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1857007146George Van Waters 1857. Hardcover. Fair. This is a remarkable book designed to teach Geography through the use of poetry apparently with the idea that the poetical lines would be easily remembered. Fasinating drawings and maps throughout . General wear. Name of previous owner and other pencil marks on endpapers and title page. Name and neighboring states noted again in pencil at top of pages 25 - 30. Foxing throughout. Some tears to pages. All text is present and readable. George Van Waters hardcover
1853E14237New York: Cornish Lamport & Co 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. First edition. 8vo. in red cloth. 238 pp. True tales of a "Detective Policeman" of London who ".is in some repects peculiar to England--one of the developments of the last twenty five years.the record of 'hair-breath 'scapes whcih follow is another verification of the old saying 'Truth is stranger than fiction'". The binding while tight with hinges fully intact is well worn with the spine being chipped and lacking several pieces; covers soiled. The text has some occasional foxing and small stains. Remarkably scarce in first edition. <br/><br/> Cornish, Lamport & Co hardcover
1872XS-COIY-U788Jan 01 1872. Unknown Binding. Fair. Book is ex-Libris Society of Genealogists dated1872. It is entirely loose although all pages are present. Was part of collection of Edith Fletcher 1891 & contains additional family history notes/corrections presumably by her unknown
189560534London: Lawrence and Bullen 1895. 4to. This is copy no. 165 of an edition limited to 210 copies on Japanese vellum. xxxi 294; x 352 pp. Original quarter vellum over boards with red lettering to spines. Vellum fresh and boards clean. Faint rubbing to board edges. Internally clean. Small blindstamp to front endpaper. With tissue-guarded illustrations by E. R. Hughes. . Near Fine. 1/4 Vellum. Limited Numbered Edition. 1895. Lawrence and Bullen 1895 hardcover
1894j6574London: Lawrence & Bullen. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Covers rubbed. Spines darkened. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedowns. 1894. Limited Edition 21/210. Brown hardback boards with cream vellum spine. 300mm x 220mm 12" x 9". xxvi 276pp xii 323pp plates. 20 sepia plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Lawrence & Bullen hardcover
18021409000Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson 1802. Second Edition. Hardcover. Quarto viii 570 xxix pages plus 12 plates. In Good minus condition. In full contemporary leather binding; red leather label with gilt titling to spine. Scuffing and wear to boards with rubbing to all edges and exposed board at fore corners. Heavy splitting to joints and hinges. Loss of material to head of spine; head band missing. Text block is worn soiled and toned along edges. Age toned and foxed throughout. Faint penciling on front flyleaf. Sparse stains present. Plate 1 is folded inward. Plates 2 and 3 protrude slightly from the text block and show toning and small chips and tears along the fore edge. Shelved in Room A. 1409000. Special Collections. Thomas Dobson hardcover
18061409697Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson 1806. Third Edition. Hardcover. Quarto viii 570 xxix pages plus 12 plates. In Good condition. In contemporary brown leather boards rebacked with dark brown leather. Heavy scuffing and peeling to leather boards with rubbing and exposed board along edges. Chipping to fore edge of rear board. Bumping and exposed board at fore corners. Lacking top end band. Text block shows moderate toning wear and soiling along edges. Age toned and foxed throughout. Splitting to hinges; rear hinge reinforced with cloth. Lacking front flyleaf. Black marker writing on front pastedown; ink ownership inscriptions on front pastedown title page and in top margin of preface. Shelved in Room A. 1409697. Special Collections - Upstairs. Thomas Dobson hardcover
18635053London: Ward and Lock 1863. 12mo 252pp. Contemporary half calf red spine label lettered in gilt marbled boards. Former owner's inscription to ffep and dated 1866 else clean internally. Some rubbing along joints and corners. Near fine. Early collection from William Russell 1806-1876 here writing under two of his pseudonyms Waters and Inspector F. Russell was one of the first to write in and popularize the detective fiction genre. This collection originally published in 1862 the title page on this copy bearing the date of 1863. <br /> <br /> Hubin pg 139. Ward and Lock unknown
