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215691Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; Signed by author on 2nd FEP.; Signed by Author. Easton Press hardcover
1950000365New York: Gnome Press 1950. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cartier Edd jacket. New York: Gnome Press 1950. First Edition. Introduction by Willy Ley. Edited by Martin Greenberg this copy signed inscribed and presented by him to Arthur C. Clarke. Octavo 351 pp. Purple cloth-backed gray cloth boards with silver spine titling and blindstamped launching-spaceship and star motif on purple margin. Pictorial dustjacket by sci-fi illustration luminary Edd Cartier. A near fine book with only minor page edge soiling and a trace of partial spine fade in a Very Good jacket showing light perimeter wear. Singular copy inscribed and presented to Arthur C. Clarke by Greenberg with provenance of unimpeachable order accompanying the book. An increasingly classic collection of short stories by some of the now-timeless sci-fi names. Willy Ley: "Here is a different type of anthology. This book taken in its entirety tells a story: the conquest of space. Moving from man's first attempt to reach the moon to the exploration of the ends of the universe these stories are among the finest ever published." - Willy Ley. Hailed by critics at the time of its publication as a quantum leap forward in both quality and concept for science fiction anthologies Martin Greenberg's thematically edited Men Against the Stars is a collection of twelve lengthy stories whose authors read like a Who's Who of Golden Age sci-fi including Isaac Asimov Murray Leinster A.E. Van Vogt L. Ron Hubbard Hubbard's "When Shadows Fall" is here and E.M. Hull. Not a slap-dash aggregation to get to the printer quickly Greenberg's collection was a thoroughly contemplated and planned project a selection of the very finest available stories on theme ranging back as far as 1939. Nicely complimented by a Cartier's funky pure genre period stylization jacket. A sci-fi presentation copy of the highest sort that of a veteran and astute editor to a future superstar. Arthur C. Clarke's reputation at the time was already becoming established and Greenberg shows the admiration in his skilled critical eye for Clarke's sci-fi talents in his presentation remark. As always please feel free to ask questions or request additional scans. L53n <br/> <br/> Gnome Press hardcover
2008x-0521739535Cambridge University Press 2008. 7 Paperback books. New. 1st edition. 3834 pages. 11.00x8.25x8.00 inches. Cambridge University Press paperback
198215953FOUNDATIONS EDGE Whispers Press 1982 first limited edition as new in cloth and leather spine with all edges gold-gilt and without dust-wrapper as issued housed in the publishers priginal leather slipcase. Of 1/1026 copies this is 1/26 lettered copies SIGNED by both the author and the publisher. Additionally this copy is warmly INSCRIBED to another science fiction and fantasy small press publisher by the creator of Whispers Press. FOUNDATION #4. HUGO and NEBULA winning novel. Whispers Press hardcover
46289=The return of Morgan Bach from Australia unrecognisable to his mother Gwen o'r Gyrnos. Drop title. s.l. : s.n. between 1850 and 1860. Chapbook ballad. Disbound duodecimo bifolium 155 x 90 mm printed on all four sides with woodcut vignette of a paddle-steamer at the head of the first side; at the foot of the text is printed the author's name and hometown 'ISAAC THOMAS Aberdar'; text in Welsh; bent corners a little darkened from handling otherwise a very good complete example. This mid-nineteenth-century chapbook street ballad about Welsh emigration to Australia is one of two penned by Isaac Thomas of Aberdare a poor coal-mining town in the south of Wales. It tells the second part of the story of a fictional character named Morgan Bach who returns home having made his fortune in Australia. Both ballads are reproduced in facsimile in Evans Geraint Morgan Bach in Australia: reproductions of two Welsh migration ballads from the 1850s. With translations and introduction by Geraint Evans Melbourne : The Ancora Press 2010. Rare. Trove locates no copies of this edition of Isaac Thomas' Dychweliad Morgan Bach o Australia; examples of another version printed in Llanrwst by John Jones are held in the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales. unknown
