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London: Geo. B. Whittaker, 1824. 1824 second edition of this rare, collectible volume. The first of five books in a series by the author "of sketches of village scenes and vividly drawn characters was based upon life in (the village of) Three Mile Cross" where she lived near Berkshire, England. Her Wikipedia biography describes "Her writing has all the charm of unaffected spontaneous humour, combined with quick wit and literary skill." Rubbed gray and brown marbled boards with leather corners and leather extended spine. Backstrip of spine is missing and has been replaced with paper strip with typed title which is peeling from front cover. Leather corners are worn and the embossed design on the leather cornes and spine is worn but still visable. Bumped corners. Marbling on outside pages. 292 surprisingly bright pages. Taped repair to front pastedown. Marbled endpapers in front. Poorly blotted name on fep along with penciled booksellers notations. Small area of ink…
Read More The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, etc. by [Rudolph Ackermann, Publisher] - 1823: Half Year 1823
by [Rudolph Ackermann, Publisher]
The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, etc.: Half Year 1823
by [Rudolph Ackermann, Publisher]
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Good run of six monthly issues of this influential magazine, Third Series, Volume I, January to June 1823, bound in one volume.
A fascinating view of the taste of London high society in the year 1823.
Complete with 29 handcoloured engravings of fashion, landscapes, architecture and furniture, 6 engravings of needlework patterns, one engraved fold-out music score of a German waltz by Beethoven, and one engraved plate of a military trophy.
Each issue typically with two handcoloured architecture plates, two handcoloured London fashion plates, one handcoloured interior plate (furniture, curtains, etc.) and one needlework pattern.
The fashion plates unsigned but attributed to the Arbiter Elegantiarum (Thomas Uwins). The fashions include bonnets and hats, casual morning and promenade dresses as well as elegant evening wear and ball gowns, a few by Miss Pierpoint of 9 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, the others by anonymous designers. They show women lounging on a chaise longue playing an oud, wearing carriage clothes inside a coach, or morning dress on a wrought-iron balcony with a pet parrot.
The architecture plates mostly landscape scenes showing stately homes and gardens of the aristocracy by John Gendall. They include Cranburn Lodge in the royal hunting grounds, Queen Charlotte's house at Frogmore House (now the residence of Henry and Meghan), Richard Boyle's Palladian mansion Chiswick House, the Duke of Northumberland's Sion House with park designed by Capability Brown, and the interior of John Blade's Upper Show Room of ornamental glass and chandeliers at his shop in Ludgate Hill.
The three furniture plates show a luxurious Parisian faineante or idler, a huge raised sofa for several people to lounge on, a decorative cabinet bookcase, and a lady's work table for the sitting room.
Ackermann's Repository of Arts ran from 1809 to 1828. At four shillings an issue, it was an expensive magazine, aimed at the very richest of English society. In addition to the luxurious colour plates, the text offered travel writing, poetry, French fashion reports, art gallery reviews, literary criticism, society gossip, music reviews, general news and legal reports.
Each issue had several pages of advertisements at the back, fascinating ads for children's hair oil, macassar oil, playing cards, Amboyna mouth powder, Gifford's fruit lozenges, Kensington lace, Irish linen, art lithographs, etc.
Leather bindings with gilt title, year and volume number, spine with five raised bands rubbed and worn with 1cm loss to top and bottom, marble boards scuffed, marble endpapers, interior free of foxing, but a few finger smudges and spots, all plates with fine colouring under tissue guards. Both boards off and crudely reattached with blue tape.
A fascinating view of the taste of London high society in the year 1823.
Complete with 29 handcoloured engravings of fashion, landscapes, architecture and furniture, 6 engravings of needlework patterns, one engraved fold-out music score of a German waltz by Beethoven, and one engraved plate of a military trophy.
Each issue typically with two handcoloured architecture plates, two handcoloured London fashion plates, one handcoloured interior plate (furniture, curtains, etc.) and one needlework pattern.
