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1928Best.-Nr. 5261Philadelphia: Liebman Press 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good in good dustwrapper a bit stained at the extremities and with a couple of modest chips. Warmly inscribed by Ankenbrand. Presumably a vanity press volume collectible primarily for Cullen's introduction. Liebman Press hardcover
1982Best.-Nr. 48023Boston: Houghton and Mifflin 1982. Unbound. Near Fine. Unbound long galleys. The author's own marked set. Near fine. Houghton and Mifflin unknown
1826Best.-Nr. 1014J30London: B. J. Holsworth 1826. Leather. Good Only. 7" by 4". None. The fascinating second edition of this scarce work by the composor of the familiar children's nursey rhyme 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' The second edition of this work first published two years prior in 1824. Scarce in all editions. Bound in half calf with marbled paper wraps. Jane Taylor is primarily known as the poet behind the lyrics to "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" published in 1806. She was also the editor of the religious periodical Youth's Magazine and wrote numerous moral tales letters and personal essays collected in this work. The earliest was printed in 1816 the latest only 1822 when Taylor ceased editorship of the magazine due to ill health. Taylor sadly passed away during the same year as this work was first published. The second edition includes previously unpublished works that were never put to print in her lifetime edited by her brother Isaac Taylor. Bound in half calf with marbled paper wraps. Externally sound. With rubbing to paper covers and leather at extremities and joints with some slight loss in these areas. Leather slightly cracked to backstrip. Both front hinges strained and split. Rear boards starting. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages with handling marks and the odd spot throughout. Occasional chips to page extremities. The odd leaf with prominent tears to pages repaired with stitching. A chip and tear to the title page of volume I and soiling to both title pages. Contemporary ink inscriptions to verso of title pages. Good Only B. J. Holsworth hardcover
1860Best.-Nr. 1023G53London: The Religious Tract Society c1860-1870 . Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A two volume set of charmingly illustrated collections of nineteenth century hymns and songs for children with coloured plates. A two volume set. In the publisher's original green cloth bindings. A set of two illustrated children's song books. Each volume llustrated with a coloured frontispiece three coloured plates and in text illustrations throughout. Collated complete. Comprising: 'Divine & Moral Songs For Children'. By Isaac Watts an English Congregational minister hymn writer theologian and logician. 'Hymns & Poems For Very Little Children'. By Margaret Elizabeth Child Villiers Countess of Jersey an English noblewoman activist writer and hymn-writer. With the inscription of 'Villiers from Mama February 25th 1882' to the rear of the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally fading to spines with light bumping to the heads and tails. Ink inscription to front free endpaper of 'Divine & Moral Songs For Children' with a booksellers sticker to the front paste down. Ink inscription to rear of front free endpaper of 'Hymns & Poems For Very Little Children'. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light spotting to the front and rear. Very Good The Religious Tract Society hardcover
1806Best.-Nr. 1024H6London: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1806. Leather. Good. 6.5" by 4". None Stated. Three popular stage works from Mrs Inchbald"s influential "British Theatre" each illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and accompanied by her critical remarks. In a contemporary full calf binding. Three separately issued plays bound in one volume. From the original issue of Mrs Inchbald"s British Theatre published in separate parts during 1806-1807 and collected in twenty-five volumes in 1808. Each play is illustrated with an engraved frontispiece. Collated complete. Comprising: John Bull; or The Englishman"s Fireside: A Comedy in Five Acts by George Colman the Younger. First performed at Covent Garden in 1803 a patriotic comedy centred upon the honest but impoverished tradesman Job Thornberry. Love in a Village: A Comic Opera in Three Acts by Isaac Bickerstaff. First performed at Covent Garden in 1762 following the disguised lovers Rosetta and Young Meadows each of whom enters domestic service while attempting to escape an arranged marriage only to discover that they were intended for one another. The work became one of the most successful English comic operas of the 18th century. The Poor Gentleman: A Comedy in Five Acts by George Colman the Younger. First performed at Covent Garden in 1801 a lively rural comedy with eccentric characters including Sir Robert Bramble and the chatty Doctor Ollapod. A compact theatrical collection combining two of Colman"s most successful comedies with Bickerstaff"s landmark English comic opera. In a contemporary full calf binding. Externally generally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in minor loss to calf. Shelf label to head of spine. Very slight warping to boards. One or two minor scratch marks to boards with two more prominent to rear board. Slight creasing to spine. Worming to upper corners of front paste down and first few leaves until B4 of vol I. Minor worming to upper extremities of rear endpapers and leaves from H6 onwards. H5 of vol III fully detached but present. B3-4 of vol I almost fully disbound just holding to upper extremities. With these exceptions text block firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots and handling marks. Edge wear to fully detached leaf H5. Slight worming to lower corners of preliminary leaves frontispiece and title of vol II. Good Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme hardcover
