Summer Rambles, First Edition (49 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. This is a Good Copy of this book in Publisher's blue cloth with gilt title lettering to spine and upper cover.Bevelled edges.This copy has one previous owner's inscription to the half title page.Well Illustrated with b&w sketches.One small snag tear to the cloth to the rear cover (approx 1.5 cm in length) undated but 1890 First Edition 235pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This book looks at The Sea Coasts, the Chalk Lands, Pasture Land, Pond, Stream and Marshes. There is a pen inscription inside and the cover is a little faded around the edges.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Russell Leslie (illustrator). First Edition. 16 lithograph colour plates, drawings. in text. Flyleaf missing. Dustwrapper clipped and badly torn top front. Cloth binding. 3B9.

Hardcover. Condition: With All Faults (W.A.F.). Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. 251 pages. No dustjacket. Binding has a pronounced forward lean to spine, original dark green hardback binding, wear/splits to spine-ends, split down half of outer rear hinge, wear to card at boards' corners. Both inner hinges cracked showing cloth but holding, Binding OK, the occasional finger mark to text, servicably clean. A working copy or for repair.

Hardback, 218mm x 140mm buff cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 110+pp. plus index, Colour illustrations. Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by Russell Leslie. Good/NoWrapper. Owners inscription. Book has been handled, smudging and isolated faint staining to boards. Block is clean with colour plates bright. Attractive and informative guide to nature rambling in five different British habitats - from wetlands to pasture lands. Catalogue: Country Lore. Keywords: Nature, ramble, coast, chalk.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is a UK later printing hardcover published by Palmer and Howe, Manchester, in 1866. The book is Very Good with straight spine, sharp corners and softened spine ends. The page edges are toned. The title page confirms this edition was published in 1866.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback no dj. 110 pp with index. 16 very handsome colour plates of animals plants and fish. Drawings. Good condition with a little wear to corners. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 152 p.; 16 cm. Series: The "Come-with-me" books. Subjects: Natural history; Natural history Great Britain ; Juvenile literature; Autumn Great Britain ; Juvenile literature; Nature study; Natural history; Summer. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. First Edition. Large Octavo, 314 pages. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's maroon red cloth bearing black and gilt lettering to the pictorial spine. Boards have moderate wear including mild sunning to the spine, slight whitish spotting and some soiling smudges. Slight rubbing and minor frays to the edges. Slight cocking to the spine. Beveled edges and decorative pictorial front in gilt and black including borders. Text block has moderate wear including age toning to the fore/tail edges with head edge colored black. Partial cracking to the hinges shaking binding. Mild offsetting to the pictorial end papers. Previous owner's name to the front pastedown. Gift inscription to verso to the front end paper. Frontispiece. Slight soiling and foxing to several pages. Illustrated. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column U, ND-U. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire about rates. 1400920. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 524 Pages, Text Clean, Book Tight, Blue Binding Gold Gilt Lettering, Condition of Book Very Good/Very Good+.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Condition is G-. Corners are bumped, and chipping. Covers have a few small stains, endpapers have some foxing, and browning. Spine ends are heavily chipped. Outer edges of pages have some light foxing, and a few faint stains that do not affect the inside.

