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Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Etat : New.

Hardcover. Etat : very good. 150 Color Photos by the author (illustrateur). Copyright Date: 1990 Oblong Octavo, , PP.127,

Etat : New. In.

Etat : New.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Etat : New. Print on Demand pp. 302.

Etat : New. Print on Demand pp. 302.

8vo, 8pp., orig. paper wrappers. Note on p. [2] dated 10th March, 1832; signed: Robt. Wm. Brandling, Chairman.

Etat : New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 302.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Half Leather. A Little Scuffed and Worn to Edges. Clean and Fresh Internally With Just a Few Minor Marks. No Inscriptions. PBFA Member. We Welcome Direct Contact With Our Customers. Contact Neil Ewart Rare Books If You Require Any Further Information or Images.

8vo in fours. 14[2]pp, text tables, lithographed folding map (57 x 41cm) by Mitchell of Newcastle. Later marbled paper wraps, printed paper label to front wrap, unopened. Title page browned and spotted. The railway went no further than a prospectus; however, there was a further proposal in 1844/5. Further details may be found in Tomlinson (page 277), and Lambert's 'The Railway King' (pp.130-132). DISCOVER entries are erroneous: NLS and LSE copies do not contain the map and Sheffield University has no hard copy. Anderton, page 96; Ottley 7172; Skempton 406. W. A. Mitchell succeeded his father, John, in the family business. He operated in St. Nicholas' Churchyard from 1819 to 1845.

