johnson rare books & archives, ABAA (22 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 488 p. Original printed paper wrappers. Previous owner's ink signature to the front flyleaf. The wrappers are a bit browned along the extremities, with a minor crease to the rear panel and some general minor edgewear; otherwise very good.

Seller Inventory # 57088

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. Inscribed by Irmadene on the front flyleaf. Intimate portrait of the British naval officer and Chipping Campden collector. Frontispiece portrait, with eleven illustrations. Octavo. Original stiff blue paper wrappers, with a pictorial dust jacket. A very good copy.

Seller Inventory # 70347

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Inscribed by Edwards on the half-title. Fitzwalter's highly personalized account books "readily illuminate the life of a nobleman and his dependents in the second quarter of the 18th century: how he rebuilt his country house; how his town house was run; how he travelled; how he managed his financial affairs. Those interested in specific Georgian topics will find plenty on furniture, clothing, medical matters, pictures and books." Frontispiece, with four illustrations. Octavo. Original glossy boards; issued without a dust jacket. The contents are sagging a bit. Some very light sun fading along the spine, with minor bumping to the lower corners; else about very good.

Seller Inventory # 70361

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Limited to 200 numbered small paper copies. An annotated catalogue of the memorial, churchyard, market, boundary, wayside, preaching, and weeping stone crosses in Northamptonshire, a landlocked county in central England. The crosses are divided with respect to age: Anglo-Saxon, from about 800 to 1066; Norman, from about 1066 to 1180; Early English, from about 1180 to 1272; Decorated, from about 1272 to 1377; and Perpendicular, from about 1377 to 1530. Includes much detail concerning their erection, ornamentation, symbolism, function, destruction, restoration, etc. More than 60 illustrations. Tall octavo. Green cloth binding, with dark green and gilt stamping. The boards are a bit edgeworn, with a bump to the bottom corner of the front board, and a minor snag in the cloth along the bottom edge; otherwise a very good copy.

Seller Inventory # 835097750

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 196 p. Eight illustrations, with endpaper maps. First edition. Small octavo. Original brown cloth binding, with black titles. Previous owner's ink signature to a prefatory blank leaf. The top edge is dust stained, with some minor fading along the extremities of the boards. Some general browning to the dust jacket, more so along the spine, with a bit of mild edgewear. A very good copy.

Seller Inventory # 63038

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the half-title. "Modern scholars, fixated on the 'winners' in England's sixteenth- and seventeenth-century religious struggles, have too readily assumed the inevitability of Protestantism's historical triumph and have uncritically accepted the reformers' own rhetorical construction of themselves as embodiments of an authentic Englishness. Christopher Highley interrogates this narrative by examining how Catholics from the reign of Mary Tudor to the early seventeenth century contested and shaped discourses of national identity, patriotism, and Englishness." Octavo: 231 p. with 8 illustrations. Original cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 74345

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition. 32 color plates, with 3 figures and 3 tables. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995. First edition. ".examines critically the part played by maps in the early modern period c.1600-1840 in the administration and management of the extensive landed estates in England and Wales owned by Christ Church, Oxford." Quarto. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Internally crisp and clean. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very light fading and wear.

Seller Inventory # 64348

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Two volumes. 172 illustrations. The land, agriculture, country towns and industries, landed society, and the labouring life are examined by a group of distinguished scholars in this multifaceted study of the Victorian countryside. Octavos. Original cloth bindings, with burgundy and gilt titles. Internally crisp and clean. Small label to the each front flyleaf. The dust jackets are price-clipped. Better than very good.

Seller Inventory # 60529

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. Signed by David Cressy on the title page. The author's first book, which describes the formative period of English education, its teachers and curricula, opportunities available to women, and the impact of social change. Small octavo: 141 p. Original brown cloth binding, with silver titles. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn, with some uneven sun fading to the spine and front panel; otherwise very good.

Seller Inventory # 74352

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Reprint of the 1813 first edition. Life of the radical politician, one of the most effective English agitators for parliamentary reform and freedom of dissent in the late 18th century. Horne Tooke (1736-1812) attacked the powerful Whig magnates but stopped short of advocating democracy. Octavo, two volumes: xi, 477 p. + iv, 503 p. with an index. Original rose cloth bindings, with gilt titles. Issued without dust jackets. A near fine set.

