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184636120J. Hatchard & Son. London 1846. 1846. Hardcover. hardback 8vo viii308pp pp.v-viii Dedication bi God-Mother owner's name on endpaper scattered light foxing text clean and binding sound blue cloth blindstamped boards gilt spine titles slightly rubbed Very Good condition . J. Hatchard & Son. London, 1846, hardcover
1894789333Cassell and Co. London undated c.1894. 1894. Hardcover. hardback 4to complete in 2 vols 3Kg. xii576;xiv574pp numerous illustrations some scattered foxing throughout otherwise clean and tight no inscrptions half-leather binding gilt-decorated spines Very Good condition . Cassell and Co., London, undated, c.1894, hardcover
1850LTH28-E-5London: A. Hall Virtue & Co 1850. First edition. Leather. Fair. 8" by 5". George Cruikshank. A first edition of this work by Francis E. Smedley 'Frank Fairlegh' profusely illustrated throughout. First Edition. With thirty illustrations by George Cruikshank. George Cruikshank was a British caricaturist and book illustrator best known for his illustrations in the novels of Charles Dickens. Francis Edward Smedley began his literary career by contributing to Sharpe's London Magazine anonymously. His contributions were well received and would lead to Smedley's development of 'Frank Fairlegh'. In a half morocco binding. Externally sound with bumping and rubbing. Front joint and hinge failed with board detached but present. Ink inscription to front free-endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright with foxing to first and last and occasional spotting throughout. Some pages chipped and creased. Fair A. Hall, Virtue & Co hardcover
1863268684United Kingdom: John van Voorst 1863. Book. Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback slim octavo blind stamped green cloth lettered gilt to spine some small loss at the head and the foot of the spine a one inch split at the head of the lower joint the sewing remains tight bookplate and blind embossed stamp of Wigan Free Library double page photographic map frontis smaller format publisher catalogue bound in at the rear xxiv 129pp Uncommon. John van Voorst Hardcover
1888355490721538London: Pearson 1888. First Edition. London and Edinburgh: William Paterson n.d. 1888. First UK Edition. Publisher's original black boards decorated in silver to the front board and spine. Nuggets for Travellers No. 8. 256 pages. An important anthology that includes: "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe and other stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne Washington Irving W G Simms and Others. Uncommon in its original binding. Embossed by the former owner to the half-title and title pages. Photographs/scans available upon request. Pearson hardcover
1826470716Edinburgh : J.Cunningham and J.and J.Johnstone 1826. 1826. Hardcover. hardback 8vo the two works bound as one 42;16pp title vignette frontis and 7 plates of Holyroodhouse plus 8 plates of Rosslyn no title page for the Rosslyn section owner's inscription on flyleaf moderate foxing on all the plates otherwise clean and tight gilt-decorated full leather binding rubbed Good condition . Edinburgh : J.Cunningham and J.and J.Johnstone, 1826. hardcover
1875113039London: Simpkin Marshall & Co. and J. D. Potter. Poor with no dust jacket. 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. In original half leather/marbled boards gilt titling to the spine. The boards and the leather spine and corners are very rubbed and worn the front and rear boards are completely detached. Page fore-edges are dusty/browned and stained. Internally in very good condition with a VERY little sporadic foxing/staining here and there but tightly bound and generally very clean. Formerly in the Seafarers' Education Service library - Crew's Library with their book plate on the front pastedown and a blue 'Withdrawn' stamp but NO other Library markings anywhere in the book. Opposing the bookplate on the ffep is a 'presentation plate' and not noted but the former owner was Joanna Greenlaw - a well known author having written books on horology and the sea etc - a couple of tears in this endpaper. 2 1060 pp. A couple of full page b/w plates a b/w fold out diagram and some line drawings /diagrams in the text. Contents cover various "subjects connected with maritime affairs." some continued from former volumes others are 'stand alone' - Articles included in this volume = ' Wreck Report for 1873 '; ' Our Colonies -V - Indian Possessions and Australasia ' ; ' Arctic Expedition of 1875 ' ; ' Atlantic Stream Ferries - 1. Cunard: 2. The Allen Line: 3. Inman Line: 4. National Line '; ' Starvation ' ; 'The International conference on Maritime Metrology ': ' The Annexation of New Guinea ' ; ' Emigration to South America ' ; 'Marine Inventions ' ; 'The commercial value of Human Life' ; ' The "Schiller" of Hamburg Wrecked 7th May 1875' ; etc etc. Overall a generally clean and tight complete copy for research reading etc - but not a collectors copy unless you have it repaired/rebound. Images available on request. This book is overweight and MAY require extra postage depending on your location. ; New Series; Ex-Library; Thick 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Simpkin, Marshall & Co. , and J. D. Potter, hardcover
