Boston: Robert Brothers, 1892. First Edition, Second Printing. Decorated Boards. VG+/No dust jacket. Boston:1892. Robert Brothers. 8vo. [viii) 234pp.,1 of 1000 copies printed.Facsimile of the manuscript copy of RENUNCIATION in the author's hand at the beginning of the volume. Publisher's original light green cloth, the upper cover and spine beautifully decorated and printed in gilt with pictorial designs. School Library Bookplate on front endpaper.

Paris: Librairie Illustrée, sd 1892. Editio originale, premier tirage, in-4; [iv], 336p., [1p. ; 40 lithographies teintées hors texte et très nombreuses illustrations dans le texte. Cartonnage gris de l'éditeur illustré sur les deux plats et au dos en noir et or, avec l'ex-libris de Louis Filloux. Très bon exemplaire. Bel ouvrage de la série "La vieille France", remarquablement illustré d'innombrables vues, croquis et paysages, dont de très nombreux bâtiments anciens, certains aujourd'hui disparus. Vicaire VI, 1151. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

Large dissected and highly detailed linen backed folding map of London, published by Kelly & Co. Ltd. in 1892. The map depicts street names and layouts, railway lines, squares, parks, districts and other points of interest. Kelly & Co. Ltd. or Kelly's Directory, was a business directory in the United Kingdom, listing businesses and tradespeople, often based on a city or town. The name Kelly & Co. Ltd. was in 1897 changed to Kelly's Directories Ltd. Mounted by G. Polley & Co., 43, Kellet Road, Brixton, S.W. Title: London Drawn & Engraved Expressly for the Post Office Directory 1892Publisher: Kelly & Co. Ltd.Scale: [ca. 1:15,840]. 4 inches to one 1 mile.Size: 73.5 x 111.5 cmCondition: Good (G)Condition notes: In contemporary covers.

Frz. Rangette & Sons, Dusseldorf, Germany. Very unique edition, unpaginated (47 p.) with no publication date (c. 1892). Authored by Carl Maria Seyppel (1847-1913) according to the World Catalogue 9OCLC: 14024197 - "A spurious work purporting to be the log book of Christopher Columbus, which, according to legend, he threw into the sea during a storm, and which was found on the coast of Pembrokeshire 400 years later. Written in antiquated English, with paper and binding made to imitate in colour and appearance a volume damaged by exposure to seawater. " Printed by lithographic process on imitation parchment paper. Text and illustrations printed to appear hand written, with many decorated initials. Pages and cover are brittle because of the parchment paper imitation. Original cover had shells ,barnacles and leaves attached by the publisher to make it appear it was sitting on the bottom of the sea floor before washing up on shore. All of these attachments are gone except for a single red ball. Title page is actually the front pastedown with five clean end pages in rear. Some handwriting is present: initials on front cover and notations on title page, which are all done in pencil. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

1 vol. in-4 reliure de l'époque demi-basane verte, dos à 5 nerfs orné, Libraire Hachette & Cie, Librairie Féret, Bordeaux, 1892, 2 ff., planche en coulerus (Armes de la Ville), et 28 planches souvent doubles Bon état (minimes frott. à la rel.) pour ce bel album exposant à travers de nombreux documents (dont de nombreux plans) l'évolution de l'agglomération bordelaise à travers les siècles. Français

1 vol. in-4 reliure de l'époque demi-percaline bordeaux, couv. cons., Libraire Hachette & Cie, Librairie Féret, Bordeaux, 1892, 2 ff., planche en couleurs (Armes de la Ville), et 28 planches souvent doubles Etat très satisfaisant (reste d'adhésif sur la couv. conservée, un petit mq. au dernier feuillet, très bon état par ailleurs) Français

Virginia City, M.T.: D.W. Tilton, 1892. 241, [1 blank] pp. A clean text. Original printed front wrapper [some spotting] laid down, modern plain wrappers, Very Good. Bound in a slipcase, with printed spine title. The scarce second edition of the first and "textually the most important book ever printed in Montana" [Howes]. The first edition is rarely seen today. "Perhaps no book excels Dimsdale's in presenting the picture of the lawless conditions that characterized the mining camps of the Rocky Mountain country. The author was editor of the Virginia City Montana Post and a participant in the extraordinary campaign against lawlessness. The book ran serially in the Post before being published in book form" [Adams]. It is "one of the most celebrated and important works dealing with the early occupation, upbuilding and civilization of the West...His is the first complete account of the group of desperadoes known in the '60's as 'Henry Plummer's Road Agent Band.' It tells of the reign of terror; recites the series of murders, stage coach and highway robberies, the organization of the miners into a committee of Vigilance" [Eberstadt]. Howes D345. Graff 1088. Adams, Six-Guns 596. 115 Eberstadt 358 and Streeter Sale 2221 [1866 edition].

