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187100JT57France 1871. Incredible anti-patriotic French document calling for an end to violence and calling for "L'Humanite". France was considered by most Prussians as being very aggressive regarding the loose coalition of states prior to the formation of the German Empire. The conflict led to the end of the Nalpoleonic era and to France becoming the only republican great power. The document is headed - TUER EST TOUJOURS UN CRIME! - To Kill is Always A Crime. . Autograph. Manuscript. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback
183931457Good with no dust jacket; Roughly made. Leather spine paper covered . boards. Quite edgeworn. Some foxing mostly at page edges . Page edges are . lightly chipped. School name written on front. B101 . 1839. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall . hardcover
1892036532NY: James Pott & Co. 1892. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The volume measures 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches. The text is clean with no markings there is a former owner's name written and stamped inside the covers. The binding is sound. The cover shows spmewear with a rubbing. <br/> <br/> James Pott & Co. hardcover
1900mon0000366674William Clowes and Sons 1900T. hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. NOT an ex-library book. Well read with some wear but still very useable. William Clowes and Sons hardcover
1816788850Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by Dawson Bensley Cooke and Collingwood 1816 Psalter dated 1822 18161822. 1816. Hardcover. hardback 4to edges thumbed occasional patches of heavy browning 2 pages torn with old repairs but no loss internal binding sound full leather rubbed edges frayed in a couple of places front cover marked 'Yelden Parish 1824. Good condition . Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, by Dawson, Bensley, Cooke, and Collingwood, 1816 (Psalter dated 1822), 18161822 hardcover
1822172514Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collingwood and Co. printers to the University; and sold by Edward Gardner and by Messrs. Whittaker London; H. Mozley Derby; and by Messrs. Wilson York 1822. Splendidly bound A very attractive large-format Prayer Book for lectern use in a resplendent sunburst binding composed of red morocco onlays and richly gilt. Folio 485 x 292 mm. Contemporary black straight-grain morocco spine lettered and tooled in gilt red and green morocco onlays to form sunburst on covers with gilt flames angels stars and cross centrepiece all within gilt and blind floral frame marbled endpapers gilt edges. Late-19th-century family register of the Powell family to rear and front free endpapers early correction of King George to William coronated 1830 and the queen to Queen Adelaide on relevant prayers. A few scratches to rear cover crease to title page slight spotting leaves 3D1 and 2 adhered together. A very good copy. unknown
184588003Philadelphia PA: J.B. Lippincott Company 1845. Leather-bound. Good. 16mo 6.25 in. x 4 in. 459 46 46. B;lack leather bopards with gilt floral design to front and back. Gilt title "Prayer" and decorative bandlines to spine. Rubbing to extremities; top corners just showing. Previous owner's name in gilt to front board and in pencil to front flyleaf. Front hinge a touch tender. Tidelines to preliminary pages. Age-toning to pages. Occasional pressed flowers and notes laid in. J.B. Lippincott Company unknown
1844187219London: William Pickering 1844. Among the most beautiful specimens of typography that have appeared since the invention of printing First Pickering edition a triumph of Victorian book design; this splendidly bound copy was presented by John Pierpont Morgan to the Church Club of New York. Pickering a champion of the highest standards of typography and design produced a series of six facsimiles of famous Tudor and Stuart prayer books. This is a facsimile of the Scottish edition of 1637 which sought to impose Episcopal liturgy on the Presbyterian Church of Scotland deepening religious tensions and helping to spark the Civil War. It was called by Keynes "a monument of what could be achieved by good taste and craftsmanship" p. 32 and by Warren "among the most beautiful specimens of typography that have appeared since the invention of printing" p. 164. Morgan founder of the Morgan Library in New York ranks among the greatest of all book collectors and was a founder of the Church Club established in 1887 as an Episcopal forum. The Club's bookplate noting presentation is on the front pastedown and their shelf label is on the rear. Folio 338 x 226 mm. Printed in black and red in Old English type by Charles Whittingham of Chiswick on Pouncy's handmade paper. Near-contemporary brown morocco by Riviere endpapers watermarked 1854 spine and front cover lettered in gilt covers panelled in black and gilt with gilt centrepieces gilt turn-ins gilt edges. Light rubbing at extremities toning to endpapers: a very attractive copy. Geoffrey Keynes William Pickering 1969; Arthur Warren The Charles Whittinghams 1896. unknown
188076873Oxford and London: Oxford University Press and Henry Frowde c. 1880s. MiniatureMiniature Book. Miniature 128mo. 688 pp. Frontispiece. Leather spine with gilt lettering and devices original Victorian plastic boards with clasp and silver initials to the front; all edges gilt. A little rubbing to spine pencil note to prelim otherwise clean internally. . Near Fine. Leather Spine. 1880. Oxford University Press and Henry Frowde c. 1880s hardcover
