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1849010984Albany NY: Luther Tucker 1849. Hardcover. Good. 584 p. 13 leaves of plates: many in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Half calf with six spine compartments; gilt-tooled spine title and volume number. Pink-and-black marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Marbled endpapers. Imprint includes: Joseph Breck and Co. Boston; M. H. Mewman and Co. New York and Geo. B. Zieber Philadelphia. Bookplates on front fixed endpaper for former owners Abington Library Society and John Lambert. The founder of American landscape architecture Andrew Jackson Downing 1815-1852 was the editor of The Horticulturist from its founding in 1846 until his death in 1852. Articles include: Prof. Shepard on Agricultural Schools by C. U. Shepard of Amherst College; Description of the Polmaise Mode of Heating Green-Houses; Culture of Foreign Grapes in Pots by Geo. Kidd; The Morale of Rural Life by Geo. Jaques; and numerous articles on architecture and landscape architecture by A. J. Downing. Scarce. In Good Condition: leather over spine is detached along front joint and separated along back joint; cover is rubbed; foxing on title page 2 plates and final page; otherwise almost no foxing; clean and solid. Luther Tucker hardcover
1856010971Philadelphia: Robert Pearsall Smith 1856. Hardcover. Fair . 582 2 p. 18 leaves of plates 1 folded: many in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Half calf with six spine compartments; gilt-tooled spine title and volume number: New Series vol. VI. Pink-and-black marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Marbled endpapers. Imprint includes: Joseph Breck & Son Boston; C. M. Saxton & Co. New York; J. S. Waters Baltimore; and S. C. Griggs & Co. Chicago. Bookplates on front fixed endpaper for former owners Abington Library Society and John Lambert. Articles include: Downing's Familiar Notes and Letters letters of Andrew Jackson Downing 1815-1852; biographical sketch of American horticulturist William Coxe 1762-1831; Designs for Improving Country Residences by William Saunders; Restalrig House Residence of G. G. Logan Esq. at Germantown Pa. by Richard Morris Smith; The Pear Slug-Worm by Margaretta Morris; and Planting--A Theory for America by Thomas Meehan. Scarce. In Fair Condition: boards are detached but present; occasional foxing; p. 9 soiled; otherwise clean and solid. Robert Pearsall Smith hardcover
1858010973New York: C. M. Saxton 1858. Hardcover. Good -. 576 p. 13 leaves of plates: many in-text illustrations including 1 hand-colored full-page illustration; 24 cm. Half calf. Pink-and-black marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Marbled endpapers. Imprint includes: Joseph Breck & Co. Boston; S. C. Griggs & Co. Chicago; J. S. Waters Baltimore; and W. B. Zeiber Philadelphia. Bookplates on front fixed endpaper for former owners Abington Library Society and John Lambert. Articles include: Design for a Country House by Myron B. Benton; Hybridizing the Grape by Augustus D. Rogers; Construction of Glass Houses by William Saunders; The Plant Hunters or Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains by Mayne Reid; A Few Hints on Church Building by F. C. Withers; Mount Vernon and the Ladies; and Plan of Hunting Park by William Saunders. Scarce. In Good- Condition: front board and front free endpaper are detached but present; lacking leather over spine; paper over boards is scraped; occasional foxing; otherwise clean and solid. C. M. Saxton hardcover
1857010972Philadelphia: Robert Pearsall Smith 1857. Hardcover. Good . 580 2 p. 18 leaves of plates 1 hand-colored: many in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Half calf with six spine compartments; gilt-tooled spine title and volume number: New Series vol. VII. Pink-and-black marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Marbled endpapers. Imprint includes: Joseph Breck & Son Boston; C. M. Saxton & Co. New York; J. S. Waters Baltimore; and S. C. Griggs & Co. Chicago. Bookplates on front fixed endpaper for former owners Abington Library Society and John Lambert. Articles include: a biographical sketch of Scottish botanist and garden designer John Claudius Loudon 1783-1843; Some Account of an Orchideous House Constructed at Penllergare South Wales by J. Dillwyn Llewelyn; Shrubs with Ornamental Berries by Thomas Meehan; and Boydell's Traction Engine and Endless Railway. Scarce. In Good Condition: joints are cracked but boards are attached; binding is rubbed with minor loss at ends of spine; occasional foxing; otherwise clean and solid. Robert Pearsall Smith hardcover
1880BOOKS034752IBoston: A. Williams and Company 1880. HC. good original green cloth hardcover. 32 chromolith plates. BEING A SELECTION OF THE OLDEST AND MOST INTERESTING BUILDINGS HISTORICAL HOUSES AND NOTE PLACES IN MASSACHUSETTS from original drawings made on the spot by Edwin Whitefield. This edition contains 32 very good chromolith plates each with 2 buildings and brief descriptive text. unpaginated. A. Williams and Company unknown
