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1645ref. 4880678Ioannem Iost 1645. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. 12pp 515pp 140pp index and 187pp De Vita et Rebus Gestis Caroli Card and 1 page index capitum. Folio. Half-calf - Blue cloth covers. Raised bands on backstrip which are very worn. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Covers scuffed. Front cover detached. Shelf-worn. Title page with red and black lettering. Several tears that have been taped throughout book - otherwise clear text. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item3100grams ISBN: Ioannem Iost hardcover
1884ref. 72824Album Complete with 52 plates 51 in colour 1 from each week throughout 1884 from the St. Stephen's Review plus some parts of text stuck down which accompanys the illustration hardcover
ref. 63305Sold by the Proprietor Henry Roberts Engraver & Printseller near Hand Alley almost opposite Great Turn Stile Holborn. London. 1759-1762. Volumes II and III complete in themselves. pp. ii Title iv Table of the Songs 200. Engraved frontispiece and headpieces to nearly every page one signed by JAMES ROBERTS; ii Title iv Table of the Songs 200. Engraved frontispiece and headpieces to many of the songs/pages though not as many as in the previous volume the tailpiece vignette to the Table signed by T. BONNOR. All music engraved likewise both titles. A clumsy modern binding of half calf and cloth sides occasional marginal mark and one slight tear without loss the text clean and in very good order. Mostly for high voice and continuo partially figured bass and originally issued in parts of 8 pp. each with the general title page index and frontispiece supplied with the final part of each volume. Subsequently issued with third and fourth volumes though v.IV was not completed. JISCCOPAC records part sets at the BL v.II imperfect Bodleian Manchester Glasgow Senate House London RCM. Sold by the Proprietor Henry Roberts Engraver & Printseller near Hand Alley almost opposite Great Turn Stile Holborn. London. 17 hardcover
1722ref. 7377028 1-416 8 pages 9 plates comprising 1 black and white folding map and 8 black and white plates Printed for William Mears hardcover
1773ref. C102135London: Bladon Paternoster Row 1773. First Edition. Wraps. Paperback . Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo. 15 by 10cms. pp 3 115. The title continues: ' And Judah said Let her take it to her lest we be shamed. Gen. xxxviii. 23. And he said Let it not be known that a Woman came into the Floor. Ruth iii. 14. I made a Covenant with my Eyes why then should I think upon a Maid Job xxxi. I. There be three Things which are too wonderful for me yea four which I know not: the Way of an Eagle in the Air the Way of a Serpent upon a Rock the Way of a Ship in the Midst of the Sea and the Way of a Man with a Maid. Prov. xxx. 18 19. But a Woman among all those have I not found. Eccles. vii. 28.' A series of lectures on various aspects of sex in the Bible including whoring ""the way of a man with a maid"" and men who have their ""Privy Member cut off"" 'men are most commonly wounded by rushing madly into places of danger and if so must certainly take the consequence upon their own tails'. The only copy to appear in auction was in THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE ERIC QUAYLE PART TWO Bonham's 4 April 2006 a bound copy that made 963 pounds inc premium. A real curiosityprurient in tone with a touch of brimstone - disapproving mention of 'Bagnios' and Vauxhall and Ranelagh Gardens and lines like '.the way of a man with a maid is to Stare à Ogle à Cringe à Fawn à Flatter à Crowd Close à discharge a volley of impertinence à conduct her to her carriage à squeeze her hand à give her a languishing look beg leave to wait upon her home or next day to a dish of coffee à tell her a thousand lies à swear eternal fidelity à that you were dying for her à that she looks like an angel.' Rebound in recent plain marbled wraps with a neat title label onset to the front. Very good indeed. Slight loss at top corner of pages 39-42 not affecting text. Bladon, Paternoster Row, paperback
ref. 160764Dick & Fitzgerald 1881. Small octavo heavy card boards with 'lone hand' illustration to front board dark blue cloth spine with gilt or yellow lettering five yellow advert pages to prelims & terminals vii 149pp 30pp book adverts VG- heavy rubbing & fraying to board edges corners & spine extrems fading to spine so unclear whether lettering was gilt or just yellow some staining to rear board some rubbing & chaffing to front board owner's name in pencil to fep moderate browning to page edges sporadic foxing A reasonble copy better than the description suggests ask for photos Dick & Fitzgerald 1881 hardcover
1750ref. 20179Cont. full calf, raised bands, gilt back, gilt titlelabel. Binding with minor scratches. Top of spine worn. Engraved ornamental titlepage. 89,(3) pp. engraved, having 89 ""chansons"" all with engraved music and engr. text. At end 3 pp. listing the 89 songs. Occasionally a little brownspotted, on good paper.
