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196926 p. Illustrated. Color printed wraps. 5.5" x 8.5". Brief but valuable review of medicine in early New England. NEW ENGLAND 1
1937pp. xxvi, 302. Illustrated with 217 monochrome photos and 20 color plates. Large 8vo. 10.5" x 7.25". Original full blue cloth binding; spine decorated in gold. The title page continues: Exhibiting the development of the Arts of Interior Architecture and House Decoration, the Arts of Cabinetmaking, Silversmithing, etc., especial emphasis being laid upon the Point that our early Craftsmen evolved from the Fashions of the Old World a Style of their Own; with an Account of the Social conditions surrounding the life of the original Owners of the various Rooms. PA 47
193890p. 8vo. Original printed wraps. A fine copy of this useful bibliography on King Arthur and the tales that surround the Knights of the Round Table. REF8
1978108p. Illustrated. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps. Very good copy. AMERICANA BOX 4
1932pp. xv, 95 + Portrait Frontis and full page plates. Presented by the author to the Altland Historical Library. Signed by the author. Call letters on title page and edges. Foxed. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, spine slightly marred. Hardbound. AMER PRESIDENTS BOX 2
1804Two Volumes. With 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates "Drawn by H. Repton. Engraved by Stadler.", title vignettes signed "H. Repton inv. & delin. H. R.Cook sculpsit." Offsetting. Plates age stained especially on verso. Decorated title pages. 185mm. Disbound. Early inked ownership of E.W. Spangler in both volumes and scratched out ownership on title pages. Edward Webster Spangler. (1846-1907) was from York, PA. During the Civil War he was a member of Company K, 130th Regiment PA Volunteers, Second Brigade, Third Division, Second Corps, Army of the Potomac. After the War he was a lawyer in York for more than 40 years, president of the Spangler Manufacturing Company, and for a time publisher of the York Daily (Record). .Humphry Repton (1752-1818) was a great English landscape designer, and illustrator. These 'Odd Whims' were dedicated to his neighbour William Windham of Felbrigg Hall. Repton served as Windham's confidential secretary during Windham's very brief stint as Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ENGSETS BX 5
1797Fuller Title: JOHNSON'S LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS, Abridged: With Notes and Illustrations by the Editor. Designed for the Improvement of Youth in the Knowledge of polite Literature, and as a Useful and Pleasing Compendium for Persons of Riper Years. To which is prefixed, Some Account of the Life of Dr. Johnson. pp. xxi, [3], 239. Lacks the frontispiece. 12mo. 180 mm. Original leather boards; with a nice modern leather back. New endpapers. Printed bookplate of M.S. Carothers. First English abridgement and the first Newbery edition. `A work better calculated to lead the young mind to an acquaintance with English Literature, than Dr. Johnson's Lives of the Poets, is, perhaps, not in existence.' Fleeman 79.4 LP/A/2; Courtney & Smith, p. 143; Roscoe J191A. Hardbound. Very good. In 2008 Quaritch had a similar copy , but with a frontis priced at $1500.00. W144
1860Two Volumes. pp. xvi, 395; vii, 440 + Engraved frontis portrait. 8vo. Some light foxing to preliminary leaves. Handsome full leather binding, decorated in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges gold gilt. Engraved armorial bookplate of Lewis Loyd. A handsome set of the First Edition. Edited by T.F. Ellis, this set includes some of his earliest and latest works, among them: Macaulay's Poems and Inscriptions, 'Criticisms On the Principal Italian Writers', 'Mill On Government', 'Sadler's Law Of Population', 'On Mitford's History Of Greece', Utilitarian Theory Of Government', articles on John Dryden, John Bunyan, Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson, William Pitt, &c. Many of them were originally articles written for the Knights Quarterly Magazine, the Edinburgh Review, and the Encyclopaedia Britannica. A handsome set. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SW2
1866351 p. Small 8vo. Pages browned. Contemporary half leather binding. Early ownerships of John E. Miller and Nellie Bradford. "No book published within the memory of man, in the English or any other language, has effected so great a revolution in the previously received opinions of society. The influence of that unpretending treatise has extended to hundreds of thousands of minds which know not whe nce they derived the new light that has broken in upon them, and percolated into thousands of circles that are scarcely conscious of knowing more about Mr. Combe than his name, and the fact that he wa s a phrenologist. the appearance of which created a sensation unparalleled by any philosophical work ever published in the language" - Illustrated London News, 1858. The book's fame did carry a word for phrenology with it; but Constitution is not a book about phrenology, instead it is a book of natural philosophy which teaches that Man is as subject to natural laws as the rest of Nature- Physical , Organic, and Moral. Ignorance of or disobedience to the natural laws led to 'punishment' - such as catching a cold from exposure to the elements. The first steps towards the good life were to study and obey the distinct natural laws (notably excluding the Bible). Combe's book was hugely controversial from the 1820s through the 1850s. Evangelicals founded societies to oppose it, wrote books and a rticles against it, and sometimes even burned it! The fuss popularly believed to have resulted from Darwin's Origin of Species pales in comparison to that of Combe's Constitution, one of the most infl uential books of the 19th century. The 8th was the final edition revised by Combe. This is the first Henderson Edition. NW45 Rt.Stk
