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1982ref. UCORRES00fpCharles Redd Center for Western Studies 1982. Very Good. Cornwall Rebecca. Rescue of the 1856 Handcart Companies. Arrington Leonard J. Salt Lake City: Charles Redd Center for Western Studies 1982. 59pp. Indexed. 8vo. Paperback Wraps. Book condition: Very good. Small stains on cover. Charles Redd Center for Western Studies paperback books
1982ref. UCORRES00acmfCharles Redd Center for Western Studies 1982. Very Good. Cornwall Rebecca. Rescure of the 1856 Handcart Companies. Arrington Leonard J. Provo: Charles Redd Center for Western Studies 1982. 59pp. Indexed. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with yellowing. Charles Redd Center for Western Studies paperback books
1994ref. UMADTHE00jknDeseret Book 1994. Very Good. Madsen Carol Cornwall. In Their Own Words: Women and the Story of Nauvoo. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book 1994. 266pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Slight shelf wear. Deseret Book paperback books
1981ref. UCORRES00araBrigham Young University 1981. Very Good. Cornwall Rebecca. Rescue of the 1856 Handcart Companies. Arrington Leonard J. Provo UT: Brigham Young University 1981. 59pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Brigham Young University paperback books
1989ref. USTOASW00LWDeseret Book 1989. Very Good. Stovall Mary E. As Women of Faith: Talks Selected from the BYU Women's Conferences. Madsen Carol Cornwall. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book 1989. 257pp. Indexed. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Gift inscription on front free endsheet. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Deseret Book hardcover books
1981ref. UCORGEO00CZCUniversity of Nevada 1981. Very Good. Cornwall Henry R. Geology and Mineral Deposits of Southern Nye County Nevada. Reno NV: University of Nevada 1981. 49pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed edges. Stamp to front cover and fore edge. Includes folding map. University of Nevada paperback books
1972ref. 119896New York 1972. First Edition. hardcover. Illus. 8vo cloth d.w. New York 1972. unknown books
1982ref. UCORRES00crCharles Redd Center for Western Studies 1982. Very Good. Cornwall Rebecca. Rescue of the 1856 Handcart Companies. Arrington Leonard J. Provo Utah: Charles Redd Center for Western Studies 1982. 59pp. Indexed. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with former owner's name in ink on top right corner of half title. Charles Redd Center for Western Studies paperback books
1887ref. 621009New York: Firth Pond & Co 1887. Softcover. Good. Sheet music. Folio. Single bifolium with a single-sheet-insert making six pages. Notched and worn along the fold with page numbers stamped in the top corners from once being bound within an album as a result the insert remains attached to the bifolium a tear on the front cover edgewear and light offsetting throughout a complete but good only copy. For voice and piano. late number 4195. Firth, Pond & Co unknown books
2016ref. UDERFIR00fpChurch Historian's Press 2016. Fine. Derr Jill Mulvay. The First Fifty Years of Relief Society: Key Documents in Latter-Day Saint Women's History. Madsen Carol Cornwall; Holbrook Kate; Grow Matthew J. Salt Lake City: Church Historian's Press 2016. xlv 767pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Church Historian's Press hardcover books
1972ref. 165693New York: Holt Rinehart And Winston 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good or better in a Very good plus dustwrapper. Very minor rubs at dustwrapper edges. Holt, Rinehart And Winston hardcover books
2006ref. 66654Provo and Salt Lake City: Brigham Young University Press; Deseret Book 2006. Second printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 498pp. Octavo 22 cm Ivory white cloth over boards with gilt stamping on the backstrip and front board. Illustrated. In the dust jacket with rubbing to the panels. Part of the Biographies in Latter-day Saint History series. Emmeline B. Wells 1828-1921 was born in Petersham Massachusetts. She served as the fifth General President of the Relief Society a position which she held for 11 years. When Emmeline B. Wells took on this public role she was 82 years old- an age when most men and women have been long retired. Not only was she was a wife and mother but she was also a prolific writer and a proponent of women's rights particularly during the woman suffrage movement in the United States. Brigham Young University professor emeritus of history Carol Cornwall Madsen writes in her article Emmeline B. Wells: A Fine Soul Who Served Ensign July 2003 "By the end of the 1870s Emmeline was considered one of the 'leading sisters' of the Church. Her association with the Exponent had made her name well known in Latter-day Saint circles and her written contributions to eastern women's papers refuting the misconceptions about LDS women had brought her name to the attention of national suffragists. She reminded the readers of these papers that Latter-day Saint women could vote when most of them could not; that LDS women were educated at local colleges and were engaged in many professions including medicine and law when most other women were not; and that they headed their own organizations and contributed to the economic welfare of their communities. Brigham Young University Press; Deseret Book hardcover books
