Category: Antiquarian

Inquiries Concerning the Intellectual Powers and the Investigation of Truth. From the Last Edinburgh Edition.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: NY: Harper and Brothers, [c.1833].

Seller ID: 55478

8vo. Quarter-calf & plain cloth, edges marbled. Short tears at spine ends, old stain to upper margin, a very good copy in general. The spine is lettered: INTELLECTUAL / POWERS. Issued as Volume XXXVII in Harper's FAMILY LIBRARY, which series is mentioned in the Advertisement leaf at the front, dated 1833. First published in Edinburgh in 1830, this is one of myriad editions of this popular book. This copy contains a Canadian bookseller's ticket affixed to the front end paper: C.R. VINCENT / Book-Seller / Lennoxville, C.E.
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Image for Great Travellers in Africa from Herodotus and Ptolemy to Livingstone and Stanley. With Maps and Illustrations. In Two Volumes. [aka: Africa and Its Explorations as told by Its Explorers.]

Great Travellers in Africa from Herodotus and Ptolemy to Livingstone and Stanley. With Maps and Illustrations. In Two Volumes. [aka: Africa and Its Explorations as told by Its Explorers.]

By: Africa. (Mungo Park, Burton, Speke, Stanley et al)

Price: $300.00

Publisher: London: Methodist Times, 1895.

Seller ID: 56927

Two volumes. 572 + 580 pp. Half-calf & marbled boards, olive coated end papers, edges stained red, spines lettered in gilt . Frontispieces, many maps & plates. Folding colour map at the end of Volume 1. Foxing to a few leaves, a very clean and near-fine copy. Also published as "Africa and Its Exploration as Told by Its Explorers" (London: Sampson, Low, 1891, in two volumes or six volumes). This 1895 2-volume edition has new title pages with the altered title, but the running title in the book is still "Africa and Its Exploration". A very nice copy of an uncommon set. This set is heavy, and wil...
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The Sporting Scrap Book. Thirty Coloured Plates.

By: Alken (Henry)

Price: $575.00

Publisher: London: McLean, 1824.

Seller ID: 56744

Oblong, original decorative patterned wrappers, red cloth spine. Black leather label on upper cover designed and lettered in gilt. The book measures 10.5 x 7 inches, the smaller of the two formats in which this book was issued. Plates printed on rectos only. Large piece missing from lower front wrapper, and a smaller chip from the lower rear wrapper. Small chips to edges, remains of children's scribbling in pencil on versos of some plates, in general a clean very good copy with the plates handsomely coloured and in nice condition. The plates are mostly titled at the top: "Henry Alken's Scrap B...
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Image for A Funeral Elegy, Occasioned by the Tragedy, At Salem near Boston, on Thursday Afternoon, the Seventeenth of June, 1773, : at which Time the Ten following Persons, Seven Women, and Three Men, were drowned, having been out on a Party of Pleasure ...

A Funeral Elegy, Occasioned by the Tragedy, At Salem near Boston, on Thursday Afternoon, the Seventeenth of June, 1773, : at which Time the Ten following Persons, Seven Women, and Three Men, were drowned, having been out on a Party of Pleasure ...

By: American Broadside.

Price: $100.00

Seller ID: 53642

Salem, Mass.: Ladies' Centennial Committee, 1875. A broadside, one sheet measuring 12.5 X 18.5 inches. Folded once, in half, some splitting along the fold, and some chipping to the margins. Very brittle and fragile. Affixed to the remains of a backing paper at the top edge, secured there by a pasted strip of paper. A verse in fifteen numbered stanzas, with cuts of ten initialed coffins at head; first line: "Awake, my muse, and tune the song." A lengthy note following the elegy is signed: "A Friend to the Deceased." The colophon at the bottom reads: "Copied from a broadside in possession of Ge...
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The Casket of Gems; The Gift of an Uncle and Aunt. With Fine Wood Engravings by Anderson.

By: Anderson (Alexander) - engraver.

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: 53533

Boston: Munroe & Francis, 1838. Square 8vo. Pale yellow decorative boards, designed and lettered in red. Some holing along front hinge, spine is rubbed, boards dust-soiled, short tear in one text page, scattered foxing throughout; a very good copy in general. Many engravings by Anderson. There was an earlier printing, in 1837.
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Image for "A Question not before the Jury, or Vitiated Testimony". A Lecture, Delivered at the Rev. C. Voysey's Service, at St. George's Hall, Langham Place, August 31st, 1873, by an M.A., of Oxford. [From the Eastern Post, September 6th, 1873].

"A Question not before the Jury, or Vitiated Testimony". A Lecture, Delivered at the Rev. C. Voysey's Service, at St. George's Hall, Langham Place, August 31st, 1873, by an M.A., of Oxford. [From the Eastern Post, September 6th, 1873].

By: Anonymous [an M.A. of Oxford]

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Finsbury: Eastern Post Steam Printing Works, 1873.

Seller ID: 55800

Disbound. 8pp. Self-wrappers. Very good condiiton. A slender pamphlet, on the subject of supernaturalism, and the question of a divine origin of religion. Reprinted from the Eastern Post, a newspaper from the East end of London: "The Eastern Post was a weekly local workers paper in circulation between 1868 and 1938. It was a working men?s alternative to other local papers such as the Hackney Gazette (focused on social reform through parliament) and the Hackney Mercury (a Conservative paper). Its readership incorporated local residents from the Hackney, Shoreditch, Bethnal Green, Poplar and Ste...
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A Postscript to the Advantages and Disadvantages Of prohibiting the Merchandizes of Spain.

By: Anonymous. [A Sussex Farmer]

Price: $55.00

Publisher: [London: c.1740]

Seller ID: 56887

An 8-page pamphlet, disbound, self-wrappers. Moderate foxing, a very good copy. WorldCat locates two copies, and assigns the authorship to "A Sussex Farmer". This relates to the wool and textile trade, commerce with Spain. It appears to be a follow-up to this pamphlet: "The Advantages and Disadvantages which will attend the prohibition of the merchandizes of Spain, impartially examined. ... By a Sussex Farmer. (London, 1740)"
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A Manuscript Antiphonal Leaf, Spain, 16th Century.

By: Antiphonal Music Leaf on Vellum

Price: $150.00

Seller ID: 56242

A single leaf on vellum, black square notation with custodes, five staves of five red lines on both sides. Size is 19cm x 26.5cm. Text is in Latin, from Mark:14. It begins on the recto: "manum in parapside: hic me tradet, filius quidem hominis vadit" and ends on the verso: "Respondens autem iudas, qui". One small red initial on the verso. Two small tape marks from matting, in the upper margin on the recto; clean and in excellent condition. Part of the Institutional Narrative of the Roman Catholic Mass. A handsome antiphonal leaf.
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Analyse de La Vie et les Travaux de Sir William Herschel.

By: Arago (M. Francois)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Paris: Bachelier, 1843

Seller ID: 53029

16mo. Contemporary cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Large bookplate on inner front cover, ownership signature on front fly leaf, a little wear to cloth at lower front hinge, a clean very good copy. On the life and works of Herschel, the astronomer who discovered Uranus. He is also remembered as a composer, producing 24 symphonies as well as other music. François Arago was Secrétaire perpétuel de l?Académie des Sciences.
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Image for De Magnitudinibus, et Distantiis Solis, et Lunae, Liber cum Pappi Alexandrini explicationibus quibusdam. A Federico Commandino Urbinate in latinum conversus, ac commentariis illustratus. [bound with] Heronis Alexandrini Spiritalium Liber. A Federico Commandino Urbinate, ex graeco, nuper in latinum conversus.