1944190p. Title page printed in red and black. All edges decorated blue. Includes an insert of the Heritage Club Sandglass, Number V:15. Introduction by Christopher Morley and Postscript by the great bookseller A.S.W. Rosenbach. Text beautifully designed by Bruce Rogers. 4to. Original cloth spine over gold decorated boards. Gilt lettered spine. Bruce Rogers designed the covers with a pattern from a tapestry which hung in Elizabeth's Throne Room. Original slip case. Hardbound. A very nice copy. A beautifully printed and affordable version of the original Limited Editions Club publication. THESE HERITAGE PRESS BOOKS MAKE GREAT GIFTS. W82
1887pp. 315, (4) [Publisher's catalogue]. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges. Unopened. 200mm. From Morley's Universal Library, uniformly bound with others in the series. Gilt lettered faux vellum spine over blue gray linen boards. Spine very slightly darkened. Fine condition. Henry Morley (1822-1894) was a popular lecturer and prolific writer who did more to promote education and love of literature than any other person in the Victorian era. LOC W48/BAG 4
1860pp. [4], 61, [1] + Plus 28 beautiful plates printed in colours from wood blocks; and an added title page, with a colored vignette, lettered in gold gilt. Each leaf on heavy board-like paper. All edges gilt. Large 8vo. 260 mm. Some damp stain on the light fly leaves and plate tissues, but generally quite clean. Original full green morocco leather binding, handsomely decorated in gold gilt, designed by Albert Henry Warren. Pencil autograph ownership of H. Allen Anderson (who was the author of 'The Chief : Ernest Thompson Seton and the changing West.' Benjamin Fawcett (1808-1893) was one of the finest of English nineteenth century woodblock colour printers. The son of a ship's master, he was apprenticed at age 14 for seven years to William Forth, a Bridlington bookseller and printer. In 1831 he started his own business in Driffield, as music seller, bookbinder and printer, bookseller and stationer. He became a master of hand-coloured wood engraving. The process started with an accurate painting of the subject. (In this case the paintings were by F.A. Lydon, a local youth who served his apprenticeship with Fawcett and stayed with him until 1883). The picture was then carved, with meticulous attention to detail, on a wooden block of pear or boxwood (which he imported, matured, sawed and sliced and surfaced by his own hands). Placed in a printing press the block gave a black-and-white print, which was then hand-coloured with high-grade inks (often by Fawcett's 'clever' wife with his participation and direction). Many of his books were were published by Groombridge, of London. This work is usually found with that imprint. Indeed, we have been unable to locate any other copy anywhere with Bell and Daldy as publishers. This work is mentioned in many references including: Burch.'Colour Printing and Colour Printers'; McLean. 'Victorian Publishers' Book-bindings in Cloth and Leather'. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W45 BINDINGS
17374to. 3 parts in 1 volume. pp. xvi, 1-99,[3], 336, 167, [1]. Pagination with errors. Browned throughout, but not brittle. Contemporary full calf binding, worn and somewhat broken. Early signature of "Elijah Lathrop, 1748"; also signed by A. C. Saxton. Isaac Ambrose (baptized 1604-died 1664), was a Church of England clergyman and ejected minister, and author, "His Prima, media & ultima (first edition - 1650), while beginning with a call to new birth and ending with reflections on death and judgement that read like a collection of sermons, is largely concerned with the 'middle things' - the means 'for continuance and increase of a Godly life.' These include a commitment to systematic meditation, which is reinforced by a few illustrations from his own diary, kept during his annual monthly retreat in May in the woods near Hoghton Tower. Ambrose's works were highly regarded at the time, and continued to be reprinted after his death, appearing in Wesley's Christian Library. Alongside Ambrose's unwavering doctrinal Calvinism is a personal warmth that seems to have attracted both gentry and people, as well as his fellow ministers." - Oxford DNB. ESTC T223079. Lowndes 35. W151 CTR STK **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
