Search Results: Titles starting with W from Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books

1790 SURGERY Cheselden Human Anatomy English Medicine Skeleton Bones GERMAN ed

William Cheselden was an 18th-century English surgeon who is best known for his contributions to the study of human anatomy. He published a collection of anatomical tables that were notable for their impressive illustrations – illustrations that depict the human figures in curious poses. His studies were instrumental in the processes of surgically removing bladder stones.

Item number: #23239
Price: $750

CHESELDEN, William

W. Cheselden's Anatomie des menschlichen Körpers

Gottingen: Johann Dieterich, 1790.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o XIX, [1], 324, [16]
o 40 numbered copper engraved plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~7.75in X 4.75in (19.5cm x 12cm)

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1766 Japanese Chinese Dictionary Wakan Onshake Shogenjiko Setsuyoshu JAPAN
A rare, 18th century woodblock print dictionary bound in the "fukurotoji (variously translated as "bound-pocket," or "pouch" binding)" style (Keio). Setsuyoshu was a true Japanese language dictionary and entered vocabulary current during its prime in the muromachi period. Each entry gives the kanji (Chinese characters), Japanese pronunciation in katakana on the right, and occasionally adds etymologies and comments on the bottom.

This rare, 1766 dictionary is an early inui (ä¹¾) edition which are usually printed in movable type and have more entries and corrections and is comprised of 10 volumes!

Item number: #7229
Price: $499
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和漢音釋書言字考節用集 /
Wakan onshaku shogenjikō setsuyōshū.
Japan: Meiwa 3 [1766]

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 10 volumes
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References: Keio University, Japanese culture through rare books.
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Language: Japanese
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1830 WALES Illustrated 1ed Gastineau Great Britain Castles Cathedrals WELSH

Henry Gastineau was an English engraver and prolific watercolor painter. This fine, illustrated work features views and descriptions of scenes and landmarks from around Wales including:
· Rhuddlan Castle
· Bangor
· Pont Y Glyn
· Beaumaris
· Welch Pool
· Ruthin Castle
· Bets Y Coed

This exquisite work contains 225+ illustrations throughout.

Item number: #24908
Price: $599

GASTINEAU, Henry

Wales illustrated: in a series of views, comprising the picturesque scenery, towns, castles, seats of the nobility & gentry, antiquities, …

London: Published by Jones & Co. Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, [1830]. First edition

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [4], 18
o 114 plates with 2 illustrations per plate, plus vignette title page
· Provenance: Bookplate – Stoddart Douglas
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1830 WALES Illustrated by Gastineau Engravings Great Britain Castles Cathedrals
Henry Gastineau was an English engraver and prolific watercolor painter. This fine, illustrated work features views and descriptions of scenes and landmarks from around Wales including:
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Rhuddlan Castle
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Bangor
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Pont Y Glyn
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Beaumaris
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Welch Pool
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Ruthin Castle
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Bets Y Coed
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Berries
This exquisite work contains 97 illustrations throughout
Item number: #10257
Price: $499
GASTINEAU, Henry
Wales illustrated: in a series of views, comprising the picturesque scenery, towns, castles, seats of the nobility & gentry, antiquities, & c. engraved on steel from original drawings by Henry Gastineau accompanied by historical and topographical descriptions.
London: Published by Jones & Co. Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, [1830]. 1st edition

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [2], 18- rest unpaginated
o [48] plates with 2… Read More

1830 WALES Illustrated by Gastineau Engravings Great Britain Castles Cathedrals

Henry Gastineau was an English engraver and prolific watercolor painter. This fine, illustrated work features views and descriptions of scenes and landmarks from around Wales including: (noted examples)
· Castles
o Rhuddlan Castle
o Gangor Castle
o Beaumaris Castle
o Ruthin Castle
· Cathedrals
· Ruins
o Pont y Glen
· City views
o Bets Y Coed
Item number: #8339
Price: $499
GASTINEAU, Henry

Wales illustrated: in a series of views, comprising the picturesque scenery, towns, castles, seats of the nobility & gentry, antiquities, & c. engraved on steel from original drawings by Henry Gastineau accompanied by historical and topographical descriptions.
London: Jones & co, [1830].

