4 research outputs found

    Life everlasting /

    No full text
    Lecture delivered Decmeber 19, 1900, "at the request of Harvard University, in accordance with the terms of the Ingersoll lectureship."Mode of access: Internet

    The life & strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe /

    No full text
    Vol. 1: [8], 435, [1] p., 9 leaves of plates; v. 2: [6], 397 p., 7 leaves of plates.Also issued in 4-vol. large paper ed.--Cf. LC record 08-34600.Designed by Bruce Rogers.Colophon: The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.Haas, I. Bruce Rogers,Work of Bruce Rogers,Mode of access: Internet.Vol. 1: Manuscript notes on colophons

    André's journal : an authentic record of the movements and engagements of the British Army in America from June 1777 to November 1778 as recorded from day to day by Major John André /

    No full text
    Index: v. 2, p. 75-78.Vol. 1: xx, 135 p., [47] leaves of plates; v. 2: [8], 78, [2] p., [22] leaves of plates.Vol. 1 frontispiece: Major André engraved by William F. Hopson, with lettered guardsheet; v. 2 frontispiece: Major André etched by W.H.W. Bicknell, with lettered guardsheet.Bibliophile Society device appears on preliminary following the engraved half-title.The title page of v. 1 appears in two printings, on Japanese vellum, remarque proof, and on Holland paper, without remarque.Added illuminated title page: With facsimile reproductions of original maps and plans drawn by Major John André while serving in the British cause during the American Revolution.Engraved title page signed: Ed French."Printed by H.O. Houghton & Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. The Riverside Press"--Colophon."Four hundred and sixty-seven copies of this work on handmade paper, and ten copies on Japanese vellum, have been printed for members. Ten additional copies have been issued complimentary to Mr. William K. Bixby, the owner of the original manuscript, for presentation to his friends, and to historical societies. One Japanese vellum copy will be presented through Mr. Lodge to President Roosevelt."--Verso of engraved half-title.NUC Pre-1956,Mode of access: Internet.SPEC: Bound in Japanese vellum; gilt line border along edges of covers; André family coat-of-arms in gilt on front covers; spines lettered in gilt; top edges gilt; covers slightly splayed; covers slightly soiled; deckle edges; Bibliophile Society watermark present throughout

    Works of Charles Dickens.

    No full text
    Four volumes in one for each volume; no volume numbers on title pages or bindings.Bound in green cloth; front cover and spine lettered and decorated in black; gilt lettering and decoration on spine; back cover design in blind; paperbrowning; plates offsetting; partially unopened; page numbers not always clearlyprinted. Vol. 15: white stains on covers.Vol. 2: Portrait of Charles Dickens with facsimile signature."Christmas stories" include: A Christmas carol, The chimes, The cricket on the hearth, The battle of life, The haunted man, A Christmas tree.Plates engraved by F. Girsch, R. Hinshelwood, V. Balch, H.B. Hall & Sons, S.L. Smith, S.A. Schoff, J. Andrews, C.H. Smith, T. Phillibrown, F.A.J. Wilcox, and Geo. E. Perine.Each volume has a general title page; individual titles are introduced by a half-title only."Riverside, Cambridge : Stereotyped and printed by H.O. Houghton and Company."--Title page verso of each volume.Wilkins, W.G. Dickens, ʺc p. 44-45.NUC pre-1956 ʺc ND0246199 var.Mode of access: Internet.Laid in: Vol. 2: Two calling cards from: "Mr. Levi C. Goodale wishes you a Happy New Year, Cincinnati/ 1909 & 1910" ; v. 8: Monthly school record of: "Charlie Lulledge--Richmond Public Schools, Dec. 1868 (14 x19 cm.) card."Marginalia and pencil markings throughout.Illustrated bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume: Mary Louise Study Walsh
    corecore