De Magnitudinibus, et Distantiis Solis, et Lunae, Liber cum Pappi Alexandrini explicationibus quibusdam. A Federico Commandino Urbinate in latinum conversus, ac commentariis illustratus. [bound with] Heronis Alexandrini Spiritalium Liber. A Federico Commandino Urbinate, ex graeco, nuper in latinum conversus.

By: Aristarchus of Samos [bound with] Hero of Alexandria. (Federico Commandino, translator of both works).

Price: $22,500.00

Publisher: Pisauri: Camillum Francischinum, 1572 // Urbini: [D. Frisolini], 1575.

Seller ID: 56988

Small 4to. Woodcut device on title. Both works are illustrated with woodcut diagrams (some full-page) and initials. Aristarchus is comprised of 42 leaves numbered on rectos only; [4 leaves of title and preliminaries, 38 leaves of text numbered 1 - 38]. Hero of Alexandria is 82 leaves, numbered on rectos only; [2 leaves of title and preliminaries, 80 leaves of text numbered 1 - 80 (pages 78 & 80 misnumbered, both as '70')]. Old vellum, some creases and edge wear, very good. The first gathering is loose; some moderate wear and red speckling of title, and a small repair to lower title of the firs...
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An Engraving of Major General Arnold. Wounded Dec 31 - 1775 at the attack of Quebec.

By: Arnold (Major General Benedict)

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: 54882

[Removed from Burke: An Impartial History of the War in America .... 1780]. An engraving of Benedict Arnold, full-length, wearing uniform. It has been trimmed to 4.75 x 7.25 inches; the top edge has been trimmed off to remove the printed page number. Some dust soiling, darkening to Arnold's face, a small pen mark in margin, very good.
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A collection of 19 autographs and signatures of 19th century luminaries, clipped from old letters and documents.

By: Autograph Collection

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Various dates, c. 1830 - 1840.

Seller ID: 55806

Various sizes and papers. Some have postal marks dated in the 1830s. Most are clipped to small pieces of paper on which the identification has been written. The signers include: Lord Morpeth, Earl of Clanricarde, Lord Hardinge, Londonderry, Sir John Pakington, Duke of Newcastle, Lord Brougham, Lord Clarendon, Duke of Argyle, Lord Lyndhurst (Lord Chancellor), Archbishop of York, Lord Cholmondeley, Duke of Norfolk, Ernest Duke of Cumberland (Queen V's uncle), Earl of Orkney, Duke of Richmond. Several are duplicates, nineteen in all.
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Image for Elementary Treatise on Land and Engineering Surveying, with All the Modern Improvements. Arranged for The Use of Schools and Private Students .... In Two Parts. With Numerous Illustrations. A New Edition, with Corrections, Improvements, and Additions.

Elementary Treatise on Land and Engineering Surveying, with All the Modern Improvements. Arranged for The Use of Schools and Private Students .... In Two Parts. With Numerous Illustrations. A New Edition, with Corrections, Improvements, and Additions.

By: Baker (T. , C.E.)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London: John Weale, 1854. New Edition.

Seller ID: 55453

Green blind-stamped flexible cloth, printed paper label on front cover. 224pp. Yellow coated end papers. Folding chart at pg. 82 ("Field Book"), and three plates at rear of which two are folding. Lacking the lower cover, early and late leaves detached, very good otherwise. The printed label suggests that this comprises "Vols. 60, 61" of a series published by John Weale.
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An Autograph Letter, NY, 1785.

By: Banyar (Goldsborough, aka Goldsbrow)

Price: $100.00

Seller ID: 53407

An autograph letter from Goldsborough Banyer to Mathew Vischer, a Counselor at Law in Albany, NY. Dated New York, 9th December 1785. 1 & 1/4 pages, closely written in black pen, with Banyar's flowery signature at the end. Concerning the claim to some land in New York State which was being made by a family in London. Twice folded, a piece torn away where the wax seal (still present) was attached (not affecting text). A bit of edge wear, but condition is very good, and entirely legible. Banyar was born in London, and first came to American in the 1730. He was appointed Deputy Auditor-General of ...
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Image for Dissertatio Medica Inauguralis de ICTERO : quam, annuente summo numine : ex auctoritate Reverendi admodum viri, D. Georgii Baird .... Pro Gradu Doctoratus, summisque in Medicina Honoribus ac Privilegiis rite et legitime consequendis ....Eruditorum Examini Subjicit Jacobus Barclay, Scotus ...

