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185641005<p>London : J. & C. Brown & Co. 1856. First edition : with the variant undated title-page. "I returned to Scotland Yard to report ." - the very first appearance in fiction of a Scotland Yard detective - indeed the first English detective stories. "Waters" of the Yard was the invention of journalist William Russell - the stories originally published in Chambers' Edinburgh Journal between 1849 and 1852 with some of the stories appearing in book form in New York in 1852. The present publication is the first appearance of all eleven with a final twelfth tale not previously published. Foolscap 8vo 18cm. 310pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece engraved by George Measom 1818-1901 later knighted for his charitable work. Original pictorial boards a dramatic yellowback design in red and black; rebacked with a neat paper spine replacing the fragile lost original; some rubbing and wear; internally a few small marks spots and slight creases but overall an attractive copy of a cornerstone of the genre.</p> London : J. & C. Brown & Co., (1856). 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
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
1890List2833Shasta County and Siskiyou County 1890. Fifteen photographs approximately 4 ½ x 7 ½ inches. Each mounted on heavy cardboard backing approximately 5 ½ x 8 ½ inches which is mounted on heavy cardboard of approximately 8 x 10 ½ inches. Unknown if photographs are stamped verso due to mounting. Some with recent captions on the largest mount; some captions likely incorrect see description. Fine contrast overall fine condition. Raper James Waters 1856–1937 was a professional photographer from Sacramento California. He was first active as a photographer in Gold Hill Nevada in the 1880s. Following this he returned to California and had studios in Berkeley and San Francisco between the late 1880s and mid-1920s. Offered here is a collection of fifteen of Waters’ photographs from around Mount Shasta likely from the late 1880s or 1890s.<br /> <br /> The photographs are mainly from places in Siskiyou County where Mount Shasta is located including shots of the towns of Sisson now Mount Shasta and Dunsmuir Sisson and Dunsmuir are on the Siskiyou Trail an ancient Native American footpath running from the San Francisco area to Portland Oregon. The Central Pacific Railroad Company completed a train line along the Siskiyou Trail in 1887; one shot from an unknown location shows railroad tracks rounding a curve among felled trees. Just outside of Dunsmuir is the Shasta Springs resort mislabeled here as Shasta Bottling Works famous for its springwater – the fountains of water in the photograph are from pressurized pipes coming from the springs.<br /> <br /> Other captioned photographs show Castle Crags hikers summiting Mount Shasta Mossbrae Falls and Castle Lake mislabeled as Crystal Lake. Photographs also show campers with their tent small houses a canoe on a lake and snowy winter scenes. Overall a striking set of photographs. unknown
182332839Washington DC: Printed by Gales & Seaton 1823. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Disbound wraps. 5 pages 1 blank page. Printed name of Waters Smith at the bottom page 5 and attested by the Secretary F. J. Fatio. Scarce. 2 copies located in OCLC as of 4/2019 Jacksonville PL AAS. Florida became a territory of the United States in 1822 and obtained statehood in 1845. Printed by Gales & Seaton unknown
1896306962New York: G.F. Diehl 1896. 20pp. 12mo. Stapled self wrappers. Slight finger soiling. In half blue morocco and cloth drop box with red leather label. 20pp. 12mo. Pro-capitalist pamphlet by someone claiming to "work in a machine shop in a little New England town. G.F. Diehl] unknown
18503448Great Britain 1850. Comprised of 88 manuscript pages of mathematical definitions tables methods and exercises in a single hand with the ownership signature of "Caroline Waters Age 16 yrs" to the front endpaper. Marbled paper vernacular binding measuring 8 x 12 inches and stitched at spine. Caroline's metric measurements and English currency reveal her to be a student somewhere in the UK. Though the commonness of her name and the absence of a specific date prevents us from locating her in genealogy records the manuscript she left behind reveals much about how and why girls of her age and class were being taught arithmetic.<br /> <br /> Caroline's elegant practiced hand suggests that she is a member of the rising middle class and the opening of the book suggests that she is a beginning to intermediate mathematician. At the top of the first page she defines Arithmetic as "the art of computing by numbers" which "has five principal sic rules for this purpose viz. Numeration Subtraction Addition Multiplication and Division." Using this definition she divides her notebook into a section for each providing a definition for that principle plus clear-cut examples of its use in both Simple and Compound formats. Numeration Subtraction and Addition are grouped together at the front; and after these sections conclude Caroline enters in Practical Questions in Compound Addition and Subtraction. These involve word problems involving the exchange of money and the calculation of wet and dry weights cloth measurements and time. She then mirrors this with Multiplication and Division before adding sections on Decimal Fractions more Practical Questions and sections on Federal Money and Simple Interest.<br /> <br /> The organization of the manuscript suggests that Caroline copied it out for continued reference where sections are easy to locate and problems clearly illustrate each of the principles. And the emphasis in sample problems on currency conversion monetary exchange and banking implies that her family in some way wanted her to be aware of these concepts.<br /> <br /> An exceptional and rich document Caroline's notebook is a rich resource for study including but not limited to the history of women's education middle class education women's domestic use of mathematics women in business paleography genealogy gender studies. unknown
18401361840. Bound collectilvely in contemporary quarter leather with marbled paper boards. Very good. Sammelband of 6 pamphlets containing 1 A Few Examples of Mediaeval Deeds by Fairless Barber signed with some annotations by Barber 1879 2 John Ruskin: A Bibliographical Biography by Willam Axon 1879 3 Comparison of the Earliest Inscribed Monuments of Britain and Ireland by D.H. Haigh 1876 4 Parish Registers by Robert Waters 1870 5 British Family Histories published in the Quarterly Reviewn.d. 1840s and 6 On the Class of Rude Stone Monuments by W.C. Lukis 1875. unknown