190011660<p>Oxford University Press and William Clowes & Sons Limited. London. ND. Circa 1900. INDIA PAPER EDITION. Diamnod 128mo. 2.1 x 1.8 inches. 688pp vi 862pp. Publishers plain burgundy morocco binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Single blind ruled border to both boards. Black coated endpapers. All edges gilt. Previous owners name and address to both front and rear blank endpapers. A little rubbing to the extremities and the book a little loose in the binding but overall very good.</p> Oxford University Press and William Clowes & Sons Limited. London. ND. Circa 1900 hardcover
1818042062New York: T & J Swords 1818. Title page dated 1818. Name of Henry H. Panton in gilt on the front cover with a hand painted coat of arms crudely painted on a small card attached to the preliminary blank along with Panton's name and date of death. Full red morocco leather lettered and decorated in gilt and in blind all edges gilt marbled endpapers 520 pages. Also ex-library with a Cathedral bookplate inside the front cover and faded white call numbers on the spine no other library markings. Covers worn and rubbed mainly at the extremities corners rounded good joints sound binding pages lightly age-toned but clean no other names or markings. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. T & J Swords Hardcover
184846642University Press Oxford 1848. 48mo. Minion text nineteenth century and later signatures on front free endpaper; full roan boards framed in brass back with flat bands lettered in gilt gilt edges primrose endpapers upper and lower portions of clasp present wanting striker as often a remarkably bright crisp copy. Printing code: Minion 32g. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. University Press, Oxford hardcover
1807096764London: John Reeves 1807. and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland. Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches. bound with A COMPANION TO THE ALTAR: Shewing the nature and necessity of a sacramental preparation in order to our worthy receiving the Holy Communion: wherein those fears and scruples about eating and drinking unworthily and incurring our own damnation thereby are proved groundless and unwarrantable. Unto which are added prayers and meditations suitable to a sacramental preparation according to what the Church of England requires from her communicants. and A NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID fitted to the tunes used in churches by N. Brady and N. Tate. Pp. 49272492 11 engraved plates; f'cap. 12mo; nineteenth century black straight-grain morocco the spine lettered and decorated in gilt boards decorated in gilt & blind with a diamond shaped inlaid central panel of red morocco which is initialled and decorated in gilt the boards a trifle rubbed corners bruised edges lightly worn; a.e.g.; ribbon marker; marbled endpapers with a gilt lettered and decorated black morocco ownership label of Eliza Ann Crockford dated 1813 laid on the upper pastedown twentieth century bookplate on verso of upper free endpaper the preliminary blank loosening tiny inked annotation to one page of the Psalms a couple of corners creased scattered light foxing and browning; John Reeves/Scatcherd and Letterman London n.d. 1807. Griffiths 1807/3. John Reeves was gazetted King's Printer in 1800 and held the appointment for 29 years until his death. Between 1801 and 1815 he issued some 25 editions of the Book of Common Prayer each printed by others on his behalf. This edition was printed by C. Whittingham. The plates in this copy are all dated February 1807. The Companion to the Altar was printed for Scatcherd and Letterman by Rider and Webb by assignment from T. Beecroft and was issued 'in various sizes so as to bind up with the different editions of the Common Prayer Book' ref. note at foot of title page. The Irish poet hymnist and lyricist Nahum Tate 1652-1715 became England's poet laureate in 1692. He is best remembered for the New Version of the Psalms of David first published in 1696 in which he collaborated with Nicholas Brady. Tate wrote the words to a number of hymns of which the most famous is the Christmas carol known today by its opening line 'While shepherds watched their flocks by night'. He also wrote the libretto for Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas in 1689. Nicholas Brady 1659-1726 was an Anglican clergyman and poet also born in Ireland. John Reeves unknown
187536767George Eyre & William Spottiswoode c.1875. 32mo. text in double-column; contemporary coarse-grain roan sides with multiple frame border in blind gilt back red sprinkled edges chocolate endpapers brass edges with functioing brass clasp small pull at headband else a very good bright clean copy. Edition code Nonpareil 32mo. George Eyre & William Spottiswoode, unknown
187837516SPCK Dublin 1878. 48mo on India Paper neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper verso; dark brown cloth covers framed in blind gilt back gilt edges chocolate endpapers a near fine copy. Edition code: Ruby 48mo. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. SPCK, Dublin, hardcover
