Displayed below are some selected recent viaLibri matches for books published in 1882

Danton, G. 18.
        Historia General de la Masonería. Desde los tiempos más remotos hasta nuestra época. Sus orígenes, sus causas, desarrollo y desenvolvimiento; su influencia en las instituciones sociales y políticas, y en las artes. Sus vicisitudes, sus luchas y persecuciones. Exposición de sus ritos y liturgias: modificaciones que ha sufrido en el tiempo y parte activa que ha tenido en las revoluciones y emancipaciones de los pueblos antiguos y modernos: sus hombres notables; La masonería y el jesuitismo; estudio comparativo de ambas asociaciones. Sus estatutos generales, constituciones y reglamentos. Revelación de sus símbolos y explicación de sus misterios y fórmulas. Fines generales de esta asociación y sus carácter en los distintos pueblos y épocas.
      Jaime Seix y Compañía, Barcelona 1882 - 1ª ed. 22x30.5. 2 vols. de clxviii + vii + 703 + 11pp. 2h. y 1124 + 11pp. 16 (de 19) láminas cromolitografiadas en el T. I., 10 láminas en T. II. Holandesa piel. Lomos nuevos, conservando los tejuelos originales. En el tomo I faltan 3 láminas y las pp. cxxi a cxliv de la introducción. Envíos para España: el pago contra reembolso conlleva un recargo de 2 Euros.

      [Bookseller: Carmichael Alonso libros]

        Appleton's General Guide to the United States and Canada Part I & II
      New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: D. Appleton and Company. New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: D. Appleton and Company Part I, 1882 - New England and Middle States and Canada, Part II, 1881 - Western and Southern States. With railway maps, plans of cities and illustrations. Maps in pocket in back of book, all present and good condition. (Ref. #ACC-G102).. New Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 5" x 7" Tall. History.

      [Bookseller: Shelf Lives]

ENRICO PESSINA
        ELEMENTI DI DIRITTO PENALE e SOMMARIO DI LEZIONI SUL PROCEDIMENTO PENALE ITALIANO
      RICCARDO MARGHIERI DI GIUS. 1882-1885 RICCARDO MARGHIERI DI GIUS. 1882 1883 E 1885 3 VOLUMI (RISPETTIVAMENTE 416, 422 E 402 PP), OPERA COMPLETA. IN AGGIUNTA IL SOMMARIO... RICCARDO MARGHIERI DI GIUS. 1883 215 PP. DORSO IN PELLE (PROBABILMENTE NON COEVA), PIATTI IN CARTA ZIGRINATA. SEGNI DEL TEMPO, DEDICA IN ANTIPORTA AL PRIMO VOLUME DEGLI "ELEMENTI", QUALCHE UNGHIA UN PO' SMANGIATA, PER IL RESTO CONDIZIONI DAVVERO OTTIME, CONSIDERATI I 130 ANNI DEI VOLUMI

      [Bookseller: Libreria Virtuale Bibliodafè di Ivan Lom]

Crawford, F. Marion (1854-1909)
        The complete works of F. Marion Crawford [complete in 32 volumes]
      New York, P.F. Collier & Son, 1882-1904. New York, P.F. Collier & Son, 1882-1904, 1882. 1st Edition. Description: 32 v., fronts.; 21cm. Contents: v. 1. Mr. Isaacs --v. 2. Doctor Claudius --v. 3. To Leeward --v. 4. A Roman singer --v. 5. An American politician --v. 6. Marzio's Crucifix. Zoroaster --v. 7. A tale of a lonely parish --v. 8. Paul Patoff --v. 9. Love in idleness. Marion Darche --v. 10. Saracinesca --v. 11. Sant' Ilario --v. 12. Don Orsino --v. 13. Corleone --v. 14. With the immortals --v. 15. Greifenstein --v. 16. A cigarette-maker's Romance. Khaled --v. 17. The witch of Prague --v. 18. The three fates --v. 19. Taquisara --v. 20. The children of the king --v. 21. Pietro Ghisleri --v. 22. Katharine Lauderdale --v. 23. The Ralstons --v. 24. Casa Braccio --v. 25. Casa Braccio --v. 26. Adam Johnstone's son. A rose of yesterday --v. 27. Via Crucis --v. 28. In the palace of the king --v. 29. Marietta --v. 30. Cecilia --v. 31. The heart of Rome --v. 32. Whosoever shall offend. Genre: American literature -- F. Marion Crawford -- Collected Works. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Gilt titles and orange decorations to spines, with decorative orange titles to front panels. Slight dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Sun-toning evident on some spine covers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.

      [Bookseller: MW Books Ltd.]

        ALGUNAS PAGINAS DEL EXPEDIENTE DE CONSTRUCCION DE UN CEMENTERIO GENERAL EN FREGENAL DE LA SIERRA ( prov BADAJOZ)
      tip El Eco, Frenegal 1882 - 389 pags acuerdos del Ayunt., Informes al gobernador civil de Badajoz. Documentos justificativos. piel nueva, restaurado cubierta original incomplet

      [Bookseller: Libreria Laia]

Swedenborg, Emanuel; Tafel, R L [ed. and tr.]
        The Brain Considered Anatomically, Physiologically and Philosophically. Volume I. The Cerebrum and Its Parts. Volume II. The Pituitary gland, The Cerebellum and the Medulla Oblongata
      London James Speirs 1882. G+: in Good condition plus without dust jacket. Small chip to spine head of volume II. Contents firm. Ex.-lib. Royal College of Surgeons with minimal marking First Edition in English Brown/gilt hardback cloth cover 230mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xxxviii, 794pp; xvi, 645pp. Volume II published in 1887. Although the title page of Volume I states 'Four Volumes' it appears only two volumes were actually published.

