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1859991F14London: William Mackenzie 1859-1862 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 11.5" by 8.5". Various. The first edition of this impressive study of the animal kingdom by the Museum of Natural History illustrated beautifully with over one-hundred plates both hand-coloured and monochrome. The first edition of this work produced by the Museum of Natural History complete in two volumes.Volume I illustrated with a hand coloured title page and sixty-five plates sixty of which are hand coloured.Volume II illustrated with seventy-one plates twenty-two of which are hand coloured.With further vignette illustrations.Collated complete.A fascinating work on zoology detailing the lives and habits of mammals birds reptiles fishes insects molusca and radiata.Former owner's stamp of John W. Baker to each letterpress title page.By Sir John Richardson William S. Dallas T. Spencer Cobbold William Baird and Adam White. Rebacked in half calf bindings with cloth covered boards. Endpapers renewed. Rubbing to back strip with light rubbing to board perimeters. Internally firmly bound. Pages age toned with light handling marks throughout and the odd spot. Plates lightly age toned. Former owner's stamps to letterpress title pages. Very Good William Mackenzie hardcover
1860k4622aLondon: William Mackenzie. G : in good condition. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Foxed. 1860. Reprint. Brown hardback half-leather cover. 280mm x 200mm 11" x 8". vi 446pp; iv 408pp plates. 124 plates 72 hand-coloured. Quadrupeds Birds Reptiles Fishes Shells and Insects Including the Insects Destructive to Agriculture. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . William Mackenzie hardcover
187767697James S. Virtue 1877. hardcover. VERY GOOD. Very Good Plus. Volume 3. This is the original 1877 oversize hardcover published by James S. Virtue. Brown cloth hardcover with elaborate embossed gold and black lettering and design on spine and front cover bevelled edges gilded upper page edges10 plates some color some b&w plus other in-text illustrations 290pp in roman numerals. OVERSIZE. Cover has very slight rubbing extremities have slight loss of color and just starting to fray. Sound binding. "No 87" written in neat old script on second blank page otherwise no marks or writing; a few finger smudges on third blank page; interior is otherwise Fine. HEAVY/OVERSIZE. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order daily shipments and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. James S. Virtue, hardcover
1877018159New York : James S. Virtue 1877. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Three matching volumes large format brown cloth bindings with elaborate gilt decorations on front cover and spine beveled boards brown endpapers top edge gilt colored frontispiece in each volume. Vol. I 446 pages Vol. II 405 pages Vol. III 290 pages. Illustrated with full page plates several in color many small illustrations throughout very attractive production. All volumes clean and unmarked mildly rubbed at edges some scattered foxing. Scarce complete 3 volume set. Photos on request. <br/> <br/> James S. Virtue hardcover
187750657James S. Virtue 1877. hardcover. VERY GOOD. Very Good Plus. An attractive copy. Volume 3. This is the original 1877 oversize hardcover published by James S. Virtue. Brown cloth hardcover with elaborate embossed gold and black lettering and design on spine and front cover bevelled edges gilded upper page edges10 plates some color some b&w plus other in-text illustrations 290pp in roman numerals. Cover has very slight rubbing extremities have slight loss of color and just starting to fray. Sound binding. "No 87" written in neat old script on second blank page otherwise no marks or writing; a few finger smudges on third blank page; interior is otherwise Fine. HEAVY/OVERSIZE. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order daily shipments and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. James S. Virtue, hardcover
1877010525James S. Virtue 1877. Hardcover. Very Good. Gilt lettering on front cover gilt decoration and gilt page edges. Covers have beveled edges. Ten plates - some in color and some black & white. This volume is rare. Full refund if not satisfied. James S. Virtue hardcover
