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187602619021073Crosby Lockwood and Co London 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Contemptorary half leather binding with banded spine and gilt lettering. Leather is well rubbed covers are lightly marked. Sound binding. Clean marbled end-papers. Previous owners name at head of title page. Colour frontiis of Wallasey Water Tower. Crisp and clean fold out plates with very occasional very light foxing. Clean pages with vignette illustrations. Approx. shipped weight 6kg 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: 02619021073. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. This book is much heavier than 1kg and may incur significant additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations. Crosby Lockwood and Co hardcover
181454253Shepton-Mallet, Quarterly, 1814. Small 8vo. Contemp. hmorocco. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. X,(2),108 pp., 3 folded engraved plates. A few scattered brownspots. Printed on good paper.
183412328London : William Pickering 1834. 1st edition. Good/No jacket. Publisher's boards impressed design. Owner's bookplate; tips of spine worn corners bumped. Some browning to plates with occasional print-through. London : William Pickering hardcover
18303ARCH0004Jones & Co 1830. 3 hardcovers in very good condition in 3/4 black leather with marbled boards and marbled edges. Light wear to edges with volume 3 having a repair on the spine. Circa 1830. Illustrated with One Thousand Drawings of Subjects referred to in the Work. Volume 3 is a book of plates woodcuts and there is foxing to some of the plates. Hard Cover. Very Good. Jones & Co Hardcover
18016495995W. Bulmer and Co. 1801. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Half-leather. Marble-deocrated covers. Backstrip chipped/torn and parts missing. Gilt on remaining backstrip and raised bands. Bumbed corners. Endpapers marbled. Some foxing a few pages heavily foxed. Internally fair. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item850grams ISBN: W. Bulmer and Co. hardcover
184750318121184W T Lamb Wakefield 1847. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Rebound in plain green hard covers with gilt lettering n the spine and a colour facsimile of the original paper cover trimmed at the front and rear. Sound binding previous owners' stamps on title-page and Halifax Antiquarian Society Stamps in lower margins of various pages. No dust jacket as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50318121184. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. W T Lamb hardcover
18455787935John Henry Parker 1845. Volume 1-2. 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. Re-bound by library. Library sticker on front cover.Fourth edition. Vol I. bound in brown library cloth with gilt lettering on backstrip. Vol II. bound in brown cloth with brown leather half binding and gilt lettering and borders on sun faded backstrip. Vol II shelf worn with bumped corners and some chipping. Split hinges in vol II secured with clear tape. Frontispiece. Interior is secure clean and clear. Vol II. contains 164 plates. Grubby trimmed edges. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1800grams ISBN: John Henry Parker hardcover
18382951Charles Tilt 1838. 8vo. Second Edition with an engraved frontispiece 64 wood-engraved plates each containing several figures and numerous wood-engravings in the text endpapers and preliminaries lightly spotted; contemporary green half morocco marbled boards gilt back marbled edges skilfully rebacked original backstrip gilt with five raised bands laid down one or two scuffs on boards else a very good bright clean copy. Parker's most popular if not his most profound work. It includes fresh ideas on Saxon architecture an article on stained glass by Willement and like most of Parker's writings is charmingly - and accurately - illustrated by Jewitt. Charles Tilt, hardcover
18970008084Rochester NY: George P. Humphrey 1897. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo viii 41 pages clothbacked printed yellow boards toned <br/><br/>Copy no. 275 of only 300 initialled by G.P.H. Printed by The Genesee Press. Howes C762 . The nitty-gritty about the whys and hows of planning the town of Cooperstown New York. Told in a series of letters to William Sampson of NYC - but originally published in Dublin in 1810. The New Preface by James Fenimore Cooper Jr. explains how that happened. George P. Humphrey hardcover
185300286102London: Adams & King 1853 Bown paper wraps with engraved woodcut front. 14 engravings with inscriptions. 54 pgs. table of dimensions of cathedrals. Some creases to corners some loss chip to bottom pages rear not affecting text. Rare copy. OCLC finds 13 copies of this edition. ad rear. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Eighth Edition. Original Wraps. Good. Adams & King, paperback
1842495839Oxford: John Henry Parker 1842. Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Published 1842-45 for the Oxford Society for Promoting the Study of Gothic Architecture. Vi iii-viii and 398 pp. Three parts in one: Deanery of Bicester Deanery of Woodstock and Deanery of Cuddesden. Missing map of Woodstock. Features illustrations maps and two colour plates. Handwritten letter dated 1882 laid-in. Blue-cloth boards and spine are marked worn and faded. Leading corners and spine ends are bumped. Page block and pages are tanned and marked. Bookshop stickers on front pastedown. Previous owner's initials penned on FEP. Annotations and underlining penned and pencilled throughout pages. Contents remain legible throughout. HCW. Hardcover. Good. Used. John Henry Parker Hardcover
