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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
200393128Wilmington: Cedar Tree Books Ltd 2003. stiff paper wrappers. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. First edition. Illustrated history of the building of this replica 17th century Dutch sailing vessel which sailed from Sweden to settle Delaware. Cedar Tree Books, Ltd 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
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
1910304926New York 1910. 1 page. Old folds. 1 page. Thomas Emmet was an esteemed Doctor who devised the Emmet's operation for repair of tears in the womb and was the nephew of Robert Emmet. He was also a famous autograph and print collector and an ardent advocate of Irish home Rule.<br/><br/>Reading in part: "I thank you for sending me the account about the execution of Robert Emmet. unknown books
1929159148BOSTON LITTLE BROWN & COMPANY 1929 1929. ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH; NO DUST JACKET FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. BOSTON, LITTLE, BROWN, & COMPANY, 1929 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
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
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
1832250863London: Joseph Thomas 1832. paperback. very good. With facsimile bound in before the title page. xv 58pp. thin 8vo later wrappers; uncut wrappers chipped. London: Joseph Thomas 1832. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Represented at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Saturday April 2 1796 As a Supposed Newly-Discovered Drama of Shakespeare<br/><br/> Joseph Thomas unknown books
1985208680London: Gay Men's Press 1985. Paperback. 127p. very good second impression trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Gay Men's Press paperback books
198431620London: Gay Men's Press 1984. Paperback. 127p. very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Gay Men's Press paperback books
102993London: Printed by C. Clarke Published by T. Egerton 1801-2. 2 vols. 8vo xvi 209; iv 258 pp. recent full crimson morocco antique spines decorated and lettered in gilt covers gilt-ruled in an ivy pattern. Two engraved maps & two emblematic half-titles 52 topographic plates all aquatints printed in sepia; numerous woodcuts in text. Predictable offsetting minute puncture due to paper flaw in plate of Marlow Bridge opp. p. 195 in Vol. I; a beautiful set in a superb binding. § Third Edition; the first in 1792 and the second in 1799. The second in the fine series of pictorial tours issued by the entrepreneurial author artist and engraver who is today remembered primarily -- alas -- as the father and first victim of Shakespeare-forger William Henry Ireland. Although there are some provocative discrepancies between details of this set and the collation of the first edition in the Abbey Catalogue the only significant alteration between editions seems to have been the replacement of the “East View of Staines Old Bridge.†The gossipy text is a lot of fun. Abbey Scenery. 430. Cox III p. 180. Upcott English Topography CXLIII Vol. III pp. 768-770. Printed by C. Clarke unknown books
179215107London: T. & J. Egerton 1792. 4to 25 cm 9.8". 2 vols. I: Add. engr. t.-p. xvi 209 3 pp.; 1 map 27 plts. illus. II: Add. engr. t.-p. viii incl. t.-p. 258 4 pp.; 1 map 25 plts. illus. <br><br>First edition of Ireland's guidebook to the architectural botanical artistic and historical pleasures to be found along the Thames featuring assorted poetical digressions as well as descriptions of the splendor of Blenheim Castle and other castles and manors the disrepair of London Bridge and paintings by Rubens and Holbein. The two volumes are copiously illustrated with 52 aquatint plates engraved by C. Apostool after drawings by Ireland 2 maps and a number of in-text cuts. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T2691; Abbey Scenery 430. Period-style quarter calf over marbled papercovered sides spines with gilt-stamped leather title and author labels gilt-ruled raised bands and gilt-stamped decorations in compartments. Versos only of half-titles title-pages and a few other leaves stamped by a now-defunct institution. Plates lightly to moderately spotted with some instances of light offsetting to pages around plates. Pages faintly age-toned with edges untrimmed; one leaf with lower outer corner torn away not touching text. This supplies both handsome interesting pictures and good now quaint reading. T. & J. Egerton hardcover books
178810357London: Published by Molteno & Co. No. 132 Pall Mall 1788. Etching and aquatint with hand-colour. Lovely contemporary colour. As usual text line is attached on verso of sheet. In excellent condition. Trimmed as usual and mounted on washline background. Mounting sheet is watermarked laid paper. Image size: 14 5/8 x 20 1/4 inches. A charming landscape by Samuel Ireland the engraver and collector connected with the infamous Shakespeare forgeries.<br/> <br/>Ireland was a minor engraver and publisher who worked in London at the close of the eighteenth century. He was an avid art and manuscript collector and many of the works that he engraved and published were after pieces found in his own collection. This romantic continental view is after a painting by David Tenier which was in Ireland's collection at the time. This image operates as both an example of the picturesque tradition in eighteenth century landscape prints and as an advertisement and promotion of Ireland's celebrated collection. With this image Ireland presents himself as both a serious engraver and a respected collector. Unfortunately today Ireland is better remembered for his involvement in the Shakespeare forgeries than for his evocative prints. Over a period of many years Ireland's son William Henry sold his father a series of forged manuscripts which he claimed to be written in Shakespeare's hand. Ireland who willingly trusted his son added these forgeries to his collection and presented them in an exhibition to the literary community who accepted them as genuine. The charade progressed so far that an invented play entitled 'Vortigern' which William Henry had written and presented as a missing work by Shakespeare was performed at Sheridan's Drury Lane theatre by some of the leading actors of the age. When the hoax was eventually discovered Ireland's reputation was ruined and his son was disgraced. This print is from the famed Oettingen-Wallerstein collection which was compiled over two centuries by various members of the royal household. The collection is known for its stunning impressions and the immaculate condition of its prints.<br/> <br/>Dictionary of National Biography; Lugt Les Marques de Collections Supplement 2715a. Published by Molteno & Co. No. 132, Pall Mall unknown books
