rev pike (7 Ergebnisse)

HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 272pp, octavo, slightly musty. cocked binding, worn boards and edges, soiled spine and front cover, gilt remains clear, heavy foxing to the tissue guards, musty, Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No published date, circa 1823; black embossed cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; wear and discoloration around edges; corners are scuffed and rounded; front cover is torn along bottom edge of spine; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; Previous owner's name on ffep, with library plate on inside of front cover; pages are toned with foxing present; 465 pages. Photos available upon request.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: fine. Typed letter on Cathedral Church of St. John The Divine dated March 10. 1953 and signed in full. Three paragraphs regarding the review of a book and also about his own upcoming publication. Fine, two light mailing folds.

Full-Leather. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Published in Brighton in 1907, this is the First Edition of this scarce look at the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Bedfordshire at the turn of the last century, with sections on stately homes, other buildings, and biographies of people of note in the three counties, bound in the publishers full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt, page edges gilded all-round, 12 inches tall, over 350 pages, printed on gloss paper, profusely illustrated throughout. The binding has some general edge rubbing wear, some sunning and marking to the leather, else in good solid condition, internally old ownership name to front endpaper, contents nice and clean. This is a large heavy book, nearly four kilos packed, shipping costs will be higher than the basic standard quote for a one kilo book.

First edition rebacked preserving the original gilt-decorated boards, matching morocco gilt-blocked leather spine, Cockerell gilt and scarlet end papers, all page edges gilt, turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt. 4to. 12½'' x 10''. Contains 224 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Thumb marks to the margins of the title leaf. Heavy volume weighing 2.6 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. LINCOLNSHIRE.

Hardback, approx 12.5 x 10 inches. Maroon full morocco leather binding with elaborate gilt decoration and lettering on front cover. Gilt lettering on spine, and blind embossed decoration on back cover. Marbled endpapers. All page edges gilt. In very good condition. Extremities rubbed, corners slightly bumped, some fading to spine, slight stain lower spine. Strong binding with reinforced endpapers as bound. Private Bookplate on front endpaper, Captain C.R. E. RADCLIFFE. A couple of minor handling marks else inside pages all very clean and bright (bright glossy style paper.) Illustrated with over 200 photographs of the important country houses in the county, and of the various personalities. (Wiltshire: pp. 1 - 191 / Dorset pp. 192 - 304 ). CONTENTS: Wiltshire: 68 pages by Dorking about the county, with many pictures of county houses, etc.; Contemporary biographies, by Pike: Members of Parliament / Nobility and Gentary / Gentry and magistrates / Clergy / Medical / Legal / Dental / Educational, Literary, etc./ Architects and Surveyors / Great Western Railway Officials / Commercial. DORSET: 33 pages by Dorking about the county, with many pictures of county houses, etc.( including: Branksea Castle). Contemporary biographies, by Pike: Members of Parliament / Nobility and Gentry / Gentry and magistrates (including Alfred Pope, Thomas Hardy and Van Raalte) / Clergy / Medical / Legal / Dental / Educational, Literary, etc./ Architects and Surveyors / Great Western Railway Officials / Commercial. FASCINATING BOOK.