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Character Sketches of Romance by Rev. Cobham Brewer 1902 Antique Book by Brewer, Rev. E. Cobham - 1902
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NY: Selmar Hess. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1902. First Printing. Green boards, gilt tooling in remainder, gilt lettering on cover, moire silk endpapers, a.e.g. Profusely illustrated with 399 plates, many tissue-protected, including four color frontispieces, 20 Photogravures and etchings, and 306 wood-engravings and typogravures, all on fine paper. Among the many artists featured are Gustave Doré, Sir Everett Millais, Howard Pyle, Frederick Barnard, E. A. Abbey, P. Guérin, William Morris, Jean-Louis Gerome, Jean Francois Millet, and many, many others. Edited by Marion Harland. An extremely heavy set - additional shipping charges may apply. . The volumes are in excellent condition. All of the text blocks are tight square and clean. All of the many illustration are clear in bright and their printed tissue-protectors are in place. The spines and covers are mildly shelf-worn, with some small closed tears and with some discolorations. NOT ex-library. All hinges strong and tight. A few bumped corners An extremely handsome set.. 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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The Woodland Life.
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Windsor Castle: An Historical Romance. (THE AUTHOR'S COPY)
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Henry Colburn Publisher, London, 1843. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, the original three-volume set here bound into a single volume. The author's own copy, with his armorial bookplate to the front pastedown, and some correspondence. 8vo. Period binding of half red leather with cloth sides, with hand- and tail bands, five raised bands and decorative gilt rule and lettering. Top edge gilt. With the three George Cruikshank-illustrated frontispieces retained (these are the only illustrations which were included in this original edition; later issues included further drawings by Cruinshank and others). Laid in is an autograph letter from the author to the noted Irish painter Daniel Maclise, R.A.: "My dear Maclise, Not half what you deserve, but perhaps it may serve you better than stranger praise. At all events if you are satisfied my aim will be accomplished. At all times calculate upon the best devices of your sincere friend - W.Harrison Ainsworth. Kensal manor House,…
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Elisha Kent Kane (28 February 1820 ? 16 February 1857) was a medical officer in the United States Navy during the first half of the 19th century. He was a member of two Arctic expeditions to rescue the explorer Sir John Franklin. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kane was the son of John Kintzing Kane, a U.S. district judge, and Jane Duval Leiper. His brother was attorney, diplomat, abolitionist, and American Civil War cavalry general Thomas L. Kane. Kane graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1842. On 14 September 1843, he became Assistant Surgeon in the Navy. He served in the China Commercial Treaty mission under Caleb Cushing, in the Africa Squadron, and in the Marines during the Mexican-American War. Kane became senior medical officer of the unsuccessful Arctic expedition searching for explorer Sir John Franklin in 1850 and 1851. Kane organized and headed a second rescue expedition which sailed from New York 31 May 1853, and wintered in Rensselaer Bay.…
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Prince of India
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Orley Farm
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Hardcover condition: Fine. 2 volumes. With illustrations by J. E. Millais. Beautifully rebound by Bayntun bindery in Bath, England in 3/4 leather with marbled boards and marbled end papers. Five raised bands on spine with gilt on spine and gilt borders on boards. Gilt text block edges. Light rubbing to spine hinge. Internally very clean with some light foxing to to title page and end papers. Mixed set. Volume I is second issue and Volume 2 is first issue. Volume 1 is second issue as the plate faces p. 72 and not p. 73. and this plate is not given a page number on the list of illustrations. Volume 2 is the first issue, as the plates facing pages 305 and 314 are both titled 'Farewell',
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Tales of Passion.
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London: Henry Colburn, 1829. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, octavo, three volumes; 315, 319, 356pp. In contemporary half leather over marbled boards (a little worn), four raised spine bands, gilt lettered red morocco title labels to second compartments, remaining compartments richly gilt. Spotting and staining to early and closing leaves of each volume, author's name inscribed to title page, first quire of vol.1 misbound, otherwise a very good clean copy. Attractive copy of St.Leger's increasingly uncommon final novel, the last before his untimely death at the age of thirty following an epileptic seizure.
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Windsor Castle: An Historical Romance. (THE AUTHOR'S COPY)
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Henry Colburn Publisher, London, 1843. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, the original three-volume set here bound into a single volume. The author's own copy, with his armorial bookplate to the front pastedown, and some correspondence. 8vo. Period binding of half red leather with cloth sides, with hand- and tail bands, five raised bands and decorative gilt rule and lettering. Top edge gilt. With the three George Cruikshank-illustrated frontispieces retained (these are the only illustrations which were included in this original edition; later issues included further drawings by Cruinshank and others). Laid in is an autograph letter from the author to the noted Irish painter Daniel Maclise, R.A.: "My dear Maclise, Not half what you deserve, but perhaps it may serve you better than stranger praise. At all events if you are satisfied my aim will be accomplished. At all times calculate upon the best devices of your sincere friend - W.Harrison Ainsworth. Kensal manor House,…
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Elisha Kent Kane (28 February 1820 ? 16 February 1857) was a medical officer in the United States Navy during the first half of the 19th century. He was a member of two Arctic expeditions to rescue the explorer Sir John Franklin. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kane was the son of John Kintzing Kane, a U.S. district judge, and Jane Duval Leiper. His brother was attorney, diplomat, abolitionist, and American Civil War cavalry general Thomas L. Kane. Kane graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1842. On 14 September 1843, he became Assistant Surgeon in the Navy. He served in the China Commercial Treaty mission under Caleb Cushing, in the Africa Squadron, and in the Marines during the Mexican-American War. Kane became senior medical officer of the unsuccessful Arctic expedition searching for explorer Sir John Franklin in 1850 and 1851. Kane organized and headed a second rescue expedition which sailed from New York 31 May 1853, and wintered in Rensselaer Bay.…
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Prince of India
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THE DALECARLIAN CONJURER'S DAY-BOOK
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London: B.M. Pickering, 1879. First edition. Wear to spine ends, raised bands and board corners; Remains of marking ribbon at head of spine; Bit of rippling to cloth of front board; Otherwise very good condition.. Limited to 150 copies; 7" x 5" half leather bound with gilt rules and emblems on the spine and raised bandsGilt leather edge rules on the covers and marbled page edges; 488 pages.