New York: Judge Publishing Co.. Very Good. 1892. First Edition. Soft Covers. Covers slightly age toned. A few small closed edge tears on covers & pages. A monthly magazine of fun. Late nineteenth century insulting and stereotypical depiction of African-Americans. ; Cartoon Drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 32 pages .

J. Niérat / J. Abry, 1892. complet en 26 tomes: ensemble +/- 13000pp. + 32 facsimiles, reliures cart. (plats marbrés, dos en toile -bleu pour les tomes I-XXII, rouge pour les tomes XXIII-XXVI- avec titre et decorations dorés), qqs.rousseurs, cachet sur pages de titre, bel ensemble [Tome I: Les controverses. Tome II: Défense del'Estendart de la Sainte Croix. Tome III: Introduction à la vie devote. Tome IV-V: Traitté de l'amour de dieu. Tome VI: Les vrays entretiens spirituels. Tome VII-X: Sermons. Tome XI-XXI: Lettres. Tome XXII-XXVI: Opuscules // Tome XXVII avec l'index supplémentaire n'est pas inclus], poids total: 30kg., R68167

1892 F First Edition E.J.Brill / Luzac Leiden / London. A very good copy indeed in the original dark red cloth, spine faded, light damp scarring to lower margins of the boards, text clean and tight. J. L. B. Smith's copy, with his ownership signature on the fep. An important association copy, linking a supposed long extinct species to the possibility that earlier sightings of this prehistoric fish had been reported as being "sea-serpents": In "Old Fourlegs: The Story of the Coelacanth", Smith states " "One of my most constant and peculiar obsessions had always been a conviction that I was destined to discover some quite outrageous creature, I had no idea what, but had come to suspect that it might be a true sea-serpent or something like that" (p.29). Smith correctly identified the Coelacanth in 1938. The book is a cornerstone of cryptozoology

Wien / Leipzig: Verlag von Moritz Perles, 1892. Auflage aus dem Buch nicht ersichtlich 584 Seiten Halbleder Der Band ist in Halbleder gebunden und befindet sich in einem antiquarisch guten Zustand. Der Einband ist wie bereits beschrieben am Buchrücken in Leder gebunden und die Ecken ebenso. Der Lederteil ist oberflächlich berieben. Kanten und Ecken des Einbandes ebenso leicht berieben. Die Schnittkanten sind durchweg tadellos: glatt, sauber, schadfrei - rundherum. Die Seiten sind auf Grund Alter und Sonnenlicht verfärbt, leicht gebräunt, nur äußerst gering auf wenigen Seiten stockfleckig. Ganz vorn eine Seite ohne Nummerierung am rechten Rand eingerissen, ca. 1 cm tief. Insgesamt unbeschriftet, unbeschmiert, ohne weitere nennenswerten Schäden. Rik162879Wi Versand D: 5,00 EUR

Mitchell and Hughes, London 1892 - 146 pp. Only 250 copies printed. With 10 illustrations. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to upper board and spine. Blind stamp motif to lower board. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste down endpaper. Binding tight. Contents clean and bright with no markings or inscriptions. Boards show general shelf wear to extremities - corners bumped with some minor loss of cloth. Minor wear to top and tail of spine and foredges. Some marks/stains to boards. Overall a very good copy of this rare title. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

Mitchell and Hughes, London 1892 - First edition, xv, 146 pp., 10 black and white photos and drawings, ink signature dated 29/04 on title page, occasional pencil annotations, mark of paper clip on title page, some correspondence with publisher, and receipt for the purchase of the book in 1904, in which they explain that ONLY 250 COPIES were printed and there are only a few copies left. Front inside joint weak but sound, original blue cloth rubbed at joints. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