Dissertatio Medica Inauguralis de ICTERO : quam, annuente summo numine : ex auctoritate Reverendi admodum viri, D. Georgii Baird .... Pro Gradu Doctoratus, summisque in Medicina Honoribus ac Privilegiis rite et legitime consequendis ....Eruditorum Examini Subjicit Jacobus Barclay, Scotus ...

By: Barclay (James) (& George Baird)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Edinburgi (Edinburgh): Abernethy & Walker, 1810. First edition.

Seller ID: 56447

Original wrappers, sewn. Some edge wear and dust soiling to outer wraps, a very good complete copy. Inscribed on the verso of the final dedication leaf, "to James Hardie Esq. with the / Author's Compt. --". A dissertation on Jaundice.
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Every Way of Earning a Living. With an Introduction by Hamilton Edwards.

By: Barnard (Alfred)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: London: Amalgamated Press, 1908. First edition.

Seller ID: 56937

Purple cloth designed and lettered in white. Some wear to rear cover, a very good copy. A scarce work by Barnard, who is known for his writings on whiskey distilleries and beer breweries. This is an exhaustive index of occupations including an emigration section with details of jobs in Canada, Australia, Africa, etc.
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A Collection of 16 Proof Plates, mostly from Bartlett's American Scenery.

By: Bartlett (William Henry)

Price: $400.00

Publisher: London: George Virtue, [1839 - 1842].

Seller ID: 55949

Sixteen plates by Bartlett, engraved by Cousen, Brandard, Willmore, others. These are proofs on India paper, colored, on white stock measuring 11 x 8.5 inches, mounted on larger sheets of different stock which measure 17 x 11.5 inches. These are proofs before letters, bearing only the artist and engraver names in the lower margin, but no titles. the larger sheets are uniformly tanned, with occasional foxing and some stains to margins, a few with short tears in margins and wear to edges. Images are almost all in fine, clean condition, and all are colored. Titles are provided in a miniscule hand...
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On The Neural Processes Underlying Attention And Volition. [In]: Brain. Part I., 1892. Original Articles.

By: Bastian (H. Charlton)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: [London: Macmillan, 1892].

Seller ID: 56906

Disbound, 34pp. Extracted from Volume XV of: "Brain: A Journal of Neurology. Edited for the Neurological Society of London by A. de Watteville. Vol. XV". London: Macmillan, 1892]. This is the text of Bastian's Presidential Address to the Neurological Society of London. Very good condition.
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Case of Charles Beamish, Clerk in the Wages Branch of the Treasury of the Navy at Devonport.

By: Beamish (Charles) [British Navy].

Price: $100.00

Seller ID: 54883

London: Printed by J. Poulter, 1833. First edition. [32] pp. Disbound, very good condition. Tipped to the title leaf is an autograph letter from the author dated 4th March, 1833, to Thomas G.B. Estcourt, MP; on a second sheet Beamish has written details of his salary with several calculations. In this book Beamish protests his forced retirement from the Navy Pay Office, and makes a plea for reinstatement.
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The Bishopshire And Its People.

By: Beath (David)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Kinross: David Brown, and The Author, 1902. First edition.

Seller ID: 57028

8vo. 116pp. Red cloth, upper cover designed and lettered in black. Frontispiece and 4 inserted plates. Spine faded, some discoloration to covers, a very good copy. Ownership inscription on front end paper. Two plates are of the poet Michael Bruce's house & monument. Scarce.
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Category: Antiquarian