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London: London: Henry G. Bohn, 1842, 1842 Decorative Cloth. Good-fair. First Edition. History. all plates loose, but undamaged, needs rebinding, 61 etchings by Leopold Martin plus 25 etchings of Hopes Costumes of the Ancients, library marks from Maine Genealogical Society # 381, spine bumped, scarce copy. Illus. by Leopold Martin. First Edition.. Decorative Cloth. Good-fair.
The Teetotaler's Companion or a Plea for Temperance by Burne, Peter - 1847
by Burne, Peter
The Teetotaler's Companion or a Plea for Temperance
by Burne, Peter
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London: Arthur Hall and Co. 1847, 1847 Half-Leather. Good. First Edition. History. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. inscribed, Dedicated respectfully to Paul Barry Metcalf, etc, . by H. S. Martin Jr. E. R. Trowbridge Jr. contributors, leather spine shows some wear as does leather corners, edge wear, 507 pgs. rare copy of early argument for abstinence from alcohol. 6 color illustrations of the effects of alcohol on the stomach. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.
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- Keywords PROHIBITION ALCOHOLIC ALCOHOL TEMPERANCE ADDICTION BOOZE ADDICTS DRUNKS DRINKING
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Martin's Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Time and Hope's Costume of the Ancients
by Martin, Charles, Illustrated by Leopold Martin
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Thoughts and Adventures
by Winston S. Churchill
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London: Thornton Butterworth, Ltd., 1933. Hardcover. This book is a collection of 23 engaging essays by Churchill on an incredibly wide variety of subjects. From the original front flap blurb: "Whether he is dealing with personal reminiscences, or telling us his views on any subject under the sun, Mr. Churchill stamps the page with his own vivid personality." Thornton Butterworth published the first edition in 1932. Less than a year later, Thornton Butterworth issued the "Keystone Library" edition from first edition plates. There were two Keystone Library printings (1933 and 1934) and multiple binding variants or "states". With jacketed first British editions now extravagantly rare and extraordinarily expensive, this first edition, first printing of the original publisher's Keystone Library issue is an attractive alternative. Here is a very good copy of the first Keystone Library issue, first printing, second binding state in very good original dust jacket. The scarce and striking dust jacket is…
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THE GEORGIAN ERA: Memoirs of the Most Eminent Persons, Who Have Flourished in Great Britain, from the Accession of George the First to the Demise of George the Fourth
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Handsome, fine-binding edition of "THE GEORGIAN ERA: Memoirs of the Most Eminent Persons, Who Have Flourished in Great Britain, from the Accession of George the First to the Demise of George the Fourth." The volumes are dated 1832, 1833 and 1834; Vizetelly, Branston and Co.; London. Complete in four volumes. Three-quarter leather bound with marbled covers, page edges and end papers. Each volume contains a frontispiece portrait. The volumes contain dozens of biographical sketches of prominent English men and women including Adam Smith, Isaac Newton, Jonathn Swift, Robert Burns, Thomas Paine, Captain James Cook, Daniel Defoe, Thomas Gainsborough, etc. The contents are grouped into the following categories:VOLUME I: The Royal Family, The Pretenders and Their Adherents, The Church, The Senate, DissentersVOLUME II: The Army, The Navy, Jurisprudence, Medical ScienceVOLUME III: Voyagers and Travellers, Science, LiteratureVOLUME IV: Political Economists, Rural and Domestic Economists, Painters, Sculptors,…
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Designs of Modern Costume
by Henry Moses
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A collection of finely engraved plates illustrating the Regency vogue for neo-Classical dress29 delicate line engravings showing Empire-style costumes and furnishings, as well as scenes from literature (Alexander Pope's Belinda) and antiquity (Pericles, Pan and Syrinx, Echo and Narcissus)Henry Moses (1782-1870) was a sought-after engraver who worked for James Barrie, William Opie and Benjamin West. He enjoyed a great reputation for his outline plates, which are distinguished for the purity and correctness of the drawing. Among his other works are A Collection of Vases 1814, Picturesque Views of Ramsgate 1817, Vases from the Collection of Sir Henry Englefield 1819, Sketches of Shipping 1824, Marine Sketch Book 1826, etc.This collection was also issued under the imprint of at least two other London publishers in 1823 (McLean and Miller).Leather spine solid, paper boards soiled, bookplate of Walter and Edith Wiggin on front endpaper, hinges repaired, all 29 plates present, but as often, with varying…
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An Impartial History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: During the Reign of King Charles the First. With the precedent Passages and Actions that contributed thereto, and the happy End and Conclusion thereof by the Restoration of King Charles II.
by HOOPER, Jacob.