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Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama - a Revised Edition of the Reader's Handbook by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL. D.
by Brewer, The Rev. E. Cobham, Ll. D. ; edited by Marion Harland
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New York: Selmar Hess. As New. 1902. Hardcover. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text block pristine, pages tight to spine - COMPLETE EIGHT (8) VOLUME SET - well-illustrated with photogravures, etchings, wood engravings and typogravures. Among the many artists represented: Gustave Doré, Frederick Barnard, P Guérin, J. L. Gerome, and Jean Francois Millet. -- with a bonus offer-- .
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
by Shoemaker, J. W
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the Bible story of Esau.
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The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (in Two Volumes)
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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two-volume complete set. First American edition of Vols. V and VI of the original 27-volume deluxe illustrated Library Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens, with title pages dated 1868. Statement from Charles Dickens on copyright page authorizing this edition dated April, 1867. With illustrations on 40 engraved glossy plates, including frontispieces, protected with tissue (all of the illustrations that appeared in the first edition). Publisher's original dark-green cloth binding with gilt lettering and ruling on the spine and blindstamped decorations on both covers. "Library Edition" appears in gilt at bottom edge of spine with no volume number. Brown smooth-coated endpapers. xvi + 436 and x + 433 text pages. Single-column text. Printed by Virtue and Co., London. Vol. I is NEAR FINE and Vol. II is VERY GOOD. Vol. I is in excellent condition but Vol. II is cracked…
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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A Frivolous Distinction: Fashion and Needlework in the Works of Jane Austen
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Tight, bright, clean and square. Faint sticker shadow on back cover. 42 pages of text including "A Brief Guide to Textile terms", "references to the novels and letters", and a bibliography. Plus 16 full page illustrations. 5.75x8.25x.25". Inspired by the 1975 celebrations held at Steventon, Chawton and Bath - some of the places connected to the novelist's life - which included displays of costume, needlework and needlework tools, at the Bi-Centenary of Jan Austen's birth.
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (in Two Volumes)
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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. Book. Very Good +. Cloth. First Edition Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two-volume complete set. First American edition of Vols. XIII and XIV of the original 27-volume deluxe illustrated Library Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens, with title pages dated 1868. Statement from Charles Dickens on copyright page authorizing this edition dated April, 1867. With illustrations on 39 engraved glossy plates, including frontispieces, protected with tissue (all of the illustrations that appeared in the first edition). Publisher's original dark-green cloth binding with gilt lettering and ruling on the spine and blindstamped decorations on both covers. "Library Edition" appears in gilt at bottom edge of spine with no volume number. Brown smooth-coated endpapers. xviii + 435 and x + 430 text pages. Single-column text. Printed by Virtue and Co., London. Both volumes are in VERY GOOD + condition. Both volumes have bright, clean exteriors with…
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Dombey and Son (in Two Volumes)
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Boston: Fields, Osgood and Co., 1869. Book. Illus. by H. K. Browne. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two-volume complete set. First American edition, second issue, with title pages dated 1869 (first published in 1868 by Ticknor and Fields, which became Fields, Osgood and Co. in 1869). Vols. XIII and XIV of the original 27-volume deluxe illustrated Library Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.Statement from Charles Dickens on copyright page authorizing this edition dated April, 1867. With illustrations by H. K. Browne on 38 engraved glossy plates, including frontispieces, protected with tissue (all the illustrations that appeared in the 1848 first edition). Publisher's original dark-green cloth binding with gilt lettering and ruling on the spine and blindstamped decorations on both covers. "Library Edition" appears in gilt at bottom edge of spine with no volume number. Brown smooth-coated endpapers. ix + 454 and ix + 459 text pages.…
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Barnaby Rudge and Hard Times (in Two Volumes)
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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. Book. Illus. by H. K. Browne / G. Cattermole / F. Walker. Very Good +. Cloth. First Edition Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two-volume complete set. First American edition, first printing, of Vols. IX and X of the original 27-volume deluxe illustrated Library Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens, with title pages dated 1867. Statement from Charles Dickens on copyright page authorizing this edition dated April, 1867. With illustrations by H. K. Browne and G. Cattermole in Barnaby Rudge and F. Walker in Hard Times on 36 engraved glossy plates, including frontispieces, protected with tissue (all of the illustrations that appeared in the first edition). Publisher's original dark-green cloth binding with gilt lettering and ruling on the spine and blindstamped decorations on both covers. "Library Edition" appears in gilt at bottom edge of spine with no volume number. Brown smooth-coated endpapers. xi + 475 and vii + 471 text pages.…
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience. Used. Very Good+ Condition. RARE/SCARCE. ANTIQUARIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK. Thomas Nelson & Sons First Edition, 1876. Color front paper paste-down label is in good shape. Complete. Dark Blue, blind-stamped boards. Pocket-size. 70 pages plus adverts.
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