Willis, N. Parker.MareMagnum
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1854364p. Printed bookseller's label for H.C. Holmes, 1149 Markat St., San Francisco, Cal. Stamped ownership of Peter O'Connor and Visitation Convent, St. Paul, MN. Early inked ownership of J. E. Campbell. 12mo. Original full publisher's cloth binding, embossed and decorated in blind, with a center cypher and "New Orleans". Spine decorated with gold flowers. Hardbound. Very good. A wonderful account of travels in New England and New York. Included are (sometimes extensive) observations on: life; manners; etiquette; scenery; Daniel Webster; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Thomas Hart Benton; Edgar Allan Poe; Grace Geenwood; Cape Cod; the Delaware River; Lake Mahopac; railroads; steamships; hotels; etc. Much on girls, women and society. Nathaniel Parker Willis(1806-1867), was an American author, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He became the highest paid magazine writer of his day. For a time, he was the employer of former slave and future writer Harriet Jacobs. His brother was the composer Richard Storrs Willis and his sister was a popular writer, under the name Fanny Fern. NEW ENGLAND BOX 1
1855pp. xii, 518, (1). 8vo. 240 mm. Original straight grained black cloth binding. Spine lettered in gold, and with the Massachusetts state seal in gold. A similar seal is repeated in blind on both boards. Slight chipping at the head and tail of the spine. Printed bookplate of T. Harrison Garrett, the great collector who was closely associated with Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Covers the era 1492-1692. Some of the chapters include: Early Voyages; Discovery of Massachusetts; The Reformation; The Pilgrims; Emigration to America; Intercourse with the Indians; Progress of the Colony; Transfer of the Charter; Settlement of Connecticut; The Pequot War; Religious Controversies; The Quakers; Etc. Though this volume is complete in itself, it was joined by two additional volumes in 1856 and 1857. A very good copy of an interesting colonial history. AMER 11
193994p. + Plus Frontis and full page photographs. Short inked genealogy of the Allen family. 8vo. Original dark blue cloth over paper covered boards. Hardbound. Limited edition of only 500 copies. NEW ENGLAND BOX 1
1899pp. xx, 379 + Plus Frontis, folding map and full page plates. Inked Christmas wish to Gerard from Bernard. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, gold in lettered. Front board impressively decorated with Harpooners at sea. Extremities slightly worn. Hardbound. Rudyard Kipling's endorsement "I've never read anything that equals it in its deep sea wonder and mystery." NAVAL BOX 2
1957170p. + Frontis. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Map endpapers. Sm. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, slightly worn. Hardbound. Very Good. NEW ENGLAND BOX 1
1876204p. + Frontis and more than 20 full page photographs printed on heavy stock. XLib stamp on title page. Damp stained. Inked ownership of James E. Jenkins, Nov. 1877. Some signatures loose. All edges gold. Sm. 4to. Original quarter leather over cloth covered boards. Spine decorated and lettered in gold. Raised bands. Binding slightly worn. Hardbound. Scarce First Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NEW ENGLAND BOX 1
1813pp. (1), 278-279, (1) + Two engraved plates of the marbledreading desk found in the ruins of Eversham Abbey. Large paper copy. Wide margins. Deckle edges. Uncut. Large 4to. 30 cm. Original blue wraps with printed paper label. Probably issued as No. 1005 of "Archaeologia, Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity." Scarce in the original wraps. Very good. ENGLAND BOX 1
1794pp. (1), 50-79, (1). Large paper copy. Wide margins. Deckle edges. Uncut and unopened. Large 4to. 30 cm. Original gray wraps with printed paper label. Lacks rear wrap. Probably issued as No. 25 of "Archaeologia, Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity." Scarce in the original wraps. Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ENGLAND BOX 1
1829Four articles bound together but with various paginations. Large paper copy. Wide margins. Deckle edges. Uncut. Age stained. Large 4to. 30 cm. Original blue wraps with printed paper label. Loss on front wrap. Probably issued as No. 417 of "Archaeologia, Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity." Scarce in the original wraps. Very Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ENGLAND BOX 1
1952236p. Photographs. Lacks first fly leaf. Text stained. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn and chipped. Hardbound. First American edition. ENGLAND BOX 1
1866pp. viii, 331. Lacks portrait frontis? Damp stained. Age stained. XLib. Early inked ownership of C. S. Rogers on title page. Sm. 8vo. Original full buckram binding, embossed and decorated in blind, slightly worn. Call letters on spine. Hardbound. Second edition. Eliza Ware (Rotch) "Mrs John Farrar" (1791-1870) was an actress who turned her hand to writing the popular 'The Young Lady's Friend'. ENGLAND BOX 1
1947319p. + Frontis. Mildly XLib. Tall 8vo. Original full dark blue cloth binding. Call letters on spine. Hardbound. Good. ENGLAND BOX 1
1833Two volumes in one. pp. 113-116; 241-254. Wide margins. Large paper copy. Uncut and unopened. Deckle edges. Some age staining. 4to. 30 cm. Original blue wraps with printed paper label. Probably issued as No. 467 of "Archaeologia, Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity." Scarce in the original wraps. Very good. ENGLAND BOX 1
1867pp. 371, 6, (6) [Publisher's catalogue] + Engraved Portrait Frontis and Portrait Plate. Lacks front fly leaf. Foxed. 12mo. Original full green cloth binding, lettered in gold. Beveled edges. Hardbound. ENGLAND BOX 1
