Fortune Magazine, Volume 5, Jan. - Mar. and Apr.-Jun. and Vol. 6, Oct. - Dec., 1932 by Henry R. Luce, Editor - 1932

London: R. Ackermann, Strand, 1828. Hardcover. Very Good. Hand-coloured plates including costumes, professions & trades, with children, animals, coaching scene, ships/boats, boxing etc.. 2 VOLUMES gilt tan roan (edges worn/spine of vol.2 lacks top compartment and much of the raised bands of vol.2 are missing their leather covering) All edges marbled. Frontispiece + xc (which incl.titlepage) +72pp Vol.2 frontispiece + v (which includes title) +140pp + [4]pp of publisher's Spanish works. Book plate to pastedown with coat of arms of Earl of Portsmouth. Text in Spanish but plates all captioned only in English and the colouring is original and well done. Both text and plates are in clean condition, no writing no tears and with the tissue guards in place and very minimal foxing to a very few pages. The publisher, Ackermann, lists these books as being sold through his own establishments in Maxico, Columbia, Buenos Aires, Chile, Peru, & Guatemala these volumes were obviously written for the South American trade.

London: R. Francklin, C. Davis, and 4-5 others 7th edition (Vol.1-4), 2nd edition (Vol.5-7)., 1750, 1749. Hardcover. Good. Copperplates (189 of 198 required in this edition, Vol.3 lacks 9 folding plates) - each volume has a frontis by A. Motte or R. Parr + mostly folding plates by various artists.. Seven Volumes 12mo (175x110mm), brown roan on 5 raised bands (3 front boards re-attached, spines starting to split on 2 other vols, leather scuffed). Frontis +xxiv +323pp +[12]pp index +[4]pp C. Davis publisher's list; Vol.2 Frontis + viii +312pp with index +[4]pp Davis booklist; Vol.3 Frontis +xviii +366pp with index; Vol.4 Frontis + Title + dedication to Sir Hans Sloan +356pp +[10]pp index; Vol.5 Frontis + Title + contents +329pp; Vol.6 Frontis + Title + contents + xxxii explanation of plates +308pp +[4]pp book list; Vol.7 Frontis + Title + contents +323pp. Coolated complte except for 9 folding plates lacking from Vol.3). Bindings delicate, Vol.2 with lower margin wormholes for about 90 pages but hardly… Read More

John Murray, 1832. First Edition. Unknown. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" 17 volumes, complete as issued. Additionally intended to be 14 volumes, this work was extended by the inclusion of additional work to 17. Attractively bound in 3/4 burgundy morocco over marbled boards, spines with gilt-tooled raised bands and gilt floral devices, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers (has some rubbing, and nicking to spine tips of several volumes). PROVENANCE: Each volume with the bookplate of George Richards Lamb. Contents:.

1885 BRONTE Novels Jane Eyre Professor Shirley Feminism Literature Wildfell 5v

"Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste."
― Charlotte Brontë

Famous novels of the Brontë Sisters, including Jane Eyre!
The Brontë Sisters produced some of the most famous and popular novels of the 19th-century including Jane Eyre, by Charlotte. This set of volumes is illustrated throughout and features some of their most popular tales such as 'Shirley' and 'The Professor'.
The novels themselves have been and will continue to be popular amongst English readers.

Item number: #16862
Price: $950
BRONTË, Charlotte
[works]
London, Smith, Elder, ca. 1885.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages – 5 volumes
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'The Professor' – x, 432
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'Shirley' – vi, 543, [1]
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'Life of Charlotte Bronte' – xi, 448
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'Wildfell Hall' – 416
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'Jane Eyre' – ix, 464
· Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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1866 New York City Business HUGE MAP Manhattan Color Illustrated Corporation

'Manual of the Corporation of New York' is a rare, Civil War-era handbook written for businesses and businessmen in New York in 1862. This book provides details on various companies and notable buildings in New York, providing details on committee members, locations in the town, and impressive illustrations.

