Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea, or, Historical narratives of the most noted calamities and providential deliverances which have resulted from maritime enterprise :
Comprises account of Wrecks, from the year 1421 to 1807. 3 volumes, respined, gilt tooling & titles, over contemporary worn tree calf, corners rubbed. Internally, Vol 1, half title, map frontis, (vi), [1], (xii-xix), [1], [3], 4-448 pp, 1 pl (folding map Eastern Hemisphere), small loose card addressed to Miss Besant enclosed. Vol 2, half title, [6], [3], 4-516 pp, 1 pl (folding map Western Hemisphere) engraved by D. Lizars. Vol 3, half title, [6], [3], 4-515 pp, [1], removed book label to p515. All volumes, library marks to verso tps, book plate & label of Walter Bessant (1836-1901, novelist & historian) to fpd, small bookseller label to fpd, text block edges reddened, hinges strengthened. (211*129 mm). (Sabin 80537. Ferguson 548b). Contains amongst others: Shipwreck of Francis Pelsart on the coast of New Holland, 1629. Dangerous voyage by Captain Bligh, in an open boat, from Tofoa to Timor, 1789. Wreck of the ship Sidney on a reef in the South Sea, 20th May 1806 by A. Forrest. and much more
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Kennicott Bible
Facsimile of "one of the most sumptuous Hebrew illuminated manuscripts in existence and a masterpiece of medieval Sephardi art Limited edition one of 50 'Ad Personam' copies, from a total edition of 550, with the publishers signed leaf, 2 volumes, 444 leaves, illuminations hand-gilded, all edges gilt, bound in elaborate blind-stamped russet morocco, commentary volume [6], 7-97 pp, housed in a contained in original velvet-lined cloth box with tab (tab a little frayed to edges), 4to (296*224 mm). Lavish facsimile edition of The Kennicott Bible. The manuscript was scribed by Moses ibn Zabarah and illuminated by Yosef ibn Haim in A Coruna in Spain in 1476, and was commissioned by Don Isaac Solomon di Braga, who took it with him into exile when the Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492. It is named after Benjamin Kennicott, a canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and Librarian of the Radcliffe Collection, who suggested the Radcliffe Trustees acquire the manuscript when offered for sale in 1771, when it was purchased from a Patrick Chalmers Esquire for £52.10.10d. The facsimile took five and a half years to produce and the gilding by hand, by seven artists took four months to complete. Actes and monuments of these latter and perillous dayes, touching matters of the Church, wherein ar comprehended and described the great persecutions [and] horrible troubles, that haue bene wrought and practised by the Romishe prelates. [Foxe’s Book of Martyrs]
First edition, black letter, double column, 2 folding woodcut plates, 44 woodcut illustrations within text, woodcut historiated or decorative initials (including one large depicting Queen Elizabeth enthroned in her coronation robes) & tail-pieces, printed slip at foot of AAa2v, duplicates of EEE2&5 bound in (the signature complete), occasional contemporary or later ink marginalia, lacking *1&2 (including title), [fleuron]1-4 (calendar), B6 ('The utility of this history') & VVVV1-4 (index and colophon), all supplied in facsimile, also lacking the 2 slips with the woodcut illustration for pp.25 and 41 (these pp. with blank space for illustration), & the plate of King John at p.69 (this provided in facsimile), KKk2 torn at head and repaired (with loss of text) & with marginal repairs, folding woodcut plate at p.1548 with minor loss to border & mounted on stub, kalender printed in red & black, closely trimmed at head in places, occasionally affecting a headline, a few small wormholes in places, occasional marginal repairs, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, endpapers renewed, contemporary style calf, spine in compartments, covers with metal center, & corner-pieces (1 corner-piece missing from lower cover), remains of metal clasps, joints starting, but holding