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BOUND BY THE CO-OPERATIVE PRINTING SOCIETY, MANCHESTER HALL, F[RED], Advisor of Studies to the Co-operative Union of Great Britain ad Ireland.
Handbook for Members of Co-operative Committees. With a Foreword by W. R. Rae, J. P. (Chairman Central Education Committee, Co-operative Union Limited). 8vo, full black morocco by the Co-operative Printing Society, with their label inside rear cover, upper and lower covers each with 24 gilt-stamped leaves surrounding a double-bordered geometric design resembling a scalloped French fountain, in the center of which are 4 in-laid red leather balls around a larger brown ball, spine & edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles, hand-colored calligraphic presentation leaf, pp. xxii, 456, a.e.g. Manchester: The Co-operative Union Limited, 1924.
Second (Revised) Edition, published October, 1924; first published December, 1923. Four editions would be published by 1931. Fine copy in a handsome… Read More

[HAMILTON, Anthony]. Mémoires de la vie du comte de Grammont; contenant particuliérement l'histoire amoureuse de la cour d'Angleterre sous le règne de Charles II. 12mo, ca. 1854 orange levant morocco by Trautz-Bauzonnet [ca. 1854], spine in 6 compartments, with monogram [of le comte de Lurde] repeated 4 times, surrounded by four crowns each in side corners of front and rear panels, marbled end papers, inner gilt dentelles, title in red and black, with woodcut vignette, pp. [4], 426, [2], a.e.g. Cologne: Chez Pierre Marteau, 1713.
Fine copy of the First Edition, in the scarce first printing, of three the same year, with height of the type on p. 157 measuring 133mm, and better printed than the other two. Posthumously published memoirs of the licentious French nobleman Count Philibert de Grammont (1621-1707), who fled France in 1662 after seducing one of Louis XVI's favorite mistresses, soon finding a home in England at the court of Charles II. Written by his brother-in-law, Anthony Hamilton (ca.… Read More

HARTE'S AFFECTIONATE GREETING TO TWO YOUNG FEMALE COUSINS IN GERMANY ONE A TRAVELING COMPANION TO ENGLAND, SWITZERLAND & THE RHINE EX-DOHENY COLLECTION
HARTE, Brett. Beautiful chromolithographed German "Junigen Glückwunsch" card. 16mo (4 5/8 x 3 ½"), an elaborate cut-out, pop-up card, which shows two young girls dancing on the front, which when opened, up-pops a crowned princess within a garden pavilion surrounded by plants, flowers and a fountain, within a Moorish arch and surmounted by a blue and gilt dome and garlanded veranda, double-gilt raised borders. N. p., n.d. [i.e. Düsseldorf? 1879?]. Inscribed by Bret Harte on verso: "To Cousin Jessie from Bettit" (one of Harte's childhood nicknames). Harte has labeled in ink the two young girls dancing on the front with his cousin's names, "Jessie" and "Calli." Bret Harte arrived in Crefeld,… Read More

Original Art by John Hassall (1868-1948) and Frank Reynolds (1876-1953).TOTAL WE OFFER 13 INDIVIDUALLY PRICED WATERCOLORS, 7 BY HASSALL & 6 BY REYNOLDS. PLEASE INQUIRE:THEY ARE:HASSALL--"R" [for] "Rinking." 8 3/4 x 8. $400.00.HASSALL--"L "[for] "Lacrosse." 8 1/2 x 7 3/4. $250.00.HASSALL--"D" [for] "Diving." 9 1/2 x 8 1/4. $275.00.HASSALL--"O" [for] "Otter Hunting." 8 3/4 x 8. $400.00. HASSALL--"P" [for] "Picnic." 8 3/4 x 8. $350.00.HASSALL--"W" [for] "Wrestling." 8 3/4 x 8. $250.00. HASSALL--"Y" [for] "Yachting." 8 3/4 x 7 3/4. $150.00.REYNOLDS--"H" [for] "Hunting." 9 1/4 x 8 1/4. $300.00. REYNOLDS--"I" [for] "Indian Club." 9 1/4 x 9. $300.00REYNOLDS--"K" [for] "Kite." 8 3/4 x 8 1/4. $400.00. REYNOLDS--"N" [for] "Nine Pins." 9 1/2 x 8 1/4. $350.00REYNOLDS--"U" [for] "Upper Cut." 9 1/4 x 7 3/4. $300.00. REYNOLDS--"V" [for] "Volunteer." 9 x 7 1/2. $350.00.

