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1838elala1745Boston: Munroe & Francis 1838. 1838. 12mo. pp. vi 7-238. engraved frontis. portrait. original cloth frayed & discoloured some foxing. First Edition. Relating Foxs confinement on a British prison ship in New York transport to Jamaica escape and duty on board the American frigate Flora. Sabin 25344. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Boston: Munroe & Francis, 1838. Hardcover
1849d023R.516GB: Charles Fox 1849. Generally very cleran tight text but a few leaves at start creased. Recently rebo8und in a strong black cloth with bright gold lettering and rules on spine. So a very good working copy. . Hardback. Good/No DW. Charles Fox Hardcover
184148243London.: Printed by J. L. Cox and Sons. 1841. Loose as issued later morocco-backed portfolio. 4to. 229 x 182 mm. Leaf with drop-head title and note above opening text printed text recto and verso on following leaves folded as issued. The rare first edition of the first announcement of William Henry Fox Talbot's calotype method - the negative / positive photographic process - the most important innovation in the history of photography.Although Talbot had announced his researches and progress in the field of what was to become photography in his 1839 lecture to the Royal Society 'Some Account of the Art of Photogenic Drawing . &c.' that lecture although ground-breaking dealt largely with the achievement of an image on treated paper and only alluded briefly to the possibility of a more versatile development. It was not until his 1841 lecture to the same body the title as per the present publication is 'The Process of Calotype Photogenic Drawing . &c.' that the details of his refinements and most particularly his successes with the negative / positive process were delineated. Those successes and Talbot's development of the resultant negative / positive process for photographic reproduction and duplication remained the predominant methodology in the field for more than 150 years; all subsequent refinements whether in the chemicals used differing methods for image capture printing and so on were merely variations on Talbot's original scheme. Talbot had patented his method in secret he was awarded 'Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent No. 8842' in February 1841 prior to his lecture to the Royal Society concerned by Arago's announcement of Daguerre's discoveries the efforts of Hippolyte Bayard and the priority of his own work.'In 1841 William Henry Fox Talbot announced an improvement of his photogenic drawing process which he named 'calotype' from the Greek meaning 'beautiful picture'. Previously he had allowed his sensitized paper to remain exposed to light until an image became visible. He now made a remarkable discovery: a much shorter exposure so changed the characteristics of the silver salts that they could be reduced to silver by chemical after-treatment. This principle of the 'development of the latent image' is basic to most subsequent photographic processes . To make a calotype negative Talbot bathed a sheet of paper in two solutions one of silver nitrate the other of potassium iodide . After exposure the paper was bathed again in this solution a mixture of gallic acid and silver nitrate which acted as a physical developer and gradually brought out the image . He printed them the resultant negative with his original silver chloride paper.' Beaumont Newhall. 'Privately printed for the author for distribution to friends and editors.' Gernsheim.'Between 1835 and 1839 Talbot and Henneman continued their experiments motivated by a desire . for reproducing images from nature. Following Arago’s announcement to the Académie des Sciences 7 January 1839 of the existence of Daguerre’s photographic process Talbot became concerned over the priority of his work; he frantically sought to improve his process prior to the disclosure of Daguerre’s . In 1840 Talbot would develop a latent image on paper and he called this new process the calotype. He patented and then disclosed the process in a paper presented to the Royal Society in June of 1841 . '. DSB.Talbot's document is scarce: COPAC locates no copies in the UK and the catalogue for the British Library reports no example; OCLC lists two copies in Germany at Marburg and Stuttgart's Staatsgalerie and four in the US at Syracuse Columbia Harvard and Princeton.The document was reprinted with an altered title 'The Process of Talbotype formerly called Calotype Photogenic Drawing . &c. in 1846.Gernsheim 655; see Beaumont Newhall's 'The Calotype: The Pencil of Nature' in 'The History of Photography' New York 1997 pg. 43. Printed by J. L. Cox and Sons. unknown