84308002London 1834 Parbury. Full calf raised bands gilt stamped spine decorations text in French 460p. index chronology a bright copy Japanese text characters ca. 22 x 28 cm. FIRST & ONLY EDITION R A R E Translation of the "Nippon O-dai Ichiran" Chronology of Japanese Rulers by Hayashi Shunsai which was originally published in 1663. . According to the preface the translation was made with the help of three Japanese interpreters at Nagasaki who gave Titsingh an oral Dutch translation. Klaproth subsequently checked Titsingh's manuscript against the original Japanese text revised it and produced a supplement for the period covering 1611-1834. . A very important Dutch Deshima study & translation of an important study on Japan's early Imperial history. With notes and preface by M.J. Klaproth: "D'un Apercu de L'Histoire Mythologique du Japon." . REFERENCE: H. Cordier: JAPONICA: 450. . . unknown
198645363HEYNE WILHELM 1986. 4. softcover. Roboter-Foundation HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
195400633THE FUN THEY HAD" ORIGINAL CARBON TYPESCRIPT being 5 pages plus cover sheet about 1100 words light wear to the final leaf else vg/near fine with two typed corrections. This short story was first published in a syndicated newspaper in 1951 then in the February 1954 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It was first printed in book format in 1955 by Perma Books in the anthology OPERATION FUTURE and collected later in the authors own collection of short stories published by Doubleday in 1957 entitled EARTH IS ROOM ENOUGH. Perhaps your best opportunity to purchase a manuscript by one of the most important authors in the genre. Housed in a most attractive pictorial and gold-gilt lettered tray-case. Fantasy and Science Fiction unknown
1953003497Doubleday 1953. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/Good Plus. Richard Powers. First edition/printing. Book is in Very Good Minus condition predominantly with moderate shelf wear and spine aging. The dust jacket in a protector is in Good Plus condition with much wear but yet nicely intact for this very scarce title with jacket not price clipped. Inscribed by Asimov as himself AND Paul French on FFE! Another sharp Richard Powers cover which is repeated upside down on the title page. Second book in the Starr Young Adult SF series by the inimitable Asimov. <br/> <br/> Doubleday hardcover
1752B4844London : Samuel Peterson c.1752. . A near fine copy. Plates and text are clean and crisp. . Edition: Second Edition. Binding: Contemporary calf boards with gilt decorative borderings. Rebacked skillfully. Spine in six compartments of raised bands with gilt decorative devices and rulings. Gilt title on green calf label on 2. Notes: This is one of the most important works introducing Newtonian physics to continental Europe. Wilhelm Jacob Gravesande 1688-1742 was a Dutch lawyer and natural philosopher chiefly remembered for developing experimental demonstrations of the laws of classical mechanics. As professor of mathematics astronomy and philosophy at Leiden University he helped to propagate Isaac Newton’s ideas in Continental Europe. Size: 8vo. 184x127mm. Illustration: Illustrated with a multitude of in text equations as well as 4 fold out plates depicting mathematical relationships. Pages: P. Title Blank Preface iii-iv 1-187 Category: Book Science & Technology; Samuel Peterson hardcover
17269030959London: John Clark and Richard Hett et al. 1726. 2nd. Hardcover. Very good. Signed on front free endpaper by previous owner Ronald Salmon Crane former member of University of Chicago faculty and the "Chicago School of Literary Criticism." Rebound in half black leather and pebbled cloth boards with spine stamped in gilt. Minor wear to extremities one corner through cloth head and heel of spine chipped. Text block is in remarkable fine condition; tight clean and bright. Each page is separated from the next by a page of tissue. A few small neat notes on front endpapers. 4 1/2 x 7 inches. 326 pages plus tissue-pages. <br/><br/> John Clark and Richard Hett, et al. hardcover
