chambers robert riddel james (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover, no dust jacket. Boards are edge worn, rubbed and scuffed. Curling to edges and corners. 376 pages. 376 pp.

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Some wear and tear as with age; wormed. Remains preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xx, 2, 376 p. : col. front., illus., col. pl., map. Subjects; Legends Scotland Edinburgh. Edinburgh (Scotland) History. Genre; Illustrated. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Color Plates, Illustrations In Text, Two Page Map (illustrator). First Edition Thus. (Xxvii), 377 Pp. Blue Cloth, Lettered And Illustrated In Gilt, Top Edge Gilt. First Printing Of This Illustrated Edition. Clean, No Marks Or Stains, Gilt Brilliant. Wear To Blue Cloth, Fraying Along Top Edge Of Spine And At Lower Front Tip, Points Of Fraying At Other Corners, Browning To Endpapers As Usual. Complete With All Plates And Illustrations, A Few Plates Loose But Undamaged.

Hardcover. thick 4to. 26cm, xxiii,377p., with 30 colour plates including frontis, 65 text illustrations, double page map, index, maroon gilt decorated cloth, very good to fine (gar). ~ Originally published in 1825 and revised in 1846 and 1868 by the author, the present edition has been beautifully illustrated by James Riddel. He has captured the old world charm of Edinburgh originally described by Robert Chambers.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Not one of the modern reprints but, we believe, the illustrated 1912 edition - the volume is undated (the work was first published in several volumes from the 1820s; the first single volume edition was 1868); blue cloth with gilt spine and board lettering, as photographed; lower edge shelf-marked; internally clean and unmarked throughout; private ownership; xxi + double-page map + 3776pp + 29 full page colour drawings + numerous in-text pen-and-ink drawings; a good, sound copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Edinburgh and Philadelphia: W. & R. Chambers, Limited; J. B. Lippincott Company, 1912. Very attractive copy of the richly illustrated 1912 edition, containing 35 color plates and a map. Bright roybal blue cloth with lettering and decoration in gilt, top edge gilt, 377 pages. Covers rubbed at the edges with some light fraying to corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, slightly age-toned but clean pages free from names or other markings. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

hardcover. Zustand: very good(+). James Riddel (illustrator). First. Illustrated throughout with color plates by James Riddel. xxiv, 377 pages. Short thick 4to, original blue cloth with gilt-stamped pictorial cover and spine, top edge gilt. Edinburgh: W & R Chambers, 1912. First edition. Spine ends a bit worn and rear cover scuffed, still a very good(+) copy.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. James Riddel (illustrator). A new edition of this work on the traditions of Edinburgh by Rocher Chambers will full colour illustrations by James Riddel. A new edition of the work, with a preface written by C. E. S Chambers.In the original publisher's blue cloth with gilt text and illustrations to the front and spine.With a frontispiece, vignettes, a double page folding map and 28 full colour plates by James Riddel. Collated complete.This work was written by author Robert Chambers. This work, originally written in two volumes in 1825, has been revised and illustrated to create this new edition of the work. The work describes the traditions and history of the city of Edinburgh, with detailed accounts of noted locations within the city such as The Cowgate and Greyfriars Churchyard. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with bumping and very light rubbing to the extremities. Slight cockling to rear endpapers. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with only the odd spot. Very Good Indeed. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. James Riddel (illustrator). First edition. An uncommon, first revised edition of Robert Chambers' guide to Edinburgh. With the original extremely scarce pictorial dustwrapper.This revised edition has a new preface by Chamber's grandson C.E.S Chambers.Illustrated throughout by James Riddel with many coloured plates of iconic Edinburgh locations.A fantastic reference work regarding the history of Edinburgh, with chapters on many noted locations such as Greyfriars Churchyard, Moray House, Lothian Hut, Queensberry House and The Cowgate.A very bright copy of this work, with the scarce survival dustwrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Several marks to boards. Dustwrapper is sound. Chipping to the dustwrapper, with loss to the head and tail of rear wrap and spine. Spine is sunned to the dustwrapper and several marks to the front and rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine. book.