firm, ?spine repaired, rubbed and marked. All housed in a custom half calf drop box with a black morocco gilt label (304*207 mm). [ESTC S122006. STC 11222. PMM 86]. ⁂ A rare appearance of the first edition of Foxe's monumental work of early English Church history. It is most often found defective. This vividly illustrated work is comprised of five books, which include the early Christian martyrs; a brief history of the medieval church, and the Lollard movement; the reign of Henry VIII and the break with Rome; and finally, the reign of Queen Mary and the Marian Persecutions. Title, [*II], [3] Kalender, [1] Almanacke, B1-B5, (B6fac. Utility of History), 1-8pp, 49-56 ff, 56-63 ff, 62-67 pp, 68-71 ff, 72-75 pp, 62-67 pp, 68-72 ff, 70-73 pp, 73-74 pp, 85-468 pp, 465-468 pp, (473 only), 475-477 ff, (477 only), (467, 478 pp only), 481-676 pp, (8 pp), 683-693 pp, 696-888 pp, 877-1084 pp, 1083-1548 pp, 1537-1708 pp, 17101713 ff, 1713-1741 pp, [1], [39] INDEX, [1] printers limitation. Chronicles of the Sea: or, faithful narratives of Shipwrecks, Fires, Famines, and disasters incidental to a life of Maritime enterprise; together with Celebrated Voyages, interesting anecdotes, etc
119 Weekly parts, 2 columns per page, bound into 2 volumes, 1838 & 1840. In worn half calf, faded gilt tooling over worn blue marbled boards. Spines worn, some loss to both, faded, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, Vol 1, half title, [5], (vi-viii), [1], 2-480 pp. from No 1, Jan 6, 1838 to No 60, Dec 29, 1839, blue marbled endpapers, small edge chip with loss of a few words p103/4, occasional light water stain p384. Vol 2, Nelson portrait frontis, [3], (iv-viii), [2] adverts, [1], 2-464 pp, No 62, Jan 5, 1839 to No 119, no date, vertical tear with page loss p167/8, corner of p305/6, printed by W. Brace. ink owners details to feps (Smith?, 1872), ink name to tps (Hutchinson 1870), blue marbled endpaper lacking to ep V2. Issues 24 & 25 describe the Mutiny of the Bounty, & with the all important portrait & memoir of Nelson. (241*185 mm). (Ferguson JA Bibliography of Australia, 2456/57). Uncommon, 2 sets in UK (BL & Nat Lib), 8 in the US , 4 Australia & 1 in Sweden! A fascinating read!! Brook and River Trouting. A Manual of Modern North Country Methods. With Coloured Illustrations of Flies and Fly-Dressing Materials
Edition De Luxe, 9/50 copies, signed by both authors, 10 heavy card mounts with 2 oval windows to each side (except one with one side only), each window containing a dressed fly plus various dressing materials, a total of 39 windows, plus one similar card mount with a rectangular window containing 22 samples of coloured silks, 7 photogravure plates including the frontispiece, one etched plate of insects, [4], 5-106 pp, [1], printed in Bradford by Percy Lund, Humphries & Co, dark marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, original dark blue cloth, bevelled edges, gilt titling, a little rubbed, with a compliments' slip for receipt of a cheque initialled by Lee loosely inserted. One of the finest examples of the genre, the flies were dressed by Hardy Bros. of Alnwick. Reproduced in facsimile in 1980. (246*181 mm). (Hampton Angling p95. Not listed in Westwood & Satchell). (For a full biographical description of this work produced for the centenary of publication, see The Sliding Stream blog: the Edmonds-Lee-Centenary). An Account of some of the most Romantic Parts of North Wales.
VG. 1777, 2 pls, 1 map. In early 20c half calf over brown cloth, some blind tooling, edges rubbed. Spine, raised bands, blind tooling, gilt titles, edges rubbed. Internally, additional engraved titlepage, frontis, [3], (iv) only, [1], 147 pp, 2 pls (tp & frontis), 1 map (folding), evidence of removed bookplate to fpd, ink note to verso fep, blind stamp to verso map (Richard Hughes), ink name & stamp at ep Hughes), brown marbled endpapers. (Folio101*162 mm). (ESTC T18894 . Anderson 338). A New Description of Merryland. Containing, A Topographical, Geographical, and Natural History of that Country.
