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1913140948665New York: Published for the Review of Reviews Company by the Macmillan Company 1913. Reprint. Near Fine. Authorized Edition third printing. Presentation copy signed by Jack London on the front free endpaper and inscribed to his physician Dr. A.R. Goodman the latter's bookplate to front pastedown: "Dear Doctor Goodman: - It takes more than you think to make me dopey - witness my shameless confession when next we meet. July 10 1914."<br /> <br /> <p>iv 9 - 231 pp. illustrated with black and white plates. Bound in publisher's bead-grain blue cloth stamped in blind and lettered in gilt top edge gilt. Near Fine with slight lean to spine light rubbing to cloth and light toning to contents; binding starting at p. 133. <br /> <br /> <p>A crisp inscribed copy of an early reprint of Jack London's most famous novel. The Review of Reviews was a reform magazine sister to the progressive British periodical of the same name and a natural choice to publish affordable editions of books by the socialist champion. That champion took a warm interest in the Mexican Revolution and traveled to Mexico in 1914 as a war correspondent for Collier's. Charmian London wrote in her 1921 biography of her husband that he was stricken with dysentery in Vera Cruz and was treated by Dr. Goodman the resident American physician. This book was one of a set he gave to his physician whose advice he had partially ignored in gratitude. Published for the Review of Reviews Company by the Macmillan Company unknown
51-6070New York: V.G. Audubon 1849 1851 1854. 3 vols. 8vo. 16.5 x 25.5cm. 6.5 x 10 inches. Gilt stamped full morocco by Root & Son London binder. One cover loose. Sabin 2368; Nissen 163; Church 1357; OCLC Number 2853409 wrong dates; McGill/Wood 208; Bennett 5; Phillips Sporting 27; Meisel II 468. 155 handcolored lithographs. Half-titles one loose and title pages present.Waterstaining to the text pages and to the margins of the plates barely visible on the rectos with the lithographs. Image colors fresh and rich with no foxing.FIRST OCTAVO EDITION of Audubon's final great work with the plates in fresh colors. The work was the result of Audubon's collaboration with John Bachman a Lutheran Pastor who had studied quadrupeds from his youth and who was recognised as an authority in the United States. The two began their association when Audubon stayed with Bachman and his family in Charleston for a month in 1831. Audubon knew that Bachman's contribution was critical but had to fight hard to convince his friend to take part. Bachman eventually relented with the proviso that all profits and expenses were to be the Audubons: the work was expected to show a healthy return and he was eager to benefit his sons-in-law Victor and John Woodhouse Audubon.In 1898 Charles E. Lauriat 1842-1920 decided to became a bookseller only and leave the publishing to his former partner Dana Estes. So their partnership was dissolved. Dana Estes continued to publish books as Dana Estes and Company. Lauriat bought out the stock of Estes and Lauriat and on June 1 1898 started his retail establishment at 301 Washington Street Opposite "Old South". He sold the Estes books as well as the books of other publishers He moved to larger quarters in 1906 just down the way at 385 Washington Street. Boston He remained as president of this company until his death. New York: V.G. Audubon, 1849, 1851, 1854 unknown
1931378785San Francisco: A. Roman & Company; John H. Carmany & Company et al. 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Magazine. 93 bound volumes and 40 single issues in wrappers. Octavos and folios. A long run of Overland Monthly California’s most important literary magazine of the 19th and early 20th Century. The set includes a near complete run of the original series from July 1868 until December 1875 lacking only the January 1870 issue else complete; and a long near complete run of the second series from 1883 when it resumed publication through 1931. In 1923 it merged with Out West to become Overland Monthly and the Out West Magazine and changed its format from octavo to folio.