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1821400373London: M.J. Godwin & Co 1821. Some pale offsetting. Hand-colored engraved map by Sidney Hall dissected into 21 sections and mounted on linen overall 30 5/8 x 20 7/8 inches folding to 7 x 4 3/8 inches. In original publisher's board slipcase pink printed title label on front. This large and handsome map spans the entire city of London and its environs drawn as its cover label reports from a new survey "including the actual and intended Improvements." At furthest left are Hyde and Regents Parks and at furthest left is Greenwich Park. The map shows as far north as Islington and Hackney and as far south as Deptford and Greenwich. The Thames is depicted horizontally across the map and the hand-coloring demarcates various areas and features such as central London defined by a red border the major streets done in pink the parks and water in green. Yellow is reserved only for Regent Street. Five bridges are shown from west to east: Vauxhall Westminster Waterloo Blackfriars and London. Clearly shown from top left and wandering southeast to the Thames is Regent's Canal the large project that had reached completion just one year before this map's publication. Printed at bottom is an alphabetical list of streets with a key to their positions on the map. With contemporary provenance signed by "M. Maury London Sept. 1821" on verso of linen and title label. <br/><br/> M.J. Godwin & Co unknown books
18899194London: Pr. by order of the Trustees 1889. 8vo. vi 2 1 blank 198 2 1 blank pp.; 13 plts. & illus. <br><br>A room-by-room guide to the collection then on display. Profusely illustrated with maps plans drawings and photographs. Original printed wrappers soiled spine cocked and torn at bottom front wrapper chipped at top right corner and creased. First dozen leaves dog-eared and soiled in outer corners. Title-page mostly torn away with loss. N.J.H.S. rubber-stamp on title-page. Most pages clean. Good. Pr. by order of the Trustees unknown books
189385519London: John Murray 1893. 3rd ed revised and for the most part re-written by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Hardcover. Good. frontis folding map 2 folding illustrations 16 maps 15 folding including a pocket map index x 459p. plus 1p. errata and 27p. advertisements. Burgundy cloth. 19cm. Moderate chipping at head of backstrip. Free endpapers replaced. Title-leaf missing a small blank piece along fore-edge. A few maps have edge-wear due to misfolding and a couple have minor splitting along folds. The pocket map appears to have been added to this 1893 printing of the Third Edition. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
5337JACK LONDON 1876-1916. London was an American writer and social activist. He is best known for The Call of the Wild. Archive. 4 pieces. A small archive of ephemera related to Jack London his social activism and his best-known work The Call of the Wild. All four include autograph writing by London. Pieces are in very good condition; a few have small filing holes or tears: aANS. 1pg. December 20 1904. Oakland California. London’s brief autograph note signed concerning a speaking engagement. “a Lecture – The Class Struggle b Readings from ‘Call of the Wild’ Jack Londonâ€. bAN. 1pg. N.d. N.p. A brief unsigned note by London written on the back of an empty envelope. “My Outlook on Life – How I became a Socialistâ€. This was the title of a 1903 essay by London. cAn autograph note by London on a typed sheet with recipes for horse medicines. In the recipe for “Tonic Digestive†London circled quinine and added “for exceptionally run-down condition & severe cold.†There is no signature date or place. dA typed list of seven miscellaneous articles under which London handwrote an addition: “That Dead Men Never Rise Up never republished in U.S. and in Eng.†He also crossed out the word Seven in the heading and handwrite “Eightâ€. There is no signature date or place but it must be after September 1908. unknown books
198323412Santa Barbara: Neville Publishing Inc 1983. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 300 numbered copies this being copy no.140. Quarto 28cm; publisher's beige canvas cloth with title labels applied to spine and front cover; x413pp; illus. A Fine copy. Collects three previously unpublished Klondike stories: "The Devil's Dice Box" "The Test: A Klondike Wooing" and "A Klondike Christmas." Edited and with a foreword by Earle Labor. Neville Publishing, Inc 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
1750WRCLIT54321London: Printed for John Whiston 1750. 222pp. Octavo. Extracted from pamphlet volume and disbound. Title and verso of ad leaf rather darkened and smudged old creases; just a sound copy. One of several contemporary printings of this work for Whiston priority unknown; it was quickly reprinted for other booksellers and in Dublin and elsewhere and saw several reprints in later years. "After the earthquakes of 1750 Sherlock published a 'Pastoral Letter' of which 'ten thousand were sold in two days and fifty thousand have been subscribed for since the first two editions" - DNB quoting Walpole. Not unlike certain extremist religious eccentrics of our own times Sherlock did not miss the opportunity to interpret very natural if unfortunate occurrences as evidence of divine displeasure at such things as plays operas music dancing cock-fighting and prize-fighting during Lent and the common availability in the city's streets of novels "vile abominable Pictures of Lewdness" and "Books in the Instruction of the Unexperienced in all the Mysteries of Iniquity." ESTC T37941. Printed for John Whiston unknown books
