Entertaining Views (5 results)
More imagesPublished by J.S.Publishing & Stationery Co, Otley, West Yorkshire
- Softcover
Seller: LONGLAND BOOKS, Totteridge, LDN, United KingdomLONGLAND BOOKS
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Booklet. Condition: Good/Very Good. Undated , mid 19th century. One of a series of 16 publications. pp 8 with an illustration on each page, four of which have been hand-coloured. Little used. A scarce piece of ephemera Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
Published by John Harris
- Hardcover
Seller: Sally Smith Books, Bury St Edmunds, United KingdomSally Smith Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 4th Edition. Hardback with red leather spine and paper-covered boards. Fourth edition revised "with numerous emendations and additions". Undated. 219pp. Engraved views of cities appear on 12 plates, with three views to a plate. Two other plates show the Earth and Europe. The cities agree with those on… the list of plates, so are assumed complete although they don't correspond to the page numbering. Leather cracked at hinges, but binding sound. Gilt spine titles and decorative bands are bright. Paper of the boards is markedly rubbed and soiled. Front fep has been neatly removed. Ownership names to front pastedown and the half title. A water stain affects the prelims and occasional foxing found throughout. A few pencil annotations, else essentially clean internally. Corner creasing to some pages confined to the margins. An fair to good copy overall. Pics available on request.
More imagesPublished by Edward Walker, 1853
- Hardcover
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Poor
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Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Rare. Brown cloth cover with spine strip and front board detached (but both present). Front signatures detached. Pages are foxed but in good condition. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of engravings, many are full page. Particularly fascinating is wide array of engravings from the animal kingdom an…d several astronomy. A worthy candidate for rebinding. .
More imagesPublished by Yorkshire J. S. Publishing & Stationery Co., Limited, Otley, 1840
- Softcover
Seller: Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Katy, TX, U.S.A.Wallace & Clark, Booksellers
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. (Early English) ENTERTAINING VIEWS (BOOK 4 IN THE SERIES). Otley: Yorkshire J. S. Publishing & Stationery Co., Limited, circa 1840. 16mo - 6-9/16" x 4-1/8". Original publisher's string bound pictorial paper wrappers with titles and woodcut printed in black on a yellow background to front wrapper…, and a list of the sixteen titles in the series printed in black to back wrapper with light dusting to front wrapper for what is a lovely copy of the book. [8] pp. The book contains eight short juvenile poems with titles of: The Poor Travellers, The Sailor's Return, The Storm, The Strayed Cow, Refreshment, The Tired Soldier, Fighting Cocks and Market-Day; each poem is illustrated with a half page woodcut printed in black, four of which have been hand-colored; internally the book is very fresh and clean. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE.
Published by Thomas Kelly, London, 1844
Seller: Abbey Antiquarian Books, Blockley, GLOS, United KingdomAbbey Antiquarian Books
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Condition: Good-. Folding Maps (4 as called for) + 112 plates incl.city views London New York, Copenhagen, Stockholm,Bern etc. Costumes, Historical scenes such as death of Capt.Cook, Sir Walter Raleigh. 2 Volumes in One, duodecimo half calf spine decoratively tooled & gilt titled (tips sl.worn/ marbled paper worn) Frontis. +Engr…aved pictorial TP +Printed TP +iv +711pp +(verso=publisher's list) +(2pp)=plate list. Some marginal browning and damp marking. Two of the maps have partial tears along the folds and one has old tape to repair a tear but no loss. Some signs of use but no writing or loss. Quite scarce (not in COPAC). 1 volume. Hardcover.
