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1840réf. 2212London, George Virtue, 1840. 2 volumes in-4 de IV-140 + IV-106 pages, plein maroquin marron, dos à nerfs ornés, plats encadrés de cinq filets dorés et d’un roulette feuillagée, tranches dorées, double roulette intérieure dorée, gardes de soie moirée verte, couvertures conservées. Dos passés, plats griffés, coins frottés, rousseurs.
1930réf. SHERRIFF012054Victor Gollancz London. 1930. First edition. Octavo. 286 pages. The novel of a play which still enjoys regular revivals in the West End.Signed on the title-page by R.C. Sherriff.Ownership signature on front free endpaper. Front inner hinge cracked and neatly repaired. Free endpapers tanned. A few pages have been roughly opened at the fore-edges. Tiny scuff to head of spine. Very good in the scarce dustwrapper which is very good slightly rubbed and with several chips. Victor Gollancz, London. unknown
1994réf. 91202Museum. New. 1994. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 60 pages; 27 color illustrations. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Museum paperback
1853réf. 839431853. BARTLETT William Henry artist. Views in America Great Britain Switzerland Turkey Italy the Holy Land etc. New York: J. Milton Emerson 1853. Small folio. 4pp. plus 111 trade advertisements printed on verso of engraved views. Publisher's full black morocco intricate gilt tooling and lettering on boards rebacked with orig. gilt spine laid down. Toning and foxing throughout previous owner signature on front flyleaf else near fine. A curious album of mid-nineteenth-century American trade advertisements printed on the versos of steel-engraved plates by W. H. Bartlett 1809-1854 the popular landscape artist. These must have been remaindered from his popular series of books illustrated with world views. An index at the front of the volume lists the companies included in the advertisements by the merchandise they produced: drugs book-bindings carpets china stained glass engravings ink lamps locks maps pianos spices and more. Most of the businesses are in New York or Boston with other northeast manufacturing centers such as Philadelphia and Troy occasionally represented. Some advertisements are also illustrated. A remarkable picture of antebellum art and commerce. unknown
réf. elala44872 Volumes. 4to. pp. iv 2contents 140 4ads; iv 106. 2 engraved titles with vignettes & 119 engraved plates incl. map & frontis. portrait of Bartlett. A very attractive copy in original elaborately gilt-stamped burgundy morocco all edges gilt spines lightly sunned some light wear some light foxing. First Edition. A highly skilful landscape artist Bartlett travelled extensively and provided the material for some twenty travelogues with brief texts. Between the years 1836 and 1852 he visited Canada and the United States four times. His American Scenery contains views of the principal American cities and picturesque vistas including views of Boston Niagara Falls New York Albany Erie Canal Baltimore Faneuil Hall in Boston Utica Yale College at New Haven &c. Howes B-209. Sabin 3784. London: George Virtue, 1840.
réf. 84457BARTLETT Napier. Military Record of Louisiana; Including Biographical and Historical Papers Relating to the State; a Soldier's Story of the Late War Muster Rolls Lists of Casualties in the Various Regiments So Far as Now Known Cemeteries Where Buried Company Journals Personal Narratives of Prominent Actors Etc. New Orleans: I. Graham & Co. Printers 1875. 68;57;62;iii-x259pp. 2 original mounted photographs; 3 engraved portraits. Orig. full black calf decorated in gilt and blind. Light scattered foxing and toning else very good. HOWES B-206 "aa": "Pagination often varies." Dornbusch II 409. "An expansion of the author's memoirs containing much data on the Washington Artillery and other Louisiana units. A highly reliable even-tempered account of the war in Virginia by a member of the famed Washington Artillery; especially good for camp scenes" Nevins I p.55. unknown
1840réf. 179461London: George Virtue 1840. With more than a hundred evocative engravings First edition in book form. American Scenery shows the principal American cities of the day including Baltimore Albany and Philadelphia and famous scenic vistas such as Niagara Falls and the Hudson Palisades. Most of the illustrations depict New York and New England with others of Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania. Bartlett and Willis were introduced by their mutual friend Dr William Beattie. Bartlett had established a name for himself as a book artist through his illustrations of Europe and the Middle East. Willis had published a successful travel account of Europe titled Pencillings by the Way in 1835 and followed it in 1836 with Inklings of Adventure an account of the lands surrounding his home in Susquehanna. American Scenery was his first luxury illustrated publication. To achieve it Bartlett "spent a year in America during which time he visited Niagara stayed at Willis's home in the Susquehanna and together they toured Wyoming" Hunnisett p. 114. American Scenery was originally issued in 30 monthly instalments from 1837-39 by the same publisher. 