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18990009259Warszawa: G. Centnerszwer 1899. First edition. Good. . 12mo; 70 67 77 54 pages quarter leather black cloth; bookplate and rubber stamp of the Biblioteki Polskiej South Bend IN. <br/><br/>The only copy on OCLC is in Poland. Sedlaczek's work concerns the 1410 Battle of Tannenberg Grunwald. Bound with SYN KMIECY by Teresa Jadwigi / Jadwiga Teresa Papi. Warszawa 1897 Fiction. First published Chicago 1892. Bound with Zorjana E. W WALCE Z PHOANCAMI. Warszawa 1900. 1st Ed. OCLC lists only 1927 edition. Bound with SPRAWA O WOZ CZYLI. By Wiktor Olszewski. Warszawa 1901. This edition not cited on OCLC however OCLC credits a 1913 edition to Mieczyslaw. Brzezinski . G. Centnerszwer hardcover
18743967599Fr. Woldikes Forlag 1874. 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. 8vo. Rebound cloth. Half leather. Raised bands. Moderate exterior wear. Several loose pages. Internally clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN: Fr. Woldikes Forlag hardcover
185550323071004Yorkshire Philosophical Society; John Churchill; Henry Sotheran London; York 1855. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Contents include: On the Direction of Drifting of the Sanstone Beds of the Oolite Rocks of the Yorkshire Coast by Henry Clifton Sorby; On the Sclerotic Ring of the Eyes of Birds and Repriles by Thomas Allis; The Compotus of Yearly-Account Roll of Thomas Syngleton Monk Keeper of the common stock of Spices Custos Communiae Specierum and Chaplain of the Monastery of St. Mary York from the Sunday after the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel 1528 to the sam Sunday in the Year 1529 with remarks and notes by Rev. C Wellbeloved; On Magnetic Phaenomena in Yorkshire by John Phillips; Report of the Yorkshire Antiquarian Club in the Excavation of Barrows from the year 1849 by William Procter; Communication respecting a Flint Instrument found on Fylingdales Moor by Saml Anderson; Notices of the York Mints and Coinages by Robert Davies; An Account of the Excavation of a Roman Villa near Collingham by William Procter; Observations on a Roman Inscription lately discovered in York by Rev C Wllbeloved. Grey paper-covered boads with grey dimpled linen spine parer lifting from upper front board sound binding darkened end-papers clean 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: 50323071004. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. Yorkshire Philosophical Society; John Churchill; Henry Sotheran paperback
1854011603London and New York: London Printing and Publishing Co 1854. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volumes. Vol. 1: xiv 727 1 pages frontispiece added engraved title page double-page color map 20 leaves of plates; vol. 2: 4 662 2 pages frontispiece 11 leaves of plates; vol. 3: 4 591 1 pages frontispiece added engraved title page 14 leaves of plates; 28 cm. Half calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; dark brown pebble-grain cloth over boards. Gilt-stamped spine titles and decoration. Old handwritten paper labels in fifth compartment of each volume. All page edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. "T. Wright" written in pencil on title page of vol. 1. Oval stamp of former owner John W. Cupit on front free endpaper verso of each volume. Book pocket of Sage Library West Bay City Michigan on back fixed endpaper of each volume as well as occasional small stamp of that library on preliminary pages and on back of plates. No date of publication; the history goes up to 1853. A heavy set; for international shipping the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. In Very Good Condition: joints and corners are rubbed; vol. 1 leather is scraped; front hinges tender; clean and solid. London Printing and Publishing Co hardcover
1859172493London: John Murray 1859. Several previous owners have left their evidence on the FEP including Rosebery School Library's stamps on the inside cover and FEP. Text remains clean bright and tight. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. John Murray Hardcover
