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18997339Raton NM 1899. 36 silver prints 9.5 cm x 12 cm / 3.75" x 4.75" on curved gray Kodak decorative mounts 14 cm x 17 cm / 5.5" x 6.75". All 36 have manuscript identifications and descriptions on the back in black ink. A few mounts show minor rubbing and discoloring at extremities one mount chipped at the head. Some images have gentle spotting and fading.<br /> <br /> - Our Home Raton New Mexico<br /> - New Store built for us in Raton 1898<br /> - Out for a Drive By reservoir on Chico Rico New Mex. 1898<br /> - Out for a Drive. Sugarite Canon 1898.<br /> - A pretty camp on mouth of South Fork Conejos River Colo. 1898 <br /> - Scene on Conejos River on mouth of South Fork Colorado. 1898<br /> - Camp above Falls on Conejos River Colorado 1898<br /> - Conejos River above Falls Colorado 1898<br /> - Conejos River above Antonito from Bridge 1897 <br /> - Our camp on shore of Lake on Lake Fork of Conejos River. Colorado 1898.<br /> - Lake on Lake Fork Conejos River Colo 1897.<br /> - Boat riding on Conejos Lakes. 1898 <br /> - A bit of tough road on Conejos River men holding wagon on road by Poles. 1898 <br /> - Camp scene on Elk Creek Colo. 1898<br /> - Mr. Davies and our Camp on Elk Creek. 1898<br /> - Dinner on Elk Creek 1898 <br /> - Head of San Juan River Continental Divide Colorado 1897<br /> - Scene on West Fork San Juan River Colorado 1898<br /> - Hours Lake. West Fork San Juan River Colorado 1897 <br /> - Engine Rock on East Fork San Juan River 1898<br /> - Our camping outfit on East Fork of San Juan River. Colorado 1897<br /> - A grand wild spot above Hot Springs on San Juan River Colorado 1897<br /> - San Juan River as it flows through Park in Pagosa Springs Colo 1898<br /> - Our Partner Whistler's camp in Park Pagosa Springs Colo. 1898.<br /> - Harvey mounted on a Rocky Mountain Canary. Pagosa Camp in Park Colorado 1898<br /> - Our friend Jon Blake's House Pagosa Springs Colo.<br /> - Up in Brazos Gorge Showing Side Walls 1898<br /> - Whistler fishing in Mouth of Gorge on Brazos. 1898<br /> - Harry Sallin Shep packed Brazos River Camp 1897<br /> - Sallin her friend at Lake Camp Colorado 1897<br /> - Our beauty in morning. Camp on Brazos. 1897<br /> - Your humble servant with a nice trout in tow. Mouth of Brazos Canon 1898<br /> - A few Rabbits Ducks on Crow Creek 1898<br /> - Palisades in Cimarron Canon on Cimarron River New Mex. 1898<br /> - Our camp on Sulphur Spring Cimarron Canon 1898.<br /> - Flume on a draw on top of Sanga De Christo Range. Colfax Co. Part of a ditch 54 miles long. Used for Hydraulic mining. Nice collection of late 19th century images showing intentional camping and recreating in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico created by a family in Raton New Mexico. Images of camping riding hunting fishing boating etc. All views are nicely identified. unknown
19002292<p>Paris Verneau 1900. Lithograph in colors from PAYSAGE PARISIENS. 52.5 X 82cm.From the series OF 8 PLATES "published in 1900 "PAYSAGES PARISIENS" . Each was published in an edition of 1000 plus 25 signed in pencil. In fine condition with full margins.</p> Verneau
19002291<p>Paris VERNEAU 1900. Lithograph in colors from the suite PASAGES PARISIENS. 52.5 X 82cm. From the series OF 8 PLATES "published in 1900 "PAYSAGES PARISIENS". Each was published in an edition of 1000 plus 25 signed in pencil. In fine condition with full margins.</p> Verneau
18726400London: F. Harvey 1872. Second edition. Number 6 of 50 copies printed. Small quarto 8 1/4 x 6 inches; 210 x 152 mm. ii blank vi 160 i 3 blank. Etched half-title drawing by William M. Thackeray. Five full-page etchings on india paper by George Cruikshank. Bound ca. 1920 by Rivière & Son stamp signed on verso of front endpaper in full dark blue crushed levant morocco. Both covers richly decorated in gilt with triple borders each surrounding one hundred and seventy nine floral tools in a geometric design; spine with five raised bands richly decorated and lettered in gilt with the same floral tools; double-ruled gilt board edges decorative turn-ins all edges gilt. Front and rear outer joints repaired.