325487New York: Doubleday & Company 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Small owner nameplate on FEP. 1 inch closed tear on bottom front panel.; Half title page inscribed by Isaac Asimov.; Signed by Author. Doubleday & Company hardcover
19630788292Los Angeles: Piatigorsky Cup. 1963. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First edition / 2nd Issue. Paperback. Very Good. 2 volume set - first & second Piatigorsky Cup tournament guides. Very good in spiral bindings. Cup 1 Ambassador Hotel 1963 is signed by Isaac Kashdan Tigran Petrosian Pal Benko Miguel Najdorf Fridrik Olafsson Oscar Panno & Samuel Reshevsky. Cup 2 Miramar Hotel 1966 is signed by Jerry Spann Isaac Kashdan Tigran Petrosian Jan Hein Donner Borislav Ivkov Miguel Najdorf Samuel Reshevsky Boris Spassky & Wolfgang Vuzicker. First Edition / First Printing. Illustrated with b&w photos. Very good. 14 x 21. soft cover. Approx. 20pp each cup 2 has loose 1pp playing schedule sheet. Piatigorsky Cup paperback
199351387BASTEI-LÜBBE 03/1993. 3.ND. softcover. Best of Isaac Asimov The Glata Kovrajo! BASTEI-LÜBBE paperback
84308004Paris 1834 Oriental Translation Fund. Green pebbled cloth spine neatly rebacked in matching green goat leather gold stamped spine titles 458p. index large format 22 x 29.5 cm. small stamp on title page. FIRST & ONLY EDITION Translation of the "Nippon O-dai Ichiran" Chronology of Japanese Rulers by Hayashi Shunsai which was originally published in 1663. . According to the preface the translation was made with the help of three Japanese interpreters at Nagasaki who gave Titsingh an oral Dutch translation. Klaproth subsequently checked Titsingh's manuscript against the original Japanese text revised it and produced a supplement for the period covering 1611-1834. . A very important Dutch Deshima study & translation of an important study on Japan's early Imperial history. With notes and preface by M.J. Klaproth: "D'un Apercu de L'Histoire Mythologique du Japon." . REFERENCE: H. Cordier: JAPONICA: 450. . . unknown
198239854HEYNE WILHELM 1982. 11. softcover. Roboter-Foundation Falsa ISBN: 3-453-30030-5! HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
9275Tel Aviv Israel: Masada Publishing 1975. First Hebrew Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/8 X 8 Inches. 208 PP. First Hebrew edition in the original glossy illustrated boards. Translated into Hebrew by Haim Glickstein. Inscribed "To Stan Bercowitch / with thanks / Isaac Asimov / 16 Dec. 75" directly on the title-page. Cover artwork by A. Darian. Scuffing and light wear to board edges and covers. Rubbing to spine ends. A scarce book in commerce to find signed in any language. Masada Publishing hardcover
1861000012411Cambridge: Macmillan and Co 1861. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. 5 vi-xii 532 1-24 publisher's advertisements pp. Bound in dark green cloth rectangular borders stamped in blind on the boards gilt lettering on the spine light brown endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with numerous in-text equations and a folding plate with 12 diagrams. Presentation copy with "From the Author" this phrase not written by Todhunter written on the half-title page followed by the recipient's name affiliation and the date; all of the latter information in the author's hand. Oxford DNB J. B. Mullinger revised by Adrian Rice "Todhunter Isaac 1820-1884"; Bibliotheca Chemico-Mathematica 249; Dauben 1361. Todhunter was one of the best-known British mathematicians of the nineteenth century. He was a lecturer in mathematics at Cambridge from 1849 until his death in 1884. Although he made some original contributions to mathematics his reputation largely rests upon his work in the history of mathematics; he wrote several influential books on the subject including the present volume. The book was intended to extend the well-known treatment of the history of the calculus by Woodhouse through the middle of the nineteenth century and includes coverage of the work of Lagrange Gauss Poisson Cauchy and others. An exceptional copy of this important work in the history of mathematics with an interesting association and scarce thus. An attractive Near Fine copy with minor wear to the extremities. Macmillan and Co hardcover
