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Fores's Hunting Accomplishments

Fores's Hunting Accomplishments by ALKEN, Henry

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Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.
Title
Fores's Hunting Accomplishments
Author
ALKEN, Henry
Seller
David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
London: Messrs. Fores, 1850. Hunting Accomplishments" Six Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates ALKEN, Henry. Fores's Hunting Accomplishments. Set of Six Plates Drawn by Henry Alken [Engraved by J. Harris]. London: Messrs. Fores, 1850. First edition. Oblong folio (12 3/4 x 19 3/16 inches; 325 x 488 mm). Specially printed title-page which also include a listing of the plates. Six hand colored aquatint plates in thick card mounts, each image size approximately 8 1/8 x 11 1/8 inches and each plate size approximately 10 x 13 1/4 inches. All plates window framed in 1/8 inch thick card, mounted on stubs. The fourth plate "In and Out Clever" has an expertly repaired, four inch tear at the top, plates one, two and six also have expertly repaired short marginal tears. Finely bound by Aquarius of London (stamp-signed on front turn-in) ca. 1990 in full red morocco over boards, front cover decoratively lettered and bordered in gilt. Spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, decoratively gilt board edges and turn-ins. Fine. With the exception of the aforementioned expertly repaired tear to plate 4 this is a fine and clean copy in a very attractive binding. Dudley Snelgrove in The Paul Mellon Collection asserts "These are copies of the first six plates (of seven) of Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders, 1815, which is in the collection". However we beg to disagree. We actually have an uncut copy (in the original wrappers) of the 1815 Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders and whilst the titles are similar - the plate image sizes are not! The earlier book has seven hand colored aquatints with an average image size of 7 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches on a plate size of 10 11/16 x 14 5/8 inches. The Plates: All headed "Fore's Hunting Accomplishments. Pl. 1" [through 6] and "Drawn by H. Alken; Engraved by J. Harris; Published Novr. 1st, 1850." 1. "Going Along a Slapping Pace" 2. "Topping a Flight of Rails and coming well into the next Field" 3. "Swishing a Rasper" 4. "In and Out Clever" 5. "Charging an Ox Fence" 6. "Facing a Brook" Rare: The renowned Fitz Eugene Dixon collection (sold at Anderson Galleries, NY, 1937) did not contain this rare suite of plates. "The aquatint process was developed to give the appearance of a water-colour and was used increasingly for over fifty years for large plates of grand views or small book-illustrations and for practically any subject, but it came to be used almost exclusively as the ideal medium for the best result in sporting prints. The sharp outlines and clear colouring gave them a briskness which sport required; horses seem to gallop and jump with greater verve in aquatint, while farm-horses munch more contentedly in mezzotint. Many engravers devoted themselves to the medium and, together with draughtsmen and colourists, enjoyed a steady livelihood with employment from such flourishing publishers as Rudolph Ackermann, Thomas McLean and Mesrrs. Fores. The method of soft-ground etching successfully simulated pencil-drawing and was used extensively for instructional drawing-books, but it was Henry Alken who used it constantly over many years in his albums with their countless cameos of sporting and comic incidents. Lithographs in hand-coloured form, although cheaper to produce, did not replace aquatints in popular esteem. Later in the century, the invention of chromolithography brought a high standard to colour printing, but initially it was to costly a process for the publisher of sporting prints." (Snelgrove, p. viii). Bobins IV, 1387; Siltzer, p. 64; Mellon/Snelgrove, British Sporting and Animal Prints 1658-1874 # 42; Not in Schwerdt.
DE WITT'S BASE-BALL GUIDE. FOR 1874. Containing the New Rules of the Game, as Revised at the Professional Convention of 1874. With an Explanatory Appendix for Umpires...

DE WITT'S BASE-BALL GUIDE. FOR 1874. Containing the New Rules of the Game, as Revised at the Professional Convention of 1874. With an Explanatory Appendix for Umpires... by [BASEBALL] CHADWICK, Henry