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o 80 engraved plates
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Language: English
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Binding: Fine leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~11in X 8.5in (28cm x 22cm)
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1825 1ed Wanderings South America Natural History Darwin & Wallace Inspiration

Charles Waterton (1781-1865) was a famous English naturalist, explorer, taxidermist, pioneering conservationist and overall polymath interested in anything and everything.
first visited British Guiana with his father in 1804. He subsequently returned on 4 occasions between 1812 and 1824, during which time he travelled extensively in the Guianas and across the northern part of South America. He was one of the first to observe the birds and animals of the tropics. He described his discoveries in this book 'Wanderings in South America,' which inspired Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace.

This 1825 first edition of Waterton's 'Wanderings' catered to the reading public's taste for adventures with its descriptions of a fight with a boa constrictor and the capture of crocodiles and his descriptive writing caused a stir in Victorian England with the publication of a drawing of a half man, half animal creature he was… Read More

1844 1st ENGLISH ed Eugene Sue The Wandering Jew Mystery Literature Poverty 3v

Eugene Sue was a 19th-century French novelist known for being one of the first French authors to fuse characters from different social classes making his work popular amongst all readers, not just upper or lower classes. His books, such as 'Mysteries in Paris' and 'The Wandering
Jew' depicted various aspects of underclass society – rampant disease, poverty – and helped establish the 'city mysteries' literary genre.

Item number: #17443
Price: $599
SUE, Eugene
The Wandering Jew
London : Chapman and Hall, 186 Strand, 1844-1845. First English edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages: 3 volumes
o Vol. I – iv, 491, [1]
o Vol. II – iv, 375, [1]
o Vol. III – iv, 372
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References: Sadlier 3159
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Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (22cm x 14.5cm)
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1863 1ed Confederate Civil War Southern Pictures Estvan Longstreet Robert E Lee

Bela Estvan was French author who, while traveling in America, became fascinated by the American Civil War. He was especially impressed by General James Longstreet whom he describes as "one of the ablest generals of the Confederate army." He also gives accounts of various battles including Bull Run, Battle of Bethel, Battle of Manassas, and numerous battles in Missouri including the Battle of Lexington and Wilson's Creek.

Item number: #9247
Price: $499
ESTVAN, Bela
War pictures from the South
New York: Appleton, 1863. First edition

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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[viii], 352, [2]
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References: Piston, Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant;
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Language: English
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Binding: Cloth; tight and secure
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Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (21cm x 14cm)
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1863 1ed Confederate South Civil War Pictures Estvan Longstreet Robert E Lee CSA

Bela Estvan was French author who, while traveling in America, became fascinated by the American Civil War. He was especially impressed by General James Longstreet whom he describes as "one of the ablest generals of the Confederate army." He also gives accounts of various battles including Bull Run, Battle of Bethel, Battle of Manassas, and numerous battles in Missouri including the Battle of Lexington and Wilson's Creek.

Item number: #21714
Price: $550

ESTVAN, Bela

War pictures from the South

New York: Appleton, 1863. First edition

Details:
• Collation: Complete with all pages
o viii, 352
• References: Piston, Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant;
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Brown cloth
• Size: ~8.25in X 5.25in (21cm x 13.5cm)

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1891 SPIRITUALISM 1st/1st Abraham Lincoln Occult Medium Séance CIVIL WAR Ghosts
Following the death of Abraham Lincoln, his widow Mary Todd, befriended a medium. Mrs. Lincoln invited Nettie Maynard to the White House for a consultation upon the death of her son. Maynard wrote a book recounting these events, as well as others including spirit poems, and the role of mediumship. Maynard describes strange phenomena, discovery of spirits, spiritualism, and séances in the Civil War, as well as a thorough description of Lincoln as President.
Item number: #41471
Price: $599
MAYNARD, Mrs. Nettie Colburn
Was Abraham Lincoln a Spiritualist? or, Curious Revelations from the Life of a Trance Medium. Together with Portraits, Letters, and Poems. Illustrated with Engravings, and Frontispiece of Lincoln, From Carpenter's Portrait from Life.
Philadelphia: Rufus C. Hartranft, 1891. First Edition. First Printing.
Details:
· Collation: Complete
o xxiv, 264
o 16 plates
· Reference(s): Monaghan 1088
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1847 George Washington & Generals American Revolutionary War Lafayette Arnold

"It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one."
― George Washington

Joel Tyler Headley was an American historian who served as Secretary of State of New York. Producing many works on various subjects, his writings were among the first to call attention to the Adirondack Mountains as a health resort. He later accepted the solicitations of Horace Greeley and became associate editor of the New York Tribune.