The fashion plates unsigned but attributed to the Arbiter Elegantiarum (Thomas Uwins). The fashions include bonnets and hats, casual morning and promenade dresses as well as elegant evening wear and ball gowns, a few by Miss Pierpoint of 9 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, the others by anonymous designers. They show women lounging on a chaise longue playing an oud, wearing carriage clothes inside a coach, or morning dress on a wrought-iron balcony with a pet parrot.
The architecture plates mostly landscape scenes showing stately homes and gardens of the aristocracy by John Gendall. They include Cranburn Lodge in the royal hunting grounds, Queen Charlotte's house at Frogmore House (now the residence of Henry and Meghan), Richard Boyle's Palladian mansion Chiswick House, the Duke of Northumberland's Sion House with park designed by Capability Brown, and the interior of John Blade's Upper Show Room of ornamental glass and chandeliers at his shop in Ludgate Hill.
The three furniture plates show a luxurious Parisian faineante or idler, a huge raised sofa for several people to lounge on, a decorative cabinet bookcase, and a lady's work table for the sitting room.
Ackermann's Repository of Arts ran from 1809 to 1828. At four shillings an issue, it was an expensive magazine, aimed at the very richest of English society. In addition to the luxurious colour plates, the text offered travel writing, poetry, French fashion reports, art gallery reviews, literary criticism, society gossip, music reviews, general news and legal reports.
Each issue had several pages of advertisements at the back, fascinating ads for children's hair oil, macassar oil, playing cards, Amboyna mouth powder, Gifford's fruit lozenges, Kensington lace, Irish linen, art lithographs, etc.
Leather bindings with gilt title, year and volume number, spine with five raised bands rubbed and worn with 1cm loss to top and bottom, marble boards scuffed, marble endpapers, interior free of foxing, but a few finger smudges and spots, all plates with fine colouring under tissue guards. Both boards off and crudely reattached with blue tape.
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- Illustrator Thomas Uwins, John Gendall
- Format/Binding Half leather and marble boards
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- Edition 1st
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- Publisher Rudolph Ackermann
- Place of Publication 101 Strand, London
- Date Published 1823
- Size Octavo, 24 x 14cm
- Keywords Rudolph Ackermann, Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashion, Thomas Uwins, copperplate engraving, handcoloured, fashion, architecture, furniture, interior, Regency, Georgian, fashionable, bon ton,
- Size Octavo, 24 x 14cm
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Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery
by Mitford, Mary Russell
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Report of The Exploring Expedition To The Rocky Mountains In the Year 1842 and To Oregon and North California in the Year 1843-'44. House Doc. No. 166. (1845)(1st edition)
by J. C. Fremont (John Charles); Sheffield Oil Company
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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First House edition of this famous report. 1845. Complete in original binding except for the gigantic map which is available in full size color thick glossy paper professional reproduction ($25 extra if desired). Pagination: 583 pages, 22 plates, 4 maps, all blanks present. Includes fascinating pencil diagram of oil rig on back of map. Oil rig drawing titled "Sheffield Oil Company. Warren(?), Co., Pa." That pencil drawing is the only interior writing or ownership marking anywhere in the book. Condition is a mixed bag. Original half leather marbled boards show heavy wear and looks like they were professionally rehinged in the distant past. Binding is sound. Pages show moderate to heavy toning and foxing. Some plates have weird 'dot' foxing I have never seen elsewhere (see scan). Marbled endpapers. A nice well maintained copy suitable for reading and research with a cool drawing. Howes F372; Wagner-Camp 115:2; Graff 1436. House Doc. No. 166. Feel free to inquire. Please see scans of the book you will…
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Chromosomenstudien III. Chromatinreifung in Allium cepa. Mit 4 Tafeln." Offprint from The Archiv for Zellforschung volume 6, number 2.
