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1817250494London: For T. Hookham Jun. and Co. Old Bond Street; and Baldwin Cradock and Joy Paternoster Row 1817. First edition. Half titles present D6 in vol. I a cancel. 3 vols. 12mo. Dark blue green textured cloth over boards printed paper spine labels minor chipping bottom edge slightly trimmed others uncut. Fine. First edition. Half titles present D6 in vol. I a cancel. 3 vols. 12mo. "ANTHELIA MELINCOURT at the age of twenty-one was mistress of herself and of ten thousand a year and of a very ancient and venerable castle in one of the wildest valleys in Westmoreland." <br /> The opening line of Melincourt is indisputably a rejoinder to Austen's celebrated gambit in Pride and Prejudice 1813 and Peacock's sharpest satire of wealth fortune-hunting and politics recounts the fortunes of the heiress and her social climbing friends as well as the bon-vivant Sir Telegraph Paxarent his philosophical friend Mr. Forester and the career of Sir Oran Haut-ton - a "specimen of the natural and original man" and an orang-utan of high fashion "heightened by a pair of enormous whiskers and the folds of a vast cravat" - who is elected as one of the MPs for the venerable rotten borough of Onevote.<br /> A rare work that is almost invariably seen in worn half leather bindings the present copy of Melincourt is in a nicely preserved near contemporary binding of dark green cloth with printed spine labels the publication date is too early by a few years for this to to be publisher's cloth a very handsome triple-decker with good provenance. A note from Esther Potter to Marilyn Butler quotes Victor Schulderer of the British Museum who called Meyerstein 1889-1952 a "poet novelist and musician outstandingly gifted and eccentric". Sadleir 1957e; not in Wolff; Garside & Schöwerling 1817:46. Provenance: English scholar and collector E.H.W. Meyerstein his monogram and date of acquisition 1944 "from J.R.T. E-" ; bookseller and bibliographer Graham Pollard 1903-1976; given to Marilyn Butler wife of his nephew David author of Peacock Displayed 1976 For T. Hookham Jun. and Co. Old Bond Street; and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster Row unknown
1817250494London: For T. Hookham Jun. and Co. Old Bond Street; and Baldwin Cradock and Joy Paternoster Row 1817. First edition. Half titles present D6 in vol. I a cancel. 3 vols. 12mo. Dark blue green textured cloth over boards printed paper spine labels minor chipping bottom edge slightly trimmed others uncut. Fine. First edition. Half titles present D6 in vol. I a cancel. 3 vols. 12mo. Rare Peacock Satire in Early Cloth Binding. "ANTHELIA MELINCOURT at the age of twenty-one was mistress of herself and of ten thousand a year and of a very ancient and venerable castle in one of the wildest valleys in Westmoreland." <br/>The opening line of Melincourt is indisputably a rejoinder to Austen's celebrated gambit in Pride and Prejudice 1813 and Peacock's sharpest satire of wealth fortune-hunting and politics recounts the fortunes of the heiress and her social climbing friends as well as the bon-vivant Sir Telegraph Paxarent his philosophical friend Mr. Forester and the career of Sir Oran Haut-ton - a "specimen of the natural and original man" and an orang-utan of high fashion "heightened by a pair of enormous whiskers and the folds of a vast cravat" - who is elected as one of the MPs for the venerable rotten borough of Onevote.<br/>A rare work that is almost invariably seen in worn half leather bindings the present copy of Melincourt is in a nicely preserved near contemporary binding of dark green cloth with printed spine labels the publication date is too early by a few years for this to to be publisher's cloth a very handsome triple-decker with good provenance. A note from Esther Potter to Marilyn Butler quotes Victor Schulderer of the British Museum who called Meyerstein 1889-1952 a "poet novelist and musician outstandingly gifted and eccentric". Sadleir 1957e; not in Wolff; Garside & Schöwerling 1817:46. Provenance: English scholar and collector E.H.W. Meyerstein his monogram and date of acquisition 1944 "from J.R.T. E-" ; bookseller and bibliographer Graham Pollard 1903-1976; given to Marilyn Butler wife of his nephew David author of Peacock Displayed 1976 For T. Hookham Jun. and Co. Old Bond Street; and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster Row unknown books
