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1850117088London: William S. Orr & Co c. 1850. First edition of Ward's extensive survey of gold and gold mining published at the height of the California Gold Rush. Octavo original wrappers bound in full goatskin retaining a section of the hand-colored folding map of the Gold Regions of Victoria and New South Wales. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription to the front panel of the original wrapper. Rare. The California Gold Rush began on January 24 1848 when James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma California. The news of gold brought approximately 300000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. The sudden influx of gold into the money supply reinvigorated the American economy and the sudden population increase allowed California to go rapidly to statehood in the Compromise of 1850. Ward's A History of Gold contains an in-depth survey of the character and condition of gold in its natural state methods for mining it and reports on his trips to the gold fields of California and Australia. Cowan II p.668; Howes W95; Kurutz California Gold Rush 660. William S. Orr & Co unknown books
193328085New York: The Macmillan Company 1933. First edition 15 vols. 8vo; original blue cloth dust-jackets; overall very good with some chips and rubbing to the jackets. <br/><br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover books
190319749London Paris and New York: Goupil & Co 1903. Edition ltd. to 1000 copies large 4to pp. 4 v 1 254 1; gorgeous color frontis portrait of Sophia gravure plates and illus. in the text throughout; minor scuffing and one small ding in the spine else a very good handsome copy in contemporary half red morocco. <br/><br/> Goupil & Co unknown books
181145501London: Luke Hansard & Sons.for T. Cadell and W. Davies 1811. 12 volumes 8vo; engraved portrait frontispiece in Vol. I offsetting 11 plates in Vol. IV; full mid-19th century polished dark blue gilt- and blind-tooled calf brown gilt morocco spine labels all edges marbled marbled endpapers; edges a touch scuffed; Vol. I bound a bit too tightly affecting gutter edge of frontispiece; preliminaries foxed else a nice set. Engraved bookplates of Francis Sterry on front pastedowns. Complete works of a man described by Samuel Johnson as "perhaps the last man who has written with a mind full of reading and reflection" quoted from Boswell's Life of Johnson in the DNB XX p. 766. Lowndes p. 2832. <br/><br/> Luke Hansard & Sons...for T. Cadell and W. Davies unknown books
196631887London: Bibliographical Society 1966. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xcv 1 207 1; 4 209-518 2; 2 frontispieces 1 a portrait the other a facsimile of his handwriting; generally fine in original blue cloth gilt-lettered spine. With the bookplates of Jacob Chernofsky and ex-Seven Gables Bookshop. Humfrey Wanley is the subject of all of Chapter V in David Douglas's English Scholars L. 1939: "In 1705 . there was published as a supplementary volume to the Thesaurus of Hickes a folio which bore Wanley's name on its title-page and which was the crowning achievement of his career and was the most valuable section of the Thesaurus. It later acquired fortuitously an additional importance from its detailed description of many manuscripts which perished in the fire which damaged the Cotton Library in 1731. And from the quality of its scholarship and the extent of its range it retains its value as an indispensable work of reference and is today almost as useful as when it was written." <br/><br/> Bibliographical Society hardcover books
198828627Metuchen New Jersey: Scarecrow Press Inc 1988. First edition; 8vo; pp. xv 1 367; near fine in green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. <br/><br/> Scarecrow Press, Inc hardcover books
198127687Cambridge: The Houghton Library 1981. First edition 8vo pp. 4 33; full page black & white illustrations; fine in original decorated wrappers. Descriptions of 63 examples of Werner's work along with illustrations of several. <br/><br/> The Houghton Library unknown books
199950950Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press 1999. Edition limited to 150 copies this no. 46 8vo pp. vii 5 24 2; 2 portraits 2 specimen pages tipped in one a leaf - the title leaf- of Morris's Gothic Architecture and another from Hubbard's Rip Van Winkle; original Japanese cloth over boards paper labels on spine and upper cover; fine. Original prospectus laid in. Walsdorf A33. <br/><br/> Yellow Barn Press hardcover books
