J Manton Smith (10 results)

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 169 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated and photographic plates. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters and hinges, slightly exposing netting, but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 169 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated brown cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. End papers are more notably tanned. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends, with fraying cloth and small splits. Book has a slight forward lean. Boards have are heavily mottled, and have minor damp and dust stains. Gilt lettering has become dull.

Paperback. Condition: Fair to Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. repair to front cover and front hinge, written for "young people2, postage reduced within the UK.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. 8vo sized book with fabric cover featuring an illustration. Gilt lettering on the spine. Weak spine. Bent corners. Slight foxing. Clean text. Foliage pattern on the inside of the boards. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:

Red Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Slight repair to front cover written for "young people" signed by eldest daughter of author, postage reduced within the UK.

Illustrated. Hardback. Pages browned, slight pencil annotation not affecting legibility, spine ends bumped, otherwise good. 200pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. The Life of Charles haddon spurgeon, For young people. Not marked; Ex-Library; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Decorative blue boards with gilt page edges. Previous owners notes on back end paper. Undated but the Preface is dated 1892. Front hinge cracked but text block secure. Focing/tanning to end papers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. Fourth Thousand. 8vo. pp. 64, [4], ads.; 19 illusts.; some embrowning to endpapers and first and final leaves of text, contemporary presentation inscription to flyleaf with dated inkstamp (1898), else very good in the original red cloth, a.e.g. The author's account of his visit to Lucerne, Rigi, Pilatus, Altdorf, Andermatt, Meiringen, Grindelwald, the Wengern Alp, Berne, Zermatt and Basle. Along the way, Manton Smith mentions the various peaks and Alpine sights, albeit interfused with religious sentiments. 6pp of the book are given over to musical settings of the author's songs, the final 5 leaves have advertisements. The book is rare, with only two copies of the book's first edition listed by COPAC (BL, National Library of Scotland, Spurgeon's College), and none by Worldcat.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. 4th thousand, Large 8vo., 63 + (5) pages. Publisher's dull green cloth covers, gilt embossed lettering, bevelled edges. Original yellow end papers. engraved adverts at rear. Covers : slight rubs to extremities, very slight ink spot to rear else very clean and unmarked. contents : darkening not title page else very clean, unmarked and unfoxed. A clean tight copy. VG+.