Seller: Bingo Used Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. hardcover in near fine condition with near fine dust jacket, a little underlining.
Seller: Mythos Center Books, Frontenac, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Used: Very Good. 1st Edition. Vg pb. , 256 pp.
Published by GPO, Washington, 1950
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
First Edition
cloth. Printing (illustrator). 8vo. cloth. xi, 254 pages. First edition. Part of the U.S. Government Printing Office Training Series. Corner of cover spotted, else near fine.
Published by E. Williams, Eton, 1830
First Edition
US$ 166.02
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketLeather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. A very scarce nineteenth-century French lesson book by education writer John Charles Tarver. The first edition of this very scarce work.In full calf binding.A 'simplified' approach to learning the French language, with many reading lessons throughout and the translations to the rear index.Written by John Charles Tarver, an English education writer and French master at Eton, a post which he held from 1826 for the remainder of his life.Bookplate of Egerton Parker to the front pastedown. Parker was a teacher and house master at Hereford Cathedral School for over twenty years. Generally known as Ege Parker, he is fondly remembered for his enthusiasm and knowledge of history. In full calf binding. Externally, very smart, with minor rubbing to the extremities, most notably to the spine head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with only the odd spot. Bookplate of one Egerton Parker to the front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed. book.
Published by Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1838
Seller: Colin Coleman Music, Stewkley, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 345.87
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFirst edition. Size: 4to. [i (title)], xix, 84pp. + 6 plates. Quarter leather with publisher's printed boards (scratched and grubby). Plates engraved by George Aikman; text printed by Thomas Allan & Co. From the collection of Christopher Hogwood (1941-2014).
GRAHAM, G.F. AN ESSAY ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MUSICAL COMPOSITION. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1838. Large 4to. Morocco spine, original printed boards. Engraved title leaf, xx, 84 pages, 6 plates. First edition. Graham was a skillful violinist in his day as well as a popular composer. The legacy for which he is best remembered, however, was his extensive writings o music for the eighth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Respined, some foxing, still a respectable copy in original boards.