Aristophanes At Oxford: O. W. by Y. T. O., Pseudonym Of L. C. Amory, Francis Wrigley And H. A. Cruse - 1894

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1869. Second Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good. Viii, 199 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt. Second Edition Stated. One Of Ruskin's More Important Books. This Copy Inscribed By Ruskin (In His Hand) At Top Of Title Page : " 'Lizzie' With John Ruskin's Affectionate Regards.1869." Shortly After This Edition Was Published, A Distraught And Somewhat Incoherent Dante Gabrielle Rossetti Disinterred His Late Wife, Ruskin's Protege, Who Was Called "Lizzie" By Ruskin And Others Prior To Her Death, On Which Occasion This Book May Have Been Inscribed; But Perhaps Ruskin Was Then Well Acquainted With Another "Lizzie" Altogether.

London: W. Simpkin And R. Marshall, 1836. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Complete In Four Volumes. Ornate Vellum Gilt Bindings, Spines With Black Morocco Labels And Entirely Tooled, Volume Number On Morocco Label At Bottom With"Lond. 1836" On Another Brown Morocco Label, Gilt Floral Border On All Covers. Matching Marbled Endpapers And Marbled Ends Of Page Blocks. Armorial Bookplate Of Robert Washington Oates, No Other Names Or Marks Or Damage.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 7 13/16" Tall. Photographs and Drawings. Xi, 300 Pp + 4 Pp Ad For "How The Other Half Lives" At Rear. Original Violet Cloth, Lettered In Gilt, With Additional Purple Lettering And Design. First Edition. A Worn But Solid Example Of An Important Book, Presenting The Author's Observations Of Slum Life In New York City, Following His 1890 Book On The Same Subject. Certainly No Comparable Books On 2023 Slum Life Anywhere, As The Total Situation Of The Population At The Bottom Of Wealth Measures Largely Slips Out Of Public Sight. Cloth With Light Wear, Frays Near Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Two Front Tips And For 1/2" Along Top Edge Of Front Board Adjacent To The Spine, Gilt Lettering Still Bright, Purple Lettering Strong Except Middle Two Letters Of Publisher's Name On Spine Are Weak. All Illustrations And Photographs Present, All Pages Solidly Attached, Binding And Hinges Are Solid.… Read More

Boston: James R. Osgood And Company, 1882. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece Portrait. (Xvii), 261 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. First Edition. Light Wear, Gilt Fairly Bright, A Little Bubbling Of Cloth, A Few Pinpoint Frays At Edges, Rear Hinge Cracked (Due To Bancroft's Personal Envelope With Thick Enclosures Tipped To Rear Endpaper), Pages Clean But A Little Aged. Ownership Signature Of Textile Manufacturer Samuel Bancroft, Jr., Of Rockford Mills, Delaware, Dated 11/22/81, And With His Large And Elaborate Heraldic Bookplate On Front Pastedown. Also With A Seven Page Holograph Letter From Alfred Darbyshire To His Cousin Bancroft, Dated September 11, 1881, Apparently In Response To Inquiries From Bancroft, Providing A Summary Of Everything Darbyshire Knew Of Mrs. Ward, Her Family And Background, And Her Current Activities. Also Included Is Bancroft's Copy Of An August 26, 1879 Cable From Ward To Derbyshire Accepting The Invitation To Speak At A Calvert Benefit; Also A Note From L.… Read More

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1853. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. 306 Pp. + 6 Pp Ads, Complete Wrappers (Red, Printed In Black, With Spine And Both Panels, 5 Titles And 4 Forthcoming Titles On Rear Panel) Bound In At Rear. First Edition, Three Quarter Red Morocco, 5 Compartments, Gilt, Marbled Paper Boards And Endpapers, Top Edge Gilt. Bookplate Of Pre-Eminent Thackeray Collector Henry S. Van Duzer, Designed By Tiffany & Co.; His Thackeray Library Went To Auction In 1917. Binding With Slight Rubbing, Tight And Clean And Unfaded; Wrappers Almost Unbelievably Clean, As New, Bound In At Rear.

