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[Jefferson, History of the Independence of the United States of America. [Association copy:

617. [Jefferson, John Garland / Thomas Jefferson Circle] Botta, Charles.

History of the Independence of the United States of America. [Association copy with provenance – riddle: From the library of one John Garland Jefferson, being either the brother of American Civil War Hero Thomas Garland Jefferson and received as a gift from his namesake father, John Garland Jefferson (as stated on the endpaper in contemporary ink), with his name signed in ink to the fontispiece of Volume One or alternatively, being John Garland Jefferson (born 1815 – date of death unknown), the son of Captain Samuel Allen Jefferson (1776-1843)]. Translated from the Italian by George Alexander Otis. With ten illustrations and six maps.

Ninth Edition, In Two Volumes, Revised and Corrected. New-Haven, T.Brainard, 1839. Octavo. Volume I: Frontispiece, 473 pages with four maps and four illustrations (including frontispice) / Volume II: Frontispice, IV, 468 pages with six illustrations (including frontispice) and two maps. Hardcover / Original full eather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and boards. Bindings a little rubbed. Lower spines stronger rubbed and only very slightly damaged but the Volumes and bookblocks overall very firm and in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some plates and pages with foxing (as usual with this edition). Both tissue-guards for the frontispieces in place. A stunning set regarding the American War of Independence with an interesting provenance.

EUR 680,-- 

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Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Collection / Sammelband of original, printed scores.

624. Mendelssohn Bartholdy / Jakob Ludwig Felix.

Collection / Sammelband of original, printed scores. The Volume contains the following scores: I. “Symphony No. 3” – Composed and Dedicated by Permission to her most gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, arranged as a Piano Forte Duett, by the author. Op. 56 (67 pages) London, Published by J.J.Ewer & Co., [c. 1860] / II. “Overture to Melusine”. Arranged for Piano Forte, composed by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Op. 32 (17 pages) London, Cramer, Addison & Beale, [c. 1839] / III. “Caprice”, for the Piano Forte, composed by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. (15 pages) London, Cramer, Addison and Beale, [c. 1840] / IV. “Fantasia” on a Favourite Irish Melody for the Piano Forte. Composed by F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Op. 15) – 8 pages, London, Cramer, Addison & Beale, [c. 1840] / V. “Two Musical Sketches” for the Piano Forte. Composed by F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy. 7 pages – London, Cramer, Addison & Beale, [c. 1840] / VI. “Capriccio for the Piano Forte. Composed & Dedicated to Miss Honoria Taylor. By F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Op. 16) No. 2; 4 pages – London, Cramer, Addison & Beale, [c. 1840] / VII. “The Rivulet” Rondino for the Piano Forte. Composed and Dedicated to Miss Susan Taylor, by F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Op. 16) – No. 3; 4 pages – London, Cramer, Addison & Beale, [c.1840] / VIII. “Twenty-Seven Melodies” by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, arranged for the Piano – Forte from his Ops. 8 and 9. In Four Books:– Book I, II, III and IV (13, 13, 13, 13 pages) – London, Ewer & Co., [c. 1840] All the four books have separate titlepages / IX. “Six two-part Songs, for Female Voices with Accompaniments of the Piano – Forte, composed by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Op. 63) – 29 pages; London, J.J.Ewer * Co., [c. 1840] / X. “The Garland”, by Thomas Moore Esq. Set to Music by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. 5 pages; London, J.J.Ewer & Co., [c. 1840] //

London, Ewer / Addison / Beale and others, [c.1840 – 1863]. Folio. c 180 pages. Modern Hardcover, beautiful half morocco with gilt lettering on spine and marbled paper covered boards. Original Softcover, engraved scores bound in. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only three of the scores with some tears, one with a dampstain ! Overall an extremely attractive compilation of Mendelssohn’s work in a recent mster-binding. Highly collectable and a beautiful gift ! Ask for multiple images.

EUR 380,-- 

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[Hannah More] - Sammelband / Collection with 18 rare Children's Books bound in One Miniature Volume

665. [More, Hannah] & [Sherwood, Mary Martha] / [Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge].

