THE ANNUAL REGISTER, or a View of the History, Politicks, and Literature, for the Year 1820 Part II

London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy + others 1822 . Octavo half calf (covers detached and spine leather missing) 671-1400pp (Chronicle) +[18]pp index & errata. Library stamp on back of Titlepage but no other library marks, one marginal tear and slight browning to paper are the only signs of use. *Begins with President Monroe's message to both houses of Congress on Dec 1819 which seems to be the verbatim text (enclosed in repeated quotation marks) dealing with the broken treaty with Spain, the monetary problems encountered, costal survey and naval enlargement and increase in piracy as well as the death of Commodore Perry. Among scientific inventions Capt. Marryat's Life Boat, New barometers, safer coaches etc. as well as many patents described. Memoir of Sir Joseph Banks & others.

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Book number: V66946

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Keywords: history annual

(Birket Foster illustrator)

CHRISTMAS WITH THE POETS

London, Ward,Lock & Tyler 5th edition 1869 Tinted illustrations (53) by Birket Foster + gilt ornamental decorations and elaborate Initials . 8vo red gilt with decorated cloth with shaped olive onlay on bevelled boards (tips rubbed/lower cover plain red sl.marked ) All Edges Gilt viii+201pp Gift inscription to half title and very sl.foxing to a few pages. A handsome gift book with much gold and other decoration printed by Vincent Brooks,Day & Son who were lithographers to the Queen Victoria.

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Book number: V75564

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Keywords: Illustrated Victorian gift book Birket Foster illustrations

THE CHROMOLITHOGRAPH: A JOURNAL OF ART LITERATURE,DECORATION AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ..Volume 1

London, Zorn & Co. 1867-1968 plates [ 76 mostly chromolithographs but a few pencil drawings on sepia back-grounds] All tipped onto inserted lettered mounts. . Large Royal 8vo {29 x 20cm] blue half calf on 5 raised bands, spine gilt with red title label marbled paper sides (corners bumped/edges worn) 378pp The early issus did not have a titlepage as the Journal was bound from monthly paper issues. The issues came to a halt between Nov. 23 1867 to Sept 26 1868. During this period the Journal was suspended as a buyer was looked for and this is explained on p 191 by the new proprietor, Messrs Zorn and Co. who bought the Journal. The pages are clean but there is some offsetting, usually only to the blank verso of the plates. Two or three illustrations have a crease as the plates are tipped in only along one edge, also a few words are damaged by adhesion from an opposite plate on page 246. The front endpaper is signed R.[?] Hill and there is a small label removed from the pastedown. The Index leaf has a line erased but the word "Sheffield" still present. Despite take-overs this was a short lived Journal that is quite scarce. The final leaf is rather foxed. *Articles make up the text by the foremost artists of the time. Penley, Audsley, Tymms etc. The plates are not always with their respective article and the number of chromoliths seems to vary though ours seems to have the largest number of chromoliths & plates.

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Book number: V75975

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Keywords: art chromolithographs illustrated lessons in drawing

THE CHROMOLITHOGRAPH: A JOURNAL OF ART LITERATURE,DECORATION AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ..Volume 1

London, take over by Zorn & Co. 1868-1969 plates [63 mostly chromolithographs but also pencil drawings on sepia back-grounds] All tipped onto inserted lettered mounts. . Large Royal 8vo {29 x 20cm] blue half calf on 5 raised bands, spine gilt with red title label marbled paper sides (corners bumped/edges worn) 312pp The early issues did not have a titlepage as the Journal was bound from monthly paper cover issues. The pages are clean but there is some offsetting to the plates. The front endpaper is signed R. Hill, Sheffield and there is a small label removed from the pastedown. This was a short lived Journal that is quite scarce. The final leaf is rather foxed but the pages are clean and tight. *Artists in colour include Teniers, Hogarth, Cuyp, Penley etc. The plates seem to vary in number though ours seems to have the full number of plates however it seems to end at the end of Feb.27,1869.

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Book number: V75976

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Keywords: art chromolithographs illustrated lessons in illumination

COMPENDIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL GRAMMAR exhibiting a brief survey of the terraqueous globe : and shewing, the situation, extent, boundaries, and divisions of the various countries, their chief towns, mountains, rivers, climates, and productions; their governments, revenues, commerce, and their sea and land forces; likewise, the religion, language, literature, customs, and manners of the respective inhabitants of the different nations: and also, a concise view of the political history of the several empires, kingdoms, and states. Embellished with maps.

London, W.Peacock 1795 Hand colored in outline Folding Maps (12 + frontis) by Russell . Duodecimo red roan gilt (spine quite chipped down at head/foot & heavily rubbed/tips worn) All Edges Gilt xxii+404pp +(4p index) 2 leaves nearly loose but clean and square. Nice 19th century inscription on FEP. All folding maps crisp and untorn with outline coloring. Maps: Chart of the world - East Indies - Spain and Portugal - France - Italy - Netherlands - United Provinces - German Empire and Switzerland - Prussia and Poland - Dominions of Russia - Sweden, Denmark and Norway - Great Britain and Ireland - States of America.

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Book number: V68561

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Keywords: geography maps

CORONAL,or Prose, Poetry and Art

London, Religious Tract Soc. 1858 Color printed plates (8) by Kronheim using the Baxter process incl. views of Niagara Falls & Loch Ness + flower bunches & humming birds . Small octavo red gilt cloth (faded/tips worn/1" tear to lower hinge) All Edges Gilt iv+251pp lacks REP & bookseller & binders stamp/ticket on EP & blank, minor foxing but mainly to margins. Short articles on Niagra Falls, humming birds, water lilies etc.

