Aikin John Editor (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: New. My shelf location - bn3-d-31*.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First American edition. Large tan duodecimo, smaller than octavo, xlvi, 384 pages; 19 cm. Poetry, Literature. Features a critical dissertation on his poetry, by J. Aiken. Very mild rubbing to spine foot and head, very gently bumped and frayed corners, very gentle fraying to front-top edge, closed crack to front-spine edge, closed crack to rear spine edge, very light spotting and soiling to boards, ink ownership signature, ink city/state, and address sticker to front pastedown, ink ownership signature to front free endpaper, faint spotting and soiling to fore-edges and pages throughout book, light water stain to front pastedown top edge and front free endpaper top edge, else Acceptable to Good.…

Condition: Very Good. 4 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 20 cms. Category: Annual Register; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No date, circa 1880s. Title page states print run of eighty eighth thousand and yet copies of this book seem to be remarkably scarce. Each one page story on the verso and each black and white illustration on the recto page. Decorative front and back covers blocked in black and gilt. Bookplate on pasted down end paper. Excellent condition, very clean copy and the binding is firm, very small bump in the upper right corner of the front cover.…

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Half leather binding. Four raised bands on the spine which has lettering and decorations in gilt and has a little edge and surface wear. The edges of the boards are rubbed in places with a little fraying to the corners. The marbled boards have some surface wear. Page edges darkened. Marbled endpapers have a little browning around the edges. Trace of a price in pencil to the reverse of the front free endpaper. Scattered spotting to the pages at the front and rear of the book. The first few pages have some chipping and tearing all around the edges. Small tears to the top corners of the pages in the first half of the book. Page 113 has a tear to the corner which has been neatly repaired to the surface of page 114. A few light spots and stains in places but the pages are generally unmarked. First printing of this collection.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. 807 Pp. Full Sheep, 4 Bands, Large Black Morocco Spine Label With Short Title, Dark Marbled Endpapers And Edges, And Edges Of Boards With Gilt Designs. Tissue Guard Before Title Page, No Sign Of Loss Of Frontispiece. Quite Worn But Binding Intact, No Fraying Or Tears, Hinges Solid And Uncracked, No Names Or Marks. Rubbing To Surface Of Covers . Personal Bookplate On Front Free Endpaper.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 460 pages. 10.00x7.00x10.24 inches. In Stock.

, volume 1, clxii, 337 pages, volume 2, 310 pages, volume 3, 322 pages, re-edited by J. Aikin, M.D., sold by R.H.Westly, 4 plates illustrated by Thurston and engraved by Heath including frontispiece portrait to first volume, contains Paradise Lost New Editions , slight rubbing of corners, spines and joints, foxing on some pages and on the plates, some small old ink notes throughout, inked name to verso of front free endpapers, good condition , contemporary speckled calf, black morocco title and volume labels to spine with gilt bands and décor, gilt borders, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, red speckled edges , octavo, 21.5cm x 14cm Hardback ISBN.…

First edition, 4to (280 x 215 mm), 8pp., 67 engraved places, a last few plates a little foxed, gutta-percha binding with a couple of leaves working loose, original blind-stamped cloth, spine and upper cover faded. A scarce compilation of two earlier titles originally issued by the architectural specialist publishing firm of J. Taylor and here reissued by Taylor's successor, John Weale. The first 31 plates are from of Edmund Aikin's Designs for Villas and other Rural buildings, 1808; plates 32-55 are of C. A. Busby's Series of Designs for Villas and Country Houses, 1808; and plates 56-67 (woodcuts) are original and previously unpublished, they are more recent designs for houses in Italianate or Gothic styles in Harwich, Brighton and London.…