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1822290382London: Printed for John Miller and W. Wright 1822. Full Leather. Good binding. With 59 full page plates in Vol. I 9 of which are duplicates on poorer paper and 58 full page plates in Vol. II 9 of which are duplicates; with 25 white Fine Paper engravings pasted down in Vol. I and 25 in Vol. II; with 11 gray Papier de Chine engravings pasted down in Vol. I and 11 in Vol. II. Most of the engravings are illustrations of the various scenes with a few portrait plates; all of the Papier de Chine illustrations are small engraved illustrations meant for the start of each canto and are facing duplicates on Fine Paper. Hinges reinforced by a conservator with Japanese tissue paper. Signed full red morroco binding by Matthews; with gilt lettering and decorations. Marbled endpapers and gilt dentelles. Top edge gilt. Good binding. Printed for John Miller and W. Wright unknown books
188227636Boston: James R. Osgood & Company 1882. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding with gilt & black stamped lettering on front cover & spine. VG slt lean/spine minutely darkened/faint foxing to eps. 10 188 4 pp. Index. Publisher catalogue last 4 pp dated Spring 1882. Illustrated with frontis & 5 inserted plates. 12mo. <br/><br/> James R. Osgood & Company hardcover books
1848262219Carroll County Maryland 1848. 2 pp. pen and ink on signle sheet. 4to. Light creasing from prior folding. 2 pp. pen and ink on signle sheet. 4to. Reading in part: "Having lost one of my negro men by death a big valuable one and having sold three more of them and having also sold one of my negro women - the above negros were sold to Mr. Joseph S. Donovan to be sent to the New Orleans market as he is a negro dealer living in Baltimore - the above negroes sold brought the sum of $2800 all of which money has been invested in property in the city of Baltimore . My object in writing to you is to request that you will lay this letter before the Commissioner of Tax of Carroll County and have all of the above negroes taken at once from my assets .". unknown books
181420257London: Printed for R. S. Kirby 1814. 1st edition. Original paper-wrapped boards professionally rebacked with new paper spine label to style. Overall VG edgewear to boards/occasionally bit of foxing/archival paper reinforcement to gutter paper of first few leaves. x 4 212 pp including index. Untrimmed edges. Frontis some foxing & browning. 8vo. <br/><br/> Printed for R. S. Kirby hardcover books
181414870London: R. S. Kirby Pr. by J. G. Barnard 1814. 8vo. Frontis. x 4 212 4 pp. lacks pp. 209212 supplied in ink . <br><br>By the infamous forger of Shakespeare manuscripts. Title-page printed in red and black ink. Illustrated with a frontispiece decorated with title-page vignette and tail-pieces. Publisher's advertisements and errata at end. Lacks covers with most of spine chipped away first few leaves detached but present. Endpapers soiled and much chipped frontispiece with a couple of shallow chips not touching illustration and last several leaves with tiny chips at corners. Shallow chipping to top outer corners of pp. 157186. Frontispiece and title-page a little soiled; elsewhere occasional spots of soiling. Legibly inked annotations by an early hand on title-page and scattered throughout within text and margins. Ex-library with rubber-stamps of a now-defunct library on frontispiece title-page and several other pages; library charge pocket on back free endpaper; and paper shelf label on front free endpaper. Pp. 199 to end detaching slightly. Pp. 209212 missing supplied in ink by an early hand. R. S. Kirby (Pr. by J. G. Barnard) unknown books
189737389<p>Dublin: Hodges Figgis and Co. 1897. 112 pp. b/w line ills.and halftone photo plates. Original wrappers but chipped and tape repaired. Text clean</p> Hodges, Figgis, and Co. books
182715612London: J. L. Cox Printer to the Royal Asiatic Society . for Parbury Allen & Co Publishers to the Society. To be had also at Messrs. Dondey Dupre and Son's Paris Booksellers to the Society on the Continent 1827. First Edition. Boards. Very Good. First Edition. 4 vii-x 2 vii-xxiii 1-534 537-540 537-540 541-548 537t-548t 549-640 pages. BOUND WITH 1824 Membership listing London: G. Schulze 10 11-32 pages. BOUND WITH 1827 Membership listing London: J. L. Cox 32 pages. BOUND WITH "Regulations for the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.1827" London: J.L. Cox 12 pages. 4to 9 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches. All bound in leather boards expertly rebacked saving the spine labels original boards and endpapers. Ex-library Ames Library of South Asia properly deaccessioned. Previous owner bookplate of Richard Strachey of Ashwick Grove. Bright and clean internally with occasional library markings. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Boards. The first of only three volumes issued under this title from 1827-1834. The Royal Asiatic Society separately published the "Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland" beginning in 1834 and continuing to this day.<br/><br/>In addition to the scientific articles offered in this volume bound in are two membership directories 1824 and 1827 and the regulations of the society from 1827 providing an excellent snapshot into the beginnings of the Society. All plates called for are present.<br/><br/>"The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society has been published by the Society since 1834 and is distinguished not only by its longevity but also by its consistency in providing a forum for scholarly articles of the highest quality on South Asia the Middle East together with North Africa and Ethiopia Central Asia East Asia and South-East Asia. It publishes articles on history archaeology literature language religion and art and reviews of books in these fields." Official statement on journal site. J. L. Cox, Printer to the Royal Asiatic Society, ... for Parbury, Allen & Co, Publishers to the Society,. To be had also at Mess unknown books
1805WRCLIT43639London: Printed and Published by Keating Brown and Co. et al 1805. 27pp. Octavo. Extracted from bound volume. Stamp of a defunct mercantile library half-title detached bit of offset to blank verso of final leaf a few creased and dusty corners; a good copy. First London printing petitioning for the removal of the discriminatory and exclusionary statutes still in effect. An unidentified editor has provided copious footnotes to the petition. A contemporary reader has penned several comments of the "there can be no doubt" sort in the margins. BRADSHAW 7661. Printed and Published by Keating, Brown and Co. [et al] unknown books
1834221358London 12 Dorset Square 1834. 3pp. in secretarial hand on single folded sheet. Retained copy. 1 vols. 4to. Fine. 3pp. in secretarial hand on single folded sheet. Retained copy. 1 vols. 4to. The Lord High Chancellor of Ireland Pulls Strings. The powerful and influential Plunket 1st Baron served as Lord High Chancellor of Ireland from 1830-1841. His son John Plunket QC 1793-1871 afterwards third Baron Plunket was the father of William Conyngham 4th Baron Plunket Chuirch of Ireland archbishop of Dublin. unknown books
18151264604London: Printed for Sherwood Neely and Jones 1815. Fist Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. viii 341pp. 3pp. ads; VG; spine paneled brown leather green label with gilt lettering; 1/4 bound brown leather grey cloth boards rebound; spare label tipped in rear; minor age marks and staining on ads at rear; small tipped-in bookplate on ffep labeled 'Henry Hodgson / July 1822; interior clean; shelved case 0. 1264604. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones hardcover books
18505590Oxford: John Henry Parker 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Recased in modern green cloth. Fine. Small 4to study of three Counties bound in one volume. Alphabetical Indices for each County. An attempt to list all the architectural antiquities large and small in the counties studied; Oxford assumes the predominant portion of the text approximately 100 pages. John Henry Parker hardcover books
1807708151807. I Am Inclined to Give Credit to Her Assertions" Manuscript. Trial. Ireland. Account of a Rape. County Carlow Ireland June 25 1807. 11" x 7" leaf docketed on verso. Horizontal fold lines light browning and edgewear. Annotations by presiding magistrate to foot of recto and sections of verso. $1500. Made before magistrate Gilbert Fitzgerald this appears to be testimony by Margaret Janson against Myles Barin in an apparently It reads in part: "Myles Barin opened his small cloths informant asked him what he was going to do to her he answered he would ride her then extending her legs and endeavouring to force something into her body and struggled with her near an hour." Fitzgerald notes: "I did not swear Informant to this Information as she appeared to be entirely ignorant of the nature of an Oath but the facts are strongly corroborated by other evidence and I am inclined to give credit to her assertions. unknown books
