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1832ALEX332G.M. & W. Snider Philadelphia: . 1832 224 p. Foxed. Early manuscript ownership of Robert H. Fogel Fogel's Mill PA Sept. 19 1874 on first fly leaf. Pink printed bookplate of S.C.B. Fogel M.D. on front paste down. Unusual early XLib bookplate of A.& W. Blumer's Circulating Library No. 36 ruled in circles pasted on front board. 12mo. 190 mm. Original linen spine over paper covered boards. Paper spine label perished. Boards stained. Hardbound. Good. Early American anthology of wit and humor from both domestic and foreign sources. Very Scarce: OCLC records holdings at just five libraries. S&S/AI 11923. First edition. PAIMP 25. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. G.M. & W. Snider, Philadelphia: . hardcover
1900210619001BD McDuff 1900-01-01. Paperback. Like New. 0x0x0. Signed and inscribed by author BD McDuff paperback
186157266Longman Green Longman and Roberts. 1861. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes bound together xxviii 71pp xiv 358 2 2 maps handcoloured 1 folding repaired illustrated with 7 chrolomolithographic plates of 8 lacking frontis plate of Glenbarr Abbey also 61 woodcut illustraions 8 on plates rest in text smartly bound in recent maroon cloth new endpapers few page corners sl turned over. Scarce item; Octavo . Longman Green Longman and Roberts hardcover
189673249Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1896. 8vo. Latin texts with English commentary. 2 volumes. clxxviii 458; xl 545 3 16 pp. Publisher's quarter straight-grained red/orange morocco over blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Wear at tails of spines and loss to their heads. Rubbing to rest of bindings. Internally clean with some pages unopened. . Good. 1/4 Morocco. 1896. The Clarendon Press 1896 unknown
189951534New York NY: George D. Sproul. VG. 1899. Hardcover. Hardbacks in Very Good condition without dust jackets. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The Witley Edition. Number 519 of a Limited Edition. Signed by the publisher. 12 volume set. . Quick Shipping All Books Mailed in Boxes Free Tracking Provided . George D. Sproul hardcover
1859039739Baltimore: Kelly Hedian & Piet 1859. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. viii 306pp. Augustin Bede was a pseudonym. Bound in original stamped brown cloth with largely faded gilt lettering to spine - though words can still be read. Volume admits to several minor bumps to extremities along with light to medium wear light soiling and a little fading to cloth. Minor creasing to extremities - mainly lower corners - of approximately 60 pages. Mild foxing and tanning to paper. Just a few pencil marks and erasure notes to interior. SCARCE critique of the Book of Common Prayer <br/> <br/> Kelly, Hedian & Piet hardcover
1860F75259London: James Blackwood 90th thousand 1860s by impression. Hardcover. Good. Frontis Pictorial Titlepage text illlustrations by Edward Bradley. Three parts in One volume. Octavo half leather on 4 raised bands. Spine with gilt red title to spine plum pebbled cloth sides hinges and corners rubbed/spine gilt rubbed. Frontis Titlepage vi 112pp 108pp 112pp Name to fly leaf somewhat cropped to top edge. Endpapers and last page slightly foxed. Some signs of use but no loose pages no ripped pages and over 80 marvelous illustrations playing billiards punting and fencing. Humorous Oxford undergraduate at fictional Brasenface College. Here paginated in three parts only LATER editions are through paginated. James Blackwood 90th thousand hardcover
18610010320London: Longmans Green & Co. Bound in half red leather with gilt titles raised bands and decoration to spine this Two Volume hardcover set is Good. Volume One XV111/371pp folding coloured map at end and Route Map facing page One. Preface plus 17 Chapters. Clean marbled endpapers spine chipped and worn at top and tail. Spine edges and corners rubbed and worn.Five full-page chromo-litho plates and other wood-cuts. Volume Two X1V/358pp with32 Chapters Appendix Index 3 Chromlitho plates Woodcuts but missing Geological Map Page 342. Spine slightly chipped at top/tail; and rubbed at edges. Slight rubbing and wear to corners and boards close to spine. Clean marbled endpapers as Volume One. Headbands and red silk bookmarks; detached in volume One. General condition Good . Good. Hardback. First Edition. 1861. Longmans, Green & Co hardcover