1851ref. 81735Boston:: Ticknor Reed and Fields. Very Good. 1851. Hardcover. "New and enlarged edition." Duodecimo half bound in olive green leather marbled boards raised bands and gilt lettering and design on the spine. Minor edge wear and age toning else very good. Binding is solid. ; 387 pages . Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, hardcover books
1850ref. 5061London: Robert Baldwin 1850. New edition corrected" 8vo xvi & 530pp. spine faded and chipped at extremities otherwise a very good copy. Robert Baldwin unknown books
1906ref. 7392San Francisco: A.M. Robertson 1906. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Very scarce. 87pp. Portraits from early photographs. Original three-quarter brown leather marbled boards gilt-lettered spine. Spine ends slightly rubbed a hint of scattered foxing free endpapers with offsetting from binders glue. Overall a fine copy. By Bruce Cornwall his son. This work was issued in a very small edition printed for private distribution. An important narrative of Cornwall's expedition across the plains to California. Cornwall in company with his brother and Tom Fallon the famous trapper and scout who acted as guide left St. Joe early in April of 1848 just prior to the Gold Rush. The narrative records the encounter with the Mormons 4000 strong under Brigham Young at Council Bluffs; the capture of Cornwall and his companions by the Indians; their final escape and arrival at Fort Laramie; the journey across the Rockies to Fort Bridger and Fort Hall; killing of the guide Fallon by the Hill Indians; the attempt to cross the Humboldt Sink and Desert with a copy of Frémont's Route Map as their sole dependence; final arrival in California eight thousand dollars in debt; acquirement of half a million within the year; the Squatter War Cornwall's active part therein and defense of Sutter; and more. Cornwall became a member of the State Legislature; built the first house in Sacramento; was President of the Society of California Pioneers; and assumed a position in the affairs of the state which gives to these memoirs an authority possessed by very few other records of the sort. Cowan: p.143; Graff: 880; Howes I: C-780; Howes II: C-786. A.M. Robertson hardcover books
1705ref. 739741705. London: Richard and Edward Atkins Esqs. 1705. London: Richard and Edward Atkins Esqs. 1705. Companion Volume to Townesend's Table of Precedents Cornwall James. Gardiner Robert. Tables to the Modern Printed Presidents of Pleadings Writs And Returns of Writs &c. At the Common Law. Being a Continuation from Mr. Townsend's Tables Down to this Time. To Which are Added the Parts of Pleadings; And the Issues Joined in Several Actions. Begun by James Cornwall of Grays-Inn Esq; And Continued by R.G. A Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esqs. 1705. vi 392 401-496 pp. Pagination irregular text complete. Folio 12-1/2" x 7-3/4". Contemporary calf blind rules to boards blind fillets along joints raised bands lettering piece gilt-stamped "II" and tiny shelf labels to spine gilt tooling to board edges. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks and scuffs to boards moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends front joint starting at foot rear joint starting at head corners bumped and somewhat worn hinges starting armorial bookplate of the Earls of Macclesfield to front pastedown small embossed Macclesfield stamps to preliminaries early marking to rear pastedown. Moderate toning to interior light foxing in a few places offsetting to margins of endleaves. An appealing copy of a scarce title. $250. Only edition. Bibliographically distinct this is a continuation volume to George Townesend's Tables to Most of the Printed Presidents 1667 an important and highly regarded master index to pleading precedents in Coke Crompton Dalton Fitzherbert Plowden Pulton and many other principal works. Our copy of this title belonged to the Earls of Macclesfield. Housed in Shirburn Castle near Watlington Oxfordshire it was one of the finest private libraries in Great Britain. English Short-Title Catalogue N13874. unknown books
1864ref. 53790London: London Printing and Publishing Company 1864. Hardcover. Very good. Three volumes royal octavo 26.5 by 18 cm. 4 lxviii 640; 4 586; 8 xvi 641 1 blankpp. Each volume with steel-engraved frontispiece tissue guards present in vols. 2 and 3 and title followed by letterpress title; each play with full-page steel engraving and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Contemporary polished calf double-ruled in gilt; spine with raised bands and gilt morocco lettering pieces. Marbled edges and endleaves; gilt dentelles. Housed in fine later forest green slipcase. Covers mildly stained and rubbed. Contents clean and fresh apart from moderate foxing at the steel plates and surrounding leaves. A very good set. Vol. 1: Comedies. Vol. 2: Tragedies. Vol. 3: Historical Plays. Full title and imprint: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Revised from the Original Editions: with a Memoir and Essay on his Genius by Barry Cornwall. Also Historical and Critical Studies of Shakespere's Text Characters and Commentators and Annotations and Introductory Remarks on the Plays by Richard Grant White R.H. Horne and Various Other Distinguished Writers. Illustrated with Engravings on Wood and Steel from Designs by Kenny Meadows. The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited 26 Paternoster Row London; and 55 Dey Street New York. London Printing and Publishing Company hardcover books
