07c (23 results)

Hardcover. Revised ed. VG book. Clean & tight BUT: (1) spine ends frayed (2) tips lightly worn (3) MISSING 1st blank (4) light text offsetting. The London publication by Ebenezer Prout was in 1842. As the title states this is a rewritten & abridged edition, but there's no indication by whom. Copyright page states Herman Cope of the publishing company. Pencilled name inside cover. Spine title and much church related decoration all in bright gilt. Tissue guarded frontis of John Williams on ship's deck. NEAR FINE inside. No glue browning of pastedowns. Sole internal flaw: light type offset. But no aging, foxing or other type of flaw. Very Good book. Embossed brown cloth. Gilt spine decorations.

Hardcover. Decorated by Waugh & others. (illustrator). 1st edition. AS NEW book, VG DJ. Two title pages. Immaculate, pristine book, including all edges & extrems and all three text block edges. AS NEW means just that. To elaborate; no pastedown glue browning, aging, foxing, maginalia etc. ALSO book stays closed when stood on its spine. SO: read little, if at all. DJ clean & bright with 6s net price. DJ spine top edge with a 2" wide shallow chip. Three 1" & three 1/4" closed tears. DJ spine faintly sunned. AS NEW book, VG DJ(in Brodart). 1st edition. 8"x5". 51pp.

Softcover. illus w 12 maps & engravings (illustrator). 1st edition. FAIR book. Worn brown cloth with gilt lettered & decorated spine. A few cracked quires but no loose pages. Full page plates Glue browned pastedowns, first & last 12 pages foxed. Bottom of tp torn half off. Pages 40-50 lightly damp stained. All maps foxed some but the other plates are quite aged. Other text with scattered foxing. Backstrip separated at rear gutter. FAIR book. 1st edition. 8"x5", 32,(12)pp.

Hardcover. Illustrated with a frontis. (illustrator). 1st edition. GOOD book, no DJ. VG inside. Black boards with silver lettering & decoration on spine & uperr board. Silver text block top edge. Clean & attractive. No glue browning, soiling, foxing, very little aging, no memorabilia save for faint name on fep. Flaws: upper inner hinge paper cracking, lower less so. Both hinges sound. Tips scuffed. Spine ends frayed. GOOD book, no DJ. 1st edition. 8"x5", 371,(4ads)pp.

Softcover. Advance Review. AS NEW softcover. "advance reader's edition - not for sale." Reply post card laid in. 8.25"x5.5", 313pp.

Hardcover. Early edition. VG book. Scores & lyrics of popular songs. Edges tinted red. As this is vol 2 the "Table des Aires" starts with letter M. Contents quite nice, only a few spots of foxing or soiling. Tight binding with only one leaf loosening, then only at bottom. Very Good book. Contemporary full vellum. 19x12(mm) 1-8,1-288pp.

Hardcover. Illus 33 fold out plates. (illustrator). 4th edition. VG book. IN FRENCH. Gilt lettered and decorated black leather spine. Intricate floral design embossed on black leather boards. Text block edges tinted black. Marbled pastedowns. Tight, no loose pages. Bkplt inside rear cover. Tips & spine ends worn a bit. 5 page table of contents. 20 page alphabetized index and then 10 pages of plate "explication" at book's end. Plates mounted on the fore edges of blank leaves. Very Good book. VG+ inside, foxing of 1st & last 10-20 pp.

Hardcover. 120 engravings. (illustrator). 1st edition. VG book. Tight. Gilt lettered front & spine. NEAR FINE INSIDE, NO internal aging, soiling, pastedown glue browning, foxing etc. 16X11.5X2(cm). Frontis, tp, (i-v),vi-viii,(1),2-246,(1),2-112pp, followed by 8pp of ads. "BOSTON AND VICINITY 1851" in gilt on front & spine. Book cocked 1/4". Sunned spine & cover edges. Rear hinge paper cracked, hinge still sound. The tp has no mention of maps. No maps, fold out or otherwise, listed in the table of illustrations. Since the binding is as tight as new any torn out maps should be obvious. Very Good book. 1st ed. Brown cloth edge ruled in blind.