      [Bookseller: Barter Books]

WELSH, HERBERT
        FOUR WEEKS AMONG SOME OF THE SIOUX TRIBES OF DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA, TOGETHER WITH A BRIEF CONSIDERATION OF THE INDIAN PROBLEM
      Horace F. McCann, Steam-Power Printer, 1882. - First edition. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, 31 pp. The author has written on other visits to Indian villages and agencies, but this is an early visit and he describes the four weeks spent with the Sioux tribes. He sheds light on the Indian as they were and how they have adapted to the white man's ways by accepting religion, going to church, becoming Christians, etc. He notes the progress to develop schools, the reduction of military presence, the need for employment for the people, etc. A very positive outlook for the Sioux is given based upon the four weeks spent with them in 1882. Spine reinforced with cellophane tape, light wear to the corners and extremities, else a good copy housed in a cloth four-point case and inserted into a matching slipcase with a leather label on the spine and titles stamped in gold gilt. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

      [Bookseller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB]

FREDERIC SOULIE
        Le Lion amoureux. Nouvelle édition illustrée de 19 vignettes dessinées par SAHIB et gravées au burin sur acier par NARGEOT. Avec Notice historique et littéraire par Ludovic Halévy
      - FREDERIC SOULIE : Le Lion amoureux. Nouvelle édition illustrée de 19 vignettes dessinées par SAHIB et gravées au burin sur acier par NARGEOT. Avec Notice historique et littéraire par Ludovic Halévy. Conquet, Paris, 1882. in-I2, maroquin havane, décor en mosaïque, tranches dorées, dos à cinq nerfs joliment orné, RELIURE SIGNEE CHAMBOLLE DURU, étui, 170 pp. EXEMPLAIRE NUMEROTE SUR JAPON (un des 50 ex num avec DOUBLE SUITE supplémentaire des vignettes (vignettes en triple état)). TRES BEL EXEMPLAIRE POUR CETTE CHARMANTE NOUVELLE ECRITE PAR UN CONTEMPORAIN DE BALZAC

      [Bookseller: LA CARTOUCHE]

[Annan, James Craig]. Duke of Hamilton. Christie, Manson & Woods.
        Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures, works of art, and decorative objects, the property of His Grace the Duke of Hamilton, K.T.... Saturday, June 17, and Monday, June 19, 1882, and the following day [Five Portions co
      London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1882.. 234 pp. + plates. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Illus. with 77 monochrome carbon print photographic plates. Buchanan 1. Two versions of this catalogue were produced, one without plates, and this, the illustrated version, with carbon prints by James Craig Annan (1864-1946), son of the Scottish photographer Thomas Annan. Annan was only 18 when he produced this series of prints (uncredited) for the spectacular Duke of Hamilton sale. There were 2213 lots auctioned over fifteen days in five sections which brought in 397, 000 British pounds! In addition to the paintings offered, which could have easily formed their own museum -works by Botticelli, Breugel, Da Vinci, Durer, Fra Angelico, Giorgione, Holbein, Rembrandt, Rubens, Titian, Van Dyke, Veronese, and more- there was French furniture, Asian bronzes and lacquers, Sevres and Desden porcelain, and decorative objects in profusion. Photographs were somewhat new to illustrating auctions and "this is an early use of photography for a sale catalogue, " according to William Buchanan in his "J. Craig Annan. Selected Texts and Bibliography, " (Oxford. 1994), p. 137. Annan would go on to become an important British pictorial photographer and one of its master photogravure printers, contributing both is own work and gravures for other British photographers to Stiglitz' Camera Work (the January 1914 issue -no. 45- was devoted entirely to him). Scarce, especially in such beautiful condition and in such a fine binding. A near fine copy, rubbing on verso of plates, plates numbered in pencil.

      [Bookseller: Tiber Books]

Anon
        Tenth Annual Report of the Local Goverment Board 1880-81 Supplement Containing Report and Papers Submitted By the Board's Medical Officer on the Use and Influence of Hospitals for Infectious Diseases Presented to Both Houses of Parliament , Etc, Etc
      London: Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1882. Collation, xii[2]363pp, 65 illustration/plans, including 42 single page, 23 folding, many in colour. Bound in original publishers half calf, calf corners, raised bands, red leather title label, gilt lines. Calf rubbed, some scuff marking, short split on hinge joint. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, no loose pages, no writing or marking. Pages and illustrations in very good clean condition.8996.A33. First Edition. Very Good. 8vo.

      [Bookseller: George Jeffery Books]

GREENAWAY, KATE
        A complete set of Kate Greenaway's Almanacks for 1883-1895, 1897
      London: Routledge, 1882-1895, 1897. Fourteen 24mo. volumes. All in first issue bindings with the following exceptions: 1884 is the fifth variant; 1886 is the third variant; 1888 is the seventh variant; 1893 is the second variant. Each volume is illustrated throughout with full-color images by Greenaway, many of which are full page. Includes the rare 1897 Almanack and Diary. An uncommonly fine set bound mostly in pictorial boards or full imitation morocco as issued. Housed in a satin-lined clamshell box of full blue morocco, gilt lettered on the cover and spine, and with a button clasp. (Schuster & Engen 1a; 2e; 3a; 4c; 5a; 6g; 7a; 8a; 9a; 10a; 11b; 12a; 13a; 14a).

      [Bookseller: Bromer Booksellers]

Wheeler, Edward L[ytton. 1845? - 1885]
        DENVER DOLL, The Detective Queen; or, Yankee Eisler's Big Surround. Beadle's Half Dime Library. Vol. XI. No. 277
      New York:: Beadle and Adams, No. 98 William Street.. 1882.. 4to. 11" x 8-1/8". 1st edition, later issue (Johannsen BEADLE 277-1/2DL). Ca 1888. Not in Hubin. 15, [1] pp. Text triple column. Last page an advert.. Printed self wrappers.. Spine indents, indicating the work was probably bound at one time. (and, no doubt accounting for its survival, as well as relatively. nice condition). Overall VG+ - NF (paper beginning to yellow, as. usual).. The 'Denver Doll', our research indicates, has the distinction of being the one of the earliest female detective characters in US fiction. To quote Wheeler, " .. she was a splendid specimen of young womanhood.... It was no secret she was a detective; it was no secret she was a terror to. [sic]"& & This 'Denver Doll, The Detective Queen' was a creation of the prolific dime novelist Edward L. Wheeler, who initially appears in this 14 November 1882 issue of Beadle & Adam's HALF-DIME LIBRARY series, however, despite the charm & competence imbued by Wheeler, the 'Denver Doll' failed to rouse the enthusiasm of the early 1880's dime novel customers & she quickly faded from the scene a few months later with the publication of the 4th series title [March 1883]. This quick public expiration has, in turn, contributed to the present scarcity of the 'Denver Doll' series titles, as well as her lack of notoriety in today's mystery-collector circles... in fact, many believe that the first female detective in US literature was Amelia Butterworth, who appeared much later in Anna Katherine Green's 1897 work, THAT AFFAIR NEXT DOOR (cf. Blain. FEMINIST COMPANION, p. 456). & & This the first title in the Denver Doll series and can be said to be quite rare. . Large wood engraving to front wrapper.

