Uncle Tom's Cabin
by STOWE, Harriet Beecher
London: Tallant and Allen, [i.e. John Cassell], 1852. CRUIKSHANK, George. . Uncle Tom's Cabin. With Illustrations London: Tallant and Allen, [i.e. John Cassell], 1852. Full Description: STOWE, Harriet Beecher. [CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator]. Uncle Tom's Cabin. With Illustrations London: Tallant and Allen, [i.e. John Cassell, n.d.c.a. 1852]. Rare early edition bound from the first English edition parts. With a new title-page with Tallant and Allen as printer, but final leaf with John Cassell printer's imprint and the... Read More
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
by STOWE, Harriet Beecher
London: John Cassell, 1852. CRUIKSHANK, George. Uncle Tom's Cabin. London: John Cassell, 1852. Full Description: STOWE, Harriet Beecher. CRUIKSHANK, George, [illustrator]. Uncle Tom's Cabin. London: John Cassell, 1852. Probable first English edition (BAL states that the Clarke edition of the same year may be the first, but also mentions that this present edition, the first edition illustrated in England, is frequently mentioned as the true first English.) Printed the same year as the first American Octavo... Read More
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Eastern Shores of the Adriatic In 1863
by STRANGFORD, Viscountess
London: Richard Bentley, 1864. First edition. Octavo. [x], 386 pp, [1, ads]. Full brown cloth, ruled in gilt on front cover and gilt-stamped on spine. With 5 color illustrations throughout. Tips bumped and spine with small tears to head and tailcap. Previous owner's bookplate and contemporary signature on title-page. Otherwise, very good. HBS 66633. $850.
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Das Leben Jesu, kritisch bearbeitet
by STRAUSS, David Friedrich
Tubingen: Osiander, 1835. Tubingen: Osiander, 1835-36. First edition of this important work. Two octavo volumes (7 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 195 x 124 mm). xvi, 731, [1], [2, publisher's ads]; xii, 750, [2, errata] pp. Publisher's blind-ruled and beveled black cloth, spines with central gilt arabesques surrounding the gilt lettering, pastepaper endpapers, edges stained red. Some underlining in blue on a few pages. Some scattered foxing. Overall, a very good copy. "The publication of 'The... Read More
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Opera Philosophica et Mineralia
by SWEDENBORG, Emanuel
Dresden & Leipzig: Frideich Henkel, 1734. Opera Philosophia et Mineralia. Dresden & Leipzig: Friderich Henkel, 1734. The first collected edition of Swedenborg's main scientific works. Three folio volumes (12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches; 322 x 196 mm). [16], 160, 165-452, [2, blank]; [12], 164, [2, map-title], 165-386; [14], 534 pp. Volume I with jump in pagination, but complete and collates correct. Complete with 156 plates on 125 sheets, including a frontispiece portrait in Volume one of Swedenborg... Read More
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Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World
by SWIFT, Jonathan
London: Printed for Benj. Motte, at the Middle Temple-Gate in Fleet-street, 1726. Full Description: [SWIFT, Jonathan]. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. By Captain Lemuel Gulliver. In four parts. London: Printed for Benj. Motte, at the Middle Temple-Gate in Fleet-street, 1726. First edition, Teerink's state AA. With all AA points for both volumes. Four parts in two small octavo volumes (7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches; 190 x 120 mm.). xii, 148, [6], 164; [6],... Read More
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Tale of a Tub
by SWIFT, Jonathan
London: Printed for John Nutt, 1704. Full Description: [SWIFT, Jonathan]. A Tale of a Tub. Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. To which is added, An Account of a Battel between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James's Library. London: Printed for John Nutt, 1704. First edition. With the rare (unknown?) variant of stars printed in the blank space on line 10 after "furor" on page 320. Octavo (7 1/4 x 4 9/16 inches; 186... Read More
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Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World
by SWIFT, Jonathan
London: Printed for Benj. Motte, 1726. Full Description: [SWIFT, Jonathan]. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, first a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships. London: Printed for Benj. Motte, 1726. First edition, Mixed issue. Volume I is Teerink AA, and Volume II is Teerink B. Four parts in two octavo volumes (7 9/16 x 4 11/16 inches; 192 x 120). xii, 148; [6], 164; [6], 154; [8],... Read More
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Charles Dickens
by SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles
London: Chatto& Windus, 1913. DICKENS, Charles. SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles. [DICKENS, Charles, Subjaect]. Charles Dickens. By Algernon Charles Swinburne. With Preface and Illustrative Notes by the Editor. London: Chatto& Windus, 1913. Original full blue cloth, lined in gilt on front cover, gilt-stamped spine. Top edge gilt. Light shelfwear, otherwise near fine. Gimbel. Hatton and Cleaver,. Smith, Dickens,. HBS 66132. $100.
