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1864634583printed and published by G.H. Windeyer 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A near fine copy of the first edition in original bright unfaded green cloth decorated in gilt with elephant design on upper cover front inner hinge tender; slight foxing. PROVENANCE: ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper reads: 'J.B. Irving 4th King's Own Royal Regiment Cheltenham.' Also features Irving's neat ink stamp on pastedown. printed and published by G.H. Windeyer 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
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
188014974Shanghai 1880. 880 by 960mm. 34.75 by 37.75 inches. Lithographed map dissected and laid down on linen in 24 sections with contemporary hand-colour in full; preserved in original publisher's green cloth slipcase. Compiled by Thomas Waters 1842-1898 "expressly for Sportsmen" slipcase label. Waters was an Irish civil engineer and architect who carved out a successful early career in Japan designing the Imperial Mint in Osaka and the headquarters for the Imperial Japanese Army. He worked briefly in Shanghai in the 1880s before going out to Colorado to join his brothers in silver and gold mining. This map also appeared in cyanotype probably originally drawn up as part of Waters' bid for the commission to construct a new waterworks in Shanghai. Waters was a strong contender in the competition as he had experience in the field: he was partially responsible for the construction of Japan's first sewer system. Rare: OCLC locates only two institutional examples those in the BnF and University of Chicago. hardcover
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
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
1873j7128aLondon: John Churchill. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed. Spine faded. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library. Prelims foxed. 1873. Second Edition. Maroon hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 160mm 9" x 6". xi 431pp plates & ads. Nine b/w plates. . John Churchill hardcover
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
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
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
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
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
185653813London: J. & C. Brown & Co 1856. First edition. Very good. First authorized edition in book form of these collected police detective stories the first ever of their kind to feature an investigator from Scotland Yard. Originally published in CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL the thirteen stories of the First Series plus an eight additional episodes gathered three years later in the Second Series mark the first appearance in fiction of a Scotland Yard detective. Russell in the persona of "Waters" presented his narratives as first-person recollections in line with the conventions of the mid-Victorian police memoir then enjoying great popularity while offering to the reading public a new kind of hero: a policeman with intelligence curiosity and integrity. <br /> <br /> Detective fiction has always pressed up against the porous borders of that much-derided segment of popular literature now known as "true crime": just as the latter is frequently embellished and distorted for the sake of a better story crime and detective fiction in its earliest forms borrowed the shock of the real insisting as a matter of genre convention that the events depicted were only lightly fictionalized that the reader was given entrée into the "marginalized social space between 'respectable' and 'criminal'" Saunders occupied by the real-life police detective; that they were being told a true story by an insider. Verisimilitude was the point: "The genre was designed to take the private spaces operations and methodologies of the police force and publicize them for the reader and Russell himself explained that his memoir writing was designed to present an inside view into policing for readers" Saunders. Given the bedrock importance of this interplay between the real and the unreal at the dawn of detective fiction it is perhaps unsurprising that Sherlock Holmes the most famous fictional private detective of later Victorian decades would inspire a legion of devotees to insist on his factual reality perfectly well aware that this was not true and sublimely indifferent to it. <br /> <br /> A handsome copy of this scarce and vital Queen's Quorum and Haycraft-Queen title - especially uncommon complete in one volume. Two octavo volumes bound in one 6.25'' x 4''. Contemporary half calf marbled boards. Gilt-ruled spine with spine label. Lacking frontispiece as sometimes seen. 8 310 pages. In custom cloth slipcase. Sympathetically rebacked with reinforcement to hinges. Some rubbing chipping rear joint. Overall clean and sound. J. & C. Brown & Co unknown
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
1887829engraved front cover and spine. title and author in black on front cover. Front cover shows fight and floral element.spine shows title in black and bottom of spine lives a bobbybottom of spine shows wear as does hinge of front spinebottom edges show wear as do all corners of spinerear cover hingedfront cover has previous owners name and date xmas '92small bur ckear type face. easy to readtext unmarkedbook has been read<br /> Alex. Lloyd hardcover