186129932London: Longman Green Longman and Roberts 1861. First edition 2 volumes in 1 thick 8vo pp. xxviii 371 1; xiv 358 2 ads; 3 maps 2 hand-colored 1 folding 8 chromolithographs and 61 woodcuts 8 on plates the balance in the text; attractive copy in original green diaper cloth lettered in gilt on spine. The Rev. Edward Bradley 1827-1889 writing under the name of Cuthbert Bede wrote this extensive history and guide to the peninsula in the west of Scotland. The illustrations are made from sketches and watercolors by the author. Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts unknown
1859r011.120GB: James Blackwood 1859. Heavily blind decorated dark brown cloth lettered and decorated in gold on spine and front cover. Frontispiece and three other colour plates at pages 86 134 and 174. No list of plates in book so not known if complete. Inscription of owner at start of book. Clean tight text and bright covers with a little wear at spine ends. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG/No DW. James Blackwood Hardcover
189367816Boston: Little Brown and Company 1893. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good in boards. Lean to spine. Three inch tear to gutter on title page. Hinge is starting.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1893303911893. 1893 Bede Cuthbert LITTLE MR BOUNCER AND HIS FRIEND VERDANT GREEN ALSO TALES OF COLLEGE LIFE Boston: Little Brown and Company 1893 292pp illustrations by author 8vo green cloth gilt teg Minor wear crown tail of spine corners slightly bowed else fine bright copy. unknown
1855d3639cLondon: James Blackwood & Co. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Punched hole through upper corned. Cover rubbed. Occasional foxing and light marking. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Blindstamp to fep. 1855. Reprint. Brown hardback half-leather cover on marbled boards. 190mm x 130mm 7" x 5". 114pp; 104pp. Frontis plates illustrated title pages and b/w illustrations by the author. Cuthbert Bede was the pseudonym of the Rev. Edward Bradley. Bradley was a regular contributor to Punch and other periodicals of the day. 'The Adventures of Verdant Green' is essentially a spoof on Oxford and college life. . James Blackwood & Co hardcover
1857407713London: Richard Bentley 1857. Hardcover. Good. First edition. 16mo. Original wrappers bound in three quarter red leather with gilt-stamped spine title marble papercovered boards.Illustrated by the author. Boards scuffed with extremities worn and chipped a good to very good copy. Richard Bentley hardcover
18551448131855. BEDE Cuthbert. Photographic Pleasures: Popularly Portrayed with Pen and Pencil. 52 pp. Illustrated with 23 etched plates. 8vo. 160 x 100 mm bound in original illustrated cloth-backed boards. London: Day and Son 1863. Cuthbert Bede was the pen name of Edward Bradley. This is a reissue of the first humorous treatment of the new art and craft of photography to be published in England. To the readers of its day it offered an up-to-the-minute commentary on the fads and foibles trials and tribulations of the photographic enthusiast. Piece missing from illustration on rear cover a repeat of the front cover. Some internal staining but still an exceptional copy of this fascinating book. hardcover
185653287London:: Charles H. Clarke 1856. old full polished calf; original wrappers printed in red and blue bound in at rear. Front cover detached; original wrappers soiled. 12mo. Charles H. Clarke, unknown
1877062164London: Carleton Publisher Madison Square. Clean tight red half leather hardcover with raised bands in good plus condition; mild shelf and rubbing more pronounced at lower corners . Good Plus. Hardcover. 1877. Carleton, Publisher, Madison Square hardcover
1853051570Nathaniel Cooke. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1853. Hardcover. Hardcover 5 volume set written by Cuthbert Bede which is a pseudonym for Edward Bradley. SIGNED letter by Edward Bradley glued into the first endpapers of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green volume. Presumed 1st editions with no additional printings. The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green An Oxford Freshman Nathaniel Cooke1853; The Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green an Oxford Undergraduate H. Ingram & Co.1854; Mr. Verdant Green Married and Done For James Blackwood 1857; Nearer and Dearer A Tale Out Of School A Novelette Richard Bentley 1857; Love's Provocations Being Extracts Taken In the Most Unmanly and Unmannerly Manner From the Diary of Miss Polly C. Ward and Lock 1855. 5 original wrappers with original front covers bound into matching green Morocco leather boards. Gold ruling to boards. Boards worn and rubbed at edges. Some scuffing. One volume has 3 inch rubbed area on rear board. Titles on spines between raised bands. Bands rubbed spines have sunned to brown. Hinges rubbed. Bookplate in each volume. Occasional foxing to text. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Nathaniel Cooke hardcover
