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187921021701879. London Palestine Exploration Fund April 1879. 8vo. Original yellow illustrated wrappers; pp. 59-72; well-preserved.Rare sole edition of the report of the exploration of a part of the Sinai peninsula. 'Having paid four previous visits to the Peninsula of Sinai I was already well known to the Towarah Arabs who inhabit that region and found little difficulty in coming to a satisfactory agreement with Sheikh Nassar to accompany me with two other Arabs and three camels' p. 59. unknown
1830001315London: J.Hatchard and Son 1830. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Not called for>. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Sporadic light foxing throughout- but mostly internally clean.Corners bumped. Housed in an exquisite early 19c maroon binding with gilt and blind stamped designs. Contrasting title label overall an attractive copy.See images. SELLER SUPPLIED IMAGES. <br/> <br/> J.Hatchard and Son hardcover
18575002589521857. 1857. Bon état unknown
1888030446Paris: G. Fischbacher 1888. .avec les variantes des manuscrits de Genéve et de Dublin suivi dune traduction française et de traductions en vaudois moderne. Edizione originale. Un volume di VI-95 pagine brossura editoriale. Dimensioni: 24x315 cm. Brossura brunita e con qualche traccia del tempo interno in ottime condizioni. 2 tavole con fac-simile fuori testo. La Noble Leçon o Nobla Leiçon che in questa edizione presenta la dottrina del valdismo medievale in 496 versi è il più noto degli otto poemetti valdesi tramandati dai manoscritti della cosiddetta ""Biblioteca dei barba"" la raccolta di libri e poemi utilizzati fino all'adesione alla Riforma protestante per la formazione dei ""barba"" i predicatori itineranti valdesi. G. Fischbacher unknown
188694762Bologna Regia Tipografia 1886/1887. Voll. 2 in 8° tela con titoli oro al dorso conservata la bross. anteriore originale pp. XXXIII 296 530. OTTIMI ESEMPLARI Bologna, Regia Tipografia hardcover
187846307Hodges Foster and Figgis 1878. Very Good. in x in x in. The Diocese of Killalow from the Reformation to the Close of the Eighteenth Century DWYER Philip Reverend Hodges Foster and Figgis Dublin 1878 hardback VG red boards black bordering gilt to spine bevelled edges concave bound 602 eight aendices one fold out map of the Dioceses of Killaloe b/w frontispiece illustrated from four b/w images Boards edge worn spine strip grubby no inscription publisher's label on front end paper bookbinders label on rear end paper spine cracked in middle section of text block see scan otherwise binding quite tight pages tanned top edge dust stained smattering of dark stains to several pages to front and rear three small closed tears to fore-edge of fold out map ANTIQUARIAN IRELAND RELIGION DIOCESE OF KILLALOW REFORMED CHURCH OF IRELAND PARISH HISTORY 1500'S TO 1700'S THE RECTORY & VICARAGE VICARS RECTORS BISHOPS ETC 46307 ANTIQUARIAN/IRELAND �13150 602 Hodges, Foster and Figgis hardcover
187517860Venice Italy: Armenian Monastery of St. Lazarus 1875. First edition. softcover . Good. Thick Duodecimo smaller than standard. Creme paper covers with text and decoration on front cover decoration on rear cover. Third part of the author's Armenian History in a second volume. Wear to corners and edges of covers with a 2 inch long tear at hinge of lower front cover Light foxing to pages. 387 p. w/ index. An uncommon work on Armenia and its history after the Geography and General History in vol 1 and leaving Literature for a third volume that does not appear to have seen the press. For over 30 years Issaverdens published a number of books in English regarding the history language and places of Armenia and the Armenian Church. Based at the monastery it is clear the resources there helped greatly in his research. A second editon of the three extant parts was published in 1878. <br /> <br/><br/> Armenian Monastery of St. Lazarus paperback
186740119031150Society of Antiquaries of London; Printed by J Nichols London 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Red half-leather with black spine-labels and gilt lettering and decoration leather is rubbed at edges and spine-ends. Clean marbled end-papers marbled block edges light foxing to prelims sound binding. Slight damage to base of spine from no longer present sticker. Volume contains many black and white plates and vignettes. Colour plate facing page 401 and double plate at page 466. Contents Includes: I. Murrain of the 14th Century from Court Rolls of a Norfolk Manor by Henry Harrod II./III./IV. Authenticity of the Paston Letters by John Bruce and Richard Almack V. Message from James I to Earl of Somerset in Case of Sir Thomas Overbury from December 1615 by James Spedding VI. Conduct of James I in case of Sir Thomas Overbury by Spedding VII. Genuineness of the Holy Sepulchre by Thomas Lewin VIII. Mosque of Omar by Lewin IX. Letters of Diego Sarmiento de Acuna Count of Gondomar giving account of the Earl of Somerset by Samuel Rawson Gardiner X. Sepulchral Remains at Veii and Praeneste by Padre Raffaele Garrucci XI. Legal Procedure of the Anglo-Saxons by Henry Charles Coote XII. Letters from Lord Bacon to Christian IV of Denmark by Samuel Rawson Gardiner XIII. Day of Caesars Landing in Britain by Earl Stanhope XIV. Bronze Object found at Lucera and Pan Lycaeus or Faunus Lupercus Workmanship by Garrucci XV. Cuisine Bourgeoise of Ancient Rome by H. C. Coote XVI. Roman Bronze Vessals discovered at Castle Howard Yorkshire by Edmund Oldfield XVII. Churchwardens Accounts of the Parish of Leverton in Lincolnshire by Edward Peacock XVIII. Unpublished Collection of Songs and Ballads by Henry VIII and his contemporises by William Chappell XIX. Vespasians First Campaign in Britain by Charles Warne XX. Stone Implements in Lough Neagh Ireland by John Evans XXI. Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Stowting in Kent by John Brent XXII. Castra of the Littus Saxonicum and the Castrum of Othona by Thomas Lewin XXIII. Runic Calendars and Staffordshire Clogg Almanacs by J. Barnard Davis Appendix: Anglo-Saxon Fibula in the Society Museum Contains colour and black and white plates. No dust jacket as published. Stamps for Halifax Antiquarian Society and "Withdrawn" stamp on front end-papers and prelims. Pages of main text and plates including reverse of plates are free from stamps. Hand-written reference numbers on end-papers. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3-4kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40119031150. 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. Society of Antiquaries of London; Printed by J Nichols hardcover
1873874T76Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo 1873. Leather. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". None. A smart second edition of this collection of Scottish lyrics and verses. Second edition. A collection of poetry lyrics and verse from Scottish writers subsequent to Robert Burns including: John Skinner Lady Anne Barnard Sir Walter Scott James Hogg Agnes Lyon Robert Allan Thomas Campbell John Grieve Margaret M. Inglis Henry Scott Riddell and many more. With memoirs of the poets written by Reverend Charles Rogers a Scottish minister and prolific author. Bound in half calf with patterned boards. Externally smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good William P. Nimmo hardcover
1814001864<p>Dover / London: Printed for the Author by Ledger and Shaw / Longman Hurst Reese Orme and Brown 1814. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Two volume set. 4tos Vol I - xlviii pp366 with 7 b/w plates 6 fold-out and 1 full page missing plate 8 With an extra 10 pages of "Extract from the Thanet Magazine 1817 Biography of The Reverend John Lyon Minister of St Marys Dover" pasted into book just before the introduction. Vol II - v pp390 complete with10 b/w plates 1 fold-out. Both volumes bound in half vellum over marbled boards with paper title labels to spine bindings in good condition with some marking to vellum some rubbing to boards and edges and loss to parts of title labels. Inside both volumes bookplate of H. Martin Mowll Baron Henry Martyn Mowll of the Cinque Ports to front pastedowns. There is smatterings of foxing throughout books worse at the beginning and end of volumes with Vol II slightly cleaner. The fold out plates are Foxed with some transfer. A reasonable tightly bound set with an interesting provenance and extra biography of author. This is a heavy set and may cost more postage overseas. <br /><br /></p> Printed for the Author, by Ledger and Shaw / Longman, Hurst, Reese, Orme, and Brown hardcover
184365474Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1843. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Edinburgh Oliver & Boyd 1843 second edition/ 1842. Duodecimo 440 pages with a title page vignette plus a folding map 180 × 220 mm. Blind-decorated cloth lettered in gilt on the spine slightly mottled; leading margins of one section a little marked and creased possibly a production flaw as some of the creasing occurred before binding; an excellent copy. Oliver & Boyd hardcover
1813LTH10-F-7London : Reverend George Crabbe 1813. Leather. Good. 6.5" by 4". None. A collection of stories in verse from the Reverend George Crabbe. Third edition. George Crabbe 24 December 1754 3 February 1832 was an English poet and naturalist. The two works for which Crabbe became best known were The Village 1783 and The Borough 1810 both lengthy poems dealing with the way of life he had experienced. In 1783 he also married Sarah. In 1814 he became Rector of Trowbridge in Wiltshire where he remained. By the time of his death he was well regarded and a friend of William Wordsworth Sir Walter Scott and other major literary figures of the time. Complete in two volumes. In quarter diced bindings with marbled boards. Externally sound though rubbed. Some slight loss to paper on front board of volume II. Front joint of volume I starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Armorial bookplate of Nathaniel Preston to front pastedowns of both volumes. Ink signatures to title pages. Pages are bright with just the odd spot heavier to endpapers of volume II. Good Reverend George Crabbe hardcover
