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1817LTH11-E-6London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown c1817. Leather. Fair. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A scarce copy of the periodical The Correspondent discussing political issues in the form of letters. Numbers one to two with both English articles and French translated articles. With letters discussing "On the Nepaul War" "On the political societies formed in Germany during the period of Buonaparte's Despotism" and "On the revision of the French code" Rebound in a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally a trifle rubbed with loss to extremities and to the spine. Backstrip is lifting. Front board is detached with rear hinge very slightly strained. Internally generally firmly bound although first few leaves are detached and title page is absent. Bright throughout and generally clean aside from the odd spot. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Overall: FAIR due to loss and detached board. Fair Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown hardcover
1829GEN3-A-10London: George Eyre 1829. Cloth. Good. 11.5" by 9". None. A collection of general statutes from the third session of the eighth parliament. For centuries English official public documents have been dated by the regal years of the ruling monarch. Traditionally parliamentary statutes are referenced by regal year e.g. the Occasional Conformity Act of 1711 is officially referenced as "10 Anne c.6" In paper wrapped boards. Externally a trifle rubbed with wear to the extremities and lifting to the spine. Library marking and sticker to spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean although foxed to first and last few pages. Good George Eyre hardcover
1835897Z48London: William Ball 1835. Leather. Good. 5.5" by 3.5". None stated . An uncommon informative memoir on the life of the Pastor John Frederic Oberlin bound in half calf. The sixth edition. Uncommon. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and an engraved title page.Bound in half calf with marbled paper to the boards. This work features the memoirs of John Frederic Oberlin an Alsatian pastor and philanthropist known for improving the systems in agriculture and trying to better the lives of the people around him and their living conditions. Bound in half calf with marbled paper to the boards. Externally generally smart with fading to the spine marks to the spine and boards with spine cracking bumping and rubbing to the extremities with rubbing to the boards and wear to the paper to the edges. Hinges starting with light offsetting and spotting to the endpapers. Internally binding starting in places otherwise generally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned with the odd spot and mark heavier to the front and rear. Tidemarks to the frontispiece and engraved title page. Good William Ball hardcover
1900GEN22-H-19N/A: N/A c1900. Cloth. Good Only. 9" by 7.5". None. An unusual scrapbook of art depicting religious and provincial scenes. Various colour illustrated plates of animals such as hares deer and pheasant as well as scenes of children playing flowers insects young lovers port scenes and many pictures of dogs. Various portraits of ladies of differing social standings and military men. In a cloth binding. Externally rubbed with warping and tidemarks to boards and loss to front board. Head and tail of spine are bumped with small closed tears Section of backstrip is lifting. Internally binding tender in places with light foxing and handling marks. Good Only N/A hardcover
1841923F48London: The Religious Tract Society 1841 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 5.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. The first edition of this illustrated guide to British shells and 'their inmates'. A first edition.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and a number of monochrome vignettes.Arranged in ten chapters including discussion of the pearl fishery the nautilus the chiton spirula oysters and 'the power of molluscs'.With a former owner's inscription to the half title.With an advertisement leaf to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Back strip age toned with bumping to head and tail and handling marks to boards. Hinges strained but firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Tide mark to frontispiece. Pages clean and bright. Good The Religious Tract Society hardcover