184649London: Printed by J. and H. Cox Brothers 74 and 75 Great Queen Street Lincoln’s-Inn Fields 1846. First edition under this title. Privately printed reprint of Talbot’s memoir that was published with variant title and imprint Process of Calotype Photogenic Drawing … London: J. L. Cox & Sons 1841. The printers J. & H. Cox were active from 1844–1846. Housed in blue cloth folder. In fine condition. First edition under this title. Privately printed reprint of Talbot’s memoir that was published with variant title and imprint Process of Calotype Photogenic Drawing … London: J. L. Cox & Sons 1841. The printers J. & H. Cox were active from 1844–1846. Housed in blue cloth folder. 4 p. In this paper Talbot 1800–1877 photographer inventor announced his invention of the photographic process the first permanent negative process on paper that he called Calotype and later – first in print in the title of this paper – Talbotype. His process was the forerunner of most photographic processes of the 19th and 20th century. It also had the advantage of fastness compared to other photogenic drawing processes of the time. <br /> An extremely rare and early paper on photography as Talbot printed privately in limited number for presentation to his friends and editors. Printed by J. and H. Cox, Brothers, 74 and 75, Great Queen Street, Lincoln’s-Inn Fields unknown
184152094London: Printed by J. & H. Cox Brothers 74 & 75 Great Queen Street Lincoln's-Inn Fields 1841. First edition. 4to. 4 pp. Aside from a few faint pinpoint spots of foxing this is a fine as new copy. Housed in a custom made cloth chemise and slipcase titled in gilt along the spine. Shortly after the presentation of his paper before the Royal Society on 31 January 1839 Talbot at his own expense printed the text as a pamphlet of 14 pages; "Some Account of the Art of Photogenic Drawing."became the world's first separate publication on photography. Through this process an ordinary piece of writing paper was immersed in a sensitizing solution dried placed in a camera and exposed in daylight to a subject for upwards of an hour or longer. Upon examination a tonally reversed rendering of the subject was visible. It was then soaked in a solution of salt and washed and dried then the process was essentially repeated exposing the first print to the new sensitized sheet reversing the tones to produce an image with the tonality as in nature. Through a series of further experiments over the next months Talbot discovered that a "latent" image always existed and that through chemical development it could be brought to life. This allowed for speeding the exposure in the camera to be cut to a mere 30 seconds and the enriched chemical solutions would produce a sharper and tonally richer image. This process he first called the Calotype from the Greek kalos - beautiful. <br /> <br /> On June 10 1841 Talbot presented the Calotype process at a meeting of the Royal Society and at his own expense he published a four page description of his process. Unlike his earlier publication on Photogenic Drawing here he states in detail the full process. <br /> Upon the urging of John Herschel and David Brewster he began to call his process the Talbotype rather than Calotype. His intention was to license this process and likely this printed description was printed to distributed to potential licensees. <br /> <br /> Aside from changing the name from Calotype to Talbotype in the title of this publication and the slight alteration in the printer's imprint the text of the two issue are identical - the word Calotype remains in the body of the text This is the foundation stone of the negative-positive process that has been in use since it was first published.<br /> <br /> This printing is much rarer than the Calotype variant with WorldCat locating only Harvard University - Houghton Library and Cornell University. Gernsheim Incunabula No. 655 listing only the Calotype variant. Roosens and Salu No. 10285 listing only the Calotype variant. Weaver HENRY FOX TALBOT SELECTED TEXTS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY No. 87 listing only the Calotype variant. Printed by J. & H. Cox, Brothers, 74 & 75, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's-Inn Fields unknown
1857GT329London: T. C. Newby Publisher 1857. 1st Edition . Hardback. Vg. large 12mo. vi i 342pp frontis.plus 3 plates. Original red cloth with blind and gilt decoration. Gilt titles and dec. to the attractive spine. Nice ink gift inscription to a Master Moor from Mr Priestly in 1863. A scarce mid-victorian travel guide for the Grand Tour. Fox Edward of Wellington Somerset. 1829-1862. A nice copy with cracked but sound end-papers. Scratch mark to the front board cloth. <br/> <br/> T. C. Newby, Publisher, hardcover
187412851London: Smith Elder & Co 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver's incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods.<br /> This volume also previously owned by The Hartford Retreat Bookplate on endpaper and on tp with ex-library emboss seal. Light rubbing and wear to spine bumped corners toned evenly else tight bright and unmarred. 8vo viii 401pp. Illus b/w color plates 19 tinted lithographs. Panelled green cloth gilt title on spine. Bookplates pasted in multiple marks ex-library emboss. Smith, Elder, & Co hardcover
