Patchwork by Hall Captain Basil, Used (5 results)

hardcover. 1841 First Edition. 267pp, boards worn and damp stained, loss to spine, internally very clean, Poor. A rebinding copy. Reminiscences of world travel by the author of 'Fragments of Voyages and Travel'. Volume I contains chapters relating to the Alps such as, 'The Alps and the Andes', 'An Alpine Debacle', 'An Alpine Supper', 'The Glaciers', 'Aosta and the Great St. Bernard' and 'The Gemmi Pass, and the baths of Leuk'. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. xvi + 353pp. viii + 370pp. vii + 354pp. Slight foxing to eps and prelims. Front board of vol 3 a little scratched/peeled. Half titles not bound in. Very tight and clean. Very good hardbacks in tan, contemporary full calf with raised bands and darker brown title/volume labels to compartments.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. ex library; heavily bumped and rubbed, with black library tape around spines; all 3 texts good.

Contemporary Half Calf. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 3 volumes. Bound without half titles. Attractive copy securely bound in contemporary half calf, with marbled paper sides. The third volume contains much on Mount Etna and Vesuvius and concludes with a 64 page chapter on navigation and seamanship.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. three volumes, contemporary half-leather over cloth, raised bands, ruled in gilt, leather labels, minor rubbing, a nice set. from the library of Sir Robert Eden Johnson Bart with his armorial bookplate front pastedown volume I; first edition; 267, 288 and 269 pages.