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1883WRCLIT81958Baltimore: Cushings & Bailey 1883. 44pp. Printed wrappers. Divinity school library release stamp in lower margin of title otherwise very good or better. First edition of this lecture by the Anglo- American theologian and novelist then the Rector of the Church of St. Michael in Baltimore. Kirkus published two rare pseudonymous novels while still resident in the UK: FREDERICK RIVES INDEPENDENT PARSON 1864 and ONLY TO BE MARRIED 3 vols. 1867. OCLC locates eight copies of this work. OCLC: 33002515. Cushings & Bailey unknown books
18897621London and New York: Offices of "Engineering" and John Wiley & Sons 1889 First edition. 4 200pp. plus 20 pages of advertisements. 28 illustrations. Index. Olive green cloth gilt. Rubbing to extremities a bit of spotting to covers endpapers darkened. A very good copy. Chapters include Some Properties of Gold; Occurrences; Remarks on the Procedure of Late Years; Losses; Remedies; Free Milling etc. Offices of "Engineering" and John Wiley & Sons hardcover books
1898010292Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1898 1898. Green cloth ruled in blind pictorially stamped and titled in gilt minor rubbing to extremities erasure mark to endpaper pages slightly age-toned at edges. Easy-to-read stories poems and songs drawing from Native American mythology folklore and culture. Illustrated with 8 color plates by E Boyd smith other full- and partial-page artwork in b&w. Uncommon in such beautiful condition. Early Printing. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by E Boyd Smith. 8vo. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
1893437New York: E.P. Dutton and Company 1893. Near fine. Rare first edition of this early Upton title following the life of a little girl in the 1890s. A scarce and little known work illustrated by Florence Upton issued two years before the first of the Golliwogg books with Bertha Upton that made her famous. OCLC finds only two institutional holdings one the copyright deposit copy at LOC. A lovely copy. 8.25'' x 6''. Original quarter gilt-stamped cloth gilt floral paper boards. Illustrated by Upton with 9 halftone plates and a vignette. 65 1 pages. Ink gift inscription from Christmas 1893 to front fly leaf. Light toning to spine corners a touch worn. Hinges firm interior clean. E.P. Dutton and Company unknown
1895515641New York: D. Appleton and Company 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. 12mo. Blue cloth stamped in gilt and silver. Front hinge mended to coated endpapers with rear hinge starting short tear on rear fly small surface abrasion on rear pastedown with a spot of glue residue on front pastedown very good. The English-born author She wrote more than 150 novels primarily mysteries and gained fame for her mystery novel The House on the Marsh. Uncommon. Hubin. Crime Fiction p414 published in England in the same year. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1899009515London: Longman's Green & Co. 1899. Hardcover. Fair. First edition of Florence Upton's 4th children's story to feature the Golliwog. With 32 colour plates by Florence and verse by her mother Bertha. Oblong 4to. Rubbing to edges toning to covers. Tearing to title page with loss to top edge not effecting text. Mild offsetting throughout. Slight weakening to hinges. Fair. <br/> <br/> Longman's, Green & Co. hardcover
189976955London New York & Bombay: Longmans Green & Co. 1899. Oblong 4to. 64 pp. Red cloth spine over colour pictorial boards. Tape repairs to pages and reinforcement to hinges. Wear to edges of binding scattered foxing throughout. Full-page colour chromolithographic illustrations throughout by Florence K. Upson. Colours vibrant. Binding firm. A Fair to Good copy. . Fair. Pictorial Boards. 1899. Longmans, Green & Co. 1899 hardcover
188914905NY: John Wiley & Sons. Very Good. 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. The covers are soiled and the front inner hinge is starting to crack. Just a bit of rubbing at the corners & spine ends. Otherwise nice & tight. The contents are "fine". Owner's stamp inside the covers an early assayer . ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 200ads pages . John Wiley & Sons hardcover
186220819Firenze Felice Le Monnier 1862 In-8 493 pp - volume seul
1848THEOLOGIEE7770420Paris, au secrétariat du Collège Héraldique, 1848 et 1849, 13,5 x 21,5, 102 et 99 pages - soit 2 volumes sous reliure cartonnée avec liserés d'encadrements. Dos basane à 4 nerfs, titré et fleuronné. Couvertures non conservées.