1915152390New York: The Macmillan Company 1915. Tall octavo pp. 1-8 three illustations pictorial cream wrappers printed in blue-gray stapled. First edition. A prospectus for London's 1915 novel including "Jack London and His Work: A Sketch of the Life of the Author of 'The Star Rover'" pp. 1-4 a brief description of THE STAR ROVER "daring in its theme and vivid in execution" p.4 an annotated list of London's books available from Macmillan pp. 5-7 and an order form p. 8. A charming bit of ephemera for a work that constitutes one of the author's two or three most important contributions to the fantastic. A fine copy. #152390 The Macmillan Company unknown books
1915151294New York: The Macmillan Company 1915. Tall octavo pp. 1-8 three illustations pictorial cream wrappers printed in blue-gray stapled. First edition. A prospectus for London's 1915 novel including "Jack London and His Work: A Sketch of the Life of the Author of 'The Star Rover'" pp. 1-4 a brief description of THE STAR ROVER "daring in its theme and vivid in execution" p.4 an annotated list of London's books available from Macmillan pp. 5-7 and an order form p. 8. A charming bit of ephemera for a work that constitutes one of the author's two or three most important contributions to the fantastic. Mild bump to upper right corner else a fine copy. #151294 The Macmillan Company unknown books
192740765Camden Town/ London: Ladies' Association London Temperance Hospital & Harold Trill Printer 1927. 1st printing presumed. Navy blue and red illustrative border around blue and red writing to broadside. Printed on beige paper. Moderate wear to poster soiling and age-toning some tears and chipping apparent. A Good example. Broadside printed recto only. 23" x 18" <br/><br/>"O yez! O yez! O yez! Come to the Fair! Prices to suit all purses. Many attractions. Opened at 3.0 p.m. by the President. Mrs. RIchard Rigg. Selections will be played by the Ladies' Amateur Orchestra under the direction of Miss Wrigley. Admission 6d. Teas 1/=". Ladies' Association London Temperance Hospital & Harold Trill, Printer unknown books
199814143London: Pyms Gallery 1998. Softcover. VG Few marks from previous gallery owner. Color illus. wraps French flaps 22 pp. 2 color plates 14 bw plates. Considers and analyses this specific painting crafted by John Singer Sargent between 1879 and 1882. With an essay by Kenneth McConkey several illustrative plates and a brief biography of Sargent. Scarce. Pyms Gallery unknown books
1757263153London: The London Magazine 1757. unbound. Miniature map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 4.75" x 6.75".<br/><br/> This unusual plan of Prague was published by The London Magazine just a few months following the 1757 Battle of Prague. Oriented with north facing left it depicts the position of the two armies with a key in the bottom margin locating the positions of the artillery reserves batteries and mortars of the Prussian Army on the map. The Battle of Prague part of the Seven Years' War was fought between the Prussians and the Austrians for control of Prague and its surroundings. Although Frederick The Great from Prussia eventually succeeded in forcing the Austrians to retreat he was unable to take the city due to the heavy losses. A beautiful title cartouche adorns the bottom right corner. Most likely engraved by Thomas Kitchin. The map is in very good condition with narrow bottom margin. "The London Magazine or Gentleman%u2019s Monthly Intelligencer" was founded in 1732 as a rival to the popular Gentleman's Magazine. It is England's oldest cultural and literary journal. The magazine has published a wide range of writers from Wordsworth Shelley Keats T.S. Eliot W. H. Auden Evelyn Waugh among others. The first two installments of Thomas De Quincey's "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" appeared in the 1820 edition of the journal. Today after nearly three centuries The London Magazine continues to publish some of the best writings from London and beyond.<br/><br/> The London Magazine unknown books
288097London: London Magazine. unbound. very good. Map. Engraving. 8" x 4.75". In very good condition.<br/><br/> Nice early plan published in the London Magazine showing Bedford Bay Chibucto Harbor Halifax Dartmouth the Sandwich River and Cornwallis Island. The London Magazine was founded in 1732 and is still published today.<br/><br/> London Magazine unknown books
199353810NY: Simon & Schuster 1993. First printing. Skelly Kathleen M. Large 8vo pp. xv 445. Index. With drawings by Kathleen M. Skelly. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Donor's presentation on flyleaf. A nice copy in dj. Simon & Schuster unknown books
