The Peerage of Ireland. A Complete View of the Several Orders of Nobility, their Descents, Marriages, Issue, and Relations; their Creations, Armorial Bearings, Crests, Supporters, Mottos, Chief Seats, and the High Offices they possess ..
by (Ireland) Kimber, Mr. [Edward]
London: H. Woodfall, J. Fuller, G. Woodfall, etc., 1768. First edition. With 23 pp of crests illustrated. 210 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf. Upper board detached, else a Fine, tight volume. First edition. With 23 pp of crests illustrated. 210 pp. 1 vols. 12mo.
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The Ultra-Fashionable Peerage of America: An Official List of Those People Who Can Properly Be Called Ultra-Fashionable in the United States
by Charles Wilbur de Lyon Nichols
New York: George Harjes, Publisher, 1904. Cloth. Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR CHARLES WILBUR DE LYON NICHOLS along the margins of his frontispiece portrait. A solid, very presentable copy to boot of the 1904 1st edition of this uncommon look at the elite of America's gilded age . Bright and VG in its purple cloth, with lightly-rubbed gilt-titling along the front panel, very light wear at the spine ends and front tips, and a bit of... Read More
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Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824 . . . Extending across the great desert to the tenth degree of northern latitude and from Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the capital of the Felatah empire. Third edition. In Two Volumes.
by DENHAM, Dixon, Major F.R.S. (1786-1828); Captain Hugh CLAPPERTON (1788-1827); Dr. Walter OUDNEY (1790–1824).
London:: John Murray, 1828., 1828. Two volumes. 8vo. xii, [4], 471, [1]; iv, 467, [1] pp. 12 engraved plates, including 2 engraved frontispieces, wood-engravings, and 4 folding maps [2 being large folding maps entitled: "Travels & Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa," and 2 more are smaller: "Lake Tchad," "A Reduction of Belle's Map of Central Africa"], appendices; some offsetting from illustrations, some roughing of folded map edges, light tears along folds, lightly foxed. Original elaborate gilt and blind-stamped... Read More
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The peerage of Scotland, containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, from their origin to the present generation
by Douglas, Robert
Edinburgh: R. Fleming, 1764. Folio, pp. xi, [3], 718; 10 engraved plates depicting 120 coats of arms; full contemporary calf (discoloration from damp), gilt-tooled spine in 7 compartments; edges and boards scuffed, joints exposed with crude glue repair; modern rubber stamp and ink manuscript notes on title page of the Broom Co. Historical Society, else textblock about fine.
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La vie et les aventures de Joseph Thompson, Traduit de l'Anglois.
by [Kimber, Edward]
Amsterdam: Chez J.H. Schneider… 1762 Second French translation of Edward Kimber's first novel. Contemporary mottled sheepskin, gilt-decorated spines, olive and red morocco labels. . Four parts in two volumes, twelvemo. Engraved armorial bookplate (Louise du Vivier) in each volume. Slight wear to binding extremities. A very good set. Edward Kimber (1719-1769) was the son of Baptist minister, biographer and journalist Isaac Kimber (1692-1755). The younger Kimber is said by the D.N.B. to have "gained a scanty subsistence by compiling for... Read More
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The Grand Question, Concerning the Bishops Right To Vote in Parlament
by Stillingfleet, Edward, Attributed
1680. London, 1680. 1st ed. London, 1680. 1st ed. A Defense of the Lords Spiritual [Stillingfleet, Edward (1635-1699), Attributed]. The Grand Question, Concerning the Bishops Right To Vote in Parlament [sic] in Cases Capital, Stated and Argued, From The Parlament [sic] Rolls, and the History of Former Times. With An Enquiry into the Peerage, And the Three Estates in Parlament [sic]. London: Printed for M.P., 1680. [iv], 188 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary mottled calf, blind rules to... Read More
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The Royal Captives: A Fragment from Secret History. Copied from an old manuscript.