185438168University Press Oxford 1854. 32mo small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; strongly bound in original faux-morocco cloth back with five raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt direct gilt top gilt doublures primrose endpapers joints mildly rubbed else a very good bright firm copy. Edition code: Minion 32s. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. University Press, Oxford, hardcover
188041689Eyre & Spottiswoode n.d. c.1880. 48mo. Diamond text in double column nineteenth century name elaborately calligraphed in colour on front free endpaper upper hinge partially exposed but binding entirely sound; original faux-ivory boards framed in brass leather back lettered and tooled in gilt gilt edges dust-soiled primrose endpapers ORIGINAL BRASS CLASP PRESENT a bright crisp copy. Printing code: Diamond 48mo. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Eyre & Spottiswoode, hardcover
182031678Clarendon Press Cooke & Collingwood Oxford 1820. 8vo. text unpaginated text partly in double-column terracotta endpapers; handsomely bound in contemporary full roan sides most elaborately framed and blocked in gilt back with flat bands tooled in gilt second compartment lettered in gilt all other compartments richly tooled in gilt gilt edges gilt doublures terracotta endpapers expertly recased a remarkably elegant clean crisp copy. With the engraved nineteenth century bookplate of Edmund Williams Gilbert mounted on front paste-down. The primary text is presented in a bold large-fount type ideal for audience address. The 'Companion' is printed by Kaygill for Scatcherd & Letterman to match the edition of Prayer. The Psalter by Brady and Tate is also printed by Cooke & Collingwood and dated separately 1819. THIS EDITION IS NOT COMMONLY FOUND IN THIS BINDING AND CONDITION. Clarendon Press [Cooke & Collingwood], Oxford, unknown
187132015University Press Oxford for SPCK 1871. 8vo. text in large fount throughout cream endpapers title and preliminaries only mildly spotted; handsomely bound in contemporary full coarse-grain niger roan BY NEW boards framed in blind upper board blocked with mitre in gilt back with five raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt gilt edges rich gilt doublures a remarkably bright crisp copy in elegant period binding. Edition code q Pica 8vo. The binding is signed on rear paste-down. With the contemporary engraved presentation bookplate of Coventry Archidiaconal on front paste-down. University Press, Oxford, for SPCK, hardcover
185826173G E Eyre & W. Spottiswoode 1858. 16mo. small neat contemporary inscriptions on blank preliminary; original dark green coarse-grain calf sides with multiple frame border enclosing frame all in blind back with five raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt gilt edges sides with brass frame and elaborate closure clasp primrose endpapers blue silk marker a remarkably well-preserved bright crisp copy. Edition code: Smallpica 16mo. A lovely bright crisp copy presented to Catharine Follet by Lady Rose. G E Eyre & W. Spottiswoode, hardcover
186426170Oxford University Press 1864. 32mo. strongly bound in black calf back with five raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt gilt edges boards with brass frame edges and closure clasp gilt doublures primrose endpapers a very good bright clean crisp copy. Edition code: Nonpareil 32mo. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Oxford University Press, hardcover
187027856University Press Oxford c.1870. 16mo. small neat signature on blank preliminary; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco sides with frame border in black back with five raised bands ruled in black second compartment lettered in gilt gilt edges gilt doublures black endpapers blue silk With an elaborate presentation label in black leather ornately lettered in gilt on front paste-down. A MS letter from the recipient dated 1874 is loosely inserted. No. 60. Long Primer 24's. University Press, Oxford, hardcover
186019179G E Eyre & W. Spottiswoode 1860. 32mo. small neat contemporary inscriptions on front free endpaper and blank preliminary; original full calf sides with brass frame enclosing multiple frame border in blind back with five raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt all edges gilt chocolate endpapers original and elaborate brass clasp a near fine copy in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. A BRIGHT CRISP COPY. G E Eyre & W. Spottiswoode, hardcover
184819280University Press Oxford 1848. 48mo. contemporary full roan sides with double frame border in blind back with four raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt gilt edges ivory endpapers multiple silk markers corners lightly bruised else a remarkably well-preserved bright clean copy in wholly unrestored period binding. This scarce edition measures just 3.75 x 2.0 inches approx. 85 x 55 cms. University Press, Oxford, hardcover
187221084University Press Oxford 1872. 16mo. blank preliminaries very lightly spotted; original black full calf sides with double Oxford frame in blind back with four raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt 'Church Services' all other compartments tooled and ruled in blind all edges red marbled endpapers a near fine copy. A remarkably well-preserved bright crisp copy. University Press, Oxford, hardcover