Darell Revd (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: good. . 1797 Hooper & Wigstead, illus, rebound copy, foxing and staining to end papers & title page, plan of castle, 6 engraved plates 2 missing, light foxing to plates, signs of some water staining to pages, contents & binding tight, Professional booksellers since 1981.

First edition, 4to (294 x 230 mm), engraved title page, viii, 71, [1]pp., double-page plan of Dover Castle, title vignette, and 8 engraved plates as called for in the list of plates, a few pencil notes to text, smartly rebound in half calf over marbled boards, red spine label lettered in gilt. Provenance: From the library of Josceline Grove, with bookplate and their typed catalogue description pasted to front endpapers.

FIRST EDITION Large 4to. (approx. 33 x 25cm) hardback in original grey card boards and brown paper spine. LARGE PAPER COPY. vi, 71pp. Illustrated with 8 full page engravings (including frontispiece), a folding Plan of the Castle, plus 2 vignettes (one to title page). Full page advertisement for Francis Grose's Military Antiquities and The Antiquities of England and Wales follows List of Plates. Ex. Society with bookplate to ffep below older hand-written label pasted-in. Title and Author hand-written on spine. Occasional light foxing, heavier to prelims. Untrimmed edges a little dusty. Boards very stained and edgeworn and paper covering to spine beginning to split. Overall a Good Copy. (Shelf 130 TOP) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: Printed for S. Hooper, 1786, First Edition. First edition rebound in paper covered boards with black titles to the spine, contents tanned with little foxing, collated and complete. [6], iv-vi, 68pp. Signatures frontispiece, title, list of plates, A2, B4-I4, K2. With an engraved title, text vignette, advertisement, List of Plates (first part), 7 plates, engraved by S. Sparrow and others, List of Plates continued, further advertisement page, Dedication, folding plan and 78 pages of text. Engraved illustration of Dover Castle on title-page. Approximately 12 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition black titles, gently worn. Joints good condition sound, gently rubbed. Corners good condition bumped and worn with minor loss. Boards good condition paper covered boards, tanned. Page edges good condition top edge slightly darkened, fore and bottom edges tanned and untrimmed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition plain paste down, later paper, tanned and foxed. End papers good condition plain end papers, later paper, lightly tanned. Title good condition b/w illustration of Dover Castle, tanned and foxed. Pages good condition b/w frontispiece 'The Governor's Apartment & Chief Entrance into Dover Castle', fold out plan of Dover Castle, further plates at the beginning of the volume, pages are tanned and foxed. Binding good condition sound. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date:1786 Binding: Hardback.

No Edition stated (First Edition 1786) and New Edition, Corrected 2 Volumes bound as 1 4to. contemporary full calf with raised bands, decorative gilt to spine and boards. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Dover Castle: viii, 71pp. plus 1 page Advertisements at end. Illustrated with a folding Plan of the Castle, 7 folding plates and 1 full page plate plus 2 vignettes. Provincial Glossary: iv, 124pp. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Marbled foredge has very slightly bled onto outer margin of some pages and outer edge of folding Plan of the Castle but doesn't affect text or images. Some light wear and rubbing to spine with slight loss at top and fading to gilt(please see photos). Corners slightly scuffed and top corner of upper board lightly bumped. Overall a GOOD+, HANDSOME COPY. (Shelf 9) PLEASE NOTE: Heavy BOOK (1 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. (AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only).** Pictures available upon request, if not already displayed here.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

pp. (ii), vi, 68. Engraved title-page, 6 plates, engraved vignette, folding plan, 98 marginal heraldic devices in ink, inserted leaf on the recto of which is a coloured plan of the castle bordered by 14 ms, heraldic shields, on the verso the arms of Lord Cobham, this signed by THOS. WM. KING, Rouge Dragon, College of Arms, 17th. March 1846. Perhaps he is also the writer of the marginal heraldic devices. LACKING plates 2 and 8. Contemporary calf with later rebacking, corners worn, book-plate of H. MARTYN MOWLL.