180833787London: for Samuel Bagster In the Strand 1808. The First Bagster Edition a RARE EXTRA ILLUSTRATED AND LARGE PAPER COPY. Vignette half-title engraved portrait frontispiece 17 illustrations of fish within the text 17 additional full-page hand coloured plates of the fishes depicted15 full page engraved plates in black and white 2 pages of engraved music some additioinal wood cuts in the text. A unique copy EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. Royal 8vo bound in full contemporary calf the covers with double gilt fillet rules at the borders the spine with raised bands gilt stopped and coloured compartments richly tooled in blind lettered in gilt in one compartment marbled endleaves. vi 512 pp. A very good copy with some mild rubbing to the extremities the binding is strong the text-block and illustrations are clean and well preserved. VERY RARE EXTRA ILLUSTRATED COPY OF THE FIRST BAGSTER EDITION. THE ADDITIONAL PLATES ARE OF FISHES AND ARE ALL HAND COLOURED.<br> A beloved classic of the English language and what many call the finest "How-To" book ever written; Walton's ANGLER has been described as "full of wisdom kindly humour and charity; it is one of the most delightful and care-dispelling books in the language." "More than most authors he lives in his writings which are the pure expression of a kind humorous and pious soul in love with nature while the expression itself is unique for apparent simplicity which is really elaborately studied art" DNB. for Samuel Bagster, In the Strand hardcover
199145521HEYNE WILHELM 1991. 6. softcover. Roboter-Foundation Elias Lije Baley & R. Daneel Olivaw Deutsche Erstausgabe! HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
168511590Londini London Londres London: Apud Robertum Scott 1685. Fine. Apud Robertum Scott Londini London Londres London 1685 23.50 x 18.50 cm relié First edition. With some illustrations. Brunet V 1374. Contemporary vellum. Faint spotting to title. Vossius 1618-1689 was one of the learned Huguenots who emigrated to England where he became Canon of Windsor and had the finest private library in the world. He also provided books for Queen Christina of Sweden. This work presents the results of his research in a number of fields most notably the Classical world on which Vossius was a noted authority. These include observations on Rome Alexandria Babylon and so on as well as writers such as Virgil and Tertullian but also subjects like travel to the Indies and Japan Jews among others. Apud Robertum Scott hardcover
818171838. ca. 26 x 205 cm gerahmt Handschriftlicher 13-zeiliger Brief in Tinte datiert «Lucerne le 26 Mars 1838» in dem Guillaume-Henri Dufour einem «Wolfsberger» wohl Isaac Christian Wolfsberger dessen Beförderung zum «Second Lieutenant dans le Corps du Génie fédérale» ankündigt gezeichnet «votre dévoué / G. H. Dufour». «Isaac Christian Wolfsberger Wolfschberger geboren 6.12.1801 Genf gestorben 27.2.1876 Genf ref. von Genf. . Architektur- und Ingenieurausbildung in München. Ab 1837 arbeitete W. für Guillaume-Henri Dufour den er 1820 im Militär kennengelernt hatte an der Aufnahme der Genfer Kantonskarte in der damals modernen Technik der Höhenkurven. Als Mitarbeiter an der Dufourkarte führte er vereinfachende und effiziente Methoden für die Geländeaufnahme ein und gilt als einer ihrer gewandtesten Zeichner. 1842 trat W. als Ingenieur ins Genfer Dep. für öffentl. Arbeiten ein und übernahm es 1853 als Staatsrat. Sein Gesamtplan zur Stadterweiterung wurde nur z.T. ausgeführt. Ab 1855 war er Ingenieur der Genfer Gaswerke. 1838-51 Offizier im Quartiermeisterstab»; «Guillaume-Henri Dufour geboren 15.09.1787 Konstanz gestorben 14.7.1875 Les Eaux-Vives heute Gem. Genf ref. von Genf. . D. war zwei Jahre alt als seine Eltern nach Genf zurückkehrten das sie anlässlich der Wirren von 1782 verlassen hatten. Er besuchte das Collège in Genf und studierte dann Geisteswissenschaft und Physik an der Akademie. 1807-09 besuchte er die Ecole polytechnique in Paris 1809-10 die Ecole supérieure d'application du génie in Metz. Ab 1811 leistete D. Dienst in der franz. Armee. Als er auf Korfu in einer Militärgarnison stationiert war - er beteiligte sich dort am Bau von Befestigungsanlagen - wurde er im Juni 1813 auf See bei einer Konfrontation mit den Engländern verletzt. Er wurde zum Hauptmann im Generalstab befördert und nahm 1814 am Frankreichfeldzug teil. Nach seiner Rückkehr nach Genf quittierte er 1817 den Dienst in der franz. Armee. 