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18355245Hartford Connecticut: Belknap & Hamersley 1835. First Edition. First edition. Measuring approximately 7.5" x 4.75" with 364 numbered pages. <br /> <br /> This book is in poor condition. Heavy chipping and scuffing to entire spine. Front and rear hinges are cracked. Front board is loose from binding and barely hanging on. Heavy chipping to all edges of boards. Heavy staining and scuffing to both boards. Heavy foxing to all edges of textblock. Front endpaper is cut in half and missing. Interior pages are heavily foxed. <br /> <br /> Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.<br /> <br /> Inventory #N10-101. Belknap & Hamersley unknown
1836mon0004107903Hartford: Belknap & Hamersley 1836. Hardcover. Acceptable. . full leather cover shows minor wear rubbing joints starting. pages lightly tanned and foxed. minor staining and holing on the endpapers. Hartford: Belknap & Hamersley hardcover
1836CM08019Hartford: Belknap & Hammersley 1836. Brown cloth with subtle blind grapevine pattern overall gilt spine title blind border to covers top edge darkened & tissued frontis; A good copy with moderate foxing; 372 pages publisher advertising. . 4.5"x7.25". Belknap & Hammersley hardcover
1898129604Doubleday Page 1898. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 1898 Doubleday & McClure NY first edition gilt titled cloth hardcover tight and unmarked with tissue guarded plates many in color throughout. No jacket. Please email for photos. Doubleday, Page hardcover
1847046019Henry Colburn. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1847. SECOND Edition Revised. Hardcover. Hardcover; Hardcover 3 volumes. Matching maroon leather boards with gold ruling. Title in gold over black leather label between raised bands. Decorations in gold to lower spine as well. Boards show edge wear soil and some scuffing. Beautiful maroon and blue marbleized fore edges and endpapers. Gift inscription on second free endpaper of volume 1. Text pages are clean. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.; B/w Illus; 8VO . Henry Colburn hardcover
18418486London: James Ridgway 1841. Hardcover. Very Good. Compiliation gathers the parliamentary positions and speeches of prominent Whig statesman and influential British liberal during the late Georgian and early Victorian periods. Octavo 8 1/4" tall 204 index. Rebound in brown cloth with paper label on spine. new endpapers. Bookplate of historian Frederick A. Hagar on front pastedown. James Ridgway hardcover
1863blb01535New York: Charles Scribner 1863. 8th. Hardcover. Very Good . Reddish brown cloth over boards with blind stamped rulings and corner flourishes on front and rear and gilt titling on spine. Spine is sun faded but otherwise the book is Very Good or better. Tight square and free of markings or flaws inside other than the original owner Abby Morris July 1st 1864. No foxing present. Thinly veiled commentary on the issues surrounding the Civil War. Stated as 8th edition. Now protected in archival quality mylar jacket. A scarce to rare title. Charles Scribner hardcover
1867GR072701B463New York: Charles Scibner's Sons 1867 Eleventh edition 1867. VG. Original brown decorative cloth spine has gilt lettering. 347 pp. Boards are faded in parts. Foxing inside. Spine very good. Inside cover is handwritten historical library plate. Only one other stamping no pocket. By the author "Letters to Young People" and more. J.G. Holland writing under the pen name "Titcomb." Charles Scibner's Sons hardcover
18417728London; Whittaker and Co. 1841. 1841. Hard Cover. SECOND EDITION association copy. Octavo pp. xvi 485 1 2 catalogue. Vignette to title page and 42 figures within text. Bottle green finely reeded cloth with gilt titles to spine and elaborate scrolled border in blind to boards; primrose yellow endpapers. A slightly shaken copy with 5cm split at lower rear joint and weak inner hinges. Edges and spine tips a little bruised and faint ring-mark to upper board. Endpapers soiled light toning and scattered foxing to contents and a little marginal annotation in pencil. Ownership inscription to ffep with address and ownership signature to verso the latter of J. B. Thompson manager variously in charge of St Hilda's Westoe Whitburn Blaydon Burn and Axwell Park collieries. Yorkshireman and author John Holland was a poet and journalist 1794-1872 from Handsworth Sheffield. Contents include the history of fuel usage natural history of coal and its formation and extraction accidents and the domestic and foreign coal trade. London; Whittaker and Co., 1841. hardcover
1899033376Parish Register Society 1899. First Edition. Hard Back. Very Good. Volumes 23 24 and 25 of the Parish Register Society. 1899 original published for subscribers velum spine card boards leather title compartment 25 pages 45pp then 157 pages. Ex library copy in very good clean condition Parish Register Society hardcover
1899653040David Nutt 1899. First Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. 2 volumes as issued. A near fine set attractively bound in 3/4 period dark plum crushed levant morocco over marbled boards by Worsfold for H. Sotheran & Co. spines with raised bands and elegant restrained gilt tooling covers sectioned with twin gilt fillets top edges gilt marbled endpapers minor wear; ink gift inscriptions in each volume; slight foxing. Volumes XXI and XXII of Nutt's TUDOR TRANSLATIONS series. David Nutt hardcover