1866pp. xx, 190 [10]. Small quarto. 210 mm. All edges gilt. Unusual color chromolithographed frontis and 60 wood engraved text illustrations by Charles Keene. Title printed in red and black. Original publisher's full plum cloth binding, elaborately stamped in gilt and blind. Binding slightly rubbed, but still attractive. The complex binding design is by John Leighton, and was executed by Edmonds & Remnants (with their label). Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857) was an English dramatist and writer who, from the 1830s to 1850s, was absolutely at the centre of literary London. A friend of Dickens and Thackeray, both pall-bearers at his funeral. Jerrold was an editor, playwright, journalist, novelist and public wit and among the most popular writers in Britain. It was 'Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lectures' that really captured the public's imagination. Serialized in Punch, they were lively studies of female domination in Victorian society. The illustrations here by Charles Kenne (1823-1891), who began to draw for Punch in 1852, are considered a masterpiece in book illustration. Ray. 'Illustrator and the Book in England' #188. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BINDINGS NW52
1774pp. lxxv, 371, (32) [Contents and Index]. Age stain. Early manuscript ownership of Charles West, 1783. 8vo. 205 mm. Disbound. Remnants of original (American?) leather binding. William Edmondson or Edmundson (1627-1712) was the founder of Quakerism in Ireland. He was born in Little Musgrove, Westmoreland, England, and was raised by an uncle. He joined the Parliamentary Army, and went to Scotland in 1650. He took part in the Battle of Worcester. While serving in the military, at Chesterfield, he was first introduced to Quakerism. After his discharge he went to live in County Antrim, Ireland. He established the first Meeting House in Lurgan, Ireland in 1654. He was imprisoned several times for his faith. His life was a guide to Quakers in England and America. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA SHELF 60 LEFT STK
1860Two Volumes. Engraved portrait frontis by John Sartain, volume one. Sartain engraving of Grellet's home in New Jersey in volume two. Early manuscript presentations, James M. Hopkins from RBC, Oct 29/1860. Both volumes age stained. Slight damp staining in volume one. 8vo. 220 mm. Original publisher's cloth bindings. Spines very worn with loss. Boards fragile. Stephen Grellet (1773-1855) was a prominent French born Quaker missionary. In 1804 he married Rebecca, the daughter of the New Jersey publisher Isaac Collins, and became very involved in American Quakerism. To him is attributed the quote": "I shall pass through this life but once. Any good therefore that I can do, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it. For I shall never pass this way again." PA SHELF 56
1848306 p. + Engraved portrait of Lamb + Publisher's ads in front and back (8p.). Foxed. 12mo. 20 cm. Nice original cloth binding embossed with an arabesque design in blind. Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854), became an intimate of Lamb's literary circle beginning in 1815. His able performance as an advocate and judge allowed him to devote himself for over forty years to his avocations - poetry, theater criticism, and literary good-fellowship. He was the executor of Lamb's will. The 'Memoir' which enthusiasts of Lamb owe to Talfourd was issued in two portions. The first, in 1837 under the title 'Letters of Charles Lamb'. The second was this work, published after an interval of eleven years. In England it was titled 'Final Memorials of Charles Lamb'. It consists mainly of letters to Coleridge and Wordsworth, with biographical comment by Talfourd. The two works were first incorporated in 1868, and have been frequently republished. First American edition. Lamb introduced Talfourd to Wordsworth with the comment that Talfourd was "my one admirer." **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W140
1721pp. (9), 82. 12mo. in 6. [191 x 118 mm]. Fully engraved text on ninety-one plates, each with an illustration or large vignette. The handsomely decorated borders to each page appear to have been engraved and impressed separately. Full contemporary sombre black morocco binding; joints slightly worn. All edges gold. ** The Duke of Sussex's copy, with his engraved bookplate (Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843); and with the additional ownerships of Henry White and Robert James Sells. From the Library of Edwin Wolf II. The text itself is ascribed to Laurence Howell (1664?-1720) by Halkett & Laing, but the greatest interest in this book comes from its engraved typography and decorations. John Sturt (1658-1730), was apprenticed at the age of 17 to Robert White, in whose manner he engraved a number of small portraits as frontispieces to several books. Becoming associated with John Ayres, he engraved the most important of that writing-master's books on calligraphy, and acquired celebrity for his skill in such work. The amazing skill of his engraving artistry still astonishes us. This work is probably somewhat scarcer than Sturt's more famous "Book of Common Prayer", especially in this (first?) state with single cherubs blowing horns at each side of the border of p. IX. Though some copies do have a list "Subscribers" pp. [83]-[85] - none is present here, nor does one seem to have ever been bound in the book. Maybe Sussex had some objection to some on the list? ESTC 19687. A remarkable feat of bookmaking. RARE FULLY ENGRAVED BOOK. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W140.
