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180910655London: Printed for J. Godwin at the Juvenile Library 1809. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No DJ. 2nd Edition. DESCRIPTION: Volume II of the two book set in full calf leather. Language: English. Book Condition: Poor: Front board attached by lower binding string and middle section of the front endpaper. Rear board attached by upper binding string. Partially attached front and rear pages. Annotation to inside of front and rear boards. First page is the title page with annotation. Foxed pages - see photos. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages 261. Size: 16cm by 10cm. Printed for J. Godwin at the Juvenile Library hardcover
2011__1848212240Iste/Hermes Science Pub 2011. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 688 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.75 inches. Iste/Hermes Science Pub hardcover
187230583Paris, Librairie Générale 1872 et 1876. Deux volumes in-8 reliés de 234 et 288 pages au format 19,5 x 15 cm et 20,5 x 15,5 cm. Belles et élégantes reliures demi chagrin bordeaux à coins, avec plats et pages de garde en papier marbré. Dos rond avec nerfs avec filets et titre dorés, numérotés au bas. Couvertures conservées. Plats et intérieurs frais. Ce magistrat fut surtout un écrivain humoristique, abordant très souvent le fantastique et l'anticipation en faisant preuve d'un humour noir mordant. Son livre de référence étant " L'Invalide à la tête de bois " qui lui donnera la célébrité. Rarissime édition originale surtout dans un tel état superbe de fraicheur, en deux tomes, des 2 séries complètes des " Nouvelles et fantaisies humoristiques ".
88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge of the Kuki Khels - a grim story from the North-West frontier of India; Photo of storehouse of human skulls and bones beneath church at Hythe, Kent; In Quest of Cannibals - part 1 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea - with great photos; Desert Flying - part 1 - over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Persia; Morrison's Moose - adventure at a logging camp near the borders of Maine and New Brunswick; Relief Worker's Adventures - part IV - thrilling illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; My Day with Royalty - at a Royal Review in Siam; The Sheep Thief; My South African Adventures - part 3; The Bear Man; The Adventures of Newspaper-Man - part VI - odd experiences as an emigrant; Trapped in a Sunken Submarine; Black Man's Magic - amazing photo-illustrated article in the fetish and witchcraft practiced in the Belgian Congo; 'Twixt The Snake and the Rock - thrilling adventure while mountain climbing near Delolali, India; Dragged by an Airship; The Apostle of the Coco-nut (Coconut) - a man in the German New Guinea Islands professes coco-nuts are the proper and only food for man - article with many photos. Openings to and loss from backstrip. Minor moisture-induced undulating. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
19223445Paris Editions de la Charmille 1922 in-8 broché Paris, Editions de la Charmille [l'auteur], 1922 (achevé d'imprimer le 9 février 1922 par Alfred Dupin à Avallon [mention au tome 2]). 2 volumes in-8, 19,5 x 14,5 cm, 277 (5) pp. - 334 (9) pp. - 4 planches repliées hors texte gravées sur cuivre (à l'eau-forte ?) par André Favory, brochés sous couvertures bleu indigo ornées chacune de 5 pièces de papier noir portant les mentions de titre, d'auteur, d'illustrateur, de tomaison et de prix (25 francs les deux volumes).