1876113038London: Simpkin Marshall & Co. and J. D. Potter. Fair with no dust jacket. 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. In original half leather/marbled boards gilt titling to the spine. The boards and the leather spine and corners are very rubbed and worn the front board is completely detached and the rear hinge of the spine is splitting down most of the length but holding. Page fore-edges are dusty/browned. However in very good condition internally tightly bound and generally very clean. Formerly in the Seafarers' Education Service Library - Crew's Library with their book plate on the front pastedown and a blue 'Withdrawn' stamp but NO other Library markings anywhere in the book. Opposing this on the ffep is a 'Presentation plate' and the former owners' name and location written by her in ink Joanna Greenlaw - a well known author having written books on horology and the sea etc - a couple of holes in this endpaper. 4 1148 pp. Three Full page b/w plates a b/w map and some line drawings /diagrams in the text. Contents cover various "subjects connected with Maritime Affairs." some continued from former volumes others are 'stand alone' - articles included in this volume = ' Shipowners: The Few and the Many ' ; ' Atlantic Sea Ferries No V ' ; 'Marine Invention'; ' The Strength and Strains of Iron Ships ' ; 'As Regards the Mercantile Marine' ; ' The Crab and Lobster Fisheries of Cromer '; 'The Channel Tunnel and Railway' ; ' The Norwegian Deep-Sea Exploring Expedition ' the bottom front corner of page 595/6 torn off with a little loss to the text there ; ' On the Authority of the Master of A British Ship to Correct the Mariners ' ; ' The Screw-Propeller ' ; ' The Port of Venice ' ; ' The Lifeboat Bridge and Lifeboat in Steamers ' ; ' Our Maritime Defences considered combined with the Manning of our Merchant Ships' ; ' The Health of Seamen '; ' On Sea and Land - Recollections of a Sailor.' ; ' The Port of Venice ' ; ' The Lifeboat Bridge and Lifeboat in Steamers ' ; ' Our Maritime Defences considered combined with the Manning of our Merchant Ships' ; ' The Health of Seamen '; ' On Sea and Land - Recollections of a Sailor.' ; ' The Arctic Expedition '. Overall a Clean and Tight complete copy for research reading etc - but not a collectors copy unless you have it repaired/rebound. Images available on Request. This book is overweight and MAY require extra postage depending on your location. ; New Series; Ex-Library; Thick 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Simpkin, Marshall & Co. , and J. D. Potter, hardcover
18252652London: Taylor and Hessey 1825. Second edition. Hardcover. Good . With Directions For the Treatment of Plants in Pots and Illustrations From the Works of the Poets. 8vo half leather with gilt titles on spine. Spine and corners rubbed. Edges speckled red. Xliii 464pp. Published anonymously attributed to Elizabeth Kent. Contents include a list of plants in the book preface regarding the appreciation of flora gardens some customs etc and descriptions of the plants themselves including origin of both the names and the plant cultivation uses of the plants associated customs their place in literature etc. All written in an informative but highly readable style. Occasional marks inside someone has ticked in pencil next to some of the plant names in the contents list generally very good and clean inside. Taylor and Hessey hardcover
1817106764J. Roberts and Sons 1817. Hardback. Very Good. 102 pp egraved folding plate of the Cathedral as frontis. 17.5cm x 11cm last date mentioned is 1817. Blue 20th century cloth binding. Scarce. J. Roberts and Sons hardcover
188118721881. Chromolithograph. 210mm by 270mm sheet. 'Bloodhound. "Don". The Property of Mrs Humphries.'<br /> From Cassell's 'Illustrated Book of the Dog'.Faint foxing across sheet only evident in margins and on reverse. Image good. unknown
188118681881. Chromolithograph. 210mm by 270mm sheet. Silvio the Property of Mr. Alfred Benjamin. "Serpolette"the Property of Mr. Tom. B. Swinburne. "Salford" the Property of Sir Wm. E. H. Verner Bart.<br /> From Cassell's 'Illustrated Book of the Dog'.Some faint marks in the margins. unknown
186914715Kensington News 1869 1869. Paperback. Fair. A hot metal plate dated February 6th 1869 contains the front page <br/> <br/> Kensington News 1869 paperback
1894GEN26-D-15London : Harrison and Sons 1894. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. A very scarce edition of The Monthly Army List for April 1894. Listing the officers of the active list of the army as well as the Royal Marines Militia Yeomanry and volunteers the book makes for a very interesting insight into the organisation of the British Military in the Nineteenth Century. Rebound in cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally very smart indeed there is only some very minor marking to the extremities. Internally the pages are firmly bound and are bright and clean throughout aside from some foxing to the endpages. Contiains a bookplate to pastedown. Very Good Indeed Harrison and Sons hardcover
