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Glasgow: Simpson, Lawrence & Co., 1914. Paperback. Good+. 320, [6] pp., with 1 cancel leaf. Oblong 4to., bound in half blue cloth, printed paper over boards. New Edition. An extensive and thorough illustrated catalogue of yacht fittings and other marine equipment, containing many beautiful examples of marine design. There are sections on stoves and kitchen equipment, compasses, telegraphs, steering wheels, clocks, barometers, binoculars, whistles, horns, bells, levers, lamps, pumps, filters, capstans, anchors, mooring gear, w.c.'s, brackets, shackles, furniture, sinks, tables, lockers, flagpoles, gramophones, yacht pianos and much more. Spine repaired, otherwise a very nice copy in its original decorative boards.

Londoni: In Aedibus Ianae Yetsweirt relictae Caroli Yetsweirt armigeri, 1596. Hardcover. Very Good. Half dark brown morocco and black cloth, gilt-stamped lettering in spine compartments (5 raised bands), black topstain; folio (294x198mm); 404 leaves, title-page with ornamental woodcut border, woodcut decorative initials, printed in blackletter. Boards rubbed; light scuffing at spine tips, along joints and edges of boards. Title page toned, and lightly chipped along the edges, with early ownership signature along top margin; third leaf (first page of text) detached, laid-in; later manuscript leaf tipped-in (at fol. 22). Bookplate of the New York City Bar Association. Covers regnal years 1326-1335, Edward III. With an index of cases, side-notes and cross-references. Edward's long reign of fifty years saw vital developments in legislation and government, in particular the evolution of the English parliament. An extremely important source for our knowledge of medieval common law.

Londoni: in aedibus Thomae Wight, 1600. Hardcover. Very Good. Half dark brown morocco and black cloth, gilt-stamped lettering in spine compartments (5 raised bands); folio (286x193mm); title-page with ornamental woodcut border, and numbered leaves (2-49, 2-31, 1-26, 1-36, 2-46, 2-28, 2-34, 2-26, 1-34, 1-27, 1-27, [26] (Table)), with woodcut decorative initials, printed in blackletter. (Complete, even where pagination begins at 2.) With 2 smaller, later manuscript leaves tipped-in. Boards rubbed; light scuffing at spine tips, along joints and edges of boards. Title page toned and dust-soiled, large closed tear (with tape repair on the verso), and lightly chipped along the edges, with faint stamp; text block a bit brittle along the edges. Bookplate of the New York City Bar Association. Covers regnal years 1366-1377, Edward III. With an index of cases, side-notes and cross-references. Edward's long reign of fifty years saw vital developments in legislation and government, in particular the evolution… Read More

in aedibus Thomae Wight, 1605. Hardcover. Very Good. Half dark brown morocco and black cloth, gilt-stamped lettering in spine compartments (5 raised bands); folio (285x190mm); 2 title-pages with ornamental woodcut border, and numbered leaves (1-5, 1-25, 1-19, 1-4, 1-4, 1-9, 1-46, 1-24, 1-8, 1-9, 1-94, 1-26, 1-17, 1-39, [1] (second title-p., n.d.), 1-14, 1-12, 1-13, 1-9, 1-11, 1-15, [10] (Table)) with woodcut decorative initials, printed in blackletter. With 15 smaller, later manuscript leaves tipped-in between sections. Boards rubbed; light scuffing at spine tips, along joints and edges of boards. First title page toned and dust-soiled, and lightly chipped along the edges; second title-page is fine; text block a bit brittle along the edges; a few pages loose, laid-in. Bookplate of the New York City Bar Association. Covers regnal years 1399-1422, under Henry IV and Henry V. With an index of cases, side-notes and cross-references. An extremely important source for our knowledge of medieval common law.

London: Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1620. Hardcover. Very Good. Half dark brown morocco and black cloth, gilt-stamped lettering in spine compartments (5 raised bands); folio (288x193mm); title-page with ornamental woodcut border, and numbered leaves (1-10, 1-29, 1-28, 1-44, 1-8, 1-12, 1-32, 1-25, 1-53, 1-19, 1-11, 1-21, 1-9, 1-8, 1-33, 1-12, 1-8, 1-30, 1-10, 1-19, 1-84, 1-51, [39] (table)) with woodcut decorative initials, printed in blackletter. With 16 smaller, early manuscript leaves tipped-in between sections. Boards rubbed; light scuffing at spine tips, along joints and edges of boards. Title-page somewhat browned, and lightly chipped along the edges; text block a bit brittle along the edges; some foxing or browning throughout. Bookplate of the New York City Bar Association. Covers regnal years 1461-1483, Edward IV With an index of cases, side-notes and cross-references. An extremely important source for our knowledge of medieval common law.

Londini: in aedibus Thomae Wight, 1601. Hardcover. Very Good. Half dark brown morocco and black cloth, gilt-stamped lettering in spine compartments (5 raised bands); folio (298x195mm); title-page with ornamental woodcut border, and numbered leaves (1-58, 1-60, 1-10, 1-13, 1-16, 1-34, 1-56, 1-53, 1-62, 1-34, 1-38, 1-39, 1-51, [2] (title-p. "Syntomotaxia," dedication and direction), [50] (table)) with woodcut decorative initials, printed in blackletter. With 10 smaller, later manuscript leaves tipped-in between sections. Boards rubbed; light scuffing at spine tips, along joints and edges of boards. First title page toned and dust-soiled, and lightly chipped along the edges; "Syntomotaxia" title-page is fine; text block a bit brittle along the edges; just a little foxing or browning. Bookplate of the New York City Bar Association. Covers regnal years 1442-1461, Henry VI. With an index of cases, side-notes and cross-references. An extremely important source for our knowledge of medieval common law.

