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anon. Robert Garner
Holiday excursions of a naturalist
London: Robert Hardwicke 1867. 1st edition. Publisher's red cloth. Good/No Jacket. Both extremities of the spine are heavily rubbed and bumped top part of spine having become partly detached now repaired. viii 245 2 pp. London: Robert Hardwicke hardcover
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Anon. Robert Manning
Modern Controversy: Or a Plain and Rational Account of the Catholick Faith in Three Parts. I. Of General Controversies. II. Of Particular Controversies. III. Of Lesser Controversies. With a Preface and Appendix
s.n. Thomas Meighan. Hardcover. B00M74ZDZE 1720 first edition n.p. Thomas Meighan London 4 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches tall light gray paper-covered boards over blue cloth spine printed paper title label to spine 26 204 lxviii 1 pp. Title page a bit soiled. Minor staining to the top margin of the first few pages. Otherwise a very good copy of a scarce work. Association copy: Armorial bookplate of Joseph Gillow to front free-endpaper and signed note by Gillow on the front pastedown identifying the author of this anonymous work as Fr. Robert Manning and referring to his entry on Manning in Gillow's monumental work the Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary of the English Catholics 5 vols 1885-1902. Gillow 1850-1921 was an English Roman Catholic antiquary and bio-bibliographer referred to by Thomas Bridgett in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as 'the Plutarch of the English Catholics.' The English Short Title Catalog No. T59201 locates copies of this work at only five American institutions: Univ. of Notre Dame Univ. of Pennsylvania UCLA St. Louis University and Perkins School of Theology at SMU. ~H~ The author of this anonymous work Robert Manning 1655-1731 was an English Roman Catholic priest and controversialist. Born to an English mother and Dutch father Manning entered the English College Douai in 1668 and later taught humanities and philosophy there. Ordained a priest in 1690 he was sent to the English mission in 1692 becoming chaplain to Lord Petre and other members of the Petre family at Ingatestone Hall. Stylish learned and dialectically convincing Manning produced a string of polemical works that rank him as one of the leading figures in that silver age of English Catholic controversial writing. Michael Mullett ed. 'English Catholicism 1680-1830' Vol. 1 pp. 289-90. In his preface to this work Manning refers to the anonymous tract entitled 'A Protestant's Resolution Showing His Reasons Why He Will Not be a Papist Directed to the Meanest Capacity.' This tract was frequently reprinted the sixth edition London 1684. The end of the title to this work by Manning reads: 'With a preface and appendix in vindication of Catholick morals from the old calumnies faithfully collected in a libel entitled A Protestant's resolution &c.' The publisher of this edition Thomas Meighan is sometimes referred to as the 'father of Catholic booksellers in 18th century London' working during a time when it was most impolitic to be a Catholic there let alone a Catholic publisher and bookseller. His shop was at the northern end of Drury Lane in the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields. He can be found in business there as early as September 13 1715 when Viscount Townshend Secretary of State for the Northern Department issued instructions for the interception of mail destined to 'Mr. Mahon's a bookseller near the Crown tavern in Drury Lane.' Advertisements Meighan published in 1715 and 1717 display a wide range of Catholic books. Not content with selling he also became what we would call nowadays a publisher that is one who acted as a catalyst and helped authors to get their books printed and sold and as early as 1715 we find a book with 'sold by Thomas Meighan' in the imprint. Usually however the restrictions on English Catholics prevented such a public display and most Catholic works appeared anonymously often with false imprints so that it is impossible to identify the printer much less ascertain which bookseller sold the work. In 1726 when the government decided to seize all copies of Robert Manning's newly printed 'England's Conversion and Reformation Compared' the warrants were issued only against Meighan implying that the book was on sale at his shop alone. . Very Good. 1720. First Edition. s.n. (Thomas Meighan) hardcover
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Anon. Royal Picture Books.:
The Royal Picture Book comprising Our Queen and Other Pictures; Charlie and His Pet and Other Pictures; Mamma's Darling and Other Pictures; and Little Kittens and Other Pictures.
London: Religious Tract Society c1890. Unknown printing possibly 1st thus. Each set of stories comprise 32pp with b&w illustrations all done in a heavy Victorian juvenile gothic style. This is a scarce item only one other copy located University of Cambridge libraries. Original attractive pictorial cloth in red black green & gilt. Some page fingering marks otherwise a VG copy. Neat gift inscription to front free endpaper dated 1901. London: Religious Tract Society [c1890]. hardcover
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Anon. Rudolf Geissler illus.