1891168943London: Chatto & Windus 1891. The gains have been cumbrously and expensively procured. by blundering and bad faith First edition scarce of this repost to Henry M. Stanley and condemnation of the "Scramble for Africa". "The chief reason for finding fault with this Expedition is that by exposing its blunders and ill effects something may perhaps be done to deter civilised Englishmen from ever again sanctioning or applauding such proceedings" preface. Records show only a single copy appearing at auction in the last two decades. In 1890 as the secretary of the Aborigines' Protection Society Henry Fox Bourne 1837-1909 began denouncing atrocities being committed in the Congo Free State "emerging as a fierce public critic to European territorial claims in Sub-Saharan Africa" Mitchell. Here quoting extensively from In Darkest Africa and other expedition narratives he levels charges of mendacity of motive and callousness in the face of suffering: "Stanley himself neither knows nor cares how many thousands of slaughtered natives should be added to the 311 dead Zanzibaris Soudanese and Somalis to make up the huge total of mortality incident to the methods and exploits of the Emin Relief Expedition" p. 188. Fox Bourne was nothing if not relentless: his 1903 Civilisation in Congoland elaborated on the horrendous treatment meted out to colonial subjects by the Belgian government. Provenance: with the January 1908 ownership inscription on the front free endpaper of Florence Kelsey born c.1857 the wife of Arthur Kelsey 1835-1922 an East India Company assistant surgeon who subsequently entered private practice in 1863. Loosely inserted is an early twentieth-century cigar label showing Emin Pasha. Octavo. 2 pp. publisher advertisements at end. Original light brown cloth remainder binding for the Times Book Club spine lettered in black with book club device at foot in black front board with black frame edges untrimmed. Spine toned boards lightly foxed endpapers browned text generally clean: a very good copy. Angus Mitchell Roger Casement: 16 Lives 2014. hardcover
18917927London: Chatto & Windus 1891. First edition. Fine. Original publisher's primary blue cloth gilt there are examples of remainder bindings extant octavo. Edges untrimmed 32 pp. publisher's ads at rear mostly uncut pictorial bookplate of Herbert & Sarita Ward to front pastedown. Fore-edge foxed otherwise a Fine copy with outstanding provenance. <br /> <br /> An extraordinary association copy of a noted rarity a sharp critique of the "Scramble for Africa". The copy of Herbert Ward sculptor writer and member of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was directly under the command of Major Edmund Barttlelot at the rear column having been appointed by Stanley as a lieutenant. The infamous column features heavily in Fox Bourne's work with the entirety of chapter five dedicated to the topic. Ward and his work My Life with Stanley's Rear Guard are quoted extensively and Fox Bourne clearly makes an example of Ward's illegal and immoral behaviour. A particularly disturbing example is the case of the execution of Burgari who was initially charged with stealing food from Ward before attempting to flee. Two officers Troup and Jameson wanted the punishment to be downgraded but Ward along with Bonny and Barttlelot voted for the death penalty. <br /> <br /> Fox Bourne became secretary of the Aborigines Protection Society in 1889. He edited its journal Aborigines' Friend and lobbied for the rights of indigenous peoples and especially advocated for those in Africa. He stated that indigenous people had fundamental rights to their land their rites and their institutions. He later published Civilisation in Congo Land A Story of International Wrong-Doing in 1903 focusing on the horrendous treatment of the indigenous population by the Belgian government. Fine. Chatto & Windus unknown
1844168765Nashville C. T. Gill 1844. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Very good copy in the original fine-ribbed cloth. Professionally re-cased with the original spine and label laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Scans etc. on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 391 pages; Description: 391 p. 20 cm. Subjects: American literature --New Hampshire. New Hampshire --Literary collections. Nashville, C. T. Gill hardcover
18892685London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co Ltd. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed and scuffed. Hinges cracked and weak. Occasional slight foxing. 1889. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover. 210mm x 140mm 8" x 6". 532pp. Includes an article 'The New Battle-ships' on the ironclads Collingwood Nile and Trafalgar. . Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co Ltd hardcover
