19th Century Literature

London: J. M. Dent & Co. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. About fine but for prev. owner name dated Dec. '92, on ffep. of each volume, minor wear to extremities, and unobtrusive stains to bottom edge of text blocks and one fore edge. No date, but prev. owner date is 1892. Top edges gilt, half leather over marbled boards. An attractive set..

xxii+384 pages with frontispiece and thirty additional illustrations and facsimiles and tables. Quarto (10 1/4" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine facsimile signature to front cover. First edition limited to 750 copies.When the authors decided upon the production of this work, it was agreed that it should contain every bibliographical detail known to them, relating to the first issue o the first editions of thirteen important books written by Charles Dickens, and published in periodical form. The object was to present these details in such a manner that the student, as well as the experienced collector, might have a standard book of reference, which could be relied upon to put an end to the uncertainty still associated with the expression -- "original parts as issued." The authors examined the collection housed in the John F Dexter library, where confirmation of the material was to be found. The magnitude of the material contained in the thirteen works,… Read More

1881 George Cruikshank Comic ART Almanack Caricature Thackeray Illustrated Humor

George Cruikshank was one of England's best and most notable 19th-century caricaturists and book illustrators.

The 'Comic Almanack' is a collection of 19th-century tales and poems etched by George Cruikshank. This work includes the works of famed authors such as Thackeray, Albert Smith, the Brothers Mayhew, Robert Brough and Gilbert A'Beckett.
"In 1835 Cruikshank issued the first number of the 'Comic Almanack,' with a dozen 'right merrie' cuts (etchings) 'pertaining to the months' by himself, and a few minor embellishments. Sometimes the letterpress was supplied by distinguished contributors. To the issue for 1839 Thackeray contributed 'Stubb's Calendar, or the Fatal Boots,' to be followed in 1840 by 'Barber Cox, and the Cutting of his Comb,' afterwards called 'Cox's Diary.'" (DNB).
This undated edition contains hundreds of illustrations, many of which are folding.

Item number: #13803
Price: $599
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1880 IRISH Literature Jonathan SWIFT Gulliver 4v Ireland Read BEAUTIFUL BINDING
Charles A Read's "Cabinet of Irish Literature" is a late 19th-century anthology of Irish works. Read collected and edited the short stories, essays, and plays of notable Irish authors including Richard Steele, William E.H. Lecky, Andrew Cherry, Anthony Hamilton, and most importantly Jonathan Swift. This 1880 edition features beautiful, decorative binding; note volume four was edited by T.P. O'Connor (Read died before completion).
Item number: #14400
Price: $499
READ, Charles Anderson
The Cabinet of Irish literature : selections from the works of the chief poets, orators, and prose writers of Ireland
London: Blackie and Son, 1880.

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Collation: Complete with all pages: 4 volumes
o Vol. 1: [4], [x], 336, [4]
o Vol. 2: [vii], 336, [4]
o Vol. 3: [4], [vii], 336, [4]
o Vol. 4: [4], [viii], 336, [4]
o Many Full-page portrait engravings throughout each volume
· Language: English
· Binding:… Read More

1887 Golden Legend of the CROSS Medieval Woodcut Illustrations Veldener Caxton

A beautiful, 1887 facsimile edition of Veldener's printing of 'Golden Legend on the Finding of the Holy Cross'. This work includes William Caxton's English translation as well as 64 impressive illustrations from Fisher fresco paintings from the Chapel of Trinity Church in Stratford England. The original 15th-century work was written by an unknown author; though, the decorative Veldener printing was much desired. The illustrations are known to be reproduced from the 1483 original edition of the 'Golden Legend'.

