The British Gardener's Calendar, Chiefly Adapted to the Climate of North-Britain : directing the necessary works in every month, in the kitchen, fruit and pleasure-garden...to which is added a dissertation of forest trees and a catalogue of seeds, roots by Justice. James - 1759

Printings span from 1898 to 1900. Printed from the edition that was carefully corrected by the author in 1867 and 1868. Three quarter binding with stamped spines as illustrated. Marbled endpapers, head & tail bands, gilt tops, rough-cut fore-edge. Illustrations have a tissue guard. Edges are aged and there is some foxing to the text, however, pages appear unmarked. Some volumes have detached covers and or spine, please ask for detailed list. Price includes additional costs for mailing. Your purchase helps our small public library. p
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The Natural History of the Eastern Borders Vol I: The Botany of the Eastern Borders, with the Popular Names and Uses of the Plants and of the Customs and Beliefs Which have Been Associated with ThemPublished by John Van Voorst, London, 1853. , xii, 336 pages, complete with frontispiece plate "Castlehills", black & white plate inserted at page 221, 13 numbered plates at the rear, and 14 small woodcuts throughout the text, 'Terra Lindisfarnensis' printed at head of one title page,First Edition , light foxing to some plates (see pics), textblock clean, book in good condition , green cloth with gilt titles on spine, Octavo, 23 x 15 cmContent:* First Front (blanc) End Paper with inscription (pon); Matthew J (James) Turnbull, Coldstream Sept 1853. Turnbull (1826-1894) was a MD from Edinburg University.* Frontispiece "Castlehill"* Titlepage The Botany* Titlepage Terra Lindisfanrensis - The Natural History* Dedication page* p. vii - x Preface* Explanation of 14 woodcuts* Explanation of the Plates… Read More

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Rebound. A book of sayings and poetry as reference for the youth of the day. Has a charming ownership inscription that includes a poem about borrowing and lending books. Inside pages have pinhole from page 25 to 83, one page repaired with tape, and some pages have browning to the edges. Some light foxing and occasional spots.

1805 EARLY Constitution United States New Hampshire LAW Trials Taxes Americana
A rare, early 19th-century printing of the United States Constitution and the Constitution of state of New Hampshire! This book contains notes on civil trials, acts of congress, laws, taxes, as well as letters from founding fathers, and much more!

Item number: #20828
Price: $499
United States

Constitution and laws of the state of New-Hampshire: together with the Constitution of the United States
Dover: Samuel Bragg, 1805.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[4], 392, [393]-[400], 393-531, [1]
· Provenance: Handwritten – John Mulony
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~8.75in X 5.5in (22.5cm x 14cm)
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Glasgow, Scotland: Duncan MacVean, 1834. Hardcover. Good/Without Dust Wrapper. 8vo - 7.75 to 9.75" tall. Good - documents part of the Jacobite Uprising that took place on Loch Lomond in October 1715 by the MacGregors, only 66 copies printed. Tan boards, green cloth spine with a paper title on the spine. Corners are bumped and rounded, marks to the boards, wear to the clothe spine, paper title on the spine is grubby, pencil annotation on front paste down with details about the edition, ffep and rfep tanned, light tanning to the rest of the pages otherwise content bright and tight.

1913 Rubaiyat Omar Khayyam Limited Edition Persia Mystical Poetry Riccardi Press

"Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain pursuit
Of This and That endeavor and dispute"
– Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyat

The 'Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám' is said to be one of the ten best known poems in the world, and probably the most popular piece of Middle Eastern literature in the Western World. There are hundreds of editions published from Fitzgerald's various translations alone. This collection of Persian stories dates to the 11th-century and covers a wide variety of topics including philosophy, mysticism, and Sufi and pre-Islamic.

"Like the Odyssey or the Vita Nuova [it] was once the most widely known and quoted work of Victorian poetry in the world," and its place in Western culture at the time was secured by Fitzgerald's "epigrammatic, sophisticated, often mordant verses [that] display Fitzgerald's adroitness in handling this stanza form" (Warner).

This early 20th-century printing of 'Rubaiyat' is a Riccardi Press… Read More

1835 1ed American West INDIANS Ohio Valley Melville Hall 2v Sketches of History

James Hall's 'Sketches of History, Life and Manners' is a fascinating 1835 account of life in the American West. Beginning in the early 19th-century, Americans began migrating westward encountering early European settlements, Native American Indian tribes, and dangerous animals and health threats. This book provides important details on new states finding statehood, as well as civil institutions being established throughout the American west. It should also be noted that this book was the primary source for Herman Melville's book 'The Confidence Man'.
Notes from Field on this book:
"Narratives of frontier warfare with the Indians, and incidents of Indian life, fill almost all the pages of these interesting volumes."
Per Flanagan,
"a rather detailed account of the first trans-Allegheny explorations, with ample treatment of the early French settlements and the infiltration of the Scotch-Irish Pioneers into Kentucky and… Read More

1873 1ed Marie of Sevigne FAMOUS Letters French Society Henrietta Puliga Brada 2v

Marie of Sevigne was a 17th-century French woman of letters, each of which were addressed to her daughter. These letters offer a thorough view into life in the 17th-century, those regarding public spas and bath houses are the most popular. Other letters deal with notable French political events such as the execution of Madame de Brinvilliers.
This rare 1873 first Tinsley edition is complete in two volumes, collected and edited by Henrietta de Quigini Puliga, more commonly known as Brada.

Item number: #15471
Price: $499
SEVIGNE, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal

Madame de Sēvignē : her correspondents and contemporaries
London : Tinsley Brothers, 1873. First Tinsley edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
o Vol. I – xvi, 400
o Vol. II – xii, 373, [1]
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.75in X 6in (22cm x 15cm)
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1851 INDIAN WARS 1ed Conspiracy of Pontiac War Parkman Native American Michigan
Francis Parkman's 'History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac' is a rare Civil War-era account of the North American Indian Wars that occurred on the Appalachian frontier, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Great Lakes regions of Michigan. This work is an important detailed portrayal of Indian tribes throughout the United States, their cultures and language, as well as their roles in American wars. Pontiac was an Odawa Indian leader who led warriors from many tribes against British soldiers who were trying to settle in the Great Lakes regions.
Item number: #18352
Price: $499
PARKMAN, Francis
History of the conspiracy of Pontiac and the war of the North American tribes against the English colonies after the conquest of Canada
Boston : Little, Brown, 1851. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xxiv, 630
o 4 maps
· References: Howes P 100
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover;… Read More

1872 BEAUTIFUL 1ed Thomas Hood Poems Foster ART Illustrated Mermaid of Margate

Thomas Hood was an English poet, author, and humorist, best known for poems such as "The Song of the Shirt". Hood wrote regularly for the London Magazine as well as the Punch Magazine and has been called "the finest English poet" between the generations of Shelley and Tennyson.

This beautiful first edition of Hood's 'Poems' features an impressive collection of illustrations with poems of "Autumn," "Haunted House," "Mermaid of Margate," "A Legend of Navarre," and more.

Item number: #19043
Price: $499
HOOD, Thomas
Poems
London: Edward Moxon, 1872. First Edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o vii, [1], 180, [4]
o 22 illustrated plates
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Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Decorative cloth
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Size: ~11.25in X 8.75in (28.5cm x 22.5cm)
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