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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
185930296New York: S. A. Rollo & Co 1859. First edition 8vo pp. iii-xviii 13- 531 1; inserted color lithograph frontispiece and title-p. double-page lithograph map 69 wood-engraved plates; original pictorial brown cloth gilt-stamped on upper cover and spine; the whole a little dull two signatures extended else very good. Smith American Travellers Abroad I-2: "Big and gaudy this book epitomizes the type of traveler and travel caricatured in Around the World in Eighty Days." <br/><br/> S. A. Rollo & Co 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
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
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
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
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
181947656Winchester: Printed for the Publishers by J. Foster 1819. Edition not stated. Octavo 17cm; contemporary full calf dark brown title on spine; 232pp. Boards warped; leather shows surface rubbing and abrasions scratches and bumps; spots of delamination; large "F" carved into front; material loss at crown of spine. Textblock comprehensively foxed with creases and dampstains some torn corners and pulled signatures; juvenile marginalia throughout preliminaries; hinges somewhat loose but bindings otherwise sound. A Good copy.<br/><br/>An account of the life of Reverend James Ireland portions as dictated to his secretary on his own deathbed. He was born in Scotland 1748—a self-described wicked man he eventually converted to the Baptist faith and went to Virginia where the Church of England reigned supreme. Ireland continued preaching as a Baptist despite risking arrest; he even spent time in a Culpeper County jail. Eventually he settled down in the Shenandoah Valley teaching and preaching the faith throughout Virginia and enduring a strange episode where his servants attempted to poison him until he passed away in 1806. Printed for the Publishers by J. Foster 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
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
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
188379686London: Simpkin Marshall 1883. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. ix 3 237p. Original cream-colored cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. 11cm. Moderate cover soil and scuffing. Bookplate. All edges gilt. A sound copy of this tiny book. <br/><br/> Simpkin, Marshall hardcover 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
189048167London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. Very Good. 1890. Hardcover. London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. 1890. 511 pages hardbound. VG with very light wear to the maroon cloth binding. . Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. hardcover 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
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
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
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
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
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
188227306Boston: James R. Osgood 1882. First Edition. 8vo pp. 188 4. American actor series Illustrated. Blue cloth stamped in black and gilt. Owner's bookplate on pastedown cover little soiled and scuffed o/w VG. Biography of Mary Dyke Duff. James R. Osgood unknown books
188224840Boston: Osgood 1882. First. 8vo pp. 188 4. American Actor Series edited by Laurence Hutton. 6 illustrations. Blue cloth stamped in black and gilt. Cover little worn o/w VG. Irish dancer and actor in America. Performed with Junius Booth in early 1800's. Osgood 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
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
