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HUXLEY, Julian.
From An Antique Land. Ancient and Modern in the Middle East. London: Max Parrish, (1954). First edition. Cloth, 310pp. Spine faded o/w very good in a very good d/w. Huxley's account of his travels in the Middle East, visiting places such as Nineveh, Isfahan, Shiraz, Bagdad, Petra and Palmyra and many others.
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HYDE, Alexander, Rev. A.C. Baldwin and Rev. W.L. Gage.
The Frozen Zone and Its Explorers: A Comprehensive History of Voyages, Travels, Adventures in the Arctic Regions, Including Recent German and Swedish Expeditions; Captain Nare's English Expedition; Prof. Nordenskiold's Discovery of the North-East Passage; The Sailing of the Jeanette, Etc. With Graphic Delineations of Life and Nature In The Realms of Frost.......Published by Subscription Only.
Hartford: R.W. Bliss & Company, 1880. Later edition. (first published 1874). Tall thick 8vo., orig. green cloth with small pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper cover and the spine, (xvi), 834pp. Lacking the rear free e/paper and adverts, inner rear hinge cracked, bookplate, some wear to the foot of the spine but certainly a very good copy.
Hartford: R.W. Bliss & Company, 1880. Later edition. (first published 1874). Tall thick 8vo., orig. green cloth with small pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper cover and the spine, (xvi), 834pp. Lacking the rear free e/paper and adverts, inner rear hinge cracked, bookplate, some wear to the foot of the spine but certainly a very good copy.
| $200 | Book Number: 23334 | Order / Enquire |
(IMMIGRATION). HAWKES, Arthur.
Special Report On Immigration Dealing Mainly With Co-Operation Between the Dominion and Provincial Governments And th Movement of People From the United Kingdom to Canada.
Ottawa: Government Printing Office, 1912. Sm.4to., orig. printed blue wrappers, 93, (3)pp. index. Outer edge of upper wrapper and titlepage nibbled by mice (no loss of text), wrappers chipped at the spine ends, lower corner of pages dog-eared but still an acceptable copy.
Ottawa: Government Printing Office, 1912. Sm.4to., orig. printed blue wrappers, 93, (3)pp. index. Outer edge of upper wrapper and titlepage nibbled by mice (no loss of text), wrappers chipped at the spine ends, lower corner of pages dog-eared but still an acceptable copy.
| $175 | Book Number: 37255 | Order / Enquire |
INNES, Hammond.
The Last Voyage Captain Cook's Lost Diary.
New York: Knopf, 1979. First U.S. edition. Cloth, (254)pp. Small stamp on lower foredge o/w fine in d/w.
New York: Knopf, 1979. First U.S. edition. Cloth, (254)pp. Small stamp on lower foredge o/w fine in d/w.
| $75 | Book Number: 11129 | Order / Enquire |
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INNES, Hammond.
The Last Voyage Captain Cook's Lost Diary. London: Collins, 1978. First edition. Cloth, (254)pp. Fine in d/w.
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IRELAND, Samuel.
Picturesque Views On the Upper, Warwickshire Avon, From Its Source At Naseby to Its Junction With The Severn At Jewkesbury: With Observations On The Public Buildings and Other Works of Art In Its Vicinity.
London: PUblished by R. Raulder...... 1795. First edition. Sm.4to., full contemporary calf with has been rebacked with a later 19th century leather spine, leather labels, xviii, 284pp. This copy has been professionally rebacked with in the late 19th century with a calf spine and has had the inner hinges reinforced with cloth tape, bookplate, o/w this is a very nice copy.
Samuel Ireland [?- 1800] author and engraver. Ireland began working as a weaver, but soon took to dealing in prints and drawings and devoted his leisure to teaching himself drawing and engraving. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1784. Between 1780-85 he etched plates after Hogarth and John Mortimer. In 1790 he began his Picturesque tour books, starting with France, Holland and then several English rivers, such as the above. In the preface Ireland states , that the above work, "explores this gentle river, together with the various others so greatly conductive to the health and fertility of our Island, to delineate their many picturesque beauties, and to become their historian has been the avowed purpose of the author of this work......"
London: PUblished by R. Raulder...... 1795. First edition. Sm.4to., full contemporary calf with has been rebacked with a later 19th century leather spine, leather labels, xviii, 284pp. This copy has been professionally rebacked with in the late 19th century with a calf spine and has had the inner hinges reinforced with cloth tape, bookplate, o/w this is a very nice copy.