1812q0549aLondon: Printed by L Harrison & J C Leigh for R Ackerman. G: in good condition. 20th century rebind with new eps. Covers rubbed. Some browning and set-off. 1812. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 370mm x 300mm 15" x 12". xiii 330pp vi; 275pp vi plates. 83 plates 81 hand-coloured. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . Printed by L Harrison & J C Leigh for R Ackerman hardcover
185212299London: Hatchard & Son; Sudbury J. Wright. 1852. 1st edition. Good/No Jacket. Publisher's cloth. Owner's bookplate and signature; cover sl. rubbed. London: Hatchard & Son; Sudbury, J. Wright. hardcover
1814018851London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1814. First Edition. . Calf Bound. Very Good. Three copies of John Britton's architectural works on the Cathedral churches of Salisbury Winchester and York. bound into one volume. 1. Salisbury 1814 viii. 113 1 pages engraved title page and 31 engraved plates. 2. Winchester 1817 138 4 pages engarved title and 30 engraved plates. 3. York 1819. 96 pages engraved title and 34 engraved plates. Calf bound with gilt lining and titling marbled edges. Front board detatched losses to spine general wear and tear internally very good with some foxing age toning and offsetting from plates. 810 Size: 290mm. x 230mm. <br/> <br/> Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown unknown
182150318071015Printed for the author by Thomas Bowman Richmond 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Re-backed with replacement leather spine with raised bands now worn and contemporary to text cross-hatched leather covers with gilt decoration around edge covers are lightly worn and are marked on rear face worn corners. End-papers have been replaced and possibly pasted over an earlier bookplate; a twentieth century bookplate is pasted on the inside of the front cover. Pages are clean plates fold-out pedigrees and fold-out map are present. Plates have foxing on some this is heavy and pages adjacent to plates also show foxing. Pasted slips of paper with a hand-written note are present on pages 17 and Appendix xlviii. Inked note to index and additions to pedigrees. Size: Quarto. iv 446 cxxxii. No dust jacket as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50318071015. 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. Printed for the author by Thomas Bowman hardcover
181825217101139J P Neale and sold by Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown; Hurst Robinson & Co London 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: John Preston Neale. Two matching volumes bound in green decorated leather banded spines with simple decoration. Black spine labels with gilt lettering. Both volumes have a bookplate on inside of front cover for Michael Marcus Sleight of Binbrook. Volume I was published in 1818; volume II was published in 1823. Volume I contains: Dedication to King George IV; List of Subscribers; Preface; History of St Peter's Church Westminster Abbey - 227pp; Chronological Table of Abbots Priors etc. 3; An Historical Account of King Henry the Seventh's Chapel - 72pp; Various indices. Volume II contains: History of St Peter's Church or Westminster Abbey - 304pp; Various indexes and appendices. Leather is lightly worn and is scuffed at corners. Sound binding. Foxing to end-papers and engraved titles. Light foxing to some plates mostly confined to margins. Clean pages. List of plates has a tick against each title. 2-volume set complete. No dust jacket as published. Illustrator: John Preston Neale. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: over 4 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 25217101139. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. These books are much heavier than 1kg and may incur significant additional delivery charges to some delivery services to some locations. J P Neale, and sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Hurst, Robinson & Co hardcover
181651319081082Nichols Son and Bentley and G. Andrews London and Durham 1816. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Four volumes rebound in matching brown cloth with gilt lettering on spines. Cloth is lightly rubbed binding is sound. Pages are clean pages facing plates in Volume 4 have some darkening. All listed plates are present plus and additional plate of Raby Castle. Plates are clean clear and almost free from foxing. Volume 1 1816 contains; List of Plates originally numbered as pages 171-2 of Volume 4 Memoir of Robert Surtees by G. Taylor dated 1839 98 pages originally published with Volume 4 Introduction 11 pages General History and Appendix clxxvi pages plus plates Easington Ward Appendix and Index 318 pages plus plates. Volume 2 1820 contains; Chester Ward Appendix Addenda Index and Errata 408 pages plus plates. Volume 3 1823 contains; Stockton Ward plus Index and Errata 432 pages plus plates. Volume 4 1840 contains; Advertisement Darlington Ward 172 pages the City of Durham and Index 172 pages plus plates. 4-volume set complete. 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: 51319081082. 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. Nichols, Son and Bentley and G. Andrews hardcover