This Civil War-era printing of "Washington and His Generals" is a study of the first U.S. President and His military generals during the American Revolutionary war. This work contains engraved plates featuring portraits of iconic figures including:
· George Washington
· Major General Israel Putnam
· Benedict Arnold
· Lafayette

Item number: #23370
Price: $499

HEADLEY, JT

Washington and his generals by J.T. Headley

New York: Baker and Scribner, 1847. First Edition.

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1653 Markham Way to Get Wealth Husbandry Veterinary English Housewife Gardens

"If you would not have your Hen sit, you bathe her oft in cold water, & thrust a small feather through her nostrils."
– Gervase Markham, Way to Wealth

Utterly fascinating collection of six works!

Gervase Markham, a 17th-century English poet, was a well-known horse trainer and breeder. While many of his works were classic English poems, he also wrote books on care for horses, husbandry, and hunting. This book includes six separate titles, which all are considered part of a larger work "A Way to get Wealth". In this book, Markham explores various aspects of English living including husbandry and hunting, veterinary needs, cooking and cleaning tips for the English housewife, gardening, horse breeding, and more.

Item number: #24629
Price: $1950

MARKHAM, Gervase

Way to get Wealth: Containing six principall vocations:… Cheape and good husbandry for the well-ordering of all beasts and fowles, and for the generall cure of… Read More

1785 Boston Revolutionary War Soldier Colonial America Weatherwise Almanac
Eighteenth-century American periodicals are notoriously rare, regardless of contents. This 1785 edition of Abraham Weatherwise's Almanac was published in Boston shortly after the end of the Revolutionary War. This issue includes, like others, phrases of the moon, eclipses, sunrises, and other calendar notes; however, it also features a letter from an anonymous Revolutionary War soldier written to his beloved.

Item number: #15589
Price: $499
JUDD, Eben Warner (pseud. Abraham Weatherwise)
Weatherwise's town and country almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1785
Boston: Printed and sold by Weeden and Barrett, 1785. 1st edition

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[24]
· References: Evans 19224
· Provenance: Handwritten – Lydia Goodwin
· Language: English
· Binding: Pamphlet
· Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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1856 1ed US Constitution + Declaration Fugitive Slave LAW National Handbook
John Wells' 'National Hand-book'
is a rare pre-Civil War collection of the most famous and iconic American documents and biographical descriptions of Presidents and notable figures. Among the contents in this book is:
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The Declaration of Independence
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The Constitution of the United States
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George Washington's Farewell Address
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The Kansas and Nebraska Act
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The Fugitive Slave Law
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Descriptions of electoral votes
Item number: #20856
Price: $499
WELLS, John G
Wells' National Hand-Book : Embracing Numerous Invaluable Documents Connected with the Political History of America
New York: John Wells, publishing agent, 1856. First edition.
Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
o
144
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51 illustrations throughout
· Provenance: Handwritten – James W. Pratt
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Brown cloth
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1823 Lord Byron 1st ed Werner The Inheritance Play Theater Harriet Lee Kruitzner
George Gordon Byron, more commonly known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He has always been regarded as one of Britain's greatest poets. His play 'Werner', or 'The Inheritance'
was his attempt to transform theater at the time. 'Werner' was an adaptation of Harriet Lee's "Kruitzner" though it was poorly received at the time and has not gained much following since.
This 1823 English edition was published in London by Murray.
Item number: #18522
Price: $499
BYRON, Lord George Gordon
Werner a tragedy
London : J. Murray, 1823 1st edition

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o Werner (1823) – viii, 188
o The Deformed Transformed (1824) – 88
· Provenance: Handwritten – Geo. W. Phillips Jr.
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (22cm x 14cm)
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1854 HUGE MAP Colton's Western Tourist Emigrant's Guide Americana California