In early 19c quarter calf over blue marbled boards, edges rubbed. Spine, rubbed, gilt tooling, titles in gilt to later red calf label. Internally, [8], [1], (ii-xv), [1], [1], 2-47 pp, 5 printers devices, modern endpapers, bookseller label to ep. Appears to have been printed the same year as the 1st edition. (189*112 mm). (Straus, R. The unspeakable Curll. London, 1927, p308; ESTC N50094). The author identified in the editor's preface in other editions as Roger Pheuquewell, i.e. Thomas Stretzer. Description Topographique, Historique, Critique et Nouvelle du Pays et des Environs de la Foret Noire Situes Dans La Province Du Merryland. Traduction Tres-Libre de l@Anglais
c1866, in red cloth, gilt image to upper cover. Spine, gilt title to faded green calf label. Internally, half title, [4], 79 pp, t.e.g., small marks to upper board, bookseller label to ep, gilt board image depict a couple embracing, bookseller label to epd. (153*97 mm). The imprint is false, probably printed in Brussels in approximately 1866-70, & states L'an du monde 100, 800, 000, 500. An allegory of female sexual anatomy The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Many consider the illustrations for this book to be among the best she produced VG, First Edition, First Issue, [1888]. In the publishers original light brown glazed pictorial boards, text in black & yellow, image to upper boards, printers device to lower, corners worn, edges with a few bumped. Brown cloth spine, no title, edges bumped. Internally, half title, [4], 5-64 pp, 36 coloured illustrations (10 full page), green endpapers, green text block edges. (253*221 mm). (Schuster *157, p88;DPL17a; Murray Hist. of Children's Book Illust. p108/9). Kate Greenaway’s Book Of Games With Twenty-four Full-page Plates Engraved and Printed in Colours by Edmund Evans
VG, [1889] First edition, First Issue. In the publishers original green glazed pictorial boards, titles to both boards in black & green, children on see-saw to both boards, corners bumped. Blue cloth spine, rubbed at edges, no title. Internally, half title, [10], 11-63 pp, [1], 24 half page & many other illustrations within text, 53 activities described, yellow endpapers & text block edges, very occasional spot, previous owners book label to fpd (R. Wilkinson), small bookseller embossed stamp to fep (Lipson) with tiny edge tear, small bookseller label to epd (Hughes). 232*185 mm). (*Schuster p46; DPL73a; Osborne 1, p220; Engen p63) The May Queen
VG+, in the publishers green embossed cloth, bevelled edges, attractive gilt title. Spine, gilt tooling, no title. Internally, [5], 5-38 pp, [1], [1] (printers & device - R. Clay), 35 illustrations some within text plus illustration to title page, 1 header & 2 devices, interleaved with blanks, small mark paint? to upper joint, a.e.g.,occasional spot, ink owners dedication to fep 1911, 2 bookseller label to epd. (209*153 mm). A Guide to the Illinois Central Railroad Lands The Illinois Central Railroad Company, Offer For Sale over 1,400,000 Acres of Selected Prairie and Wood Lands. In tracts of 40 acres and upwards, suitable for farm, on long credits and low prices, situated on each side of their railroad, extending through the State of Illinois.
In modern brown cloth, title to spine in gilt. Internally, new endpapers, has an outline map of Illinois, with map of the Rail Road Lines to verso, frontis of Prairie scene in Illinois, [3], 4-60 pp, 2 maps (from Appletons Railway Guide), 1 pl, 6 illustrations within text (all B&W), some light edge browning & spotting, bookseller label to epd. Has articles on Inducements to Emigrate, Progress of Development, Soil and Productions of Illinois etc. An interesting and informative little read. Valle-Crucis Abbey or the Vision of the Vale A Poem
In modern half leather over floral boards, some blind tooling, title to spine in gilt. Internally, half title, frontis, [11], 28-160 pp, [2] 2 additional poems tipped in, 1 pl, modern endpapers, light offsetting to tp, frontis a little cropped at edges, watermarked 1804. Uncommon. (175*104 mm). (Monthly Review p100, 1806). per OCLC copies only at Bangor, Oxford, NLW & Dublin). First Hymn to Lenin and Other Poems
17 poems, first and only edition, Scottish Poetry. vg+, in the publishers quarter black cloth over red cloth boards, gilt titles & tooling. Internally, half title, portrait frontis, [8], 44 pp, t.e.g., an edition limited to 450 numbered copies, marbled endpapers, ink name to fep & ffep (Geraint Edwards). (199*119 mm). The Whitehall Evening-Post (18 editions) and The Kaleidoscope; or Literary and Scientific Mirror (1 edition)
