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1858142156Toronto 1858. Vol. III No. 3. Softcover. Good. Pages 194-288. 23 cm. Grey paper covers. Foxing to front cover. Comes wrapped in protective mylar. Vertical crease. <br/><br/>Articles on bankruptcy and insolvency laws home manufactures British manufacturers or the tariff banking currency finance commercial regulations railroads etc. paperback
1864115541Glasgow: Glasgow University Press 1864. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 22 cm. 38p. Newly rebound with cream-coloured buckram spine and brown and gray floral printed boards. Gold lettering on a black cloth label pasted to the spine. Some penciling on flyleaf title page. Text is clear and unmarked. Very good condition. <br/><br/>Publication of an address Dr. William Weir former President of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons gave the same year at the University of Glasgow. Glasgow University Press hardcover
183221629New York: New York Mirror 1832. Otherwise very good condition. A rare engraving by Weir the Hudson River painter who was also the art master at West Point for many years. The view is a wooded path with lady and gentleman walkers as well as a young family and dog the river in the background and sailboats in the distance. Engraved area 9 x 7.5" with large margins on paper 13 1/2 x 10". Steel engraving. Margins showing faint foxing slt. tide mark on left outside of impression mark. A clear crisp image. New York Mirror unknown
18981409746New York 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 72 pages with numerous blank leaves throughout bound between each paginated leaf from pg. 10 onward. In Good plus condition. In full navy cloth binding with gilt titling to front board. Small scuffs and stains to boards with mild rubbing along edges. Light bumping and fraying to head and tail of spine. Text block shows moderate age toning and wear along edges. Lightly toned throughout with darker toning on endpapers and adjacent pages. Splitting at hinges; closed tear to front flyleaf along hinge. Bookplate from former owner on front pastedown. Presentation copy with gift inscription on dedication page and ownership inscriptions from recipient on front flyleaf and copyright page. Shelved in Room F. <br> <br> <br /> <br /> This book is intended to be used as a note-taking aide for students of Dr. Robert F. Weir's lectures on surgery at Columbia University. This copy was presented to a Ralph A. Huntington by his professor at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at San Francisco College. 1409746. Special Collections. hardcover
1833161891833. A steel plate engraving of the waterfront at Hubert Street New York City by the West Point art master and Hudson River painter Robert Weir. Engraved by James Smillie known for his exquisite "bank note" engraving. Appearing in The New York Mirror 1833. A waterfront scene with remnants of the wall of North Battery 1809 - 1831 & also called the Hubert Street Battery a circular 16 gun fort connected to the riverbank by a drawbridge in the area of modern day pier 27. Also depicted are sloops and a Hudson River steam boat just leaving the dock. At the time of this engraving the area between Barclay and Hubert Streets had become the site of the Washington Market. Small chip to top margin a few spots of faint foxing at margins otherwise very good. 9 X 7 1/4 unknown
1891118774London: Longmans 1891. hardcover. very good. With other authors' contributions as well as a chapter on Polo by J. Moray Brown. Illustrated by G.D. Giles Frank Dadd and J. Stuart Allan thick 8vo brown pictorial cloth; some foxing. London: Longmans Green 1891. Very Good.<br/> <br/> Previous owners' inscription from 1893 on half title. The Badminton Library.<br/> <br/> Longmans unknown
18915011London: Longmans Green And Co. 1891. Hardcover. Good. 12mo 493 pages 3/4 leather <br/><br/> Longmans, Green, And Co. hardcover
184024399New York: New York Mirror 1840. A rare steel engraving of the school house in Tappan with the Hudson River visible in the distance the "Tappan Zee". The image shows children leaving a rural school house. The original painting was by Robert W. Weir a Hudson River School artist and instructor at West Point. It was engraved on steel by James Smillie a noted bank note engraver whose engravings are especially fine. Printed by J. Neale at Illman & Pilbrows. Image & caption 6 3/4 x 6 1/4" on paper with wide margins. With later hand color. The New York Mirror issued these prints with their literary newspaper and they are often by Weir and extremely attractive. New York Mirror unknown