1872025062London: William Hunt and Company 1872. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Preface by Ocatvius Winslow. The cover shows some edgewear with rubbing and fading to the spine. The binding is sound. The text is clean with no markings there is a name stamped on the endpage <br/> <br/> William Hunt and Company hardcover
1814011940E. Cox & Son 1814. Modern quarter calf marbled boards. Old faded library ink stamp on title page; light foxing. Total of 23 plates collates complete. Collation: x 4 100 14 4 179 12 pp. 23 engraved plates. Second Edition Enlarged. Hard Cover. Very Good. E. Cox & Son Hardcover
1803218202London: Thomas Cox 1803. hardcover. very good. The Natural History of the Human Teeth Including a Particular Elucidation of the Changes which Take Place during the Second Dentition. viii 100pp followed by 13 copper plate engarvings. London: Thomas Cox 1803. AND: The History and Treatment of the Diseases of the Teeth the Gums and the Alveolar Processes with the Operations which they Respectively Require. iv 170pp followed by 9 copper plate engravings lightly foxed and stained. 4to with wide margins bound in full diced calf well-rubbed but sound. London: Thomas Cox 1806.<br/> <br/> Landmark work on orthodontics. Two classical treatises by the pioneering London dental surgeon. Fox was first to give explicit directions for correcting dental irregularities as well as instructions for various surgical procedures. Weinberger History of Dentristry Vol. I; pp. 340-4. In 1799 Joseph Fox pupil of John Hunter received the appointment of dental surgeon to Guy's Hospital the first hospital to add a dental surgeon to its staff and the first to institute a special course of dental lectures. GM 3679; 3671.1. Campbell 54 and 59.<br/> <br/> Thomas Cox unknown
18147194<p>Second Edition Enlarged. Modern black cloth; bookplate of Benjamin Ackerman to front pastedown; some prefatory text pages document-taped; lacks explanatory text for final plate of part two; title page soiled otherwise very good with clean impressions. Enlarged edition with 13 copper engraved plates to part one and an additional 10 plates accompanying part two Diseases and Artificial Teeth. 28 x 23 cm. Additional images and further information provided upon request. Shipped through USPS insured Priority Mail.</p> E. Cox & Son hardcover
185921081London: R. Bentley 1859. fair. 23 cm 479 spine torn at top some foxing to text boards weak. R. Bentley hardcover
1859elala107London: Richard Bentley 1859. 1859. 8vo. pp. vii 479. A nice copy in later half calf gilt back. book label of William C.Stuart. First Edition. Sir John Fox Burgoyne royal engineer was the illegitimate son of General John Burgoyne 1722-1792. He served in Malta Sicily and Egypt 1800-07 with Sir John Moores expedition 1808-09 with Wellington throughout the Peninsular War in the American campaign 1814-15 and in the Crimean capaign 1853-55. From 1845 to 1868 he was inspector-general of fortifications. Burgoyne became a general in 1855 and was created baronet in 1856. 1st Edition. Hardcover. London: Richard Bentley, 1859. Hardcover
1859501910London: Richard Bentley 1859. Book. Very Good - Book condition. Full Calf. 8vo. A decent copy with 5 raised bands and gilt titling and fleurons in 6 panels. Gilt dentelles. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Some loss of gilt to spine and dentelles. Covers and backstrip loose but present. Text clean and bright. Binding solid. Our rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair . Richard Bentley Hardcover
1866020222New York: Carleton. First Edition. Original brown stamped cloth. 1" tear in gutter at foot of spine other small chips and tears at head and foot of spine small previous owner's signature in ink internals nice Very Good. The folding sheet of facsimile letters is present and pristine. Attractive frontispiece portrait of Margaret Fox. An elusive book that details the relationship between Kane who joined the Grinnell expeditions to the Arctic in search of Sir John Franklin and Fox. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1866. Carleton hardcover
1866145374New York: Carleton 1866. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. Crown octavo. Publisher's blind-stamped green cloth with gold gilt decorations and lettering stamped to the spine. Blue endpapers. Illustrated with folding facsimile letters and a tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Margaret Fox. The odd bit of spotting though a largely clean and tight copy overall. A very good copy of a scarce title. Sabin 25373; Not in Arctic Bibliography. See George Corner's excellent biography of E. K. Kane for a discussion of Kane's relationship with the "spirit-wrapper" Margaret Fox and the publication of this book which was produced after the death of Kane and includes some letters of mourning and condolences in the latter portion. 1866 Carleton hardcover