An incomplete run of The Whitehall Evening Post from September 1723 to February 1724, 18 copies, each copy is 2 sheets with 4 pages of London Whitehall local & international News! ( + 1 copy of the Kaleidoscope; or Literary and Scientific Mirror for June 21, 1825 - 10 pages). The Post was published 3 times a week - Saturday, Tuesday & Thursday & the Kaleidoscope was published weekly, 1818-1831 by the Liverpool publisher Egerton Smith 1774-1841. (268*213 mm). The Whitehall Evening-Post editions are: No 777, Sep 3, 1723. No 788, Sep 26, 1723. No 797, Oct 17, 1723. No 809, Nov 14, 1723. No 813, Nov 23, 1723. No 815, Nov 28, 1723. No 816, Nov 30, 1723. No 817, Dec 3, 1723. No 819, Dec 7, 1723. No 823, Dec 17, 1723. No 824, Dec 19, 1723. No 828, Dec 28, 1723. No 829, Dec 31, 1724. No 834, Jan 11, 1724. No 835, Jan 14, 1724. No 838, Tues 21, 1724. No 840, Jan 25, 1724. & Finally No 853, Feb 25, 1724. Most sheets have news from abroad, home, prices of Stocks & adverts. Not much has changed! The Art of Preserving All kinds of Animal and Vegetable Substances for several years. A work published by order of the French Minister of the Interior on the report of the Board of Arts and Manufacturers
APPERT M [Nicolas]1749-1841 In modern maroon cloth, spine title in gilt to black calf label, gilt tooling. Internally, half title, [9], (x-xxv), [1], [1], 2-164 pp, [2] adverts, 1 pl (folding, B&W), damp stain to first 6 leaves including pl, text block edges uncut, modern endpapers, the first edition was published in 1811, & 1812 in the US. (191*113 mm). (see Oxford 141 & Lowndes 58 for the 1811 1st edition) Appert, a confectioner and cordial maker, began experiments aimed at preserving food in hermetically sealed containers in 1795. His success was regarded as being of strategic importance to Napoleon's armies and therefore not published until 1810. Appert opened the world's first commercial preserved food factory in 1812. He initially used glass jars and bottles, but soon changed to tin-plated metal cans. The Cultivation of Christmas Trees
ELIOT T. S. [Thomas Stearns] 1888–1965 In half blue cloth over colourful boards. Spine faded, ink title in ms along board edge. Internally, 4 pp, 2 illustrations (1 coloured & 1 B&W-calligraphic script) by David Jones, 2 blank leaves, not dated but 1954, first UK edition (the US one appeared in 1956 - A66b), red endpapers (tiny bit of red has bled over onto top edge, pencil name to epd (Anne Appleby). A part of the Ariel Poems new series. (215*138 mm). (Gallup AA66a). The poem is an essay in verse form that reflects on the various attitudes towards Christmas and the importance of preserving the childlike wonder and joy of the holiday season
Aks-i partaw A Series of Poems Containing the Plaints, Consolations, and Delights of Achmed Ardebeili, A Persian Exile. With notes historical and explanatory.
ARDEBEILI Achmed [ARDABILI] c1500-1585. FOX Charles (translator & editor) 1749-1809 First & only edition, 86 poems, in modern red cloth, gilt titles & tooling to spine. Internally, [2], [4] subscribers, [1] errata, [1], [1], (ii-xl), [1], 2-276 pp, occasional spotting, light browning to title & last 2 leaves, modern endpapers, subscribers list includes Robert Southey & ST Coleridge, printed by Bulgin and Rosser. (214*131 mm). (ESTC T106291) Fox, poet and orientalist, whose weakness proved to be his eccentricity and a habit of working on ‘trivial and not very interesting matters’ (Hone, 1.762). ARDEBEILI Achmed [ARDABILI] c1500-1585.
Biographia dramatica, or, A companion to the playhouse. containing Historical and Critical Memoirs, and original Anecdotes, of British and Irish Dramatic Writers, from the commencement of our Theatrical Exhibitions; amongst whom are some of the most celebrated Actors. Also an alphabetical account of their works, the dates when printed, and occasional observations on their merits. Together with an introductory view of the rise and progress of the British stage.
BAKER David Erskine 1730-1767. [REED Isaac 1742-1807] Over a thousand dramas listed. Second edition (New Edition), two volumes, in 19c half calf over cloth, some blind tooling. Spines, gilt titles, blind & gilt tooling. Internally, Vol 1, 1782, [2], (v-lii), 496 pp. Vol 2, 1782, [2], [1], 2-442 pp. Lacking half titles, an interleaved example, text in 2 columns, both volumes with title & endpage tipped to gutter stubs & eps with some paper repairs. Pencil name (Arthur? Wm Ashby Oxon) to feps, Exeter College coat of arms to fpd, binders stamp to fpds (Mattby), bookseller label to epds, 2 oval stamps to titles (Russell Institution), 2 tipped in old catalogue descriptions to fep. First edition published anonymously, 1764, under the title "The companion to the playhouse". (207*131 mm). (ESTC T89214).