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Title
DE WITT'S BASE-BALL GUIDE. FOR 1874. Containing the New Rules of the Game, as Revised at the Professional Convention of 1874. With an Explanatory Appendix for Umpires...
Author
[BASEBALL] CHADWICK, Henry
Seller
Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Wear and small losses along spine and extremities, old faint pencil notations on front and rear wrappers; all edges trimmed; old
Description
New York: Robert M. De Witt, (1874). First Edition. wraps. Wear and small losses along spine and extremities, old faint pencil notations on front and rear wrappers; all edges trimmed; old pencil scrawl on verso of frontispiece; ownership signature in pencil on final text leaf. About Very Good. Original pictorial yellow wraps (4" x 6-1/4"); 99, (1) pages; with pages 63/64 misbound after page 42. Illustrated with frontispiece, as well as charts and tables. A very scarce and early guide to baseball, by the “Father of Baseball,” Henry Chadwick (1824-1908). Published annually from 1868 to 1885, De Witt's baseball guides were the official publication of both the Professional and Amateur National Associations, and contain a flurry of information on the game's rules, scoring, player statistics, advice on pitching and hitting, game records, and more.
An Account of the War in India, between the English and the French, on the Coast of Coromandel from the Year 1750 to the Year 1760. Together with A Relation of the late Remarkable Events on the Malabar Coast, and Expeditions to Golconda and Surat; with the Operations of the Fleet. Illustrated with Maps, Plans, &c. The whole compiled from Original Papers.

An Account of the War in India, between the English and the French, on the Coast of Coromandel from the Year 1750 to the Year 1760. Together with A Relation of the late Remarkable Events on the Malabar Coast, and Expeditions to Golconda and Surat; with the Operations of the Fleet. Illustrated with Maps, Plans, &c. The whole compiled from Original Papers. by Richard Owen Cambridge (1717 1802)

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An Account of the War in India, between the English and the French, on the Coast of Coromandel from the Year 1750 to the Year 1760. Together with A Relation of the late Remarkable Events on the Malabar Coast, and Expeditions to Golconda and Surat; with the Operations of the Fleet. Illustrated with Maps, Plans, &c. The whole compiled from Original Papers.
Author
Richard Owen Cambridge (1717 1802)
Seller
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
Condition
About Very Good
Description
xxxiii+270+[2]+15+[1]+48+xix+[1] pages 14 of 18 engraved plates, maps (many folding) and index. Quarto (10 1/4" x 8 1/4") in original leather binding. First edition.Richard Owen Cambridge was a British poet. He was educated at Eton and at St John's College, Oxford. Leaving the university without taking a degree, he took up residence at Lincolns Inn in 1737. Four years later he married, and went to live at his country seat of Whitminster, Gloucestershire. In 1751 he removed to Twickenham, where he enjoyed the society of many notable persons. Horace Walpole in his letters makes many jesting allusions to Cambridge in the character of news-monger. His chief work is the Scribleriad (1751), a mock epic poem, the hero of which is the Martinus Scriblerus of Alexander Pope, John Arbuthnot and Jonathan Swift. The poem is preceded by a dissertation on the mock heroic, in which he avows Cervantes as his master. The satire shows considerable learning, and was eagerly read by literary people; but it never became popular, and the allusions, always obscure, have little interest for the present-day reader. He made a valuable contribution to history in his Account of the War in India on the Coast of Coromandel from the year 1750 to 1760 (1761). He had intended to write a history of the rise and progress of British power in India, but this enterprise went no further than this one work, as he found that Robert Orme, who had promised him the use of his papers, contemplated the execution of a similar plan. The Works of Richard Owen Cambridge, includes several pieces never before published. It contains an Account of his Life and Characterby his Son, George Owen Cambridge (1803), the Scribleriad, some narrative and satirical poems, and about twenty papers originally published in Edward Moore's paper, The World. His poems are included in Alexander Chalmers' English Poets (1816.Condition:Previous owner's name in neatly written dated 1806 on front end paper with his book plate on front past down with his library stamp. Lacks rear free end paper. Front hinge separated, back hinge cracked. Lacks the Mongol on horse back plate, map of Maratta County, view of the attack on Geriah and view of Surat. Front worn, spine ends and corners reinforced and repaired, new spine label else about very good.
The Dispossessed

The Dispossessed by Berryman, John

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Title
The Dispossessed
Author
Berryman, John
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: William Sloane Associates, 1948. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's blue cloth lettered stamped in gilt. About Near Fine, with rubbing to cloth at tips, pages toned. In a Very Good dust jacket with publisher's price intact, with light rubbing and edge wear. A nice copy.
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REPORT OF THE STATE ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR ON THE CANALS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, FOR 1855 by New York

