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BOUND FOR A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN ADMIRAL
[SMITH, Rear Admiral Jospeh]. [UNITED STATES NAVY]. Register of the Commissioned, Warrant, and Volunteer Officers of the Navy of the United States, including Officers of the Marine Corps and others, to January 1, 1865. 8vo, full navy blue morocco, decorative gold rolled borders, gold lettered and decoarated spine, stamped in gold in front cover: "Navy Register 1865. Rear Adm'l Joseph Smith. Chief of Bureau, Yards & Docks," pp. 335, marbled edges, with eleven (11) navy blue gold lettered morocco tabs for various ranks of officers from admiral to midshipman, Marine and volunteer. Washington: GPO, 1865.
Joseph Smith (1790-1877) entered the navy in 1809, and served with distinction throughtout a career that spanned 62 years of continuous naval service. He was severely wounded during the Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812; served on the USS… Read More

SIGNED BY LANDSCAPE ARTIST JOSEPH FARINGTON, R. A. (1747-1821)
ORLANDI, Pellegrino Antonio. Repertorium Sculptile-Typicum: or, a complete collection and explanation of the several marks and cyphers by which the prints of the best engravers are distinguished. With an alphabetical index of their names, places of abode, and times in which they lived. Translated from the Abcedario [sic]
Pittorico of Pellelgrini Antonio Orlandi.
12mo, late 18th or early 19th century 1/2 calf, marbled boards (rebacked; corners rubbed), pp. 69, [1]. London: Printed by S. G. for Sam. Harding, 1730.
First English Edition of the earliest book in English devoted to the subject of engravers' marks, first published in Bologna in 1704. A ready reference guide to 160 such marks or monograms, followed by the initial letters used by engravers for their marks, and an alphabetical index of the Christian names and "Sirnames" of the engravers. The last page is Harding's ad for… Read More

CHARLES KINGSLEY'S COPY OF A BOOK ABOUT AN AMERICAN CIRCUIT RIDER, WITH HIS NOTES

MILBURN, William Henry. The Rifle, Axe, and Saddle-Bags, and other Lectures. With a Preface, including a Life of the Author, by the Rev. T. Binney. [Illustrated]. Post 8vo, original gilt stamped green cloth (worn & moderately soiled; front hinge cracked at fold, lacking free half of front end paper), inserted frontispiece, pp. [24], 244, [4] ads + 3 tinted plates. London: Sampson, Low, Son & Co., 1857.
First English Edition; published in New York the same year with a different introduction, and without Binney's life of the author included here. Presentation copy, inscribed: "Revd. C. Kingsley with the Publisher's Compliments." Kingsley has written his name and address on front end paper, "Charles Kingsley Eversley Rectory," which has been scored through, but is easily read. Next to Thomas Moore's poem, The Bridge of Sighs, p. 111, Kingsley has written "This poem is one of the noblet sermons ever preached by… Read More

IN DUST JACKET
STUART, Ruth McEnery.
The River's Children. An Idyl of the Mississippi. With pictures by Harry C. Edwards. 12mo, original gilt stamped pictorial green cloth, frontispiece, pp. 179 + 4 plates, fore and bottom edges uncut. New York: Century Co., 1904.
First Edition. Minor foxing of end papers, else a fine copy in pictorial dust jacket which repeats the front cover illustration. There's an arrowhead shaped piece missing at the bottom of the front panel of the pictorial jacket taking five letters of the author's name, and a 1 1/2 x 1 1/2" piece missing from the lower left corner of rear panet takng part of a goodly portion of a blurb for one of the publisher's novels. Also some minor loss to the spine extremities of the jacket, with no loss of printing. Still, the jacket is rare, and it is mostly present. "A sort of pagan worship of the great river Mississippi is the keynote of this somewhat desultory tale of creoles and negroes in Louisiana. The book begins with a great bustle… Read More

[ROME]. A fine series of hand colored prints, four (4) views of "Roman Ruins," so titled, and numbered 1-4 in ink in contemporary hand on versos. Each is a circular disc 4 1/2 " in diameter, hand colored, laid down on heavy laid paper, each inside an attractive identical watercolor frame, primarily of brown, with borders in pink, blue and black. Lovely objects, lovingly done, well enough to give the sense they are original watercolors.

