Trench, Richard; Hillman, EllisMareMagnum
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Book is in excellent condition with one bumped corner, otherwise as new in black cloth covers with silver text at spine, decorated endpapers. Binding is solid and square, covers otherwise have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears, not price clipped. Heavily illustrated throughout.
ca. 20 x 14 cm. XIV, 421 Seiten, mit 12 Bildtafeln, davon 1 als Frontispiz. Original blaues Ganzleinen mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. Einband mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, Widmung auf fliegendem Vorsatz, geprägtes Ex Libris auf Titelseite, Seiten papierbedingt gegilbt. Insgesamt guter Zustand. - Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Cover with slight traces of use, dedication on front flyleaf paper, embossed book plate on title page, pages due to paper quality yellowed. All in all good condition. Der Band enthält 350 Biographien von erwähnenswerten und würdigen Londonern vom Mittelalter bis in die Neuzeit. - Mit einer handschriftlichen Widmung von John Burns, datiert 23. Februar 1940. John Elliot Burns (1858-1943), dessen Foto das Frontispiz ziert, war ein renommierter britischer Gewerkschafter und Politiker, seine Biographie ist auf den Seiten 58-63. - The book contains the biographies of 350 remarkable and worthy Londoners from the Middle Ages to modern times. - With a handwritten dedication, dated February 23 1943, by renowned British trade unionist and politician John Elliot Burns (1858-1943), whose photography is on the frontispiece and biography on pages 58-63.
In Oblungo (15,5x12 cm); 26 c. di tav. Legatura coeva conservata editoriale entro cofanetto editoriale con titolo impresso in oro al piatto anteriore della custodia. Alcune pecette di adesivo a consolidare un lato. Opera sconosciuta alle principali bibliografie. Trattasi probabilmente di una versione di prova o di presentazione della rarissima pubblicazione "Wood's illustrated guide to London; containing 26 views of the principal public buildings, &c., beautifully engraved on steel, with descriptions in French and English". In questo esemplare le tavole realizzate in acciaio sono state poi stampate con un particolare procedimento di stampa tanto che le stesse risultano impresse leggermente in rilievo su carta patinata applicata su cartoncinirigidi. Ogni tavola presenta una descrizione dell'illustrazione in francese e inglese. Esemplare completo di tutte e 26 le tavole. L'opera venne realizzata in occasione dell'Esposizione Universale di Londra tenutasi appunto nel 1862. L'opera non venne poi probabilmente mai data alle stampe se non in pochissimi esemplari dimostrativi. Un'altro esemplare conosciuto conservato nella New York Public Library, sipresenta rilegato e con una pagina di titolo seguita dalle ventisei tavole ma con la descrizione delle stesse al recto delle illustrazioni e non poste sotto l'incisione come in questo esemplare, Fra gli edifici delineati: Windsor Castle; The treasury Whitehall; Custom House London; Tower of London; New House of Parliament; Hungerford Suspension Bridge; The Colosseum Regents Park; The Royal Exchange; Greenwich Hospital; Front View of Byckingham Palace Residence of Queen Victoria; Thames Tunnel; St. Pauls Cathedral; Coal Exchange London; Statue of William the 4.that London Bridge; Building for the Great Exhibition 1851; London Bridge from Surry side of River Thames; Bank of England; Duke of Yorks Column Waterloo Place; Westmister Abbey; Nelson Monument Trafalgar Square; New Hall Lincolns Inn; Somerset House; Wellington Statue Hyde Park Corner; Railway Pier Blackwall;Past Office London; British Museum. Le tavole si presentano in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione. Very rare.
First edition, 4to, [2], 12pp., without the final blank leaf, in this edition, line 3 of title has "arbytrary"; in another edition, line 3 has "arbitrary", disbound. Wing, L2915; Kress, 716; Goldsmith, 940.
160p. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Tall 8vo. Original full pictorial wraps, very slightly worn. Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II, Battle Book, No. 17. Nice copy. WWII 2
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 214 pages with map, b&w photos throughout of exteriors, interiors, a garden or two. Contents include St. George's, St. Giles, St James, St. John's St. Annes, Holy Trinity, Brompton, All Saints, St. Dunstans, and more than 90 individual churches.
Folio 136p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
Book has a pretty good bump to lower front corner, but it does not unduly affect the pages or cover. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 208 pages heavily illustrated with b&w photos throughout, line drawings, architectural detail, elevations, floorplans, etc. Sections include: Berkieley square, Artillery lane, St. James's square, Bedford square, Guilford St. Kennington Rd. Wapping pier head, Grove lane, Georgian roofs, floors, doors, etc. architectural detail, elevations, floorplans, etc. 11 1/2 inches, 208 pages, 217 photos and illus.,bibliography, index,
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, photographs and maps in the text, and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition; library cloth, a sound, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down, small neat stamp on title and last printed leaf, and classification number on backstrip. A standard reference
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 224 pages with articles by a group of authors with b&w images, photos, maps, drawings throughout, a few in color. Chapters include: The middle ages: the medieval garden, Medicinal and kitchen gardening, London's market gardens in the early modern period, London gardens and the decorative arts, Victorian parks, etc.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked with small tear/crease to to of spine. 119pp. A study of the fascinating development of the London railways and underground lines from the late nineteenth century.
