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Microcosm of London; or, London in Miniature, The

Microcosm of London; or, London in Miniature, The by ACKERMANN, Rudolph; COMBE, William; PUGIN, Augustus; ROWLANDSON, Thomas

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Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.
Title
Microcosm of London; or, London in Miniature, The
Author
ACKERMANN, Rudolph; COMBE, William; PUGIN, Augustus; ROWLANDSON, Thomas
Seller
David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
London: R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1808. With Eight of Abbey's Twelve Key Plates in Their First "Luminous" State A Wonderful Example with 'Pre-Publication' Watermarks Throughout Bound in Early Twentieth Century Three-Quarter Red Straight-Grain Morocco [ACKERMANN, R[udolph]. The Microcosm of London; or, London in Miniature]. London: R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, [1808-1810]. First edition, early issue, bound from the original parts, with eight of Abbey's twelve key plates in their first state. Text watermarked J. Whatman 1806 & 1807 and also L & D 1807; plates watermarked J. Whatman 1806, 1807, 1808 & 1809. "Contents" leaf in volume one in first state. With all of the errata uncorrected, except for that reading "coustom" for "custom" on p. 218 of Volume I (see Abbey, Scenery, p. 138). Complete with the half-titles, woodcut titles and engraved dedication leaves in each volume. Three large quarto volumes (12 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches; 321 x 267 mm.). [1, pictorial woodcut title], [1, blank], [1, dedication], [1, blank], iv, introduction, 1, contents, [1, blank], [1, half-title]-231, [1, blank]; [1, pictorial woodcut title], [1, blank], [1, dedication], [1, blank], [1, contents], [1, blank], [1, half-title], [1, blank], [iii]-vi, introduction, [1]-239, [1, blank]; [1, pictorial woodcut title], [1, blank], [1, dedication], [1, blank], [1, contents], [1, publisher's note], [1, half-title], [1, blank], [iii]-iv, introduction, [1]-280, [6, index and errata] pp. With 104 hand-colored aquatint plates, including fifty-four by J. Bluck, twenty-nine by J.C. Stadler, ten by T. Sutherland, ten by J. Hill, and one by Harraden, after Rowlandson and Pugin. First state of Abbey's key plates 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 & 11. Plates 3, 12 and 39 in second state as usual, plate 91 in third state. Four plates in volume II (nos. 49, 50, 51 & 52) with hardly noticeable tiny wormholes. The plates all bright and fresh, a very few plates with the slightest hint of offsetting from the facing page of text. A few text leaves with slight offsetting from the facing plate. Apart from some scattered foxing to the preliminary leaves of each volume and a few light marginal spots to the text, this is one of the cleanest examples of the Microcosm that we have seen. Handsomely bound by Bayntun of Bath ca. 1920. Three-quarter red straight-grain morocco over marbled boards, double-ruled in gilt, spine with five raised bands, elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments, matching marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Fine. "The book was issued in twenty-six monthly parts, each part containing four plates, and at 7s. a part, a price that was advanced early on to 10. 6d. for non-subscribers. A thousand sets are said to have been issued, a statement that may be correct for the original part publication, but must be considerably short of the final number, when bound sets distributed later are taken into account" "At the end of the third volume, a list of thirteen errata for the three volumes is given. If these have been corrected then the set will be found to be a late issue: if all the errata are uncorrected (this is rare), then the book has been bound from parts; the same claim of part binding can be made for sets that have errata uncorrected except for that reading 'coustom' for 'custom' on page 218 of volume 1. This is the case with the present copy -- all errata uncorrected except one." (Abbey). "The [book's] striking feature is not so much the text (though the third volume is notable as the work of W. Combe) but the coloured illustrations, in this case the combined work of Pugin and Rowlandson...The pictures in this book cover all the well-known public buildings of London-churches, banks, prisons, theatres, etc.,-capitally portrayed by Pugin...The great metropolis, with its high life and low, its light and its shade, could have had no one better fitted [than Rowlandson] to portray its inmates. The spirited figures that he adds to Pugin's backgrounds show that his talents were not limited to the ludicrous and grotesque. With the happiest faculty for expressing character, he is equally at home amid a serious discussion of naval policy at the Admiralty Board-Room, or among the excited, gambling crowd of the Royal Cockpit. At Westminster Abbey or Bridewell, the College of Physicians or Billingsgate, everywhere he has seized on the essential features and the typical frequenters of the place...The book is a living and delightful record of the old metropolis of [two] hundred years ago, the London of Lamb, Jane Austen, Dickens, and Thackeray, of places and incidents that are now mere memories" (Martin Hardie, pp. 101-102). "The 'Microcosm of London' is one of the great colour-plate books, and a carefully selected copy should form the corner stone of any collection of books on this subject. The plates by Rowlandson and Pugin present an unrivaled picture of London in early 19th century, of historic value, as many of the buildings no longer exist" (Tooley). Early impressions are particularly prized: "original impressions of these splendid plates have a luminous quality entirely absent from later printings" (Abbey). Abbey, Scenery, 212. Adams, London Illustrated, 99. Martin Hardie, pp. 100-103. Prideaux, pp. 121-124 and 348. Tooley 7.
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Christy's Plantation Melodies. Published under the authority of E. P. Christy...originator of Ethiopian Minstrelsy, and the first to harmonize Negro Melodies.