1881051524-TSt. Louis : G.I. Jones & Co. 1881. Book. Illus. by Author. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limited Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Limited Edition 1881 Hardcover Brown leather with gilt letters to the cover and spine with new leather spine and corners Rebound with imported end sheets 391 page book.Plus 46 plates and fold outs including schematics and photographs . Frontispiece photograph of the bridge in 1880. This is the first bridge to span the Mississippi River and still stands today . A engineering marvel by the engineer James Buchanan Eads 1820 - 1887 .This copy was presented by the author and engineering professor and dean of engining at Washing University in St. Louis Calvin Milton Woodward 1837 - 1914 . Laid in is a signed note by Mr. Woodward to : " Friend Moody - I send a copy of the "Book" for you to examine. Yrs. C.M. Woodward Jan. 24/82 along with a typed note tipped in This book is the property of Irwin T. Johnson . It was originally given to my grandfather Chas.D. Moody by the author. Please handle with care. s/Irwin D. Thompson . Charles D. Moody was a civil engineer and patent attorney of Webster Groves Missouri. Title page bears the inscription " For Irwin Twining Johnson From KatherT. Moody 1937. A Very Rare Book on Bridge Construction and with a note signed by the author . Condition : Very Good A complete and professionally rebound copy . . G.I. Jones & Co. Hardcover
18725756176Longmans Green and Co 1872. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. Re-bound by library. Medium blue cloth 8vo with gilt lettering on backstrip. Bumped corners and a little general wear to exterior. Frontispiece. Small tear in corner of title page. Binding tight. Several pages marked in pencil and a couple of pages have marginal pen markings. Slight grubbiness on a few pages. Light foxing. Contains several plates. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1350grams ISBN: Longmans Green and Co hardcover
190019022101008George Bell and Sons London 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Gerald C Horsley. Darkened pink covers red spine with gilt lettering and motif spine cover is frayed at ends and over front external joint bumped corners sound binding. Gift note at front dated 1905. Title page in red and black with vignette illustration light foxing to inside covers clean pages. Contains black and white plates full page illustrations and illustrations. No dust-jacket. Previous owner's name architectural historian Kerry Downes in pencil at the front. Illustrator: Gerald C Horsley. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 19022101008. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. George Bell and Sons hardcover
186521231London: John Murray. Good with no dust jacket. 1865. First Edition. Hard Cover. Tight clean square bright book in brown cloth & worn leather spine detached on one edge; gilt "Royal Engineers Library" stamp to front board; cracked rear hinge; some pencilled numbers to front brown endpapers; contents very bright and clean; pencilled diagrams to rear blank endpaper; 674 pp . John Murray hardcover
1884AR-58London U.K.: Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1884. Classic two-volume scholarly text contains detailed sections on characteristics of the Chaldaean-Assyrian civilization and architecture; funerary architecture; religious architecture; sculpture; civil and military architecture; industrial arts; etc. Translated from the original French by Walter Armstrong. 818 pp. collectively. Illustrated with over four hundred and fifty-two engravings and fifteen steel and coloured plates. Gilt decorated cloth boards. Tops of spines chipped and slightly faded; label removal marks from lower spines; pocket remnants on front endpapers; corners and edges have average rubbing; small stamps on title page. Tight binding. Clean text. Heavy item. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. Chapman & Hall Ltd. Hardcover
181452624101022R Ackerman London 1814. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Folio volume in red half-leather with marbled boards but covers are both detached and most of spine-cover is missing block binding is sound. There is occasional light foxing to pages facing the illustrations and light foxing to prelims. but pages are otherwise clean. Small label pasted on the inside of the front cover. All of required plates for Volume I are presentall - with the exception of the portrait - are in colour mostly one image per page but occasionally two images per page. Images show: Frontis of "View of Oxford" facing title page; Black and white full length portrait of William Wyndham Grenvile Lord Grenville Chancellor of the University to whom this volume is dedicated; View of High-Street looking south facing page i; Entrance to Oxford from the London Road; page iii; Porch of St Mary's Church - and staircase of Christ-Church page iii; St Mary's Church taken from the top of Radcliffe Library page iii; The Old Tower page x; St Aldgate's from Carfax xiii; St Peters' Church xv; Crypt of St Peter's Church xv; Merton College North Window of the Ante-Chapel 1; Merton Chapel 9; Magpie Lane 12; University and Queen's 25; Hall of University College 39; Quadrangle of Balliol College 61; Hall of Exeter College 81; Oriel College 93; Queen's College Chapel 125; New College Entrance Gate - and Magdalen College Entrance Gate 156; Chapel of New College 159; Window of New College Chapel 162; Chapel of Lincoln's College 186; All Souls taken from the top of Radcliffe Library 210; Library of All Souls College 215; Chapel of All Souls College 218; Old Gate of Magdalen College 247; Cloisters of Magdalen College 248; Magdalen Tower 250; Chapel of Magdalen College 258; West Entrance to the Chapel of Madalen College 261. xiv 2 . One volume of the 2-volume set. No dust jacket as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3-4kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52624101022. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. This volume is very large and heavy and may incur additional shipping fees to all non-UK countries. R Ackerman hardcover
1851230138London, Whittaker 1851. LXXXIV, 415, [2] pp. With 58 Plates and some text illustrations. 4°, handbound in full contemporary calf, frame of two gilt fillets on covers, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decorated, small gilt sailing ship stamp on spine and covers.
