"Views of Calcutta"
[Calcutta]: 1860s. A very good set of early photographs of Calcutta and its environs. This increasingly intimate album... Read More about "Views of Calcutta"
Price: $2,250
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A, B, & C's Little Trip: Pleasant Recollections of a Holiday in Holland and Belgium. Narrated by "C." With "A's"...
Manchester: Richard Johnson, Printer, Brook Strreet, 1894. Read More about A, B, & C's Little Trip: Pleasant Recollections of a Holiday in Holland and Belgium. Narrated...
Price: $200
Autograph Letter, signed ("John S.C. Abbot") to Mr. Edward Brown Houghton.
Brunswick, Maine: Nov., 2, 1858. "Your favor of Nov. 6 I have just rec'd. I regret very much that I have no autograph of the Emperor and have never had any. While in Europe I received some notes from distinguished men but they have long since passed into the hands... Read More about Autograph Letter, signed ("John S.C. Abbot") to Mr. Edward Brown Houghton
Price: $125
Bibliographica Aberdonensis: Being an Account of Books Relating to or Printed in the Shires of Aberdeen, Banff, Kincardine or written...
Aberdeen, (Scotland): Printed for the Third Spalding Club, 1929. First edition. Read More about Bibliographica Aberdonensis: Being an Account of Books Relating to or Printed in the Shires of...
Price: $300
Broadside Letter as Minister of Justice "Aux Tribunal de première instance, d'appel et criminels, et aux Commissaires du Gouvernment près...
11 May, 1802. He was Minister of Justice from 1799 to 1802 under Napoleon. The =quaetion raised in this ketter is "Shall Napoleon be a lifetime Consul?" Read More about Broadside Letter as Minister of Justice "Aux Tribunal de première instance, d'appel et...
Price: $150
Fine Early Copy of Ackermann's Oxford
A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings.
London: Rudolf Ackermann, 1814. First edition. Fine Early Copy of Ackermann's Oxford. An early copy. The list of plates in vol. I is the first state (it does not list the portraits of Founders; this copy does not include the Founders). Plate 1, vol.1, is mislabeled “History of Cambridge” and... Read More about A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings
Price: $6,000
History of the Merchant Taylors' School.
London: Ackermann, 1816. First Edition, First Issue (paper watermarked 1816). This folio forms part of one of Ackermann’s larger, though not so successful projects, his History of the Colleges. Ford in his book on Ackermann notes that William Combe wrote the text for this, as well as five other schools... Read More about History of the Merchant Taylors' School
Price: $750
[An Act for advancing the Sale of Fee-Farm Rents, and other Rents … An Act to enable the Kings Majesty...
[London] in the Savoy: John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1670. Read More about An Act for advancing the Sale of Fee-Farm Rents, and other Rents … An Act to enable the Kings...
Price: $75
Contributor's Copy–Honoring Adenauer
Abschied Von Konrad Adenauer. 42 Briefe.
N. P: [1963]. Contributor's Copy–Honoring Adenauer. From the library of Henry Cabot Lodge who was one on the contributors to this collection. The magazine “Der Spiegel” produced a special issue to honor Chancelor Adenauer on his retirement. This notebook contains facsimiles of the contributions. The contributors are Harold Macmillan, Dwight..... Read More about Abschied Von Konrad Adenauer. 42 Briefe
Price: $450
A Fisherman's Summer in Canada.
London: Witherby & Co, 1911. First English Edition (both American & English editions published simultaneously). With chapters on - "A River of New Brunswick," "Tuna Fishing in the North Atlantic," "The Edge of the Great Lakes," "New Scotland," and "The Land of Evangeline." "First book seen to spell Nipigon in... Read More about A Fisherman's Summer in Canada
Price: $125
Memoirs of the Court of James the First.
London: Printed for Longman. Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1822. First edition. Read More about Memoirs of the Court of James the First
Price: $150
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth.