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Cambridge: R. Walker & T. James, 1745. Two Volumes, first thus. This is the two volume re-issue of this work by Walker, in 1745. It was longer than the earlier edition (extending to 1234 pages rather than 1109), but it was not issued with the engravings. This copy conforms to ESTC T154531 with pages up to Y4 the same as the earlier issue, those after differing. In this copy, Y4 is not a cancel. Half contemporary leather bindings, with marbled boards (now significantly faded) gilt volume number but no titles to each spine. Leather is a little cracked, but binding is holding well. Vol. 1 has a modern cutting with a portrait of Cromwell pasted to the inside front board. Title page is a little darkened. Rest of the work is in good clean condition, with a few pages a little dirty. To volume II, the rear paste down is covered in pencil page references. The last text page has a repaired tear, with a corner of loss (not affecting text.). (viii) 1-716, 721-1234. pp. 110 by 170mm (4¼ by 6¾ inches).
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Martin's Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Time and Hope's Costume of the Ancients
by Martin, Charles, Illustrated by Leopold Martin
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London: London: Henry G. Bohn, 1842, 1842 Decorative Cloth. Good-fair. First Edition. History. all plates loose, but undamaged, needs rebinding, 61 etchings by Leopold Martin plus 25 etchings of Hopes Costumes of the Ancients, library marks from Maine Genealogical Society # 381, spine bumped, scarce copy. Illus. by Leopold Martin. First Edition.. Decorative Cloth. Good-fair.
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The Hull Quarterly and East Riding Portfolio, Vols. I and II Nos. 1-4 January 1884 to December 1885
by edited by W G B Page
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A Brown & Sons Limited, Hull, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. A half-leather bound volume with banded spine and marbled covers of quarterly magazines covering a period of two years, front paper covers of each issue are bound-in, the last two quarters were published as one issue. Includes black and white plates and inset illustrations. Leather and covers are lightly rubbed at edges, bumped corners, sound binding, clean marbled end-papers, blue issue paper covers are a little darkened with light wear at some edges of some, clean pages. Articles include: January 1984: The Plate and Insignia of the Hull Corporation by Alderman Kelburne King; Some Scraps of Holderness Folk-Lore by Wm Henry Jones; The Influence of the Northmen on our Language by John Nicholson; Star Showers and Red Sub-Sets by A N Somerscales; William Wilberforce, a Biographical Sketch & Catalogue of Exhibition; The Meterology of Hull by William Lawton; The Johnson Mss Correspondence; The Old…
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The Hull Quarterly and East Riding Portfolio, Vols. I, Nos. I-IV and Vol II Nos. I-IV. January 1884 to December 1885
by ed. W G B Page
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A Brown & Sons Limited, Hull, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Dark red covers with black and gilt lettering and simple decoration are lightly rubbed at the edges, ex-library copy with usual pasted labels, stamps and ticket wallet. Paper is split over webbing at internal hinges with some looseness in the front joint but covers are firmly attached, internal binding is sound, pages are clean but a little darkened. Many black and white illustrations. Articles include: January 1984: The Plate and Insignia of the Hull Corporation by Alderman Kelburne King; Some Scraps of Holderness Folk-Lore by Wm Henry Jones; The Influence of the Northmen on our Language by John Nicholson; Star Showers and Red Sub-Sets by A N Somerscales; William Wilberforce, a Biographical Sketch & Catalogue of Exhibition; The Meterology of Hull by William Lawton; The Johnson Mss Correspondence; The Old Walls of Hull; Notes Queries reviews etc. April 1884: Cottingham Castle and Its Lords by C…
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Cassell’s History of England.
by [England] CASSELL, John.