Notes and prefatory material of John Ashton and Baring Gould. Ashton covers the legend itself, depicting types of miracles, raising people from the dead, healing the sick, and oddly making 'black people become white'!
This 1887 edition was published by Unwin and bound in a decorative binding, in the style of 15th-century masters.
Item number: #12965
Price: $750
CAXTON, William
The Legendary History of the Cross. A… Read More

Paris, France: A. Leroux et Constant-Chantpie, Editeurs, 1826. Book. Very Good-. Half-Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Two half-leather hardcovers with green leather spines with raised bands and gilt lettering and decorations; boards covered in marbled paeprs; text block edges painted blue; 409 and 452 pages; 1826 only date; text in French. Volume One: bubbling to paper on front board; slight edge wear; loss of color to exterior joints; front joint just starting to crack at top; straight; small bookshop label inside; very slight foxing to front matter, otherwise pages in excellent condition. Volume Two: slight bubbling to paper on back board; some loss of color to exterior joints; straight; small bookshop stamp inside; short tear to title page of volume one, otherwise pages in excellent condition. .

1867 Folk Songs FINE BINDING Poetry Tennyson Shakespeare Longfellow Burns POE
John Williamson Palmer was a 19th-century American poet and lyricist who published an impressive collection of British and American folk poems entitled simply 'Folk Songs'. This work includes the poems and folk lyrics of works of famous writers such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Alfred Tennyson, Robert Burns, John Keats, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Browning, William Blake, Edgar Allan Poe, Walter Scott, and Shakespeare, as well as many more!
Item number: #18750
Price: $550
PALMER, John Williamson
Folk songs
New York: C. Scribner and Company, 1867.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xxxviii, [2], 596
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Heavily illustrated throughout with vignettes and facsimiles of poets' handwriting
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Decorative red Moroccan leather
· Size: ~9.5in X 7in (24cm x 18cm)
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1851 New York City MAP Directory Almanac American History Politics David Franks
In 1786, historian David Franks published one of the most important directories of New York City. The New York Historical Society helped collect and organize the names of streets, political figures, judges and officers, physicians, professors, and law counsellors in New York. This 1851 edition of Franks' 'Directory' includes the highly desirable folding map!
Item number: #19460
Price: $499
FRANKS, David
The New-York directory : containing a valuable and well calculated almanack; tables of the different coins, suitable for any state, and digested in such order, as to render an exchange between any of the United States plain and easy
New York: Republished by John Doggett Jr., 1851.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[2], 82
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Includes folding map
· References: Sabin 54456
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Brown cloth
· Size: ~6.25in X 4in… Read More

1844 English Botany James Sowerby Color Cryptogam Lichens Fungi Mosses Algae

"the most celebrated of all English floras" (Henrey)

In 1790, English naturalist James Sowerby published what would become the preeminent illustrated work on English botany. Entitled simply 'English Botany', this work was a complete compendium of the native plants in Great Britain providing characteristics of plants, places of growth, as well as commentary and remarks on flowers.
English botanist James Edward Smith published his own work on the subject, collaborating with and utilizing James Sowerby's popular flower illustrations. Like the first edition, this second edition volume of Smith's 'Sowerby's Botany' includes hundreds of fascinating-colored illustrations.

Item number: #19952
Price: $550
SOWERBY, James
English botany, or, Coloured figures of British plants: with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth
London: Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor for the Proprietor, Judith Sowerby, 1844.
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1834 Handwritten Mathematics Manuscript WINE & BEER Apothecary Drugs Stocks
An interesting handwritten manuscript of mathematics lessons, theories, and problems. The lessons cover mathematical concepts such as subtraction, proportion, multiplication, and division, including an interesting section entitled 'The Rule of Three'. The lessons are then applied in a variety of practical questions, such as converting measurements between apothecary, troy, and avoirdupois weights and measures; understanding billing, expenses, and cost of services rendered; use of currency; brokerage of stocks; and many more. These practical questions often feature goods and services students would frequently interact with on a daily basis during this time period, such as the cost of ingredients for wine and beer; understanding how many garments could be made from a given length of cloth; travel distances over time; and cost of tobacco, to name just a few.
Item number: #21088
Price: $950
ELLIS, Robert
Compound Subtraction… Read More

1881 ENORMOUS Florence Italy House of Medici Illustrated Architecture FOLIO

Charles Yriarte was a 19th-century French writer who became fascinated with European travel. He spent much of his time in Spain and Italy, the latter of which prompted him to publish many works on his discoveries. One of his more prominent works was simply titled 'Florence'.