      [Bookseller: Tavistock Books, ABAA]

Berthold Auerbach. from the German by E. Nicholson
        SPINOZA. A Novel
      Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. Paris: C. Reinwald, 1882. Hardcover. Very Good. 12 x 16 cm. (4.5 x 6 inches). . Berthold Auerbach, author of "On the Heights," etc. from the German by E. Nicholson. Authorized Edition. In two volumes. Two flexible hard cover volumes with very attractive red cloth binding, with gilt lettering on spine and front board. In very good condition. Auerbach, Berthold (1812-1882) Auerbach was a German novelist, a Jew devoted to Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. In 1841 he published a life of the philosopher along with a translation of his works. 282 + 272 Pages.

      [Bookseller: meir turner]

COLLECTIF
        THE AUSTRALIAN HANDBOOK AND SHIPPERS' AND IMPORTERS' DIRECTORY FOR 1882.
      GORDON AND GOTCH 1882 - R320037106: XXXII + 300 pages augmentées de nombreuses cartes en noir et blanc et en couleurs a déplier - OUVRAGE EXCLUSIVEMENT EN ANGLAIS. In-8 Relié toilé. Etat d'usage. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur acceptable Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: le-livre]

Wheeler, Edward L[ytton. 1845? - 1885].
        DENVER DOLL, The Detective Queen; or, Yankee Eisler's Big Surround. Beadle's Half Dime Library. Vol. XI. No. 277.
      Beadle and Adams, No. 98 William Street., New York: 1882 - Large wood engraving to front wrapper. The 'Denver Doll', our research indicates, has the distinction of being the one of the earliest female detective characters in US fiction. To quote Wheeler, " . she was a splendid specimen of young womanhood. It was no secret she was a detective; it was no secret she was a terror to. [sic]"This 'Denver Doll, The Detective Queen' was a creation of the prolific dime novelist Edward L. Wheeler, who initially appears in this 14 November 1882 issue of Beadle & Adam's HALF-DIME LIBRARY series, however, despite the charm & competence imbued by Wheeler, the 'Denver Doll' failed to rouse the enthusiasm of the early 1880's dime novel customers & she quickly faded from the scene a few months later with the publication of the 4th series title [March 1883]. This quick public expiration has, in turn, contributed to the present scarcity of the 'Denver Doll' series titles, as well as her lack of notoriety in today's mystery-collector circles. in fact, many believe that the first female detective in US literature was Amelia Butterworth, who appeared much later in Anna Katherine Green's 1897 work, THAT AFFAIR NEXT DOOR (cf. Blain. FEMINIST COMPANION, p. 456). This the first title in the Denver Doll series and can be said to be quite rare. Spine indents, indicating the work was probably bound at one time (and, no doubt accounting for its survival, as well as relatively nice condition). Overall VG+ - NF (paper beginning to yellow, as usual). 4to. 11" x 8-1/8". 1st edition, later issue (Johannsen BEADLE 277-1/2DL). Ca 1888. Not in Hubin. 15, [1] pp. Text triple column. Last page an advert. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

      [Bookseller: Tavistock Books, ABAA]

George Ashdown Audsley Thomas W. Cutler
        The Ornamental Arts of Japan Two Volumes Bound in Four Books
      London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington . Very Good . 1882 . . Hardback . .

      [Bookseller: St. Mary's Books & Prints]

Anonymous
        Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures, Works of Art, and Decorative Objects, the Property of His Grace the Duke of Hamilton, K.T.: Which Will be Sold By Auction, By Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at Their Great Rooms, 8 King Street, St. James's Squar
      Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, London 1882 - The entire catalogue - with all five portions included and bound in contemporary red cloth - gilt embossed to the spine and to the front board. Includes 77 super monochrome carbon prints by James Craig Annan - all as called for. Some fascinating pencil marginal notes, which could be rubbed out but they note some of the prices reached with one or two other notes - all of interest. Each carbon print has been numbered in pencil so we know which lot number they are. All of this pencil annotation could be rubbed out but in my mind it adds interesting extra information. H. Sotheran & Co. tiny bookseller's sticker to the corner of the rear front paste-down. Some notable fading to the cloth spine. A closed split running down most of one length of the outer hinge. A tiny pin head sized hole to other outer hinge. Some stain marks to the front board. All four corners a little bumped. A crease to the lower of the front endpaper. Very slight closed splits to the inner hinges. Scattered light foxing. Slight marginal loss to several carbon prints - in no way heavy. A very good minus, tight copy of this scarce auction catalogue. Shipping from the UK [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Trumpington Fine Books Limited]

James, Henry
        THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY
      1882. In Three Volumes. London: Macmillan and Co., 1882. 24 pp Vol III ads dated Dec 1881. Original dark blue-green cloth decorated in black. First Edition, second impression, of James's best-known work, the account of Isabel Archer and her many suitors -- of varying ages, varying wealth, and varying ethics. THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY has become the high-spot title of Henry James -- far and away his most sought-after title. The first impression was dated 1881 on the title pages, was published in three volumes in November 1881, and consisted of 750 copies; this second impression (not so stated) is dated 1882 on the title pages, was published in January 1882, and consisted of only 250 copies (some of these 250 copies were issued in three volumes in the same cloth as the first impression, while some were issued three-volumes-in-one in red cloth); Macmillan next published a one-volume "New Edition," in June 1882, consisting of 1000 copies.~This copy is in three separate volumes, which is to say in the same cloth binding as the first impression. Condition is good-to-very good: although the spines look quite nice, with bright gilt, there is faint evidence of lending library labels once having resided on each front cover, one volume has wear on an outer joint, and all three volumes have some cracking of the endpapers at the gutter. Each volume bears a personal bookplate plus a personal "Memorial Room" plate; in one volume the inner 3/4-inch of the front endpaper is glued down to the paste-down. The 1881 first impression, essentially identical to this set except for the date on the title pages, would today bring $35,000 or more in fine condition -- so this set is a possibility for someone wanting a copy of James's big title in the same binding, at a far far lower price. Supino 16.2.0; Edel & Laurence A16a; Blanck 10553.

