A adams reilly (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, brown cloth boards with gilt on spine. Board show spotting and soiling, front board has stains which include a drink ring and possible moisture marks on the outside edge of both boards. Internal binding has some issues: hinges are cracked front and rear boards and text pages have some pulling though all pages are attached and secure. Frontispiece still has tissue guard and the foldout map and the rear of the book is still present. Pages are tone due to age and there is some spotting and foxing. Front pastedown contains the bookplate contains a personal bookplate from the private library of W. G. Stout and backside of front end page has a bit of writing in the corner.…

Zustand: Poor. Leather bound, with gold detailing. Marbled effect edging and inside cover. Ridged spine. Spine and cover in fair condition. Binding in good condition. With some browning on pages. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1350grams, ISBN.…

1st Ed. Royal 8vo. [xvi] + 598pp. + [ii] adverts. Port. frontis., vignette t.p., 2 ports., 4 tipped in ills. from photos., folding map. Some light marginal browning and sporadic spotting, hinges tender but firm, from the library of Jack Meadows, original gilt lettered cloth lightly soiled and rubbed, sl. wear to corners, sm. nick to cloth towards head of upper board, head of spine bumped with sm. split, unopened in parts. James David Forbes (18091868) Scottish physicist and glaciologist who worked extensively on the conduction of heat and seismolog inventor of the seismometer in 1842. Additional postage may be necessary US$74.…

Zustand: Very Good. London: Macmillan and Co., 1873. First Edition. Thick octavo (22cm); publisher's terracotta cloth, gilt-lettered spine, dark brown glazed endpapers; xiii,[3],598,[2](ads)pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece, seven leaves of plates including four original photographs and folding map bound in rear. Cloth a bit worn and dust-soiled, scattered foxing to textblock edges, else Very Good and sound. Ownership ex libris of the late chemist and bibliophile Sydney Ross to front pastedown together with his original Quaritch invoice dated 1953 laid in.…

Zustand: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Crack to hinge. Ex College Library. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xiii, 577pp + plates. 7 plates + fold-out map. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Brown hardback tooled leather cover.

FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. xiii, [i], 577, [3, ads] + frontispiece, 2 other engraved portraits, 4 mounted photographic plates, and one folding map. Original red pebble-grain cloth, ruled in black, spine lettered in gilt, black endpapers. Occasional foxing, particularly to plate mounts, one gathering partly sprung. Extremities a little rubbed and bumped, a few spots to spine. Booklabel of R.D.W. Forrest to pastedown, his ownership inscription (1878) and a later one to half-title. An important biography of the pioneering Scottish glaciologist (1809-1868). The issue (presumably earlier) without the index.…

°°° [SUMMER SALES: PRICE-REDUCTION of 50% until Monday, September 21, 2026; previously EUR 300,-] --- FIRST EDITION, COMPLETE ANNUAL OF THE AS IMPORTANT AS NOWADAYS RARE ARCHITECTURAL MONTHLY; CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL, Fifth Year in 12 monthly Issues complete: (3) pages 'Index Supplement [Fitfth Volume, January to December 1930], Building, December 1930'; 564 annually counted pages on medium-glossy paper; fully illustrated throughout with photographs of buildings or their details and ground and floor plans; 8 multiple (partly huge) folded plans and views ('Baker Street Station Buildings', 'Builders' Administration', 'New Olympial Hall', 'New Headquarters Martins Bank Liverpool', 'New Midland Bank, new Headquarters, London', 'Liverpool Cathedral Organ Cases', 2x 'Thames House Westmister London', 'New Masonic Peace Memorial, Queen Street, London'). - - Cloth-binding minimally used, last two sheets with short central tear, corners of last page slightly dusty; A BEAUTIFUL COPY. …

London, Macmillan, 1873. Thick 8vo. xiv, 598 pp., one advertisement leaf; two portraits of Forbes (frontispiece, tissue-guarded; engraved portrait as a child, title page vignette), and one of Lady Forbes and one of Sir William Forbes; one folded engraved, partly coloured map of "the Mer de Glace of Chamonix" and four early mounted photographs mainly depicting glaciers; several text engravings. Publisher's burgundy cloth with embossed boards and gilt title on the spine. Black endpapers. = First edition. This work includes four early photos of the Alps. James David Forbes (1808-1868) was a famous Scottish scientist and explorer, whose views on the theory of glaciers conflicted with Tyndell's. Appendix A contains his reply to Tindall. Appendix D is a complete list of his writings. In 1841 he made the first British ascent of the Jungfrau. He published Norway and its Glaciers (1853), Occasional papers on the theory of Glaciers (1859), etc. Boards a bit worn, scattered light foxing, otherwise a very good copy.…

Fine Binding. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A handsomely bound, first edition copy of James David Forbes's biography, written by John Campbell Shairp, Peter Guthrie Tait, and A. Adams-Reilly. A first edition copy of this biography of the life of James David Forbes, written by John Campbell Shairp, Peter Guthrie Tait, and A. Adams-Reilly. James David Forbes was a Scottish physicist and glaciologist who worked extensively on the conduction of heat and seismology. He was a resident of Edinburgh for most of his life, educated at its University and a professor there from 1833 until he became principal of the United College of St Andrews in 1859. This copy is bound in full calf with beautiful gilt designs and lettering along the spine. It contains 6 plates, some of which are photographs, and a folding map to the rear. The previous owner's ink signature can be found on the verso of the front free-endpaper, as well as to the recto of the rear free-endpaper. Handsomely bound in full calf with gilt design and lettering on the spine. Externally, minor shelf wear and rubbing, and spine label has a small tear. Previous owner's signature can be found on verso of front free-endpaper as well as to the recto of the rear free-endpaper. Internally, front hinge is starting but remains firm, otherwise firmly bound. First few front free-endpapers contain scattered spotting and a tidemark, and last few pages contain the odd spot, but otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…