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Hegyon Lev: Israelitisches Gebetbuch für die Häusliche Andacht
by SZOLD, Benjamin
Baltimore: William Polmyer, 1867. JUDAICA. Meditations of the Heart] Baltimore: William Polmyer, 1867. First edition of Hegyon Lev (Meditations of the Heart) a prayerbook supplement by Rabbi Benjamin Szold. Includes a second book being a Jewish calendar with separate half-title and pagination. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 185 x 120 mm). [12], 264, [1]-11, [9] pp. Text in Hebrew and German. We could find no copies at auction on Rare Book Hub. Publisher's original... Read More
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They Looked to See How Much More Carving Johann Had Done
by TARRANT, Margaret W.
London, 1949. TARRANT, Margaret W.. . "They Looked to See How Much More Carving Johann Had Done". [London: n.d.c.a. 1949]. Original watercolor used as one of the plates from the book "Johann the Woodcarver" by Gilmore Wood, published in 1949. Plate faces page 14. Watercolor depicts four children peering through the window of a cabin, with two more children coming down the road. Signed "Margaret W. Tarrant" at bottom left corner. Matted framed and glazed. Image size:... Read More
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Works [First collected edition]
by THACKERAY, William Makepeace
London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1869. ZAEHNSDORF; THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1869. First collected edition. Twenty-four octavo volumes. (Measures 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.; 140 x 210 cm.). With engraved frontispieces, vignette titles, plates, and text illustrations, all by the author. Contemporary half red morocco over red cloth, bound by Root & Son, covers double ruled in gilt, spines elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments and... Read More
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Works of William Makepeace Thackeray [Centenary Biographical Edition]
by THACKERAY, William Makepeace
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1910. Full Description: THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray With Biographical Introductions by His Daughter Lady Ritchie. In Twenty-Six Volumes. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1910-1911. The Centenary Biographical Edition. Complete in twenty-six octavo volumes. Illustrated and with facsimilies. Bound by Riviere & Son in contemporary half brown levant morocco over brown cloth boards. Spines decoratively paneled and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, top edge... Read More
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26 Engravings from: Livre de la Conqueste de la Toison d'or
by THIRY, Leonard
Paris: Jean de Mauregard, 1563. THIRY, Leonard. . [BOYVIN, Rene]. 26 Engravings from: Livre de la Conqueste de la Toison d'or. par le Prince Iason de Tessalie: faict par figures avec exposition d'icelles. Paris: Jean de Mauregard, 1563. A series of 26 engravings by René Boyvin after Leonard Thiry for the "Livre de la Conqueste de la Toison d'or. par le Prince Iason de Tessalie" ("Book of the Conquest of the Golden Fleece, by Prince Jason of Thessaly")... Read More
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Hell's Angels
by THOMPSON, Hunter S.
New York: Random House, 1967. Full Description: THOMPSON, Hunter S. Hell's Angels. A Strange and Terrible Saga New York: Random House, 1967. First edition of the author's first book. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 142 mm). [viii], [1]-[279], [1, blank] pp. Publisher's full black cloth. Front board stamped in silver. Spine lettered in silver and red. Top edge dyed black, others uncut. In publisher original illustrated dust jacket. Some minor soiling to... Read More
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Seasons
by THOMSON, James
London: P.W. Tomkins, 1797. BARTOLOZZI, F.; HAMILTON, W. T.. BARTOLOZZI, F., [artist]. HAMILTON, W. T. , [illustrator]. The Seasons. Illustrated with Engravings by F. Bartolozzi and P. W. Tomkins...from Original Pictures painted for the Work by W. Hamilton, R.A. London: P.W. Tomkins, 1797. A magnificent edition, imperial folio (18 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches; 470 x 372 mm). [2], [5, list of subscribers], [1, contents], [2], [1]-236 pp. An engraved frontispiece and dedication leaf, five full-page engravings, ten... Read More
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Cathode Rays
by THOMSON, Sir Joseph John
London: Taylor and Francis, 1897. Full Description: THOMSON, Sir Joseph John. Cathode Rays. [In]: The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. Being a Continuation of Tilloch's 'Philosophical Magazine,' Nicholson's 'Journal,' and Thomson's 'Annals of Philosophy.' Conducted by Lord Kelvin, LL.D. F.R.S. &c. George Francis Fitzgerald, M.A. Sc.D. F.R.S. and William Francis, Ph.D. F.L.S. F.R.A.S. F.C.S. 'Fifth Series.No 269- October 1897. With one plate. Illustrative of Prof. D.B. Brace's paper on Oberservations on Light Propagated... Read More
