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1921ref. 21568Paris: H. Floury 1921. Stiff Wraps. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Near fine. 273 pages. 26 x 20 cm. With the original dry point etching Delteil 8 third state "Jeune Filles Fleurissant leurs Chapeaux" hors-texte drypoint etching " and with lithograph "Tête de Jeune Fille". 95 heliogravure illustrations and 56 plates 12 in color. Table Des Gravures Hors Texte and Table Des Gravures Dans Le Texte. Crisp very clean interior binding tight head and foot of spine reinforced. H. Floury unknown
1921ref. 2880Paris: Floury 1921. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this classic memoir and study of Renoir. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color with many full-page plates including A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL DRYPOINT BY RENOIR Delteil 8: "Le chapeau epinglé" printed on fine wove paper. 4to. Uncut in original lithographed wraps. Wraps a bit worn at spine internally FINE AND BRIGHT. The drypoint missing from many copies of this book is in excellent condition. Floury paperback
1921ref. 21568Paris: H. Floury 1921. Stiff Wraps. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Near fine. 273 pages. 26 x 20 cm. With the original dry point etching Delteil 8 third state "Jeune Filles Fleurissant leurs Chapeaux" hors-texte drypoint etching " and with lithograph "Tête de Jeune Fille". 95 heliogravure illustrations and 56 plates 12 in color. Table Des Gravures Hors Texte and Table Des Gravures Dans Le Texte. Crisp very clean interior binding tight head and foot of spine reinforced. H. Floury unknown books
1927ref. 48940London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press 1927. Very Good. London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press 1927. First English-language Edition. Small quarto; original green cloth lettered in gilt; 88pp. 1 page advertisements. Mild shelfwear; general light spotting and scuffing; sunning to rear along spine. Binding sound; Blackwell's bookseller ticket to front pastedown; touch of off-setting to endpapers else unmarked; a Very Good and sound copy of Freud's foundational work on id ego and super-ego fundamental to the development of psychoanalysis. Originally published in German in 1923; copies of the Hogarth English-language edition uncommon in retail. Grinstein 121. Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press unknown
1927ref. 48940London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press 1927. Very Good. London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press 1927. First English-language Edition. Small quarto; original green cloth lettered in gilt; 88pp. 1 page advertisements. Mild shelfwear; general light spotting and scuffing; sunning to rear along spine. Binding sound; Blackwell's bookseller ticket to front pastedown; touch of off-setting to endpapers else unmarked; a Very Good and sound copy of Freud's foundational work on id ego and super-ego fundamental to the development of psychoanalysis. Originally published in German in 1923; copies of the Hogarth English-language edition uncommon in retail. Grinstein 121. Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press unknown books
ref. 1653801London : Printed for Henry Eversden at the Greyhound in Pauls Church-yard 1657. Hardcover. Used-Very Good. Small 4to. 20 236 257-267 278-417 6 pp. Collation: pi4 a6 B-Gg4 Hh2 Ll-Fff4 Fff3. Two folding plates. Expertly rebound preserving much of the original blind-ruled leather covers; spine and board corners are new. Spine is decorated in blind. Some general age-toning in the text but always very legible. Like the copy in the Univ. of Bristol Library the source text for online editions this copy has continuous text in spite of some oddities in pagination. Compared to that copy however it does have one additional blank leaf at the end. Two ownership inscriptions one the earlier in several places. A very good copy of an uncommon work the first English version of Riviere's treatise. London : Printed for Henry Eversden at the Greyhound in Pauls Church-yard, 1657 hardcover
1820ref. C8881xvi17-340 pages with frontispiece and diagrams. Octavo 8" x 5" bound in half leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. Translated from the Italian of Ercole dal Rio by J S Bingham. To which is prefixed an Essay on the origin of the game by Eyles Irwin. Whyld: 1820:14 Translated from Il guioco incomparablile degli schcchi 1769 by Ponziani here erroneously attributed to Ercole del Rio. J S Bingham is a pseudonym of Captain John Smith RN "Quotes and queries" British Chess Magazine November 1978 page 523. Irwin's "Essay on the origin of the game is a paper on Chinese chess cited as Whyld 1795:3. Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani was an 18th-century Italian law professor priest chess player composer and theoretician. He is best known today for his chess writing. Ponziani was friends with fellow Modenese chess players and writers Ercole del Rio and Giambattista Lolli and collectively the trio are known as the Modenese Masters. In 1769 Ponziani published the first edition of Il giuoco incomparabile degli scacchi The Incomparable Game of Chess. As Ponziani did not include his name in the work Opera d'Autore Modenese it was identified to the Anonymous Modenese. The second edition in 1782 was much improved and laid out the principles of the Italian school of chess as exemplified by 17th-century Italian masters such as Gioachino Greco. Although Ponziani identified himself in the second edition the 1820 translation by English naval officer J. B. Smith using the pen name J. S. Bingham The Incomparable Game of Chess attributed the work to del Rio. Ponziani's work is the best practical guide produced by the Modenese Masters. Like writings by del Rio and Lolli Ponziani deals only with the opening and endgame with no discussion of the middlegame. Murray H. J. R. 1913 A History of Chess Condition: End papers renewed former owners solutions to problems tipped in at gutter next to problems. Point rubbed with some rubbing to boards. A very good copy of a scarce item. J J Stockdale hardcover
1820ref. BOOKS008881xvi17-340 pages with frontispiece and diagrams. Octavo 8" x 5" bound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. Translated from the Italian of Ercole dal Rio by J S Bingham. To which is prefixed an Essay on the origin of the game by Eyles Irwin. Whyld: 1820:14 First English edition.Translated from Il guioco incomparablile degli schcchi 1769 by Ponziani here erroneously attributed to Ercole del Rio. J S Bingham is a pseudonym of Captain John Smith RN "Quotes and queries" British Chess Magazine November 1978 page 523. Irwin's "Essay on the origin of the game is a paper on Chinese chess cited as Whyld 1795:3.Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani was an 18th-century Italian law professor priest chess player composer and theoretician. He is best known today for his chess writing. Ponziani was friends with fellow Modenese chess players and writers Ercole del Rio and Giambattista Lolli and collectively the trio are known as the Modenese Masters. In 1769 Ponziani published the first edition of Il giuoco incomparabile degli scacchi The Incomparable Game of Chess. As Ponziani did not include his name in the work Opera d'Autore Modenese it was identified to the Anonymous Modenese. The second edition in 1782 was much improved and laid out the principles of the Italian school of chess as exemplified by 17th-century Italian masters such as Gioachino Greco. Although Ponziani identified himself in the second edition the 1820 translation by English naval officer J. B. Smith using the pen name J. S. Bingham The Incomparable Game of Chess attributed the work to del Rio. Ponziani's work is the best practical guide produced by the Modenese Masters. Like writings by del Rio and Lolli Ponziani deals only with the opening and endgame with no discussion of the middlegame. Murray H. J. R. 1913 A History of ChessCondition:End papers stained previous owner's old signature on front end paper. Spine renewed with original spine label to spine. Points rubbed and bumped some soiling to else a very good copy of a scarce item. J J Stockdale hardcover
1844ref. ST20685-2London: T. C. Newby 1844. FIRST EDITION. 170 x 102 mm. 6 3/4 x 4". 1 p.l. xiii 3 205 1 pp. 1 leaf ads.Preface by Charles Dickens. VERY PLEASING GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY RIVIERE & SONS stamp-signed on front turn-in covers framed with gilt rules densely tooled cornerpieces with floral sprigs on a stippled ground raised bands spine panels lavishly gilt with a starburst of floral tools emanating from a central medallion all on a stippled ground gilt lettering turn-ins gilt ruled with floral garlands at the corners all edges gilt original tan cloth wrappers bound in at rear. Title page printed in blue and red. Eckel pp. 146-47; Podeschi B-121. Sheila M. Smith "John Overs to Charles Dickens: A Working-Man's Letter and Its Implications" Victorian Studies 18 no. 2 1974: 195–217. Spine just slightly sunned though hard to tell because of the heavy gilt a few trivial spots internally but A VERY FINE COPY in quite a pretty binding. This attractively bound volume of a working class poet's verse and prose represents one of Dickens' charitable efforts in the spirit of social reform. A carpenter by trade John Overs 1808-44 had become acquainted with Dickens in 1839 when he submitted poetry for publication in "Bentley's Miscellany" then under Dickens' editorship. Over the next several years Dickens became a literary mentor and something of a friend to Overs providing writing advice lending books and helping Overs to secure a position at Drury Lane Theatre when his tuberculosis became too severe to continue his work as a carpenter. Literary scholar Sheila M. Smith has suggested that