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18992289600H.S. Nichols Ltd 1899. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition one of 500 copies. Boards lightly soiled bookplate of Alexander Cochrane on each front endpaper. 1899 Hard Cover. Complete in three volumes. xlviii 337 3; vii 1 348; viii 356 pp. 8vo. Translated with an introduction and notes by J.H. Freese. Includes frontispieces of Madame d'Epinay Jean Jacques Rousseau and Le Baron de Grimm. Madame d'Epinay "was a French writer a saloniste and woman of fashion known on account of her liaisons with Friedrich Melchior Baron von Grimm and Jean-Jacques Rousseau who gives unflattering reports of her in his Confessions as well as her acquaintanceship with Denis Diderot Jean le Rond d'Alembert Baron d'Holbach and other French men of letters during the Enlightenment. She was also one of many women referenced in Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex as an example of noble expansion of women's rights during the 18th century." - Wikipedia H.S. Nichols Ltd hardcover books
188122705New York: R. Worthington 1881. First American edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark salmon cloth beveled edges gilt decorated spine and backstrip. Very good. XII 251 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Wood engraved frontispiece title vignette and 11 plates. Lady Florence the Marquis of Queensberry's daughter journeyed to Patagonia and to South Africa the Land of Misfortune. She traveled to South America because she was suffering from social ennui. In this title the author reels off a single dinner menu of guanaco-head soup a guanaco is a sort of llama; ostrich and describes a hartebeest chase of the veld. The Times in its obituary rather sadly concluded that Lady Florence Dixie would best be remembered as a "somewhat peculiar woman." Four pages of adverts at rear. Slight rubbing to backstrip extremities. R. Worthington hardcover books
1899184031London: H.S. Nichols 1899. Hardcover. Good light shelfwear to boards expected age toning to pages but text is otherwise very clean and clear. Bookplate of previous owner inside each front cover. Volume 3 frontis is torn loose protective tissue guard sheet has tears. Three volume set bound in red cloth with gilt tooling and lettering; each volume has a bw illustrated frontispiece with protective guard sheet; Volume 1 xlviii 337 pp. Volume 2 348 pp. Volume 3 356 pp. "Edition strictly limited to 500 copies." Includes bibliographical references v. 1 pages xlv-xlvi. Translated with introduction and brief notes by J.H. Freese. H.S. Nichols hardcover books
1894366London: Field and Tuer The Leadenhall Press 1894. First edition. First edition. Beige paper covered boards gilt lettering. Presentation Copy: "A.W. Benson with the authoress's kind regards in deep appreciation o fhis music New Year 1894" Covers rubbed anc corners bumped internally very good. <br/><br/> Field and Tuer, The Leadenhall Press hardcover books
1892315100New York: George Routledge & Sons 1892. First American edition. Steel-engraved portrait frontispiece illustrations of marked cards and other cheats. xi i 195 1 4 ads pp. 8vo. Publisher's lime cloth stamped in gold white and black t.e.g. A beautiful copy. First American edition. Steel-engraved portrait frontispiece illustrations of marked cards and other cheats. xi i 195 1 4 ads pp. 8vo. The rules and play of poker with a chapter on poker sharps describing marked cards and other cheats. Jessel 511 George Routledge & Sons unknown books
1882145518Philadelphia: Porter and Coates 1882. First Edition. First Edition. With color illustrations by the author. <br/><br/>Very Good in illustrated boards with gilt titles and page edges. Contemporary gift inscription to the first blank. Boards lightly soiled and rubbed with a tide mark to the rear board. Interior pages lightly foxed. Porter and Coates unknown books
188926328Firenze: A cura del Municipio 1889. First edition. Decorated paper-covered boards. Binding cracked some tape repairs to spine and interior small tear to map about good. 133 pp. Illus. with 4 of 6 plates some folding. 26 cm. Contains the maps including the large 29 x 27 inches colored map of central Florence. A cura del Municipio hardcover books
1860014565D.Appleton-Century and Company 1860. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy Without Wear in Prefered Brown Pebble Cloth First Edition First Issue Ownership Name Gorgeous Fresh Copy Scarce In This Condition. D.Appleton-Century and Company Hardcover books
189831928London & NY: Neely 1898. 12mo pp. 294. Red cloth stamped in black and gilt. Cover little faded and stained o/w VG. A novel. Neely unknown books
1898RHALLIT00ECLothrop Publishing Company 1898. Very Good. Hall Florence Howe. Little Lads and Lassies : Stories in Prose and Verse About and For Them. Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company 1898. 1st edition. Illustrated. 4to. Book condition: Very good. The spine ends are lightly bumped. The boards are exposed along the edges. Contemporary owner's name and date on front free endsheet in pencil. The pages are clean and bright. Charming chromolithographs. Lothrop Publishing Company hardcover books
1887035807Boston: Estes and Lauriat 1887. x 332p. t.e.g. deckle edges original blue cloth. Estes and Lauriat unknown books
186154214Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley 1861. 8vo pp. 240; frontispiece and a profusion of illustrations throughout text; original brown cloth stamped in gilt on spine the covers ruled in blind surrounding a central blindstamp in the shape of a small handled purse the title stamped in blind in the center; one crack at the base of the spine extremities a little rubbed; all else very good. This copy with the ownership signature of one Nellie Marshall Hobart Del. Co. N.Y. An invaluable guide to the activities costumes and accessories of women in the US just before the Civil War. First published in 1859 the book was still in print in the 1890s. <br/><br/> J. W. Bradley hardcover books
