Views Devonshire, First Edition (33 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. heavy foxing. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. heavy foxing. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. heavy foxing. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. heavy foxing. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. heavy foxing. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. heavy foxing. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. heavy foxing cropped at top. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. heavy foxing. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. heavy foxing. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. heavy foxing. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. heavy foxing. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. heavy foxing. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Topographical Publishing Co., Southampton. Undated. Circa 1900. County Histories and Gazetteer Series. First edition, first impression. Red cloth. Gilt lettering and decorative black frames to upper board. All edges gilt. Illustrated throughout "with two hundred splendid photogravures specially prepared for this work". No dustjacket. Spine dulled. Head and foot of spine frayed. Corners of fore edges of boards lightly bumped. Two short scratch marks along upper board. Bottom edges uneven. Lower board rubbed. If there were any pages, apart from the ffep, preceding the title page then these are missing (whereabouts unknown). Some light foxing to first few and to last few pages. Overall, the book is in a good condition.

Hard cover. Condition: Fair. No jacket. Hard bound book of engravings depicting various views and sights in Devonshire and with essay on various areas. Corners and edges of boards heavily rubbed, as is spine. Spotted throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is a UK first edition hardcover of this title published by The Devonshire Library Limited, year unknown. The book contains 24 photos of view of Buxton and District and is in Near Fine condition with straight spine, sharp corners and lightly softened spine ends. The binding is tight with clean pages that are toned along the edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. H. Beseley's (illustrator). 1st Edition. circa 1859 30 (large size) vignette steel gray views original blue cloth with the title on the upper cover, contemporary inscription on the front end cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. [PAYNE William] active 1776-1809 (illustrator). First Edition. G, 1st ed, 1826, 16 colour plates. In modern dark red half morocco, over the original worn boards, gilt tooling, original gilt title to gilt tooled black calf label. Internally, frontis, [4], 16 hand coloured aquatint plates with grey wash borders, each plate accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text, plates dated 1797 to 1803, plates watermarked Whatman 1822, text leaves watermarked 1824, printed by Howlett and Brimmer, original printed title label on front pastedown, some spotting, stains, and general toning, mostly to text and plate margins, adhesive tape removal mark, new old endpapers. (Oblong 4to, 265*210 mm). (Abbey Scenery 122; Tooley 365. Bobins 702). Uncommon per WorldCat & COPAC 2 copies only held in the UK - Nat. Museum of Wales & Cambridge, & few in the US.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. ALL PUBLISHED BLIND SPINE PAPER COVERED BOARDS. Book.

Quarter Leather. Condition: Good+. Allom, Thomas and Bartlett, W. H. (illustrator). First Edition. Period Quarter Leather Binding. Gilt title and decorative Motifs on spine. Light brown cloth covered boards. All page edges Gilt. Illustrated Title Pages and Frontis Maps for both the Cornish and Devon Sections. ( Devonshire has vignette illus. of Lydford Cascade and Cornwall vignette illus. of Logan Rock.) Printed Title Page, dated 1832. Devonshire has 106 p. pages and Cornwall has 48. 11" Tall, 1.35 Kilos. The views are arranged with 2 plates to a page, printed on one side of the paper. Some light foxing on some Plates, often just marginal. Most Text pages clean. Inscriptions on ffep dated 1832 & 1851. Name and penciled inscriptions on fly leaf. No other inscriptions. Hinges partly cracked. Text block firm. Splits to leather down sides of spine. Weighs nearly 1.5 Kilos packed so shipping Outside UK will be a little extra.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good+. Allom, Thomas and Bartlett, W. H. (illustrator). First Edition. Contemporary Full Leather Binding, recased with original spine onlaid. Gilt horizontal divisions and gilt title on spine. Illustrated Title Pages and Frontis Maps for both the Cornish and Devon Sections. ( Devonshire has vignette illus. of Lydford Cascade and Cornwall vignette illus. of Logan Rock.) Printed Title Page, dated 1832. Devonshire has 106 p. pages and Cornwall has 48. 11" Tall, 1.35 Kilos. The views are arranged with 2 plates to a page, printed on one side of the paper. Some light foxing in fore margins, little elsewhere. No inscriptions. Text pages clean. Hinges sound and text block firm. A few small bits of leather missing from rear board, probably due to insect damage. Weighs nearly 1.5 Kilos packed so shipping Outside UK will be a little extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Half-Leather. Condition: Good+. Allom, Thomas and Bartlett, W. H. (illustrator). First Edition. Period Half Leather Binding. Gilt title on Black Ground and Gilt horizontal divisions and decorative Motifs on spine. Marbled paper covered boards and small leather corners. Marbled Endpapers. Illustrated Title Pages and Frontis Maps for both the Cornish and Devon Sections. ( Devonshire has vignette illus. of Lydford Cascade and Cornwall vignette illus. of Logan Rock.) Printed Title Page, dated 1832. Devonshire has 106 p. pages and Cornwall has 48. 11" Tall, 1.35 Kilos. The views are arranged with 2 plates to a page, printed on one side of the paper. Text pages and Plates in very good condition. No inscriptions. Fine splits to leather down sides of spine. Hinges sound. Text block firm. Edge wear, chips to spine and rubbing to boards. Weighs nearly 1.5 Kilos packed so shipping Outside UK will be a little extra.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. T.Allom, W.H. Barlett, N.Whittock, H. Gastineau, T. Shepherd, J.Britton and Mr. Pugin (illustrator). First Edition. A polyglot of articles of the various views of the UK Regions. Complete titles: 1) Devonshire Illustrated in a Series of Views of Cities,Towns, Public Buildings, Streets, Docks, Churches, Anitquities, Abbeys. Picturesque Scenery, Castles, Seats of the Nobility, & c. & c. with Historical & Descriptive Accounts by J.Britton & E.W.Brayley, Pub: Fisher Sons & Co. 2) Jones' Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales,Scotland, and Ireland (Second Series Comprising the Western Counties) Pb: Jones & co. 3) Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions Castles, & c., of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and Other Picuresque Scenery Accompanied with Historical descriptions of the Mansions, List of Pictures, Statues, & c. and Geneological Sketches of the Families and Their Possessors. 4) Picturesque Beauties of England and Wales, in a series of Views from Original Drawings by N.Whittock and H. Gastineau Pub: L.T. Hitton and Holdsworth & Ball 5) Bath and Bristol with the Counties of Somerset and Gloucester, Displayed in a Series of Views Including the Modern Improvements, Picturesque Scenery, Antiquities, & c. 6) Paris and Its Environs Displayed in a series of Picturesque Views; topographical and historical description by L.t Ventoullac. Cover: original brown marbled boards and green half-calf spine and corners; moderately rubbed and soiled. Spine: gilt titles and gilt bands, surface wear to head & foot and to side seams. Wear to extremeties. Edges: moderate age browning, soiling and foxing. Splitting to front hinge. Contents: moderate old foxing throughout. Some small old worming holes to bottom margins first half of the book. Ffep: bottom half loose from binding. Chips to ffep & title page fore-edge. Rep: upside down & pasted on a part article strip of A Terrible Murder (from Home Paper). Binding is still very strong. Large and heavy book: 275 x 215mm.

