SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON.Livre Rare Book
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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).
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 books
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
106788London: c. 1795. 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. § A lovely drawing very much in the style of Fuseli and surely by a talented artist in the immediate circle of Fuseli and Blake. c. 1795]. 11 5/8 x 6 in. (29.5 x 17.2 cm.). A contemplative woman seated unknown books
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
4102To "Comrade Tuck" London references his writings commenting on the fact that he hadn't lectured in a while and suggesting he organize a talk around his answer to Kipling's attack on Socialism. In part "Do you remember Kipling's attack in parable upon Socialism The Bee-Hive parable. I have written a reply to it in the form of a parable. It has been refused by practically every magazine. soon to be published by HAMPTON'S MAGAZINE. entitled THE STRENGTH OF THE STRONG." "The Strength of the Strong" was published in "Hampton's Magazine" Volume 26 March 1911 and later published in book form by Macmillan in 1914. Kipling's attack on socialism in the form of a political parable about bees was first published in "Collier's Weekly" in the United Stated on November 281908 under the title "The Mother Hive" and in the United Kingdom as the "Adventures of Melissa" for "Windsor Magazine" December 1908. In his parable Kipling argued for the need to recognize socialism as an attack against the future of the British Empire and defend against such false progressive ideas. Slightly faded with margin tear to one fold at top not affecting text and two small holes at intersection of vertical and horizontal folds slightly affecting one word. Jack London was a socialist and member of the radical literary group ‘The Crowd' in San Francisco supporting worker's rights and unionization. He became a socialist in 1894 and wove his political perspective into his writings and lectures. Our letter to H.C. Tuck gives evidence to London's political orientation. Referred to here as "Comrade Tuck" Tuck was a socialist leader editor and State Secretary of the Socialist Party of California. In 1910-11 Tuck was arrested for libel having printed some apparently libelous material in various newspaper articles. In 1910 the year he wrote our letter to Tuck London's "Burning Daylight" as well as "Revolution and Other Essays" "Lost Face" and "Theft: A Play in Four Acts" were all published. That same year saw the birth of his daughter and her untimely death just 36 hours later. It was also in 1910 that London purchased the Kohler & Frohling ranch. I. unknown books
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
181821571London, Diggens pour Ackermann, 1818 ; petit in-4°, demi-veau vert foncé, dos à nerfs décoré de fleurons à froid et de palettes, filets et titre dorés, roulette décorative à froid d’une part et d’autre du dos (reliure romantique de l’époque) ; VIII, 106, [4] pp. et 27 planches hors-texte très finement aquarellées, avec les plans.
1903179565New York: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd 1903. First edition of this classic of childhood literature set in the Klondike Gold Rush and inspired by Egerton Ryerson Young's book My Dogs in the Northland published the previous year. Octavo 189 x 120 mm. Colour frontispiece 17 plates 10 in colour many in-text illustrations including some in colour title printed in black and blue. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in terracotta morocco spine lettered and decorated gilt raised bands single rule to boards gilt twin rule to turn-ins gilt dark green endpapers gilt edges. A fine copy. hardcover
1963mon0000061269NEW YORK Scholastic 1963-01-01. Paperback. Good. 0.5000 in x 6.9000 in x 4.1000 in. NEW YORK Scholastic paperback
1903140946815New York: The Macmillan Company 1903. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth stamped white black and red lettered in gilt top edge gilt. Near Fine with amateur repair to headcap slight lean to binding minor rubbing and light soiling to cloth. Former owner name and date to title page and contents lightly toned with modest soiling to margins. A handsome copy of this enduring work of adventure fiction set during the 1890's Klondike Gold Rush with the "snow" stamping still strong and only slightly rubbed. The Macmillan Company unknown
1903337035New York: Macmillan 1903. hardcover. near fine. Illustrated by Philip R. Goodwin & Charles Livingston Bull. 8vo vertically ribbed green cloth pictorially stamped in red white & black; gilt lettering; gilt top. N.Y.: Macmillan 1903. First Edition.<br/> <br/> First issue July 1903 ; 2 pages of ads. With the Jean Hersholt bookplate & half green morocco slipcase. Very good copy of this classic some pages carelessly opened.<br/> <br/> Macmillan unknown
190394192New York: Macmillan Company 1903. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Publisher's promotional pamphlet laid in. Small leather bookplate of Neva and Guy Littell on the front pastedown. A little rubbing to the painted "snow" on the spine and front board else a bright just about fine copy lacking the dust jacket. Laid into this copy is a Typed Letter Signed from Rockwell Kent on his Ausable Forks stationery to Guy Littell head of R.R. Donnelley and Sons dated 25 March 1929 which reads in full: <br /> <br /> "Dear Mr. Littell: Even before any consideration of the book that you have suggested to me to illustrate let me express my appreciation of the indulgence you show in considering the continuance of any relations with so rank a procrastinator. I am going to try to have learned one lesson from this experience and make no plans ahead. In evidence of this let me assure you that I am concentrating upon Moby Dick and sending Mr. Kittredge by this same mail a big package of drawings. I have not read the 'Call of the Wild' but will do so. Faithfully yours Rockwell Kent."<br /> <br /> We infer from this that Littell suggested Kent follow up Moby Dick - which is now considered a masterpiece of 20th Century illustration - with Conrad's The Call of the Wild a commission Kent ultimately did not accept. One of the two great novels along with White Fang for which the author seems destined to be remembered. His empathy for animals combined with his appreciation of the Darwinian lessons of life overcome London's occasionally simplistic political agenda resulting in a classic tale for both children and adults. Macmillan Company hardcover
