19th Century Literature

1840 Jardine BIRDS 34 Hand-Colored Illustrated Aviary Ireland Quails ORNITHOLGY

Sir William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, 'The Naturalist's Library'.

This 'The Naturalist's library, Ornithology' is the third volume in the set for British and Irish Birds discussing the migrant patterns, of varying birds of the United Kingdom, including varieties of ducks, geese, swans, and their migratory and eating patterns. Beautifully illustrated volume full of birds!
Item number: #9533
Price: $499
JARDINE, William
The naturalist's library, Ornithology, birds of Great Britain and Ireland, part III
London: H.G. Bohn, [1840]

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [10], 349, [1]
o 34 EXQUISITE plates + 2 frontispiece engravings
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~6.75in X 4.5in (17cm x 11.5cm)
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London: Hugh Cunningham / Cunningham & Mortimer / John Mortimer , 1842. Seven volumes, published 1842- 1845, iv, 346, ii, 572, iv, 568, 562, ii, 560, 562, 562. Engraved plates by George Cruikshank and Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"). with Cruikshank engravings Vols. I-V, and Browne's in VI and VII. Complete with all engravings. Cruikshank's illustrations are considered to be some of his best work. Bound in quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt and blind tooled backs, edges marbled, plain yellow end papers with ownership signature of Lord Rancliffe, ( George Parkyns, 2nd Baron Rancliffe, 1785-1850), a British politician. Very Good Plus, light wear to calf at edges and corners, marbled boards a bit rubbed, light to moderate toning which is primarily limited to plates and nearby pages, small ticket of John Howell, Importers, San Francisco rear end pages. A quite handsome and well bound set, sets of this important literary magazine uncommon in current commerce. A heavy set that will… Read More

1934 1st ed Herbert Hoover SIGNED Challenge to Liberty on Franklin Roosevelt
"Children are our greatest natural resource."
― Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of the United States known for his business plans during the Great Depression. Shortly following his presidency and retirement from politics, he published 'The Challenge to Liberty' which was a harsh, critical work of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, calling much of Roosevelt's plans 'fascist'! According to Polenberg,
"Hoover raised an important issue when he claimed that big government would attempt to protect itself from criticism by blocking the free flow of information and therefore represented an insidious threat to freedom of speech and the press."
This 1934 first edition is signed by author and former president Herbert Hoover!
Item number: #13579
Price: $599
HOOVER, Herbert
The Challenge to Liberty
New York, London, C. Scribner's Sons, 1934. First edition.
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Overall, very good condition. Binding is red with marbled boards and four gilt horse heads and gilt text on spine. It is in good condition with some wear on the edges of both volumes. There is some humidity staining, shadow staining and light foxing up to the page following the title page on both volumes.The final two pages each have age discoloration a bit darker that the rest of the book. All other pages are clean with no markings and only light tanning on the edges. The frontispiece in Vol. 2 is present but separated from the binding. The spines are in very good condition. A notable historical set, particularly for the two engraved frontispieces.

1880 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary MIRACLES Catholic Montalembert Fine Binding
Elizabeth of Hungary, also known as Saint Elizabeth, was a 13th-century martyr known for her miracles of healing and famed Miracle of the Roses. Author Charles Montalembert wrote a 19th-century account of the life of Saint Elizabeth which features numerous, impressive illustrations including a color engraving of Elizabeth's tomb surrounded by saints.
Item number: #14263
Price: $499
MONTALEMBERT, Charles Forbes
Sainte Elisabeth de Hongrie
Tours : A. Mame & Fils, 1880.
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Collation: Complete with all pages
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[xxii], [1], 550, [3]
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Heavily illustrated throughout
· Language: French
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Decorative cloth
· Size: ~11.5in X 8in (28.5cm x 20cm)
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New York: Dodd Mead & Co., 1897. Near Fine, light soiling at end pages, slight spine lean, SCARCE in dust jacket, Very Good Minus, 2" chip at base of spine, smaller chips, old tape mends, the number "9" in blue ink front of jacket. The jacket and cover designs initialed A.M., reportedly for the American Art Nouveau designer Alice Morse. Illustrated by Frederick C. Gordon. Dated 1895 copyright page, 1897 title page. A well-regarded novel about a Scottish doctor. First Edition Thus. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Macmillan and Co. Cambridge. 1859. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.1 x 5.5 inches). xi, 228pp. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Doyle, including a double page frontispiece. A fine ad clean copy in a fine leather binding by Bayntun of bath. Full dark green Morocco. Spine with raised bands, each with gilt dots. The compartments ruled, letered and dotted in gilt. Board edges with small gilt dot lines. Both boards with matching decorative ruled line and dot design. Double gilt rules to the turn-ins and with decorative outer corner pieces. marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Silk bookmark. The original decorative blue cloth spine and front board are bound in at the rear. Hosed in a felt lined slip case with light green cloth covering. A little rubbing to the centre of a couple of the raised bands, otherwise a fine copy.

