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Morley, John, Viscount.
Recollections, Two Volumes
New York, The MacMillan Company,
1917, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, English statesman, politician journalist, biographer, and critic. Morley opposed the Boer War and a staunch supporter of Irish Home Rule. He was one of the greatest biographers of his time Morley wrote lives of: Voltaire (1872), Rousseau (1873), Richard Cobden (1881), Robert Walpole (1889), Oliver Cromwell (1900), and Gladstone (1903), considered his best work. General editor of the English Men of Letters series, for which he wrote a life of Edmund Burke (1879). This Recollection provides an insight into to his Victorian liberalism. Blue cloth boards & spine, bright gilt lettering to spines, TEG. True First Edition, "Set up and electrotyped. Published November 1917." Mild foxing of e.p. all else very clean, tightly bound. Mild wear. tall 8vo's 338 & 383 pages.
(Edition, Franco, Prussian, War, British, Statesman, British, Parliment, Biographers, John, Viscount, Morley, Victorian, Liberalists, Boer, War, British, Writers, British, Historians, John, Morely) Cat No. 993m.
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22.50
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May, Hans, M.D.
Reconstructive and Reparative Surgery. Foreword By James Barrett Brown
Philadelphia, F.A. Davis Company,
1949, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good Plus, The forerunner to modern plastic surgery, a complete book in 5 divisions: 1 on general principals, 3 on regional feature, 1 on clinical examples. Divisions 1: general technic, grafting tissue, transplantation of flaps, treatment of burns, wounds, scars. Divisions 2 to 4 demonstrate reconstruction to different parts of the body. 967 illustrations, 17 in color. Handsomely bound in black cloth with bright gilt lettering. sm 4 to, 964 pages. Gilt illustration of Hands to front. Clean text, firm binding.
(Books, Vintage, Medical, Books, Antique, Medical, Books, Hand, Surgery, Reconstructive, Surgery, Reparative, Surgery, Plastic, Surgery, Tissue, Grafting) Cat No. 113m.
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50.00
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Hall, David.
Record Book; a Music Lover's Guide to the World of the Phonograph
New York, Smith & Durrell,
1940, Second Edition ed, Hardcover,
Condition: Very Good, An guide to the quality of a given recording and performance, and to convey some idea of the character of the music itself. It also contains a certain amount of historical fact. Encompassing domestic record catalogues in the filed of symphonic, keyboard, chamber and vocal music. Also light popular folk music. Second edition, Black cloth boards and spine, silver title panel to lower front board, and spine. Chip to cloth of upper rear edge, 4 inch closed hinge teat, upper spine end mildly frayed, pages mildly toned. Very clean, solidly bound. sm 4 to 886 pages
(Anthology, The Record, Book, 1940, Music, Record, Catalogues, Music, Catalogues, Musicology, History, Of, Music, Recordings, Recorded, Keyboard, Music, Recorded, Symphonic, Music, Recorded, Chamber, Music, Music, Reference) Cat No. 1539.
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14.50
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New Jersey Legislature.
Record of the Governor & Councill of East New Jersie 1682
Jersey City, John H. Lyon, printed By,
1872, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Documentation of Colonial Government of East New Jersey, 1682 -1703. With initial recordings taking place in Elizabeth Towne with Tho Rudyard as Governor & p'pr William Penn on the Council. Written in colonial English, stating: Wee and every of us whose names are hereunder written Doe Severally and each for himselfe, Solemly promise to beare true Allegiance to the King of England his heires and Successors And to bee true and faithful to the Interest of the Lords Proprietors of the said province.. Containing Bills such as: The Penalty of Drunkards; for Punishm of Incest Adultrey and fornication; Act for the militia read and a provisoe made there to extend to p'sons Conscientioulsy refusing to beare Arms Agreed that the bill wth the provisoe bee sent vp to the Deputyes. ect. Petitions on land rights, and purchases from the Indians; recording of the Kings Letter to his Excellency the Governor of new yorke, to require assistance from the Neightbouring Province if needs should require in the warr wth the ffrench att Canade; at Council held in Peth Amboy 1868 an entry about 50 to 60 men in arms did come from New York & by suprise forcilby entr'd the Ship Hester & forcibly detain'd her. A rare documention of Revolutionary history as originally recorded. Black cloth boards and spine, upper and lower spine ends chipped, gilt title to spine, 1 inch chip to rear spine edge cutting off top of "R" in Record of. Gilt still bright, few stains to board, rubbing of edges. Text remarkable clean, binding tight. tall 8 vo, 245 pages. In protective polyester film wraps.
(Documents, Of, New, Jersey, Americana, Revolutionary, History, Of, New, Jersey, American, History, Records, Of, Colonial, America, Antique, Books, New, Jersey, 1682, New, Jersey, 17th, Century, Laws, Of, New, Jersey, 17th, Century, Rare, Books, Government, Colonial, New, Jersey, Americana, 17th, Century, New, Jersey, Government, Colonial, American, Documents) Cat No. 1563.
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95.00
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Ritchie, Anne Thackeray.
Records of Tennyson, Ruskin, Browning
New York, Harper & Bros,
1893, Hard Cover,
Condition: Good Plus, Daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray. Lady Ritchie had the privilege of befriending many of England's most prolific and respected writers. She grew up among her father's friends, including the Carlyles, the Brownings, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Barry Cornwall, and Edward FitzGerald; and provides in this volume intimate daily life insights into the closed world of British publishing of that era . Ritchie is the author of eight novels, including The Story of Elizabeth (1863), The Village on the Cliff (1867), Old Kensington (1873), Miss Angel (1875), Miss Williamson's Divagations (1881), and Mrs. Dymond (1885). She is perhaps best known, however, for her criticism and memorials of the leading literary figures of her day, including personal memorials of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Edward Ruskin. Twenty seven plates. Original green cloth boards, gilt decorations and lettering to front board, gilt lettering to spine. Spine rebacked, front hinge cracked, rear hinge reinforced. Spine ends chipped. Binding is tight, text very clean. 8 vo, 190 pages
(Thackeray, Ritchie, Victorian, Literature, Memoirs, Of, Ruskin, Memoirs, Of, Robert, Browning, Memoirs, Of, Alfred, Tennyson) Cat No. 2186.
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18.00
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