Whitaker Ralph (37 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good, clean, tight condition. First printing. Blue hardcover, no jacket. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine-. 311 pages, illustrated in b&w. "A majority of raders will almost certainly wish to have an insight into the specific problems and requirements of practical angling before there can be a full appreciation of an historical record of development and associated subjects. I have therefore, decided to cover the modern practice of angling before giving detailed information on locations, boats and miscellaneous matters. 2 Appendices: Glossary of Big Game Fishing Terms and World Records at November 1957. FINE- HARDCOVER, ex-library withdrawn. Library call letters not on the blue cloth spine but on the clear plastic dust jacket, which as been glued to inside end covers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: New. In.

Fireside Books, St. Louis, 1968. Illustrated with b&w photographs and drawings. 6.25" x 9.25". 311 pp. Decorated blue cloth. Stories of fishing for tuna, marlin, swordfish, tarpon, bonefish, etc., with information on tackle, baits, fishing techniques, outriggers, boats, history of big game fishing, notable American anglers, a chapter on fishing in Portugal and Malta, etc. The author was British, but he fished primarily on the Atlantic Coast of North America, Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 372 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Saint Louis, Missouri: Fireside Books; 1st Edition (1968). AsNew Hardcover (CadetBlue cloth, Gilt lettering, no dj). 9.25"x6.25"x0.8". be44875.

Printed by B. Dewhirst for Robinson, Son and Holdsworth, Leeds and John Hurst Wakefield, 1816, 2nd edition with notes and additions. This copy without any boards. Folio, 17.5ins x 11.5ins, [vi], xvii, (i), xvii (Life of the author), (i), 268pp, 123pp (Catalogue of the antiquities in Museum Thoresbyanum, 159pp (Catalogue of natural and artificial rarities)11pp (index), 1pp binding instructions plus frontis portrait, 10pp plates and 16 pedigrees (many folding or double page). All present as listed. Many shields and other pedigrees within the text. The second hald of the book (Museum catalogue) was edited by Thomas Dunham Whitaker. The last two pages are hanging on by a single thread. The rest of the volume is well sewn. Chipping to page edges of last two pages. A complete work without boards or endpapers - suitable for rebinding or as a working reference copy. Nb heavy book (4kg) expensive to post overseas.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Thus. Two volumes. Bound in matching half light brown leather over patterned paper covered boards. New plain endpapers. A modern (?1970s) amateur binding but presenting quite well. Some damage to joint betwen frontispiece and title page in "Ducatus" volume. Some spotting etc to plates but generally very good very sound texts. Previous owner assured collation was correct but ONLY offered for sale AS IS. WITH INSPECTION RECOMMENDED. Not available overseas.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Folio. [8], 11-50, [4] pp. Quarter beige cloth over navy cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Illustrated blue-grey endpapers and pastedowns. No dust jacket. Title page printed in red and black. An errata slip tipped in. With numerous plates done in black and white, most of which are double-sided. The first section of this book contains a few color plates with tissue guards. With three large folding plates laid in the rear of the volume. Edited by Charles Harris Whitaker. Published just after the accomplished architect's death. A few annotations in ink and regular pencil from a private owner, the former owner also underlined throughout in red pencil, and tipped in a newspaper obituary for Grosvenor Goodhue.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Presumed original grey cardboard/paper boards with re-backed blue cloth spine including gilt titles within black frame on the spine. The boards show some moderate edge wear but generally in good condition. Loidis and Elmete includes frontispiece of Whitaker, 404 pages, an appendix of 88 pages, 53 portraits and plates (2 in colour), 21 illustrations in the text and 17 pedigrees. Ducatus Leodiensis has frontispiece of Thoresby with 10 plates, 3 text illustrations and 13 pedigrees, 261 pages and Musaeum Thoresbyanum (catalogue of the antiquities). Published in 1816 as 2nd edition both volumes are in good to very good condition. Further information readily available if required.