Wilson, Jon W. ; Et AlLivre Rare Book
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1873182351873 [Imprimerie De Jules Claye, Paris,1873 - IN FOLIO demi basane noire ,manques au haut du dos.Cet ouvrage expose la magnifique collection d'oeuvres d'art du collectionneur belge John W. Wilson. Sa collection classée par écoles et peintres anciens et modernes regroupe des oeuvres des plus grands maîtres tels que Watteau, Rubens, Delacroix, Géricault, Turner, Millet (dont l'Angélus du soir est aujourd'hui exposé au musée d'Orsay) etc. Cet ensemble expose le goût certain et les connaissances pointues en Histoire de l'Art de John W. Wilson.Text pristine & unmarked, crisp, tight to the spine - LIMITED EDITION, NUMBERED COPY. Text in French. Pages and plates not numbered. 68 plates (incl. Ports. ) , facsimile signatures of the artists whose works are represented ; 51 cm. Among the artists represented: F. Bol, N. Maas, Molenaar, Diaz, Rousseau, Milet, Plassan, and others. Decorated endpapers and edges.
185282443New York: Cornish Lamport & Co 1852. First American Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's original dark blue embossed cloth titled in gilt to spine with elaborate blindstamping to boards. 238pp. Wear rubbing and scuffing to extremities with book board showing through the cloth at corners and edges fraying and loss to spine ends not interfering with the title in addition there is a cosmetic split to the cloth of the front spine hinge. A good serviceable copy with some conspicuous wear. Internally clean rear inner hinge split two previous ownerships in pencil to the prelims with an additional pencil name to page 22. Some thumbing to prelims and with a pale damp stain to the lower front corner of the first 20pp or so. <br /> <br /> Perhaps not the most beautiful example of this scarce and sought after title to surface but a legitimate rarity nonetheless. This first US edition although of dubious legality predates the official first edition of this work by 4 years having been collected from US magazine publications syndicating from the Edinburgh Review and bolted together into book form. One of the very earliest fictional police procedurals and an early contributor to the enduring mystique of Scotland Yard. Cornish, Lamport & Co unknown
18981808London: The Society of Bibliophiles 1898. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good . 8vo. The Facetious Nights of Straparola 4 Volume set. The Pecorone 3 Volume set. Sold together 7 volumes. Limited set of 1000 numbered copies both of these sets are 838. Now first translated into English from the Italian by W. G. Waters. Illustrated by Jules Garnier and E. R. Hughes. Grey coloured cloth with gilt image to front boards with gilt lettered and decorated spines. Spines faded otherwise an about fine 7 volumes. Boards cloth and interior very good. Clean and bright throughout. Bindings tight and square. Top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Captioned tissue guarded plates. A very handsome set. Fairy tales folk tales. "Consists of an exquisite and delightful collection of humorous witty and mirthful conversations fables and enigmas including singing music and dancing during the thirteen nights of the carnival at Venice. The Society of Bibliophiles hardcover
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
18529305New York: Cornish Lamport & Co. Publishers 1852. 1st Edition . Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Extremely scarce first printing. This is the true first American edition that was first issued as a pirated edition by Cornish Lamport & Co. in 1852 with the text lifted from CHAMBER'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL and "some of our American Magazines." Front board very close to detaching binding repaired with tape. Noticeable shelf-wear soiling bumping etc. Some foxing pages otherwise clean. <br/> <br/> Cornish, Lamport & Co., Publishers hardcover
1859LTH31-C-16London: W. Kent and Co 1859. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". None. A very scarce account of a Victorian detective in very attractive leather binding. Second series. Writing under the pseudonym "Waters" the author offers a fascinating insight into nineteenth century policing. With the book plate of Arthur Gregg to the front pastedown. In half-calf binding with gilt detailing and paper-covered boards. Externally sound there is wear to the boards joints extremities and backstrip with some cracking to joints and starting to backstrip with tenderness to hinges. Internally the pages are firmly bound and are bright and clean throughout though there are instances of spotting and tide-marking to certain areas. Very Good W. Kent and Co 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
1898006743London: The Society of Bibliophiles 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. Jules Garnier and E.R. Hughes. Two Sets together: Facetious Nights 4 Volumes and The Pecorone 3 Volumes. Limited editions of 1000 copies; both sets are No. 933 of 1000. Original gray-green cloth with gilt illustrations and lettering on front board and spine Venetian deckle edge paper top edges gilt. Edge wear and rubbing on boards most notably and head/tail of spines. Spines mildly sunned/faded. Gilt still bright on front panels but faded on spines. Some gutters starting or cracked in various volumes. The Facetious Nights of Straparola was originally published in the 16th century and The Pecorone in the 14th. Both are said to be influenced in style by Boccaccio's Decameron and contain collections of stories fairy tales legends and fables of Italy. Both sets were highly influential in their day. The Facetious Nights is said to have inspired later collectors of tales such as Perrault and the Brothers Grimm and The Pecorone is said to have inspired Shakespear's Merry Wives of Windsor. A lovely 18th century set a beautiful addition to any collector's library. The Society of Bibliophiles 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 books