LITTLE MAX
London: Seeley Jackson and Halliday 34 Fleet Street 1869. 96pp 15 etching by Rudolf Geissler quarto orig. brown cloth gilt dec. blackdec. borders blind stamped rear boards binding and contents a little loose and soiled otherwise a v.g. copy. No fading to boards. Very attractive spine. A scarce Victorian childrens book in an attractive binding. 1st edition. Hard Cover. V.g. 4to. Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 34 Fleet Street Hardcover
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Anon. Rudolf Geissler illus.
THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS HISTORIAL SKETCHES.
London: Chapman and Hall Ltd. 1885. xiv 294pp with 240 illustrations. Published for the Committee of Council on Education.South Kensington Museum Art handbooks.Publishers adverts 277-294pp. Green cloth gilt damped stained. Good reading copy. Internally fine. Original paper wrappers bound in. New Edition. green cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Chapman and Hall Ltd. Hardcover
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Anon. Rudolf Geissler illus.
THE WONDER BOOK OF WORKING MODELS
London: Odhams Press 26pp. Printed on special board.27cm x 38cm. Originated and produced by William Ellis & Co Ltd.London. Art Work by Shaw Studio. ND but Provl. Patent 35044/37. 11 models: 1. Power House. 2. Roundabout. 3. Bigwheel. 4. Pylon. 5. Monoplane. 6. Beam Engine. 7. Sawbench. 8. Biplane. 9. Grindstone Man. 10. Circus. 11. Windmill. 10 working models which can be driven by the Power House model. This is almost mint in condition with all models intact and still in the original pages. The separate instruction book is present 14pp and the whole item is of 'museum' quality' as it is almost as new. Soft Cover. Fine. oblong folio. Odhams Press Paperback
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Anon. S. O. Beeton G. R. Emerson A. A. Doughty & E. C. G. Murray
The Coming K---: A Set of Idyll Lays
London 1873. Hardback No Dust Wrapper. Good. Gently bruised at the head tail and corners of the binding. Edges of the textblock heavily tanned. Slightly shaken. . Ruled Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 6�" x 4�". 245pp. For more photos or information use the �Ask Bookseller� button and I'll be pleased to help. The book is in stock and ships from the rustic nirvana of Peasedown St. John near Bath England from a long-established bookseller - guaranteed by my reputation and the UK Distance Selling Act. Remember! BUYING THIS BOOK means my Jack Russells get their supper! Condition :: London hardcover
Bookseller reference : 180281
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Anon. Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
Barton Todd
London: W.P. Nimmo Hay & Mitchell 1111 Not dated. The pages with adverts for titles from W.P. Nimmo dated 1891. In quite good brown cloth boards with red green and black floral design on front gilt title field wit brown titles to front and spine. The covers have cracked hinge but fairly tight edge-worn with bumped and frayed corners and spine ends. Pale yellow end papers; the front free end paper has lengthy tribute in ink. From the rear end papers the damage to hinge can be seen. Age-toned cut edges. The text block is in good condition pagers free of tanning or foxing apart from reverse side of frontispiece which shows light tanning. With attractive headpieces and tailpieces plus colour frontispiece. W.P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell hardcover
Bookseller reference : 50185
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Anon. Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
Barton Todd
W. P. Nimmo Hay & Mitchell. Fair with no dust jacket. 1892. Reprint. Hardcover. Hardback bound in blue cloth with gilt red white & black decoration and titles cloth worn at corners & faded at spine ink splash to rear board pencilled name on front endpaper otherwise no inscriptions. 128 pages 16pp adverts dated 1892 engraved frontispiece. Includes an extra short story 'The young lawyer' . W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51716
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ANON. SCHLESINGER Joseph Film Directed by...
Far From The Madding Crowd". Study Guide for Classroom Discussion.
MGM New York. ND c.1967. First edition. Very slim booklet b&w illustrations. A little creasing to corners but overall a very clean copy. ND c.1967 unknown
Bookseller reference : 78580
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anon. Scott Winfield 1786 1866
General Scott's Illegal and Unjust Demands upon the Public Treasury! His Receipt of Public Money Against Law.
<p>Washington D.C. 1852. Soft Cover. 8 pages; 23 cm. Caption title continues: his retention of public money never accounted for his extravagant and aristocratic charges upon the treasury: Read farmer mechanic labourer! Read all! read carefully! An anonymous attack on Winfield Scott's candidacy in the 1852 presidential election. As Commanding General of the U.S. Army he was being paid $18.08 per day while running as Whig candidate for president. stock#OB480. Good disbound.</p> [publisher not identified], paperback
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ANON. SCOUTING.
Things All Scouts Should Know. Scout Library No. 6.
