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1868016414London: C. W. Thompson 1868. No printed date circa 1868. Book measures 18x12.cm. 4140pp. Bound in period quater calf cloth boards gilt bands leather label full marble edges. Calf scuffed hinge joints rubbed minor abrasion wear loss. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally spotting to endpaper. Pages clean. A nice copy. F. Second Edition. Quater Calf. Very Good. 8vo. C. W. Thompson Paperback
18579511London: Ward and Lock. London Ward and Lock n.d. 1857. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A near fine copy. Uncommon. One of Russell's detective works he published detective fiction under the name Waters seemingly less common than the earlier Quorum title Recollections of a Detective Police Officer we can find no sales. Rebound probably relatively recently in half calf. Block a little toned but internally very nice overall. 9511 Hyraxia Books. n.d. 1857 . Near Fine. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1857. Ward and Lock hardcover
18606353London: J. & C. Brown 1860. Good. c.1860 Early Reprint. 12mo. Contemporary purple cloth over yellow boards with facsimile spine-label. Probably rebound from the wraps issue mentioned in Quayle no Mayne Reid titles in the rear ads post-date 1860 a likely date of issue. Cloth spine slightly browned and bubbled slight fraying at head of spine boards scuffed and dust-soiled. Still an acceptable copy of a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone uncommon in any early issue. J. & C. Brown unknown
19005051London and Edinburgh: W. 7 R. Chambers Limited 1900. 8vo 196 plus 32pp publisher's ads. Illustrated plates. Publisher's pictorial gray cloth with gilt stamped lettering. Sunday school bookplate to front pastedown else clean internally. Boards show some soiling with pushing at spine ends illustration nicely preserved. Very good. Later edition of this collection of stories by William Russell writing as 'Waters' originally published as The Recollections of a Policeman in the US 1852 and Recollections of a Detective Police-Officer in London 1856. The book was first published under this title by Chambers with three additional stories added in 1878. Judging from the advertisements in the rear of the book this iteration was meant to be purchased as a prize or presentation for younger readers. <br /> <br /> Hubin pg 427 citing 1878 first edition thus. W. 7 R. Chambers, Limited unknown
1859WATERSIE000600W. Kent London. 1859. First edition. pp. 258 2 adverts. Original violet cloth gilt decorated spine. Eight stories based on legendary detective and crime stories.Early gift inscription on front free endpaper. Some spotting. Cloth a little rubbed at edges and slightly scuffed at head and tail of spine. Very good. W. Kent, London. hardcover
185623900London: J. & C. Brown & Co 1856. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 12mo. 309pp. Engraved frontispiece. Previous ownership name on title page dated 1858. Contemporary half-leather spine in four compartments tooled in blind with raised bands tooled in gilt black leather lettering label gilt. Marbled paper sides. Bookseller label on the front pastedown. Light wear to the edges large ownership name on the title else a near fine copy. <br /> <p><br /> Thirteen popular detective short stories which were previously published in 'Chambers' Edinburgh Journal' including 'One Night in a Gaming-House' 'Guilty or Not Guilty' 'Legal Metamorphoses' 'Mary Kingsford' and more. This is their first collected edition. <br /> <p><br /> Important early example of detective fiction. Queen's Quorum 2.<br /> <p>. J. & C. Brown & Co hardcover
1868252925New York: Moorhead Simpson & Bond 1868. First. hardcover. very good-. By an Officer of the U. S. Army. 4 plates. xv 219pp. 3pp. of publiisher's ads. 12mo modern black cloth small light dampstain to some top margins a few pages with light foxing to margins upper right corner margin chipped on last page of publisher's ads. New York: Moorhead Simpson & Bond 1868. First Edition<br/><br/> Presentation copy from the author William E. Waters. The inscription is on the front flyleaf which was dampstained but the inscription is not smudged and is legible. William E. Waters was an assistant Army surgeon who kept a diary while traveling from St. Louis to Camp Douglas near Salt Lake City and while being stationed at Camp Douglas in 1867. This book is based on that diary and a series of letters he wrote while in the Utah territory. Pages 106 to 202 are his impressions of the Mormons their Church doctrines and polygamy. The first half of the text is a narrative ".of an Overland Expedition which crossed the plains from Leavenworth via the Black Hills and Bridger's Pass to the Salt Lake Valley." Eberstadt 106:323. Howes W-157.<br/><br/> Moorhead, Simpson & Bond unknown books
