Constable archibald printer (4 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Good copy in contemporary half calf over salmon marbled boards, now slightly scuffed and dust-toned. Corners bumped, with panel edges worn. Spine gilt-tooled, now surface-worn, with endbands rubbed and joints somewhat abraded. The final four leaves show a small shadow-stain to the top margin. Text block remains otherwise strong and clean on the whole, with margins showing the expected faint foxing of age. A well-preserved example overall. Physical description; [3] leaves, xxxiii, 298 [i.e. 306] pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Vol. 1 of 3. Pagination jumps from page 158 back to 151. Subjects; Historical fiction, Scottish. Ivanhoe (Fictitious character). Middle Ages, fiction. England, history, 12th century, fiction. Scott, Walter, novels. Norman-Saxon relations, fiction. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Good copy only in the original brown boards, now scuffed, backed with gilt-blocked vellum, with both joints torn from the tail. Panel edges somewhat worn. Contemporary owner's signature to front free endpaper. Text block shows light foxing to the preliminary and final leaves; remains otherwise strong and clean on the whole, showing only the expected faint foxing and offsetting of age. A well-preserved example overall. Physical description; xiv, 437 pages : illustrations (plates) ; 22 cm. Notes; Vol. 2 of 2. With engravings from original drawings. Illustrations engraved by William Lizars, after drawings by H.W. Williams. Subjects; Italy, description and travel, 19th century. Greece, description and travel, 19th century. Ionian Islands (Greece), description and travel. Travel writing, Scottish, 1820. Voyages and travels, Mediterranean, early 19th century. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine copy quarter leatherette over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of Humphry and Mary ward with their bookplate holding the inscription 'On bokes for to rede I me delyte'. Physical description; xx, 52 p. : frontis., plates ; 18 cm. Notes; Printed by James Moyes. Subject; Gems. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine copy quarter leatherette over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of Humphry and Mary ward with their bookplate holding the inscription 'On bokes for to rede I me delyte'. Physical description; xx, 52 p. : frontis., plates ; 18 cm. Notes; Printed by James Moyes. Subject; Gems. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.…