1817-50 ab 1828 in offizieller Funktion war er Kantonsingenieur in Genf. Ab 1821 gab er an der Genfer Akademie sporadisch Unterricht in Mathematik Geometrie Vermessungskunde und Hydraulik. Ab 1823 baute er in der Stadt mehrere Hängebrücken darunter den Pont des Bergues 1833-34 und gestaltete ab 1827 die Uferpromenade und einen Teil des Seebeckens; 1845-56 überwachte er die Erstellung des kantonalen Katasters. Zwischen 1829 und 1850 reiste er mehrmals nach Frankreich um dort die Realisierung von Industrie- und Eisenbahnprojekten zu verfolgen. Er setzte sich 1851 aktiv für die Errichtung einer Eisenbahnlinie Lyon-Genf ein.1817 wurde D. im Grad eines Hauptmanns in das neu geschaffene Bundesheer integriert; 1820 erfolgte die Ernennung zum Oberstleutnant 1827 zum Oberst. 1819 war er Mitbegründer der Militärschule von Thun. Hier amtierte er bis 1831 als Genie-Instruktor und Lehrer von Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte dem künftigen Napoleon III. mit dem er sein Leben lang befreundet blieb. 1831 wurde er zum Chef der Generalstabsabteilung ernannt. Er hatte somit den Auftrag im Falle eines Krieges in Europa die Verteidigung der Schweiz zu organisieren. Im folgenden Jahr wurde er zum Oberstquartiermeister der Eidgenossenschaft Generalstabschef ernannt. In dieser Eigenschaft nahm er an den Tagsatzungen teil und leitete die Triangulationen für die Erstellung einer Karte der Schweiz im Massstab 1:100'000. Die Arbeiten für die sog. Dufour-Karte begannen 1832 und wurden 1864 beendet Kartografie. 1833 beauftragte ihn die Tagsatzung aufgrund von Unruhen mit einer Division Basel zu besetzen. 1838 versetzte D. Genf in Verteidigungsbereitschaft um in der Affäre um Prinz Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte einen franz. Angriff zu verhindern. 1843 kommandierte er die Truppen die Konfrontationen zwischen Genfer Konservativen und Radikalen unterdrücken sollten. Am 21.10.1847 ernannte ihn die Tagsatzung zum General zum Befehlshaber der eidg. Truppen. Er erhielt einen Auftrag den er trotz gewisser Bedenken annahm: Er sollte den Sonderbund auflösen. Am 4. und 5.11.1847 richtete er zuerst an seine Divisionäre dann an seine Truppen eine Empfehlung und eine Proklamation die Ausschreitungen vermeiden sollte. Nach einem geschickt geführten und fast unblutigen dreiwöchigen Feldzug kapitulierten die abtrünnigen Kantone. D. verpflichtete seine Truppen stets dazu sich an strenge humanitäre Grundsätze zu halten. Als Anerkennung sprach ihm die Tagsatzung eine Ehrengabe von 40'000 Franken zu. Während der Revolution im Grossherzogtum Baden im August 1849 ernannte ihn die Bundesversammlung erneut zum Oberbefehlshaber um allfällige Übergriffe auf die Schweiz zu verhindern. Auch während des Neuenburgerhandels erteilte ihm die Bundesversammlung den Oberbefehl über die Truppen 27.12.1856. 1859 befehligte er erneut die Schweizer Armee als diese anlässlich des sard.-franz. Krieges gegen Österreich mobilisiert wurde.Neben seinen Tätigkeiten als Ingenieur und Offizier war D. sowohl in Genf als auch auf Bundesebene politisch aktiv. In Genf wurde er 1819 in den Repräsentierenden Rat gewählt wo er die Liberalen vertrat. 1830 sprach er sich für eine Bundesflagge aus; ausserdem war er der zweite Vertreter seines Kantons an der ausserordentl. Tagsatzung. Nach der Genfer Revolution vom November 1841 wurde er in den Verfassungsrat und 1842 in den Grossen Rat und in den Gemeinderat Legislative gewählt. Nach der Revolution von 1846 war er ein Gegner der Radikalen und ihres Führers James Fazy. Auf nationaler Ebene vertrat er im Nationalrat 1848-51 das Berner Seeland und 1854-57 Genf; 1862-66 sass er für den Kt. Genf im Ständerat. Hier befasste er sich u.a. mit der Ratifizierung des Abkommens über das Dappental. Im März 1860 intervenierte er im Savoyerhandel vergeblich bei Napoleon III. um die Annexion des Chablais und des Faucigny durch Frankreich zu verhindern. 