brown thomas gilbert captain (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Loosely bound, original brown card boards, cloth spine, tear down most of the rear external hinge split with back board nearly detached, general handling wear with browning and rubbing on the title label on the spine.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A very scarce 1840 copy of this much-reprinted work, with illustrations. Bound in original brown cloth, with decorative gilt page edges, and delicate gilt motif to the spine.Includes 7 monochrome plates, in addition to charming vignette illustrations.No other collation record available.Missing the frontispiece.Originally published in 1789, this work was immediately well-received, and has been republished in over 300 editions since its debut.Features a 'Naturalist's Calendar' section towards the rear of the book. Bound in original brown cloth. Externally, with shelf Wear. Rubbing to spine. Loss to cloth to head, tail, and rear joint. Spotting to endpapers. Final page stuck to rear paste down. Ink inscription to front paste down. Slight forward lean. Internally, firmly bound. Front hinge starting. Pages generally bright and clean, heavy spotting to title page. Occasional spotting throughout. Tide marks to p 344. Good. book.

4thEdition. Finely bound in full, comtemporary mottled calf. Raised bands with gilt cross-bands. Red morocco label with elaborate blind-tooled decoration to each compartment. A superb copy and highly uncommon in such positive condition. ; 356 pages; Impressively illustrated with steel-engraved plates and a series of in-text figures. Natural History (Great Britain) - Selborne (England) Antiquities & Travel - Early Works to 1800. 3 Kg.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Eighth edition. Some wear/rubbing to edges. Previous owners name in pen on FFEP. Light spotting to title page. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Binding tight. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

8vo (approx. 8" x 5¼"), pp. [8], approximately 2 dozen small vignette illustrations accomplished in pen and ink, and watercolor; near fine. A matter-of-fact log of a pleasure cruise in Narragansett Bay from Newport to Wickford, East Greenwich, Bristol, and return. Wonderful, primitive vignette illustrations depicting sights along the way, where they tarried ashore, the Updike Hotel, weather conditions, and nautical motifs such as anchors, wheels, buoys, and the Bristol and Newport Yacht Clubs burgees.