Seller Inventory # 75876

Hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed by John Andrew Graham on the title page: "To James Lorimer Graham Esquire, presented by his ever affectionate uncle, the Author." One of the most effective English agitators for parliamentary reform and freedom of dissent in the late 18th century, Horne Tooke (1736-1812) attacked the powerful Whig magnates but stopped short of advocating democracy. Octavo: viii, 9-238 p. with an engraved frontispiece, an engraved portrait, and a folding facsimile. Mild toning to the contents. In a later burgundy leatherette binding, with gilt titles and new endpapers.

Seller Inventory # 75922

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First Edition. A study of eighteenth-century notions of politeness, libertinism, class, religion and the public sphere with Wilkes (1727-97) at its center. 12 illustrations. Octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt titles. Some mild wear to the dust jacket; else near fine.

Seller Inventory # 71201

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed by David Cressy on the title page. "From childbirth and baptism through to courtship, weddings, and funerals, every stage in the lifecycle of Tudor and Stuart England was accompanied by ritual. Even under the Protestantism of the reformed Church, the spiritual and social dramas of birth, marriage, and death were graced with elaborate ceremony. Powerful and controversial protocols were in operation, shaped and altered by the influences of the Reformation, the Revolution, and the Restoration." Octavo: 641 p. with 26 illustrations. Original cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 74340

An 1852 autograph letter signed (ALS) by Lady Elizabeth Eastlake, a British author, art critic, and historian, to her friend, the singer Charlotte Fletcher, to cancel her performance due to a scheduling conflict. Lady Eastlake wrote that her husband, Sir Charles Eastlake, Director of the National Gallery in London, received a summons to "preside at some examination for prizes at the School of Design." Born Elizabeth Rigby (1809-93), she assumed the title Lady Eastlake upon marrying Sir Charles Eastlake (1793-1865). Prior to her marriage at the age of 40, she lived in Edinburgh and was part of distinguished literary and social circles. She became a very popular sitter for early photographs, appearing in more than twenty calotypes; one of these is believed to have been the first photograph viewed by Prince Albert. In 1857, she published the groundbreaking article "Photography" in the Quarterly Review, in which she wrote: "It is now more than fifteen years ago that specimens of a new and mysterious art were first exhibited to our wondering gaze.we examined them with the keenest admiration and felt that the spirit of Rembrandt had revived." However, Eastlake is now best remembered for her scathing review of Jane Eyre, characterizing it as "proof how deeply the love for illegitimate romance is implanted in our nature." In this letter to her friend, it's clear Lady Eastlake is a woman with strongly-held opinions: "I have heard today an excellent account of Ms. Burden - both head and heart - as makes me grudge her some to that [Mr.Gerstone] tho' not to the children. How can one give up 600 pounds a year and independence for him!" The four-page letter is dated May 11, 1852 from her home at Fitzroy Square. The single sheet measures 9" x 7" and is folded in half.

Seller Inventory # 73788

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed by David Cressy on the title page. ".brings together in a novel and illuminating way the history of popular culture and mainstream politics in Elizabethan and Stuart England. During these years the calendar, although founded on Christianity, took its guiding landmarks from recent incidents in English history, and so became an important expression of a distinctively national Protestant culture." Octavo: 271 p. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. Light bump to the top corner of the rear board; else a fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 74338

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A New Edition. Octavo: [184] with 1 plate. The original paper-covered boards have been expertly rebacked with a new paper-covered spine and a printed paper spine label. A bit of mild foxing, largely to the prefatory and concluding leaves. Period ink ownership signature to the front flyleaf. The top corners are showing, with some staining to the boards.

Seller Inventory # 75310

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Second printing. Signed by Dan Jones on the title page. Octavo: xl, 434 p. with 21 illustrations and 3 maps. Original black cloth binding, with silver titles. Light bumping to the corners and tips, with some very mild edgewear to the dust jacket; else very good or better. From the library of revered English actor, comedian, musician, and writer Eric Idle, accompanied by a letter of provenance. Idle (b.1943) is a founding member of the British comedy troupe Monty Python, as well as the parody rock group The Rutles, and is the writer of the music and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical Spamalot. In a posting for his Eric Idle Online! blog concerning his May reading in 2015, Idle wrote: "I picked up and read the second half of this - well from about Edward IV to the end. The more familiar arrival of the Tudors. Hundreds of years of civil war here, sometimes there seem to be about three rebellions a year. The entire island seems to be filled with plate armour and arrows and terrible bloody, muddy, hacking to bits. They're all about 23 too. So it's late teenage violence on a huge scale. More like gang warfare. Richard 3rd was definitely a serial killer. May have killed two Kings too. Henry VI it is widely assumed. Quite possibly his brother as well.".

Seller Inventory # 76104

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. The first part of Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, covering the English Civil War and the Commonwealth of England, and ending before the Glorious Revolution. The second part, which concludes with the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, was published in 1734. While not free from egotism and some party feeling, it is written with a sincere desire for accuracy and fairness, and it has largely the authority of an eyewitness. Text in French. 12mo, three volumes: [18], 692 p. + 612 p. + 452, [97, index] p. with an engraved title page and a portrait of Bishop Burnet in the first volume. Period full vellum bindings, with handwritten titles on the spines. Some minor dust staining to the top edges. The vellum is soiled, more so along the spines; else very good.

Seller Inventory # 76518

A hand-drawn map entitled "A Plan of a Roman Barrow and Earth Works at White Heath in the Parish of Hollingbourne in the County of Kent Opened 26 July 1842 on the Estate of Charles Wykeham Martin, Esquire" which is signed Alfred Payer and dated August 1, 1842. White Heath is the site of a Saxon burial which was the subject of a major excavation in 1912. This 1842 map identifies the broken ground, hedge, building and road locations, along with the place where some artifacts were found. The drawing shows that two urns and a cup were excavated, as well as faint braces of earthworks. According to Volume 65 (1952) of Archaeologica Cantiana, a report about the findings at White Heath was presented to the British Archaeological Association in the proceedings of that society for 1847. It was reported that "Mr. Alfred Pryer exhibited coloured drawings of sixty five beads, discovered at White Heath, Hollingbourne, Kent, in excavating a spot where, a short time since, some Saxon weapons and skeletons were exhumed. The beads themselves have since been submitted to the Council by Mr. Pryer. They are in coloured glass and clay, of various forms and sizes, such as have been so frequently found, especially in this country, in Saxon burial-places." Reporting again, on October 13, 1847, Mr. Pryer exhibited material from Hollingbourne: "a large quantity of glass and clay beads, of various forms and colours, including several in amber, found in Anglo-Saxon graves." White Heath was the estate of Charles Wykeham Martin (1801-70), an antiquary and English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1841 and 1870. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, a corresponding member of the Academy d'Archeologie de Belgique, and a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. He was also a lieutenant-colonel of the 3rd Battalion Kent Volunteers and a Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for Kent and a J.P. for Hampshire. This small archive of papers also includes a holographic letter dated October 1849 concerning some research related to the dig, a five-page document recording tithes in the area, a one-page document listing "visitations to Kent" between 1518 and 1663, a handwritten document which appears to be a tour schedule, and a holographic ode to women. These materials and the map are all gathered together and loosely bound with thread. The map measures 7 �" x 9". Notably, it also marks the location of the Hollingbourne Union Workhouse along the left margin, showing its abutment to the archeological site. The materials are a bit toned, with a closed tear to the ode; otherwise very good.

Seller Inventory # 73917

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. This copy is "Extra-Illustrated" with 44 plates, mostly portraits and views, many inlaid, a few 18th century, including fine portraits of George II, III, and IV. Octavo: 202 p. Full black morocco binding by Charles E. Lauriat of Boston, with gilt stamping, five raised bands, ornamental dentelles, purple endpapers, and a ribbon marker. Light foxing to the contents, with some rubbing along the bottom edge of the boards; otherwise very good.

Seller Inventory # 74001

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Tipped in at the front are three autograph letters signed (ALS) by George Cruikshank (1792-1878), the British caricaturist and book illustrator who supplied the hand-colored frontispiece engraving in this, the second of two memoirs of London high society by the English fencing master. Octavo. In a three-quarter brown morocco over marbled paper binding by Henderson & Bisset of Edinburgh, with handsome gilt decorations, five raised bands, and matching marbled endpapers. The bookplate of Andrew J. Kirkpatrick appears on the front pastedown. The spine is a touch sun faded, with some minor rubbing to the corners and tips; otherwise very good.

Seller Inventory # 70242

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Illustrated with 11 plates and further "Extra-Illustrated" with 71 plates (5 in color): portraits, facsimiles, and views, some inlaid or mounted. Octavo: xii, 318 p. with publisher's ads at the rear. Full polished tan calf binding by Riviere, with elaborate gilt stamping, two morocco spine labels, five raised bands, ornamental dentelles, and marbled endpapers. Period bookplate of J.L. and E.B. Ketterlinus of Philadelphia to the front pastedown. Near fine.

Seller Inventory # 73999