by Yearsley, Ann
Dublin: Printed by J. Stockdale, 1795 First Dublin edition, first published in London earlier in the same year. All editions of this book are uncommon. OCLC records nine copies of the present edition (only five in the United States). This is the author's only novel.. Contemporary tree calf with red morocco spine label and gilt seal stamped on spine. . Two volumes in one, twelvemo. . Separate title-pages for each volume. With half-title in volume one (not called... Read More
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MINSTRELSY OF THE SCOTTISH BORDER
by (FORE-EDGE PAINTING). [SCOTT, SIR WALTER]
Edinburgh: Printed by J. Ballantyne and Co, 1810. Fourth Edition, Second (Large Paper) Impression. 241 x 146 mm. (9 1/2 x 5 3/4"). Three volumes.. Pleasing contemporary black straight-grain morocco, covers with gilt floral frame enclosing central panel with blind-stamped thistle cornerpieces, raised bands, spines heavily gilt in compartments with much swirling foliage, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Volume I WITH AN ATTRACTIVE FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF THE MERCAT CROSS IN MELROSE, ROXBURGHSHIRE. Front pastedown of volumes... Read More
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Statute Law of Scotland Abridged
by KAMES Henry Home, Lord
1757. First Edition. [KAMES, Lord, peerage title of HOME, Henry]. Statute Law of Scotland Abridged. With Historical Notes. Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, 1757. Octavo, contemporary dark brown speckled calf, raised bands, red morocco spine label. $1800.First edition of this important summary of Scottish statute law, by a major figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, arranged alphabetically with his important historical notes tracing connections between ancient Scottish law, English law and Roman law.""As a writer on Scots law his... Read More
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INSTITUTIONEM ORATORIARUM LIBRI DUODECIM. AD USUM SCHOLARUM ACCOMODATI, . . . ET BREVIBUS NOTIS ILLUSTRATI, A CAROLO ROLLIN
by (BINDINGS - PRIZE BINDING). QUINTILIANUS, M[ARCUS] FABIUS
London: Prostant venales apud T. Deighton, J. Cooke, Oxon, et W. H. Lunn, Cantabrig, 1792. 243 x 153 mm. (9 1/2 x 6"). xx, [8], 401, [31] pp.Edited by Henry Homer, from the edition of Charles Rollin. SUPERB CONTEMPORARY RED STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, GILT, covers with frame of shells, flowers, and volutes, arms of Henry Homer at center, smooth spine divided into compartments by plain rules and chain rolls, compartments with cornucopia centerpiece overflowing with wheat sheaves, volutes at... Read More
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Historical Law-Tracts
by KAMES Henry Home, Lord
1758. First Edition. [KAMES, Lord, peerage title of HOME, Henry]. Historical Law-Tracts. Edinburgh: Printed for A. Millar, 1758. Octavo, contemporary mottled brown calf sympathetically rebacked, raised bands, original red morocco spine label. $2200.Rare first edition of Kames' work comparing the English and Scottish legal systems and also investigating Roman law, handsomely bound.""The Historical Law Tracts of Lord Kames are conducted upon a very judicious system of investigating the natural principles of some of the most important objects of judicial... Read More
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Catalogue of the library of the Royal Colonial institute
by ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE
London: Institute of Northumberland, 1895. Half-calf over blue cloth, title and supra libros in gilt on cover. From the library of Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford (see below), with his engraved bookplate. First printing of this 1895 edition of the library catalogue. According to the preface, two previous catalogues had been published, in 1881 and 1886. However, as a result of the immense and rapid growth of the collections, the Institute thought it best to create a new catalogue, which... Read More
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Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue
by HUTCHESON Francis
1726. First Edition. (HUTCHESON, Francis). An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue; In Two Treatises. London: J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, F. Fayram, et al., 1726. Octavo, contemporary brown calf rebacked and recornered, raised bands, later black morocco spine label; (i-iii), iv-xxvii (2), 1-304. $2500.Second edition, expanded and enlarged, issued one year after the first edition, of Hutcheson's controversial work proposing an innate moral sense similar to an inborn aesthetic onethe ""first major work of... Read More
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The Natural History of Barbados. In Ten Books.
by HUGHES, Griffith.
London:: Printed for the Author; And sold by most Booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland, 1750., 1750. Folio 13.75 x 8.75 inches; 349 x 223 mm. [2, title (verso blank)], [2, dedication to Thomas [Hering], Archbishop of Canterbury (verso blank)], vii, [1, Errata], [10, "A List of the Subscribers"], [1, "The Contents"], [1, "Authors Quoted" and "Texts of Scripture Cited or Illustrated"], 250, 251*-254*, 251-314, [7, Explanatory Notes], [1, blank], [4, Addenda], [7, Index], [1, blank] pp. Pages 116... Read More
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Eighteen bound volumes of miscellaneous books and pamphlets belonging to Franklin Benjamin Sanborn
by Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin
V.p., v.d., as below. Format ranges from large octavo to sextodecimo, all uniformly, or nearly uniformly bound in contemporary tan buckram; red morocco labels on spines; buckram slightly discolored; otherwise mostly very good. An interesting and informative look into the reading habits, pursuits, and interests of Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1831-1917), a New England reformer and abolitionist, and one of the "Secret Six" who underwrote John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry. He was friends with Emerson and Thoreau, the former... Read More
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AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF AN EMBASSY FROM THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN TO THE EMPEROR
by STAUNTON, George
London 1796,98, Bulmer. Full calf, 3 vol. set, 2 vols.: text 518+626p.+ 29 engravings; + folio atlas 44 engraved plates, rebound 3/4-calf over marbled boards, bright text 1798 2nd.& best edition, atlas 1796, with Lady Mcartney's letter.RARE ! . *** *** *** . . . A MOST HISTORIC ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST BRITISH EMBASSY . . TO CHINA AND THE CHI'EN LUNG EMPEROR IN 1797 . . . TOGETHER WITH A DATED PENNED LETTER . . FROM LADY MACARTNEY... Read More
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