189781408chMontreal 1897. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Early quarter-leather over marbled paper boards. Fair condition only -- spine strip lost and handling wear to exterior; edges toned. Old owner's name to title-page. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked. Still reasonably neat useful and complete. 350 copies printed according to colophon at rear. 951pp. Hardcover
1891mon0001627171Longmans Green & Co 1891T. hardcover. Good. . Hardback. No dust jacket. Deckled pages. Bumping to spine ends and boards. Binding strong. Longmans, Green & Co hardcover
1898511571898. Weir Robert Stanley. The Civil Code of Lower Canada and the Bills of Exchange Act 1890: With All Statutory Amendments Verified Collated and Indexed. Montreal: C. Theoret 1898. ix 462 pp. Octavo 4-3/4' x 6". Original cloth gilt titles to front board and spine. moderate shelfwear hinges cracked but secure front free endpaper lacking. Toning internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine small inkstamp to title page. $250. OCLC locates 11 copies. "The publisher claims that this is the most accurate English edition of the Code yet published. The concordance of the Code of Civil Procedure and the Code of Napoleon is to be found at the foot of each article. This compilation will no doubt be of great use to our professional brethren in the Province of Quebec as well as to those in other provinces who are interested in codified law. This again brings to one's mind the wish that there might be one law for every province of this Dominion.": Canada Law Journal New Series 34 1898 364. Not in Sweet & Maxwell. unknown
1864519071600171864. Paperback. Acceptable. Paperback. VERY SCARCE ORIGINAL 1864 PRINTING. Weir Robert Walter 1803-1889 supposed author. 45 pages. Appendix in rear. Full of wonderful illustrations. Ex-Library with a library scan sticker on front cover. Text unmarked. Page-turn soiling and creasing marks. Book has been pasted in protective cardboard covers by library at spine. Covers green paper wrappers with sketch of man blowing whistle show edge wear. String binding is loosening. Showing its age but still quite legible/readable. "The caricatures and sketches were made by Second Assistant Engineer Robert Weir and the text is generally credited to him."--F.M. Bennett The steam navy of the United States. Pittsburgh 1896.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! paperback
1885168335London : Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington ; New York : E.P. Dutton and Company 1885 1885. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original cloth-backed color decorated boards. Professionally re-cased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Scans etc. on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 56 pages; Physical desc.: 56 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Notes: ""Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans."" -- t.p. Subject: Animals - Juvenile literature. Other names: Evans Edmund 1826-1905. London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington ; New York : E.P. Dutton and Company, [1885] hardcover
185148889London: Cundall & Addey. Fair. 1851. Hardcover. Original gilt-titled cloth. Cloth soiled and mildly worn. Contains 23 of 24 engraved plates plus list of plates and title page front and rear blanks. Plates are loose in binding. Mild foxing. ; quarto . Cundall & Addey hardcover
1892374063London: The Fanciers' Gazette Limited. Good. 1892. New Edition. Hardcover. Binding is cracked following the front free endpaper and preceding the rear free endpaper. Covers have slight wear to the outer corners and spine ends. Covers have a few very slight rubbed areas. Ink stamp of an Illinois dealer in pets and pet books on front blank. ; "Their varieties habits and management; and for show the standard of excellence and beauty; described and pictured." . The Fanciers' Gazette, Limited hardcover
