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181478453London:: Printed for M. J. Godwin 1814. Fourth Edition. old pale blue boards. Old ink signature on pastedown; joints cracked and front joint reinforced with glue; boards worn and paper backstrip chipped; still tight and sound. . 12mo. Engraved frontispiece. Printed for M. J. Godwin, hardcover
181025956London:: M.J. Godwin 1810. Third edition. 8vo. Contemporary paper boards rubbing to edges and corners sympathetically rebacked in plain leather. First blank with minor tape at lower inner corner repaired front hinge cracked but no affect holding fine some minor foxing throughout. Overall still an excellent copy of a rare book. In protective mylar. Frontispiece by William Hopwood engraved by James Hopwood. M.J. Godwin, hardcover
1811002116George Town: Joseph Milligan 1811. This collaboration by the troubled siblings Charles 1775-1834 and Mary 1764-1847 Lamb was first published in 1809 two years after their most famous book "Tales from Shakespeare." Appeariong anaonymously it is a series of stories aboutten girl students. This is a Very Good minus copy of the First American Edition stated. Very scarce; Quercus finds only one institutional holding at Cambridge; none listed with WorldCat. Full leather binding of smooth calf; seven gilt rules on the spine; red label with title. Clean text; 165 pages. Some floodmarks mainly affecting the endpapers; spotting throughout although text remains clear and readable. Corners are bumped but the binding remains firm and suffers none of the cracking so often seen in books of this age. There is a contemporary 1823 ink signature on the rear endpaper as well as one in pencil in another hand. . First American Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Joseph Milligan Hardcover
102210London for M.J. Godwin at the Juvenile Library 1805 1902. . Facsimile reprint of either the 1805 edition or 1809 reissue the work first published in 1805; 16mo; 15 wood-engraved illustrations by William Mulready some contents loose or working loose; original facsimile printed wrappers some wear to spine.<br /> In 1805 the British essayist and then would-be poet Charles Lamb wrote a children's poem known as 'The King and Queen of Hearts: with the Rogueries of the Knave who stole the Queen's Pies' which gives each line of the original nursery rhyme c.1782 followed by a poem commenting on the line. According to Lamb biographer E.V. Lucas a copy of the 1805 edition of this poem in book form was discovered almost 100 years later and it was reissued by Lucas in a 'facsimile' edition in 1902. It is this facsimile edition that is for sale here.<br /> London, for M.J. Godwin at the Juvenile Library, 1805 [1902]. unknown
184239840London: Edward Moxon 1842. 8vo. Approx. 350 pp sections separately paginated printed in double columns. Engraved frntsp. engraved title w/ historiated vignette. Early 20th-century three-quarter burgundy morocco over linen cloth gilt lettrng & raised bands on spine t.e.g. vry slght sunng to spine an excellent copy. Revised and expanded edition of the letters poems essays and critical works of Charles Lamb. Edward Moxon, hardcover
1823LCL001London: John Murray 1823 Three volumes bound into two. First edition first printing. Finely bound in quarter brown calf with marbled boards and spine lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt. Fine set with a tiny puncture and a creased lower corner to title page in Vol. I and ownership signatures in pencil to title pages. Overall a gorgeous and clean set. Lady Caroline Lamb's third novel Ada Reis follows the roguish title character who is sold into bondage at a young age and grows to be a hard-drinking and murderous young man. He later receives a prophecy from a sorcerer that he "shall be king in another land" and his illegitimate daughter Fiormonda "shall wear an imperial crown." In Lamb's introduction she writes that the book is the "simple narrative of what occurred to Ada Reis and his daughter that those who read may place the awful record in their hearts and learn to worship God and to be humble in themselves." The narrative is fictionally presented as a real manuscript that has been translated into English from Arabic Spanish and Inga. Lady Caroline Lamb 1785 - 1828 was a novelist best known for her debut work Glenarvon 1816 which caused a sensation when it was published. The book featured a title character based heavily on Lord Byron with whom Lamb had an intense affair with between March and August of 1812. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. London: John Murray hardcover
