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18651204060009Day & Son Ltd 1865. Hardcover. Good. Complete in two volumes. Lg 8vo. xvi 360pp.; xvi 275pp. Three quarter bound in contemporary leather. Marbled boards. Light wear and rubbing to extremities. Rubbing to hinges. Ex-library stamps and markings from Brookline Library. Tight binding. Both frontis are clean beautiful fold-out maps. Volume I's frontis is a map of Rhodes and Volume II's frontis is the Coast of Caria. There are a few minor dampstains scattered throughout. Otherwise interior pages are clean unmarked and in excellent condition. Filled with forty-one plates. <br><br>Credited with bringing the British Museum's ancient collections in line with continental European museums. C.T. Newton was an archaeologist and vase scholar know for building major collections for the British Museum as Keeper of Department of Antiquities. Newton studied classical art from a scientific prospective and was one of the first to photograph archaeological sites and publish them. He also is known for discovering and excavating the remains of the mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Built for King Mausolas this was one of the seven wonders' of the ancient world. <br> Please feel free to view our pictures of this fascinating set in excellent condition. Day & Son, Ltd hardcover
1844517684Canterbury N.H. / New Lebanon N. Y.: Printed in the United Society 1844. Hardcover. Good. First edition under this title and first revised edition. Revised by Giles B. Avery. 24mo. 131pp. Leather and printed papercovered boards. Early pencil owner name "Rebecca J. Ryle" on front pastedown. Lacking the front fly and front blank but the text is complete. Binding rubbed and worn with a bit of loss at the crown and some loss to the paper covering at one corner of the lower board light interior scattered foxing sound but good only. <br /> <br /> One of 1000 copies printed. Variant issue in reddish-brown boards also seen in a slightly larger-sized issue in brownish-tan boards.<br /> Although the title page and cover bear the imprint "Printed in the United Society Canterbury N.H." the cover and secondary title leaf also state: "New Lebanon N.Y. 1844." Originally published in 1823 under the title A Juvenile Monitor. Printed in the United Society hardcover
18675032England 1867. Full sheep embossed in blind with gilt to front board measuring 200 x 160mm and comprised of 155 manuscript pages. A gift inscription to the front pastedown reads "Frances Phoebe Newton A Present from her Mother Mrs. A. Morley. July 31st 1841." On the first page Phoebe has created a formal title page: "Phoebe Newton's Album. July 31st 1841." A dense and research-rich piece in which a young woman documents her reading from a variety of sources including collections of poetry popular magazines and circulars church sermons and oral stories within her community. Potential projects include but are not limited to Victorian reading practices women's reading the intersection of popular and evangelical literatures genealogy and paleaography.<br /> <br /> Within her commonplace book Phoebe gravitates toward poetry and short anecdotes in which the narrating voice calmly uses rhetoric and logic to undermine non-believers or convert doubters. Her faith is the underlying basis for each selection -- even when celebrating a royal marriage or waxing on Queen Victoria's leadership. Early selections such as Doctor Watts and Collins the Freethinker focus on how Christians unshaken in their faith can lead by calm example responding to criticism or even outright scorn by gesturing to the value of their interior relationship to God rather than to any external possessions. Doctor Watts for example responds to a coffeehouse stranger's "contempt at his diminutive appearance" with a short verse concluding "I must be measured by my soul -- The mind's the standard of the man." Similarly Collins the Freethinker "once met a plain countryman going to church" and attempted to confound him by asking about God's size. The countryman's participation in the dialogue -- and his embrace of contradiction -- impress and convert the Freethinker. "He is so great that the heaven of heaven cannot contain Him; and so little that He can dwell in my heart." In this sense Phoebe reveals in addition to her evangelical beliefs an attraction to literary realism. Rather than gravitating to soaring sentimentalism and romance the works gathered here often rely on dialogue and daily settings presenting a realistic world with idealized social outcomes. <br /> <br /> Phoebe's selections come from a variety of sources which speaks to the array of material she had contact with. Some uncredited pieces appear to be stories from sermons or overheard among family. Many include Victorian writers such as Cowper and Toplady. Still others come from popular regional magazines such as the Norfolk Chronicle and the Gospel Standard. More work could be done to identify where she and her family resided and what schooling she had access to. Additional work could be done on at least one other hand in the book several times signed John Newton and potentially her husband given that her mother Mrs. Morley gifts her the book under the name Newton. unknown
