The California And Oregon Trail by Thomas Ashe - 1808

12 mo. (7 x 4 1/2 inches) Glasgow, 1700. First Edition. (viii) 112 pages. Good condition: early nineteenth century half calf, marbled boards, considerable wear to hinges (front hinge split, but holding), title in gilt on spine.

Walter Herries (or Harris) was a pamphleteer who participated in the first Darien "adventure." Upon his return to England, he was offered inducements by English politicians to write a book that would ruin the reputation of the members of the Darien Company. His book was "Declared by a royal proclamation to be a 'false, scandalous, and traitorous libel'."

This book, attributed to Ridpath, is an answer to Herries's book, and an attack on English politicians. Ridpath was a Scottish journalist who wrote and supported Whig interests against the Tories.

This book is bound with leather covers and a cloth spine. There is a label on the front cover which is not readable. New endsheets have been added at some point in the book's long history, but the original endsheets and covers are present. There is a former owner's inscription on the original front endsheet. Pages are intact and the binding is tight. The book contains black & white drawings of muscles, bones, and bandages. There is an index for medicines and an extensive table of contents of body parts, diseases, syndromes, and treatments. Printed in the year 1846, the book itself is, in essence, a time capsule that portrays how medicine was practiced aboard an early nineteenth century sailing ship. This will make a wonderful addition to the library of the collector of medical memorabilia.

Madrid, Imprenta de la Biblioteca Nueva, 1854-18554o. 5 volumenes. Tomo I: CV + 456 pp., 2 láminas. Tomo II: XXIII+ 451 pp., 2 láminas. Tomo III: XX + 517 pp., 2 láminas. Tomo IV: 524 pp. Tomo V: 458 pp., 1 lámina.Holandesa con puntas de época. Cada ejemplar con elegante carpeta en holandesa.Tomo I: Poesias sueltas y poemas cortos.Tomo II: El moro Exposito.Tomo III: Romances historicos y leyendas.Tomo IV: Teatro.Tomo V: Prosas.El Duque de Rivas, fue un dramaturgo, poeta, historiador, pintor y estadista español.

"The Millers And Their Playmates"by Clara D. Pierson1907 - First Edition, First PrintingVery Rare Hand Signed, Inscribed & Dated by the AuthorAntique Hardcover Book with Rare Dust Jacket7" x 5"334 Pages The rare jacket is in good minus condition with edge wear, tears and tape. The jacket is now protected with a removable Mylar cover. The hardcover book is in good to good minus condition, free from rips, tears, bends, and writing. The book has been hand signed, inscribed and dated by the author on the title page in black ink. All black and white illustrations are present. There are a couple of minor stains on the end pages. The boards are in good condition with minimal to no wear. The binding is tight and square.

Red leather binding with black title plate, gilt banding and decoration on the spine. Gilt line edging on both boards. All edges gilt. A well read edition.
The Deserted Village is a poem by Oliver Goldsmith published in 1770. It is a work of social commentary, and condemns rural depopulation and the pursuit of excessive wealth. The poem is written in heroic couplets, and describes the decline of a village and the emigration of many of its residents to America. In the poem, Goldsmith criticises rural depopulation, the moral corruption found in towns, consumerism, enclosure, landscape gardening, avarice, and the pursuit of wealth from international trade. The poem employs, in the words of one critic, "deliberately precise obscurity", and does not reveal the reason why the village has been deserted. The poem was very popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but also provoked critical responses, including from other poets such as George Crabbe. References to the poem, and particularly its… Read More

12 mo. (7 x 4 1/2 inches) Glasgow, 1700. First Edition. (viii) 112 pages. Good condition: early nineteenth century half calf, marbled boards, considerable wear to hinges (front hinge split, but holding), title in gilt on spine.

Walter Herries (or Harris) was a pamphleteer who participated in the first Darien "adventure." Upon his return to England, he was offered inducements by English politicians to write a book that would ruin the reputation of the members of the Darien Company. His book was "Declared by a royal proclamation to be a 'false, scandalous, and traitorous libel'."

This book, attributed to Ridpath, is an answer to Herries's book, and an attack on English politicians. Ridpath was a Scottish journalist who wrote and supported Whig interests against the Tories.

This book is bound with leather covers and a cloth spine. There is a label on the front cover which is not readable. New endsheets have been added at some point in the book's long history, but the original endsheets and covers are present. There is a former owner's inscription on the original front endsheet. Pages are intact and the binding is tight. The book contains black & white drawings of muscles, bones, and bandages. There is an index for medicines and an extensive table of contents of body parts, diseases, syndromes, and treatments. Printed in the year 1846, the book itself is, in essence, a time capsule that portrays how medicine was practiced aboard an early nineteenth century sailing ship. This will make a wonderful addition to the library of the collector of medical memorabilia.

Madrid, Imprenta de la Biblioteca Nueva, 1854-18554o. 5 volumenes. Tomo I: CV + 456 pp., 2 láminas. Tomo II: XXIII+ 451 pp., 2 láminas. Tomo III: XX + 517 pp., 2 láminas. Tomo IV: 524 pp. Tomo V: 458 pp., 1 lámina.Holandesa con puntas de época. Cada ejemplar con elegante carpeta en holandesa.Tomo I: Poesias sueltas y poemas cortos.Tomo II: El moro Exposito.Tomo III: Romances historicos y leyendas.Tomo IV: Teatro.Tomo V: Prosas.El Duque de Rivas, fue un dramaturgo, poeta, historiador, pintor y estadista español.

"The Millers And Their Playmates"by Clara D. Pierson1907 - First Edition, First PrintingVery Rare Hand Signed, Inscribed & Dated by the AuthorAntique Hardcover Book with Rare Dust Jacket7" x 5"334 Pages The rare jacket is in good minus condition with edge wear, tears and tape. The jacket is now protected with a removable Mylar cover. The hardcover book is in good to good minus condition, free from rips, tears, bends, and writing. The book has been hand signed, inscribed and dated by the author on the title page in black ink. All black and white illustrations are present. There are a couple of minor stains on the end pages. The boards are in good condition with minimal to no wear. The binding is tight and square.

Red leather binding with black title plate, gilt banding and decoration on the spine. Gilt line edging on both boards. All edges gilt. A well read edition.
The Deserted Village is a poem by Oliver Goldsmith published in 1770. It is a work of social commentary, and condemns rural depopulation and the pursuit of excessive wealth. The poem is written in heroic couplets, and describes the decline of a village and the emigration of many of its residents to America. In the poem, Goldsmith criticises rural depopulation, the moral corruption found in towns, consumerism, enclosure, landscape gardening, avarice, and the pursuit of wealth from international trade. The poem employs, in the words of one critic, "deliberately precise obscurity", and does not reveal the reason why the village has been deserted. The poem was very popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but also provoked critical responses, including from other poets such as George Crabbe. References to the poem, and particularly its… Read More