Purves D Laing (43 results)

Condition: New. Thomson, Hugh (illustrator).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Thomson, Hugh (illustrator).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Reprint. 351 pp printed in double columns, engraved frontispiece, publisher's catalogue at rear, bound in brown cloth with black grey and gilt titles and decorations, brown endpapers, Salford Central Mission prize label in front dated 1910. Cloth a little rubbed, fore edge spotted otherwise very good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. 615 pp + 16 page publisher's list frontispiece portrait, main text in double columns, green cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine, gilt top , grey endpapers. Spine ends and corners scuffed, front hinge cracked, endpapers marked, pages tanned - a reading copy. Over 1Kg Outside UK may need extra postage.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair to Good. No Jacket. 624 pages plus advertsing pages with catalogue of popular and standard books published by William P. Nimmo, Edinburgh. "Edited for popular perusal with current illustrations and explanatory notes by D. Laing Purves." Gilt top edge. Heavy green cloth over bevel-edged boards. Corners and edges of backstrip rubbed with one small tear at top edge of backstrip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 569 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.43 inches. In Stock. Thomson, Hugh (illustrator).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Thomson, Hugh (illustrator).

Condition: New. Thomson, Hugh (illustrator).

Octavo hardcover (VG) frontispiece coming loose; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Boards are worn and marked.Tears on pages 291 to 304 not affecting text.Tanning.Excellent binding.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required.[RK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Published w/out dj. Later edition. Edinburgh, Scotland: Nimmo, 1873. Later edition, printing unknown, VG+ Rebound in dark yellow, full leather binding with gilt trim, five raised bands, black leather label with gilt lettering, gilt designs on spine, all edges gilt. General overall rubbing with some scraping, some wear (not bumping) to spine ends & corners. Spotting starting on first blank page and continuing through age 8, starting again on page 603 and continuing to the end (32 pages affected front & back). Marbled end-papers. Subtitle: carefully selected: with a biography of the author and original and authentic notes. The preface is dated 1868. Double-columned print. Bookplate on front paste-down of Russel Wilson Chatham. Contains all his major works, plus journals, memoirs, papers and selected poems. Looks handsome on the shelf, very sturdy binding.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Green boards with gilt titles to spine and some wear to boards. Small name. Only a small amount of foxing, mostly clean copy. Binding tight. 624pp + 24pp catalogue. (17x24cm). Please contact us for any more information.

Condition: Fair. 1899. No Edition Stated. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Red pictorial cloth. Two parts in one book, thus unpaginated. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges, with notable foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are notably crushed. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Boards are notably bowed. Book has a prominent forward lean. Moderate water marks to boards and spine.…

Condition: Fair. 608 p., immaculate and unmarked--not ex-lib., no former owner's name; frontis. engraved portrait of Dr. Swift, with tissue guard; paper only mildly age-toned but some chiping at edges of front matter; text block firm (royal 8vo), but front board detached.red boards unfaded but smudged and bumped in places, black leather spine abraded at crown and foot, and lettering is consequently missing. This volume cries out for skillful repair or rebinding.…

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration/illus to spine, black lettering & illus to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 288pp + 16pp catalogue to rear, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling/discolouration to spine & boards, moderate soiling & tanning to page edges, light foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of frontispiece).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. authentically oldEdinburgh: Nimmo, 1873. 1st edition, later printing (preface is dated 1868), NF/. Book has soiling to preliminary pages (front & rear), extending (and gradually lessening) to a few pages in at both ends. Double-columned text (with footnotes) covers all his major works (fiction and non-fiction) including various papers on religion, morals literature, etc, "Memoirs of Captain John Creighton", "The Bickerstaff Papers" and "Directions to Servants" as well as poems. Book is bound in full leather, five raised bands, leather label, all edges gilt, gilt lettering on spine label, gilt designs on spine, gilt borders to both panels. Some rubbing to most edges, spine ends, corners and folds. Bookplate on front paste-down of Russel Wilson Chatham. Marbleized end-papers. Swift is accredited as the Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin. Subtitle on first title page: Carefully selected with a life (40 pp) of the author and authentic notes. 608 pp., looks authentically old. Nice copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. First printing of the first single volume edition of "The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift". With a finely engraved steel-engraving full-page portrait of Jonathan Swift to the front free endpaper, with a tissue-guard protecting this engraving, and also the title-page vignette of 'Stella' opposite. Printed in bordered double columns. ***A very good copy in the publisher's green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and decorative borders to the spine, a small gilt circular decoration to the front board, and ornate blind decorative borders to the front and back boards. The gilt is still beautifully bright, especially on the front board. The boards show some marks and rubbing commensurate with age and handling over the last 150+ years but are remarkably clean. There is some inevitable rubbing and creasing to the edges, mainly to the top and tail of the spine, but no splitting to the cloth covering. The corner tips show some wear also. Page block edges clean without any foxing. No reading lean to the binding. Internally also very good, with no inscriptions or annotations. Pages clean with just a few sporadic light fox-spots to the prelims and back catalogue pages. Interior pages otherwise clean. No creases or tears. Importantly, although the binding feels slightly slack, there is no splitting to the gutter. ***250mm x 174mm. 608 pages plus a twenty-four page catalogue of popular and standard books published by William P. Nimmo to the rear dated 1868, with the printer's code 10/68 at the bottom of the first catalogue page, as called for. ***Contents: Life of Swift; A Tale of a Tub; The Battle of The Books; Gulliver Travels; Memoirs Relating to that Change which happened in the Queen's Ministry in the year 1710; Swift's Journal to Stella; A Discourse of the Contests, and Dissensions between the nobles and the commons in Athens and Rome; The Conduct of the Allies, and of the late ministry, in beginning and carrying on the war; The Sentiments of a Church-of-England man with respect to religion and Government; Various Papers on Religion, Morals, Literature etc. (including A Meditation upon a Broomstick; Memoirs of Captain John Creichton; The "Bickerstaff" Papers; Directions to Servants; Selected Poems. ***First printing of the first single volume edition of "The Works of The Rev. Jonathan Swift", complete in its original cloth boards. First edition thus. A very nice example of this mid-Victorian publication of the works of Swift. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand. Thomson, Hugh (illustrator).

Cloth. Condition: Good +. Vol. in the Library od History, Travel, and Adventrure, 2 vols. in one, 288 + 351 pp, brown cloth, yellow endpapers; minor cocking, some soiling to boards & page edges, previous owner's name on front pastedown & ffep, some minor splitting, small tear to title page. [97].

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 124 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.31 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No dust jacket. none. 624p., former owner's sign on front end paper., top and bottom of spine fraying, corners bumped and fraying., spine is chipped., hinge is broken., top and fore edges gilt.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Green cover with gilt spine title and chocolate endpapers. In nice condition with light cover wear and a secure binding. 624 pp. plus book ads. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Large octavo. viii, 624pp. Original dark green cloth with gilt spine titles. Covers with some wear and chipping, re-cased with repairs to backstrip tears, slight wrinkling to endpapers, faint marks to frontis and illustrated title page, slight creasing to title page, otherwise very good.…

Condition: Good. Undated, but prize plate inside front dated 1890. No jacket. Scuffs and knocks to board edges. Scuffs, splits and fraying at spine ends. Fading to front and spine board. Tanning and foxing throughout. Binding good.

First Edition. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 616 pages. Subjects; The Canterbury Tales. Faerie Queene. Medieval Tales. Medieval Poems. English Medieval Literature. Chaucer. Spenser. 1 Kg. …