<br /> <br /> Founded and first edited by Bret Harte Overland Monthly established serious literature and progressive social criticism in the American Far West. It quickly won national and international acclaim as a leading literary force in American letters. Ambrose Bierce Mark Twain and Harte contributed sardonic stories and verse and all manner of informal highly personal commentary which propelled Harte and the magazine to literary celebrity. The magazine gave rise to a new generation of writers loosely known as the West Coast Romantics that included Bierce and Harte John Muir Willa Cather Joaquin Miller Jack London George Sterling and fantasy/science fiction writer Clark Ashton Smith all of whom contributed to the magazine. Among the many important works featured in this long run is Harte’s “The Luck of Roaring Camp†“Dickens in Camp†and “Plain Language from Truthful James†and Bierce's "The Haunted Valley" and “Grizzly Papers†in five installments. Mark Twain contributed his famous travel log in four installments: “By Rail Through France†and “A Californian Abroad: A Few Parisian Sights; Three Italian Cities; A Mediaeval Romance.†Willa Cather’s short story “On the Divide†appeared in 1896.<br /> <br /> Most volumes are bound in full beige or blue cloth. The original series lacks one monthly issue January 1870 otherwise it is complete in 14 bound volumes volumes 1-3 and 5-15 with four unbound issues in wraps February-May 1870. Volume 3 from 1869 has the original wrappers and supplements bound in. Volumes 1-6 of the second series is incomplete consisting of 11 unbound single issues in wraps from 1883-1885: April 1883; January April July August September October and November 1884; January March May 1885 then follows a consecutive run of mostly bound volumes 7-89 from 1886-1931 with 29 single issues from 1921-22 in wrappers. The bound volumes from 1901-1931 have the original wrappers bound in.<br /> <br /> An ex-library set with bookplates or ink stamps on the front pastedowns. Only two volumes in half calf from 1895 and 1897 are scuffed and worn thus good only about ten volumes and a few single issues in wraps from the 20th Century have some intermittent torn leaves the volume containing the “San Francisco Fire Number†May 1906 is split at the gutter with detached leaves else overall an about very good set. A scarce large assemblage of many first appearances of important American literary works and articles. A list of notable selections is available. A. Roman & Company; John H. Carmany & Company [et al.] hardcover
19381720251938. LONDON BULLETIN. London Bulletin. Vols. 1 - 20 all published. 8vo ca. 250 x 185 mm. original publisher's wrappers. London: London Gallery 1938-1940. A complete set in the original wrappers of this important English contribution to the Surrealist movement. Edited by E.L.T. Mesens the distinguished list of contributors included Paul Eluard Herbert Read André Breton Paul Nash Tanguy Beckett Peret Picabia and Roland Penrose. The magazine was profusely illustrated throughout and printed on a variety of paper stock of differing colours. Complete sets in the wrappers are of great rarity. unknown
1913303825New York The Century Co. 1913. 1913. First edition "Published August 1913". 8vo. Frontispiece and 7 illustrations by H.T. Dunn. Original gilt stamped dark green cloth. Very good-fine. No dust jacket. 343 pages. Enclosed in a 1/2 red morocco slipcase with chemise. Boldly signed and inscribed by Jack London on the page before half title: "Dear Jim: Hope you don't get thirsty reading this. Don't you admire the expensive paper Century Co. uses for front sheets. Sincerely yours Jack London Sept. 9 1913." With Jack London's wolf bookplate tipped on the front pastedown. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. New York, The Century Co., 1913. hardcover
193846129London. : London Gallery. 1938 April – 1940 June. Original publisher's wrappers each of a different colour and with titles to front covers in various colours later blue cloth chemise with leather title label to spine and matching slipcase. 20 vols. in 15. 4to. 250 x 190 mm. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour and monochrome with text and illustration on a variety of paper stock of differing colour; the final triple number 18 - 20 also includes two hors-texte full-page woodcuts in two colours by Stanley William Hayter and John Banting and John Buckland Wright's original monochrome woodcut. A complete set of the London Bulletin the most influential English Surrealist periodical.Edited by E.L.T. Mesens this was the most influential English language Surrealist magazine and the only one to be published in England. Although it described itself as an avant-garde review Surrealist contributions were numerous; the periodical also featured Constructivism and more abstract art not Surrealist in tone but Surrealism was the dominant mode throughout. Contributors included Paul Eluard Herbert Read Mesens André Breton Nash Tanguy Beckett Péret Picabia George Reavey Humphrey Jennings Roland Penrose Eileen Agar John Banting Conroy Maddox and many others.The series includes three double numbers and the final triple number: 4 / 5: 'The Impact of Machines'; 8 / 9: 'Living Art in England'; 15 / 16: 'Picasso in English Collections'; 18 - 20: 'Surrealism'. In this set issue 1 includes the original printed order slip on thin blue paper loosely inserted.' . it was not until 1938 when E. L. T. Mesens published the Bulletin of the London Gallery of which he had become director in 1937 that the Surrealist group in England found a voice although theirs was not the only voice in it.' Dawn Ades.'London Bulletin has assumed the position of the only avant garde publication in this country concerned with contemporary poetry and art. Although its first number was practically a monograph by various hands concentrated on the work of the surrealist René Magritte it has rapidly expanded its range reflecting besides exhibitions of painting other activities of living interest in its pages. The July double number devoted to 'The Impact of Machines' further increased the value of its position by arousing the attention of numerous readers abroad . '. Introduction to issue no.7.Ades 14.53 see pp. 349 - 357; Fonds Destribats 403. London Gallery. hardcover
40973London: 1860. 380 x 390 cm. A magnificent wall map of London. Engraved over thirty sheets joined backed onto linen trimmed with green silk and mounted on original rollers. The whole housed within original wooden case measuring roughly 420 x 15 x 14 cm. Original wash hand colour demarcating the gas company districts the names of which have been handwritten in bold black ink. The map shows the extents from Crouch End down to Streatham and Plaistow across to Wormwood Scrubs. Scale - 12 inches to the mile. The altitudes given in feet at numerous intervals almost at every inch. Small tear within map towards upper edge. Fabric tape repair on reverse side of upper right corner. One of the finial posts missing from the lower roller. The signature of Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron-Estcourt "Chairman of the Select Comittee House of Commons" dated 14th Aug. 1860 appears in manuscript to the lower left corner beneath the title. Sotheron-Estcourt was M.P. for North Wiltshire and briefly held the office of Home Secretary in the previous year. The title repeated in manuscript on the linen verso on the reverse side of the upper right corner. Adjacent to this a manuscript note reads: "Deposited in the Clerk of the Peace's Office on the 22nd August 1860". The Clerk of the Peace was a semi judicial position appointed to the county council one the main tasks of the position was maintenance of local legal records. In passing the Metropolis Gas Act the House of Commons regulated the rivalling gas companies operating across London: demarcating the districts that they could supply outlined on the map establishing a standard unit of measurement for energy usage candle power and setting a maximum price per unit. The Home Secretary was effectively appointed to the role of ombudsman by the Act. [London: 1860] unknown
1908339985London: no publisher 1908. Softcover. Good. Typescript manuscript. 16pp. String-tied maroon crocodile textured wrappers with hand-titled paper label. Numerous tears and moderate loss to the wraps but with only light toning to the interior pages except for last page which has some creasing overall very good. This memorandum was prepared by the London Committee of Deputies of Jews a group formed in the mid-18th Century to safeguard the interests of the Jewish community and given to Sir Edward Grey the longest tenured British Foreign Secretary. The memorandum outlines various violations by the Romanian government to the Convention of Paris 1858 and the Treaty of Berlin 1878. It was likely written in reaction to the previous year's Romanian peasants' revolt in which over 10000 people were killed and the origin of which was falsely blamed on the Jews. A notable document of European prewar Jewish solidarity and reaction to anti-Semitism. [no publisher] unknown