42739357 pp. catalogue from the venerable firm fully describing over two hundred items for sale including illuminated manuscripts incunabula letters from notable people John Boswell Robert and Elizabeth Browning among others and manuscripts illustrated on plates throughout. Lg. 4to. Wrpps. covers slightly discolored ex-library copy with bookplate inside front cover and perforated identification mark on title-page. London Maggs Bros. 1928. unknown books
19537483London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. 1953. 8vo. 116 pp.; illus. <br><br>Catalogue no. 722. Contains 636 bibliographical entries. Front wrapper bears an illustration from Dialogus Creaturarum Moralizatus no. 159. Original printed wrappers. Resewn; removed from a nonce volume with sewing holes. Front wrapper loose and with a small chip to outer edge. Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. unknown books
175647549London: Printed in the Year 1756. 1st Printing. Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 500 cc printed. Disbound red edgestain. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Nr Fine. 2 38 pp. Headline for pp 24 - 28: A Further Account of the Domesday Survey. 4to: A1 B - D4 E5 F2. 9-1/2" x 7-1/4" <br/><br/> Printed in the Year unknown books
178332765London printed. Hartford: Re-printed and Sold by Nathaniel Patten 1783. "A New Edition Corrected" Alston 235; Evans 18005. Brown sheep spine over period drab paper-wrapped birch boards. Some general binding wear with front board lacking lower corner outerlying text leaves curling in that area. Old inked price "2/-" in upper corner of ffep with removed bookplate in center. Withal a VG copy. vii 8 - 131 1 blank pp. 12mo: A4 B - Q4 R2. 6-3/4" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/> Re-printed, and Sold by Nathaniel Patten hardcover books
1912180219003New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first printing. Very Good. Cloth rubbed at extremities. Foxing to top edge. Binding a bit shaken with possible glue repair to hinge at title and half title page. Scarce. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1912150117014New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. First Printing. In Very Good condition. scuffing and edge wear to cloth with a chip to the top of the spine cloth and chipping to white stamping on front cover. Light shelf lean to binding. First edition. Doubleday, Page & Company 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
1991UHARTRE00MWGallery 1991. Fine. . A Treasury of North American Fiction: A Collection from Harper's Magazine. James Henry; London Jack; Twain Mark; Wharton Edith. NY: Gallery 1991. 542pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine with tiny bump to head of spine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light bumping to edges and shallow scratching on rear panel from removed sticker. Gallery hardcover books
1888WRCAM14234Richmond 1888. xlvii218pp. Large octavo. Contemporary three quarter gilt morocco and marbled boards. Neat bookplate. Very good. Issued as Vol. VII of the Collections of the Virginia Historical Society New Series. Prepared by Conway Robinson from the records in the Library of Congress and edited and with an introduction and annotations by R.A. Brock. Records events and transactions seminal to British settlement in America. hardcover books
1913487901913. FE. LONDON Jack. THE ABYSMAL BRUTE. New York: The Century Co. 1913. First edition. There is a bit little bit of rubbing to the covers and some dampstaining along the top and front edge throughout; still an acceptable copy. unknown books
1778WRCAM44871London: Henry Fenwick 1778. 88; 151pp. bound with: A PETITION OF THE FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. London: Henry Fenwick 1769. 11pp. Contemporary calf spine gilt leather label. Boards heavily worn head and foot of spine chipped. Very minor scattered foxing. Good plus. In a brown half morocco and cloth slipcase. The county of Middlesex essentially London was the heart of radical politics in England at the time of the Revolution and the greatest pro-American feeling was found in the merchants and working classes of the metropolis. The colonists often appealed directly to Middlesex for support. These works contain petitions relating to the American colonies dating from June 1774 to March 1778 including petitions regarding the Quebec Act in which the people express their concern over the encroachment of Catholicism and French influence in the colony. Likewise it includes the text of a letter from John Hancock to the mayor of London dated September 1775 expressing a hope for peace between Britain and the colonies. Adams notes that these two titles are often found bound together sometimes with other publications of the Council. The petition of the freeholders of Middlesex County concerns the John Wilkes case. Wilkes ran for Parliament and was elected as a radical candidate for Middlesex but was arrested and imprisoned shortly thereafter for seditious libel. Wilkes spoke out against the British war against the American colonies and his opposition to the Crown was a rallying point for the American cause. ESTC T108621 T108605 T43921. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 78-65. Henry Fenwick hardcover books
