Paley William Notes (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Full leather, with detached front cover (see photos) 4 1/2 X 7 3/8 inches, 344 pages including 39 full page plates by Paxton. Frontispiece engraving. SOLD AS IS. with front cover detached. Foxing throughout. Worth it for the plates which appear at the rear of the text.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1/4" missing to cloth along tail end of spine. A 2/3" tear and 3/8" chip to cloth at head of spine. Dust stains to cloth. Moderate foxing. Gutter broken at front hinge. A 1/2" tear to blank margin of one leaf. Previous owners' signatures.; "New Edition". viii, 443, [1] pages + [4] pages advertisements. Blind-stamped cloth boards. Page dimensions: 183 x 106mm. ; 8vo.

Three Quarter Leather. Condition: Good. First Edition. iv, 230 pp., iv, 294 pp. Three quarter leather with brown leather at spine and corners, four raised bands with gold embossed titling that has faded, volume numbers still somewhat bright. Wear and chipping to covers, losses at corners, marble paper insets on each volume scuffed as well. Front pastedown of each volume split at gutter, text block still attached to cover board by cords. William Paley's famous and influential work, Natural Theology, with significant commentary. Published in four volumes, bound as two.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Folio Society Ltd. , London, UK. 1992. Xviii, 54 pgs. Illustrated in color & black and white. Issued in slipcase. Slipcase lightly scuffed and worn. Bound in illustrated cloth with titles present to the spine and the front board. Boards lightly rubbed and worn. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. Unabridged, full color value reproduction of Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake. This classic poetry, written in 1789, was originally hand colored on each page and is reproduced here in full color for a visually rich experience. Songs includes his most famous poem, "Tiger Tiger burning bright, In the forests of the night, " and many others. Interesting to read, and unique to Blake's poetry in this collection, are that the poems of Innocence are often counter poised with the poems of Experience. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Condition: Like New. Mint. William Blake (illustrator). 4to. 30 by 21 cm. 303 pp. Quarter Morocco. Silk moire cloth on boards. Slipcase with paper pastedown.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Complete 5 Volume set of William Paley's Works, devoted to Christianity and Natural History. All very handsomely bound in Purple/Brown Calf Leather, with Gilt Decoration and Lettering to Spines, gilt Lines and embossing to front and back and gilt design to cover edges. Page edges & Endpapers Marbled. Some rubbing to leather, the gilt and marbling is still bright. Vol I, "Evidences of Christianity" 428 Pages, one or 2 spots of foxing to firat and last pages, more on endpapers but light. Vol II, "Moral & Political Philosophy" 531 Pages, light foxing to endpapers a few spots on title page, Vol III "Horae Paulinae" 442 Pages, Some foxing to endpapers, a little to title and last page, Vol IV "Natural Theology" Contains Anatomical and Zoological Plates, some light foxing to plates, Vol V "Sermons" 407 Pages, a little light foxing to endpapers. Overall in very nice condition for age. Please ask if you would like any more information or photographs. Heavy set (over 4 Kilos) so Postage outside UK will be extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.