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
185229015001Cincinnati OH 1852. General wear. Inscription on front cover. Damage to back strip. A textbook only sold by subscription that seeks to teach the reader arithmetic and world geography by using verse often rhyming verse to help the reader memorize the important terms and formulas. For example in describing the divisions of land the following poem is used:<br /> <br /> "Of land and its divisions read the stories;<br /> Peninsulas Continents Islands Promontories<br /> And Isthmuses and Capes and Mountains high<br /> Volcanoes Shores and Deserts wet and dry."<br /> <br /> The book covers both the technically terms in geography meridians tropics latitude longitude etc. and all continents and countries of the world. Additionally they provided some historical and cultural information on the countries as well such as information on the construction of the Great Wall in China and that Holland is one of the most populous districts on the globe. Numerous black and white illustration accompany the text both in the form of maps and illustrations on the geographical and architectural wonders of each locality described. At the end of the book there are six pages of the "Rules of Arithmetic In Verse." Discussed in this section is everything from subtraction to multiplication and decimal fractions to compound interest. Front cover title: "The Poetical Geography with the Rules of Arithmetic in Verse." Inscribed on front cover and inside cover with "Henry Alcott Anthony Rd." 80 pages. Yellow illustrated covers. Measures 9" x 6 1/4".<br /> <br /> To view this item please click on the following link:<br /> https://photos.app.goo.gl/apfB1nLUVFtsZgDg6. unknown
1896C204077Press of the semi-weekly Bristol Phoenix 1896. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Original brown cloth slightly worn at extremities otherwise near very good indeed. No dust jacket. Press of the semi-weekly Bristol Phoenix, hardcover
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
1894026777<p>London: Lawrence and Bullen. 2 volume set. 1st printing 1894. Limited ed. 180/1000. 276; 323pp. Original brown moire covers with gilt pictorial emblem to upper board and lettering to spine deckle page edge tissue-guard at frontis. Both vols VG copies bindings square and tight light wear to edges cloth covers clean but for vol.2 has some rubbing and staining to rear spine edge spines rubbed and dulled foxing to prelims otherwise internally excellent all plates present guarded and bright . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1894.</p> 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
1897OB312<p>London: Lawrence & Bullen 1897. Hard Cover. 312 pages. 'Ser Giovanni's collection begun in 1378 and finished after 1385 derives its title Il pecorone 'the numbskull'-- a title probably not due to the author-- from the fact that so many pecoroni appear in the book. The frame story tells of a chaplain and a nun who on 25 successive days meet in a convent parlor each telling the other a story each day. About half the stories are fictional; the other half are drawn from the Chronaca of Giovanni Villani. Many of the tales are stupid but a few are definitely good. The best that of Giannetto and the Lady of Belmonte embodies the 'pound of flesh' motif in an excellent plot from which Shakespeare derived directly or indirectly the 'pound of flesh' portion of the plot of The Merchant of Venice' Wilkins. 110 copies printed of which this is number 95. Printed on 'Japanese vellum.' Good copy vellum spine soiled nicked at bottom. Stock#OB312.</p> Lawrence & Bullen hardcover
18211408350Baltimore: Frederick G. Schaffer 1821-1833. Hardcover. Octavo Two volumes bound as one: 75 pages ; 293 pages. In Fair minus condition. Spine is brown with gold print on black banner. Boards in brown leather; front board detached wear to spine caps and corners spine leather is creased and chipping leather on boards in stain small surface tears. Text block has penciled notes on front endpapers top portion of title page torn away name in ink on rear pastedown and on page 3 cracked rear hinge slight amount of penciled marginal notation foxing and tanning to paper throughout. Spine title: Annals of Baltimore. Second title published by William Wooddy Baltimore 1833. <br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #3. 1408350. FP New Rockville Stock. Frederick G. Schaffer 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
1828723Original lengthy handwritten ALS dated Monday 24 Sept 1828. From M. Waters to General Sir Herbert Taylor Military secretary and adc to the Duke First Private Secretary to King George III King George IV and King William IV. An important letter regarding subscriptions to erect a monument in memory of "the lamented Duke of York" who has been "has been falsely and shamefully traduced by the Catholic Leaders for his constitutional candid & manly opposition to any further concessions being allowed them" and "for his resolute declaration to uphold the principles which placed the desired House of Brunswick on the Throne". Also referring to a Madame des Mallet. Good condition with edge toning/creasing and browning to folds/edges. Includes a typed transcript by a previous owner with speculation over the identity of Madame des Mallet including whether she might have been a mistress to the Duke of Kent.<br /><br /><i>Prince Frederick Duke of York and Albany 16 August 1763 – 5 January 1827; second son of King George III. Mocked perhaps unfairly in the rhyme "The Grand Old Duke of York": The towering Duke of York Column on Waterloo Place just off The Mall London was completed in 1834 as a memorial to Prince Frederick.</i> ALS
1895264510London: Lawrence & Bullen 1895. hardcover. Translated into English by W. G. Waters and illustrated by E.R. Hughes. 2 vols. large 4to mauve silk binding a little dusty. London: Lawrence & Bullen 1895. Very good .<br/> <br/> One of 1000 numbered copies for England and America.<br/> <br/> Lawrence & Bullen 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
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
1890P-06343London: Privately Printed 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. Original ivory gilt cloth with original etchings. A clean tight unmarked set. Privately Printed hardcover
1895j6575London: Lawrence & Bullen. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Covers rubbed. Spines darkened and marked. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedown. 1895. Limited Edition 164/210. Brown hardback boards with cream vellum spine. 300mm x 220mm 12" x 9". xxxi 294pp xi 352pp plates. 20 sepia plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Lawrence & Bullen hardcover