18870011739Chicago: Alex. T. Loyd & Co. 1887. New Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo 376 pages publisher's illustrated catalog floral endpapers embossed brown cloth pencilled name of J. Snyder <br/><br/>A Queen's Quorum title No. 2. Originally issued as a yellowback in London in 1856. Waters the Detective Policeman. "We think that the reader after having perused the following pages will unite with us in the remark that the true stories contained therein have never been equalled for thrilling interest by any productions of modern fiction. - Preface. Alex. T. Loyd & Co. hardcover
1859220690Boston: Wentworth and Co. 1859. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. 376 pages. 8vo. Pages are lightly age toned. Small water stain along top edge is visible on several pages. Light age soil on endpapers. Brown stain at bottom edge of last 100 pages. Blue-gray pebbled cloth with blindstamped raised leaf designs. Cloth is spotted and faded around edges. Stains on covers. Edgewear to top and bottom of spine. Corners are bumped and rubbed. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Record # 220690 Wentworth and Co. hardcover
18525759New York: Cornish Lamport & Co 1852. First Edition/Pirate Edition. Hardcover. Good Textblock Very Good. No DJ. First Edition/Pirate Edition. Hardcover. 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. 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. Cornish, Lamport & Co hardcover
1856781P33London: J. & C. Brown & Co. 1856. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. The first edition of this influential short story collection by William Russell named by Ellery Queen as one of the most important detective pieces of the nineteenth century. The first edition of this collection.Illustrated with a frontispiece.Thirteen popular detective short stories which was been previously published in 'Chambers' Edinburgh Journal'.Including 'One Night in a Gaming-House' 'Guilty or Not Guilty' 'Legal Metamorphoses' 'Mary Kingsford' and more.This story collection was named in 'Queen's Quorum' Ellery Queen's conclusive list of the best detective short stories to have been written over the course of a century.An interesting and early example of crime and mystery fiction.By William Russell under the penname 'Waters'. A notable Victorian detective writer he was one of the most prolific author of 'police memoirs'.One page of publisher's adverts to the rear. Rebound in a half calf binding with cloth to the boards. Externally smart with some rubbing to the boards and spine. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just a couple of light spots. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the first leaf of text. Very Good Indeed J. & C. Brown & Co. hardcover
1857818P4London: W. Kent & Co; J. & C. Brown & Co c1857-60. First edition. Leather. Good. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A lovely set of the first and second series of William Russell's collection of short stories about detectives in Victorian England a gripping series. The first and second series of 'Recollections of a Detective Police-Officer'.The second series is a first edition of 1859. The first series is an undated early reprint not the first edition as it does not have a date to the title page but is c1856-7 as there are four Captain Mayne Reid titles listed to the adverts all of which were published before 1857 the final title in this list being 'The Quadroon' which was published in 1856.One page of adverts to the rear of the first series. This work was named second in 'Queen's Quorum' Ellery Queen's conclusive list of the best detective short stories to have been written over the course of a century named only after the 'Tales' of Edgar Allan Poe.An interesting and early example of crime and mystery fiction.Twenty-one popular detective short stories which was been previously published in 'Chambers' Edinburgh Journal'.Including 'One Night in a Gaming-House' 'Guilty or Not Guilty' 'Legal Metamorphoses' 'Mary Kingsford' 'The Dramatic Author' 'Mark Stretton' 'The Two Widows' and more.By William Russell under the pen-name 'Waters'. A notable Victorian detective writer he was one of the most prolific author of 'police memoirs'. He was a mysterious figure with little known about his life.Collated the first series is bound without the frontispiece. In a half calf binding first series with cloth to the boards second series with marbled paper to the boards. First series is rebacked. Externally with some rubbing heavier to the boards of the second series. A little loss of leather to the extremities of the first series and to the raised bands. Some bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine of the second series with a little loss. Tidemark to the front board of the first series. Hinges of the first series are reinforced with cloth. Front hinge of the second series is starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the occasional spot mostly to the first and last few pages. Good W. Kent & Co; J. & C. Brown & Co hardcover
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
1862j7126London: John Churchill. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Corners bumped and with minor rubbing to covers. Ex library with library stamps of the Royal College of Surgeons. 1862. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 160mm 9" x 6". 114pp 32pp ads. 7 b/w plates. . John Churchill 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
1898184296MA: Salem Press 1898. Softcover. Good. Good paperback. The book covers have chipping and tearing covers have minor soiling spine missing. Front cover is coming loose. Salem Press unknown