1928ZB394238University of London 1928-1986. volumes 1-59. 1928-1986. partly bound library markings textually clean & tight price is for the set. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. University of London unknown
1841214032London : Published at the Office 1841-1891 1841. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copies uniformly bound in contemporary gilt-blocked 1/2 leather over boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt with raised bands. All edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Staining and rubbing evident in varying degrees to the spine covers. Text and plates are a very clean and sound condition throughout. This unique and highly collectible set remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright and strong. Provenance: From the library of Eric George Hatfield Moody with his bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 1 pages; Description: 100v. in 25: illus ; 28cm. The first 100 volumes of Punch Magazine professionally bound in 25 books. Subjects: Punch magazine -- Satire -- British humour -- English wit and humor -- Periodicals. London : Published at the Office, 1841-1891 hardcover
183560399London 1747 - 1835. Elephant folio 550 x 390 mm. 5 volumes uniformly bound in nice recent green half calf bindings with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spines top edges gilt. Some plates with marginal dampstains and brownspotting - an overall nice set. 290 engraved plates complete. <br/><br/><em>First edition of this monumental work published by the Society of Antiquaries of London SAL containing plates depicting ancient monuments buildings sites and artefacts primarily British. The society defined its agenda in terms of preservation visual documentation and collecting but occasionally also broke new ground; vol. 2 containing one of the very earliest printed depictions of the Rosetta Stone including classical scholar Richard Porson’s work on the missing lower right corner of the Greek text. Vetusta Monumenta published in seven volumes between 1747 and 1906 – with the first five volumes offered here - was the first of four major publication series launched by SAL in the eighteenth century. The first four plates were published individually in 1718 at the Mitre Tavern. By 1747 seventy engravings had been published enough to form a substantial volume. The same year John Ward 1679-1758 became director of the SAL. Ward had begun writing long explanatory captions for some of the plates beginning in 1743 and these soon evolved into printed companion essays in either Latin or English which appeared occasionally from 1744. The second volume with 55 more plates appeared in 1789. It was greatly expanded by these letterpress explanations of the plates which had begun to appear not just occasionally but with every plate or plate set and consistently in English from 1763. The fourth volume was published in 1815 with 52 plates and the fifth was published in 1835 with 69 plates. </em> hardcover
51-6028London: Printed for A. Millar J. and R. Tonson J. Rivington R. Baldwin W. Johnston L. Hawes W. Clarke and R. Collins T. Longman J. Dodsley and R. Horsfield. MDCCC LXIV. Folio. 26.5 x 41cm. 2 volumes. Rebound by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov in full goatskin in 2 brown textures. Original spine labels preserved.2 volumes. x xxxiv 4 500; 2 433 1 126 4 111 1 5 pp. Three folding maps.Coming down from earliest times to the year 1762 Anderson's work is a monument of stupendous industry. Composed in the form of annals it is not merely a record of commercial progress and colonial enterprise but a history of the political industrial and social development of all civilised countries and especially of Great Britain and Ireland" DNB. "The author was a clerk in the South-Sea House London. It contains a most accurate account of the South-Sea Company and the very extraordinary actions of the year 1720." Sabin. Sabin 1382; Kress 6154. Chinese seal to both title pages.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:863535986: xxxiv 4 500 pages 3 folded leaves of plates; 2 433 128 111 6 pages : maps ; folio. London: Printed for A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, L. Hawes, W. Clarke and R. Collins, T. L unknown