1900Best.-Nr. ABE-1594893910693First edition. Octavo 23.117cm 158pp. Original dustjacket split into 2 halves now protected in mylar. On back cover of dust jacket is a letter addressed to Isaac Headland dated October 24 1900 by Wu Ting Fang Chinese Minister to the United States singing praises of Headland's "Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes" as "so richly illustrated that we are sure it will delight the hearts of all children." SIGNED by author. An almost new copy with vibrant covers and clean pages. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1900 hardcover
1801Best.-Nr. 42432Walpole Newhampshire: Printed for Thomas & Thomas by David Carlisle 1801. The two volumes bound in matching full sheep rubbed bit of chipping at lower spines ribbed spines and gilt-lettered red morocco spine labels. Front inner hinge of Volume II is cracked but binding holding firm. Volume I: xlviii 426 pp. With half title preface to first edition General Introduction Names of the Cases. Volume II: 4 427-871 1 blank pp. With half title and "Index of the Principal Matters." Occasional light foxing and dusting Very Good. Espinasse's A digest of the law of actions at nisi prius. In two volumes issued from London in 1789 and Philadelphia in 1791. Ours under slightly different title is considered the second American edition 'with considerable additions. Espinasse of Gray's Inn was a British Barrister. His work was frequently printed through the early 19th century and then evidently was ignored. Cohen 9105. Marke 305 NY 1820 ed. Printed, for Thomas & Thomas, by David Carlisle unknown
2020Best.-Nr. b2150Elsevier 2020. 13 Edition. X975 pages. Fine Hardcover. Unused book with several shallow dents to the cover. 8.75x11.125x1.82 in. be6 Elsevier hardcover
1909Best.-Nr. W125521909. Bligh Bond Frederick. Cam the Rev. Dom Bede. First edition large hardbacks 11"x8"; copiously illustrated xiii 1 205 pages x 2 pages 210-448. The purple cloth bindings have some wear the spines have faded the first preface leaf is detached and a few gathers are a little loose in the binding. The endpapers have an ink inscription. There are some marginal fingermarks in both volumes. hardcover
1999Best.-Nr. 1405502Norwalk: Easton Press 1999. Signed First Edition One of 1075. Hardcover. Octavo 317 pages. In Near Fine condition. Bound in brown genuine leather with gilt decoration; spine paneled with gilt titling; text block edges gilt with silk moiré endpapers and bound-in ribbon bookmark. Minimal shelf and edge wear to boards. Text block edges show very light scuffing and wear. Signed flat in black marker on unnumbered limitation page. Shelved in Room X. 1405502. Special Collections - Downstairs. Easton Press hardcover
1818Best.-Nr. 980Z20London: John Murray 1818. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5.5". None. Isaac D'Israeli's updated and improved edition of his study of prominent literary figures and their qualities. A new improved and expanded edition originally published as 'An Essay on the Literary Character'. Previously owned by A. N. L. Munby an English librarian and an author of ghost stories. Isaac D'Israeli's study on the notable literary figures and their qualities examining their lives and experiences to explore what makes them successful. As explained in the preface to the work the author wrote the original work in his youth and after finding a copy of his work with critiquing notes added to the margin decided to re-write the work and add to it. The work also mentions particular prominent literary and intellectual figures such as Galileo Newton Bacon Milton and many more. Bound in full modern paper covered boards. Bound in modern paper covered boards endpapers renewed. Externally slight sunning to the spine with a couple very minor tidemarks to the head of the spine slight bumping to the extremities and the odd slight mark. Bookplate of A.N.L. Munby to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound with occasional age toning heaviest to the title page and occasional light spotting. Very Good Indeed John Murray hardcover
1899Best.-Nr. 981T25London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited 1899. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. Three volumes of Disraeli's Curiosities of Literature edited by his son and former British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli. Complete in three volumes. A collection of essays on a variety of literary and artistic subjects containing humorous and thought-provoking observations and anecdotes about historical events and individuals interesting literature and other curiosities. These volumes explore the importance of books libraries and authors alongside criticism and biographical anecdotes. Disraeli recounts the grandeur and important of libraries from ancient times highlighting famous collectors and the passions that drive collectors. Written by Isaac D'Israeli a British writer and scholar best known for his essays and his associations with other men of letters. A new edition containing a lengthy memoir and notes from the author's son Benjamin Disraeli former prime minister and the Earl of Beaconsfield. Bound in half morocco with marbled boards. Externally smart with light rubbing to the extremities particularly the head and tail of the spine of volume IV. Minor fading with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Very Good C. Arthur Pearson Limited hardcover
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