185040582London: Charles Night and Co. Printer: William Clowes 1850. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. This is a very rare book consisting of a single volume of the three-volume set originally published by Charles Night and Co in 1841 translated by Edward William Lane with copious notes. It has been re-bound by the Clevedon Community Bookshop Co-operative Bindery Department with a new spine using the original front and rear boards. The original boards are green cloth embossed with a gilt motif on the front board age-worn and slightly frayed around the edges but in sound condition. The new spine in green cloth has a gilt hand-impressed title. New end-papers are green paper with a gilt pattern. It has a facsimile of the title page hand-drawn in black and green ink. The 864 pages are profusely illustrated with hundreds of monochrome engravings by Landells Jackson Gray Clint O. Smith T. Williams Thompson and many others from original designs by William Harvey. Prelims and end-pages are slightly foxed but the remainder of the text is remarkably clean with just the occasional foxing spot. Page edges are deckled hand-cut with minimal foxing. This edition is difficult to date being so rare but is probably circa 1850. <br/> <br/> Charles Night and Co. (Printer: William Clowes) hardcover
1891C19411London 1891. First Edition. Wraps. Slight damp staining at the top edge with some soiling on the front cover otherwise sound very good minus with clean text. 8vo. pp 37. Original publisher's brown paper covers lettered black with red capitals on the front cover. Bookplate of J. A. Fuller Maitland on the inside cover 1856 Ð 1936 an influential British music critic and scholar from the 1880s to the 1920s. paperback
1879C49605London 1879. First U.k. Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Somewhat used reasonably sound copy: rather rubbed at edges with some browning to endpapers and lacking half of spine - otherwise sound with complete text; good only. . 8vo. pp 218. Original publisher's illustrated red boards lettered black on spine and front cover. Story of Americans in Europe. hardcover
1847C38962London 1847. Second Edition. Hardback. Neat gift inscription on front endpaper light fading at spine with spine soundly rebacked otherwise very good. 8vo. pp xv 4 4-210 4. Original publisher's red cloth lettered gilt at the spine. Illustrated in b/w throughout. hardcover
181411929London: John Murray. London John Murray 1814. First edition first impression. Hardback. Bound in plain buckram. No half title if there was one. Collation: title page 56 page preface 256pp of text. Some wear to the title page but largely in great shape. 11929 Hyraxia Books. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1814. John Murray hardcover
1877986W16London: T. Nelson and Sons 1877. Cloth. Very Good. 6.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. A very scarce 1877 edition of this beautifully illustrated title. A very scarce 1877 copy of this illustrated title originally published in 1867. This work documents a variety of trees and their habitats complete with illustrated chapter headers a colour frontispiece and 8 unnumbered leaves of monochrome plates as well as addition vignette illustrations.No other collation record available.William Henry Davenport Adams was a British journalist during the 19th Century who worked for a period writing and researching for Black's Guides. Bound in original red pictorial boards. Externally smart. Ex-library copy. Library sticker to front board and spine. Folding library record to front paste down. Embossed address to front free endpaper. Marks to rear endpapers. Internally generally firmly bound with occasional strain. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot and handling mark. Library stamp to title page. Very Good T. Nelson and Sons hardcover
1819LTH19-F-9London: C and C Whittingham 1819. Leather. Good. 5" by 3.5". None. A small collection of the anonymously published 'Letters of Junius'. Including an engraved frontispiece. The collection was published in two volumes in 1772 by Henry Sampson Woodfall the owner and editor of a London newspaper the Public Advertiser. In a half-morocco binding. Externally sound though with some slight wear to the extremities. Joints are cracked. Internally firmly bound. Bookplate to front pastedown with ink signature to front free-endpaper. Pages are bright and clean with just the odd spot. Good C and C Whittingham hardcover
1851997N5London: G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode 1851. Leather. Very Good. 4" by 3". None. A scarce edition of the Book of Common Prayer together with Tate and Brady's popular Psalms of David. A popular pocket-sized edition that allowed Anglicans to pray wherever they were. A scarce edition of pocket-sized The Book of Common Prayer and the Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church together with Nicholas Brady and Nahum Tate's new version of the Psalms of David. Published by G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode in 1851.In decorative full calf boards with a presentation inscription dated to 1860 to the front paste down.Very popular in both the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries this curious little book allowed members of Anglican community to pray wherever they were including both popular readings and gospels as well as those dedicated to certain dates of the year such as St. Stephen's Day and Easter Sunday. In full calf. Externally smart with the odd small mark to boards. Signs of rubbing to edges joints and to the extremities. Slight fading to glit decoration to front board. End papers are generally bright and clean with slight browning and smudging. Ink inscription to front paste down with who presented the book grazed off and a couple of stamped names to rear end papers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with slight age toning and browning to 'Evening Prayer' section near to beginning of the book. Very Good G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode hardcover
186131860New York: Robert Carter & Brothers 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the Carter's Fireside Library. 120pp. Blue decorated cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered and decorated in gold on the spine. Pale yellow endpapers. Frontispiece and five inserted plates with illustrations engraved by Felter and Williams. A few stains to cloth contemporary inscription on the front free endpaper. A solid very good copy. ; 24mo. Robert Carter & Brothers hardcover
1879161378London: Nelson & Sons 1879. 1st ed. thus. Nice copy. 16 mo. hardback in decorated cloth 120pp. colour frontis. Prize inscription on front end paper. A nice copy in green decorated cloth with a colour vignette set into the front board Nelson & Sons hardcover
1893148745London : T. Nelson And Sons 1893. Early Reprint Edition. Hardback. Fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 120 pages; Physical desc. : 120 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Subject: Howard John 1726-1790 -- Juvenile literature. London : T. Nelson And Sons hardcover
1884216422Liege : Leon de Thier 1884. First Edition. Paperback. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 22 pages; Description: 22 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: France -- Agriculture -- Markets -- Outlets -- Retail. Liege : Leon de Thier paperback
1871149782London : G. Morrish 1871. Thought to be first edition circa 1871. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling with minor rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 165 pages; Physical desc. : 165 p. ; 19 cm. Subject: Bible. N. T. Revelation --Commentaries. London : G. Morrish hardcover
187432357London : F. Warne And Co. ; New York : Scribner Welford and Armstrong 1874 1874. First Edition. Hardback. A very good copy in original gilt and black patterned cloth. Slightly dust-toned with minimal rubbing to edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 160 pages; Physical desc. : 160 p. : ill. col. plate ; 17 cm. Subject: Children -- Conduct of life --Juvenile fiction --Switzerland --Description and travel --Juvenile fiction. Series: Round the globe library. London : F. Warne And Co. ; New York : Scribner, Welford, and Armstrong [1874] hardcover
1805248225London:C. & W. Galabin printers 1805. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy with wear tear and dust-dulling as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 363 pages. Notes; 'Carefully corrected at the respective Offices'. Subjects; Royal Calendars. 1805. England. Scotland. Ireland. America. London:C. & W. Galabin [printers] hardcover
1897398140London : Pearson 1897. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Hinges. Remains reasonably well-preserved overall. Physical description: vii234 p.8p of plates : ill. 1port. ; 19 cm. Notes: Facsim. of ed. published London Pearson 1897. Subjects: Victoria Queen of Great Britain; Victoria Queen of Great Britain 1819-1901; Queens Great Britain Biography; Kings queens rulers etc.; Biography. London : Pearson hardcover
1863114968Paris : Etienne Repos H. Repos & Cie. 1863. 175x110mm. VIII - 946Êpages demi-chagrin titre dor su dos plats percaline Grade marbr. Rousseurs marginales. 549 Etienne Repos, H. Repos & Cie. unknown
1833118097LiÂge : Librairie Classique et Religieuse de Kersten 1833. 180x115mm. reliure demi-toile ˆ coins avec piÂce de titre doirÂŽ au dos. Plat cartonnage mabrÂŽ. Bas du coin de la page de titre bruni autrement intÂŽrieur propre. 158 Librairie Classique et Religieuse de Kersten unknown
189228650ERBRAY 1892 une lettre à en-tête imprimée en noir, manuscrite à l'encre noire et signée Landelle Directeur de la Société Anonyme des Fours à Chaux de La Rousselière, de La Ferronnière et de la Pelouinais EN ERBRAY, Fait à la Rousselière, le 26 Février 1892,
184415589s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1844. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris 1844 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown