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Price: US$61.56 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: In-4° broché, 2 pages. - - - - - Amédée William Courcy Thayer (né le 13 août 1799 à Orléans (Loiret) - mort le 6 juillet 1868 à Paris), est un homme politique français, d'origine américaine, du xixe siècle. Amédée Thayer est le fils de l'armateur américain James William Thayer venu en France à la Révolution et qui reçut du Directoire un lot de biens nationaux en compensation d'une perte importante subit à Toulon. James W. Thayer fit construire le passage des Panoramas en 1799-1800 sur l'emplacement de l'hôtel de Montmorency dont il était propriétaire. Amédée Thayer fut reçu avocat en 1822, et épousa Hortense, fille du général Bertrand. Après 1830, il fut nommé officier de la garde nationale, maire de Drancy (1836-1843), fonctions qu'il remplit jusqu'en 1848, et fut administrateur d'uno société qui avait de grands intérêts en Algérie. Partisan du prince Louis-Napoléon et mêlé aux premières combinaisons bonapartistes, il fit partie, après le coup d'État du 2 décembre 1851, de la Commission consultative, et entra au nouveau Sénat impérial le 26 janvier 1853. Colonel, pendant quelques mois, de, la 1re légion de la garde nationale de Saint-Denis, et conseiller d'arrondissement (conseiller général de la Seine) depuis 1847 il fut promu officier de la Légion d'honneur le 12 août 1863. Fils de l'armateur américain James William Thayer (25 janvier 1765 à Gloucester (Massachusetts) - 10 mai 1835, Paris IIe) et de la Britannique Henriette [Harriet] Beck (vers 1770 - comté de Suffolk 17 avril 1850 - Paris IIe) qu'il épouse à Orléans le 13 décembre 1795, et frère aîné de Edouard-James Thayer, également sénateur du Second Empire, Amédée épousa, le 10 mai 1828, Hortense-Eugénie (18 novembre 1810 - Palais des Tuileries, Paris 1889), fille du général d'Empire Henri Gatien Bertrand. Ensemble, ils eurent : Il hérite de la manufacture de coton et de l'hôtel de la Motte-Sanguin à Orléans après la mort de son père.
Seller: PRISCA, Paris, France
Price: US$102.56 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 17.5 cm x 11.5 cm xxiii - 271pp + 4pp of adverts. the contents clean and tight with no inscriptions or marks .In the original drab blue-grey cloth, spine with paper title label, the label chipped.Some light rubbing to tail of spine and corners.Yhe first edition of Kingsley's first book.
Seller: Hereward Books, Ely, CAMBR, United Kingdom
Price: US$102.56 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 17.5 cm x 11.5 cm xxiii - 271pp + 4pp of adverts. the contents clean and tight with no inscriptions or marks .In the original drab blue-grey cloth, spine with paper title label, the label chipped.Some light rubbing to tail of spine and corners.Yhe first edition of Kingsley's first book.
Seller: Hereward Books, Ely, CAMBR, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: THE SAINT'S TRAGEDY; or, The True Story of ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY, Landgravine of Thuringia, Saint of the Romish Calendar, by CHARLES KINGSLEY. Published by John W. Parker, London, 1848. FIRST EDITION. Small Format Hardcover Book, cloth covered boards, spine paper title label, 4.5x7". Pagination: [4], xxiii (i-xxiii), [4], 271 (pages numbered 28 to 271, consecutive numbering beginning with page "i"), [1], + 4 numbered pages of Publisher's ads. Preface by the Reverend F. D. Maurice and an Introduction by the Author. This is CHARLES KINGSLEY'S FIRST PUBLISHED BOOK, a drama, written while he was Rector of Eversley. THE YEAST, Kingsley's first novel, was being published in installments in Fraser's Magazine at the same time, but it was controversial and the novel serialization was never finished - it was completed and first published in book form in 1850. Condition: The Original Covers are rubbed and shelf worn, there is a light cup ring on the rear cover, the spine covering is split at the rear fold, but holding well, the paper spine label is chipped and worn, affecting the label title text (part of the title, "KINGSLEY", and the "5s." price are still clear). Internally, there is a previous owner's signature at the top of the front pastedown, "St. John's Book Club" is written at the top of the front free-endpaper, there is some light corner creasing, overall the inner pages remain tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A complete, solid, nice 1848 First Edition copy, in original covers, of THE FIRST PUBLISHED BOOK by CHARLES KINGSLEY.
Seller: Blank Verso Books, Napa, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Spine slightly faded, lettering-label darkened and slightly chipped, covers slightly marked. The author's first book, with the ownership inscriptions of S.E.M.P. Jones Parry, Madryn Park, 1849 (i.e. Sarah Elizabeth Margaret Parry, daughter of General Sir Love Parry Jones-Parry, married 1853 Alfred Jones Williams); ticket of W. Pritchard, Carnarvon. 4pp. of publisher's advertisements.
Seller: James Fergusson Books & Manuscripts, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: pp. xxiii, 271.12mo. Nicely-bound in three-quarter leather over marbled boards. This copy was custom bound for the noted British bibliophile, Francis Frederick Fox, in handsome 3/4 polished calf over marbled boards, with the top edge gilt, and the endpapers marbled. On the spine are three coloured leather labels, the first (top) of which states 'Kingsley's Works', the second (middle) stating the title, and the third (bottom) stating the year of publication. The armorial bookplate of Francis Frederick Fox is tipped-in just before the half title page. The binding is signed (i.e., attributed to) 'William George, Bristol', being the binder, publisher and bookseller more commonly encountered as 'William George's Sons'. The boards show some rubbing to the extremities. The front hinge is a trifle tender, but otherwise the binding is tight. Very light marginal age-toning. Overall, a handsome copy of the first edition in good plus condition. With a Preface by the Reverend F. D. Maurice and an Introduction by the Author. A drama, being Kingsley's first published book, written when he was Rector of Eversley, and preceding his first novel, 'The Yeast' (serialized in 1848, and first published in book form in 1850; see Oxford Comp. to English Lit, p. 535). 'The Saint's Tragedy' was started in 1842 when Kingsley was just 23. In the ensuing years, he changed the format from a prose biography to a poetical drama.
