Evans Rev John (38 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 2011 edition. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 33 pages. Illustrated. (SL#132).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait, and 6 other etchings. Very good, full leather with gilt border around front and back boards and gilt designs and lines on spine, red title label on spine, marbled endpapers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tall 8vo, i-x, 146 pp, catalogue of the author's other works, frontispiece portrait of the author, 39 plates, Book plate of Newport Public Libraries Reference Dept. Stamps to the title page, reverse of frontispiece and reverse of the final plate, beige cloth, top edge gilt. Generally a very good copy.…

Cloth. Condition: VG+. Not Issued. First Edition. Red ribbed cloth, lettered in gilt, deckled text block edges. Modest shelf wear, cloth a bit soiled, spine panel a bit dulled by age. Corners slightly curled, with minor exposure to one botton corner. viii,414 pp. Firm binding, clean interior. Former owner signature and date inscribed on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. Respectabily preserved, very scarce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Softcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Cream paper covers are darkened, spine is flaking, text block binding is sound, clean pages with some foxing to initial plates. Includes: Cartmel Priory Church, Lancashire by Rev. J. L. Petit; Hoard of Ancient British Coins found at Santon Downham, Suffolk by John Evans; Roman Lanx found at Welney, Norfolk by S. S. Lewis; Roman Sarcophagus discovered at Westminster by Very Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley; The Sarcophagus of Valerius Amandinus by Rev. John McCaul; Account of Discovery of Roman Coffin in North Green of Westminster Abbey by Henry Poole. Contains black and white illustrations. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40119071054. All our books are sent by tracked mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First. With an exhaustive summary of the church plate in the Diocese of St. David's. In brown cloth covers, gilt emblem and title to front cover, edges bevelled, small mark to front cover. Spine, faded a little, title in gilt, edges slightly bumped, top edge marked very slightly. Internally NO inscriptions etc, some offsetting, faint foxing throughout, text block edges uncut, tissue guarded portrait frontis, (x), 146 pp, [4] adverts.…

Condition: Very Good. 1954. wrappers. 33pp,wrappers, . . . .

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. ".with an Exhautive Summary of the Church Plate in the Diocese of St. David's." The author found that 12 chalices and 6 paten covers dating to the reign of Queen Elizabeth were still in use. Endpages foxed, covers show light spots and rubbing. 146 pages, 39 b/w plates plus ads.; 7 3/4 x 10 ".…

Condition: Very Good. 1954. Pamphlet. 32 pp. An investigation conducted in the Rumanian People's Republic and supported by documents. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Staple bound. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. 1954. wrappers. 33pp,wrappers, . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. 1954. Pamphlet. 32 pp. An investigation conducted in the Rumanian People's Republic and supported by documents. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Staple bound. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. 3rd ed VG, 1804, in modern quarter calf over grey boards, some blind tooling, spine with gilt titles to black calf label. Internally, [5], (vi-xix), [1], [1], 2-415 pp, [1], [2] adverts, new endpapers, top edge cut remainder not, occasional spot. (225*136 mm). (Allibone 565. Lowndes 765). EVANS, whose four works were descriptive of and based on tours in Wales . They were (a) A Tour through part of North Wales. (b) Letters written during a Tour through South Wales in . 1803 and at other times, 1804; (c) ' Monmouthshire ' in vol. xi of The Beauties of England and Wales, 1810; and (d) ' North Wales ' in vol. xvii of the same series, 1812. See NLW WBO for a full Bio. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1st ed, Good, 1 pl, 1820. In contemporary worn green half calf, red marbled boards, corners and edges a little bumped and worn. Spine, worn, gilt title and tooling, bumped and worn at edges. Internally, frontis, [3], (iv-xxxv), [1], [1], 2-504 pp, 1 pl, 1 vignette, text block edges speckled red, bookplate, ink numbers, and bookseller label to fpd, numbers again to fep, printed by George Smallfield, Hackney, upper hinge weak. (172*104 mm). Richards, William, General Baptist minister and historian, who in 1803, married Emiah Owens. She strongly supported his literary enterprises, but died on 3 January 1805, aged twenty-nine. Profoundly distressed, Richards could not for several years go out into society. He must have received callers, however; and in these years he produced historical essays-collected in The Welsh Nonconformists' Memorial (1820) See ODNB for a full Bio. Title continues: containing Sketches of the Founders of the Protestant Dissenting Interest in Wales. To which are prefixed An Essay on Druidism and Introduction of the Gospel into Britain with an Appendix including the Authors minor pieces and his Last Views of the Christian Religion. FREEMAN (illustrator).…

Full Leather. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Principally undertaken with a view to botanical researches. In contemporary calf with worn marbled boards, corners & edges lightly bumped & worn. Spine relaid, retaining most of the old, gilt tooling and titles. [5], (vi-viii), [1], 2-416 pp, [1] errata, ink letter to fpd (D/-), ink name to title page, text block edges reddened, some water marking, fep, small tear at head with crease, printed by H Baldwin and Son, New Bridge-street, London, hinges strengthened. In a series of 15 letters. (ESTC T130702. Libri Walliae 1977. Anderson 338) EVANS, topographical writer of whom little is known beyond his writings - four works descriptive of and based on tours in Wales. See NLW WBO. …

