Antique & Collectible Books

Hamilton Adams, 1884. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Embossed Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges greyed with dust marks. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Scotland; 19th century; Scottish History; History. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 8108. .

Boston: Wilkins, Carter, and Co, 1847. Hardcover. Very Good. lxxv, [1], 956 p.; 26 cm. Contemporary full sheep with five spine compartments between slightly raised bands. Black leather spine label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Worcester's Dictionary. Marbled endpapers. Walker's Key has special title page; continuously paginated. Copyrighted 1846. Former owner's name on blank leaf following front free endpaper: Ellen M. Bullen. In Very Good Condition: leather is somewhat rubbed with minor scrapes; chipping to edges of leather spine label; scattered foxing; otherwise clean and tight.

London: The Company of Stationers, 1767. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A bound collection of 12 items: 1. "Remarkable News from the Stars: Or, an Ephemeris for 1767.." William Andrews; 48pp; 2. The Gentleman's Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; "An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1767" Anonymous; 48pp; 3. The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord 1767..." Anonymous; 48pp; 4. Vox Stetlarum: or a Loyal Almanack for the Year of Human Redemption, 1767..." Francis Moore; 16pp; 5. Merlinus Liberatus. Being An Almanack for the Year of our Redemption, 1767..." John Partridge; 48pp; 6. Parker's Ephemeris For the Year of Our Lord 1767..."; Anonymous; 56pp; 7. "The Coelestial Diary: Or, An Ephemeris For the Year of Our Blessed Saviour's Incarnation, 1767."; Salem Pearse; 32pp; 8. "The Second Part of the Coelestial Diary..." Salem Pearse; 16pp; 9.… Read More

1650 1ed Execution Charles I Defensio Regia Saumaise French Royalist Civil War

Claude Saumaise was a 17th-century French scholar known for his editions and commentary of classical works and Greek anthologies. However, he also published a defense of Charles I of England following his execution. Curiously, Saumaise's 'Defensio Regia' takes on a thoroughly royalist agenda, even from a Frenchman, and Charles II even helped publish the book. This book even inspired John Milton who published his own piece of political propaganda that covered the events of Charles I and II.
Item number: #6826
Price: $499
SAUMAISE, Claude
Defensio regia, pro Carolo I, ad sereniss. Magnæ Britanniæ regem Carolum II. filium natu majorem, hæredem & auccessorem legitimum.
Rothomagi, apud Ioannis Berthelin…, 1650. First Edition.

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1883 1st ed SLAVERY Kansas Missouri Border WAR Squatter Sovereign by Humphrey

'The Squatter Sovereign' is a 19th-century historical novel by Mary Humphrey. This work tells the story of the anti-slavery movements in Kansas in the mid-1850s, more commonly known as the Border War between Missouri and Kansas. Humphrey, curiously, seems to praise both free-states and pro-slavery activists throughout this book.
Item number: #10660
Price: $399
HUMPHREY, Mary
The squatter sovereign: or, Kansas in the '50's; a life picture of the early settlement of the debatable ground. A story, founded upon memorable and historical events ...
Chicago, Ill.: Coburn & Newman, 1883. First edition.

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Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 12.5cm)
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First Edition in PRISTINE condition! This rare easy-to-read 240 page paperback examines two Old Testament books, Joshua & Judges. The back cover states: "The books of Joshua and Judges resemble different stretches of the same river. The Joshua stretch flows clear and strong. The people of Israel face challenges and experience solutions and victories. But the Judges stretch turns murky as the people create trouble by allowing the evil of the surrounding culture to pollute them. God is at work, though, in both stretches of river. In the Hebrew Scriptures, Joshua and Judges join the books of Samuel and Kings as 'former prophets'. As prophetic books, they aim to challenge, indict and inspire God's people. The authors drew from events of the past to challenge a later generation of God's people about the way to live before God, and they call us today to clear up our picture of God and then to adjust our lives accordingly."
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This Limited Edition Book was published by Westinghouse to accompany the internment of the Time Capsule which they had prepared to be buried in conjunction with the New York World's Fair of 1939.It gives details for the preparation of the capsule, directions for its recovery, the contents of the capsule, a Key To the English Language so that generations far in the future who are unfamiliar with English may decipher the code to its location, and a guide to seeking metallic substances underground.Being sold with this book is another, a small paperback also published by Westinghouse, titled "The Story of the Time Capsule". It encompasses What the Project Means, How the Time Capsule Was Constructed, What it Contains, How it Will Be Protected Against Vandalism, and How Word of Its Location Has Been Left For the Future. It is illustrated with several black & white photographs depicting those subjects.Both of these books were issued in very small quantities.There is a 4in by 6 in paper attached to the front… Read More

1822 1st eds SCOTTISH Sir Walter Scott Saint Ronan's Well Peveril of Peak 7v SET

Sir Walter Scott was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet. Many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. These volumes are the true first Scottish edition of Scott's famous books 'St. Ronan's Well' and 'Peveril of the Peak.'
Scott's novel, Peveril of the Peak tracks the events of the Popish Plot of 1678, in which Jesuits were accused of planning the assassination of King Charles II in order to make his Roman Catholic brother, the Duke of York, King. Set during the time of the pretended Popish Plot (1678).
"The author draws elaborate portraits of Charles II and Buckingham, and gives glimpses of such historical characters as Titus Oates, Colonel Blood (the impudent revolutionary who tried to steal the crown jewels from the Tower), and Sir Geoffrey Hudson (Henritta Maria's dwarf)." (Oxford Companion to English Literature)
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New York Graphic Society, 1975. Blue cloth with embossed gilt lettering and illustration, hardcover in dust jacket. Slipcase is worn. Dj is in heavy folded-on vinyl protector, perfect condition. English text. First published in 1968.; 421pp., 30 full-page color plates, 85 full-page b/w plates, 60 drawings in color and b/w, 244 b/w catalogue reproductions. classic, detailed reference on Klimt's life and works.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/. Square Folio. Catalogue Raisonne.