<br /> <br /> "Sir William Fraser 1816-1898 was a genealogist archivist and Scottish historian. Trained as a solicitor his professional involvement with peerage cases began a lifetime of research into the genealogy of Scotland's most prominent landed families" Edinburgh University Library. His Colia's Whispers is a collection of poetry inflected by Victorian tastes for historicism and revivalist styles. The text is accompanied by five George Cruikshank etching on India paper are five out of eight compartments of a large plate etched by G.C. for Sir William Fraser in 1870 for Poems by the Knight of Morar. "Only fifty numbered copies were issued of this edition and consequently it is scarce" Cohn. George Cruikshank 1792-1878 was one of the most famous British caricaturists and illustrators during the Regency period. He would form a friendship with Charles Dickens illustrating many of his books and later in life would be active in the temperance movement. <br /> <br /> "The Riviere Bindery was one of the most notable and prolific shops in London's West End from about 1840 through 1939" Princeton. Bath-based Bayntun Bindery acquired the firm in 1939 transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery" which is still in existence and family owned. F. Harvey unknown
18356796London: Taylor and Hessey and Edward Moxon 1835. First edition and second edition. Fine. Lamb's Essays of Elia and Last Essays of Elia finely bound by Riviere & Son in full dark brown morocco with a dark green morocco pull-off case. Two volumes octavo. vi 341; xiii 295 pp. complete. Elaborate gilt spines in six compartments with raised bands. Gilt rule to boards and gilt turn-ins. All edges gilt. Teal coated endpapers. Small twentieth-century bookseller's ticket to lower flyleaves. A Fine fresh set in a beautiful binding.<br /> <br /> First edition second issue of Essays of Elia with both the Fleet Street and Waterloo addresses in the imprint bound without the terminal publisher's ads. Second edition of Last Essays of Elia which was first published by Edward Moxon in 1833.<br /> <br /> Lamb's accessible and conversational essays were published under the pseudonym Elia inspired by an Italian man that Lamb had known at the South Sea House and had appeared serially in The London Magazine between 1820 and 1825. Despite his struggles with mental illness Charles Lamb 1775 - 1834 would be celebrated for his literary contributions producing a range of material from essays to poems. Lamb belonged to an active literary circle which included Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. Fine. Taylor and Hessey [and] Edward Moxon unknown
1821M793Madrid 1821. Excellent. Size : 635x935 mm Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps West Indies Cuba & Bahamas; unknown
1820C8881xvi17-340 pages with frontispiece and diagrams. Octavo 8" x 5" bound in half leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. Translated from the Italian of Ercole dal Rio by J S Bingham. To which is prefixed an Essay on the origin of the game by Eyles Irwin. Whyld: 1820:14<br /><br />Translated from <i>Il guioco incomparablile degli schcchi</i> 1769 by Ponziani here erroneously attributed to Ercole del Rio. J S Bingham is a pseudonym of Captain John Smith RN "Quotes and queries" <i>British Chess Magazine</i> November 1978 page 523. Irwin's "Essay on the origin of the game is a paper on Chinese chess cited as <i>Whyld</i> 1795:3.<br /><br />Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani was an 18th-century Italian law professor priest chess player composer and theoretician. He is best known today for his chess writing. Ponziani was friends with fellow Modenese chess players and writers Ercole del Rio and Giambattista Lolli and collectively the trio are known as the Modenese Masters. In 1769 Ponziani published the first edition of <i>Il giuoco incomparabile degli scacchi The Incomparable Game of Chess</i>. As Ponziani did not include his name in the work <i>Opera d'Autore Modenese</i> it was identified to the Anonymous Modenese. The second edition in 1782 was much improved and laid out the principles of the Italian school of chess as exemplified by 17th-century Italian masters such as Gioachino Greco. Although Ponziani identified himself in the second edition the 1820 translation by English naval officer J. B. Smith using the pen name J. S. Bingham <i>The Incomparable Game of Chess</i> attributed the work to del Rio. Ponziani's work is the best practical guide produced by the Modenese Masters. Like writings by del Rio and Lolli Ponziani deals only with the opening and endgame with no discussion of the middlegame. Murray H. J. R. 1913 <i>A History of Chess</i><br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />End papers renewed former owners solutions to problems tipped in at gutter next to problems. Point rubbed with some rubbing to boards. A very good copy of a scarce item. J J Stockdale hardcover