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Twelve 12mo. volumes (10 volumes principal text with 2 supplements). A mixed set; four volumes have their dust jackets and eight do not. Publication dates: 1949-1971; all are reprints. Text in Greek with English translations on facing pages. Condition varies from near fine to fine with all dust jackets being price-clipped.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Whitaker, W.G.; Somerfield, Thomas; Wood, Stanley L.; Soper, George; Evison, G. Henry; Jackson, A.E. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Circle of Death - dangerous fall into the great drum of the winding-engine at a Pennsylvania coal mine; In Search of Adventure part II - the story of a chequered cruise aboard a six-ton yacht; "Kermis" Time in Belgium - an annual week-long celebration during which young and old alike compete in curious races and competitions - article with many interesting photos; Trapped in a Furnace - terrible experience for Ira MacDonell at a Lewis Run, Pennsylvania brick plant; The "Apache Kid's" Last Fight - F.S. McDonald describes his terrible death-duel in the desert with a notorious Indian outlaw; A Memorable Man-Hunt - tracking down murderers Jimmy and Joe Governor in New South Wales; "Dangerous Jobs" - bronco-busters, steeplejacks, bridge-builders, shrapnel-shell makers, underground miners, steel-makers, firemen, window cleaners, undersea divers, sewer workers - article with great photos of each of these occupations; Behind the Nailed Door - Englishman A.H. Hinde posed as an Arab traded with the Moors of the African coast while trying to locate a lost silver mine; An Ill-Starred Elopement - disaster strikes two unfortunate lovers; A Woman Alone in China - part IV - Mary Gaunt set forth in a Peking cart with an interpreter and her cart men, meeting many odd experiences; ; Petre's Island - a bit of New Zealand history, showing something of the lives of the earliest settlers among their Maori hosts. pp. 6 [ads], 387-480, 7-24 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.

Condition: Good. Second Edition. G : in good condition. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Hinges cracked. Occasional light foxing. 430mm x 280mm (17" x 11"). xvii, xvii, 268pp, 123pp, 159pp, 11pp; 404pp, 89pp + plates & charts. 61 plates (2 in colour) + numerous b/w heraldic shields and genealogical charts. . or the Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York with the Pedigrees of Many of the Nobility and Gentry, and Other Matters Relating to Those Parts . An Attempt to Illustrate the Districts Described in those Words by Bede; and Supposed to Embrace the Lower Portions of Aredale and Wharfdale . Very heavy set significant extra shipping needed for overseas. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. de Walton, John; Hiley, F.E.; Abbey, S.; Prater, E.; Robinson, T.H.; Cameron, John; Wood, Stanley L.; Brightwell, L.R.; Soper, G.; Whitaker, W.G.; Woodville, R. Caton (illustrator). First Edition. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Hunting the Opium Smugglers - Author attempts to capture Chinaman who was causing much trouble by smuggling opium into a South Sea Island; Photograph from Hong Kong of a "Punishment Chair" upon which a bound criminal sat upon eleven knives and was then carried through the streets as a lesson to others; With "Lizzie" to the Edge of Beyond - An old Ford car takes four passengers and a heavy load seven hundred miles through Central Africa; The Faithful Burglar - a story involving psychic phenomena from Ray Bell's Tie-Camp at Shabaqua, Ontario - with photo; Through Savage Europe - Part II - Richard Carline continues to describe his painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro; The Devil Panther - Two British hunters pursue a feared killer panther in India; What Happened to Hubbard? - Sequel to "Where the Gold Went" in which Charles A. Siringo described how Schell and Hubbard stole a quantity of gold from the famous Treadwell Mine in Alaska - describes how Hubbard went on to success in Dawson City; Roaming the Wild South Seas - Part IV (conclusion) - Jack McLaren describes the romance and adventure of the South Sea Islands - article with photos; A Run for Money - Author attempts to smuggle a ranch payroll through a Mexican rebel zone; Photo of Filipino "Tom Thumb", Panglima Diki-Diki; The "Human Bomb" - Update on a 1913 story about Carl Warr who walked into the Los Angeles Police Headquarters with enough dynamite to blow it up; Across the Great Sahara - Part III - A journey by camel across the Sahara from bottom to top - article with many excellent photos; The Sheep-Shearer - A sailor's amusing story about a machine invented by his second engineer; At Grips With a Python - Nighmare experience for a South African farmer; The Ghost of Ardtrea - An odd story from County Tyrone, Ireland describing events in an old rectory; A Week End in Bulgaria - Quaint glimpses of Bulgarian manners and customs by traveller Ralph Michaelis. 88 pages. plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip has left the back cover barely holding, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Crombie, Charles; York W.G.; Whitaker, W.G.; Robinson, T.H.; Woodville, R. Caton; Prater, E.; Williams, C. Fleming; Wood, Stanley L. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Red Witch of Modjaji - A weird story related by a member of the old South African Constabulary on the edge of the Great Bushveld; In Search of Sea-Monsters - Part I - In 1921 F.A. Mitchell-Hedges set out on a two-year trip to the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea to discover the world's largest big-game fish - photo-illustrated article; The Convict Who Captured a Prison - Murderer Tom Slaughter was able to escape from the Arkansas State Penitentiary's "death cell" and escape from the prison, leaving all other prisoners and guards lock up! - article with photos; An Englishwoman in Upper Egypt - Part III (conclusion) - Winifred S. Blackman spent three winters with local people in Upper Egypt - article with photos; Photo of man in India who has committed to roll his body for two thousand miles from Rameswara to Benares! Trade-Wind Cay - Three men find themselves stranded on an uninhabited islet, once the lair of pirates, in the Spanish Main; Our Andean Adventures - Harriett Chalmers Adams travelled into the region across the Peruvian Andes and the mysterious "inside" country beyond, which she was the first white woman to penetrate - article with photos; The Great Dog Derby of La Pas - Photo-illustrated account of the annual race for men and dog-teams over two hundred miles of snow-covered wilderness at La Pas, Manitoba; To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part IV - The story of a British officer's journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives; The Bell of Solavetski - Ralph Durand spent twenty pounds to travel to faraway Archangel and the ice-covered Arctic wastes of Nova Zembla - article with photos; "Grip" and I - Part IV - A bull-terrier spared from death rewards his new owner, Count Nils Cronstedt, by saving him multiple times during his time as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; Across the Atlantic in "Shamrock" - Sir Thomas Lipton's racing yacht travels an adventurous 3,000 miles home to Britain for a refit (with photos; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part IV - Beatrice Grimshaw explored up the Sepik River of New Guinea where she dealt with the local cannibals - article with photos; The Grey Devils - A grim story of hungry wolves in the Canadian North-West; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nice vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Second Edition. Volume I. Loidis and Elmete: Or, An Attempt to Describe Districts Described in those Words by Bede; and Supposed to Embrace the Lower Portions of Aredale and Wharfdale Together with the Entire Vale of Calder in the County of York. Volume II. Ducatus Leodiensis: or, The Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes and Parts Adjacent, in the West-Riding of the County of York. With the Pedigrees of Many of the Nobility and Gentry, and Other Matters Relating to Those Parts; Extracted from Records, Original Evidences, and Manuscripts. To Which is Added, at the Request of Several Learned Persons, A Catalogue of His Museum, with the Curiosities Natural and Artificial, and the Antiquities, Particularly the Roman, British, Saxon, Danish, Norman and Scotch Coins, With Modern Medals. Also A Catalogue of Manuscripts, the Various Editions of the Bible, and of Books Published in the Infancy