by Bonnevie, Kristine
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Moray, United Kingdom
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Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1911. Octavo. Original grey wrappers printed in black. 4 plates of which 1 is folding and the others are double-page. Ownership signature "Ric" and short note on the upper wrapper. Wrappers a little toned at the extremities, lightly rubbed, lower corner bumped, contents faintly toned. A very good copy. Offprint, presentation copy inscribed by the author on the upper wrapper, "Schrader, with kind regards of the author". Cell biologist Kristine Bonnevie (1872-1949) was Norway's first female professor and the first woman member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences. She studied with chromosome researcher Theodor Boveri in Germany, and was awarded a PhD in 1906 for her study of sex cells. "The problem of chromosome halving in the sex cells was not well understood at the time, and her work challenged the classic work of the Norwegian cytologists Alette and Kristian Emil Schreiner. In response to criticism by the Schreiners about her chromosomal work, Bonnevie went to Columbia…
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Echoes, The Funeral, No Roses, Pills (too Many)
by Bettianne Ballweg
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Wytheville, Virginia, United States
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Madison, Wisconsin: Evanescent Press, 1977. #13 of 60 copies printed. Signed by printer Lee Ruelle. Maroon Tri-fold Hardback cover.. Signed by Author. Numbered. Linen Cloth Hard Cover. Fine. Private Press.
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Aphorismi de Cognoscendis et Curandis Morbis : in Usum Doctrinae Domesticae Digesti
by Herman Boerhaave
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
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Very nicely rebound in full ruled calf retaining original raised bands, top edge gilt; marbled end-papers. Signed in pencil by publishers Haak and Verbeek on Verso of title. 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. [viii],370, [24] pages.
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The Boys of Axleford
by Charles Camden
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Item Description:Book is in Excellent condition for age. No DJAn anthology of fictional stories about several boys at the Axleford school for boys.Hard to find first edition, 1880, George Routledge & SonsNicely Illustrated by Gettie, Houghton, Fraser, Mahoney, Walker and French.Remarkably clean pages for ageSmall amount of separation at front / rear hinges, but minimalSome surface wear,Gift inscription at the front of the book in ink.
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The American Architect Comprising Original Designs of Cheap Country and Village Residences, with Details, Specifications, Plans and Directions and an Estimate of the Cost of Each Design. (Jones & Newman's Architectural Publications)
by Ritch, John W.
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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New York: C.M. Saxton, 1848. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brown contemporary calf, 4 raised bands, black leather label, gilt lettered. No date, but publisher's address is 123 Fulton Street indicating probable publication of 1848. 47 plates, (many tinted) of renderings, elevations and layouts with accompanying text. Very light wear, binding is square and sound. Miinor dampstaining to 3 plates and very slight waviness to a few leaves, occasional foxing. Owner's name on endpapes. Most plates are virtually free of any defects. This book is very attractively bound, and is in a very well-preserved condition. A wide range of architectural styles are shown, from classics to country log cabin. There is a total of 47 plates, including layouts, elevations and specfications.
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Oeuvres complètes / Histoire ancienne (3 Tomes)
by Rollin
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Athens, Greece
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Avec notes et éclaircissements sur les sciences, les arts, l'industrie et le commerce des anciens, par Émile Bères. Chamerot, Libraire-Éditeur, Paris, 1845. --- Edges untrimmed. Uncut copy. Foxing on pages. Some wear at covers.
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Presente amistoso dedicado a las Señoritas Mexicanas
by Cumplido, Ignacio
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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Mexico: I. Cumplido, 1847. Hardcover. Good/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 194pp. Blind stamped boards, gilt stamped floral border, gilt stamping and gilt lettering to spine, all edges gilt, 7 engraved plates with tissue-guards, signed on editor's page "Maria G. Haro." Edge worn, spine chipped with minor loss, endpapers stained, very occasional foxing to text.
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Residential Portland 1911: Portland, Oregon, "The Rose City
by Bates, Philip S. (Foreword)
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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Portland, OR: The Newspaper Syndicate, 1911. Hardcover. Good+. 12" x 9" Hardcover; 88 Plates + 3pp; Brown textured boards in album bound with string, gilt titling to front, boards edgeworn with minor staining, minor insect damage to front pastedown, faded pencil marks to title page & backs of a few plates (doesn't affect photo images), a few pages edgeworn, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Scarce, antique album containing 88 photographic plates of notable Portland, Oregon homes in the year 1911. Each photo is captioned with the address of the home and its resident's name, e.g. "Residence of Mr. J. C. Ainsworth, 584 Elizabeth Street." Foreword by Philip S. Bates.