Book has a heavily bumped lower page-end corner; otherwise it's in near fine condition. Binding is solid and square, exterior otherwise shows only very light shelf wear, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 166 pages in oblong format with photos in color and b&w. Contents include: North Bank: Upper Pool, Wapping and Shadwell, Ratcliff and Limehouse, Millwall and the Isle of Dogs; South Bank: Greenwich and Deptford, Rotherhithe, Bermondsey, Upper Pool of London.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 96 illustrations (2 double-page and 7 full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper, the latter a little browned at backstrip. The best modern studty, profusely illustrated and with a select bibliography
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight rub to upper corner of front end paper and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with traces of storage and handling. 180pp.
91 pages, appendices, references, ephemera loosely inserted. eng
427 pages. Originally published in 1862. Presents a remarkably vivid picture of an aspect of Victorian life that few other writers of the age had dared to examine: the teeming underworld of 19th century London, whose headquarters were established a few yards from what is today Picadilly Circus. Very light wear. Discard stamp upon front endpaper else unmarked. Nice copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 427 pages with occasional illustrations, Contents include: Prostitutes: Seclusives, or Those that Live in Private Houses and Apartments; Haymarket; Board Lodgers; Those who Live in Low Lodging Houses; Sailors' Women; Soldiers' Women; Theives' Women; Park Women; Bawds; Procuresses, Pimps and Panders; Fancy-men; Bullies; Clandestine Prostitutes; Female Operative; Maid-Servants; Ladies of Intrigue and Houses of Assignation; THEIVES AND SWINDLERS: Sneaks, Common Thieves, Stealing from Children, Child Stripping, Robberies from Carts and other Vehicles, Lead From Housetops, Copper from Kitchens; Robberies by False Keys, Lodgers, Servants, Attic , Garret Theives; Rookery of St. Giles , Pickpockets ,Shoplifters; Omnibus Pickpockets; Railway Pickpockets; Shoplifters, Spitalfields, Horse-stealing, Dog-stealing, Highway Robbers,Felonies , River Thames, Mudlarks; Sweeping Boys, Smuggling, River Priates, Mudlark, Receivers of Stolen Property, Coining Forgers, Bank, Skittles; Thimble and Pea, The Lock, Swindlers. BEGGARS AND CHEATS, Begging-Letter Writers, Decayed Gentleman; The Broken-Down Tradesman; The Distressed Scholar; The Kaggs Family; Advertising Begging-Letter Writers; Ashamed Beggars; The Swell Beggar,Turnpike Sailor, Street Campaigners; Foreign Beggars: The French Beggar; Destitute Poles; Hindoo Beggars; Negro Beggars; Disaster Beggars, etc.
Book is in excellent condition except for a heavy bump to the upper corners of the covers, causing a little bump to the very corner of the page block also. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, with blue cloth covers, gilt print at spine. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear only, no tears, price sticker at front. 427 pages. Contents include: Prostitutes: Seclusives, or Those that Live in Private Houses and Apartments; Haymarket; Board Lodgers; Those who Live in Low Lodging Houses; Sailors' Women; Soldiers' Women; Theives' Women; Park Women; Bawds; Procuresses, Pimps and Panders; Fancy-men; Bullies; Clandestine Prostitutes; Female Operative; Maid-Servants; Ladies of Intrigue and Houses of Assignation; THEIVES AND SWINDLERS: Sneaks, Common Thieves, Stealing from Children, Child Stripping, Robberies from Carts and other Vehicles, Lead From Housetops, Copper from Kitchens; Robberies by False Keys, Lodgers, Servants, Attic , Garret Theives; Rookery of St. Giles , Pickpockets ,Shoplifters; Omnibus Pickpockets; Railway Pickpockets; Shoplifters, Spitalfields, Horse-stealing, Dog-stealing, Highway Robbers,Felonies , River Thames, Mudlarks; Sweeping Boys, Smuggling, River Priates, Mudlark, Receivers of Stolen Property, Coining Forgers, Bank, Skittles; Thimble and Pea, The Lock, Swindlers. BEGGARS AND CHEATS, Begging-Letter Writers, Decayed Gentleman; The Broken-Down Tradesman; The Distressed Scholar; The Kaggs Family; Advertising Begging-Letter Writers; Ashamed Beggars; The Swell Beggar,Turnpike Sailor, Street Campaigners; Foreign Beggars: The French Beggar; Destitute Poles; Hindoo Beggars; Negro Beggars; Disaster Beggars, etc.
xi, 176 p. front., plates. 27 cm Hardcover Good condition
xi, 176 p. front., plates. 27 cm Hardcover Good condition
pp. x, 223, 24 [Publisher's catalogue] + folding map and two full page maps of London in various time periods. XLib stamp on title page. Engraved XLib bookplate. Text foxed. 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding. Faded gold lettered spine. Gilt decoration on front cover with embossed lettering in blind. Hardbound. Though XLib, this is still a nice copy. TRAVEL/1
159pp. illus.(part col.), coats of arms. 31 cm Hardcover Very good condition good
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and numerous illustrations in the text, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; red buckram, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. Gomme's masterly study is scarce in anything like this condition.