New-York, Duprat & Co, 1892. 1 volume in-8 (23 x 15 cm), broché, de 119 pages. Illustrations et reproductions de reliures anciennes et modernes. 2 ex libris tirés sur les cuivres originaux (pour M. Charles Jolly Bavoillot par Giacomelli et M. George B. de Forest par Paul Avril). Exemplaire à relier, dos fendillé fragile avec petits manques de papier, les deux plats de couvertures sont en bon état. Intérieur parfaitement frais. Complet. Tirage de tête sur papier du Japon à 200 exemplaires. Il a été tiré en outre 800 exemplaires sur papier de Hollande. Le texte du volume est en langue anglaise tandis que la préface d'Octave Uzanne est en français. Nous joignons au volume la traduction anglaise du texte d'Octave Uzanne (contemporaine de l'édition). L'auteur de cette traduction autographe n'a pas été identifié (6 pages in-12). La reproduction chromolithographique en frontispice d'une reliure de Trautz-Bauzonnet est superbe. Le tirage des ex libris l'est tout autant. Le volume contient également un joli fac similé d'autographe de Victor Hugo à Alexandre Dumas (monté sur onglet). "The author discusses the art of forming a library and pleads for perfection of the smallest details of collecting regardless of the subject, period or author concerned. Du Bois writes interestingly of the early bookmen, Caneveri, Masioli, Grolier, Spencer, Didot, and Brinley, to name a few.the text of this book-and one needs a reading knowledge of French to appreciate its fullness - offers more thought-provoking material to the bibliophile than any half dozen other titles in the field." (Webber, p. 62). … [Click Below for Full Description]

Wien, Adolph W. Künast, 1892. (VIII), 215 S. mit 1 Illustration. 8, OLn. Rücken / Ecken bestossen, Einbd etwas berieben / leicht fleckig, Namenszug am Vorsatz, kurzer Riss (Fehler der Buchbinderei?) über mehrere Seiten an der Buchinnenkante (zT unterlegt), ersten und letzten Seiten etwas gelockert / zT etwas randrissig, sonst ordentliches, gutes Expl. dieses selten Angelwerkes. Inhalt: Der Angelsport, seine Freunde und Gegner / Zur Technik der Angelfischerei / Das Tagebuch / Literarische Freunde / Wie ich Fischer wurde / Der Fischer und sein Famulus / Die Tullner Fischer und ihre Rechte / Das Tullner Fischerhotel und seine Licht- und Schattenseiten / Der Millstättersee in Oberkärnten [= Titelbild] / Der Felder- und Afritzersee in Kärnten / Der Fischteufel / Die Auguren des Fischers und seine Unglückstage / Der St. Wolfgangsee im oberösterreichischen Salzkammergute / Eine Lanze für den Fisch / Einige Süßwasserfische und ihr Fang / Über verschiedene Seen und Fischbrutanstalten im Kronlande Salzburg und im Salzkammergute / Glücklicher Fischfang / Der Achensee in Tirol / Am Ausflusse des Millstättersees in Kärnten / Der Längsee in Kärnten / Skizzen aus der Mappe eines Angelfischers / Die vier größten Seen Kärntens und ihre Fischereiverhältnisse / Einige Kärntnerseen zweiten Ranges / Fischerei, Jagd, Touristik.

København, 1892. 8vo. (8), 220 s. Originalt dekorert helshirtingbind, grått. Helt gullsnitt, bokmerkebånd. Ørlite sår og rift i forsatsbl., hj. litt støtt, ellers pen.. . Schiøtz/Ringstrøm bindvariant A.

- Dijon, Lamarche, 1892. In-12, 112-(4) pp., reliure demi-chagrin bordeaux à coins, tête dorée, couverture et dos conservés. Bel exemplaire. * Voir photographie(s) / See picture(s). *** Membre du SLAM et de la LILA / ILAB Member. La librairie est ouverte du mardi au samedi de 14h à 19h. Si vous souhaitez passer à la librairie pour un livre, merci de nous prévenir au préalable, l'ensemble du stock visible en ligne n'étant pas immédiatement consultable. *** Langue : Français

Romagnoli-Dall' Acqua. (Curiosità letterarie inedite o rare). Antonio, Medin. Bologna, Romagnoli - Dall' Acqua, 1892. La OBSIDIONE di Padua del 1509. Poemetto contemporaneo ristampato ed illustrato da Antonio MEDIN. In - 16°, cartone marmorizzato con tassello al dorso, copertine originali conservate. L, 385, (3) pp. con silografia allegorica in antiporta. Le pp. XXXI - L sono state per errore rilegate capovolte. Edizione di soli 202 esemplari (es. n° 51). Ottimamente conservato. Uff. scat. 6