186523360London: Day & Son Limited 1865. First edition. Hardcover. g. Octavo. 2 vols. complete. XIV 360 XIV 275pp. Original green blind-stamped cloth with gold title on spine. Folding map frontispiece in each volume. Fascinating account of the author's journey in the Levant. Newton was vice-consul between 1852 and 1859 and lead the British government's expedition to Asia Minor in 1856 when the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus one of the seven wonders of the ancient world was excavated. He became a curator at the British Museum in 1861. This work is beautifully illustrated with 41 plates and maps including 2 frontispieces some tinted plates some double-page and folding 9 folding maps/plans 38 other illustrations. Volumes rebound with original cloth laid. Some parts of cloth chipped on spines edges. Corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some foxing in the very first and last pages. Text in English. Overall binding in fair to good interior in very good condition. Day & Son, Limited hardcover
18909182London: Whittaker & Co 1890. Extra illustrated by the Hampstead antiquarian and author Ernest E Newton with around 100 additional maps illustrations letters trade cards and Hampstead ephemera. In very good robust condition bursting with additional material. Handsomely half bound in brown and blue contrasting cloth old library stamp to verso of title page. With numerous additional blank leaves and a back pouch which together contain a further array of laid in and pasted in contemporary ephemera compiled by Ernest E. Newton of Achilles Road West Hampstead who wrote extensively on local history. In addition to the inserted material there are abundant hand written pencil annotations and additions to the margins throughout in Newton's hand. Over 100 additionally laid in items of ephemera include though not comprehensively: Hand written letter and envelope addressed to the publisher of the Birmingham Morning News from German revolutionary and writer Karl Blind dated Feb 20th 1874. A hand written note mentioning poet and dramatist Joanna Baillie's book order for a sermon by Rev Richard Cargill dated 1843. 1902 hand written letter from the author FE Baines to EE Newton in response to the latter's newspaper article titled Leigh Hunt's Cottage in the Vale of Heath. A small programme produced by the Borough of Hampstead in 1911 advertising The planting of an Oak Tree on Fortune Green in Commemoration of the Coronation of King George V. A postcard depicting a b/w photograph of the planting of the Coronation Oak to commemorate King George V. Pamphlet promoting a fund-raising Garden Party for the purchase of an extension to Hampstead Heath or the purchase of Golders Hill dated July 21st 1898. Colour prospectus for the proposed building of the Central Square on the Hampstead Garden Suburb including forms for shares. Pamphlet promoting the Spaniard's Hotel printed circa 1898. Advertisement for the 'Wonder Coach' the prettiest 20-mile drive round London and a ticket advertising a four-horse mail coach ride from Charring Cross to Jack Straw's Castle c1900. Leaflet regarding the 1000th edition of the Hampstead and Highgate Express dated 1881. Advertising leaflet communicating the removal of Mother Huff from Hampstead Heath to North End at the Hoop and Bunch of Grapes. From Mist's Weekly Journal Aug 31st 1728. Stamped and post marked b/w postcard of the Bull and Bush Hampstead. Exhibition notice of the remaining works of the late Charles Green and JF Sullivan dated Oct 29th 1898 to be held at 148 New Bond St. Newspaper cutting dated 15th June 1918 titled Dickens Fellowship Visit to Hampstead. Hand written transcript of a 1748 report of the purchase by Hampstead residents of two fire engines. Pasted in illustrations and engravings include Rifle Practice at Kilburn Gate on Tuesday Last portraits of William Pitt Lady Byron Edward Mc Grath EE Newton William Murray the Earl of Mansfield John Gurney Hoarr Wellington a silhouette of Fanny Brawne Frank Holl RA W Beckford Coleridge and an engraving by WP Sherlock titled Upper Compartment of a Window in the Chicken House Hampstead published by White Cochrane & Co January 1814. Many contemporary photographs and paper cuttings dated between 1804 and 1938. London Underground advertising postcard depicting Dicken's London signed by the artist Weeks. Sotheby's sale notice dated 1917 of Dicken's letters addressed to Clarkson Stansfield RA. 3 integral maps within original volume include: Fold out map on waxed cloth titled A portion of Rocque's survey of London 1745 printed for the records of Hampstead Dec 1889. Produced by London Stanford's Geog Estab. Measures 44 cm x 38 cm. in excellent condition. Fold out map on waxed cloth titled Map of the parish of St John Hampstead NW. Drawn by Sprague & Co London 1890. Hand coloured boundaries marked and numbered in differing colours. In very good condition. Hand written pencil annotation to bottom. Measures 38 cm x 40 cm. Wax backed map of the Parish of St John Hampstead NW dated march 1890 by Spraque and Co. Very good condition Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1890 Whittaker & Co hardcover