      [Bookseller: Sumner & Stillman]

Koch, Robert, 1843-1910
        Die Aetiologie der Tuberkulose
      Extract, pp. 221-230; 31 cm. Garrison/Morton 2331: "Discovery of the tubercle bacillus announced March 24, 1882. This paper also contains a statement of `Koch's postulates'." Dibner, Heralds of Science no. 134: "Using the advantage of new improvements in techniques such as photomicroscopy, staining, oil-immersed lenses, and pure cultures, Koch and his colleagues placed the new science of microbiology on a sound basis. In the above paper, a triumph in science and medicine, Koch isolated and identified the tubercle bacillus, establishing the infectious nature of the disease, and opened the way to combat one of the worst scourges of mankind. Using body fluids and blood serum as host, Koch was able to cause anthrax and tubercular organisms to grow outside the body." "Koch is really our medical Galileo, who... introduced us to a new world. It is not too much to say that the demonstrations by Koch of the 'bacillus tuberculosis' (1882) is, in its far-reaching results, one of the most momentous discoveries ever made" --Osler, Evolution of Modern Medicine. Koch was awarded the Nobel Prize for this work. Printing and the Mind of Man 366. Very good in marbled-paper covers. Stock#OB573 oversize.

      [Bookseller: The Owl at the Bridge]

HARDY, Thomas
        TWO ON A TOWER. A ROMANCE
      London: Sampson, Low, Marston et. al, 1882. First Edition. hardcover. Front joint of first volume cracking with a small nick at the head of the spine. Text clean, bindings bright and firm with minor rubbing. Three volumes bound in early blue 3/4 morocco by Riviere with gilt lettering and design on the spines and five raised bands. All half-titles present, and the original green cloth spines are bound in at the rear of each corresponding volume. The first volume has been SIGNED by Hardy above the title. A novel relating the love affair between Lady Viviette Constantine and Swithin St. Cleeve who meet at the astronomical observatory that St. Cleeve has set up atop an abandoned monument tower on Lady Constantine's estate. Hardy made considerable revisions in the text of all three volumes, beginning with the second edition of 1883, and added new prefaces, as the various later collected editions of Hardy's works appeared. In his Preface to the 1895 Wessex Edition, Hardy wrote that his novel was "the outcome of a wish to set the emotional history of two infinitesimal lives against the stupendous background of the stellar universe, and to impart to readers the sentiment that of these contrasting magnitudes the smaller might be the greater to them as men." These original texts, as they were published in book form, are now generally considered the most sought after and the current Penguin series of Hardy's novels uses this text, even reproducing the title page of volume I. Sadleir ranks this as Hardy's "seventh scarcest book" and all original editions of Hardy's novels that have been SIGNED by him are exceptionally uncommon.

      [Bookseller: Charles Agvent, ABAA ]

TWAIN, Mark
        The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for People of all Ages
      Boston: James R. Osgood. 1882. First. First American edition, first issue with Franklin Press imprint. Publisher's deluxe binding of half-calf and marbled papercovered boards. The paper on the edges of the boards is a bit worn, and some rubbing to the extremities, as almost always seems the case, else a nice, tight, very good or better copy, with the spine gilt easily readable. On a lark a prince and a pauper change stations in life, allowing Twain to critique various legal and moral injustices. A nice copy of a classic children's tale, scarce in the deluxe binding. BAL 3402. .

      [Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABA]

Wheeler, Edward L[ytton. 1845? - 1885]
        DENVER DOLL, The Detective Queen; or, Yankee Eisler's Big Surround. Beadle's Half Dime Library. Vol. XI. No. 277
      New York:: Beadle and Adams, No. 98 William Street.. 1882.. 4to. 11" x 8-1/8". 1st edition, later issue (Johannsen BEADLE 277-1/2DL). Ca 1888. Not in Hubin. 15, [1] pp. Text triple column. Last page an advert.. Printed self wrappers.. Spine indents, indicating the work was probably bound at one time. (and, no doubt accounting for its survival, as well as relatively. nice condition). Overall VG+ - NF (paper beginning to yellow, as. usual).. The 'Denver Doll', our research indicates, has the distinction of being the one of the earliest female detective characters in US fiction. To quote Wheeler, " .. she was a splendid specimen of young womanhood.... It was no secret she was a detective; it was no secret she was a terror to. [sic]"This 'Denver Doll, The Detective Queen' was a creation of the prolific dime novelist Edward L. Wheeler, who initially appears in this 14 November 1882 issue of Beadle & Adam's HALF-DIME LIBRARY series, however, despite the charm & competence imbued by Wheeler, the 'Denver Doll' failed to rouse the enthusiasm of the early 1880's dime novel customers & she quickly faded from the scene a few months later with the publication of the 4th series title [March 1883]. This quick public expiration has, in turn, contributed to the present scarcity of the 'Denver Doll' series titles, as well as her lack of notoriety in today's mystery-collector circles... in fact, many believe that the first female detective in US literature was Amelia Butterworth, who appeared much later in Anna Katherine Green's 1897 work, THAT AFFAIR NEXT DOOR (cf. Blain. FEMINIST COMPANION, p. 456). This the first title in the Denver Doll series and can be said to be quite rare. . Large wood engraving to front wrapper.

      [Bookseller: Tavistock Books, ABAA]

AUDSLEY, GEORGE ASHDOWN:
        The Ornamental Arts of Japan. 2 volumes complete in the superior binding. 70 fine coloured plates
      London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882. Two volumes (Volume 2 published 1884). Calligraphic frontispieces and 105 plates with tissue guards, of which 70 are chromolithos. some heightened in gold.; together with numerous illustrations in the text. 2 volumes folio (16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches) finely bound [by Hoelen of Holborn] in full black morocco over heavy bevelled boards, the upper covers inlaid in red and green morocco and elaborately blocked in gilt in an oriental design incorporating heron and bamboo, with cream morocco inset panel blocked with the title in Japanese. The spines lettered in gilt direct with the title in English and boldly blocked with title in Japanese, all edges gilt. A superb binding by Hoelen although not signed as such. Some rubbing to headbands and upper fore-corners, some foxing to prelims. and occasionally elsewhere, some light marginal toning. Half-title to volume 1 detached from stub but present. The 70 fine and vibrant coloured plates, lithographed by Lemercier & Cie, Paris, illustrate the various sections of this comprehensive and fine work, i.e. drawing, painting, engraving and printing, embroidery; textile fabrics, lacquer, incrusted-work, metal-work, cloisonne enamel, modelling and carving, and heraldry. Overall an extremely handsome copy, finely and attractively bound and in excellent condition.

