stieler karl wachenhusen hackländer bartley (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. *Volume II only* Minor wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. 1.01.

Zustand: Fine. Philadelphia (c.1900), new edition, revised and corrected. Translated to English by G. C. T. Bartley. 2 volumes, complete. Hardcovers. Small octavos, 303pp., 318pp., photogravure illustrations, folding map, decorated red cloth. Top edges gilt. Very Fine in original red linen DJs with gilt lettering. (DJs are near Fine.) No owner marks. 2 volumes. Beautiful books!

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 373 pages (complete). A grand, much owned copy. A richly illustrated, vividly told, gargantuan evocation of German life, culture, mythology, history, geography. Folio size. Thick green cloth covered boards. Stamped and printed decoration, illustration and titling. The boards are much worn, scuffed, marked all about. They are resolutely imperious. The spine has been repaired with a leather strip. Within, the contents have storage wear fore and aft. The page trims have handling and age wear. The grandiosity of the book is not impeded by age or time. The pages are exuberant, clean and clear, very confident, amenable and agreeable, fervently romantic. Please note that due to the weight of the book, should the book need be posted outside of South Africa, extra postage charges will be required. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. R. Puttner; O. Achenbach; A. Baur etc (illustrator). First edition. The first UK edition of this detailed, profusely illustrated work on The Rhine, one of Europe's major rivers. The first UK edition.Translated from the original German by G. C. T. Bartley.Illustrated with sixty monochrome plates and numerous monochrome vignettes by a host of artists. Collated complete.This work provides a detailed picture of the River Rhine, one of the major rivers of Europe, and the surrounding area and valleys. The work describes the history and culture of the river, with numerous illustrations depicting the lives of those who live and work along the Rhine, the environment and surrounding towns and the river itself, from its original source in the Swiss Alps to the sea.In the publisher's original decorative cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with marks to the rear board, bumping to the extremities, closed tears to the head of the joints and very small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine and slight rubbing to the joints and extremities. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown with binder's label to the rear. Hinges starting with the odd spot to the endpapers. Internally generally firmly bound with strain between pp. 132 and 133. Pages bright with the odd spot, heavier to the front and rear. Old ink inscription to the half title dated 1879. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Two volumes, 8vo., 303pp, 318pp, Beautiful "New Edition, Revised and Corrected". Bound in navy cloth with titles and decorative floral motifs in gilt on front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Photographs of Rhine scenes with captioned tissue-guards. Fold-out map in rear of vol, II. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of wear to edges and tips. No toning of foxing. Remarkably well-preserved with bright gilt all round. Very attractive, and quite uncommon, navy cloth dust-jackets with spine letters in gilt. A bit of rubbing and edge-wear but solid with no chipping, creases or tears. A gorgeous collectable set and scarce in such nice condition.

Zustand: Fine. Philadelphia 1899 new edition, revised and corrected. Two hardcover octavo volumes in bold red cloth with brilliant full color gilt decoration on spine and front cover panel. 303p.318p. Illustrated with photo illus and one foldout map. Volumes are Very Fine condition - appear to be unread, tedt Fine, binding secure, hinges not cracked, text clean. in Near Fine matching dust jackets with no wear except light fading of spines. Housed in original red cloth-coverd box (back panel of box has replacement red paper for original cloth panel; small stain on one side of the box . Box is in Good plus condition. Beautiful bindings! pictures available on request.