1822968Z35London: The Pamphleteer 1822. Disbound. Good Only. 8" by 5". None. The final part of John Frank Newton's highly influential early nineteenth century argument in favour of vegetarianism published in parts in 'The Pamphleteer'. The final part of a three part series published in 'The Pamphleteer' Vol. XX No. XL.The work was first published in 1911 with all parts combined. The work was then published by 'The Pamphleteer' split into three parts with part one appearing in Vol XIX No. XXXVIII part two appearing in No. XXXIX. This work in all forms is very scarce with this being a very scarce early edition. A pioneering work on vegetarianism in his work Newton explains his view that the natural food of man is vegetables and that animal flesh is unhealthy. In his work he uses personal anecdotes and explains that many members of his household adopted the diet for between three and four years prior to the publication of the work. The work influenced fellow vegetarian Percy Bysshe Shelley providing the basis of his 'A Vindication of the Natural Diet' and prompting Mary Shelley's depiction of the Creature as a herbivore in 'Frankenstein'.Disbound with all pages of this article present. Disbound with all pages of this article present. Most pages disbound all present. Pages bright with the odd spot slightly heavier to the rear pages. Good Only The Pamphleteer unknown
1887007387London: Gaiety Theatre 1887. Soft cover. Fine. 5.5" x 7.5" Slim pamphlet two nestled small bifolio sheets not stapled in protective Brodart sleeve inside custom half-leather and blue cloth clamshell box with gilt tooling. Pamphlet is slightly foxed else a fine scarce programme for a theatrical adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at the Gaiety Theatre starring Nellie Farren as Dr. Frankenstein Fred Leslie as The Monster produced by Charles Harris with music by Meyer Lutz. Following Mary Shelley's death in 1851 new theatrical adaptations of her novel abounded. This play opened December 24 1887 and only ran for a week because its feministic leanings were not popular with a Victorian audience. Its reversal of sexual roles would eventually find an audience nearly a hundred years later in films like Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daugther 1966 and The Daughter of Frankenstein 1971. Gaiety Theatre unknown
1865713L6London: Day and Son 1865. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6". None. A smartly bound first edition copy of Charles Newton's travelogue regarding his time in the Levant. With sixteen plates to volume I with twenty-three plates to volume II. Frontispiece to both volumes James Hendrick of Font Grove New Scotland. Collated complete.Charles Thomas Newton was a British archaeologist. This work follows the greatest archaeological exploit of Newton's life. He discovered the remains of the mausoleum of Halicarnassus which is one of the seven wonders of the world. He described the results of this in his 'History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus' as well as this work. In addition to Halicarnassus this work depicts other important discoveries at Branchidae excavations at Mitylene Rhodes Kaymnos and various sites on the coast of Asia Minor. A very smart copy of this work. In a half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally very smart with light rubbing to the joints and extremities. Light marks to the spine. Bookplate to the front pastedowns 'James Hendrick of Font Grove'. Internally both volumes are firmly bound. Pages are very bright. Occasional scattered spots to pages. Very Good Indeed Day and Son hardcover
18134567London: Printed for G. Kearsley et al. 1813. Lg. 8vo. Unpaginated. 12 vols. Double column text. Illustrated with 355 copper engraved plates 1 a map of which 171 are nicely hand-colored 2 folding. Orig. brown cloth over boards paper spine labels rubbed uncut. Hinges split or splitting but holding nicely. Occasional chipping & fraying at extremities of spine. Hand lettered volume nos. added to tops of spines. Plates with some foxing the color plates only occasionally foxed. The plates are mostly machinery steam engines printing presses hot air balloons ship building etc.; and scientific instruments microscopes telescopes etc. and some printed music. The color plates are of birds mammals reptiles insects fossils flowers etc. Printed for G. Kearsley et al. hardcover books
181361937London: Printed for G. Kearsley J. Walker J. Stockdale R. Lea et al. 1813. Large 8vo. In 13 volumes 12 volumes of text with plates bound separately in extra volume. Uniformly bound in contemporary black half calf over dark green cloth. Gilt decoration & blind-stamped panels to spines. Marbled endpapers. Some rubbing & wear to spines & corners. Boards clean. All internally clean. All bindings firm. With 370 plates. Small tear to one plate. Plates plain without any colour in this copy. . Very Good. Half Calf. 1813. Printed for G. Kearsley, J. Walker, J. Stockdale, R. Lea, et al. 1813 unknown
