Mantell gideon a (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. HARDBACK new half calf with marbled boards gilt lettering on spine vignette title-page pages: xvi 144 woodcuts 7 hand-coloured plates 12 134mm x 176mm (5.5 x 7") handwritten notes about Mantell on rear end-papers some spotting of varying degrees otherwise very fine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. HARDBACK original blind-embossed green cloth gilt lettering and gilt-embossed ornament on front blind-embossed ornamental design on spine portrait frontispiece with tissue guard vignette title-page pages: xiii 102 [viii] - adverts. all edges gilt chromolithograph plates 4 with tissue guards woodcuts 27 spine and cover margins faded head tail and corners lightly bumped and rubbed former owner's name label on front end-paper light offsetting of a frontispiece first tissue guard partially detached one or two light spots otherwise very fine and bright. Scarce.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. HARDBACK, original full-calf, gilt rules on covers, gilt-embossed ornament on spines, raised bands and gilt lettering on spines, gilt ornament on cover edges, marbled end-papers, frontispiece in Vol. 1 (= plate i), vignette title-pages, pages: xxiv, 480; xvi, 481-1019, all edges marbled, plates: vi, woodcuts 213, former owner's illustrated bookplate on front end-papers, inscribed to another owner on front-end papers, corners lightly bumped, small areas lightly rubbed on covers, one or two light spots, otherwise a very fine set.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. HARDBACK burgundy 'bubbled' cloth blind embossed 'box' on front gilt lettering on spine label and front coloured frontispiece vignette title-page pages: xii 13-207 a few text-figs. plates 74 - with nearly 900 figs. 216mm x 286mm. (8.5 x 11.25") covers lightly used light stain across the lower corner of frontispiece some light offsetting of plates slight browning to verso of frontispiece and verso of last page light marks to title-page and one or two others.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. HARDBACK new half-calf with cloth gilt embossed rules and blind embossed ornament on spine gilt lettering on spine and on red spine label coloured frontispiece with tissue guard vignette title-page pages: 207 a few text-figs. hand coloured plates 74 - with nearly 900 figs. 216mm x 286mm. (8.5 x 11.25") some very light spotting to frontispiece and title-page occasional light off-setting of plates to tissue guards. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SURREY - FIVE VOLUMES 1-5. All five hardback books are quarter-bound in red leather, with matching corners. Gorgeous gilt decoration and titles on each spine. Marbled endpapers coupled with gilt edging on all papers. Five really nice large, heavy books that are full of fascinating information on the history of Surrey. All five books are well used, a tad worn, corners slightly bumped and worn, a few odd brown spotting marks, but overall considering the books are 175 years old, they are all in nice clean condition. Preface by the author Edward Wedlake Brayley dated April 10th, 1848. Volume One: has 495 pages. Volume Two: has 486 pages. Volume Three: has 527 pages, Volume Four: has 519 pages, Volume Five: has 442 pages plus an additional 96 appendix pages. All bindings are nice and tight, all pages intact and all pages, text, maps, stunning illustrations, wood and steel engravings are all in nice, clean, readable order. Please note these five volumes are large and heavy books and therefore postage/shipping may increase from listed price depending on final destination. This is a remarkable collection of five books that must have taken a serious amount of work to collate. These five amazing volumes deserve to be preserved for future generations, they would grace any stylish library, and would takes hours and hours to read and absorb the fascinating History of Surrey in the nineteenth century and before.…

Sole edition, 4to, (ii, 201)-216 pp. Wood engraving to the title page, some light foxing, small marginal tear to the penultimate leaf. Inscribed on a front blank from the author to the antiquarian Sir Thomas Mantell, with the latter's booklabel to the paste down. Small blind stamp to the title page, piece torn from the top edge of the final blank. Contemporary dark green half calf, gilt decorated spine, a little wear to extremities. Sir Thomas Mantell, 1751-1831, antiquarian and Mayor of Dover. Only a very distant relative of the author's, if at all, they clearly struck up a friendship towards the end of Sir Thomas' life, with Gideon's journal recording a visit to Kent and after his death accompanying Lady Mantell to see the giraffes in the Surrey Zoological Gardens. Dean 69, noting how the work was omitted from Mantell's "Fossils of the South Downs" (1822) due to length restrictions. Originally published as part of the Geological Transactions and scarce in this form with none noted in commerce. OCLC lists 12 copies but only two in this country - Natural History Museum and University of Leicester. …