1865034493London: A. W. Bennett 1865. Book. Illus. by Theophilus Smith. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 16cm x 21cm. pp.132 16 photographic illustrations tipped in with titles and decorative borders one additional photograph tipped onto the tissue guard of The Hawle of the Poands" and so titled. Bound in the original red cloth with gilt decoration and titling gilt some what worn. The book has been expertly rebacked maintaining the original boards and spine. very good and strong a little rubbing. Contents clean and tight; endpapers early but not original Westleys of London binder's plate to the rear pastedown a little spotting throughout plates unharmed otherwise internally clean. Attractive plate designed and belonging to Henry E. Baggs; small signature to the front free endpaper "B. Swift" possibly Benjamin Swift geneologist of Hallamshire. A very good copy of this scarce title containing early photographs of Sheffield. Gernsheim 279. A. W. Bennett Hardcover
184023931London: Longman Brown Green & Longmans 1840. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. the book has some yellow spots that can be seen at the inside. the spine has some tears. the spine is sun damaged. the pages are yellow from the age. second edition printed in 1840. 638 pages with no index. the book carries the smell of old paper.- Specializing in academic collectible and historically significant providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. Longman Brown Green & Longmans hardcover
1872057699London: Longmans Green and Co. 1872. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. viii 346 2 pp publisher's catalogue. Green cloth over beveled boards gilt titles to spine gilt dec. to front cover. Mild foxing throughout owner signature on free end paper and on half title.Sir Henry Holland was President of the Royal Institution of Great Britain and Physician in Ordinary to Queen Victoria and related to the novelist Mrs Gaskell and to Josiah Wedgwood. Address signature and marginal notes in pencil by Alfred Forbes Sieveking contributor to The Dictionary of National Biography. Edges rubbed clpth darkened else very good <br/> <br/> Longmans, Green and Co. hardcover
1872097143New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1872 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Recollections of Sir Henry Holland 1st Baronet FRS 1788 - 1873 a British physician and travel writer. He had an extensive medical practice and was Domestic Physician to Caroline Princess of Wales briefly in 1814 and Physician Extraordinary to William IV and to Queen Victoria. He was also Physician in Ordinary to Queen Victoria in 1852. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in January 1815 and served on the council three times. He was created a Baronet in 1853. 351 pages plus additional pages of advertisements of the publishers works. Name stamp and sticker on front endpaper minor age-toning of endpapers. D. Appleton and Co. hardcover
1898179545London etc. : Blackie & Son Limited 1898. 2nd edition revised. Hardback. Very good copy in the original title/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. Ex-libris. Copy from the Fabian Society with their book plate. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 252 pages; Physical desc. : viii 9-252 p ; 20 cm. Subject: Great Britain - Politics and government - 19th century. Democracy 19th century 1890s. Series: The Victorian era series. London [etc.] : Blackie & Son, Limited hardcover
1884007522London: Published By Trubner & Co. For the English Dialect Society 1884. Three Orginal English Dialect Society publications 1884-1886 from Series C. Original Glossaries. County of Chester Words complete in three partsvii 136 137-402 403-513 18 pages . Modern case bound in one volume. Pale grey papered boards with gilttitle lettering on a black leather label on the spine with endpapers. Bound in with the original stiff blue paper covers with title pages on the front and Society adverts on inner and rear covers. 310-486 and 487-13 14 pages. 5.5 X 8.75 inches. Externally very good indeed some damp staining damaging the edge of the front cover of part 1 and the following few pages and also to the final few pages and rear cover of part three otherwise internally all in good order and very clean throughout. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Published By Trubner & Co. For the English Dialect Society Hardcover
1897H27023New York: Fleming H Revell 1897. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. W. J. Holland's own copy with his bookplate he wrote the first appendix in this book. 8vo publisher's red cloth very good light wear and soil. 316 pp folding map. Fleming H Revell hardcover
18940071061894 Armorial Frontis-piece 4 62pp bound in original green cloth with binding and hinges tight. Bookplate inside front cover for Edward N. Fenno Edward Nicoll Fenno 1845-1931 Falmouth Massachusetts. Offsetting from small news article laid-in light foxing to covers. hardcover
