Raikes Rev (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1846, 1st edition. Thick Octavo. viii, 652pp. Contemporary Ex-library: Halifax (bookplate to paste-down dated 1847), no other markings/stamps. Contemporary marbled boards with remains of the original half-leather (smoke damage to extremities), later re-backed in tan calf with gilt ruling, devices and titles. Inner-hinges tender but binding remains square and firm. Generally clean within. A 'Good' copy. Brenton was a late 18th/early 19th century British Admiral who saw action against the French in the Napoleonic Wars.…

Binding sound, text unmarked. Condition: Near Fine. No dustwrapper. Inscribed: 'David T. Raikes d. d. E. T. Salmon, Custos.' Full cream vellum, unfaded, gilt lettering to spine. All edges gilt. Gilt dentells to turn-ins. Marbled endpapers, a little foxing to prelims. Many illustrations. Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edition. Inscribed. Binding sound, text unmarked. Size: xiii, 320pp. 23 x 18cm. Inscribed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 652 pages (complete). A sturdy copy of this memoir of the extraordinary Jahleel Brenton. From the library of Edna and Frank Bradlow (the renowned Africana specialists). The boards are worn about edges, corners, seams. They have marks from handling, shelving, age. The spine is burnished. However, the boards are steady and sound. The frontis and end pages are foxed. The guttering along the title page is cracked, but the security of the book is unaffected. The contents are pleasing especially taking the age of the book into account! The contents are clean, clear, respectful, convivial, very confident, certain, tight and neat. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…