1817757L1London: T Hookham 1817. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". None. A very scarce first edition of Thomas Love Peacock's noted novel 'Melincourt'. It is Love Peacock's second novel. In a contemporary quarter calf binding with paper covered boards.The premise of this novel is Love Peacock's attempt to ridicule the so-called Rotten Boroughs of the United Kingdom. These areas had electorate so small that they were frequently used by a patron to gain unrepresentative influence within the unreformed House of Commons. It is a vibrant satire which sees an orangutan as a member of parliament. Sir Oran visits Melincourt where he meets the heroine of the tale Anthelia Melincourt. Other themes in this satire include consumerism the dangers of paper-money the value of chivalry and the boundaries between humans and animals. Bound without the half-titles.With the bookplate of John Phillips Beavan to the front pastedown. A rare work and one of Thomas Love Peacock's best satires. In a half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally very smart with light patches of rubbing to the head and tail of spines. Bookplates to the front pastedowns. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. Scattered spots to the endpapers. Occasional light spots throughout. Very Good Indeed T Hookham hardcover
1824181153Likely London: c.1824. Peacock the company man A draft official document composed by Peacock in his capacity as an assistant examiner at East India House. The submission to the Board of Trade summarizing the views of the Court of Directors responds to complaints from tea-dealers in Edinburgh that the company was failing to adequately supply the home market forcing prices upwards and delivering inferior products. Peacock's "provisional appointment. was approved by the court of directors in May 1819 as part of a larger experiment to open the higher posts in the examiner's office to outside talent. At the East India House he showed great skill in drafting dispatches and his appointment was confirmed in April 1821 with a salary rise to £800. His subsequent career was one of steady advancement" ODNB. This document is a provisional draft differing somewhat in wording and content from the final version published in parliamentary papers and signed by Joseph Dart the company's secretary. The document is discussed in the expansive 1924-34 edition of Peacock's works: "The latest Peacock MS. to be discovered consists of his 'Observations on a Memorial which has been presented to the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury from certain Tea-dealers of the City of Edinburgh.' It is a pencil draft written on paper bearing the East India Company's watermark probably in 1824 the date '6th February 1824' is mentioned in the Postscript and the first paragraph explains that the Memorial having been transmitted 'for the consideration and remarks of the Court of Directors of the East India Company the Court have taken the subject into due consideration and submit their observations accordingly.'" Brett-Smith & Jones pp. 461-2. Accompanying this manuscript is a small portion from a manuscript seemingly unpublished Peacock wrote for the London Magazine. It concerns the pleasures of the scenery of Surrey. Bifolia 315 x 200 mm watermarked East India Company J. Whatman 1821 written across 3 sides in pencil with 20th-century typescript transcription couple of handwritten amendments. Provenance: Thomas Love Peacock 1785-1866 - by descent to Edith Nicholls Peacock's granddaughter her handwritten note on the front of the bifolium in which the manuscript is housed: "I suppose this to be part of an article on Indian exports by T.L.P. but it is almost impossible to read it" - reported by Brett-Smith & Jones as acquired in February 1933 by Roger Ingpen 1868-1936 the literary scholar specializing in Shelley and his circle - Charles Dudley Massey 1905-1980 - by descent to Stephen C. Massey. 10 bifolia and single sheet 335 x 210 mm watermarked East India Company J. Whatman 1823 written across 32 sides in pencil enclosed in bifolium of same paper. Enclosed in folded sheet of brown paper folded down to 295 x 210 mm. Toning nicking and other signs of handling more so to enclosing bifolium: very good. H. F. B. Brett-Smith & Clifford Ernest Jones eds. The Works of Thomas Love Peacock Volume VIII 1934. unknown
