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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. Tan cloth with front cover Art Nouveau decoration in brown and gold; also small head and shoulders image of the author. Spine with brown and gold lettering and decoration. 504 pages. Small 4to. Illustrated throughout with 'One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations by J. H. Smith'. Title Page tipped-in. This appears to be a reprint of his book 'Remarks' which came out in the late 1880's using sheets prepared previously and with only a Hill Title Page. Contains 'About Two Hundred Sketches By America's Greatest Humorist with A Biographical Note'. The Hill issue of this book appears to be rare as I can find no reference to it in my various references. Light general wear with the bottom tips worn through; spine bottom with light fraying; covers a bit soiled; extremely cheap paper Title Page is cracked at the spine edge for about half its length; top edge darkened. A tight solid attractive copy with uncracked hinges. VERY GOOD- Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

40pp stapled paperback in browned card covers. Small stains to covers and a few pages. Internally otherwise VG. Used - Good. Good stapled paperback.

Condition: Very Good. Slight scuffs/scratches to cover. Knocks to corner of cover and pages. Faint tanning on textblock. Contents very good.

Hardbound. Royal octavo, blue cloth withh gold lettering and illustration on the front board, ribbon tie worn out, 20 pp., illustrated with Three Coloured plates by Mr. Shirley Slocombe. This is the original edition with the color plates. There is no real point in the various reprints Very Good, except with regard to the ribbon.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Hardback. 26 x 19cm. 18pp; 35pp, [5]. Illustrated in colour and monochrome. One of numbered limited edition of 2000 copies. A study of 2 famous violins by Stradivari. A excellent unread copy. [R15].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good tight condition, inscribed by publisher on free front end page, illustrated, quarter leather boards with gilt lettering, limited edition 1002 of 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Blue quarter leather with gilt titles. A numbered edition in a limited edition of only 2000 copies. 96pp. 8 plates, 3 of which are colour. An excellent copy. (r7).

Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Thomas Bewick (illustrator). 5th Edition or Later Reprint. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Previous owner inscription on FEP. Some bumps and rubbing to boards. Front board attached but weak hinge. 1823 Reprint , FABLES By The Late Mr Gay Author Bio: John Gay (30 June 1685 - 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names Illustrated By: Thomas Bewick Illustrator Bio: Synopsis: 2 parts in 1 volume; pagination is continuous. Brown calf binding. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings, attributed to Thomas and John Bewick. With Gay's dedication to Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. Binding: Leather, octodecimo or eighteenmo (18mo 4 × 6 1?2 in 102 × 165 mm ) Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary. Collation: pp. 224 Language: English Published By: C. and J. Rivington : J, Nunn : J. Scatcherd : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and brown : T. Cadell : E. Jeffery and Son : Harvey and Darton : E. Williams : T. Boosey and Sons : R. Scholey : W. Stewart : W. Ginger : Baldwin, Cradock and Joy : J. Harris and Son : Sherwood, Jones and Co. : G. and W.B. Whittaker : Simpkin and Marshall : E. Edwards : B. Reynolds : T. Hill, London Condition Report: Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Good - Previous owner inscription on FEP. Some bumps and rubbing to boards. Front board attached but weak hinge. SKU: BTETM0001846 Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request.

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. 3 works in 1 volume, 1793/1793/1796, printed by T Colvill / T Colvill / R Morison , 83 [1]: 43 [1]: 98 [2] pp, later half morocco, plain boards (rubbed), last work has a folding table at the end, the first work is state A (last leaf with advert and errata to verso) but lacks plates and map called for by ESTC (my state B copy also has no plates or map - see my book number 9132), small hole in B2 of the second work with the loss of2 letters, some light browning (heavier in the third work), 8vo (217x134mm), ESTC T64556/122447/180007 (showing only 3 copies of the last work worldwide - all in the UK).

Condition: Sehr gut. XXXVII, 181 Seiten, [4] Blatt. Original-Halb(kunst?)lederband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und Deckelemblem. Nachdruck der Ausgabe London 1931. Englischsprachige Ausgabe. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen in Farbe und Schwarzweiß. Sehr gutes Exemplar. Reprint of the edition London 1931. English language edition. With many illustrations in colour and b/w. Original half (artificial?) leather binding with gilt embossed title and cover emblem. Fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Comes with the original waxed paper dust jacket that has a few tears on the edges. Inside is Brand New, pages clean and crisp with highly illustrated plates and fold out maps, covers clean, no highlighting or underlining. This comes from the personal library of Gerald Paluck, an accomplished professional musician and respected registered piano technician in the Cleveland area, Ohio. A 1996 receipt and postcard from The Cleveland Antiquarian Books(On Shaker Square) is laid inside the book. 100% Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. Thank you for your interest. Free tracking number for each order. We ship the same day or the next business day. b41.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Numbered. 4to in 1/4 black morocco on brown cloth, titles in gilt. No. 74 of 2000 copies. A Fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hbk, 335 p. Half leather binding, raised bands with lettering and decorations on spine in gilt, marbled paper edges and end-papers. Leather on corners scuffed o/w very good condition. [Fox, George, 1624-1690/1 - Society of Friends - Quakers - History - Biography] s80 / m14584.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Nice clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good white and green boards with TEG and the other uncut edges having spotting. Prize plate (awardee name marked out) to the fp and with endpapers plus frontispiece verso foxed. Contents in very good clean condition. Sent from our bookshop in the UK. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; [4],122,[2] pages.