'Florence' became one of the most popular works dedicated solely to the Italian city. Yriarte describes notable royal figures, architecture and palaces, modes of travel used in Italy, cathedrals, and much more. This 1881 French edition is illustrated throughout with over 500 engravings.

Item number: #21486
Price: $599

YRIARTE, Charles

Florence : l'histoire, les médicis, les humanistes, les lettres, les arts ; orné de 500 grav. et pl....

Paris: J. Rothschild, 1881. Limited edition

Details:
• Collation: Complete with all pages
o [4], XII, [2], 379, [1]
o 500 engravings throughout
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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1883 Baptist Charles Spurgeon Lectures to Students Puritan Pastor Bible Sermons

"Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you're not saved yourself, be sure of that!"
― C.H. Spurgeon
"Lectures to my Students", was a series from Charles H. Spurgeon, first published in 1875 while he was teaching at Pastor's College. Spurgeon offers insight and wisdom regarding the art of crafting and preaching sermons.

Often referred to as the "Prince of Preachers," Charles H. Spurgeon displayed unique talent as an orator and was equally respected as a gifted teacher of the Bible. His coveted sermons and published works are still used today in Biblical research, study, and personal meditation.

This two-volume collection is a must have for the Spurgeon collector, especially for pastors and clergymen! includes the rare second series as well!

Item number: #30226
Price: $499

SPURGEON, Charles Haddon

Lectures to My Students

Second Series of Lectures to My Students; Being Addresses Delivered to the Students… Read More

1631 VENICE Republic Italy Medici Politics Italian Elzevier Florentine Giannotti

Donato Giannotti was a 16th-century Florentine political writer who is best known for his dialogue on the Republic of Venice. 'Dialogi de Republica Venetorum' was first published in 1540 and was one of the best sources for the history of Venice through the mid-1500s. While this book serves as a historical description of Venice, it was also written as a defense of republicanism and the government used in Venice in hopes of influencing Florence to adopt a similar style of government.

Item number: #21686
Price: $750

GIANNOTTI, Donato

Donati Jannotii dialogi de repub. Venetorum : cum notis et lib. singulari de forma eiusdem reip.

Lugd. Batav. : Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1631.

Details:
• Collation: Complete with all pages
o [4], 506, [16]
o 7 double-page plates
• References: Willems 353; Goldsmid II, 92
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
• Size: ~4.5in X 2.5in (11.5cm x 6.5cm)

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1886 BIBLE Gallery Gustave Dore ART Illustrated Old/New Testament Bible Scenes

Gustave Dore first began publishing Bible illustrations in 1865 in France, but because of their immense popularity, they would see reissues for decades and all over the western world. Most of these large, multi-volume Bibles, that contained nearly 250 engravings, were too heavy and expensive for the common buyer, so smaller products were published that featured only illustrations and no Bible text. These became the 'Dore Bible Gallery' editions.

Dore's Bible illustrations had a direct effect on early 20th-century biblical based films, drawing influence and costume design from Dore's portrayal of Bible characters.

Item number: #22319
Price: $499

DORE, Gustave

The Doré Bible Gallery: Containing One Hundred Superb Illustrations and a Page of Explanatory Letter-Press Facing Each

Chicago, New York: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1886.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 12 leaves, 100 leaves
o 100… Read More

1892 New York City Illustrated Moses King Handbook 800+ Travel Photographs

Moses King had a passion for publishing guidebooks that began before he even graduated college. His first work, "Harvard and its surroundings" would launch him into several publishing jobs and pave the way to a career in editing and writing.

This printing of "Moses King's Handbook of New York City" features over 800 original photographs of New York from the 1890s – a wonderful find for the lover of travel! According to the preface:
"Never before has any one put forth an illustrated history and description of New-York City in a single volume at all comparable with "King's Handbook."

Item number: #23514
Price: $499

KING, Moses

King's handbook of New York city; an outline history and description of the American metropolis: with over eight hundred illustrations

Boston, Mass.: Moses King, 1892.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 928
o Filled with 800+ illustrations
· Language: English… Read More