1830000655Paris Levavasseur 1830
1812757P50London: William Bulmer and Co Shakespeare Press; et al 1812. First edition. Leather. Good. 11" by 9". None. A very scarce first edition of Peacock's romantic poem on melancholy written in the same year that Peacock met Percy Shelley. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.'The Philosophy of Melancholy' is an elaborate poem a mythological poem pondering the topic of melancholy.Written by Thomas Love Peacock. Peacock was an English novelist active during the nineteenth century. He was a close friend of Percy Shelley the friends influencing each other's works. Peacock was a satirical writer best known for 'Nightmare Abbey' and 'Crotchet Castle'.This work was published in the same year that Peacock met Shelley.Bookplate of Joseph Strutt to the pastedowns. This is possibly the businessman and philanthropist who came from a wealthy textile dynasty. He was a radical social reformer. In the original diced calf binding rebacked with the original boards restored. Externally generally smart with some marks to the boards including a ringmark to the front board. Spine is a little rubbed. Boards are lightly discoloured. A small amount of loss to the extremities. Bookplate to the pastedowns. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with some spots. Good William Bulmer and Co, Shakespeare Press; et al hardcover
1816757P57London: T. Hookham 1816. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". None. A lovely second edition of Thomas Love Peacock's first novel from the library of the Bloomsbury founder Lytton Strachey. The second edition of this work; the first and second edition were published in the same year and both are very scarce.From the library of Lytton Strachey with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Strachey was one of the founding members of the Bloomsbury Group bringing together influential figures such as Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West. He was also a historian of the Victorian era publishing 'Eminent Victorians' and a noted biography of Queen Victoria.In a signed binding by Charles Lewis. Lewis was lauded was one of the best bookbinders of his day patronised by the 2nd Earl Spencer and the 6th Duke of Devonshire binding books for both Althorp and Chatsworth.'Headlong Hall' was Peacock's first long work of fiction grouping a selection of eccentric and obsessive people together at a country estate in Wales.Peacock was an English novelist active during the nineteenth century. He was a close friend of Percy Shelley the friends influencing each other's works. Peacock was a satirical writer best known for 'Nightmare Abbey' and 'Crotchet Castle'.Bound without half-title. In a full calf signed binding by Charles Lewis. Externally smart. A little rubbing and a few minor marks and spots to the boards and spine. Bookplate and binder's label to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with just a couple of occasional light spots. Very Good Indeed T. Hookham hardcover
18886182Savannah GA: The Morning News Print 1888. Good. 8¼" x 6". Green cloth over boards title gilt. Pp. 5 A-E 6 iv-v blank page 360. Good: Ex-library with remnants of call number to spine bookplate due cards and embossed stamp on title page; moderately shaken boards moderately worn with losses at spine tips ffep heavily notated. <br /> <br /> This is another copy of Love's History with several outstanding associations. <br /> <br /> A partially obscured inscription on the front pastedown shows that this particular copy was presented by R.R. Wright to D.C. Suggs. Richard Robert Wright Sr. who wrote part of the book's introduction was born into slavery in Georgia in 1855 and was valedictorian of the first graduating class of Atlanta University now known as the HBCU Clark Atlanta. He became