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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. pp.xv, 444 pages, 181 tables, hardback (publisher's cloth), a very good ex-library copy of a book published for the Organization of American States [0801805023].

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 422 pages, frontispiece and 28 pages of plates, hardback, covers blotchy and cloth rubbed at bottom of both covers, exposing a little of the boards - otherwise a very good book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Author Anonymous/various contributors Title The Message of the World's Religions Publication details New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1898. First edition. 125 pages. Hardcover. Condition Very good for its age. Original red cloth boards with gilt title to front board. Expected shelf-wear, rubbing and some fading to boards and spine. Corners and spine ends bumped and worn, with some marking and surface wear visible to the cloth. Ink ownership inscription to front endpaper. Binding tight and boards square. Text block very clean and clear throughout. Description First edition of The Message of the World's Religions, published by Longmans, Green and Co. in 1898. A compact late nineteenth-century work on comparative religion, reflecting Victorian interest in the study of world faiths and religious thought. This copy is complete in 125 pages and remains in very good condition for its age. The original red cloth binding shows expected shelf-wear, rubbing, bumps and marks, particularly to the boards, corners and spine, but the book remains firm, square and attractive. There is an ink ownership inscription on the front endpaper. Internally, the pages are notably clean, with a clear and readable text block. A pleasing and collectible first edition. …

Zustand: Good. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Illustrated stapled wraps/paperback. pp 25. Illustrated throughout. Magazine / periodical - mostly poetry.Contributors include Eleanor Bron, Dannie Abse, Paul Potts, Barry Fantoni, Paul Sieveking, Fran Landesman, Charlie Hamm, Robert Rankin, (cover & illustrations). Covers slightly stained, faint note on cover possibly by contributor James Sutherland Smith. VG-. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 463. German text. Frontis portrait. Contributors include Albert Camus, Aldous Huxley, Jeanne Hersch, Hannah Arendt. Very good indeed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. An unusual and scarce collection of ten nineteenth-century Scottish pamphlets and essays, published in Edinburgh by Edmonston and Douglas between 1865 and 1867, principally drawn from their Odds and Ends series. Bringing together a remarkably diverse selection of subjects, the collection encompasses Scottish history and religion, Highland rural life, penal reform, education, literature, book collecting and early scientific experimentation. Contributors include the distinguished Scottish physician and essayist John Brown, the historian James Anthony Froude, and Robert Buist, whose account of the pioneering salmon-breeding experiments at Stormontfield on the River Tay is of particular historical interest. The latter work has a notable connection with Charles Darwin, who corresponded with Buist about his observations of salmon and subsequently cited his research in The Descent of Man (1871). Another particularly appealing inclusion is Bibliomania, an essay on the collecting and appreciation of books, while John Brown's The Enterkin recalls an episode from Scotland's turbulent Covenanting history. Together these separately published works form a fascinating miscellany of Victorian Scottish intellectual and cultural life, preserved in an attractive contemporary half-leather binding. Comprising: Convicts by a Practical Hand, 1865;  The Enterkin, by John Brown, M.D., 1865;  Essays by an Old Man, No. 1, In Memoriam - Vanitas Vanitatum - Friends, 1865;  Address delivered before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh on 3d November; The Influence of the Reformation on the Scottish Character, by James Anthony Froude, 1865;  Letters on the Education of Young Children, by S.G.O., 1866;  The Stormontfield Piscicultural Experiments 1853-1866, by Robert Buist, 1866;  A Tract for the Times, 1866;  The Highland Shepherd, by the Author of 'Sheep Framers and Drovers', 1867;  Bibliomania, 1867; and;  'Cakes, Leeks, Puddings and Potatoes', A Lecture on the Nationalities of the United Kingdom, by George Seton, Advocate, 1865. All printed by Thomas Constable for Edmonston and Douglas of Edinburgh, 1865-1867. A good (plus) hardback with dark green leather spine and corners. With an attractive red Morocco title label design to the spine with gilt. Boards with marbled paper. Covers are scuffed and bumped. Marbled endpapers, with front inner hinge starting to crack, but binding still secure. Some spotting to endpapers and occasional light scattered spot to text, but overall text is bright and clean. Most of the works inside the book have illustrated title pages. A rare curio. 32pp + 32pp + 29pp + 32pp + (iv + 5-39pp) + 32pp + 31pp + 64pp + 39pp + 36pp. Dimensions: Approximately 166mm high x 118mm wide x 29mm. Weight: approximately 389g. …

Softcover. Zustand: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Some foxing. Staples removed. Protected in mylar sleeve with acid free backing board.; Single issue [#554] of weekly The Pluck Library. 28 pages + covers. Front cover has page numbering [1]-ii; rear cover has page numbering iii-iv. Page dimensions: 276 x 193mm (11 7/8" x 7 1/2"). Illustrated. The cover story is "The Mystery of the Hindu Temple - A Thrilling Story of Detective Work, introducing Dective Will Spearing and Sexton Blake's Assistants, Tinker and Pedro". Author of this story is anonymous. Front cover illustration by H. M. Lewis. " After questioning Sir Michael he learns that the diamond dealer had sent a valuable item â" a carved model of an Indian temple â" by rail to London and was due there to sell it to a millionaire named Hiram Clench this afternoon. Spearing realises that the recent events were all designed to prevent Carruthers from making that afternoon meeting." - mark-hodder blakiana mini_bibliography, accessed August 2021. Other stories in this issue include "Cap'n Tibbs - Coastguard" by Horace J. Simpson; "Andy and the Redskins" by Edgar West; and "The Black Peril" by Cecil Hayter. NB: Content of "The Black Peril" story is offensive by today's standards, and includes lynching. "In this Stirring Story of Adventure, written by one of 'Pluck's' most popular authors, we have a picture of the great racial bitterness which the whites of the Southern States feel for the black men. However, this feeling is not shared by all the American people, because in many cities in the United States some of the most enlightened and energetic citizens are negroes, living in peace and friendship with the whites. Your Editor." - page 18.…

Hardcover. 1st Edition. sm4to, 24.5cm, the First Edition, viii,226,[1]p., with95 plates from wood engravings (some printed on sepia background) byvarious artists including Walter Crane, Cooper, Von Ramberg, C. Green,M.J. Lawless, T. Morten, F. Sandys, J.D. Watson, Printed by DalzielBrothers & others, bound in full dark green morocco, blind ruled raisedbands, gilt titles, blind stamped borders and decorations in the panels,blind ruled borders on the boards, gilt decorated block titles on theupper cover, bevelled boards, wide gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g., inkstains on the inner gutters else a very good to fine copy attractivelybound. (lt) Most reference located cited London, 1866 issue. …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Large 8vos. 13 volumes (with 26 volumes bound in). Rebound with wraps covers in Curwen Press style patterned boards and various colour uniform cloth spines lettered gilt (rd, white and black). Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Articles, reviews, essays, etc on the fine and applied arts. Contributors include Robert Erskine, Alexander Watt, Ernest Knight, Adrian Hill, J. P. Hodin. This set is very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. Clean sound VG.…