13 volumes. First Edition of this rare textual and illustrated work that is considered to be the First Outstanding American Ornithology and the First Great American Colour- Plate Book. Volumes I-VI are first issue, Volumes VII, VIII and IX reissued with the alterations and corrections by Ord made after further ornithological information had been gleaned and First Edition of the Bonaparte volumes with the first volume in rare first state. The nine Wilson volumes beautifully illustrated with 76 superb hand-coloured engraved folio plates by Alexander Lawson, J.G. Warnicke, G. Murray and Benjamin Tanner from original drawings by Wilson, depicting a vast array of American birds. The Bonaparte volumes are illustrated with 27 additional richly hand-coloured folio plates from drawings by Titian Ramsay Peale, A. Rider and (plate 10) by Audubon and A. Rider Folio, 36 x 27 cm. and Folio 38 x 29 & 39 x 32 cm., The Wilson volumes in contemporary mottled calf over marbled paper covered boards, the spines gilt decorated within compartments separated by fine gilt tooling, two compartments lettered and numbered in gilt, some volumes restored at the backs to style and in effort to match the original spine panels though the tooling is slightly different considering the unavailability of the original tools. The four Bonaparte volumes in fine period red morocco over marbled paper covered boards. The spines fully decorated in gilt. vi, 158; xii, 167; xvi, 120; xii, 100; xii, 122; xx, 100; xii, 138; xi, 162; ccxxiii, [i], 298, [4 General Index] pp. Complete + [viii], 105; [x], 95; [iv], 60; [iv], 142 pp. Quite a handsome set in pleasing condition, the usual spotting in places, usually from offsetting from the plates, a few expert repairs to old closed tears in the text, the plates all quite well preserved with much less spotting or browning than is usually found. One volume with a bit of evidence of old damp at the edges of the prelims. Vol. VI with a bit more spotting or foxing than the others as is usual due to the paper, this confined to some of the textual pages, An excellent set. The Bonaparte volumes in very handsome bindings as well, some of the usual offsetting and browning throughout the volumes as is typical with the paper used. Generally, in all volumes the plates are quite clean and the spotting is confined to the text and tissues. The paper used for the text in these sets was prone to foxing and offsetting, spotting and splotching, but fortunately, the paper used for the plates was of a better quality and so, as in the copies being offered here, the plates are generally quite clean with some minor spotting on occasion and then, usually confined to the outer margins. The bindings on the Bonaparte volumes are in original state and offer a very handsome and especially appealing presence. FIRST EDITION OF TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY AND COLOUR-PLATE PRINTING, INCLUDING THE FIRST GREAT WORK ON AMERICAN BIRDS. "The story of Alexander Wilson's spasmodic rise from Scottish peddler and failed poet to the father of Am[rican ornithology is a cloyingly American story. Numerous "types", those we recognize from the writings of Benjamin Franklin through the literature of James Fenimore Cooper to the Jacksonian businessman emerge in his journey. It is a journey that takes him from the small town of Paisley in West Scotland to the shores of Delaware where he lands, a penniless immigrant, over vast tracks of the eastern United States, and finally to Philadelphia; here, like Franklin, he finds renowned associates from Charles Wilson Peale to Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Paine and the international recognition that he had craved since his first poetic jottings as a youth in Scotland. The tragic irony of this American story is its truncation; indeed, it is Alexander Wilson's exhaustingly extreme dedication to his ornithological studies, and the illnesses contracted during his Leatherstocking-esque roamins through the.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Original brownish wrappers. 12mo. (14 x 9 cm). In Persian. 72, [2] p., one drawing by the author on the rear cover, promoting religious unity among Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, reflecting his personal religious philosophy. A small label on the top of the front cover, slight stains on the spine, rear cover, and the first several pages. Overall, a very good copy. An exceedingly rare, highly unusual, and radically heterodox poetic treatise, printed in London, by Bavanati, born a Shi'a Muslim, later embracing Sufism, converting to Christianity, subsequently adopting atheism and then Judaism, before ultimately developing his own religious system, which he termed "Islamo-Christianity," a synthesis of Islam and Christianity, and proclaiming himself a self-styled prophet. One of his most significant works, produced in England, this treatise serves as the manifesto of his idiosyncratic religious system. "He devoted most of his energy, time, and money to elaborating his religious system in Persian poems written 'in the most bizarre style' and in countless tracts and leaflets in English, which he often distributed on the streets of London, for which he was once severely beaten by the mob". (Browne, 1893, pp. 12-13; Pîrzâda, p. 2 10). "Bavânâtî was totally dedicated to the preaching of his so-called Islamo-Christian religious system. He did not care for money, avoided the company of the wealthy and the powerful, but at the same time, given to extreme loquacity and an uncontrolled bent toward argumentation, he often offended everybody around him by insulting their most cherished beliefs. Browne had characterized him as "a most remarkable and eccentric individual, impossible not to respect and like" (1893, pp. 12-15; Press and Poetry, p. 168). Bavânâtî, also called Ebrâhîm Jân Mo?attar and known as Mr. Bakir of Persia, was a Persian man of letters, poet, instructor of Persian in London, and self-styled prophet. He was born in Seydân in Bavânât, Fârs. He left his home village at the age of twelve and went to Shiraz, where he received a traditional education and learned English. Possessing an inquiring mind and a restless nature, he soon delved into a variety of beliefs and faiths, professing to several during the course of his life. After spending years traveling the world and having mastered several languages (including Hebrew), Bavânâtî found himself employed for a time as translator at the British consulate in Bûsehr (Bushire). In Bûsehr, he befriended the young Jamâl-al-Dîn Asadâbâdî (see Afgânî), who had stopped there in 1272/1856-57 on his way to India. Bavânâtî's anti-Islamic statements had forced him to flee from Shiraz, and on his way to Bûsehr, in Borâzjân, his life had been saved by Asadâbâdî (Afsâr, p. 12; Keddie, pp. 24-25). Around 1880, he went to London and began teaching Persian. Among his students in London were the two brothers Hosaynqolî and 'Abbâsqolî Nawwâb Shîrâzî and Edward G. Browne; in Iran, Mîrzâ Hasan Khan Mosîr-al-Dawla and Mîrzâ Hosayn Khan Mo'tamen-al-Molk Pîrnîa were reported to have studied with him (Âdamîyat, quoting the son of Bavânâtî). Toward the end of 1884, his daughter's poor health forced him to leave London for Beirut, where he stayed for a few years before he returned to Iran. Bavânâtî kept his ties with Sayyed Jamâl-al-Dîn Asadâbâdî and, in 1307/1889-90, for this association and on the charge of atheism was imprisoned in Tehran; he was freed through the intervention of Mîrzâ 'Alî-Asgar Khan Amîn-al-Soltân. Three of his letters (one in Arabic and two in Persian) to Sayyed Jam?l-al-D?n have survived and are to be found in the Majles Library (published in Afsâr, pp. 14-18). He is also the author of a versified commentary on twenty-six sûras of the Koran, entitled Rawzât-e Landanî wa fawhât-e anjomanî kenâyat az Qor'ân-e mo'attar; the autograph manuscript is partly preserved in Cambridge (Browne, 1932, pp. 2-4) and partly in the library of the University of Tehran. Scattered fragments exist o.

Single sheet approximately 42 cm x 28 cm with headings printed in bold. Horizontal folding creases; small nick at one crease. Sets out the laws prohibiting the "wandering abroad" and rough living of any individual without "any visible means of subsistence" and also individuals gathering alms or charitable contributions of any kind. The punishment for such transgressions was up to 3 months hard labour at the House of Correction, and anyone was enabled to apprehend offenders against the Act to be dealt with by a Justice of the Peace. The background to the announcement is the 1832 Miners' Strike, reminding both striking miners and benefactors making charity collections on their behalf that they were breaking the law and could expect no mercy from the authorities; eventually the miners capitulated, faced with starvation, and the strike ended. Radical Newcastle printers in the reformist tradition William and Henry Mitchell also published the Tyne Mercury and Newcastle Magazine. They were one of the first printers in Newcastle to employ lithography and Andrew Mitchell was a prolific author in his own right.