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Book number: V59400

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Keywords: color plates illustrated gift book

COURAGE. Thoughts of great minds concerning true courage.

London, Ernet Nister /New York E.P.Dutton & Co. not later than 1906 by inscription colour plates {10] . 78 x 61mm blind-tooled cover with cream and olive on blue-green cloth [edges rubbed/corners sl.worn] 82pp printed in blue + red + black to all text pages with fine calligraphic initials and decorations. Inscription to pastedown

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Book number: V75745

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Keywords: illustrated short sayings

DAYS WITH SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY (reprinted from Spectator)

London, Macmillan Cranford series 3rd edition 1892 Illustrated by Hugh Thomson . BINDING of lovely gilt pictorial blue cloth octavo (tips slightly worn) All Edges Gilt 158pgs Blindstamped "Presentation Copy" on TP & with small neat inscription on margin of TP, EPs only are sl.browned else clean and V.G

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Book number: V55960

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Keywords: illustrated book

DEESIDE GUIDE descriptive and traditionary with photographs

Aberdeen & Edinburgh, Smith & Son/Menzies 1st edition 1885 Real mounted photographs (8) stuck into lettered plates . Small octavo ochre cloth gilt (tips worn/spine slightly snagged but neat and sound) (ii)+121pp Lacks map. Neat miniscule inscription on margin of TP dated 1885 some finger-marks but photographs in good condition. With later bookplate on FEP. The use of actual photos to illustrate books was costly and used for only a relatively short time in book production.

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Book number: V56963

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Keywords: Scotland topography photography illustrated

[ John Barrow ]

DICTIONARIUM POLYGRAPHICUM Or the Whole Body of Arts Regularly Digested.

London, C.Hitch & C.Davis & S.Austen 1735 First Edition Frontispiece + 55 folding plates of art, carving, gilding, dying cloth, weaving, making ink, mixing colours and all forms of art. The first volume has an extra platetha is not numbered + 6 pages of . 2 volumes in mottled tan leather on 5 raised bands gilt rules to spine and covers & spine gilt titled [corners worn /spines rebacked ] All edges dyed red. Frontis.+ titlepage +[2p =Preface] + [555pp] + vol. II Titlepage + [520pp] + [4p = directions to binder + books for sale list] Coat of arms book plate to both pastedowns with name A. [Kells ?] Finch written in ink below the arms. Some off-setting or show-through to the last six leaves of both volumes else a crisp clean copy neatly rebackeed and with newer endpapers.

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Book number: V75923

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Keywords: Comprehensive "how to" arts & crafts

L'ECOLE DES PERES, suivie de la Mauvaise Mere, Contes Nouveaux

Caen, France, P. Chalopin 1788 Woodcut of the two fathers surrounded by medallions of 6 youngsters. . Duodecimo paper wraps 40pp. Two stories on the upbringing of young people. In order to assure himself that his son who has been indulged by his mother does not waste his life has a trick played on him so that he ends up choosing the right young lady to be his wife. The second story about a mother who favors one child above all her other children and the problems this brings. A quite rare and early chapbook.

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Book number: V70505

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Keywords: chapbook French upbringing

FLOWER'S POLITICAL REVIEW AND MONTHLY REGISTER Vol.VI (July to Dec. 1809)

London, Jones 1st edition 1809 . Octavo half calf (tips worn/hinges cracked but covers firm) xcviii+488pp+8p index *Monthly news of America -reported by this radically reformist paper in a very favorable light. Incl. extract from Dr.(Benjamin) Franklin on the Injustice and Iniquity of Privateering. Also much on Napoleon, East India Company etc.

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Book number: V57364

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Keywords: history politics America

FLOWER'S POLITICAL REVIEW AND MONTHLY REGISTER Vol.VII (Jan.to June 1810)

London, Jones 1st edition 1810 . Octavo half calf (tips worn/hinges rubbed) xcvi+560pp+11p index damp mark to beginning and index else unaffected. *Monthly news of America - reported by this radically reformist paper in a very favorable light eg. "Tolerations not so well understoood in England as in America or by Napoleon" etc.

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Book number: V57365

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Keywords: history politics America

FLOWERS OF THE HOLY LAND - FLEURS DE LA TERRE SAINTE - JERUSALEM

London, N P 1890 approx) 12 arrangements of flowers etc. facing page-mounted real photographs of captioned views in the photoplate . Oblong duodecimo (165x103mm) olive wood bevelled edges and carved with series of crosses with lower cover black lettered "Jerusalem" with decorated titled pink cloth spine. TP printed in blue in English and French with stylized floral border in blue. The photographs show horse drawn carriages only and unpaved roads, no buildings outside the city walls, and wooden houses at the Jaffa Gate. The pressed flowers are in good condition for their age and rather more elaborate, careful arrangements with some color retained than is usually found. There are as always a few minor losses to tips of some arrangements but all are pleasing in design.

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Book number: V65773

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Keywords: Palestine Holy land Jerusalem flowers photographs

FLOWERS FROM MANY LANDS a christian Companion

London, Religious Tract Society 1860 approx/ Fine color plates (8) by the Baxter process printed by Kronheim heightened with gum to shine . BINDING gilt black morocco (head of spine rubbed and 1cm split to hinge/ edges rubbed) All Edges Gilt iv + 251pp lacks front endpaper. Two leaves with feint damp mark to a few margins not touching any printed area. There is isolated foxing to a few pages and a flower petal pressed into a gutter has made a mark to the neighbouring pages but not any printed area. The plates show beautiful bunches of flowers from all the continents, America to Australia, Africa to China & Japan.

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Book number: V75452

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Keywords: color floral plates bunches of flowers