warner rev richard (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Collectible - Limited Edition. Limited/Numbered. FINE. BROWN LEATHER boards, gold lettering. Hand numberd #43 of 400 copies; 50 copies were reserved for private presentation . Early numbered copy [Limitation page at rear states that sold copies began with #21] of this very limited 1981 re-issue of the Culinary 1791 masterwork. Superb condition.; no glassine. [B134-132].

hardback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, half sheepskin, worn and rubbed, joints split and weakened with the upper board near detached. Marbled boards with offset printing. Gilt title to spine on black morocco. Loss at head and foot of spine, boards scuffed. Sepia aquatint frontis, maps to chapter headings, tour itinerary at rear. Signature of a previous owner to the front pastedown, the body of text clean and unmarked,

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. GIRTON. ALKEN. BECKER. HUTLEY. (illustrator). Third Edition. 2 Vols one, VG, 3rd, 1799 & 1799, 2nd ed, pls 3, map Illust 31, printers devices 25. In quarter cloth, blue boards, corners rubbed, some marks. Spine, no title, edges worn. Internally, half title, frontis, [7], (viii) only, [1], 2-238 pp, [2] adverts, 1 pl, map illust 15, printers devices 12. [2], half title, frontis, [7], (viii-x), [1], 2-365 pp, [1], [2] adverts, 2 pls, 16 illust maps, 13 devices. Paper watermarked 1798 & 1798, hinges strengthened, ink name to half title (Alexander W Bill), some offsetting & edge browning. (210*129 mm). (Allibone 2585. Lowndes 2844/5. Graesse 421). Titles are: A Walk Through Wales, in August 1797, 3rd edition, 1799 and A Second Walk through Wales in August and September 1798, 2nd edition, 1799. Warner, spent his vacation in August 1796 in Wales, walking from Bath to Caernarfon and back; he covered 36 miles on the first day and 462 miles in all, at an average of 26 miles a day. Naturally his tour included visits to antiquities, which he described in a series of letter. See ODNB for a full Bio.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. pp.xxvi, 85 pages, with 14 woodcut plates of antiquities. A good plus hardback in the original part leather binding. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt, with a maroon Moroccan label, but as happens with many of these very old books, this book needs to be opened with care as the front hinge is weak. Also the base and top of the spine are worn, which again is common.

Leather. Zustand: Good. Richard Warner (illustrator). First edition. A well illustrated analysis of the various archaeologist discoveries made in Bath, written by Richard Warner and published by order of the Mayor of Bath in 1797. First and only edition.Bound in half-morocco on marbled boards.Illustrations include an title page vignette engraving as well as fourteen engraved plates.This is a comprehensive guide to Roman antiquities that were discovered and preserved in Bath.Contents include an introduction of the history of Bath, which gives information behind the high amount of archaeological remnants found there, as well as chapters on various Roman antiquities. These include a 'monumental stone', an altar, and a sculpture from the fourth century.Written by Richard Warner (1763-1857), an English clergyman, antiquarian, and writer of countless topographical books in and around Bath.This work was published by order of the Mayor of Bath and printed by W. Meyler.With an institutional bookplate to the front pastedown, stating that the book was bequest to the Bath Public Reference Library by Lieut. Col Egbert Lewis in 1934.Collated, complete. Bound in half morocco on marbled boards. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing to the extremities and to the spine, as well as along the joints. Marks and discolouration to leather as well as marbled boards. Institutional bookplate to front pastedown. Ink inscription to verso of front endpaper, with blind stamp to title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light age-toning and light spotting particularly to the first and last few pages. Offsetting from plates to reverse side of pages. A few marks to pages 84 and 85. Prior owner's pencil inscription to top of dedication page. Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Second Edition. 8vo. [203 x 133 x 10 mm]. xxiv, 132 pp. Original binding of blue paper covered boards, with a large printed pink paper label on the front, rebacked with cream paper, plain endleaves, uncut edges. An amusing satire on fashionable life in Bath by the Rector of Claverton, first published in 1807. This is a very good copy, uncut, in boards, with the printed label, priced at 5s. It also has a loosely inserted folded leaf, with the real names of 35 of the featured characters in manuscript, with a postscript: "this was all that I really can find out, but will do my best to find the rest".

8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with engraved folding map as frontispiece (two short tears expertly repaired), and 2 engraved plates (one folding); contemporary speckled calf, expertly rebacked to style, new leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, a remarkably crisp, clean copy. Complete with Appendix, Errata leaf and Index as called for. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Anderson p.121; Turley 546; Upcott 308.

8vo. pp. iv, 363, [1]; maps in the text. Contemporary half calf a little rubbed. Owners' inscriptions on the title page but a very good copy with nice wide margins.