Oliver Goldsmith Compilers (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Two volumes bound as one in contemporary quarter olive leather (spine) and paste-down paper covered boards, 3 ĵ x 5 ½ inches, 191 pp + 240 pp, three fold-out plates in volume 13, one fold-out and three single leaf plates in volume 14, NO MAP(S). Hardcover, fair to good. Boards scuffed, rubbed and chipped, corners bumped with cardboard exposed there and along edges of boards, ½ inch chip off foot of spine, most of spine label chipped off. Internally, front hinge cracked, previous owner's signature, age tanned and foxed, one stub, otherwise tight, clean, relatively crisp, unmarked. Travels through Egypt, Palmyra, Aleppo, (Syria and Lebanon) Muscovy, Russia, Persia.

Condition: Good. Copperplates (9) by J. Lodge. Duodecimo (142x85mm) marbled calf (worn spine & edges with leather darkened, hinges cracked but still secure, tips worn and 1cm damage to head & sl.chipped to foot of spine, lacks spine labels). Titlepage +[6]pp +220pp. Bookplate of Library of American board of commissioners for foreign Missions and bookplate of Jeremiah Evarts. Some foxing mainly to first pages but neat, tight & clean. Vasco da Gama's voyage to India, Pedro Alvares de Cabral, Capt.Lancaster and Commodore Beaulieu's East Indies. This is an interesting volume on the East Indies in the series of 20 volumes on explorations for children having all the charming required plates. 1 volume. Hardcover.

Condition: Very Good-. Copperplates (7) including two folding by J. Lodge. Duodecimo (142x85mm) marbled calf with both labels missing (worn spine & edges with leather darkened, hinges cracked but still holding/tips worn and 1.5cm damage to head & chpped to foot of spine) Titlepage +[4]pp +205pp Contents leaves bound in the wrong order but complete. Bookplate of Library of American board of commissioners for foreign Missions and bookplate of Jeremiah Evarts. Some foxing mainly to first pages but neat, tight & clean. Description of Guinea and its slavery, Moore's travels into interior of Africa and Mr Windus, a gentleman in Charles Stewart's embassy to Morocco describes the country and religion of the Mohametans. The last chapter is the opening part of Shaw's travels through Barbary. Part of a series of voyages and discovery volumes for children collected for the charming plates which are correct for this volume. 1 volume. Hardcover.

Condition: Good. Copperplates (9) by J. Lodge. Duodecimo (142x85mm) marbled calf with part of vol.number label left (hinges partly cracked but still secure/tips worn and 1cm damage to head & .5cm to foot of spine/spine darkened) Titlepage +[6]pp +211pp. Bookplate of Library of American board of commissioners for foreign Missions and bookplate of Jeremiah Evarts. Some foxing mainly to first pages but neat, tight & clean. Sir Henry Middleton & Mr. Grose explore the East Indies and Commodore Roggewein's voyage for discovery of Southern Lands. This section also includes an interesting account of the Japanese behaviour towards visiting European ships. From a series of early childrens books on exploration with all the charming required plates. 1 volume. Hardcover.

Condition: Good. Copperplates (8 including 2 town plans) by J. Lodge. Duodecimo (142x85mm) marbled calf with most of two spine labels (worn, hinges cracked but held by cords/tips worn and 5mm damage to head of spine) Titlepage +[8]pp +203pp. Bookplate of Library of American board of commissioners for foreign Missions and bookplate of Daniel Barnes. Some foxing and browning but neat, tight & clean. Hudson Bay and Pennsylvania settlements, Nova Scotia described, Discoveries & settlements of French, Dutch, Danish in America. Voyages round the World of Sir Francis Drake and Voyages of Schouten and Le Maire. This is one of the most interesting volumes on America in this series of early childrens book on exploration with all the charming required plates. 1 volume. Hardcover.

Condition: Very Good-. Copperplates (9) by J. Lodge. Duodecimo (142x85mm) marbled calf with part of vol.number label & title label (hinges cracked but still secure/tips worn and 5mm chipped to head & foot of spine/corners worn & chipped) Titlepage +[5]pp +[1]p blank) +258pp. Bookplate of Library of American board of commissioners for foreign Missions and bookplate of Jeremiah Evarts. Neat, tight & clean copy. Description of the Maldives by Francis Pirard de Laval, Voyages searching for North West Passage by Capt. Thomas James & Henry Ellis & the Eskimaux (sic). From a series of early childrens book on exploration with all the charming required plates. 1 volume. Hardcover.

Condition: Good. Folding Map hand colored in outline (2 tears to folds but neat) + 9 copperplates by J.Lodges. Duodecimo (142x85mm) marbled calf lacking spine labels (worn and one corner with leather singed, one hinge cracked but held by cords/tips worn and 1cm damage to head of spine/2mm chipped to foot of spine) TP +[6]pp +216pp. Bookplate of Library of American board of commissioners for foreign Missions, bookplate of Jeremiah Evarts. Some foxing and browning but neat, tight and clean. Deals with Balbo's discoveries in Panama & Pizarro's conquest in Peru and the Settlement of Brazil by the Portuguese and its revolutions. This is one of the most interesting volumes on America in this series of early childrens book on exploration with all the charming required plates and a fine map. 1 volume. Hardcover.