Starke and Siebert, Gorlitz and Heidelberg 1892 - xii, 28p, [ii], + 62 chromolithographed plates highlighted in silver and gold. p. Bound in a contemporary half cloth with cartboard boards.with printed frontboard, Some wear to spine and edges, smaller teard on top and bottom of spine, loose in the binding. Folio [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

21 Jahrgänge in 19 Bänden, insgesamt ca. 80.000 S. 4, Halbleinen Die ersten 21 Jahrgänge des Literaturjournals. Die Bände erschienen zwei Jahre nach Jahrgangsabschluss (1892-1912). Aus ehemaligem Bibliotheksbestand, mit entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen. Einbände staubig und berieben, teils mit Kratzern. Band 12 (1901) bis 21 (1910) in erneuerten Halbleineneinbänden, mit geringeren Gebrauchsspuren. Band 17 (1906) bis 20 (1909) jeweils im Doppelband. Seiten teils griff- und staubfleckig, sonst aber überwiegend sauber. Einige Bände jedoch mit Wasserschaden: Seiten von 13 (1902), 14 (1903), 15 (1904) und 21 (1911) sind gewellt. Seiten von 12 (1901), 16 (1905), 17/18 (1906/07) und 19/20 (1908/09) sind ebenfalls gewellt und haben wasserflecken. Bindung bei allen Bänden fest. Guter bis brauchbarer Zustand. jqx zqx mbx

London George Newnes 1892 - The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes DOYLE, A[rthur] Conan. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1892. First edition, first impression of the text with the misprint "Violent Hunter" for "Violet Hunter" on page 317), but second state of binding (with the name on the street sign in The Strand Library device on front cover. Large octavo (9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches; 235 x 162 mm). [4], 317, [1, printer’s imprint], [2, blank] pp. With 104 illustrations by Sidney Paget in the text. Original light blue cloth over beveled boards. Front cover and spine blocked and lettered in gilt and black. All edges gilt. Gray flower and leaf endpapers. Front inner hinges cracked but holding. Edges, head and tail of the spine and corners a bit rubbed and bumped. Gilt on spine lightly rubbed. Small old ink signature to front free endpaper. Minor foxing throughout. Overall, very good. [Together with:] DOYLE, A[rthur] Conan. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrations by Sidney Paget. London: George Newnes, 1894. First edition. Large octavo (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches; 235 x 160 mm). [6], 279, [1, blank] pp. With ninety illustrations in the text (including frontispiece). Original dark blue cloth over beveled boards. Front cover and spine blocked and lettered in gilt and black. All edges gilt. Gold feather patterned endpapers. Binding slightly cocked. Edges, head and tail of the spine and corners a bit rubbed and bumped. Gilt on spine a bit rubbed. Inner hinges cracked but holding. Some light offsetting to front endpapers. A bit of light foxing thro … [Click Below for Full Description]

Librairie Léopold Cerf, Paris, 1892. Un mapa plegado al final seguido del Catálogo VI. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

Hammersmith Kelmscott Press, 1892. The Kelmscott Edition of the First Book Printed in English [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. CAXTON, William, [translator]. [LEFEVRE, Raoul]. The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye. [Hammersmith, London: Kelmscott Press, Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 1892]. One of 300 paper copies printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, of an edition of 305. Three books in two volumes. Large quartos (11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches; 290 x 210 mm). xv, [1], 295, [1, blank]; [297]-507, [3, blank], [509]-718 pp. Printed in red and black in Troy and Chaucer type. Decorative woodcut borders and initials. Edited by H. Halliday Sparling. Publisher's full limp vellum with yapp edges. With newer green silk ties. Spines lettered in gilt. Some very light toning to a few pages of signature ii in volume II as usual, but much lighter than usual. Text is overall very clean. Overall, a very good set. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell with red morocco label. A reprint of the first book printed in English, which had long been a favorite with Morris. Although there had been a number of earlier editions of the Recuyell, the Kelmscott Press version was the first to go back directly to Caxton’s text. This was the first book printed in Troy type, and the first in which Chaucer type was used (for table of contents and glossary). All of the ornaments in the margins and the initials throughout the text are by Morris. Clark Library, Kelmscott and Doves, De Ricci. De Ricci. Peterson A8. Ransom, Private Presses, Sparling. Tomkinson, HBS 67927. $7,500 [Attributes: Hard Cover]

London Murray, 1892. 244 S. Cloth, Good condition. Cover stained, with wax drops. Spine partly missing. Uncut edges. Inner book in good condition, paper yellowed but clean. Versand D: 3,00 EUR Architekten

London.T. Fisher Unwin. 1892. (8), 212, [4 ad's]pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Original blue a white decorative cloth. Fore-edges in same pattern. Octavo. First edition. First issue. Spine cocked and a little rubbed and lightly browned; inscription on front free endpaper; else a very good copy.