2 vols quarto 275 x 205. With steel-engraved portrait frontispiece vignette title pages and 117 plates by W. H. Bartlett 1 map most with tissue guards. Contemporary black pebble-grain roan spines in gilt compartments covers richly decorated with gilt frames and centrepieces board edges and turn-ins tooled in gilt blue moire endpapers and matching silk bookmarkers all edges gilt. Gilt bright vol. I with small chip and short split at foot of spine two corners worn a few plates foxed occasional offsetting to facing pages. A very good set. Howes B209 Sabin 3784. Basil Hunnisett Steel-Engraved Book Illustration in England 1980. unknown
2000réf. SBBIH-VCXI367JT6T2Viking 2000. hardcover. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Viking hardcover
1997réf. SBBI-mon0000102267Routledge 1997. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Routledge paperback
1840réf. 007645London: George Virtue. First edition. 2 volumes bound in extra gilt-ornamental red full leather with panels raised bands all edge gilting gilt edge decorations colored endpapers ribbon markers. Bookplate of former U.S. Senator and Congressman William L. Scott Virginia Republican on pastedown in each volume. Published London: George Virtue 1840. Large 4to. 8 3/4" x 11" 140pp.map66 engravingsengraved title; state A of volume 2 with contents page numbered 106pp.53 engravingsengraved title. Magnificent views of the Eastern United States before industrialization altered the landscape. Bartlett was a skilled landscape artist with a keen eye. He traveled extensively in the U.S. and Canada. Internally fine with no toning or foxing plates nearly immaculate under tissue guards. Joints and corners rubbed front joint of one volume starting. Very good near fine internally . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1840. George Virtue unknown
1839réf. 233451839. A group of 32 steel engraved proofs on india paper for Bartlett's famous "American Scenery." The images are mounted uniformly on larger card and are all captioned on the card with a preliminary title for the print in three different penciled handwriting. Some have indications of page numbers "p. 12 p. 108". The bulk of the images 18 are of New York State. The titles below are listed as they appear sic. The NY images include "Hudson Highlands Bull Hill; View from West Point on the Hudson N. Yk.; Crow's Nest from Bull Hill West Point; Village of Sing Sing on the Hudson; Chapel of our Lady of Coldspring; View near Anthonys Nose Hudson; Entrance to Hudson Highlands near Newburgh; The Narrows Lake George; Little Falls on the Mohawk; Village of Cattskill sic; Rail Road Scene Little Falls; The Outlet of Niagara River; Brock's Monument; New York from Weehawken; Narrows from Fort Hamilton N.Y.; Park & City Hall New York; Sabbath Day Point Lake George; The Rapids above the Falls of Niagara. The remaining images are of New England Pennsylvania and the mid-Atlantic States. These include: Descent into Wyoming Valley; Trenton High Falls; Washington's Monument Baltimore; East Point and Passamaquoddy Bay; Lake Winipiseogee; Notch House White Mountains; Meredith New Hampshire; Mount Jefferson from Mount Washington; Boston & Bunker Hill from the East; Valley of the Connecticut from Mount Holyoke; View on the Susquehanna; Northumberland on Susquehanna; Mount Tom & the Connecticut River; Valley of the Shenandoah from Jeffersons Rock. India paper measures approx. 11 x 8 1/2"; the card measures 16 x 10 3/4". The images are pristine- the cards are uniformly tanned with a few a little foxed. An unknown previous owner has penciled at the top border of the cards "1839 artists proof of engraving from Bartletts "American Scenery". RARE." This would be easily erasable. The University of Guelph Ontario holds an associated item although the listing is a bit unclear. OCLC: 626941313 lists "Archival Material 119 plates & Thesis/dissertation/manuscript ." An interesting grouping to research the development of Bartlett's steel engravings. unknown
1840réf. 238057London: George Virtue 1840. First edition state A of volume II with Contents list numbered. With 120 steel engraved plates by William H. Bartlett including a full-page map of the Northeastern United States portrait and two engraved title pages tissue guards. 2 vols. 4to. In HARPER'S binding of half purple-morocco gilt spine a.e.g. Harper was likely the American distributor; extremities slightly rubbed vol. II covers soiled plates with scattered light foxing mostly marginal overall a very attractive copy. First edition state A of volume II with Contents list numbered. With 120 steel engraved plates by William H. Bartlett including a full-page map of the Northeastern United States portrait and two engraved title pages tissue guards. 2 vols. 4to. Originally published in 30 parts without text and appearing here for the first time in expanded book form this is a beautiful series of views showing principal cities and scenic views engraved from drawings Bartlett made during a visit to America and Canada 1837-1838. He stayed with his collaborator the poet N.P. Willis and accompanied him on a trip West. A handsome survey of the New World. Sabin 3784; Howes B209; BAL 22755; Abbey Travel 651 George Virtue unknown books
