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18582111902160200928Toeizan zohan 1858. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 7 books Toeizan zohan paperback
1881098587London: Published By Holtzapffel 1881. Book measures 23 x 15 cm. 144pp 31 full page plates half title. Bound in original publishers embossed cloth with gilt lettering yellow endpapers. Cloth very slightly faded. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally pages clean throughout. A very nice copy. . Publishers Binding. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Published By Holtzapffel Hardcover
1892BOOKS351444Harrisburg PA: Edwin K. Meyers State Printer. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1892. . Hardcover. Sm 4to. 187 p.p. Shelf wear; head and tail of spine and corners of cover bumped and frayed; cracked inner hinge; shelf lean; previous owner's inscription on first front free-end paper; edges of cover rubbed; top page edges soiled; top right corner of pastedown torn; spine faded; pages clean and unmarked. . Edwin K. Meyers, State Printer hardcover
1856009851Philadelphia Pennsylvania: Blanchard and Lea 1856. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Large Thick Octavo. xxiv 724 pp 64 page catalogue adverts. Index. list of 434 wood engravings. 6.25" x 9.4" brown cloth boards with blind stamped design to fr cover and spine gilt spine titles. Binding tight pages clean unmarked paper well-preserved. Faint wear to spine cloth tips very bottom surface edges show boards in places visible looking from the bottom else very little wear to exterior. Text block edges darkened with age. . Blanchard and Lea Hardcover
1857089920London: The Camden Society 1857. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. xiv 188. Larger 8vo. Bound in original green cloth blocked in blind and gilt. Laid-in loose at the end of the book is an enclosure described as follows: 'The two leaves inclosed were accidentally omitted from the DIARY OF DEAN DAVIES where they are to be placed after page 120; and the leaf of Index is to be added after the former Index.' These pages now a bit ragged at foredges. Binding shows sl. bumping to tips light rubbing to extremities and light scuffing to cloth. Hinges tight contents very clean. Overall in good plus to very good condition. Publication no. LXVIII of the Society. Report of the Society's Council bound-in at end as well as List of Works. First published in 1857 by the Society and now a very scarce title having recently been reprinted in facsimile by AMS Press but almost impossible to find in the original edition. The Camden Society hardcover
18579900034881London: The Camden Society 1857. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. xiv 188. Larger 8vo. Bound in original green cloth blocked in blind and gilt. Laid-in loose at the end of the book is an enclosure described as follows: 'The two leaves inclosed were accidentally omitted from the DIARY OF DEAN DAVIES where they are to be placed after page 120; and the leaf of Index is to be added after the former Index.' These pages now a bit ragged at foredges. Binding shows sl. bumping to tips light rubbing to extremities and light scuffing to cloth. Hinges tight. Contents very clean: some pages uncut. Overall in good plus to very good condition. Publication no. LXVIII of the Society. Report of the Society's Council bound-in at end as well as List of Works. First published in 1857 by the Society and now a very scarce title having recently been reprinted in facsimile by AMS Press but almost impossible to find in the original edition. The Camden Society hardcover
1889041606Privately Printed 1889. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light brown 1/2 calf rust textured cloth covered boards 5 raised spine bands with title label in gilt marbled text block edges and endpapers. No. 36 of a first limited edition limited to 52 copies hand-numbered on limitation statement on main title verso followed by an issue of 300 copies. Leather is nicely intact darkened along spine panel with mild rubbing/exposure to corners. Firm binding. xl586 pp. Exceptionally scarce in this limited edition. Privately Printed Hardcover
18709137<p>Full green cloth gilt title to spine. Top edge gilt. Wear to front hinge as well as wear to head of spine see image. Previous owner's bookplate to front endpaper. Overall a nice clean copy.</p><p>6.5 x 9.5 in</p> Robert Clarke & Co. hardcover
188530824Glasgow: David Bryce & Son 1885. First English language edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. XXX 333 1 3pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on spine. The present work is a captivating survey of the German Universities for the last 50 years between 1835 and 1885. It forms the second part of the third volume of a series of statistical inquiries in various departments of the national economy of Germany conducted by Dr. Conrad Professor of Political Science at Halle. Minor age wear on binding with spine slightly age toned. Previous owner's signature in ink on half-title page and dated 1885. Very minor age toning along paper margin. Binding and interior in overall good condition. David Bryce & Son hardcover
1885W120831Paris, Gauthier-Villars 1885 Complet en 2 tomes, I: xx + 103pp. (+ 4 & 32pp. catalogue de l'éditeur) + 1 feuillet d'errata, II: Atlas de 34 planches, 25cm., brochures originales (dos du t.1 renforcé, bien protégée d'une couverture supplémentaire de papier cristal), qqs. rousseurs, 1e édition française (traduit de l'italien par Louis Bossut), W120831