180745278London: John Scott 1807. First Park edition 5 volumes 8vo; 150 stipple-engraved portraits; full contemporary straight-grained gilt- and blind-tooled plum morocco with grape-vine motif gilt spines in 6 compartments a.e.g.; edges and joints rather rubbed front hinges of Vol. II and V broken else an attractive set. Contemporary heraldic bookplate on front pastedowns. Best edition with several appendices included here which could not legally be included in the earlier. Hazen 10; Lowndes p. 2818-9; NCBEL III 1589. <br/><br/> John Scott unknown books
19239708London: printed at the Chiswick Press for Constable and Co. and Houghton Mifflin 1923. First edition limited to 650 copies 8vo xii & 150pp. frontis portrait engraved vignette title-p. and 11 heliotypes and photogravures throughout; very fine copy in orig. calf-backed boards; the publisher's slipcase is worn with cracks. The day by day journal of the press with extensive appendixes index and notes. <br/><br/> printed at the Chiswick Press for Constable and Co. and Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
192315827London: printed at the Chiswick Press for Constable and Co. and Houghton Mifflin 1923. First edition limited to 650 copies 8vo pp. xii 150; frontis portrait engraved vignette title-p. and 11 heliotypes and photogravures throughout; very fine copy in orig. calf-backed boards; the publisher's slipcase is broken. The day by day journal of the press with extensive appendixes index and notes. <br/><br/> printed at the Chiswick Press for Constable and Co. and Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
200452671Nottingham & West New York NJ: Plough Press Mark Batty publisher 2004. Special Limited Edition limited to 15 copies this no. 4 with a printed label mounted on the front pastedown giving the information about this special edition. which is hand-numbered and signed by the author; 8vo pp. 128; frontispiece portrait 30 illustrations in the text of Jones's printing and other illustrations; original half black morocco over marbled boards gilt-lettered spine hand-bound at The Fine Bindery of Wellingborough; accompanied by a small folio portfolio containg 8 examples of printing by Jones including The Linotype and Printing Machinery Record July 1926 20pp. plus wrappers with Lawrence Wallis's bookplate; 6 bifolia from assorted works and an 8-p. gathering from The Canterbury Tales; both volumes contained in a specially made slipcase of gray paper-covered boards and black cloth sides; fine. Two printed dust jackets for the trade edition also laid in. <br/><br/> Plough Press, Mark Batty, publisher hardcover books
194532838Bedford: the Author 1945. First edition limited to 350 copies 12mo pp. 24; original light gray wrappers printed in black on front cover; slightly soiled with a few minuscule stains else very good. <br/><br/> the Author unknown books
198251535New Haven: Yale University Library 1982. Edition limited to 300 copies 8vo pp. xii 200 2; facsimile title pages in text 1860 entries covering work from 1893-1960; white printed paper wrappers a touch of wear fine overall. <br/><br/> Yale University Library unknown books
198450724New Castle: Oak Knoll Books 1984. 8vo pp. 111 1; text illustrations; facsimile of the 1850 edition with introduction by Paul S. Koda; original full blue cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt; fine. <br/><br/> Oak Knoll Books hardcover books
197229167El Paso: Texas Western Press The University of El Paso 1972. First edition 8vo pp. xv 1; frontispiece illustrations; fine in original green pictorial cloth with publisher's acetate dust-jacket. <br/><br/> Texas Western Press, The University of El Paso hardcover books
1823120635Hartford: Published by Silas Andrus 1823. First edition of Putnam's work dedicated to American naval heroes of the Revolutionary War including James Monroe John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Octavo bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition. Armorial bookplate to the pastedown. Rare. Inspired by a recently published letter from John Adams to the Editor of the Baltimore Magazine encouraging "young gentlemen of letters in all the states. to undertake the laborious but certainly interesting and amusing task of searching and collecting all the records pamphlets newspapers and even hand-bills which in any way contributed to change the temper and views of the people and compose them into an independent nation" Putnam's Biographical Sketches of Distinguished American Naval Heroes and the War of the Revolution contains his biographies of James Monroe John Adams Thomas Jefferson Nicholas Biddle John Paul Jones Edward Preble and Alexander Murray. Published by Silas Andrus hardcover books
