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1895226146London: Longmans Green 1895. Third. hardcover. near fine. With contributions from the Duke of Beaufort the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire Alfred E.T. Watson the Earl of Onslow and E.L. Anderson as well as a chapter on Polo by J. Moray Brown. Illustrated by G.D. Giles Frank Dadd and J. Stuart Allan. 448 pages title page foxed. Thick 8vo rebound in 3/4 green morocco decoratively gilt spine with red leather label London: Longmans Green and Co. 1895. Third edition. Near fine.<br/><br/> From 'The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes' edited by The Duke of Beaufort K.G.<br/><br/> Longmans, Green unknown books
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. $450. 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 books
1891183560London: Longmans Green & Co 1891. Hardcover. VG- shelfwear to boards and text block foxing spots to several pages in front and rear previous owner's name and inscription on ffep text and illustrations are otherwise clean and clear. Illustrated brown cloth boards silver and black lettering along with gilt lettering and gilt design on spine; illustrated end papers bw frontispiece with protective guard bw illustrated title page; xiii 423 pp 18 unnumbered leaves of plates bw illustrations throughout. From The Badminton library of sports and pastimes series.Illustrated by G.D. Giles Frank Dadd and J. Stuart Allan. Contents: Introduction / by His Grace the Duke of Beaufort K.G. &c. -- I. Riding to hounds / by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire -- II. The saddle-horse / by Alfred E.T. Watson -- III. Training the young horse / by Robert Weir -- IV. Hints on horsemanship / by Robert Weir -- V. Hands and seat / by Robert Weir -- VI. Race riding / by Alfred E.T. Watson -- VII. The colonial horse / by the Earl of Onslow G.C.M.G. Governor of New Zealand -- VIII. Early history of horsemanship / by E.L. Anderson -- Polo / by J. Moray Brown. Introductory -- I. The antiquity of polo -- II. Polo in England -- III. Polo in India -- IV. Rules and by-laws of polo -- V. Ground balls sticks goal-posts &c. -- VI. Breeds of ponies suitable for polo -- VII. The training of ponies -- VIII. Some famous players and ponies -- IX. How a polo match should be played -- Appendix. Lessons in riding / by Robert Weir -- Bibliography of riding -- Index. Longmans, Green & Co hardcover books
1891183469London: Longmans Green and Co 1891. Hardcover. VG shelfwear to boards soiling to text block text and illustrations are otherwise clear. Illustrated brown cloth boards; black and silver lettering along with gilt lettering and gilt design on spine; xiv 448 pp; bw illustrated frontispiece with protective guard sheet; bw illustrated title page bw illustrations throughout. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes Series. Illustrations by G.D. Giles Frank Dadd and J. Stuart Allan. Longmans, Green, and Co hardcover books
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 books
187816858N.p. 1878. 8vo. 815829 3 pp. <br><br>Stapled in wrappers. Fold mark down center. Front wrapper leaf with shallow tears at fore-edge and back wrapper with lower outer corner chipped. Title-page with a librarian's pen pencil and crayon markings. New Jersey Historical Society rubber-stamp on p. 3. unknown books
1889320030Tunbridge Wells: R. Clement and Comapny Mount Pleasant 1889. First edition Number 101 of 120 signed by the author. With 72 engravings and a frontispiece portrait of the author. viii 248pp. 4to. Original brown cloth. First edition Number 101 of 120 signed by the author. With 72 engravings and a frontispiece portrait of the author. viii 248pp. 4to. R. Clement and Comapny, Mount Pleasant unknown books
188911005ELondon: Turnbridge Wells 1889. First Edition. Quarto. One of 120 special large paper copies numbered and signed by the author Harrsion Weir. Illustrated with 72 engravings and a frontisportrait of the author. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering on the front board and spine. Front exterior cloth joint partially split with occasional slight foxing with one word underlined in ink on the dedication page and some moisture stains to the cloth otherwise a very good copy. A landmark study and reference work about cats with chapters discussing their temperaments habits mating feeding variety scoring at cat shows superstition and folklore and art relating to cats. Harrison Weir was the President of Britain’s National Cat Club and was the organizer of the first cat show at the Crystal Palace. Rare book. Turnbridge Wells hardcover books
