Le Texas, ou Notice Historique sur le Champ D'Asile
by (Texas) Hartmann, L., and J. B. Millard
Paris: Chez Beguin [et. al.], 1819. First edition. Folding frontispiece plate. [10],135pp. Signed by publisher on verso of the half-title. 8vo. Modern brown calf, burgundy clamshell box. Moderate foxing. First edition. Folding frontispiece plate. [10],135pp. Signed by publisher on verso of the half-title. 8vo. This is the primary source book for the history of the ill-fated effort of... Read More
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The Pillars of Rehoboth Church. A Glendower Story
by (Texas) Robinson, Nina Hill
Nashville, Tenn.; Dallas, Tex: Publishing House of The M. E. Church, South. Smith & Lamar, Agents, 1911. First edition of the author's third (and final) novel. Illustrated. 160 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth stamped in gilt. Very good copy, minor rubbing, some spotting to spine. First edition of the author's third (and final) novel. Illustrated. 160... Read More
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Smith's Atlas of Modern and Ancient Geography. Corrected and and enlarged, to accompany Smith's geography for schools, academies and families
by (Texas) Smith, Roswell
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1860. 36 hand-coloured maps. Texas in yellow, full-page map #12 at p. 36 dated 1853. 68 pp. 4to. Original quarter calf and boards. Very rubbed, internally sound. 36 hand-coloured maps. Texas in yellow, full-page map #12 at p. 36 dated 1853. 68 pp. 4to.
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Autograph receipt, signed “J. R. Johnston”
by (Texas,Slave Bill of Sale)
Seguin [Texas], 1853. 1 page. 1 vols. 7 3/4 x 3 5/7 inches. Bill of Sale to S. J. Denman. Folds, tear along left margin not affecting text, some light spotting or discoloration, else in very good condition. 1 page. 1 vols. 7 3/4 x 3 5/7 inches. ¶Document acknowledging receipt of nine hundred dollars “in full payment... Read More
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Woman's Exchange of Texas, Austin, Texas
by (Texas) TEXAS
Austin: Statesmen Steam Print, 1880. 8pp. 8vo. Publisher's wrappers, very minor dampstaining at head of text. 8pp. 8vo. The purpose of the Woman's Exchange of Austin was "declared to be the promotion of Art and industry, the encouragement of native talent and the amelioration and elevation of womankind." To achieve those ends, the organization opened a store and... Read More
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Spinning Woolen and Worsted: being a practical treatise .
by (Textiles) McLaren, Walter S. Bright
London: Cassell, 1884. First edition. Illustrated with diagrams and wood engravings. 1 vols. 12mo. brown cloth. Fine copy. First edition. Illustrated with diagrams and wood engravings. 1 vols. 12mo. From the publisher's series "Manuals of Technology.
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The Courser’s Companion or, a Practical Treatise on the Laws of the Leash; with the defects of the old laws considered; and a new code, with notes of explanation, by an Experienced Courser
by [Thacker, Thomas]
Derby: Thomas Richardson; And for Hurst, Chance & Co., London, 1829. ix, [3], 200 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original printed paper boards with minor soiling and rubbing. Sound, very good copy of a rare book. In quarter morocco slipcase and chemise. ix, [3], 200 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Schwerdt I,122; Jones 1210. BL D-7908.a.11
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The Orphan of Pimlico and Other Sketches, Fragments, and Drawings. With some notes by Anne Isabella Thackeray
by Thackeray, WiIlliam Makepeace
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1876. First edition. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 4to. Three-quarter morocco, printed boards. Extremities rubbed, boards a bit soiled, else Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 4to.
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The Adventures of Philip on His Way Through the World
by Thackeray, W[illiam] M[akepeace]
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1862. First edition, second binding (but first "official" issue). 3 vols. 8vo. Original brown pebbled cloth (Sadleir's binding "i"). Bookplate; institutional notice in third volume (though no other ex-libris markings). Chipping and fraying to spine ends, hinges weak or cracked, a couple leaves with some minor marginal chipping and creasing, else very good. ... Read More
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London, 1869. Illus. 17 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters pebbled morocco, gilt spine, marbled boards, t.e.g., for Estes & Lauriat, Boston. Illus. 17 vols. 8vo.
