clarke ebenezer (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. James Clarke & Co., London, 1876. 8vo, 86pp, black and white illustrations throughout. Hardcover, No dust jacket. Original maroon cloth decorative binding with gilt lettering in very good condition with some minor shelf wear and rubbing to spine and tips of boards. Inside some minor foxing throughout with the hinge cracked on p16/17, otherwise a very nice copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First edition 1876, Pages generally clean with a little spotting throughout, Title page a little loose, Binding firm, Some rubbing to top and bottom of spine, Previous owner inscription in pen to front pastedown and f.f.e.p , Light wear to edges. 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.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Davis and Allen (illustrator). First edition. The scarce first edition of a detailed and intriguing local history on the North London town of Walthamstow. The scarce first edition of The History of Walthamstow, an insightful local history of the North London town by Ebenezer Clarke. Published by Joseph Shillinglaw in 1861, five years after it became a London postal district.Rebound in decorative marble paper boards, with a colour frontispiece of St. Mary's Church, the oldest surviving building in Walthamstow today, by Davis and Allen. Also contains a colour map of Walthamstow Parish from 1861. Collated complete.The end of the book contains a local directory of residents, businesses and advertisements.Clarke's local history dates back from Julius Caesar's first invasion of Britain up until the present day (1861). We as a reader can see how this small parish has rapidly expanded in significance and population, particularly during the nineteenth century, before becoming a part of Greater London. Clarke regularly involves insightful statistics and records in his narrative, including crime statistics and different costs for parishioners. In rebound decorative marble paper boards. Externally, in excellent condition, with minimal fading to spine. End papers are bright and clean. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Spotting heavier to leaves pp.71-84. Very Good. book.

Zustand: Good. Illustrations and diagrams Square octavo brown gilt cloth with a gilt cask with "we can see through it" (tips worn/marked but sound) iv-86pp. Neat inscription on FEP dated 1878. Some signs of use including one clean tear which has been taped and 2 leaves with dusty, tatty margins but no loss of text. *Looking at alcholic drinks from a nutrional point of view, from statistical tables relating to mortality, from fatigue at work comparted in cold, hot or temperate climates. Much of the evidence is however anecdotal although at the end the author links diseases and mental and physical powers to abstinence or inebriation. 1 volume. Hardcover.