Search Results: Titles starting with T from P & B Rowan

FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF A CHINESE TEXT - 'A WATERSHED IN MODERN SINOLOGY' first edition large 4to. (31 x 26 cms.) [4], lxxvi, 581, [1 (errata)], [2 (advts.)]pp., 1 frontispiece plate (reproduction of the title-page of the 1805 Chinese edition of the Qing code), high quality and very handsome modern half rich tan diced calf, spine panelled by broad raised bands each of which is highlighted by double gilt fillets and has a design composed of three gilt fillets and gilt ornaments on the top of the band, one panel direct gilt lettered, old marble on sides, skilful restoration at gutter margin of 2 early leaves, few leaves little dusty at edges, few leaves lightly foxed or locally toned, else a nice fresh and broad margined copy in a very attractive binding. Very unobtrusive and rather attractive early stamp of 'Belfast Library / founded 1788' at head of first page of text. Cordier Bibliotheca Sinica. 546-7 Löwendahl China Illustrata Nova, 748 Lust Western Books on China, 715Staunton,… Read More

ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH BARTOLOZZI FRONTISPIECE
small 4to. [12], 360pp., handsome allegorical frontispiece plate (Bartolozzi engraved after C. B.Cipriani), & 2 engraved plates at rear (a plan and elevation of kennels), contemporary tree calf, sides with a decorative gilt rolled border, sometime neatly rebacked with a new matching tan calf spine, spine with raised bands and a maroon morocco label, no half-title, title page lightly foxed, minor scuffing to corners and joints, very good and attractive copy.
ESTC t143980 Beckford, the first English writer to describe fox and hare hunting in detail, first published this classic work in Sarum [Salisbury, Wiltshire] in 1781 and this is the last edition printed there. The attractive frontispiece depicts Diana preparing for the chase.

first edition 2 vols. very tall 8vo. xx, 551, [1 (blank)]; xvi, 580pp., 5 large folding coloured maps, numerous photographs printed on text leaves, original deep blue cloth, front covers (differently) pictorially gilt blocked and titled, spines gilt lettered, top edges gilt, 1 cm. split at head of front joint of vol.1 and rear joint of vol.2, one top corner little bruised, else a very good bright and fresh copy. Arctic Bibliography 7943.A day-by-day journal of the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition (1894-97). The party established winter quarters at Cape Flora, Franz Joseph Land, and remained there for 3 years. By sheer coincidence, Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen encountered Jackson's camp in June of 1896 during the Fram Expedition, and enjoyed several weeks of generous hospitality (after surviving through the winter on walrus and bear meat). Throughout their stay, the party made sledge journeys in the archipelago, surveyed, made scientific collections, hunted, and described the polar… Read More

FINE COPY IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS - TALES OF AGRARIAN UNREST IN 1820s RURAL IRELANDfirst edition 3 vols. 12mo. [4], 291, [1 (blank)]; [4], 319, [1 (blank)]; [4], 305, [1 (printer's slug)], [6 (advts.)]pp. complete with half-titles and terminal advertisements, original drab boards, printed paper labels on spines, no front free endpaper in vol.1, closed marginal tear (no loss) in I1 of vol.2, some cracking of joints of vol.2 and its spine very slightly chipped, else a fine fresh copy. Exceptional in this condition. LOEBER Irish Fiction, 125 BROWN Ireland in Fiction, 444Four stories, primarily concerned with the agrarian unrest in rural Ireland, written from a viewpoint sympathetic to the catholic peasantry. Set variously near Athlone, in Connemara, and in Co. Louth. One story, a satirical account of evangelical Protestant political and social attitudes, was apparently modelled on and directed against Sir Harcourt Lees, a prominent contemporary leader of rabidly anti-Romanist… Read More

A MONUMENTAL WORK OF SCHOLARSHIP first edition folio 4 vols. (bound in 2) lii, 671; 755; 785; 639pp., contemporary vellum, sides with nesting panels formed by blind rules and a large decorative lozenge with strapwork and naturalistic designs blocked in the centre of each board, front joint of vol.1 cracked but firm and tight, else fine copy. The magnum opus of two leading Italian philologists. Facciolati (1682-1769) was "the ornament of the Paduan university during a period of forty five years ... [but] in the compilation of this work the chief burden seems to have been borne by [his] pupil Forcellini [1688-1768], to whom, however, the lexicographer allows a very scanty measure of justice. Perhaps the best testimony to the learning and industry of the compiler is the well-known observation that the whole body of Latinity, if it were to perish, could be restored from this lexicon"' [Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edn.]. This vast lexicon has formed the basis of all similar works that… Read More