an educator and newspaper editor who went on to serve as the first president of the Georgia Industrial College for Colred Youths GICCY the first public institution of higher learning for African Americans in the state. Under Wright's leadership GICCY hosted renowned lecturers including Booker T. Washington Mary McLeod Bethune and Mary Church Terrell. Wright later founded the first Black-owned bank in Philadelphia and co-founded the first organization of Black-owned banks in the country. <br /> <br /> The recipient of the book Dr. Daniel Cato Suggs was born in Wilson North Carolina in 1865. He was a wealthy Black businessman active in real estate and a teacher in the public school systems of North Carolina. He served as a professor at GICCY before being elected president in 1917 of Livingston College a private HBCU in Salisbury North Carolina noted for its strong affiliation with the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. <br /> <br /> This volume also contains a bookplate from Bennett College in Greensboro. Founded in 1873 as a normal school to educate freedmen and train both men and women as teachers Bennett is now a private HBCU liberal arts college for women. <br /> <br /> There is yet another interesting facet to this copy: the front free endpaper has two pages of handwritten notes regarding a speech given by David B. Hill in Savannah in 1892 as he was campaigning to be the Democratic candidate for United States President. We found the entirety of the speech's text in a newspaper account online and note the oddity of the possibility of a Southern African American attending a Democratic candidate' speech at that time. <br /> <br /> OCLC shows six holdings of the physical book over four entries. A unique copy with wonderful associations of Love's important history of the First African Baptist Church. The Morning News Print unknown
1895c2312260292xbvkMainly Lunéville / [Chateau] Le Frehaut (Maire's Autographs), Lunéville, Nice etc. ('secretary') and 1887/1895-96 ('Rimes feminines . . .'). 108 written pages on 88 sheets of different sizes and different papers varying between small-8vo and small-4to (Maire's autographs) / 60+ pages on 60 sheets (Maire's poetry written by another hand of the period) / 144 pages on 94 sm-4to sheets (Facsimile of 'Rimes feminines. . .', in a different order than in the printed book). - All bound together (Facsimile > Maire's autographs > Other writer, with a few M's inbetween) in a private black halfcloth binding with dark marbled panels, tipped-on the printed part of the original frontcover of 'Rimes feminines. . .' with Rasenberger's added autograph ''Handschrift-Faksimile! Am Schluss Original-Handschriften!''(transl.: ''Manuscript-facsimile! At the End Original-Manuscripts'') surrounded by an ornamental section of the frontcover of a German artistic and geographic series ('Die blauen Bücher') which used this design between 1910 and 1930; 4to. (ca. 26 x 19 x 3 cm; ca. 1 kg.).
181016517(dont 2 de Mozart), de la fin du XVIIIe et du tout début du XIXe siècle, reliées en un volume petit in-folio oblong ; demi-basane à coins havane, dos à faux-nerfs dorés, pièce de titre rouge, roulette en pied (reliure de l’époque) ; ces partitions sont toutes sans date.1- Dalayrac (Nicolas-Marie) – Wolff : arrangement pour le piano forte, opéra de Mr. Dalayrac dit "le musicien poète", créé le 30 septembre 1805, tiré des Mille et une Nuits: Culistan ou le Hulla de Samarcande. Leipzig, A. Meysel ; 53 pp. Opéra qui est, selon Chouquet, "le plus important et le plus abouti" du compositeur. 2- Himmel (Friedrich, Heinrich ; 1765-1814) : Gesellschaftslied. Hambourg, Johann August Böhme ; 4 pp. Texte de Kotzebue. 3- Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus ; 1756-1791) : Vergiss mein nicht. Hambourg, J. A. Böhme ; 6 pp. Idem pour clavier et guitare par Sterkel. Amsterdam, Kuntze ; 4 pp. 4- Grétry (André Ernest ; 1741-1813) : Aria : Verlasst dich jedermann o Richard o mein König ; aus der Oper Richard Löwenhertz. Hambourg, J. A. Böhme ; 6 pp. ; annotations manuscrites. 