1879101130Griffith and Farran London 1879 dated on catalogue at rear; Seventh thousand. Good. 1879. Hardcover. hardback 8vo 12732advertspp 5 b/w plates plus one further illustration set in the text all by Harrison Weir owner's name on endpaper dated 1880 slight browning and occasional scattered foxing wire-stitched binding old glued repair to front inner hinge at half-title otherwise clean and sound black and gilt-decorated brown cloth bumped and rubbed at corners and spine ends Good condition . Griffith and Farran, London, 1879, dated on catalogue at rear; Seventh thousand, hardcover
1871282550United Kingdom: George Routledge & Son 1871. Print. Very Good. No Binding. Mounted chromolithograph colour print extracted from the 1871 edition of 'The Poll Parrot Pictorial Book'. In excellent condition trace of a crease to the middle the print originally being double page. Total size is 14 1/2" x 22 1/2" the aperture 8 3/4" x 16 3/4". Mounted and ready for framing. George Routledge & Son unknown
187200544219Sheldon & Company 1872. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Uncommon children's book by this English gentleman artist known as 'The Father of the Cat Fancy'. Very good copy in the original blue cloth stamped in gilt and black minor wear and some spotting to cloth; text has some smudges spotting and offsets; small chip to lower inner margin of front endpaper. Contents:8 Illlustrations. Sheldon & Company hardcover
1861284599United Kingdom: Sampson Low Son & Co 1861. Book. Good. hardback. hardback blind stamped green cloth with gilt title central panel to the upper board blocked with a design in gilt to the spine all edges gilt. One gathering pulled put not loose hinges intact scattered foxing throughout even with tissue guards. Verse by various poets Illustrated throughout by Harrison Weir. . Sampson Low, Son & Co Hardcover
18224930557Sherwood Neely and Jones 1822. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Re-bound by library. Small 8vo with brown marbled boards and black leather half binding. Gilt lettering and simple borders on backstrip. Bumped corners and general wear. Marbled end papers. Interior is secure clean and clear with some foxing. Contains several plates. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item300grams ISBN: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones hardcover
1829kb353.803GB: Daniel Weir Greenock 1829. Half black leather and marbled boards. All edges marbled. Clean tight text but some spotting and some pencil annotation which would erase. Extremities heavily rubbed but covers holding. . 1st Edition. Hardback. G/No DW. Daniel Weir (Greenock) Hardcover
189120467London: Longmans Green and Co 1891. First Edition. Half Morocco. Marbled paper pastedown on boards. Good Plus. J. D. Giles J. Stuart Allan and F. Dadd. Bound attractively in half morocco by Root & Son. 4to. 19 by 14 cm. xii 1 423 pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w plates and drawings in the text. Binding rubbed along joints. A few scratches on the spine leather and unevenness of color. Although most leaves are clean there are leaves afflicted with heavy-ish foxing by which we mean pronounced in some way -- the size and/or darkness of the markings or the clustering of markings. A few leaves with a dampstain and other soiling. The plates on a different glossy paper stock are generally clean. Notwithstanding a fairly attractive shelf presence this copy gives us the impression of a certain grittiness. Longmans, Green, and Co unknown
1895001051Londion: Longmans Green and Co. 1895. Hardcover. Third Edition. A title in The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. Light brown pictorial cloth. Contains two separate titles: Weir's "Riding" and Brown's "Polo." Illustrated with 23 full page plates and 45 vignette drawings. Text moderately foxed images clean. One plate starting to detach. Still a very good copy. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longmans, Green and Co. Hardcover
1898300007Montreal: John Lovell 1898. 1st Edition . Card Covers. Good. Covers worn thin slice missing foredge of front cover corners bumped unmarked 182pp. g <br/> <br/> John Lovell unknown
1887222319Montreal: E. M. Renouf 1887. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover; 12mo; 147 pages. FIRST EDITION. Scarce. Green cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering on spine and front. Gilt crest/wreathe in gilt on front. Bevelled boards. Sunned/faded spine. Lightly bumped corners. Rubbed head/tail and edges of spine. Blue patterned endpapers with prev. owner's signature very faint on ffep. Top edge gilt. The pages are yellowing but still bright and clean. VG/-- <br/> <br/> E. M. Renouf hardcover