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Title
REPORT OF THE STATE ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR ON THE CANALS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, FOR 1855
Author
New York
Seller
David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
Albany, 1856. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title [as issued]. Stitched, 224pp. One plate, one enormous folding map. Wraps a bit edge-chipped and a light rubberstamp, occasional light text toning, Very Good. The great New York canal system is "a source of just pride to every good citizen." Its advantages and scope are reviewed here.
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Grand by WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE

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Grand
Author
WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
New York: House of Books, LTD, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Small 8vo, publisher's yellow cloth; lacking glassine. Light toning to spine, a couple of tiny spots to front board; internally nice and crisp. Limited edition, #19 of 300 copies signed by Tennessee Williams.
American West Real Photo Postcards of Iowa, New Mexico, and South Dakota, Early 1900s

American West Real Photo Postcards of Iowa, New Mexico, and South Dakota, Early 1900s by American West

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American West Real Photo Postcards of Iowa, New Mexico, and South Dakota, Early 1900s
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American West
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Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description
1900. [Western Americana] Archive of 6 photo-postcards with of the American West. Early 1900s. black and white RPPC real photo Postcards show a range of western towns in Iowa, New Mexico, and South Dakota. 5 x 3.5 inches. Images show a mix of horse drawn carriages and early automobiles in main streets of western towns yet unpaved with early storefronts. In one image of the main street in Story City, Iowa, a single gas lamp hangs from a wire strung across the door road, storefronts lining both sides and a train passing in the distance. 2 of the postcards are blank on verso, the others inscribed. One reads "We got back today from the lake had a sham bottle as we came in. will write some more tomorrow, Bell" under the header "Camp C 5-13." The completion of railroads in the 1870's opened vast regions of the American west to settlers who poured out of crowded Eastern cities to mine, farm, and ranch, transforming the formerly wild landscape, driving out its native population and forever altering the course of world economic history. Settlers who moved west wrote home to family and friends with news of the frontier, and these postcard images provided the pictures to accompany their tales. Overall gives a real view of early western life. Stains to top of one card do not affect image. Light sunning to some images. In very good condition overall.
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The Young Folks' Historical Game. Fine Edition by McLoughlin Bros.

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Title
The Young Folks' Historical Game. Fine Edition
Author
McLoughlin Bros.
Seller
ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1900. Very good. A complete set, with the original box, 72 cards, and directions leaflet, n. d. (ca 1900); box - 5 x 6 1/4 x 1 1/4 - wood and card stock, with textured paper and gilt title and decorations, a few mild spots and minor wear to edges - very good; cards with light wear - very good to near fine; leaflet - 6 x 4 1/2, pp. [2], mild spotting - very good condition. First introduced by McLoughlin Brothers in the early 1880s, the simple question-and-answer trivia game included up-to-date historical facts (in this edition the last question was about Democratic Presidential candidate William J. Bryan). Unlike other editions, which usually contained 36 cards - the current, fine edition contained double that number - at 72 cards.
SAINT MAYBE

SAINT MAYBE by Tyler, Anne

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Title
SAINT MAYBE
Author
Tyler, Anne
Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780679403616
Condition
Fine
Description
NY: Knopf, 1991. First edition, first prnt. One of an unspecified number issued for promotional purposes with a tipped-in leaf signed by Tyler. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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A Penny a Look: An Old Story. by ZEMACH, Harve (retold by).

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Title
A Penny a Look: An Old Story.
Author
ZEMACH, Harve (retold by).
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Description
NY:: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. Book club edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. .
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Fever and Other New Poems by AKHMADULINA, Bella

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Fever and Other New Poems
Author
AKHMADULINA, Bella
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good in Good dust jacket
Description
NY:: William Morrow,. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. Introduction by Yevgeny Yevtushenko. Translated from the Russian by Geoffrey Dutton and Igor Mezhakoff-Koriakin. First edition. Very good in a good (two inch closed edge tear on front panel - tape repaired on verso, dust soiling) dust jacket. .
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Trinity Church, San Jose, California; Advent, 1860, to Easter, 1903

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Trinity Church, San Jose, California; Advent, 1860, to Easter, 1903
Seller
Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
Description
San Jose: Trinity Parish Guild, 1903. 89 [2]p., b/w illus., original green cloth, slight cloth abrasion along the fore-edge of the front board.
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Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems. by ACKERMAN, Diane.

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Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems.
Author
ACKERMAN, Diane.
Seller
Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description
NY: Random House, (1991).. First edition.. 254 pp. Previous owner's inked ownership name to front free endpaper, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. Dated (1991) and INSCRIBED by Ackerman on the half-title page.

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