Evans Rev W E (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++/Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 264 pahes. No dustjacket. Ex-library rebound by library in standard hardback brown binding, gilt-coloured titles and number to spine, glue/stamps/markings to end-papers. Ex-library stamps/markings to title-page. Photostat of prize inscription to flyleaf rear dated 1847. Page-edges re-cut. Mild wear to hardback binding.

Hardcover. pp.viii, 310 with 2-page publisher's catalogue. Small 8vo. Ffep. neatly removed. Inscription, dated 1869 plus small name stamp, o/w. contents fine. Original decorated cloth binding thor. vg. Contains chapters on twenty-two different British songbirds, including the chaffinch, the skylark, the wren, the thrush, the blackbird. the red-breast, the cuckoo and the nightingale.

HARDCOVER. Condition: VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: N0 JACKET. LONDON: LONGMAN. ETAL, 1835. VERY GOOD/N0 JACKET. LONDON: LONGMAN. ETAL, 1835. VERY GOOD/N0 JACKET. LONDON: LONGMAN. ETAL, 1835. VERY GOOD/N0 JACKET. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, London, 1835, hardcover, very good book given age, leather binding, gilt design, previous owner label inside front cover else unmarked, clean legible and unmarked text, not remaindered, bookclub or library.

HARDCOVER. Condition: VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: N0 JACKET. LONDON: LONGMAN. ETAL, 1835. VERY GOOD/N0 JACKET. LONDON: LONGMAN. ETAL, 1835. VERY GOOD/N0 JACKET. LONDON: LONGMAN. ETAL, 1835. VERY GOOD/N0 JACKET. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, London, 1835, hardcover, very good book given age, leather binding, gilt design, previous owner label inside front cover else unmarked, clean legible and unmarked text, not remaindered, bookclub or library.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A charming little book of religious verse, interpreting lessons from the habits of the songbirds of England. Written by William Edward Evans (1801-1869), an English priest and naturalist and author of a number of other religious works, including 'Sermons on Genesis' and 'Family Prayers'. This work artfully combines two passions of its author in the hope of inspiring divinity as witnessed within nature.Contains chapters on twenty-two different British songbirds, including the chaffinch, the skylark, the wren, the thrush, the blackbird. the red-breast, the cuckoo and the nightingale. In a full cloth binding with blind stamped boards. Externally very smart, minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Ownership inscription to the half title page. Internally, firmly bound, pages bright and clean. Near Fine. book.