19078515New York. The Macmillan Company 1907. Bound in pictorial decorated brown buckram 8vo. First Edition.This copy inscribed boldly in ink by Jack London to his Sister Ida London Byrne and his Brother-In-Law Jack on the Front free endsheet In a strongbroad hand requiring the majority of the Front Free Endsheet London writes : "Dear Ida & Jack- With love and lots off sic it from your brother Jack London. Oakland Calif. April 171907 " A most ironic spelling error "off for "of " by one of history's great writers ! Accompanying this volume is a postcard loosely laid-in. The front of the postcard is a photograph of Jack and Charmian London outside their home Wake Robin Lodge in Glen Ellen. Portions of the rear of the card present old scrapbook adhesive remnants which obscure portions of the postmark and stamp as well as the address and message. Postmarked Oakland January 1913 day obscured it is addressed to Mrs. Alice shade in San Francisco. The inked message begins "Dear Friend" with the remaining text indecipherable due to adhesive remnant. It is signed "Yours Ida Byrne her married name . Illustrated with 8 colour plates map and additional monochrome drawings ex text by Charles Livingston Bull. Ida London 1870-1914 was the younger daughter of John London Jack's step-father.From the turbulence of their early family life through Jack' meteoric rise to fame and ultimate early death Jack and Ida enjoyed a close and loving relationship with Jack assuming an almost paternal role in the raising of IDA's daughterwhom she had named after Jack's wife Charmian. She and her family often lived at her Brother's ranch in Glen Ellen where her husband Jack Byrnewas employed by London as Personal Assistant and private secretary. In the last years of her life Ira suffered from ill-health and was often confined to an Oakland sanitarium.She eventually died on the operating table in June of 1914. IDA's husband Jack Byrne continued in his Brother-In-Law employee until London's death in 1916. Material inscribed to Jack London's immediate family is exceedingly rare and appears for public sale very infrequently. Very slight lean. Minimal rubbing to covers and spine. Spine titles a bit faded. Corners gently bumped. Scattered mild foxing to prelims moderately so to inscription. One plate mis-paginated. Several page fore-edges trimmed short not affecting text. A Very Good well preserved crisp copy of a deeply personal relic of the London family. The Macmillan Company hardcover
1920432003New York: Macmillan 1920. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a very attractive near fine dust jacket with a few small chips at the extremities and very slight spine-fading. The nicest example of this jacket that we have seen. Thrilling adventure tale of the search for a pirate's lost treasure. Macmillan hardcover
1903042027New York London: The Macmillan Company 1903. First Edition First Issue 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. 7 9/16" Tall. 262 Pp. 3 Pp Ads At Rear. Blue Green Cloth Decorated In Darker Shades Gilt Spine Lettering White Spine Lettering. Teg. First Edition First Issue With The Author's Names Omitted Throughout. Publisher's Name On Spine In Letters 3/16" Tall; No Priority Established. This Copy Signed By Jack London On The Title Page In Pencil. Written As A Collaboration Between Jack London And Anna Strunsky. Ms. Strunsky Was An Active Socialist Was Married To Socialist And Naacp Founder William English Walling And Was The Aunt Of Leonore Strunsky Born 1900 Who Was The Late Wife Of Composer Ira Gershwin. Some Wear Gilt Still Bright A Few Points Of Fraying At Ends Of Spine No Fraying To Tips Lacking Front Free Blank Endpaper. Name Stamps Of A Previous Owner R. M. Price On Front And Rear Endpapers. <br/> <br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover
1913042264New York: The Century Company 1913. 1st Edition . Dark Green Cloth. Near Fine/Facsimile Dust JAcket. Viii 344 Pp. With Three Blank Leaves At Rear First Edition No Later Printing Indicated But This Is The Second Issue The First Issue Is Identical But With No Blank Leaf At Rear. One Of A Large But Undetermined Printing. London's Novelized Autobiographical Writing Centered On Misuse Of Alcohol. Near Fine No Fraying Cover Gilt Lettering Strong Spine Gilt Complete And Clear But Weak A Few Small Areas Of Rubbing At Corners. Inscribed To Poster And Bookplate Artist Hellier Denselow "Dear Hellier Denselow:- Walk With Me Here Through A Few Of Life's Pages. I Know You Will Understand. Sincerely Yours Jack London / Glen Ellen Calif. June 24 1914." Denselow And London Were Correspondents. A Letter From London To Denselow Dated March 15 1914 Reads "Mrs. London Has Given Me Your Letter Of