1840réf. 025470London: Virtue 1840. Quarto. Volume I: Portrait frontispiece hand-colored vignette title page and regular title page ix 140 pages 66 leaves of plates one map. Volume II: hand-colored vignette title page and regular title page iv. 106 pages 52 leaves of plates. The map plate in volume I was done by W. Hughes. All 119 plates are present. In 1836 William Henry Bartlett was sent to America to begin making engravings of the major sites in the United States. Virtue had also commissioned Nathaniel Willis to make letterpress descriptions of each image. Thomas Dougherty drew two of the originals while the rest were done with remarkable precision by Bartlett. While Willis is first on the title page it is Bartlett's fine work that has made this the finest 19th century work on America from the artists' perspective. the plates view the Eastern U.S. before the full force of the Industrial Revolution changed the face of the eastern landscape forever. Bound in a very fine rich red 3/4 red morocco spines with bands and decorative panels with a matching slipcase. Abbey Travel in aquatint and lithography 651; Blanck BAL 22755; Sabin 3784. Virtue unknown books
réf. ANAIS-0874511682University Press of New England. hardcover. Good. 9.5X6.5X1.5. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. University Press of New England hardcover
1840réf. 238057London: George Virtue 1840. First edition state A of volume II with Contents list numbered. With 120 steel engraved plates by William H. Bartlett including a full-page map of the Northeastern United States portrait and two engraved title pages tissue guards. 2 vols. 4to. In HARPER'S binding of half purple-morocco gilt spine a.e.g. Harper was likely the American distributor; extremities slightly rubbed vol. II covers soiled plates with scattered light foxing mostly marginal overall a very attractive copy. First edition state A of volume II with Contents list numbered. With 120 steel engraved plates by William H. Bartlett including a full-page map of the Northeastern United States portrait and two engraved title pages tissue guards. 2 vols. 4to. Originally published in 30 parts without text and appearing here for the first time in expanded book form this is a beautiful series of views showing principal cities and scenic views engraved from drawings Bartlett made during a visit to America and Canada 1837-1838. He stayed with his collaborator the poet N.P. Willis and accompanied him on a trip West. A handsome survey of the New World. Sabin 3784; Howes B209; BAL 22755; Abbey Travel 651 George Virtue unknown
1854réf. 022638N.Y.: D. Appleton & Co. 1854. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Two Volumes. Original Green Cloth with decorations and titles stamped in gold gilt on the spine of each volume xxii 506 6 pp. & xvii 624 pp. folding map Folded tinted lithograph Frontispiece in each volume plus 14 additional tinted lithograph plates many uncolored engraved plates woodcut illustrations missing one of the Geyser illustrations as usual in volume one and three illustrations in volume two. These sets were bound with various discrepancies of the listed illustrations. Some light offsetting from Frontispieces and some very light occasional foxing. Overall an exceptionally nice set. Gilt imprint on spine uniformly bright and clean. Some very light wear to bottom edge of spine and corners. Very good plus to near fine condition internally uncommonly clean and tight. Previous owner's name in pencil in front of each volume. Usual offsetting to title pages from frontispieces. A few very light spots of foxing scattered through the volumes. Illustrations and lithographic plates are clean and bright with no foxing. Four inch split to one fold of the map with no loss. The finest set we've seen. Protected in a custom slipcase. Original promotional Prospectus laid-in. Very difficult to obtain in this condition. Wagner-Camp 234-1 "Bartlett was a talented artist observer and reporter who contributed greatly to the knowledge of the geography and topography of the Southwest in his Personal Narrative." Graff 198 Jenkins Basic Texas Books #12 "The most scholarly and scientific description of Southwest Texas of its era." Rader 287 Howes B201. D. Appleton & Co. hardcover