5- Zumsteg (Jean Rodolphe ; 1760-1802) : Reiter-Lied aus dem Wallenstein in Muzik gesetz von. S.l., s.n., s.d. ; 4 pp. 6- Becker et Hurka : Der Saenger. Hambourg, J. A. Böhme ; 4 pp. 7- [Sasse (Josepha, Rheine)] Arie : Was ist der Mensch ? halb Thier halb Engel ! für’s Forte Piano. Hambourg, J. A. Böhme ; 4 pp. 8- Hurka (Friedrich, Franz; 1762-1805) : Der Bauer an sienen durchlauchtigsten Tyrannen. Lied Wer bist du fürst ? Hambourg, J. A. Böhme ; 6 pp. 9- Himmel : Der Leyermann. Hambourg, J. A. Böhme ; 4 pp. 10 à 13- Himmel : Gesänge aus der Operette Fanchon das Leyermädchen. (N°9 ; 10 ; 7 ; 11) ; 20 pp. 14- Berton (Henri Montan ; 1767-1844) : Aline reine de Golconde (1803) ; air : Il reçut au sein de la gloire... Hambourg, idem ; 4 pp. 15- Berton (Henri Montan) : Montano et Stéphanie (1799) ; air : Oui c’est demain... Hambourg, idem ; 8 pp. 16- [Manuscrit] Le véritable amour, ou les tourmens de l’absence... Partition manuscrite de (2) ff. avec petit rabat en pied. 17- Plantate (Charles-Henri ; 1764-1839) : Air : Te bien aimer ô ma chère Zélie... (1791) ; Hambourg, J. A. Böhme ; 4 pp. 18- Mussini (Natale ; 1765-1837) : Ariette : Souvent l’amour nous prouve son Empire. Hambourg, idem ; 4 pp. 19- Saint-Simon (Mme) : La Déclaration. Romance : Dis-moi ce que j’éprouve... Hambourg, idem ; 4 pp. 20- Mozart : Favorite Walze. Hambourg, idem ; 4 pp. 21- Dussek (Jan Ladislav ; 1760-1812) : Deux anglaises et deux valses. S.l., s.n., s.d. ; 4 pp.
188840926Savannah Ga.: The Morning News Print. 1888. 20 360 pp. Frontis illustration of the First African Baptist Church and another full-page illustration preceding the table of Contents. Well-used with contemporary ownership signatures of "Mr. Cornelious Adams 1819 Reynolds." Inner hinges cracked and some loosening from binding scattered foxing. Text portraits of the pastors. In original cloth binding some spotting and extremity wear. Gilt-lettered title stamped on front cover. Good.<br /> <br /> "The oldest colored Baptist church in America" it was organized in January 1788 at "Brampton's barn three miles west of Savannah by Rev. Abraham Marshall white and Jesse Peter colored." Its trials triumphs schisms relations with their Caucasian co-religionists and biographies of its ministers are chronicled here by the Church's black Pastor Reverend Love. <br /> FIRST EDITION. De Renne 868. Work 405. LCP Supp. 1320. Not in Blockson. The Morning News Print. unknown
18104244France 1810. Hand-colored and color-printed stipple-engraved folding paper fan printed on recto of a single sheet backed in plain paper mounted on original wooden sticks the guards with narrow fillets of decorative bone near rivet the rivet pins with decorative glass inserts; the open fan leaf measuring approx. 169 x 450 mm. total fan height including mount 255 mm. The allegorical scene colored in watercolor and gouache; stenciled gold-printed acanthus border at top a gold border at top of otherwise blank verso. Slight wear along a few folds. <br /> <br /> A colorful woman’s fan probably produced in France for the Spanish market on the theme of choosing a lover or partner.<br /> <br /> The engraving shows at the center of a clearing in a wood a couple in classical dress the male figure representing wisdom in a helmet armor and cloak the woman with a yellow halo innocence bearing the caption “La inocencia guiada de la sabiduria para elergir un corazon†Innocence guided by wisdom to choose a heart. Flanking the couple are ten hearts some flaming five on each side each containing an emblematic figure with a one-word caption designating the pictured character trait. Those on the left are undesirable qualities e.g. a butterfly labeled Inconstancia and those on the right to which Wisdom is pointing are positive e.g. a dog on a leash labeled Fidelidad.<br /> <br /> Fans were often accessories in scenes of courting or flirtation in literature the theater and real life. This was reflected in popular themes of fan designs themselves. An English fan from the same period differently presented but bearing a similar message was featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 2026 “Fanmania†exhibit Met object no. 38.91.23. It shows “an array of potential suitors cast as contrasting types. In addition to offering amusement the fan might have provided a degree of moralizing instruction to young women on behaviors to either avoid or embrace in a prospective beau†exhibit label. <br /> <br /> unknown
