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Published by Longmans, Green and Co., 1887
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1887. No Edition Remarks. 158 pages. No dust jacket. Blue illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.
Published by Harper & Brothers, 1869
Seller: RPL Library Store, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First. FAIR/ NO DUST JACKET. 486 P. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine and image on front and spine. Boards show wear and soiling. Major defect is a 2&1/2" x 1/2" section of the cloth cover in the lower right-hand corner of the front of the book. The binding is solid and the interior is very clean with minor age-toning along page edges. 163 Illustrations. Gift presentation plate on pastedown page dated October 9, 1873.
Published by C. A. Nichols : Sprinfield Mass, 1875
Seller: Avenue Victor Hugo Books, Newmarket, NH, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. early edition. This original copy of the 'new' edition from 1875 (originally published in 1871) is offered as a good reading copy) Quarto, 9 7/8" tall, engraved frontispiece, xx + 811 pages with 200 woodcut illustrations, decorative spine, full leather. In good condition only over all, cover worn, rubbed at all edges, fore-corner tips through to boards, hinges broken, front matter loose but present, internal binding solid, paper moderately yellowed. This is a larger and heavier volume and will require some additional postage.
Published by Bill, Nichols & Company
Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Two volumes in one. (Antarctica, Tropics, Ethnology, Natural History) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Published by Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1892
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Born in 1813, Dr. G. Hartwig was a significant physician who published many books including The Sea and Its Living Wonders and The Polar World, which describes both the Arctic and Antarctic. This volume is from The Sea and Its Living Wonders. Includes 75 illustrations. 12mo. Three quarter green leather over marbled paper-covered boards with gilt title on red label on spine. Back cover is almost completely detached. Significant loss to leather on spine. Wear to edges of cover. Interior is clean overall with light finger smudges to margins of some pages. Edges of text block are marbled, as are endpapers. 159 pages. TRAV/081322.
Published by Alpha Editions, 2019
ISBN 10: 9353705320ISBN 13: 9789353705329
Seller: KALAMO LIBROS, S.L., La Puebla de Montalbán, TO, Spain
Book Print on Demand
Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Nuevo. IMPRESIÓN BAJO DEMANDA / PRINT ON DEMAND.
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Published by C. A. Nichols and Co., Springfield, Ill., 1874
Seller: David Gaines, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Boards (HB) in good condition, wear to covers, front cover loose, back cover partially separated. Couple dings to page edges and some browning to edges but the inside is in amazing shape for 150 year old book Few old names and inscriptions and remains of old color stamp with jockey and horse. A view of the world when everything was still new and exciting. Two volumes in one, Index, b/w engraved presentation plate, and maps,811 pages with 200 illustrations.
Published by Franklin Square: Harper and Brothers, 1869, 1869
Seller: Arch Bridge Bookshop, Bellows Falls, VT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. First Edition. . Middle of spine is faded anf spine also has a small outline from where the library sticker was. Top and bottom 1/4" of spine is missing the outside layer of cover. overall condition is good. Minor foxing on several pages. Many B&W illustrations. Uncommon.
Published by Kopenhagen, P.G.Philipsens Forlag, 1878., 1878
Seller: Antiquariat Heinz Tessin, Quickborn, Germany
Gr.-8°, XXIII,552 SS., Halblederband der Zeit. (etwas berieben, Rücken gering lädiert). Etwas stockfleckig.
Published by C. A. Nichols & Co, 1874
Seller: Eat My Words Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Two volumes in one -- 811 pages. New edition, "sold only by subscription." Binding is solid, although rear interior hinge is split, and hanging on by its strings. Pages unmarked and only a little aged. Marbled endpages and edges. Ex-owner name on gifting page. Three-quarters brown leather, with brown cloth over boards -- quite worn at corners, and with tear at top of front hinge. Ridged spine cover is quite worn, with titles barely legible.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1869
Seller: Bookshelf of Maine, Franklin, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Corners bumped. Top and bottom of spine frayed. Surface soiling to the boards. ; The book is in Very Good condition . Tissue guard and pristine interior pages. The author of several other scientific works here gives a description of the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe in both a popular and scientific way. He gives a succinct history of the several polar expeditions, American and European. Of value to the naturalist as well as general reader. Heavy book. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 486 pages.
Published by G, A. Nichpls & Co., Indianapolis IN, 1875
Seller: Pages of the Past, Fort Ripley, MN, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Apparently sold only by subscription. Listed as a new edition. Some of the lower front pages corners are very slightly discolored' The binding is like new. It probably was rebound. The book is 9 1/2" X 6 1/2" X 2 1/2" thick.
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.,
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.01.
Published by C. A. Nichols & Co., Springfield, MA, 1874
Seller: Voyageur Book Shop, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Book
Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Fair. Brown leather with black boards, gilt spine title on black plaques. Leather is corner chipped with edge rubbing, the front cover and front endpaper is free. Spine has edge chipping. The rest of the binding is bound and pages clean. F9.