London: Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1619. Hardcover. Very Good. Half dark brown morocco and black cloth, gilt-stamped lettering in spine compartments (5 raised bands), black topstain; folio (294x184mm); title-page with ornamental woodcut border, and numbered leaves (1-80, 1-59, [1], 1-62*, 1-79, [1], 80-[88]**, 46-100, 1-49, 1-32, 1-37, 1-38, [1] (Candidi Lectori), [28] (Le Table)), with woodcut decorative initials, printed in blackletter. Printed pagination sometimes incorrect, with corrections in manuscript -- correction at leaf 57 in third section* appears to be incorrect, and appears to be missing leaf 83**. With 7 smaller, later manuscript leaves tipped-in. Boards rubbed; light scuffing at spine tips, along joints and edges of boards. Title page toned, and lightly chipped along the edges, with early ownership signature and stamp; text block a bit brittle along the edges. Bookplate of the New York City Bar Association. Covers regnal years 1343-1366, Edward III. With an index of… Read More

London: Unicorn Press, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Grey paper over boards; glassine dust jacket; pp. 91, [8] (ads). Boards a little scuffed; spine tips rubbed; corners bumped. Tissue dust jacket is in remarkably good condition, with just some light creasing at spine tips, corners, and along edges. Illustrated throughout, with numerous contributors (Laurence Housman and W. B. Yeats amongst them) providing entries on architecture, literature, art, and music.

London: Macmillan, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Original cloth in dustwrapper (not price-clipped). An excellent copy.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. Ornate gilt-stamped cloth by Althea Gyles; tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait. Boards gently rubbed; spine tips and corners a little frayed; front hinge starting.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1894. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Cover and title page with Aubrey Beardsley illustration. 8vo, original off-white wrappers printed in black, backstrip perished but signatures firm in wrappers, dust soiling and toning, rubbing to extremities. First edition, presumed earliest issue, with 1 fleuron on front wrap and 4 on title. With half-title, publisher's advertisements at end. The sole book collaboration between Yeats and Beardsley. Wade 10.

Dublin, 1944. Hardcover. Fair. Woodcut of Giraldus on title-page. Thin 8vo, publisher's ¼ cloth; front hinge cracked with cloth separated from textblock, bookplate. Internally, very good. Limited edition, one of 250 copies. Sold as is.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Black cloth; photo-illustrated dust jacket; 4to; pp. 157, with photo-illustrations in b/w and full-color throughout. Boards lightly rubbed, otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket a little scratched on front panel; some light wrinkling along the edges; price-clipped. Poems and photographs.

New York: Random House, 1945. First Edition, First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Cloth, paper spine label; full-color illustrated dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 184, plus b/w photo-illustrated plates. Some very light rubbing and bumping at spine tips and along edges of boards; small spot of faint soiling on rear board; ownership signature on front paste-down. Dust jacket lightly wrinkled along the edges; somewhat tanned on rear panel and along spine; not price-clipped ($2.00); VG+ in mylar.

New York: D. T. Valentine's, 1852. Ephemera. Very Good+. Single leaf, colored lithograph, about 15x9 inches, showing Manhattan from about midtown down. Some light chipping along the edges, not infringing upon the map itself.

New York: n.p., 1867. Pamphlet. Very Good+. Sewn pamphlet, printed yellow wraps; pp. 11, [1], plus facsimile of handwritten ledger (folding) at rear. Closed tear along rear joint (about 1" long); some light creasing at corners; VG+, a nice, clean example of this scarce pamphlet. Lists incorporators, as well as the rules and regulations of the charter.

New York, 1820. 8vo. Disbound wrappers. pp. 82 of ? Title leaf lacking portion of blank area at the bottom (15% or so of total leaf). The concept of medical police is quite interesting in the context of urban social history. The "police" focused on everything for occupational hazards to prostitution, abandoned children, and public safety such public alcoholism and toxins and poisons that could be an immediate hazard to public heath. David Hosack was noted American physician but remains "widely known as the doctor who tended to the fatal injuries of Alexander Hamilton after his duel with Aaron Burr in July 1804" His second wife was the wealthy widow of the merchant and shipowner Henry A. Coster, and brought $300,000 and seven children from her earlier marriage into the Hosack household. The newfound wealth enabled enabled Hosack to live and entertain lavishly- the splendor of his parties was the talk of the town, and he built an opulent baronial estate on the Hudson. His fortune was lost in 1835… Read More

1901. Hardcover. Good. Real Estate. Rent receipts ledger from William C. Walker Sons, 1897-1901. Walkerís real estate firm was formed in 1857 and remained active under the watch of his sons through 1935. This manuscript book is apparently a receipts ledger showing rents collected by Walker agents for various property owners. Tenants for the various premises are named and include some well known firms.

New York, 1905. Hardcover. Fine. Among the topics are the stemboat fire "General Slocum" disaster. This is a fine copy in the original cloth, made more interesting by a business card laid in: Chas. Dersch. President of Organization of the Genr'l Slocum Survivors.

New York, 1864. Ephemera. Very Good+. Single leaf (215x178mm), printed on the recto only, with handwritten entries. From the headquarters of the Genesee Regiment, notice that James Burns has been drafted into the National Guard of the State of New York. A little wrinkled.