1816243095London: Henry Colburn 1816. First edition. ii 295; ii 390; ii 322 pp. lacking half-titles. 3 vols. 12mo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards spine of vol. I defective missing top half front hinge off; vol II neatly rebacked; endsheets of all three volumes slightly spotted. A good copy however with a contemporary provenance: from the libraries of Dowager Lady Vernon with her signature dated 1816 on each title page; and Edward Lord Suffield with his bookplate both likely acquaintances of Lamb and Byron. First edition. ii 295; ii 390; ii 322 pp. lacking half-titles. 3 vols. 12mo. Lady Caroline Lamb's notorious and deliriously written roman à clé to exact her revenge on Byron for her seduction and abandonment. When our protagonist Calantha encounters Ruthven Glenarvon i.e. Byron her helplessness is described thus:<br /> <br /> "The eye of the rattle-snake it has been said once fixed upon its victim overpowers it with terror and alarm: the bird thus charmed dares not attempt its escape; it sings its last sweet lay; flutters its little pinions in the air then falls like a shot before its destroyer unable to fly from his fascination. Calantha bowed therefore with the rest pierced to the heart at once by the maddening power that destroys alike the high and low; but she liked not the wily turn of his eye the contemptuous sneer of his curling lip the soft passionless tones of his voice . " Wolff 3938 lacks half-titles Henry Colburn unknown
1821106410J. Godwin and Co. 1821. J. Godwin and Co. London. 1821. Eighth edition. Small 8vo hardback bound in full brown diced calf gilt. Boards and extremities rubbed spine sunned and the leather partially split along upper joint but sound. Marbled endpapers. 180 pages plus 12 pages of publisher's adverts. Engraved frontis. Inner hinge visible but holding. Attractive bookplate. Generally a clean copy of a scarce early 19th century book for young people. hardcover
1814AQ21837London: Printed for M. J. Godwin 1814. 4 viii 1 10-176pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary green half-calf marbled boards gilt. Rubbed slight split to upper joint. Inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP offsetting to title page very occasional light spotting. An early piece of juvenilia principally by Mary Lamb with contributions by her brother Charles centred upon the newly arrived pupils during their first evening in attendance of Mrs. Leicester's school for girls during which they together relate the circumstances of their upbringings and difficulties had with their immediate families. The stories are at least partially autobiographical reflecting Mary's troubled childhood and history of mental instability. First printed in 1809 the book proved remarkably popular reaching 11 editions by 1836. . Fourth edition. 12mo. Printed for M. J. Godwin hardcover
AQ23169London: Griffith and Farran late Grant and Griffith s.d. c.1865 xii 118pp 2. With a woodcut frontispiece and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed spine sunned. Ink ownership inscription of L. J. Whatman Printers to front blank fly-leaf. A Victorian edition of an early piece of juvenilia principally by Mary Lamb with contributions by her brother Charles centred upon the newly arrived pupils during their first evening in attendance of Mrs. Leicester's school for girls during which they together relate the circumstances of their upbringings and difficulties had with their immediate families. The stories are at least partially autobiographical reflecting Mary's troubled childhood and history of mental instability. First printed in 1809 the book proved remarkably popular reaching 11 editions by 1836. . 12mo. Griffith and Farran, late Grant and Griffith, [s.d., c.1865?] hardcover
1821AQ28703London: Printed for M. J. Godwin and Co. 1821. 4 viii 1 10-180pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Later calf-backed marbled paper boards contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Offsetting to title page scattered spotting. William St. Clair's copy with his characteristic pencilled ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. An early piece of juvenilia principally by Mary Lamb with contributions by her brother Charles centred upon the newly arrived pupils during their first evening in attendance of Mrs. Leicester's school for girls during which they together relate the circumstances of their upbringings and difficulties had with their immediate families. The stories are at least partially autobiographical reflecting Mary's troubled childhood and history of mental instability. First printed in 1809 the book proved remarkably popular reaching 11 editions by 1836. William St. Clair 1937-2021 British scholar and senior civil servant notable as the author of The Godwins and the Shelleys The Biography of a Family 1989 and The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period 2004. . Eighth edition. 12mo. Printed for M. J. Godwin and Co. hardcover
1843AQ31330London: James Burns 1843. 47pp 1. Numerous engraved vignettes in the text. Original publisher's pictorial salmon pink wrappers. Heavily rubbed without spine panel. Scattered spotting. A rare survival of a mid-nineteenth century edition of a charming book in verse intended for young children 'founded upon actual incidents and put together for the instruction of three little boys' first published in 1787. The narrative such as it is concerns a wren with a preternatural command of the English language observing and judging the behaviour of three boys whose pregnant mother is unable to supervise them. OCLC and COPAC together record copies of this edition at just three locations BL Cambridge and NLS. . 16mo. James Burns unknown