1862S53410Glasgow: William Mackenzie n.d. c.1862. ii 110 11 plates 4 hand-col text figs. . HB. Imp. 8vo orig. brown blind- and gilt-stamped cloth slightly rubbed to extremities aeg; front inner hinge cracked and slightly tender; old faint damp stain to bottom edge of first plate and occasionally to outer margin of text pages. Good. Armorial bookplate of Colonel Percy Theobald Bournside Cheltenham. Division VII of <i>The Museum of Natural History</i> 1859-1862 by Sir John Richardson et al. covering the Insects pp. 175-284. Plates by Nathaniel J. Holmes engraved by J.W. Lowry. A printed slip tipped in at front states that the work 'Will be completed in Eight Divisions substantially bound in cloth gilt edges Price 8s. 6d. each. Subscribers will be held bound to take the complete work of eight divisions.' It was originally anticipated to be issued in about twenty parts each containing 'Five Plates and Thirty-two pages of Letterpress' from publisher's sampler and order book in our possession. When completed the work was sold bound variously in 2 vols 4 vols Divisions or 8 vols Divisions.Freeman 3187. William Mackenzie hardcover
181543611815. Stipple engraving. 301mm by 207mm sheet. Adam Buck 1759-1833 was an Irish neo-classical portraitist and miniature painter and engraver principally active in London. CONDITION : Trimmed just within the platemark. Faint line mark top left. unknown
1820014021London: Printed for W. Baynes & Son 1820. Book measures 22.5x14.5.cm. xvi 3831pp. Bound in half calf calf corners marble boards raised bands. Binding heavily worn. Internally occasional library mark or stamp. Pages in good condition. A good copy. . Half Calf. Good Plus. 8vo. Printed for W. Baynes & Son Hardcover
185657832New York: Robert Carter & Brothers 1856. Early reprint. Hardcover. Very good. 98pp. Sextodecimo 15.5 cm Brown cloth over boards with the title in gilt on the spine and embossed designs on the boards. Ex-library The People's Circulating Library with neat markings to the preliminary pages. The cloth at the spine ends is chipped and the boards are moderately rubbed. The book is very sturdy. An 1840s shipwreck survival story originally published in Edinburgh in 1845. Robert Carter & Brothers hardcover
1881287355London : Kegan Paul Trench & Co. 1881. First Edition. Softcover. Poor set in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Provenance; from the library of the Seminarii S. Ioannis with its bookplate. Physical description; 2 volumes vols. I & II ; 20 cm. Notes; Parallel Latin and English text. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Parallel texts in Latin and English. Subjects; Church of England Hymns. Catholic Church Liturgy Poetry. Catholic Church. Breviary. Latin literature Medieval and modern Translations into English. Hymns Latin Medieval and modern Texts. Hymns Latin Medieval and modern. Latin literature Medieval and modern. Latin poetry Medieval and modern. Poetry Religious aspects Christianity. Poetry Catholic authors. Religious poetry Latin. Hymns Latin Medieval and modern. Sequences Liturgy. Religious poetry English. Hymns Latin Translations into English. Christian poetry Latin Medieval and modern. Hymns Latin Medieval and modern Translations into English. Hymns English Translations from Latin. Sequences Liturgy Texts. London : Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. paperback
1835058858Easingwold : Gill Thomas of Easingwold publisher 1835. Not Given . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Small Octavo. Engraved Portrait Frontispiece . EASINGWOLD : 1835. Undated; circa 1835. Only one copy held in the UK; University of Manchester Library. Hardback. Engraved Portrait Frontispiece. Original dark-green pebble-grained cloth; gilt lettered spine. Decorative spine. Original yellow end-papers. All edges gilt. No owner name or internal markings. Light foxing. Tight bright and clean. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. 503 pages. Index. Scarce. Sm.8vo. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. Thomas Gill of Easingwold publisher. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> Gill, Thomas of Easingwold [publisher] hardcover
1845Chetham 004GB: Chetham Society 1845. Original publisher's blind decorated cloth gilt.Name of owner at front of book. Book is in near very good condition with minor but just noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . 1st Edition. Hardback. nrVG/Not Issued in DW. Chetham Society Hardcover
187136619Lowell. 1871. Hardcover. Fair some sun faded spine ends and corner tips worn a bit shaken but basically sound old tape repaired tears on one page page edges and end papers browned end page name. Clean text. No dust jacket if issued. Gilt cover decoration and gilt church illustration and dimmed gilt spine decoration and lettering. Also contains two shorter works. The spine title is Life of Christ and His Apostles. ; 355 58 39 pages . hardcover