1821907F32London: The Pamphleteer 1821 . First edition. Unbound. Very Good. 9.5" by 5.5". None. A very scarce edition of John Frank Newton's highly influential early nineteenth century argument in favour of vegetarianism. A vanishingly scarce contemporary edition of John Frank Newton's important work.First published in 1811 this edition appeared as No. XXXVIII in Vol. XIX of 'The Pamphleteer' and here appears unbound.A pioneering work on vegetarianism in his work Newton explains his view that the natural food of man is vegetables and that animal flesh is unhealthy. In his work he uses personal anecdotes and explains that many members of his household adopted the diet for between three and four years prior to the publication of the work.The work influenced fellow vegetarian Percy Bysshe Shelley providing the basis of his 'A Vindication of the Natural Diet' and prompting Mary Shelley's depiction of the Creature as a herbivore in 'Frankenstein'.With the stamp of the pamphlet collection of the British Library to the verso of the title page.One of the more unusual claims in the work is that a vegetarian diet may eradicate syphilis. Unbound. Externally exceptionally bright. Stamp to verso of title page. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good The Pamphleteer unknown
185046378Boston: Snow & Wilder Publishers 1850. 1850. First edition with the words in print "September 1850 - 1st Edition" on the front cover noting that "A Second Edition will be issued Sept. 16th." Publisher's illustrated wrappers showing a railway carriage 110 pp. of schedules plus 18 pp. of advertisements and a two-sided folding map at the front. The booklet measures 2 3/4" x 4 1/4" and the map when unfolded measures 7" x 9 1/4." One side of the map details the railroad lines of New England and the verso shows the city of Boston. Some small tears and small chips to the extremities else a very good copy. Snow & Wilder, Publishers, 1850. unknown
189163025London: George Bell & Sons York Street Covent Garden 1891. First edition. 8 103 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Gray cloth stamped in black endpapers with ads and 4 extra pp. of ads at front and back for Spaulding Draper and Maynard. Very good copy of an extremely scarce book. First edition. 8 103 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Will Baseball Replace Cricket Written by the President of National Baseball League of Great Britain; Formerly United States Consul Manchester. He advocates baseball in England and his book as "practical assistance to the large and rapidly increasing number of young men in this country who have manifested a desire to acquire a knowledge of baseball."<br/><br/>Advertisement at back for The Baseball Association of Great Britain and Ireland President The Rev. F. Marshall<br/><br/>This book is part of "The All-England Seies." Smith 758 George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden unknown books
1813117185London: H.M.S.O. 1813. First edition thus of Newton's reports to the Privy Council or the Treasury during his position of Master of His Majesty's Mint the report signed and dated in print 21 September 1717. Newton was first appointed warden of the Mint in May 1696 rising to the position of Master following the death of Thomas Neale in December 1699. "Macaulay avers in his history that Newton - independently I suppose of his public action in reference to the Re-Coinage - has left no exposition of his opinions touching the currency. The eloquent historian thus leaves out of view the well-known report of 1717 upon which was based the reduction of the Guinea from 21 shillings and 6 pence to 21 shillings. It would seem then that the doctrinal importance of this Report had escaped recognition from the English historian though as I have had occasion to ascertain it was the subject of appreciative comment in France and Prussia more than a century ago. Indeed I read it first in a German translation printed at Berlin in 1762." Horton quoted in Gray. Foolscap folio 332 x 202 mm pp. 3. Docket title printed on final blank for folding. Disbound two sewing holes as issued. Two small sewing holes to centre fold; in excellent condition. Gray 350; Wallis 350.6. World Cat and Library Hub Discover record a 4-page version with the title "Return to an order of the House of Commons dated 1 March 1813; - for copies of all reports or memorials; made by Sir Isaac Newton when Master of his Majesty's Mint to the Privy Council or to the Treasury on the state of the coin of these realms: so far as relates to the Treasury." taken from the series of British Parliamentary papers; Accounts and papers Great Britain Parliament. Session 1812-13. House of Commons; 77. We can find no record of the present version. unknown