AN IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY
HASSLER, F[erdinand] R[udolph], F. A. P. S. [NICOLLET, Joseph Nicolas]. Elements of Arithmetic, theoretical and practical: adapted to the use of schools, and to private study. 12mo, original calf backed plain blue boards (rebacked), original leather label, pp. [viii], [9]-[214]. New York: Printed and Published by James Bloomfield, 1826.
First Edition. An interesting gift connecting two brilliant minds, probably presented ca. 1832. Presentation copy, inscribed: "Mr. Nicol[l]et astronomer royal of Paris with the respects of the author F. R. H." Importantly, Hassler, the head of the U. S. Coast Survey, supported Nicollet from the time of Nicollet's arrival in the United States, and later worked with him on his important Upper Mississippi River map. As far as we have been able to determine, books from the library of Joseph N. Nicollet are rare. Joseph Nicolas Nicollet (1786-1843), a French geographer,… Read More

AFRICAN HUNTING AND EXPLORATION--A BRILLIANT COPY
IN DUST JACKETHAYWOOD, Captain C. Wightwick. To The Mysterious LorianSwamp. An Adventurous & Arduous Journey of Exploration through the vast waterless tracts of unknown Jubaland. With Illustrations & a Map. 8vo, original pictorial gilt stamped yellow mustard cloth, frontispiece, pp. 275 + 15 inserted photographic plates & folding map. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott [1927].
First American Edition; printed in Edinburgh, Scotland. Whether it be the English or American edition, most copies are less than stellar, and none that we have seen have the dust jacket. This is a brilliant copy in a excellent dust jacket, which has on its spine and front cover the same illustration of a Somali guide as on the front cover of the book. It is an account of the expedition by the former District Commission, Kenya Colony & Political Officer, Jubaland, in 1912, over the wastelands of what was then Kenya, British… Read More

[SHORTHAND]. HERVEY, Thomas, Rev. The Writer's time redeemed, and speaker's words recalled. By a Pen shap'd both for oral Expedition, and the most legible Plainness and Punctuality; or, Annet's short hand perfected. Further enlarged and improved, in a Method strikingly easy, and engaging to the meanest Capacity. In two parts. Part I. Containing the Characters classed in their alphabetical and derivative Order, together with the Rules of their Application...Part II. Contains the Rules and Examples, with a special View to the following of a Speaker--Together with sufficient Copper-plate Specimens to both Parts... 12mo, contemporary 1/4 morocco backed marbled boards (rubbed), pp. [5]-v-xvii, [1], 92, [4, subscribers' list] + 4 plates on 2 folding leaves, uncut. Kendall: Printed for T. Pennington [1779?]. First Edition of a substantial revision of Peter Annet's Shortland (1750) by Rev. Thomas Hervey, curate of… Read More

"ONE OF THE EARLIEST ATTEMPTS TO PRODUCE A TRUE PHONETIC SYSTEM": A SCARCE PROVINCIAL IMPRINT
HERVEY, Thomas, Rev. The Writer's time redeemed, and speaker's words recalled. By a Pen shap'd both for oral Expedition, and the most legible Plainness and Punctuality; or, Annet's short hand perfected. Further enlarged and improved, in a Method strikingly easy, and engaging to the meanest Capacity. In two parts. Part I. Containing the Characters classed in their alphabetical and derivative Order, together with the Rules of their Application...Part II. Contains the Rules and Examples, with a special View to the following of a Speaker--Together with sufficient Copper-plate Specimens to both Parts... 12mo, contemporary 1/4 morocco backed marbled boards (rubbed), pp. [5]-v-xvii, [1], 92, [4, subscribers' list] + 4 plates on 2 folding leaves, uncut. Kendall: Printed for T. Pennington [1779?].… Read More