1911. Second edition. Paperback. Illustrated throughout. Covers are quite worn with skilfull repairs to spine. Bookplate to title page hiding publisher information. Some foxing and browning to pages but contents are sound overall. 1911 paperback
Bookseller reference : 82055
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Anon. similar to Brenda stories
Fatherless Fanny or the Memoirs of a Little Mendicant & Her Benefactors
Paternoster Square: W. Nicholson & Sons Very decorative boards in gold red and black. Inside woodcut style pictures for frontis and half title. A lovely piece of late 18th/early 19th century writing. 374pp plus several more of advertising W. Nicholson & Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008292
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Anon. Slaps Illustrated
Slaps Illustrated: The Premiere Street Art and Graff Slap Mag For These Troubled Times Summer 2014 Graffiti Street Art Sticker Art
Graffiti Street Art Anon. Slaps Illustrated: The Premiere Street Art and Graff Slap Mag For These Troubled Times Summer 2014. New York: Slaps Illustrated Summer 2014. Staple-bound self-wraps 14 by 21.5 cm 56 pp. inlcd. wraps heavily illustrated in full color; housed in the original mylar sleeve with 36 stickers a 28 by 43 cm black and white poster of tag slaps folded a 27 by 36 cm color print by Valda of Italy that is pencil signed and numbered 13/30 folded and a loose spray can cap. Fine. The first of two issues published of this sticker art magazine. The zine is completely filled with color reproductions of stickers each identified by artist and city. A great capsule of graffiti art from '14. Of the 36 stickers included some are humorous some are befuddling one is X-rated but many feature fantastic art including work by Rayco Valda Psyco Cen One Know Who Pink Nightmare Squad Dreded Dingus etc. The limitation of 30 on the Valda print may lend a clue to how many of these sets were produced. Slaps Illustrated paperback
Bookseller reference : 2865
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ANON. SMILLIE James
A Panoramic View From Bunker Hill Monument
Boston MA: Luther Stevens c.1848. LARGE FOLD-OUT. Octavo 24 x 18cm pp. 16; 1 panoramic fold-out. Bound in publisher's dark green card boards cloth spine Victorian lettering and presentation of publisher's details printed in black to front cover matching decorative border to rear. Some discolouration to front board and noticeable edgewear age toned throughout. Very Good. The famous "Battle of Bunker Hill" fought on June 17 1775 actually took place on Breed's Hill the site of the existing Bunker Hill Monument. This giant granite obelisk marks the site of the first major battle of the American Revolution. The Battle of Bunker Hill pitted a newly-formed and inexperienced colonial army against the more highly trained and better-equipped British. Although the British Army ultimately prevailed in the battle the colonists greatly surprised the British by repelling two major assaults and inflicting great casualties; the colonists lost between 400 and 600 combined casualties including popular patriot leader and newly-elected Major-General Dr. Joseph Warren who was killed during the third and final assault. The first monument on the site was an 18-foot wooden pillar with a gilt urn erected in 1794 by King Solomon's Lodge of Masons to honour fallen patriot and mason Dr. Joseph Warren. In 1823 a group of prominent citizens formed the "Bunker Hill Monument Association" to construct a more permanent and significant monument to commemorate the famous battle. The existing monument was finally completed in 1842. nps.gov This volume includes a phenomenally detailed and attractive engraving of the view from the Bunker Hill Monument shortly after the current incarnation opened produced by James Smillie. Engraving folds out at rear of text and includes a list of important sites and institutions. Boston, MA: Luther Stevens, c.1848 unknown
Bookseller reference : 44991
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Anon. Smith Horace
Brambletye House; or Cavaliers and Roundheads
Paris: A and W Galignani 1826. Hardback. A three volume set in at least good condition. Plain boards with leather spine lettered in gilt. Small bookplate in each volume headed by Crown. A little end-paper foxing but otherwise a nice clean set with no inscriptions or markings. 234244 257 pages. A novel set in 17th century England. First Edition. A and W Galignani hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17874
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Anon. Sometimes attributed to Nathaniel Crouch or to John Phillips
The Secret History of the Reigns of K. Charles II and K. James II.