This 1866 edition is filled with a myriad of color full-page and folding plates!
Item number: #19725
Price: $750
VALENTINE, D.T.
Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, 1866.
New York: Valentine: 1866.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xvi, 17-820
o Heavily illustrated throughout, including large color folding map at frontispiece
· Provenance: Handwritten – Joseph Van [Clift], 1897
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Dark green cloth
· Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 13cm)
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1891. Half-Leather. Very Good. Complete eight-volume set, each volume bound in half-leather with marbled boards borded in gilt, banded spines with gilt titles and decoration, gilded head edges, marbled endpapers. Pages clean save for mild toning in the margins throughout, a small and faintly inky water stain at the lower bound corners of Volume III, mild rippling along the head edges in Volume V, and small water stains at the heel edges of three other volumes; all bindings remain square and tight, the leather somewhat darkened about the spine heel on five volumes and worn with occasional spots of exposure at the free corners, more gently rubbed at spine ends, with the occasional nick or scratch along the spine and occasional, mild flaking along front hinges, the marbled boards showing chipping at head and heel edges and surface scuffs on the back of Volume VIII and on the front of Volume VI, otherwise lovely. xix + 625, xvi + 699, xii + 591, xv + 606, xvi + 602,… Read More

Goldsmith, Oliver A History of the Earth and Animated Nature. Glasgow, Edinburgh: Blackie and Son, 1852. 2 volumes, 8vo, modern quarter calfBiologie, Geïllustreerd, Geschiedenis, Natuurlijke historie, Ornithologie, Verzamelwerken - Aantal: 2 - Handgekleurde illustratiesObject: Boek (Meer kavels)Aantal boeken: 2Onderwerp: Biologie, Geïllustreerd, Geschiedenis, Natuurlijke historie, Ornithologie, VerzamelwerkenAuteur/ Illustrator: Oliver GoldsmithBoektitel: A History of the Earth and Animated NatureStaat: Zeer GoedPublicatiejaar oudste item.: 1852Druk: Geïllustreerde drukTaal: EngelsOorspronkelijke taal: JaUitgever: Blackie & Son - Queen St Glasgow, Edinburgh, LondonBand: HalfleerExtra's: Handgekleurde illustratiesAfmetingen: 25,5×16 cm- Oliver Goldsmith- A History of the Earth and Animated Nature - Volume 1 and 2 (complete matching & very handsome set, newly bound, very tight)- Blackie & Son Queen St Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, 1852- Vol I; lxii, 564 pp with a portrait frontispiece and a color… Read More

BEWICK ThomasHistory of British Birds - complete 2 volume setThe Figures Engraved on Wood by T. Bewick.Vol 1. Containing the History and Description of Land Birds. (1821) pp xl + 43-330 pp British Birds + 48 pp Supplement to Vol. IVol 2. Containing the History and Description of Water Birds. (1821) pp xxii + 19-360 British Birds + 44 pp Supplement to Vol. IINewcastle: Printed By Edward Walker, Pilgrim Street, for T. Bewick: Sold By Him and E. Charnley, Newcastle and Longman and Co London, 1821.Complete two volume set, professionally restored (but pages left uncut) in matching contemporary half calf over marbled boards.Spine with raised gilt decorative bands, name, title and volume.Condition; occasional marks to margins, leaf Z2 (p 182)in volume 1 with closed tear archivally repaired without loss, wide margins, partly untrimmed, contemporary diced half calf, later rebacks (endpapers replaced, with previous owner's book plates removed from inner boards).The-General-History-of-Quadrupeds and… Read More

various: various. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fifteen late 19th century volumes of opera scores for piano by renowned composers including Mozart, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi. This collection was the property of W. G. Moehring, likely of the famed Moehring musical family, who commissioned these custom fine bindings in stamped leather. Penciled musical notations indicate that the owner was undoubtedly a musician. Five raised bands and six compartments on each spine with the composer and the name of the opera in gilt letters. The name "W. G. Moehring" is gilt stamped on each cover in Gothic lettering. All edges are beautifully gilt. Various bookseller's stamps mostly from Philadelphia. Various publishers including Chabal (Paris), Gambogi Freres-editors de musique (Paris). BELLINI -- La Sonnambula BELLINI -- E Puritani DONIZETTI -- Don Pasquale -- front hinge starting, page 69/70 loose DONIZETTI -- Lucrezia Borgia -- front hinge starting DONIZETTI -- Lucia di Lammermoor --… Read More

London: William Pickering, 1845. Small Octavo. Aldine edition of the British poets. In 6 volumes. Portrait frontispiece in volume one. A collection of Chaucer's poetical works along with a memoir. An exceptionally nice set. Though all the volumes appear to have been rebacked at an early date and beautifully executed. (It would not have been noticeable except; the marbled endpapers did not match the marbled edges). A beautiful set, bound in full polished calf, spines flat, maroon and brown spine labels gilt, gilt ruled compartments decoratively stamped in gilt, all edges marbled, remarkably fresh and bright internally, with a few bumped corners. A lovely set.