Walford john editor (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Volume 2 only. 257 pages in very good, clean condition. With 38 tables and 35 illustrations. Black cloth, gilt titles. One corner bumped. Green/yellow DJ, black titles. Light wear on corners and edges. Scarce. NEAR FINE/VG. Book.…

See both men's entries in the Oxford DNB. 2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. The present letter was written as Walford having resigned the editorship of the Antiquary in acrimonious circumstances was preparing to launch the Antiquarian Magazine and Bibliographer (renamed Walford's Antiquarian Magazine and Bibliographical Review in 1885). It would cease publication in 1886. In the letter, after thanking Walford for his 'very kindly review', Cussans writes: 'If the first number of your new Magazine be a fair specimen of those to follow, its success is certain. Every one of the contributors whose names you announce is a good man, and in future I shall look forward to the first of the ensuing month with anticipation of pleasure.' As it is 'too late to send you a Xmas card', he is enclosing one for the new year: 'It is somewhat antiquated, but that is no dismerit. It may perhaps find a place among the other "Crosby Papers" I sent you. This playbill is the one I looked for in my desk in the City, but could not find.'.…

Hardcover. Six volumes in four. Undated, circa 1885. Revised Edition. Volume I xx, [2], 444 pp bound with Volume II xviii, [2], 416. Second volume : Volume III xix, [3], 400 pp bound with Volume IV xix, [3], 400 pp. Third Volume: Volume V xxii, [2], 400 bound with Volume VI xxii, [2], 380 pp. Fourth Volume: Timbs vii, [3], 871, [1]. Steel engraved frontispiece and title-page plus 3 further steel engraved plates to each Knight volume (making a total of 30 over the six) plus numerous engravings throughout to include decorative head & tail pieces; steel engraved frontispiece and title page plus five further steel engraved plates to Timbs. Bound in the publisher's original bevelled red cloth with titles and elaborate decoration embossed in black and gilt to spine and upper board; blind-stamped monogram and borders to lower board. Black endpapers. Spines uniformly lightly sunned and edges a little rubbed; inner hinges cracked but holding and Vol I slightly shaken. Sporadic foxing, mainly to text-block edge and to early & late leaves, otherwise contents clean and bright. No annotation or inscriptions. Classic works comprehensively covering the history and architecture of the capital city from earliest times, together with biographical material on important historical figures and histories of attractions and institutions. An outstandingly handsome set, particularly scarce in the publisher's original gilt embossed cloth.…

Hardcover. 4. ed. X, 697 S. Good condition. Reading pages are clean and without marks. Retired library exemplar, with the usual marking. Book shows slight signs of storage and usage. No dust jacket. Still good copy. 3598101317 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1500.

Zustand: gut. 1980. Walford's guide to reference material Teil: Vol. 1., Science & technology / ed. by A. J. Walford. With the assistance of Anthony P. Harvey and H. Drubba In deutscher Sprache. pages.