1839052209London: William S. Orr & Co. 1839. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Xxiii 356 Pp. First Printing 1839. Full Morocco Gilt And Stamped In Blind Yellow Endpapers All Edges Gilt. Plates Tissue Guards With Subject Titles. Slight Usage Tiny Repairs To Corners Furbished. Captions Printed On The Tissue Guards. Binding Is Early Or Original Wear But Nicely Refurbished New Morocco Spine Label Hinges Intact And Solid. Contents Very Clean Light Foxing To A Few Plates But Almost All Are Entirely Clean And With Clean Intact Tissue Guards. Wordsworth Was The Youngest Son Of The Rev. Dr. Christopher Wordsworth Master Of Trinity And A Nephew Of The Poet William Wordsworth. He Was The Younger Brother Of The Classical Scholar John Wordsworth And Charles Wordsworth Bishop Of Saint Andrews Dunkeld And Dunblane. He Was Educated At Winchester And Trinity Cambridge. Like His Brother Charles He Was Distinguished As An Athlete As Well As For Scholarship. He Won The Chancellor's Gold Medal For Poetry In 1827 And 1828. He Became Senior Classic And Was Elected A Fellow And Tutor Of Trinity In 1830; Shortly Afterwards He Took Holy Orders. He Went For A Tour In Greece In 1832-1833 And Published Various Works On Its Topography And Archaeology The Most Famous Of Which Is "Wordsworth's" Greece 1839. In 1836 He Became Public Orator At Cambridge And In The Same Year Was Appointed Headmaster Of Harrow A Post He Resigned In 1844. In 1844 Sir Robert Peel Appointed Him As A Canon Of Westminster 1844-1869. He Was Vicar Of Stanford In The Vale Berkshire 1850-1869 And Archdeacon Of Westminster 1864-1869. In 1869 Benjamin Disraeli Appointed Him Bishop Of Lincoln Which He Retained Until His Death In 1885. <br/> <br/> William S. Orr & Co. hardcover
18745623Berlin Schneider 1874. 1st Edition . Soft cover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Royal octavo. Pp. iv 91 1 Errata. Plus 4 lithograph drawings with multiple images to each printed on 3 leaves placed in rear pocket. With 10 Appendices to the text. Lacks the 3 plans. Original printed wrappers; edge frayed spine reinforced with paper shelf ticket vague old institutional stamps bit foxed in places. In fair condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Complete with the 4 lithographs but lacks the 3 plans. 004-6 <br/> <br/> Berlin, Schneider paperback
18033687London Printed by C. Roworth and Sold by T. Egerton Military Library 1803. Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Two parts in one volume. Crown octavo. Pp. iv 129 verso blank; 131- 314. Plus 4 folding tables neat repair to one. HARDCOVER bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards gilt lettering and decoration marbled edges spine worn upper board practically detached; signature to first free endpaper. A working or binding copy with a very good interior. ~ Fourth edition. Volume II of two. 004-4 <br/> <br/> London, Printed by C. Roworth, and Sold by T. Egerton, Military Library hardcover
1845005557London: Henry Colburn 1845. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes: 1 xxiii 1 452 p. frontispiece portrait; 1 vii 452 p. frontispiece portrait; 23 cm. Contemporary half red morocco with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second compartment and volume in third with "1845" at tail. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers in gilt and blue matching boards. Published anonymously but attributed to Robert Folkestone Williams approx. 1805-1872. The life of Sophia Dorothea 1666-1726 Consort of George I before he became King of Great Britain. Forced to marry her cousin George Louis she bore him three children before he divorced her and imprisoned her in the Castle of Ahlden where she spent the rest of her life. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; spines lightly sunned; frontispiece portraits are foxed; text has minimal marginal foxing and soiling; a solid and attractive set. Henry Colburn hardcover