1898015469London: Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles 1898. Limited Edition. Octavo. In three volumes limited to only 100 copies this is copy #3 and is the first translation into English illustrated with 12 hand-colored plates by E.R. Hughes printed on Japanese vellum bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers spine stamped in gilt all edges gilt spine ends chipped short split to leather on upper joint of vol. I but not cracked through binding. The color plates are quite striking. A collection of Shakespearian romance novels. Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles unknown books
1894W122903London: Lawrence and Bullen 1894. Number 111 of 210 copies printed on Japanese Vellum. Some paste action and offsetting on endpapers. Edges worn and paper boards marked and worn. Lower cover of Vol. 2 stained on first 1/2" of foreedge. Some pages uncut. Each signature is short paged on every fourth page. 20 illustrations 10 in each volume including frontispieces. Limited/Numbered. Cloth Backed Boards. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Hughes E.R. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. Lawrence and Bullen Hardcover books
189767671London: Lawrence and Bullen Ltd. Good. 1897. Hardcover. #247 of 600 copies. 312 pages some untrimmed unopened. 11 1/2" x 7 3/4" red cloth covers with gilt stamping. The spine is sunned and toned. the covers show some discoloration and rubbing and fraying at the spine ends and cover corners. The front hinge is cracked and the contents show some light toning- otherwise this is a complete bright copy. Good. . Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd. hardcover books
18525759New York: Cornish Lamport & Co. 1852. First Edition/Pirate Edition. Hardcover. Good Textblock Very Good. No DJ. Moderate shelf/edge wear fraying at head and tail tips through light toning at spine minor soiling to boards corners gently bumped light foxing at preliminaries minor cutting error at 181/2 edge only else tight bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards gilt lettering in blind decorative elements decorative/advert endpages blue ink decorative borders and ads for various Cornish titles. Small 8vo. 238pp. <br/><br/>Unusual little tome of early crime fiction and one of only 5 or 6 known copies bound in red boards typically found in brown boards. "Waters" was the pseudonym for William Russell one of the earliest crafters of detective fiction in the UK. The first "official" printing was in London under a slightly different name in 1856 and then in the US later that year. This printing was apparently a pirate edition preceding the official by an inexplicable 4 years Waters Recollections of a Detective Police-Officer. London J&C Brown 1856. Queen's Quorum 2. Hubin 1994 p. 843. Noted flaws notwithstanding a rather handsome copy of this very scarce title rare in red boards. Cornish, Lamport & Co. hardcover books
19002004871Printed for the Society / University Press John Wilson and Son 1900. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Second edition. Hinges starting front & rear free endpapers loose but included pages toned. 1900 Hard Cover. 78 pp. 4to. Original green cloth gilt titles. A biographical sketch of John Winthrop an early American settler who directed the founding of three New England towns for many years held major office in two New England colonies and exercised a distinctive and beneficent influence over the entire region between the Hudson and the Kennebec and was the first resident of North America to be made a member of the Royal Society of London. Printed for the Society / University Press, John Wilson and Son hardcover books
181825596Worcester: Pr. by William Manning 1818. 8vo. 18 pp. <br><br>By the "Pastor of the Baptist Church in Sutton Mass. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 46703. Removed from a nonce volume; darkened. Foxing. Bug-spotting along the top margin of end paper. Pr. by William Manning unknown books
188146664London: Reeves and Turner 1881. Hardcover. Good. x Lacking the spine boards114pp index; 8pp ads. detached else a complete usable copy in publisher's brown cloth. <br/><br/> Reeves and Turner hardcover books