HOLLIDAY, John. [LAW]. The Life of William late Earl of Mansfield. 4to, original marbled boards (edges considerably rubbed; some spine wear; two horizontal stripes of marbled paper off front cover), printed paper label, pp. 515, uncut + engraved frontispiece portrait by James Basiere after Vanloo & engraved portrait by J. Jones after Grimaldi facing p. [279]. London: Printed for P. Elmsly and D. Bremner, T. Cadell, Jr., T. Payne, W. Clarke and Son, J. Cooke at Oxfore, and J. Deighton, at Cambridge, 1797.
Only Edition. An internally fine, wide-margined uncut copy whose binding is not as bad as it sounds. Presentation copy, inscribed by the recipient: "Worthington [Leicestershire]. Presented to me by the Author at his Chambers, Lincoln's Inn Dec. 12th 1797. S. Shaw Junior." This long biography by a barrister of Lincoln's Inn has recieved wildly divergent reviews over the years. ODNB says it is "Holliday's most significant prose publication...a… Read More

AN AMAZING EARLY 19TH CENTURY PROVINCIAL ANGLING BROADSIDE ADVERTISEMENT
[ANGLING]. HOOPER, William Tackle-Maker. Important Intelligence to all Lovers of Angling, in the British Empire, and Challenge to the World. Hooper, Loughboro', most respectfully presumes to communicate tot eh Royal Family, The Nobility and Gentry, That he has brought o equisite [sic] Perfection, his celebrated unequalled, or Imperial, Transparent, Inimitable, Incomprehensible and Infallible Fishing Lines, Manufactured on a new principle...The Best Fishing Tackle in the World, and warranted to take fish throughout the year...Parties on a Fishing Excursion to the fine Streams of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, The Lakes or other prolific Waters, are recommended to send, or Call at Hooper's for the best Angle Rods, Ladies' and Gentlemens' extra neat walking Stick Rods, Gold Heads, &c. Lines to take very kind of River Fish, From the diminutive Prickle Back, to the Noble Salmon... [with 25 additional lines of text]. Folio… Read More

HORACE. [PHOTOGRAPHY]. Quinti Horati Flacci Opera cum novo commentario ad modum Joannis Bond. 12mo, 19th century full red morocco, cover gilt-ruled, spine elaborately gilt n 6 compartments, raised bands, inner gilt dentelles, marlbed end papers, pp. xlvi, 299 + 18 mounted photographs after paintings & 2 folding maps, a.e.g. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1855.
Fine copy, with a little darkening of the spine and upper edges of the corners. The deluxe issue with photographs of the engravings after drawings by Félix Joseph Barrias as being a combination of photographs and engravings, and those with just engravings. The editor refers to photography "as the marvel of our century." Didot issued similar editions of Virgil (1858) an Anacreon (1864). With a life of Horace by Didot's son-in-law Noël des Verges. Bookplate of George Bigelow Chase (1835-1902), large Boston ship and railroad owner. Bulletin of the New York Public Library (Spring 1977), #11. Truthfull Len 179 (note to Virgil).

THE CATALOGUE OF NATION'S FINEST PRIVATE COLLECTION OF OLD MASTER ART

[HUNTER, John, businessman and art collector (1778-1852). HENRY H. LEEDS & MINER, AUCTIONEERS. Catalogue of The late Mr. John Hunter's Extensive Collection of Ancient and Modern Pictures Removed from his Gallery and Residence at Hunter's Island, Westchester Co., N.Y. To be Sold at Auction by Henry H. Leeds & Miner at their "Dusseldorf Galleries," No. 548 Broadway (Next door to Tiffany & Co., Co.'s), on the Evenings of Wednesday 17th, Thursday 18th and Friday 19th January, 1866, at 7 o'clock each evening. They may be viewed on and after Tuesday, January 2, at the Galleries as above. Catalogues can be obtained...[wrapper-title]. 8vo, original wrappers printed in gold, pp. 70. New York: John Polhemus, Printer, 109 Nassau Street [1866].
John Hunter was a Columbia graduate who took over his father's auction and commission business, becoming an American "merchant prince. Hunter's art collection was considered… Read More