PROBING THE NATURE OF RESPIRATION first edition, first issue 8vo. [6], 142; [2], 17, [1 (blank)]; [12], 176; [2], 19, [1 (blank)]; [2], 16; [2], 39, [1 (advt.)]pp., contemporary calf sometime rebacked and refurbished at corners, smooth spine panelled by double gilt fillets and with a brown morocco label, lacks the preliminary blank leaf A1 and the blank leaves x7-8 (as usual), fore-edges of boards bit worn, some light toning as usual, very good copy. Bookplate of the John Crerar Library of Chicago (with their neat withdrawal stamp) and with their name in small gilt letters at lower corner of front board. Fulton Bibliography .. Robert Boyle, 101 WING B4060 ESTC r10383Collation: [pi]3, B-I8, K1, (*)-(*)8, (**)-(**)8, k-u8, x6, K2-K8, L-O8, P2 - with no initial blank [pi]1 and x7-x8 blank"Important observations on respiration are scattered through nearly all of Boyle's works. He was impressed with the idea that life was a slow-burning flame, and he often pointed out the analogy between… Read More

first edition 8vo. viii, 292pp., frontispiece map plate printed in grey and three other colours, original rust brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine, small capital 'R' shape (presumably Rutherford's initial - see below) cut out of the blank top margin of the title page, small burn hole in blank upper margin of leaf O2, light brown tea? stain (of varying extent) running into the upper outer corner of the last few gatherings (affecting blank marginal areas only except in four leaves where it just touches the page number or text), sometime rebacked with the original spine relaid, new end papers. Signed and dated in either pen and pencil on half title, dedication leaf and on the top margin of first page of text by R. J. Younger (of 15 Carlton Ter., Edinburgh) in Dec 1883, another early owner's name (Rutherford) stamped on half-title. Two thousand copies of the first edition were printed and issued between 14th Nov. and 11th Dec. 1883 in four bindings (rust brown, green, grey, or blue cloth) and… Read More

WITH A FAR REACHING IMPACT ON MODERN LIFEfirst edition 12mo. xvi, 283pp., 6 plates comprising 5 real samples of textiles with complex printed designs and 1 coloured lithograph), modern half dark green crushed morocco, spine panelled by gilt highlighted raised bands and with a small gilt tool at panel centres, direct lettered in gilt, marbled sides, attractive copy. Rare.James Emerson (Belfast, 1804 - 1869) was a man of singular ability who was known throughout his life for his intellectual energy, grasp of situations, and unfailing memory. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin and proclaims himself "of Trinity College Dublin" on the title page of this work. He travelled abroad from 1824 and as a young man of radical opinions gravitated towards the great contemporary cause of radical opinion, namely the Greek nation then fighting to free itself from Ottoman control. His intention was to join the fight for Greek freedom, and while there he met Byron and was an eyewitness at least to some… Read More

LEADING ENGLISH SURGEON'S CLASSIC FIRST BOOK 8vo. xvii, [1 (advt.)], 198, [2 (errata & blank)]pp., contemporary calf, sometime rebacked with a new spine with black morocco title label, no front free endpaper (as rebacked), boards worn at corners and edges, else very good. Early signature erased from front pastedown endpaper and some contemporary manuscript comments on the text written in the margins by presumably that owner. Early engraved armorial bookplate of MacDonnell Earl of Antrim. ESTC t55009. L6 a cancel as usual. First published in 1756 and again reprinted in 1769 and 1775. Garrison Morton 3576 (first edition). Pott (1714-1788), English surgeon, became assistant surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London in 1745 and in 1753 he and William Hunter were elected the first lecturers in anatomy to the new Surgeons Company (later Royal College of Surgeons). "At St Bartholomew's Hospital Pott saw many patients and acquired the profound clinical experience so evident in his later… Read More

CLASSIC ON DISEASES OF THE CHEST - PRESENTATION COPY TO A LEADING CONTEMPORARY PHYSICIAN first edition tall 8vo. xx, 557, [1 (blank)], [2 (Hodges & Smith medical works advts.)], original drab purplish cloth over light boards, printed paper label on spine, recased with paler purplish contemporary cloth with the original spine (somewhat soiled and with missing pieces at the ends and with its paper label very rubbed and chipped) relaid, board edges locally refurbished and with lower corner of front board repaired, original endpapers reused. Inscribed on the verso of the half-title "To Sir Henry Halford/ with the author's best/ compliments" but with this inscription heavily scribbled over at an early date in black ink. Tipped in (on a guard) is a letter dated 29 March 1939 to Dr. Kirkpatrick thanking him for both medical treatment and information on a portrait and presenting him with this "association copy [which] some vandal scrawled over". Some stamps of the Royal College of Physicians of… Read More