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1889104876London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co 1889. Robert Louis Stevenson's first edition copy of the writings of one of his favorite prose writers William Hazlitt. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel botanical gilt vignette to the front panel tissue-guarded frontispiece of Hazlitt. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to Robert Louis Stevenson on the half-title page "To Robert Louis Stevenson Esq with Alex Ireland's cordial regards & remembrances Southport 9 Leicester St. October 2 1889." With Stevenson's Vailima bookplate to the pastedown which is singed by Stevensons stepdaughter Isobel Strong. In very good condition. An exceptional presentation. A great admirer of Hazlitt's prose style Steveson frequently discussed with friedns his interest in writing Hazlitt's biography. But it is in his Walking Tours that Stevenson gives his warmest expression of his admiration for the great romantic essayist: "I should wish to quote more for though we are mighty fine fellows noawadays we cannot write like Hazlitt. And Hazlitt's essays would be a capital pocket-book on such a journey" Stevensonia 92. Frederick Warne and Co hardcover 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
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
1812007809London: Messrs. Boydell & Co. 1812. Finely bound in later 19th c. dark green straight-grain morocco covers with double gilt rules bordering ornate gilt decorations and then an ornate blind tooled border backs with gilt decorations and lettering all edges gilt marbled end pages. Small label rear end pages of J.W. Robinson Co. Los Angeles Very Good spines uniformly sunned from green to brown moderate toning associated with plates boards lightly rubbed at joints and edges a quite handsome set. With 135 engraved plates as listed in Indexes Vol. I 48 Vol. II 43 Vol. III 44. The plate "Copy of Kent Altar Piece" at p. 17 Vol. III printed on blue paper. . Third Edition. Straight - Grain Morocco . Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Tall 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Messrs. Boydell & Co. Hardcover books
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
1812WN55111London: Boydell and Co. 1812. Red burgundy straight grain morocco gilt spine lettering 5 raised bands gilt rules borders dentelles etc. and much blind stamping. AEG. Spines joints corners and edges worn with some leather loss. Some hinges starting. Owner signatures at top of title pages. A unique assemblage and commentary on the work of William Hogarth. Third Edition. Full Leather. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Hogarth William. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Boydell and Co. Paperback 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
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
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
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
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
181431681London: R. S. Kirby 1814. First edition 8vo pp. x 4 212; engraved frontispiece title-p. printed in red and black; contemporary paper-covered boards rebacked in tan calf blindstamped title on spine; edges rubbed corners worn; good and sound. A satirical poem about the mania of print collecting. <br/><br/> R. S. Kirby hardcover 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
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
1852317503London: National Illustrated Library 1852. Second Edition. With numerous 4 folding maps. 167 68 ads pp. 8vo. Half modern brown morocco and marbled boards. About fine. Second Edition. With numerous 4 folding maps. 167 68 ads pp. 8vo. National Illustrated Library unknown books
186628492NY: Morrell 1866. First Edition. Two volumes. 8vo pp. 663 746. Three-quarter leather TEG covers some worn little moisture-staining o/w VG. One of just 263 octavo copies of a total edition of 263 copies. Howes I-75; Sabin 35058. Morrell 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
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
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
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
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
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
18839002949London: Simpkin Marshall 1883. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Third edition enlarged by nearly two hundred pages. With three illustrations. Bound in the publisher's original quarter black leather and maroon cloth with the covers and spine stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Uncut. Previous owner's bookplate on the front paste down end paper. <br/><br/> Simpkin, Marshall hardcover books
1888264047London: S. Lee 1888. hardcover. very good. 58pp. small 8vo gilt-decorated full vellum; top spine chipped lightly rubbed and dust soiled. London: S. Lee Reprinted 1888. A very good copy.<br/><br/> A bawdy tale of a young woman gone wrong.<br/><br/> S. Lee unknown books
