Titlepage (24 results)

Hardcover. ix,179p., illustrated with pictorial chapter heads only, small hardbound first edition (8x5.5 inches) in orange cloth boards spine- and cover-titled black. Spine is sunned to colorlessness (lettering unaffected), mild general dust and handling, a slight roll to spine, while front `0endpapers have an unobjectionable bo…

Hardcover. 352p., generously illustrated with maps and photographs, first edition dark blue cloth boards gilt and enclosed in the dust jacket. Quite a good copy although not 'as-new'. The book itself has a spine panel that is faintly sunned, lettering a touch dulled, while the dj is protected under non-acetate plastic which is t…

Condition: Good. 140x90mm roan spined marbled boards (very worn/lacking part of spine leather but retains some titling) v +[i] +480pp + 16pp Specimen pages from Guide to English Literature (these pages very browned unlike rest of book). A few pencil ticks to margins and name to fly leaf else clean and tight (cf. Osborne Collecti…

Decorated Original Green Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Issued Without Jacket. First Edition, Probably. Crown, pale green case blocked in blue & black, 2 colour tp with art nouveau design, 60 pp + RTS catalogue, v.sl wear to case. No date but prob late C19 or early C20. Evangelical children's tale with Chris…

Condition: Good. Plates (48) by Froelich Small quarto red gilt decorative cloth (tips worn/head & foot of spine chipped/sl.marked) about 95pages +48 plates. Entirely printed in sepia - text and plates. Inner hinge repaired with a bit too much glue. Nice inscription and Victorian miniature bookseller's label on FEP. A charming st…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. James Nisbet & Co, London. No date. Hardcover. Prize label to front pastedown dated 1895. Book Condition: Good. No dust jackey. Original blue cloth covers with gilt title and black line illustration to front, title in gilt panel and publisher to spine. Binding firm with corners bumped and rubbed. Book…

Leather Respined, New Label. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Leather Case, No Jacket. Leather Edition. Early. iv+320 pp., engraved tp, original leather bds respined with paper label, presentation copy, prize at Newcastle Grammar School [gold blocked on front bd], clean text, not foxed. Marbled edges to book, origina…

Half Leather. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Leather Case, No Jacket. Leather Edition. xxi+250 pp., sm 8vo respined half leather & marble, with small corner tips, marbled eps, vg condition bar v faint pencil marks in the margins of a few pages in lectures on the head. Stevens 1710-80 was a man of many parts, actor…

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Leather Case, No Jacket. Ninth Edition. 518 pp. +index, engraved second tp, full early calf with raised bands, calf itself in vg condition,maroon label slightly damaged at corner, spineprofessionally restored reusing original leather, antiquarian, Howell wrote this seven…

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Leather Case, No Jacket. Seventh Edition. miniature 2x2,5 ins full red leather case with leather strap fastener, aeg, 256 pp., engraved frontis., & tp, vg., no date but c 1870 Victorian, Victorian religious poetry. Attractive miniature for collectors, & rare in this fine…

Panelled Leather Contemporary. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Leather Case, No Jacket. First Edition. folio full calf, panelled contemporary leather, raised bands, professional restoration mainly on spine with leather patch on rear board, prelims + 616 pp. Internally clean and excellent text with subscribers' list,…

Leather Respined. Condition: Very Goof for Age. Leatherr No Jacket. Second Edition [first English one]. Prelims+34+597+indices pages clean & unmarked, but p.5 in prolegomena torn with abour a third of it missing [now replaced in facsimile] pp.7-12 i& afew index leaves at end n vg facsimile, early full leather case professionally…

Condition: Good. Illustrations and diagrams Square octavo brown gilt cloth with a gilt cask with "we can see through it" (tips worn/marked but sound) iv-86pp. Neat inscription on FEP dated 1878. Some signs of use including one clean tear which has been taped and 2 leaves with dusty, tatty margins but no loss of text. *Looking at…

Condition: Very Good. Two Volumes in One octavo near contemporary panelled calf (top cover detached/tips worn) TP+(vi)+232pp; 197pp +catal of books by Goodman & others. Two pages with short marginal tears neither touching text but one with narrow strip of paper loss to margin. With half title separating parts One & Two but throu…

Condition: Very Good. Head- and tail-pieces + initials + folding plate +copperplate printer's mark to titlepage including 2 female sphinxes & musical angels. Small octavo (157x100mm) marbled roan on 4 raised bands, spine compartments prettily gilt flowers & leaves with contrasting spine title label (1" split to lower hinge with…

Condition: Good. Two Volumes octavo 19th century half calf with 5 faux raised bands gilt and tan title labels (tips slightly rubbed) xxxiv +412pp (ii)+432pp +[208]pp of index for both volumes. Titlepage of first volume is damp marked and the following three leaves of dedication and the last 8 leaves marginally so. The last two l…

Condition: Very Good. Floral headpieces & historiated intial coloured read + 2nd work with added text illustrations as well as the above decorations. Two Works in One small quarto 183x140mm rebound in full brown levant on 4 raised bands with 2 black spine labels gilt and gilt date to foot of spine. Newer edpapers, small bookplat…

Condition: Very Good. Hand-coloured plates including costumes, professions & trades, with children, animals, coaching scene, ships/boats, boxing etc. 2 VOLUMES gilt tan roan (edges worn/spine of vol.2 lacks top compartment and much of the raised bands of vol.2 are missing their leather covering) All edges marbled. Frontispiece +…

Altkolorierter und goldgehöhter Kupferstich aus Atlante Partenopeo b. Pablo Petrini in Neapel (Naples), 1700, 42,5 x 30 Tooley's Dic. of Mapm. Rev. Ed. K - P, page 414. - Auf dem Titelblatt trägt Atlas die Weltkugel auf seiner Schulter; darüber Frau mit Zirkel und Engel mit Posaune. - Unten links Frau mit Füllhorn. - Im Gegensat…