1750ref. 20179Cont. full calf raised bands gilt back gilt titlelabel. Binding with minor scratches. Top of spine worn. Engraved ornamental titlepage. 893 pp. engraved having 89 "chansons" all with engraved music and engr. text. At end 3 pp. listing the 89 songs. Occasionally a little brownspotted on good paper. hardcover
1956ref. R3069Peking : White Lotus 1956. Paperback. Good/no dj. 1.00. Anon. Painting from the Collection of Dr. Sukarno Vol. I-II White Lotus paperback
1754ref. 11001Liverpool: John Sadler 1754. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poor/Very Good. First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Rebound in green cloth with titles to spine. Housed in cloth spined box with floral cloth covered boards and box edges. Hemlock Press Craft Book binder label inside box. Language: English. Book Condition: Poor: Light wear to corners edges and spine ends. Lightly rubbed cloth. Tightly bound with minor surface cracks to head and tail of endpaper gutters. Firm hinges. Text commences with title page with loss of lower corner and small section to lower edge. Small hole to title page. 9cm tear to page A. Large tear to page 29-30. Missing section to fold out sheet opposite page 14. Missing pages 83-86. Toned pages. DJ Condition: Very Good: Light wear to corners and edges. Spotting to spine and spine margin cloth. Unclipped Size: 26cm by 18cm. John Sadler hardcover
1867ref. BOOKS314960G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1867. Hardcover. Album 10" X 9" of about 213 photos 37 full 32 half 132 carte de viste sizes plus. Dates 1867-1872. Places visited include Algiers Yarmouth Norwich Tunis Malta Naples Catania Pompeii Llaududno Oxford Copenhagen Gothenburg Stockholm Gogn Stalheimberget Devonshire Mracombe Ilfracombe Strasbourg to name a few. Images include some religious views and a few people. Photos are glued in and the album is cover less and overall for its age it is in decent condition. . Sm 4to. Missing hard covers minor foxing and stains . hardcover
1964ref. 2000Zürich : Flamberg Verlag 1964. Hardcover. Near Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 400 copies of which this volume is numbered 339 and SIGNED by Felix Hoffmann. Half cream leather over paper boards gilt lettering on spine. Near Fine condition in slipcase. This is a very rare volume. Flamberg Verlag hardcover
1900ref. CAT000547Vienna 1900. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Rebound in teal leather and laid into a silver case with chain. The world's smallest cookbook - undated ca. 1900. Size: Miniature less than 3''. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000547. hardcover
1769ref. CAT000092Amsterdam: Steven van Esveldt 1769. Early Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Attractively bound in ca. early 19th century wallpaper three volumes in one each with a separate title and frontispiece - only the third title page with a date. Slight occasional foxing and age toning first and last pages slightly soiled otherwise a fine bright copy. xxii blank 148 xx 140 xii 143 1. With a folding table in the first book and two folding plates of carving instruction in the second. Oberle 107 1755 edition Cagle 1098. An attractive copy of the most popular Dutch cookbook of the 18th century - compared by Oberle to Le Cuisiniere Bourgeoise. Size: 8vo octavo. 3-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000092. Steven van Esveldt unknown
1745ref. CAT000973London: J. Newbery 1745. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full contemporary leather neatly rebacked with a new lettering piece. Wear at edges internally shows evidence of extensive use notes to rear of title showing thorugh wear to page edges wear to foredges of pages hole to page 3/4 touching a few letters tear to51/52 but without loss repaired tear to 251/52 through a woodcut but without real loss ink drops and stains scattered throughout. marginal tears. Lacking the two plates of writing examples but with penmanship scribbles in the writing section. Contemporary inscription to Mrs. Wadsworth "at lying in hospitall in Gadman st. St. James London". The first lying in hospitals srpung up just a few years after the publication of this book - the first in 1747 then a number how the next 20 years . 16 431 13pp. Six woodcuts of table settings in the text. Cagle 530 1748 2nd edition Bitting 513 Pennell 156.2nd ed. Rare 12 copies in OCLC. The nearly identical name suggests it was meant to take advantage of the success of Eliza SMith's cookbook but this one is much more wide ranging into etiquette writing drawing medicine flowers how to negotiate marriage proposals if you are an orphan the requisite reflections on the education of the fair sex etc. One of the earliest books the ninth from the press of John Newbery. Provenance: Mrs. Wadsworth inscription Alexander Copland bookplate Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000973. J. Newbery hardcover