1820BOOKS008881xvi17-340 pages with frontispiece and diagrams. Octavo 8" x 5" bound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. Translated from the Italian of Ercole dal Rio by J S Bingham. To which is prefixed an Essay on the origin of the game by Eyles Irwin. Whyld: 1820:14 First English edition.Translated from Il guioco incomparablile degli schcchi 1769 by Ponziani here erroneously attributed to Ercole del Rio. J S Bingham is a pseudonym of Captain John Smith RN "Quotes and queries" British Chess Magazine November 1978 page 523. Irwin's "Essay on the origin of the game is a paper on Chinese chess cited as Whyld 1795:3.Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani was an 18th-century Italian law professor priest chess player composer and theoretician. He is best known today for his chess writing. Ponziani was friends with fellow Modenese chess players and writers Ercole del Rio and Giambattista Lolli and collectively the trio are known as the Modenese Masters. In 1769 Ponziani published the first edition of Il giuoco incomparabile degli scacchi The Incomparable Game of Chess. As Ponziani did not include his name in the work Opera d'Autore Modenese it was identified to the Anonymous Modenese. The second edition in 1782 was much improved and laid out the principles of the Italian school of chess as exemplified by 17th-century Italian masters such as Gioachino Greco. Although Ponziani identified himself in the second edition the 1820 translation by English naval officer J. B. Smith using the pen name J. S. Bingham The Incomparable Game of Chess attributed the work to del Rio. Ponziani's work is the best practical guide produced by the Modenese Masters. Like writings by del Rio and Lolli Ponziani deals only with the opening and endgame with no discussion of the middlegame. Murray H. J. R. 1913 A History of ChessCondition:End papers stained previous owner's old signature on front end paper. Spine renewed with original spine label to spine. Points rubbed and bumped some soiling to else a very good copy of a scarce item. J J Stockdale hardcover
1844ST20685-2London: T. C. Newby 1844. FIRST EDITION. 170 x 102 mm. 6 3/4 x 4". 1 p.l. xiii 3 205 1 pp. 1 leaf ads.Preface by Charles Dickens. <br/> VERY PLEASING GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY RIVIERE & SONS stamp-signed on front turn-in covers framed with gilt rules densely tooled cornerpieces with floral sprigs on a stippled ground raised bands spine panels lavishly gilt with a starburst of floral tools emanating from a central medallion all on a stippled ground gilt lettering turn-ins gilt ruled with floral garlands at the corners all edges gilt original tan cloth wrappers bound in at rear. Title page printed in blue and red. Eckel pp. 146-47; Podeschi B-121. Sheila M. Smith "John Overs to Charles Dickens: A Working-Man's Letter and Its Implications" Victorian Studies 18 no. 2 1974: 195–217. Spine just slightly sunned though hard to tell because of the heavy gilt a few trivial spots internally but A VERY FINE COPY in quite a pretty binding.<br/> <br/> This attractively bound volume of a working class poet's verse and prose represents one of Dickens' charitable efforts in the spirit of social reform. A carpenter by trade John Overs 1808-44 had become acquainted with Dickens in 1839 when he submitted poetry for publication in "Bentley's Miscellany" then under Dickens' editorship. Over the next several years Dickens became a literary mentor and something of a friend to Overs providing writing advice lending books and helping Overs to secure a position at Drury Lane Theatre when his tuberculosis became too severe to continue his work as a carpenter. Literary scholar Sheila M. Smith has suggested that Overs may have served as an influence for "The Chimes" Dickens' penultimate Christmas book; she writes that Overs "was neither a political agitator nor a trade unionist. . . yet he was bitter and exulting in the idea of social revolution. A working man of this kind goaded to such feelings would have aroused Dickens's sympathy at a period when the novelist was experiencing his most violent indignation about his country's poor." To whatever degree that sympathy proved a literary inspiration for Dickens it directly led to the publication of the present work. When it was clear by the spring of 1844 that Overs would not survive his illness Dickens suggested to him that he publish a collection of his writings to help provide for his family after his passing. And so the present anthology was published only months before Overs' death on September 28 1844 with the proceeds from the book along with an additional charitable collection taken up by the publisher allowing his widow to make a living by opening a small milliner's shop. T. C. Newby unknown