Hardcover. Original cloth. Condition: Fine. STRADIVARIUS VIOLINSThe Tuscan, a short account of a violin by Stradivari made for Cosimo de Medici, dated 1690; 18pp, 3 col ill. by Mr. Shirley Slocombe; The Salabue Stradivari - A History and Critical Description of the famous violin commonly called 'Le Messie'; 40p, 3 col. ill, by Mr. Shirley Slocombe; 4 plates b/w photos, dark green quarter (faux?) leather & brown cloth; gilt titles to front and spine; No # 772 of a Limited Edition of 2000#250622Reprint of the 1891 eds. of two titles published separately by W.E. Hill, London.Also see our other listings:"Violins Stradivarius: La Casa Nuziale"Violins: Gio, Paolo Maggini. His Life and Work" Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The Spectator began publication in 1711 and ended in 1713, and at its height sold 20,000 copies a day, according to its authors, covering all manner of subjects pertinent to 18th Century life in London. It is thought to have actually had a daily circulation of 3,000, with many more actual readers who would have read it in London's subscribing coffeehouses. It was also widely read in the American colonies. Originally issued as a paper, the issues were later collated into sets such as this one, reprinted, and continued to be widely read, long after it ceased to be published. The Spectator, in Eight Volumes (complete). All volumes dated to 1791. Printed by David Niven of Glasgow in 1791. Printed for J. Duncan, J. & M. Robertson, Dunlop, & Wilson, J. & W. Shaw, R. Farie, A. Orr, A. M'Goun, and A. Macaulay, Glasgow.; J. Dickson, E. Balfour, P. Hill, J. Hunter, and J. & J. Fairbairn, Edinburgh; and W. Coke, Leith. A very good set. Each volume in full tree calf leather hardback with burgundy and gilt morocco title label to spine, along with dark green morocco volume number label. Gilt decal borders to covers. Covers with rubbing, bumping and wear. Some outer joints worn, but all still bound. Volume 6 spine a little more worn than the others.  Each volume with pictorial frontispiece preceding the title page. Lower edges of frontispiece pages often trimmed shorter than main text at margin. With some offsetting opposite images. Text is nice and clean throughout, making for a very readable set. Text with a few minor flaws - one volume with some marginal tears at title page, and one with gutter tear to title page, meaning page is loose, but still attached. Occasional minor nicks or corner crease. Lower edge of blank endpaper in Volume 8 is roughly torn at lower edge. Some offsetting and minor age spotting to endpapers. Overall an attractive and desirable set, complete in 8 matching bindings. A particularly nice feature is the coloured line decoration to the edge of text block. Text in English. Pagination: Volume 1: 313pp + (10pp) Index;  Volume 2: 224pp + (10pp) Index;  Volume 3: 302pp + (9pp) Index;  Volume 4: 282pp + (6pp) Index;  Volume 5: 285pp + (7pp) Index;  Volume 6: 291pp + (13pp) Index;  Volume 7: 316pp + (8pp) Index;  Volume 8: 273pp + (7pp) Index.  Dimensions: Each volume approximately 184mm x 109mm x 25mm. Set weighs approximately 2.65kg unpacked. Extra postage may be payable for overseas orders. More photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover with quarter leather binding, From the original 1902 version, 402 pages, in Good condition. There is a moisture mark lower half of the cover which permeated through (see half tiltle page with gift inscription the ink has bled a little from the spill. The pages in the lower part are rippled slightly for the first 30 pages and the rest of the 372 pages are lovely and smooth in their entirty. Printed and bound at Fakenham Press in Norfolk, England. Chapters on his violins, violas and cellos, as well as on his process of making instruments, materials, varnish and includes chapters on his labels, numbers of instruments and the market for his instruments.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Quarter bound in green leather. Family coat of arms on front cover in gilt, black and red. 402pp. Many illustrations; mild shelfwear Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.