Leipzig, Vogel, 1892-93. Two volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. vi, 714; (III), 915, (1). With 133 & 177 wood-engraved illustrations, respectively. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary calf and marbled boards, spines gilt; chafed and dry calf shellacked to restore gloss, old signature to title-page. In good general condition, rather fine interiors. ~ First edition. Hermann Hugo Rudolf Schwartze (1837-1910). One of the founders of modern otology. His master 2-volume "Handbuch der Ohrenheilkunde" was co-edited with Emil Berthold. Very rare. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Yokohama, 1892. 303pp. 20th-century buckram, spine gilt lettered. Original printed front wrapper bound in, detached and chipped. Institutional blind and ink stamps on wrapper recto, bookplate on verso. A number of leaves nearly detached from center of text block. Light tanning. Good. An unusual Japanese imprint in English that recounts the trial of James Hetherington, a United States Navy lieutenant. Hetherington was charged with shooting an Englishman, George Gower Robinson, on the streets of Yokohama for paying unwanted attentions to his wife. He was acquitted. Perhaps as few as one hundred copies printed, and only a handful recorded by OCLC. Not in McDade. ROGALA, BOOKS ON JAPAN IN ENGLISH 376.

1892. Hi, Today I am listing a set of Wisdens , all rebound with covers from a well travelled collector. J Kingsley Havers OBE QC son of Sir William Havers. The books have been to many places , mainly Botswana but also Kenya Belize and Gibraltar which are all listed on the bookplate. The books all tend to have worn bindings (some green some blue) but lovely inside. In detail, in this lot we have 1892 to 1899 Original Wisden Rebinds, all eight books with covers and photoplates within, apart from the 1896 in worn blue boards, 1896 in nicer blue boards, the ones in worn blue boards have some marks and some wear but the internal covers are in good order and contents very respectable. The 1893 and 1896 have loose photoplate and page xxxvi has 2/3rd of it missing in the 1893. A nice cheap set. Strategy 1. Would split. More information and pictures available on request and happy to offer some discount if purchased with other Havers Wisdens that I am listing today.

Società Geografica Italiana, 1892. In 8°, pp. 189, (3). Con una grande carta geografica a colori, due panorami più volte ripiegati, 23 tavole fuori testo e 35 figure nel testo. Leg. piena pelle bruna con dorso muto. Copertine originali conservate all'interno. Copia in ottimo stato. Prima edizione. I Batak, una delle più importanti popolazioni pagane di Sumatra, abitano la conca del lago Toba. Alla loro conoscenza hanno molto contribuito l'esplorazione e le raccolte portate in patria da Elio Modigliani.

Società Geografica Italiana, Roma, 1892. In 8°, pp. 189, (3). Con una grande carta geografica a colori, due panorami più volte ripiegati, 23 tavole fuori testo e 35 figure nel testo. Leg. piena pelle bruna con dorso muto. Copertine originali conservate all'interno. Copia in ottimo stato. Prima edizione. I Batak, una delle più importanti popolazioni pagane di Sumatra, abitano la conca del lago Toba. Alla loro conoscenza hanno molto contribuito l'esplorazione e le raccolte portate in patria da Elio Modigliani. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

They agree to throw him a banquet, with every single Senator signing and agreeing to pay for itSignatories include 8 Confederate generals, 2 giants of education, and other notablesLevi Morton served as Vice President of the United States during the term of President Benjamin Harrison. As vice president, he presided over the U.S. Senate. Although Harrison ran for reelection in 1892, Morton was not on the ticket, and in any event Harrison lost to Grover Cleveland. So on March 4, 1893, both Harrison and Morton were leaving office. Morton was popular in the Senate, and the senators sought to honor him as he laid down the burdens of office.Agreement signed by 85 Senators, on United States Senate letterhead, February 15, 1893, establishing a banquet for Morton and promising to participate. “We the undersigned will tender Vice President Morton a complimentary banquet on the 27th day of February [at] 7:30 pm, and will respectively pay our share of the expenses thereof.” Since there were 3 vacancies, the 85 figure represents the entire Senate.Signers include fully 8 Confederate generals: John B. Gordon, John T. Morgan, Alfred Colquitt, Randall Gibson, Francis Cockrell, Matt Ramson, William Bate, and Matthew Butler; plus wartime Confederate governor of North Carolina Zebulon Vance. There are two giants of education: industrialist and founder of Stanford University Leland Stanford, and Justin Morrill, who wrote the bill that gave land to establish 76 state colleges and universities. Other notables include future Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Edward D. White, and John She … [Click Below for Full Description]