183718480nantes Forest 1837 1 -in-4 demi chagrin 5 tomes reliés en 1 volume, reliure demi-chagrin havane in-quarto (half binding leather in-quarto (27,4 x 22 cm), Reliure d'Epoque , dos à nerfs (spine with raised bands), décoré "or" et à froid (gilt and blind-stamping decoration), titre et auteur frappés or (gilt title), filet à froid en place des nerfs avec un filet à froid de part et d'autre des nerfs, filet à froid en tête et en pied, plats décorés à froid d'un double filet à froid aux mors, papier peigné marron clair, marron foncé et rouge aux plats (cover with painting paper), toutes tranches lisses (edges smooth) jaunes, abondamment illustré (plentifully illustrated) de 31 lithographies hors-texte (full page engraving) en noir par E. de La Michellerie, Messager, Louis Petit, Hersart du Buron, Jules Noël et Rivière Fils + 2 importantes vignettes in-texte en noir (7 au Tome 1, 6 au Tome 2, 9 au Tome 3 + 2 vignette in-texte , 5 au Tome 4, 1 au Tome 5), texte 2 colonnes (text - 2 coloumns), quelques Rousseurs Habituelles, pagination normale jusqu'à la page 32 du 1er volume, ensuite pagination à la colonne, Tome 1 : 417 pages + 6 de tables, Tome 2 : 398 pages + 6 de tables, Tome 3 : 429 pages (tables comprises), Tome 4 : 398 pages (tables comprises), Tome 5 : 494 pages (tables comprises), 1837-1841 Nantes Forest Imprimeur Editeur,
183724629nantes Forest 1837 1 -in-4 demi chagrin 5 tomes, reliure demi-toile violine in-quarto (half cloth-bound in-quarto) (26,2 x 20,5 cm), RELIURE D'ÉPOQUE, dos long (spine without raised bands), décoré "or"(gilt decoration), Titre et Tomaison frappés "or" (gilt title and volume numbering), pièce de titre et de Tomaison sur fond bleu-marine avec un filet "or" de part et d'autre, papier peigné bleu, vert, rouge et crème aux plats, toutes tranches lisses, couvertures marron clair imprimées en noir et ornées d'un encadrement orné en noir conservées, abondamment illustré (plentifully illustrated) de 31 lithographies hors-texte (full page engraving) en noir par E. de La Michellerie, Messager, Louis Petit, Hersart du Buron, Jules Noël et Rivière Fils + 2 importantes vignettes in-texte en noir (7 au Tome 1, 6 au Tome 2, 9 au Tome 3 + 2 vignette in-texte , 5 au Tome 4, 1 au Tome 5), texte 2 colonnes (text - 2 coloumns), quelques Rousseurs Habituelles, pagination normale jusqu'à la page 32 du 1er volume, ensuite pagination à la colonne, Tome 1 : 417 pages + 6 de tables, Tome 2 : 398 pages + 6 de tables, Tome 3 : 429 pages (tables comprises), Tome 4 : 398 pages (tables comprises), Tome 5 : 494 pages (tables comprises), 1837-1841 Nantes Forest Imprimeur Editeur,
1900ST17635London and New York: Ernest Nister; E. P. Dutton & Co ca. 1900. 194 x 125 mm. 7 5/8 x 4 7/8". 304 pp.Adapted for English readers by L. L. Weedon. <br/> EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in covers with gilt-ruled border and panel the panel corners each with two tulips stems on ground stippled in gilt raised bands one compartment with gilt titling the others densely gilt with three tulip stems on ground stippled with gilt and within a curving gilt-ruled border gilt ruled turn-ins with gilt tulips and stippling at each corner red watered silk pastedowns and endleaves all edges gilt. With frontispiece seven plates several in text-illustrations and head- and tailpieces by T. H. Robinson. AN ALMOST PERFECT COPY the binding especially lustrous and virtually pristine internally.