1892457459Cincinnati; Chicago 1892. Near Fine. A small archive of six letters written to C. Jay French general manager of the American Bell Telephone Company including two holograph letters and a telegram written in 1879 by the Theodore Vail who oversaw the building of America's first coast to coast telephone system. The remaining four letters are from four business colleagues in 1892. Each set of letters is neatly pinned together at the upper left corner: the first with an autograph note by French; and the second with a clipping outlining French's career. Both sets are in fine condition overall.<br /> <br /> Contemporary journalists called Theodore Vail the “Cincinnatus of Communications†and modern biographers call him “one of the two or three foremost organizing geniuses in the history of American industry.†In 1878 he was called to run Bell Telephone as its general manager just two years after Alexander Graham Bell patented his invention of the telephone in 1876. He helped establish the country’s first commercial telephone exchange lines in 1878 and organized the Bell empire in the 1880s.<br /> <br /> The two Vail letters retained by French reveal his direct management style: the first was written to the head of a regional Bell company at Cincinnati to introduce French: “… As he will be in your city for a few days I would like if you would give him all the insight possible into the manner of conducting an exchange and also any other information in regard to the Telephone business that may be in your power.â€<br /> <br /> The second letter outlines French’s duties: “You will make it your first duty to visit the different agencies of this Co. and establish a correct uniform and prompt system of reports to this Company … You will consult freely and fully with all agents … You will impress upon the agents the necessity of the Company being fully advised as to the operations of the agency. In all cases we desire reports of the business – In all cases also it is the desire of this Company that the agents’ interest be consulted.â€<br /> <br /> The other set of letters were written by four leading managers to congratulate French for his promotion to general manager of the American Bell Telephone Company in 1892. A scarce cache of letters documenting the beginning of America’s telephone exchange network. A list of both sets of letters is available. unknown
1855542536London: Bell and Baldy 1855. A very scarce hard cover within a protective rigid pocket folder both in very good condition for their age. An extensive and decorative historical map of the capital in the time of Henry VIII. Its full title is "London in the Olden Time being a Topographical and Hiftorical Memoir of London Weftminster and Southwark Accompanying a Pictoral map of the City and its Suburbs as they exifted in the Reign of Henry VIII before the Diffolution of the Monafteries." The map laid on linen is presented within the hard cover book. This details the history of London and contains a complete index to the map. According to details penned to title page this copy was presented to the Herne Bay Literary Institute by Miss Newton the daughter of the author William Newton d.10.07.1861 Herne bay in July 1883. Brown cloth pocket folder rigid has bright gilt title and decoration to the front. Light fading rubbing and wear to front edges and corners with bubbling to rear board where a section of cloth has lifted from card. No tears present. Pocket folder 'closing' flap is worn creased and faded with marble backing paper torn and missing in places. Boards show wear to edges and corners bumped light wrinkling and fading to cloth cover creasing to spine head and foot closed tear to spine foot split to spine head and occasional blemish. Front board is decorated as per card case. Map within shows some age-related discolouration at folds but details and colours are bright and true. A pink line represents the area of London destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. Beautifully illustated border comprises of a royal coat of arms various English shields the names of notable Englishmen and Kings and allegorical figures around the title cartouche. Within pages and map are securely bound. Tanning and foxing is present to pages and reverse of map however none is overly significant and content is bright and clear. More pictures are available upon request. CN. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Sherratt Thomas Original engraving. Used. Bell and Baldy Hardcover
