jer taylor (13 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good Plus. Hardcover. 8vo. Mottled calf boards with gilt title to maroon leather title label pasted to spine. Amateur repair to hinges done with tape. Tape to interior and exterior which is holding boards in place, though they are a bit loose. Chipping and crack to exterior spine. Rubbing to boards and wear to edges. Foxing to endpages; lacks rear free end page. Minor browning throughout, but does not interfere with text. A good reading copy. 336 pages. Religion. REL/092707.

Zustand: Good. 1820. 30th Edition. 380 pages. Half bound leather with marbled paper covered boards. Book has been rebound. Marbled text block edges. Ownership plate to front pastedown belonging to Joseph Radcliffe. Pages are clean overall, with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Slight scuffing to fore edge of first page, text is unaffected. Endpapers and pastedowns are slightly scuffed. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Leather slightly peeling to edges.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1808. Uniformly bound set of two separately published books. Holy Living was originally published in 1650; this copy is of the twenty-eight edition and published in 1810. Holy Dying was first published in 1651; this copy is of the twenty-seventh edition and published in 1808. Each volume contains the crown bookplate of Harriot, Duchess of St. Albans, Stratton Street Library, on the front pastedown, with the armorial bookplate of Sidney A. Kirkman tipped onto the front free endpaper. Holy Living also has a short biography of the Duchess, also known as Harriet Mellon, tipped onto the front free endpaper. Apparently, the Duchess was an English actress of Irish descent, with the stage name of Lydia Languish. Her title was obtained through her second marriage, to the ninth Duke of St. Albans. Full marbled calf leather with red spine labels. Holy Living: xx,378p., [ii], front cover detached, with some wear to the extremities; otherwise a very clean copy with effectively no foxing, and no noted chips, tears or markings. Holy Dying: xv, [v], 438p., [ii], very similar condition except that it appears that the front cover may have been expertly reattached at some point in its existence. . Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo (20.75 cm x 13.5 cm).

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). A calf-bound copy of 'Holy Dying', the second of two classic Christian devotion books by Jeremy Taylor. Very scarce to find copies from this publisher.In a half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards.Often seen together with its counterpart 'Holy Living', 'Holy Dying' is meant to instruct the reader in the "means and instruments" of preparing for a blessed death. It was also seen as the "artistic climax" of a consolatory death literature tradition that had begun with Ars moriendiin the 15th century.Originally published in 1650 and 1651, respectively.Written by cleric of the Church of England, Jeremy Taylor, who is sometimes referred to as the "Shakespeare of Divines" and achieved fame as an author during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. In a half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards.Externally, with rubbing to the extremities, most notably to the spine, and scuffs to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spots to the endpapers. Very Good. book.

Full leather. Two volumes bound in one. Original 1727 printing. 8vo, full leather. Engraved title pages, and two fold out engravings. Some wear and pocking to cover, title pages and several early page stained, and a few stains to some additional pages, very slight markings to some pages, front blank detached but present. Otherwise good. 336, 259, (4) pages. pp.

, Great Exemplar - [10], xxvi, vii, 432, [12], with numerous engravings in the text; Life of Christ - iv, 428, [4], complete with frontispiece, map and 36 plates, including an extra plate between pages 264 & 265 not listed at the rear Sixth Edition, & New Edition , 'The Great Exemplar'' has leaves 187/188, 229/230, 239/240 & 369/370 torn and with loss to text, binding scuffed and worn but holding, loss at lower corner of pages near rear, stains and marks to some pages. 'Life of Christ' has the front board and frontispiece detached, rear board loosely held, plates lightly stained at edges, books in fair condition , half calf and full calf bindings 33 x 22 cm, & 36 x 23 cm Hardback ISBN:

HARDCOVER. Zustand: Good+. 3rd edition. 600pp. b/w engraved illustrations. quarto rebound full leather. in custom clam shell box by Strong Bindery. Cover wear, 5 raised band spine. Boards not fully attached to spine. bookplate of Sr. John Rushout Bar.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Original leather bound book dated 1634. Hand laid paper. This precious book is in fair condition. The front cover is present but has come loose from the binding. The first couple of pages have some slight damage in the right hand corner; thereafter all pages are fully present and intact. Some of the back pages have some slight damage also. Much age toning which is age appropriate. The name "S: Geor." is written in old cursive ink on the title page. And the name Charles H. Wharton is written in pencil on that same page also. Fair condition but still a treasure to behold. Publisher: London, London, printed by James Flesber for Richard Royston at the Angel in Ivie-lane, 1654. (BR) Box 96.

, in three parts, [54] (including illustrated half title), 600 pages, [12], 16 engraved plates with titles (including frontispiece, 13 folding, 2 double page), with decorative friezes initials and title pages in red and black with central engraving, watermarks to upper blanks, typed stamp to upper pastedown 'J Drake Harringworth' with inscription to lower pastedown Third Edition , much wear to covers with splits to hinges, some marking throughout, good condition , calf with blindstamped decorative rules to boards, raised bands to spine in sixes, 30 x 20 cms Hardback ISBN:

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. [xlix] 360pp. Leather boards w raised edges on spine and embossed pattern on front and back panel. Shows 'The unreasonableness of prescribing to other mens faith, and the iniquity of persecuting differing opinins'. Author D. D. Chaplain in Ordinary to King Charles I and sometime Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. Lacks frontis but nevertheless a collectable copy.

The Ninth Edition. Folio, in full old calf, with decorative lines and tooling to upper and lower cover, raised bands to spine; [li] + 188pp, plus 4pp 'A Catalogue of Mr Richard Royston's Copies as they stand Entred in the Register of the Company of Stationers. Now belonging to the Children of Mr Luke Meredith, deceased'. With 19 plates (inc. frontis) + 2 double-page plates + 98 text illustrations. Hinges weak but holding. Old Lot number to top of front board. Wear to board edges and all corners. Good overall. (Shelf 131) PLEASE NOTE: VERY Heavy BOOK (3.3 kg +) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either talk to or email us before ordering. Note: Abebooks standard overseas rate is based on items only weighing up to 1 kilo. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Ledereinband der Zeit, 8°, 8 Bl, 347 S., 2 Bl; -Außengelenke gebrochen, stärker beschabt, Leder mit Abschabungen, private Rückensignatur, Rücken mit Fehlstellen, Papier durchgehend stark wasserrandig, ca 30 S. mit Schimmelspuren, kleinere Fraßspuren an der Titelei ohne Textverlust/ leather, 8vo, 8 sheets, 347 pp, 2 sheets; -worn, leather damaged, waterstained, stained, 30 pp with mold.

London, Printed for J. Walthoe (et al), (1742). Folio. Cont. full calf. Raised bands. Worn and covers detached. Block good. Main title in red a. black. In all 4 titles (3 Parts). (6),L,622 pp. 2 engreved allegorical Frontispieces and 78 engraved plates (incl. frontisp. and double-numbering of some plates). Printed on good paper. Internally fine, with a few dampstains, some browning to the first and last leaves. In this 1742-edition all the illustrations are on plates and not in the text.