      [Bookseller: Bristow and Garland]

Twain, Mark [Clemens, Samuel Langhorne. 1835 - 1910].
        The PRINCE And The PAUPER. A Tale for Young People of All Ages.
      James R. Osgood and Company,, Boston: 1882 - Illustrated. Gilt bright. Some general wear & aging to binding, which remains tight & square. Old bookplate evidence to front paste-down, with offset to ffep. Withal, a respectable VG copy. Original publisher's green decorative cloth (State B). 8vo. 8-1/2" x 6-1/2". 1st US edition (BAL 3402). 411, [1] pp. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Tavistock Books, ABAA]

Mrs. J.A. Faber
        Still life of Red Plums
      Britain: Original Watercolor, 1882-1890. Matted in Rag Board Fine A refined and rare original watercolor painted on clay-coated stock. Fine condition. Image size: 11 x 14 cm. Sheet size: 24 x 29.6 cm. (Elegantly matted in Ivory rag board with gilt French line decoration. Sized to 14 x 18 inches). With dedication leaf 'Edith Cast Faber from her Mother (a loving memento) painted by Mrs. J.A. Faber about 1882-1890'. & Classified as florilegia: ornamental flowers (or here fruit) painted for beauty rather than scientific or medicinal appeal, this lovely Still life of Red Plums was evidently painted from nature by an accomplished hand. Although the art of flower painting was a favored, traditional pastime for gentile women of nineteenth century Britain, few works boast the refined sense of composition, color, light and shading as evidenced by the practiced, skillful execution of this still life. To date the works by Mrs. Faber are undocumented however this elegant composition clearly reflects her appreciation for and mature expression of the glories of the garden, the natural world and the still life tradition. &

      [Bookseller: Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books, ABAA]

Trollope, Anthony
        Marion Fay [TRUE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION]
      New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882. First edition. Wrappers. Near Fine. A Near Fine copy of the First American edition of Anthony Trollope's "Marion Fay". EXTREMELY SCARCE. An extremely rare (of the "utmost rarity" per Smith) copy of the TRUE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Trollope's "Marion Fay", published by Harper & Brothers in their newspaper format Franklin Square Library. This is a Very Good + to Near Fine copy of this, the true first American edition. There are a very few corner creases and very minor chipping, much less than one would expect. As is the case with almost all extant issues in the series (and there are very few), the outer wrapper is lacking. The spine is gently rolled and what appears to be some newer stitching has been added in the middle of the spine as several pages have separated from the spine staples. The spine staples are virtually unrusted and there is virtually no soiling or foxing. The pages, including the illustrations, are unusually bright and clean and, all in all, this copy is in remarkable condition given the ephemeral nature of the publication. The Franklin Square Library series was published by Harper to meet the large demand for literature at a low price. Usually selling for 10 or 15 cents a copy, the series eventually replaced Harper's Library of Select Novels Series and its Half-Hour Series. Trollope's "Is He Popenjoy" was the first issue in the Series, and all of the remaining Trollope works published by Harper (except for some of his nonfiction works) were published in this Series. (Munro published the first American editions of Trollope's "Cousin Henry", "Two Heroines of Plumplington" and "The Landleaguers" in his newspaper format Seaside Library series.) (See Smith's Bibliography of Trollope's US publications.) Smith states: "This new series and its advertising logic sounded the death knell for collectors. First editions in this series are no longer books, but newspapers. Their fragility, format, and ephemeral makeup discouraged most buyers from keeping them.....few have survived." According to Smith, these issues are "rarely seen for sale and are usually found only in private collections and in certain research libraries." An extraordinary opportunity for the Trollope collector. Most Trollope collectors will never see this issue, much less own one. As with Trollope's first novels, the chance to own one is unlikely to arise often, if at all, for almost all collectors. AN EXTREMELY SCARCE TROLLOPE FIRST. A collection distinguishing item.

      [Bookseller: Allington Antiquarian Books, LLC]

BOCCACCIO
        LE DÉCAMERON de Jean Bocace traduit d'italien en françois par Antoine le Maçon. Avec notice, notes et glossaire par Frédéric Dillaye
      Alphonse Lemerre, Paris 1882 - 12º, 5 vols. (1 retrato, XXIII p., 306 p, 282 p., 305 p., 298 p., 237 p.) Buen papel. Medio tafilete con puntas, lomo con nervios y letras doradas. Corte superior dorado. Cubierta original. Buen ejemplar. Traducción francesa de una de las obra más famosas de la literatura italiana del s. XIV, escrita por Boccaccio, hijo del comerciante Bocaccio di Chellino, que nació en Paris en 1313, y murió en Certaldo en 1375. Conoció a Dante, fue gran amigo de Petrarca y consiguió un éxito universal con estas narraciones que denuncian la inmoralidad en la vida monacal y las costumbres licenciosas de los representantes de la Iglesia. Literatura italiana. Italian literature.

      [Bookseller: Libreria Anticuaria Studio]

Uzanne, Octave
        L'EVENTAIL
      Paris: A. Quantin, 1882. Stains in gutter of last few leaves, minor rubbing to backstrip, about fine. First edition Royal octavo. 143p. Illustrated by Paul Avril with two chromolithograph plates, many text illustrations in color and black and white, with decorative borders and headpieces. Bound by F.J. Pfister in full pictorial morocco in the pyrography or "Poker Work" style, the upper cover depicting an open illustrated fan surrounded by angles, with an angelic fantasy on lower cover and columns on the turn-ins Pyrographic designs are created with a heated platinum stylus. See Eloquent Witnesses by Mirjam M. Foot, p. 291. Frank J. Pfister is said to have introduced pyrography in book decoration.& A very rare American binding. Hiler 869; Lipperheide 1725; Ray. French #287

      [Bookseller: First Folio]

BECQUE, Henri
        Les corbeaux
      Tresse, Paris 1882 - In-8, demi-maroquin noir, dos à deux larges nerfs avec auteur et titre argentés, couvertures et dos conservés. Edition Originale. Ex-libris C.R. Exemplaire truffé d'une lettre manuscrite de l'auteur sur 2 pages in-12. Quelques minimes frottements. Le Chef-d'Oeuvre de l'auteur. Très bon exemplaire. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Ad hoc Art]

MOLL L. - GAYOT Eug.
        La connaissance generale du cheval, ethude de zootechnie pratique, avec un atlas de 160 pages et de 103 figures.
      Subject: (Ippologia). Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1882/1883, due volumi in-8 rilegati in mezza pelle blu con fregi e titoli dorati ai dorsi, pp. 740 + 158-(2) con 103 xilografie n.t.