1802V74913London: J.S. Jordan No.180 Fleet Street. 1802 from London Star publisher's advert. Hardcover. Very Good. Copperplate frontis & titlepage with large oval vignette of Proto-Martyrs 22 finely engraved plates as listed by Burney Richter et al. engraved by Grignion W.J. Turner et al. Quarto early 19th century marbled calf gilt ruled and decorated spine compartments with green label gilt FOXs BOOK OF MARTYRS corners worn hinges starting to crack but boards firmly attached fine marbled endpapers. Frontis engraved titlepage iii-Lviii 434pp 4pp index & plate list. Names on endpapers William Thomas Sandown Parsonage 1851 and Lilian A. Mansel Caerleon 19th Mar 78 very light foxing to some text pages and to margins of some plates else clean & crisp throughout. This abridged version of Fox's Book of Martyrs was advertised in the London Star of 19 Nov 1802 as "in Quarto Ornamented with Engravings from Original Designs . the Third Edition revised and corrected with New Introduction containing the Lives of the most eminent Reformers". It was to be published by J.S. Jordan in 30 weekly parts "continued till the whole is completed which will make one handsome Volume in Quarto. With the last Number will be given an engraved Title Page an allegorical Vignette a General Index with Preface and Introduction" all as here. This Jordan edition with changed Title and additional contents mentioning the French Revolution followed ten years after the first by Bellamy & Robarts 1792 ESTC N47241 "The Christian's Consolation and Triumph exemplified in the Lives and Sufferings of the Glorious Martyrs" by the Revd. T. Harper and with a preface by K.L. Kirkman and 434pp of main text as also here. Only one copy of this 1802 3rd edition has been found in Copac and other library catalogues. J.S. Jordan, No.180 Fleet Street. hardcover
1807980T83Not Stated: Albion Press for James Cundee 1807. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A scarce biographical work on English Whig politician and statesman Charles James Fox with illustrations. Very scarce work. Illustrated with seven engraved plates. Collated complete. A biographical study of Charles James Fox an English Whig politician and statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years. He is noted as the arch-rival of the Tory politician and Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger. This volume explores his life from childhood and education his introduction into politics and the key points of his career with a view of the social context and commentary on his principal contemporaries. Bound in half calf with marbled boards. Externally smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd mark to the boards. Minor fading to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and minor age toning to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Albion Press for James Cundee hardcover
18694945875Richard Bentley 1869. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. Medium 8vo. Grey cloth half black leather binding. Raised bands gilt lettering and gilt decoration on backstrip. Large sections from backstrip of vol I. missing and remainder chipped and semi detached. Boards of vol I. detached. Front board of vol II. detached. Marbled edges and end papers. Pages are secure and clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1950grams ISBN: Richard Bentley hardcover
1874431j2644New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. "Frank Vincent Jr. 1847 -1916 was an American explorer businessman and art collector. The first American citizen to publish a detailed account on Angkor while he was a guest at the court of the King of Siam he is best known for his detailed accounts of journeys through Southeast Asia and Northern Europe particularly this title". - Wikipedia/Angkor Database. Bookplate of Charles Fox Gardiner inside from board. Dr. Gardiner 1857-1947 served as a physician in the new state of Colorado. He became internationally known for his theories on the treatment of tuberculosis and wrote an acclaimed book entitled 'Doctor at Timberline' which recounted some of his extraordinary medical adventures in the wilds of Colorado. A prior owner's name and date appear in light pencil upon first blank leaf. xvi 316 4 ads p. Original bevelled emerald cloth is richly adorned in gilt and bears above-average wear and insect markings. Lacking bottom half-inch of backstip. Narrow opening to each inner joint. A worthy first edition example of this early account. ; 8vo . Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
1898800552NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1898. Bound in decorative green cloth stamped in gold still bright. Previous owner's neat name to ffep. A beautiful copy of the first edition of this novel by Fox. 228 pp. 2 pp. ads. Basis for the movie -The Kentuckians - a lost 1921 American silent drama film directed by Charles Maigne and written by Frank Tuttle Ref.: BAL 6245. Frist Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good /No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Harper & Brothers Publishers Hardcover