185851319021071T. Fordyce Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 1858. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Full Title: "The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham; Comprising a Condensed Account of its Natural Civil and Ecclesiastical History from the Earliest Period to the Present Time; Its Boundaries Ancient Parishes and Recently Formed Parochial Districts and Chapelries and Parliamentary and Municipal Divisions; Its AgricultureMineral Products Manufacturers Shipping Docks Railways and General Commerce; Its Public Buildings Churches Chapels Parochial Register Landed Gentry Heraldic Visitations Local Biographies Schools Charities Sanitary Reports Population &c. Compiled from Parliamentary and Official Documents Private Information and Other Authentic Sources." Full work in two matching volumes in a modern rebinding of red half leather with gilt decoration and black spine labels. Marbled block edges. New marbled end-papers nothing original before frontis in both volumes. Volume II has small repair to frontis. Foxing to both title pages. Some plates are considerably darkened. 35 plates in total a few may have been bound in from other publications and are on smaller pages. Neither volume is dated contents include financial information up to 1856 and an entry on the final page of Volume II gives the date of the death of a Mr Thomas Wilson of May 9th 1858. Volume I may have been published earlier than this date. There are no maps or plans in these volumes. Approx. shipped weight 5kg. 2-volume set complete. Undated by publisher. Dated from content/images. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: over 4 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51319021071. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. These books are much heavier than 1kg and may incur significant additional delivery charges to some delivery services to some locations. T. Fordyce hardcover
185751319021072A Fullarton & Co Newcastle London and Edinburgh 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 4-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: over 4 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51319021072. 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. A Fullarton & Co hardcover
187050324111003Privately Published York 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Privately bound in half-leather with brown cloth. Gilt lettering on spine leather is lightly rubbed gilt block edges. There are previous owners' bookplates for Peter Thornton and for Hugh Murray on the front marbled end-papers. There is an illuminated by H C Cammidge richly coloured and gilt title-page and seven coloured and gilt plates showing heraldic devices that are on 7 windows. At both ends are seven blank leaves. There is light foxing to some of the text pages. The Library Hub entry for this work in York Minster Library refers to a second copy "illuminated & extra-illustrated by H.C. Camidge; photocopy from the copy in the possession of Hugh Murray 1991". This copy catalogued here is the original "Hugh Murray" copy. First Edition with these illustrations. 16 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: 50324111003. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. Privately Published hardcover
18767287London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1876. First edition. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 887 8vo. Translated by Benjamin Bucknall. Green cloth-covered boards gilt decoration to front board gilt titles to spine coloured frontispiece many line drawing illustrations- full page plates head and tail pieces and in run of text; 394 pages. Condition notes: Some bumping and wear to boards binding pulled at front end papers but a clean pleasant copy. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington hardcover
1894488477London: Elliot Stock 1894. Hardcover in good condition for age. No jacket. X 327 pages. Boards and spine are marked and tanned. Leading corners and spine ends are bumped. Page block and rough-cut pages are tanned and marked. Previous owner's name penned on FEP. Creases throughout pages. Pastedown hinges are partially split but binding remains intact. Text is clear. HCW. Hardcover. Good. Used. Elliot Stock Hardcover
1894488476London: Elliot Stock 1894. Hardcover in good condition for age. No jacket. X 327 pages. Boards and spine are marked and tanned. Front leading edge and spine ends are bumped. Page block and rough-cut pages are tanned and marked. Bookplate on front pastedown. Creases throughout pages. Pastedown hinges are partially split but binding remains intact. Text is clear. HCW. Hardcover. Good. Used. Elliot Stock Hardcover
18942933Elliot Stock 1894. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper; buckram gilt back backstrip lightly sunned else a very good clean copy of an uncommon work. An additional volume to Elliot Stock's series of reprints of the magazine's topographical series. Perhaps the widest individually published collection of ecclesiological notes and studies with contributions from many standard authorities including Parker and Walcott. VERY SCARCE Elliot Stock, hardcover
18407922CB3 Bände London, George Routledge and Sons, um 1840. Gr.-8°. Mit 78 Aquatinta-Tafeln. Schwarz- und goldgepr. Orig.-Leinenband.
