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164623414London: William Humble 1646. Other. In excellent condition. 383 by 509mm 15 by 20 inches. 383 by 509mm 15 by 20 inches. Copper engraving uncolored as published. William Humble unknown
168 pages. Numerous fold-outs. "For the Information of Officers in H.M. Service Only" - from title page. Topics include: On the Turning of Ships and Their Speed; The Management of Ships in a Fleet; Navigational Subjects relative to Fleet Work. Markings/corrections to page 134. Binding intact. Average wear. Gilt lettering upon backstrip and front board. Purple boards. Backstrip partially sunned. Book
1933HJWW001Chicago: Buxton Publishing Company 1933 First edition. Inscribed by the book's publisher Grover C. Buxton on front free endpaper: "To 'Bobby' / from / Grover / Sept. 27 1933" and signed again by Buxton on p. 11. Original red cloth baseball design and title in gilt to front board titles in gilt to spine frontispiece photograph of High Commissioner of Baseball Kenesaw Mountain Landis. A good copy with a rectangular patch of fading to front board a bit of wear and soiling to exterior hinges slightly loose fairly large chip to p. 47 pages otherwise intact and very clean offsetting and residue from removed bookplate to front free endpaper. Overall a presentable copy of a classic baseball book. Who's Who in Major League Baseball compiled by the sportswriter Harold Speed Johnson is a directory that includes biographical sketches and statistics for the professional baseball players around the time of its publication. It also includes sections with biographies on coaches umpires statisticians and other figures in the world of baseball. Each biography includes a sepia portrait alongside it. This is the first edition of the first book which was issued annually afterwards until 1955. . Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Chicago: Buxton Publishing Company hardcover
1610012725London 1610. No Binding. Good/No Jacket. Attractive hand coloring. Good. Creasing to middle Japanese paper repair to various tears yellowing to paper. Includes inset view of Bath Bathe and coats-of-arms in lower corners and sea colored blue with ships. From John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine. Anno 1610 in lower corner but a scarce reprint circa 1690 - 1695 by "Christopher Browne at the Globe near the West End of St. Paul's Church London <br/> <br/> unknown
18971143250Louisville: Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association 1897. Gilt titles completely faded on spine on black cloth. Original owner's name details fep. Hinges just starting at front end papers and between pages 740/741. A solid copy of this scarce book. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Large Octavo. Book. Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association Hardcover
164623419London: William Humble 1646. Other. In excellent condition. 384 by 509mm 15 by 20 inches. Copper engraving uncolored as published. William Humble unknown
92126Sudbury & George Humbell 1610-1612. Engraved surface 20 x 15.50 inches. Frame Size 26.5 x 21.50 inches Attractive hand-colouring. A nice example of this decorative County map by John Speed. Includes inset of Breknoke with the coat of arms for James Butler Earle of Breknoke and three other coasts of arms plus and early battle scene. FRAMED in Glazed Hogarth Frame. Strong impression with the detail in the engraving clear and black. Frame has a few small chips. Overall in very good condition. Imprint on left- hand corner giving publishers: “Performed by John Speede. And are to be solde by Sudbury & George Humbell”. The maps by J.Speed are "the best known and most popular of all English county maps" Tooley. Despite competition from maps of the English counties by Blaeu and Jansson Speed’ maps were “bestsellers”. A beautifully coloured map of the historic county of Brecknockshire with an inset map of the city of Brecon. Sudbury & George Humbell 1610-1612 unknown
1664GEN85841664. Howell James; Speed Samuel. First edition leather bound hardback; 16 219 1 pages. It is lacking the four plates but is otherwise ESTC R21017 complete the first leaf is a blank. The full calf binding has some wear and some marks and light staining it is sound. The endp apers are browning in the margins. The blank preliminary leaf and the title leaf have an owner's inscriptions. There are some marginal fingermarks and staining in places and some marginal pencil annotations. hardcover
16764988LONDON Thomas Basset and Richard Chiswell 1676 Attrayant exemple en couleur de la carte de Lincoln de Speed, tirée d'une édition ancienne (1676) du Speed's Theatre of Great Britain. Elle comprend plusieurs armoiries et un grand plan en médaillon de la ville de Lincoln. La coloration à la main est attrayante et brillante, mais il y a des marques et des taches sur les bords de la carte, ainsi qu'un léger assombrissement. Il y a de vieux trous d'épingle dans les coins où l'on a épinglé la carte au mur ! Au verso, les pages 63 et 64 contiennent la description du Lincolnshire et la liste des centaines du comté. La décoration du titre du texte identifie l'édition comme étant celle de 1676. Pli central. Il y a quelques restes de ruban adhésif au verso et quelques petites réparations avec du ruban adhésif d'archivage. 42cm x 54cm. L'historien britannique John Speed est peut-être le cartographe anglais le plus célèbre du XVIIe siècle. Sa réputation repose sur deux grands livres : The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, produit initialement en 1611-1612 et A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, publié en 1627, le premier atlas général du monde créé en Angleterre.
