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187127559London: Royal Society of London 1871. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good. This full volume of papers by numerous authors on a variety of subjects including medicine natural history physics mathematics and archaeology illustrated with numerous plates. iv 4 iv 4 1-726 pp. 4to. Library binding tan leather spine with gold embossed titling scuffing. Interiors clean ex-library stamp on title page and verso also occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound. Royal Society of London unknown books
1955S10066London:: The Royal Society 1955-1994. 1955. 21 volumes of 40. 8vo. Microfiche of the text in 8 of the volumes. Blue cloth gilt-stamped spine titles dust jackets 3 lacking. Fine copies. A series of volumes giving biographical and historical information about scientists who were members of The Royal Society. Volumes: 1 2 3 6 15 21-26 28-36 40. Volume 1 includes articles on Albert Einstein Enrico Fermi and Alan Mathison Turing all who died within the time span of this volume. Alexander Fleming Herman Weyl Werner Heisenberg Max Delbruck Harold Urey Hans Adolf Krebs Paul Dirac and Louis Victor de Broglie are among the biographies in other volumes. Interestingly the Japanese Emperor Hirohito was a member on The Royal Society and his biography is included here. Beginning the thirtieth volume microfiche are included in a pocket at the rear of the book. The Royal Society, 1955-1994. hardcover books
19481550London: Sotheby's 1948. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 8vo. 68 pp. 715 lots. 12 b/w reproductions. Original green wrappers stapled as issued. With printed list of prices and buyers' names. Scarce Sotheby's sale catalogue in which is described "a selected portion of the valuable library at Patshull House Woverhampton the property of the Rt. Honble. the Earl of Dartmouth G.C.V.O. including: an exceedingly important collection of sixteenth century maps of Ireland important early manuscript maps of Bermuda Dublin England the Phillipine Islands and Tangier. The Bermuda map almost certainly created in 1609 by Sir George Somers is justifiably considered to THE EARLIEST SURVIVING MAP OF BERMUDA see below. The catalogue also describes important manuscripts relating to the American War of Independence; colour plate books the property of the late Sir Mayson M. Beeton K.B.E.; manuscript charts by Nicholas Comberford the property of Mrs. M.E. Luard Upper Court Kermerton near Tewkesbury; Robert Havell's extremely rare collection of the Birds of Paradise the property of Major J.R. Abbey; Keat's sonnet 'Happy is England! I could be content' in his own handwriting; formerly in the possession of W.C. Hazlitt the property of Albert Wright Esq."<br/><br/>Additionally the sale offered an exceedingly important collection of 16th century manuscript maps of IRELAND namely 27 maps or diagrams relating to nation including a map of Donegal Bay and part of Fermanagh by Baptista Boazio -- a map of supreme importance for Irish history. Only two other manuscript maps of Ireland by Boazio are known. <br/><br/>¶ Concerning the Bermuda map: "One of the most exciting finds of the mid-20th century was the reappearance in the public domain of the MS map made by Admiral Sir George Somers when shipwrecked on the uninhabited Bermudas and despatched in 1610 to the Adventurers in England with a 3000-word description of the Islands bv Secretary-Elect to Virginia William Strachey. His letter addressed "Excellent Lady" probably to Lucy Harington Countess of Bedford an outstanding shareholder was published in 1625 by Durchas who lamented marginally "the map we have not." In 1948 it turned up in the ancestral collection of the Earls of Dartmouth i.e. THE PRESENT CATALOGUE and was acquired for Bermuda. Some names subsequent to 1609 have evidently been added and the arms of Harington appear in the lower margin. Obviously this map predates Richard Norwood's engraved map of 1622 and his two famous surveys on which all subsequent maps were based up to the 20th century."SOURCE: Terry Tucker Bermuda Historian referenced in Bermuda Stamps online. Sotheby's unknown books
18671412291867. CORPORATION OF LONDON. Proceedings in reference to the preservation of the Bunhill Fields Burial Ground. Printed by order of the Corporation of London. 4 88 pp. 8vo red publisher's binding with gilt insignia and lettering on front outside cover. London: Benjamin Pardon 1867. This collection of proceedings by the Bunhill Fields Preservation Committee documents the Corporation of London's efforts to ensure the safety of the Bunhill Fields Burial Ground as the Corporation's lease was nearing its end Christmas 1867. Bunhill had been a burying ground of Nonconformists and other denominations since the sixteenth century. With the work of the committee the Corporation obtained an Act of Parliament in 1867 preserving the burial ground as an open landscaped space with seating gardens and the restoration of some of it most noteworthy monuments including John Bunyan Daniel Defoe and William Blake. The appendix contains a reprint of a rare tract from 1717 "Inscription on the Tombs in the Dissenters' Burial Place near Bunhill Fields." Some wear to edges of binding else fine. unknown books