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Western Himalaya and Tibet;
by THOMSON, Thomas
London: Reeve and Co, 1852. Full Description: THOMSON, Thomas. Western Himalaya and Tibet; A Narrative of a Journey Through the Mountains of Northern India, During the Years 1847-8. London: Reeve and Co., 1852. First edition. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 220 x 140 mm). xii, 501, [1, blank], [1, ads], [1, blank], [16, ads] pp. With two engraved sepia-toned plates including frontispiece and two maps. One of the maps is folding, with color routes. Engraved... Read More
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Manuscript Land Survey
by THOREAU, Henry David
Massachusetts, 1850. A Tract of Woodland described as follows...." Massachusetts: 1850. Full Description: THOREAU, Henry David. Manuscript Land Survey. "A Tract of Woodland described as follows...." Massachusetts: 1850. A rare manuscript land survey in Thoreau's hand. Survey of a tract of land very near Walden Pond, and next to a house belonging to Ralph Waldo Emerson, which is a stones throw to Walden Pond. Half-sheet (7 5/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 195 x 145 mm). With... Read More
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Writings of Henry David Thoreau
by THOREAU, Henry David
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1906. GLEASON, Herbert W.. Full Description: THOREAU, Henry David. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1906. The Walden Edition. Twenty small octavo volumes (7 5/8 x 5 inches; 193 x 126 mm). With portrait frontispiece in volume I and photographic frontispieces by Herbert Gleason in other volumes. Each volume with an additional four photogravure images, with tissue guards. Bound in three-quarter green morocco over marbled paper... Read More
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Maine Woods
by THOREAU, Henry David
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1864. Full Description: THOREAU, Henry David. The Maine Woods. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1864. First edition, first issue. Octavo (7 1/8 x 4 5/8 inches; 181 x 119 mm). [viii], 328, [23, ads], [1, blank] pp. With list of Thoreau's writings on p. [ii] priced. Publisher's ads dated April, 1864 and The Atlantic Monthly advertising 'The Thirteenth Volume.' Original purple morocco grain cloth. Covers decoratively ruled and stamped with a wreath in... Read More
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Philosophy of Botany
by THORNTON, Robert John
London: T. Bensley for the publishers, White, Johnson and Co. ...and the author, 1810. Full Description: THORNTON, Robert John. The Philosophy of Botany. London: T. Bensley for the publishers, White, Johnson and Co. ...and the author, [1799]-1810. First Edition, early issue, without the words "including" on the engraved title-pages. Four folio volumes (18 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches; 470 x 335 mm). With 192 engraved plates, seven of which are folding. Uniformly bound in contemporary diced... Read More
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The Treasure Ship
by TIMLIN, William M.
TIMLIN, William M.. 8220;The Treasure Ship." Original pen, ink and watercolor painting. Titled and signed at lower left and marked with Timlin's owl device. [N.d.: n.d.]. Image size: 21 x 14 1/4 inches; 535 x 365 mm. Matted, framed, and glazed. Framed size: 34 3/4 x 27 inches; 880 x 680 mm. Framed in a beautiful gilt frame. This painting is not attributed as an illustration to any known work, but it could be an unused image for "The... Read More
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De la démocratie en Amerique
by TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de
Paris: Librairie de Charles Gosselin, 1835. De la démocratie en Amérique, par Alexis de Tocqueville, avocat à la cour royale de Paris, l'un des auteurs du livre intitulé: Du système penitentiaire aux États-Unis. Orné d'une carte d'Amérique. Paris: Librairie de Charles Gosselin, 1835-1840. First edition of Volumes I and II, second edition of Volumes III and IV of "one of the most important texts in political literature" (Printing and the Mind of Man 358 note). Presentation copy, inscribed... Read More
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De la démocratie en Amerique
by TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de
Paris: Librairie de Charles Gosselin, 1835. De la démocratie en Amérique, par Alexis de Tocqueville, avocat à la cour royale de Paris, l'un des auteurs du livre intitulé: Du système penitentiaire aux États-Unis. Orné d'une carte d'Amérique. Paris: Librairie de Charles Gosselin, 1835-1840. [Together with] Correspondance et Oeuvres Posthumes de Alexis de Tocqueville. Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1866-67. [From the Oeuvres Completes D'Alexis De Tocqueville Publiees par Madame de Tocqueville]. First edition, first issue of Volumes... Read More
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