Huth Library (7 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. Published between 1884 and 1885. One of 50 sets. Pale grey paper covered boards with vellum-like spines. Spines have raised bands and are lettered in black on paper labels. Each spine has a small circular shelf label or white mark (when label lost). Very clean tight texts are slightly waved. Endpapers bit browned. Torquay Natural History Society label on front pastedowns showing books to have been given to them by George Henry White. Their light library stamp on title page. No other marks. SPINES WORN (some with minor loss) COVERS HAVE SOME DUST MARKS AND OCCASIONAL DAMP MARKS. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY (GB 2022 £8) Packed weight 4600g. BUT ALSO NOTE the front covers of all three volumes are LOOSENING and the rear cover of Vol 1 is DETACHED.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Published between 1885 and 1896. One of 100 sets. Pale grey paper covered boards with vellum-like spines. Spines have raised bands and are lettered in black on paper labels. Each spine has a small circular shelf label or white mark (when label lost). Very clean tight texts are a bit waved. Endpapers bit browned. The remains of a Torquay Natural History Society label on front pastedown of Vol 1 showing books to have been given to them by George Henry White. All books with a library label on front pastedown. Their library stamp on title page. No other marks. SPINES WORN (some with minor loss) COVERS HAVE SOME DUST MARKS AND OCCASIONAL DAMP MARKS. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY (GB 2022 £8) Packed weight 8200g. NOT AVAILABLE OVERSEAS. BUT ALSO NOTE front cover loosening on Vol 1 and endpapers of Vols 4 and 5 are HEAVILY BROWNED.

9 Parts., 4to, numerous plates throughout, including some chromolithographed (some of the folding examples are stuck together), list of prices and buyers' names bound in of the back of each part, uniform brown buckram, spines lettered in gilt. A complete record of the sale of printed books and manuscripts which De Ricci described as "one of the most striking events in the history of the English sale-rooms". Huth's collection, which ranked among the finest in England, was rich in incunabula, voyages, Shakespearean and early English literature, and Bibles. To including: Autograph letters. 12 June 1911, original wrappers. Books unsold or returned as imperfect. 27 February 1922, original wrappers torn. De Ricci, pp. 151-154.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Published between 1884 and 1886. One of 50 sets. Pale grey paper covered boards with vellum-like spines. Spines have raised bands and are lettered in black on paper labels. Each spine has a small circular shelf label or white mark (when label lost). Very clean tight texts are slightly waved. Endpapers bit browned. Torquay Natural History Society label on front pastedowns showing books to have been given to them by George Henry White. Their light library stamp on title page. No other marks. SPINES WORN (some with minor loss). COVERS HAVE SOME DUST MARKS AND OCCASIONAL DAMP MARKS. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY (GB 2022 £8) Packed weight 9 kilos. NOT AVAILABLE OVERSEAS.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Published between 1884 and 1885. One of 50 sets. Pale grey paper covered boards with vellum-like spines. Spines have raised bands and are lettered in black on paper labels. Each spine has a small circular shelf label or white mark (when label lost). Very clean tight texts are slightly waved. Endpapers bit browned. Torquay Natural History Society label on front pastedowns showing books to have been given to them by George Henry White. Their light library stamp on title page. No other marks. SPINES WORN (some with minor loss) COVERS HAVE SOME DUST MARKS AND OCCASIONAL DAMP MARKS. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY (GB 2022 £8) Packed weight 8500g. NOT AVAILABLE OVERSEAS. ALSO PLEASE NOTE BOTH COVERS OF volume 1 ARE DETACHED .and front cover of Volume 2 is LOOSENING.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Published between 1881 and 1886. One of 50 sets. Pale grey paper covered boards with vellum-like spines. Spines have raised bands and are lettered in black on paper labels. Each spine has a small circular shelf label or white mark (when label lost). Very clean tight texts are slightly waved. Endpapers bit browned. Torquay Natural History Society label on front pastedowns showing books to have been given to them by George Henry White. Their light library stamp on title page. No other marks. SPINES WORN (some with oss) COVERS HAVE SOME DUST MARKS AND OCCASIONAL DAMP MARKS. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY (GB 2022 £30) Packed weight 25 kilos. NOT AVAILABLE OVERSEAS. ALSO PLEASE NOTE Loss of paper to front cover of vol2 and front covers loosening (4 13 14 15) and 9 FRONT COVER DETACHED - 10 BOTH COVERS DETACHED.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1987 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 329 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 329 Language: English.