ref. 26054Germany/Austria 18th century. As made. Some dustiness; glass replaced at an early date; small puncture to the portrait; 2 of the text prompts faded to extinction. Framed oval portrait appx. 60 x 52 mm. within a surround of gilt wire and glass "pearls" with mounted text prompts on small silk strips. An overall rectangular image and decoration meas appx. 100 x 75 mm. without the frame. The whole sewn to a cloth backing that is laid into the frame. All within a contemporary carved wooden fruitwood frame. The devotional portrait originates in what is today Germany in the late 14th century and is part of the tradition of objects of veneration in Christian worship. By the 17th century various schools or traditions had established themselves expressed in different styles of presentation. The small portrait offered here is part of the southern German/Austrian tradition of devotional objects most likely from Augsburg see Spamer p. 181. Spamer Das kleine Andachtsbild . books
1910ref. 6664Santa Barbara : not published ca. 1910. Unique. Grey paper stitched with silk cord. Near fine. 8vo. There are two albums with a total of 16 mounted gelatin sliver prints of trees meas. appx. 110 x 65 mm. Two small artfully crafted hand made albums of photographs of trees that grow in the Santa Barbara area. Each photograph is tipped on to the album sheet with a neat hand inked identification beneath. not published unknown books
1940ref. mon0000345997Crofts Engineers Ltd 1940-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Well read with some wear but still very useable. Crofts Engineers Ltd paperback
ref. 113783Amsterdam Hirtz Levi Rofe 1735. . Small 4to 20.3 x 15.4 cm test in Hebrew and Yiddish; contemporary vellum binding with a few small tears & holes of old ties with previous owner's name written in Hebrew on the front cover in old brown ink and to title; joints cracked but holding; browning to some of the pages small marginal tears to few of the pages small holes & stains to endpapers; 2 108 ll. Mid-15th century book on Jewish Ethics by an unknown author written in Germany with the first printed edition being published in Prague in 1581. Australian Rabbi and historian Moritz Güdemann 1835-1918 had the hypothesis that the author of the book might have been Rabbi Lipmann Mühlhausen - a controversial Ashkenazi Talmudist Kabbalist and philosopher who died in the first decades of the 15th century known for his book 'Sefer Nitzachon'. The book is based on the writings of Maimonides Solomon ibn Gabirol and Jonah ben Abraham Gerondi. Vinograd Amsretdam 1437. Amsterdam, Hirtz Levi Rofe, 1735. hardcover
1700ref. 730L1Anon: Anon c1700. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 4" by 2.5". Anon. A charming French language Catholic devotional work. With numerous illustrations. This pocket-sized work is bound in a full crushed morocco binding.Comprising a small excerpt of Catholic Mass with the running title 'La Sainte Messe'. Present are several psalms. In French. This volume is B4-B8 C8 D5. With six plates.Following D5 there are forty blank leaves bound in for the owner's own additions. In a full crushed morocco binding. Externally very smart. Small loss to the head of spine. A few light marks. Internally firmly bound. Plates are laid down. Pages are bright. Just the odd spot. Very Good Indeed Anon hardcover
