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London: Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars., 1855. 1st Edition . Half leather. Very Good. Doyle, Richard. FIRST EDITION; octavo, two volumes complete, viii+380+viii+376pp. In attractive Victorian black half leather over purple cloth boards, five raised spine bands, red and green gilt-lettered leather title labels in second and fourth compartments, other compartments richly gilt, binding with only the lightest of wear and very light fading to cloth boards. With marbled page edges and matching original marbled endpapers. Occasional unobtrusive light stains and browning (especially to outer margins of plates well clear of printed images) but overall a clean copy free from foxing and with full complement of 46 engraved plates (including engraved frontispiece to each volume) and numerous in-text illustrations. Bound up from original parts with small stab holes to inner margins. A very attractive set in first edition.
SHAKESPEARE'S ZOO: The historie of foure-footed beastes. Describing the true and lively figure of every beast, with a discourse of their severall names, conditions, kindes, vertues (both naturall and medicinall) countries of their breed, their love and hate to mankinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preservation, and destruction. Necessary for all divines and students, because the story of every beast is amplified with narrations out of Scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets: wherein are declared divers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day. by Topsell, Edward (1572-1625?) - 1607
by Topsell, Edward (1572-1625?)
SHAKESPEARE'S ZOO: The historie of foure-footed beastes. Describing the true and lively figure of every beast, with a discourse of their severall names, conditions, kindes, vertues (both naturall and medicinall) countries of their breed, their love and hate to mankinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preservation, and destruction. Necessary for all divines and students, because the story of every beast is amplified with narrations out of Scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets: wherein are declared divers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day.
by Topsell, Edward (1572-1625?)
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London: London: Printed by William Jaggard, 1607. 1st Edition . Half leather. Very Good. First edition; folio; [38], 743 [of 757], [12]pp. In recent dark brown half-calf over blue marbled boards with five raised spine bands, gilt-lettered morocco spine label to second compartment, gilt-lettered date direct to foot of spine, all page edges stained blue. Tiitle partly hand-coloured and with early names & pen trials, somewhat soiled, laid down and re-inforced with archival tissue at inner and outer margin (well clear of text). Lacks initial and final blanks, also A6, B1, C3-4, K3-4 and T3-4 (i.e. 8 printed leaves missing). Marginal tears and repairs to several leaves, not affecting text except for leaves B2-6, K2, V1, 2I3-4 and 2L6 with relatively minor loss; closed tear to D6, unobtrusive browning and occasional stains, with sporadic early ink annotations and early engraved ownership label on front pastedown, otherwise clean and complete. Issue with woodcut gorgon on title. Sound copy of the profusely illustrated first edition of Topsell's iconic account of four-footed animals, directly providing as it does a fascinating Tudor perspective of natural history, and printed by William Jaggard, celebrated early printer of Shakespeare. Increasingly uncommon. Nissen ZBI 4145; STC 24123; Wellcome 6323; ESTC S122276.
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- Keywords shakespeare shakespeare's zoo topsell gesner moffet moffat mouffet animals natural history insects lepidoptera durer rhinoceros jacobean snakes serpents lizards worms illustrations engravings woodcuts
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The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. Edited by A. Pendennis Esqre. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Richard Doyle.
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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ILLUSTRATED FIRST EDITION: A treatise containing the elementary part of fortification, regular and irregular. With remarks on the Constructions of the most celebrated Authors, particularly of Marshal de Vauban and Baron Coehorn, in which the Perfection and Imperfection of their several Works are considered. For the use of the Royal Academy of Artillery at Woolwich. Illustrated with thirty-four copper plates. By John Muller, Professor of Artillery and Fortification
by Muller, John (1699-1784)
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London: London: printed for J. Nourse, at the Lamb, opposite Katherine-Street, in the Strand, 1746. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. First edition, octavo; xvi,232pp, with full complement of 34 engravings, 33 of which are folding. In contemporary unlettered full calf (a little worn with minor loss to board corners, sometime skilfully rebacked in matching leather), five raised spine bands, internally clean with only the lightest of occasional dust staining. Muller was deputy head of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, where he was instrumental to its transformation into a disciplined cadet academy. An attractive first edition example of his first work. Laurence Sterne possessed the text in second edition, with possible influence on Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim's obsessions with fortification in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. ESTC T176381.
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Tales of Passion.
by St. Leger, Francis Barry (1799-1829)
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London: Henry Colburn, 1829. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, octavo, three volumes; 315, 319, 356pp. In contemporary half leather over marbled boards (a little worn), four raised spine bands, gilt lettered red morocco title labels to second compartments, remaining compartments richly gilt. Spotting and staining to early and closing leaves of each volume, author's name inscribed to title page, first quire of vol.1 misbound, otherwise a very good clean copy. Attractive copy of St.Leger's increasingly uncommon final novel, the last before his untimely death at the age of thirty following an epileptic seizure.
