19th Century Literature

London: Chapman & Hall, 1871. Two volume in contemporary half dark blue pebbled morocco over uncommon black ribbed morocco, the backs ornately gilt, end papers and edges marbled. Very Good Plus, evidence of bookplate removal front marbled end pages, light shelf rubbing and rubbing at corners. . Fifth Edition. Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1881 George Cruikshank Comic ART Almanack Caricature Thackeray Illustrated Humor

George Cruikshank was one of England's best and most notable 19th-century caricaturists and book illustrators.

The 'Comic Almanack' is a collection of 19th-century tales and poems etched by George Cruikshank. This work includes the works of famed authors such as Thackeray, Albert Smith, the Brothers Mayhew, Robert Brough and Gilbert A'Beckett.
"In 1835 Cruikshank issued the first number of the 'Comic Almanack,' with a dozen 'right merrie' cuts (etchings) 'pertaining to the months' by himself, and a few minor embellishments. Sometimes the letterpress was supplied by distinguished contributors. To the issue for 1839 Thackeray contributed 'Stubb's Calendar, or the Fatal Boots,' to be followed in 1840 by 'Barber Cox, and the Cutting of his Comb,' afterwards called 'Cox's Diary.'" (DNB).
This undated edition contains hundreds of illustrations, many of which are folding.

Item number: #13803
Price: $599
Various
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1880 IRISH Literature Jonathan SWIFT Gulliver 4v Ireland Read BEAUTIFUL BINDING
Charles A Read's "Cabinet of Irish Literature" is a late 19th-century anthology of Irish works. Read collected and edited the short stories, essays, and plays of notable Irish authors including Richard Steele, William E.H. Lecky, Andrew Cherry, Anthony Hamilton, and most importantly Jonathan Swift. This 1880 edition features beautiful, decorative binding; note volume four was edited by T.P. O'Connor (Read died before completion).
Item number: #14400
Price: $499
READ, Charles Anderson
The Cabinet of Irish literature : selections from the works of the chief poets, orators, and prose writers of Ireland
London: Blackie and Son, 1880.

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Collation: Complete with all pages: 4 volumes
o Vol. 1: [4], [x], 336, [4]
o Vol. 2: [vii], 336, [4]
o Vol. 3: [4], [vii], 336, [4]
o Vol. 4: [4], [viii], 336, [4]
o Many Full-page portrait engravings throughout each volume
· Language: English
· Binding:… Read More

1887 Golden Legend of the CROSS Medieval Woodcut Illustrations Veldener Caxton

A beautiful, 1887 facsimile edition of Veldener's printing of 'Golden Legend on the Finding of the Holy Cross'. This work includes William Caxton's English translation as well as 64 impressive illustrations from Fisher fresco paintings from the Chapel of Trinity Church in Stratford England. The original 15th-century work was written by an unknown author; though, the decorative Veldener printing was much desired. The illustrations are known to be reproduced from the 1483 original edition of the 'Golden Legend'.

Notes and prefatory material of John Ashton and Baring Gould. Ashton covers the legend itself, depicting types of miracles, raising people from the dead, healing the sick, and oddly making 'black people become white'!
This 1887 edition was published by Unwin and bound in a decorative binding, in the style of 15th-century masters.
Item number: #12965
Price: $750
CAXTON, William
The Legendary History of the Cross. A… Read More

1858 Traditions of Dee-Coo-Dah Native American Indian Mounds Illustrated Pidgeon
"Traditions of Dee-Coo-Dah" is general history of the lost Native American Indian tribes of Northern Mississippi and the ruins they left. He claimed to have discovered a network of symbols used by an ancient race of Native Americans called the 'Dee-Coo-Dah.'
Even though the events described in 'Traditions' are disputed, the content is highly desirable and helps develop the legends of 19th-century North American Indian tribes. According to Sabin, this book is
"A record of personal examination of a great number of ancient mounds and fortifications, and of the traditions regarding them, obtained from an aged Sioux chief…The numerous plates afford very clear illustrations of many remains of Indian structures."
Item number: #17727
Price: $499
PIDGEON, William
Traditions of De-coo-dah, and antiquarian researches : comprising extensive explorations, surveys, and excavations of the wonderful and mysterious earthen remains of… Read More