Overs may have served as an influence for "The Chimes" Dickens' penultimate Christmas book; she writes that Overs "was neither a political agitator nor a trade unionist. . . yet he was bitter and exulting in the idea of social revolution. A working man of this kind goaded to such feelings would have aroused Dickens's sympathy at a period when the novelist was experiencing his most violent indignation about his country's poor." To whatever degree that sympathy proved a literary inspiration for Dickens it directly led to the publication of the present work. When it was clear by the spring of 1844 that Overs would not survive his illness Dickens suggested to him that he publish a collection of his writings to help provide for his family after his passing. And so the present anthology was published only months before Overs' death on September 28 1844 with the proceeds from the book along with an additional charitable collection taken up by the publisher allowing his widow to make a living by opening a small milliner's shop. T. C. Newby unknown
1844ref. ST20685-2London: T. C. Newby 1844. FIRST EDITION. 170 x 102 mm. 6 3/4 x 4". 1 p.l. xiii 3 205 1 pp. 1 leaf ads.Preface by Charles Dickens. VERY PLEASING GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY RIVIERE & SONS stamp-signed on front turn-in covers framed with gilt rules densely tooled cornerpieces with floral sprigs on a stippled ground raised bands spine panels lavishly gilt with a starburst of floral tools emanating from a central medallion all on a stippled ground gilt lettering turn-ins gilt ruled with floral garlands at the corners all edges gilt original tan cloth wrappers bound in at rear. Title page printed in blue and red. Eckel pp. 146-47; Podeschi B-121. Sheila M. Smith "John Overs to Charles Dickens: A Working-Man's Letter and Its Implications" Victorian Studies 18 no. 2 1974: 195–217. Spine just slightly sunned though hard to tell because of the heavy gilt a few trivial spots internally but A VERY FINE COPY in quite a pretty binding. This attractively bound volume of a working class poet's verse and prose represents one of Dickens' charitable efforts in the spirit of social reform. A carpenter by trade John Overs 1808-44 had become acquainted with Dickens in 1839 when he submitted poetry for publication in "Bentley's Miscellany" then under Dickens' editorship. Over the next several years Dickens became a literary mentor and something of a friend to Overs providing writing advice lending books and helping Overs to secure a position at Drury Lane Theatre when his tuberculosis became too severe to continue his work as a carpenter. Literary scholar Sheila M. Smith has suggested that Overs may have served as an influence for "The Chimes" Dickens' penultimate Christmas book; she writes that Overs "was neither a political agitator nor a trade unionist. . . yet he was bitter and exulting in the idea of social revolution. A working man of this kind goaded to such feelings would have aroused Dickens's sympathy at a period when the novelist was experiencing his most violent indignation about his country's poor." To whatever degree that sympathy proved a literary inspiration for Dickens it directly led to the publication of the present work. When it was clear by the spring of 1844 that Overs would not survive his illness Dickens suggested to him that he publish a collection of his writings to help provide for his family after his passing. And so the present anthology was published only months before Overs' death on September 28 1844 with the proceeds from the book along with an additional charitable collection taken up by the publisher allowing his widow to make a living by opening a small milliner's shop. T. C. Newby unknown books
ref. 41051501China n.d. ca 1900.A group of nineteen sepia-toned original photographs each about 15.5 x 11 cm. many with captions or titles in ink some have corner numbers in the negative all very clean bright clear strong images. VERY RARE SET ! . . . AN EARLY COLLECTION OF SEPIA-TONED ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS . . . SHOWING THE CHIANG-JIANG YANGTSE RIVER & ENVIRONS . . This is a lovely early collection of genuine and original photographs of the Yangtze River and the gorges. . The English speaking foreigner who took these photographs put titles and captions on many. It begins with a voyage up the Yangtze River with the first date on December 16 1900 and continuing photographs through December 19 23-25th. . Each photo is mounted on a card likely extracted from an old photo album some cards have two images one on each side. . Captions are: 1. 2 Photos: "December 16th S.S. Kiang Ho arrived at Ichang arrived Ichang December 19th." and the verso: "H.M.S. Kinsha at Ichang." The 2nd image looks like a postcard or something other than a matching glossy photo the size is 14 x 8 cm. with hand written caption. . 2. 2 Photo views of "Shin Tan" anchorage & rapids . 3. 