201751998Settrington York & Saint Paul MN: Stone Trough Books & Rulon-Miller Books 2017. First edition 8vo pp. 77 1; 4 photographic illustrations on 2 plates; fine in original pictorial wrappers. Paul Wakeman son of the paper scholar and proprietor of the Plough Press Geoffrey Wakeman was recruited by John Randle at the Whittington Press in 1986 when the Oxford University Press was in the process of discarding its Monotype equipment and installing computers. With his help Randle ferried car-loads of printing machinery to Whittington. He did not know then that Paul was keeping this diary - it has only recently come to light. The interaction between John and his assistant provides a facsinating counterpoint to the various activities of the press. <br/><br/> Stone Trough Books & Rulon-Miller Books unknown books
199352670New Castle & Kidlington Oxford: Plough Press 1993. Edition limited to 180 copies this no. 19 small 4to pp. 94 2; 2 mounted plates 29 photo-reproductive plates in 3 pockets at the back 6 tipped-in hand-made facsimiles of binding samples plus 3 other illustrations printed in blue; in the deluxe binding of three-quarter brown morocco over marbled boards gilt-lettered spine; fine. Oak Knoll reports that only 25 copies were so bound. Original prospectus laid in. <br/><br/> Plough Press hardcover books
197250777Leicestershire: Plough Press 1972. Edition limited to 75 copies this being number 15; folio 74 leaves in all numbered 1-41 41 mostly bifoliate paper specimens in a variety of sizes and colors each identified as to style and weight some with illustrations some in color and including a water-illustrated frontispiece of a papermaker at work; a fine copy in original green cloth gilt spine. An extremely handsome presentation of papers produced at Green's Fine Papers Wookey Hole Mill Aisling Handmade Papers Philip Rowson Sheepstor Handmade Papers and John Mason's Twelve by Eight. Wakeman provides descriptive and historical notes for each mill and paper. This copy with a distinguished Minnesota provenance: Plough Press to Emerson Wulling to Rulon-Miller Books to Governor Elmer Andersen to Rulon-Miller Books to Greg Campbell Campbell-Logan Bindery to Rulon-Miller Books. Laid in is the printed reciept from Wulling confirming the order and the packing label from Plough Press. <br/><br/> Plough Press hardcover books
198350778Oxford: Plough Press 1983. Edition limited to 150 copies this no. 65 2 volumes 8vo pp. 3-46 2; 27 illustrations in the text; the second volume a portfolio with a sample brass type 2 sheets onto which are mounted 16 cloth samples plus 2 leaves of 71 reproductions of Winterbottom rubbings of cloth samples; original full linen over boards paper spine labels t.e.g. together in matching slipcase. Hand-printed by Jonathan Stevenson at the Rocket Press. <br/><br/> Plough Press hardcover books
198231408San Francisco: John Howell - Books 1982. Thick 8vo pp. xx 745 2; fine copy of the best edition of a standard bibliography in orig. maroon buckram gilt-lettered direct on spine. <br/><br/> John Howell - Books hardcover books
1930002252New York: Privately Printed 1930. Limited Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Peers Frank. Privately Printed unknown books
194424406New York: J.J. Augustin 1944. First trade edition 8vo pp. viii 120pp. tipped-in printed paper sample as frontispiece and 39 plates at the back; fine in a slightly nicked jacket. An important study of the parallels between papermaking in the Americas with that in the Orient. <br/><br/> J.J. Augustin unknown books
106020Rare original photograph of Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried. Boldly signed by him Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried Apollo A9-11B Suit." The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. In fine condition. Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried was a NASA Flight Controller in Mission Control for Mercury Gemini and Apollo Missions and also worked on some of the experiments that went into Skylab from an Earth Resources experiment standpoint. He also served as an Apollo Pressure Suit Test Subject NASA high altitude aircraft crew member and authored the book The Birth of NASA: The Work of the Space Task Group America's First True Space Pioneers. unknown books
