John spencer cobbold (18 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Einband - fest (Hardcover). Zustand: New.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Two of three volumes. These are vols. I & II. Hardcover, no jackets. Original red buckram. Extremely heavy exterior wear. Hinges and bindings broken. Could do with some repair work or rebinding. Both color and b/w plates throughout. All pages and plates are present (and none are detached). Pages are unmarked, but some have short, closed tears and some spotting. Reliable customer service. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available! (Heavy books & sets may require extra shipping charges.).…

Vol. II (only). 405 Textseiten, 50 Tafelseiten, Mit zahlreichen s/w Abbildungen im Text und auf 28 s/w Tafeln und mit 22 Chromolithographien. Die Texte in englischer Sprache. Die obere Rückenkante mit kurzen Einrissen, der Rücken und die Einbanddeckel etwas beschabt, die Einbandecken stark beschabt, das Papier gebräunt. Insgesamt aber noch ordentliches Exemplar mit den schönen Lithographien Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1902 Halbleder der Zeit, 20x28cm, Zustand: 3-. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. No date of publication, though circa 1870s. Two volumes with numerous colour and black and white plates throughout. Leather over spine and corners, with cloth covered boards. Slightly raised spine bands, gilt lettering and decoration, marbled edges. Book Condition: Good Hinges (internal) are cracked, though both volumes remains solid. Scuffs to leather edges (see images)Scattered foxing heavier on front end papers (very little foxing in other areas) and light smudges. Due to weight of this 2 volume set, additional charges will apply for International shipping.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Volume 2 only. Undated, c1860. Rebound in full, recent leather with new end papers and retaining the original (though rather worn) label to the spine. Includes 22 hand-coloured plates as well as 49 black and white plates. Internally, there is age-related tanning and mild foxing throughout, but the text is otherwise neat, legible and complete. The binding is sound. In very good condition indeed, considering the age of the book! JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

William Mackenzie, London, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Not dated, c. 1870. TWO VOLUMES. Hardbacks NO DWs. Large thick quarto. Illustrated. Half bound brown calf with brown cloth boards. Black title pieces to spines with gilt lettering. Gilt decorations to spines are worn. Corners and edges worn. Boards are mottled. Hinges are cracked but sound. Marbled end papers. Ownership signatures to front end papers of both volumes. Gilt page edges. A few pages in volume two are creased. Overall a very lovely clean set.…

Zustand: Good. Reprint. G : in good condition. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Foxed. 280mm x 200mm (11" x 8"). vi, 446pp; iv, 408pp + plates. 124 plates (72 hand-coloured). Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Shells, and Insects, Including the Insects Destructive to Agriculture. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. Brown hardback half-leather cover.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this extensive two-volume survey of the animal kingdom, illustrated throughout with wood engravings and over one-hundred plates, both hand-coloured and monochrome. In a contemporary half green calf binding with cloth boards. An undated issue of the first edition, originally published in parts between approximately 1859 and 1862. Complete in two volumes. Volume I illustrated with a hand coloured title page, and sixty-five plates, sixty of which are hand coloured. Volume II illustrated with seventy-one plates, twenty-two of which are hand coloured. Collated, complete. A substantial survey of the animal kingdom, providing accessible accounts of the structure, habits and scientific classification of animals from across the world. Volume I principally covers mammals and birds, while volume II continues with reptiles, amphibians, fishes, shells, insects and other invertebrates, including insects considered destructive to agriculture. A principal contributor, Sir John Richardson (1787-1865), was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and Arctic explorer, noted particularly for his scientific work arising from the Franklin expeditions. His collaborators included the zoologist William Sweetland Dallas and the prominent helminthologist Thomas Spencer Cobbold. In contemporary half calf binding with cloth boards.Externally, a little worn. Rubbing and bumping to extremities, resulting in slight loss to calf and cloth, more so to spine ends and corners. Heads of spines are chipped and frayed, more so to volume II, where a small portion of calf is lifting and partially detached. Rubbing to boards with the odd light handling mark and scuff to calf. Spines faded with light creasing; chipping to spine labels, more so to vol II. Previous owner's contemporary ink inscription to first blank of vol II and verso of frontispiece to vol I, dated 1896. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, if characteristically age toned with scattered spotting, heavier to first and last few leaves and plate margins. Very Good. Various (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this impressive study of the animal kingdom by the Museum of Natural History, illustrated beautifully with over one-hundred plates, both hand-coloured and monochrome. The first edition of this work produced by the Museum of Natural History, complete in two volumes.Volume I illustrated with a hand coloured title page, and sixty-five plates, sixty of which are hand coloured.Volume II illustrated with seventy-one plates, twenty-two of which are hand coloured.With further vignette illustrations.Collated, complete.A fascinating work on zoology, detailing the lives and habits of mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, molusca, and radiata.Former owner's stamp of John W. Baker to each letterpress title page.By Sir John Richardson, William S. Dallas, T. Spencer Cobbold, William Baird, and Adam White. Rebacked, in half calf bindings, with cloth covered boards. Endpapers renewed. Rubbing to back strip, with light rubbing to board perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned, with light handling marks throughout and the odd spot. Plates lightly age toned. Former owner's stamps to letterpress title pages. Very Good. Various (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: fair. First edition. Quarto. 3 vols. (complete). VI + 446 + 405 + CCXCpp. Original red buckram with title vignettes laid on spines. Colored frontispiece in each volume. Numerous steel engraved plates, some being colored. Hundreds of b/w illustrations in text. Popular account of the structure, habits, and classification of the various departments of the animal kingdom, quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, shells, and insects, including the insects destructive to agriculture. Bindings rubbed and soiled. Corners bumped and worn. Spines edges and title labels chipped and worn. Hinges starting. Small closed tears and chipping on edges of few pages. Sections of pages detached from book block on volume I and II, but present. Text in English. Overall, binding in poor, interior in good condition.…

William Mackenzie, London/Glasgow/Edinburgh, (1862). VIII, 112 S. mit chromolithographischem Titel und 17 chromolithographischen Tafeln, gold- und blindgeprägter Leineneinband, quart, (Gelenk bestoßen/Innengelenk angeplatzt/stockfleckig/erste Seite mit kleinem Einriß unten)---- Text englisch - 748 Gramm.…