2 Photos: "December 24th Tung Ding Gorge" & "Christmas Day" 1900 "Shin Tan rapids." . 4. 1 Photo: "UP THE YANGTSE' . 5. 2 Photos: "THE FIRST GORGE" with '664' hand written on the negative. And verso blank no caption shows rocky mountain shore line. . 6. 2 Photos: "December 23rd the Padunzai Rapid" shows several junks & boats at anchorage with people looking on. Verso shows "December 23 rd" other small vessels and boat haulers along the shore. This second photo has a touch of fading at the center upper portion could be sunlight over exposure balance no issues. . 7. 2 Photos: "Tung Ding Rapid" shows river going large vessel with oars. Verso shows mountainous shore line with river junk. . 8. 2 Photos: No captions on either. First shows the river with three boats and steep shore line mountains. Verso shows large rock formation on diagonal entering the river. . 9. 2 Photos: First no caption but has hand written negative number '574' showing a tall pagoda on diagonal rock formation entering the river "Pa Ling" lightly written in lower right pencil. Verso shows river at low tide and a tiny river boat lower right corner pencil "Kwei Fu Gorge." . 10. 2 Photos: "Treking up Shin Tan." A dramatic view of two river vessels under sail both attached with long ropes and teams of coolies hauling the boats up against the stream. Verso pencil in lower right corner: " Isubau Gorge." H.M.S. Kinsha at Ichang a lovely steam paddle wheeler. First gorge Up the Yangtze trekking up Shin Tau Shin Tau Rapid Tung Ling Rapid & Gorge Padunzai Rapid &c. . SIZE Each photo is 15.4 x 10.8 cm. varying to about 15 x 11 cm. and slight other variant sizes similar to above. . Board sizes vary even though the photos are about standard size. Ranging from largest: 25.2 x 20.8 cm. smallest: 19.3 x 26.4 cm. . Color photos are posted to our website. . CONDITION: These are original glossy photographs each gently laid down some edges not fastened firmly a couple of loose or folds on edges. All clean vivid good focus no obvious fading a couple of the usual and typical less than perfect 'development' spots. By and large an excellent group of photographs developed most likely in China a souvenir of a foreign person's trip 1900down the river. Far and above the average photograph quality of this early period. . RARITY: Original early dated photos of the Yangtze river are RARE and seldom found during this period. Even rarer are photographs with captions and dates. Nicely done fascinating work. . . unknown
1713ref. 988F17London: John Morphew 1713 . First edition. Hardback. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. The first edition of this fascinating criticism and response to the critiques levelled against Queen Anne by Richard Steele in his periodical 'The Guardian'. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this work.Presented as "a letter from a Country Whig to Mr. Steele" this work replies to criticisms published in The Guardian of Queen Anne.The author defends the Queen"s honour and prerogative against what the author calls the "unexampled insolence" of The Guardian"s author Richard Steele.ESTC N8361Rebound with endpapers renewed.Most frequently erroneously attributed to Mary de la Riviere Manley some have claimed this may be the work of Daniel Defoe though this has been widely discredited. Rebound half morocco binding with marbled paper covered boards and endpapers renewed. Externally bright with rubbing to back strip and front board. Minor loss to back strip head with head of front joint starting and board holding firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages significantly age toned due to paper type with light spotting and handling marks throughout. Good John Morphew hardcover
1955ref. 181250Nanjing: Gangwu ju ganghang jiandu c. 1955. A revolution on the river A scarce handbook unrecorded institutionally issued by the Nanjing port authorities after the 1955 modernization of signals in the 1000-kilometre lower Yangtse. The charts and tables give information on every light as well as distances wind signals and anchorages for shelter tides and traffic control markers. Between 1953 and 1955 the government oversaw changes along the entire stretch of the river introducing Soviet-style systems and for the first time making the whole of the middle and lower stretches safely navigable at night. Octavo. Text in Chinese signals printed in colour. Original blue cloth wallet binding with popper clasp front cover lettered in silver contents unfolding concertina-style including charts of channel diagrams and tables. Light toning occasional foxing: near-fine. hardcover
1778ref. 17642Berne, Société Typographique, 1778 ; 2 tomes in-8, brochés ; [2]-248 (i.e. 250)_p._; (1) f. blanc, [2], 276 pp. , et en tout 18 planches h-t dont 2 cartes dépliantes, 6 planches de costumes et 10 planches dépliantes de vues ou d'hist.nat.; les pp. 245-246 du tome I sont répétées ; couverture vieux rose à l'éponge, doublée de feuillets de passe.