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London, Paris, New York & Melbourne:: Cassell, [ca.1899]., 1899. Eight volumes. 4to. xii, 612 (standard pagination for all volumes). Frontispieces, profusely illustrated throughout, indexes; slightly browning along margins, endpapers lightly foxed. Original quarter gilt-stamped maroon calf over dark blue textured cloth, binding by W. Scovell, Wolverhampton; extremities rubbed, joint cracked on vol. I, vols. 6 & 8 with minor kozo repair to outer joint. Bookplates of Frederick C. Thompson (corner text scoured off). Very good. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND AND FULLY ILLUSTRATED. This revised edition had been enhanced with additional, beautiful and "originally drawings by the best artists" (title). We have eight volumes; some other sets include two additional volumes, but this history here is complete to the year 1898. These volumes are titled: Volumes I-VIII: From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the Roses; From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion’ From the Great Rebellion to the Fall of Marlborough;…
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Memoirs of Henry the Great, and of the Court of France During His Reign
by Ireland, William Henry )
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London: Harding,Triphook,and Lepard,, 1824. SCARCE. Attributed to William Henry Ireland.. With half-title in Vol. 1. Printed by S.and R. Bentley, Dorset Street. Frontispiece portrait Vol. 1. In contemporary signed fine binding by Riviere and Son of red morocco, the backs ornately gilt with gilt lettering on red and black morocco labels, wide ornate gilt dentelles, dark blue paper end pages, top edges gilt. Very Good, the covers lightly soiled, bottom edge of half-title Vol. I unevenly cut, bottom corner bumps. A quite handsome set. . First Edition. Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Mudlark
by Bonnett, Theodore
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The Edwardian Era (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.'s copy)
by Andre Maurois
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New York: D. Appleton Century Company, 1933. First American edition. Good-. Black cloth with gilt titles on spine and front cover Scuffing and light wear at edges and particularly on spine Small tear at top edge of spine, and chipping at both ends Binding sound and tight Text has no marks or damage at all The personal bookplate of the famous actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr on the ffep André Maurois (1885 â€" 1967) was a French author of numerous novels, biographies, histories, children's books and science fiction stories Douglas Fairbanks Jr, KBE, DSC (1909 â€" 2000) was an American actor, producer and decorated naval officer of World War II He is best known for starring in such films as The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Gunga Din (1939) and The Corsican Brothers (1941) He was the son of actor Douglas Fairbanks and was once married to Joan Crawford viii, 391 pp.
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The Forsyte Saga
by John Galsworthy
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This book is in fairly good condition. There is some wear on the front, back, edges, and spine of the cover boards, as well as spots on the outside back cover board. There is minimal bumping and fraying on the cover boards. The pages are yellowing and tanning, with some vertical fraying and warping, but the pages are clear of markings. A few of the pages are dog-eared and edges torn. "The Forsyte Saga was the title originally destined for that part of it which is called 'The Man of Propery; and to adopt it for the collected chronicles of the Forsyte family has indulged the Forsytean tenacity that is in all of us. The word Saga might be objected to on the ground that it connotes the heroic and that there is little of heroism in these pages. But it is used with a suitable irony; and, after all, this long tale, though it may deal with folk in frock coats, furbelows, and a gilt-edged period, is not devoid of the essential heat of conflict. Discounting for the gigantic stature and blood-thirstiness of…
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Nobody's Fool
by Russo, Richard
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TRINITY: 450 YEARS OF AN OXFORD COLLEGE COMMUNITY
by HOPKINS, CLARE
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pp: 500. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Wrap-around pictorial dust jacket, deep blue cloth covered boards with the college insignia stamped in gilt on the top board. Includes pictorial endpapers, colour frontispiece, and a foreword by The Honourable Michael J. Beloff, President of Trinity College. The book is a history of the venerable college from its inception. There are black and white photographs throughout. The appendices contain; drawings of the college grounds, list ofTwentieth-century Fellows, list of member of the college in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, and index. This is a near fine copy inscribed and signed by the author on the title page.
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Red Pottage
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Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the bible story of Esau.
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The History of King Richard the First of England: With Engravings
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The 1857 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of King Richard the First of England, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All eighteen B&W engravings (nine plates) are intact.Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with obvious water damage that shows through the endpapers. Fraying on top spine and front jacket. Small writing on front endpaper. Pages are age tanned and have small stains.
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The History of King Alfred of England: With Engravings
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The 1854 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of King Alfred of England, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All nine B&W engravings are intact.Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with wear on heel and top. Small markings on FFEP. A few pages have deckled bottom edges. Pages are age tanned and have small stains.
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Talkeetalkeewallahs and Others
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Self Published, Calcutta, 1938, First edition, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 194 pages, 5.25" x 9", recent rebinding. Short stories set in prewar Colonial India.
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Swimming with Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale; Sport, Health and Exercise in eighteenth-century England.
by ALLEN, Julia
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Cambridge:: Lutterworth Press, 2012., 2012. 8vo. viii, [4], 297, [1] pp. Figs., index. Pictorial wrappers. INSCRIBED by author to Dr. Dennis Gibbs. Near fine. ISBN: 9780718892760 "An exploration of the history of British sport, viewed through the lens of the life and work of Samuel Johnson and his friend and correspondent Hester Thrale. / In "Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale," Julia Allen takes a sideways look at sport, health and exercise in the eighteenth century, and in so doing reveals unfamiliar sides of the eponymous characters she uses as guides and commentators. Samuel Johnson does battle with the rough breakers at Brighton as energetically as he did with any of his verbal opponents; and Hester Thrale – herself 'a good waterspaniel' – provides wry observations, notably on what men decided women might decently be allowed to do in that foreign country that is the past. / Allen starts with the medical theories underpinning notions about exercise, the role of the physician and the…
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