1875353377-MC21London : Adam & Co. ca. 1875. Hardcover. Good. Original richly gilt pictorial morocco with engraved brass colour metal strips around 3 edges 2 bronze colour metal clasps and catches all edges gilt colour lithographed title page and frontispiece 20 tinted plates including the map VIII632 pages 4to. The deluxe edition with an extra map and with gilt brass rims on edges of binding.; Joints and spine-ends rubbed. Otherwise fine. London : Adam & Co. hardcover
1890332340London: Cambridge at the University Press 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No dustjacket. 8vo. 2 volume set 23 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. xiii 539 vii 640 pages. Internally very good with tissue guard present on plates bound in brown/gilt cloth gilt device on spinefrontispiece portrait in each volume attractive bookplate on front pastedown of each volume Cambridge at the University Press hardcover
18601012H22Edinburgh : Edmonston and Douglas 1860. Leather. Good. 12.5" by 8". J. B J. Stewart and Others. The fourth edition of this colour illustrated natural history for younger readers by Scottish zoologist Adam White filled with vividly coloured animal studies and engaging introductions to the wider natural world. In a contemporary half roan binding with marbled paper boards. Fourth edition. Illustrated with an extra colour pictorial title and twenty-nine double page coloured plates by J. B. J. Stewart and others. Plates xii xv and xxi misbound with the other half of the double page plates bound in elsewhere. Collated complete. A lively and accessible introduction to zoology for younger readers combining descriptions of mammals birds reptiles and marine creatures with vivid natural history scenes. Adam White 1817-1878 was a Scottish zoologist Fellow of the Linnean Society and entomologist who worked in the Zoological Department of the British Museum where he specialised in insects and crustacea. In a contemporary half roan binding with marbled paper boards. Rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in slight loss to road. Rubbing to boards with loss to paper. Slight cracking to extremities of joints with slight lifting to backstrip at head of spine. Slight loss to tail of spine. Creasing to spine. Slight splaying to boards. Previous owner"s bookplate and ink inscription to the front pastedown partially obscured by remnants of paper formerly laid down over the bookplate and now removed. Creasing to endpapers with the odd small tear and chip to gutters and fore edge. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd light spot. The odd closed tear and chip to margins of plates not affecting the images. Slight loss to plates xx and xxix only slightly affecting the image. Plates XII XV and XXI misbound with the remaining halves of the double-page plates bound elsewhere. Tape repairs to verso of plates i xiii xxii xxiv and xxix. Good Edmonston and Douglas hardcover
183029296Montreal: The Office of the Herald and New Gazette 1830. Hardcover. First Edition. 4.25 x 7.25in. 216pp. Publisher's original quarter cloth over paper-covered boards. POOR. Shows extensive loss from the binding lacking frontispiece the text-block is split completely in the middle front board detached etc. The text-block itself shows only extremely minor foxing. As pictured. The Office of the Herald and New Gazette hardcover
1830210624020Montreal: Printed at the office of the Herald and New Gazette 1830 2021-06-24. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Lacks PP. 97-120 207-214 frontis. with tissue guard intact pages untrimmed. External soiling corners rounded from wear cloth of spine buckled/frayed label front cover pastedown worn off at top corner from sticker removal markings in pencil on FFEP. Printed at the office of the Herald and New Gazette hardcover
1830333547Montreal: Printed at the Office of the Herald and New Gazette 1830. First Edition. xii 13-216pp. Without the frontispiece portrait. 12mo. Bound in contemporary black straight grained morocco. gilt flat spine a.e.g. hole with loss at pp. 91/92. First Edition. xii 13-216pp. Without the frontispiece portrait. 12mo. Sabin 37700; Dionne III 22; Gagnon I 1864; Lande 1882; TPL 1585; Watters p. 104 Printed at the Office of the Herald and New Gazette unknown
18531845<p>Six volume set of Clarke's Commentaries on the Old and New Testament books of the Bible. Leather bindings to all six volumes show some signs of wear and some age-toning of pages is evident mainly on endpapers. Bindings are tight. Pages unmarked. A scarce set of these venerable commentaries.</p> Carlton & Phillips hardcover