1867pp. xiv, 218, xlvii [Appendix and List of Subscribers] + Plus 2 Mounted Portrait Photographs of Paintings. May lack some mounted photographs. First signature loose. On front board bookseller's label of Ward & Peloubet, Law Book Publishers, 80 Nassau St., NY. On rear board Binder's Ticket of W. Bone & Son, London. Tall 8vo. Original cloth boards embossed and decorated in blind. Lacks spine. Boards detached. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ENGLAND BOX 1
1942Two Volumes bound in One: pp. xxxiii, 507; xiii, 510; + Plus full page Portrait Plates. Inked ownership of M. Lavinia Landis. Thick 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, spine lettered in gold. Original dust jacket, worn with major loss. Hardbound. One volume reissue of the two volume set. ENGLAND BOX 1
1975360p. Numerous illustrations, some in color. Sm. 4to. Original full cloth binding, soiled. Hardbound. Very Good. ENGLAND BOX 1
1919pp. x, 198 + Portrait Frontis. Very XLib. 16mo. Original full red cloth binding. Spine slightly marred. Hardbound. Sturge was an important crusader against slavery. ENGLAND BOX 1
1876pp. vi, 376, 42 [Publisher's catalogue] + Plus 4 MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPHS. Numerous XLib stamps. Large 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine. Hardbound. Scarce. Charles Rogers (1825-1890) was a Scottish minister and author. He was chaplain of the garrison at historic Stirling Castle (1855-1863). He inaugurated (in 1855) at Stirling a short-lived Scottish Literary Institute. In 1862 he opened the British Christian Institute, for the dissemination of religious tracts, especially to soldiers and sailors, and in connection with it he issued a weekly paper, called `The Workman's Friend,' and afterwards monthly serials, `The Briton' and `The Recorder;' but the scheme collapsed in 1863. In 1863 he founded and edited a newspaper, `The Stirling Gazette,' but its career was brief. These schemes involved Rogers in much contention and litigation, and he imagined himself the victim of misrepresentation and persecution. To escape his calumniators he resigned his chaplaincy in 1863, went to England, and thenceforth devoted himself to literary work. His literary efforts in London were journalistic, but Scottish history, literature, and genealogy were throughout his life the chief studies of his leisure, and his researches in these subjects, to which he mainly devoted his later years, proved of value. He originated in London a short-lived Naval and Military Tract Society, as a successor to his British Christian Institute, and in connection with it he edited a quarterly periodical called `The British Bulwark.' When that society's existence terminated, he set up `The London Book and Tract Depository,' which he carried on until 1874. A more interesting and sucessful venture was Rogers's Grampian Club (1868), for the issue of works illustrative of Scottish literature, history, and antiquities. ENGLAND BOX 1
1824Four articles bound together but with various paginations. Large paper copy. Wide margins. Deckle edges. Uncut and unopened. Age stained. Large 4to. 30 cm. Original blue wraps with printed paper label. Probably issued as No. 464 of "Archaeologia, Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity." Scarce in the original wraps. ENGLAND BOX 1
1980144p. + full page color plates. Numerous illustrations. Sm. 4to. Original cloth spine over paper covered boards. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. First American edition. Fine copy. ENGLAND BOX 1
1850pp. (1), xvi, 495, 32 [Publisher's catalogue] + Engraved Portrait Frontis and two folding charts on crime and prisons. Penciled ownership of Huntington Williams, M.D. Offsetting from engraved frontis on title page. Tall 8vo. Original cloth spine over paper covered boards, worn. Original spine paper label, worn with some loss. Hardbound. John Howard (1726?-1790) was remarkable as a philanthropist, prison and civil health reformer, and traveler. Check the fine article in the Dictionary of National Biography. ENGLAND BOX 1
1869pp. 552, (2) [Publisher's catalogue] + Engraved Portrait Frontis. Illustrated with full page plates by George Cruikshank and others. XLib. Large 8vo. Original full purple buckram binding. Binding spotted. Small loss at head and tail of spine. Hardbound. Born in England, and active there and in the U.S., John Bartholomew Gough (1817-1886), was a great temperance orator. During the two years of his first visit to England (1853-1855) he delivered 438 lectures and travelled 23,224 miles; during the three years (1857-1860) of his second, he gave 605 lectures and travelled 40,217 miles. No other speaker on the temperance question had ever so fully gained the public ear. After his lectures many took the pledge; men of high social and professional position espoused the cause; and new societies were formed. First American edition. ENGLAND BOX 1
1928pp. xiii, 379, (5) [Publisher's catalogue] + Plus Portrait Frontis Drawing and full page plates. Large 8vo. Original full purple silk cloth binding, lettered in gold. Spine darkened. Hardbound. First American Printing. ENGLAND BOX 1
1906202p. + Plus Frontis facsimile in colours of the original Enamel of Queen Anne and Prince George of Denmark by Carles Boit and numerous photo engraved mezzotinto plates printed and engraved by Manzi, Joyant & Company. The two title pages printed in red and black. Plates printed on heavy paper with original tissue guards. Marbled endpapers. Mildly XLib. Top edge gold. Uncut. Folio. Quarter red leather over marbled boards. Binding worn and faded. Spine repaired. Original original green printed wraps bound in. Hardbound. Limited Edition of only 800 copies printed on fine paper. This copy is number 246. ENGLAND BOX 1