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1817rif. CAT000845Genève & Paris: J.J. Paschoud 1817. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Early marbled boards rebacked in green cloth. Scattered minor foxing title possible laid down on thicker paper. A nice clean copy of a much reprinted but surpassingly rare Swiss cookery first published in 1798 as La cuisinière de Genève. Bitting 540.215pp with 3 manuscript recipes in an early hand to the rear endpapers for croquante improving on a recipe on 200/201 Algérienne sauce and naturally Fondu. Size: 12mo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000845. J.J. Paschoud hardcover
rif. 048524Hardcover. Two volume album of plants many flowering with common and scientific names and in some cases where they were found. Over 300 samples on 176 leaves. Mounted to sheets measuring around 7.25 x 11". Wear to bindings volume two split at the spine pages coming loose from bindings. Some degradation internally as expected but very well preserved samples from hedgerows pastures woods roadsides riversides etc. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Inventory No: 048524. hardcover
1904rif. 63-79Unknown Japanese Publisher c. 1904. 1904. Six oversized collotype photos primarily of the landing of the Japanese 2nd Army and the Battle of Nanshan during the Russo-Japanese War. In paper folio. English & Japanese captions on each photograph: Transport of a Party of Seamen on board the Fuso to fight on land A Landing-place of Our Army in Front Funeral Service of Lt. Katsura at Shukahow Ruins of batteries at Nanshun Central Battery at the Opposite side of Nanshun A Great Defensive Work at Nanshun. Plates printed on low gloss paper. 16 x 11 overall image size 10 x 7.5 inches. Plates All Fine copies. Portfolio Very Good. Unbound. Fine. Unknown, Japanese Publisher, c. 1904. Paperback
1966rif. 536Dresden: Verlag der Kunst 1966. Very Good. The Dance of Death at Basle with verses from the mediavel wall-painting. Text is in continuous German French and English. The dialogues of the medieval wall painting and an afterword by Stephen Cosacchi. 40 woodcuts. Original Board book with woodcuts from the original printed sticks. Very Good condition in original dustjacket some slight soiling and small tears at edges. Oversize. Verlag der Kunst unknown
1890rif. 20049ca1890. Commercial albums. Very good; one album is essentially disbound. Some interior photographs are improperly fixed. Oblong 8vo appx. 7 x 10.5 inches containing 71 mounted albumen prints. The photographs vary in size but most are 4.5 x 6.75 inches. The photographs are not captioned or identified. A handsome set of photographic albums recording the interior of a well appointed New York City townhouse and two rare photographs from Central Park of the then recently completed Temple Beth-El 5th Ave. & 76 St. dedicated Sept. 18 1891 and demolished in 1947 - one of the treasures of American synagogue architecture accomplished in the Romanesque style by A Brunner. There are additional street photographs and an unidentified country summer residence along with an Afro-American groundsman. A possible clue to the origin of the albums are the inclusion of photographs of the monument to A L Holley engineer located in Washington Sq. See Wischnitzer Synagogue Architecture in the USA pp. 87-89. unknown books
1825rif. patoo1825Pamphlet 1825 Andover Mass. Early edition. Condition is Fair: wraps show significant general wear top outer corner of blank and last wrap missing causing loss of part a letter. Interior has ownership inscription on front blank with date of 1827 old prior seller's price on blank. No other writing or markings. Spine reinforced with paper in distant past. Paginates: wraps blanks 48. Illustrations included in pagination. Complete as issued. This edition is uncommon. WorldCat locates ~15 copies. See OCLC: 34635134 & 22449258; Rosenbach 681. Harlan Page is the engraver author is unknown. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: identification of edition priority is a challenge. The undated New-York Religious Tract Society is generally considered the true first. The sources on this make conclusory statements and there is reason to doubt them. I put together a summary of my research for those who are interested.Indigenous South Pacific theology Published by the American Tract Society, and for sale at the General Depository, Andover, Ms. & by agents of the Society through paperback
1871rif. 011840London: Printed By F. A. Hancock 1871. Book measures 20.5x13.5.cm. viii 152pp a few blank pages added at end with 3pp hand-written memoranda. Bound in period half calf calf corners marble boards flat gilt bands coloured endpapers. Calf rubbed scuffed on edges some general light wear. Binding in good clean condition. Internally pages clean. A nice copy. F. First Edition. Half Calf. Near Very Good. 8vo. Printed By F. A. Hancock Hardcover
1643rif. 012372London: Printed for Iohn Wright in the Old-bailey May 1. 1643 1643. Collation 213pp 1 blank leaf A2 in two settings. Line 12 ends 1 Questions put. or 2 Quæres. Bound in modern cloth with gilt lettering on top board. Binding in very good clean condition. Internally light wear or staining to margin of title. Pages in very good clean condition. A very nice copy. . Very Good. Small Quarto. Printed for Iohn Wright in the Old-bailey May 1. 1643 hardcover