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1869. Second Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good. Viii, 199 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt. Second Edition Stated. One Of Ruskin's More Important Books. This Copy Inscribed By Ruskin (In His Hand) At Top Of Title Page : " 'Lizzie' With John Ruskin's Affectionate Regards.1869." Shortly After This Edition Was Published, A Distraught And Somewhat Incoherent Dante Gabrielle Rossetti Disinterred His Late Wife, Ruskin's Protege, Who Was Called "Lizzie" By Ruskin And Others Prior To Her Death, On Which Occasion This Book May Have Been Inscribed; But Perhaps Ruskin Was Then Well Acquainted With Another "Lizzie" Altogether.

London: Hurst and Blackette, 1899. First Edition . Half Morocco. Very Good +. Frontispiece, Plates. Xii, 312. Finely Bound In Red Half Morocco, Red Cloth, Five Raised Bands, Gilt Lettering, Brown Morocco Spine Labels, Gilt Tooling In Other Compartments, Tooled Edges On Boards, Top Edge Gilt. Lightly Used, Gilt Brilliant, Minute Losses Of Leather At Corners With Professional Repairs, 1/2" X 3/16" Light Stain On Cloth Of Front Board. Marbled Endpapers, Hinges Tight, Browning At Edges Of Corners Of Endpapers. Contents Fine. Inscribed By The Author To ---- Simpson, Dated In April 1899. Pencil Ownership Signature On Free Endpaper.

London: Chapman And Hall, 1845. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good +. X, 11-79 Pp. Green Cloth Over Flexible Card Covers, Gilt Lettering, Embossed Borders. A Very Scarce Book Of Advice, Viz "Whatever Number Of Children You Have Under Your Care, Be It One, Be It More, Think Only Of Them..." All Gilt Brilliant And Complete, Light Rubbing At Corners, No Marks Or Stains. Scarce; Worldcat Shows Only Five Institutional Holdings, Including One At Harvard. Louisa Mary Bacon Was Associated With Her Father In The Editorship Of The Quarterly Musical Magazine And Review. A Talented Musician With A Fine Voice, She Played From Score At Sight. After Her Marriage With John Barwell, Wine Merchant At Norwich (Born 1798, Died 1876), She Devoted Attention To Educational Works, Developing A Comprehension Of Child Nature, Physical And Mental. She Contributed To The Quarterly Journal Of Education From About The Year 1831, Anticipating Later Views And Plans Of Education. Her Husband, Who Shared Her… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 7 13/16" Tall. Photographs and Drawings. Xi, 300 Pp + 4 Pp Ad For "How The Other Half Lives" At Rear. Original Violet Cloth, Lettered In Gilt, With Additional Purple Lettering And Design. First Edition. A Worn But Solid Example Of An Important Book, Presenting The Author's Observations Of Slum Life In New York City, Following His 1890 Book On The Same Subject. Certainly No Comparable Books On 2023 Slum Life Anywhere, As The Total Situation Of The Population At The Bottom Of Wealth Measures Largely Slips Out Of Public Sight. Cloth With Light Wear, Frays Near Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Two Front Tips And For 1/2" Along Top Edge Of Front Board Adjacent To The Spine, Gilt Lettering Still Bright, Purple Lettering Strong Except Middle Two Letters Of Publisher's Name On Spine Are Weak. All Illustrations And Photographs Present, All Pages Solidly Attached, Binding And Hinges Are Solid.… Read More

New York: G. W. Carleton & Co., 1879. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Viii, 9-217 + 6 Pp Carleton Catalog At End, Dated 1879. Brown Cloth, Stamped In Black, Light Blue Endpapers. Inscribed By The Author To Her Grandfather, Rev. Herman Halsey, Also With Ownership Signature Of Minnie Halsey At Top Of Preliminary Blank. Semi-Autobiographical Midwestern Novel About Two Young Women Who, Like The Author, Eventually Make Their Living Working In Wood. Scarce; Worldcat Shows Only Four Institutional Holdings. Very Clean, No Fading, Wear At Corners With A Few Tiny Frays At Lower Corners, Hinges Tight, No Stains, No Other Marks. Per Wikipedia: Calista Halsey Patchin (1845 -1920) Was A Journalist And Artist Based In Washington, D.C. And Des Moines, Iowa. Patchin Was The First Woman Reporter Hired By The Washington Post Newspaper In 1878. She Was The Daughter Of Samuel Halsey, A Newspaper Man. Patchin Was Educated In Ohio And Albany, New York. She Studied Wood Carving At The Cincinnati School… Read More