185070047London: Chapman and Hall 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. In this novel Kingsley set out to expose the social injustice suffered by workers in the clothing trade and the trials and tribulations of agricultural laborers. It also gives an insight into the Chartist campaign with which Kingsley was involved in the 1840s. From the library of Scottish lawyer university administrator and bibliophile Dr. Alexander Bennett McGrigor of Cairnoch LLD 1827-1891 with his gilt-stamped leather bookplate to each front pastedown. Octavo two volumes. In three-quarter brown morocco over marbled paper bindings by Maclehose of Glasgow with gilt titles five raised bands and matching marbled endpapers. The original cloth has been laid down on blank leaves and bound in at the rear. The spines are a touch sun faded; otherwise very good and quite lovely. Chapman and Hall hardcover
1899026549NY: Benziger Brothers. 268 pages plus ads at back. A fair copy with cover stain and small corner chewed off. Interior hing cracked. Yet all is tight. Klauder was de-frocked shortly after this printing due to other reasons. All of his original work in any editon is scarce. A worthwhile copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Fair. Black Cloth Hardback. 6th Editoin. 1899. Benziger Brothers hardcover
182382094J.B. Butler 1823. In Poor condition with heavy foxing and heavy wear. The front free endpaper is missing the bottom half. Owner signatures. Rare however with no other copies found. J.B. Butler unknown
1868292<p>This book appears to be volume V of a periodical recording primary source accounts of missionary work conducted around the world by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge dating to 1868 and edited by Reverend J.J. Halcombe who was editorial secretary for the society.</p><p>Mission Life appears to have been an illustrated magazine produced by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. The Society was founded in 1698 by Thomas Bray and is still in existence today making it the oldest Anglican organization devoted to missionary work in the world. It early on began publishing as well being the third-oldest independent publisher in the UK and the primary publisher of Christian books in the UK today.</p><p>This volume contains written accounts and illustrations from missions all over the world including India Australia Africa Canada and elsewhere.</p><p>This copy is in poor condition. It appears to retain its original binding though the back cover has almost entirely separated save for one small section of still attached to the spine at the top. Some pages inside are also torn. However all pages remain tightly bound together.</p><p>There was also a mistake in binding as page 817/818 has been bound at the front.</p><p>Names of former owners are written on the front fly leaf and on the title page.</p> William MacIntosh hardcover
181529831HARDBACK NODustJacket 1815 ON TITLE PG 1st Edition THUS GOOD/GOOD AS-IS NOJACKET Volume 3 ONLY The scientific library or repository of useful and polite literature volume 3 ONLY NOJACKET .Half bound BOARDS STAINS leather ON SPINE CVR. Corners worn Backstrip scuffed damp-stains on both covers light foxing throughout bottom corner of one leaf repaired with thread. Otherwise a firm and clean copy .SMALL Boards with corner chips Rubbed & Worn Small Size 3 X 4 3/4 in. Enlarged & Improved Cvr rub wear EDGES & Slight cracking along outer spine Spine cover Titled & Decorated in Gold Gilt Back outer hinge Holding Better with NO Repair Interior relatively nice tight with light wear FOX 157 pgs includes Origin of Idolatry Of the celestial Gods Jupiter Apollo Aurora Saturn Rural Goddesses of the Monsters & Ferrymen of Infernal Regions Demi-Gods & Heroes ETC The scientific library or repository of useful and polite literature <br /> D. M’donald & Gillet,NY, printed by Largin & Thompson publ . MCDONALD hardcover
1831001316EDINBURGH: STIRLING AND KENNEY 1831. Paper-covered Boards. Good/No Jacket. Original paper covered boards - mellowed formerly white cover with Oxford panel drawn on. Boards a little darkened. Backstrip missing. With frontis and vignette title plus letterpress title page. Clean throughout. This volume is dedicated by the author and philologist Dr John Jamieson "the the young ladies of Bemersyde from their faithful servant and friend John Jamieson". Rare with original author's inscription. <br/> <br/> STIRLING AND KENNEY hardcover
1857879T37London: John Henry and James Parker 1857. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A smart first edition of this history of the town of Tetbury England with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece title page dedication ten plates and many in-text figures. Collated complete. A detailed history of Tetbury in England with a history of the town accounts of the Lords of the Manor history of the monastery and churches Tetbury charities schools and families connected with the town. Written by Reverend Alfred T. Lee a British bishop. Bound in full brown calf. Externally smart with rubbing to the extremities and the odd mark to the board. A crack to the rear joint at the head of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good John Henry and James Parker hardcover