1837980T25London: Thomas Tegg and Son 1837. Leather. Very Good. 10.5" by 7.5". Not Stated. A new edition of the Holy Bible complete with the biblical commentary and critical notes of Irish scholar Adam Clarke. Complete in six volumes. New edition with the author's final corrections. The Holy Bible containing both the old and new testaments carefully printed from the most correct copies of the present authorised translation of the work including marginal readings and parallel texts. With a commentary and critical notes from Adam Clarke an Irish writer and biblical scholar best known for this influential Bible commentary. He was a Methodist theologian who served three times as President of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference and also of the Irish Conference. Volume one contains Genesis to Deuteronomy volume two Joshua to Esther volume three Job to Solomon's Son volume four Isaiah to Malachi volume five Matthew to Romans and volume six Corinthians to Revelations. Volume one is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece a folding genealogical table of the patriarchs from Adam to Jacob and a folding map. Volume five is illustrated with two folding maps. Collated complete. This commentary which took Clarke forty years to complete was a primary Methodist theological resource for two centuries. Clarke followed Wesley in opposing a Calvinistic scheme of salvation and considered Scripture itself a miracle of God's grace that "takes away the veil of darkness and ignorance." His teachings followed the Wesleyan-Arminian positions with specific regards to predestination prevenient grace the offer of justification to all persons the possibility of entire sanctification and assurance of salvation. His commentary particularly that on Revelation identified the Catholic Church with the Antichrist. Bound in half calf with cloth covered boards. Externally smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Spine label lost to volume V. Front hinge starting to volume V with the front free endpaper loosening slightly. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and light age toning to the extremities. A 1.5" closed tear to page 703 of volume V. A contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper with tide marks to the frontispiece of volume one. With additional ink inscriptions to the endpapers of volume V. Three small tears to page 2199 of volume VI. Very Good Thomas Tegg and Son hardcover
1875987H31London: Thomas Tegg c1875. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 10.5" by 7". None . A smartly bound six-volume set of Adam Clarke"s celebrated Bible with commentary complete with the author"s final corrections and fold-out maps in a signed binding by Riviere. Bound in a handsome full calf binding by Riviere. Complete in six volumes.New editions with the author"s final corrections.A complete set of Adam Clarke"s influential Bible with commentary containing the Old and New Testaments with marginal readings parallel texts and extensive critical notes intended to support a fuller understanding of scripture. This commentary which took Clarke forty years to complete was a primary Methodist theological resource for two centuries. Clarke followed Wesley in opposing a Calvinistic scheme of salvation and considered Scripture itself a miracle of God's grace that "takes away the veil of darkness and ignorance." Compromising: The Old Testament Volume I: Genesis to Deuteronomy. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece a folding genealogical table of the patriarchs from Adam to Jacob and a folding map. Collated complete.The Old Testament Volume II: Joshua to Esther.The Old Testament Volume III: Job to Solomon"s Song.The Old Testament Volume IV: Isaiah to Malachi.The New Testament Volume I: Matthew to Romans. Illustrated with two fold-out maps. Collated complete. The New Testament Volume II: 1 Corinthians to Revelation.Adam Clarke 1762-1832 was a leading Methodist theologian and biblical scholar whose commentary became foundational for 19th-century English biblical studies; this "new edition" is the final authorised form of his work. Bound in a full calf binding by Riviere. Externally very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. The odd minor scratch to boards resulting in very slight loss to calf. Slight fading to upper perimeter of rear board of volume I. Discolouration to upper perimeter of front board of Volume II. Slight damp staining to upper corner of front board of Volume III. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot to first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed Thomas Tegg hardcover