<br/> <br/> This is a beautifully bound English translation of a popular German historical romance set in 16th century Württemberg. Inspired by the novels of Sir Walter Scott poet and novelist Wilhelm Hauff 1802-27 set his tale in Swabia during the reign of Duke Ulrich 1487–1550 a volatile nobleman dubbed "the Swabian Henry VIII" for his scandalous exploits. The novel appeared in German in 1826 just a year before the author's untimely death from typhoid and was a huge success. Duke Ulrich's descendant Duke Wilhelm of Ulrach was so taken with the story that he restored the eponymous Lichtenstein Castle. With prominent gilt blossoms against a stippled ground our especially pretty Riviere binding is done in the style of the Doves workshop which was flourishing under the direction of Thomas J. Cobden-Sanderson at the time of publication. The long-lived Riviere firm began with Robert who set up as a bookseller and binder in Bath in 1829 then established a bindery in London in 1840; in 1881 he took his grandson Percival Calkin into partnership at which time the firm became known as Riviere & Son; the bindery continued to do business until 1939 when it merged with Baytun of Bath. Rivere's work has consistently been of the highest standard throughout its long years of operation. The binding here is little changed since the day it left the workshop and the glossy brilliant white leaves of the text look like new. Ernest Nister; E. P. Dutton & Co unknown
187238915Hartford 1872. Broadside 6" x 9-1/2" text surrounded by mourning border. A few spots Very Good. Illustrations of two steamers. At the bottom: "This is Good for ONE PASSAGE Only. - H.G." Dated at Hartford November 5 1872.<br /> <br /> "Salt River" is 19th century American slang: a losing candidate for office was taking a trip "up Salt River." Tickets for passage "up Salt River" were frequently printed to mock supporters of losing candidates. <br /> This humorous scarce broadside taunts Horace Greeley and other defectors from the Republican Party for their support of Greeley in 1872. "On the overwhelming defeat of the Liberal Republican Party and its candidate Horace Greeley in the presidential election of 1872. Greeley had been nominated at a Liberal Republican convention at Cincinnati in May and at the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in July 1872" AAS description.<br /> Pall bearers include Charles Sumner and General Banks prominent Republican supporters of Greeley.<br /> OCLC 191231113 2- AAS Middlebury 47090036 1- CT Hist. Soc. as of August 2025. unknown
1834013113London: Cochrane & M'Crone 1834. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. A lovely 8 volume set in polished speckled full leather double- ruled covers front and back floral dentelles aeg spine with six compartments gilt raised bands. Incidental spotting to the interior here and there. Solid bindings all around. Cochrane & M'Crone hardcover
1844M6443London: Chart Committee of the Admiralty c. 1844. Very Good; four small tears in the upper right right and lower right margin professionally repaired and not affecting the image. Notes: Originally printed in 1798 in Spanish later translated by Faden in 1804 and again in 1844. Hydrographic Office seal in top right. The bay is marked with depth soundings. In the upper right of the map is a legend denoting various landmarks and edifices on the map. Size : 446x551 mm 17.56x21.69 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Reference: Cueto 189 Category: Maps City Maps;Maps West Indies Cuba & Bahamas; Chart Committee of the Admiralty unknown
184829072New York: Van Norden 1848. The 1st annual report of the Hudson River Railroad not recorded on OCLC. Early reports authorizing the construction of the railroad from NY to Albany are dated 1848; the 2nd Annual Report of the Directors of the Hudson River Railroad is dated August 1849 <br /> The New York & Harlem Railroad NY&H was incorporated in 1831 to build a line in Manhattan from 23rd Street north to 129th Street between Third and Eighth Avenues the railroad chose to follow Fourth Avenue. At first the railroad was primarily a horsecar system but in 1840 the NY&H's charter was amended to allow it to build north toward Albany. In 1844 the rails reached White Plains and in January 1852 the NY&H made connection with the Western Railroad later Boston & Albany at Chatham New York creating a New York-Albany route. The Hudson was a busy river and the towns along it felt no need for a railroad - except during the winter when ice prevented navigation. Poughkeepsie interests organized the Hudson River Railroad in 1847. <br /> <br /> 8vo 24 page pamphlet. Printed paper wrappers one folding sheet of statistics tipped-in. Ex-lib with Hamilton College Library stamp and catalog numbers at front cover and slt foxing internally o/w very good. A fascinating first look at the Hudson River Rail line with the progress to date" now about 3000 men working between this city and Poughkeepsie the most of them between the city and Breakneck hill." p2. Van Norden unknown