1953réf. 140946678Rye Sussex: Vernon Bartlett at Mermaid Cottage 1953. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Staple-bound in publisher's textured cream colored wraps lettered in brown and black. 24 pp. Near Fine with soiling and wear to covers. Rusting to staples with light toning to contents. A charming how-to British surfing guide for beginners. The author a politician and journalist was forward thinking in telling his readers not to litter beaches "You wouldn't show yourself so unworthy of the beautiful beaches on which you are privileged to spend your holidays." No other copies listed according to WorldCat. Vernon Bartlett at Mermaid Cottage unknown
1840réf. 22476London: George Virtue 1840. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark salmon cloth decorated in blind and gilt front and back covers with gilt arabesques and lettering at spine. Aeg. Five Vols. Very good. Bartlett William H. 48 106 96 140 4 52 28 x 22 cm. 117 steel engrave plates with tissue guards. Originally published in Thirty parts at one shilling or in Divisions 6s. 6d. cloth gilt. Drawings by William Henry Bartlett one of the most prolific of illustrators for topographical works. "It is almost certain that there are more steel engravings after Bartlett than after any other painter of views" -- see RUSSELLp.196. Bartlett made four voyages to America between the years 1836 and 1852. HOWES B209. From the publisher's original announcement: "Like Columbus at first we only dream of America. It is yet both a new and an unknown world to us in regard to its scenes of natural beauty and sublimity. The Proprietors.have sought to produce a series of Select Views which will form a characteristic Panorama of the Western World; especially in its Lake and River Scenery which has no parallel in Europe perhaps not on earth." Four pages of adverts Vol. 1 Vol. III book label rear pastedown of publisher rare first issue in five volumes. Slight rubbing to backstrip extremities and a few corners cover gilt illustrations very bright and fresh. George Virtue hardcover
réf. 62685BARTLETT Ellen Strong. A Biographical Sketch of John Trumbull the Patriot Painter 1756-1843. Arranged and extra illustrated by Henry A. Smith for Mr. & Mrs. W.H. Bartlett manuscript. Chicago 1901. 30pp. of text plus manuscript titlepage ninety-six plates one map and three manuscript letters. Folio. Black morocco gilt gilt dentelles. Extremities lightly rubbed. Front hinge neatly repaired. Bookplate on front pastedown. Quite clean and fresh internally. Near fine. In a black cloth slipcase. An elaborately extra-illustrated volume containing the text of Ellen Strong Bartlett's article "John Trumbull the Patriot Painter" from THE NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE from 1896 together with numerous plates illustrating Trumbull's life and work and two signed autograph letters. It also includes a presentation letter from the compiler Henry A. Smith to Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett expressing his thanks for their friendship; it is dated Dec. 23 and the book may have been a Christmas gift. Ellen Strong Bartlett was a New Haven Ct. author and historian who wrote several works of local history both on New Haven and New England in general; her work appeared in numerous magazines and periodicals. The presentees Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Bartlett may have been relatives of the author. W.H. Bartlett worked at Bartlett Frazier & Co. grain traders in Chicago; the presentation letter from Smith is on that company's letterhead indicating he may have been an employee. Of primary individual interest in the volume are two autograph letters the first from John Langdon to John Trumbull and the second from Trumbull to his wife. John Langdon was a New Hampshire politician and a Signer of the U.S. Constitution. He served in the Continental Congress before becoming one of the first senators for his state and later served several terms as governor. In his letter dated June 1 1799 2pp. Langdon thanks Trumbull for a recently arrived print of Trumbull's painting "The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar" and requests that Trumbull send another print of his choosing to complete the decor in that particular room. It is addressed to Trumbull in London and docketed by him on the verso. The second letter is from Trumbull to his wife dated Nov. 30 1818 1p. He writes to her at New York from Boston where he is opening an exhibition of his w. unknown