2024__103530063XEdward Elgar 2024. Hardcover. New. 448 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.25 inches. Edward Elgar hardcover
193370304Chicago IL: Buxton Publishing Co 1933. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. 544 pages. small former owner's name on first page. introduction by Henry P. Edwards. sections on Kenesaw M. Landis biographies of Baseball Officials and Immemoria Sketch on James Iovino and Introduction to Players Umpires Hank O'Day History of Baseball etc. light scuffs to covers with some light spots. light foxing to inside front and rear covers. very bottom edge of last page has bottom one inch mended with clear tape and on page 543 & 544 at bottom are light brownish spots dissimilar to foxing. red cloth covers with gilt titles. spine a little dulled. shipping will be extra for this book please inquire. ; 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 Buxton Publishing Co hardcover
19861411723U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition inscribed with long humorous inscriptions by both authors. Fine in a fine dust jacket. First printing with complete row of numbers to 1 on the copyright page. U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
19861411723U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition inscribed with long humorous inscriptions by both authors. Fine in a fine dust jacket. First printing with complete row of numbers to 1 on the copyright page. U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
16764988LONDON: Thomas Basset and Richard Chiswell 1676. Attractive full colour example of Speed's map of Lincoln from an early 1676 edition of Speed's Theatre of Great Britain. Includes multiple coats of arms and a large inset plan of the town of Lincoln. The hand colouring is attractive and bright but there are marks and stains to the edges of the map and a little darkening. There are old pin holes to the corners where one pinned to the wall! To the rear are pages 63 and 64 with the description of Lincolnshire and list of the Hundreds in the county. The decoration of the text title identifies the edition as that of 1676. Centre fold. There are a few tape remnants to the verso and some small repairs with archival tape. 42cm x 54cm. British historian John Speed is perhaps the most famous English mapmaker of the seventeenth century. His reputation rests on two great books: The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine produced initially in 1611-1612 and A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World published in 1627 the first general atlas of the world to be created in England. . Attrayant exemple en couleur de la carte de Lincoln de Speed tirée d'une édition ancienne 1676 du Speed's Theatre of Great Britain. Elle comprend plusieurs armoiries et un grand plan en médaillon de la ville de Lincoln. La coloration à la main est attrayante et brillante mais il y a des marques et des taches sur les bords de la carte ainsi qu'un léger assombrissement. Il y a de vieux trous d'épingle dans les coins où l'on a épinglé la carte au mur ! Au verso les pages 63 et 64 contiennent la description du Lincolnshire et la liste des centaines du comté. La décoration du titre du texte identifie l'édition comme étant celle de 1676. Pli central. Il y a quelques restes de ruban adhésif au verso et quelques petites réparations avec du ruban adhésif d'archivage. 42cm x 54cm. L'historien britannique John Speed est peut-être le cartographe anglais le plus célèbre du XVIIe siècle. Sa réputation repose sur deux grands livres : The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine produit initialement en 1611-1612 et A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World publié en 1627 le premier atlas général du monde créé en Angleterre. Thomas Basset and Richard Chiswell unknown
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; handsomely bound in navy full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
1933044006CHICAGO ILL.: BUXTON PUB. CO. nice problem free copy! . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1933. BUXTON PUB. CO. hardcover
