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190547838n.p. 1905. 1st Printing. Off white card stock gilt lettering colored embossing to lower corners written in blue ink. AEG. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Some light age toning and soiling to recto. Glue/paper residue and names written in pencil to verso. Gilt a bit dull. Overall a nice menu from a classic restaurant. Broadside. 5-3/4" x 3-3/4" <br/><br/>"The Trocadero Restaurant of J. Lyons and Co. opened in 1896 on a site on Coventry Street near the theatres of the West End which had been formerly occupied by the notorious Argyll Rooms where wealthy men hired prostitutes." wiki unknown books
1869401958London: J. E. Adlard 1869. First edition. Library stamps on plates endleaves/From the Collection of Allan B. Kirsner M.D. 8vo. Plates. Original cloth. <br/><br/> J. E. Adlard hardcover books
184838150London: W. Bulmer & Co. and others 1848. Together 10 volumes First Series: vols. I-VII; Second Series: vols. I-III all published 4to. Seven engraved titles 174 engraved plates 92 hand-coloured; 10 folding after Hooker Withers Drake Barbara Cotton C.J. Robertson Lady Broughton and others engraved by W. Say W. Clark and others numerous illustrations. A few plates trimmed close in the first series as usual. First series: Early tree calf covers bordered in gilt spine gilt with morocco lettering piece marbled endpapers and edges. Second Series: Early half calf and marbled paper covered boards.<br/> <br/>Provenance: Howe Peter Browne 2nd Marquess of Sligo armorial stamp on spines of first series; William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl of Enniskillen armorial bookplate in second series<br/> <br/>A rare complete run of the most important British pomological and botanical journal of its day and a showcase for the talents of some of the greatest botanical artists working in Britain at the time.<br/> <br/>The Horticultural Society of London was founded by Sir Joseph Banks John Wedgwood and others in 1804 and become The Royal Horticultural Society in 1861. The Transactions the leading horticultural journal of its time contains valuable contributions on fruits and vegetables particularly peaches strawberries apricots cherries and gooseberries by T. A. Knight George Lindley James Barnet and Robert Thompson and others. William Hooker no relation to Sir William served as botanical artist to the Horticultural Society now the Royal Horticultural Society from 1812 until he retired in 1820. The present work includes a good selection of plates taken from his fruit paintings which according to Blunt and Stearn reveal him to have been "one of the greatest pomological artists of all time" The Art of Botanical Illustration p. 233. There are also some excellent examples of the work of Sarah Drake including a particularly fine folding plate of the orchid Cattleya guttata and Augusta Withers the luminous quality of the fruit in the Ickworth Imperatrice Plum plate is remarkable who combined their talents to such memorable effect in James Bateman's Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala London: 1837-1843 As usual this set a mixed edition: vols. 1-2 third edition; vol. 3 second edition; vols. 4-7 and second series vols 1-3 first edition.<br/> <br/>Dunthorne 142; Great Flower Books 1990 p. 160; Nissen BBI 2387. W. Bulmer & Co. [and others] unknown books
1818879851818. Hooker William. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. TRANSACTIONS OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. VOLUME 2. London: Printed by W. Bulmer & Co. Cleveland Row; Sold by J. Hatchard Picadilly 1815. Second edition. Engraved title-page and 32 plates of which three are folding. 31 plates are engraved and one is a b&w lithograph. Of the engraved plates 16 are color plates a combination of stipple engraving with hand coloring mostly of fruit but for "Monopsis Conspicua" "The Large Vegetable Marrow" and a beautiful folding plate of "The Double-Sweet-scented Chinese Peony." Uncolored plates are mostly of plans and structures but for a couple of plants. Many of the b&w plates have the engravers' and artists' names while only one of the color plates does "Monopsis Conspicua" printed and engraved by W. Hooker after R. A. Salisbury. However according to Gordon Dunthorne William Hooker no relation to Sir William did the majority of the plates in the first five volumes "including many fine fruit plates which outnumber those of flowers . the fruit prints in particular comparing with the best of Hooker's work." Quarto. 28 x 21.5 cm. 2 XXIV VIII 186 185-186 187-369 372-410 10 28 pp. Disbound: Bookblock is sound with old marbled boards detached yet present but lacking the ffep. and backstrip. Some light foxing to engraved title-page and a few of the other b&w plates with offsetting to facing text pages; otherwise the plates and text are quite clean. Ex library with minimal markings only a cancelled bookplate on front pastedown and a blind embossed seal on p. 1 of text and none to plates. A complete copy in very good condition that needs to be rebound. Published between 1807 and 1848 the Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London are esteemed for the very high standard of their production especially in their plates and for their interesting and useful content. References: Dunthorne FLOWER AND FRUIT PRINTS #142; Sitwell GREAT FLOWER BOOKS pp. 58 & 160. unknown books
193721424London: Japan Society 1937. Paperback. Very good. 155pp. Wraps darkened nd a bit edgeworn otherwise a very good copy. <br/><br/> Japan Society paperback books
35940Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. 141 objects catalogued and pictured with prices. Softcover oblong format circa 1936. . Other hardcover books
190627672Newton-le-Willows Eng. McCorquodale & Co. 1906. 12mo pp. 142; 3 plates 2 in color folding map and numerous sepia-colored half-tones in the text; a very good copy in original color pictorial wrappers. NYPL only in OCLC. <br/><br/> unknown books
2000215602000. Hardbound. VG/VG. White cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. 127 pp. About 184 color plates a few bw as well. Essay written by Richard Cork. The first book to fully examine this artist's work. hardcover books