1878R96584Romae [Rome], Typis S.C. de Propaganda Fide 1878 43 + 51pp., 31cm., publisher's cart. hardcover (spine bit repaired, light staining), text in Latin, text clean and bright, [on the Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order (O.S.M., founded in 1233 in Florence), canonized in 1888 by pope Leon XIII], R96584
19009617Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1900. Early printing. 8vo 139 viii pp. Illustrations several color plates. Publisher's olive cloth ruled and lettered in gilt with black illustration on front board in original illustrated orange paper jacket. Near fine book with light wear at spine ends. Jacket with chipping at corners and spine ends. <br /> <br /> Native American songs folklore stories poems etc. all nicely illustrated for the young student. This copy very scarce in the original jacket. . Houghton, Mifflin and Company unknown
188219hmRichard Bentley and Son 1882. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The plate facing page 320 is not present otherwise all other plates are accounted for. This book has recently been beautifully rebound in full brown leather with new end pages. It has a previous owner's stamp mark and there is sporadic foxing throughout. square and tight. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Richard Bentley and Son hardcover
188320200378Winsted CT: M. W. Dowd & Co 1883. General wear. Minor tear on back cover. A book written by two housewives for other housewives full of recipes which would enable them to make a different dessert each night for husbands and families for a single year. The recipes used in the book were gathered from a variety of print materials or other women and each recipe has been credited. In addition to the desserts there are recipes provided for the sick general recipes for sauces or pie dough and general cooking tips. There are numerous pages of advertisements for local Connecticut business scattered throughout. The book was published for the benefit of the West Cemetery Association of Bristol CT. 109 numbered pages with numerous unnumbered pages of advertisements and a 3 page index. Blue printed wrappers. OCLC 1 Nov. 2020. Measures 8" x 5 1/2 M. W. Dowd & Co unknown
1896370821Boston: Roberts Brothers. London: John Lane Vigo St 1896. First American Edition. Illus title-page by P.W. 210 12 ads.pp. Printed at the Univerrsity Press Cambridge Mass. 2mo. Rust cloth stamped in black. Some minor rubbing. First American Edition. Illus title-page by P.W. 210 12 ads.pp. Printed at the Univerrsity Press Cambridge Mass. 2mo. Purdy p.304. "The Spectre of the Real" on pp.165-210. Purdy p.304. "The Spectre of the Real" on pp.165-210 <br/><br/> Roberts Brothers. London: John Lane Vigo St hardcover
1876157514Chicago: Jansen 1876. 12mo pp. 1-6 7-282 1-4: ads flyleaves at front and rear original decorated brown cloth front and rear panels stamped in blind spine panel stamped in gold brown coated endpapers. First edition. Eleven stories most of them dark tales of mental aberration. The title story concerns the invention of a machine to amplify sound and the murder of an elderly deaf woman who tries to take the instrument away from its inventor. Most of the stories can be characterized as Gothic fantasies. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 546. Bleiler 1978 p. 131. Not in Reginald 1979. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1087. Wright III 3531 locating 2 copies. Cloth lightly worn at spine ends 25 mm narrow loss of cloth along lower fore-edge of front cover scattered foxing to text block a very good copy. Scarce. #157514 Jansen unknown books
1895515565New York: D. Appleton and Company 1895. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition. Blue cloth stamped in gilt and silver. Lightly rubbed at tips of spine small surface abrasion and spot of glue residue on front and rear pastedowns else a fine copy. The English-born author She wrote more than 150 novels primarily mysteries and gained fame for her mystery novel The House on the Marsh. Uncommon. Hubin. Crime Fiction p414 published in England in the same year. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1898318852London : Bedford Press 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: viii 238p. plates ; 24cm. Subjects: St. Mary's Church Hurley Berkshire England. Church history -- Great Britain. London : Bedford Press hardcover