1863 war er einer der fünf Mitbegünder des Comité international de secours aux militaires blessés dem späteren IKRK dem er im ersten Jahr vorstand. Von 1847 bis 1855 hatte D. auch einen Sitz in der Genfer Synode inne.D. verfasste ein "Lehrbuch der Taktik" 1842 franz. 1840 sowie Arbeiten über Befestigungen und verschiedene militärhistorische Studien. Seine Tätigkeit als Ingenieur und Wissenschaftler war äusserst vielfältig: Er befasste sich u.a. mit den Bereichen Geometrie Kartenprojektion Brückenstatik Widerstand von Festkörpern angewandte Mechanik Vermessungskunde Hydraulik Wasserstandsmessung und gnomonische Projektion. Seine Karte der Schweiz gilt als Pionierwerk. D. spielte ferner eine entscheidende Rolle bei der städteplanerischen und baulichen Gestaltung Genfs und bei der Festlegung der Streckenführung der Eisenbahn in der Schweiz. Der von Natur aus konservative D. war als "Mann der goldenen Mitte" juste milieu stets ein Gegner von Extremen und ein unermüdlicher Vorkämpfer für den nationalen Zusammenhalt. Er war Ritter 1814 Kommandeur 1848 Grossoffizier 1852 und Grosskreuzträger 1866 der Ehrenlegion und erhielt zahlreiche weitere Auszeichnungen aus dem Ausland» HLS. 010 1838 unknown
1820321194Np 1820. Manuscript throughout in black red and yellow ink. 54pp. with hand colored geometric illustrations. Signed by Isaac Doughten at the head of the first page and within. Stitched. Manuscript throughout in black red and yellow ink. 54pp. with hand colored geometric illustrations. Signed by Isaac Doughten at the head of the first page and within. unknown
19531476183139702<p>First UK edition first impression Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1953. Published two years after the U.S. Gnome Press first edition 1951 this marks the first British appearance of the opening volume in Asimov's Foundation trilogy. The basis for the ongoing Apple TV adaptation.</p><p>Octavo. Original black cloth spine lettered in silver. With the pictorial dust jacket printed in lilac white and green priced 10s. 6d. net on the front flap.</p><p>A Very Good or better copy in a Very Good or better jacket. The cloth clean and square; some toning and spotting to edges endpapers faintly toned with a small retailer sticker to bottom corner of front paste-down.</p><p>The dust jacket shows moderate wear to spine ends and corners with a few chips and a couple of short tears; some of the frequently-encountered light soiling to lower panel. The jacket is unclipped and complete.</p><p>A central work of modern science fiction introducing the concept of "psychohistory" and Hari Seldon's mathematical vision of empire and decline. The Foundation sequence profoundly influenced the genre's later literary and cinematic landscape shaping works from Dune to Star Wars and beyond.</p> Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardcover
17351013F2London: I. Ware 1735 . First edition. Paperback. Fair. 22" by 16.5". Isaac Ware; Fourdrinier . Illustrated with engraved plates present here is the very scarce first edition of the first monograph dedicated to the architecture of a single British country house in this case Robert Walpole's Houghton Hall. The very scarce first edition of this work. In the oriignal publishers' wraps. This was the first monograph devoted to the architecture of a single British country house. Houghton Hall was built between 1720 and 1735 for Sir Robert Walpole from the proceeds from his sale of South Sea Company shares. Houghton Hall is widely regarded as the greatest extant example of Palladian domestic architecture in England. Illustrated with an engraved title page and twenty-eight engraved architectural plates. Collated complete. ESTC T42438 Engraved by Fourdrinier from drawings by Isaac Ware. A second edition was published in 1760. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Lacking rear wrap with major losses to perimeters of front wrap. Ink markings to front wrap. Internally binding lightly strained. Significant losses to perimeters of title page with edgewear and chipping to plate perimeters throughout. Lightly age toned due to paper type with the odd spot or handling mark. Major losses to perimeters of final four leaves. One double pages plates detached and loosely inserted. Major closed tears and losses to final plate. Fair I. Ware paperback