Samuel Ireland [?- 1800] author and engraver. Ireland began working as a weaver, but soon took to dealing in prints and drawings and devoted his leisure to teaching himself drawing and engraving. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1784. Between 1780-85 he etched plates after Hogarth and John Mortimer. In 1790 he began his Picturesque tour books, starting with France, Holland and then several English rivers, such as the above. In the preface Ireland states , that the above work, "explores this gentle river, together with the various others so greatly conductive to the health and fertility of our Island, to delineate their many picturesque beauties, and to become their historian has been the avowed purpose of the author of this work......"
| $650 | Book Number: 24360 | Order / Enquire |
IRELAND, William W.
Studies of a Wandering Observer.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1867. 8vo., full cont. calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather label (school prize binding), (viii), 360pp. Bookplate, some light rubbing o/w very good.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1867. 8vo., full cont. calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather label (school prize binding), (viii), 360pp. Bookplate, some light rubbing o/w very good.
| $200 | Book Number: 23663 | Order / Enquire |
(IRVING, Washington).
A Tour On The Prairies.
London: John Murray, 1835. First edition, setting B, label A (no priority) (precedes U.S. edition). 8vo., orig. paper boards, printed paper spine label, (12)pp.adverts, (xiv), 335pp. Bookplate, wear along the out front hinge/spine gutter, some light wear to the spine ends but still a better than very good copy in original boards.
London: John Murray, 1835. First edition, setting B, label A (no priority) (precedes U.S. edition). 8vo., orig. paper boards, printed paper spine label, (12)pp.adverts, (xiv), 335pp. Bookplate, wear along the out front hinge/spine gutter, some light wear to the spine ends but still a better than very good copy in original boards.
| $850 | Book Number: 31538 | Order / Enquire |
IRVING, Washington.
Astoria, Or Anecdotes Of An Enterprise Beyond The Rocky Mountains.
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1936. In two volumes. First edition, first state of both volumes. Variant binding not in BAL. With the bookplate of George Crookshank. Tall 8vo., orig. patterned cloth, xii, (13)-285; viii, (9)-279, (280 blank), 8pp.ads. With a folding map in volume two. Volume one lacking the front free e/paper, foxing throughout, some wear to the spine ends but this is in fact a very good copy of this variant binding, not noted by BAL.
History of the rocky mountain fur trade, specifically John Astor's American Fur Trade Company. George Crookshank 1773-1859, prominent politican and businessman in Upper Canada.
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1936. In two volumes. First edition, first state of both volumes. Variant binding not in BAL. With the bookplate of George Crookshank. Tall 8vo., orig. patterned cloth, xii, (13)-285; viii, (9)-279, (280 blank), 8pp.ads. With a folding map in volume two. Volume one lacking the front free e/paper, foxing throughout, some wear to the spine ends but this is in fact a very good copy of this variant binding, not noted by BAL.
History of the rocky mountain fur trade, specifically John Astor's American Fur Trade Company. George Crookshank 1773-1859, prominent politican and businessman in Upper Canada.
| $1250 | Book Number: 32781 | Order / Enquire |
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ISHERWOOD, Christopher.
Goodbye To Berlin. London: Hogarth Press, 1939. First edition. Name printed in block letters on e/paper o/w a fine copy.
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ISHERWOOD, Christopher.
Lions and Shadows.
London: Hogarth Press, 1938. First edition, first binding. Spine a bit discoloured o/w a better than very good but not quite near fine copy.
London: Hogarth Press, 1938. First edition, first binding. Spine a bit discoloured o/w a better than very good but not quite near fine copy.
| $300 | Book Number: 1283 | Order / Enquire |
(ISLE OF WIGHT). Photograph album containing 18 original photographs circa 187
The photographs measure 7" X 4 1/2" and are mounted in the album with a printed border. I have attached scans of a couple of the images to give you an idea. All the photographs are identified and the scenes are: Ryde, Brading Church, Bembridge Point, Sandown, Shanklin, Dunnose Head, Shaklin Chine, Luccombe, Bonchurch (2), Ventnor (2)Steephill Castle, Steephill Cove, Undercliff at Niton, Carisbrooke, Freshwater, Alum Bay, The Needles, Blackgang Chine. Someone has tipped a map of the Isle of Wight on the verso of one page. Also included are 5 pp. of contemporary manuscript notes relating to the photographs. The album itself measures approx. 9" X 12 1/2", orig. green cloth, title "Isle of Wight" in gilt on the upper cover, A.E.G. There is some wear to the spine ends and corners o/w very good, the photographs are fine.