Unknown. 1690. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Duodecimo. ESTC R225678. Variant without the advertisement to the title page verso. 4 214 2p. Last leaf is blank. Unlike other variants of the first edition the pagination in this copy is correct. Rebacked with new endpapers. Full calf. Published anonymously this is sometimes attributed to Nathaniel Crouch or to John Phillips. It was later published as part two of "The Secret History of the Last Four Monarchs of Great Britain". Part of a spate of secret histories published during the late seventeenth century by Whig Polemicists this is a highly critical and anti-Catholic history of both reigns. Just two years previous was the Glorious Revolution and few years before that had been the Popish Plot. Condition: Very good. Title inscribed in ink on the fore-edge and ink inscription to the front blank. Occasional ink marginalia. Some loss to the leather. Heavily foxed. Age toned. <br/> <br/> Unknown. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000854
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Anon. Steinberg Saul
Black Americana 'Negrobilia' "Pick the Pickaninnies" postcard puzzle
New York: Ullman Manufacturing Company 1907. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Full color off-set printed multi-flap post card mailer with die-cut holes for puzzle and tab for closing. 3.5x5.5"; bright and unmarred with fully intact flaps. <br/><br/>An example of early 20th century Black Americana ephemera or as some refer to as 'Negrobilia' referring to a wide array of materials including mass advertisements postcards tourist souvenirs etc. with the image of an African American universally portrayed in a derogatory and racist manner. These items were produced and manufactured by and for white audiences that enhanced the perception of white racial superiority and class status. These type of items are particularly challenging to many communities however many scholars and private collectors alike agree these materials are historical records and reminders of the racist history of the United States and should not be invisible. The puzzle postcard is an example of mass produced racial stereotyping manufactured for an actual mailing enclosure. The instructions on the outside of the mailer state: "Arrange the flaps by placing one over another in such a manner as to show ONLY the eleven pickaninnies." Reference: Goings Kenneth. "Mammy and Uncle Mose: Black Collectibles and American Stereotyping." Bloomington Indiana University Press 1994. Ullman Manufacturing Company paperback
Bookseller reference : 9072
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Anon. Steinberg Saul
Black Americana 'Negrobilia' "Pick the Pickaninnies" postcard puzzle
New York: Ullman Manufacturing Company 1907. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Full color off-set printed multi-flap post card mailer with die-cut holes for puzzle and tab for closing. 3.5x5.5"; bright and unmarred with fully intact flaps. <br/><br/>An example of early 20th century Black Americana ephemera or as some refer to as 'Negrobilia' referring to a wide array of materials including mass advertisements postcards tourist souvenirs etc. with the image of an African American universally portrayed in a derogatory and racist manner. These items were produced and manufactured by and for white audiences that enhanced the perception of white racial superiority and class status. These type of items are particularly challenging to many communities however many scholars and private collectors alike agree these materials are historical records and reminders of the racist history of the United States and should not be invisible. The puzzle postcard is an example of mass produced racial stereotyping manufactured for an actual mailing enclosure. The instructions on the outside of the mailer state: "Arrange the flaps by placing one over another in such a manner as to show ONLY the eleven pickaninnies." <br /> <br />Reference: Goings Kenneth. "Mammy and Uncle Mose: Black Collectibles and American Stereotyping." Bloomington Indiana University Press 1994. Ullman Manufacturing Company paperback books
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ANON. STEPHENS Frederic George.
Gibraltar and Its Sieges. With a Description of its Natural Features.
Prize binding. Handsomely bound with gilt decorations to spine in compartments with raised bands and contrasting label. Boards bordered in gilt with East Hardwick School Pontefract printed to upper. Inner dentelles. Marbled end papers and edges. Maps and Illustrations. Prize inscription to front end paper. A Near Fine copy and over 100 years old. Thomas Nelson and Sons. 1900 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 64220
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anon. Swift J.
Giant Land
Collins n.d. Hard covers. Fair/No Jacket. Advert for Wright's Coal Tar soap on front pastedown; pages heavily tanned cover soiled. Rrear hinge split externally. Collins hardcover
Bookseller reference : 21662
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ANON. Swinton Ernest Dunlop
Eye-Witness's Narrative of the War. From the Marne to Neuve Chapelle. September 1914-March 1915.
First edition. Brown boards black lettering. Inner hinges visible front end paper neatly removed. Edges browned and boards rather grubby. Internally a clean copy. Edward Arnold, London. 1915 hardcover
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Anon. t. J. Llewelyn Prichard
The Comical Adventures of Twm Shon Catty. Thomas Jones esq Commonly Known as the Welsh Robin Hood.
W. Nicholson and Sons London undated c.1900 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Used; Good. Edition: First Edition. No dust jacket. Spine faded. Spine worn. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #2450537</p> W. Nicholson and Sons, London, undated, c.1900, hardcover
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anon. T. J. Llewelyn Prichard
The Comical Adventures of Twm Shon Catty Thomas Jones Esq. commonly known as the Welsh Robin Hood
W. Nicholson and Sons London undated c.1900. 1900. Hardcover. hardback 8vo 30910pp edges browned text clean and sound no inscriptions blindstamped black cloth gilt titles spine a bit dull Good condition / no dustwrapper . W. Nicholson and Sons, London, undated, c.1900, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 27237
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Anon. The Editor of The ''Skylark'' and ''Thrush.'':
The Nightingale: A Choice Selection of the Most Admired Popular Songs. Heroic Plaintive Sentimental Humourous and Baccanalian. Arranged for the Violin Flute and Voice.
