19th Century Literature

1828 1ed AUSTRIA by Shoberl Illustrated Costumes Moravia Czech Republic Croatia

Frederic Shoberl was an English journalist who, in addition to his famous translation of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame, created illustrations for a desirable travel and geography collection. 'The World in Miniature' was such a popular success that it propelled him to publish more thorough and detailed accounts of various nations. Beginning in 1828, Shoberl published works on Persia, Austria, and Turkey.

This 1828 first edition of 'Austria' is fine American edition of Shoberl's perspective on Austria, filled with 12 hand-colored engravings of traditional costumes. Cultures depicted include:
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Slavonia
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Egra
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Moravia
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Tyrolese
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Philippowan
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Szeressan
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Ottochacz
Item number: #8316
Price: $499
SHOBERL, Frederic
Austria: containing a description of the manners, customs, character and costumes of the people of that empire
Philadelphia: C.S. Williams, 1828.
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1847 1ed Das Kloster Scheible Occult Fairy Tales Superstitions PAGAN Calendar

'Das Kloster' is a 19th-century collection of tales and stories compiled by Johann Scheible. These books are some of the most popular books of occult texts, folklore, fairy tales, superstitions, and famous legends, including the tale of Faust!

This volume, published in 1847, includes F. Nork's 'Der Festkalender'. Nork, pseudonym of Friedrich Korn, was an early 19th-century German author, who wrote a treatise on how the modern liturgical calendar developed out of pagan ceremonies and rituals. This volume includes impressive, full-page engravings depicting rituals, prayers, angels, and Catholic icons.

Item number: #8829
Price: $499
SCHEIBLE, Johann
Das Kloster. Weltlich und geistlich. Meist aus der Ältern deutschen Volks-, Wunder-, Curiositäten-, und vorzugsweise komischen Literatur

Stuttgart: Verlag des Herausgebers, 1847.
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Collation: Complete with all pages
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LX, 1020, [4]
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1865 EXQUISITE Binding Queen Mary's Psalter Medieval Bible ART Sketches Westlake

A stunning mid-19th-century printing of Nat Westlake's illustrated Old Testament. Westgate was a British artist best known for his works of stained glass in English cathedral windows. However, his engravings of Old Testament stories were taken from 14th-century art sketches each of which is accompanied by English notes in the style of Medieval manuscript hand.
Item number: #9763
Price: $950
WESTLAKE, Nat Hubert John
The illustrations of Old Testament history in Queen Mary's psalter.
London: Joseph Masters & Co. Oxford: John Henry and James Parker, Oxford. [1865]

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [2], 8, [45]
o 121 engravings
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Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~12.5in X 10.25in (32cm x 26cm)
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Very rare and desirable with no other example for sale worldwide
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1875 1ed Pennsylvania Railroad American Revolution INDIANS Illustrated MAPS

'The Pennsylvania Railroad' is an early history of the Pennsylvania Railroad as it was in the 1870s shortly after the first common carrier railroad was built in 1829. This book gives a history of the cities along the route paying special attention to the American Revolution and wars with Indians, and briefly mentioning the Civil War.
This 1875 first edition includes numerous illustrations and engravings of railcars, scenic views, stations, early city and rural scenes along the routes, mileage between cities and junctions, and two maps showing the route extending from New York as far as Erie, and Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

Item number: #10072
Price: $499
SIPES, William B
The Pennsylvania railroad: its origin, construction, condition and connections. Embracing historical, descriptive, and statistical notices of cities, towns, villages, stations, industries, and objects of interest on its various lines in Pennsylvania and New… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859. Illustrated by John M'Lennan. Near Fine, top edge darkened, prior owner name front end page, T.E. Hibben, noted Indiana photographer of the late 19th century. Publisher's original dark green cloth with gilt lettering at spine. North Carolina author, this his best known work, noted for its folksy charm. Uncommon in such lovely condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1809 Japanese Samurai Etiquette Ogasawara Daimyo 2v Woodblock Tea Ceremony Meiji

An interesting 19th century woodblock-print of 'The Ogasawara Encyclopedia of Etiquette' writing the rules of etiquette for Samurai prior to the Meiji Era. Ian Neary states,
"The Ogasawara school, known for its subdued style and elegance, published numerous books on the subject that included an etiquette book for standing and bowing, the familiar three-tiered Japanese bow of today, which were necessary for the first time in Meiji Japan with the Western-style architecture and standing culture."
This rare 1809 edition is written in the typical column handwritten format with furigana usage for easier reading with excellent illustrations throughout of different etiquette rules of Samurai bowing to each other, other Lords and Daimyo, tea ceremonies, present giving, and much more!

Item number: #13047
Price: $499
GYOKUZAN, Okada
岡田, 玉山
The Ogasawara Encyclopedia of Etiquette (Ogasawara Shoreitaizen)… Read More

1835 British Manly Exercises BOXING Running Sailing Horse Riding Swimming SPORTS

'British Manly Exercises' is a mid-19th-century handbook for a variety of sports. Written by Donald Walker, this book covers numerous games and activities including running, climbing, swimming, boxing, sailing, riding, and racing,

Item number: #12943
Price: $399
WALKER, Donald
British manly exercises : in which rowing and sailing are now first described, and riding and driving are for the first time given in a work of this kind ...
London : Hurst, 1835.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xix, [1], 298, [8]
o 53 engraved plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~6in X 4in (15cm x 10cm)
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1886 1ed Greely Arctic Explorations Voyages Lady Franklin Bay Expedition Map 2v

This 'Three Years of Arctic Service' is a narrative by Adolphus Greely of the United States expedition Lady Franklin Bay, on the east coast of Ellesmere Island. The expedition explored the north coast of Greenland from Cape Bryant to Cape Washington, the interior and west coast of Grinnell Land and extended the mapping of Hayes Sound. After the failure of relief ships the party made their way to Cape Sabine, where six survivors were rescued after enduring frostbite, starvation, cannibalism, and an execution.

