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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 388 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Condition: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

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Hardback. Condition: Fine. Unnamed (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this scarce reference work. A bright copy comprising a beautifully illustrated catalogue of the Parisian antiquarian of Chamonal. The first edition of this work, printed in small numbers, scarce thus. In the original French.A fantastic reference work comprising a beautifully illustrated catalogue of Parisian antiquarian. The catalogue of two hundred and five items that form the beautiful collection of antiques at the Chamonal, rare book store in Paris.A fascinating volume, discussing each piece in detail. Very interesting for anyone involved in the antiquarian business.Copiously illustrated with over two hundred and five illustrations both in colour and in black and white. In the original publishers paper covered boards. Externally, lovely. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Copiously illustrated with over two hundred and five illustrations both in colour and in black and white. Fine. book.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Unnamed (illustrator). First edition. A first edition copy of this fascinating exploration of the rich and diverse architecture found in the west of London; volume II of a set of five works surveying the art, buildings and monuments throughout all of England's capital city. This work is volume II only of the original five volume 'Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London' published from 1924 to 1930: Vol. I - Westminster Abbey Vol. II - West London, excluding Westminster Vol. III - Roman London Vol. IV- The City Vol. V - East London. This work was commissioned as part of an extensive survey of monuments throughout England by the government advisory body, 'The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England'. First established in 1908, the commission created inventories on a county-by-county basis, publishing around forty volumes over the next seventy years on notable buildings and monuments of archaeological, architectural and historical importance. Profusely illustrated throughout with a beautiful coloured frontispiece plate, a large coloured folding map to the pocket to the rear of the text, and copious black and white photographs, sketches, and plans. This copy is lacking the original dustwrapper, as expected. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with black stamped title to front board and spine. Externally excellent, with slight bumping to extremities and head and tail of spine. Small split to head of spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages slightly age toned to extremities, but very bright and clean with the odd light spot to the occasional page. Near Fine. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Unnamed (illustrator). First edition. A richly illustrated first impression of this volume detailing the architectural features and history of British cathedrals. The first impression of this charming volume illustrating the architectural features and history of various British cathedrals. Comprising the history of twenty three cathedrals, including Westminster Abbey, St Paul's Cathedral, Bath Abbey, Exeter Cathedral, and others. A comprehensive book richly illustrated with seventy four photographic reproductions and seventy four drawings, as well as coloured coat of arms for each cathedral. Collated, complete.Including a copy of a letter from His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury to Viscount Churchill, Chairman of the Great Western Railway, who published this book. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally smart with slight shelf wear and slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, with a damp marking to the front board and some sunning to the extremities of the rear board. Inscribed by a previous owner, "1924," as well as a white correction fluid mark to the front free endpaper. With a minor faint spotting to the endpapers, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Richly illustrated with seventy four photographic reproductions and seventy four drawings, as well as coloured coat of arms for each cathedral. Collated, complete. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Unnamed (illustrator). First edition. A first edition copy of this fascinating exploration of the rich and diverse architecture found in the west of London; volume II of a set of five works surveying the art, buildings and monuments throughout all of England's capital city. This work is volume II only of the original five volume 'Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London' published from 1924 to 1930: Vol. I - Westminster Abbey Vol. II - West London, excluding Westminster Vol. III - Roman London Vol. IV- The City Vol. V - East London. This work was commissioned as part of an extensive survey of monuments throughout England by the government advisory body, 'The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England'. First established in 1908, the commission created inventories on a county-by-county basis, publishing around forty volumes over the next seventy years on notable buildings and monuments of archaeological, architectural and historical importance. Profusely illustrated throughout with a beautiful coloured frontispiece plate, a large coloured folding map to the pocket to the rear of the text, and copious black and white photographs, sketches, and plans. This copy is lacking the original dustwrapper, as expected. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with black stamped title to front board and spine. Externally excellent, with minor shelfwear to extremities. Slight bumping to head and tail of spine resulting in small splits to cloth. Prior owner's ink stamp to lower extremity of textblock, not visible to text. Internally firmly bound. Pages slightly age toned to extremities, but very bright and clean with the scattered spots to textblock and the occasional page. Bookseller's label tipped to pocket to rear pastedown. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Unnamed (illustrator). An uncommon seventh edition of the brilliant poem of Barnaby's Journal by Richard Brathwait. The seventh edition of the lively poem by Richard Brathwaite, first published in 1683.Barnabee's Journalfollows the drunken character of Barnabee on his pilgrimage through England, both in rhymed Latin under the pseudonym Corymbaeus, and doggerel English verse.This work contains amusing topographical information and persistent glee throughout, as Barnabee travels at a time when taverns boasted that customers could be 'drunk for 1d, dead drunk for 2d, with clean straw provided.'Illustrated with nine full plates. In a quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally excellent with minor shelfwear only. Internally, firmly bound. The pages present a minor faint scattered spotting throughout. Minor puncture mark to the lower edge of the gutter up to page thirty, not affecting any of the text. Illustrated with nine illustrations. Very Good. book.