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Tylney Hall
by Hood, Thomas
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London: A.H.Baily and Co., 83 Cornhill, 1834. 1st Edition . Half leather. Very Good. First edition, octavo, three volumes; xx, 288; 311; 308pp. In contemporary half calf over marbled boards (with light wear only), spines divided into five compartments by double gilt fillets, gilt lettered titles and volume numbers to second and fourth compartments respectively, all page edges marbled, half titles present, small bookselller's and early ownership labels to front pastedowns, very minor loss to front pastedown of volume three probably through label removal, light creasing to first few pages of volume three, unobtrusive spotting to opening and closing leaves of each volume, overall a very good clean copy. Hood's only novel was published the same year as the abolition of slavery and is centered on Walter Tyrell, born in St.Kitts and raised in Georgian society by Sir Mark Tyrell with all the trials and tribulations of racial prejudice this brings. An attractive copy in uncommon first edition of this…
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Specimens of the Table Talk of the Late Samuel Taylor Coleridge
by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772 -1834); Coleridge, Henry Nelson (ed.)
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London: London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1835. 1st Edition . Full leather. Good. First edition, two volumes, octavo; lxxi, 267; xi, 372pp, complete with engraved frontispiece to each volume and closing index to volume 2. In original uniform full leather panelled bindings (worn with minor loss to extremities, front hinge to volume2 weak), gilt and blind panelling to boards, four gilt tooled raised spine bands between gilt fillets, gilt titles and volume numbers to second and fourth compartments respectively, gilt board edges and inner dentelles, original marbled endpapers, early ink ownership name to head of volume 1 title page, light foxing to opening and closing leaves of each volume, a very presentable set in original bindings of this collection in first edition.
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The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. Edited by A. Pendennis Esqre. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Richard Doyle.
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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London: Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars., 1855. 1st Edition . Half leather. Very Good. Doyle, Richard. FIRST EDITION; octavo, two volumes complete, viii+380+viii+376pp. In attractive Victorian black half leather over purple cloth boards, five raised spine bands, red and green gilt-lettered leather title labels in second and fourth compartments, other compartments richly gilt, binding with only the lightest of wear and very light fading to cloth boards. With marbled page edges and matching original marbled endpapers. Occasional unobtrusive light stains and browning (especially to outer margins of plates well clear of printed images) but overall a clean copy free from foxing and with full complement of 46 engraved plates (including engraved frontispiece to each volume) and numerous in-text illustrations. Bound up from original parts with small stab holes to inner margins. A very attractive set in first edition.
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The History of England from the Revolution to the Death of George the Second. (Designed as a continuation of Mr.Hume's History.) In Five Volumes. A New Edition, with the Author's last Corrections and Improvements.
by Smollett, Tobias.
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London: London: Printed for T.Cadell, in the Strand; and R.Baldwin, No.47, Pater-Noster-Row, 1791. Full leather. Good. Heath, Caldwell, Collyer et al.. Five volumes complete; octavo; [ii], 515, 574, 548, 510, 390, [unpaginated Index of c.150pp]. In full contemporary speckled calf (worn with loss to extremities, hinges cracked but secure), flat spines divided by gilt double fillets into six compartments, gilt-lettered spine labels in second compartments (but labels to vol.1 missing and partially absent to vols.2 and 4), volume number labels missing from fourth compartments, ink ownership inscriptions to free free endpapers, marginal wormtrack to first 50pp of vol.2 not affecting text, otherwise a sound complete set with a number of attractive engraved portraits. ESTC T55318, citing just four UK institutional locations.
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A compendious history of the British churches in England, Scotland, Ireland, and America. By John Brown, Minister of the Gospel in Haddington
by Brown, John (1722-1787)
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Glasgow: Glasgow: printed by John Bryce, 1784. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. First edition; two volumes; 340, 368pp. In contemporary full speckled calf (somewhat worn, front hinges cracked but secure), gilt volume numbers and remains of title labels to spines, early ink ownership inscription to half-title of volume 2, sporadic light paper browning but overall a very good complete copy of this uncommon history. ESTC T128905, citing 8xUK and 8xUS institutional copies.
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The Public and Private Life of His late Excellent and most Gracious Majesty, George The Third, embracing its most memorable incidents as they were displayed in the important relation of Son, Husband, Father, Friend, and Sovereign, The Whole Collected from the Most Authentic Sources, and containing a Historical Memoir of the House of Brunswick
by Huish, Robert
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London: London: Printed for Thomas Kelly No. 17 Paternoster-Row, 1821. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. First edition, large quarto; viii + 724pp. In original half leather binding, very worn, boards detached, spine backstrip missing, opening and closing leaves loose with marginal chipping and creasing without loss of text, text block otherwise sound with unobtrusive sporadic light staining and soiling only, complete with engraved portrait frontispiece, extra engraved title page and 16 full page engraved plates. Despite its tired condition, still a complete working copy of this early illustrated biography in first edition.