185947323Philadelphia: G.G. Evans 1859. First Edition. Octavo 19.5cm; red cloth decoratively stamped in blind and gilt; 240pp. Boards comprehensively soiled rubbed and worn; leading corners bumped; spine gilt dulled heel and crown chipped. Foxing and dampstains throughout textblock else bindings sound a Good and complete copy.<br/><br/>Those craftier bibliophiles might be interested in trying their hands at the really retro patterns and projects in this 1859 needlework handbook. Compiled by Florence Hartley the text assumes a basic level of skill with a needle and thread and includes patterns/ideas in bead work knitting and crochet quilting tatting/guipure/lace work embroidery braiding netting feather flowers and more. Hartley advocated needlework as essential to a woman's overall happiness and usefulness to society making this craft guide an interesting look back at 19th century values and mores. G.G. Evans unknown books
1895005285Boston: Arena Publishing Company 1895. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. On front end page inscription reads - "To Dr. J. O. Buck in the friendship and fellowship of a common cause Florence Huntley". First published in 1892 stated Fourth Edition contains preface to the Second Edition. . Very Good end pages browned and with corner tears. Boards rubbed title at spine a bit dulled. A fantasy novel. Early editions of this book and SIGNED copies of any of her books are RARE. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Fourth Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Arena Publishing Company Hardcover books
189849987Berlin: Carl Heymann 1898. German Edition. 8vo pp. 193-216. An offprint bound in printed wraps. From the library of consumer advocate Florence Kelley. FK. A German translation of Kelley's work on the free public libraries of the State of Illinois. Carl Heymann unknown books
188549992Berlin: Carl Heymann 1885. German Edition. 8vo pp. 208-232. An offprint bound in printed wraps. From the library of consumer advocate Florence Kelley. FK. A German translation of Kelley's work on the sweatshop system in the Chicago. It is unclear if this was issued in the US. Carl Heymann unknown books
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
1900162658Boston: Noyes Platt & Company 1900. Hardcover. Good tight copy contents free of extraneous marks to text; ex-lib. copy with occasional marks including a few perforation stamps. front cover and spine are a bit mottled. Olive cloth/boards; gilt insignia and lettering. 418 5 pp. with bw tissue-guarded frontis and very occasional bw illustrations. An exhibition notice printed on a small pink slip of paper is incorrectly bound between pages 122 and 123 nearly unreadably; possibly part of this book; possibly not! The comprehensive listing of arts events including the Paris Exposition of 1900 auction sales art publications obituaries of American artists exhibitions prizes and scholarships museum reports artist directories schools teachers and much much more.Scarce edition. Noyes, Platt & Company hardcover books
188313616London Paris & New York: Cassell & Co 1883. First and only edition oblong 8vo pp. 52 4 ads; 16 mounted chromolithographs showing various painted designs on assorted ceramic ware 4 wood-engraved illustrations in the text; a very good copy in original maroon cloth gilt lettering on upper cover. <br/><br/> Cassell & Co hardcover books
189230865New York: Hurst & Company 1892. An early US edition of a work which first appeared in 1888. Not in Sadleir nor Wolff. Yellow printed wrappers stapled. VG age toning to paper/chip to upper corner of front wrapper/lacking spine paper lower 1.5". 3 - 194 =192 pp. 8vo. 7" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>This edition apparently issued without a title leaf correspondes to the OCLC entry; publisher inferred from rear advert & publication date from OCLC cover chip having removed date. [Hurst & Company] unknown books
189329413.1New York: F. M. Lupton 1893. Early printing of this edition ca 1894 cf. Hubin p. 552 for the 1st edition of 1890. Not in Sadleir nor Wolff. Printed buff paper wrappers stapled. Advert to rear wrapper which lists through #61 of the series. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age toning & wear to wrappers. Unobtrusive tide-line to right side of text block. A Gd copy. 64 pp. Text double column. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-7/8" <br/><br/> F. M. Lupton unknown books
1894136066New York: Charles B. Reed 1894. Octavo pp. 1-2 1-4 5-178 179-182: ads flyleaves at front and rear original decorated blue cloth front panel stamped in gold and blind spine panel stamped in gold rear panel stamped in blind orange marbled endpapers. First edition. Published four years later in England as A SOUL ON FIRE London: Bliss Sands & Co. 1898. Sensational spiritualist romance of after death experiences; a salutary warning to a cold callous savant to mend his ways in the tradition of Dickens's moral ghost stories; also a polemic presenting many of the author's enthusiastic views on moral and social questions e.g. vivisection parental care etc. A prolific author with some ninety novels to her credit Florence Marryat 1838-1899 was the youngest and eleventh child of Frederick Marryat the popular nineteenth-century nautical novelist. "A Catholic Marryat was fascinated by spiritualism which she frequently introduces into her novels. As a spiritualist she wrote the popular book THERE IS NO DEATH 1891." - Sutherland Victorian Fiction p. 412. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 151 citing the 1898 UK edition. Wilson Shadows in the Attic p. 351. Bleiler 1978 p. 133. Reginald 09685. Spine panel lightly sunned a nearly fine copy. An uncommon book. #136066 Charles B. Reed unknown books
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
1876135400Chicago: 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 worn at spine ends and corner tips a very good copy. Scarce. #135400 Jansen unknown books
1899164203Boston and New York / Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin and Company / Riverside Press 1899. Hardcover. VG-. Minor shelf wear. Ex-library with usual marks stickers stamps bookplate. Pages tanned with age but clean and tightly bound. Brown cloth over boards with mauve lettering. 171 pp. An interesting look at the lives of early Mormons in Utah through the eyes of Florence Merriam discussing their religious doctrines and practices. Houghton, Mifflin and Company / Riverside Press hardcover books