189210431<p>London Printed at Chiswick Press 1892. HB NODJ ISSUED 1892 1st edition with colophon on Last pageSoft Light Brown Tweed with White Vellum Leather Spine with Gold Gilt Decorations & Titles NF/VG AS-IS NODJ Minor Cover Rub & Scuff Minor Soil Spine Some Fox 194 pgs Interior Nice Tight Clean . First Edition. Hard Cover.</p> London Printed at Chiswick Press hardcover
1897106029New York: D. Appleton. 1897. 3rd authorised edition octavo original half-leather binding with marbled sides gilt lettering to spine top edge gilt three fold-out maps pp xx 344. Some scraping to the sides. Rubbing to the spine and the corners: the central area of the spine is significantly darkened. Internally clean. With the three fold-out maps two of which have coloured details and in excellent condition. Very good condition. First published in its original form as Darwin's first monograph under the title "The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs Being the first part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836" The monograph set out Darwin's theory of the formation of coral reefs and atolls. He extensively revised and rewrote the book for its 1874 second edition to take into account James Dwight Dana's 1872 publication 'Corals and Coral Islands' and work by Joseph Jukes. This is the third edition with Darwin's prefaces to the first and second edition and a preface to this edition by his son Francis Darwin. It also includes an appendix by the geologist Thomas George Bonney on the study of coral reefs since 1874. "The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs" remains an important landmark in the science of coral reefs and is relatively uncommon. Includes references to North-West coast of Australia and the Great Barrier Reef 3rd edition. Half leather. D. Appleton hardcover
18752096253Paris: Dunod 1875. VIII, 204, (19) Seiten. Unbeschnitten und teils unaufgeschnitten. Mit schönem lithograophiertem Frontispiz (Standuhr), vielen physikalischen Schemata und Formeln im Text sowie zahlreichen technischen Abbildungen auf 19 lithographierten Falttafeln im Anhang. 4° (28 x 18 cm). Lithographierte Interimsbroschur. [Softcover / Paperback].
18283139169Leipzig: C.H.F. Hartmann 1828. (4), 636 Seiten, (2) Seiten Corrigenda; CCXVI Seiten. 8° (17,5-22,5 cm). Neuerer Halbleinenband mit Lederrückenschild und Buntpapierbezug. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
1847269466Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1847. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good hinges and gutters cracked leather spine ends chipped with some minor loss leather on covers and spine scuffed lightly worn cover corners library bookplate and tiny writing in ink on front pastedown title plate glued to front fly paper glued to rear pastedown light water stains on page edges small line in pen on second free end paper. 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Carey and Hart hardcover
1869097710Bailey and Noyes 1869 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. Light normal age/use wear. Volume 1. "With an Appendix on the Voyages of the Cabots." Published by the Maine Historical Society Aided by Appropriations from the State. Bailey and Noyes hardcover
1890000743London: George Bell and Son 1890. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Good. Large 8vo viii pp578 with b/w illustrations throughout plus frontis and fold out plate. Hardcover no dust jacket. Original binding of cream spine with gilt titles over brown/green buckram boards in reasonable condition with a little discolouration to spine and wear to tips. Inside in good condition hinges a little weak but holding nicely with the odd spot of foxing. <br/> <br/> George Bell and Son hardcover
1889009116London: George Bell and Sons 1889. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Autograph Letter Signed. New and Enlarged Edition. Wide 8vo. Autograph Letter Signed by author of appendix and noted English shipbuilder J. Wigham Richardson attached at front end page dated 30 March 1889 on his Newcastle on Tyne stationery and adressed to prior owner of the book W.E. Adams. 4 1/2" x 7" note card single fold with writing on all 4 sides. " I have forwarded your letter to Miss Gatty requesting her to give effect to it. Yes I sent you that volume but not in your editorial capacity." W.E. Adams 1832-1906 was editor of the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle. Richardson goes on to talk about his embarrassment at having been given authorial credit for his contribution particularly ".had I known what Miss G. was going to do I should have omitted the verse at the end." The book is Very Good in original quarter beige buckram over pale red buckram gilt lettering bit of soiling rear end page page block uniformly browning light wear to boards at corners and spine ends. George Bell and Sons Hardcover
1891298428London : Cassell & Co 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-blocked calf over buckram boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: 3 preliminary leaves v-viii 328 pages frontispiece illustrations including plans plates 28 cm. Subjects: Historic buildings - Great Britain. Country homes - Great Britain. Dwellings - Great Britain. London : Cassell & Co hardcover