      [Bookseller: LIBRERIA PIANI]

The Fifth Fusiliers
        The Standing Orders of the Fifth Fusiliers (Second Battalion). Orderly Room July 1st 1881
      London: Jas. Gale [printer]. G : in good condition. Respined and with new endpapers. Leather worn and scuffed towards extremities and spine. Spine darkened. Edge-tears to title page and some pages within have been sympathetically repaired and rebacked onto new sheets. Contents otherwise clean and tight. Aeg. 1882. First Edition. Green and gilt embossed leather cover. 230mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). vi, 150pp, 55pp. Illustrated with colour plate of regimental flags; b/w plates of equipment and field plans, additional charts, musical notation etc. Included within are details of bivouac and camp layout for the regiment in India; cooking equipment and recipes for the soldiers (including Crimean Kebbobs, Artillery Pie and China Chilo). Instructions for arranging the accoutrements of the barrack room, ordnance details, method of laying down kit in the field etc. Gilt embossed leather cover bears the emblem of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 'Quo Fata Vocant' [Wither the Fates Call]. .

      [Bookseller: Barter Books Ltd]

Whitman, Walt.
        Leaves of Grass.
      Author's Edition., Camden. 1882 - A very good copy in a nice binding, bookplate on front pastedown. 8vo. 382 pp. Later green cloth, green morocco spine label, gilt title, sewn headbands. 7th edition. A limited edition of possibly 100 copies all signed by the author. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Zephyr Books Inc]

STOKER, Bram.
        Under the Sunset.
      London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1882 - Octavo. pp.[viii] + 190. Bound in recent full burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Some occasional very light foxing otherwise very good. With illustrations by W. Fitzgerald and W.V. Cockburn. First edition of the author's second book, preceded by his rare legal textbook. [Attributes: First Edition]

      [Bookseller: Peter Harrington. ABA member]

(INDIA.) "An Anglo-Indian"
        Indian Outfits & Establishments:
      London: L. Upcott Gill,, 1882. A Practical Guide for Persons about to reside in India; detailing the Articles which should be taken out, and the Requirements of Home Life and Management there. Octavo. Original blue ornately embossed cloth, title gilt to the spine and upper board, pale yellow surface-paper endpapers, those at the front printed with ads. A little rubbed, light toning, but overall very good. First and only edition, fascinating and uncommon, four copies only on COPAC - BL, NLS, Oxford and Cambridge - OCLC adds Boston Public Library and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. A compilation of articles originally published in The Bazaar "treating in detail of outfits, voyage and necessaries required for it, railway travelling, bungalow choosing, furnishing, management of native servants and their duties, the kitchen and recipes for various dishes, the garden and its produce, the stable and general treatment of live stock, combined with hints and suggestions on the manner of living and social customs", intended "for English people, more especially young married couples, going to India for the first time" (Preface). Ads include several specific Indian and Colonial Outfitters - R. Allin, Maynard, Harris & Co., S.W. Silver - together with various proprietary medicines.

      [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]

BLACKMORE, R. D
        Christowell. A Dartmoor Tale. In three volumes
      London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington Ltd.,, 1882. 3 volumes, octavo. Original red cloth, covers with publisher's devices in blind, titles to spines gilt, cream coated endpapers. Housed in an early 20th-century morocco-backed bookform slipcase, lettered in gilt. Some hinges starting, spines very lightly cocked, a couple of signatures in volume III a trifle proud, cloth very lightly marked, still an excellent set of a scarce book. First edition, presentation copy, with Blackmore's autograph presentation inscription to the front free endpaper of volume I: "To Archdeacon Sanders, with many grateful memories. Decr 1881", in Blackmore's hand but unsigned, as was his habit with presentation copies. Sanders, Archdeacon of Exeter Cathedral, could have been remembered with gratitude for his part in Blackmore's education. After an old-fashioned grammar school education at Blundell's School, Tiverton, Blackmore gained a school scholarship to Exeter College, Oxford.

      [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]

        Il Naturalista Siciliano. Giornale di scienze naturali.
      Subject: (Scienze naturali - Riviste). Palermo, 1882/89. A. I/VIII. Otto vol. in mezza tela coeva con tasselli ai dorsi. Raro ensemble in originale dei primi anni di questa "mitica" rivista siciliana (ma fondamentale per gli studiosi europei e mondiali di molte discipline naturalistiche) Monterosato, tra gli altri, vi pubblic? alcuni dei suoi pi? importanti lavori malacologici, De Gregorio, Ragusa, ecc. ecc. Una irripetibile epoca d'oro, a conclusione di un secolo straordinario, studiosi spesso "dilettanti" (nel senso di non ufficiali, in contatto coi colleghi di tutto il mondo, usando il proprio denaro senza limiti e rovinandosi finanziariamente in qualche caso. Nel resto d'Italia nulla di simile allora (n?, ahim?, nemmeno poi ..) si verific? : una straordinaria ed affascinante anomalia sicula.

      [Bookseller: LIBRERIA PIANI]

ROD Édouard :
        La chute de Miss Topsy *
      H.Kistemaeckers, Bruxelles 2.11.1882. - Broché 16 x 11, couverture imprimée, page de titre typographiée en noir et rouge. Portrait de l'auteur en frontispice par A.Descaves. Bonne provenance pour ce petit ouvrage soigné, dédicacé par l'auteur à Alphonse Daudet et à Madame. Il en aurait été tiré 10 Japon et 200 Hollande, aucun d'entre eux en convalescence dans nos bibliothèques suisses.Paru une dizaine d'années avant la nouvelle sur "Les Knie", ce roman ayant également pour cadre le monde du cirque fut-il publié en Belgique pour l'audace du sujet "sentimental" ? Édition originale sur vergé présumé hollandais.