Hardcover. 2nd printing. GOOD book. 2nd printing as cp states "published June 1936" with no additional printings. (1st cps state "published May 1936"). Preceeded only by the rare first edition. First edition's cp state "published May 1936" with no additional printings. The third printing's cp would state "published June 1936" with the added statement "reprinted June 1936". It should be noted that Macmillan's GWTW copyright page never used the word "edition". Book's cover a bit shabby. BE AWARE: spine lettering clearer in pix than in actuality. Spine and edges scuffed but little actual wear. Upper inner hinge cracked at title page (shown in pix) but still sound. Contents otherwise nice. Clean pastedowns. No foxing or marginalia. GOOD book, no DJ. Scuffed edges & extrems, faded lettering.

Hardcover. 1st edition. GOOD book. FINE text. AEG. one of 500 copies. Gilt lettered & decorated brown imitation leather. Attractive. 14.3x9.3(cm). 5 raised ribs. Spine with gilt lettered title/author info. Other panels with gilt floral design. Both boards with gilt lines of 2 kinds of flowers, same pattern repeated on the turn ins. Both hinges weak but reenforced. Bottom 1/2" of spine chipped away. Spine top chipped away to level of text block. Rebound but with no binder's ticket or turn in name. GOOD book. 1st ed. Bright & attractive. Worn edges & extrems.

Hardcover. 1st edition. FAIR book.8vo, vi,11-286pp. VG text. Cover worn but clean. Gilt lettering clear & fairly bright. No text aging, foxing, soiling 1" tear in spine top, backstrip starting to pull away at the top. Spine cocked. Tight binding but a few signatures started. "Almeda Armstrong" has her neat stamp with an 1873 note on 2nd blank. Faithful was an English female activist. FAIR book. Gilt lettered author/title info on rust color boards.

Hardcover. Illus w 14 copperplates. (illustrator). 1st edition. VG book. Very tight, no loose leaves but both hinges weak. Original binding of full brown calf. FINE text and plates. Spine MISSING any author/tile label. Number "1" imprinted at spine center. Hinges had been repaired or strengthened. 14 fold out copperplates (numbered one through 13, and 15, with no number 14, as called for in "Directions to the Binder". All plates fold out, some also vertically. Text & plates collated for completion and condition. FINE text and all plates without a single fold line tear. ALSO, no loose leaves, text block remains tightly closed when stood on spine. FEP with tiny inked initials. No aging, foxing (but one), etc. Exception a 1/4" spot on p.77. See BIBLIO for more scans. Very Good book. Weak hinges. 1st ed. 7"x4", (4),135(1)pp.

Hardcover. 1st edition. GOOD books. TEG. 8vo xiii,368pp. 5 raised ribs. MISSING all spine labels. Other panels w fleur de lis. Spines worn & cracked Tight binding. Nice text, no aging, foxing, marginalia, etc. Bkplt bearing motto "Spero Meliora". First English edition. GOOD books. NEAR FINE text. 3/4 calf. Marbled boards. Tight.

Hardcover. Numerous in text woodcuts. (illustrator). REPRINT. FAIR book. Undated, but intro references 1878 & the tipped in 3 page ALs dated 1878. Gilt & black stamped cover. 10"x8",408pp. Note is to "Worthy friends, [of] Western Villa, North Park, Croydon". It's a chatty, personal note, He refers to Leigh Hunt's monograph "The Old Court Suburb", stating that is where his "worthy friends" live. He asks for the friend's views on spiritualism. He then refers to the work of "Maskelyne & Cooke". M&C were famous magicians who debunked many medium's, and similar types, claims of contacting the spirit world by duplicating their stunts. 70 years later Houdini used the same techniques to achieve the same ends. He seems to express doubt but maintains an open mind. He expresses an interest in seeing a "good seance" attended by "picked & unprofessional" people. The 11th EB calls this book his most read work, and says: ". full of perfectly genuine moral annd religious feeling, and contains many apt and striking expressions. By these qualities it appealed to a large and uncritical (a bit of a dig?) section of the public." Note is crisp and in an easily read hand. Wikipedia has more on Tupper, Hunt and M&C. FAIR book. Green cloth. VG text BUT: crudely repaired hinges.