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The Kickleburys on the Rhine. By Mr. M. A. Titmarsh
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1850. First edition. 15 colored plates by Thackeray including the vignette title and frontispiece. 1 vols. Sm. 4to. Later half dark green morocco, rubbed, some wear along joints, gutters of lower free endpaper and preceding blanks glue stained, some creasing and tears of same leaves, glue marks in gutters between title and frontispiece otherwise... Read More
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The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman
by [Thackeray, William Makepeace, and Charles DICKENS]
London: Tilt and Bogue, n.d.. Second Edition. With cover design and 11 numbered etchings by George Cruikshank, 1 etched plate of music. 38 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original green cloth, upper board gilt with pictorial title by Cruikshank. In brown cloth slipcase. Cruikshank, George. Second Edition. With cover design and 11 numbered etchings by George Cruikshank, 1 etched... Read More
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The Works of
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1886. First edition thus. 24 vols. 8vo. Three-quarters green morocco, art nouveau gilt floral motifs on spine, leather title label, flat spine, spines quite faded and dry, else Very good. First edition thus. 24 vols. 8vo. CBEL III: 429
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The History of Pendennis. His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Bradbury & Evans, 11, Bouverie Street, 1850. First edition, bound from the parts. With engraved titles and 46 plates on steel with numerous textual woodcuts. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in full brown morocco, t.e.g., rest uncut, with all yellow wrappers for the parts and ads bound in at end of each volume, by Riviere & Sons. Slight rubbing... Read More
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The Works of…
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1878. Illustrated with plates throughout. 16 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters red morocco and marbled boards, gilt spine, t.e.g. Very Good. Illustrated with plates throughout. 16 vols. 8vo.
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Autograph letter, signed ("WM Thackeray")
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London, 1862. 1 p. bifolium on Garrick Club stationary. 8vo. Old folds, some soiling and toning around the edges (from handling). 1 p. bifolium on Garrick Club stationary. 8vo. Characteristically terse and tart response from Thackeray to someone seeking him out, although in this case, not putting him off entirely. It reads in full: Sir If you... Read More
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The Students’ Quarter or Paris Five-and-Thirty Years Since
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: John Camden Hotten, 1870. First edition. Hand-colored plates. iv, [17]-202 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, t.e.g. Extremites rubbed, else Near Fine. Ownership inscription, bookplate. First edition. Hand-colored plates. iv, [17]-202 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. CBEL III. 431
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Unpublished Letters. These letters are printed here for the first time with the kind permission of Lady Ritchie
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Privately Printed for Clement Sorter, 1916. First edition, Number 9 of 25 copies. 1 vols. 4to. Green gray wrappers. Fine. First edition, Number 9 of 25 copies. 1 vols. 4to. Inscribed "Ernest Maggs (one of the original Maggs brothers of Maggs Bros.) with Clement Shorter's kind regards May 1, 1916.
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The History of Pendennis. The Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1849. First edition. Illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Author. viii, 384; xii, 372 pp. 2 vols. Large 8vo. Full dark green morocco, gilt-tooled, t.e.g. Near Fine. First edition. Illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Author. viii, 384; xii, 372 pp. 2 vols. Large 8vo.
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Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. With engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page, 38 engraved plates, and numerous engravings on steel and textual wood illustrations by the author. xvi, 624 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full red morocco, with oval Cosway-style portrait on the upper cover, a.e.g., by Aspreys. Skilfully rebacked preserving spine. Fine. First edition. With engraved... Read More
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The Works of…In Twenty-Six Volumes
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Smith, Elder, 1894. With the author's original illustrations, portraits, vignettes, etc. 26 vols. 8vo. Half burgundy morocco and cloth, marbled edges and endpapers, gilt-lettered spine. Very slight shelfwear and rubbing, otherwise a very good, handsome set. With the author's original illustrations, portraits, vignettes, etc. 26 vols. 8vo.
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, 1878. Number 500 of 1000 copies. With Illustrations by the author and by other artists, mostly engraved on wood or etchings, all proofs on india paper. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of original watercolors after Kyd (Josph Clayton Clarke) of characters in the novels. Thick 4to. Bound in full green straight grained... Read More
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The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. First book edition, with “actresses” on page 207 and chapters 47 and 48 misnumbered 48 and 49 in the first volume. Extensively illustrated. 2 vols. 8vo. Half maroon morocco by Riviere and Son, a.e.g. Some fading of spine and upper portion of binding, upper joint of first volume starting, stitchmarks along title, else a... Read More
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The History of Henry Esmond Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Q. Anne. Written by Himself
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Printed for Smith, Elder, & Company, 1852. First edition. 344; [2], vi, 319; [2], vi, 324 pp. Half-titles present in all three vols. Blanks before half-titles in vols. II & III. Bound without ads. 3 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half tan calf, cloth sides, marbled endsheets, edges marbled. Bookplate of John Evans. Minor rubbing to heads. First edition.... Read More
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The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. First book edition, with "actresses" on page 207 and chapters 47 and 48 misnumbered 48 and 49 in the first volume. Extensively illustrated. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in full crushed blue levant morocco by Riviere and Son, a.e.g., others uncut. A beautiful binding in fine condition. First book edition, with "actresses" on page... Read More
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