1839ref. 71346London: John Murray 1839. First and only edition 12mo pp. xii 132; original drab paper-covered boards paper label on upper cover boards loose but present. With an early ownership inscription on the title page of George H. Piper of Ledbury; and a second ownership inscription on the front pastedown of W. Leyson May 1899. Leyson has added information about Piper noting "F.G.S. Registrar C. C. of Ledbury." Tipped-in newspaper clipping on the verso of the half-title on "The Language of the Countryside" and about 30 or so annotations amplifications and/or corrections to the text in both pencil and ink in two different hands likely Piper and Leyson. "Mr George Henry Piper a well-known Herefordshire solicitor died at his residence Court House Ledbury after a short illness the cause of death being Bright's disease. The deceased who was 78 years of age has practiced in Ledbury over half a century and for the last 30 years was Registrar of the Ledbury County Court. He was a prominent Freemason a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a well-known archaeologist. He had held the office of president to the Malvern Field Club and the Woolhope Field Club and local hon. secretary to the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution. Deceased was unmarried" ledburyhistory.ukdotcom. John Murray unknown books
1860ref. 249210London: 32 Weymouth Street Portland Place 1860. 1 page. 16mo. About fine. 1 page. 16mo. 32 Weymouth Street Portland Place unknown books
1920ref. 165111920. 1 vols. watercolour signed "J Heseldine" lower left inscribed as title on verso 5 x 7. This watercolour is one of a series done by the artist of scenes in Cornwall England in the 1920s when Cornwall was a favoured holiday resort. 1 vols. watercolour signed "J Heseldine" lower left inscribed as title on verso 5 x 7". unknown books
1920ref. 165101920. Watercolor signed "J.Heseldine" lower left inscribed as title on verso. 1 vols. 5 x 7 inches. Fine. Watercolor signed "J.Heseldine" lower left inscribed as title on verso. 1 vols. 5 x 7 inches. The watercolour is one of a series of travel scenes done in Cornwall England about 1920. Cornwall was at the time a favourite holiday resort on the western coast of England. unknown books
1810ref. 734771810. They Must At Least Stand Convicted of a Rash Intemperate and Improvident Zeal" A Freeholder of Cornwall. Gregor Francis 1760-1815. Two Letters: The First Containing Some Remarks on the Meeting Held 5th November 1809 To Celebrate the Acquittal of Messrs. Hardy J.H. Tooke Thelwall And Others In November 1794: With an Abstract of the Facts Proved on those Trials And Also of the Confession of James Watt Executed at Edinburgh for High Treason in October 1794. The Second Containing a Short Comparative Sketch of Our Practical Constitution in Ancient Times and the Present; With Some Observations on Certain Assertions Made by the Modern Reformers. London: Printed for J. Hatchard 1810. iv 57 3 pp. With a half-title and final advertisement leaf. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent marbled boards paper title label to spine. Light toning to interior light soiling to a few leaves faint early ownership signature to head of half-title affected by trimming. A nice copy. $450. Only edition. Gregor was an English landowner and MP for Cornwall from 1709-1806. Here he is highly critical of notable radicals Thomas Hardy John Horne Tooke John Thelwall and Robert Watt not so much for their beliefs in reform as their methods and enthusiasm which he deems "rash intemperate and improvident." He further criticizes the Constitutional and London Corresponding Societies for condoning and even celebrating the acts of these radicals citing evidence from their trials to highlight their destructive nature. OCLC locates 11 copies of this title none in a law library. unknown books
ref. 96295Very Good. 1 inch plus stack of correspondence loosely laid loosely in a Yale File manufactured by the Yale Co-operative Corporation. Almost no retained envelopes. Includes several letters and note to and from the Locomobile Corporation -- we counted 23 from -- mostly about purchase and repair of his Locomobiles. Also includes correspondence from Continental Caoutchouc Company a dozen or more B. F. Goodrich Company A. H. Nielsen Machine Company The Bridgeport Vehicle Compnay Back Bay Auto Station Blue Ribbon Horse & Carriage Co. James Staples & Co. and perhaps others about auto and tire repair or auto insurance A few letters are from other car owners or prospective car owners giving or wanting car advice and sharing auto experiences. As to the home in Redding there are a few letters from Southern New England Telephone Company about their inability to provide the level of service that Cornwall desires until enough Redding residents become willing to pay for a higher level of service to enable the company to invest profitably in upgrading the levels of service offered. The phone company explains that Jesse's annual Redding bill of $26.80 was that high partly due to the fact that telephone wires for his house had been attached to 44 poles belonging to AT & T for which an annual 20 cent per pole rental charge was due. There are a few letters to and from