1848655P36London: William Tegg and Co 1848. Cloth. Good. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. An uncommon sixteenth edition of Mary Holland's popular cookery work providing recipes as well as offering advice on diets and health. An uncommon sixteenth edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece vignette title page and four plates. This work is a duodecimo with the signatures B-Z6 2A-2O6. Bound without front endpaper. 'The Complete Economical Cook' is a useful Georgian cookery book putting forward simple and basic recipes for housekeepers and cooks to use explained in a simple manner. The author also proposes advice on how to manage a family and how to maintain a proper and healthy diet for the benefit of a family. In this she advises the importance of having a substantial breakfast. The work also provides advice on how to carve meat and how to pick the best poultry at the market. At the time that this was originally published there was a booming popularity for the relatively new genre and market for cookery books. Written by Mary Holland. Very little is known about the life of Mary Holland. The sixteenth edition of Mary Holland's uncommon cookery work. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally generally smart. Light fading to the spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Small marks to the boards. Hinges are starting but firm. Lacks front endpaper. Label to the front pastedown. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with the odd spot. Frontispiece is detached but present. Ink mark margin of page 214. Good William Tegg and Co hardcover
1824784A3Not Stated : Printed for Thomas Tegg; W. Sharpe; Simpkin and Marshall; et al. 1824. Leather. Good. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated . An early edition of Mrs Holland's notable recipe book with many hints for techniques on baking brewing cooking and more. Illustrated. The fifth edition of 1824. Mrs. Mary Holland's cookery book contains many Georgian recipes with simple directives and explanations for housekeepers and cooks dietary hints to stay healthy and keep a healthy family useful contents for the sick and how to maintain a kitchen garden. Recipes included are for meat and poultry dishes soups puddings greens and roots and much more. With hints on carving pickling trussing &c. and a including the art of making British wines. Illustrated with a vignette title page a frontispiece and four full page plates. In a half morocco binding over marbled boards. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear. Both the front and rear boards have suffered some cracking affecting the covers. With new endpapers. Internally firmly bound. The With the occasional faint minor spotting throughout and the odd age toning to the leaves particularly to the leaves of plates and adjacent. Previous ownership signature on the vignette title page. Illustrated with a frontispiece a vignette title page and four full page plates. Good Printed for Thomas Tegg; W. Sharpe; Simpkin and Marshall; et al. hardcover
1833000894London: T. T. and J. Tegg 1833. 12th edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo 6.5" tall. The comprehensive guide for the early nineteenth century housewife. Internally very good in full scuffed leather and collated complete but rear hinge almost detached. Foxing to illustrated title page plates and frontis. Uncommon - this edition not in COPAC. Exotic pagination mirrored in other editions cited by COPAC. This copy collates as - 1-4 i-x xix-ixrather xi 1-288. <br/> <br/> T. T. and J. Tegg hardcover
1825965P25London: Thomas Tegg; R. Griffin; R. M. Tims; M. Baudry 1825. First edition. Hardback. Good. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. The first edition of this very scarce volume on cookery and housekeeping by Mrs. Mary Holland. The first edition.A very scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece. Half-title is present.Collated complete.A volume of popular recipes of the Georgian era collecting together "a great variety of valuable receipts". The receipts in this volume also include useful household directions such as regarding bleaching gardening and destroying vermin.Whilst presenting these recipes the author also offers hints on the art of social and domestic life.By Mrs. Mary Holland. Bookplate of Martin & Pamela Finch to the recto of the front endpaper. The Finch couple founded Matthew Finch Design Consultants Limited a graphics group which specialised in in design for print and publishing. They opened an antiquarian bookshop Wadard Books in 2001. In the original publisher's paper boards rebacked. Externally boards and spine are age-toned and a little rubbed. Bumping to the extremities. Light marks to the boards and spine. Bookplate to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Good Thomas Tegg; R. Griffin; R. M. Tims; M. Baudry hardcover
1893250416-MB25Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1893. Good hardcover gift inscription on front fly-leaf . 8 black and white plates slight foxing to pages. Early American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church Hardcover
1825024796London: Thomas Tegg; Simpkin and Marshall; R. Griffin and Co.; J. Cumming. 6th ed. 1825. 288pp. Printed by Plummer and Brewis Eastcheap. Original brown paper covered boards with black printed titles to front and rear. POOR reading copy disbound and lacking spine front and rear boards well worn rubbed to near illegibility all text pages present but lacking all prelims starting at p.1 some minor marking and staining to pages otherwise internally good . Poor. Hardcover. 6th Edition. 1825. Thomas Tegg; Simpkin and Marshall; R. Griffin and Co.; J. Cumming hardcover