1895781F18London: Lawrence and Bullen 1895. Cloth. Very Good. 11.5 by 8.5. Edward Robert Hughes. A beautifully illustrated two volume edition of the short stories of this fifteenth century Italian poet. Translated into English by W. G. Waters and here in two illustrated volumes this is No. 790 of 1000 copies printed in this edition. With eight plates to volume I and ten plates with tissue guards to volume II all in a pre-Raphaelite style and the work of English watercolour and oil painter Edward Robert Hughes. Collated complete. Fifteenth century Italian poet Masuccio Salernitano is best known for "Il Novellino" a collection of fifty short stories each prefaced by a letter of dedication to a famous person and with an epilogue containing the "moral" of the story. Three of the stories within this work appear to be the source of inspiration for Shakespeare"s "Romeo and Juliet". With the armorial bookplate of Charles A Hill to the front pastedown of volume I. In the publisher"s original cloth binding with bumping to head and tail of spine. Discolouration to back strip. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown of volume I. Internally firmly bound. Scattered spots to the first few pages of each volume pages otherwise generally clean. Very Good Lawrence and Bullen hardcover
1895781F23London: Lawrence and Bullen 1895. Hardback. Very Good. 11.5 by 8.5. Edward Robert Hughes. A beautifully illustrated limited edition two volume of the short stories of this fifteenth century Italian poet. Translated into English by W. G. Waters and here in two illustrated volumes this is No. 20 of 210 copies printed on Japanese vellum paper. With eight plates to volume I and ten plates to volume II all in a pre-Raphaelite style and the work of English watercolour and oil painter Edward Robert Hughes. Collated complete. Fifteenth century Italian poet Masuccio Salernitano is best known for "Il Novellino" a collection of fifty short stories each prefaced by a letter of dedication to a famous person and with an epilogue containing the "moral" of the story. Three of the stories within this work appear to be the source of inspiration for Shakespeare"s "Romeo and Juliet". In the publisher's original quarter paper vellum with paper covered boards. Significant discolouration to the paper vellum portion. Bumping to spine head and tail. Internally firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Lawrence and Bullen hardcover
1897031289London: Lawrence And Bullen 1897. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12 Plates By E. R. Hughes. Quarter Vellum Spine Printed In Red Over Brown Paper Covered Boards. 11 3/4" X 8 3/4". Deckled Edges; An Unopened Copy Pages Still Attached Along Top Edge. #70 Of Only 110 Copies Of This Large Paper Edition Finely Printed On Japanese Vellum. The First Translation Into English. Light Wear Hinges Tight Fraying Along Bottom Edges At Tips. No Names Or Marks. Tissue Guards Clean And Intact. Well Preserved Not An Uncommon Book But Usually Found Damaged. Per Wikipedia L Pecorone Often Referred To In English As The Golden Eagle Is An Italian Collection Of Stories Written Between 1378 And 1385 By Giovanni Fiorentino. It Was Written In A Style Influenced By The Decameron Of Giovanni Boccaccio The Golden Legend Collection Of Saint Lives The Seven Sages Of Rome Or The Gemma Ecclesiastica Of Giraldus Cambrensis. For Its Historical Facts However It Relies On The Nuova Cronica Of Giovanni Villani. It Is Said To Be An Influence On Shakespeare's The Merry Wives Of Windsor And Merchant Of Venice. <br/> <br/> Lawrence And Bullen hardcover
189856732London - New York: Society of Bibliophiles 1898. Book. Illus. by Jules Garnier E.r. Hughes A.r.w.s. Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. printed on venetian deckel edge paper. limited to 1000 copies. 7 volume set. contains tissue guard. gold gilted and stamped. T.E.G. 4 edge untrimmed edges.-the facetious nights volume 1: 399 pages -the Facetious Nights volume 2: 359 pages. some pages are lose from binding. -The Facetious Nights volume 3: 401 pages. The Facetious Nights volume 4: 315 pages. The Pecorone volume 1: 328 ages -the Pecorone volume 2: 321 pages. The Pecorone volume 3: 276 pages. A collection of 75 stories by Italian author and fairy-tale collector Giovanni Francesco Straparola. Modeled after Boccaccio's Decameron it is significant as often being called the first European storybook to contain fairy-tales; it would influence later fairy-tale authors like Charles Perrault and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Madonna Corsina of Naples sends her son to study at Bologna where he falls sick and dies. Of a device of his contrived so that his mother may not be over-grieved at his death. Society of Bibliophiles Hardcover