1795013848London: R. Faulder and T. Egerton 1795. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. An important travalogue describing the locations and views along the River Avon from its source at Naseby to its junction with the Severn at Twekesbury. ----------- The author and engraver began life as a weaver in Spitalfields London but soon took to dealing in prints and drawings and devoted his leisure to teaching himself drawing etching and engraving. He made sufficient progress to obtain a medal from the Society of Arts in 1760. "his taste for collecting books pictures and curiosities gradually became an all-absorbing passion and his methods exposed him at times to censure." DNB. ----------- Burgundy full-leather hardcover with tooled and gilt double fillet borders inner dentelles lettered title on black label in gilt with tooled and gilt floral decoration in five bands new endpages. Rebound No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Text lightly toned and minimal offset from the plates --------- Aquatint extra title 29 aquatint plates 2 portraits map of the course of the Avon text engravings. 8vo; 23.5 cm 9.25 inches tall; v-xviii -284. First Edition. Two plates mis-inserted plate p243 at p250 and plate p250 at p253 All plates.present. ----------- A bit of trivia about the author. ---------- Samuel Ireland was a fervent admirer of William Shakespeare and in 1793 when preparing his "Picturesque Views of the Avon" he took his son with him to Stratford-upon-Avon to examine carefully all the sights associated with the dramatist. The father recorded many local traditions which he accepted as true including those concocted for his benefit according to Sidney Lee by John Jordan a Stratford poet who was his chief guide throughout his visit. ------------ In his pursuit of information about Shakespeare Ireland learned from some of the oldest inhabitants that manuscripts had been moved from Shakespeare's residence at New Place to Clopton House at the time of the Stratford fire. To Clopton House he went where he learned from the tenant that the manuscripts he was seeking had been destroyed only a week before. His disappointment was extreme. 'My God! Sir you are not aware of the loss which the world has sustained. Would to heaven I had arrived sooner!' ------Today he is best remembered today as the chief victim of the Ireland Shakespeare forgeries created by his son William Henry Ireland. But alas that is a tale for another day. ----------- Ref English Short Title Catalog t79991; Abbey Scenery 427. Cox III182. Upcott 1277; WiKI; DNB ------- Subjects Avon River; Leicestershire-Gloucestershire England Description and travel; Early works to 1800 England . R. Faulder and T. Egerton Hardcover 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
1796153041London: Egerton 1796. Second. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. Second Edition with additions. Extra illustrated title page and an entire new set of copper-plates in aqua-tinta. 46 sepia plates. Large 8vo contemporary marbled boards edges rubbed newly rebacked in plain brown cloth with red and black spine labels. London: T. Egerton et al. 1796.<br/><br/> Occasional foxing on plates but still a very good copy.<br/><br/> Egerton unknown books
178810351London: Published by Molteno & Co. No. 132 Pall Mall 1788. Etching and aquatint with hand-colour. Lovely contemporary colour. As usual text line is attached on verso of sheet. In excellent condition. Trimmed as usual and mounted on washline background. Mounting sheet is watermarked laid paper. Image size: 14 7/16 x 20 5/8 inches. A charming seaside view by Samuel Ireland the engraver and collector connected with the infamous Shakespeare forgeries.<br/> <br/>Ireland was a minor engraver and publisher who worked in London at the close of the eighteenth century. He was an avid art and manuscript collector and many of the works that he engraved and published were after pieces found in his own collection. This romantic view is after a painting by DeVlieger which was in Ireland's collection at the time. This image operates as both an example of the picturesque tradition in eighteenth century landscape prints and as an advertisement and promotion of Ireland's celebrated collection. With this image Ireland presents himself as both a serious engraver and a respected collector. Unfortunately today Ireland is better remembered for his involvement in the Shakespeare forgeries than for his evocative prints. Over a period of many years Ireland's son William Henry sold his father a series of forged manuscripts which he claimed to be written in Shakespeare's hand. Ireland who willingly trusted his son added these forgeries to his collection and presented them in an exhibition to the literary community who accepted them as genuine. The charade progressed so far that an invented play entitled 'Vortigern' which William Henry had written and presented as a missing work by Shakespeare was performed at Sheridan's Drury Lane theatre by some of the leading actors of the age. When the hoax was eventually discovered Ireland's reputation was ruined and his son was disgraced. This print is from the famed Oettingen-Wallerstein collection which was compiled over two centuries by various members of the royal household. The collection is known for its stunning impressions and the immaculate condition of its prints.<br/> <br/>Dictionary of National Biography; Lugt Les Marques de Collections Supplement 2715a. Published by Molteno & Co. No. 132, Pall Mall unknown books
1799123725London: R. Faulder 1799. Hardbound. VG; a most handsome and fine set with virtually occasional foxing and some off-setting from strong impressions; small scratch to front cover of Volume II with light rubbing to front hinge area and to back cover. Full red leather with gilt design around cover borders inside and out five raised bands with elaborate gilt devices and tooling all edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Personal bookplate with coat-of-arms of Luke Lord Clonbrock on front end paper of each volume Luke Gerald Dillon 4th Baron Clonbrock an Irish Peer 1834-1917. Vol. 1: xvi 2 183 pp. 57 illustrations some foldouts; Vol. 2: xix 150pp 49 illustrations. A large leather edition of these two books each measuring 9 1/2 x 12 3/4. A stunning set which will delight and impress a pleasure to hold. Hard to imagine a nicer set. R. Faulder hardcover books
1794206447London: Faulder 1794. First. hardcover. near fine. 2 vols. 102 copper engravings tall 8vo 3/4 brown polished calf red leather labels marbled boards. London: R. Faulder 1794. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Faulder unknown books