183844981County of Wexford Ireland 1838. Small printed handbill accomplished in manuscript 18.5x12.5cm. mounted to slightly larger leaf 21.5x14cm. Some foxing and chips along extremities none approaching text else Very Good. Circulating handbill for members of the Country Book Club issued to accompany the shared copy of "A Subaltern's Furlough: Descriptive of Scenes in the United States Upper and Lower Canada New Brunswick and Nova Scotia" by Edward Thomas Coke published in two volumes in 1832 and 1833. Listed are nineteen members of the Club both men and women who were allotted ten days with the book before being required to pass it along to the next member lest they receive a "Fine for keeping a Book beyond the Time Two-Pence per Day. Sixpence for omitting to date. No Member is allowed to lend a Book belonging to this Society under a Penalty of One-fourth of its original cost." Below the rules the handbill is separated into three columns listing in print the names of the nineteen members save the last "Mr. Hodgson Cadogan" which is in manuscript together with columns for date "received" and "sent away" which are accomplished in manuscript in each member's hand showing that the book in question was enjoyed by all but one reader between February 20 and September 22 1838. It should be noted that five members kept the book beyond their ten days Mr. John Cookson being the most egregious offender holding onto "A Subaltern's Furlough" from July 7th until August 1st. Location based on member Lady Mary Monck daughter of Henry Monck first Earl of Rathdowne 1785-1848. unknown books
1806292070London Cheapside; Pall Mall: J. N. Boydell G. and W.Nicol 1806. Third Edition Corrected. Three Quarters Leather. Very Good binding. The artwork in small engraved plates of the influential satirist and book illustrator William Hogarth taken from his manuscript works with detailed analysis and biographical essays by the editor John Ireland. This edition complete in three volumes. With engraved title pages frontispiece and numerous engraved plates throughout. ~~Wear to the joints surface loss to the corners of the boards and spots of scuffing to the spine. Full calf with rules in gilt to the perimeters of the boards and elaborately rolled in blind as well. Flat spines with greek key decorations in gilt. All edges marbled. With the armorial bookplates of Mary Montgomerie. One of a number of the Ireland editions. Very Good binding. J. N. Boydell | G. and W.Nicol unknown books
1812290109London: Published by Messrs. Boydell and Co. Printed by W. Bulmer and Co 1812. Third Edition. Three Quarters Leather. Very Good binding. The artwork of the influential satirist and book illustrator William Hogarth taken from his manuscript works with detailed analysis and biographical essays by the editor John Ireland. Complete in three volumes. With engraved title pages frontispiece and numerous engraved plates throughout. Wear to the joints surface loss to the corners of the boards and spots of scuffing to the spine. Three quarters olive green morocco over marbled paper boards. Top edge gilt. Very Good binding. Published by Messrs. Boydell and Co., Printed by W. Bulmer and Co unknown books
1824008008London: Printed for Robert Triphook 1824. RARE. Printed by J. Moyes Greville Street. clxii 2 239; cccxix 144 pp. Vol. I with with frontispiece engraved portrait and fold-out chart of the Siege of Orleans in 1428; Vol. II with fold-out frontispiece engraving of the Presentation of Jeanne D'Arc to Charles VII at Chinon and two plates bound after cclxxii showing exterior and interior of house at Domremy where Jeanne D'Arc was born. Bookplates of Monsignor Joseph M. Gleason 1869-1942 who was a Californian Catholic priest educator historian and noted collector of books and photographs Two volumes bound in full polished calf the backs with intricate fleurs-de-lys decorations and two calf labels lettered in gilt the fronts and backs with blind tooled rules bordering three gilt rules and small gilt decorations at corners fronts with gilt initials and numbers bottom left corner with those on Vol. II appearing to be rubbed out. All edges gilt. Plain green end papers that appear early 20th c. A Very Good set dime-sized stain front cover Vol. II light rubbing to boards foxing and toning only at end pages and frontis engraving of Vol. I. rest of interior pages quite clean and lovely. Fold-outs are Fine. "Consists mainly of translation from French works with notes by the editor."WorldCat . First Edition. Full Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for Robert Triphook Hardcover books
183856606London: Longman Orme Brown Green and Longmans 1838. With 19 engravings from drawings by D. M'Clise and T. Creswick. 1 vols. Small 4to. Three-quarter morocco a.e.g. Spine faded lightly rubbed. Very Good. With 19 engravings from drawings by D. M'Clise and T. Creswick. 1 vols. Small 4to. George Sala's Copy. Thte title-page bears the signature and address of George Augustus Sala with a note under the illustrations: "Interesting as marking the height of excellence to which the art of line engraving had attained just before it was deposed by wood engraving and by lithography." Sala a mid-19th century journalist and artist was published in Charles Dickens's Household Words and was a foreign correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans unknown books