1911344301911. LONDON Jack. ADVENTURE. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1911. True first edition preceding American. 8vo with color frontispiece. Green cloth. Unobtrusive contemporaneous ink signature on inside front flyleaf front board slightly faded spine somewhat faded. The white on the spine is almost completely intact some wear to extremes. A very good copy. BAL 11927. unknown books
191316538NY: The Century Co 1913. First edition first printing with a single blank leaf in the rear. 8vo pp. 343. Dark blue cloth a couple of little nicks o/w a fine copy. BAL 11946. The Century Co unknown books
191327862New York: The Century Co. 1913 1913. First edition. BAL 11946 printing 1; Smith American Fiction 1901-1925; L-445. Faint foxing to the plates; very good copy. 8vo original dark green cloth gilt lettering. Frontis and seven plates. Jack London's autobiographical novel whose main character is named for the famous English folk song - "John Barleycorn" - and like his English namesake struggles with alcohol. <br/><br/> New York: The Century Co., 1913 unknown books
1917192307New York: Macmillan 1917. Hardcover. 184p. vi ads frontis-portrait offsetting to top margin of frontis and corresponding title page otherwise a very good first edition first printing in red cloth and gilt. Sisson page 92 BAL 11972. A collection of essays short stories and two plays; "A Wicked Woman" and "The Birth Mark" Published posthumously within 3 months of the author's death. Macmillan hardcover books
19162159124New York: The Macmillan Company 1916. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First edition one of 5914 copies BAL 11968. Minimal wear to corners small smudge and some scuffing on spine resulting in minor loss of color from palm tree decoration. 1916 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 268 pp. 8vo. 5 pages of publisher ads bound in following text. Eight short works written in Hawaii published a few months before London's death. The title of the final two stories in the collection may indicate that London knew his life was coming to a close soon. Includes: By the Turtles of Tasman; The Eternity of Forms; Told in the Drooling Ward; The Hobo and the Fairy; The Prodigal Father; The First Poet; Finis; The End of the Story. New York: The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1911374151911. FE. LONDON Jack. WHEN GOD LAUGHS. New York: Macmillan Company 1911. First edition 3758 copies printed. 8vo. olive cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in lighter olive and red. Mild skewing dulling of spine wear at spine ends and corners. Still overall this copy is very good. unknown books
1912WRCLIT28685New York: International Magazine Co. 1912. Large octavo. Printed wrappers. First separate printing of this story presumably issued prior to the larger collection in which it appeared. A few minor foxmarks to wrappers else very nice near fine. Enclosed in a crude but well-intentioned folding cloth case. BAL 11938. International Magazine Co. hardcover books
1912191717Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co 1912. Hardcover. viii 333p. frontispiece and 3 illustrations inserted very slight split starting at front hinge otherwise a very good first edition first prinbting in blue cloth boards with gray lettering and vignette of sailing ship and clouds with white sails and orange trim very mild shelf wear. Sisson page 64 BAL 11937. Doubleday, Page & Co hardcover books
1949137414Hollywood: Monogram Pictures 1949. Revised Draft script for the 1949 film. "Brand of Fear" here under the working title "Range Rogues." Copy belonging to actor Marshall Reed who played "Cal Derringer" in the film with his name on the front wrapper in holograph ink and annotations throughout in holograph ink and pencil. <br/><br/>One of Wakely's final films at Monogram Pictures where he became a popular musical Western actor under his own name beginning with "Springtime in Texas" 1945 and ending with "Lawless Code" 1949. This time Wakely and his partner Cannonball Taylor escort a school teacher Davis to Oreville where she is accosted by two outlaws. The local marshal London wrangles with one of the outlaws who informs his cohort that the marshal is actually wanted by the law himself and they attempt to blackmail him. Wakely and Cannonball show up to help the marshal who in reality is the school teacher's father and nab the outlaws. <br/><br/>Wakely eventually had his own comic book series published by DC Comics 1949-1952 and he was also inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Western Music Association Hall of Fame. <br/><br/>Shot on location at Melody Ranch and Walker Ranch in Newhall California. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers with a credit for Wakely. Distribution page present with receipt removed rubber-stamped copy No. 221 with credits for Wakely and screenwriter Dickey noted as production No. 4905. Title page integral with distribution. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 20 twentieth page of a shooting schedule. Mimeograph duplication with blue undated revision pages. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Hardy p. 390. Pitts 492. Monogram Pictures unknown books
456466 pp. introductory material including annotated list of plates by Campbell Dodgson 12 excellent plates 4 in fine color showing early woodcuts in the London collection. Large folio. Orig. cloth-backed boards. Berlin Bruno Cassirer 1914. Graphische Gesellschaft 20. hardcover books