1856035913New York: Fowler and Wells Publishers 1856. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. Royal blue cloth decorated in blind illus. in gilt. Both covers somewhat darkened by age and showing rubbing along edges. Lacks approx. 3/4 of spine panel but main title "A Home for All" is complete on upper panel. vi7-19244 pp. illus. triple frontis. printed in brown showing two octagonal homes including the author's and two floor plans additional illus. and floor plans throughout. Interior shows scattered foxing generally minor ranging in places to moderate. Very scarce early printing issued in 1856 originally copyrighted 1853. Fowler and Wells, Publishers Hardcover
1854071521-RNew York: Fowler and Wells Publishers 1854. Book. Illus. by author. Near Fine. Hardcover. Revised Edition. 1st. Edition1854 Revised original red cloth hardcover with gilded blind stamped design and letters 192 page book with 12 pages of the books by this publishers. Illustrated with drawings and plans in black & white . Condition : Near Fine Very Good Plus . Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fowler and Wells , Publishers Hardcover
185050324121050Simpkin Marshall & Co London 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. One of a number of works that were published about various Yorkshire churches by this author this small slim volume has dark blue blind decorated covers with gilt lettering on the spine. Small shelving label and a bookplate on the inside of the front cover previous owner's handwritten name on the front free end-paper and remains of erased pencil note. Small split between inside front cover and free front end-paper but binding is sound. Darkened rear inside cover clean pages. Contains: Frontis. plate of St. Mary's Church Scarborough significant foxing; Plan of st. Mary's Scarborough facing page 61; Fold-out plan of Ground Plan Previous tothe Restoration facing page 107; Black and white vignette illustrations. No dust jacket as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50324121050. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. Simpkin, Marshall & Co hardcover
1875011871Florence Italy: Edizioni Brogi 1875. Fine. 1 albumen print 8 x 10 inches on a mat 16 x 20 inches. By Italian photographer Giacomo Brogi 1822-1881. The print is of the Milan Cathedral also known as the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary. No date of publication. No. 3318. Brogi published at least 3 albumen prints of the exterior of the Milan Cathedral each identified as no. 3318. This image features 4 street lights in front of the cathedral. Albumen print is in Fine Condition: clean bright and intact. Mount is in Very Good- Condition: minor loss at corners; small chip out of one edge; solid. Edizioni Brogi unknown
1875011872Florence Italy: Edizioni Brogi 1875. Very Good. 1 albumen print 11 x 15 inches on a mat 16 x 20 inches. By Italian photographer Giacomo Brogi 1822-1881. The print is of the Milan Cathedral also known as the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary. No date of publication. No. 3318. Brogi published at least 3 albumen prints of the exterior of the Milan Cathedral each identified as no. 3318. This image features 4 street lights in front of the cathedral. Albumen print is in Very Good Condition: several small discolored spots along the edges of the image; otherwise clean bright and intact. Mount is in Very Good Condition: corners rubbed; very lightly soiled; solid. Edizioni Brogi unknown
1875011869Florence Italy: Edizioni Brogi 1875. Near Fine. 1 albumen print 11 x 15 inches on a mat 16 x 20 inches. By Italian photographer Giacomo Brogi 1822-1881. The print is of the Milan Cathedral also known as the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary. No date of publication. No. 3318. Brogi published at least 3 albumen prints of the exterior of the Milan Cathedral each identified as no. 3318. This image has only 2 street lights in front of the cathedral. Albumen print is in Near Fine Condition: small ding on lower right side; otherwise clean bright and intact. Mount is in Very Good- Condition: corners rubbed; discoloration at lower corners; solid. Edizioni Brogi unknown
1849B92152Bruges, Vandecasteele-Werbrouck 1849 24pp., 24cm., br.orig., rare, B92152
