Tour in England, Ireland and France in the Years 1828 & 1829; with Remarks on the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants and Anecdotes of Distinguished Public Characters in a Series of Letters, by a German Prince. Volumes I & II by Von Puckler-Muskau, Hermann Furst - 1832

Paris: Seymour De Ricci. Very Good+. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green buckram cloth. 150 copies printed for private circulation, this is #126. Gilt title on spine. Illustrated with tissue protected b/w plates. Grey covers bound In. Bookplate of M. Robert Guggenheim (1885-1959) , American statesman and member of the prominent Guggenheim Family. German Antiquities, Art, ; B/W Plates; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated pages .

xii+330 pages. Duodecimo (6 3/4" x 4 1/2") bound in original publisher's leather with new spine with black label in gilt lettering to spine. Third edition.William Lempriere, traveller and medical writer, was third son of Thomas Lemprière of Jersey. He entered the army medical service when young, and by 1789 was attached to the garrison of Gibraltar. In the September of that year Sidi Mahommed, emperor of Morocco, sent a message to General O'Hara, the commandant at Gibraltar, asking that an English doctor might be sent to attend his son, Muley Absolom, who was suffering from cataract. Lemprière accepted the commission, and left Gibraltar on 14 Sept. 1789; on 28 Oct. he reached Tarudant, where he attended the prince with great success. His only rewards, however, were 'a gold watch, an indifferent horse, and a few hard dollars.' He was then summoned to Morocco itself, which he reached on 4 Dec., to attend some ladies of the sultan's harem. He was detained at Morocco a long time against his will, and… Read More

"The History of the Puritans in England" (by W.H. Stowell) and "The Pilgrim Fathers" (by D. Wilson) - complete in one volume. Three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards and marbled end papers; gilt top edge. The red ribbon page marker is present (but detached). With 2 frontispiece illustrations. Please see the photos for the complete list of contents.From the Preface:"This volume is intended to compress, within narrow limits, the story of the English Puritans, by weaving into the tissue of the general narrative some biographical details respecting the men who bore that name. The writer has spared no pains in consulting the best authorities on both sides of the great controversy of which Puritanism was the result. He can conscientiously present the history to the public as authentic; and he hopes it will not be condemned by any intelligent and candid reader as wanting in fairness towards the opponents of the Puritans."Condition:Some rubbing and light scratches to the marbled boards; scuffs to… Read More

With papers on "The progress of Greece" and "Byron in Greece", First edition. vi+183 pp. Macmillan and Co., London, 1880.
--- Clothbound (publishers cloth). Light wear to extremities. Dedication on front endpaper. Pages bright and clean.

Winner of the Hopwood Poetry Prize 1939Slight discoloration on front board of cover at top edgeDJ does not have clipped corners, DJ faded at spine, with slight tear at top edge of about an inch. All pieces are here.Signed and inscribed.

Paris: Seymour De Ricci. Very Good+. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green buckram cloth. 150 copies printed for private circulation, this is #126. Gilt title on spine. Illustrated with tissue protected b/w plates. Grey covers bound In. Bookplate of M. Robert Guggenheim (1885-1959) , American statesman and member of the prominent Guggenheim Family. German Antiquities, Art, ; B/W Plates; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated pages .

xii+330 pages. Duodecimo (6 3/4" x 4 1/2") bound in original publisher's leather with new spine with black label in gilt lettering to spine. Third edition.William Lempriere, traveller and medical writer, was third son of Thomas Lemprière of Jersey. He entered the army medical service when young, and by 1789 was attached to the garrison of Gibraltar. In the September of that year Sidi Mahommed, emperor of Morocco, sent a message to General O'Hara, the commandant at Gibraltar, asking that an English doctor might be sent to attend his son, Muley Absolom, who was suffering from cataract. Lemprière accepted the commission, and left Gibraltar on 14 Sept. 1789; on 28 Oct. he reached Tarudant, where he attended the prince with great success. His only rewards, however, were 'a gold watch, an indifferent horse, and a few hard dollars.' He was then summoned to Morocco itself, which he reached on 4 Dec., to attend some ladies of the sultan's harem. He was detained at Morocco a long time against his will, and… Read More

"The History of the Puritans in England" (by W.H. Stowell) and "The Pilgrim Fathers" (by D. Wilson) - complete in one volume. Three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards and marbled end papers; gilt top edge. The red ribbon page marker is present (but detached). With 2 frontispiece illustrations. Please see the photos for the complete list of contents.From the Preface:"This volume is intended to compress, within narrow limits, the story of the English Puritans, by weaving into the tissue of the general narrative some biographical details respecting the men who bore that name. The writer has spared no pains in consulting the best authorities on both sides of the great controversy of which Puritanism was the result. He can conscientiously present the history to the public as authentic; and he hopes it will not be condemned by any intelligent and candid reader as wanting in fairness towards the opponents of the Puritans."Condition:Some rubbing and light scratches to the marbled boards; scuffs to… Read More

With papers on "The progress of Greece" and "Byron in Greece", First edition. vi+183 pp. Macmillan and Co., London, 1880.
--- Clothbound (publishers cloth). Light wear to extremities. Dedication on front endpaper. Pages bright and clean.

Winner of the Hopwood Poetry Prize 1939Slight discoloration on front board of cover at top edgeDJ does not have clipped corners, DJ faded at spine, with slight tear at top edge of about an inch. All pieces are here.Signed and inscribed.