1916137631916. New York: The Macmillan Company 1916. 5 pp undated ads. Original mauve cloth pictorially decorated in black and orange. First Edition which consisted of 5914 copies -- far fewer than many of London's earlier works. Jack spent most of 1915 and early 1916 on two extended trips to Hawaii and the eight tales of this collection were written there. During this time Jack reached out to his estranged fifteen-year-old daughter Joan appealing to her to start getting to know him via the mails since he knew his ex-wife had forbidden their daughters to meet Charmian. The title story is a fantasy "in which a dark-eyed flashing daughter came back to a ranch with her dying father in order to hear his stories of adventure and to light his cigars until he passed away in peace" Sinclair. The titles of the final two tales of the book are further indication that Jack knew his days were numbered: "Finis" and "The End of the Story." Jack London died about a month after TURTLES was published. This is an attractive book decorative trade binding by "G.H." in near-fine condition light rubbing at the extremities. In our experience this is a rather scarce title especially in decent condition. Sisson & Martens p. 90; Blanck 11968. unknown books
179222138London: Robert Dighton 1792. Stiff Wraps. Orig. colored colored engraving. Near fine. 29.5 x 23.5 cm. Colored engraving drawn and etched by R. Dighton. Signed by Stephen Kemble in red ink faint lower left corner of imprint. George Stephen Kemble 21 April 1758 - 5 June 1822 was a successful English theatre manager actor and writer and a member of the famous Kemble family. His sister Sarah Siddons a famous actress. He managed the original Theatre Royal Newcastle for fifteen years 1791-1806. Tiny nicks at head and foot outside image area. Robert Dighton's early work was issued anonymously but by the early 1790s it became increasingly well known and he began etching and publishing under his own name and his success allowed him to open a shop in Charing Cross. Bright clean print. Robert Dighton unknown books
16891420701689. pamphlet. 4 34; 1 32 pages. 2 volumes in one. Thin 4to modern wrappers. London: Richard Baldwin 1689. Some foxing and light contemporary marginalia still very good.<br/><br/> Wing STC R1515.<br/><br/> unknown books
190717371New York: The Macmillan Company 1907. Decorative Cloth. Very Good . A handsome copy of the 1907 1st edition 1st issue with the gilt-titling to the front panel and spine AND the 4 pages of ads at the rear. Solid and VG in its decorative light-gray cloth with very light wear at the spine crown. Thick octavo 48 illustrations complementing the text most of them crisp black-and-white photos. London'e early experience as a hobo riding the rails. <br/><br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1975RLONLOG00LAWMacmillan 1975. Good. London Charmain K. The Log of the Snark. New York: Macmillan 1975. 3rd printing. 487pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Good with lightly bumped edges lightly rubbed extremities and subtle soiling. Narrow stain on fore edge of last few pages. Former owner's book plate on front pastedown. Macmillan unknown books
190427599London: Isbister & Co 1904. First British edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Purple cloth stamped in gilt. Fine copy. First British edition. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 11874 American edition Isbister & Co unknown books
190686075New York: Macmillan 1906. First Edition. hardcover. very good. 8voblue cloth decoratively stamped in light green white & gilt; light shelf wear. N.Y: Macmillan. 1906. First Edition.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
1963WRCLIT22072New York: McGraw-Hill 1963. Loose quarto sheets punched and ring bound at left in plain boards. Residue of label on front board first leaf slightly frayed at outer margin but very nice. Uncorrected page proofs of the first edition the text completed from London's notes by Robert L. Fish. Very uncommon format; only a small handful of copies could have been prepared thus. Memorable as the source for the Oliver Reed/Diana Riggs film. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
190524418New York: Macmillan 1905. First edition second issue. With illustrations and decorations by Henry Hutt and T.C. Lawrence. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial gray cloth spine slightly darkened faint wear to extremities else a very good copy. First edition second issue. With illustrations and decorations by Henry Hutt and T.C. Lawrence. 1 vols. 8vo. A novel about prize-fighting. Woodbridge 36; Hartley 1240 Macmillan unknown books
1914WRCLIT28579New York: Macmillan 1914. Light blue cloth lettered in white and decorated in gilt and dark blue. Frontis. First edition. Spine stamping particularly the imprint at toe a bit rubbed mild dust soiling to cloth but otherwise a very good tight bright copy. BAL 11955. Macmillan hardcover books
1916WRCLIT28578New York: Macmillan 1916. Pictorial mauve cloth stamped in navy blue cream and orange. First edition. Cloth very slightly rubbed a few foxmarks to fore-edge endsheets very slightly tanned otherwise a very good tight copy. BAL 11968. Macmillan hardcover books