      [Bookseller: Librairie Oh 7e Ciel]

WARNER, Robert (1814-1896), Benjamin Samuel WILLIAMS (1824-1890) and others
        The Orchid Album, comprising coloured figures and descriptions of new, rare, and beautiful orchidaceous plants. Conducted by ... Warner... The botanical descriptions by Thomas Moore
      London: B.S. Williams (I-VIII) and B.S. Williams & Son (IX-X), 1882. Volume 1 only (of 11), large quarto. (12 1/2 x 10 inches). Text complete and illustrated with 48 superb hand coloured lithograph plates of orchids numbered 1-48 - the volume complete and the plates extraordinarily clean. Contemporary half blue morocco, a bit rubbed. This important record of the greatest orchid varieties discovered and described during the nineteenth century, with beautiful illustrations of the highest quality by John Nugent Fitch. This important work was published periodically by B.S. Williams from his nurseries in Holloway, London, from 1882 until his death in 1890. His son, Henry Williams, continued the publication. Its selection, based largely on the discoveries made during the nineteenth century, offers an unparalleled record of all the best orchid varieties before the impact of the captive-bred hybrids. The publisher notes, "The great advances which have been made within the last few years in the introduction and the cultivation of Exotic Orchids, have suggested the desirability of devoting a monthly publication to the illustration of the best forms of these singular and aristocratic plants, and also to the explanation of the most successful methods of growing them." In addition there are numerous notes given at the end of the specific descriptions about contemporary orchid collections, shows and growers in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. These offer a valuable glimpse into the world of the late-Victorian orchid enthusiast, and contain information, available no where else, that casts light onto the early history of the captive cultivation of a number of varieties and species. The plates by John Nugent Fitch (a member of the greatest family of British 19th-century botanical artists) benefit greatly from the large format of the work "Being of Royal Quarto size, the pages of the Album are sufficiently large to enable the artist to produce ample and intelligible portraits of the plants without their becoming cumbersome." The resultant work offers both a fascinating insight into the state of knowledge about orchids and their cultivation, and also an unrivalled visual record by one of the great botanical artists of the day. Great Flower Books (1990) p.149; Nissen BBI 2107; The Orchid Observed 23.

      [Bookseller: Donald Heald Rare Books]

Crawford, F. Marion (1854-1909)
        The complete works of F. Marion Crawford [complete in 32 volumes]
      New York, P.F. Collier & Son, 1882-1904 - Description: 32 v., fronts.; 21cm. Contents: v. 1. Mr. Isaacs --v. 2. Doctor Claudius --v. 3. To Leeward --v. 4. A Roman singer --v. 5. An American politician --v. 6. Marzio's Crucifix. Zoroaster --v. 7. A tale of a lonely parish --v. 8. Paul Patoff --v. 9. Love in idleness. Marion Darche --v. 10. Saracinesca --v. 11. Sant' Ilario --v. 12. Don Orsino --v. 13. Corleone --v. 14. With the immortals --v. 15. Greifenstein --v. 16. A cigarette-maker's Romance. Khaled --v. 17. The witch of Prague --v. 18. The three fates --v. 19. Taquisara --v. 20. The children of the king --v. 21. Pietro Ghisleri --v. 22. Katharine Lauderdale --v. 23. The Ralstons --v. 24. Casa Braccio --v. 25. Casa Braccio --v. 26. Adam Johnstone's son. A rose of yesterday --v. 27. Via Crucis --v. 28. In the palace of the king --v. 29. Marietta --v. 30. Cecilia --v. 31. The heart of Rome --v. 32. Whosoever shall offend. Genre: American literature -- F. Marion Crawford -- Collected Works. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Gilt titles and orange decorations to spines, with decorative orange titles to front panels. Slight dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Sun-toning evident on some spine covers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. 25 Kg. 0 pp. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: MW Books Ltd]

SFORZA Giovanni.
        CRONACHE DI MASSA DI LUNIGIANA. Edite e illustrate. Lucca, Tipografia Rocchi, 1882.
      Prima edizione. Cm.18,9x12,5. Pg.XVI, 328. Brossura editoriale. esemplare in barbe. All'occhiello dedica autografa dell'Editore Giuseppe Rocchi a Raffaello Raffelli. Fondamentale testo di storia della Lunigiana, dalla fondazione di Massa al 1553, anno della fine della Signoria dei Malaspina e dell'inizio di quella dei Cybo. Sono riportati documenti originali di Tommaso Anniboni (Aiola, 1530-1569 ?), Nardino Bertelloni (Borgo del Ponte, 1697-1777), Domenico Nardini (Castagnola, 1756-1842), Eligio Quadrella (Borgo del Ponte, 1749-1812), Odoardo Rocca (1704-1751), Gaspero Venturini (Massa, 1528-1600).

      [Bookseller: Studio Bibliografico Pera]