184440119021120Society of Antiquaries of London; Printed by J Nichols London 1844. 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. Many black and white plates many vignettes Colour plates facing pages 174 x2 348. Fold out plate facing 148. Contents Include: I. Inventory of Archbishop Parkers goods at the time of his death by William Sandy II. Runic Obelisk at Ruthwell; the Poem of the Dream of Holy Rood; and a runic copper dish found at Chertsey by John M. Kemble III. A number of Tumuli on Breach Downs in Kent by Lord Albert Conyngham IV. Matthew Bells opening of an ancient British Barrow in Iffins Wood near Canterbury in 1842 by John Yonge Akerman V. Sculptured figures of Welsh Knights at Kilpeck Church in Herefordshire by John Gage Rokewode VI. Proceedings in the Star Chamber against Lord Vaux Sir Thomas Tresham Sir William Catesby and others for refusing to swear they had not harboured Campion the Jesuit by John Bruce VII. Casts of 8 Punic Inscriptions found at Carthage by Hudson Gurney VIII. Marks on the stones of various Middle Age buildings by George Godwin IX. Palimpsest Sepulchral Brasses by Albert Way X. Traces of a Roman Villa at Gayton near Northampton by George Butler XI. Antiquities found near Sandwich in Kent by Charles Roach XII. Gold ornaments recently found in Ireland by Albert Conyngham XIII./XXV. Antiquities excavated in the Island of Sacrificios by Captain Nepean XIV. Tabula of Gold preserved by Emperor Henry II to the Cathedral of Basle by Albert Way XV. Certain inaccuracies in the letters of Sir Thomas More by John Bruce XVI. Letters received by Sir Henry Witherington Knt. Marshal of Berwick between 1581 and 1592 by Robert Porrett XVII. Sandle-wood Gates of Somnath with drawings by C. J. Richardson XVIII. Xanthian Marbles in the British Museum by Samuel Birch XIX. Political Conditions of the English Peasantry during the Middle-Ages by Thomas Wright XX. Eastern Terminus of the Wall of Antoninus by Richard Garnett XXI. Tumulus near Asterabad forming part of ancient Hyrcania by Baron Clement Augustus de Bode XXII. The King of the Birds; or The Lay of the Phoenix: an Anglo-Saxon song of C10 or C11 by George Stephens XXIII. Stone Shot found in the Ditch of the Tower of London by Porrett XXIV. Opening of Barrows in South Dorsetshire by John Sydenham XXVI. Fictile Vase representing the contest of Hercules and Juno by Samuel Birch XXVII./XXVIII. Prose and Verse from Old English Medical Manuscript by Stephens and Pettigrew XXIX. Monumental brass of Bishop Hallum in the Cathedral Church of Constance by R. Pearsall XXX. Antiquarian Excavations and Researches in the Middle-Ages by Thomas Wright XXXI. Sepulchral Vase and other antiquities discovered near Scarborough by Jabez Allies XXXII. The 2nd Patent appointing Edward Duke of Somerset Protector temp. Edward VI by John Gough XXXIII. Relics of remote times found in the bed of the Thames between Kingston and Hampton Court by William Roots XXXIV. Indenture of Lease from Earl of Bedford to Sir William Cecil of a portion of pasture in Covent Garden by Albert Way XXXV. Amity formed between Fishmonger and Goldsmiths of London by Gough XXXVI. Refectory of the Priory of Great Malvern by Edward Blore 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. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3-4kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40119021120. 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
18222880London: T. Cadell 1822. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 223 168 index p. 4 full illustrations. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. Tan full calf binding- quilted calf on covers edges of covers embossed gilt lettering on spine edges of text block lightly flecked with brown. Condition of book is VERY GOOD: light wear to covers and spine leather labels were reattached at some point upside down old worm damage to top edge of front hinge- one small worm hole does not affect text block only binding top end of text block darkened pages clean with spotty light foxing binding tight. T. Cadell hardcover
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
186340119031148Society of Antiquaries of London; Printed by J Nichols London 1863. 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. Leather at front hinge is cracked. Volume contains many black and white plates and vignettes. Colour plates facing pages 184 288 map 358 359 360 and 361 and double plate at page 74. Contents Includes: I. Will of Hans Holbein by William Henry Black II./III. Contemporaries and Successors of Holbein by John Gough Nichols and George Scharf IV. Flint Implements in the Drift on the Continent and in England by John Evans V. Roman Remains of Ibernium on Kingston Down near Bere Regis in Dorset by Charles Warne VI. Brick Architecture of North of Germany by Alexander Nesbitt VII. Account of Treaty of Newport from 1648 by John Bruce VIII. Explorations des anciens Cimetieres de Roux-Mesnil et dEtran en Normandie