1860 French Furniture Store Magasin de Meubles Tables Chairs French Design & ART
Victor Quetin's "Le Magasin de Meubles" or 'The Furniture Store" is a rare, mid-19th-century illustrated catalogue-like book filled with nearly 300 illustrated figures of furniture. Like many books from this era, this book portrays French art and design, showing vanities, tables, chairs, jewelry boxes, serving trays, and much more.
Item number: #18294
Price: $499
QUETIN, Victor
Le magasin de meubles, no. 2
Paris : V. Quétin, [ca. 1860].

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 106 plates with multiple engravings
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Language: English
· Size: ~7.75in X 11.25in (19.5cm x 28.5cm)
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1848 Charles Dickens 1ed Dombey and Son English Literature Illustrated Phiz Art

"There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor."
― Charles Dickens
While not regarded today as Charles Dickens' best work, 'Dombey and Son' was a polarizing novel that captured the hearts of its readers. In fact, the Grolier 'Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Works of Dickens' notes
"that there was nothing in all Dickens's writings better than the life and death of Paul Dombey. The chapter describing his death 'threw a whole nation into mourning'."
This work was first published in 20 monthly installments; this first book edition features the same engravings by H.K. Browne, which are "considered the best efforts of H.K. Browne". (Grolier). It features the two original pen-and-ink drawings by Browne each signed 'Phiz'.

Item number: #18087
Price: $599
DICKENS, Charles
Dombey and Son
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all… Read More

1851 New York City MAP Directory Almanac American History Politics David Franks
In 1786, historian David Franks published one of the most important directories of New York City. The New York Historical Society helped collect and organize the names of streets, political figures, judges and officers, physicians, professors, and law counsellors in New York. This 1851 edition of Franks' 'Directory' includes the highly desirable folding map!
Item number: #19460
Price: $499
FRANKS, David
The New-York directory : containing a valuable and well calculated almanack; tables of the different coins, suitable for any state, and digested in such order, as to render an exchange between any of the United States plain and easy
New York: Republished by John Doggett Jr., 1851.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[2], 82
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Includes folding map
· References: Sabin 54456
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o
Brown cloth
· Size: ~6.25in X 4in… Read More

1846 1ed Charles Dickens Battle of Life Christmas Romance Maclise Illustrated

"There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor."
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

'The Battle of Life' is one of Charles Dickens' famous 'Christmas Books'. First published in 1846, this short novel was published following 'Cricket on the Hearth' and follows the culture in an English village near the site of an historic battle. Dickens describes the struggles of life as a battle; though strangely, Dickens does not include any sort of supernatural or religious themes in this book – a style that differs from that of each of the other 'Christmas Books'.

Item number: #19930
Price: $550
DICKENS, Charles
The Battle of Life, a love story
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First edition.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[6], 175, [3]
o
13 illustrations
· Provenance: Handwritten – N. Yorke
· Language: English
· Note on edition:
o… Read More

1834 Handwritten Mathematics Manuscript WINE & BEER Apothecary Drugs Stocks
An interesting handwritten manuscript of mathematics lessons, theories, and problems. The lessons cover mathematical concepts such as subtraction, proportion, multiplication, and division, including an interesting section entitled 'The Rule of Three'. The lessons are then applied in a variety of practical questions, such as converting measurements between apothecary, troy, and avoirdupois weights and measures; understanding billing, expenses, and cost of services rendered; use of currency; brokerage of stocks; and many more. These practical questions often feature goods and services students would frequently interact with on a daily basis during this time period, such as the cost of ingredients for wine and beer; understanding how many garments could be made from a given length of cloth; travel distances over time; and cost of tobacco, to name just a few.
Item number: #21088
Price: $950
ELLIS, Robert
Compound Subtraction… Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1837. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. pp: [v]vi-xvi[1]2-609. FIRST EDITION. Bound in half burgundy leather over marbled boards. There are five raised bands to the spine with the title, author, and year of publication stamped in gilt on the spine. All edges smooth cut. Additional new endpapers. This is the first edition with all first issue points mentioned in Smith, with 'Veller' title page and the suppressed 'Buss' plates, most of the plates in the first state. The plates have a page number reference instead of captions. Dickens' first novel featuring the inimitable Sam Weller.