18068619Philadelphia: Published by Archibald Bartram for Thomas Dobson 1806. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. Light shelf/edge wear ffep very tender at joint owner signature at second ffep light foxing at preliminaries and minor sporadic throughout tipps gently bumped wear at head else tight bright and unmarred. 570pp; xxix; plus Plates I-XII. Illus. b/w plates. Index <br/><br/>Bell a renowned Scottish surgeon and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. Bell published a number of important medical treatises and is widely considered the first Scottish scientific surgeon. In his 1796 A System of Surgery he advocated the routine use of opium to relieve post-operative pain "to be able to alleviate the misery of those who are obliged to submit to dangerous operations must afford the biggest gratification to every practitioner". Uncommon generally quite scarce complete and in the condition found here. Published by Archibald Bartram for Thomas Dobson hardcover books
1802289960Philadelphia.: Printed by Budd & Bartram for Thomas Dobson. 1802. Second American edition. Contemporary full marbled calf red spine label. gilt title. Very good some offsetting from plates to facing pages scattered light foxing. 8vo. 21x13 cm. . Important early American work based on the work of the pioneering Scottish surgeon John Bell. Bell is famous for his developments in vascular surgery. weight: 1.5 lb. 12 engraved plates of surgical instruments. Printed by Budd & Bartram for Thomas Dobson. unknown books
18597159New York: Horace Waters 1859. Oblong 12mo. 2 141 3 pp. <br><br>151 hymns compiled by Horace Waters. Index in the back. Original printed paper-covered boards respined with cloth tape; front cover illustrated with a bell inscribed Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Binding in fair condition. Covers rubbed with most of the paper loss at corners and front cover cracked lengthwise from bending. One corner of title-page torn away with some loss of printing mostly to text on verso and with gist remaining quite clear. Pencil and ink writing to pastedowns. Browning and spotting. Some page corners creased. Horace Waters hardcover books
18862008085David Clapp & Son 1886. Reissue. Stapled Binding. Very Good. Lightly toned. 1886 Stapled Binding. 15 1 pp. Stapled binding pink wrappers black stamped titles. A transcription from three copies of a manuscript written about 1634 found in the British Museum. Transcribed by Henry F. Waters A.M. with notes by Charles E. Banks M.D. Reprinted from the New-England Historical and Genealogical Register for January 1886. David Clapp & Son unknown books
1887797831887. WATERS A. T. H. CONTRIBUTIONS TO CLINICAL AND PRACTICAL MEDICINE. London: J. & A. Churchill 1887. 195 pp. 14 pp. publisher's advertising 2 pp. index. 8vo. maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near fine minor shelfwear interior perfect. B/w illustrations. unknown books
185641598London: J & C. Brown & Co. 1856. 1856. First edition. First edition of this Queen’s Quorum title #2 preceded only by Poe’s Tales in the history of the detective short story. A rare book to find in the original yellowback format; original covers laid down lacking the spine former owner's small name stamp on front pastedown sheet and a small inked number on the front fly leaf else a very good copy with interior clean. "Waters" is identified as a detective in the Metropolitan police and many of his cases are reported in this book which is quite readable. This book is a result of the publicity and public relations of the new Metropolitan Police which had been established in the 1820s. An interesting and early historical book in the early days of crime and mystery fiction. Also an early Haycraft/Queen Cornerstone mystery title and a rare book. Housed in a cloth clamshell case with titles stamped in red on the spine and front cover of the book reproduced on the front of the case. J & C. Brown & Co., [1856]. hardcover