January 2 1914 And The Book-Plate Draweing. To Say That I Am Pleased And Enthusiastic Does Not Express My Feelingsat All. The Thing Is Wonderfully Done So Satisfying That I Am Planning To Discard My Old Book-Plate A Copy Of Which I Enclose And Shall Have My Bookplate Made From Your Drawing. When I Do This Would You Like To Have A Few Prints From Same I Am Also Enclosing A List Of My Books Published To Date And Should Be Glad If You Will Mark Several That You Would Like To Have Me Send You. I Am Not Presuming To Select For You As You May Have Favorites Or Have Read Some Which You Would Not Care For As Much As Others. With A Thousand Thanks For Your Kindness In Sending Me This Precious "Labor Of Love" And For Your Good Words About My Work. Very Sincerely Yours Jack London"; This Letter Sold At Skinner Oct. 30 2005. Another Letter Is Printed In The Jack London Letters July 28 19194 Discussing Kipling Whom London Would Have Liked To Write About The Klondyke Other London Books On Prize-Fighting Giving Permission For Denselow To Use Extracts From London's Letters; The Notes To That Letter Refer To Denselow's Letter Of January 2 Enclosing The Bookplate And A Denselow Letter Of July 14 Discussing Kipling And Requesting London's Permission To Quote From His Letter When Denselow And Other Artists Began To Market Some Bookplate They Designed. Also With A Letter And Original Jack London Envelope From Jack Byrne As Secretary To Jack London To Denselow July 30 1914 Acknowledging Receipt Of Denselow's Letter And Enclosure And Thanking Him For It London Being Away At The Time. With A Facsimile Of A Worn And Chipped First Issue Dust Jacket. <br/> <br/> The Century Company hardcover
17951067881795. London: c. 1795. <br /> <br /> 11 5/8 x 6 in. 29.5 x 17.2 cm. A contemplative woman seated head resting on her right arm with inscription 'Fuseli' lower right and extensive numbers and sums verso. Pencil and grey wash. Very good.<br /> <br /> <br /> § A lovely drawing very much in the style of Fuseli and surely by a talented artist in the immediate circle of Fuseli and Blake. unknown
1862318195London 1862. Photograph by Dolamore & Bullock 30 Regent St. Piccadilly with their small label on the back. 11-1/2 x 14-3/4 inches image. Mounted. The image is faded and there is some spotting to the mount titled in pencil on mount. Photograph by Dolamore & Bullock 30 Regent St. Piccadilly with their small label on the back. 11-1/2 x 14-3/4 inches image. "Edgware Road Station" along with an open railroad car filled with dignitaries including Lord Richard Grosvenor Earl Sixth Macclesfield Mr. Chas Wood Amsburey Lord Werlock Sir Stephen Elgin Mr. Gladstone M.P. Mr. I Fowler Engineer in white hat Sir John Fowler 1st Baronet Lord Ronald Gowe. Lady Constance Grosvenor Duke of Sutherland Mrs. Gladstone Mr. L. Johnson resident Engineer Mr. George Knight Contractor Mr. Charles Gilpin M.P. Rt. Hon. Stuart Wortley about to leave on an inspection of the Underground. The Underground officially opened in 1863. unknown
1007aaMaße 101 cm x 70 cm. Breiträndiges Exemplar. Blatt 1 von 80 numerierten Blättern. Unten rechts origina signiert "Tilson 1977". am Rand 2 Tuscheflecken. unknown
1688GT404aLondon: Printed by Authority 1688. Original issue 1st Printing. No Binding. Fine. 4to. 2pp. Original single sheet issue of the London Gazette No 2400 dated November 15th to Saturday November 17thst 1688. Double column layout printed by Edw: Jones in the Savoy 1688. AN IMPORTANT ISSUE REPORTING William of Orange landed at Brixham in Devon with an invasion force on November 5th 1688 that deposed of James II of England and James VI of Scotland. The unfolding events are dramatically reported in the opening paragraph of this rare surviving original edition of the London Gazette. The worlds first newspaper. The Invasion fleet entered the English Channel on 3/13 November.Britain had became a Protestant Society and the last Catholics reign of James II would soon be over. 2pp complete. <br/> <br/> Printed by Authority unknown
