Keith, Rev. A.

The Evidence of Prophecy: Selected and Abridged with Additional Reflections...

New York, American Tract Society, 1850. Hardcover. No date, probably mid-19th century. 144 pp. frontis plus two full-page engravings in text, marbled boards with blue cloth spine and paper label (possibly original binding), 3.75 X 6 inches. A Very Good copy: tight binding, clean text with almost no foxing, contemporary owner`s names on endpapers. No sign of repair or restoration. Modest wear to covers at tips, no significant fading or soiling. A lovely little book. Very Good.

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Book number: 785147

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Kettlewell, John.

The Measures of Christian Obedience or a Discourse Showing what Obedience is Indispensibly Necessary to a Regenerate State and what Defects are Consistent with it.

London: Self-published, 1681. 1st. Hardcover. Apparent first printing. (30), 714, (1) pp. errata page at rear, 8vo, contemporary full leather binding with impressed armorial emblem, four raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine. This copy bears the armorial bookplate of "Gower Earl Gower". A VG copy with no major flaws. The binding is worn at the extremities, as would be expected given its age, and has a "crackled-shellac" finish, however the joints and hinges are sound and strong. Contents are complete and in excellent condition, all endpapers appear to be present and original. A very attractive copy of this scarce book. Very Good.

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Book number: 780301

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Kipling, Rudyard (Cedric Chivers Binding )

Departmental Ditties, Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses (Fine Binding By Chivers)

New York, United States Book Company, 1890. 1st. Three-Quarter Leather. Chivers, Cedric. First issue with publisher's address on title page. Vi, 270 pp. 12mo, top-edge gilt, custom binding by Cedric Chivers, Bath, UK (blind-stamped to top-corner of second free endpaper). Three-quarters navy leather with gilt spine titles and decorations, over beige buckram boards, marbled endpapers. Original owner's name "Evelyn Cochrane" and original Calgary, AB bookstore stamp on half-title page. Mrs. Cochrane was the wife of prominent Albertan rancher William Cochrane. Binding and contents are Nearly Fine: tight and fresh, with slight wear, nicks and minor bumping to the edges of a few leaves. Gilt is very bright. A superb copy in a masterful Chivers binding. Very Good.

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Book number: 788125

Catalogue: Old Stuff

Keywords: Cedric Chivers Bookbinder Fine Binding

Kloss, C. Boden

In the Andamans and Nicobars: The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner Terrapin, with Notices of the Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, Etc.

London, John Murray, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. Xvi, 373 pp. frontis, map, many photo plates, illustrations in text, appendices, index, octavo, blue buckram in three-quarters leather, decorated endpapers. VG: light wear to extremities, intact hinges. Title page and frontis held by cello-tape. Good.

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Book number: 784068

Catalogue: Travel, Old Stuff

Knight, Charles

Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Municipal, Baronial, and Popular Antiquities. Two volume Set.

London, Charles Knight & Co. 1845. 1st. Hardcover. First printing. Pp. (4) viii, 392; vi, 386, colour frontis with tissue guards, 24 chromolithographs, about 2,500 engravings, tooled calf leather over marbled boards, folio size. Tear to one plate in Volume II, faint foxing and minor staining to the edges of some plates, otherwise contents are Very Good with no loose pages or shakeness. Original marbled endpapers present but boards detached and backstrips missing. Worthy of rebinding, or can be enjoyed as a disbound set. Fair.

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Book number: 786136

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Lane, Edward William

An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians Written in Egypt during the years 1833-1835

London, John Murray, 1860. 5th. Hardcover. First printing of the 5th revised edition "with numerous additions and improvements, from a copy annotated by the author". Pp. xxiii, 619, frontis plates (Sketch of a Guest-chamber"), 131 illustrations, F appendices, index, errata, large octavo format in dark green buckram with extensive gilt decorations to the front board and spine. Contents are Good with moderate foxing to the preliminary pages up to the frontis, just minor foxing in places elsewhere, but most plates are quite fresh and clean. Buckram and gilt is quite bright overall, but the spine is slightly faded as expected. Average evidence of use to extremities, with short pull-tears to spine and tips worn through. Both inner hinges have been reinforced. A decent copy overall with the flaws mentioned. Fair.

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Book number: 789272

Catalogue: Old Stuff

Lennie, William

The Principles of English Grammar Containing the Substance of All the Most Approved English Grammar Extant...

Toronto, Robert McPhail, 1860. Hardcover. No date, but assuming 1850s-60s, when McPhail was publishing as a sole proprietor at 65 King East. Title page states "from the twenty-third Edinburgh edition". 178 pp + (2) "Advertisement", index, pocket format (about 6" X 3.5") in pale blue paper-covered boards, dark-blue cloth spine. Binding and contents appear to be original with no sign of alteration or repair. Firm binding, clean contents. Paper-covered boards modestly worn and scuffed, backstrip intact. Really a very attractive copy overall. This edition, published by McPhail (not Brewer & McPhail) is rare, with no examples found on WorldCat. Very Good.

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Book number: 789871

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Machiavelli, Niccolo.

Discorsi Di Niccolo Machiavelli.