1902ref. 11033Nuits-Saint-Georges, circa 1902 ; in-8 ; demi-chagrin maroquiné grenat, dos lisse orné de filets, palette et fleurons dorés, titre doré au centre, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque) ; (1) f., 397 pp., quelques pages blanches, papier quadrillé à petits carreaux.
ref. 4491Paris, Albert Lévy Editeur, 1923. 2 très grands volumes in folio / imperial folio, (VIII)+15+(6) pp., 50 planches libres avec description et provenance pour le premier volume, 50 planches avec description et provenance pour le second volume, sous portefeuilles de toile, très bon état. Un des 300 exemplaires de cette première et unique édition. Published in a limited edition of 300 copies. Very scarce. Very heavy, extra-postage required.
ref. 30428Paris, Gallimard, (1926-1927). 4 volumes in-4 tellière, demi-maroquin aubergine à coins, dos à cinq nerfs, tête dorée, couverture et dos conservés Avec 2 fac-similés.(Reliure signée Devauchelle). Mors un peu fendu : tome 1 sur 2 cm.
1837ref. 18480nantes Forest 1837 1 -in-4 demi chagrin 5 tomes reliés en 1 volume, reliure demi-chagrin havane in-quarto (half binding leather in-quarto (27,4 x 22 cm), Reliure d'Epoque , dos à nerfs (spine with raised bands), décoré "or" et à froid (gilt and blind-stamping decoration), titre et auteur frappés or (gilt title), filet à froid en place des nerfs avec un filet à froid de part et d'autre des nerfs, filet à froid en tête et en pied, plats décorés à froid d'un double filet à froid aux mors, papier peigné marron clair, marron foncé et rouge aux plats (cover with painting paper), toutes tranches lisses (edges smooth) jaunes, abondamment illustré (plentifully illustrated) de 31 lithographies hors-texte (full page engraving) en noir par E. de La Michellerie, Messager, Louis Petit, Hersart du Buron, Jules Noël et Rivière Fils + 2 importantes vignettes in-texte en noir (7 au Tome 1, 6 au Tome 2, 9 au Tome 3 + 2 vignette in-texte , 5 au Tome 4, 1 au Tome 5), texte 2 colonnes (text - 2 coloumns), quelques Rousseurs Habituelles, pagination normale jusqu'à la page 32 du 1er volume, ensuite pagination à la colonne, Tome 1 : 417 pages + 6 de tables, Tome 2 : 398 pages + 6 de tables, Tome 3 : 429 pages (tables comprises), Tome 4 : 398 pages (tables comprises), Tome 5 : 494 pages (tables comprises), 1837-1841 Nantes Forest Imprimeur Editeur,
1837ref. 24629nantes Forest 1837 1 -in-4 demi chagrin 5 tomes, reliure demi-toile violine in-quarto (half cloth-bound in-quarto) (26,2 x 20,5 cm), RELIURE D'ÉPOQUE, dos long (spine without raised bands), décoré "or"(gilt decoration), Titre et Tomaison frappés "or" (gilt title and volume numbering), pièce de titre et de Tomaison sur fond bleu-marine avec un filet "or" de part et d'autre, papier peigné bleu, vert, rouge et crème aux plats, toutes tranches lisses, couvertures marron clair imprimées en noir et ornées d'un encadrement orné en noir conservées, abondamment illustré (plentifully illustrated) de 31 lithographies hors-texte (full page engraving) en noir par E. de La Michellerie, Messager, Louis Petit, Hersart du Buron, Jules Noël et Rivière Fils + 2 importantes vignettes in-texte en noir (7 au Tome 1, 6 au Tome 2, 9 au Tome 3 + 2 vignette in-texte , 5 au Tome 4, 1 au Tome 5), texte 2 colonnes (text - 2 coloumns), quelques Rousseurs Habituelles, pagination normale jusqu'à la page 32 du 1er volume, ensuite pagination à la colonne, Tome 1 : 417 pages + 6 de tables, Tome 2 : 398 pages + 6 de tables, Tome 3 : 429 pages (tables comprises), Tome 4 : 398 pages (tables comprises), Tome 5 : 494 pages (tables comprises), 1837-1841 Nantes Forest Imprimeur Editeur,
ref. 108-Do.J. Bleistift, mit schwarzer Tuschlinie umrandet, auf Bütten, links unten signiert und datiert ?J.C. Zehender inv. et fecit 1775.? 13,3:19,4 cm. Verso mit Resten einer alten Verklebung.