1855M7534London: Bell & Daldy 1855. Very good folding map laid down on contemporary canvas. Notes: This very decorative and large-scale mid-19th century map engraved on copper by Thomas Sherralt represents London at the time of Henry VIII circa 1517 from Westminster Abbey to the Tower. A pink line represents the area destroyed by the Great Fire of 1666. A decorative border encases the map illustrated by the royal coat of arms important English shields the names of important Englishmen and kings and allegorical figures around the title cartouche. Two indexes sit in the upper corners a compass rose and scale sit beneath the upper right index and a dedicatory cartouche sits in the lower right. The map folds and is backed by dark navy cloth.<br><br>The map is accompanied by a historical text by William Newton "London in the Olden Time." It is in matching dark navy cloth a small folio. Paginated x 120 pp. The whole comes in a navy cloth case with the title gilt on the upper board. Unlike the map the cloth case is scuffed and rubbed at the extremities in good condition. Size : 1020x1370 mm 40.16x53.94 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps City Maps; Maps Europe United Kingdom England London;Maps Folding Maps; Bell & Daldy hardcover
180211944Paris: Chez Bernard 1802. 2 volumes bound as one. First French edition. Extensively illustrated with folding engraved diagrams of geometric problems. 4to contemporary calf with gilt tooling on covers and spine. Red morocco lettering panel. Gilt stamp of the “Prix du College Royal D’Henry IV†on both covers. xxiv 252; 258 errata1 ad. A fine especially bright copy with a small tear to upper spine. A VERY SCARCE ISSUE OF THESE IMPORTANT MATHEMATICAL LECTURES. These algebraic lectures given by Newton at Cambridge were first published by William Whiston in 1707. Whiston “extracted from Newton a somewhat reluctant permission to print it. Among several new theorems on various points in algebra and the theory of equations Newton here enunciates the following important results. He explains that the equation whose roots are a solution of a given problem will have as many roots as their are different probable cases.He extends Descartes rules of signs to give limits to the number of imaginary roots.The most interesting theorem contained in the work is his attempt to find a rule analogous to that of Descartes for real roots by which the number of imaginary roots of a equation can be determined.†Later with the idea of stimulating annotations to the work Gravedsande published SPECIMIN COMMENTARII IN ARITHMETICAM UNIVERSLAEM; and Maclaurins’s ALGEBRA seems to have been written in response to this. Chez Bernard unknown
1813143137London: Printed for G. Kearsley J. Walker J. Stockdale R. Lea E. Jeffery & 10 others 1813. A "vastly ambitious survey" First edition of this extensively illustrated Georgian encyclopedia a "vastly ambitious survey of human genius learning and industry" ODNB here presenting particularly nicely in contemporary red morocco. 12 vols octavo 232 x 145 mm. Illustrated throughout with engravings many with contemporary hand colouring. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco spines lettered and tooled in gilt covers with foliate border in gilt and blind gilt turn-ins grey endpapers gilt edges. Contemporary ownership signature to half-titles pencilled doodle to front free endpaper of vol. I. Bumping at head of contents of vol. IV. A very handsome set the bindings without wear and the contents clean. unknown
1865152733London: Day & Son Limited 1865. Presentation copy with letter First edition presentation copy inscribed on the front free endpaper of vol. I "Gaisford from the author Feb 1866" and with a 6-page autograph letter signed from the author loosely inserted. The letter headed British Museum 10 January 1852 details Newton leaving his position in the British Museum to take up a role as vice-consul at Mytilene. "My dear Sir you will probably be surprised to hear that I am going to leave the British Museum and also England. I have for some time wishes to exchange my present location for one where I could have more leisure time for literary pursuits & a warmer climate for my health has suffered from residence in London. After a good deal of deliberation I thought that if I could get a small Consulship in the Levant when the official duties were not very heavy I should be enabled to pursue archaeology by the study of remains in situ". Newton goes on to detail the circumstances of his being awarded the position. The recipient of the volumes was a member of the Gaisford family headed by the classical scholar and Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford Thomas Gaisford 1779-1855 to whom the letter is probably addressed Newton notes his hope to visit Oxford soon. Thomas Gaisford was deceased by the time of the book's presentation and consequently the recipient of the volumes is likely one of his seven children who would have paired them with the letter. The volumes originate from the Gaisford family home of Howth Castle near Dublin. Newton worked as vice-consul at Mytilene from 1852 to early 1853 then as acting consul at Rhodes from April 1853 to January 1854. In both positions he was authorized to undertake considerable archaeological excavations and purchases for the British Museum which he followed by excavations in Kalymnos in 1854 and 1855 financed by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe the British ambassador at Constantinople. The present book gives his account of these travels and excavations. On his return he became the first keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the Museum in 1861. He was closely involved in the foundation of three highly influential archaeological institutions: the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies to which he gave an inaugural address in June 1879; the Egypt Exploration Fund founded in 1882; and the British School at Athens opened in November 1886. 