Imprimerie Théolier et Cie 1892 - 1 tiré à part extrait du Bulletin de la Société de l'Industrie Minérale, 1892, en 1 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-maroquin à coins chocolat, dos à 5 nerfs dorés, double filet doré en mors et coins, couv. cons., Imprimerie Théolier et Cie, Saint-Etienne, 1892, 47 pp. et 2 grands planches dépliantes Edition originale. Bel exemplaire enrichi d'un bel envoi de l'auteur : "A mon jeune et déjà vieux collaborateur Guichard". Langue: Français [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

Privately printed at the De Vinne Press, New York, 1892. 8vo. cloth, later slipcase. 36 pages. S-K 4985. First edition, limited to 130 copies. Contains a prefatory note by Beverly Chew, a portrait of Payne, a facsimile reproduction of one of his bills for binding and nine plates in gold and other colors showing eight Payne bindings. These plates were executed by E. Bierstadt using the Bierstadt Artotype System involving the use of collotype gelatine. (McGrath p.175 for reference to American color book work). Webber (BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS, p.20) says "William Loring Andrews was a famous collector and the author of some 35 fascinating and expensive books on collecting and allied subjects. All of his books are not only intensely interesting to the bookman, but are beautifully printed as well. They are a lasting monument to his character and taste." Andrews was a founding member of the Grolier Club and Society of Iconophiles. Bookplate of Howard C. Smith and with ink inscription to him from W. Edward Smith dated Dec. 25th, 1896. Very scarce book in fine condition. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

British Museum, 1892. 8vo., First Edition, with 33 plates (one folding) and folding map; burgundy buckram, gilt back, primrose endpapers, lower hinge starting (but binding wholly sound), else a very good, bright, crisp copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

Privately printed at the De Vinne Press, New York, 1892. 8vo. cloth, later slipcase. 36 pages. S-K 4985. First edition, limited to 130 copies. Contains a prefatory note by Beverly Chew, a portrait of Payne, a facsimile reproduction of one of his bills for binding and nine plates in gold and other colors showing eight Payne bindings. These plates were executed by E. Bierstadt using the Bierstadt Artotype System involving the use of collotype gelatine. (McGrath p.175 for reference to American color book work). Webber (BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS, p.20) says "William Loring Andrews was a famous collector and the author of some 35 fascinating and expensive books on collecting and allied subjects. All of his books are not only intensely interesting to the bookman, but are beautifully printed as well. They are a lasting monument to his character and taste." Andrews was a founding member of the Grolier Club and Society of Iconophiles. Bookplate of Howard C. Smith and with ink inscription to him from W. Edward Smith dated Dec. 25th, 1896. Very scarce book in fine condition. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Gyldendal, København (1892). Tværfolio. 11 helsides farvelitografier + indledning i s/h litografi. Orig. farvelitograferet kartonnage med rød lærredsryg. Bindet lidt slidt langs kanterne; i øvrigt meget velbevaret. * Meget sjælden billedbog i en for det danske bogmarked ret usædvanlig størrelse. 2. oplag i noget mindre format udkom i 1909.** Med dedikation fra Hans Nikolaj Hansen til forfatteren af bogens tekst, Martin Sachs.

Paris, Librairie Vélocipédique Universelle, 1892. In-8°, 319 + cliv pages. Reliure éditeur pleine percaline grise, cachet. Pages surlignées au crayon, une page manuscrit completant la liste des membres du club cycliste de Nantes. Contient : Ephemerides vélocipédique ; Sociétés vélocipédique (Comités et liste des membres (par département) ; Sociétés de l'étranger ; Divers rubriques : poèmes, nouvelles, presse étrangèe, juriprudence, biographie des courreur, tableau des courses... Nombreuses publicités. Photos et dessins en noir in et hors-texte dont certains signé O'Galop ; Christophe ; Gaston Noury....

