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Nineteenth Century: Magazine of the Victorian Society in America [Volume 28, Number 1, "William Sidney Mount's Musician Series"]

Ayres, William (editor) · 2008 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Victorian Society in America, 2008. Softcover. Color illus. stapled wraps; 48 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color and bw. This issue's cover story is "William Sidney Mount's Musician Series" by Eva Greguski; Other articles include "'Somewhat Close…

An Original Printing of an Obituary and of a Tribute to Henry James, O.M. (1843-1916). First Editions

The Times of London; Country Life; H. B. Marriott Watson, text; Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay (1836- 1922), provenance · 1916 · Wittenborn Art Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

London: The Times and Country Life, 1916. Original printings of obituary and a tribute. Mounted recto and verso on a ledger sheet 31 x 42cm..... Provenance: Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay was born on 20 July 1836.1 He was the son of Captain George William St. John-M…

The Table Talker or Brief Essays on Society and Literature

William Johnstone · 1840 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

London , William Pickering, 1840. Cloth. William Johnstone's collection of essays on society and literature. Including topics such as Invisible Existences, Female Education, Enlightenment and much more. Bookplates of Sir Henry Doulton and H. Lewis Doulton to front free-endp…

The Late Lord Russel's Case with Observations upon it. Written by the Right Honourable Henry Lord De la Mere.

WARRINGTON, HENRY BOOTH, EARL OF, 1652-1694. · 1689 · Chilton Books

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

London: Printed for Awnsham Churchill at the Black Swan at Amen-Corner, in Ave-Mary-Lane, M DC LXXXIX. [ 1689 ]. 0. Fine binding. Modern boards covered with Sidney Cockerell handmade marbled papers. Printed title to front board. Folio. 12" x 7.75". [2pp.]/pp.15 . Printed title w…

The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV. And King William IV.

Charles Greville · 1874 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1874. Leather. The complete three volume, first edition set of the memoirs of Charles Greville, detailing the reigns of King George IV and King William IV and bound in half calf by Mudie. The first edition. Bound in half calf with marbled paper …

1848 Manuscript Signed Letter by William Brougham, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux, Regarding Mortgage Terms, Business

WILLIAM BROUGHAM 2ND BARON BROUGHAM AND VAUX · 1848 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$249.99 (€226.81 | £189.19 | ¥39,925)

England, 1848. Non-Book. On offer is a manuscript signed letter of William Brougham 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux (1795-1886). Dated July 5, 1848. Brougham wrote this letter to clarify the terms of a mortgage and to note an upcoming visit he will take to Brougham where he will set…

A Sammelband of Eight Tracts of British Politics

Thomas Erskine; William Pitt; Henry Dundas; T. R. Bentley; Thomas Peregrine Courteney · 1797 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London; Edinburgh, J. Debrett; J. Wright; C. Whittingham for F. and C. Rivington; J. Hatchard; J. Budd; James Ballantyne , 1797-1810 . First edition. Leather. A sammelband of eight political tracts about the political state of Great Britain in the late eighteenth and early ninet…

John Bull's Complaint to the Public Schoolmaster (Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux; John Bull)

Doyle, John ("H.B.") (1797-1868) · 1829 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

London: Thomas MacLean, 1829. Original lithograph. 10 x 13 inches. Very Good. Light signs of foxing. Inserted into light matting. Sitters: Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), Lord Chancellor. John Bull (active 1712-present), Fictitious epitomist of Englishne…

Newcastle Versus Newark (Henry Pelham Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle-Under-Lyne; Michael Thomas Sadler)

Doyle, John ("H.B.") (1797-1868) · 1829 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

London: Thomas MacLean, 1829. Original lithograph. 11 x 13.5 inches. Very Good. Mild toning. Inserted into light matting. Sitters: Henry Pelham Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1785-1851), Nobleman and politician. Michael Thomas Sadler (1780-1835), Social reform…

The Architectural Record, November [Nov. ], 1917, Vol. XLII, No. 5, Serial No. 230: Residence of the Honorable Henry White

BOYD, JOHN TAYLOR JR.; MIKKELSEN, MICHAEL A.; MAWSON, THOMAS H.; SOLON, LEON V.; TALLMADGE, THOMAS E.; SMITH, J. ANDRE; BACH, RICHARD F. · 1917 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.56 | ¥71,868)

New York: The Architectural Record Company, 1917. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Solon, Leon V.. 401-496, 120 [ads] pages. Profusely illustrated with diagrams and black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Includes dozens of magnificently illustrate…

The Right Honorable James Caulfield, Earl of Charlemont of the Kingdom of Ireland, Head of the Volunteers [and] the Right Honorable Henry Fox, Lord Holland