J.H. Colton founded an American mapmaking company in the early 1830s which became an international leader in the map publishing industry until 1890. Colton created railroad maps, immigrant guides, elaborate atlases, and more all printed using engraved steel plates, which produced higher quality prints than maps made with less costly wax engravings, which were often separately hand water colored. and were recognized for their decorative borders.
J.H. Colton's 'Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide'is an important 19th-century geographical book with an enormous folding map of the American 'west' including Ohio, Missouri, Indiana and Wisconsin. According to Howes, this work includes descriptions and material on California, Oregon, and Texas, with overland routes and westward expansion.

Item number: #13174
Price: $750
COLTON, J.H.
The Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide : through the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana,… Read More

1879 Western Wilds Native American INDIANS Custer Mormonism Brigham Young MAP

John Beadle's "Western Wilds" is a rare 19th-century account of voyages in the American west, primarily through Arizona and Utah. This book offers stories of interactions with Native American Indians (such as the Shoshone and Osage tribes), General Custer's last stand and defeat, life and death of Brigham Young and the rise of Mormonism, the Mountain Meadow Massacre, mining, and much more!

Item number: #24751
Price: $499

BEADLE, John Hanson

Western wilds, and the men who redeem them. An authentic narrative, embracing an account of seven years travel and adventure in the far West; wild life in Arizona; perils of the plains; life in the cañon and death on the desert

Cincinnati, Chicago: Jones Bros. & Co., 1879. 1st edition

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xvi, 17-628
o Double-page color map + numerous in-text illustrations throughout
· References: Wagner-Camp 103
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1864 CIVIL WAR 1ed Whip Hoe & Sword Slaves Black Soldiers Fort Jackson Mutiny

"If I talk a great deal of slavery, it is because I have seen a great deal of it. If I say no good thing of it, it is because I found no good thing in it."
– George Hepworth

George Hepworth's "Whip Hoe and Sword" is a rare Civil War account unlike most books from this era. Hepworth was a lieutenant in the 4th Louisiana Native Guards (or Corps d'Afrique), a company of African American and slave soldiers. He wrote this book after witnessing the treatment of slaves and their role in the Civil War, particularly their involvement in the Mutiny at Fort Jackson in December of 1863. The black troops of the Corps d'Afrique began uprising following being garrisoned by Union troops.

Hepworth's account offers not only a detailed and thorough description of the Fort Jackson Mutiny but of life in the South during the Civil War, especially pertaining to slaves and black men and women in the Confederacy. According to Nevins, this work… Read More

1896 John Greenleaf Whittier American SLAVERY Abolition Politics Poetical Works

John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker who was known for his poetry advocating slavery abolition, Native Americans living, and the life of Quakers. Beginning in 1830, Whitter began writing poems that were heavily influenced by politics and the American slavery abolition movement. This 1896 edition is a compilation of Whittier's Poetical works and a desirable part of the history of American poetry illustrated with engraved portraits in each volume.

Item number: #13411
Price: $499
WHITTIER, John Greenleaf
Whittier's Poetical Works
Boston, New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 4 volumes
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Vol. I – 435, [1]
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Vol. II – 347, [1]
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Vol. III – 376
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Vol. IV – 431, [1]
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)
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1792 EXQUISITE Book of BIBLE Psalms Church of England Anglican JHS Fine Binding

A rare and desirable 17th-century edition of 'The Book of Psalms.' This English printing, published by the Church of England, features the metrical version derived by Thomas Sternhold and John Hopkins. This 1792 London edition was published by Jarvis and contains two versions of the Psalms – the traditional metered Sternhold and Hopkins version and then a 'new version' of each Psalm written to be sung to hymn tunes in English churches.

Interestingly, this particular example features a rare, fine binding with 'JHS' embossed on the front cover.

Item number: #21551
Price: $599

STERNHOLD, Thomas

The Whole Book Of Psalms : Collected Into English Metre, By Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, And Others

London : printed by John Jarvis, 1792.

Details:
• Collation: complete with all pages; 2 parts in 1
o Unpaginated
o Includes 'Whole Book of Psalms' and 'A New Version'
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and… Read More