of the art of Printing. With An Account of some unusual Accidents that have attended some Persons, attempted after the manner of Dr Plot. 2 matching large folio volumes, rebound in grey covers with cream linen spine, spine label on volume II, sound binding, clean end-papers, pages and plates, includes fold-out pedigrees. Occasional smudges and some light foxing, particularly on some plates. Decorated capitals throughout. These are two matching volumes. Packed weight over 12kg. Volume I contains: half-title page, frontis portrait, title-page with pasted vignette, text: 404pp, Appendix and Index: 88pp, Instructions to binder. Plates are: Portrait of the Author; Monument of Walker and Beckett (missing); Trinity Church; Portrait of Re. Miles Atkinson; Portrait of William Hey Esq. ; Leeds Library; Cloister Quadrangle of Kirkstall Abbey from the South West; North West Door of Kirkstall Abbey; Gledhow (missing); Figure of Redwald, King of East Angles, in Painted Glass, at Osmundthorpe; Temple Newsom; Tomb of Scargill at Whitkirk; Monument of Lady Elizabeth Hastings; Nave and Ground Plan of Sherburne Church; Saxon Fortification at Berwick in Elmet; Tomb of Lord Dacre at Towton; Tomb of the Teutoniei or Tyas Family at Lede Chapel; Earth Work at Bardsey; Church ad Barsey, Porch and Interior; Harewood Castle with the Ground Plan; Arch in the Hall of Harewood Castle; Armorial Bearings formerly in the Castle, Castle Chapel and the parish Church of Harewood; Harewood House; Tomb of Lord Chief Justice Gasgoigne; Porch at Adel; Arch at the Entrance of the Choir in the Church of Adel; Norman Capitals in the Church of Adel; Roman Altars found at Adel; Monuments in the Church at Otley; Tomb of the Palmes Family in Otley Church; Gateway to the Flower Garden at Farnley; Bay Window & Flower Garden at Farnley; Nave and Part of the Choir of Guiseley Church; Room in which the Murder is supposed to have been committed in Calverley Hall; Chapel of Calverly Hall; Tomb of Mirfield at Batley; Howley Hall as it appeared when entire; Remains of Howley Hall; Ancient Doorways at Howley; Swillington Hall; Tomb and Monument of Sir Roberton Waterton (missing); Saxon Sculptures at Dewsbury with a tomb of later date; Sculptured Stones form the Saxon Church at Desbury; Cross of Paulinus and Saxon Tomb at Dewsbury; Tomb of a Thornhill in the Church at Thornhill; Chapel and Monuments of the Saville Family in the Church at Thornhill; Tombs at Thornhill; Arms and Quarterings of Beaumont of Whitley Beaumont; Tomb of Sir Richard Beaumont at Kirkheat; Bewling Hall; Celts etc found near Halifax; Statue of Archbishop Tillotson at Sowerby. Vignettes include: St. Paul's Church; Leeds Infirmary; Skyrak Oak; Charters relating to Chapel Allerton; Cross at Sherburn Church; Arms and Inscription over the Entrance of Harewood Castle; North Elevation of the Church at Adel; Flower Garden Porch at Farnley; Tomb and Monument in the Church at Weston; Gateway at Howley Hall; Window in the Chapel at Liversedge Hall; Statue of King Oswald; Parish Church of Wakefield; Robin Hood's Grave; Chantry on t.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Second Edition. Volume I. Loidis and Elmete: Or, An Attempt to Describe Districts Described in those Words by Bede; and Supposed to Embrace the Lower Portions of Aredale and Wharfdale Together with the Entire Vale of Calder in the County of York. Volume II. Ducatus Leodiensis: or, The Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes and Parts Adjacent, in the West-Riding of the County of York. With the Pedigrees of Many of the Nobility and Gentry, and Other Matters Relating to Those Parts; Extracted from Records, Original Evidences, and Manuscripts. To Which is Added, at the Request of Several Learned Persons, A Catalogue of His Museum, with the Curiosities Natural and Artificial, and the Antiquities, Particularly the Roman, British, Saxon, Danish, Norman and Scotch Coins, With Modern Medals. Also A Catalogue of Manuscripts, the Various Editions of the Bible, and of Books Published in the Infancy of the art of Printing. With An Account of some unusual Accidents that have attended some Persons, attempted after the manner of Dr Plot. Two matching large folio volumes, full leather binding with gilt decoration and raised bands. Wear and loss at spine ends, Split in lower quarter of front joint in volume I, leather is rubbed. Sound binding. Volume I has modern book plate