Wm Parson (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Fine condition of this 1975 reprint of the 1829 Edition. May be additional cost for postage as heavy item.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. With 732 pages + xxxiv index etc., map, 8vo, bound by Thurnam of Carlisle in full polished leather, amateurishly re-spined, good condition within, W. White & Co, Leeds, 1829. * a good working copy of a scarce Gazetter and Directory with a great deal of history - may be missing some maps .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good. Complete in 2 volumes. Bound in aubergine half-calf. Gilt lettering and ruling to spine. Light wear to edges and corners. A well preserved set. clxviii, 504pp and 684pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, clxviii + 504; 684pp, hardcover, 8vo, bound in full leather. amateur re-spine of both volumes, original title labels on red morocco, gilt lettered, 654 - 684 in Vol II heavily foxed o/w good condition within, Printed For W. White & Co., Newcastle, 1827 - 28.* a few defects but a good sound copy and invaluable for local history and research. Not sure if maps lacking or not called for.

Hardback. Condition: Good. LACKING THE MAP. Original full leather. FRONT COVER DETACHED. Spine chipped. Reasonable text in worn covers. Justr a good working copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good. Bound in full calf by Thurnma of Carlisle. Slightly foxed. 684pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. History of the West Riding with much digression including a detailed description of the Battle of Waterloo. Vol 1 (all published). Original tooled calf, gilt titles to spine. corners and edges worn but binding holding up well, 7 plates with tissue guards. minor foxing, a good copy.

Hard. Condition: Good. First impression. Good. Solidly rebound with new endpaper in half calf binding. Slightly foxed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Thus. Originally published in 1829 by Parson and White. This is one of a series of facsimile reprints published my Michael Moon. Very gently read and not remaindered. Interior is clean and solid. Clean green linen boards with sharp, square corners. Bright gilt titles to spine. 1" shallow tear to the spine. Foot of spine is lightly bumped. Light soiling to the edges. Handful of pages to the rear of the book show some light moisture damage to the top corner. Unclipped dustjacket is chipped and bumped to extremities, ½" tear to the foot of the spine, nearly 2" tear to the center of the spine with 3 radiating smaller tears associated, moisture marks to the interior side of the dustjacket and shelfwear to show. Now protected in brodart jacket. We have additional Michael Moon titles in stock including, "History, Topography and Directory of Westmorland with Lonsdale and Amounderness in Lancashire", "History Directory and Gazetteer of Cumberland and Westmorland with Furness and Cartmel" and "Cleator and Cleator Moore - Past and Present". Additional postage may be required due to do the weight of this volume.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Rebound. Lacks map. Some central pages becoming loose, bookplate to front pastedown, period owner name to front endpaper with notes/corrections in same hand to lists of parliamentary seats, otherwise pages clean and tidy. Size: 12mo.

12mo. (185x114mm) Containing a Descriptive and Geological View of the Lakes, Tarns, Cataracts, Rivers, Mountains, Fells, Rocks, Caverns, Mines, Quarries, Antiquities, Curiosities, Scenery &c. Including Lists of The Seats of the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy, with a variety of Commercial Agricultural & Statistical Information and a History of the Diocese of Carlisle. pp: i-iii+4-732,xxxiv,2, incl. map of Whitehaven Steam Packets & District of the Lakes 1829. First published 1829 with the atlas purchased separately and with coloured maps 3/- extra. Bound in full polished calf, spine gilt ruled & titled direct, with a Carlisle bookseller's ticket to tail of front pastedown endpaper, final gathering shaken, damage to tail of spine, otherwise sound and very good. An eccentric production found with and without maps.

Excellent Crown 8vo. Containing A Descriptive and Geological View of the Lakes, Tarns, Cataracts, Rivers, Mountains, Fells, Rocks, Caverns, Mines, Quarries, Antiquities, Curiosities, Scenery, &c. Including Lists of the Seats of the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy, with a variety of Commercial, Agricultural, & Statistical Information, and a History of the Diocese of Carlisle. With Engraved Map. 732pps. + (xxxvi)pps. Rebound in linen-backed boards with paper spine label. Very Good Example !

Condition: Very good. Two volumes octavo 1827/28: clxviii, 504; 684pp. The maps referred to on the title page were not issued with these two volumes but published separately in 1829. Good copies in full calf, rebacked.