1815rif. 012730Wellington: Printed and sold by Houlston and Son 1815. Book measures 14x9.cm. 70pp 2pp booklist engraved frontis 12 illustrations within the text. Bound in original publishers printed softcover. Covers rubbed some abrasion wear some marking wear loss on base of spine. Internally pages in good clean condition. A good copy. . Third Edition. Softcover. Good Plus. 16mo. Printed and sold by Houlston and Son
1833rif. 60470London: Hughes. 1833. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 volme set Volume 1 pub 1829 6pp 508pp Volume 2 pub 1830 2pp 516pp Volume 3 pub 1831 528pp Index Volume 4 pub 1834 2pp 560pp Volume 5 pub 1833 4pp 628pp recently rebound in smart blue cloth/gilt lettering new endpapers minor foxingmostly to prelims corner 1pp repired with heraldic bookplate of William Price Glan Twrch. ; Octavo . Hughes hardcover
1684rif. LTH30-F-1London: George Wells 1684. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. A scarce first edition of Justice of Peace His Calling; A Moral Essay written anonymously by Edmund Bohun. First edition referencing Copac. With a fold out of the 9 rules of making a good Justice of the Peace. Educated at Cambridge Edmund Bohun was a seventeenth-century English writer on history and politics. He was mainly known for his political writing attacking the Whigs for he was a staunch Tory publicist. Although in support of the Glorious Revolution he was briefly imprisoned for the publication of a pamphlet by a gentleman with a similar name. After this imprisonment and an embarrassment at Parliament Bohun emigrated to Caroline to be the first Chief Justice there. Collated: Complete Rebound in quarter calf with paper bound boards. Externally smart with handling marks and light rubbing to top of spine. Fading to boards. Ex libris bookplate to pastedowns. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean but age toned. Light foxing to first and last. Title page protected with archival paper. Contemporary ink annotation to front blank and page i. Very Good Indeed George Wells hardcover
1969rif. mon0000002113Oxford University Press 1969-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex library book usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean copy. Oxford University Press hardcover
1969rif. mon0000214456Oxford University Press 1969-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Well read copy with some spine wear but still very useable. Oxford University Press hardcover
1849rif. X2373Calcuta: White Lotus Press 1849. Paperback. Good/no dj. 3.600. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Lot of 11 copies White Lotus Press paperback
1898rif. 47-261c.1898. 1898. Printed cloth bunting. Framed. Shows bust portrait of Dewey in blue uniform surrounded by laurel wreath with title above & below. American & 4 star admiral's flags flank the laurels. Background is red white & blue horizontal stripes/bands. Plain black wood frame. 26 x 32 1/2" Bunting entirely fills the frame. Very slight foxing visible in the white band. Great display item. Probably should be rematted with acid free materials otherwise NEAR FINE COPY. Print. Near Fine. c.1898.
1818rif. 080737London: James Ridgway 1818. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper boards a little rubbed and split in places half title folding plan viii 1902pp adverts some occasional browning rare. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. James Ridgway Hardcover
1875rif. 25098ca1875. As found. Very good. A Berlin-Work book-mark made up by applying a matrix 90 x 25 mm for the gold to a strip of white silk 430 x 25 mm. The name "L'esperance" is spelled out with small solid gold beads pierced and threaded together. The weight is appx. 0.1 Troy oz. L'esperance is a solid rock out-cropping in the South Pacific constituting the southern most of the Kermadec Islands north of New Zealand. One can only imagine the story behind this artifact given the series of gold rushes in Australia and New Zealand during the closing decades of the 19th century and celebration of such a dramatic geologic anomaly as L'esperance. See Howgego III 423-432. unknown books
1888rif. SET36-G-1London: David Nutt 1888-1890. Cloth. Very Good. 10" X 7". None. A complete four volume set of the archaeological review. Four volumes bound in brown cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spines one fold out map and a few intext illustrations. This forms a complete set of The Archaeological Review before it was incorporated into Folklore a quarterly review published by The Folklore Society. in cloth bindings. Externalluy. There is some mild wear to the extremities including slight bumping to the tops and tails of the spines and some rubbing to the outer hinges. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally clean and bright. There are institutional plates to the front pastedowns of each volume. Very Good David Nutt hardcover
rif. 110326London 19th century. . Hand-coloured etching mounted; overall size: 47 x 28.5 cm. After George Moutard Woodward. [London], [19th century]. unknown
1645rif. 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
1884rif. 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
rif. 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
rif. 65160. Contemporary diced russia marbled end-papers foot of spine worn with some loss else a very good copy. unknown
1722rif. 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
1773rif. 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