2 vols tall octavo. Folding map frontispiece to each 12 lithographic plates from photographs by Francis Bedford after drawings by Newton and his wife 20 plates one of which folding the majority etched after photographs by Colnaghi and Spackman 2 double- and 2 full-page maps one double- and 2 full-page plans numerous wood-engraved illustrations to the text. Original green pebble-grain cloth spines lettered in gilt blind panelling to covers pale yellow endpapers. Obituary of Newton mounted to front pastedown of vol. I with another for his friend Reginald Stuart Poole loosely inserted. Very light rubbing and peripheral bumping cloth still bright and fresh without wear and with joints and hinges intact light foxing to contents as usual some leaves unopened towards end of vol. I. An excellent copy. Atabey 869; Blackmer 1193; Gernsheim Incunabula of British Photographic Literature 284. hardcover
1831254561London 1831. Miniature globe in turned walnut case with domed lid. 1.5 inch diameter. 12 hand colored globe gores with original varnish and metal pins at each pole which enable the globe to spin in the case. Cartouche set in north Pacific. Stains along the equator in the Pacific.<br/><br/> This terrestrial globe is the smallest version made by Newton and Berry Sumira p. 189. Wonderful detail included for such a small globe. The track of Captain Cook's final voyage of 1776 is shown when Captain Clarke and Gore sail to the Bering Sea after Cook is murdered. John Newton 1759-1844 is the founding member of this family firm. Miles Berry joined the firm in 1803. They also made planetaria and mechanical models. An excellent example of a pocket globe.<br/><br/> unknown books
182219114Glasgow: Andreae et Joannis M. Duncan 1822. FIRST GLASGOW EDITION. Numerous text diagrams and illustrations. Contemporary calf all covers with blind-stamped floral border within gilt floral borders within gilt-lined borders spines in compartments with gilt decoration spine labels; first few leaves of each volume spotted otherwise an excellent set. First Glasgow reprint of the first Jesuit edition printed in Geneva from 1739-1742. This edition of Newton’s Principia was edited by John Martin Frederick Wright of Trinity College who contributed additional commentary. Babson notes that Glasgow’s printing of this edition of the complete text was a great credit to the university whereas Cambridge was “satisfied with reprints of the first three sections of the first book.â€<br /> <br /> Babson 32; Gray 17; Wallis 17. Andreae et Joannis M. Duncan unknown
1870110127New York: Robert Carter and Brothers 1870. Rare early edition of this work by Newton. Octavo original cloth illustrated. Presentation copy inscribed by Moody on the front free endpaper "To John Syme D.L. Moody My dear Brother be useful be earnest be fruitful and the blessing of God will rest on you." In good condition. Signatures of the legendary evangelist are rare especially with such a lengthy inscription. Dwight Lyman Moody also known as D. L. Moody was an evangelist and publisher connected with the Holiness Movement who founded the Moody Church Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers. One of his most famous quotes was "Faith makes all things possible. Love makes all things easy." Moody gave up his lucrative boot and shoe business to devote his life to revivalism working first in the Civil War with union troops through YMCA in the United States Christian commission. In Chicago he built one of the major evangelical centers in the nation which it is still active. Working with singer Ira Sankey he toured the country and Britain Europe drawing large crowds with a dynamic speaking style that preached God's love and friendship kindness and forgiveness rather than hellfire and condemnation. Robert Carter and Brothers hardcover books
1870110127New York: Robert Carter and Brothers 1870. Rare early edition of this work by Newton. Octavo original cloth illustrated. Presentation copy inscribed by Moody on the front free endpaper "To John Syme D.L. Moody My dear Brother be useful be earnest be fruitful and the blessing of God will rest on you." In good condition. Signatures of the legendary evangelist are rare especially with such a lengthy inscription. Dwight Lyman Moody also known as D. L. Moody was an evangelist and publisher connected with the Holiness Movement who founded the Moody Church Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers. One of his most famous quotes was “Faith makes all things possible. Love makes all things easy.“ Moody gave up his lucrative boot and shoe business to devote his life to revivalism working first in the Civil War with union troops through YMCA in the United States Christian commission. In Chicago he built one of the major evangelical centers in the nation which it is still active. Working with singer Ira Sankey he toured the country and Britain Europe drawing large crowds with a dynamic speaking style that preached God's love and friendship kindness and forgiveness rather than hellfire and condemnation. Robert Carter and Brothers hardcover