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Christy's Plantation Melodies. Published under the authority of E. P. Christy...originator of Ethiopian Minstrelsy, and the first to harmonize Negro Melodies.
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Savoy Books (United States)
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Philadelphia: Fisher & Brother Book. nd [1851.]. 12mo, illustrated wrapper (rear wrapper lacking, stitched). Pp. 71, (1). Frontis. port.; title vignette. First edition of the first offering from a notable series..
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Classified Index of National Labor Relations Board 350-354 in 1 book by National Labor Relations Board

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Classified Index of National Labor Relations Board 350-354 in 1 book
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National Labor Relations Board
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The Lawbook Exchange Ltd (United States)
Description
2009. Classified Index of National Labor Relations Board Decisions and Related Court Decisions. Volumes 350 through 354. United States National Labor Relations Board. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1 Volume (October 2009). New. $85. * This publication covers Board decisions (part of Volume 350 through part of Volume 354) and court decisions issued from August 1, 2007 through August 31, 2009. Individual volumes available and standing order available to future vols. as published. Title varies: v.1-45, 106-183 as Digest of Decisions of the National Labor Relations Board, v.46-105 as Digest and Index Decisions of the National Labor Relations Board. Digests and Indices bound as follows: Bk. 1 v.1-45; Bk. 2 v.46-70; Bk. 3 v.71-74; Bk 4 v.75-90; Bk. 5 v.90-105; Bk. 6 v.105-115; Bk. 7 v.116-127; Bk. 8 v.128-131; Bk. 9 v.132-137; Bk.10 v.137-143; Bk.11 v.143-147; Bk.12 v.147-159; Bk.13 v.160-166; Bk.14 v.166-172; Bk.15 v.172-177; Bk.16 v.177-184; Bk.17 v.184-212; Bk.18 v.212-227; Bk.19 v.227-246; Bk.20 v.247-265; Bk.21 v.266-273; Bk.22 v.273-287; Bk.23 v.287-305; Bk.24 v.306-316; Bk.25 v.317-327; Bk 26 v.327-340; Bk 27 v.340-344; Bk 28 v.344-350; Bk 29 v.350-354.
EXTRAITS DES LETTRES DE PIERRE SAMUEL DU PONT DE NEMOURS A SES ENFANTS

EXTRAITS DES LETTRES DE PIERRE SAMUEL DU PONT DE NEMOURS A SES ENFANTS by Du Pont, Pierre Samuel

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EXTRAITS DES LETTRES DE PIERRE SAMUEL DU PONT DE NEMOURS A SES ENFANTS
Author
Du Pont, Pierre Samuel
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description
New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1867. original stiff paper wrappers. square 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages. First edition. Reprints from some of the letters of Pierre Samuel Du Pont to his children. Decorative front cover with printing in red and black. Scarce. This copy bears an inscription stating this was presented by Bidermann Du Pont of Nemours on behalf of his aunts Eleutherie and Sophie Du Pont dated 1867 on title page. Covers worn and detached.
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FAVORITE HAUNT by Addams, Charles

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FAVORITE HAUNT
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FAVORITE HAUNTS, Simon & Schuster, 1976, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper.

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