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18705031870. Chromolithograph. 265mm by 175mm sheet. Native of Swan River.<br /> From 'L'Illustration Horticole' which was one of the finest botanical periodicals and was first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate people about the fascinating plants being gathered from around the world and hopefully persuade them to buy from the associated plant nurseries.The driving forces behind it were Charles Lemaire a professor of botany Ambroise Verschaffelt of the Nursery Verschaffelt and the Linden family renowned Belgian horticulturists. unknown
18385081838. Lithograph. 265mm by 215mm sheet. The Gardens of the Royal Botanic Society Inner Circle Regent's Park'<br /> 'Henry Paxton F.L.S. Architect 1838' printed to the lower right of the plan. Description with key printed below the image.A couple of folds as issued. unknown
181022801810. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 220mm by 170mm platemark. 'Remarkable Caves - The Schulerloch in Bavaria'<br /> From 'Bilderbuch Zum Nutzen und Vergnugen Der Jugend' by Friedrich Justin Bertuch 1747-1822 an encyclopedic collection of Interesting Animals Plants Flowers Fruits Minerals Costumes Antiquities and other Interesting Objects published in multiple volumes between 1801 and 1815.Accompanied by original descriptive text in English Italian French and German. unknown
185020021850. Steel-engraving. 150mm by 115mm platemark. German portrait engraving.<br /> William Scoresby 1789 - 1857 was an English Arctic explorer scientist and clergyman.Some light staining. unknown
18951ivBg0056Oxford England UK: Oxonii E Typographeo Clarendoniano/Oxford University Press 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardbound Clothbinding. Copyright 1895. 8vo or 8° Medium Octavo: 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 444 8 pp. Text in Latin. Solidly bound copy with moderate external and internal wear. Clean text. Very light foxing on page edges not affecting text. Corners slightly bumped. No dust jacket. Oxonii E Typographeo Clarendoniano/Oxford University Press Hardcover
181258454Lichfield: Printed By and for T G Lomax. 1812. Hardcover. Very Good. 226pp illustrated to which is added A Short Account of Lichfield Cathedral more particularly of the painted glass with which the windows are adorned and the monuments . 5th edition 1843 92pp illustrated bound in rubbed cloth Scarce; Octavo . Printed By and for T G Lomax hardcover
1815BS9AGLTBN16DLondon: John Bransby 1815. Hardback spine relaid with remains of original backstrip preserved. 31pp. 1st edition 1815. A little wear to binding. Previous owners' bookplate/label to front pastedown. Some occasional foxing to contents. Scarce. bs9a. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. John Bransby Hardcover
18798612974D. Appleton and Company 1879. Volume 6. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With owner's name inside cover. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Half leather. Raised bands and gilt lettering on the backstrip. Covers are scuffed and edgeworn. Binding slightly loose at the spine. Pages are wrinkled through water damage. Small amount of stains in the text. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item850grams ISBN: D. Appleton and Company hardcover
185111160London: Milner and Sowerby c1851. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. DESCRIPTION: Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles and black architectural designs to spine. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Light wear to corners edges and spine ends. Lightly rubbed cloth with minor marks. Tightly bound with dust soiled endpapers and firm hinges. Minor crack to front endpaper. Lightly toned pages with very occasional mark to margins. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages 384 32. Size: 13cm by 8cm. Milner and Sowerby hardcover
18736778069J.M. O'Toole et Filii 1873. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Full cloth covers. Patterned covers. Gilt lettering on front board. Covers worn. Binding damaged. Inscription internally. Clean internally. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item400grams ISBN: J.M. O'Toole et Filii hardcover
1846161945John W. Parker 1846. Hardcover. Very Good. ANON. Insects and their Habitations. A Book for Children. The fifteenth edition.iv 1 6-96 8pp adverts. text illustrations. A good copy bound in original blind stamped cloth nicely rebacked with dark green calf red morocco label. Inscribed at the head of the title-page "Caroline Hullah from Mamma Nov 21st 1848. 12mo. John W. Parker. 1846. ~ First published in 1833 BL Cambridge 1836 Leicester 1837 BL 1840 NT Cambridge and 1846 Nottingham. Despite the publication of many editions the survival rate is low as recorded on Copac. A note at the head of the table of contents suggests that "the following heads of contents may be readily converted by the teacher into a series of questions for the examination of pupils." Caroline Hullah born c1840 may have been the daughter of John and Caroline Hullah neé Foster. Her mother was a novelist and contributor to amongst others The Girls Own Paper The Woman at Home the Family Herald and The English Illustrated Magazine but very little is known about her life. Her father collaborated with Dickens on an operetta The Village Coquettes. It was not a success and many years later Dickens was happy to buy up the remaining stocks of the libretto published by Bentley for nine pounds and nine shillings. <br/> <br/> John W. Parker hardcover
185061134London: Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 1850. Hardcover. Very Good. Communicated to the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland Held at Lincoln July 1848 xi 327pp 62 plates folding maps bookplates on endpapers occ foxing bound in original brown blind embossed cloth/gilt lettering sm chip from spine rubbed edges spine. Heraldic bookplate of John Tolhurst; Octavo . Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland hardcover