184052150ohne Verlag, [ca. 1840]. Bildgröße ca. 10,5 x 15 cm. Unter Passepartout (ca. 19 x 23,5 cm).
1858008901Glasgow: Blackie & Son 1858. Presumed First Edition. Half Leather/Marbelized Boards. Very Good. .from the Machine Projection of Shadows Tinting and Colouring Perspective. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings on Wood and Steel. Including Select Details and Complete Machines. Forming a Progressive Series of Lessons in Drawing and Examples of Approved Construction. Two volumes. Contemporary brown pebbled leather over swirling marbleized pattern at covers. Both volumes with minor wearing and rubbing to spine spine edges and cover corners. Ffe of Volume 1 creased. Foxing to pastedowns free endpapers title pages and occasionally throughout largely clean texts and plates. Bindings tight and firm. Volume 1 contains the text Volume 2 with 71 black and white engraved plates. Scarce. Blackie & Son unknown
189712400New York: The Engineer Record. Very Good. 1897-98. Hardcover. Volume XXXVII December 1897 -May 1898. Clean marbled boards with brown cloth corners & spine. Paper spine label with gilt lettering. Text tight clean & intact. Illustrated with B/W photographs and architectural drawings. X-Library: with some internal markings including a book plate. Technical Engineering; Ex-Library; B/W Photo & Drawings; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 576 pages . The Engineer Record hardcover
1859364Leipzig: A.H.Payne 1859. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 2108 4to. Comprising the choice preservation and strength of materials explanations of the theory and practical details a complete system of lines for the carpenter joiner and staircase builder". Half leather. Many illustrations and diagrams some coloured for clarity. Condition notes: Spine strip detached but present boards and leather rubbed and worn. Binding firm; some discolouration opposite plates. Photographs available on request. A.H.Payne hardcover
1822rx1144W. Simpkin and R. Marshall Relié 1822 "RARE. In-4 (22,5 x 27 cm), reliure demi-peau à coins, dos à 5 nerfs, texte en anglais, complet des 15 planches hors texte, pagination comme suit : préface et table des matières (xvi pp.), puis 438 pp., ""tables for forming the bodies of ships and vessels of each class, both in the Royal Navy and in the merchant service"" (27 pp.), ""tables of the principal dimensions and scantlings"" (LVIII ff.), ""Forms of a contract, entered into by a merchant-ship builder, for the building of a ship of war for the Royal Navy; including the dimensions &c. of the Raven Brig, of 18 guns, built in the year 1804"" (paginé de lix à lxviii), ""index to the tables of the principal dimensions and scantlings"" (paginé de lxix à lxxvi), ""An Appendix, containing the principles and practice of constructing ships, as invented and introduced by Sir Robert Seppings, surveyor of His Majesty's Navy, by John Knowles, F.R.S."" (62 pp.) ; reliure abîmée (épidermures sur le cuir et le papier reliure, coupes usées un feuillet dérelié au centre du corps d'ouvrage), mouillure sur la première garde, par ailleurs intérieur bien conservé, en l'état, à restaurer. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande."
184554067Dublin: Hodges and Smith 1845. Second edition. 256 illustrations. xix 525 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Blind-stamped cloth. Faded and lightly worn joints starting hinges cracking bookseller's receipts and presentation slip tipped onto rear endpapers else very good. Second edition. 256 illustrations. xix 525 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Hodges and Smith unknown books