188731085Montreal: E.M. Renouf 1887. First Edition. 12mo 17.75cm.; original blue decorative cloth embossed in gilt grey decorative endpapers top edge gilt; 2viii147pp. Some light rubbing to extremities minor soil hinges starting to crack but still holding else a Near Very Good still-brilliant copy. The Canadian poet's first book published in his early twenties. Inscribed on front flyleaf: "Miss Marie Burroughs / with the authors sic compliments. New Years sic Day 1895. E.M. Renouf unknown books
18958707New York: The Century Co 1895. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Very Good. The 1895 1st edition in its decorative light-brown suede. Clean and VG with patterned blindstamping to the panels. 64mo miniature 165 pgs. all edges gilt. An elegant celebration of the Portuguese wine Madeira. <br/><br/> The Century Co hardcover books
1893134899Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1893. Hardcover. good ex-library with expected marks plus ink stamp on title page and pgs 1 and 53. soiling and toning to cloth with wear at edges corners and spine ends. chip to cloth on spine. White cloth with gilt embossing. vii 60 pp. Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover books
1889134898Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1889. Hardcover. good ex-library with expected marks plus ink stamp on title page pgs 1 and 23. minor soiling to margins from fingers. wear toning and soiling to boards with wear at edges corners and spine ends. Bluish paper boards with white cloth over spine. 76 pp. Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover books
18993734New York: Century Co. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ. Light shelf/edge wear touch of spotting on front board of both spines lightly toned else tight bright and unmarred. Beige cloth boards black ink lettering gilt decorative elements in blind decorative elements teg frontispiece tissueguards. 8vo. ix 306pp; vii 261pp plus approx. 63 np plate pages bound/tipped in. <br/><br/>Mitchell was a well-known Philadelphia physician who was also well known for his poetry and prose. Pyle was commissioned to illustrate this work supporting lithos and photoplates and accepted knowing that Mitchell was well known to be difficult. Though the process was painful the result is quite acceptional. Overall a rather handsome set. Century Co. hardcover books
18832901Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co. 1883. 16mo. iv 98 pp. <br><br>First edition: Romantic poems including one Arthurian piece written by a neurologist born in Philadelphia and known for his work on nerve injuries and erythromelalgia "Weir Mitchells disease". => An early hand inked neat responses to a few lines in "The Quaker Graveyard. Publisher's cloth front cover black- and gilt-stamped spine simply gilt-stamped binding gently worn with minor spotting to spine and lower edge of front cover. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper. A nice copy. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. hardcover books
1880113228Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1880. Octavo original green bevel-edged cloth stamped in gold. First edition. Mitchell's first book of fiction; three novelettes first published in LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE during the 1870s. "These novelettes are interesting as preliminary studies to HUGH WYNNE and THE RED CITY." - Quinn American Fiction pp. 306-07. BAL 14101. Wright III 3781. Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips hairline cracks along inner hinges but still a sound tight very good copy. A somewhat uncommon title. #113228 J. B. Lippincott & Co. unknown books
