1 674 résultats
1857048415Nottingham: Allen 1857. Later card covers rubbed and chipped first page browned and discoloured chipped at the edges some futher occasional browning and staining 99pp xxivpp appendix woodcut illustrations a fair example of a scarce item. Paperback. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Allen Paperback
189776158Privately Printed 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Brown buckram. Slight separation between viii-ix but overall in very nice condition. Size: Quarto. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Inventory No: 76158. . Privately Printed 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
184163337Commissioners On the Public Records of the Kingdom. 1841. Hardcover. Very Good. . . To which are added a few Latin Transcripts containing Digests of the Welsh Laws xv 7pp 1005pp. Bound in original green cloth covers recently re-spined to match new endpapers. Large folio edition ; Folio . Commissioners On the Public Records of the Kingdom hardcover
1841004477England: Commissioners on the Public Records of the Kingdom 1841. Collationxv 7pp 1005pp. Bound in original publishers green cloth cloth rubbed on corners and edges with some minor wear loss top hinge joints split with slight abrasion wear loss head and tail rubbed with slight wear loss. Binding in good bright condition. Internally endpaper joints split contents becoming loose text block holding firm no writing or marking pages in very good clean condition. Internally a very good clean copy. Book measures 16 1/4 x 11 inches. Weight 5kg.C1. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Commissioners on the Public Records of the Kingdom, hardcover
187015681London: Sunday School Union. Very Good- with no dust jacket. c1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Small stain to front board. Some rubbing and staining to rear board.; ii 79 pages frontispiece. Green blind-stamped cloth boards with gilt title on front board. Page dimensions: 170 x 105mm. In-text illustrations. "The after progress of the new kingdom and city of Nineveh is involved in great obscurity; but a few glimpses of it may be obtained" - page 7. Seller ref: Knightcol; 16mo . Sunday School Union hardcover
18407081840. Etching of a woodcut. 160mm by 105mm sheet. Andrew Boorde or Borde c. 1490 - April 1549 was an English traveller physician and writer. He was physician to King Henry VII. <br /> False-mounted. unknown
1898763L6N/A: N/A c1898. Unbound. Very Good Indeed. N/A. N/A. A scarce box of ten photographic glass slides depicting the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Campaign commanded by Kitchener. The images include a group picture of the 21st Lancers two of whom received the Victoria Cross for actions at the Battle of Omdurman. There are also images of British soldiers in Khartoum Guards at Shabluka and military railway construction. The Sudan Military Railroad was constructed from 1896-1897 by Kitchener to supply the Anglo-Egyptian army prosecuting the Mahdist War. This railway was the predecessor line for the present-day Sudan Railway. The Kitchener campaign was from 1896-1898. And was a reconquest of territory lost by the Khedives of Egypt in 1884 and 1885 during the Mahdist War. The plates are in a relatively good condition with some tape repairs to the edges of some. Housed in a wooden box. These images are an original source from this historical campaign. In a wooden box. All but one of the plates are paper taped at the edges. There are a few small cracks to the edges of the plates with the image mostly unaffected. Very Good Indeed N/A unknown
18764687London: Published for the Crown Perfumery Company by Hamilton Adams & Co. 1876. First Edition. Hardback in the publisher's original cream cloth binding which is grubby and stained. Crown Perfumery Company advertisements pasted to front endpaper plus more advertisements to the last few pages. Pages clean and fresh. All edges red. Poems in English Sanskrit and Hindustani. vi ii 117 3 pages. 160 x 115 mm 6¼ x 4½ inches. Published for the Crown Perfumery Company by Hamilton Adams & Co. hardcover
1838AB8856London: Simpkin Marshall & Co; Daron & Clark; and W Smith 1838. First Edition. . Hardcover. G-. 12mo A good copy for its age. Po inscription on ffep soiling to half title. Dk green blind-stamped cloth faded to spine bumping to corners slight roll to spine. Front inner hinge cracked. gilt decoration on spine <br/> <br/> Simpkin, Marshall & Co; Daron & Clark; and W Smith hardcover
1833010950Paris: Aux Bureaux Du Journal Des Connaissance Utiles 1833. Book measures 14.5x11.5.cm. Collation 160pp 86 coloured county maps followed by Atlas by Levasseur with 87 coloured maps of which 9 are folding. Bound in period quarter calf marble boards flat gilt bands and stamp leather title label. Calf lightly rubbed chipped on tail of spine boards lightly stained. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally pages and maps in very good clean condition throughout. A very nice clean copy in an attractive period binding. . Quarter Calf. . Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Aux Bureaux Du Journal Des Connaissance Utiles Paperback
1900011657Sydney: William Applegate Gullick Government Printer 1900. Book measures 33x21.cm. Collation 231pp many illustrations a few folding maps. Bound in original publishers printed boards. Top cover detached dust marked libraery label. Internally cancellation stampoccasional library stamp or mark contents loose. Pages and illustrations in very good clean condition. A clean copy in a worn binding. Hardcover. Good Plus. Quarto. William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer Hardcover
1899012377Washington: Government Printing Office 1899. Book measures 23.5x15.5.cm. Part 2 only. Collation 750pp 10 folding exhibits maps a few full page plates. . Bound in original publishers cloth with gilt lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed bumped on corners library label on top board. Binding in good clean condition. Internally occasional library stamp cancellation stamp. Pages and plates in good clean condition. . Cloth. Near Very Good. 8vo. Government Printing Office Hardcover