London: Thomas Tegg c.1800 Presumed first edition. Undated circa 1800 HB. Half-leather with marbled boards with gilt decorations on raised bands to spine. 328pp small octavo. With engraved pictorial title page. Musical notation to the songs throughout. Rubbing to boards and edges of leather with title leather panel missing impression visible. Binding sound. Pages have occasional light browning or marks closed edges browned. Bookplate of Edmund Broderup inside front cover. A Good copy. London: Thomas Tegg, c.1800 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 25154
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Anon. Thomas Doubleday
The Coquet Dale Fishing Songs. Now first collected and edited by a North Country angler
William Blackwood & Sons. Used - Good. 1852. Orig. cloth dec. in gilt and blind. vi 167 pp. Edgewear to cloth; binding shaken but holding. First edition. Good. Subject: Fishing. William Blackwood & Sons hardcover
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Anon. Thomas Longueville
THE CURIOUS CASE OF LADY PURBECK A Scandal Of The XVIIth Century
London: Longmans Green & Co 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. All in good internal order. Pages lightly tanned very occasional spotting. Green cloth covers a little worn and bumped. Gilt titling to spine. <br/> <br/> Longmans, Green & Co hardcover
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Anon. Tollemache Marguerite
French Jansenists
Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co 1893-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co hardcover
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Anon. Translated by Phil Goddard.
Pinball.
London: Tiger 1994. First English edition. Quarto pictorial boards unpaginated but approximately 78; illustrated in colour. Attractive pictorial survey of pinball throughout it's history. Near fine in a very good dust jacket 3 cm closed tear. London: Tiger, (1994). First English edition. hardcover
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Anon. Translated by Edward William Lane
The Arabian Nights' Entertainments
<p>Expanded from the 1859 to include the stories of Aladdin and Ali Baba. Complete set of hardbacks.� The Amazon cataloge photographs are of this set. Th spines are sun-faded and the spine ends are softened.� Volume 1 was some dappling on the rear cover and volume 4 has bumped corners.� Otherwise the exteriors are VG. Volume 1 and 2 have discoloured endpapers. All have dusted top edges to the text block and slight tanning to the outer edges.� However they are very clean tight and bright bindings. All have a pencil inscription on the fep.� Each book is examined and graded individually and with care so expect all faults to be described on all but "acceptable" listings. We offer postage discounts on multiple items where applicable so browse the rest of our stock. Feel free to ask questions or to see photographs. We use recycled biodegradable packaging as far as is possible.</p> G.Bell and Sons hardcover
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Anon. TRUE BLUE LIBRARY
THE HUG OF THE BEAR
London: Aldine Publishing Co 1903. 1st Edition. Soft cover. London: Aldine Publishing Co. 1903. 1st Edition. Soft cover. TRUE BLUE LIBRARY. Published Every Saturday. 32 pages per issue. THE HUG OF THE BEAR plus 11 other titles. A Story Of Russian Despots. London: Aldine Publishing Co. c. 1903. 4to. blue cloth backed untitled plain beige boards. Original coloured wrappers bound-in. Illustrated throughout in black & white. A run of 12 issues: Nos 222 223 230 231 232 243 245 247 249 259 260 261 262. In very good antiquarian condition. TRUE BLUE weekly magazine was published for boys just prior to the turn of the 19th century & featured one complete & patriotic adventure story per issue set. Intended to celebrate Britain 's glorious national past in a creative range of historical periods each issue had a full colour illustrated themed wrapper with black & white drawings inside. Each issue generally ran 32 pages. Extremely popular in their day these junior magazines had a lengthy run waning only as alternative forms of entertainments gradually took over their audience's attention. Penny Dreadful Dime Novels were the American version was a term applied to nineteenth century British fiction publications usually lurid serial stories appearing in parts over a number of weeks each part costing a penny. The term however soon came to encompass a variety of publications that featured cheap sensational fiction such as story papers and booklet "libraries." The Penny Dreadfuls were printed on cheap pulp paper and were aimed primarily at teenage boys from the working class though there is some evidence that many girls read them as well. Penny Parts The penny part stories got underway in the 1830s originally as a cheaper alternative for the working class adults but by the 1850s the serial stories were aimed exclusively at teenagers. The stories themselves were reprints or sometimes rewrites of Gothic thrillers such as The Monk or The Castle of Otranto as well as new stories about famous criminals. Some of the most famous of these penny part stories were The String of Pearls which ostensibly introduced Sweeney Todd The Mysteries of London inspired by the French serial The Mysteries of Paris and Varney the Vampire. Highwaymen were popular heroes. Black Bess or the Knight of the Road