1903185992New York: The Macmillan Company 1903. The political machine known as the British Empire is running down First edition. The author wrote his first-hand account of life in the slums of London's East End after spending six weeks in Whitechapel in 1902. Laid in is a cheque drawn on the Central Bank of Oakland dated 29 November 1904 signed by Jack London and made out to Public Opinion magazine. The abject poverty that the author witnessed in the British capital's slums affected London greatly. His friend the author Upton Sinclair commented that "for years afterwards the memories of this stunted and depraved population haunted him beyond all peace" reported in The Guardian. In the conclusion to People of the Abyss London blames this deprivation on inept governance: "That the present management is incapable there can be no discussion. It has drained the United Kingdom of its life-blood. The political machine known as the British Empire is running down" pp. 313-314. Octavo. Frontispiece 18 photographic plates 61 photographic illustrations to text. Original blue cloth spine and front cover gilt lettered and decorated top edges gilt others untrimmed. Spine ends slightly bumped gilt to front cover a little marked a couple of faint marks to boards front inner hinge repaired text block split at pp. 136-7 but holding firm: a very good bright copy. Joseph Ridgwell "Jack London's journey into the abyss" Guardian 5 October 2007. hardcover
191322808New York: The Century Co 1913. First Edition first state binding. Small 8vo. 169 1 pp advertisment. Illustrated frontispiece by Gordon Grant with tissue guard. Publisher's orange black & olive green decorated binding in rare publisher's rare unrestored illustrated dustjacket with price of $1.00 on spine. A near fine copy slight fading to spine; minor wear to extremities; dustjacket is in unusually fine condition. The Abysmal Brute was first published in book form in 1913. The short novel first appeared in September 1911 in Popular Magazine. BAL 11945; Sisson & Martens p. 70. The Century Co unknown
1954ZB3932421954-1996. volumes 41-83; partly bound ex library text clean & bindings tight price is for the lot. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. unknown
2011mon0000026495Harlequin Books 2011T. paperback. New. 0.7000 in x 6.7000 in x 4.0000 in. New paperback Harlequin Books paperback
1825ABC_47921The Netherlands 1825. Ca. 21.5 x 17 cm. Contemporary green paper over brown cloth with a calligraphed title on the front in a floral frame and a drawing of a knight on horseback on the back board within the same floral frame blue speckled edges. With 12 large colourful ink drawings of knights on horseback depicting various British kings and nobles and a smaller ink drawing of knights in battle on the title-page. 1 1 blank 105 pp. Remarkable manuscript with beautiful illustrations and descriptions of the displays in the Royal Armouries in the Tower of London. As the armoury was engulfed by a large fire in 1841 the largest in the history of the Tower of London some of the depicted armour has been destroyed making the present manuscript a unique source on these objects.The work shows the armour of various British kings and nobles including that of Kings Edward I and VI Henry VI VII and VIII James II and V and military officer Horace Vere. They are all on horseback which is how the armour was displayed in the Tower of London at the time. The illustrations are beautifully hand coloured which gives a good impression of how the armour must have looked. The included text describes the objects and gives extensive background information on the kings and nobles they belonged to.The Royal Armouries in the Tower of London is one of the oldest museum exhibitions in the world. One of the earliest recorded visitors was in 1498 when entry was only by special permission. The visitors in the 16th century who wrote about their experience often called the display "disorderly" suggesting that little attention was paid to presentation at this time. This changed when the Stuarts reclaimed the throne in 1660. Two permanent public displays were set up to encourage visitors to marvel at the splendour of the British monarchy. One of the displays was called "The Line of Kings" which placed figures wearing the armour of former British kings on life-sized wooden horses. In 1825 The Line of Kings was relocated into a new building against the south side of the White Tower where it stayed until the fire of 1841. The present manuscript describes this display during this time period.The edges corners and hinges of the boards are somewhat scuffed with some loss of paper on the spine showing the brown cloth underneath. With very mild foxing on some of the leaves. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Nederlandsch magazijn ter verspreiding van algemeene en nuttige kundigheden 1843 p. 224. hardcover