188913136<p>London: Field and Tuer The Leadenhall Press 1889 One of 500 copies signed "Field & Tuer. Rebound in full blue calf by Bayntun. Gilt spine gilt-ruled covers gilt turn-ins all edges gilt. . Octavo. Illustrated with nine hand-colored plates. Joints edges rubbed. A very good clean copy.</p> Field and Tuer, The Leadenhall Press,
189160747Portland OR & Ilwaco WA: Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Co. McAlpin & Lamb W. Morrison July 1891. Oblong albumen photo sized 9.5 x 7 in. mounted on cream-coloured studio board sized 8 x 10 in. slight curving still a superb exemplar from the library of from the library of Caroline Augusta Gray Kamm 1840-1932 noted socialite and philanthropist in Portland built home for poor women & girls with the YWCA and was daughter of PNW pioneer William H. Gray 1810-1889 who traveled to the Lapwai Mission in Lewiston ID in 1836 where he was the Nez Perce secular agent and she subsequently later married Jacob Kamm 1823-1912 pioneering Oregon steamship builder industrialist entrepreneur and co-owner/operator of the Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Co. This outstanding original albumen photo was issued as a promotion for the Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Co. and the soon-to-be-launched Sidewheeler Ocean Wave. Designed by Jacob Kamm the Ocean Wave was 180 feet long 29 feet at the beam and depth of hold at 9 feet with a much larger deck which was cantilevered out to accommodate the side-wheeler configuration and grossed 725 tons. She was powered by two James Rees & Co. steam engines 24 foot sidewheels fitted with 10 foot planks over 10 feet long and capable of 18 miles per hour. She included enough state room accommodations for 115 passengers and berths for 75 more. Her first captain was Lester Bailey and the Ocean Wave was a vital link to the short narrow gauge railroad on the Long Beach Peninsula which transported vacationers from Portland to Ilwaco WA with a stop in Astoria. In 1897 Kamm’s co-owner of the IR &N maneuvered to lease out the Ocean Wave to the Columbia River & Puget Sound Navigation Co. “White Line†to compete with Kamm’s Vancouver Transportation Co. then operated on the Puget Sound from 1897 to 1899 and finally as a ferry operating in San Francisco Bay from 1899 to 1911 and was the first ferry placed in service by the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. See: Feagans The Railroad That Ran by the Tide 1972; Wright Lewis & Dryden’s Marine History of the Pacific Northwest 1895; Newell H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest 1966. Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Co., McAlpin & Lamb, W. Morrison, unknown
1814003120London: J Johnson 1814 Bound in later signed 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards aeg 368 pp. 5 plates fine.Magnificent copy quite unlikely to come up at auction again.Rare Book Hub records the last copy at auction in 1945.This copy with some spine fade and touch of wear at tips. J Johnson hardcover
190061672Hamilton MT: Hageman & Moore Photographers ca. 1900. One oblong boudoir-sized albumen photograph 8 x 5 in. mounted on beige-coloured studio board sized 11 x 6.75 in. w/ photographer’s imprint stamped on verso minor age toning & slight soiling to fore-edges minor wear & rubbing to corners still VG bright sharp image. Sheep raising was actually introduced into Montana’s Bitterroot Valley by Catholic Missionary Father De Smet and over the 19th-Century often grew in concert with cattle raising with many ranches maintaining both herds. Following the disastrous Winter of 1886-1887 in which thousands of cattle died off sheep ranching became the predominant stock shipped into and out of Montana as they not only handled the Montana Winters well they cost much less to raise and wool was a significant commodity. Hageman 1872-1944 had settled in Montana in 1896 and started operating as a photographer in the Bitterroot Valley by 1898 later partnering with Moore 1869-1955 for a short time in a photo studio in 1890 before both went out on their own by 1891 with Hageman operating as photographer until his death and Moore going first to Missoula and then Los Angeles. Hageman & Moore, Photographers, unknown
1833AQ24072London: Printed for Baldwin and Cradock 1833. viii 287pp 1. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary original red roan-backed marbled boards lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. A late Regency edition of a remarkably popular anthology of prose for young children with contributions by Irish author of female-emancipatory fiction Margaret King Moore 1773-1835. The first collection was published in in 1813 by The Juvenile Library the London endeavour of William Godwin widower of Moore's governess-mentor Mary Wollstonecraft. The book's popularity resulted in Moore providing original material for subsequent editions the last and fourteenth of which appeared in 1868. . Eleventh edition. 8vo. Printed for Baldwin and Cradock hardcover