1900156133New York: The Century Co. 1900. Octavo pp. i-viii ix-x xi-xx 1-149 150-152: blank note: last leaf is a blank eight inserted plates with illustrations by A. J. Keller original decorated blue-green cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold t.e.g. fore-edge untrimmed bottom edge rough trimmed. First edition first binding. Collects two stories. The first printing of the novelette version of "The Autobiography of a Quack" first published anonymously in the ATLANTIC MONTHLY in October and November 1867. "It was a realistic account of the devices by which a dishonest and ignorant physician proceeds and it gave a veracious picture of the seamy side of life in Philadelphia and other large cities. Homeopathy spiritualism and other pet aversions of the orthodox physician were treated in a humorous way and the cold-blooded manner in which the quack tells his story made it a successful piece of irony." - Quinn American Fiction p. 311. "The Case of George Dedlow" Mitchell's first published story was published anonymously and without his knowledge in the ATLANTIC MONTHLY in July 1866. It is largely a realistic story of the feelings both physical and mental of an army surgeon who lost both arms and legs in a battle which occurred during the American Civil War. The satire becomes clear at the end when Dedlow is briefly united with his legs during a spiritualistic seance. Some readers missed the point and according to Mitchell "the spiritual incident at the end of the story was received with joy by the spiritualists as a valuable proof of the truth of their beliefs." Wright III 3777. BAL 14192. A fine copy. #156133 The Century Co. unknown books
190050544bdNew York: Century 1900. First Edition. Octavo gilt-stamped cloth hardcover top edge gilt uncut viii 499 pp. Fine. Century, 1900. First Edition. hardcover books
1885289945Philadelphia.: Lea Brothers & Co. 1885 . 2nd Edition. Publisher’s green cloth blind ruled borders gilt spine title. . Very good some darkening and a spot to spine contents tight and unmarked. . 20.2x13 cm. . Mitchell was a noted neurologist and also an author of popular fiction. Virginia Woolf was one of his famous patients Lea Brothers & Co. hardcover books
190050543fdNew York: Century 1900. First Edition. Octavo gilt-stamped green cloth hardcover top edge gilt uncut i - x ii 149 pp. Very Good; frontis. loose. Century, 1900. First Edition. hardcover books
1900100724New York.: Century Co. 1900 . First edition. Hardcover black cloth . Very good with no dust jacket light soiling to covers. . 8vo. Signed & inscribed by the author on the front free end paper. Century Co. hardcover books
1877316316Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1877. First edition. 101pp. 8vo. Modern crimson cloth. First edition. 101pp. 8vo. "For some years I have been using with success.certain methods of renewing the vitality of feeble people by a combination of entire rest and of excessive feeding made possible by passive excerise obtained through the steady use of massage and electricity" Chapter I.<br/><br/>Mitchell used this resty cure on Charlotte Perkins Gilman and it provided her the idea for "The Yellow Wallpaper" a short story in which the narrator is driven insane by this treatment.<br/><br/>This treatment was also used on Virginia Woolf who wrote a savage satire of it in her novel Mrs. Dalloway : "you invoke proportion; order rest in bed; rest in solitude; silence and rest; rest without friends without books without messages; six months rest; until a man who went in weighing seven stone six comes out weighing twelve" G-M 4554 J.B. Lippincott & Co unknown books
188730141Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin 1887. First edition 8vo pp. 1 ads 6 63; title-page vignette original quarter cream cloth over cream boards printed paper spine label; binding is soiled a couple small chips to spine label endpapers discolored; overall a good sound copy with the signature of Shakespearean actor Edward Smith Willard on front pastedown. <br/><br/> Houghton, Mifflin hardcover books
1890D17725Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. 6 70 pp. Original white cloth-backed green paper-covered boards paper spine label. Boards soiled wear to label internally fine. BAL 14141. First edition inscribed on the f.f.e.p.: "My dear Ned If you find anything within to interest I shall be glad Weir". One of 322 copies printed. Loosely inserted is a 12 line poem of Mitchell's printed on a card with a botanical illustration at top printed Corell Press from its Mount Washington Mass. shop 1917. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
18923402NY: The Century 1892. First edn. 8vo pp. 307. Little foxing and external wear a VG copy. BAL 14148. The Century unknown books
1900172712New York: Century 1900. hardcover. 12mo cloth; spine ends and edges of corners lightly worn inner hinge weak some lettering on spine faded. N.Y.: Century 1900.<br/><br/> Century unknown books