1881 ENORMOUS Florence Italy House of Medici Illustrated Architecture FOLIO

Charles Yriarte was a 19th-century French writer who became fascinated with European travel. He spent much of his time in Spain and Italy, the latter of which prompted him to publish many works on his discoveries. One of his more prominent works was simply titled 'Florence'.

'Florence' became one of the most popular works dedicated solely to the Italian city. Yriarte describes notable royal figures, architecture and palaces, modes of travel used in Italy, cathedrals, and much more. This 1881 French edition is illustrated throughout with over 500 engravings.

Item number: #21486
Price: $599

YRIARTE, Charles

Florence : l'histoire, les médicis, les humanistes, les lettres, les arts ; orné de 500 grav. et pl....

Paris: J. Rothschild, 1881. Limited edition

Details:
• Collation: Complete with all pages
o [4], XII, [2], 379, [1]
o 500 engravings throughout
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
•… Read More

1907 Mark TWAIN 1ed Horse's Tale Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Cavalry Adventure

"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."
― Mark Twain

'A Horse's Tale' is a novel by Mark Twain, written partially in the voice of Soldier Boy who is Buffalo Bill's favorite horse, at a fictional frontier outpost with the U.S. 7th Cavalry.

Item number: #23070
Price: $499

TWAIN, Mark

A Horse's Tale

London/New York: Harper & Bros., 1907. First edition

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o viii, [2], 152, [2]
· References: BAL 3500
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; secure
o Red cloth
· Size: ~8.25in X 5.5in (20.5cm x 13.5cm)

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1897-1918 US Presidents 1st ed Messages Washington Lincoln Grant Roosevelt 20v

"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, cannot long retain it."
– Abraham Lincoln

This beautiful set includes writings, letters, speeches, and other messages from each United States president from George Washington through Woodrow Wilson. The first edition of this book was only printed in enough copies, in 1897, for the members of the senate. This 1897 to 1918 edition includes papers through Woodrow Wilson's January 8th Address to Congress. A beautiful display!

Item number: #30649
Price: $950

RICHARDSON, James D.

A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents.

New York: Bureau of National Literature, 1897-1918. First editions.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 20 volumes
o Vol. 1. Washington - Madison
o Vol. 2. Madison-Quincy Adams
o Vol. 3. Quincy Adams-Jackson
o Vol. 4. Jackson-Tyler
o Vol. 5. Tyler-Polk
o Vol. 6.… Read More

1880 BEAUTIFUL Jules VERNE Extraordinary Voyages Sci-Fi CLASSIC Illustrated
"The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite."
― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne's adventure novels are some of the most popular and famous works of literature of all time. Known mostly for his works of science fiction, 'Voyages Extraordinaires' was Verne's largest collection of fantasy novels and stories. This set of 13 volumes contains some of Verne's most important works including "Around the World in 80 Days!" Note the stunning, red-leather bindings on each tome!
Item number: #23329
Price: $1500
VERNE, Jules
Les voyages extraordinaires…
Paris: Bibliotheque d'education et de recreation, J. Hetzel, [1880].
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 13 volumes
o Each volume individually paginated & illustrated throughout
'Captain Hatteras'
'Les Grands Navigateurs'
'L'archipel en feu' / 'Le… Read More