ROYAL CORONATION CEREMONY ON SATIN
WILLIAM IV, King of England and Queen Adelaide. The Royal Coronation of their Most Excellent Majesties. Earl-Marshal's Office, Whitehall, September 8, 1831. [caption-title].Folio, original royal navy blue boards (extremities chipped and rounded; edges rubbed) Royal arms on both covers, pale pink end papers (little faded), printed in blue on verso of 15 leaves of white satin (lightly toned), each leaf with stitched satin border. [London:] Printed by R. G. Clarke, Cannon-Row, Westminster [1831]. William IV was reluctant at first to even have a coronation ceremony, but acquiesed. He inherited the throne late in life, age 64, the oldest person to assume the monarchy, and his coronation was held fourteen months after he ascended to the throne. William was determined that his coronation would be a far simpler affair than his brother's over-the-top, expensive enterprise. The expense was… Read More

[LONDONBRIDGE]. Royal Procession on the opening of LondonBridge with the arrangements of the entertainment.----Monday, Aug. 1, 1831. Large folio illustrated broadside, 19 1/2 x 14 1/2", text in 4 columns, within publisher's decorative fern leaf border. [London:] J. Catnach, Printer, 2 Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials [1831].
A rare illustrated broadside marking the opening of London Bridge, giving details of the royal procession. A hot air balloon aloft, flags flying, the banks of the river and roof tops filled with waving and cheering crowds; on the river a flotilla including the Royal Barge, many oared boats near the bridge, and those with sails off in the distance on the other side. Four columns of text, two of them about preparations for the ceremony, and two songs, "The Landing of Royal William and Adelaide at London Bridge" and "New London Bridge and King William for Ever!" The new bridge marked the replacement of the 600-year-old London Bridge with its new design of the stone… Read More

STRUTT, Joseph.
The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England: containing, in a compleat series, the representations of all the English Monarchs, from Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth. Together with many of the great persons that were eminent, under their several reigns.
4to, contemporary polished calf, red leather lettering piece, pp. 39 + 60 engraved plates printed in sepia (with tissue guards). London: Published for the Author, by J. Thane, Printseller; and to be had also of Mr. Shropshire, and Mr. Snelling, 1773.
First Edition of Strutt's first book, of which he was author and illustrator. Short crack in lower front hinge, but very firm, and in all, a fine, crisp copy. "The figures are principally introduced in antient delineation of the most remarkable passages of history; and are correctly copied from the original, which particularly express the dress and customs of the time, to which each piece respectively relates. The whole carefully collected from antient illuminated… Read More

SIGNED BY ALL PARTICIPANTS & SIX OTHERS, INCLUDING ONE FROM THE 1927 TEAM[GOLF]. [RYDER CUP]. Victory Dinner the Seventeenth Biennial British-American Ryder Cup Team Matches October 20-22, 1967. Champions Golf Club, Houston, Texas, The Houston Club, October 22, 1967. 2 leaves, folio, SIGNED by all participants (& 6 others). [Houston, Texas, 1967]. There were 11 participants on each team, and all participants have signed, although that of American Bobby Nichols is so faint as to be almost illegible. The American team included captain Ben Hogan, and competitors Arnold Palmer (who has signed twice), Julius Boros, Billy Casper, Johnny Pott, Gardner Dickinson, Gene Littler, Doug Sanders, Gay Brewer, and Al "Mr. 59" Geiberger. Well known players on the British side include captain Dai Rees and Peter Allis, Tony Jacklin, Christy O'Connor, etc. Other signers include William Earl "Wild Bill" Mehlhorn, a… Read More