1851406078New York: Wm. C. Locke & Co 1851. Wrappers chipped at edges professionally rebacked some unobtrusive offsetting on map. 8vo. 50 pages. Large folding map on three joined sheets 21 x 1788 cm; 8.25 x 61.75 inches. 11 woodblock illustrations in text and with 2 more not recorded in the index but always present. Original printed wrappers with woodblock vignette. SCARCE Hudson River Railroad travel guide published the first year in which the full line was completed. It covers points of interest along the route with woodblocks illustrating the text. Topics include: the history of the Hudson River the history of the construction of the Hudson River Railroad and the cities towns and villages along the Hudson from New York City all the way to Troy. Concerning the West Point Foundry at Cold Spring the guide states: "the iron foundry was established here by Gouverneur Kemble. The works are situated about a mile west of the village upon a small stream which tumbles rapidly down the mountains affording considerable water power. It is the largest establishment of its kind in the country employing nearly five hundred hands constantly." The building of the Hudson River Railroad is another topic in the guide. The project was considered highly impractical since much of the route had to be cut through extremely difficult rock and terrain. This section includes a description of the tunnels which had to be constructed. The railroad was opened in three stages. In September 1849 it allowed passengers to travel from New York to Peekskill. By that December 6 twenty-three additional miles were opened extending to New Hamburg. By the 31st of the month it was open the remaining distance of nine miles to Poughkeepsie. The Hudson River Railroad was an extension of the Troy and Greenbush Railroad which was chartered in 1845 connecting Troy South to Greenbush now Rensselaer on the east side of the Hudson. The Hudson River Railroad was chartered on May 12 1846 to extend this line south to New York City. The full line opened on October 3 1851 the same year in which this travel guide was published. WorldCat/OCLC records 25 copies but it is scarcely found complete with the map and the map is also excluded from the digitized versions available online. <br/><br/> Wm. C. Locke & Co unknown books
1841283161Richmond: Shepherd & Colin Printers 1841. First Edition. Half Leather. Poor binding. The first six Annual Reports of the President to the Stockholders of the James River and Kanawha Company for the years of 1835 through 1840. The canal was first developed by the James River Company in 1790 resumed in 1820 by the Commonwealth of Virginia and revived for the second and final time by the James River and Kanawha Company. By the final of these annual reports the canal reached only to Lynchburg and would later be driven out of operation by damage sustained by the Civil War and competition by the C&O railroad. With a large folding map of a proposed canal from Richmond to Tidewater. Foxing to the preliminaries; Japanese tissue reinforcement to the hinges. Half calf over marbled paper with a leather label. Uncommon. OCLC notes one holding each for the First Second and Fifth Annual Reports only. Poor binding. Shepherd & Colin Printers unknown books
1853100379Adelaide: W.C. Cox Printer 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide W.C. Cox Printer 1853. Octavo 46 pages. Relatively recent quarter morocco and buckram by the Law Bindery Melbourne; title leaf a little foxed with minimal light scattered foxing to a few other leaves; an excellent copy with most interesting provenance see below. The author Clerk of the Executive Council of South Australia was on board the vessel; this is his account of the first successful navigation of the Murray as far as Swan Hill by Captain Francis Cadell. Fellow-passenger James Allen also published his version of events. Captain William Randell and his paddle-steamer 'Mary Ann' left Goolwa at the Murray mouth ahead of Cadell and travelled much farther up the Murray but Cadell overtook him en route and reached Swan Hill first. However both men deservedly earned the bonus of 2000 pounds offered