Sammelband / Collection with 18 rare Children’s Books bound in One Miniature Volume. The Volume includes [chronologically]: 1. Hannah More – “The Lancashire Collier Girl – A True Story”. London, 1847. (29 pages with Frontispice and three text-illustrations) / 2. “The Obedient Child” – Luke II.40-52 (Prayer in Poetry-Form) / 16 pages. No Titlepage. No year of Printing / 3. “Martha Brown; or, The Industrious Daughter”. London, 1847. (16 pages with Frontispice) / 4. “The Deaf and Dumb Girl”. London, 1847. (16 pages with Frontispice) / 5. “The Effects of Disobedience”. London, 1847. (16 pages with Frontispice) / 6. “The Baker’s Boy”. London, 1847. (15 pages with Frontispice) / 7. “Dick and his Mother”. London, 1847. (16 pages with Frontispice) / 8. “The Sun behind the Cloud”. 8 pages (text complete but without titlepage and year) / 9. “The Cockchafers”. 8 pages. (Text complete with Text-illustration but without titlepage and year) / 10. “The Blind Sailor”. 8 pages. (Text complete with Text-illustration but without titlepage and year) / 11. “Good-Nature Rewarded”. London, 1847. (16 pages with Frontispice) / 12. “Robin Red-Breast”. 8 pages. (Text complete with Text-illustration but without titlepage and year) / 13. Mrs. Sherwood [That is: “Mary Martha Sherwood”] – “Soffrona and her Cat Muff”. New Edition. London, Printed for Houlston and Co., 1850 – Bound with the two beautiful printed wrappers and including the Frontispice and six text-illustrations / 14. [Hannah More] – “The Ostrich”. London, 1845. (16 pages with Frontispice-Illustration of an Ostrich and an additional text-illustration of a running Ostrich) / 15. “Effects of the Love of Finery; or. The Two Servant Girls”. London, 1847. (16 pages with Frontispice) / 16. “The Cottage on the Cliffs”. London, 1847. (16 pages with Frontispice) / 17. “The History of Tom White The Postilion”. In Two Parts. New edition. London, no year [c.1847]. Complete in two Parts. 80 pages with Frontispice and 14 Text-Illustrations. Minor staining to edge. Two pages with a minor tear. / 18. “The Barbary Doves”. London, [no year, c.1847]. 31 pages with Frontispice. Minor staining to edge.

London, Published for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1847. Miniature Binding: 7.5 cm wide x 10 cm high. Hardcover / 19th century half-leather with gilt lettering on spine [″Stories”] and marbled-paper-covered boards. Binding firm. Bottom Spine with minor damage. Page 17 repaired. Receding Ink-stain to endpapers, Frontispice and first 29 pages. Interior otherwise very good. Very rare collection of moralizing 19th century children’s stories.

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Montgomery Martin, The British Colonies; Their History, Extent, Condition and Resources

681. Martin, Robert Montgomery.

The British Colonies; Their History, Extent, Condition and Resources. 6 Volumes bound in 3 Volumes (Text only without maps and illustrations). The Set includes: Volume I – British North America / Volume II – Australia / Volume III – New Zealand, Tasmania / Volume IV – Africa and the West Indies / Volume V – British India / Volume VI – Ceylon, East India and Meditteranean Settlements /

First Edition. London and New York, The London Printing and Publishing Company [that was J. and F. Tallis], no year (c. 1850). Quarto (20 cm x 27 cm). Volume I (British North America [Canada / USA]): Frontispice illustrated titlepage, XXIV, 360 pages with pages 1 – 9 missing / Volume II (Australia): pages 361 – 744 pages / Volume III (New Zealand / Tasmania): II, 384 pages. / Volume IV (Africa and the West Indies): II, 188 pages / Volume V (British India): II, 564 pages with pages 455 – 456 missing / Volume VI (Ceylon, East India and Mediterranean Settlements): II, 172 pages. Hardcover / Original, decorative publisher’s halfleather with gilt lettering and ornament to spines. Bindings rubbed but overall in firm and very good condition with only minor signs of wear. All maps and illustrations besides one illustration removed by a previous owner. In the course of removal of maps and illustrations, one page slightly torn and 11 pages of text missing. This is still one of the most important text-sources of British Colonial History, itsevaluation in Britain and a plethora of data on economical and political impact the Colonies had for the former Empire. No other contemporary 19th century publication includes details on colonial produce, movement of population and local History from Tasmania to Quebec, from Hong Kong to Heligoland (Helgoland), and in general on the depition of “England, the ‘Nursing Mother’ of Nations” (Introductory page XXIV by Montgomery Martin).