186449256London: Sold by R.H. Porter 1864 1902 1905 1907. Sole editions. Four parts bound in two volumes. Large 8vo. xl 525 3 527-532; vi 665 1 96 4 pp. Expertly bound in recent quarter red morocco over marbled boards spines with raised bands gilt lettered black labels lettered direct to another and with a gilt device repeated to the others the original printed wrappers to all four parts bound in at the rear of volume II adjacent to the first wrapper is a 3 pp. autograph letter signed from Newton addressed to "My dear Edge" on Magdalen College Cambridge headed paper parts II and III feature tipped in handwritten notes presenting them "with the editor's compliments" parts II and IV also come with letters from Newton to the original recipient's son finally the set is complemented with two pieces of interesting egg related printed ephemera. Photogravure portrait frontispiece 21 chromolithograph plates of bird eggs numbered I-XXI 16 lithograph plates tinted chromolithographic or uncoloured depicting birds nests and landscapes lettered A-P and a folding colour map of Lapland. John Wolley 1823-1859 was an ornithologist and egg collector first becoming interested in the subject whilst studying at Cambridge. Over time he became something of an expert on the Dodo and later on the Great Auk. His studies led to travels in Europe and Scandinavia and it was during one of these trips in the 1850s that he interviewed the men that had killed the last of the Great Auk species the previous decade. Wolley fell ill after one of these foreign trips and eventually passed away at the tender age of 36. On his demise his notes and remaining egg collection passed to his close friend Alfred Newton who painstakingly edited and published Wolley's notes over the next half century. Alfred Newton 1829-1907 became one of the pre-eminent ornithologists of the age being one of the founders of the British Ornithologists' Union in 1858 and ascending to the chair of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at Cambridge in 1866 a post that he held until his death. In these later decades Newton also edited or contributed to many other important ornithological works such as editions of Yarrell's Birds the Encyclopaedia Britannica and his own Dictionary of Birds four volumes 1893-96 but his editorship of Wolley's work was by far his crowning achievement in print. The first letter is dated September 1864 and is evidently written to James Thomas Edge 1827-1894 originally James Thomas Hurt he took his mother's maiden name early in his adult life. Newton explains that he had asked Van Voorst to send Edge a copy of the work but that the publisher had ignored his instruction to inscribe the volume with his wishes. This omission prompted Newton's belated letter which had been delayed due to a summer long bird watching trip to Spitsbergen. The later letters are both addressed to Edge's son Thomas Lewis Kekewich Edge 1856-1931 the first of these references the senior Edge's collection - the importance of certain pieces within it and the need to ticket them. Newton's final letter is dated March 1907 just three months prior to his death. He is glad that Edge has had "the 4th and last part of this book and seems to like it" and commends an extract that Edge had quoted from his father's journal in a previous letter apparently confirming a conclusion John Wolley had also come to. Interestingly Wolley's father Francis also changed surname during his adult life - taking on his wife's maiden name. Prior to becoming a Wolley Francis' surname had been Hurt. Thus it transpires that as well as sharing a keen interest in ornithology and oology John Wolley and James Thomas Edge were second cousins. The ephemera comprises an 1865 printed sale notice from the auctioneer J.C. Stevens offering a "Rare & Remarkable Egg" of a bird "presumed to be quite extinct" which he states was "probably the Dinornis ingens of Owen". Richard Owen had been sent a fragment of an unusual bone that had been excavated in New Zealand in the late 1830s. After studying it for several years he came to the conclusion that it was almost certainly a part of a bone from a giant flightless bird which he named Dinornis novaezealandiae more commonly known by its Maori name of Moa which had long since been extinct. Also inserted is a 24 pp. sale catalogue of eggs dated 1858 offered by the same auctioneer the eggs collected by John Wolley himself in Lapland the previous year. A handsome set of a what is ordinarily an uncommon work this set rendered unique with its the family association letters from the editor and the related ephemera. London: Sold by R.H. Porter unknown
