John gastineau (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 422 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Can a reporter know too much? Yes, when what he knows and how he knows it jeopardizes the efforts of local authorities to find, try, and convict the persons who shot and killed three children and left their babysitter for dead.…

Zustand: Very Good Minus. 1st Edition. Three volumes bound as one. First printing. Contemporary full black calf leather binding. Ornate gilt decoration to spine. Gilt and blind border to boards. Marbled endpapers. Rubbing to edges. Slight wear to ends of spine and corners. Light marking to boards, scratch to front board. Browning to page edges. Good solid binding with no cracking to joints. Foxing to text and plates, mostly light. Heavier foxing to a few of the tissue guards. Light water staining to margins of the engraved title page. Previous owner's name to leading blank. Includes engraved title page for 'Bath and Bristol' but the title pages for the two Wales volumes have been discarded when bound. 'Bath and Bristol' comprises: Engraved title page with vignette; letterpress title page with vignette, plus 48 engravings on 24 plates. North Wales: 84 engravings on 42 plates (lacking only the vignette on the discarded title page). South Wales: 92 engravings on 46 plates. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 8.75 x 11 inches (22 x 28 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: Folio. iv, pp5-55, [1]; 18, F2-2B2 (North Wales), 2C-3B2 (South Wales), 3C-3C2 (list of engravings) + plates. …

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. A lovely picture book showcasing the beautiful landscapes across Wales, with Tillotson offering great insight on each and the country as a whole. Picturesque Scenery in Wales, a lovely picture book taking us through the country, with description by journalist John Tillotson. In the publisher's decorative original cloth, with a frontispiece, and all thirty-six other engraved steel plates, drawn by various artists including Henry Adlard, and Henry Gastineau. Collated complete. A fascinating and often overlooked, Wales sports a number of the greatest landscapes across Britain, as beautifully exhibited with these engravings. Tillotson's descriptions tell us about the landscapes, and brought together offer us insight on Wales as a country. Recased, in the publisher's decorative original cloth. Externally, fading to boards, mostly to the extremities, and the odd small mark. Slight fading and browning to spine, with bumping to the head and tail, and to the extremities. End papers are bright and clean. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot, mostly to first and last leaves, with heavy browning to tissue guards. Very Good. Various [inc. H. Adlard, Allen, Gastineau] (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Bright copy of this volume depicting the beauty of Wales by John Tillotson. This is the uncommon John Christie edition. Dated via Copac c1860. A charming volume exploring the beautiful landscapes of Wales by John Tillotson, author of 'The Album of Scottish Scenery,' 'Beauties of English Scenery,' and other topographical works.Each area and place visited is described by the author. Illustrated with thirty-seven steel engravings by H Adlard; Allen; Gastineau and others. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's decorative cloth binding with gilt to front board. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, light bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities. Front joint only slightly strained. Internally, firmly bound. Minor light spotting to first and last few leaves, pages otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. H. Adlard; Allen; Gastineau; et al. (illustrator). book. …

Zustand: Good. 4to. 21 x 29cm., 4 vol. (vol.4 Second Series), engraved plates, each with two views, tissue guards, some foxing, vol.1-3 half calf over contemporary patterned-paper boards, rebacked and recornered in calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, vol. 4 slightly larger and rebound in similar style preserving part of original viridian wrappers on upper cover. Bindings restored in 2015 for £ 215.00.…