Published by Longmans, Green, 1873., 1873
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
New edition. 8vo. xix + 556pp. + 24pp. adverts. 8 colour plates, woodcut text illustrations. Occasional foxing. Ownership inscription to verso of half title. Modern e.ps. Rebound in modern green cloth with gilt lettered spine. US$28.
Published by Longmans, Green, and Co 1887, 1887
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Octavo, light blue illus heavy card boards, orange lettering to boards, gilt lettering and decorative rule to spine, deckled gilt page edges, frontispiece of tiger, illus title page, 256pp, illus - plates of animals, VG (crackled front and rear gutter, moderate soiling and rubbing to covers and spine, unsteady binding), This book is from 1887 and has strong racist overtones towards indigenous Australians.
Publication Date: 1892
Seller: Peter Blest Booksellers, Maidstone, KENT, United Kingdom
Book
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 8th. Numerous plates and woodcuts, pp.524, large folding map.
Published by London: Longmans Green 8th edition, 1892
8vo. xx, 524pp, frontis with tissue guard, 7 plates, text illustrations, multifolding coloured map. Original decorated blind-stamped green cloth gilt. Cloth slightly faded and stained, slight damp stain to top margin of first 65 pages.
Published by unknown c. 1880, n.p., 1880
Seller: Muir Books -Robert Muir Old & Rare Books - ANZAAB/ILAB, PERTH, WA, Australia
Half leather. New Edition. New ed., royal 8vo, two volumes in one, pp. xxii, (17)-468, 469-843, Index, (1, advert), b/w engraved presentation plate, b/w ills and maps, lacks title-page, prev owner's signature, marbled eps, waterstaining along top edge of most pages, foxing scattered throughout, half leather boards, scuffed and marked, head of spine split. Reading copy only. The book is heavy and may require additional postage. Explorers of the Polar and Tropical regions, extensively illustrated.
Published by Longmans, Green & Co,, London, 1882
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A clean, tight copy. Light wear to the edges. Minor wear and tanning. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.
Cloth. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. An illustrated first edition of Wild Animal of the Tropics in its first edition. A fascinating first edition of Wild Animal of the Tropics, detailing animals such as the camel, hippopotamus, giraffe, sloths, snakes, and crocodiles.With sixty-six illustrations throughout the text. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, worn with the spine fading and bumped to the head and tail. There is also fading to the joints and extremities and some marks to the boards. Front hinge is starting but remains firm. There is an inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound with bright pages with the odd scattered spot throughout. Good. book.
Published by Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1873
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
xix, 556 pp. With eight chromoxylographic plates and numerous woodcuts. 8vo, publisher's green decorated cloth. New ediiton. 1873 pencilled owner's inscription; tissue overleaves lightly foxed (plates fine); rear hinge just starting to crack; light use and wear to cloth, but tight and sound.
Published by Longmans, Green and Co, 1893
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1893 Ed. No dustjacket. Stains/marks/scuffs/scratches to cover. Marks/scratches to textblock. Tanning and foxing to pages, scuffs to inner page. Text good.
Published by London: Longmans Green and Co, 1891
ix, 128pp, frontis, plates, text ills. Original pictorial green cloth gilt, aeg. Book plate to fpdep.
Published by C. A. Nichols & Co., Springfield, Mass., 1875
Seller: Chester Creek Books, Duluth, MN, U.S.A.
Book
Half-Leather. Condition: Good +. Minor cover wear. Very good internally.
Published by C.A. Nichols & Co, Springfield, MA, 1875
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 811 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket, rebound with original covers fixed to new. Some normal discoloration on text block, but newly tight copy. Record # 2230671.
Published by London Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893
Seller: Tunnardecj, Grantham, LINCO, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. With 117 illustrations - a fascinating and scarce volume on the fish and life that is found in the deep ocean. 160 pages in total. A school prize book awarded in 1902.
Published by Longmans,Green and Co., London, 1893
Seller: eclecticbooks, BOLTON, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. With 30 illustrations.Blue boards,gilt lettering and illustration to spine,black lettering and illustration to front,bevelled edges,some marks,all page edges gilt,'Techinical Education Committee' Prize label on fep,contents clean.
Published by Longmans, Green, & Co., London, 1892
Seller: Wheeler's Bookshop, Midhurst, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Hardcover. 1892. Red full leather with gilt Rugby School insignia to front. Raised bands and gilt decs. Attractively marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. xviii. 548 pp. B/w sepia illustration plates and b/w illustrations to text. Two fold-out map plates. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Includes Preface to the Second Edition (1874). Rugby School prize plate at front pastedown, dated 1896. Clean and bright. Binding near as-new. VG+.
Published by Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., London, 1887
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. with 75 illustrations (illustrator). 1st Edition. Firmly bound, illustrated green-grey cloth boards, gilt closed page edges. Area of fading on the back cover. Residue from a medium sized removed label on the front paste down with mark on the opposite page.