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Printed by C. Hallmandell, Circa 1831. . Folio, 38 x 28 cm (15 x 11 inches) six humorous black & white prints of a fictional hog race, each with short title above and a line of commentary below, extremities of corners a little chipped and soiled, not affecting images, otherwise very bright indeed, publisher's printed wrappers, sewn (thread replaced), soiled, some creasing and chipping, else good. mba004 Humorous prints of a steeplechase in which the mounts are shown as hogs, one of the prints is dated 1831. A very rare collection intended for framing, hence the wide margins and lightly sewn wrappers. 'Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789-1850) (17891850). After travelling on the continent, and making many sketches and studies, he turned his attention to lithography, and in 1818 published at Somers Town 'Twenty-four Views of Italy,' drawn and lithographed by himself. Lithography, invented in Germany in 1796, was then little employed or understood in England. In order to learn the processes employed…
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Grand Steeple Chace run at Hog's Norton exemplified in Six Plates. The Start. [2] Going It. [3] Here Breeding Began to Tell. [4] Facing a Brook [5] A Thoroughbred 'un though queerish to start, winning easy. [6] Push on my Cripples!
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Books by Babson. [Mail Order Booklet].
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Babson Park, Babson's Statistical Organization, Inc., [1938]. . Mail order booklet; (9 x 15.5 cm); 12ff. printed on recto only, each with perforated line for purchasing, loose brochure; original blue wrappers, stapled. stock23 A scarce mail order booklet for 'Books by Babson', the American economist and temperance campaigner who founded the eponymous Babson's Reports in 1904, one of the earliest investment newsletters in the USA. A prolific writer, Babson (1875-1967) authored nearly fifty books during his lifetime on themes ranging from the dangers facing Protestantism to his The Future Method of Inventing Money (1914), a frank insider account of the investment world dedicated to the premise that knowing when to buy is more important than knowing what to buy.
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Our Campaign for the Presidency in 1940. America and the Churches.
by BABSON, Roger W.
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Chicago, National Prohibitionist, 1941. . First edition, inscribed by the author; 8vo (19.5 x 13.5 cm); presentation inscription to front free endpaper recto; unclipped dustjacket, publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in blue, jacket spotted and frayed with minor loss to edges; x, 254pp. stock23 A reflection on electoral defeat by Roger Babson (1875-1967), an economist and temperance campaigner who stood unsuccessfully for the Prohibition Party in the US presidential election of 1940.Babson is better known for his The Future Method of Inventing Money (1914), a frank insider account of the investment world dedicated to the premise that knowing when to buy is more important than knowing what to buy. He had earlier founded the eponymous Babson's Reports, one of the earliest investment newsletters in the USA. Inscribed by the author to the future chairman of the Prohibition Party Earl Dodge (1932-2007): 'Dedication. See Page 147 which shows what church people could do for us if we had a ticket which…
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Signed and inscribed studio portrait.
by BACALL, Lauren.
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Circa 1947. . Black and white studio portrait signed and inscribed on the image 'For Barrie / Best to you / Lauren Bacall / Bogart', in green ink, half-length seated portrait, showing Bacall hugging her knees and looking down; 24 x 19 cm (9½ x 7½ ins) [together with]; Typed letter signed Louis Bromfield, to Barrie Tait (the dedicatee of the photograph), stating that he does not know when he will be back in New York. One side, single 4to sheet, 'Malabar Farm, Lucas, OH, 17 October 1947', with original envelope; mounted and framed. A unique collection bringing together a superb studio portrait of one of the great film stars of the twentieth century, accompanied by a letter from the prize-winning author on whose farm she was married.Lauren Bacall (1924-2014), the Hollywood film star, known for her distinctive voice, sultry looks, and acting talent, married Humphrey Bogart when she was 20 years old in 1945 at Bogart's friend Louis Bromfield's Ohio farm. This photographic image is from a well-known…
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A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa. Illustrated by two maps, sixteen etchings, and twenty-eight wood-cuts.
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London: Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1844 . Octavo. Original dark green cloth, titles to spine gilt, decorative frames blocked in blind to covers, yellow coated endpapers, top edge untrimmed.
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England... To which is prefixed a life of the author, by Mr. Mallet.
by BACON, Francis; MALLET, David (editor).