4° (27,5x22cm), I) mit gest. Titel und 67 (eine beiliegend) Ansichten auf Tafeln, VI, II, 88S., 1 Bl. (Tafelverzeichnis); II) mit gest. Titel und 16 Ansichten auf Tafeln, 16 S., Hldr. d. Zt - Jeweils erste Ausgaben. Aus der Bibliothek des bekannten Chirurgen John Wood mit dessen hs. Namenzug auf Vorsatz. John Wood (18251891) war ein renommierter britischer Chirurg, Experte für Hernien und ein früher Förderer der antisepsis. Er war am King's College Hospital tätig. - Der erste Titel mit einigen fehlenden (herausgetrennten) Ansichten. Der zweite Titel so komplett. - Einband berieben und bestoßen. Papier gebräunt, teils braunfleckig, wenige Tafeln ausserhalb des Bildbereiches alt hinterlegt, wenige Seiten etwas feuchtrandig. Vorsatz mit hs. Namenzug sowie einem Text eines nicht näher bezeichneten Besitzers R.W. (vmtl. Familie Wood).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published by Robert Jennings Cheapside in 1829, here are all three volumes of Reverend Charles Moore's The History of Devonshire from the earliest period to the present by the Reverend Thomas Moore. Illustrated by A Series of Views, drawn & engraved by & under the direction of William Deeble. Volume 1: Brown leather binding, gilt borders and spine lettering, illustrations in the text, superb fold-out, original, undamaged map of Devon at the front of the book, 574 pages, the book is in good condition with some general rubbing to the boards and board edges and some moderate spine sunning. There is general browning and light spotting to the page edges and throughout and the names of two previous owners written in ink to the front free end paper and top of the frontispiece, together with a purple shield-shaped stamp which contains within, the words 'In Memory of F.H.Harding (LOVE, DUTY, SERVICE). Volume 2: 908 pages, light brown leather binding, fold out original undamaged map of Devon at the front of the book. The book is in good condition with some general rubbing and sunning to the spine particularly at the top where there is a modicum of edge chipping culminating in a small hole (the prelude to a split) 10mm from the top running down the seam. Internally the book is good to very good with moderate spotting and browning throughout and general staining to the page edges. Volume 3: Light brown leather binding and 93 b/w engravings of Devon. The book is in good condition with some general light rubbing to the boards and rubbing and sunning to the spine as per the other two volumes. There is page edge spotting and a modicum of spotting throughout with tissue paper covering each plate minimising spotting to the plates themselves. The 3 volumes together are extremely rare and rather heavy and so to all areas OUTSIDE the UK, an additional £25 postage MUST be applied. The UK is unaffected.

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. First Edit. Two volume set. 400; 629; (errata); (ii)(index) pages. County map and plan of Exeter by W. Schmollinger, two engraved title-pages, 90 steel engraved plates on india paper. LARGE- PAPER COPY. Attractive full calf. A difficult work to find complete, as originally published in parts, also in the past many copies have been broken up for the very attractive plates. A magnificent large-paper copy of the first edition, a second edition being published in 1836.