1884FGN11-A-2N/A: Oeniponte typis Wagnerianis 1884. Leather. Good. 15" by 10". None. A religious text on the order of the Capuchins continuing a work first published between 1740 and 1752. Illustrated with 3 black and white woodcuts. Latin text. The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin is an order of friars within the Catholic Church among the chief offshoots of the Franciscans. Leather bound with gilt lettering to spine and cloth covered boards. The front and rear inner hinges are strained but holding. There is some wear to the extremities including some chipping to the spine and leather corners. The corners are also bumped and the boards have some water staining. The cloth to the rear board is becoming detached at the edge and the front outer hinge is cracked. Internally the book is clean and bright apart from some isolated spotting and handling marks. There is a Franciscan library ink stamp to the front blank end paper and the number 10 in ink to the front blank end paper and title page. There is a small amount of water damage to the front and rear coloured end papers only. Good Oeniponte typis Wagnerianis hardcover
1878212353np.: np. 1878. First edition. . Soft cover. . Near fine copy very light shelf wear. . Octavo. . Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. np. paperback
1855150008<p>Very good condition including all artillery positioning inserts. An essential teaching manual for brigadeers in mid-19th Century Swiss Federal Army.</p> hardcover
1900500029847paris 1900. First Edition. . Paperback. Good. Small miniature or doll house book. Titles of each picture are in English & German. Notre Dame Church of Le Madeleine The sacred Heart Basilia Eiffel Tower Place of Etoile The Dome The Iena bridge. circa 1900 <br/> <br/> paperback
1897AB3894London: The Garden 1897. First Thus. . Hardcover. Fair. 4to. A reading copy only. ALL COLOUR PLATES HAVE BEEN NEATLY REMOVED this does not affect the text. Minor foxing to eps and crease to ffep otherwise internally good. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering. Tilt to spine and bumping to cover corners. Heavy book will incur additional postage charge. Immediate despatch from the UK. All colour plates robbed out <br/> <br/> The Garden hardcover
1857018504Leicester: J & T Spencer 1857 6 collected essays by different authors Joseph Timms a mechanic; John Brooks town missionary; Samuel Foxton a framework-knitter; Joseph Needham a mechanic; Elizabeth Collier a needlewoman and Florence Griffin a tradesman's daughter. Original cloth covers worn 133pp. A scarce item. . Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. J & T Spencer hardcover
1828mon0000905809J. Harris 1828. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. A clean tight copy. Minor wear and tanning. Pink marking to the top left of the pages. Mildly worn marbled boards with rubbed green leather backstrip gilt on spine. J. Harris hardcover
1859284600United Kingdom: T Nelson & Sons 1859. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback small octavo 7" x 4 3/4" bound in blind stamped blue cloth lettered and blocked with a design in gilt hinges cracked but stitching of the text block is intact School prize label of 1863 to the front pastedown 'In memory of Dear John' to the front free endpaper the body of text unmarked. Colour frontis and plates some with two views per plate folding map xxxvi 307pp. T Nelson & Sons Hardcover
1868000248<p>The Religious Tract Society London. Undated but British Library gives date of 1868. Hardcover. Small format book 16 x 10 cm. B/w engraved frontispiece. Yellow endpapers marked and tanned. Traces of figures rubbed out to front free endpaper. Purple cloth with embossed pattern and gilt title in decoration to front and spine blind stamped pattern to front and back. Binding firm. Spine faded and difficult to read. Surfaces of boards marked rubbed and faded. Content generally clean and bright with occasional small mark. Small brown fox mark through pages 96 - 100. Bottom corner of page 65 turned over. Not ex-library. No names notes nor inscriptions. 102 pp 6 pp publishers catalogue at back. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.</p> The Religious Tract Society hardcover
1880098363Cassell and Company 1880. First Edition. Hardback. Fine. 6 volumes complete. Publishers decrotated Blue cloth which is FINE and fresh. All edges Gilt. No previous ownership markings. Slight page tan as is usual with this title. Cassell and Company hardcover
180670224111044George Eyre and Andrew Strahan; Printed gy Woodfall London 1806. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Family Bible in full-leather binding with notes for family dates of the Maugham and Atkinson famiies of Jervaulx Yorkshire. These consist of Thos. Atkinson 27 May 1765 with another ten entries up to and including Diana Atkinson in 1786 in a copper-plate hand. In a different hand a list of the late Thomas and Dorothy Maughan born 1802-1817. Thomas Maugham of Jervaulx born in Newcastle on 29th Decemer 1807 married to Ann Featherston in Patrick Bromton on 16 March 1854 and had six issue starting with John born 11 Feb 1856 to Frank born 10 December 1862. The lists are on separate pieces of paper not written into the bible itself. The front hinge and joint are broken and a clumsy taped repair holds the front cover to the free front end-paper. Their is similar damage and repair to the rear cover. The internal binding the text block is sound and pages are clean. The text is in two parallel columns each with a narrow sub-column for notes in a smaller font. The volume contains The Apocrypha and a separate title-page frt The New Testament. No dust jacket as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: over 4 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 70224111044. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. This book is heavier than 1kg and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan; Printed gy Woodfall hardcover