1987ref. SONG0915557614Brand: New Museum of Contemporary Art 1987-11-02. First Edition. paperback. Used: Good. 9.50x0.50x10.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: New Museum of Contemporary Art paperback
2008ref. ART-1-13067Hudson River Museum 2008-09-27. perfect. Acceptable. 9x7x0. Has some creasing on the spine and some light bends. Customer service is our goal! Hudson River Museum unknown
1853ref. 100379Adelaide: W.C. Cox Printer 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide W.C. Cox Printer 1853. Octavo 46 pages. Relatively recent quarter morocco and buckram by the Law Bindery Melbourne; title leaf a little foxed with minimal light scattered foxing to a few other leaves; an excellent copy with most interesting provenance see below. The author Clerk of the Executive Council of South Australia was on board the vessel; this is his account of the first successful navigation of the Murray as far as Swan Hill by Captain Francis Cadell. Fellow-passenger James Allen also published his version of events. Captain William Randell and his paddle-steamer 'Mary Ann' left Goolwa at the Murray mouth ahead of Cadell and travelled much farther up the Murray but Cadell overtook him en route and reached Swan Hill first. However both men deservedly earned the bonus of 2000 pounds offered by the South Australian Government 'for each of the first two steamers to travel up the Murray as far as the Darling junction' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. We have noted previously the manuscript correction page 5 line 4 'largest' to 'longest' river and presume it is in Kinloch's hand. At the head of the title page of this copy is the pencilled ownership name possibly his signature of Robert Wadsworth over-written in red ink by the subsequent owner 'John Shillinglaw from Robert Wadsworth 1854'. Shillingworth has annotated the text in both pencil and red ink three and seven pages respectively. The pencilling identifies the 'gentleman's son' working as a shepherd as 'old "Bigodd Macdonald"' and asks elsewhere of a sentence nine lines long 'what does this wretched twaddler mean' he's got a point too!. Robert Wadsworth was eventually Clerk of the Victorian Executive Council from 1875 to 1889; of passing interest to bibliophiles his son Arthur 1864-1931 was the first Commonwealth Parliamentary Librarian having 'charge of the Commonwealth library for over twenty-six years while also being titular head of the Victorian State parliamentary library' ADB. John Joseph Shillinglaw 1831-1905 public servant and historian was the eldest son of the librarian of the Royal Geographical Society. 'He was to study under Captain John Washington eminent maritime surveyor and in 1852 he migrated with his father and brothers to Victoria arriving in October. From November he was chief clerk of petty sessions at Williamstown and in 1854 was appointed inspector and sometime acting superintendent of the Water Police. He was also secretary to the Steam Navigation Board until December 1857. In 1856-69 he was shipping-master for the Port of Melbourne and registrar of seamen; he helped to found the first Sailors' Home and did much to improve the working conditions of seamen'. It is hardly surprising that he should be given a copy of this book soon after its publication. He held various public service positions over the years; from 1885-94 he 'was secretary to the royal commission on vegetable products. He was also secretary to the Board of Viticulture. Shillinglaw was an enthusiast in whatever department he worked; however he is remembered for his association with colonial literature and history'. He was the author of numerous books and on his death his estate 'included a vast collection of papers and rare books' presumably including this item ADB. Ferguson 11196. W.C. Cox, Printer hardcover
1949ref. 20.809Santander: Imp. de la Librería Moderna 1949 -1962. 1ª ed. Tela verde con títulos dorados en los lomos. 12.5x17.5. Firma de y ex-libris de anterior propietario. Alguna huella de óxido en algunos tomos pero buenos ejemplares Imp. de la Librería Moderna hardcover
1975ref. SBBIH-FQVTOR2TMYPJHarperCollins Distribution Servi 1975. 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. HarperCollins Distribution Servi hardcover