by the South Australian Government 'for each of the first two steamers to travel up the Murray as far as the Darling junction' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. We have noted previously the manuscript correction page 5 line 4 'largest' to 'longest' river and presume it is in Kinloch's hand. At the head of the title page of this copy is the pencilled ownership name possibly his signature of Robert Wadsworth over-written in red ink by the subsequent owner 'John Shillinglaw from Robert Wadsworth 1854'. Shillingworth has annotated the text in both pencil and red ink three and seven pages respectively. The pencilling identifies the 'gentleman's son' working as a shepherd as 'old "Bigodd Macdonald"' and asks elsewhere of a sentence nine lines long 'what does this wretched twaddler mean' he's got a point too!. Robert Wadsworth was eventually Clerk of the Victorian Executive Council from 1875 to 1889; of passing interest to bibliophiles his son Arthur 1864-1931 was the first Commonwealth Parliamentary Librarian having 'charge of the Commonwealth library for over twenty-six years while also being titular head of the Victorian State parliamentary library' ADB. <p>John Joseph Shillinglaw 1831-1905 public servant and historian was the eldest son of the librarian of the Royal Geographical Society. 'He was to study under Captain John Washington eminent maritime surveyor and in 1852 he migrated with his father and brothers to Victoria arriving in October. From November he was chief clerk of petty sessions at Williamstown and in 1854 was appointed inspector and sometime acting superintendent of the Water Police. He was also secretary to the Steam Navigation Board until December 1857. In 1856-69 he was shipping-master for the Port of Melbourne and registrar of seamen; he helped to found the first Sailors' Home and did much to improve the working conditions of seamen'. It is hardly surprising that he should be given a copy of this book soon after its publication. He held various public service positions over the years; from 1885-94 he 'was secretary to the royal commission on vegetable products. He was also secretary to the Board of Viticulture. Shillinglaw was an enthusiast in whatever department he worked; however he is remembered for his association with colonial literature and history'. He was the author of numerous books and on his death his estate 'included a vast collection of papers and rare books' presumably including this item ADB. Ferguson 11196. W.C. Cox, Printer hardcover
1841117511langlois leclercq fortin masson renard martinet 1841 16 in-8 A Paris, Au Bureau Principal des Editeurs, et chez Langlois et Leclercq/ Fortin, Masson et Cie, Renard, Martinet et Cie, 1841-1849, 16 volumes in-8 de 245x155 mm environ, de 384 à 820 pages par volume, complet de 287 planches annoncées sur la table (dont de nombreuses rehaussées à l'aquarelle). Demi chagrin bleu nuit, dos à 4 nerfs plats portant titres et tomaisons dorés, gardes marbrées. Dos insolés, des frottements sur les coiffes, les coins et les coupes, des épidermures, des rousseurs, des pages brunies, état général satisfaisant.
1832PHO-1689Paris, J. Tastu, 1832, In-folio, demi-chagrin noir, dos orné de filets dorés à froid Atlas de botanique seul comprenant 76/80 pl. sur chine collé, liste des planches in fine, peu de défauts.
1841PHO-1967Paris, Gide, 1841-1848, in-8, cartonnage éditeur, frottements, qlqs petits manques de matière, coins usés, qlqs coiffes usées, qlqs taches aux plats, T4 avec manque au dos et en haut du 1er plat 16 volumes de texte (sur 21) comprenant : Histoire du voyage, 1841-1846. 10 volumes en premier tirage, (1er tome, 1ère partie correspondant au 1er tome, 1er tome seconde partie correspondant au 2nd tome et 2nd tome, 1ère partie correspondant au tome 3), T2 mouillure en marge sur les derniers feuillets, T4 mouillure, T2 rousseurs, papier légèrement bruni aux tomes 3,4,5,6,7,8 et début tome 9. Zoologie, 1846, 2 volumes (sur 4, tome 1 et2) Botanique, 1845, 1 volume (sur 2), tome 1, plantes cellulaires, papier légèrement bruni Physique, 1842. 1 seul volume (en raison de la mort de Vincendon-Dumoulin) bien que d’autres annoncés, papier légèrement bruni Géologie, Minéralogie et Géographie physique du Voyage. 1848- 1 volume (sur 2, le second paru en 1854), 1 planche in-fine, papier légèrement bruni Hydrographie. 1843. 1 volume (sur 2), 1 planche in-fine, papier légèrement bruni.