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Secret Splendor (Silhouette Classics, No 11)
by Claire, Erin St (Sandra Brown)
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Silhouette, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Sandra Brown writing as Erin St. Claire, 253 pgs
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The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man
by Becker, Ernest
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New York: The Free Press, 1971. Second Edition. Contents include: The Man-Apes; The Origins of the Mind; The Distinctive Human; The Inner World; Socialization: the Creation of the Inner World; The New Meaning of the Oedipus Complex; Self-Esteem; Culture and Personality; Social Encounters: The Staging of Self-Esteem; Culture: the Relativity of Hero-Systems; What is Normal?; What Would A Science of Man Then Be?; Religion: The Quest for the Ideal Heroism. 228 pages. Edgewear; light wear to covers; worn corners and light creases on spine. Deeply creased spine opens flat at pages 60/61. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. 2nd. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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More Than Forever
by McLean, Jay
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2014. Book Four in the More Than Series 8vo size trade paperback; 369 pages Please note: This book has a Mature Readers Advisory. From back: "Lucy - There is love so fierce it cannot be measured... Cameron - Forever. Everlasting. Eternal. THere is no measure of time... But our forever isn't always." Creased back cover and last few pages, worn corners. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.
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Unreal Tournament Bradygames Official Strategy Guide
by Marcus, Phillip
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- 9780744009552 / 0744009553
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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Bradbury & Evans, 2007. Covers PC-CD ROM/DVD ROM & Playstation 3 Computer Entertainment System 4to sized softcover; 271 heavy glossy pages with color illustrations throughout Brand new, but note some edgewear and blemish to top of back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Bloody Sunrise
by Spillane, Mickey
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
by Shoemaker, J. W
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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A Million Miles from Boston
by Day, Karen
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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2011. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 215 pages. Signed by author on title page. Stated First Edition From jacket: "(Lucy) wants to get out of Boston and forget her worries about starting middle school and about her father's new girlfriend. Pierson Point is where she feels most like herself, and where memories of her mother, who died when Lucy was six, are strong and sacred. But this summer, nothing is the same. Ian, a boy from home in Boston, comes to Pierson Point...Lucy's father wants his girlfriend to become a bigger part of Lucy's life. Though Lucy struggles against change, she gradually realizes that sometimes, change is for the better. Average wear to jacket; bumped corners and head and heel of spine, owner's name on fep. Autographed Copy sticker on front of jacket; one previously folded page corner. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits…
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The Republic Of Plato: A New Version Founded On Basic English
by Richards, I.A
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1942 - noted on the copyright page as "A WARTIME BOOK This complete edition is produced in full compliance with the government's regulations for conserving paper and other essential materials" book: very good -tight, sound, and square, no previous owner marks - moderate edgewear plus rubbing to the boards - some toning from age - no dj - includes a vintage (pre - "The Google") Buccaneer Books Laguna Beach, CA out-of-print book search card
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A study of child-nature from the Kindergarten Standpoint
by Elizabeth Harrison
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Garland, Texas, United States
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A study of child-nature from the Kindergarten Standpoint by Elizabeth Harrison. Published by Chicago Kindergarten College; 4th edition (1892). 207 pages. Interior clean and unmarked except for previous owner's name and date of Aug 1893 on fly page. Another fly page has "Compliments Chicago Kindergarten College Co." in handwriting. Edge of several pages have slight bend and small tear. Hardback with no dj if offered. Slight bumping on edges and spine. Blue cloth cover and spine has some fading. Condition: Good. Measures 7.5" x 5"
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Kane & Abel
by Jeffrey Archer
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Decatur, Indiana, United States
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New York, 1979. Book Club. Hardcover. Book Club/Has Jacket. Book is a book club edition. Quite a few closed tears, chips, and other signs of wear to the dust jacket. Some bumping to the boards at corners, edges and ends of the spine. Pages are clean.
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