Hay, D. R.

The Natural Principles and Analogy of the Harmony of Form

William Blackwood & Sons, London, 1842. 1st. Hardcover. First printing. 50 pp. frontis plate, XVIII plates printed recto only, ills. in text, appendix, tall quarto, 20th century rebinding. Laid in: partial ffep, neatly trimmmed, with author`s inscription: `To Daniel Wilson Esq. with the Author`s compliments`. In addition, further provenance of this book is outlined in two subsequent owner`s names and locations, and is dated December 1902. Rare and interesting book. Good.

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Book number: 783469

Catalogue: Old Stuff

Hayward, John

The Family Visitor

Boston, Weeks, Jordan, and Co. 1840. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 224 pp. index, octavo, bound in contemporary blindstamped green buckram with gilt decorations. A complete, intact copy with firm binding and modest wear to extremities. However there is extensive dampstaining to the text rendering this a very serviceable reading copy, not collectible per se. Fair.

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Book number: 784553

Catalogue: Old Stuff

Henty, G. A.

With Buller in Natal or, a Born Leader.

London: Blackie, (1900). 1900. 1st. Hardcover. Third issue, December 1900, (Newbolt 97.3) with no date on title page, about 50 Henty titles listed, no large cloud behind shooter on front cover. 384 pp. + 32 pp. ads, 10 ills. map, 8vo, dark blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Very tight, square, clean, unfaded copy with original UK presentation bookplate to ffep, c. 1900. Light wear to cloth at tips, a few very short nicks to head of spine, few small scuffs to rear cover. A very bright, unworn copy that was in the same family from new until this year. Very Good.

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Book number: 774928

Catalogue: Old Stuff

Hervey, Lord Francis Ed.

Corolla Sancti Eadmundi / The Garland of Saint Edmund King and Martyr

NY, E. P. Dutton, 1907. First Edition. Half-Leather. First printing, US edition. Pp. Lxiii, 672, color frontis with tissue guard, map, 7 plates, appendices, glossaries, small quarto, bound in red buckram and white half-leather with gilt titles and green shamrock design, teg. A very attractive production. A Very Good text wtih no significant flaws. Neat owner's name dated 1920. Very light wear to covers at extremities. Short "cut" mark in centre of backstrip, not too noticeable. Hinges tight, book square. Uncommon. Very Good.

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Book number: 785414

Catalogue: Old Stuff

Vander Heyden, Hermannus

Speedy Help for Rich and Poor, or, Certain Physicall Discourses Touching the Vertue of Whey, in the Cure of the Griping Flux of the Belly, and of the Dysentery, of Wine-Vineger, in the Preservation from...

Aldergate, London: James Young, for O. P. And are to be Sold By John Saywell, 1653. 1st, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Full-Leather. Originally published in Latin, this is the English translation. Pp.[1] blank, title page, [8] "The Preface to the Reader", [3] "Clarissimo.", [20] "A Table of the Principal Things as are contained in these Five following discourses", 211, [2] advertising for additional titles sold by Saywell, [1} blank, size about 3 1/2" X 6", very old full-leather binding, possibly original? There are no fixed front nor rear endpapers. The front free endppaper is lacking an inch across the top and has a few small holes lower down. The title page is nicely preserved with a couple of tiny holes near the bottom obscuring 3 or 4 letters in the printing information. Overall the printed text is quite clean and very readable, with occasional spotting. Pp. 125-126 has a significant tear with old cello-tape repair, but is complete. Quite a decent copy in original un-restored condition. Only 18 copies found in WorldCat. Good.

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Book number: 788686

Catalogue: Old Stuff

Hoare, Clement

A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine on Open Walls Etc. Third American Edition

Boston, William D. Ticknor, 1845. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Third edition, first was 1837. X, 11-180 pp. few line drawings, octavo, original paper-coverd boards with ill. of Ticknor headquarters, rear cover has a descriptoin of some other Ticknor publications. Fair copy with original binding, no repairs, but quite worn with shaken hinges and bottom of backstrip missing. Last few leaves seem to be missing. A number of autographs dated 1885 inscribed on the front and rear endpapers. Fair.

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Book number: 786249

Catalogue: Old Stuff

Hood, Thomas. William Michael Rossetti Ed.

The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: First Series (Deluxe Binding)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. 1880. First Thus. Full-Leather. No date, approximately 1880. Pp. xxxi, 400, octavo, all edges gilt, decorated endpapers, full leather (alligator?) binding with gilt spine title and blue and gilt monogram on front cover. A superb, very high quality binding with minimal wear to extremities, not worn through at all, titles not faded. Inner hinges cracking slightly but very solid and not loosening at all. No owner's marks, gilt edges very glossy and unworn. Overall a spectacular Nearly Fine copy in a stunning binding. Scans available upon request. Very Good.

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Book number: 784893

Catalogue: Old Stuff

Hubbard, Elbert.

Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers Volume XIX

Roycrofters, 1906. Hardcover. First printing. 193 pp. plates with tissue guards, octavo, deluxe half-leather binding with attractive blindstamped art deco decorations, printed on hand-made paper at the Roycrofters' shop, teg. VG copy with no significant flaws, just light wear to extremities. Original ribbon-marker present. A lovely copy of this delightful production. Very Good.

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Book number: 784129

Catalogue: Old Stuff

von Humboldt, Baron. (Trans. By Richard Hawkesworth).

The Travels of the Baron Von Humboldt and Alexander Bonpland in South America in the Years 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804.

London: Symonds, 1806. 1806. 1st. Hardcover. First printing of first English translation from the French. Dutch and German editions also exist. Only the Dutch is listed in Sabin (33736). (Iv), 90 pp. (2) ads, 12mo, plain beige paper-covered boards. Binding and endpapers appear to be original. Leaves untrimmed. Contents are VG with no serious flaws. Contemporary armorial bookplate and smaller owner's label on front endpaper. Boards are very worn with the paper covering worn away along the edges. Backstrip brittle with some missing pieces. Hinges firm. Book appears to be in original condition with no sign of restoration or repair. The contents give an overview of the Baron's travels and outline his further proposed publications. Scarce item. Very Good.

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Book number: 776116

Catalogue: Old Stuff

Hutchinson, Lucy. Rev. Julius Hutchinson (ed.)

Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson Governor of Nottingham Castle and Town Etc.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1808. 1808. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Second edition. Xiv, 452 pp. frontis port, three plates of ills. facsimle of handwriting plate, large folding genealogical table, 4to, original full leather binding. This second edition contains corrections from the first edition of 1806, 6 pp. of additional content, as well as additional illustrations. Front board detached. First few leaves loose, otherwise a nice complete copy worthy of rebinding. Fair.

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Book number: 780463

Catalogue: Old Stuff

Hutton, J. H.

The Angami Nagas with Some Notes on Neighbouring Tribes

London, MacMillan, 1921. 1st. Hardcover. First printing. 480 pp. many photos, 4 folding maps, some colour, appendices, index, octavo, blue cloth with silver decorations. Good text with intact hinges, considerable wear and bumping to extremities, previous owner's names, small stain to upper margin near spine for small part of text. Dj is about 95% complete but has considerable wear and tear with old tape repairs and soiling. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 784197

Catalogue: Old Stuff

Ingoldsby, Thomas Esquire

The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels

London, Oxford University Press Humphrey Milford, 1929. Full-Leather. Pp. i-lv, 1-527, frontis portrait + 25 illustrations, octavo format, marbled fore-edges and endpapers, full tree calf leather binding with gilt stamped crest and gilt edge-decorations on the front board, extensive gilt decorations to the spine with five raised bands, gilt tiltes on red leather compartment. Very Good copy with modest wear to extremities, gilt very bright, binding holding well, except front external joint starting to crack a bit at the top. Presentation plate on fep to an Upper Canada College student, dated 1933. Internally Fine, with minor foxing to blank endpapers. Some "tide mark" stains to the fore-edge of the text block, not affecting text. Boards slightly bowing. A very atttractive example of this book acquired from the original owner's family. Photos available. Very Good.

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Book number: 789893

Catalogue: Old Stuff

James, Henry

The Tragic Muse

London, MacMillan & Co. 1890. 1st. Full-Leather. First printing of the English edition, one of only 500 published. Complete three-volume set in a deluxe burgundy full-leather binding. Spine has five raised bands, gilt spine titles, and "1890" stamped at the base. Original marbled endpapers, aeg. A superb set with no owner's names, stamps or other markings to the contents. Hinges firm, joints undamaged, gilt edges and spine titles are very fresh and only very slightly worn, leather not worn through at extremities. Only noticeable flaws are some fading to the leather along the edges and minor wear to the tips. It's doubtful that a more attractive set is on the market. Photos can be provided. Very Good.

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Book number: 789894

Catalogue: Old Stuff

Jay, Hon. William

The Eastern War an Argument for the Cause of Peace: An Address Before the American Peace Society at Its Twenty-Seventh Anniversary , May 28, 1855

Boston, American Peace Society, 1855. 1st. Paperback. 36 pp. octavo format, sewn in pale paper wraps. Speech is 31 pages, followed by Resolutions, Treasurer's Report, etc. Fair copy with complete text securely bound, with original presentation incription on front cover. Covers are dusty and a bit worn and creased, rear cover has one corner clipped. Fair.

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Book number: 789263

Catalogue: Americana, Old Stuff

Jonson, Ben. John Masefield Ed.

The Lyrics of Ben Jonson, Beaumont & Fletcher: The Chapbooks IV

London, E. Grant Richards, 1906. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Hardcover. The Chapbooks IV published by Richards. This deluxe version comes in an attractive decorated slipcase. The book itself has white stiff card covers with black spine titles. White leather laces are integrated with the covers and tie ad the front. Top-edge of the text block is gilt. Most pages are unopened. A very attractive copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 790321

Catalogue: Old Stuff