This book includes accounts of the battle with the ice on the sea, the sledge journeys, the life of the men in the camp and on the march, and the geography of the territory explored. In addition to the fascinating contents, it features an impressive map!
Item number: #14380
Price: $499
GREELY, Adolphus Washington
Three years of Arctic service: an account of the Lady Franklin bay expedition of 1881-1884 and the… Read More

1839 HUGE Colton MAP of OHIO David Burr Geography Atlas Cincinnati 19x22in
Colton maps are often considered the very best of 19th-century maps. Known for their accuracy and attention to detail, Colton maps have maintained their desirability even into the 21st-century. Cartographers such as David Burr would use Colton to publish their maps.
This huge folding map of the state of Ohio was published in New York, bound in a small pocket-size tome.
Item number: #14799
Price: $599
BURR, David H. (cartog.)
Ohio
New York: J.H. Colton, 1839.

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Cloth
· Map size: ~19in X 22.5in (48cm x 57cm)
· Tome size: ~5.25in X 3.25in (13.5cm x 8.5cm)
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Penguin Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom, 2006. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hardback. Collectable - Fine Condition. Illustrator: Blahnik, Manolo. ~~Limited edition #0850/1000~~New/Sealed 2006 Penguin Designer Classics hardback in perspex case, designed by Manolo Blahnik. Size: 264\nx 329\nx 94mm. 384 pages. Text is in French. Illustrator: Blahnik, Manolo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; French Language; ISBN: 0713999489. ISBN/EAN: 9780713999488. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 086378.. 9780713999488

1859 1st Capt Thornton Bate Royal Navy CHINESE Wars Opium War Canton China
William Thornton Bate was a 19th-century British naval officer who fought in the British wars with China, famously dying in the Battle of Canton. Author John Baillie wrote a biography of the life and career of Bate – one of the best biographies on Bate. 'A Memoir of Capt Bate' also surveys Chinese and Hong Kong history and customs as well as political tensions leading to the Second Opium War.
Item number: #19565
Price: $499
BAILLIE, John
A Memoir of Captain W. Thornton Bate
London : Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1859. First edition.

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xvi, 255, [1]
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5 illustrated plates
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Armorial Bookplate – O. G. Bolitho
Likely Otho Glynn Bolitho (1844-1911), Lieutenant Colonel of the 3rd Dragoon Guards and a member of the old Cornish family from Madron which found its fortune in trading and banking; by 1885, they were known as the… Read More

Charlottesville, Virginia:: Virginia Arts of the Book Center,, 2008.. Edition of 38. 6.75 x 10"; 64 unnumbered pages. handbound artist’s book, purple cloth, three hand-sewn signatures. VABC collaborative bound-book project, drawing from the cultural legacy Frankenstein.The book features various VABC artists : Kristin Adolfson, Josef Beery, Bonnie Bernstein, Pierre Blondel, Patrick Costello, Dean Dass, Stacey Evans, Barbara Heritage, Angie Hogan, Sarah Knorr, Kevin McFadden, Lindsey Mears, Catherine Moore, Garrett Queen, Frank Riccio, Joan Schatzman, Jesse Wells. Binders: Addeane Caelleigh, Lindsey Mears, Stacey Evans. "'F', a portfolio of prints by the artists of the Virginia Arts of the Book Center, Charlottesville, 2008. All prints were inspired by the Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, accomplished in various media including letterpress, block printing, and etching. For inquiries contact Kevin McFadden."--Virginia Arts of the Book Center Website, 2010./… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co, 1893. Finely Bound Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Attractive half blue grained morocco with five spine bands. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even expected toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and 100 black & white illustrations by Hugh Thomson. First Edition, thus with these illustrations.. Our Village is a collection of about 100 literary sketches of rural life written by Mary Russell Mitford, and originally published during the 1820s and 1830s. The series first appeared in The Lady's Magazine. The full title is: Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery.

1876Mary SHELLEY Poetical Percy Shelley FAMOUS English Poem Forman Fine Binding

Percy Bysshe Shelley was a 19th-century English poet who is, unfortunately, best-known through the fame gained by his wife Mary Shelley, author of 'Frankenstein'. Mary Shelley edited his poetical works, which was first published in 1839, and included copious notes. According to St. Clair,
"Mary Shelley brought [Percy] Shelley into the mainstream of the national culture…The notes that Mary added are masterpieces of editing, adding so immeasurably to the reader's understanding that nobody would now consider printing Shelley's poems without them."

This 1876 edition was edited by Harry Buxton Forman who in Professor Dowden's words was, 'our chief living authority on all that relates to Shelley's writings.'

Item number: #30325
Price: $750

SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe

The poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

London: Reeves and Turner, 1876-77.

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1871 GUNS 1ed Breech-Loaders Sport Military Hunting Firearms Gunnery Rifles

"Modern Breech-Loaders: Sporting and Military" by William Wellington Greener is a 19th-century book that provides comprehensive information on breech-loading firearms. The author, who took over the project after the death of his father, aims to offer readers insights into the various improvements made in the construction of sporting and military breech-loaders. The book contains practical information on shooting and constructing breech-loaders, supported by numerous engravings and diagrams for better understanding. Additionally, the work includes a section on "Black Gunpowder," discussing its manufacturing process and the introduction of "Pebble Gunpowder."

Item number: #40965
Price: $499

GREENER, W.W.

Modern Breech-Loaders: Sporting and Military.

London; New York: Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1871. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete
o xvi, 242, [4], 243-256
o 123 illustrations, 1 folding chart
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