1894911T66London: Lawrence & Bullen Ltd. 1894-1897. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 11.5" by 8". E. R. Hughes. The first translated editions of these limited edition volumes illustrated throughout. Five volumes. First thus. Translated by William George Waters a British scholar biographer and historian of the Italian Renaissance. Illustrated by Edward Robert Hughes a British painter who primarily worked in watercolours. This set includes: The Nights of Straparola 1894. Complete in two volumes. Limited to one thousand copies unnumbered. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates. Collated complete. A collection of seventy-five stories by Italian author and fairy-tale collector Giovanni Francesco Straparola modeled after Boccaccio's Decameron. It is considered significant as the first European storybook to contain fairy-tales. The Novellino of Masuccio 1895. Complete in two volumes. Limited to one thousand copies of which this is number four hundred and ninety-six. Volume one is illustrated with eight plates. Volume two is illustrated with ten plates. Collated complete. The fifty short stories of fifteenth century Italian poet Masuccio Salernitano each prefaced by a letter of dedication to a famous person and with an epilogue containing the "moral" of the story. The Pecorone of Ser Giovanni 1897. Limited to six hundred copies of which this is number four hundred and twenty-seven. Illustrated with eleven plates. Collated complete. An Italian novella written by Florentine writer Giovanni Fiorentino said to be an influence on Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Light damp marks to the tail of the spines. Front hinge starting but firm to The Pecorone. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Lawrence & Bullen Ltd. hardcover
18941215London: Lawrence and Bullen 1894. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Good. 2-volume set. Limited edition of 210 copies of which this is number 102. First English language edition. 4to. Vol. I 276 pages; Vol. II 323 pages. Quarter bound in vellum over brown paper-covered boards; titles in red on spine. Japanese vellum pages. Ten photogravure plates protected by tissue guards in each volume. Boards marked and stained; rubbed especially along edges; corners bumped; vellum soiled darkened on spine; ends of spine crushed and with small tears in Vol. II. Endpapers toned; pencil bookseller inscription on front pastedown in Vol. I; offsetting from plates on tissue guards; otherwise pages almost entirely clean. Binding firm. <br/> <br/> Lawrence and Bullen hardcover
18954673Lawrence and Bullen 1895. 1st English Translation. Hardcover. Used - Good/None. E. R. Hughes. Vol. I: pp 294; spine binding and cover all fine top and bottom edges of spine worn inside guttering on front cover exposed but binding is fine. Contents clean no inscription though endpapers foxing and outer edges softening. Vol. II: pp 352; spine binding and cover all fine top and bottom edges of spine very mildly worn; no exposed guttering. Similar to Vol I contents clean no inscription though endpapers mildly foxing and outer edges softening. Gilt titles on spines and small gilt design on front covers. pages. Lawrence and Bullen hardcover
1895364London: Lawrence & Bullen 1895. Limited Edition #39 of 1000 copies. Hardcover. Near Fine. E. R. Hughes. THIS COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN 3/4 CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH MARBLED BOARDS SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT FLORAL DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD MARBLED END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITHOUT MARKS OR FOXING. NICELY ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOR PLATES LIMITED EDITION. BOOKS MEASURE 11"x7.5". 126 YEARS OLD. A STUNNING SET IN REMARKABLE CONDITION. Lawrence & Bullen hardcover
1894SET40-B-1London : Lawrence and Bullen 1894-1895. Cloth. Good. 11.5" by 8.5". E. R. Hughes. Four uniformly-bound translations by W. G. Waters. Containing: The Novellino of Masuccio in two volumes The Nights of Straparola in two volumes Limited to one thousand copies of which this is numbered 725. Illustrated throughout by E. R. Hughes with thirty-six plates collated complete Bookplate of E. Peter Jones to front pastedowns. Bookseller's labels to front pastedowns of The Novellino. Masuccio Salernitano 14101475 born Tommaso Guardati was an Italian poet. Born in Salerno or Sorrento he is best known today for Il Novellino a collection of 50 "novelle" or short stories each prefaced by a letter of dedication to a famous person and with an epilogue containing the "moral" of the story. The Facetious Nights of Straparola 1550-1555; Italian: Le piacevoli notti also known as The Nights of Straparola is a two-volume collection of 75 stories by Italian author and fairy-tale collector Giovanni Francesco Straparola. Complete in four volumes. In cloth bindings. Externally sound though with some bumping and slight wear to the extremities. Internally bindings strained in places with one plate detached. Pages are bright and quite clean with just the odd spot and some foxing to the endpapers. Small tears to a couple of pages. Good Lawrence and Bullen hardcover
