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1800283897London: Faulder 1800. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 21 lovely full page sepia engravings depicting the various Inns of Court. Tall 8vo handsomely bound in full contemporary blue straight grained morocco very wide and ornate gilt borders on sides spine attractively tooled in gold all edges gilt gauffered edges. Slight foxing mainly on the tissue guards and browning on some outer margins. London: Faulder 1800. Very good .<br/><br/> Faulder unknown 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
179488755London: Faulder 1794. hardcover. 2 vols. 102 copper engravings tall 8vo full green straight grained morocco a.e.g. London 1794.<br/><br/> Faulder 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
179340908London: J. and J. Boydell 1793. The Second Edition Corrected. Frontispiece portrait of John Ireland engraved by his friend John Mortimer vignette title pages profusely illustrated with engravings by various artists after William Hogarth. 3 vols. 8vo. Full brown polished tree calf spine handsomely rebacked with green labels. Hogarth William. The Second Edition Corrected. Frontispiece portrait of John Ireland engraved by his friend John Mortimer vignette title pages profusely illustrated with engravings by various artists after William Hogarth. 3 vols. 8vo. Handsome set of the complete works of Hogarth with Ireland commentary. J. and J. Boydell 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
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
47629V.p. v.d. First Edition. Two volumes as described below:<br/><br/>1. Days of Fear. London: John Murray 1928. First Edition. 12mo 19.5cm.; publisher's cloth in white dust jacket lettered in red and green. 175pp. Light wear to jacket extremities including small coin-sized loss at bottom edge of rear panel touching one letter else Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Laid in brief autograph note signed on An Bureau um Eolas Stáit / Government Information Bureau letterhead dated November 11 1953 and addressed to one "Mac" transmitting this copy.<br/><br/>2. Days of Fear. New York: Harper Brothers Publishers 1929. First American Edition. 12mo 19.5cm.; publisher's cloth printed paper spine label dark orange printed dust jacket; 175pp. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities spine panel a bit faded else Very Good or better. Review copy with rubberstamp to front panel of dustwrapper. The first U.K. and first American editions of Gallagher's diary kept while imprisoned in Mountjoy Jail Dublin in 1920 for his involvement with the militant Irish Volunteers later the Irish Republican Army. The diary provides a near hour-by-hour account of Gallagher's participation in the Dublin Hunger Strike which he personally maintained for nine days. The author survived the strike and his time in prison going on to become a senior state official later dubbed rather unflatteringly the "Irish Dr. Goebbels" for his work as a leading propagandist of the Irish Civil War. Both editions quite scarce in jacket. unknown books
179033111London: T. & I. Egerton 1790. 2 volumes 8vo. Engraved titles with aquatint vignettes 45 engraved or aquatint plates. 19th century half green dyed calf and purple cloth covered boards<br/> <br/>First edition octavo issue: complete with all plates.<br/> <br/>Three forms of the first edition were issued: uncoloured octavo as the present; uncolored large paper; and coloured large paper. The present octavo edition was published at £2.12s.6d. As the preface details the plates were engraved by Cornelius Apostool of Amsterdam<br/> <br/>Abbey Travel I:184. T. & I. Egerton unknown books
176856649London: H. Woodfall J. Fuller G. Woodfall etc. 1768. First edition. With 23 pp of crests illustrated. 210 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf. Upper board detached else a Fine tight volume. First edition. With 23 pp of crests illustrated. 210 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. H. Woodfall, J. Fuller, G. Woodfall, etc. unknown books