1839012367London: George Rutlledge 1839. New Edition and First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. A New Edition in Two Volumes" Three quarter black polished calf over marbleized boards all edges marbleized gilt to spine. A handsome set. Solid bindings. George Rutlledge hardcover books
1839012367London: George Rutlledge 1839. New Edition and First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good . A New Edition in Two Volumes" Three quarter black polished calf over marbleized boards all edges marbleized gilt to spine. A handsome set. Solid bindings. George Rutlledge hardcover
187311666New York: The Tribune Association. Fair with no dust jacket. 1873. First Thus. Hardcover. Ex-library Riwaka Library a small 19th century provincial New Zealand library Riwaka is situated 5km from Motueka in the upper part of New Zealand's South Island. Rebound in late 19th Century half-calf library binding. Cloth lifting from boards. Hinges broken. Damp wrinkles to endpapers. One leaf nearly detached. A 1" tear to frontispiece. Creasing to frontispiece. Large 5" tear to one leaf. ; Uncommon in this edition. xv 1 17-624 pages frontispiece facsimile letter 2 plates 5 in-text illustrations an appendix of lxiii 1 pages. Lacking the half-title page. The appendix is found between pages 430 and 431 i.e. it precedes the section titled "Miscellanies". Half-calf binding. "The 'Recollections' as prepared by Mr. Greeley originally for a newspaper are in no full sense of the word an autobiography. Many incidents of his life he preferred or was obliged to leave unmentioned; and certain slight memoranda of his life subsequent to the period at which his own 'Recollections' close may have a value to the reader of this volume." - from the Appendix. Greeley was an editor of the New York Tribune. Selected contents: Adieu to New Hampshire; A Year by Lake Erie; My First Experiences in New York; Log-Cabin Days; Socialism; Margaret Fuller; Beggars and Borrowers; The Great Senators - The Compromise of 1850; The Slavery Controversy; My Farm; Two Days in Jail; A Ride across the Plains; The Rocky Mountains - The Great Basin; Utah - Nevada; The Sierra Nevada - The Yosemite - The Big Trees; Secession - How Confronted; Abraham Lincoln; Jefferson Davis; Literature as a Vocation; Poets and Poetry; Reforms and Reformers. ; Ex-Library; 8vo . The Tribune Association hardcover
189434026London: Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund; Kegan Paul Trench Trübner & Co 1894. First edition. Hardcover. g. Folio. 10 70 2pp Text XXIII Plates. Half cloth over printed paper covered boards. Color frontispiece. This remarkable work completes the survey of the monuments of the Middle Kingdom at El Bersheh and is exquisitely illustrated with 23 stunning b/w and color plates including 2 folded. Covers age-toned and rubbed along edges. Previous owner's bookplate on inside of front cover. Binding in overall fair interior in good to very good condition. Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co hardcover
1898010720New York: D. Appleton 1898. 1st English ed. . Hardcover. VG for Age/No Jacket assume none issued. 13.5 Cm x 19 Cm. xxvi341; scrap of New York book dealer's label bottom back pastedown which also has thin split in the blue endpaper due to knock which has left the faintest of creases to back cover otherwise internally clean tight and quite unmarked in clean dark blue cloth covers unworn bar faint hints of spine end rubbing. A remarkably good copy of this influential classic one of the founding texts of comparative or animal psychology and ethology which identified the evolutionary functions of play as rehearsal for adult lbehaviour e.g. hunting. Groos also published a companion work 'The Play of Man'. Note: quoted shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range. <br/> <br/> D. Appleton hardcover
1812056178Dundee: A. Smith & Co. for J. Chalmers 1812. Third Edition with Additions . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. DUNDEE : 1812. First published: Glocester: : Printed by R. Raikes for J. Robson and Co. New Bond-Street London. M. DCC. LXXXIX. 1789. This edition has a 52-page appendix. Hardback. Black full calf-leather; boards detached. Gilt lettered and ruled spine; raised bands. No owner name or internal markings. Bright tight and clean. Ideal for rebind. Minor wear only. Internally VERY GOOD INDEED. xvi xxviii 613 i pages. Errata: 1-page at end. Referenced by: NSTC H2676. FULL TITLE: Tracts in controversy with Dr. Priestley upon the historical question of the belief of the first ages in Our Lord's divinity. Originally published in the years 1783 1784 & 1786 afterwards revised and augmented with a large addition of notes and supplemental disquisitions by the author Samuel Horsley Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. CONTENTS: A charge to the clergy of the archdeaconry of St. Alban's.--Letters from the Archdeacon of St. Alban's in reply to Dr. Priestley.--A sermon on the incarnation.--Remarks on Dr. Priestley's second letters to the Archdeacon of St. Alban's with proofs of certain facts.--Supplemental disquisitions on certain points in Dr. Priestley's second and third letters. 8vo. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books CHS Cumberland Everyman GKC Inklings Keswick Literature MacDonald Rarities Theology and History. . We accept PayPal. SCARCE <br/> <br/> A. Smith & Co., for J. Chalmers hardcover