The photographs measure 7" X 4 1/2" and are mounted in the album with a printed border. I have attached scans of a couple of the images to give you an idea. All the photographs are identified and the scenes are: Ryde, Brading Church, Bembridge Point, Sandown, Shanklin, Dunnose Head, Shaklin Chine, Luccombe, Bonchurch (2), Ventnor (2)Steephill Castle, Steephill Cove, Undercliff at Niton, Carisbrooke, Freshwater, Alum Bay, The Needles, Blackgang Chine. Someone has tipped a map of the Isle of Wight on the verso of one page. Also included are 5 pp. of contemporary manuscript notes relating to the photographs. The album itself measures approx. 9" X 12 1/2", orig. green cloth, title "Isle of Wight" in gilt on the upper cover, A.E.G. There is some wear to the spine ends and corners o/w very good, the photographs are fine.
| $850 | Book Number: 32030 | Order / Enquire |
IYER, C.S. Ranga.
Father India A Reply to Mother India.
London: Selwyn & Blount, (1927). First edition. Cloth, 207pp. Lacking the front free e/paper o/w a nice copy.
London: Selwyn & Blount, (1927). First edition. Cloth, 207pp. Lacking the front free e/paper o/w a nice copy.
| $50 | Book Number: 11620 | Order / Enquire |
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JACK, James.
Daybreak In Livingstonia. The Story of The Livingstonia Mission British Central Africa. Revised, With an Introduction by Robert Laws. New York: Fleming H. Revell, nd. (preface dated 1900). Revised edition. 8vo., orig. green pictorial cloth, 371pp. Small red stain on rear cover but still near fine.
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JACKSON, Charles.
A Second Hand Life.
New York: Macmillan, (1967). Advance reading copy of the first edition. Wrappers. Fine.
New York: Macmillan, (1967). Advance reading copy of the first edition. Wrappers. Fine.
| $125 | Book Number: 1284 | Order / Enquire |
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JACKSON, Charles.
The Sunnier Side. Twelve Arcadian Tales. New York: Farrar, Straus, (1950). First edition. SIGNED by the author. Fine in a near fine d/w.
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(JACKSON, HELEN HUNT).
Bits of Travel By H.H. (pseud).
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1872. First edition. 12mo., orig. blue cloth, 304pp. Name on title, spine darkened with some light wear to ends o/w very good.
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1872. First edition. 12mo., orig. blue cloth, 304pp. Name on title, spine darkened with some light wear to ends o/w very good.
| $125 | Book Number: 18218 | Order / Enquire |
JACKSON, Helen Hunt.
Glimpses of Three Coasts.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. First edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth, 418, (2)pp.ads. A very good copy.
Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885) American novelist, essayist, poet and Indian rights activist was described by Emerson as "America's greatest woman poet." She wrote hundreds of articles and reviews, many under her pseudonym, "H.H." but her greatest achievement was her pioneering work for Indian rights, writing an expose of government maltreatment of the Indians, "A Century of Dishonor." The above work is divided into three sections; "California and Oregon," "Scotland and England," and "Norway, Denmark and Sweden."
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. First edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth, 418, (2)pp.ads. A very good copy.
Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885) American novelist, essayist, poet and Indian rights activist was described by Emerson as "America's greatest woman poet." She wrote hundreds of articles and reviews, many under her pseudonym, "H.H." but her greatest achievement was her pioneering work for Indian rights, writing an expose of government maltreatment of the Indians, "A Century of Dishonor." The above work is divided into three sections; "California and Oregon," "Scotland and England," and "Norway, Denmark and Sweden."
| $125 | Book Number: 18716 | Order / Enquire |
JACKSON, Helen Hunt.
Ramona.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1900. Later edition. 8vo., orig. mustard cloth, 490, (14)pp.ads. Names o/w very good.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1900. Later edition. 8vo., orig. mustard cloth, 490, (14)pp.ads. Names o/w very good.
| $75 | Book Number: 19758 | Order / Enquire |
JACKSON, Joseph Henry.
Notes On A Drum. Travel Sketches in Guatemala.
New York: Macmillan, 1937. First edition. With a signed presentation inscription from the author dated "November, 1944." Cloth, 276pp. A description of Guatemala "the Switzerland of the Americas" including a discussion of Indian villages, coffee plantations, volcanoes, banana farms, archaeological ruins, etc.
New York: Macmillan, 1937. First edition. With a signed presentation inscription from the author dated "November, 1944." Cloth, 276pp. A description of Guatemala "the Switzerland of the Americas" including a discussion of Indian villages, coffee plantations, volcanoes, banana farms, archaeological ruins, etc.
| $250 | Book Number: 10212 | Order / Enquire |
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