1810AQ27682London: Printed for M. J. Godwin 1810. vi 1 196pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-ruled tree-sheep. Lightly rubbed and marked later naive cloth repair to head of spine. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription of E. Montagu and recent pencilled inscription of William St. Clair to recto of FFEP offsetting to title scattered spotting. An early edition of this remarkably popular anthology of prose for young children with contributions by Irish author of female-emancipatory fiction Margaret King Moore 1773-1835. The first collection was published in 1807 though dated 1808 by The Juvenile Library the London-based endeavour of William Godwin widower of Moore's governess-mentor Mary Wollstonecraft. The book's popularity resulted in Moore providing original material for subsequent editions the last and fourteenth of which appeared in 1868. William St. Clair 1937-2021 British scholar and senior civil servant notable as the author of The Godwins and the Shelleys The Biography of a Family 1989 and The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period 2004. . Second edition. 12mo. Printed for M. J. Godwin hardcover
1813AQ28648London: Printed for M. J. Godwin 1813. vi 2 196pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled sheep contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed joints starting. Several leaves protruding from text-block. Prize plate of the Oxford House Seminary to FEP recent pencilled inscription of William St. Clair to recto of FFEP An early edition of this remarkably popular anthology of prose for young children with contributions by Irish author of female- emancipatory fiction Margaret King Moore 1773-1835. The first collection was published in 1807 though dated 1808 by The Juvenile Library the London-based endeavour of William Godwin widower of Moore's governess-mentor Mary Wollstonecraft. The book's popularity resulted in Moore providing original material for subsequent editions the last and fourteenth of which appeared in 1868. William St. Clair 1937-2021 British scholar and senior civil servant notable as the author of The Godwins and the Shelleys The Biography of a Family 1989 and The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period 2004. . Third edition. 12mo. Printed for M. J. Godwin unknown
126013The Hague Mouton 1966 and 1973. 2 vols. 4268pp; xii269-600pp. Oblong 4to. Original cloth in dustwrappers slight wear to d/w extremities front d/w flap Vol 1 creased. Profuse b/w diagrams and illustrations. A very good set. The Hague, Mouton 1966 and 1973. hardcover
182356749Philadelphia:: Clark & Raser 1827; 1825; 1823. First edition. original boards with printed paper label on front panel. Covers detached; splits to the paper spine; light foxing throughout. 8vo. Large folding frontispiece and 3 only of 4 engraved plates. Rink 1333. Clark & Raser, hardcover
189060819Portland OR: Imperial View Series N.W. Cor. Third & Morrison Feb. 11 1890. Oblong boudoir-sized albumen photograph sized 7.75 x 4.5 in. mounted on 8.5 x 5.25 in. studio board gilt lettering on recto title & location in ink manuscript on verso minor rubbing very minor edgewear slight over-exposure to fore-edges still VG bright image. A very nice early birds-eye photograph shot of Portland Oregon and East Portland before the merger of the two municipalities with Albina into one City a year later. This was about the time of the unofficial opening of the Portland Heights Cable Car which ran from Irving Street near Union Station past the Vista Bridge into Washington Park with a vast trestle bridge spanning over 1000 feet along Spring. McAlpin b. 1856 first opened his studio with Frank Abell but then joined with Charles Y. Lamb the printer and photo retoucher for Abell from 1883-1887 and they operated for several years as Imperial Gallery. Imperial View Series, N.W. Cor. Third & Morrison, unknown
1909194748London J.M. Dent & Company 1909. 1909. Thick 4to. 13 tipped-on color plates including frontispiece; 36 b/w vignettes and designs. 3/4 gilt stamped red morocco with gilt decorative devices on the spine t.e.g. uncut. Fine and fresh. #249/750 large paper copies signed by Rackham. With publisher’s slip stating that the limited edition contains an extra plate at page 16 that does not appear in the trade edition. Signed by Authors. Hardcover. London, J.M. Dent & Company, 1909. hardcover
192276393Philadelphia:: David McKay 1922. publisher's gilt cloth with applied color illustration on front panel. Light rubbing and use to edges of boards; some rubbing to the applied color illustration; a tight sound and unworn copy; contents fine. 4to. With Illustrations in Color and Black and White by Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott. David McKay, hardcover
1942136101Sydney: Economy Press 1942. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sydney Economy Press 1942. Octavo 31 pages. Saddle-stapled wrappers lightly tanned rubbed and marked; a little light creasing; relevant pencilled annotations; overall an excellent copy. Economy Press paperback