1st. Ed. 8vo. xi + 475pp. Sepia ill. on title page with tissue guard, foxed. Original blue cloth boards, bumped, with gold text. US$22.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. "With the Author's Compliments" slip at start. Fairly clean tight text in sound covers BUT spine heavily faded (lettering still fairly clear) and edges of covers bleach spotted. So just a good reading copy.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 152 p.; 16 cm. Series: The "Come-with-me" books. Subjects: Natural history; Natural history Great Britain ; Juvenile literature; Autumn Great Britain ; Juvenile literature; Nature study; Natural history; Summer. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. A very good copy in blind-stamped green cloth, browned on the spine which is lettered and decorated in gilt. A clean copy internally with no ownership inscription and not foxed. Pp.xii,363 + 8pp. publisher's catalogue. 30 woodcut illustrations by Samuel Williams. Chapters on Old English Ferries, Country Toll-Gates, English Villagers, The Poacher etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 8vo. Original grey blind-stamped cloth. xii. 363 pp. plus adds. B/w engraving illustrations. 1859 inscription to prelim. Rear endpapers have some old damp-marking, not affecting textblock, which is clean throughout. Binding has some edge-wear and age-fading. Overall contents GOOD+ / binding FAIR.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1858, 1st thus. Octavo. 13cm x 20cm approx. 486pp plus adverts. Original textured blind-stamped cloth. Binding square and firm. Some wear to extremities, spine darkened. Some marginal dust-soiling within. Overall a 'Good' copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 475 pages; title page with plate and tissue guard. Original blue hardback binding, very good with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight, this was from the National Library of Scotland as part of Sir George Taylor's bequeathed collection. a few library stamps only, top edge gilt, original black endpapers, no inscriptions. A very good copy. [Sir George Taylor, former director of Kew, keeper of Botany, British Museum, plant collector and botanist] Size: 8vo. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Softcover. Complete in 3 Volumes. Facsimile edition 1972. Excellent condition. A fine books. Clean fresh unmarked. A handsome set. 315, 341, 356pp.

Hardcover. First Edition. 5 x 7.5in. viii. 268pp. Rebound in full cloth. New endpapers. NEAR FINE. An ex-library copy, but minimally so with only blind-stamps at the title page and last page of text, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 486pp. Brown cloth. Approx 3cm split at top front of spine, 9cm split from top of rear spine edge, bottom rear corner bumped, corners rounded, hinges cracking and prelims heavily toned. Posthumous first publication of these works by noted 19th century geologist relating to fossil areas in Scotland and the Hebrides. Binding a bit rough but complete and very scarce in the first UK edition. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Summer Rambles in the West - Mrs. Ellet [Elizabeth] First Edition, J. C. Riker, New York 1853 An early travel and western frontier narrative recording Ellet's journey from New York State to a young and wild Minnesota territory. Ellet writes extensively on the Twin Cities area including Fort Snelling, the Minneapolis chain of lakes, Minnehaha Falls, and the local indigenous peoples. She would dub the Twin Cities suburb of Eden Prairie by describing it as "the garden spot of the territory" in this work. Ellet is best remembered for writing The Women of the American Revolution, the first study of the role women played in the war. Gilt and blind stamped brown cloth with a floral motif, 12mo, pp. [2], viii, 268, [2]; VG- book, fraying to spine ends, slightly cocked, bumped and rubbed corners, contemporary ownership signature to ffep and front blank, light foxing throughout, some light spotting and soil to a few pages, hinges remain firm.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Us Edition. Two volumes in dark green embossed cloth gilt lettered on spine. 341 pp and 339 pp. First American edition (the true first the Uk editon of 1838). Jameson, a successful writer already, came to Canada for only one reason, to get a financial settlement from her estranged husband, Robert Jameson, vice chancellor of Upper Canada. She stayed one year only and this book is the result. Upper Canada she said was "unhappy and mismanged" and Toronto "a little ill-built town on low ground at the bottom of a frozen bay with one very ugly church (St James) and some government offices (Parliament Buildings) in the most tasteless vulgar style imaginable" Ink name on endpapers. Minor edgewear.Head and heel of the spines have some expert almost invisible repairs but otherwise this is a truly fine set. Uncommon.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 251pp. Undated. Green coloured cloth with wear to top and tail of spine and corners. B/w frontis reproduction of photograph of Holly tree. Other line drawings + photographs. No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: NO. First. 1847 Ex Library The first edition of Thomas Miller's charming account of life in the Victorian countryside, illustrated throughout by Thomas Miller. Good minus condition with the usual Library stamps/stickers. Rubbing to edges, cracks to the spine. Page edges are fragile, U5A62.