on inside of front cover and pasted in are various newspaper articles relating to William Dove, the Leeds Poisoning Case (Aug 1856). Handwriiten note on title page. Volume II has short split in leather on lower front joint. Light foxing to prelims, pages are otherwise clean. Decorated capitals throughout. Pages have a light aroma of tobacco smoke. Volume I contains: half-title page, frontis portrait, title-page with pasted vignette, text: 404pp, Appendix and Index: 88pp, Instructions to binder. Plates are: Portrait of the Author; Monument of Walker and Beckett; Trinity Church; Portrait of Re. Miles Atkinson; Portrait of William Hey Esq. (appendix) ; Leeds Library; Cloister Quadrangle of Kirkstall Abbey from the South West; North West Door of Kirkstall Abbey; Gledhow; Figure of Redwald, King of East Angles, in Painted Glass, at Osmundthorpe; Temple Newsom; Tomb of Scargill at Whitkirk; Monument of Lady Elizabeth Hastings; Nave and Ground Plan of Sherburne Church; Saxon Fortification at Berwick in Elmet; Tomb of Lord Dacre at Towton; Tomb of the Teutoniei or Tyas Family at Lede Chapel; Earth Work at Bardsey; Church ad Bardsey, Porch and Interior; Harewood Castle with the Ground Plan; Arch in the Hall of Harewood Castle; Armorial Bearings formerly in the Castle, Castle Chapel and the parish Church of Harewood (missing); Harewood House; Tomb of Lord Chief Justice Gasgoigne; Porch at Adel; Arch at the Entrance of the Choir in the Church of Adel; Norman Capitals in the Church of Adel; Roman Altars found at Adel; Monuments in the Church at Otley; Tomb of the Palmes Family in Otley Church; Gateway to the Flower Garden at Farnley; Bay Window & Flower Garden at Farnley; Nave and Part of the Choir of Guiseley Church; Room in which the Murder is supposed to have been committed in Calverley Hall; Chapel of Calverly Hall; Tomb of Mirfield at Batley; Howley Hall as it appeared when entire; Remains of Howley Hall; Ancient Doorways at Howley (hand written note at lower edge of page); Swillington Hall; Tomb and Monument of Sir Roberton Waterton; Tomb of Baron Saville and Sir Henry Saville his son at Methely; Tomb of Lionel Lord Welles at Methley; Saxon Sculptures at Dewsbury with a tomb of later date; Sculptured Stones form the Saxon Church at Dewsbury; Cross of Paulinus and Saxon Tomb at Dewsbury; Tomb of a Thornhill in the Church at Thornhill; Chapel and Monuments of the Saville Family in the Church at Thornhill; Tombs at Thornhill; Arms and Quarterings of Beaumont of Whitley Beaumont; Tomb of Sir Richard Beaumont at Kirkheat; Bewling Hall; Bowling Hall; Celts etc found near Halifax (colour); Statue of Archbishop Tillotson at Sowerby; Rev. William Sheepshanks (appendix); Bierley H.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Somerfield, Webb, Arch.; Wright, Frank; Whitaker, W.G.; Wigfull, W.E.; Holloway, W.H.; Buchanan, Fred (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Barton's Grizzly - Well-known Western hunter and guide J. Barton sets out to single-handedly capture a live California grizzly bear (includes cover illustration); In Search of Adventure - Part IV - the story of a chequered cruise; Kidnapped - A Tale of the Burmese Border in which Sir Robert Carson retrieves his kidnapped daughter; An Interrupted Holiday - John Hawkins was tramping through Idaho in 1886; Down the Amazon From Source to Mouth - Part II - J. Campbell Besley and his party continue their journey from the source of the Amazon to the Atlantic, fighting for their lives along the way; Three Years off the Beaten Track - H.E. Weller spent three years in Northern Canada running a small steamer for the Hudson's Bay Company among fur traders and Indians - article with many interesting photos; A Prize-Fight in Mexico - amusing story of what happened when a Spaniard fought an American; Life Among the Eskimos - Clint Wiseman describes a visit he paid to these hardy little hunters of north, complete with photos; The Story of the Missing Fingers - the awful experience of Melvin Parker who fell overboard and clung to a bell-buoy for many hours in the depth of winter; Fallen Among the Theives - exciting adventures of two novice rubber-collectors in Central America, by Rowland W. Cater; Hotel-Keeping in the Wilds - two ex-members of the Cape Mounted Rifles and their hotel-keeping adventures out on the veldt; and more. pp. 9 [ads], 94, 10-32 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.