Half Leather. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1st ed, G, 1804. In contemporary, worn, green half cloth over pink marbled boards, corners & edges bumped & worn. Spine, worn, ms title to paper label, worn along upper joint. Internally, [5], (vi-xix), [1], [1], 2-415 pp, [1], [2] adverts, lacks endpapers, text block edges uncut. (140*223 mm). (Allibone 565. Lowndes 765). EVANS, whose four works descriptive of and based on tours in Wales . They were (a) A Tour through part of North Wales. (b) Letters written during a Tour through South Wales in . 1803 and at other times, 1804; (c) ' Monmouthshire ' in vol. xi of The Beauties of England and Wales, 1810; and (d) ' North Wales ' in vol. xvii of the same series, 1812. See NLW WBO for a full Bio.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Bristol: Sold by Lane, Clifton [et al.]. 12mo. (17 x 10cm). Pp. vi, 98. Folding frontis.(map) and folding plate of the Abbey Gatehouse, Bristol. Orig. boards, spine label. Front joint tender. Still a more than decent copy. Elegant presentation inscription 'from B.L.Wolpe to Vivan Ridler Dec. 1947'.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. No DW. 2nd Edition. Original grey printed boards. LACKING THE MAP. Three (of four listed) plates present at p14, 59 and 124. "Margaret Louisa Walrond" written in an old hand on front pastedown over the pictorial bookplate of John E. Pritchard, Bristol. Fairly clean tight tetx but some noticebale spotting to text edges. Covers clean and sound BUT REAR COVER DETACHED and worn spine (which reads PICTURE OF BRISTOL New Edition ?s 6d") has half inch loss at top. So just a good working copy.…

Full Leather. Condition: Rare. Bound in full leather with marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Hinges starting (closed tear to top of front hinge) with tape binding to inside covers. Some rubbing and scratching to covers. Rubbing to corners and edges. Corners bumped. In remarkable condition, given its age. Owner's inscription to front free end page. Owners' names to title page. Some foxing to pages not affecting text. Text clean. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].…

Lacks the map, 79 + (iv)pp, small 8vo, disbound, small strip torn from inner margin of last leaf. --- Please e- mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include BRISTOL - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ).

Folding engraved circular map, 79 + (iv)pp, 12mo, original paper boards, lacks spine, top board held by strings, map slightly off- set. --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include BRISTOL - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Two volumes, [iv] iv, 479[1], [ii], iv, 445[1] pp, 12 engraved views, some offsetting of plates to text and foxing, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, rubbed, cracked on joints. With the engraved armorial bookplate of George Clarence to front pastedown of each volume. UK shipping will be by FedEx or equivalent (but not Evri) for the ABE default rate. Overseas shipping will be higher than the ABE default rate and additional charges will be requested.…

Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued in DW. 1st Edition. Old full leather has been neatly reback with (?original) Gold on burgundy title labels. Frontispeices and plates (all as called for). Some spotting mostly to early and late leaves and text edges. Else clean tight books. Set is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. The History of Bristol, Civil and Ecclesiastical; including Biographical Notices of Eminent and Distinguished Natives In Two volumes. COMPLETE. (illustrator). …

Condition: Acceptable. broken book loose front & back boards with spine cover missing and loose pages but could be rebound.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Demy8vo, [x], 313, [2] p. Original black straight ribbed cloth, paper label. Professionally recased, some browning and foxing otherwise a VG+ tight copy with the armorial bookplate of Henry Hall on the front pastedown. First edition. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. Handsomely rebound in half-calf with new marbled boards and end-papers. Volume II only. 542pp. Counties in this volume include; Berwickshire [3 plates], Roxburghshire [3 plates], Selkirkshire [0 plates], Tweeddale [1 plate], Dumfriesshire [4 plates], Galloway [0 plates], Kirkcudbright [5 plates], Wigtonshire and Airshire [7 plates]. This volume has a total of 24 plates with an engraving to titlepage. Plate facing page 16 torn with loss to margin. A very decent copy. …

"John Evans (b. 1767/8, d. in or after 1812), schoolmaster, topographer, and sometime resident of Bristol. He was the son of Benjamin Evans of Lydney, Gloucestershire. He matriculated on 4 April 1789, aged twenty-one, at Jesus College, Oxford, and graduated BA in 1792. He kept a boarding-school at Colston's Parade, Bristol, and in 1807 at Winterbourne Court, near Bristol. He was the author of A Tour through Part of North Wales (1800) and Letters Written during a Tour through South Wales (1804). He also wrote volume 12, on North Wales, and contributed to volume 11 of The Beauties of England and Wales, compiled by E. W. Brayley and J. Britton. At the time of his last publication, in April 1812, Evans was residing at Delancy Place, Camden Town, London. He had intended to write the account of south Wales for the Beauties, but died shortly after the completion of the first part of the undertaking." (ODNB). Third edition. 8vo., xix, 415pp., 2 pages ads at end, uncut, bookplate, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips, red morocco lettering piece, light wear, a good copy. Provenance: William Middleton, Suffolk.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The illustrated two volume first edition of John Evans and John Corry's illustrated exploration of the civil and ecclesiastical history of Bristol, from its founding by King Brennus through to the early nineteenth century. Including biographical sketches of 'eminent and distinguished natives' of Bristol, with the life of Brennus, of Bibert, Sebastian Cabot and Ann Yearsley relayed, among numerous others.Illustrated with twelve engraved plates; three to volume I, and nine to volume II. Collated, complete.Volume I is the work of John Corry, volume II the work of Rev. John Evans.Retaining the original half titles.Two pages of advertisements to rear of volume II. Rebound in quarter cloth with paper covered boards, and endpapers renewed. Small bump to tail of volume I back strip, otherwise externally excellent. Minor marks to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages significantly age toned due to paper type, with scattered spotting throughout. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…