Original Green Cloth. Condition: Very Good. B&w Illus. Line Drawings. (illustrator). First Edition. xi+251 pp + ads. crown, attractive green cloth gold blocking, bevelled bds., b&w illus. Book by a Victorian botany lecturer designed to encourage readers to use the then new train routes round Manchester to get out trekking and see the flowers; pretty good copy bar one small slit of under an inch in rear case bindings centrally, original brown eps. Buxton, Mid-Cheshire, Staffs., Yorkshire, Lancashire. Railway trips from Manchester. One of the more unusual uses of the new railways, to see not only the surrounding countryside but also to use rail trips to study the local botany as well. An excellent copy Size: Crown.

FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH, BEVELLED BOARDS, GILT TITLES, LACKS F.E.P. BUT VERY GOOD. NO DATE, BUTCIRCA 1891. PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. SCARCE.

First Edition. An Account of explorations by Miller, a Scottish geologist and lay theologian who was considered one of the finest geological writers of the 19th century and whose writings were widely successful in arousing public interest in geologic history. Spine ends chipped. Barely visible dampstain splash on front cover. Otherwise, a tight, clean, very nice copy. Gold stamped spine, blind stamped brown cloth, 8vo. 7-13/16" x 5 - 3/8.".

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Limp green cloth, Owner's name on free front endpaper. Line drawings. Some minor rubbing to extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This five volume set showcases the writings of Hugh Miller (1802 1856), the celebrated Scottish stonemason-turned-geologist, author, and lay theologian. Miller became one of the Victorian era s most widely read popularisers of geology, admired for his ability to combine scientific observation with literary elegance and moral reflection. His work bridges the world of 19th century science and faith, offering a unique perspective during a period of growing debate about the origins and history of the Earth. Miller s approach to geology was shaped by his evangelical Christian beliefs. He embraced the evidence for an ancient Earth, revealed in Scotland s fossil-rich strata, but rejected the emerging ideas of transmutation of species. Instead, he advanced a form of progressive creationism, arguing that the geological record displayed a divinely ordered sequence of creations, rather than unguided evolution. This distinctive viewpoint makes his works important not only to the history of science, but also to the study of 19th century natural theology. The volumes in this set reflect the full range of Miller s talents. My Schools and Schoolmasters recounts his self-taught journey from rural Cromarty to literary and scientific prominence; Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland preserves the folklore and history of his native Highlands; and First Impressions of England and Its People provides a keen-eyed travel narrative. His geological classics The Old Red Sandstone and The Cruise of the Betsey offer vivid descriptions of Scotland s fossiliferous landscapes and make his case for a divinely orchestrated natural history. Together, they capture the blend of science, storytelling, and faith that made Hugh Miller one of the Victorian era s most compelling voices. Comprising: Vol. I; My Schools and Schoolmasters, or The Story of My Education, 1857;  Vol. II; Scenes and Legends of The North of Scotland, or The Traditional History of Cromarty, 1857;  Vol. III; First Impressions of England and Its People, 1857;  Vol. IV; The Old Red Sandstone; or, New Walks in an Old Field. To Which is appended a Series of Geological Papers, Read Before the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, 1858; and;  Vol V; The Cruise of the Betsey; or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist; or, Ten Thousand Miles Over The Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland.  Published by Thomas Constable and Co., Edinburgh and Hamilton, Adams, and Co., London, 1857-1858. First edition thus; This five volume format represents the complete first collected edition of Miller s non-posthumous works. A fine set of attractive hardback volume which has been bound in a later red cloth, with gilt title to spine. Binding is crisp and clean, and everything is soundly bound. The books are bound with white card endpapers. Text is bright and clean throughout with only very occasional age flaws, such as small fingerprint mark or uncut page edge. Each volume has a 'Collected Works; title page, followed by an individual volume title page. Small splash mark to 'Collected Works' title page of volume III. The 'Old Red Sandstone' volume has a fold-out colour plate, plus additional attractive engraved fossil plates. An attractive and complete five volume set of Miller s writings, bringing together his geological classics, autobiographical memoir, travelogue, and folklore studies ideal for collectors of Victorian science, natural history, and Scottish literature.  Text in English. Dimensions: Each volume approximately 199mm high x 138mm wide x 40mm deep. Weight: Approximately 3kg (the set - unpacked). Many more photos available on request.