1806757P59London: T. Bensley; W. J. and J. Richardson 1806. First edition. Leather. Good. 6" by 4". Not Stated. A very scarce first edition of Thomas Love Peacock's poetry collection illustrated here with a romantic frontispiece. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.'Palmyra' is a collection of twenty-four poems by the noted English novelist Thomas Love Peacock.Illustrated with a frontispiece. Including the poems 'The Genius of the Thames 'Fiolfar' and 'The King of Norway'.Thomas Love Peacock was an English author and a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley who influenced Peacock's work. Peacock is best known for his satirical novels.Bookplate of R. W. Chapman to the front pastedown. Chapman was a British scholar and book collector known for editing the works of Samuel Jonson and Jane Austen. In the original mottled calf binding. Externally generally smart. A small amount of loss to the head and tail of the spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Small loss to the spine label. Joints are a little cracked. Minor rubbing and a few light marks to the boards and spine. Hinges are a little strained but remain firm. Bookplate to the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with some spots. Good T. Bensley; W. J. and J. Richardson hardcover
188519897Londres (Paris), s.n. (Marcel Seheur), 1885 (1932) ; 3 tomes, petit in 8 carré, plein chagrin noir, dos à nerfs soulignés d’un pointillé doré et double cadre doré sur les caissons, double pièce rouge de titre et tomaison, double encadrement des plats, tête dorée, contreplats et gardes en suédine rouge, couverture rose illustrée et dos conservés, non rogné, étui de suédine rouge bordé de box noir (reliure de l’époque) ; 138, [6] pp. bl. ; [4] bl., pp. 153-272 ; [4] bl., pp. 281-403, [3], [2] ff. bl. avec bien entendu les faux-titres, titres et frontispices à chaque volume ; 26 lithographies libres hors-texte, aquarellées au pochoir et au pinceau, très nombreux dessins, en-têtes et culs-de-lampes libres tirés en bistre, dessin répété aux trois couvertures tiré en bistre, par le peintre Berthommé-Saint-André.
1821000044Paris Chez les Marchands de Nouveautés, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot, et Imprimerie de Plassan 1821
1821003106Chez les principaux libraires (Imprimerie d’Herhan), se trouve chez Barba, 1821
1895PEACOCKT025163Macmillan London. 1895-1897. First edition thus. George Saintsbury introduces each volume. Octavo. Five volumes. Illustrations by H.R. Millar and F. H. Townsend. Fine period bindings by Zaehnsdorf of three quarter green calf with raised bands floral decorations gilt marbled boards and endpapers morocco title-labels top edges gilt.A fine set. Very attractive bindings. Macmillan, London. hardcover
184835106Wien: Gredruckt bei Joseph Ludwig 1848. First Edition. Broadside 50.75x42cm. printed blackletter; previous folds two corners neatly clipped not approaching text else Very Good to Near Fine. Proposal issued shortly before the Vienna Uprising of October 1848 during which violence broke out between the laboring class of the city and the Hapsburg army as the latter was trying to leave in order to quell the Hungarian Revolution. Löve most likely a university student at the time proposes that Vienna would best be defended if the walls surrounding the inner city were to be dismantled they would be irreparable if damaged by enemy bombardment and the moat filled in for building development. Unlocated in OCLC or KVK though noted in James E. Walsh 1848 Austrian Revolutionary Broadsides and Pamphlets 1976 p. 143 dating the broadside to June 31 1848. Löve issued another five or six titles listed in Walsh one signed in type "Redacteur I der Studentenzeitung" editor of the student newspaper; another "Redakteur des Stürmers" editor of "The Strikers". Gredruckt bei Joseph Ludwig unknown