32 pages. Features: A Preacher Tells The Inside Story of Sinclair Lewis and His Preacher Book; A $20,000,000 Bond Issue That Will Cost the Taxpayers $49,500,000 (second in a series presenting some of the hidden features of modern finance underlying public bond issues); Gibson Girls, Gibson Men and the Chicago World's Fair; Japan Looks to America to Prevent Wars - Freedom from Extra Taxation for Armaments What They Most Want - article with wonderful photos; Every Person Has At Least One Book in Him; Henry Ford's Page - Finance Must Get Into Step; Editorials - Professor E.W. Kemmerer and Polish debt, Conspiracy, Fraud, the Elk Hills Oil Reserve, and Messrs. Doheny and Fall, attempt to impeach Judge Frank Cooper for upholding the country's prohibition law; People of the British Isles - The English; A Doctor Looks at Doctors - and sees them as they cannot see themselves; The True Story of Mary's Little Lamb - article with illustration of Mary Elizabeth Sawyer (Mrs. Columbus Tyler) and teacher Miss Polly Kimball; One-page ad (with photo) for Edison - Columbia - Victor recordings of the Old American Dances, as played by the Henry Ford Dance Orchestra; What is a Dollar Worth? (short piece); Chats with Office Callers - Smedley Butler cleans liquor from the San Diego Marine Barracks; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - Controversial play entitled "The Captive" and Otto H. Kahn of Famous Players, Ripon College student Lynn Wells operates a bookstore but carries no inventory, with nearly all his orders going to foreign countries; News Bits; photos of large sailboats inside back cover. Somewhat above-average wear with nibbling along coverfold. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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2017x-1138230596Routledge 2017. Hardcover. New. 482 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.18 inches. Routledge hardcover
1899765P15London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1899-1900. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 6". None. A limited edition de luxe of the various works of Charles Lamb edited with notes throughout by Alfred Ainger. A limited edition work limited to six hundred and seventy-five copies.Complete in twelve volumes.The works of Charles Lamb.Charles Lamb was a popular antiquarian and essayist known for his work 'Tales from Shakespeare' which he co-authored with his sister. Volume I 'The Essays of Elia'.Volume II 'The Last Essays of Elia'.Volume III 'Poems Plays and Miscellaneous Essays' Volume I.Volume IV 'Poems Plays and Miscellaneous Essays' Volume II.Volume V 'Mrs. Leicester's School and Other Writings in Prose and Verse' Volume I.Volume VI 'Mrs. Leicester's School and Other Writings in Prose and Verse' Volume II.Volume VII 'Tales From Shakespeare'.Volume VIII 'Charles Lamb' by Alfred Ainger illustrated with a frontispiece.Volume IX 'Letters' Volume I.Volume X 'Letters' Volume II.Volume XI 'Letters' Volume III.Volume XII 'Letters' Volume IV.Bookplate of the barrister Archer Ryland to the front pastedowns.Bookseller's label to the front pastedowns.With introductions and notes by Alfred Ainger. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally generally smart. Bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities resulting in some loss to the spines a little heavier to Volume I. Spines are lightly discoloured. Minor marks to the boards and spines. Rear board of Volumes I III and IV are lightly faded. Bump to the rear board of Volume XI. Occasional spots to the fore edges. Bookplate and bookseller's label to the front pastedowns. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some spots. Very Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
190461931London: J. M. Dent & Co. 1904. 8vo. In 2 volumes. xxii 294; xi 254 pp. Contemporary dark green straight-grained half morocco over green cloth. Decorative floral gilt design & lettering to spines. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Gilt spines bright. Boards clean. Internally clean. Frontis to each volume and numerous illustrations by Charles E. Brock. An attractive pair. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. 1904. J. M. Dent & Co. 1904 unknown
59192C. and J. Ollier. London. 1818. First edition. 2 volumes. 8vo. pp. ix i 291 i; vi 259 i Imprint of Reynell Printer ii Advertisement leaf for June 1818. Later three-quarters morocco and cloth sides all edges gilt some marginal foxing in v.I and scarcely any in v.II two of the raised bands in v.II with a tiny nick a lovely set complete with the Advertisement leaf in v.II often discarded by the binder a silk bookmark in each volume. C. and J. Ollier. London. 1818. First edition. 2 volumes. 8vo. hardcover
ANAIS-1568954603Wheeler Pub Inc. hardcover. Good. 9.5X6.5X1.5. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Wheeler Pub Inc hardcover
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#[68111]Den Haag M. Mouton 1925 137pp. original hardcover binding privately published book after the decease of Willemina Theodora van Houten 1863-1924 the wife of Martinus Mouton 1859-1933. She was an author on educational subjects using her initials of of W. Th. M. This book consists of a selection of her articles. Not in KB/STCN. Scarce. hardcover
18288675Philadelphia: Carey Lea and Carey 1828. True First Edition and First American Edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Scattered foxing throughout. Original printed yellow-coated boards linen spine uncut. Worn much of spine torn-away new endpapers. True First Edition and First American Edition. 1 vols. 12mo. This is an unauthorized edition. The true "Second Series" was not published in England until 1833 under the title of "The Last Essays of Elia." The editor of this present edition mistakenly included two essays by Bryan Waller Proctor and one by Allan Cunningham Roff. Livingston p. 157 Carey, Lea and Carey unknown