1892 - Photographie,Vintage albumen print. Vintage France. Vélo Ancien. Vintage Bike. // Circa 1892 // Tirage albuminé // Format (cm): 17x23

J. F. Schreiber, Esslingen; Stuttgart. Meggendorfer, Lothar. LUSTIGE ZIEHBILDER (FUNNY PICTURES) (code no. 112). Esslingen; Stuttgart: J. F. Schreiber, [1892]. FIRST EDITION. 4to - 7-11/16" x 10-1/2". Red cloth backed color pictorial paper covered boards with minimal touches of shelf wear and light soiling to the lower cover for what is a beautiful, near perfect copy of the book. [14] pp. The highlight of the book are the six full color, tab activated movable plates by Meggendorfer. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. Only one copy located on OCLC/WorldCat (Museum Kulturen Basel, Bibliothek). RARE Note: An English language version of this book was published HUMOROUS PICTURE BOOK. London: H. Grevel & Co., [1894]. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Hs. und zweifarbige Photolithographie bei Angerer & Göschl, Wien, dat. 24.6. 1892, 40 x 26 cm. Thieme-Becker Bd. XXXIII, S. 588. - Der Bildnismaler Eugen Urban (1868-1929) \"malte repräsentative Porträts von Mitgl. deutscher Herrscherhäuser u. ... 15 Kolossalgem. (Thür. Sagen) in d. Orangerie des Schlosses Reinhardtsbrunn.\" Mit Originalunterschrift: \"EGrafGörtz Direktor\". Emil Graf von Schlitz gen. von Görtz (1851-1914) war von 1885 bis 1901 Leiter der Kunstschule Weimar. Dazu die Originalunterschrift \"Prof. H. Arnold Sekretär\" (=Hermann Arnold, 1846-1896, Historien- und Genremaler, 1885/1889 Sekretär der Kunstschule; siehe Thieme-Becker und Boetticher). Verso Stempel \"Nachlaß Prof. Eugen Urban\". - Geglättete Querfalte, dort hinterlegte Papierdurchbrüche. Zwei hinterlegte Läsuren im Papier. Versand D: 6,00 EUR Dekorative Graphik, Kunst, Schulwesen, Weimar

1892 - This map was issued as part of "Cram's Standard American Railway Atlas" produced by George F. Cram. The maps of each state were the most detailed maps showing railroads of their time. Cram's Railroad Atlas was acclaimed as one of the finest ever produced. Each railroad line was individually colored, numbered, and identified.

1892 - This map was issued as part of "Cram's Standard American Railway Atlas" produced by George F. Cram. The maps of each state were the most detailed maps showing railroads of their time. Cram's Railroad Atlas was acclaimed as one of the finest ever produced. Each railroad line was individually colored, numbered, and identified.

1892 - This map was issued as part of "Cram's Standard American Railway Atlas" produced by George F. Cram. The maps of each state were the most detailed maps showing railroads of their time. Cram's Railroad Atlas was acclaimed as one of the finest ever produced. Each railroad line was individually colored, numbered, and identified.

1892. Sehr seltener Privatdruck (nur wenige Exemplare in Bibliotheken nachweisbar).- Beschreibung einer Privatreise mit dem Orientexpress nach Konstantinopel und weiter über Smyrna, Magnesia nach Pergamon (Bergama), auf Einladung des Archäologen Carl Humann unternommen im April-Mai 1892. "Freund Hallbauer" wohnte vier Wochen im Haus des Archäologen, der zu dieser Zeit gerade mit der Ausgrabung von Magnesia am Mäander beschäftigt war.- Die Privataufnahmen mit Bezugnahme auf die Reise mit handschr. Bildtiteln in Bleistift, darunter ein Foto des Verfassers, gemäß Bildunterschrift von Carl Humann fotografiert. Die Fotos zeigen Korfu, Hierapolis, Istanbul, Magnesia, Pergamon, Smyrna, u.a., aber auch Personen der Reisegesellschaft inkl. dem "Reiseführer" C. Humann.- Etwas gebräunt; Tafeln stockfleckig, Titel oben mit Abschnitt.# Very rare private edition (only a few copies in libraries detectable, no copy in USA) .- Description of a private trip undertaken at the invitation of the archaeologist Carl Humann via Constantinople, Smyrna, Magnesia to Pergamon (Bergama).- With 57 original photographs (8 x 11 cm) mounted on 15 plates.-