Leather. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). Two beautifully illustrated and engraved historical topographical works on the town and parish of Leeds and the vales of Aredale, Wharfdale, and Calder. The second edition of this two volume historical work examining the history of Leeds and the surrounding region. Complete in two volumes.Volume I is 'Ducatis Leodiensis: Or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populus Town and Parish of Leed' by Antiquarian Ralph Thoresby.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and ten plates, with further pedigrees. Collated, complete.Volume II is 'Loidis and Elmete: Or, An Attempt to Illustrate the Districts Described in those Words by Bede', thework of English clergyman and topographer Thomas Dunham Whitaker.A historical and topographical account focusing on the areas of Leeds (historically known as Loidis) and the region of Elmet (Elmete) in West Yorkshire, England.Illustrated with a seventeen pedigrees - some folding - and fifty-three plates, two of which are hand coloured. Collated, complete.The work provides detailed descriptions of the landscape, historical events, notable families, and architectural landmarks within the region. It serves as an important historical document, offering insights into the local history, culture, and significant developments of these areas from ancient times up to Whitaker's contemporary period. In half straight grain morocco bindings, with marbled paper covered boards. Significant rubbing to joints, back strip heads and tails, and board perimeters. Joint heads of volume I starting, with front board just a touch tender. Volume II hinge heads and tails starting. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with handling marks throughout each volume, with foxing to pages facing plates, and with further significant foxing throughout volume II. Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 2 Vols. Leeds: Printed by B. Dewhirst for Robinson, Son and Holdsworth, 1816. Folio (19" x 13", 475mm x 330mm ) With over 56 engravings, and various woodcuts. Second edition, with notes and editions by Thomas Dunham Whitaker. Vol. I, the "Ducatus Leodiensis" and Vol II, the "Loidis and Elemete." First edition published in 1715. Bound in brown morocco with gilt roll border. On the spine, 6 raised bands with title gilt to second panel and title to the third. Other panels blank. Gilt dentelles and brightly marbeled endpapers. Vol.I starting at bottom on front and back. Foxing and offsetting to engravings. Gilt edges to the text block. Bookplate of Hugh Fattorini. Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725) was an antiquarian and topographer, born in Leeds. He initially worked for his father, as a wool and cotton merchant, before turning to antiquities. Thoresby's museum included antiquities, coins and "curiosities." Thomas Dunham Whitaker (1759-1821) was an English clergyman and topographer, who was vicar of Whalley from1809. He shared Thoresby's interest in coins and the antiquities of Yorkshire. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1818.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. engravings, woodcuts (illustrator). Second edition Enlarged. Folio; xvi, xvii, 261 [i.e. 268],123, 159, 11: pagination irregular; 42.5 cm. contemporary panelled & diced calf, extra gilt, newly rebacked, foxed . Ex libris Alfred Harris, and G. F. Ferrand. 