1798WRCLIT82854London: Published for . J. and J. Boydell . and at The Shakespeare Gallery August 1793 and: London: Published for the Author et al 1798. Three volumes. 8cxxii2231; 43578pp. plus plates facsimiles and engraved extra titles. Supplement: xxi380pp. plus plates and engraved extra titles. Large octavo 24 x 15.5 cm. Handsome 20th century calf raised bands gilt labels in contemporary style. Portrait and frontispieces. Some foxing offsetting and spotting to the plates; bookplate in each volume a good sound set handsomely bound. Second edition "corrected" of the first work and first edition of the Supplement. The engraving "Time Smoking a Picture." facing p.xcv in the first volume appears to have been supplied. The main 18th century authority on Hogarth's work. The Supplement is the variant noted by ESTC with "from his own manuscripts ." incorporated in the engraved extra-title. ESTC N8950 & T2313. Published for ... J. and J. Boydell ... and at The Shakespeare Gallery, August 1793 [and:] London: Published for the Author [et hardcover 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
1923227124London Chapman and Dodd Limited 1923. 1923. First edition. 8vo. Original dark green cloth with paper label on the spine. Dust jacket unclipped; a few small nicks. No signatures or bookplates. No foxing. Uncommon thus. Fresh tight very good-fine. 256 pages. Author's real name was Darrell Figgis 1882-1925 Irish author and Sinn Fein activist and politician. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. London, Chapman and Dodd, Limited, 1923. hardcover books
1901012284Boston: The Bibliophile Society 1901. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 7 parts in 9 volumes - original edition 1901 half faux-vellum over brown covers sides untrimmed. This copy with duplicate frontispieces portraits of Horace from etchings by W. H. W. Bickell 3 James Fagan Edmund H. Garrett Howard Pyle with the extras signed by them. Pages watermarked Bibliophile Society on the vertical. Limitation for this set is in Vol II Part 1 this Roman Numeral X a complimentary copy printed for the editor Clarence Lawrence Smith with the limitation signed W. F. Hobson. Title page illustrated in woodcut by Howard Pyle H.Pyle cut into lower right. A handsome production. Spines tanned a bit. A slight abrasion to the spine of Volume 1 a short tear to the top of Volume 3. Unused volumes leaves uncut internals quite bright some light foxing confined to prelims and rears. The Bibliophile Society 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
179925847London: Printed by J. Plymsell at the Anti-Jacobin Press and Sold by C. Chappel 1799. Early edition. 90 2 "Prospectus of the Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine" pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound stitchmarks. Some browning and wear but generally a very good copy with "R. Rush" on the title from the library of Richard Rush the lawyer diplomat and statesman. Early edition. 90 2 "Prospectus of the Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine" pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Richard Rush's copy. The Committee of Secrecy's reports on the Society of United Irishmen and the rise of similar societies in Great Britain. The societies in England and Scotland are described with accounts of their actions the arrests and trials and the situations as well as the involvement of the United Irishmen and their relationship with France. <br/>On the prospectus for the "Anti-Jacobin Review" William Cobbett in Philadelphia is listed as one of the booksellers the only bookseller in America listed. ESTC: T86579 Printed by J. Plymsell at the Anti-Jacobin Press and Sold by C. Chappel unknown 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
1956005635London: Lion and Unicorn Press 1956. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Folio. 82 un-numbered pages of text. Original brown hardcover cloth binding with white and black lettering. Protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Signed by Jacob Epstein and Laurie Lee. Limited to 200 copies of which this is number 65. Includes a printed insert from the publisher to the subscribers apologising for the delay in distribution. Illustrated with 31 black & white gravures. Sculpture; Autograph. Lion and Unicorn Press Hardcover 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
1793WRCLIT67230London: Published for . J. and J. Boydell . and at The Shakespeare Gallery 1793. Two volumes. 8cxxii2231;43578pp. plus plates and engraved extra titles. Large octavo. Contemporary mottled calf rebacked in darker calf gilt labels. Portrait and frontispiece. Some foxing and occasional spotting to the plates; a good sound set. Second edition "corrected." The main 18th century authority on Hogarth's work. A third supplementary volume was published in 1798. ESTC N8950. Published for ... J. and J. Boydell ... and at The Shakespeare Gallery unknown books