by M. LAbbe Cochet IX. Anglo-Saxon Burial Ground at Long Wittenham Berkshire by John Yonge Akerman X. Letters to the Tremoille Family from Elizabeth Queen of Bohemia by Paul Marchegay and Augustus W. Franks XI. Remains of the Priory of Austin Friars at Ludlow by Beriah Botfield XII. Feudal and Obligatory Knighthood by Francis Morgan Nichols XIII. Portraits from Windsor Castle Hampton Court and Wilton House by George Scharf XIV. Death of Painter Hans Holbein and his Will by W. H. Black XV.XVI./XVII. Correspondence with the Admiralty regarding Tides in the Dover Channel and the Landing of Caesar in BC 55 by G. B. Airy and Thomas Lewin XVIII. Two Egyptian Tablets of Ptolemaic Period by Samuel Birch XIX. Tenure or Service of Cornage by Francis Morgan Nichols XX. Four Illuminations representing the Courts of Chancery Kings Bench Common Pleas and Exchequer at Westminster from time of Henry VI by G. R. Corner XXI. 13th Century Roll of Arms by Weston Styleman Walford XXII. Two Rolls of Arms of the Reign of Edward I by Charles Spencer Perceval XXIII. Three Coptic Papyri brought by Stuart Glennie from the East by Charles Wycliffe Goodwin XXIV. Portraits of Arthur Prince of Wales by Scharf XXV. Percy Herbert Lord Powis by Charles Henry Cooper XXVI. Young and Champollions method of interpreting Egyptian Hieroglyphics by Reginald Stuart Poole XXVII. Crannoge found in Drumkeery Lough near Bailieborough County Cavan in Ireland by Robert Harkness XXVIII. Roman Remains from London by William Tite 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: 40119031148. 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
189651420011121Hazell Watson and Viney Ltd London 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Two matching volumes with fresh blue covers simple blind decoration and gilt lettering on the front covers and on the spines spine-ends are lightly bumped. Clean black end-papers sound binding black and white frontis with protective tissue leaf in volume I clean cream pages. Private Circulation only. 2-volume set complete. No dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51420011121. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. These books are heavier than 1kg and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations. Hazell Watson and Viney Ltd hardcover
1847biblio83<p>Simms' antebellum romanticism was always at the forefront and this subject a biography of a sort of real-life Don Quixote is a suitable platform. The author does not disappoint affording Bayard the dignified French knight high honors. This copy was in the Wake Forest College library Wake Forest NC before "Wake Forest College" moved itself to Winston-Salem NC in the 1950s and became a University. The volume's last library stamp was dated 1920 and it retains those vestiges of bygone catalogued days. Otherwise the paper spine has some peeling the cover is worn and bumped as well as stained and soiled from time and use but my guess is that it has been in storag for the last ninety years.</p><p>Photo on request.</p> Harper Bros. hardcover
18101203E028London: T. Payne 1810. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: Large 4to. Half Title Engraved Title xvii 1 blank 1 List of plates 1 blank pp19-171 1 blank 5 Index 1 Errata. Very Good. 9.5 x 12 inches 24 x 31 cm. Half leather binding with marbled boards. Leather perished but binding is firm and strong. Rubbing and chipping to boards. Spine has five raised bands and blind tooling lacking the title label. Scattered light foxing offsetting from some of the plates to facing page. Complete with all 28 plates including the engraved title page and five fold-outs. A well illustrated early guide to the antiquities of the Argolis region on the Peloponnese peninsula. A nice solid example. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 9.5 x 12 inches 24 x 31 cm. T. Payne hardcover