Original Wrappers. Condition: Good binding. Issued in the Spring of 1912, this tourist guidebook has photographic illustrations throughout, accompanied with explanatory text. 48 pp. plus [2] ads. Rebound in burgundy cloth, with the printed wrappers bound in. Illustrations throughout. Because of the protection of the later binding, the wrappers are quite bright.~With the bookplate of Claude Monteiro of Richmond, descendant of Confederate surgeon Aristides Monteiro.~~This guidebook is local item for us. Having said that, this is but the second copy we have had. Uncommon, with but a single copy found on OCLC. Good binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Text in French. One of an edition limited to 500 copies, this being No. 66. Delux binding. Bound in full burgundy calf's leather, decorated with gilt rules and devices front and spine. Inner gilt dentelles. Coloured endpapers. Large 8vo. Hint of fading on backstrip else neat, clean, bright and throughout. In a very good slipcase, just a little rubbed at points and very lightly shelf worn, with paper scar along part of spine. Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (1798-1875) was a French musical instrument maker and inventor. His workshop was the foremost in Paris in the mid 19th century, producing fine instruments and introducing new developments for violins and violas. He also made copies of old instruments, some of which are hard to distinquish from the originals and.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. near fine copy, 4to., numerous b&w plates, 2 folding plates, 17 colored plates.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. Londres 1972. 1 Volume/1. -- Parfait état -- Reliure éditeur cartonnée, dos skivertex et plat toilé . Format 25,3 x 19,7 cm ( 1105 gr ). ------- 207 pages suivies de 80 planches.////////// London, W E Hill, ,1972. HARDCOVER. 1st Edition. 4to in paper covered boards with faux leather spine, 207pp text, 80pp plates in colour and b/w (mainly facsimiles, violins and bows), text in English, French and German . ************************* réf 244.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A very scarce first edition of this brightly illustrated account of a violin by Stradivari. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with three colour plates with tissue guards and a folding facsimile. Collated complete. An account of "The Tuscan Strad", a violin by Antonio Stradivari, an Italian luthier and a craftsman of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and harps. The precision with which he carved the heads and inserted the purfling quickly marked him as one of the most dexterous craftsmen in the world, a prime example of this being the 1690 "Tuscan" violin. At the time of writing the violin was in the possession of W. E. Hill & Sons, a British firm based in London that specialises in violins, string instruments and bows. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light age toning to the extremities and endpapers. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good. book.

2st edition. Good copies only in full contemporary aniline calf. Spines worn; spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as with age. Some boards detached. Internally, bright and clean. Physical description; 38 cm; illustrated with engravings of the coats of arms; text in two colums. Subjects; Nobility Scotland Early works to 1800. Heraldry. Baronetage. Gentry. Genealogy. 1 Kg.

2st edition. Good copies only in full contemporary aniline calf. Spines worn; spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as with age. Some boards detached. Internally, bright and clean. Physical description; 38 cm; illustrated with engravings of the coats of arms; text in two colums. Subjects; Nobility Scotland Early works to 1800. Heraldry. Baronetage. Gentry. Genealogy. 3 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Type: Book Original vellum binding in near fine condition.

Three Quarter Leather. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. Deep maroon three-quarter leather over brown boards. Five compartment spine with gilt rulings and devices to four, "Osborne's Railway Guide" in guilt to one compartment. Bottom compartment and extending a bit to the front & rear boards, are a bit rubbed where it appears some tape has been removed. (Not Ex-libris) Boards are slightly rubbed and soiled. Interior is clean excepting some foxing through out. Number 4377 neatly written to verso of front board and second free endpaper. Contains foldout schedules, passenger fares, etc. Forty-four pages of Notices to the rear followed by 13 pages of engraved advertising, some being fold-outs. Only date found is January, 1840 at the end of the preface. Solid tight copy.

(25,3 x 19,7 cm); 4°; 207 Textseiten und 81 Abbildungen, davon 7 in Farbe auf 73 Tafelblätter; Orig.-Halblederband. Edition Francaise pp. 13 - 68; English Section p. 81 - 136; Deutsche Ausgabe pp. 149 - 207. Schönes Exemplar. * Customers from outside the EU ask please for real shipping costs! - Ask for more pics ! * 2100 gr.

(29,6 x 24,4 cm); 4°; XXXVII,181,(8) Seiten mit 51 Abbildungen im Text und 12 Farbtafeln und 44 Schwarzweisse Tafeln; Orig.-Halbkunstlederband. Original edition published London 1931. Schönes Exemplar. * Customers from outside the EU ask please for real shipping costs! - Ask for more pics ! * 3501 gr.