Ex Officina Henrici Stephani [Estienne], no place (Geneva) 1557. Quarto (252 x 170 mm) Printer's device on the title page. (8)+, 395 (i.e. 397, page 138-139 numbered * and **). Bound in contemporary paste boards. Top of spine (c. 2 cm.) is missing, so is the title label on the spine. Inside is nice and clean apart from minor darkening and a wormhole the first three leaves. This is a decent unsophisticated copy with an interesting provenance. Housed in a quarter-morocco clamshell box by the Heritage Bindery. Text in Greek, commentaries and introduction in Latin. ** First complete edition in Greek of the tragedies and the and the Editio Princeps of Agamemnon, one of the greatest tragedies ever written. The work is beautifully printed with types in two sizes by Estienne. As Henry Estienne states on the title page, this is the first complete edition of Aeschylus as it contains the Editio Princeps of Agamemnon. Henri Estienne was still in his twenties when he returned to Paris to establish his Imprimerie,… Read More

1681 English Civil WAR 1ed Dugdale Troubles in England French Wars of Religion

William Dugdale was 17th-century English historian known for his works of antiquity of English aristocracy and monastics. While not his most notable work, 'Troubles in England'
is a treatise written to describe the wars that influenced Europe and England during the 17th-century. Dugdale correlates three wars – English Civil War, Barons' War, and the French Wars of Religion – and how they related to each other. Interestingly, the DNB notes that this work was "written throughout in a strain of animosity to all who took the anti-royalist side." However, this work isnotable for its accuracy.
Item number: #15701
Price: $750
DUGDALE, William
A short view of the late troubles in England ; briefly setting forth, their rise, growth, and tragical conclusion, as also, some parallel thereof with the barons-wars in the time of King Henry III : but chiefly with that in France, called the Holy League, in the reign of Henry III and… Read More

1699 1ed Reformation of Manners Anglican Josiah Woodward Ethics Moral Penal Laws

Josiah Woodward was a 17th-century English Anglican clergyman who spent much of his career teaching on moral and behavioral reforms. In his book 'Reformation of Manners in London', Woodward describes his methods for eliminating profanity, swearing, debauchery, drunkenness, and such from people's lives, particularly those in the church.
This 1699 edition of Woodward features blackletter font throughout as well as a section entitled 'Abstract of the Penal Laws'.
Item number: #15702
Price: $599
WOODWARD, Josiah
An account of the societies for reformation of manners in London and Westminster and other parts of the kingdom : with a persuasive to persons of all ranks, to be zealous and diligent in promoting the execution of the laws against prophaneness and debauchery, for the effecting a national reformation
London : Printed for B. Aylmer ... 1699. First edition.

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Very good + copy of Strutt's classic study of medieval English games, sports, festival recreations and performances. First published in 1801 and reprinted many times in both quarto and octavo editions. First quarto edition with hand-coloured lithographs of the annotated edition by William Hone of 1830.Profusely illustrated with charming figures excerpted from illuminated manuscripts in the British Museum, the Bodleian, Harleian and Royal libraries, etc.Joseph Strutt (1749-1802) was an English engraver, artist, antiquary and writer famous for his work on the history of English costume and sports.William Hone (1780-1842), was an English writer, satirist and bookseller.Contains all forms of mental and physical recreation, from archery to bell-ringing, football to apple-bobbing, chess to bear-baiting, acrobatics to golf, jousting to gambling, opera to maypole dancing.With 140 b/w engravings in the text, and the same 140 illustrations reproduced on 40 finely hand-coloured, lithographed plates (frontispiece… Read More

Small Quarto (9 1/2 X 7 inches) London: Bernard Quaritch, 1890. First Edition. 101 + (1) pages, almost 50 lithographic plates (more than 35 printed with color), quarter leather binding over cloth boards, front cover embossed with title, author, and publisher in gilt; back cover similarly embossed in gilt with "Ye Pipes of all Nations A. D. Up to Date," and gilt bust of a soldier in cap and tunic in the form of a pipe bowl. Very good condition, minimal wear to spine; age toning in margins of plates, but not affecting images or contents.

A beautiful book: "A collection of national smoking practices and illustrations of smoking paraphernalia," with descriptive text.

Vivid, finely bound book featuring Dore's inimitable woodcuts. Gilt bust of Dante and a figure, as well as lettering. Pictures and ornate designs cover the front board and the spine, with all edges gilded. Some shelf wear and fraying to the extremities. Binding has cracking at flyleaf, otherwise volume is in very good shape. Very rare, antique volume.