outlining the largely imaginary exploits of real-life highwayman Dick Turpin continued for 254 episodes. Working class boys who could not afford a penny a week often formed clubs that would share the cost passing the flimsy booklets from reader to reader. Other enterprising youngsters would collect a number of consecutive parts then rent the volume out to friends. Penny Dreadfuls In 1866 Boys of England was introduced as a new type of publication an eight page magazine that featured serial stories as well as articles and shorts of interests. It was printed on the same cheap paper though sporting a larger format than the penny parts. Numerous competitors quickly followed with such titles as Boys Leisure Hour Boys Standard Young Men of Great Britain etc. As the price and quality of fiction was the same these storypapers also fell under the general definition of Penny Dreadfuls also known as Penny Bloods or Blood and Thunders in their early days. American dime novels were edited and rewritten for a British audience. These appeared in booklet form such as the Boys First Rate Pocket Library. Frank Reade Buffalo Bill and Deadwood Dick were all popular with the Penny Dreadful audience. Half-penny Dreadful In the mid-1890s a publisher Alfred Harmsworth decided to do something about what was widely perceived as the corrupting influence of the Penny Dreadfuls. He issued new story papers The Half-penny Marvel The Union Jack and Pluck all priced at one half-penny. At first the stories were high-minded moral tales reportedly based on true experiences but it was not long before these papers started using the same kind of material as the publications they competed against. A.A. Milne once said "Harmsworth killed the penny dreadful by. Aldine Publishing Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 27014
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Anon. TRUE BLUE LIBRARY
THE RIVAL HALVES OF PODGER'S SCHOOL
London: Aldine Publishing Co 1904. 1st Edition. Soft cover. London: Aldine Publishing Co. 1904. 1st Edition. Soft cover. TRUE BLUE LIBRARY. Published Weekly. 4to. 32 pages per issue. THE RIVAL HALVES OF PODGER'S SCHOOL plus 11 other titles. London : Aldine Publishing Co. 1904. 4to. tan cloth backed untitled plain beige boards. Original coloured wrappers bound-in. Illustrated throughout in black & white. A run of 12 isssues: Nos 263 264 265 267 268 270 271 276 277 278 282 286. In very good antiquarian condition. TRUE BLUE weekly magazine was published for boys just prior to the turn of the 19th century & featured one complete & patriotic adventure story per issue set. Intended to celebrate Britain 's glorious national past in a creative range of historical periods each issue had a full colour illustrated themed wrapper with black & white drawings inside. Each issue generally ran 32 pages. Extremely popular in their day these junior magazines had a lengthy run waning only as alternative forms of entertainments gradually took over their audience's attention. Penny Dreadful Dime Novels were the American version was a term applied to nineteenth century British fiction publications usually lurid serial stories appearing in parts over a number of weeks each part costing a penny. The term however soon came to encompass a variety of publications that featured cheap sensational fiction such as story papers and booklet "libraries." The Penny Dreadfuls were printed on cheap pulp paper and were aimed primarily at teenage boys from the working class though there is some evidence that many girls read them as well. Penny Parts The penny part stories got underway in the 1830s originally as a cheaper alternative for the working class adults but by the 1850s the serial stories were aimed exclusively at teenagers. The stories themselves were reprints or sometimes rewrites of Gothic thrillers such as The Monk or The Castle of Otranto as well as new stories about famous criminals. Some of the most famous of these penny part stories were The String of Pearls which ostensibly introduced Sweeney Todd The Mysteries of London inspired by the French serial The Mysteries of Paris and Varney the Vampire. Highwaymen were popular heroes. Black Bess or the Knight of the Road outlining the largely imaginary exploits of real-life highwayman Dick Turpin continued for 254 episodes. Working class boys who could not afford a penny a week often formed clubs that would share the cost passing the flimsy booklets from reader to reader. Other enterprising youngsters would collect a number of consecutive parts then rent the volume out to friends. Penny Dreadfuls In 1866 Boys of England was introduced as a new type of publication an eight page magazine that featured serial stories as well as articles and shorts of interests. It was printed on the same cheap paper though sporting a larger format than the penny parts. Numerous competitors quickly followed with such titles as Boys Leisure Hour Boys Standard Young Men of Great Britain etc. As the price and quality of fiction was the same these storypapers also fell under the general definition of Penny Dreadfuls also known as Penny Bloods or Blood and Thunders in their early days. American dime novels were edited and rewritten for a British audience. These appeared in booklet form such as the Boys First Rate Pocket Library. Frank Reade Buffalo Bill and Deadwood Dick were all popular with the Penny Dreadful audience. Half-penny Dreadful In the mid-1890s a publisher Alfred Harmsworth decided to do something about what was widely perceived as the corrupting influence of the Penny Dreadfuls. He issued new story papers The Half-penny Marvel The Union Jack and Pluck all priced at one half-penny. At first the stories were high-minded moral tales reportedly based on true experiences but it was not long before these papers started using the same kind of material as the publications they competed against. A.A. Milne once said "Harmsworth killed the penny dreadful by the simple process of pro. Aldine Publishing Co unknown