Hardcover. Condition: GOOD book. 1st ed. 1st edition. GOOD book. Spine label reads: "EVANS'S NARRATIVE". 6 spine panels spaced by double gilt rules. 8vo, (i-iii)iv-j;vii,238 Covers solid but holding by cords alone. All board edges decorated with gilt dashes, now darkened to black. All tips worn & the spine ends are worn down to the text block. Text clear but aged, scattered foxing and type off setting. Pencilled name & address on tp. Margins with few penciled lines. Tight. No loose leaves.

Hardcover. 1st edition. NEAR FINE book, GOOD-VG DJ(in Brodart). Tight. Book tends to stay closed when stood on its spine. FINE inside. DJ price $3.95 DJ clean, whole & attractive but is edgeworn & spine is sunned. ALL CORNERS with 1/4" chips. Title on spine totally sunned out. Book has only minor flaws in the covers and fore & bottom text block edges. Top edge tinted a light gray, likely as clean as new. Other two edges with few small stained spots. Front cover with small light spot on lower front. Otherwise quite nice cover. No scuffed extrems. No aging, foxing, marginalia, etc. The 9th in the 11 vol "World's End" series. The last two pages are a concise printing history of the series. It states this 9th vol had only 16,000 printed. Vol 8 was next fewest at 36,000. "The Jungle" was the most influential of Sinclair's 90 odd books. NEAR FINE book, GOOD-VG DJ. 1st edition. 8.5"x5.5", 629pp.

Hardcover. Early ed. VG book. Tight. 12.5X8.5X3(cm). (16),382,(8),(12)pp. Engraved tp printers mark & a few initials & head & tail pieces. 4 raised ribs. Gilt lettered spine label in 2nd panel: "SANTOLI HYMNI SACRI". Other panels w elaborate gilt floral design. Gilt turn ins. Marbled pastedowns & eps. Red text block edges. Green silk page marker. First done in 1685, last in 1698. NEAR FINE text block, no aging, foxing, marginalia, etc. 12 pages of music at end immediately preceded by 2 pages of errata. Tight, book stays closed when stood on its spine. Tips & spine ends worn, Top cover outer hinge cracked, hinge still sound. Tight text block, no loose pages or sprung signatures. Santeul (Santolio)was a noted 17th C poet. Provenance: slip glued inside back cover translates to: "sold by Detrez, bookseller, successor to D. Colas, at #4 Place de la Sorbonne". Detrez was an early 19th C bookseller. VERY GOOD book. Contemporary full brown leather Gilt spine label.

Hardcover. frontis of Campan (illustrator). 5th edition. VG set. Durvand Thivet binding of half blue cloth, and marbled boards, over original wraps. All original covers bound in. All original paper covers preserved in the rebind. Vol 1 has Barriere's 46 page "sur la vie DE MADAME CAMPAN". Vol 3 with index for all. Original paperback books quite nice; scattered light foxing but no aging, soiling, marginalia, or any other kind of stain. All text blocks tend to stay closed when stood on their spines. Thivet rebinds with minor edgewear. Spine label gilt lettered "OEUVRES/ DE/ MADAME/ CAMPAN/ MEMOIRES/ VOL #". At spine center a gilt fleur de lis and "1826" at spine heel. Very Good books. 5th edition. 21x14(cm). 382,400,383pp.