Seller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Price: US$192.30 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A lovely first edition of Charles Kingsley' biographical verse drama about the life of the thirteenth century saint, Elizabeth of Hungary. A bright copy of the first edition of the first published work from English priest, novelist and professor Charles Kingsley, best known for his beloved children's novel, 'The Water-Babies'. In a half calf signed binding by J. Larkins.A devout Christian, in this verse drama set in the Middle Ages, Kingsley tells the story of the medieval saint Elizabeth of Hungary, with the saint starring as the heroine of his piece.A lovely first edition copy of this play, thought to have been inspired by a conversation Kingsley had with his wife about 'the sanctity of the marriage-bed'. In a signed half calf binding, with gilt detailing to back strip and paper vellum boards. Front joint starting, with board slightly tender. Binder's stamp to verso of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$192.30 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition of Charles Kingsley's first published work, a commemorative poetic play about Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. The first edition.Charles Kingsley's first published work, preceding his monumental novels 'The Water Babies' and 'Westward Ho!'.A touching play about Elizabeth of Hungary, a princess of the Kingdom of Hungary and the landgravine of Thuringia, in Germany. Elizabeth married Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, when she was 14, being widowed when she was 20. After she was widowed she regained her dowry, and used the money to build a hospital, in which she helped the sick herself. She died at the age of 24 and was subsequently canonised.Kingsley wrote this work whilst he was Rector of Eversley, he started writing it in 1842 when he was 23 in the form of a biography later turning it into a drama.With a preface by Professor Maurice.Four pages of adverts to the rear. In the original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. A few light marks to the boards, spine is discoloured. Spine label is a bit worn. A little bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just a few light spots. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$205.12 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: original cloth, paper label sunned and chipped with loss, rebacked with original backstrip relaid, corners rubbed, joints cracked, good. the authors first book; from the library of John Sparrow with his book label front pastedown; first edition; 271 pages including notes
Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo. Author's first book. Preface by Professor Maurice. 269pp., 4pp. ads at rear. Bound in publisher's original cloth showing light fading; pale yellow endpapers; paper spine label with two tiny chips. A very good copy of this author's work who went on to publish The Water Babies and several other famous works during his lifetime.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$320.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. Bound in full leather tooled in gilt on both boards and on spine . xxiii - 271pp. Book plate of Brian Houghton Hodgson . The contents clean and tight with no inscriptions or marks . A drama, being Kingsley's first published book, written when he was Rector of Eversley, and preceding his first novel, 'The Yeast' (serialized in 1848, and first published in book form in 1850; see Oxford Comp. to English Lit, p. 535). 'The Saint's Tragedy' was started in 1842 when Kingsley was just 23. In the ensuing years, he changed the format from a prose biography to a poetical drama.Book plate of Brian Houghton Hodgson (1 February 1800 or more likely 1801 23 May 1894 was a pioneer naturalist and ethnologist working in India and Nepal where he was a British Resident. He described numerous species of birds and mammals from the Himalayas, and several birds were named after him by others such as Edward Blyth. He was a scholar of Newar Buddhism and wrote extensively on a range of topics relating to linguistics and religion. He was an opponent of the British proposal to introduce English as the official medium of instruction in Indian schools. 17.5 cm x 11.5 cm (6.75 x 4.5 inches)
Seller: Roe and Moore, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$320.50 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. [iv], 271; a good copy in the original blue-grey (faded) cloth, spine with paper label (a little chipped, foot of spine slightly worn). Presentation copy of the first edition of Kingsley's first book, inscribed 'From the Author' on the upper free endpaper: a booklabel seems to have been removed from the upper pastedown, so we don't know to whom the book was given. This book was originally designed as a prose biography of St Elizabeth of Hungary, and written as a wedding present for his wife Fanny Grenfell, whom he had married in 1844. It turned gradually into a pseudo-Shakespearian verse tragedy whose message was the possibility of uniting sainthood with marriage (the deeply religious Fanny had originally wanted to remain celibate): it was admired by those who opposed the Oxford Movement, as well as many non-theologians such as the uxorious Prince Albert. The work has a preface by Kingsley's close friend F.D. Maurice, with whom he was involved in supporting the Chartists in 1848; and it has an 'aggressively protestant preface' (as Norman Vance calls it) by Kingsley himself, in which he attacks 'those miserable dilettanti, who in books and sermons are whimpering meagre second-hand praises of celibacy. insulting thus their own wives and mothers, - nibbling ignorantly at the very root of that household purity, which constitutes the distinctive superiority of Protestant over Popish nations'. CBEL3 III 1311-12.
Seller: Christopher Edwards ABA ILAB, Henley-on-Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$345.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Author's first book. Black victorian cloth, paper label. Neatly rebacked in matching cloth (not quite as sunned as the original) with original spine laid-on. Original yellow endpapers retained. Label and original spine soiled and chipped else a very good copy in modern victorian cloth jacket, paper label, imitating the original binding. Laid in is a small folder wdried flowers and the inscription: "From Charles Kingsley's ground(?)/7 June 97/.
Seller: Thorn Books, ABAA, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.