1842réf. 52681London: published for the proprietors by George Virtue 1842. 4to 4 volumes in 13; 2 maps and over 200 fine steel engravings list of subscribers and advertisement leaves with the author's notice in the final volume. Bound with: Canadian Scenery Illustrated. Original quarter roan gilt-lettered in decorated publisher's boards; occasional spotting to edges of plates. A rare set of the two works issued together and assembled from the original parts. A most appealing set of an illustrated classic here in extended form with both the separate American and Canadian publications issued in this form as one continuous work numbered as a coherent series on the bindings. The series in this form includes over 200 steel-engraved images. The publisher's charming binding is in particularly good condition. "The New World of Columbus.its sudden rise to independence wealth and power" Author's preface is captured in this Victorian publication on the United States and "British America" Canada with fine engravings after the noted British landscape painter William Henry Bartlett. This is a wonderful illustrated romp published at a time to illustrate the last days of relative freedom of the North American native peoples Willis cites Blumenbach in analyzing the "real character of the aboriginal inhabitant" and the development of the cities on the West coast of America and unusually Lower Canada. William Bartlett "made four voyages to the United States and Canada.the fruits of which appeared in American Scenery and Canadian Scenery" DNB. The famous plates depict North American cities New York Philadelphia Boston Washington; important buildings such as the U.S. Bank the Capitol and Yale College; bridges parks falls ferries rivers; as well as fine views of Canada through Quebec Montreal Toronto and including Niagara Falls and Thousand Isles. Also included is an engraved portrait of Bartlett a map of the north-eastern United States and Lower Canada. Sabin calls Canadian Scenery "the finest of Mr. Bartlett's works." Willis's "The Literary Department" accompanying letterpress lyrically opines on the picturesque quoting Byron's Childe Harold on sighting Niagara Falls and noting that in America the traveler may imagine "an Eden newly-sprung from the ocean". Abbey 651 American Scenery; Sabin 3784 3786. published for the proprietors by George Virtue unknown
réf. 146438New Haven: Yale University Press 1988. First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo original cloth. Association copy inscribed by the editor on the title page "For Justice Ginsburg - with deepest respect admiration & gratitude In sisterhood Elizabeth Ann Bartlett." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.” a play on the name of famed 90s rapper The Notorious B.I.G. Ginsburg was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. When she was nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White Ginsburg became both the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court after Sandra Day O’Connor. Ginsburg was born and grew up in Brooklyn New York earned degrees at Cornell University and Columbia Law School and began her career as a professor at Rutgers Law School and Columbia Law School teaching civil procedure as one of the few women in her field. She spent much of her early legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights winning many arguments before the Supreme Court and in 1972 co-founded the Women’s Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union which participated in more than 300 gender discrimination cases by 1974. In 1980 President Jimmy Carter appointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit where she served until her appointment to the Supreme Court in 1993. During her tenure as associate justice of the Supreme Court Ginsburg received increasing attention for her fiery and passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She authored several important majority opinions related to gender discrimination voting rights and affirmative action in cases such as United States v. Virginia 1996 which struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Olmstead v. L.C. 1999 in which the Court ruled that mental illness is a form of disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Friends of the Earth Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc. 2000 in which the Court held that residents have standing to seek fines for an industrial polluter that affected their interests and that is able to continue doing so. In 2002 Ginsburg was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame she was named one of Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women in 2009 and one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2015. Her powerful and fiery dissent in the 2013 Supreme Court case Shelby County v. Holder in which she argued against the majority’s decision to strike down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 emphasizing the continued need for its protections against racial discrimination in voting earned her the nickname “The Notorious R.B.G.” – a moniker she came to embrace which has since become a celebration of her important legal career and legacy. Widely regarded as one of the most remarkable women in American history Ginsburg redefined and transcended the traditional role of Supreme Court justice ascending to the status of intergenerational feminist pop culture icon. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. "All history attests that man has subjected woman to his will used her as a means to promote his selfish gratification. but never has he desired to elevate her to that rank she was created to fill" Sarah Grimké 1838. Sarah Grimké and her sister Angelina were pioneering figures in the nineteenth-century abolitionist and women's rights movements. Grimké's "Letters on the Equality of the Sexes" published more than 150 years ago was the first full-length philosophical statement on "the woman question" written by an American woman. Here the letters are reproduced in a new edition along with five previously unpublished essays written by Grimké. Yale University Press hardcover
1840réf. 148908London: George Virtue 1840. First edition of this illustrated portfolio of views of stunning American scenes. Quarto two volumes bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tolling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling and floral detailing to the front and rear panels all edges gilt gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles tissue-guarded engraved portrait frontispiece to volume one and illustrated with 117 engraved plates from drawings by William Henry Bartlett. In very good condition bookplates to the front pastedowns. American Scenery 1840 authored by Nathaniel Parker Willis and illustrated by the British artist William Henry Bartlett represents one of the most influential early attempts to define and disseminate a distinctly American landscape aesthetic. Combining Willis’s romantic prose with Bartlett’s finely detailed engravings the work offered readers in both the United States and Europe an idealized vision of American natural beauty from the Hudson River Valley to Niagara Falls. George Virtue unknown
1840réf. 22476London: George Virtue 1840. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark salmon cloth decorated in blind and gilt front and back covers with gilt arabesques and lettering at spine. Aeg. Very good. Bartlett William H. 48 106 96 140 4 52 28 x 22 cm. 117 steel engrave plates with tissue guards. Originally published in Thirty parts at one shilling or in Divisions 6s. 6d. cloth gilt. Drawings by William Henry Bartlett one of the most prolific of illustrators for topographical works. "It is almost certain that there are more steel engravings after Bartlett than after any other painter of views" -- see RUSSELLp.196. Bartlett made four voyages to America between the years 1836 and 1852. HOWES B209. From the publisher's original announcement: "Like Columbus at first we only dream of America. It is yet both a new and an unknown world to us in regard to its scenes of natural beauty and sublimity. The Proprietors.have sought to produce a series of Select Views which will form a characteristic Panorama of the Western World; especially in its Lake and River Scenery which has no parallel in Europe perhaps not on earth." Four pages of adverts Vol. 1 Vol. III booklabel rear pastedown of publisher rare first issue in five volumes. Slight rubbing to backstrip extremities and a few corners cover gilt illustrations very bright and fresh. George Virtue hardcover books
1842réf. 52681London: published for the proprietors by George Virtue 1842. 4to 4 volumes in 13; 2 maps and over 200 fine steel engravings list of subscribers and advertisement leaves with the author's notice in the final volume. Bound with: Canadian Scenery Illustrated. Original quarter roan gilt-lettered in decorated publisher's boards; occassional spotting to edges of plates. A rare set of the two works issued together and assembled from the original parts. A most appealing set of an illustrated classic here in extended form with both the separate American and Canadian publications issued in this form as one continuous work numbered as a coherent series on the bindings. The series in this form includes over 200 steel-engraved images. The publisher's charming binding is in particularly good condition. "The New World of Columbus.its sudden rise to independence wealth and power" Author's preface is captured in this Victorian publication on the United States and "British America" Canada with fine engravings after the noted British landscape painter William Henry Bartlett. This is a wonderful illustrated romp published at a time to illustrate the last days of relative freedom of the North American native peoples Willis cites Blumenbach in analysing the "real character of the aboriginal inhabitant" and the development of the cities on the West coast of America and unusually Lower Canada. William Bartlett "made four voyages to the United States and Canada.the fruits of which appeared in American Scenery and Canadian Scenery" DNB. The famous plates depict North American cities New York Philadelphia Boston Washington; important buildings such as the U.S. Bank the Capitol and Yale College; bridges parks falls ferries rivers; as well as fine views of Canada through Quebec Montreal Toronto and including Niagara Falls and Thousand Isles. Also included is an engraved portrait of Bartlett a map of the north-eastern United States and Lower Canada. Sabin calls Canadian Scenery "the finest of Mr. Bartlett's works." Willis's "The Literary Department" accompanying letterpress lyrically opines on the picturesque quoting Byron's Childe Harold on sighting Niagara Falls and noting that in America the traveller may imagine "an Eden newly-sprung from the ocean". Abbey 651 American Scenery; Sabin 3784 3786. published for the proprietors by George Virtue hardcover books