Hogarth, William (1697-1764) After. Engraved by Joseph Haynes ( 1760-1829) · 1821 · Wittenborn Art Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, circa 1821. Two engravings on one sheet. 63 x 48 cm. James Caulfield 4th Viscount and since 1763 1st Earl of Charlemont, (1728-1799), son of James Viscount Charlemont, became commander in chief of the Irish Volunteers in 1780. Equally important, h…

The huntyng and fyndyng out of the Romish fox: whiche more than seven yeares hath bene hyd among the Byshoppes of England, after that the Kynges Hyghnes, Henry VIII, had commanded hym to be dryven out of hys realme. Written by Wyllyam Turner, Doctour of Physicke, and formerly Fellow of Pembroke College in Cambridge. Amended and Curtailed: with a Short Account of the Author Prefixed, By Robert Potts, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge.

TURNER, William. · 1851 · John Turton

£52.20 (€62.58 | $68.98 | ¥11,016)

London: John W. Parker, West Strand; Cambridge: Macmillans, 1851 reprint. 22cm. xvi, 5-40pp. Contemporary half roan gilt, spine lettered direct, marbled sides. Extremes lightly rubbed; light spotting and text age-browning. Above imprint: Basyl: Imprynted in the Yeare 1543. Cambr…

CONSIDERATIONS On The ESTABLISHMENT Of A REGENCY; With an Appendix: Containing Proceedings Relative to the Settling the Form of Government During the Minority of Henry VI. and During the King Being Disqualified by Infirmities

[Grenville, William Wyndham, Baron. 1759 - 1834] · 1788 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.44 | ¥13,176)

London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1788. 1st edition. Modern paper wrappers with printed title label to front wrapper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. [2], 69, [3] pp. 8vo, in 4s. 7-7/8" x 5-1/8". VG+ (title label smudged).

Old Nursery Tales and Famous Histories

H. W. Dulcken · 1832 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Ward, Lock and Tyler, c1870. Cloth. A scarce copy of Dulcken's Old Nursery Tales and Famous Histories. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Undated, presumed first. Henry William Dulcken (1832-1894). With seven colour plates and numerous black and whit…

Odds and Ends in Prose and Verse

CRUIKSHANK, George; MERLE, William Henry · 1831 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831. A collection of poems and short stories, full of humor Thirteen illustrations by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. MERLE, William Henry. Odds and Ends. In Prose and Verse. By William Henry Merle, E…

[Gravure originale sur cuivre] The United States Bank, Philadelphia.

BARTLETT (William Henry) & TINGLE (James). · 1839 · Babel Librairie

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,041)

[London, George Virtue, 1839]. Dimensions (ˆ vue) : 268 x 208 mm. Jolie Žpreuve avec rehauts aquarellŽs du temps extraite de l'importante publication : American Sceneryseries par William H. Bartlett. BŽnŽzit I, Dictionnaire des peintres, p. 477. Petites t‰ches en marge infŽrie…

Bully Hayes, South Sea Pirate, by Basil Lubbock

Lubbock, Basil · 1931 · Brookline Village Books

$138.00 (€125.20 | £104.44 | ¥22,039)

Boston, Charles E. Lauriat company, 1931. Hardcover. xi, [1], 322 p. 1 l. col. front. plates, 26 cm. Very good condition .

Gretna-Green Bolt-a, the

ALKEN, Henry; ARMSTRONG, William Henry; ACKERMANN, Rudolph, publisher · 1853 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$1,250.00 (€1,134.09 | £945.99 | ¥199,633)

London [&] Paris: Rudolph Ackermann [&] Galignani & Co. 1853. A Rare Work. The frontispiece. which is executed in the manner of Henry Alken" From the Library of Fitz Eugene Dixon [ALKEN, Henry, in the style of]. [ARMSTRONG, William Henry]. O'BRADLEY, Arthur, pseudonym. The Gretn…

Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait...London, Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1831. 2 volumes. Large 8vo. With 3 lithographed maps (2 large folding), 20 engraved plates, 3 two-page folding plates, and 1 engraved illustration in the text. Contemporary half green morocco, marbled sides, gold-tooled title on spine, marbled edges.

BEECHEY, Frederick William. · 1796 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)

XXVI, [1], [1 blank], 472; IV, 330, [1], 331-452 pp.First octavo edition of Beechey's account of his celebrated Pacific voyage, which was preceded by a quarto edition in the same year. It "is one of the most valuable of modern voyages and relates extensive visits to Pitcairn Isl…

A Freshwater Yarn

William Brown; Henry Jones; John Robinson · 1888 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London, Elliot Stock, [1888]. Paperback. A very scarce illustrated topographical tale of a trip down the River Avon. A very scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and twelve plates.A charming and comical tale following a trip down the…