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Tylney Hall
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London: A.H.Baily and Co., 83 Cornhill, 1834. 1st Edition . Half leather. Very Good. First edition, octavo, three volumes; xx, 288; 311; 308pp. In contemporary half calf over marbled boards (with light wear only), spines divided into five compartments by double gilt fillets, gilt lettered titles and volume numbers to second and fourth compartments respectively, all page edges marbled, half titles present, small bookselller's and early ownership labels to front pastedowns, very minor loss to front pastedown of volume three probably through label removal, light creasing to first few pages of volume three, unobtrusive spotting to opening and closing leaves of each volume, overall a very good clean copy. Hood's only novel was published the same year as the abolition of slavery and is centered on Walter Tyrell, born in St.Kitts and raised in Georgian society by Sir Mark Tyrell with all the trials and tribulations of racial prejudice this brings. An attractive copy in uncommon first edition of this…
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Tan, Amy | Opposite of Fate, The | Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Book
by Tan, Amy
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Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Edition Hardcover Book. 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered edition, first printing, mint, new/unread in a black leather binding with gold stamping and dust cover, signed by the author. Limited to one of 200.
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Cussler, Clive & Scott, Justin | Race, The | Double-Signed Numbered Ltd Edition
by Cussler, Clive & Scott, Justin
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Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Collector's Edition September 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered Edition, signed by both authors. Numbered editions are numbered 1-98, have custom 3/4 marbled boards in a matching slip-case and are stamped in gold.
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Cussler, Clive & Du Brul, Jack | Jungle, The | Double-Signed Numbered Ltd Edition
by Cussler, Clive & DuBrul, Jack
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Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Collector's Edition March 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered Edition, signed by both authors. Numbered editions are numbered 1-98, have custom 3/4 marbled boards in a matching slip-case and are stamped in gold.
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Cussler, Clive & Blackwood, Grant | Kingdom, The | Double-Signed Numbered Ltd Edition
by Cussler, Clive & Blackwood, Grant
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Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Collector's Edition June 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered Edition, signed by both authors. Numbered editions are numbered 1-98, have custom 3/4 marbled boards in a matching slip-case and are stamped in gold.
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Jacobson, Alan | Inmate 1577 | Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Book
by Jacobson, Alan
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Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Edition Hardcover Book. July 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered Edition, hand signed by Alan Jacobson. Numbered editions are numbered 1-100, in custom slipcase.
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The Night the Bear Came Off the Mountain
by Sinclair, John L
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Santa Fe: Rydal, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. Limited Edition, No. 2 of 5 copies: this is a proof copy of the First Edition, bound in fine gilt-stamped black leather with marbled endpapers. 8vo, black leather; vg+ (scratch and two faint scrapes to front cover; faint smudge to side edge); 108pp.
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: The Unmutilated and Correct Version
by Franklin, Benjamin; Bigelow, John
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1927. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Corners a bit rubbed, boards faintly soiled, ink date and owner bookplate of Robert N. Cherry on front flyleaf. 1927 Half-Leather. iv, 325 pp. 8vo. No binder's ticket, but appears to be a contemporary custom rebinding: blue leather spine and corners over blue cloth, gilt titles and rules, top edge gilt, new end sheets. "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written. Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods at which he wrote them.
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Ikebana Arranging Images
by Kamata, Soseke
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Ikebana Arranging Images; Kamata, Soseke, 1950's. A nice publication given to Julia Jane Jeffers Dodge while here husband was helping Japan recover after the war. Her husband Joseph Morrell Dodge had a long and distinguished career and tried to help reform Europe but later wound up as financial advisor to Douglas MacArthur in the economic revitalization of Japan. This edition is in very good condition internally. Photos of Ikebana arrangements by the famous Japan Ikebana master. A gift given to Julia Jeffers Dodge and placed in her library. 38 single sided (double page but other side blank) on high quality Japan paper with photo examples of Ikebana, black and white. A rare publication.
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The Mote in God's Eye: Easton Press Leather Edition
by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
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Brown leather boards with gold writing and images and raised bands on spine; embossed image of planet, sky, and tree in gold on front and back board. Novel not issued with dust jacket. Top corner of back board shows slight wear; top edges of pages show some spotting (see pic). This is a special Collector's Edition Easton Press printing (with white bookmark) bound in leather, illustrated by Bob Eggleton with an introduction by Charles Sheffield. Niven and Pournelle's classic science-fiction tale in a Very Fine copy. Hardcover, but no dust jacket, so novel cannot be protected by archival Mylar cover.
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THE TRANSFIGURATION OF MISS PHILURA
by Kingsley, Florence Morse
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NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1911. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. Richardson , Rome K (decorative covers). Brown, Ethel Pennewill (text decorations and illust). Remarkably well-conserved, as new copy still in publisher'sgift box. Elaborate mixed element floral cover design by Richardson K. Rome on green cloth. Text illustrtaions and decorations by Ethel Pennewill Brown. 8vo, gte, sides untrimmed, 76p. Unused, pages uncut, in orignal glassine wrapper all in as new condition housed in publisher's gift box, white paper with satin finish over cardboard, edged in gilt, top cover decorated with elements of Richardson's cover design, stated "Presenation Edition" An exemplar of the "gift book" at the commercial maturity of the decorative cover in American bindings. THE collector's copy.
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