1935réf. 0007026TULSA OKLAHOMA SOUTH WEST USA. Good. 1935. On offer is a rare and fascinating manuscript by a noted lawyer judge and historian in the United States. Dating from the 1930s this outstanding manuscript is typed on 8.5 inch by 11 inch pages and bound in a 3 inch 3-ring binder. It contains approximately 250 sheets of paper; 3 ring punched typed 1 side only. Included in the manuscript are 39 black and white illustrations. The binder is in good condition and the pages are all intact save for the title page which is loose. The manuscript is typed with handwritten editing changes noted on various pages. John Bartlett Meserve was a noted American lawyer. He was a member American and Oklahoma State bar associations the Oklahoma Society S.A.R. state president 1928 the Oklahoma State History Society director and the N.H. State History Society. Later in his career he was a judge serving in Tulsa Oklahoma. Outside of his distinguished legal career Meserve was a recognized historian who made significant contributions to the study of the history of the native people of southeastern United States - the Cherokee Creek Chickasaw Choctaw and Seminole peoples. His was a regular contributing author to the Chronicles of Oklahoma the official journal of the Oklahoma Historical Society. His is also a published author with a number of credits to his name - all revolving around the history of the "Five Tribes" of the U.S. southeast. This manuscript is a biography of notable leaders of the Cherokee and Creek people. It is organized into 19 separate chapters. His goals are laid out in the Foreword: The life stories of such Indian Chieftains are of historical significance; some of them were calm thoughtful and discerning leaders possessing an intelligence equal to if not above that of many of their white oppressors and rendered a service of sterling worth; some were indifferent; some were bad . Biography is said to be the alphabet of history. With that thought in mind a portrayal of the lives of these Indian leaders in the historic background in which they moved should mirror the emotions of these simple people. Their history becomes fossilized in the cold narration of facts. Foreword The first two chapters entitled Early Controversy and Lawless Days in the Indian Territory set the historical stage. Pagination of this manuscript restarts with each chapter. Once the stage is set he begins with 17 individual biographies of men whom he considers significant leaders within these two nations. Included in his list are Sequoyah John Ross William Potter Hoas Lewis Downing Charles Thompson Dennis Wolfe Bushyhead Joel Bryan Mayes Colonel Johnson Harris Samuel Houston Mayes Thomas Mitchell Buffington William Charles Rogers Opothleyahola The McIntosh Dynasty Samuel Chicote The Perrymans Iaparhecher and Pleasant Porter . The anglicized names reflect the long interaction between the Cherokee and Creek people and very early colonists and explorers. These men are very much full members of their respective Indian nations. Some of the Chapters were separately published as stand-alone articles in the Chronicles of Oklahoma. The chapters contain photographs of the subject of that chapter original buildings drawings and maps. There are 39 in total. There are many editing changes and notations. For a historian this is an absolute treasure trove. Meserve is a meticulous researcher bringing a trained legal eye for details to a task that he is obviously passionate about. Researchers keen to understand the history of these peoples will find a wealth of details within the manuscript which will shed light on a tumultuous time in the growth of the United States. It will certainly shed light on the foundations of issues that are of significant national interest to this day.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF COLONIAL CANADA BATTLE OF THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM; SEVEN YEARS WAR; FRENCH INDIAN WARS; ELIPHELET COFFIN; GENERAL JAMES WOLFE; VICE-ADMIRAL CHARLES SAUNDERS; LOUIS-JOSEPH DE MONTCALM UPPER CANADA LOWER CANADA PRE REVOLUTIONARY WARS FRANCE VERSUS ENGLAND NORTH AMERICA PRE CONFEDERATION CANADIANA QUEBEC AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