London: Printed for Longman. Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1819. Fourth Edition. Read More about Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
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As Secretary for Prince Albert
ALS to William Gourlie and Thomas Anderson.
Osborne: 11August 1855. As Secretary for Prince Albert. Phipps, as private secretary to Prince Albert, responds to the invitation of Gourlie and Anderson to attend the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science as the Prince and the Queen will have just “arrived in the Highlands for... Read More about ALS to William Gourlie and Thomas Anderson
Price: $50
“A nun and a small peasant girl” entitled "From a Watercolour Sketch by E. Landseer"
1843. Rare - the plate for this print remained private and was never used for a published edition. Read More about “A nun and a small peasant girl” entitled "From a Watercolour Sketch by E. Landseer"
Price: $400
A Natural History of English Insects Illustrated with a Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven from the Life: And (for those...
London: William and John Innys, 1720-24. With preliminaries and titles of both first and second editions. Read More about A Natural History of English Insects Illustrated with a Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven...
Price: $7,500
ALEHOUSE LICENSE 1772 IN WESTMINSTER
Alehouse license for Ambrose Pennington and John Waite of The Crooked Bill.
Westminster: St Clement Dane, September 15, 1772. ALEHOUSE LICENSE 1772 IN WESTMINSTER. Alehouse license for The Crooked Bill in the parish of St. Clement Danes. The fee for the one-year license was £. 10 each to the proprietors Ambrose Pennington and John Waite. Read More about Alehouse license for Ambrose Pennington and John Waite of The Crooked Bill
Price: $500
Salmon-Fishing in Canada. By a Resident.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. First Edition. A lighthearted look at sport and camping in the Canadian wilds. Read More about Salmon-Fishing in Canada. By a Resident
Price: $300
"War of the Two-Brothers," with a contemporary letter of Admiral Sartorius
Sketches in Portugal, during the Civil War of 1834 ... with Observations on the Present and Future State of Portugal.
London: James Cochrane and Co, 1835. First edition. "War of the Two-Brothers," with a contemporary letter of Admiral Sartorius. First edition of this lively first-hand account of events in Portugal in 1834 during the so-called "War of the Two-Brothers." The author James Alexander is perhaps best known nowadays as having... Read More about Sketches in Portugal, during the Civil War of 1834 ... with Observations on the Present and...
Price: $650
Inscribed
Le Torrent et la Digue. Alger du 13 Mai aux Barricades.
Paris: Plon, nd. Inscribed. Inscribed "Pour M. Emile Rossignol/ cordialement/ Massu/7.4.73." Read More about Le Torrent et la Digue. Alger du 13 Mai aux Barricades
Price: $150
History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789, to the Restoration of the bourbons in 1815.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1847. Seventh Edition. Read More about History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789, to the Restoration of...
Price: $500
ALS to Goodenough.
Hampshire: 27 May 1887. Alison writes explaining that while he is always "most willing to do what I can to assist you", the week he had chosen coincided with H.R.H. and Gerneal Nicholson coming down to inspect the Engineers. Having served at Lucknow (where he lost his left arm), Ashantee, Egypt..... Read More about ALS to Goodenough
Price: $250
The National Sports of Great Britain, with Descriptions in English and French ... Chasse et Amusemens Nationaux de la Grande Bretagne.
London: Published by Thomas McLean, 1823 [but later, plates watermarked 1822-1824]. Alken, Henry. First edition. A fine copy of "Alken's most important work... It must always form the cornerstone of any Alken collection" (Tooley) The plates and text between them offer a thorough survey of the sports practiced in Great Britain... Read More about The National Sports of Great Britain, with Descriptions in English and French ... Chasse et...
Price: $30,000
Battles of the British Navy.
London: Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1852. Revised edition. Read More about Battles of the British Navy
Price: $150
Raemaeker's Cartoon History of the War.
New York: Century, 1919. Read More about Raemaeker's Cartoon History of the War
Price: $300