S Prout Newcombe (45 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st American. 432 page hardcover with numerous illustrations. The American edition of an English book used for home education. Period cloth binding is worn at corners and edges - title on spine in gold - just good condition. Interior has some foxing on just a few pages - otherwise, unmarked, tight and clean. Overall good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. 1st Edition. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, original binding brown paper covered boards half bound. In leather to corners and spine. Exterior is original and untreated, so the leather is powdery along with quite a bit a scuffing and soiling. The internal binding of the text portion of the pages is good but there is some cracking at the end pages and boards. Pages show various degrees of toning and foxing, some pages are brighter than some are quite dark - with the title page being the worst. The only handwriting found in the book is at the top of the preface where the name William Proctor is penned. Please note: this is volume 2 only and appears to contain 25 weeks of lessons.…

Condition: New.

Condition: Fair. 1876. No Edition Remarks. 415 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking. …

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. 1874. Thirty-first thousand. 395 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Rough-cut page edges. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Light tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Faint cracking to front inner hinge. Illustrations remain bright and clear. Boards have moderate edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Bumping to corners. Moderate tanning to front, rear and spine. Moderate tanning and foxing to textblock.…

Condition: Very Good. Hbk, 12mo, illustr throughout in b+w, embossed green cloth with slightly dulled gilt spine titles and ornament, corners slightly bumped and spine toned, otherwise very good and now in custom acetate jacket, internally a very good, clean, tight and unmarked copy.

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Red publisher's cloth, decorated in blind & gilt, frayed at the spine ends with a partial separation of the backstrip on the front side, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches. Boards are secure with good end paper hinges. 426 clean pages plus publisher's catalogue, tight. Some text illustrations. This is arranged as a daily reading for children on the topics of Moral Lessons, Natural History, History, Object Lessons, Traveller through England, Physical Geography, Drawing Lessons, Hymns and Poetry, and Music."The aim of 'Pleasant Places' is, The foundation of good moral and intellectual habits in the rising generation. In order to this end, it will endeavor to exhibit to the young the wondrous goodness and wisdom of the Creator in his works, and to excite within them a longing for the highest moral excellence.All the time asked to do so is ten minutes a day. The book, if regularly read by the parent to his child, at their morning meal, would render him his 'Daily Instructor.' It would, every morning, supply the child with a new idea, and set his mind in motion for the day, promoting its exercise and growth." - Preface.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Circa 1853. Good condition with no wrapper. Third Edition. Green embossed cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine, gilt title to front cover. 415 numbered pages. B/w illustrations, tissue-guard to frontis. Spine and corners bumped, spine faded. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to prelims and light browning throughout. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched.…

No Binding. Condition: Good. Carte de Visite, two sepia tint portraits negative numbers 39491 and 39492 in pencil on reverse, good condition, 4 inches by 2 1/2 inches. [QP]. The London School of Photography Mr. S. Prout Newcombe (illustrator).

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Green cloth on boards, embossed front and back. Dusty and worn. 396 pp. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Drawings (illustrator). Book.

3rd Ed. dated 1851, Hard cover embossed green cloth bds, gilt lettering to upper bd and spine, spine age-browned, upper bd has some fading, cloth has small split in middle at top of spine, contents clean and tight, neat inscript. to ffep, tissue-protected title, pp416 + Index to Volume I, + adverts. With Moral Lessons, Object Lessons, history, drawing, poetry, geography, natural history, songs etc. week by week. …

1st edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Some foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 380 pp., 2 unnumbered pages, 2 plates : illustrations, music ; 17 cm. Subjects; Education, Primary. Moral education. Christian education. Children's literature ; Periodicals. 1 Kg. …

1st edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Some foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 380 pp., 2 unnumbered pages, 2 plates : illustrations, music ; 17 cm. Subjects; Education, Primary. Moral education. Christian education. Children's literature ; Periodicals. 1 Kg. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Condition: New.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Condition: New.

8vo. [ii], 378pp, [3]pp index, steel-engraved frontis with browned tissue-guard, text illustrations, printed in double columns. Original blindstamped mauve cloth gilt, uncut/partly unopened. Extremes lightly rubbed; spine browned.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Cloth. Condition: Good. A smart two volume set of this study of the British infant schooling system, containing volumes V and VI only. Two volumes, containing volumes V and VI only of six total volumes. Scarce volumes. With a frontispiece to each volume and many in-text illustrations. A daily and weekly guide to lessons and learning in the British infant school system, with details of moral lessons, history, geography, grammar, botany, poetry, songs, games, and much more. Written by Samuel Prout Newcombe, a British author and photographer. Previously held in the library of Margaret Hill, which may refer to the English social and welfare reformer. In the original full blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot. Some of the textblock remains unopened. A 3" tear to page 31 of volume V where the textblock has been pulled apart. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. A scarce complete set of this book of instruction for young people at home and in school. Complete in three volumes. Third edition or later. Scarce work. With a frontispiece to each volume and the odd illustration. A journal of instructions for young people at home and in school for the foundation of good moral and intellectual habits in the rising generation. With stories and articles to encourage children in their learning and teach them the wisdom of the Creator in terms of religious moral excellence. Written by Samuel Prout Newcombe, a British author. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Small splits to the cloth to the head and tail of the spines with a small puncture mark to the front board of volume II. Front hinge of volume I tender, with the hinges of volume II just starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. The odd small closed tear to the page edges. Light tide marks to the first and last pages of volumes II and III. Light age toning to the endpapers. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. A beautiful little set and a fascinating curiosity. Near-fine. 8vo (2,400+ pages, with tissue-guarded steel-engraved frontispieces, many illustrations).

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 300. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1851 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 300.…