1824206 p. + One mezzotint by Charles Turner after Cornelius Jansen and four engraved portraits. Foxed. One plate with a repaired tear. Foxed. Slim 8vo. Half leather binding. XLib. Along with the debate over the true identity of Shakespeare has been a controversy over exactly what he looked like. This work contains a careful examination of the evidence by which the pretended portraits have been rejected, [and] the genuine confirmed and established. First Edition. Including discussion of the portraits by Droeshout, Zucchero, Jansen, and Marshall, the Stratford bust, the Chandos head, the Felton head, etc. Jaggard pp. 586-87. The book is quite uncommon and still of great value and interest. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN2C / NW23
1801pp. (vi), 243. Large 4to. Worn early full leather binding. Signs of prtevious ownerships removed. Very clean and wide margined text. Printed by one of the great firms to work in England in the wake of Baskerville. FIRST EDITION. Henry James Pye (1745-1813), poetaster and poet laureate. He was educated at home until 1762, when he entered Magdalen College, Oxford, as a gentleman-commoner. From an early age Pye cultivated literary tastes, and his main object in life was to obtain recognition as a poet. In 1790 Pye was appointed poet laureate, in succession to Thomas Warton, and he held the office for twenty-three years. He doubtless owed his good fortune to the support he had given the prime minister, Pitt, while he sat in the House of Commons. Pye was the intimate friend of Governor John Penn (1729-1795). This work has been described as his magnum opus, and was dedicated to Addington. W139 ON HOLD
1935pp. xcvii, 165. This edition, designed by Francis Meynell, printed on Van Gelder paper in the Fell types by John Johnson, Printer to the University, at the University Press, Oxford. Limited Edition. Number 511 of only 750 copies. Top edge gold. Inked ownership of Jefford F. Oller. Tall 8vo. Original full green cloth binding. Boards ruled in gold. Spine lettered and decorated in gold. A better than very good copy. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN5 BOX 3
1947275p. + 6 full page pencil drawings by the author. Top edge colored gray. Inked ownership of Jefford F. Oller on front fly leaf. 4to. 9.75" x 7.25". Original three quarter purple cloth spine over cloth boards with a design engraved on wood by Alice Hindson. Spine lettered in gold. Bound by Messrs. Brepols. Hardbound. Very good. JUN5 BOX 4
195296p. Illustrated with one hundred and eleven half-tone photographs. A reproduction of the 1838 coronation issue of the London Sun printed partially in gold and secured with a slender gold silk rope. 4to. Original full red cloth binding, lettered in gold. Binding very slightly soiled. Reprint. Second issue. Both printed in December 1952. What a cool gift to celebrate the Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. JUN5 BOX 5
1839Three volumes in one. pp. viii, 396; xvii, 43; 79 + Engraved Frontis. Text in double columns. 8vo. 22 cm. All edges marbled. Attractive original full leather Philadelphia binding; worn at extremities. Engraved heraldic bookplate for Laight, with the motto: Suaviter Fortiter. Hardcover. Very Good. PALIB 6
1821Two volumes in one. pp. xxiv, 25-216; 215 + Frontispieces (by Michele Pekenino after those in the edition first published in London by John Sharpe in 1820). The first frontis is a portrait in a curtained frame (the curtain partly pulled back but still concealing the face); the second, a staff with a liberty cap leaning against a rock with a sword lying across Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights. Foxed. XLib. Large 12mo. 220 mm. All edges gold gilt. Nineteenth century half morocco leather binding. Junius was the pseudonym of a writer who contributed a series of letters to the London Public Advertiser, from January 21, 1769 to January 21, 1772. In the letters the anonymous author had significant objectives. to inform the public of their historical and constitutional rights and liberties as Englishmen; and to highlight where and how the government had infringed upon these rights. They were, and are still, of interest on for their political significance; their style; and the mystery that surrounds their authorship. Contrary to some opinions, the practical effect of the letters was highly significant_they made Grafton unpopular enough to end his ministry in January 1770. Junius could only have been disappointed by Grafton's replacement, Lord North. Junius confessed himself beaten in his private letter to Woodfall of 19 January 1773 for not having achieved his goals. Despite this, Junius' letters were noticed and talked about for generations afterwards and spread throughout Europe in many languages. His concepts on democratic elections, freedom of the press, legal history and the constitutional rights of individuals are now common-place. Few in history have influenced so many and sparked an interest in such real concepts of liberty. The identity of Junius is open to question and debate, and may never be finally resolved unless documents are found which establish his identity. On the other hand, scholars now generally support the identification with Sir Philip Francis. - From Wiki. Cordasco - 'A Junius Bibliography' 133. Though XLib, this is still an attractive New York edition of Junius, and attests to its continuing popularity. W140