1810408294Philadelphia: C. and A. Conrad & Co. Philadelphia; Conrad Lucas & Co. Baltimore; Somervell and Conrad Petersburg; and Bonsal Conrad & Co. Norfolk 1810. Hardcover. Very Good. Eight volume set complete. Octavos. Bound in contemporary American mottled calf with dark red and black leather spine labels lettered in gold edges speckled blue. Ink ownership signature of Love Maria Whitcomb and small and attractively printed bookplate of her husband “Dr. F. L. H. Willis†on the front free endpaper or flyleaf of each volume. Modest wear to the edges and joints at the spine ends overall scattered foxing and some staining one volume VI lacks the front flyleaf a very good set.<br /> <br /> An early American edition of Shakespeare’s Plays the first American edition was published in 1795-96 from the library of Frederick L. H. Willis and Love Whitcomb both of whom were leading exponents of the American Spiritualist movement. Frederick Willis was raised in the same household as Louisa May Alcott and her sisters and had developed a close relationship to Bronson Alcott. According to Alcott Memoirs compiled from Willis’s biographical writings he provided the inspiration for the character Laurie in Little Women. Expelled from Harvard Divinity School in 1857 for his involvement with spiritualism Willis earned a medical degree moved to Rochester to work as a physician and taught at the New York Medical College for Women. Love Whitcomb came from a long line of Unitarian pastors in New Hampshire. A writer and musician Whitcomb edited Tiffany’s Monthly Magazine wrote for The Banner of Light a Spiritualist journal and composed several songs and hymns for the movement.<br /> <br /> A handsome set of nice American bindings featuring Willis’s bookplates with ornamental borders and an interesting association with the Alcott family of New England. C. and A. Conrad & Co. Philadelphia; Conrad, Lucas, & Co. Baltimore; Somervell and Conrad, Petersburg; and Bonsal, Conrad, & Co. hardcover
1836002861Paris, Werdet, 1836
1836002795Paris, Charles Gosselin et Furne, 1836
1822011494London: Printed for T. Hookham & Longman Hurst 1822. Book measures 17x10.5.cm. 4216pp. Bound in peroid half calf calf corners marble boards flat gilt bands. Binding worn spine defective boards still holding. Internally pages clean. A good clean copy in a worn binding. . Third Edition. Half Calf. Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Printed for T. Hookham & Longman, Hurst Hardcover
1831300966London: T. Hookham 1831. First edition. Page 154 numbered 54. Fly title present; bound without ads. iv 300 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full green polished calf spine gilt. Joints repaired. First edition. Page 154 numbered 54. Fly title present; bound without ads. iv 300 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sadleir 1957; not in Wolff T. Hookham unknown books
1893300969London: J.M. Dent 1893. First collected edition. 10 vols. 12mo. Half brown morocco spine gilt marbled boards. Near fine textblock faintly toned. Book plates on front paste downs. First collected edition. 10 vols. 12mo. Handsome set of the writings of Peacock. Volumes are 1. Headlong Hall. 2 & 3. Melincourt 2 volumes. 4. Nightmare Abbey. 5. Maid Marian. 6. The Misfortunes of Elphin. 7. Crotchet Castle. 8 & 9. Gryll Grange 2 volumes. 10. Calidore & Miscellanea. With "Recollections of Thomas Love Peacock" by Sir Edward Strachey. <br/><br/>Previous owners include H. Walter Webb American railway entrepreneur and later his wife Leila Howard Codman. <br/><br/>Thomas Love Peacock was a satirist novelist poet and official of the East India Company. Peacock's place in literature is preeminently that of a satirist with most of his works featuring the same setting in which his characters are set a table criticizing contemporary philosophical opinions. Peacock was a very close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and they influenced one another's' works throughout their shared journeys and close lodgings. J.M. Dent unknown books
1831300966London: T. Hookham 1831. First edition. Page 154 numbered 54. Fly title present; bound without ads. iv 300 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full green polished calf spine gilt. Joints repaired. First edition. Page 154 numbered 54. Fly title present; bound without ads. iv 300 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sadleir 1957; not in Wolff T. Hookham unknown