A Letter to Sir Robert Ladbroke, Knt. Senior Alderman. With an attempt to shew the good Effects which may reasonably be expected from the Confinement of Criminals in Separate Apartments
[DENNE Rev Samuel] 1730-1799 In modern full black cloth, no spine title. Internally, [3], 4-84 pp, ink ms name to tp, some light offsetting to tp, modern endpapers, errata at bottom of p84. (200*124 mm). (ESTC T12821. Bailey 19cC crime & punishment) Denne's aim in the letter was to persuade the Aldermen of the City of London to allow Newgate prison, then being re-built, to be designed on a cellular pattern.- $357
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Little Ann and other Poems
TAYLOR Jane and Ann 1783-1824 and 1782-1866 Not dated but c1925?, 2nd edition, in half green cloth, cream coloured glazed pictorial boards, very lightly soiled. Spine, green title, edges rubbed. Internally, half title, frontis, [7], 8-64 pp, 58 coloured illustrations by Kate Greenaway (including 3 full page), 42 poems, colour printed by Edmund Evans (1826–1905), book label to fep, faint spotting towards end, text block edges greened. (226*142 mm). (Schuster, Engen p69, *109, 4. Murray p108. Quale p68).- $97
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Observations on the Cheltenham Water, and the Diseases in which they are recommended. To which is anexed, An Analysis of the Salts and Waters, by Several Very Eminent Chemists
M'CABE James M.D. First edition, 1820, inscribed by the author. In modern, to style, half calf over marbled boards. Spine, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, [5], (vi-xviii), 231[1] advert, authors ink dedication to ffep, text block edges uncut, some leaves not cut. Uncommon, OCLC list 4 copies in the US & 4 in the UK only. (227*140 mm). M'Cabe (fl. 1820's) was a little-known physician at Cheltenham- $390
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TAYLOR Jane and Ann 1783-1824 and 1782-1866 Not dated but 1909, 2nd edition, in half olive green cloth, cream coloured glazed pictorial boards, lightly soiled. Spine edges bumped, no title. Internally, [7], 8-64 pp, 57 coloured illustrations by Kate Greenaway (including 3 full page & 1 B&W), 42 poems, printed in colour by Edmund Evans (1826–1905), book label to fpd (KA Davey), ink name to fep (Barbara Salt 1910), end pages lightly browned. (229*149 mm). (Schuster, Engen p69, *109, 2a. Murray p108. Quale p68).- $91
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V.P.F. Balduni Iunii, Ordinis S. Francisci Regularis Observantiae, In Dominicas totius Anni Conciones III.
JONGE Boudewyn de -1634 Three Sermons on the Gospels of the Sundays throughout the Year. First Edition, 1616, in contemporary vellum, faint ink ms title to spine Internally, [16], 379, [1] index. A-37 pp, [4] index, (Signatures: *4, **4, A- Bbb2. A-Aaa4), interesting printers device to title, numerous initial letters & headers, occasional mis-numbering but complete. (200*157 mm). Very rare, OCLC showing 8 copies worldwide, 6 Germany, 1 Netherlands, 1 Switzerland. (none in the UK or USA!)- $975
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The History of the rebellion and civil wars in Ireland, with the true state and condition of that kingdom before the year 1640 ; and the most material passages and actions which since that time have contributed to the calamities it has undergone.
CLARENDON Edward [Hyde] Earl of 1609-1674 Clarendon's account of the events in Ireland after the death of Charles 1, the supplement to his famous History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England (1702-04). First edition, 1720, in worn contemporary calf, gilt edge tooling, corners bumped, joints cracked, bands holding. Spine, raised bands, worn gilt tooling, lacking the title label. Internally, portrait frontis, [16], 381 pp, [1] adverts, 1 pl (frontis), ink name to fep (Catherine Williams), some hipping to edge of fep & frontis, small area of very light staining to first few leaf margins, text block edges sprinkled red. (192*117 mm). (ESTC T 53951).- $845
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