183533188London: Printed for Leigh and Son 1835. Third edition considerably Enlarged and Improved. Folding table frontispiece fore-edge chipped 3 folding maps offsetting large folding handcolored map at back 11 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches; creased some tears along folds offsetting. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. Recent grey paper-backed blue cloth morocco label. Some light wear stamps on title else a very good copy. Third edition considerably Enlarged and Improved. Folding table frontispiece fore-edge chipped 3 folding maps offsetting large folding handcolored map at back 11 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches; creased some tears along folds offsetting. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. Kress Catalogue of Economic Literature 28937 Printed for Leigh and Son unknown books
1841319367London: How and Parsons 1841. First Edition. Profusely illustrated throughout 18 maps and many engravings. xii iv 435; vii 468; viii 511pp. 3 vols. 4to. Bound in full polished tan contemporary calf edges marbled. Nice set. First Edition. Profusely illustrated throughout 18 maps and many engravings. xii iv 435; vii 468; viii 511pp. 3 vols. 4to. How and Parsons unknown books
18073754London: William Miller 1807. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition of the well-known poem after Sebastian Brandt from the infamous Shakespearean forger. Amusing and delightful colored folding frontispiece by John Atkinson and title-page woodcut. 19th century half-red morocco gilt dampstaining along bottom affecting lower margins of contents. Frontispiece with tape repair. Still a very good copy. <br/><br/> William Miller hardcover books
18141340544London: Printed for R.S. Kirby 1814. Hardcover. Octavo; Fair; missing spine and front panel as is; grayish rear board; rear shows rubbed exterior; worn edges; no jacket; text block exterior edges show age toning; deckled edges; missing endpapers; first few pages loosened but present; title page slightly foxed; previous owner's bookplate adhered to verso of title page; slight foxing to some interior pages; light pencil to rear pastedown; pp 212. Full Title: Chalcographimania; or the Portrait-Collector and Printseller's Chronicle with Infatuations of every Description. A Humorous Poem. In Four Books. With Copious Notes Explanatory. By Satiricus Sculptor Esq. 1340544. FP New Rockville Stock. Printed for R.S. Kirby hardcover books
1824007952London: HardingTriphookand Lepard 1824. SCARCE. Attributed to William Henry Ireland. With half-title in Vol. 1. Printed by S.and R. Bentley Dorset Street. Frontispiece portrait Vol. 1. In contemporary signed fine binding by Riviere and Son of red morocco the backs ornately gilt with gilt lettering on red and black morocco labels wide ornate gilt dentelles dark blue paper end pages top edges gilt. Very Good the covers lightly soiled bottom edge of half-title Vol. I unevenly cut bottom corner bumps. A quite handsome set. . First Edition. Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harding,Triphook,and Lepard, Hardcover books
1850240938London: C.H. Clarke 1850. 2 382 pp. Title leaf a cancel. 1 vols. 12mo. Quarter black morocco and marbled boards. Near fine. 2 382 pp. Title leaf a cancel. 1 vols. 12mo. Pagination is the same as the publisher's RIZZIO; OR SCENES IN EUROPE DURING THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. by the late Mr. Ireland. Edited by G. P. R. James L. Clarke n.d. which itself was a reprint of the 1849 triple decker of the same title published by Newby. Why Ireland's name was removed from the title page of Clarke's reissue is a mystery - but OCLC locates no other copies which match our title page. OCLC: 54440488 variant title C.H. Clarke unknown books
1807251468London: Miller 1807. First. hardcover. very good. Folding hand-colored frontispiece by John Augustus Atkinson engraving on title page 295pp. untrimmed 12mo rebound in brown cloth brown leather labels on spine. First Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> William Henry Ireland was author of the forged manuscripts attributed to William Shakespeare. Halkett & Laing IV p.102. Lowndes II p.1164.<br/><br/> Miller unknown books
180794093London: Miller 1807. First Edition. hardcover. very good. Folding hand-colored frontispiece by John Augustus Atkinson engraving on title page 295pp. 18mo modern 3/4 calf; dampstained in some lower margins. London: William Miller 1807. Very good .<br/><br/> William Henry Ireland was author of the forged manuscripts attributed to William Shakespeare. Halkett & Laing IV p.102. Lowndes II p.1164.<br/><br/> Miller unknown books