1819870T23London: John Murray 1819. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A first edition two volume set of this collection of poetry from the Reverend George Crabbe. Complete in two volumes. First edition. A collection of poetry including: Tales of the Hall The Sisters The Preceptor Husband The Old Bachelor The Maid's Story and more. Written by George Crabbe an English poet surgeon and clergyman known for his use of the realistic narrative form and descriptions of working-class life. One leaf of advertisements to the rear of volume two. Bound in half calf with marbled boards. Externally smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spines. The odd mark to the board. Front joints starting but very firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Pencil inscription to the front endpaper of volume one. Very Good John Murray hardcover
1851859T55London: Henry G. Bohn 1851. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. An illustrated natural history of Selborne written by Gilbert White and edited by Sir William Jardine. Illustrated with forty coloured plates. Collated complete. A study into the natural wildlife of Selborne. Written by Reverend Gilbert White an English parson-naturalist ecologist and ornithologist best known for this work which has been said to have shaped our everyday view of the relations between humans and nature. With additions and supplementary notes by Sir William Jardine a Scottish naturalist known for editing a long series of natural history books for The Naturists Library. Edited and illustrated by Edward Jesse an English writer on natural history commissioner of Hackney coaches and deputy surveyor-general of the Royal Parks and Palaces. Bound in contemporary quarter blue cloth with patterned boards. Externally excellent. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light spotting to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed Henry G. Bohn hardcover
18301103140077London: Willis and Sotheran 1830. Leather Bound. Very Good. 8vo. Quarterbound in contemporary red morocco with gilt borders and lettering. Corners bound. 5 raised bands. 6 compartments. Red marbled boards with matching endpapers. Tight binding and solid boards. Clean unmarked pages. A comprehensive collection of the works of prolific poet Reverend George Croly including notes and criticisms. Various copperplate engravings throughout. Moderate shelf-wear. Moderate rubbing to boards and spine. Light inscription behind title page. Light bumping to corners. Overall a very well preserved volume in excellent condition. London: Willis and Sotheran hardcover
18330012303England. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1833. Non-Book. On offer is an autographed letter signed by a Rob Porter likely Reverend Robert Ker Porter 1777-1842. The letter measures 9 x 7-1/4 inches two pages. Autograph letter signed dated Draycot September 26th 1833. A couple of letters ink smudged otherwise very good condition. Letter to unnamed correspondent. Extending an invitation to visit and noting that the "picture framer at Newcastle . Had seen a proof of Sir Walter before the letters some time ago." The author of this letter is possibly Rev. Robert Ker Porter of Draycott-in-the-Moors in Staffordshire. The Heath House mentioned in this letter is also located in Staffordshire. Rev. Robert Ker Porter was born in Haigh Wigan Lancs. 1774 ; son of William Porter ; educated Man. Gr. Sch. 12th June 1787 ; Mat. Brasenose Coll. Ox. 23rd May 1792 ; Exhibitioner 1792 ; Hulme Exhibitioner 1796 ; B. A. 14th Jan. 1796 ; M. A. 24th Oct. 1796 ; Curate of Buiy 17991806 ; Rector of Draycott-le-Moors 1806 to death ; married Mary daughter of Rev. H. Thomas Curate of Leigh ; died. 25th March 1838 ; buried. Draycott. ; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author . unknown
1896133883London: John Murray 1896. Hardbound. Good- a very presentable reading copy see further description of condition. Perforation stamps through many if not all plates cardpocket on rear free endpaper. Bound in very faded greenish blue cloth with red & gilt Tomoe-ko mark on the front board. 346 pp. with two folding maps at rear as well as. This particular copy is exlibrary. There is a blind stamp on the title-page and there are perforation stamps through both the maps at the rear. The first map of the Alps has a tear and a split on minor consequence through one of the folds. The cover corners are sharp but the outer hinges are splitting and weak and there is some loss at the top left of the spine. This copy will never win a beauty contest but it is a complete copy of this rare book. John Murray hardcover
187163899Pisa Nistri 1871. In 8° cartonato con la bross. superiore originale conservata pp. 346. Qualche giallitura. Rara edizione originale uscita in soli 250 esemplari Pisa, Nistri unknown