185861922London: James Blackwood 1858. 8vo. Three parts in one. viii 118 108 112 p. Contemporary full dark green morocco. Raised bands to spine with gilt lettering. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Original pictorial wrapper bound in at front. Illustrations throughout. Repair to a few leaves. Boards clean. Internally clean. . Very Good. Full Morocco. Reprint. 1858. James Blackwood 1858 unknown
1899341992London : James Blackwood 1899. The one hundredth thousand. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Spine slanted and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Date is suggested. Physical description: vi various paging; illustrated. Subjects: Fiction 19th century. English fiction 19th century. London : James Blackwood hardcover
1857269373London: James Blackwood & Co. 1857. Later Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in gilt-blocked cloth with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; viii 271 p. : ill. port. ; 19 cm. Subjects; University of Oxford — Fiction. Genres; Fiction. Illustrated. London: James Blackwood & Co. hardcover
1853001305Boston: Little Brown. GOOD-VGworn but nice boards books. REPRINT 8"x5" 500pp. 1893 1853cp. LATER REPRINT. Hardcover. GOOD-VG books. Tan half calf. Bright TEG. Vol 2 upper hinge repaired. Tight FINE inside. Tipped in 3 page book related ALS. . Gilt lettered red & black leather spine labels. Books worn but spotless. With 2nd engraved title page. FINE inside no aging foxing marginalia etc. Both stay tightly closd when stood on their spines. The letter is about books used book sellers children's books and book illustrations. Interesting content. "My dear sir The four books reached us yesterday. They are wonderfully cheap and good.By this post I have sent some lines concerning to - whch I hope Mr Mortimer will insert. I should advise you to try W. Pearson second hand bookseller. York St.Covent Garden for an early copy of "Goody Two Shoes". I note your communication in last week's N. & Q. As a curiosity I send for your acceptance a copy of the style of books prepared for children a half a century ago. It was presented to my wife when a child - and she remembers being charmed with it. You will serve the whole of it letterpress engraved. I made a note of it - "cucklen bch" - some time since in N.&Q. Believe me Very truly yours Edward Bradley". A PS concerning his son Cuthbert indirectly dates the letter to 1880. Cuthbert became a prolific painter of the British fox hunting scene. In the PS the father writes of his son's sketch appearing in "The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News". Since the letter has Cuthbert as 19 at the time the sketch was an early work. . Little Brown hardcover
1853019421London: Nathaniel Cooke 1853. The 3 parts finely bound together in gilt decorated polished calf with brown & red morocco leather spine labels. Top edges gilt. Original color printed wrappers of the first & second titles have been bound in. Full titles read: The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green an Oxford Freshman. With Numerous Illustrations Designed and Drawn on Wood by the Author. Third Edition.; BOUND WITH The Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green. Second Edition.; BOUND WITH Mr. verdant Green Married and Done For. First Edition. Light wear to the extremities and the joins. Gilt rolled edges gilt decorative ruled border. Gift inscription on the front flyleaf. Overall in VERY GOOD PLUS condition. Photos available upon request. Full Calf Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Nathaniel Cooke Hardcover
1875005056New York: Carleton 1875 No edition stated possible first. Decorative green silk binding blindstamped in black with gold titles. 112 pp. Purple endpapers. Antique ex-library with attractive hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate no pocket minimal markings. Boards skewed some rubs to boards fraying top of spine light edgewear. Very good condition. Carleton hardcover
1877063186London: James Blackwood & Co. 1877. shelf-cocked; spine becoming detached from cover; significant yellowing to cover; chips to top and bottom of spine and to corners; previous owner's bookplate on front inside cover; gift-note on FEP; age spotting to page block. No Earlier Edition Stated. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Bede Cuthbert. Used. James Blackwood & Co. Hardcover