1828ref. LTH12-E-5None Stated: no publishing information c1828. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 7". None. A personal manuscript watermarked 1828. This appears to be a collection of poems stories and letters. There is one colour illustration of a butterfly. The manuscript is written in fine 19th Century calligraphy. There is an ink inscription of 'Elizabeth Nelson' to the verso of front free-end paper. Some of the pages are blank and of varying colours. In a calf leather binding with gilt detail and marbled paper boards. Edges of the leaves are gilt. Externally generally smart lightly rubbed in places. Internally generally firmly bound with marbled end-papers. Pages are generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed [no publishing information] hardcover
1785ref. 784R7Bath: W. Gye 1785. Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A very scarce and unusual pocket guide to evading and escaping the law written by 'an eminent Barrister at law'. ESTC Citation No. T224641.With instructions against the imposition and extortion of the bailiff and gaoler.Penned by 'an Eminent Barrister at Law'.A fascinating criminal work printed in Bath and bound in the original leather. In a half calf binding. Externally a trifle worn with the front joint starting; all calf corners are lost boards are rather worn and spine is rubbed. Internally generally firmly bound with a strain to the front hinge. Pages have the odd spot. Good W. Gye hardcover
1845ref. LTH16-A-4Glasgow: Blackie and Son 1845. Leather. Near Fine. 15" by 11.5". Martin Poussin. A sought after lavish version of the Holy Bible with engravings from eminent artists ranging from John Martin to Nicolas Poussin. In an excellent full leather binding. Complete in One Volume. The Imperial Family Bible containing the Old and New Testamentsm according to the most approved copies of the authorized version. With Many Thousand Critical Explanatory and Practical Notes; Also References Readings Chronological Tables and Indexes. Illustrated by A Superb Series of Engravings from the most admired productions of ancient and modern art. With a family register between the Old and New Testaments an ink inscription to the front free-endpaper and an ink inscription to the front blank all concerning the Partridge family and the passing of this Bible between generations. In a full morocco binding. Externally fine. Internally firmly bound with scattered spots to the plates and pages near them. With a copperplate ink signature to the engraved title page. Near Fine Blackie and Son hardcover
1679ref. 784R24London: Richard Royston 1679 . Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A scarce early English translation of Blaise Pascal's 'Les Provinciales' bound in smart nineteenth century leather. Pascal penned his 'lettre pronvinciales' defending the Jansenist Antione Arnauld. The letters are a rhetoric against casuistry a means used by Jesuit theologians. The book was banned by Louis XIV in 1660. It was first translated into English in 1657.Written by Blaise Pascal 1623-1662 the French writer philosopher mathematician and theologian. Lacking the frontispiece illustration.Bound by Webb & Hunt of Liverpool. An early English translation of this influential work. In a half calf binding. Externally generally smart with some rubbing to the extremities and a little wear to the boards. Front joint is starting a touch. Internally front joint is strained but firm. Pages are a little age-toned with the odd mark. Very Good Richard Royston hardcover
ref. 50089Calcutta : The Cyclopedia Publishing Company 1907 - 1909. Three volumes complete quarto publisher's half leather over buckram edges rubbed and a little marked gilt emblems to upper boards gilt lettered on spine marbled endpapers colour frontispieces; pp. 400; 5; 390; 5; 502; 3 extensively illustrated with black and white photographs a very good set. A scarce complete set of this monumental history of British India from pre-colonial days to the present focussing chiefly on key figures of the British Raj including civil servants administrators traders and business people the clergy and the army. It incorporates chapters on the history and commerce of Bombay Calcutta Madras Karachi Rangoon Chittagong the states of Mysore and Hyderabad and discussion of the tea cotton jute industries amongst others. Chapters are dedicated to the Roman Catholic Church Scottish Church Church of England and Armenian Churches in India. The invaluable biographical entries are illustrated with several hundred portrait photographs. Rare in the trade no copies traced on Rare Book Hub. hardcover