1890170002-02Pellerin 1890. No Binding. Good. Circa 1890. Original Single Card Sheet. 29 X 40 Cm. Just A Little Yellowing To Pale Card. Faint Stain To Top Left Corner. Uncreased And Next To No Wear To Edges. <br/> <br/> Pellerin unknown
1859106378Paris: Chez Firmin Didot Freres Fils et Cie Libraires. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1859. Cinquieme Edition. 5th edn. Hardcover. 1 volume quarter leather leather spine has bright gilt decs and titling blind stamped cloth boards corners and head/tail of spine bumped slightly rubbing to extremities. very good overall. Colour bookplate to front pastedown NO INSCRIPTIONS light foxing mainly to prelims engraved frontis of Delille and wood engraved vignette to title 914pp text in French and in 2 columns. All edges gilt 'watered' endpapers type paper with a notice bibliographique on Delille by Madame Woillez. Very slight traces of stamp removed from title page Heavy. Overall very good internally CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT.; 106378; 4to large . Chez Firmin Didot Freres, Fils et Cie Libraires hardcover
1866114020UK: None. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1866. None. Paperback. Delightful Original Watercolour of Danbury Common Essex done presumably by a talented Victorian amateur hand. On the reverse of the watercolour there is written in old fading ink and entitled - 'Danbury Common Essex Sept 1866'. No artist named and was discovered loose in a Mid Victorian Souvenir book so no provenance either. Measures 12 cm x 8.8 cm. A most attractive ORIGINAL Mid-Victorian Watercolour. See Images. ; 32mo 4" - 5" tall . None paperback
18868393London: Ben. George 1886. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. First Edition. 45th annual edition. DESCRIPTION: Gilt illustrated red cloth with gilt titles and blue floral upper and lower bands. Blue title plate to spine with gilt lettering. Bevelled boards with gilt text block edges. Colour illustrated frontis and title page with a further 14 other coloured plates. Language: English. Book Condition: Very Good: Light wear to corners edges and spine ends. Wear to title plate with some loss of blue. Minor surface cracks to rear endpaper with slight weakening to hinge. Spotting and light foxing to fly pages and other prelims. Lightly toned pages with some faint light spotting and foxing to plate margins and reverse side. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages viii 296 adverts. Size: 8vo 20cm by 14.5cm. Ben. George hardcover
189675004Rochester Usa: Vaccuum Oil Company. 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. 39pp bound in original publisher's brown cloth gilt title to front cover decorative endpapers ink spot to top corner title page and first page ow. Clean and tight throughout ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Vaccuum Oil Company hardcover
1840AL32GLTGRN4London: Thomas Kelly London 1840. Hardback recent rebind in green half-leather gilt title to spine label. New end-papers. 27cm x 23cm. vii 140pp complete with 90 plates as called for. Some age-discolouration foxing and staining to paper a few pencil annotations. A decent copy. A heavy book additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. al32. Hard Cover. Good. Thomas Kelly, London Hardcover
182268778London: War Office. 1822. Hardcover. Very Good. 84pp bound in brown leather spine sl rubbed marbled boards boards detached has been used for reference and there is ink underlining and crossing through of some names with D died by some of them and also manuscript notes in an early hand at the front of previous owner TW Groombridge about the distribution of the Army in October 1823 giving locations of regiments at the time.; 12 Mo . War Office hardcover
185259764John Cassell. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in a recent professional binding of brown half leather over marbled paper red leather spine label with gilt titles 5 raised spine bands with gilt tooling new endpapers contents exceptionally well-preserved apart from the first frontispiece plate being no longer present no inscriptions. Contains all 30 weekly parts. xliv 556 pages hundreds of illustrations in the text 10 of 11 foldout plates index. Heavy item . John Cassell hardcover
1865LTH30-E-5Oxford: Oxford University Press 1865. Leather. Good. 8" by 5". None. A very scarce religious text from the Nineteenth Century. Anonymously published. A list of readings as well as official church notices and annotations as to how each should be performed and read. This volume makes for a fascinating insight into the Nineteenth Century Church in England. In reverse-calf binding with gilt detailing. Externally sound the boards are somewhat rubbed and faded. The joints are also starting and the hinges tender. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean aside from the usual foxing to endpages. Good Oxford University Press hardcover
190066418London: Clark. 1900. Paperback. Very Good. 308pp grey card covers the parish registers of Conway; Octavo . Clark paperback
187778554Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. 1877. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume 1 1877 illustrated bound in brown cloth loss top corner of 1 page; Octavo . Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society hardcover
188178555Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. 1881. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume 4 1880/81 illustrated bound in brown cloth l; Octavo . Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society hardcover
188378556Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. 1883. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume 6 1882/83 illustrated bound in brown cloth l; Octavo . Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society hardcover