Sketches By Boz: Illustrative of Every-life and Every-day People. Being Acontinuation of "Watkins Tottle, and Other Sketches." by Dickens, Charles - 1837

London: Nonesuch Press, 1925. The Writings (limited edition of 1500 copies, this being No. 654): xviii, 364 pages+ vii, 397 pages + vii, 430 pages. The Life (published 1927; limited edition of 1480 copies, this being No. 864): xv, 397 pages. Quarto. Portrait frontispiece and many b/w plates. Notes at the end of each volume. The Life has appendices, notes and index. Original vellum-backed marbled papered boards. Gilt titling on the spines. All edges uncut. Partially unopened. Very slight spotting. Some offsetting on endpapers. *A very beautiful set.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

17 volumes with frontispieces, illustrations and indexes. Royal octavo (9 3/4"" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's light green cloth with labels to spine. and gilt head end pages with deckled edges. Bassorah edition, number 129 limited to 1000 copies.Burton's translation was one of two unabridged and unexpurgated English translations done in the 1880s; the first was by John Payne, under the title The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night (1882–1884, nine volumes). Burton's ten volume version was published almost immediately afterward with a slightly different title. This, along with the fact that Burton closely advised Payne and partially based his books on Payne's, led later to charges of plagiarism. Owing to the sexual imagery in the source texts (which Burton made a special study of, adding extensive footnotes and appendices on "Oriental" sexual mores) and to the strict Victorian laws on obscene material, both translations were printed as private editions for subscribers only, rather… Read More

1842 Naturalists Library Mammalia Jardine Animal Science Mammals Bear Lions ART
Sir William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, 'The Naturalist's Library'.
This edition of Jardine's 'Mammalia' is beautifully illustrated with 31 leaves of hand-colored plates depicting a variety of mammals such as bears, bats, squirrels, kangaroos, chinchillas, armadillos, elk, and many others!
Item number: #40230
Price: $499
JARDINE, William
The Naturalist's Library : Mammalia. Vol. XV ; Introduction to Mammalia.

Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars; London: Samuel Highley, T. Nelson; Dublin: W. Curry; Manchester: J. Ainsworth, [1842-1844]

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31 hand-colored plates
· References: Lowndes 1192; Wood, pp 405, 482
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in (16.5cm x 11cm)
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1850 Life of Jesus Christ Fleetwood Bible ART Miracles Jerusalem Holy Land

"No event that ever did, or perhaps will happen, can more remarkably display the wisdom and power of the great Jehovah, than the glorious manner in which he brought life and immortality to light, by the gospel of his Son, manifested in the flesh."
­– Fleetwood, Life of Jesus Christ

A rare early 19th-century example of John Fleetwood's famous book on the life of Jesus. This book uses biblical passages as a basis for this 'biography' of the life of Jesus Christ. Fleetwood covers the birth of Jesus, the angelic visitation to Mary, decree of taxation and the massacre of infants, Jesus's baptism, first miracles, temptation in the desert, calling of disciples, Jesus curing leprosy and palsy, and the trial, crucifixion, and resurrection.

Other important topics include:
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Establishment and differences in sects of the Jews
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Demolition of Temple of Jerusalem
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Leprosy found in Samaria
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1880 Spiritualism 1ed Immortality OCCULT Ghosts Evil Spirits Medium Heaven Hell
"Immortality, and Our Employments Hereafter," by James Martin Peebles offers an interesting, 19th-century exploration into the mysteries of the afterlife. Drawing from his backgrounds as a physician and an active member of Psychic/Spiritualist communities, Peebles addresses pressing questions that have long occupied the human mind: What awaits us after death? Will we reunite with our loved ones? How do spirits occupy their time in the hereafter? The book claims to grant a platform for various spirits to share their accounts and experiences from different realms. It delves into the nature of life, death, and the eternal soul, examining the intricacies of existence both on Earth and in the spiritual world. Peebles presents these narratives, not just as testimonies, but also as a way to provide clarity and hope for readers yearning for insights about the great beyond. Amidst the accounts, Peebles also touches upon the eternal… Read More

Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, 1998. First Edition. Glossy Pictorial Cover. Very Good. In clear mylar Brodart cover - Owners single name also. Flat signed by author on title page. First editions/first printings have no mention of any awards on the cover and have the number line ending with a 1 Publisher Notes A novel of angels, wine, and love without boundaries set in nineteenth-century Burgundy. One summer night in 1808, Sobran Jodeau sets out to drown his love sorrows in his family's vineyard. Drunk, he stumbles on an angel: "Someone had set a statue down on the ridge. Sobran blinked and swayed. For a second he saw what he knew--gilt, paint and varnish, the sculpted labial eye of a church statue. Then he swooned while still walking forward, and the angel stood quickly to catch him." Once he gets over his shock, Sobran decides that Xas, the male angel, is his guardian sent to counsel him on everything from marriage to wine production. But Xas turns out to be a far more… Read More

London: Remington & Co Publishers, 1890. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. [vi], 270. Original grey cloth binding with black lettering and decoration to the front board, gilt lettering to the spine, a little general wear and some rubbing to extremities and joints, a couple of pin-prick holes to the front joint, cloth a little marked. Contents clean and tight, original patterned end papers to both front and back, somewhat browned also affecting the half-title page, paper to front hinge partially cracked but expertly repaired, contemporary pencil name and address to head of half-title page. A very good copy. A very scarce book - the first edition of the first novel of Anthony Hope (Hawkins) and paid for by Hope. He writes of it in his autobiography "I had already published one novel - on commission, at my own expense; it cost me fifty pounds, and the royalties amounted to thirteen" Few copies seem to have survived and Copac only list two British libraires with copies..

314 pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's black cloth with red lettering to spine and front cover in pictorial jacket. (First's January 2003 pg 45) First American edition limited to 12,000 copies.Heavy Weather is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on July 28, 1933 by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, and in the United Kingdom on August 10, 1933 by Herbert Jenkins, London. It had been serialized in the Saturday Evening Post from 27 May to 15 July 1933. It is part of the Blandings Castle series of tales, the fourth full-length novel to be set there, and forms a direct sequel to Summer Lightning (1929), with many of the same characters remaining at the castle from the previous story. It also features the re-appearance by Lord Tilbury, who had previously appeared in Bill the Conqueror (1924) and Sam the Sudden (1925).Condition:Previous owner's name on front end paper verso. Jacket with the number .25 under the unclipped price of $2.00, edges… Read More

1802. 1802 Webster, Noah MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS ON POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS I An Address to the President of the United States II An Essay on the Rights of Neutral Nations III A Letter, On the Value and Importance of American Commerce to Great Britain IV A Sketch of the History and Present State of Banks and Insurance Companies in the United States E Beldon and Co, (1802) vii, 228, 48pp 8vo Half-leather over marbled paper boards, marbled end pages, leather spine with elaborate gold stampings, upper edge gilt The book has been neatly rebacked in leather, original spine laid down, closed tear on rear marbled end paper carefully mended with archival tape, lower corner tip of first marbled page missing, chip on rear marbled page This book is lacking the title-page; the first blank page is present, with the next page being the Preface page Howes W203 Overall an attractive Very Good+ leatherbound hardcover of a scarce title.

This is a scarce, very early Charles Dickens book that was published when he was only 25 years old. "PUBLIC LIFE OF MR. TULRUMBLE, ONCE MAYOR OF MUDFOG" by Boz ("Boz" was the pen name of Dickens). 1837; Carey, Lea and Blanchard; Philadelphia. The book contains "Other Tales and Sketches, from Bentley's Miscellany, and the Library of Fiction" including a story by James Fenimore (spelled "Fennimore" on the contents page) Cooper titled "An Evening of Visits." There are 11 stories in all - please see the photos for the complete list of contents. This is one of the first stories by Dickens published in book form in the United States.Condition:Worn corners (the tips of the boards are exposed); 1/2" cloth tears at the top edge of the spine, small cloth tears at the bottom edge. The front board bows at the center just a bit. There is a crack at the front hinge between the end papers. The pages are in good condition with only some occasional light foxing (heaviest on the title page - see photo) and staining.… Read More