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By: ALEXANDER, Francesca; RUSKIN, John;
Price: £45.00
Publisher: Orpington, Kent George Allen 1887 1st edition:
Seller ID: 76909
Hardback. Size approx 7 x 5 ins. Quarter bound in dark green calf leather to spine and corners, pebbled cloth boards. Red and brown leather spine labels, with gilt lettering, raised and gilt banding to spine. Gilt edging to boards. Red page edges. In very good condition. Fading to spine and top edge of front board. Corners and edges rubbed, Some rubbing to boards. Leather nicked on rear corners. Mild foxing to endpapers. Else inside pages very clean and tight throughout. Bound by “Macniven & Wallace, Edinburgh” stamp to front endpaper. 264pp. View more info
By: ANON:
Price: £15.00
Publisher: Dresden. Wilhelm Baensch. 1889:
Seller ID: 59521
8vo. In light green stiff card covers with black lettering to spine and front. No endpapers. In very good condition. Spine slightly faded. Small marks to covers. Mild foxing to edges. Slight browning to early and late pages. Else a clean and tight copy. 88pp. With b/w engraved plates and illustrations in text. Decorated chapter headings. A guidebook to the Saxon Royal Family art and antiques. A room-by-room guide to the 8 rooms in the western wing of the Regal Palace in Dresden, Germany, listing all the objects with a brief description. View more info
By: BARTLETT, W. H.: BEATTIE, WILLIAM:
Price: £300.00
Publisher: London, George Virtue, 1844:
Seller ID: 82170
Hardback, 11 x 9 inches. Dark maroon polished morocco leather binding, raised banding, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, decorative gilt paneled boards. All edges gilt. Pale yellow endpapers. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped. Some rubbing to edges and ends of spine. Some minor handling marks to boards. A couple of minor spots to endpapers. Small glue repair to front. Engraved title page darkened. Some plates with darkened edges, some plates with some foxing and darkening. All guarded. Else overall a very clean and tight copy. 236pp. Illustrated with 80 B&W engraved fu... View more info
By: BRIGHT, Richard:
Price: £650.00
Publisher: Edinburgh, Archibald Constable & Company, & Longman Hurst Rees Orme Brown, 1818 1st:
Seller ID: 78889
Hardback, approx 10.5 x 8.5 inches. Quarter bound in brown calf leather and marbled paper boards. Raised and gilt banding to spine with gilt lettering and gilt line details to boards. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In Very good condition. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed, some minor rubbing to edges and boards, small chips to marbled paper at leading edges. Front spine edge rubbed, small chip to top rear corner of spine. No penned inscriptions. Some slight darkening to endpapers, a couple of minor light handling marks, else pages very clean and tight. Plates very clean and bright, some sl... View more info
Price: £3.00
Publisher: Phaidon Press. 1980:
Seller ID: 55627
In brown cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; slightly rubbed on edges. Not price clipped). Inscription on half title page. Else a clean and tight copy. 448pp. Prof. ills. with b/w and colour plates. Illustrated endpapers. “Thirty specially commissioned essays reviewing the economic, cultural and political heritage of Europe.” Deliberately avoiding a systematic treatment, the authors aim to stimulate the reader’s imaginative reponse to the human riches that make up the multi-faceted heritage of Europe. View more info
By: CRAWFORD, F. MARION: PENNELL, JOSEPH:
Price: £16.00
Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., 1907:
Seller ID: 81642
Hardback, 8 x 5.5 inches. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine, and lettering and vignette to front. Top edges gilt. In very good condition. Some slight fading to spine and back edge, some rubbing to corners and edges. some minor darkening to endpapers else a very clean and tight copy. 833pp +2pp cat. With B&W Illustrations by Joseph Pennell. View more info
By: CRUIKSHANK, George: VARIOUS:
Price: £70.00
Publisher: London, Charles Baldwyn, 1824:
Seller ID: 79172
Hardback, approx 8 x 5 inches. In Quarter-Bound red morocco Leather binding, marbled boards, raised and banding to spine, with gilt lettering and decorations. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Corners and edges a little rubbed. Endpapers darkened. Foxing to title and contents pages. Plates quite heavily foxed. Some mild foxing to pages else generally bright and tight copy. 253pp. 16 B&W plates by George Cruikshank. View more info