180640119011035Society of Antiquaries of London; Printed by T Bensley London 1806. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Brown leather covers re-spined with red leather raised bands and black leather spine labels gilt lettering on spine gilt decoration on edges decoration on upper lower and inner edges on newer leather has been matched with existing decoration. Corners of covers are scuffed and edges have light wear. Damage to surface at base of spine from adhesive label. Marbled end-papers and text block edges. Sound binding. Contents include: I The Diet and particular Fare of Charles I when Duke of York by Edmund Turner; II Revenue Expenses and Jewels of Prince Henry by William Bray; III Mr Henry Yelverton restored to the Kings favour in 1609 by James Cumming IV The Names of his Majesties James I Shipps with the numbers of men and furniture etc. by John Brand; V Greek Inscription on Pompeys Pillar by W M Leake and John Squire; VI The Entertainment of Henry VI at the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds by Craven Ord; VII A true Collection as well of all the Kinges Majesties Offices and Fees in any of the Courtes at Westminster by Sir Joseph Banks; VIII An Abbey of Nuns formerly situated in the Street now called the Minories in Middlesex by Henry Fly; IX Ancient Rolls of Papyrus discovered at Herculaneum by Henry Grey Bennett; X Antiquities discovered in Cornwall by Malachy Hitchins; XI Account of Tumuli opened in Wiltshire by William Cunnington; XII Death-Warrant of Humphrey Littleton by T R Nash; XIII The Italian Game of Minchiate by Robert Smith; XIV The Ruins of Carthage and of Udena in Barbury by John Jackson; XV Book of Accounts entitled Le Livre des Acconts pour Chevalier Jean Franklyn en fon Maison au Wilsden belonging to Sir John Chardin Musgrave; XVI An Indenture between Edward IV and William Lord Hastings in 1469 by Taylor Combe; XVII The ancient inhabitants Roman stations and Roman roads in and near Berkshire by Henry Beeke; XVIII Trial and Ordeal in England by Robert Studley Vidal; XIX Kenwith or Kenwic Castle in Devonshire by Vidal; XX Charter of Exemption from the Forest Laws granted by Henry III to Stephen de Segrave; XXI Ceremony of the Feast of Fools and Sculptured Girdle worn at its Celebration by Francis Douce; XXII Memoir on the Vicissitudes of the Principality of Antioch during the Crusades by F Damaini; XXIII Manuscript concerning the Manor of Paddington in Middlesex by William Vincent; XXIV Inventory and Appraisement of the Plate in the lower Jewel House of the Tower 1649 by John Brand; XXV The Monument in Canterbury Cathedral called the Tomb of Theobald and two inscriptions on lead discovered by Henry Boys; XXVI Discovery and Interment of the Heart of Arthur Lord Capel by Anthony Hamilton; XXVII Engraved Brass Plate from Netley Abbey by John Latham; XXVIII Ancient Sculptures and Inscriptions on two pillars in the Abbey Church of Rumsey by William Latham; XXIX The Dormitory of the Cathedral Monastery of Norwich by F Sayers; XXX Fortresses of Ancient Greece by William Hamilton; XXXI and XXXII Remains of the Dormitory at Norwich continued; XXXIII Tumuli in Wiltshire continued by William Cunnington; XXXIV Writs from Edward I to the Chief Justice of Chester and the Bishop of Carlisle on occasion of the marriage of the Kings eldest daughter by Samuel Lysons; XXXV Rotulus Familiae in the 18th year of the reign Edward I by Lysons; XXXVI and XXXVII and XXXVIII Remains of Gothic Architecture in Italy and Sicily by Robert Smirke; XXXIX Seals of the Bailiffs of the Liberty of Bridgnorth by Francis Townsend. Contains 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. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40119011035. 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 T Bensley hardcover
18519140Wilhelmshöhe 1851. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Royal quarto 33x20 cm. Pp. 7. Plus 5 fine lithographic plates. HARDCOVER bound in contemporary lim boards and cloth all edges gilt; boards rubbed contemporary institutional stamp to title. Foxed else in good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Extremely rare. X-1 <br/> <br/> Wilhelmshöhe hardcover
184436456London Richard Bentley 1844 hardcover. The author was an English land agent responsible for estates in Ireland; his 30 years of visits led him to blame "Irish agricultural backwardness" on the Irish estate managers Joel Mokyr. -- 304 pages plus 48 pages publisher's ads dated Jan. 1844. -- Hardcover original olive green publisher's cloth with spine lettering quite bright and pages clean. Condition: good-only cover separated from text block; 1-inch cloth tear at hinge a few tiny cloth tears corners lightly worn. Richard Bentley hardcover