188017804<p>Very Good HCs no DJs. Signed Riviere and Sons bindings. Half-binding with green hard-grain morocco leather and green/gilt Stormont on Shell marbled paper over boards; 5 raised bands on spines; gilt titles on spines; end papers match cover marbling; top edge gilt; 3-color title pages; decorative head and tail pieces. Bright clean square covers and spines; light rubbing wear at cover and spine edges; tightly bound; owner bookplates on front pastedowns; light clean interiors with very slight age darkening at page edges; leaves remain supple. 'Knickerbocker Nuggets' device on title page. 24mo; paged 309 307 616 total pp.</p> New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons/ Knickerbocker Press; no date (Ca. 1880) hardcover
18288675Philadelphia: Carey Lea and Carey 1828. True First Edition and First American Edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Scattered foxing throughout. Original printed yellow-coated boards linen spine uncut. Worn much of spine torn-away new endpapers. True First Edition and First American Edition. 1 vols. 12mo. This is an unauthorized edition. The true "Second Series" was not published in England until 1833 under the title of "The Last Essays of Elia." The editor of this present edition mistakenly included two essays by Bryan Waller Proctor and one by Allan Cunningham Roff. Livingston p. 157 Carey, Lea and Carey unknown books
1906251930New York: Scribner 1906. Reprint. hardcover. 2 volumes. Introduction by Augustine Birrell. Frontispiece and b/w illustrations throughout by Charles E. Brock. Decorative title pages. 294 254 pages. Small 8vos very attractively bound by in 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards; gilt-decorated spines with raised bands; marbled endpapers uncut edges t.e.g. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1906. Sixth printing. Spines uniformly darkened to brown otherwise a fine copy.<br/><br/> Scribner unknown books
193521276London: J. M. Dent 1935. First edition of this edition "the First Complete Edition. 3 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt. From the library of Munson Haven with bookplate and a notation by Lucas reading "Munson Havens' own copy." Three autograph letters from Lucas to Havens are pasted in. First edition of this edition "the First Complete Edition". 3 vols. 8vo. Munson Haven's copy. NCBEL 3:1226 noting that these volumes incorporate the "projected edition by the late Mrs. G. A. Anderson unrestricted by former difficulties of copyright J. M. Dent unknown books
18485621London: Edward Moxon 1848. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Later 3/4 maroon crushed levant over marbled boards by Bayntun raised bands t.e.g. Fine. There is a hole on the left edge of the loosely laid in letter where someone had removed it from a mounting. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. With ALS From Bernard Barton in the Form of A Punning Poem. Laid in is an autograph letter signed from the poet Bernard Barton to Yorke sic Clarke Esq. in the form of a punning poem based upon the motto on a wafer sent him which reads - "I trouble you with a line." The poem is one full page long and is dated 9/5/1840. Barton was a Quaker poet and a friend of Southey as well as one of Lamb's intimate circle of friends. A nice association. Edward Moxon unknown books
1967240484Barre Mass 1967. First edition no. 64 of 200 copies on Curtis Rag Paper signed by the author. 101 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter brown morocco and boards. Fine in slipcase. First edition no. 64 of 200 copies on Curtis Rag Paper signed by the author. 101 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns L13 unknown books
1932001779Rochester: Leo Hart 1932. Charles Lamb 1775-1834 certainly one of the finest of the English essayists remains popular to this day. This famous humourous essay was one of the "Essays of Elia" published serially between 1820 and 1824. This is a Near Fine to Fine copy of the First Edition Thus a strikingly-beautiful production LIMITED to 950 copies and SIGNED by the illustrator Wilfred Jones 1888-1968. Very scarce. Fancy decorated paper-covered boards with a vellum spine. Printed on Okawara paper a truly beautiful production with extraordinary illustrations. The slipcase has some minor shelfwear and some minor chips along the folds. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Illustrator. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Wilfred Jones. Leo Hart Hardcover
1893463701London: J.M. Dent 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition limited issue. Title page front cover ornament and 68 grotesques by Beardsley. Cream cloth gilt. Copy number 43 of 100 copies of the Large Paper issue in cream cloth. Boards foxed and toned about very good. MSL 19. J.M. Dent hardcover
1835537090New York: Geo. Dearborn 1835. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. 126pp. Bound in dark brown half morocco and pebbled cloth over boards gilt spine with raised bands cream yellow endpapers edges sprinkled red. Owner’s name in ink on front free endpaper. Ex-library with bookplate on front pastedown and small label at lower left corner of front cover on the pebbled cloth else no other markings. Rubbing and some wear at corner tips and along the joints moderate scattered foxing very good. A scarce early American edition featuring fine letterpress printing in an attractive 19th century binding. Geo. Dearborn hardcover