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Anon. TRUE BLUE LIBRARY
THE SAUCY ARETHUSA
London: Aldine Publishing Co 1900. 1st Edition. Soft cover. London: Aldine Publishing Co. 1900. 1st Edition. Soft cover. TRUE BLUE LIBRARY. Published Every Monday. 4to. 32 pages per issue. THE SAUCY ARETHUSA plus 11 other titles. London: Aldine Publishing. Aldine Publishing Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 27013
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anon. various authors
Explanations to accompany sheet 146 of the maps of the Geological Survey of Ireland illustrating parts of the counties of Kilkenny and Tipperary
Geological Survey of Ireland 1861. 1st edition. Paper covers. Good/No Jacket. Small sections of the cover have adhered to adjacent paper covers. Internally a tidy copy. 32 pp. Geological Survey of Ireland unknown
Bookseller reference : 16750
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anon. various authors
Poetical descriptions of Orkney
The Castlelaw Press 1971. New edition. Paper covers wrap-around flaps. Fine/No Jacket. Limited edition of 500 coopies. The Castlelaw Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 16813 ISBN : 0902461079 9780902461079
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Anon. W. Adam & JW. Adam publishers: J. W.
The Gem of the Peak or Matlock Bath and its Vicinity. By the Author of Excursions to Chatsworth Haddon Buxton.
Matlock Bath: W. Adam late Mawe & J.W.Adam c.1834 Fifth edition revised and enlarged. Undated but circa 1834 from contents; first edition was 1831 HB. Marbled boards with brown cloth spine lettered in black to paper label on spine. Grey endpapers. 88pp. With engraved folding illustration of Derbyshire gems as frontispiece and 18 engravings in text. The intaglio map of the county mentioned in the prefatory note is not present though nothing seems to have been removed from this copy. The publisher W. Adam had taken over Mawe's Old Museum at Matlock. A nicely presented book in Very Good condition with clean pages a few spots at back endpapers; quite large abrasion to marbled paper of front cover otherwise covers clean and bright. Matlock Bath: W. Adam (late Mawe) & J.W.Adam, c.1834 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30201
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Anon. Walter Scott
Tales of a Grandfather Being Stories Taken from Scottish History : in Two Volumes : VOL. I by Anon. Walter Scott
Carey Lea & Carey Philadelphia 1828. Acceptable. First ed. thus with deckled edges; 244 p. clean and unmarked within but with names of former owners on end pages and upper margin of preface; paper age-toned but strong; boards detached bumped and rubbed and grubby--spine cloth missing entirely; back end paper torn off at bottom 1 Carey, Lea & Carey, Philadelphia, 1828 hardcover
Bookseller reference : SKU1026743
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Anon. Washington Irving; William Irving; James Kirke Paulding
SALMAGUNDI or The Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff Esq. and Others
London: Thomas Tegg 1839. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5� - 6�" tall. Entertaining satires on New York life and politics. A new edition corrected by the author volume XXX in The Family LIbrary. All in VG internal order bar closed tear to final leaf. Titled boards faded and toned with much wear along spine joints. Still an attractive volume. 16mo. 378pp 2pp publisher's ads. <br/> <br/> Thomas Tegg hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004243
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Anon. Watkins John
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Right Honourable Lord Byron with Anecdotes of Some of His Contemporaries
London: Henry Colburn and Co. 1822. Hardback. Externally a very good copy in a half leather binding with marbled boards. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Some spotting especially towards the foot of some pages and with a circular stain approx. two inches in diameter affecting the title page and frontispiece. Browning to some pages. Pp.xvi428. Photographs available on request. First Edition. Henry Colburn and Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23833
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Anon. Wetherell Elizabeth
Walks From Eden: The Scripture Story From the Creation to the Death of Abraham
James Nisbet & Co Limited 1866. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ink inscription. 1866 edition. 8 colour plates. Robust recyclable packaging. 1st class post to the UK Airmail worldwide James Nisbet & Co Limited hardcover
Bookseller reference : 193086
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ANON. WETHERELL Elizabeth.
Walks From Eden: The Scripture Story From the Creation to the Death of Abraham.