19100360741910. Painting. Fine. Unframed. Signed by THE ARTIST. Original. 270mm x 400mm. Origianl illustration from Edmund Selous' The Romance of Insect Life page 294 published by Seeley in 1906. A monochrome watercolour wih a little added mixed media on light board. The image measures approximately 270mm x 400mm signed to the lower edge. Unframed old double sided tape to the reverse of the board remains a little tacky otherwise in fine condition. Speed was a prolific illustrator of many books both fantasy tales fiction and non-fiction. Lancelot Speed 1860 -1931 was a coastal painter and a British illustrator of books in the Victorian era usually of a fantastical or romantic nature. He is probably most well known for his illustrations for Andrew Lang's fairy story books. unknown
193176022Chicago: Reilly and Lee 1931. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis illustrations 280p. Rebound in recent quarterbinding marbled boards backed in red leather. Original colorful front cover cloth which has a few white spots and a tiny chip has been reinforced and bound in preceding the half-title. 21cm. No Jacket. Sampson wrote a series of Miss Minerva novels for children in which Miss Minerva and many of the other Tennessee-based characters were African Americans. <br/><br/> Reilly and Lee hardcover books
193176022Chicago: Reilly and Lee 1931. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis illustrations by Helen Lorraine 280p. Rebound in recent quarterbinding marbled boards backed in red leather. Backstrip lightly sunned. Original colorful front cover cloth which has a few white spots and a tiny chip has been reinforced and bound in preceding the half-title. 21 cm. No Jacket. Sampson wrote a series of Miss Minerva novels for children in which Miss Minerva and many of the other Tennessee-based characters were African Americans. Speed the white author of this cook book written in the African America dialect spoken by Speed's Miss Minerva character say the following in part about her own cooking: "Cooking is never a task to me. I really like to do it -- that is if someone else washes the pots and pans . Incidentally I have an excellent cook who never wants me to cook anything myself." Two widely separated extracts from the Introduction on pages 7-8 . Reilly and Lee hardcover
199722372Collector Grade Publications 1997. First Edition so stated. Hardcover. Like New/Excellent Dust Jacket. 11x8x1. Both Book and Dust Jacket are in Excellent Condition ; clean and unmarked with the lightest possible wear. This First Edition oversized oblong hardcover book has 471 pages including many photos and illustrations. The copyright page states 1997 First Edition with no other dates or printings shown. I have placed a fresh mylar jacket over the dust jacket. We always ship in a sturdy box. Collector Grade Publications hardcover
2010x-1420066560Chapman & Hall 2010. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 463 pages. 9.57x6.42x1.14 inches. Chapman & Hall hardcover
1981Q-0674632109Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press 1981-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press hardcover
6680836Oxford University Press OUP . Hardback. Used. Oxford University Press OUP hardcover
2003x-1584883359CRC Pr I Llc 2003. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 200 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. CRC Pr I Llc hardcover
188328255New-York: Dodd Mead & Company 1883. Very Good. New-York: Dodd Mead & Company 1883. First Thus Limited to 279 sets printed on Holland paper of which this is no. 160. Three volumes; octavos; publisher's buff paper-covered boards black spine titling; frontispieces at head of each volume that of Vol. I printed in color. Ex-Darrow Gibbs School Library with their early 20th-century ex libris to front free endpapers and usual internal markings to Vols. II & III faint evidence of previously-removed spine labels boards a bit scuffed and spines toned Vol. III upper cover unevenly discolored and faintly damp-stained with brief ink numeral to front free endpaper else a Very Good still quite attractive set. Dodd, Mead & Company unknown