184136907Whittaker & Co. 1841. 2nd edition. Good/No Jacket. Navy cloth gilt title Spines beginning to separate along outside hinges front hinge weak. A somewhat journalistic account with gruesome details of the aftermath of colliery accidents. Whittaker & Co. hardcover
1855002062Pagan Burma: n/a 1855. A rectangular footed wooden manuscript case sadaik from Burma constructed in three sections providing two separate compartments for manuscript storage. The exterior of the case is richly decorated overall with inscribed scenes outlined in red orange green and yellow lacquer over a black lacquer background. Unusually the box bears seven inscriptions in stylized Burmese script which provides much information on the dating of the box 1855 the donors' names Daw Mae Ngwe and U Sein of Hman Kyo Pagan City and the scenes depicted on the box. These are as follows: for the top panel the left side portrays King Ajatashatru consulting with his ministers regarding where he should seek repentance for his wicked deeds. To the left of center the King is kneeling before Venerable Kasyapa surrounded by attendant Bhikkhus apparently expressing remorse. A single robed figure to the far right Ven. Ananda sits in meditation seeking the Dharma. Around all four sides of the case there are processions of figures in courtly dress all culminating in the center of one long side where a single central figure the Brahmin Dona sits on an ornate platform facing a naga dragon. According to the inscription above him Dona is in the process of distributing the Buddha's relics. The interior surfaces of the three sections are covered in plain red lacquer; the base in black lacquer. The case would typically have been used to house and protect a Buddhist manuscript either a sutra on lontar palm or a Buddhist initiation manuscript kammavaca. There are minor chips and scratches commensurate with its age and use; overall the case is in very good sound condition. The case dimensions are 67 cm. x 21.3 cm. x 22 cm. high. n/a. Very Good/n/a. 67 cm. x 21.3 cm. x 22 cm. n/a
18905074Nepal C1890. An attractive hand painted original Thangka Mandala. Either Nepalese or Tibetan. This is an unusual copy as it includes a representation of the black buddha to the left edge. Painted onto cloth and in excellent condition. Thangka painting is a traditional form of Tibetan Buddhist art typically created on cotton or silk. These paintings often depict Buddhist deities scenes from the life of the Buddha mandalas or other religious icons. Thangkas are highly detailed vibrant and portable designed to be rolled up like scrolls for easy transport and display during religious ceremonies or private meditation. 88cm x 62cm. hardcover
1899235783Tillamook.: Self published. nd. c. 1899. First edition. . Gilt border. Fine copy. . 4 3/8" x 6 1/2". A.G. Reynolds was a photographer active in Tillamook Oregon in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1892 he partnered with John J. Stoddard to acquire the printing plant of the defunct Western Watchtower and launched the Tillamook Advocate an independent weekly newspaper. Studio stamp on rear side. Self published. unknown
190059127contains 32 landscape commercial photographs including Ambleside Windermere Lake Derwent Water Furness Abbey Windermere Lake Honister Crag & Pass Bowden Stone Kink Stone Pass etc approx half the pages are blank at the rear photos range from 10 x 6.5 cm to 26 x 15 cm with handwritten place names below hardcover
1819014391London: Printed by Order of the House of Commons 1819. Book measures 46.5x29.5.cm with 86 engraved facsimiles and plates of mediaeval documents seals etc many folding including Magna Carta with parallel transcriptions. Bound in modern red cloth with leather title label. Cloth has some minor wear. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally occasional spotting dust marking. Plates in good clean condition. A good clean solid volume. . Cloth. Near Very Good. Folio. Printed by Order of the House of Commons Hardcover
1866016038Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office Washington D.C. 1866. Book measures 23x16.cm. xxxiv717pp. Bound in modern half calf cloth boards raised bands gilt lines leather label. Binding in fine condition. Internally occasional library stamp heavy spotting browning to first and last 30pp. Pages in good condition. A good copy in a fine binding.F . First Edition. Quarter Calf. Near Very Good. 8vo. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 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
18808610373D.Appleton and Company 1880. 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. Half leather. Raised bands and gilt lettering on the backstrip. Covers are very scuffed and worn. Binding is slightly loose at the spine. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1550grams ISBN: D.Appleton and Company hardcover
18553521855. Chromolithograph. 330mm by 250mm sheet. From 'Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe' by Charles Lemaire and others. Published by Louis van Houtte.<br /> A few light foxing spots. Central horizontal fold as issued. unknown
188825131888. Lithograph with later hand-colouring. 270mm by 205mm sheet. Joseph Thompson Arblaster owned his Safety Blasting Powder factory at Eaglehawk.<br /> William Gurr 1848-1912 was a Geelong businessman auctioneer and councillor.From 'Jubilee history of Victoria and Melbourne' / T.W.H. Leavitt editor. unknown
1896239943Edinburgh: Mc. Farlane and Erskine 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Large. Anon. 55pp. 1896. First edition. 4to. large sized. Scarce. A charming humorous travel book. Original publisher's red cloth stamped with black sketch designs to the front and rear boards. No inscriptions. All edges gilt. The upper two front board corners bumped. Light splitting to the spine strip along the front joint - now expertly repaired. The upper two board corners and the upper corner of the front text block bumped leaving the pages lightly or slightly creased to that corner. Normal age toning to the endpapers. A very good tight clean copy of a scarce book. Mc. Farlane and Erskine hardcover