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186420961Oxford and London: John Henry and James Parker. Good with no dust jacket. 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Small tears and chips to cloth at ends of spine and at tips of corners of boards. Hinges split and reinforced with red cloth tape. Signs of label removal from front endpaper. Contemporary owner's signature on title page "Geo C. Smythe / Coole Glehn illegible". ; x 2 xviii 2 282 2 blank pages chromolithograph frontispiece 3 chromolithograph plates 6 tinted lithograph plates 4 maps 1 with hand-coloured route of Col. Smythe; 2 folding 2 lithograph plates. 3 in-text engravings. Original green cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine gilt sailing vessel illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 223 x 138mm. Pink coated endpapers. "The circumstances which led to my official mission to the Fiji Islands and an account of the voyage to them by way of Sydney and Auckland and on return to England by San Francisco and Panama will be found briefly related in the Introduction. Mrs. Smythe's Letters written originally to friends at home contain a personal narrative of our cruise aomng the Isaldns and of our subsequent sojourn at them." - from the Preface by W. J. Smythe. The illustrations are: Levuka Island of Ovalau; The 'Pegasus' towed to her Moorings; Interior of the Great Chapel at Mbau; Mbau; Chapel in process of erection at Vutia; Navatu; Meeting at Nanduri Mathuata; Meeting at Nakorotumbu; View of the Reef Lakemba; Fawn Harbour Vanua-levu; View from the Observatory Levuka; Cocoa-nut Trees in a Storm; View from Observatory looking towards the Wood. The 4 maps are: Map of Pacific Ocean; Map of Fiji Group; Map of Route from Navua to Namusi; Map or portion of Melanesia. ; 8vo . John Henry and James Parker hardcover
1893041886Philadelphia PA: Boericke & Tafel 1893. Book. VG. Half-Leather. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original black 1/2 leather black pebbled cloth spine panel lettered in gilt. Light rubbing to corners and spine extremities minor surface rubbing to covers. Firm binding intact hinges clean interior a very nicely preserved copy. 804 pp. Boericke & Tafel Hardcover
1879614344London: Edward Stanford 1879. From an enormous collection which belonged to a deceased ex-customer of ours for over 40 years. A retired civil servant with an academic interest in philosophy and history of science particularly Victorian around the generation of Darwinism. Hundreds of books in these genres being catalogued and shelved daily. Cloth hardcover with gilded pictorial front board and spine no dust jacket in very good condition for its age. With illustrations and several fold out maps neaty reinforced with white tape in some areas. Boards are slightly scuffed and marked. Spine is sunned and a little cocked. Edges corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed with small tears at the spine ends. Page block is tanned and blemished. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Foxing on the endpapers and spots of foxing and the occasional mark on a few of the pages which are otherwise clear. Hinge and gutter breaks noted however binding remains sound. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Edward Stanford Hardcover
18780085132Belfast: News-Letter Office 1878. Second edition. Paperback. Good. 1878 second edition. Softcover later red cloth wraps gilt title. 82 pp. Good. Wraps rubbed; previous owner's ink notes to the front blank and the margins of approximately 15 pages. Secure binding. Scarce. OCLC locates a combined 7 copies of the first and second editions. News-Letter Office paperback
1866R48085Bruxelles, Goemaere 1866 336pp., reliure cart., dos en toile, 19cm., qqs.rousseurs
18171356611New-York: Collins & Co 1817. Fourth American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xvi 915 pp. Fourth American Edition from the Fifth London Edition. Good plus; bound in contemporary leather with some slight surface marks to covers minor tear to spine edges and wear to corners; binding tight; text block slightly age-toned with some scattered ink marks; extensive foxing and some age-toning to pages throughout; previous owner names in ink on ffep; tear to lower corner of ffep; MF consignment. 1356611. Special Collections. Collins & Co hardcover
18171363370New York: Collins & Co 1817. Fourth American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xvi 915 pages 3; G; Bound in full tree calf with banded spine and morocco spine label with gilt lettering; Boards show light wear overall with moderate wear to bottom edges some light bumping to fore- and top-edge minor chipping to head of spine some light bumping to head and tail of spine and several faint scratches to front cover; Partial splitting to text block spine at page 514 all pages intact; Text block has moderate age toning to edges light to significant uneven age toning and foxing throughout interiorly owners inscriptions in 19th century hand on ffep and title page with several ink emendations to front paste down; With three pages of publishers ads at back; In protective mylar cover. RWO. 1363370. Special Collections. Collins & Co hardcover
1870BOOKS8106London UK: Lockwood & Co. FR/NO DUSTJACKET. 1870. 5th editon. Cloth. 4to. xxii 336 pp. 64 pl. cover rubbed bumped frayed spine torn writing on ffe page toning plate edges frayed . Lockwood & Co. hardcover
1860198302London : Walton and Maberly 1860. 2nd edition revised. Hardback. Very good copies bound in contemporary gilt-blocked sand-grained leather. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Minor library marks. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 1682 pages; Physical description: 2 v. 1682 78p. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Bible. O. T. - Concordances Hebrew. Bible. O. T. - Concordances Chaldee. Notes: Based on the work of William Burgh / edited by George V. Wigram. Lacks introduction xvi pages. Text in double columns. Includes 78-page appendix and index. London : Walton and Maberly hardcover
18701409214Washington: Government Printing Office 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 234 pages plus 5 plates. In Very Good minus condition. In black leather half binding with green cloth boards with gilt stamped decoration on front cover and gilt titling to spine. Significant rubbing and wear to leather elements of boards and spine with exposed board at the fore corners cracking along the joints and chipping at the head and tail. Text block shows moderate toning and wear along edges with dust soiling to top edge. Lightly age toned and sparsely foxed throughout. Ex-library with faint ink stamps and sparse penciling present on some pages throughout. Bookplate on front pastedown from U. S. Navy surgeon and medical director Ninian Pinkney who was especially prominent and recognized for his work during the Civil War. Shelved in Room A. 1409214. Special Collections. Government Printing Office hardcover
1875288042Wm Wood & Co. 1875 Black Leather Gilt Title Spine Gilt Fore Edges. Damp Stains To Fep. Crease Front Cover Tight.277 Pgs. Publisher's Ads Rear 3 Pages Clean. Rare Copy medical miniature. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Wm Wood & Co. paperback