Milano: Nicolo Bettoni, 1824. 1824. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Apparent first printing, this edition. Two volumes: 302 + 323 pp. 8vo, original marbled boards with three-quarters calf, gilt spine titles, gold bands. A very handsome set, all original including endpapers. Small stamp from original owner on front endpaper ("Rinaldi"). Bindings are in excellent condition, only lightly worn at extremities. Volume 1 is in VG condition internally but volume II has some staining to the upper margins, not affecting the printed text. A lovely set in above-average condtion. Very Good.

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Book number: 778733

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Madden, R. R.

The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington Vol. I

New York: Harper Brothers, 1855, 1855. Hardcover. First printing. Volume I only, 547 pp. frontis port. with tissue guard, 8vo, original brown blindstamped buckram with gilt spine titles. Contents Nearly Fine, binding tight, cloth and titles in VG condition. Some soiling to endpapers, light wear to extremities. VG overall. Very Good.

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Book number: 782472

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La Martine, A.

Premieres Meditations Poetiques Avec Commentaires / La Mort De Socrate

Paris, Libraire Hachette, 1921. Full-Leather. Pp. xxiv, 270, index, octavo in full leather binding with gilt titles, teg, marbled endpapers. A very attractive custom binding. Neat owner's name, very light wear to extremities, otherwise Fine copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 788557

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Maurois, Andre

Ariel

Paris, Grasset, 1923. 1st, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Half-Leather. First printing. Pp. 354, table of contents, about 19cm X 13cm. Superbly custom-bound in half-leather, patterned boards, with gilt spine decorations and titles, top-edge gilt. Neat owner's name of diplomat's spouse "Menton, 1923". A superb set with almost no sign of wear. We have matching bound volumes from the same period by Anatole France, de Maupassant and Rostand, as well as couple more Maurois (Byron and Disraeli). Please contact us for details. Photos available. Fine.

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Book number: 788484

Catalogue: Literature, Old Stuff

Maurois, Andre

Byron I et II (2 volumes) + Ephemera X 2

Paris, Grasset, 1930. 1st, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Half-Leather. First printing. Two volumes, pp. 368, 361, index, about 19cm X 13cm. Superbly custom-bound in half-leather, patterned boards, with gilt spine decorations and titles, top-edge gilt. Neat owner's name of diplomat's spouse "Athens, 1930". Laid in: news clipping obituary, in French, about 26 column inches. Also, a very attractive "Ex-libris, Andre Maurois" bookplate about 3" X 4.5", with tissue guard. A superb set with almost no sign of wear. We have matching bound volumes from the same period by Anatole France, de Maupassant and Rostand, as well as couple more Maurois (Ariel and Disraeli). Please contact us for details. Photos available. Fine.

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Book number: 788482

Catalogue: Literature, Old Stuff

McIntosh, John

The Origin of the North American Indians with a Faithful Description of Their Manners and Customs, Both Civil and military, Their Religions, Languages, Dress, and Ornaments ...

New York, Nafish & Cornish, 1849. Hardcover. Revised and enlarged edition. Color frontis "Indian Hunter" on horseback, color image on title page, plus 6 color plates in text, pp. xxxv, 345, octavo format. Book has been rebound in the past in black buckram, but with the original blindstamped and gilt decorated covers laid on. Hinges holding well, half of rear free endpaper missing. Some mild foxing to printed leaves, but plates quite clean overall. A decent copy in spite of the flaws. Fair.

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Book number: 787719

Catalogue: Native, Old Stuff

Michelet, Jules

The Insect

London, T. Nelson & Sons, 1875. 1st. Full-Leather. Giacomelli. First printing with 1875 date on title page, no other dates on book. Pp. xii, 368, frontis plate "The Pursuit", 140 illustrations, many full-pate plates, index, large octavo format in burgundy full-leather calf fine binding, with gilt rules to front and rear, spine with six compartments (five raised bands) gilt decorations, black spine label with gilt titles, marbled endpapers and page edges. A superb fine binding production. Externally Very Good with expected wear to the tips (boards exposed a bit, moreso at the lower tips), modest wear along spine-edges and spine-ends, but only slight loss. Spine titles very legible. Hinges and endpapers are in excellent condition, not cracked or loose at all. No noticeable odours to the book. The only issue that prevents a Very Good designation is scattered foxing affecting many of the pages, moreso the preliminaries and last few leaves. Some of the plates have some foxing, others none at all. A very handsome copy overall. Digital images availalbe upon request. Good.

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Book number: 789833

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Milton, John. Sir Egerton Brydges Ed.

Milton's Poetical Works

London, William Tegg, 1862. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Full-Leather. Turner, J. M. W. Stated "A New Edition", possibly with these illustrations. Pp. cvi, 767, frontis port. illustrations by Turner, appendix, large octavo format, original full-leather binding with gilt-ruled boards, spine with 5 raised bands, extensive gilt decoration in floral design and titles, marbled endpapers and page-edges. A beautiful production. Externally and internally very attractive with boards firmly attached, leather in very nice condtion, just starting to split at the top of the spine. Both hinges have been repaired. Contents of book are Fine. No bookplates, no owner's marks. Printed by M. H. Gill, University Press, Dublin. A superb binding. Photos available. Good.

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Book number: 788559

Catalogue: Old Stuff