British Isles from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

London: R. Baldwin, 1758. 686 pages + 20 pages of index + 24 (of 29) maps and prints.  8vo. A full year of the magazine.  The only prints missing are the portrait of Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, the map of Connecticut & Rhode Island, the plan of the city & fortifications of Louisbourgh, the map of New England &… Read more about this item

Merseyside, England: Promenade Press, 1984. 92 pages. First printing. Issued only in paperback. This is the scarce third photographic monograph published by the award-winning British documentary photographer Martin Parr. Black & white photographs of the daily life of inhabitants of the West of Ireland (various counties)--the people, livestock, houses and buildings. The book is in very… Read more about this item

London: Jacob Tonson, 1725. (20), 271 pages, followed by 8 leaves containing the appendix, index and booksellers' catalog. Written by British historian and clergyman Laurence Echard (1670-1730), this is an early history of England's "Glorious Revolution" beginning with a review of problems during the reigns of King Charles and King James II and concluding with the Declaration of Rights" (the… Read more about this item

London: Fortescue Mann, 1896. There is some debate over whether the London views by Fortescue Mann were taken by John Fortescue Mann (1848-1897) or by his son Reginald Fortescue Mann (1881-1916). David Simkin (Sussex Photo History) attributes them to the father while Douglas Heil (The Art of Stereography) attributes them to the son. Both acknowledge that the latter… Read more about this item

London: R. Ackermann, 1821. (6), 46 pages, followed by 48 plates printed only on the rectos. The text, though not attributed in the book, is by the British romantic poet William Wordsworth, who continued to revise it for his own travel book, A Guide through the District of the Lakes. The illustrations are 48 soft ground etchings by… Read more about this item

London: Unknown Publisher, 1870. Three beautifully hand-colored stereoviews, each with a different view of the Crystal Palace after its relocation to Sydenham Hill. The photographer and publisher are not identified on the mount. All 3 stereoviews are in excellent condition, with just a hint of soiling on the mounts. Provenance: from the collection of Robert N. Dennis,… Read more about this item

London: Fortescue Mann, 1896. There is some debate over whether the London views by Fortescue Mann were taken by John Fortescue Mann (1848-1897) or by his son Reginald Fortescue Mann (1881-1916). David Simkin (Sussex Photo History) attributes them to the father while Douglas Heil (The Art of Stereography) attributes them to the son. Both acknowledge that the latter… Read more about this item

London: Fortescue Mann, 1896. There is some debate over whether the London views by Fortescue Mann were taken by John Fortescue Mann (1848-1897) or by his son Reginald Fortescue Mann (1881-1916). David Simkin (Sussex Photo History) attributes them to the father while Douglas Heil (The Art of Stereography) attributes them to the son. Both acknowledge that the latter… Read more about this item

London: Fortescue Mann, 1896. This stereoview was one of ten that Fortescue Mann exhibited at the Forty-first Annual Exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society (1896), under the title, Exhibit No. 367: STEREOSCOPIC TRANSPARENCIES. Ten Slides (In the Stereoscope). Note: There is some debate over whether the London views by Fortescue Mann were taken by John Fortescue Mann… Read more about this item

London: Fortescue Mann, 1896. There is some debate over whether the London views by Fortescue Mann were taken by John Fortescue Mann (1848-1897) or by his son Reginald Fortescue Mann (1881-1916). David Simkin (Sussex Photo History) attributes them to the father while Douglas Heil (The Art of Stereography) attributes them to the son. Both acknowledge that the latter… Read more about this item

London and New York: London Stereoscopic Company, 1861. Beautifully hand-colored stereoviews of 2 of the oldest Cistercian Abbeys: Tintern Abbey (Wales, established 1131) and Fountains Abbey (Yorkshire, 1132). The views of Tintern are numbers 425, 431A, and 432; the Fountains Abbey views are numbers 214. 215, and 217. They apparently were published for the American market. … Read more about this item

London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1780. Title page + pp. 691-696.  Folio.  First edition.  Printed on laid paper.  Disbound from larger volume. "An Act to allow the exportation of provisions, goods, wares, and merchandize, from Great Britain, to certain towns, ports or places, in North America, which are or may be under the protection of His Majesty's arms;… Read more about this item

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1988. 208 pages. A full-scale survey of Irish prehistory written by archaeologist Peter Harbison for a general audience. Both book and dust jacket are in almost as-new condition.. First U. S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Edelgard Soergel-Harbison. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: Roger Fenton, 1860. Original albumen print stereoview by famed Crimean War photographer Roger Fenton (London, 1819-1869). On the verso of the stereoview card Fenton has SIGNED his name and written the following inscription: "The Cherwell from under Magdalen bridge, part of Magdalen college to the left, the water walk to the right." The autograph and inscription are… Read more about this item

London, England: Routledge, 2003. xv, 276 pages. In the first book published on Neolithic Irish landscapes, the author "argues that people in the Irish Neolithic socialized landscapes in complex ways, in which the domestic and the ceremonial aspects of life were interlinked." The book is in almost as new condition.. Reprint. Paperback. Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more about this item

London: Printed by A. Godbid & J. Playford, and sold by S. Neale, 1680. (6), 1-32, 49-176, 193-219 pages; missing the frontispiece. The text is complete and in proper sequence without duplication. But the page numbering problems in all known copies are present: page numbers 33-48 and 178-192 are not used; numbering of pages 82-95 is not sequential;… Read more about this item