Search Results: Titles starting with Q from B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA

Londini: apud Fratres Vaillant et N. Prevost, 1721 First edition. Personal copy of Henry Nelson Coleridge (nephew and son-in-law of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge), with his ownership signature dated "Hampstead 1832" to the title page. Full vellum, spine ruled and decorated in blind, handwritten "Horcitius" title to spine, all edges stained red, pink marbled endpapers. Very good or better, with some bowing to the boards, minor splitting at the spine heads, otherwise sturdy binding, small loss to the bottom corner of page 213/214, a few minor and scattered pieces of pencil marginalia, light soiling to the boards and page edges, else bright and clean. Overall, a very tight copy in an early binding, with excellent provenance. This copy of Q. Horatii Flacci Poemata was the personal copy of Henry Nelson Coleridge, who married his cousin Sara Coleridge, the daughter of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. After his death in 1834, Henry became the executor of his uncle's estate and the… Read More

New York: George L. Lockwood, [ca. 1870]. Three volumes. Illustrated with 155 hand-colored lithographic plates by W.E. Hitchcock and R. Trembly after J.J. and John Wodehouse Audubon. Fourth octavo edition. Royal 8vo. Publisher's original full brown morocco, with elaborate design in blind to borders of boards, spines with five raised bands, gilt lettering, and decoration in blind, red marbled endpapers, and all edges gilt. Very good or better set, with light rubbing to spines (bright gilt) and corners, early 20th century ownership inscription by industrialist J. G. Bradley to front flyleaf of Vol. I, some occasional light staining and soiling to pages and plates, discrete repair to "Moose Deer" plate between pp. 178-179 in Vol. 2, and a closed tear to bottom edge of "Carolina Shrew" plate between pp. 176-177 in Vol. 2. Overall, a gorgeous set. First published as "The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America" in 30 parts between 1845 and 1848, this was the last major… Read More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867 Illustrated. First edition, first printing. One of 2508 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed by Stowe on front flyleaf: "Mrs. Lily Fisk (?) / A New Year's Present from / H. B. Stowe." Publisher's green cloth, board margins ruled in blind, front board and spine stamped in gilt, and brown coated endpapers. Very good book, with mild rippling to cloth on boards, corners lightly worn and bumped, light wear to spine ends, spine gilt slightly dimmed, front board gilt bright and unfaded, Stowe's name written in pencil to flyleaf by a previous owner, and some light soiling to pages. Overall, a lovely copy, with Stowe's scarce inscription. BAL 19445. Queer Little People is a collection of children's short stories by 19th century author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe. Some titles included are: "The Hen that Hatched Ducks," "The Nutcracker of Nutcracker Lodge," "The Squirrels That Live in a House," "Our… Read More