Magazine. Condition: Good. Unnamed (illustrator). Four volumes of the popular American dime novel series, Deadwood Dick, here first published in Great Britain. Deadwood Dick is a fictional character who appears in a series of stories published between 1877 and 1897 by Edward Lytton Wheeler (1854/5-1885). The name became so widely known in its time that it was used to advantage by several men who actually resided in Deadwood, South Dakota. Deadwood is a city in South Dakota, famous for its illegal settlement during the Western Expansion. Each volume features comic pictorial boards and publisher's advertisements. In pictorial paper boards. Externally generally smart with some spotting. Small, closed tear to 13. Number 19 has been clipped. Internally generally firmly bound with generally clean pages throughout. Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Unnamed (illustrator). A scarce anonymous collection of mid-nineteenth century children's stories with a hand-coloured frontispiece. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering. Stories included in this book are: 'The children and the Robin' 'Story of Harriet Gray' 'The Honeysuckle and the Bird's Nest' 'The Basket of Peaches' 'Great Things from Little Things Do Grow'. In a cloth binding. Externally, worn to extremities with bumping. Tidemark to boards. Front hinge strained. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages age toned with marks and the odd spot. Ink signature to front free-endpaper. Good. book.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Unnamed (illustrator). Two fascinating volumes of the British Museum's catalogue of Medallic Illustrations, containing plates XXI-XXX and XXXI-XL. Volumes III and IV only of the original nineteen volume set. Collated complete, with plates XXI-XXX to one volume, and plates XXXI-XL to the other. Each plate is accompanied by a leaf listing the medals depicted. Each volume is in the original envelope binding with a blue cloth spine and card boards, with the textblock disbound as called for. With the bookplate of Roy and Nina Merley to the front pastedown of both volumes. The Merleys owned Plaish Hall, Shropshire; a stunning Grade I Tudor house that is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The home once belonged to Judge William Leighton, who was an amateur poet and sixteenth century composer. The house, as it stands now, was built in two stages for Leighton, who was presiding over a trial of prisoners whilst the home was being completed. Roy and Nina Merley owned the house for thirty-five years and were responsible for reinstating the Tudor style gardens and renovating the house to its former glory. Their bookplate has an image of the house in the background, with a blackbird eating a worm in the foreground. In the original envelope binding with a blue cloth spine and card boards. Externally sound, with bumping to extremities and age toning and marking to boards. Cloth to joints split and weak. Evidence of slip tipped to front boards, now removed. Library ink stamp to front boards, and library shelf number to tail of spines. Prior owner's bookplate tipped to front pastedowns. Library ink stamp and ink inscription to envelopes. Internally disbound, as called for. Pages very bright and clean throughout. Library ink and blindstamps to the occasional page. Age toning to pastedowns. Very Good Indeed. book.

Leather. Condition: Good Only. Unnamed (illustrator). The scarce second edition of this eighteenth century study of the church of St Peter in York, illustrated with various folding plates. The second edition with additions of this work by Francis Drake.A fascinating study of the Cathedral and Metropolical Church of St Peter in York, from its foundation to the late eighteenth century. With the history and a description of the Church, to which is also added a catalogue of the archbishops, deans, sub deans, chancellors, treasurers, precentors, and succentors.Illustrated with fourteen folding copper plates, consisting of different views and plans, as well a translation of all the Latin epitaphs. Collated, complete. In full calf binding. Externally, the front board is detached but present. Cracking to the front and rear joint as well as slight handling marking to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are slightly age toned, as usual, with only the odd spot to the occasional leaf. Illustrated throughout. Collated, complete with fourteen folding plates illustrating the Church of St Peter. Plate ten has a slight closed tear. Good Only. book.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Unnamed (illustrator). A very scarce copy of this fascinating volume on paintings and sculptures exposed at the Louvre in 1748. A very scarce volume.A little book on the art pieces exhibited at the Louvre in 1748, in the original French. This volume is only held institutionally by three libraries, and contains observations and insights on paintings and sculptures of the Louvre. A very interesting and fascinating book.With one headpiece. In quarter calf binding with decorative paper over boards. Externally sound with slight rubbing to head and tail of spine and extremities and edge wear. Minor scuffing to leather to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Very minor faint scattered spotting throughout, though pages are generally clean throughout. With one engraved headpiece. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Unnamed (illustrator). First edition. A very scarce first edition of this guide on various games of skill and conjuring, with one hundred and fifty one illustrations. The first edition of this work published in 1861. A very scarce copy held institutionally by five libraries only.A remarkable reference work on games of skill and conjuring such as draughts, dominoes, chess, moirrice, fox and geese, conjuring, legerdemain, and others.Detailing the rules of each game with exercises and tricks to improve a gaming performance.Illustrated with one hundred and fifty one illustrations in text throughout. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally smart with slight shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with one hundred and fifty one illustrations in text throughout. Very Good. book.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Unnamed (illustrator). A biography of the daughter of George IV, who died at the age of 21. A biography of the daughter of George IV, who died at the age of 21. Fourth edition. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, a vignette title page, one folding scene and a folding facsimile. Bookplate of Thomas Hatman Brenchley to front pastedown. In a half-calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, smart, though with some rubbing and slight wear to the extremities. Joints are starting. Internally, firmly bound. Private ex-libris blindstamp to front free-endpaper. Pages are quite bright, though with some light background foxing and some offsetting. Very Good. book.