"Spenser, Edmund (1552?-1599)"
        "The complete works in verse and prose of Edmund Spenser / edited, with a new life, based on original researches, and a glossary embracing notes and illustrations, by the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart. [complete in 9 volumes]"
      "[London] : printed for private circulation, 1882-1884" "[London] : printed for private circulation, 1882-1884", 1882. Limited Edition. "Physical description: 9 v. : facsim., ill., maps ; 20 cm. 100 copies only in this form --c.f. title page. Contents: v. 1. Life of Spenser / by the editor, with appendix. Essays: Characteristics of Spenser's poetry / by Aubrey de Vere. Spenser the poet and teacher / by Prof. Edward Dowden. Certain aspects of the poetry of Spenser / by the Rev. W.B. Philpot. The introspection and outlook of Spenser / by the Rev. William Hubbard -- v. 2. The Shepheards calender and Glosse (1597): with various readings of the quartos 1579-91 -- v. 3. Complaints 1590-91. Essay on English pastoral poetry / by E.W. Gosse. Rider on the same ; Who were Rosalinde and Menalcas? ; Notices of Edward Kirke / by the editor -- v. 4. Essays on the minor poems of Spenser / by F.T. Palgrave. Daphnaida: an elegie upon the death of ... Douglas Howard, etc. 1591. Colin Clouts come home again, 1595. Amoretti and Epithalamion, 1595. Fowre hymnes, 1596. Prothalamion, or A spousal verse, etc. 1596. Astrophel, etc. and Sonnets -- v. 5. The faerie queene. bk. i.-ii. -- v. 6. The faerie queene. bk. ii. (continued)-iii. -- v. 7. The faerie queene. bk. iii. (continued)-v. -- v. 8. The faerie queene. bk v. (continued)-vi. Two cantos of Mvtabilitie. Letter to Sir Walter Raleigh. Commendatory poems and sonnets -- v. 9. Prose: A veue of the present state of Ireland. Letters, etc. Subjects: Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 -- Collected works -- Biography -- English literature -- Poetry -- Verse -- Prose -- Studies, interpretation and criticism." "Physical description: 9 v. : facsim., ill., maps ; 20 cm. 100 copies only in this form --c.f. title page. Contents: v. 1. Life of Spenser / by the editor, with appendix. Essays: Characteristics of Spenser's poetry / by Aubrey de Vere. Spenser the poet and teacher / by Prof. Edward Dowden. Certain aspects of the poetry of Spenser / by the Rev. W.B. Philpot. The introspection and outlook of Spenser / by the Rev. William Hubbard -- v. 2. The Shepheards calender and Glosse (1597): with various readings of the quartos 1579-91 -- v. 3. Complaints 1590-91. Essay on English pastoral poetry / by E.W. Gosse. Rider on the same ; Who were Rosalinde and Menalcas? ; Notices of Edward Kirke / by the editor -- v. 4. Essays on the minor poems of Spenser / by F.T. Palgrave. Daphnaida: an elegie upon the death of ... Douglas Howard, etc. 1591. Colin Clouts come home again, 1595. Amoretti and Epithalamion, 1595. Fowre hymnes, 1596. Prothalamion, or A spousal verse, etc. 1596. Astrophel, etc. and Sonnets -- v. 5. The faerie queene. bk. i.-ii. -- v. 6. The faerie queene. bk. ii. (continued)-iii. -- v. 7. The faerie queene. bk. iii. (continued)-v. -- v. 8. The faerie queene. bk v. (continued)-vi. Two cantos of Mvtabilitie. Letter to Sir Walter Raleigh. Commendatory poems and sonnets -- v. 9. Prose: A veue of the present state of Ireland. Letters, etc. Subjects: Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 -- Collected works -- Biography -- English literature -- Poetry -- Verse -- Prose -- Studies, interpretation and criticism."

      [Bookseller: MW Books Ltd.]

Fielding, Henry; Stephen, Leslie
        The Works of Henry Fielding, Edited with a Bibliographical Essay by Leslie Stephen. 10 Volume Complete Set
      London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1882. Number 295 of a European limited edition of 1000, (250 printed for US). Each volume is bound in full leather with polished boards edged with gilt decoration and with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges and bookplates for the Maharaja Tagore's private library. Numerous full page lithographic plates by W. Small. There is wear to the spine to a number of volumes, most significantly to volume 5 which is missing the bottom third. The covers have become loose on four of the volumes and need to be reattached. Some of the other volumes have been reinforced on the outside with sellotape which needs to be removed. Light foxing to the endpapers but clean inside. Still a lovely set with an interesting Indian history to it. These books weigh 19kg when packed. Overweight, extra postage may be required outside Australia.. Numbered. Full-Leather. Illus. by Small, W.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

      [Bookseller: Mayger & Mayger Pty Ltd]

Frederick B. Hawley
        Capital and Population: A Study of the Economic Effects of Their Relations to Each Other
      New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1882. Inscribed By Frederick B. Hawley. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

      [Bookseller: Brooklyn Books]

(AUSTRALASIA)
        Coranderrk Aboriginal Station. Report of the Board appointed to enquire into, and report upon, the Present Condition and Management of the Corenderrk Aboriginal Station, together with the Minutes of Evidence
      Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer,, 1882. Foolscap folio. Sewn in self-wraps as issued. Wraps a little dusty and with a scatter of pale foxing, lower wrap slightly pulled at the stitching, but overall very good. First edition. Substantial, important, and uncommon report, OCLC records just 10 copies, all but the BnF in Australia. Coranderrk was established as Aboriginal "protectorate" in 1863, and became a thriving centre for crafts and market-gardening, eliciting considerable envy from neighbouring farmers. A Royal Commission of 1877, and the parliamentary enquiry here reported, resulted in the passing of the Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act of 1886, popularly known as the "Half-Caste Act", which enforced the removal of people mixed descent under the age of 35, in order to accelerate assimilation, and thin the populations of the reserves facilitating their closure. Despite considerable resistance, half the station was alienated by Act of parliament in 1893, and it was finally closed in 1924. However, a number of aboriginal families continued to live in the area and "in 1998, with help from the Indigenous Land Corporation, the descendants of the Coranderrk community were able to buy back a small portion of the land that was taken from their ancestors" (State Library of Victoria website, "Coranderrk Mission").

      [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]

CAVENDISH, non de plume for Henry Jones.:
        THE GAMES OF LAWN TENNIS (with authorised laws) and BADMINTON
      London, Thomas De La Rue & Co, 1882.. FOURTH EDITION,1882. Slim 12mo, approximately, 165 x 105 mm, 6½ x 4¼ inches, 3 text illustrations, 30 pages plus 2 pages of adverts, publisher's green cloth with attractive gilt decoration and title to upper cover, all edges gilt, gilt floral endpapers. Pale foxing to endpapers and title page and adverts, otherwise a very good copy in very bright binding. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. POSTAGE AT COST.

      [Bookseller: Roger Middleton]

Guettier (A.)
        La fonderie en France. - Traité général de ses procédés de fabrication et de ses applications à l'industrie.
      - Paris, E. Bernard Et Cie, 1882. 3 vol. in-8 de LXXI-264, 248 et 334 pp. et un atlas in-4 de XLI planches; demi-chagrin violine, dos à nerfs orné (reliure de l'époque). Nouvelle édition revue, augmentée et mise au niveau de tous les perfectionnements récents. L'atlas contient 41 planches à double-page souvent dépliantes. Bel exemplaire. Il manque les tomes 3 et 5. Rousseurs. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Librairie les mains dans les poches]