NY: Dodd, Mead and Company. Good with no dust jacket; Spine toned, boards lightly worn and foxed, spine cracked at pp.2-3, some finger soiling, page tops flyspecked. 1897. First Edition. Blue cloth titled in gilt and with blue and black ship design on front boards. 1897 and Island printed on title page, no page number or title heading printed on p. 58. First edition of Conrad's nautical novel later retitled The Nigger of the Narcissus. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

1834 FAUST by Johann Goethe Tragedy Esoteric Devil English Faustus Davies

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live."
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust

'Faust' is one of the most iconic German tales of legend, telling the tale of an unsatisfied man who makes a deal with the devil exchanging his soul for whatever his earthly desires might be. The story has most famously been adapted by Johann von Goethe, an adaptation which has become one of the most important versions of Faust's legend.
This early English edition was published in London by Simpkin and translated by Warburton Davies.
Item number: #18777
Price: $499
GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von

Faustus, a tragedy
London : Simpkin and Marshall, 1834.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o viii, 231, [1]
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Provenance: Bookplate
o Alice Raphael Eckstein
o C. S. Schreiber
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Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Decorative cloth
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1855 HINDU Grammar of Hindustani Language INDIA Pakistan Urdu Forbes Arabic

Duncan Forbes 'Grammar of the Hindustani Language' is a rare 19th-century Hindustani vocabulary manual. Forbes' Hindustani manuals were written to help make the Hindustani language (and its derivative languages) more accessible to English speakers offering not only vocabulary but also sentence structure, letter and symbol uses, word origins, Hindu calendars, as well as extensive written language examples.
Item number: #20682
Price: $499
FORBES, Duncan
A grammar of the Hindustani language in the Oriental and Roman character

London: W.H. Allen, 1855.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o viii, 148, [56], 56
o 16 engravings
· Provenance: Handwritten – Captain [T. C. Huey]
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (21.5cm x 14cm)
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Folio Society, 2015. Hardcover. As New. Book unread and in crisp, clean and collectable condition/Insignificant rubbing on slipcase.

This is a lovely copy of a very hard to find novel from 1876. Bound in pictorial cloth with gold lettering on the spine and cover, this book is in very good condition.

1890 BEAUTIFUL Roman Catholic Missal Bible Prayers Liturgy Limoges FINE BINDING

An incredible and rare 19th-century Roman Catholic Missal. This work, an absolutely beautiful tome in itself, was published in Limoges by Dalpayrat and Depelley. Each page features an illustrated border around the prayers and liturgies. Stunning!

Item number: #22176
Price: $499

Catholic Church

Missel des évangélistes paroissien romain : contenant les offices de tous les dimanches et des principales fêtes de l'année

Limoges: Dalpayrat & Depelley, [ca. 1890].

Details:
• Collation: complete with all pages
o [6], 534, [4]
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
o Decorative dark green Moroccan leather
• Size: ~5.25in X 4in (13cm x 10cm)

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1885 EXQUISITE Fine Binding Catholic Bible Prayers Gruel Parishioners Romain

A stunning 19th-century book of Catholic liturgy printed in Paris. This incredible book contains various Catholic services of Sundays and feast days of the year. While other 19th-century books on Catholic rites and liturgy are available, few are as beautiful as this example. Published in Paris by Gruel and Engelmann, this edition is beautifully bound in decorative leather with gold-gilt fore-edging with a hidden decorative design.

Item number: #22199
Price: $499

Catholic Church

Paroissien romain d'après les imprimés français du XVe siècle

Paris: Gruel et Engelmann, 1885.

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• Collation: Complete with all pages
o 687, [1]
o Illustrated throughout
• Language: French / Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~6.25in X 5in (16cm x 12.5cm)

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1880 BEAUTIFUL Jules VERNE Extraordinary Voyages Sci-Fi CLASSIC Illustrated
"The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite."
― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne's adventure novels are some of the most popular and famous works of literature of all time. Known mostly for his works of science fiction, 'Voyages Extraordinaires' was Verne's largest collection of fantasy novels and stories. This set of 13 volumes contains some of Verne's most important works including "Around the World in 80 Days!" Note the stunning, red-leather bindings on each tome!
Item number: #23329
Price: $1500
VERNE, Jules
Les voyages extraordinaires…
Paris: Bibliotheque d'education et de recreation, J. Hetzel, [1880].
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· Collation: Complete with all pages; 13 volumes
o Each volume individually paginated & illustrated throughout
'Captain Hatteras'
'Les Grands Navigateurs'
'L'archipel en feu' / 'Le… Read More