London: James Nisbet & Co Limited nd. c.1885. New Edition. By the author of "The WideWide World "Queechy" "Melbourne House" etc. "The aim of this work is not commentary nor fiction. It is in the strictest form truth. The Bible narrative is a skeleton." Pp.vi/284 black & white frontispiece 3 further full page illustrations a few figure illustrations including plan of burial cave some toning to endpapers but otherwise clean and tight. Blue/grey cloth blind-stamped illustrated cover in black of men on camels and a horse with gilt tips to spears and gilt "The 'Word' Series" to front gilt background to title to spine bumps to corners. G. . London: James Nisbet & Co Limited, nd. (c.1885). hardcover
Bookseller reference : 41900
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Anon. William Barrows
The General; or Twelve Nights in the Hunters' Camp. A Narrative of Real Life
Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers. Good. 1869. First Edition . Pictorial Wraps. Small 8vo Rear cover missing small chips and wear to front cover. . Lee and Shepard Publishers paperback
Bookseller reference : 007695
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Anon. Wilson John / North Christopher
The Foresters
Edinburgh / London: William Blackwood /T. Cadell 1825. Hardback. A near very good copy in a half leather binding with five raised bands on spine. Lettered in gilt on a maroon title-piece. Bookplates and ownership inscription on front free end-paper. Some foxing. 413 pages. The author of this novel was Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University and wrote for Blackwood's Magazine under the pseudonym of Christopher North. First Edition. William Blackwood /T. Cadell hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23155
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Anon. Wolfe Pub..
Varmint & Small Game Rifles & Cartridges.
Wolfe 1993. 1993. 228p. Photos. Anthology of magazine articles. Large Wraps. Owner's emboss. Fine copy. Large Paperback. Fine. Wolfe, 1993. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 58-75 ISBN : 1879356333 9781879356337
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Anon. Young Mrs. S.
Life and Exploits of S. Glenn Young: World Famous Law Enforcement Officier
Herrin Ill.: Mrs S. Glenn Young n.d. 1924. Used - Very Good. First Edition. 1924. Hardcover. Cloth octavo 253 pp. illustrated. Binding a bit loose but still holding nicely. Corners bumped with edge-wear to cloth. Overall Very Good. Herrin, Ill.: Mrs S. Glenn Young, n.d. (1924) hardcover
Bookseller reference : S30196
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Anon..
Drawn by.
no place: shedited it press 2001. Soft Cover. Fine condition. 14 unbound sheets folded to form a 5.5" x 4.5" booklet with illustrated yellow cover sheet. Reproductions of pen & ink drawings of hand gestures throughout with facing text. shedited it press paperback
Bookseller reference : 9135
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ANON..
Historie om Fire Ki�bm�nd saa og om en dydig Kone eller hvorledes det gik den ene Ki�bmands Hustrue i Mandens Frav�relse og hvad Bedragerie dem begge er vederfaret.
Haderslev 1807. Senere nydeligt m�nstret papbd. m. forgyldt skindtitelfelt p� forperm Anker Kyster. Tr�sk�ret titelvignet. 24 pp. � Originaludgave. Bibl.Dan. IV:S.414. unknown
Bookseller reference : 27016
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ANON..
Pearl: An English Poem of the Fourteenth Century Re-Set in Modern English by Israel Gollancz Presentation Copy.
London: Geo. W. Jones 1918. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition. Of this British Red Cross Edition of "Pearl" . . . 650 copies have been printed & of these 550 numbered are for sale." No. is crossed out and "Presentation Copy" is written in ink. Inscribed in top right corner of second blank leaf "To Robert last name With the Kind Regards of the Printer . . .1919. Unpaged 102 pp.; 8vo; grey paper over boards beige cloth back; Pearl in gilt on front cover and spine. Vertical strips up to 4" wide of light tanning to pastedowns and front endpaper. Geo. W. Jones hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8923
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ANON..
Processen mod det Sovjetfjendtlige Trotskistiske Centrum. Foretaget for Milit�rkollegiet ved Sovjetunionens H�jesteret 23.-30. Januar 1937 mod J.L. Pjatakof K.B. Radek etc. etc.Anklaget for Landsforr�deri Spionage etc. etc.
Kbhvn. Mondes Forlag 1937. Orig. hshirtbd. 600 pp. unknown
Bookseller reference : 29270
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Anon..
The Book of Winifred Maynard
N.Y: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1916. First Edition. Fine condition. A book of poems. The color illustrations are 3.5" x 2" rather charming renditions of nymphal dancers. According to a preface: "The author of this book who is now dead was a real woman although Winifred Maynard was not her real name. These poems of hers covering a period of thirteen years in her life . . . were written for herself and shown to very few people. With one exception they have been arranged in the exact order of their composition. G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown
Bookseller reference : 1045
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