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London, Printed for A. Millar in the Strand et al., 1753. . Second edition; 3 vols, folio (37 x 24 cm); armorial bookplate to front pastedown and blindstamp to front free endpaper and title of each vol., MS library mark in pen to rear endpaper vol. I, engraved frontispieces by Vertue, vignette titles in red and black; contemporary calf, ruled in gilt, gilt spine in 7 compartments, raised bands, tan title-pieces to 2nd, numbered in gilt direct to 3rd compartment, lozenge library labels to head and tails of spines, joints cracked but holding, occasional light spotting, otherwise a very handsome set; [12], xxxv, [3], 762; viii, [4], 614, [54]; xx, 750, [38]pp. A beautifully bound set of The Works of Francis Bacon edited by the poet David Mallet (d.1765), with an introductory life of the Elizabethan statesman and philosopher by the editor, which was admired by Fielding for its 'nervous manly style', and Gibbon who praised Mallet's 'vigorous sense' as a historian.'Vivid character sketches and spirited…
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Bacon's New Chart of the World. Mercator's Projection.
by BACON, G.W.
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Manchester, G.W. Bacon & Co., [1908]. . Colour lithograph map (94.5 x 121 cm), dissected into 24 sections and laid onto linen as issued; framed and glazed, overall size: 107 x 126 x 4.5 cm A large map of the world showing the British Empire at its height marked in pink. Insets record a wealth of additional detail, including the principal British steamship lines, a gazetteer of cities from across the world, with plans of towns including Adelaide, Auckland, Bombay, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, New York, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, and Wellington, and insets for the Panama and Suez Canals, the two Poles, a Universal Time chart, and a large inset map of the British Isles. The top section is illustrated with 46 national flags and ensigns.
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The Nestorians and their rituals: with the narrative of a mission to Mesopotamia and Coordistan in 1842-44.
by BADGER, Rev. George Percy.
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London, Masters, 1852. . First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, [vi], [v]-xxiv, [ii](errata), 448; [iv], [iii]-xiv, [ii](errata), 426pp., half-titles, 17 lithographed plates, 2 folding maps printed on linen, illustrations in text, near contemporary crimson polished calf gilt, green morocco labels, spines slightly darked, a fine set. An exceptionally attractive example, handsomely bound as an Eton College leaving present soon after publication.George Badger, East India Company chaplain and Arabist, was sent by William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, as delegate to the Eastern Churches, and more especially the Nestorians of Kurdistan in 1842 and again in 1850. Apart from his travels in Kurdistan the work contains accounts of visits to Antioch and the Black Sea. The Nestorians exercised a fascination for Anglicans in the nineteenth century from their having been virtually isolated from the rest of Christendom since the fifth century. Blackmer 62.
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Italien. Erster Theil. Ober-Italien, bis Nizza, Genua, Bologna, nebst den Eisenbahn und Haupt-Post-Strassen aus Deutschland nach Italien.
by BAEDEKER, Karl.
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Karl Baedeker, Coblenz. 1863 . Second edition, xx, 303pp, 2 maps, inner hinges cracked, restored preserving most of the publisher's old style red cloth gilt, a good firm copy. A rare early edition of this series first published in 1861. Maps include Bologna, Venice, Verona and Trieste. Endpapers dated "May 1863". Hinrichsen D356
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Allemagne. Le Rhin de Bale a Dusseldorf.
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Charles Baedeker, Coblence 1852. . Second edition, xxiv, 258pp, 16 views, map at rear in two parts, 9 plans, some dampstaining inside with browning throughout; publisher's original yellow biedermeier boards with "Rheinreise von Basel bis Dusseldorf " on upper board, worn and cracked in parts; otherwise a fairly good copy. This volume has been bound at the time in the wrong biedermeier boards. The title on the upper board reads "Baedeker's Rheinreise von Basel nach Dusseldorf - Sechste Auflage " A rare Baedeker error! Hinrichsen F3.
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Deutschland. Generalgouvernement.
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Karl Baedeker, Leipzig 1943. . First edition, lxiv, 264pp, 3 maps, 6 town plans, previous owner's stamp inside on front free endpaper ; publisher's coarse grained red cloth binding, gilt lettered, spine slightly faded ; a very good copy The first and only edition of this title which describes those parts of occupied Poland that were not annexed by Greater Germany. The name of the Territory derived from the old name under Czarist Russia before World War I ("General Gouvernement of Warsaw") and used by the Germans during the 1914/18 War after they had captured the region from Russia. The map is dated "IV/43" and is therefore the first issue of this unusual title. Variant of Hinrichsen D258a.
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Deutschland. Schwarzwald.
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Karl Baedeker, Leipzig 1936. . Third edition. xxxii, 288pp, 18 maps, 18 plans, 2 panoramas, 3 coats of arms, pencilling on inside back cover, original pictorial wrappers, worn and slightly creased, a good copy. Hinrichsen D243.
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Greece.
