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182618812London: William Cobbett 1826. Ex-Library. Good Reading Copy. Hardback. New Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Not paginated. Front board is detached and spine is missing. Usual library markings. Information relative to the brewing of beer making of bread keeping of cows pigs bees ewes goats poultry and rabbits and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of labourer's family; to which are added instructions relative to the selecting the cutting and the bleaching of the plants of English grass and grain for the purpose of making hats and bonnets; and also instructions for erecting and using ice-houses after the Virginian manner. William Cobbett Hardcover
1838018734London: John Reynolds 1838. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket as published. 4" x 6.5. 208 pages. A wonderful book detailing various species of fauna in over 100 engravings / wood cuts. Not dated but there is the neat name of a previous owner on the front free end paper and this is dated 1838 which appears to be contemporary making this a very early edition. The front hinge is weak end paper split but the linen is holding and there are a few spots throughout the book but all in all a pleasing copy from the first half of the 19th century. All orders processed and shipped promptly from the UK. Please email with your questions. Non-UK customers please only order with the Priority / Expedited shipping rate. 4"x6.5". <br/> <br/> John Reynolds hardcover
189215684London: Record Press 1892. Book. Good. Hardback. Second Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. All edges uncut. Darkened beige boards with black titles to front and spine. Date of publication is not given but someone has written in biro 1892 to first free page. One advertisement refers to 'The Book of the Season' as On Sledge and Horseback to Outcast Siberian Lepers by Kate Marsden which also is not dated but generally accepted to be 1892. C. & E Painter have an advertisement for Live Turtle Dressed Turtle and Turtle for Invalids - I wonder what animal rights would make of that!. Record Press Hardcover
1900020917London. : Gibbings & Company 1900. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7" x 10.5. 231pp. A third edition copy from 1900 of this classic book of fish found in British rivers and lakes. Illustrated with numerous engravings. Gilt edges to the pages. In better than average condition for a book over 100 years old with clean pages and a sound binding. No dust wrapper if it ever had one Available for prompt dispatch from the UK although economy shipping is not available outside of the UK. Please email with any queries that you may have. <br/> <br/> Gibbings & Company hardcover
1900013420San Francisco: D. P. Elder & Morgan Shepard 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. 142pp; Light green paper-covered boards with title label to front new paper backstrip original brown endpapers top edge gilt deckle edges small light stain to front board small price label to front pastedown text unmarked binding is tight VG- condition. Antique collection of dog stories. Illustrated. D. P. Elder & Morgan Shepard hardcover
1900028180London: John M Watkins 1900. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 6" x 8.5. 514 pages. Breed by breed analysis of the crabs etc in this part of the World. Some reading wear but still clean and sound. There is a previous owner's bookplate inside the front board. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK. 6"x8.5 <br/> <br/> John M Watkins hardcover
1845011621Philadelphia PA: Lea and Blanchard 1845. Book. Good. Cloth. First U.S. Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated 1st American from the 28th London edition. Brown cloth moderately spotted and soiled with only vestiges of title label remaining on spine panel. Both bottom corners and portions of bottom edge are soft with moderate dampstaining and an approx. 1" section of front bottom edge exposed but otherwise intact. Internally foxed ranging light to mostly moderate. 219 pp. 28 pp. publisher's catalog at rear. Firm binding text block fully intact with uniform edges and no loose leaves. Externally Good only though mostly cosmetic defects internally VG with note to foxing. Lea and Blanchard Hardcover
188561062Salem OR: n.p. ca. 1885. One oblong albumen boudoir photo sized 7.75 x 4.75 in. mounted on 8 x 5 in. studio board manuscript annotations on verso in pencil & ink incorrect speculative dating of 1869 in quotation marks minor edgewear rubbing still VG exemplar. A splendid boudoir image capturing generations of William Campbell’s 1822-1920 family at the Salem Marion County Oregon farm sometime in the 1880’s. Bert Robert 1869-1858 and his sister May Mary 1871-1960 stayed and worked in Oregon before later moving to Portland OR. Pets were apparently important to the family as they have included 3 in their image and interestingly the photographer has also included a bowl of large ripe apples in the foreground before the group. n.p., unknown
1860022090Corner of St Pauls' Churchyard London: Griffith & Farran 1860. Uncoloured illustrations small slender octavo pp 2 21 16 page publisher's catalogue a little age-toned and marked internally slightly weak a contemporary signature on the front endpaper original red blind-stamped cloth decorated in gilt rubbed and faded creased on the upper cover the upper joint splitting. SCARCE. Cloth. Fair. Griffith & Farran Hardcover
1829022094Poultry London; & Dublin: Robert Jennings; W.F. Wakeman 1829. Illustrated with small wood engravings throughout octavo pp xviii 241 marbled edges lacking a piece from the margin of one page no loss of text otherwise exceptionally clean internally contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards a little worn and rubbed. . First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. Robert Jennings; W.F. Wakeman Hardcover
1824022652Paris: Audot et Corbie 1824. First edition. Illustrated with 25 colour plates and one plain engraved plate of equipment small octavo pp viii 240 the text pages are very clean but the book is becoming very weak with badly cracked hinges the front hinge in particularly is badly sprung and the endpaper is protruding. Whilst most of the plates are good a couple are suffering from light foxing but a few others have suffered at the hands of a careless original colourist with the odd small splashmar and in one case a smeared image. Contemporary full calf rubbed and worn with the rear cover rather scuffed. From the library of Alan Roger of Dundonnell House in the Highlands; Roger had a notable garden there with many caged birds. On aviary and dovecote pigeons. Corbie was the birdkeeper to the Duchess of Berry who had been breeding purebred pigeons for 45 years. First Edition. Full-Leather. Fair. Audot et Corbie Hardcover
1830038658Philadelphia PA: Judah Dobson 1830. Book. Fair-Good. Original Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dull pink cloth lacking spine panel. Cloth spotted and faded mostly tanned especially toward edges rounded/exposed corners. Foxed throughout ranging light to moderate. Unrestored copy front board detached rear board loose and binding weak but holding. viii1271ii56errata pp. engraving of fox on 2nd p. 51. First edition first issue with no added text on p. viii but this copy lacking lithographic views and portraits. Signatures of former owner John Clemens Haddonfield NJ in fore-edge margins of pp. 31 and 113; front pastedown shows private library book plate of Pennsylvania historian Thomas Lynch Montgomery 1929. First title takes up the history of the oldest sporting club in the world; second title is the first American imprint about fox hunting. Howes M 636. Very scarce. Judah Dobson Hardcover