19481606NY: Random House 1948. First Edition. Large 8vo Pp. 542. A very good copy. BAL Section III p. 463. Also includes work by Howard Pyle Frank Stockton J. C. Harris A. B. Paine Palmer Cox Bret Harte Rackham etc. Random House unknown books
1894519361894. LINNEAN Society of London. TITLEPAGE CONTENTS AND INDEX. London: Printed for the Linnean Society of London by Taylor and Francis March 1894. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series Botany. Volume III Part 11. 36pp. pp. # i-iv 425-456. 4to. blue paper wrappers sewn signatures. Near fine clean and bright; wrappers are lightly creased and soiled and show minor edgewear. unknown books
UTHETIM00CGMWoodward & Van Slyke. Good. The Times in London. Times History of the War: The Battlefield of Europe. NY: Woodward & Van Slyke ND. 366pp. Illustrated. 4to. Cloth. Book condition: Good with chipping rubbing and bumping. Covers slightly bowed. Previous owner's name on front free endsheet. Foxed endsheets. Woodward & Van Slyke hardcover books
1971104841971. Softcover. VG. Golden wraps. 61 pp. 53 bw plates many full page. unknown books
1910BOOKS005895xii22721 pages. Small Octavo 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" bound in original publisher's olive green cloth lettered in black. First printing with one blank leaf at rear. Second smallest run of all London's works 990 copies. BAL 11919; Sisson & Martins 49 First edition with variant binding.<br /><br />John Griffith "Jack" London born John Griffith Chaney January 12 1876 – November 22 1916 was an American novelist journalist and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone including science fiction.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Some fading and wear to covers moderate wear to spine ends and corners corners bumped. A very good copy lacking dust wrapper. MacMillan and Company hardcover books
20001308487Manchester; New York: Manchester University Press 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/ Hardcover; no dust jacket; black spine with silver text; boards are strong and clean; text block is slightly discolored but clean; 356p. 1308487. FP New Rockville Stock. Manchester University Press hardcover books
163665hardcover. 2 vols. 8vo cloth; vol. II lightly spotted otherwise very good. N.Y.: Simon & Schuster 1960.<br/><br/> unknown books
1916RLONTUR00MELMacmillan Company 1916. Very Good. London Jack. The Turtles of Tasman. New York: Macmillan Company 1916. Second printing. 265pp. 12mo. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed edges and gently bumped spine ends. Macmillan Company unknown books
1916180219004New York: The Macmillan Company 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first printing. Very Good. Stamping on front cover lightly rubbed cloth lightly rubbed at corners and spine ends. Pages a bit toned and lightly thumbed. First edition. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1916TB29380New York: The Macmillan Company 1916. First Edition. Good in its original brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with light yellow and gilt text on the front board over a black illustration of a palm tree with a setting sun in the background. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine lightly worn four small blotches of what appears to be white paint on the spine some of the white text on the front board is rubbed and there is a prior owner's name and date of "Nov. 3 1916" at the upper edge of the first free end page. 268 pages of text followed by five pages of ads for other books by London. BAL 11968; Sissen/Martens p90 The Macmillan Company 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
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
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
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
1747046963London: H Slater 1747. Third Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Original blue wraps corner of cover and title sliced with section of front wrap lacking; front hinge split browning at edges untrimmed spine degraded. A nice unsophisticated copy of the third edition. viii 95 1. List of books at end.<br/><br/>First published in 1699 as a Country Gentlemen's Vade Mecum it's a sort of satirical guide to avoiding vice while actually being a guide to finding it. Published in some profusion in the second half of the 18th century as Cheats of London Exposed but the early editions are all scarce. Warnings for expecting better conversation in London than in the country for tennis courts the theater trapping cock fights gambling guinea dropping prostitutes etc. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Erotica. Inventory No: 046963. H, Slater unknown books
2012279809Lanham: University Press of America 2012. First. hardcover. fine. 8vo boards. Lanham: University Press of America 2012. Fine<br/><br/> Presentation copy.<br/><br/> University Press of America unknown books
19128159baChicago IL: Charles H. Kerr 1912. Book. Good condition. Paperback. First thus edition. Tall 12mo. American literature; socialism; fiction; 29 pages; 2p. The Internatinal Socialist Review; 19.2cm; original pictorial paper wrapper taped; ad back wrapper; reprinted from Hampton magazine. Tape on front wrapper at top corner 3" long and 1/4" wide; on spine the full length 7 1/2" and just under 1/2" wide. The verso of the front cover is also taped similarly but wider. A few tiny tears to the fore-edge of the wrapper and minor soiling. If there was issued a grey wrapper on the reverse it is now lacking. A pair of holes from a staple at the top edge of wrapper and title page. Corners of the first and last few leaves are slightly rubbed. Text is clean. Tape is likely not removable. No month of publication nor issue number given. Copyright date on the publishers page is 1911 and the publication date on the title page is 1912 which suggests that this might be an early 1912 issue. Attractive front wrapper with red lettering and picture; of a North American Indian sitting titled "Days and Nights the Eyes of the Tribe Watched." Jack London 1876-1916. Charles H. Kerr Paperback books
