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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
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
18602010204NY.: Mason Brothers 1860. Blind stamped brown cloth. Front cover & cover edges heavily rubbed in several places to boards spine ends rubbed and chipping: VG-. 8vo. Musical notation. Translated from the third German edition & edited by Herman S. Saroni. Sixth American Edition with appendix & notes by Emilius Girac. Mason Brothers hardcover
184629155Philadelphia: For the Editor 1846. Hardcover. With New Notes and an Appendix. 5 x 7.5in. vi. 392pp. portrait frontispiece. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth with gilt titling. VERY GOOD. Shows marginal shelf rubbing of the edges corners and boards preliminaries with moderate foxing otherwise the binding is strong and tight the text is clean and unmarked and the boards remain distinct. As pictured. For the Editor 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
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
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
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
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
1845021331Halifax: William Milner 1845. Hardcover 1st Edition. 32mo with 253 pages. Original binding in brown cloth with gold lettering and decoration on spine. The edges are gold gilt. The book is in good condition for its age with very slight ink dots on the front/back cover probably from an ink well. The front free endpaper contains the previous owner's signature. The interior is clean and tight. The spine is in light brown with gold text. . 1st Edition. Boards. Good. 32mo. Hardcover. William Milner 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
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
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
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
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
1876016575D.Appleton and Company 1876. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Full Dark Brown Leather. Great Classic Biography Of This Great Confederate General. Rare In This Condition And in Original Full Leather. Personal Library Label. D.Appleton and Company 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
18221357889London: T. Cadell 1822. Hardcover. Octavo vii 548 pages with 15 plates. In Good condition. Bound in contemporary leather. Surface somewhat marked and scratched with wear to spine edges and corners and some chipping to top of spine. Binding tight. Text block age toned with foxing throughout. An ex-library copy with usual markings including a bookplate to front pastedown institutional stamps to several pages and call number written in pencil. Fifteen plates present and intact including one plate opposite title page. MF Consignment. 1357889. Special Collections. T. Cadell hardcover
187515219Philadelphia/Galesburg IL: Bradley Garretson & Company/William Garretson & Company 1875. With Sketches of the Founders of Various Religious Sects From the Best Authorities. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed w/ light fraying to corners and spine ends. Front inner hinge cracked. Few short tears at bottom margin of title page. Faint dampstains to margins of plates. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Hard Cover. Fair to Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bradley, Garretson & Company/William Garretson & Company 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
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].
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
1874036423London: Longmans Green & Co. 1874. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp xv 282 complete with title pages bound in. Cloth spine with some wear gilt lettering and marbled paper covered boards again with some wear and loss to paper board corners worn and rounded. Contents clean and tight cancellation stamp to the rear endpaper from Devon Library services. Text block is firm and clean without annotation. A very good scarce copy of this title. Longmans, Green, & Co. Hardcover