Laird & Lee 1892 - Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1892. First Edition. Octavo (7.25"); 220p +4p ads. Four photographic plates, with illustrations throughout. Printed paper wraps. Covers chipped and bumped along spine, edges, and corners, with a good amount of soiling, some dampstains, and a few mathematical scribbles, but intact. Spine a bit cocked. Dampstain to top corner of plates, not involving photos themselves. First plate and a couple interior pages with a 1-1.5" clean horizontal tear from fore-edge in. Pages toned as expected but unmarked. Binding is holding soundly. Not an ex-library copy. Described by Burton Rascoe in an introduction to a later edition as the "first authenticated and only exact account of what occurred on the fifth day of October, 1892, in Coffeyville, Kansas." Authorship has been attributed to Comte C. de Saint-Germain (pseud. of Edgar de Valcourt-Vermont] or possibly to E.O. Tilburn (aka Nevada Ned / N. T. Oliver). [Six-Guns 545, Burs Under the Saddle 124, Howes D-39A] [AB-349] [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

Vienna, Alfred Holder, 1892. Rebound in plain cloth-backed boards. X, 170 p. 1st edition. Binding a bit worn. Important work of the Austrian economist (1858-1928), who lost his career after a terrible antisemitic row involving his sister in law. Feilbogen was at the cradle of the reception of James Joyce in the German language and himself had contact with Joyce in the last decade of his life. A funny passage in Joyce's letters must be mentioned, where someone mistakes Feilbogen's ear trumpet for a telescope. With a handwritten dedication by the author on the title page, dated 'Wien, 15. Aug. 95.'.

Sampson, Low, Marston & Co, 1892. 2 vols., 8vo., First UK Edition, with 7 maps (one folding) and 6 battle-charts; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, backs gilt with raised bands lettered and tooled in gilt, gilt tops, uncut, pictorial gilt from front board and backstrips preserved and mounted on new and separate leaves, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The second of Mahan's three great historical surveys of 'sea power' (a term coined by Mahan) which taken together cover the period 1660-1812. 'A valuable work, much more so than his 'Life of Nelson' (1897)', Albion. Albion, p.244; Hattendorf A4b; NMM V:I, 2163.

The Leadenhall Press, London, 1892. First edition. Frontispiece and illustrations to text throughout. 362 pp. 8vo. An engaging and copiously illustrated global history of drinks. The focus is on alcoholic drinks, though tea, coffee, and milk are included. The chapter on American drinks includes numerous cocktail recipes, ending with an illustration of Jerry Thomas mixing his famous Blue Blazer. Noling, p. 288 Three quarter red morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g. Extremities rubbed Frontispiece and illustrations to text throughout. 362 pp. 8vo [Attributes: First Edition]

Macmillan and Co., 1892. 8vo. Original dark blue backed light blue cloth, gilt rule to sides, gilt lettering to spine; pp.xiv + 540 + [4, ads], frontispiece portrait of the author, 1 folding map, text illustrations; slight foxing to prelims, a very good copy. Provenance: ffep with ownership inscription of R. M. Laws, from 1947 zoologist with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, and one time director of the British Antarctic Survey. Revised edition. Moseley was one of three assistants to C. Wyville Thompson, chief of the scientific staff aboard the Challenger. His account of the trip provides a very readable and non-technical desciption of the places visited. The two illustrations are from the author's sketches of icebergs and pack ice in the Antarctic (the ship was the first steamship to cross the Antarctic circle). cf. NMMC I.182.

" - Flammarion, Paris s.d. (1892), 12x19cm, relié. - Edition originale, un des 10 exemplaires numérotés sur Hollande, seuls grands papiers. Reliure en demi maroquin bleu marine à coins, dos à quatre nerfs sertis de filets dorés orné de quadruples caissons dorés, encadrement de filets dorés sur les plats de papier marbré, gardes et contreplats de papier à la cuve, couvertures et dos conservés, tête dorée, reliure signée de Maylander. Couverture illustrée par José Roy. Bel exemplaire parfaitement établi. Notre exemplaire est enrichi d'une lettre manuscrite datée de 1917 de quatre pages de Georges Courteline dans laquelle il entreprend une biographie détaillée de son frère.- Photos sur www.Edition-originale.com - [AUTOMATIC ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Holland paper, only leading copies. Binding half morocco navy corners, back with four nerves set with gilded nets decorated with quadruple gilded boxes, framing gilt fillets on the marble paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, covers and back preserved, gilded head , signed binder of Maylander. Cover illustrated by José Roy. Beautiful copy perfectly established. Our copy is enriched by a handwritten letter dated 1917 from four pages of Georges Courteline in which he undertakes a detailed biography of his brother. " Flammarion Paris _s.d. (1892) 12x19cm relié