By: DIX, Edwin Asa:
Price: £90.00
Publisher: New York & London, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1890 1st:
Seller ID: 81558
Hardback, approx 9 x 6 inches. Halfbound in dark green cloth to spine and light green cloth to boards. With gilt lettering to spine, red decorative lettering to front with gilt pictorial design. Top page edges gilt. Floral endpapers. In very good condition. Extremities rubbed; corners bumped, edges and ends of spine rubbed. Small nick at top corner of spine. Bookplate to front endpaper “Hugh Leach.” Endpapers slightly darkening with small chip to front edge. Some light foxing spots to front tissue guard. Map with some marks and staining to bottom edge, (has become stuck and reopene... View more info
Price: £52.00
Publisher: London, George Newnes, 1899 New Edition:
Seller ID: 81647
Hardback, approx 10 x 7 inches. In blue cloth with beveled edge boards. Gilt lettering to spine, red on front, with printed B&W and gilt pictorial illustration to front and spine. All page edges gilt. Black endpapers. In very good condition. Some rubbing to corners, edges and ends of spine. Rear board rubbed with some light marks, small bump to top edge with some minor ‘bubbling’ to cloth near bottom of board. Bookseller label to corner of front endpaper “James Mc.Kenzie, Glasgow.” Some minor darkening to edges of frontis plate, else inside pages all very clean and ... View more info
By: E. Goetz Kunst;
Price: £28.00
Publisher: E. Goetz Kunst Anstalt Luzern, Lucerne, 1900:
Seller ID: 75354
Oblong 8 x 11 inches. Half bound blue cloth and printed pictorial grey cloth covered boards. Rounded corners. In very good condition. Some light marks to boards with some minor rubbing to edges. First plate darkened around edges with some minor rubbing to top else inside clean and thight throughout. Plates are bright and vivid. 24 colour photo plates. View more info
By: ETHERTON, Lieut-Colonel P. T.: DUNSCOMBE ALLEN, A.:
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, Cassell and Company Ltd., 1928 1st edition:
Seller ID: 81805
Hardback, 9 x 5.5 inches. Light green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In very good condition. Some minor fading to spine, corners slightly bumped. Some minor rubbing to edges. Some minor darkening to endpapers. Some light foxing to title page & preface, some foxing/darkening to outer page edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 308pp. Illustrated with 32 B&W Plates and colour Maps to End-Papers. View more info
By: GUIDO, MARGARET:
Price: £3.00
Publisher: Max Parrish. London. 1961 2nd edition.:
Seller ID: 69063
Size 4.75 x 7.25 inches. In light blue hard card covers with maroon lettering to spine and front. With matching dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly faded. Small marks. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 96pp. With b/w photographs, map and plans. The ‘first and only’ guidebook in English contains a short history of Syracuse, descriptions of buildings, monuments and antiquities, points of interest, chronology and practical information. View more info
By: HOLLAND, CLIVE:
Price: £3.00
Publisher: The Medici Society 1927 1st edition:
Seller ID: 52907
Bound in original orange cloth with black wording to front and spine. With dustwrapper. In good condition with good dustwrapper (spine faded and rubbed with small chips and tears at top. Rubbed at edges and small tear at top front. Small mark on front). Not price clipped. Mild foxing to endpapers. A couple of slight separations at gatherings. 164pp. Prof. ills. with b/w photographs. Dedication to HM Queen Elizabeth of Belgium is dated 1927. Contents include: Antwerp, Malines, Liege, Namur and The Meuse from Liege to Namur. An interesting book with some nice old photographs showing Belgium as i... View more info
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, Nathaniel Cooke, 1854 1st:
Seller ID: 79990
