurable plague. In one graceful reference Jack acknowledged his debt to Poe saying that some called the plague "The Red Death". Almost casually THE SCARLET PLAGUE ends in a hope of horses with a beautiful stallion and a small herd standing on the wild beach in the sunset. Sinclair This was at the time Jack and Charmian had renounced the big city one recently reduced to an archaeological site though by an earthquake in favor of their horse ranch in the Sonoma Valley. His love of horses was a major theme in another novel of the same period THE VALLEY OF THE MOON. Macmillan produced just over 5000 copies of this book relatively few for London's titles; it has become a rather scarce book vigilantly hunted by fantasy / science fiction collectors. This copy is very good-plus a touch of wear at the head of the spine but less fading of the spine than is usual for this maroon cloth . Sisson & Martens p. 80; Blanck 11960. unknown books
191718919EErie PA: The A-No. 1 Publishing Company 1917. Fourth Edition. Paperback original. 136 pages. The illustrated memoirs of the hobo who accompanied author Jack London as a fellow tramp while he was researching ‘The Road.’ Very good used copy with some dust soiling and edge wear a faint crease to the front cover ink stamp and some tearing to the spine folds in printed wrappers. The A-No. 1 Publishing Company paperback books
198842397Stanford: Stanford University Press 1988. First edition deluxe issue. 1657 pp w/index in three volumes. All fine in decorated red cloth in publisher’s slipcase. No dust jackets as issued in this state. For the set: Stanford: Stanford University Press, hardcover books
1929WRCLIT50002London: The Fanfrolico Press 1929. Whole numbers one through six all published. Pictorial wrappers. Large octavo. Slightly dusty at edges else a nice run near fine. Edited by Jack Lindsay and P.R. Stephensen. A periodical voice for the Fanfrolico Press echoing its distinctive sensibilities suffused with the editors's own interpretations of Nietzsche's writings and printing contributions by Nichols O'Flaherty Church S. Sitwell Lawrence and T.F. Powys Capek Douglas Rickword A.J.M. Smith Marsh Goll Blok et al. HOFFMAN et al pp.288-9. SULLIVAN MODERN pp. 236-40. The Fanfrolico Press unknown books
178622139London: S. Fores 1786. Stiff Wraps. Orig. colored engraving. Near fine. 25 x 39 cm. Colored engraving signed WM 1786 lower left corner. King George III and his wife Charlotte riding toward Windsor; vividly colored bright and fresh. Road marker toward Slough is ignored as the King's cane points straight to Windsor Palace. S. Fores unknown books
183222148London: Thos McLean 1832. Color lithograph. Brown wood frame. Near fine. Hand colored lithograph 10.5 x 14.8 inches within border frame in matted glass fronted frame wired for hanging. Artist is John Doyle DB with his circular embossed seal in lower left corner. Doyle experienced great success with his political cartoons using the new medium of lithography. His caricatures were mostly faithful likenesses of his subjects. His sons included the illustrator James William Edmund Doyle and painter/illustrator Richard Dicky Doyle. Caption reads "I beg gentleman you will not laugh to loud lest you disturb the slumbers of our honourable chairman." A scene during the debate in Committee on the third Reform Bill Sir Charles Wetherell member of Parliament speaks of Bernal asleep the Chairman of The Committee. His omment produced a general roar of laughter which raised him from his slumber. On the Ministerial front bench are left to right Sir. J. Graham Althorp member in wig and a smiling Lord J. Russell. Slight rubbing to vertical portions of the picture frame. Thos McLean unknown books
188648369London: J. & A. Churchill 11 New Burlington Street 1886. 1st Edition. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. General wear & soiling to cloth. Hairline split to rear hinge. Age-toning to paper. A VG copy. 8 164 4 pp. Publisher adverts last 4 pages. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/>Somewhat uncommon book on the subject with OCLC reporting just 4 cc held in US institutions and fwiw this the first time we've been able to offer a copy. J. & A. Churchill 11, New Burlington Street hardcover books
195840361London Ontario / Toronto / Winnipeg: The London and Port Stanley Railway / British Columbia Electric Railway Company Ltd. / Montreal and Southern Counties Railway / Canadian National Railways 1958. White paper printed in black lettering. Moderate wear to paper age-toning creasing and light soiling apparent. Withal an about VG collection. 10 items of varying pages each. Charts and spreadsheets located throughout. Varying sizes: 12" x 7-1/2" 10-3/4" x 16" oblong 8-5/8" x 25" oblong 18-1/4" x 29-7/8" oblong. <br/><br/>Includes: 10 timetables from varying companies. British Columbia Electric Railway Company - 7 timetables nos. 69 71 72 2x 73 74 & 76 London and Port Stanley Railway - 1 timetable no. 68 Montreal and Southern Counties Railway - 1 timetable no. 78 Canadian National Railways - 1 timetable no. 53. These timetables provide an all-around sense of the Canadian Railways in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The London and Port Stanley Railway / British Columbia Electric Railway Company Ltd. / Montreal and Southern Counties Railway / unknown books
191616889NY: Macmillan 1916. First edn. 8vo pp. 268 adv. Bound in mauve cloth stamped in yellow orange and blue. A little light soiling on the cover and nick at the extremities of the spine o/w a near fine copy. Sisson/Martens p. 90; BAL 11968. Macmillan unknown books
1894WRCAM50323Sanford N.C. 1894. 27pp. Original printed wrappers bound into maroon three-quarter morocco and cloth spine gilt. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Contents a bit tanned. Very good. A centennial address on the importance of Chatham County North Carolina during the American Revolutionary period. London recounts "the political history of our county during the Revolutionary War and what part her citizens acted in those days that tried men's souls." A scarce North Carolina imprint with only twenty-one copies listed in OCLC. OCLC 2003683. hardcover books