18906qlzeRichard Bentley and Sons 1890. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Publication of 267 pages. Name and small bookplate of the previous owner. Complete with all plates. Volume number One only. There is gilt on the spine of the book and decoration on the front cover. Frontispiece. The boards are a little shelf rubbed slightly faded marks and a touch edge worn. Internally in good condition considering the age of the book 1890. The pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Richard Bentley and Sons hardcover
189542369London: Longman Green 1895. Cover has rubbing and scratches First pastedwon badly damaged by ink and childrens pen marks F-fep have large tears and some amatuer sellotape repairs spine is sprung colour illus in remarkable condition look brand new PP clean and tidy. Hard. Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo Landscape. Longman Green Hardcover
1887230131-MB33London: Longmans Green and Co. 1887. Two volume set ex-library with stamps rebound illustrated. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Cover. Longmans, Green and Co. hardcover
1897188047London : H. S. Nichols 1897. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copies all in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Limited edition; 1 of only 500 copies. Illustrated with 3 tissue-guarded portrait frontis'. Subjects; Literature - France - 18th century. Rouseau. Diderot. London : H. S. Nichols hardcover
1891973Y8London: W. & R. Chambers; Edward Arnold; The Fleetway House 1891-1930. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Lewis Baumer. A smart selection of cookbooks together with Harry Graham's etiquette guide. A smart set comprising three cookery titles and one work on gentlemanly etiquette. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Chamber's Cookery for Young Housewives Edited by Annie M. Griggs 1891. With eight pages of advertisements to the rear. King Edward's Cookery Book by Florence A. George 1904 - Undated dated from a copy held institutionally The Perfect Gentleman: A Guide to Social Aspirants Compiled from the Occasional Papers of Reginald Drake Biffin by Harry Graham 1913 - New Edition. With in-text illustrations by Lewis Baumer and sixteen pages of advertisements to the rear. Complete Home Cookery Household Reference Library 1930 - Undated dated from a copy held at the British Library. With nearly three hundred photographic illustrations. In the original cloth bindings. Externally smart. With damp stains and marks to the boards most notably to 'King Edward'. With moderate rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with age toning to the endpapers of 'Chambers' and scattered spotting throughout. A few spots to the endpapers of 'Perfect Gentleman' and 'King Edward'. Ownership bookplate of ones Martin and Pamela Finch to the front free endpapers of 'Perfect Gentleman' and 'Complete Home Cookery'. Very Good W. & R. Chambers; Edward Arnold; The Fleetway House hardcover
189687650London: Longmans Green 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrations by Florence K. Upton. 1896 First edition. Landscape 4to. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards. The second book in the series by the Uptons and considered by many one of the most collectable understandably perhaps given it also features bicycles. Minor mark to lower of some leaves minor toning to margins; rubbing to boards worn at fore-corners. No jacket Longmans, Green hardcover
188510092London; Longmans Green and Co. 1885. 1885. Hard Cover. First edition. Duodecimo two volumes. octavo pp. 8 292; 6 258. Bound in half dark blue straight grained morocco effect roan and red marbled paper over boardswith gilt fillets across spine and gilt spine ornaments and titles. A touch of wear to spine tips and corners. Both volumes holding firm with a small crack just starting at the lower joint of Volume II hinge of Volume I starting. Contents clean and bright and free of ownership inscriptions or annotations. A very good set. A collection of varied essays by Lady Verney a writer journalist and sister of Florence Nightingale. Many of the essays show folklorist interest with titles including "The Powers of Women and how to Use them" "Mythical and Mediaeval Swords" and "Old Welsh Legends and Poetry". London; Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885. hardcover
