New Arrivals: 5 works from 1874-1897

Bell, J. Pettigrew, Animal Locomotion, Or, Walking, Swimming and Flying, With A Dissertation on Aeronautics (Appleton & Co, International Scientific Series, 1st American ed., 1874). Bell (1834-1908) was a renowned medico, naturalist, and museum director who developed an international reputation in the field of animal locomotion. This volume was his most popular work. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Embossed red boards, duodecimo, 264 pp, with 10 pp of advertising at back for other volumes in the series. Very good condition; illustrated throughout by 130 black-and-white wood engravings. Front end paper inked-in notation by ex-owner: “B.F. Stern, 1874.” Rare. HBB price: $175.

Thurston, Robert, A History of the Growth of the Steam Engine (Appleton & Co, International Scientific Series, 1st ed., 1878). Thurston (1839-1903) was a Civil War naval engineer, professor at the Naval Academy, Stevens Institute of Technology and Cornell. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Embossed red boards, duodecimo, 490 pp, with 2 pp of advertising at back for Appleton textbooks. Very good condition; illustrated throughout by 162 black-and-white wood engravings. Front end paper inked-in notation by ex-owner: “B.F. Stern, 1878.” Rare. HBB price: $175.

Grant, Ulysses S., Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume 2 (Charles L. Webster Co., 1st ed., 1886). Hardcover, no dust jacket, green boards with gilt titling and Grant medallion on cover. Tissue guard with frontispiece illustration; 32 engraved illustrations and maps. Good condition; one signature (pp. 275-86) separated from top stitching. HBB price: $150.

Skelding, Susie Barstow, Flowers From Hill and Dale (White Stokes & Allen, 1883; 1890 edition by Frederick A Stokes Company). Verses by prominent 19th century poets. Color chromolithographs of flowers illustrated by the author, with laid in tissue guards. Skelding (1857-1934) was an American artist whose best-remembered works are the Flower Songs series, of which this volume is part. Publisher Frederick Stokes was part of White Stokes & Allen until he set up his own shop in 1890. Hardcover; olive green cloth with decorative illustrated boards. Gilt edges. 132 pp. 8” x 9”, ex-owner penned notation in longhand on front endpaper, “Christmas 1890.” No dust jacket as issued. Slight separation at the hinges, otherwise very good. HBB price: $150.

Kipling, Rudyard, Captains Courageous, A Story of the Grand Banks (The Century Company, 1st American ed., 1897). Hardcover, green boards with gilt embossing; no dust jacket. Duodecimo; some staining on boards; separated hinges, some loose pages at the back; advertising material appears missing. 21 black and white engraved illustrations, lithographed. Pencil notation by ex-owner on front and rear endpapers: "Chas. G. Wilson, 104 Prescott St., Toledo, O. Oct./Nov. 1899". HBB price: $195.