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Karl Baedeker, Leipzig 1909 . Fourth edition. cxxvi, 447pp, 16 maps (including folding map in rear pocket ), 30 plans, 2 diagrams, a panorama of Athens, signature of previous owner ; publisher's red cloth gilt; otherwise a very good copy This was the last and most comprehensive edition in English.Issued c.1909. Hinrichsen E237.
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Deutschland. Norddeutschland. Reisehandbuch für Bahn und Auto.
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Karl Baedeker, Leipzig 1936 . Sixth edition. xlviii, 330pp, 20 maps, 53 plans, plan of Olympic Games in rear pocket, no large map in rear pocket; publisher's variant coarse grained binding, gilt lettering dull as is usual; a very good copy. Endpapers dated "Januar 1936". Lacks large map in rear pocket. Hinrichsen D254
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United States with excursions to Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico, and Alaska.
by BAEDEKER, Karl.
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Karl Baedeker, Leipzig 1909 . Fourth edition. cii, 724 pp, 33 maps and 48 plans, bookplate; privately bound in contemporary red morocco gilt, marbled endpapers; a very good copy. Last and most comprehensive edition in the series. Cuba and Porto Rico had been added and the section on Alaska had been extended. An attractive copy in an unusual private binding.Issued c. 1909. Hinrichsen E262.
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Austria together with Budapest, Prague Karlsbad, Marienbad.
by BAEDEKER, Karl.
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Karl Baedeker, Leipzig 1929 . Twelfth edition. lxiv, 518pp, 86 maps and plans and 2 panoramas, writing in red biro on endpapers, bookseller's label on endpapers; publisher's variant red cloth gilt, gilt lettering dull as usual, original pictorial dust-wrapper, slightly torn and worn in parts; a very good copy. Last English edition of this title. The Austro-Hungarian Empire had disintegrated after World War I and this volume covers a much smaller area than previous editions. Parts of Hungary and Czechoslovakia are still included.Issued c.1934. Hinrichsen E59
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Belgique et Hollande
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Coblenz Karl Baedeker 1871 . Second edition. pp x, 302, 4 maps and 14 plans, publisher's old type red cloth binding, gilt lettered, small white label on lower board; overall a very good copy. This series was first published in 1859 as " L Hollande et La Belgique" and then it changed to Belgique et Hollande in 1862 and continued until 1928.Town plans include Amsterdam, Bruges, Brussels and Utrecht. Several of the maps are coloured. Endpapers dated "Mai 1871". Scarce. Hinrichsen F76
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Deutschland. Rheinreise von Strassburg bis Dusseldorf mit Ausflügen nach Baden, Heidelberg, und Frankfurt, an die Bergstrasse, durch die Taunusbaeder, das Nahe-, Ahr- und Wupperthal und nach Aachen.
by BAEDEKER, Karl.
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K. Baedeker, Koblenz [and] A Baedeker, Rotterdam 1843 . Fourth edition. pp. Li, 397, 12 engraved views, lacks the map of the Rhine in two sections at rear, 8 town plans, some minor offsetting onto the text, pages browned of the pages; publisher's original yellow biedermeier boards, worn and rubbed ; a fair cpy. Professor Klein is still mentioned as the author on the title-page and on the spine. Town plans include Dusseldorf, Strasbourg, Frankfurt, Mainz, Coblence, Bonn, Cologne, Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) These early editions in the yellow Biedermeier boards are all very scarce. Hinrichsen D3
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Russia with Teheran, Port Arthur, and Peking.
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Karl Baedeker, Leipzig, 1914. . First edition, lxiv, 590pp, 40 maps, 78 plans; publisher's original variant coarse-grained red cloth gilt; a near mint copy. The first and only English edition of this title and the most comprehensive volume on Russia.Poland and Finland are included as well as excursions to Tehran and Peking via the Trans-Siberian Railway. This book was divided into eight sections covering 1. Poland and Warsaw; 2. Western Russia (Baltic Provinces); 3. St Petersburg and Environs; 4. Grand Duchy of Finland; 5. Central and Northern Russia; 6. Southern Russia; 7. The Caucasus; 8. Teheran, Railways in Asiatic Russia. These sections were designed to be detached and carried separately. This copy has the rare publisher's slip which informs the owner about detaching the sections. This copy was issued in c. 1939 just before the outbreak of World War II. Hinrichsen E244.
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Karl Baedeker, Leipzig 1914 . First edition. lxiv, 590pp, 40 maps and 78 plans, front map re-affixed, map detached on page 270 ( re-affixed on p.277) previous bookseller's label on endpapers, publisher's original red cloth, spine faded and worn; otherwise a good copy. The first and only English edition of this title and the most comprehensive volume on Russia. Poland and Finland are included as well as excursions to Tehran and Peking via the Trans-Siberian Railway. Issued c.1914. Hinrichsen E244.
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