18959055Berlin Eisenschmidt 1895. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Two volumes. Octavo. Pp. xii 287 1. Plus large folding sheet with 6 lithographic maps and a folding sketch map bound at end; 251 5 publisher's catalogue plus 4 sketch maps and plans one of which is folding and bound at end. HARDCOVER uniformly bound in contemporary cloth and marbled boards old shelf ticket to spine old military institutional stamps to title. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. 004-12 <br/> <br/> Berlin, Eisenschmidt hardcover
1831030142Preston Lancashire: Peter and Henry Whittle 1831. No added marks or inscriptions. Front cover missing rear cover detached. Spine strip partly missing. A few finger marks and some foxing. Page edges untrimmed and dusty. Each of the three sections opens with a lithographic drawing or plan which curiously appear to be damp affected aound their edges. Little similar effect throughout the book. 320pp. Written in three sections for each of Southport Lytham and Blackpool with details about their topography inhabitants nature activities eating lodgings laws and much more. Extremely scarce first edition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Poor. 9 x 5.75 inches. Peter and Henry Whittle Hardcover
186024672Longman Green Longman & Roberts 1860. 8vo. First Edition thus with engraved frontispiece and 6 engraved plates some faint and occasional spotting neat contemporary inscription on blank preliminary; attractively bound in contemporary red full roan sides with gilt frame border back with five raised bands tooled in gilt second compartment with black leather label lettered and tooled in gilt all other compartments elaborately ruled and tooled in gilt all edges gilt gilt dentelles marbled endpapers very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With the nineteenth century trade ticket of Deighton of Worcester on front paste-down. The frontispiece is by Henshall after Turner; the plates by Cooke after Bonington and others. 'In the present edition I have by a careful revision compressed the substantial contents of three volumes into one not omitting anything of permanent interest' Author's Preface. First published in three volumes in 1848. Longman Green Longman & Roberts, hardcover
1820003508London: Thomas Davison 1820. Hardcover. Very Good. xiii 3 111 1 p.; 23 cm. Contemporary binding with spine rebacked retaining much of original red leather; plain pink paper over boards. Pages are untrimmed. In attractive modern slipcase covered in red and black paper; gilt-tooled title on slipcase spine: Battle of Waterloo. List of 274 subscribers pp. 107-111 with the number of copies each ordered where more than one includes Czar Alexander I of Russia; King William I of the Netherlands; King Frederick William III of Prussia; Commander-in-chief of British forces Field Marshal Frederick Duke of York and Albany; and the Duke of Wellington. Inscription dated 1833 on front fixed endpaper. Although this poem is frequently attributed to the Poet Laureate William Whitehead he died in 1785 30 years before the Battle of Waterloo. No information about the author of this poem has been located. This is the very scarce original edition of this work -- not a reprint and not a POD. In Very Good Condition: rebacked as described; boards are rubbed and soiled; lacking much paper over back board; internally clean and crisp. Slipcase is in Fine Condition. Thomas Davison hardcover
1870004761London: Smith Elder & Co 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. xi 1 405 1 p. frontispiece and 3 leaves of plates: many in-text illustrations; 21 cm. Contemporary half morroco with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Marbled paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Brown and red decorated endpapers. Errata on unpaginated page following Preface. With: 1920 clipping from the Daily Chronicle of article by Trevor Allen "Kensington in The Season: Things Seen in a Twilight Stroll." In Very Good Condition: edges are rubbed; clean and bright. Smith, Elder & Co hardcover
18805755's-Gravenhage Van Cleef 1880. 1st Edition . Soft cover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Royal octavo. Pp. viii 202. Original printed wrappers worn and detached stained bookblock broken. In poor condition. Interior is good but foxed. ~ FIRST EDITION. 004-4 <br/> <br/> 's-Gravenhage, Van Cleef paperback