Hardback, 8 x 5.5 inches. Dark green cloth with blind-embossed decorative deigns to boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Yellow endpapers. In good condition. Cover worn, cloth faded, corners bumped, ends of spine chipped. Some surface chips/marks to cloth on rear side. Endpapers a little darkened and partially split between fold. Inscriptions to front “G.J. Kerr, Glasgow 1858,” and “A. John E. Bennett, 1930.” Some minor darkening to inside pages with some minor handling marks. Else pages clean and tight. 251pp. With b&w full-page plates and illustrations... View more info
By: JOHNSTON, David:
Price: £30.00
Publisher: Edinburgh & London, Oliver & Boyd, & Geo. B. Whittaker, 1827 1st:
Seller ID: 79727
Hardback, 9 x 5.5 inches. Quarter bound dark calf and marbled paper boards. Red leather spine label lettered in gilt. Gilt banding. Plain endpapers. In very good condition. Some rubbing to extremities. Endpapers darkened with neat inscription to front “Georgiana Sophia Colston,” and also to main title page “John Brice, 1829.” Some minor darkening and foxing to title page, some light foxing and minor spots to inside pages. Else a clean and tight copy. 244pp. View more info
By: LE BRAZ, Anatole; GOSTLING, Frances M.;
Price: £35.00
Publisher: Chapman & Hall, London 1912:
Seller ID: 75514
Approx 8 x 5 ins. In black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, orange printed lettering and bordering and flame designs to front and spine. Top edges gilt. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to edges and corners, some minor rubbing to boards. Neat inscription to front endpaper. Some mild foxing to pages else a nice tight copy. 272pp. Photographs by W.A. and F.M. Gostling. View more info
Price: £30.00
Publisher: London, Ingram Cooke, and Co. 1852 1st edition:
Seller ID: 77281
Hardback, size approx 8 x 5 inches. In blind embossed dark green cloth bearing the title National Illustrated Library and national flowers, along with the national heraldic shields. Spine title along with the national flowers, roses, shamrock, thistles, all in gilt. Yellow endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing on edges, with corners a little bumped. Spine slightly darkened, slightly rubbed and a little nicked at ends. Small mark to rear board. Inside some minor foxing to endpapers, & a few marks and spots to edges of pages and plates. Front hinge cracked between endpapers. ... View more info
By: POTTER, JOHN (Late Archbishop of Canterbury):
Price: £125.00
Publisher: London, Printed for H. Knaplock, D. Midwinter, G. Strahan &c. &c., 1740:
Seller ID: 81130
2 volumes. Hardback, approx 8 x 5.5 inches. Polished calf leather with dark brown leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Blind embossed paneled decoration to boards. Red speckled page edges. Plain endpapers. In very good condition. Covers a little rubbed and worn; hinges cracked on vol.1., edges rubbed, ends of spines chipped. Handling marks to boards. Some minor darkening and handling marks to pages, plates all very clean and bright. Else clean and tight copies. 464 & 420pp. + indices. Illustrated with 31 (ex32. lacks frontis.) B&W engraved plates, including folding plate in vol.2. De... View more info
By: PRATT, Mr.:
Price: £150.00
Publisher: London, Longman and Rees, 1800 5th:
Seller ID: 82139
Three volumes. Hardback, 8 x 5 inches. In polished full tree calf leather fine binding, twin black leather spine labels lettered and numbered in gilt, with gilt banding to spines. Speckled page edges, plain endpapers. In very good conditions. Corners slightly bumped with some minor rubbing to corners and edges, some minor rubbing to boards. Small rubbed patch and tiny hole to leather at bottom of spine on vol.1., small chip to bottom edge of rear board on vol.3. Light scratch to front of vol.2. Some slight darkening to endpapers. Neat inscription to tops of title pages “Thos. S. Parke. A... View more info
By: ROSE, William:
Price: £360.00
Publisher: London, Harvey and Darton, 1827 1st edition:
Seller ID: 81001
Hardback, 7 x 4.5 inches. Contemporary black leather binding to spine with silver lettering and banding, original illustrated paper boards. In contemporary felt-lined black leather slipcase. Speckled page edges. In very good condition. Contemporary professional rebinding. Rubbing and some darkening to original covers, minor bumps to leading corners. Neat inscription to front endpaper “Rosalie Flanbrough, the gift of Horatio Grosvenor Day, Dec 13th, 1835.” Minor crease to front free endpaper with tiny split to top edge. Some minor darkening to title page, Some light foxing to foldin... View more info