Hardcover. Photographs from the Author (illustrator). 1st edition. VG book, POOR DJ(in Brodart). Roosevelt SIGNS a tipped in slip. Clean & attractive but very worn DJ. Tight. FINE text & photos. Quite nice book, it stays closed when stood on ts spine. So, read with care, if at all. No aging, foxing, marginalia, etc. Flaws: (1) scuffed extrems & lower front edge. (2) glue browned pastedown gutter lines. (3) Upper inner hinge paper cracking, hinge still sound. (4) Lastly, an odd flaw. Front 1/2" of fep had been cut away. Why ???? DJ with several large chips. Reattached rear DJ flap. Much DJ internal repair with non yellowing Filmoplast repair tissue. See Biblio for more photos. Very Good book, POOR DJ. 1st edition. 7.5"x5", 182pp.

Hardcover. 2nd edition. GOOD books. Gilt lettered & decorated spine with 5 raised ribs. Gilt edged boards. Identically marbled pastedowns & text edges. "John Sheepshanks" bookplate dated 1852. (Wikipedia finds this specific bookplate and three different English John Sheepshanks of that era.) All pre & postlims lightly foxed. Otherwise FINE text with the very occassional foxed spot. Gilt lettered red leather spine labels & brown leather author labels. Bright books, clean but worn. Tight. All stay closed when stood on their spines. Red silk page markers. MAJOR FLAWS: WORN extrems and spine ends. ALL HINGES badly cracked. Will need great care in handling. Half of vol 1 title label chipped away. Very early, if not the first, novel on early settler's experiences in Australia. NOTE: these were not convicts. GOOD books. Worn (but nice) full brown calf. 2nd edition.

Hardcover. Anderson drawings (illustrator). 1st edition. VG book, no DJ. Insribed & SIGNED "To Gary Henehan, good luck, Geo. "Specs" Toporcer March, 1955". 8"x5.5", 160pp. Clean & clear inscription & signature. Book's complete title is ink lettered onto the book's last page in what appears to be an older child's hand. No other internal flaws. Book tends to stay closed when stood on its spine. A few minor cover flaws. One lower tip is worn through to the underlying board, other extrems scuffed a bit. Back cover with two quarter size lighter areas. Book's title reflects how author got into the majors. He'd had to quit school in 8th grade so he never played high school ball, nor, obviously, college ball. VG book, no DJ. 1st ed. Tight. FINE text, no aging, foxing, etc.

Hardcover. Illustrated with 24 woodcuts (illustrator). 1st editions. GOOD-VG books. Nice set. FINE inside, including all woodcuts. Worn & stained original brown leather boards. 21x13cm, 419, 410pp. Original red leather spine labels with gilt lettered "Goldsmith's Experimental Philosophy". Label edges chipped & worn. Collated complete, including the 24 plates, which are all bright & clean. With both half titles, whose extreme fore edges have browned. Otherwise FINE internally, save for an occassional spot. Tight binding, both books tend to stay closed when stood on spines. GOOD-Very Good books. Rebacked, with orig red leather spine labe.

Softcover. Grignon, P.F. artwork. (illustrator). 1st ltd ed. FINE wraps. VG paper DJ. Leaves after p27 uncut and unopened. FLAWS: spine corners chipped, cover gilt faded. Book has 4 flaws. (1) spine corners w minor wear. (2) cover gilt faded. (3) Deckle edges lightly sunned. (4) Leaf edges witht hint of aging. Tight binding; smooth spine, no reader's crease. Both boards double edge ruled in gilt. Gilt lettered author/title on front cover. Gilt title(only) on spine. Limitation page states: ".300 exemplaires numerotes (this copy NOT numbered) sur papier pur fils lafuma .". Robert De Flers preface. Chapter initials, head & tail pieces, half title page, limitation page & frontis in red. Title page lettered in red & black inside a red border. Several in text illus in same red. FINE wraps (ppb). 1st, limited edition. 9"x7", 333pp.