1853H27270New York: Cornish Lamport & Co 1853. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo half black leather and marbled boards very good light wear and rubbing pencil signature of Isaac Craig son of a prominent Pittsburgh citizen of the late 19th/early 20th century. "Recollections of a Policeman" is the true first edition of this incredibly early and important work of detective fiction Queens Quorum no. 2; It is bound with Burke's "Romance of the Forum" issued by the same publisher which makes us think that it was the publisher itself that having some spare unbound copies of the first book decided to issue it in tandem with Burke's book which saved them the cost of binding them separately. That's our theory anyway. Burke's book is actually non-fiction however. Burke was born in London on 7 May 1811 and educated at the college of Caen in Normandy. Having been called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1839 he joined the northern circuit and the Manchester and Lancashire sessions. He afterwards practised at the parliamentary bar and appeared before the House of Lords in several important peerage cases. He was made a queen's counsel of the county palatine of Lancaster in 1858 and a serjeant-at-law in 1859. He was elected director or chief honorary officer of the Society of Antiquaries of Normandy for 1866-7. His death occurred at his residence in South Kensington on 26 March 1881. He was related to Edmund Burke wrote a biography of him and edited some reprints of Burke's works. But it is William Russell who really made a mark: he is considered one of the first and most prolific authors of detective stories known as "case fiction" which were purportedly police memoirs. The stories in "Recollections of a Policeman" first appeared in Chambers' Edinburgh Journal around 1850 and Cornish Lamport & Co. collected ten of those stories and published this unauthorized version of them well before any non-pirated editions appeared. Cornish, Lamport & Co hardcover
1852002646New York: Cornish Lamport & Co. 1852 Bound in brown blind stamped cloth 238 pp. bright gilt spine titles.This ia a first edition pirated preceding the first British edition by four years the first authorized American edition by five. This copy with chipped spine extremities shelf wear spotting to front cover and the first twelve and last five leaves of text foxed. Quite bright and clean. A good to very good copy. Cornish, Lamport & Co. 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
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
18708922Paris LIBRAIRIE HENRI PLON 1870 1 Paris, (1870), Librairie Henri Plon, in-8 oblong, percaline noire estampée à froid, titre doré, 60pages.
1838284577Baltimore: Printed by John W. Woods 1838. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. A First Edition copy of Elder Plummer Waters' Salvation for the Chief of Sinners. the Elder was an early Baptist minister of Maryland preacher for the Fredericktown Hammond and Old Seneca Churches and a congregation in Lisbon. In his Salvation he puts forward his Baptist doctrine as well as gives an account of the opposition to his ministerial practices. He condemns the non-confrontational or purely intellectual sermons of many Maryland ministers which he likens to the dishonesty and cunning of "modern politicians." The same division on ministerial practices would eventually break the Maryland Baptists into "primitive" and "missionary" Baptists culminating in 1845. This work is perhaps an important text for examining the roots of the Maryland Baptist schism. First Edition with a partial list of subscribers to the work at the rear. Dampstaining to the bottom and top edges of the textblock and the fore edge of the preliminaries; blue spot on the bottom of some leaves; foxing throughout; nameplate on the front pastedown. Full calf with a red morocco label on the spine lettering stamped in gilt. Front board discretely reattached by a conservator. An uncommon work we locate only two copies on OCLC. Very Good. American Imprints 1838 p. 241. Joshua Warfield The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties Maryland p. 465. Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage Illinois "Church and Family History Research Assistance for Primitive Baptist Churches in the State of Maryland." Maryland Inventory of Historic Places Addendum "Columbia Primitive Baptist Church" p. 3. Very Good binding. Printed by John W. Woods unknown 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
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
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
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
18530025551853 Paris et Londres, Chez J.-B. Baillière, 1853. In-8 (140 X 215 mm) demi-chagrin bleu marine, dos quatre nerfs ornés d'un filet perlé, titre et auteur dorés, caissons dorés, tranches marbrées (MESLIN, relieur papetier) ; (1), XXIV (faux-titre, titre), 510 pages, 1 feuillet non chiffré, 5 planches hors-texte dont deux dépliantes, (1).
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
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
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
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
