A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Hereford; Containing an Account of Its Towns, Cathedrals, Castles, Antiquities, Churches. Monuments, Public Edifices, Picturesque Scenery, Residences of the Nobility, Gentry etc by Brayley, E.W. & Britton, John

NY: A. Wittemann, 1891. Early edition. Original Cloth. Good. 30 panels of views from photographs in accordion-fold (leporello) format. Views include: birdseye view of Manhattan with the rivers and riverbanks (double-plate); New York Harbor; Cooper Union; Union Square; Casino; Grand Central Depot; Vanderbilt Mansions; various hotels and churches; East River Bridge; sailing ships in the East River; government and public buldings; City Hall Square and Park Row (double-plate); New York & Brooklyn Bridge (double-plate); Emigrants; Central Park; &c. Many panels have multiple views. Folded into brown cloth case, gilt cover title; several scuffs to plates, archival repairs on versos of some folds. 6" x 7.75

London: Country Life and George Newnes, 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. xl, 436 pages, frontispiece: 403 illustrations (black-and-white photographs and plans), 1 map; 40 cm. Dark blue cloth on spine and corners with grey cloth over boards; gilt-stamped spine title. All page edges gilt. Imprint includes Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. No date of publication give. Most of the illustrations are from photographs taken by Frederick H. Evans; frontispiece is mounted. Title page printed in red and black. Includes index. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper of the Peabody Institute, Peabody, Mass., indicating that it was acquired through the Eben Dale Sutton Fund in 1916. Small oval stamp reading "E.D.S. Library, Peabody" in occasional lower corner. A heavy book; for international shipping, it will have to be sent by priority international. In Very Good Condition: grey cloth is soiled generally and has light purple stain on the back board; edges rubbed; occasional "E.D.S. Library,… Read More

69pp intro: Commission, Report, Heads of an Act, Resolutions, Objections, Proceedings. 158pp body: Minutes of Evidence. 84pp: Circular of Question, Answers. xcviiipp appendices. Foxing to pages, pages yellowing and fragile. Top edges uncut. A rare and apparently largely unknown document, no other copy found and no references to it on google. Covered in adhesive plastic.

Philadelphia: William B. Evans & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edges slightly rubbed, small bookseller . label on front endpaper, owner name on front flyleaf.. 1872. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth decorated in gilt and black. A beautiful copy of this 1860s French travelogue. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 302 pages .

This is the book that gave me clues as the use of Kennington Common in 'antiquity'. A unique and rare reference work on prehistoric London. Also about England more widely - Stonehenge, Glastonbury Tor etc
20 photographic plates tipped in on gloss paper.

Hartford, Conn.: O. D. Case & Co.. Very Good+. 1868. First American Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in green buckram cloth, clean with gilt lettering on spine. Text tight, clean & intact Pictorial frontispiece. Illustrated with engravings and maps. The sources, supply and overflow of the Nile; the country, people and customs. Africa ; Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 608 pages .

Somers Point: Wm. A. Haffert, 1914. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Good. (44)pp; illus throughout from photographs, mostly full-page. Views include: Shore Road, Looking North from New Jersey Avenue; Somers' Homestead; Jane Anderson Homestead; Angler's Club; New $250,000 Auto Bridge to Ocean City; Somers Point Fire Company; Wyndgale Residence; Bungalow of Miss Elizabeth Steen; Schick's Hotel; many private residences on Shore Road, Annie Avenue, Maryland Avenue, Cedar Ave, etc.; &c. Wrappers scuffed, bit chipped; contents clean. 5" x 8" 6. [WorldCat locates only the Rutgers U holding of this interesting viewbook.].

The Studio of Design and Illustration. London. nd. [c.1898] Oblong quarto. 203pp. Pictorial title page signed C. Hentschel. 99 full page illustrations. All pages with a red-ruled border. Red historiated initials. Original publisher's green pictorial cloth, gilt, coloured flag. All edges gilt. Slightly bumped and rubbed to extremities. Minor spotting/toning.
Includes the "Cigarette Race". "Life on board a P&O steamer is one continual round of pictures kaleidoscopic in its quick change and variety of colour".
CARL HENTSCHEL (1864-1930) Engraving pioneer who invented the Colortype Process. Jerome K. Jerome used him as the character Harris in "Three Men in a Boat".
HARRY FURNISS (1854-1925) Anglo Irish caricaturist and illustrator.
Keywords: Peninsular and Steam Navigation Company, Ocean Travel, Smoking in Art, Caricature and Cartoons.

Chicago: Moody Press. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Sticker with previous owner's name on the title page. Some very light rubbing at far edges. Tiny closed tear at the bottom of the spine and a bit of sticker residue at the bottom of the spine. Some rubbing to the back. Light age toning throughout.

This Book is a western adventure novel by noted author, Zane Grey. Grey was one of the most prolific western and outdoor life authors in U.S. history. This Book is well preserved with some minor damage, but is easily readable. It contains 336 pages and four illustrations.