2 vols in 1. With the pedigrees of many of the Nobility and Gentry, from records, original evidences, and manuscripts ( including 13 genealogical tables). The original edition of this book, in 1715, justified Thoresby's membership in the Royal Society, and displayed his erudition on Englands's Roman antiquities and coins (many of which are depicted here). Thoresby also owned a broad collection of "curiosities", from incunables to medical anomalies, which was ranked second only to Tradescant. In this edition, the continuation of the Pedigrees was principally done by Christopher Bolland, and the additions to Part 2, "Musaeum Thoresbyanum", detail items added after 1715 to the time of the collections dispersal. Also includes a Life of Thoresby, who has been called the First Historian of Leeds. The frontispiece is a mezzotint portrait of Thoresby, with an engraved view of Leeds by J. Le Keux, and a portrait of John Harrison, & 8 other engravings of views and coins or antiquities, and also dozens of heraldic devices.Includes a lengthy poem about John Thoresby by Theodore Bathurst. The 'Ducatus leodiensis' forms vol. I, the Loidis and Elmete" [by] T.D. Whitaker, 1816, vol II of what is commonly called "The history of Leeds." - Boyne.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Vol. #1) "AN ATTEMPT TO ILLUSTRATE THE DISTRICTS DESCRIBED IN THOSE WORDS BY BEDE; AND SUPPOSED TO EMBRACE THE LOWER PORTIONS OF AREDALE AND WHARFDALE, TOGETHER WITH THE ENTIRE VALE OF CALDER, IN THE COUNTY OF YORK". Vol. #2) "OR THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENT AND POPULOUS TOWN AND PARISH OF LEEDES, AND PARTS ADJACENT, IN THE WEST-RIDING OF THE COUNTY OF YORK. WITH THE PEDIGREE OF MANY OF THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY, AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THOSE PARTS; EXTRACTED FROM RECORDS, ORIGINAL EVIDENCE, AND MANUSCRIPTS". Printed by T. Davison for Robinson, Son, and Holdsworth & John Hurst. Portrait frontispieces. Engraved illustrations. Both volumes are re-backed. Leather spines have gilt decorated panels & titles. Texts tight, clean & intact. Marbled endpapers. Each volume measures 11 1/8" x 17 1/8". Scuffed marbled paper covered boards with age darkened edges. Some edge wear including leather protected front corners. Vopl. #1 has a spine head chip.Prior owners armorial book plates "Thomas Newman Frederick Bardwell". England; Engravings; Folio 13" - 23" tall.

SECOND EDITION, WITH NOTES AND ADDITIONS BY WHITAKER. TWO VOLUMES, LARGE FOLIO, VERY ATTRACTIVELY BOUND IN HALF CALF OVER MARBLED BOARDS, MARBLED ENDPAPERS. WITH AMORIAL PLATE OF GEORGE BANKS, MOTTO 'SUIVEZ RAISON' - (CLOTH MERCHANT OF LEEDS?). SOME FOXING TO THE PLATES AND A FEW PAGES WITH A TEAR TO THE FOOT OF THE PAGE IN VOL. 1, OTHERWISE A VERY CLEAN, TIGHTLY BOUND, AND ATTRACTIVE SET. PLEASE NOTE THESE BOOKS WEIGH 42 POUNDS (19 Kg.) AND POSTAGE WILL BE AT COST.

xvii, [1], 311pp. 8vo. Condition: Blue cloth. VG/F. First Edition. First Edition. xvii, [1], 311pp. 8vo.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Robinson, Son & Holdsworth; John Hurst, Leeds, 1816. Two Volumes in One (See images). Text Clear and legible. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Back board and some pages dump bent but now dry. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

10 Volumes + 2 Supplements = together 12 Volumes. 8°. XXXIV, 483 / VI, 503 / X, 511, 8 / XII, 581, 8 / X, 625, 8 / XX, 611, 8 / XX, 640, 8 / XXVI, 457, 10 / XII, 546, 10 / XXXVIII, 519 / XX, 551, 10 / VIII, 306, 10 Pages. Green, original Cloth-Volumes (gilt Lettering on the Spines). Ex-Library-Copies. Library-Sticker on the Spines. Library-Stamp [dropped out] on Title and on Cutting of all Volumes. No Markings in the Text! No Underlinings! No private Owner's Note! Volumes bound in transparent, selfadhesive Foil. (The Loeb Classical Library, 226, 227, 247, 261, 275, 289, 320,341, 363, 379, 380, and 401).