Creation by Anonymous, First Edition (11 results)

Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Very minor wear to corners and spine ends, "25" written in ink in corner of inside front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked, orig dealers price sticker inside back cover (Stanleys, New Haven). Jacket shows wear to edges and corners, faded spine, not price clipped.

First Edition. Worn copy bound in full buckram with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; unnumbered pages. Notes; No clear author given. Subjects; Chronicles. 1834. The Mirror of Time. Anniversaires of Eminent Persons. Leading events. Institutions. Festivals. Curious Facts. Sacred History. Politics. Domestic events. World Culture and History. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp viii, 120. Original publisher's illustrated tan cloth, lettered gilt at the spine and burgundy on the front cover. Nineteen illustrations. Slight rubbing to covers and slight browning to endpapers, otherwise very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Softback. Square 12mo. 39 + (1)pp. Publisher's white soft card covers, large Penny Black on front. 2 metal staples. Bright attractive copy. F.

First Edition. Worn copy bound in full buckram with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; unnumbered pages. Notes; No clear author given. Subjects; Chronicles. 1834. The Mirror of Time. Anniversaires of Eminent Persons. Leading events. Institutions. Festivals. Curious Facts. Sacred History. Politics. Domestic events. World Culture and History. 1 Kg.

1st edition. 4to. (2) + vi + 192 + (2)pp. 18 engraved plates complete. Contemporary half brown leather binding, gilt lettering + bands on spine, brown marble paper covered boards. Original white eps. Attractive small book plate inside front cover. Covers : rubs along edges, cracking to spine hinges else very clean & attractive. Contents : slight browning to eps, small margin drawing on plate p53 else very clean & tight & unfoxed. Clean tight attractive copy. VG.

First Edition. Poor copy bound in the original leather binding. Front and back boards detached. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Missing the title page. Physical description; 484 pages. Notes; Title page missing so no clear author or publisher provided. Subjects; Creation. Beginning of the World. 17th century texts. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Poor copy bound in the original leather binding. Front and back boards detached. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Missing the title page. Physical description; 484 pages. Notes; Title page missing so no clear author or publisher provided. Subjects; Creation. Beginning of the World. 17th century texts. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: John Churchill, Princes Street, Soho, 1845 Third Edition (Vestiges) and 1845 First Edition (Explanations). Finely bound in contemporary full polished calf, gilt titles to dark green labels, and heavily gilt decorated compartments to the spines. Gilt filet lined polished calf boards, marbled page edges and end papers. [From Wikipedia] Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation is an 1844 work of speculative natural history and philosophy by Robert Chambers. Published anonymously in England, it brought together various ideas of stellar evolution with the progressive transmutation of species in an accessible narrative which tied together numerous scientific theories of the age. Vestiges was initially well received by polite Victorian society and became an international bestseller, but its unorthodox themes contradicted the natural theology fashionable at the time and were reviled by clergymen and subsequently by scientists who readily found fault with its amateurish deficiencies. The ideas in the book were favoured by Radicals, but its presentation remained popular with a much wider public. Prince Albert read it aloud to Queen Victoria in 1845. Vestiges caused a shift in popular opinion which Charles Darwin believed prepared the public mind for the scientific theories of evolution by natural selection which followed from the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859. Provenance: no bookplates or signatures; from the Rothschild library. Approximately 8 inches tall (20cm). Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition beautifully gilt decorated, gilt titles to dark green leather labels, minor marks and scratches. Joints very good condition gently rubbed and worn. Corners good condition gently bumped and worn. Boards good condition full polished calf, gilt filet border, gilt decorated edges, gently marked and worn. Page edges good condition all marbled, darkened to the tops. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition marbled. End papers good condition marbled, tanned and foxed subsequently. Title good condition age toned. Pages good condition tanned. Binding very good condition beautifully bound and in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Used, very good. First edition (MDCCCXLIV" on title page). Rebound in like new attractive dark red cloth with gold lettering and two thin double bands on spine, 390pp. Interior in generally nice condtion. Small stamp of the Working Men's College on title page and first page of text; pencil notes on FFEP won't quite completely erase; signed presentation in neat old script dated March 1866 on title page (not Chambers); page edges very lightly soiled; text pages in very nice condition with just a few age spots. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo in original red cloth stamped in blind with gilt titling to spine. 198 pp. followed by 8 pp. of publisher's ads. First edition of 1,500 copies, subsequently appended to later editions of Vestiges. VG. Corners and spine ends bumped; small nick to edge of rear board. Light soiling to boards. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Faint foxing to endmatter and very sparsely in the text, which is free of writing or any other markings. Ships packed with care in a box, expedited and insured.