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Taylor, Collection of six (6) items/original, vintage and personal materials

694. Taylor, Tom / [Abraham Lincoln].

Exquisite collection of six (6) items/original, vintage and personal materials by/of Tom Taylor. The collection includes a 2 1/2 page, signed manuscript letter [MLS] by Tom Taylor to an unknown recipient , discussing a memorial he sent to Robert Browning’s patron, John Kenyon and mentioning former Prime Minister Lord Aberdeen [George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen]. The collection also includes two vintage 19th century cabinet photographs [Carte de Visite’s] of Tom Taylor, a later edition of Ballads and Songs of Brittany and two beautifully inscribed and signed presentation copies of his major works: 1. The first edition of Ballads of Brittany – London/Cambridge, MacMillan and Co.,1865 with many illustrations by Tissot, Tenniel etc. (This first edition is signed and inscribed by Tom Taylor to Emilia Ventana at Xmas 1864, before the publication of the book commenced) and 2. Tom Taylor’s Historical Dramas. London, Chatto & Windus, 1877. Signed and inscribed by Tom Taylor to Marie de Beauvoisier in March 1879.

London / Cambridge etc., Chatto & Windus / Routledge & Sons / etc., c. 1850-1879. Octavo. Ballads and Songs of Brittany (1865 edition): Frontispice, XXII, 239 pages / Ballads and Songs of Brittany (Later Routledge edition): XVI, 176 pages / Tom Taylor’s Historical Dramas: VIII, 466, 32 pages. / Manuscript Letter: 2 1/2 pages. Original Hardcover / The manuscript letter in a Folder, it includes an A4 manuscript leaf from a 19th century autograph-collector describing the letter by Taylor. / The two vintage cabinet photographs of Taylor included in the Folder with the autograph. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

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[Freke Family Provenance] / Castle Freke / Castlefreke / "Algy" Freke [Algernon (Algy) William George Evans-Freke

697. [Freke, Henry (Evolution / Evolutionist)] / [Freke Family Provenance] / Castle Freke / Castlefreke / “Algy” Freke [Algernon (Algy) William George Evans-Freke, 9th Lord Carbery and his wife Mary Carbery] / Jacobo Freke [″Jacob”] / [Henry Longfield Conner, Manch] Poitevin, M.P.

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française – Glossaire Raisonné de la langue écrite et parlée [Personal copy of evolutionist Henry Freke, with his signature to the titlepage, dated 1851 in Paris, possibly obtained during his studies at Trinity College Dublin, between getting his M.B. in 1845 and his M.D. in 1855].

Paris, Librairie de F. Chamerot, 1851. Quarto (18 cm x 25,5 cm). XVI, 1040 pages. Hardcover / Original Half-leather with marbled-paper-covered-boards. Excellent, firm condition with some minor signs of wear only. Special edition: Signed by the editor M.P.Poitevin and publisher F.Chamerot. Provenance: Originally owned by early evolutionist Henry Freke [H.Freke], Paris, 1851 and passed on to extended family. From the library of Daniel Conner and Henry Longfield Conner (Connerville / Manch House who owned several Volumes of the Freke Family – Library, many with Armorial Bindings from Trinity College Dublin). With an important, further historical gift-inscription: “A.G.Freke, Kingstown, Nov. 1903 – given to me by aunt Mary [Carbery].” [this is Mary Carbery and Algernon (Algy) William George Evans-Freke, 9th Baron Carbery from the family of Castle Freke, West Cork].

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