18564487London: J&C Brown & Co. n.d. 1856 1856. 8vo. 158x95mm. pp. pp. iv 2 9-309 1bl. Frontispiece some offsetting from frontispiece onto the title page opposite. This copy is undated but has the same title and imprint as the dated first edition of 1856 so we have assumed that it is from that year. Russell's works were often republished but with different titles which is not the case here. Bound with and after BELL Robert The Ladder of Gold. An English Story London:G. Routledge & Co. 1858. vi 7-440. Navy blue half calf marbled paper covered boards spine decorated in blind and with two tan morocco labels lettered in gilt. Rubbing to edges and slight bumping and creasing to corners. All edges marbled. Front pastedown has Ex Libris of C. Villiers Downes. Apsley House Beds. Robert Bell 1800-67 was a prolific man of letters best known for his journalism and his never completed annotated edition of the English poets. The Ladder of Gold was one of two novels. But of the two works bound together here it is the second which is of greater interest hence our cataloguing it as the principal work. William Russell 1806-1876 was one of the first writers to concentrate on detective stories in particular police memoirs. He began by contributing stories to magazines ten of which were published in pirated form in America in 1852 and 1853. These together with another two were then published legitimately in England in 1856. This is the present collection. The stories are short punchy realistic and would have seemed quite revolutionary at the time. Indeed he is sometimes cited as an influence on the grittier American twentieth century crime writers. London: J&C Brown & Co. n.d. [1856] hardcover
18025858Philadelphia: Budd & Bartram. Poor with no dust jacket. 1802. Second Edition. Full-Leather. Desperately in need of rebinding. Both covers detached along with the last few pages and the fep. All twelve plates are present. Owners names on fep title page and inside cover dated 1821 & 1875. As-is or I can have it rebound & add the cost.; 5x8" . Budd & Bartram hardcover
1894003880London: Lawrence and Bullen 1894. First English translation of "The Fables and Enigmas of Messer Giovanni Francesco Straparola da Caravaggion" first published at Venice in 1550. Two volumes illustrated. Limited edition of 1000 copies printed on fine Japanese Vellum this being number 102. Original vellum binding. Vol 1: xxviii 276pp. Frontispiece and 9 tissue guarded illustrations. Vol 2: 323pp including 15pp of notes. Frontispiece and 9 tissue guarded illustrations. First Edition. Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Numbered Copy. Lawrence and Bullen unknown
1854090575Ellicotts Mills 1854. Hardcover. Very Good. RARE. VERY good clean tight condition - light wear to upper spine. Dark hardcover. Text is free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking. <br/> <br/> Ellicotts Mills hardcover
1868RWATLIF00fpMoorhead Simpson & Bond 1868. Good. Waters William E. Life Among the Mormons and A March to Their Zion: To Which is added a Chapter on the Indians of the Plains and Mountains of the West. New York NY: Moorhead Simpson & Bond 1868. 219pp. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Good. Edges rubbed and small section of head of spine missing. Covers lightly soiled and spotted. Gatherings loose and title page detached but inserted. Former owner's name on front free end sheet. Moorhead, Simpson & Bond hardcover
184869716Milwaukee: Wilson & King 1848. First edition 8vo pp. v 2 8-96; original printed yellow wrappers; text somewhat foxed wrappers curled at the edges; good and sound or better. An innovation in education whereby the lessors are given in verse. The poetical geography is "made to accompany any of the common school atlases" and the sections on arithmetic and English history are also given in verse. "This work is sold only by subscription and cannot be obtained at any bookstore in the United States. Wilson & King unknown
18943197London: Lawrence and Bullen. Very Good. 1894. 11 of only 210 copies. Quarter vellum over paper boards. Particulars printed to spines. General wear to covers. Front hinge of vol. I beginning. Corners of vol. I worn and bumped. Light occasional foxing throughout otherwise interiors are clean without previous owners' names or other markings. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; xxviii 276; 11 323 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . Lawrence and 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
1802289960Philadelphia.: Printed by Budd & Bartram for Thomas Dobson. 1802. Second American edition. 8vo. Contemporary full marbled calf red spine label. gilt title. Very good some offsetting from plates to facing pages scattered light foxing . 21x13x5 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
18068619Philadelphia: Published by Archibald Bartram for Thomas Dobson 1806. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. Third Edition. Hardcover. 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. 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. Published by Archibald Bartram for Thomas Dobson hardcover
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
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
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