News from Nowhere by William Morris - 2015

J.M.Dent and co. London.,1904. FIRST BROCK EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with colour title page and 24 full page colour plates. Finely bound in original publishers delux full vellum binding with spine and front board fully decorated and lettered in gilt. Decorative endpapers. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A fine copy of this beautiful edition.:

1883 1st ed SLAVERY Kansas Missouri Border WAR Squatter Sovereign by Humphrey

'The Squatter Sovereign' is a 19th-century historical novel by Mary Humphrey. This work tells the story of the anti-slavery movements in Kansas in the mid-1850s, more commonly known as the Border War between Missouri and Kansas. Humphrey, curiously, seems to praise both free-states and pro-slavery activists throughout this book.
Item number: #10660
Price: $399
HUMPHREY, Mary
The squatter sovereign: or, Kansas in the '50's; a life picture of the early settlement of the debatable ground. A story, founded upon memorable and historical events ...
Chicago, Ill.: Coburn & Newman, 1883. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o 354p
o 16 engravings
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References: Wright 2865
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Language: English
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Binding: Cloth; tight and secure
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Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 12.5cm)
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1848 Holy Lyfe of Saint Werburge Old English Poem Henry Bradshaw Chester England
Henry Bradshaw was a 15th-century English poet best known for his poem "The Holy Lyfe and History of Saynt Werburge". Bradshaw intended to cover the life of patron saint of his hometown of Chester, England. Saint Werbrugh was a princess who was known for her convent reforms throughout England.
This 1848 edition of Bradshaw's 'Holy Lyfe' was edited by Edward Hawkins who published it as a 19th-century facsimile of the 1521 printing, complete with illustrations in the style of the original woodcuts.
Item number: #12091
Price: $399
BRADSHAW, Henry

The holy lyfe and history of Saynt Werburge, very frutefull for all Christen people to rede.
London : Printed for the Chetham Society, 1848.

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[4], xxii, [6], 213, [31]
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~9in X 7in (23cm x 18cm)
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Overall, very good condition. Binding is red with marbled boards and four gilt horse heads and gilt text on spine. It is in good condition with some wear on the edges of both volumes. There is some humidity staining, shadow staining and light foxing up to the page following the title page on both volumes.The final two pages each have age discoloration a bit darker that the rest of the book. All other pages are clean with no markings and only light tanning on the edges. The frontispiece in Vol. 2 is present but separated from the binding. The spines are in very good condition. A notable historical set, particularly for the two engraved frontispieces.

David McKay, 1920. Hardcover. Near Fine. Has a good DJ which not surprisingly for being over 100 years old has small chips and tears along the edges. Protected in an archival plastic cover over the original DJ.

Engraved title page with facing engraving signed M.Jackson titled UNCLE SAM'S EMANCIPATION: "O; massa may die; then nobody knows who get me, and nobody to take my part. No, master, I rather be free man"-Page 17. Also regular half-title and title page, 160pp. (plus 16 pages ads. for 1853 New Illustrated Works published by T. Nelson and Sons, London and Edinburgh.) Bound in contemporary marbled boards.
Londres : T. Nelson and Sons, 1853. Page de titre gravée avec gravure en regard signée M.Jackson intitulée UNCLE SAM'S EMANCIPATION "O ; massa peut mourir ; alors personne ne sait qui m'aura, et personne pour prendre ma part. Non, maître, je plutôt être un homme libre" -Page 17. Aussi faux-titre et page de titre réguliers, 160pp. (plus 16 pages d'annonces pour 1853 New Illustrated Works. Relié dans des planches marbrées contemporaines.

William Blackwood & Sons, London and Edinburgh, 1897. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, an un-recorded variant of Thomas' most uncommon first book, which is not noted in Eckert, but generally corresponds to the second issue but with cream endpapers, instead of the typical black. 234pp + ii publisher's advertisements. Decorated olive-green buckram lettered in gilt at the spine and in black at the upper board. Publisher's imprint ("Edinburgh") in gilt to the base of the backstrip. Frontispiece. A little spotting and browning to one blank preliminary leaf, and some very light occasional spotting throughout. An unusually crisp copy. No dust wrapper, as issued. Thomas' most uncommon first book, comprising eleven essays and a diary covering the period April 1895-April 1896. See Eckert pp.185-187..

William Blackwood & Sons, London and Edinburgh, 1897. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, second state. 234pp + ii publisher's advertisements. Decorated olive-green buckram lettered in gilt at the spine and in dark green at the upper board. With a captioned tissue-protected frontispiece. A hint of darkening to backstrip and board edges and some light spotting to several preliminary leaves. Embossed publisher's compliments stamp to corner of title and dedication leaves. Former owner details to a blank preliminary, one inked (dated 1905) and the other in pencil. A super copy of Thomas' uncommon first book, published when he was nineteen years old and comprising eleven essays and a diary covering the period April 1895-April 1896. See Eckert pp.185-187..

hardback. Very Good. 11 vols. London (Macmillan) 1881. Dark green 1/2-morocco, gilt edge. Top edge gilt. Little wear to spine tips of three volumes, else a very attractive set.

New York: Charles L. Webster and Co., 1891. This antique hardcover first edition is bound in gray pictorial boards, with red and black lettering and a cover illustration showing a man and three little devils. Spine lettering and decorations are gilt. Some cover soil, edgewear; some wear to spine; inner pages very slightly browned; mostly a clean, tight copy. Translated by Adolphus Norraikow, the book contains a short note by the translator, and three short stories: "Ivan the Fool," "A Lost Opportunity" and "Polikushka." 172 pages; approx. 5"x7".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Good. Illus. by Valerian Gribayedoff.