185378787Adelaide: W.C. Cox Printer 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide W.C. Cox Printer 1853. Octavo 46 pages. Antique-style quarter calf and marbled papered boards; title page slightly dusty and a trifle marked with two tiny closed tears to the top edge; a few pencilled emphases to the margins; light vertical crease down the centre of the last six leaves; an excellent copy. The author Clerk of the Executive Council of South Australia was on board the vessel; this is his account of the first successful navigation of the Murray as far as Swan Hill by Captain Francis Cadell. Fellow-passenger James Allen also published his version of events. Captain William Randell and his paddle-steamer 'Mary Ann' left Goolwa at the Murray mouth ahead of Cadell and travelled much farther up the Murray but Cadell overtook him en route and reached Swan Hill first. However both men deservedly earned the bonus of 2000 pounds offered by the South Australian Government 'for each of the first two steamers to travel up the Murray as far as the Darling junction' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. W.C. Cox, Printer hardcover
187742208St. Louis: A. Gast & Co. Lith. 1877. 1877. IOWA NEBRASKA. First edition. 8vo. 21.6 cm x 13.3 cm. Original printed yellow wrappers 31 1 pp. illustrated from two full-page pictorial plates three maps on verso of front cover and recto and verso of rear cover. Front map is of the great South Platte region. Map on inside rear cover is a map of Southern Iowa showing lands of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company that are available for sale Map on outside of rear cover is a map showing the leading through routes to the West and the land grants in Iowa & Nebraska of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy R. R. and Burlington & Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska. A scarce and interesting promotional for the sale of 1000000 acres of land owned along the routes of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad. The Burlington and Missouri put out some of the most interesting and compelling railroad land promotionals in the genre nicely illustrated with maps and plates and this example is no exception. The maps show the lands for sale along the line of the railroad from Monroe Iowa to Omaha; lands in Nebraska from Omaha to Kearney along the South Platte; and a map showing railroad routes from Chicago. The plates are entitled "Looking Southwest from Lincoln Neb." and "Valley of the Big Blue South of Seward Neb." The text is devoted to detailed descriptions of the land including natural resources soil climate stock raising and homesteading opportunities and prices for land and for goods. This publication enjoyed some success; another promotional issued the next year advertised only 750000 acres of land left for sale indicating that the Burlington and Missouri had sold off a quarter million acres of land the previous year. Laid into this copy is a four-page "Circular of Rates on Tickets and Freight" for several railroads including the Burlington & Missouri. Not in Railway Economics nor in the Eberstadt or Decker catalogues. OCLC locates three copies at the American Antiquarian Society Harvard Business School Library and the DeGolyer Library. There is also a copy at Yale. This scarce promotional booklet has covers lightly soiled small chips to the covers covers holding but loose internally quite serviceable. Overall a very good copy. A. Gast & Co. Lith., [1877]. unknown
1838ST13648London: Richard Bentley 1838. FIRST EDITION Second State with frame around final plate "The Last Song". 204 x 125 mm. 8 x 4 7/8". With half titles and with 36 pp. of ads at the end of Vol. II. Two volumes. <br/> HANDSOME FOREST GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with French fillet borders raised bands spines gilt in delicately tooled compartments with scrolling centerpiece within a lozenge of small tools volute cornerpieces gilt titling turn-ins densely gilt with floral rolls and plain and decorative rules purple endpapers top edges gilt other edges untrimmed. Original purple cloth binding bound in. With 13 plates by George Cruikshank. Eckel pp. 140-42; Kitton pp. 177-83; Gimbel Collection B-64. ◆Spines evenly sunned to tan as usual with green morocco faint offsetting from final plate otherwise A VERY FINE COPY with only the most trivial imperfections internally and in a sparkling binding.<br/> <br/> This is an extraordinarily attractive copy of the biography of Joseph Grimaldi 1779-1837 called by Britannica "the most celebrated of English clowns" and generally considered without equal as a clown of pantomime. There has been much debate about the exact nature of Dickens' role in the writing of this book. Forster said that Dickens wrote only the introductory chapter; others have said that he edited the manuscript with the help of his father; and Bentley has stated in print that Dickens wrote a significant portion of the work. Eckel says "It is plain that the last chapter is in Dickens' style and that other parts of the book are his. Grimaldi laid the foundation for his memoirs but in a rough and diffuse manner. He gave the manuscript to Thomas Egerton Wilks who after some condensing sold the manuscript to Bentley who in turn passed it to Dickens for the purpose of embroidery." According to Kitton copies with the frame around the final plate as here are more valuable than others because of their relative scarcity; the border was added without Dickens' consent and when he expressed his displeasure it was quickly removed. The especially pretty Riviere binding is typical of the firm's first-rate work and use of the best materials. Richard Bentley unknown