the CT Secretary os State one of which deals with registration and markers license plates for three cars a 30-35 H P. Locomobile for which he had Connecticut license plate -- marker -- No. 28 a 25-30n H. P. Pope-Hartford and a 6 H. P. De Dion. A $5 receipt from the Automobile Club of American accompanies a 1903 solicitation of membership or renwal of membership. A 1900 note from F. W. Tousey an Assistant Secretary of the Automobile Club of America encloses a clipping from the "Mail & Enterprise about "Saturdays forthcoming 70 mile run to Bridgeport." Two copies of an unused real photo postcard show a young man and an older woman seated in an early automobile -- perhaps Jesse's wife and their son Lawrence in one of Jesse's cars. Several letters deal with Cornwall's Redding summer home including a few to a Redding official asking that certain roads in Redding be improved or made passable. Several letters and notices are to Jesse as a stockholder in The Bridgeport Hardware Mfg. Co. and other businesses. A few letters and documents relate to his son Lawrence as he attended Yale and graduated in 1912 the year in which Jesse died. Lawrence's mother had died a year earlier. A few letters relate to efforts by Lawrence to buy or sell a car in 1913 or 1914. We found almost nothing online about Lawrence's later life. 3333333222222222222222222222222222222222222. unknown books
1844ref. 31953London: Published by Wm. S. Orr & Co. Paternaster Row 1844. Very Good. London: Published by Wm. S. Orr & Co. Paternaster Row 1844. Early edition with the Meadows illustrations. Three quarto volumes. Full engraved plates throughout with numerous in-text illustrations. Bound in full contemporary brown morocco; five raised bands; gilt decoration to front rear and spine; all edges gilt; maroon endpapers. Light wear and minor scuffing to boards; corners bumped. Bindings sound. Contemporary gift inscription to an Isabella Downer dated 1847 to volume I preliminaries; "Western Supply Co." stamps to preliminaries of each volume; light spotting and smudging; interiors else unmarked. A Very Good and attractive set notable for the appearance Kenny Meadows' illustrations. Though his Shakespeare work received mixed reviews in England it was much lauded in Germany in particular his depiction of Falstaff. Everitt Graham. "English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century." pp. 356-361. Published by Wm. S. Orr & Co., Paternaster Row unknown books
1897ref. ST20739London and New York: Macmillan Company 1897. FIRST EDITION. 205 x 140 mm. 8 x 5 1/2". viii 391 pp. VERY PRETTY OLIVE GREEN MOROCCO GILT IN AN ARTS & CRAFTS DESIGN BY ZAEHNSDORF stamp-signed on front pastedown and with exhibition stamp on rear pastedown covers abloom with stylized flowers and twining vines gilt lettering on upper cover raised bands spine compartments with similar flower-and-leaves designs gilt lettering turn-ins tooled with gilt leaves red silk pastedowns and endleaves top edge gilt. With 66 illustrations by Joseph Pennell and Hugh Thomson 26 of these full-page and a folding map. Front flyleaf with engraved bookplate of Ophelia Fowler Duhme. Spine and edges of boards sunned to a medium brown as expected with green leather a breath of rubbing to spine bands and extremities isolated thumbing but still a fine copy--clean and fresh internally and in a scarcely worn binding bright with gilt. This engaging account of Southwest England features a harmoniously designed binding by an important workshop. Our author British civil servant and writer Arthur Hamilton Norway 1859-1938 had an extremely varied literary output which included fiction travelogues and literary analysis. In the present work part of a "Highways and Byways" series produced by the Macmillan Company the author provides a delightful journey through the landscape history and folklore of his native Devon and neighboring Cornwall. The text is accompanied by a charming series of illustrations by Joseph Pennell 1857-1926 and Hugh Thomson 1860-1920; these alternate between cheerful sketches of the towns and scenery and romantic caricatures of the historic locals. The attractive binding is a fine example of the work of the Zaehnsdorf firm long a top-ranked English bindery. Born in Pest Hungary Joseph Zaehnsdorf 1816-86 served his apprenticeship in Stuttgart worked at a number of European locations as a journeyman and then settled in London where he was hired first by Westley and then by Mackenzie before opening his own workshop in 1842. His son and namesake took over the business at age 33 when the senior Joseph died and the firm flourished under the son's leadership becoming a leading West End bindery. Over the years Zaehnsdorf employed a considerable number of distinguished binders including the Frenchman Louis Genth who was chief finisher from 1859-84 and trained a number of others including Roger de Coverly and Sarah Prideaux. A family-run business until 1947 the Zaehnsdorf bindery continued to produce consistently attractive and innovative designs executed with unfailing skill. Here a complex design of softly curving foliage and bright flowers mirrors the serene countryside described in the book's pages. The bookplate is most likely that of American heiress Ophelia Fowler Duhme 1854-1921 who had a handful of attractively illustrated bookplates made for her throughout her collecting life. Macmillan Company unknown books
