william rev edward (17 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Good copy. (see picture) Ex-Lib in good shpe.65 pages.All clean.Some mild edgewear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good+ Sixth Impression. Very clean and tight - lovely book. Please contact us for pictures and/or further details - only too pleased to help!

No Binding. Zustand: Some Foxing. A splendid antique engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. xviii, 840 p. illus. (part col.) 24 cm. ISBN 9780153608001, 0153608005 OCLC 84872 LCCN 75005720 LC QH47 .C68 1968 Dewey 574 ; color photographic boards, no dusjacket ; [Student laboratory guide Lab.manual.and Teacher's manual. NOT present] ; The 1968 second edition of Biological Science: An Inquiry Into Life (BSCS Yellow Version), edited by John A. Moore and published by Harcourt, Brace & World, was a seminal high school textbook emphasizing inquiry-based learning, molecular biology, and evolution. It aimed to move beyond rote memorization, focusing on scientific investigation rather than just facts. Key details regarding this 1968 edition include: Focus on Inquiry: The text and accompanying laboratory guide emphasized investigation, challenging students to analyze data and formulate hypotheses rather than just observing. Content and Structure: It was designed for 10th or 11th-grade students, heavily incorporating modern biological findings from the 1950s and 60s, including molecular biology and genetics. Reception: While lauded for promoting scientific thinking, some contemporary reviews suggested that despite the title, the text still contained a "good deal of telling" rather than pure inquiry, and it was quite rigorous. Impact: This BSCS text was considered a landmark in reforming biology education in the United States, moving away from descriptive biology toward a process-oriented approach. The book was frequently revised and reapproved for use in classrooms throughout the late 1960s and 1970s. ; 5 Excellent presentation of evolution, integrating synthetic theory. "Marred by progressionist ideology and claims of link to cultural evolution." ; BSCS "Yellow Version" aka Biological Science: An Inquiry Into Life ; FINE. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large Format, 11 5/8" Tall, 198 Pp. Vellum Spine Over Green Boards, Detailed Contents Tipped After Title Page. A Compilation Of Three Papers With Volume Title Page Listing Titles Here Published Together, Originally Read In 1835, 1837, And 1838 Respectively, Later Published As Part Of Vol. 18 Of The Transactions. Bookplate Of Stepney College Dated In 1850'S [Final Date In Year Is Not Filled In]. Wear, Cover Paper Frayed At Corners But Still Square, Hinges Solid.

Booklet. Zustand: Very good. Our Sunday visitor press. 16 p. 20 cm. Stapled booklet. Section titles: Realizing the Negro's Aspirations; A Study of the Southland - Where the Negroes Predominate; Catholic Church Best for the Negro (by Bruce); What the Church is Doing for the Colored Race (by Kremer); Catholic Negro Work; Congregation of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People; Negro Saints and Blessed of the Catholic Church; Zealous and Successful African Negro Priests; Progress of American Negroes in Economic and Other Lines; Unions and the Negroes; Colored Converts; etc. Poems on last page: The Black Madonna; Negro National Hymn.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A profusely illustrated edition of Gilbert White's collection of letters and naturalist findings. A later edition, first published in 1789 by the author's brother.In the original Henry Bohn Illustrated Library green cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 40 engraved plates. Collated, complete.The work is a compilation of Gilbert White's letters to other naturalistsThomas Pennant and Daines Barrington, whilst the 'Naturalist's Calendar' compares phenology observations made by White and William Markwick of the first appearances in the year of different animals and plants.His work has been seen as an early contribution to ecologyand in particular tophenology. The book has been enjoyed for its charm and apparent simplicity, and the way that it creates a vision ofpre-industrialEngland.This edition has supplementary notes by Sir William Jardine, and is edited by Edward Jesse. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart. Fading to spine, with bumping to the head and tail. Fading to top edge. Front hinge strained. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Previous owner's bookplate and ink inscription to rear of frontispiece. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). First edition. Two first abridged children's editions of the diaries of Francis Kilvert, delightfully illustrated by Edward Ardizzone and featuring the very scarce uncorrected proof copy. First abridged editions.Collection comprised of:Ardizzone's Kilvert;Ardizzone's Kilvert - uncorrected proof copy, very scarce.Ardizzone's Kilvert is bound in the publisher's original cloth and presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The uncorrected proof is in the publisher's original soft covers.Both volumes are profusely illustrated throughout, with two maps to the rear, by prolific British artist and illustrator Edward Ardizzone, best known for his children's books.The diaries of Reverend Robert Francis Kilvert were first published in 1938, over fifty years after his death. Edited by prominent South African and British writer William Plomer, the works provide fascinating insight into life in the English countryside in the 1870s. These editions have been adapted for children by Elizabeth Divine. Ardizzone's Kilvert is bound in the publisher's original cloth and presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The uncorrected proof is in the publisher's original soft covers. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, and a few marks, heavier to the paperback edition. Dust wrapper very smart with only one or two small closed tears and light marking. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and clean copies with the odd spot, heavier to the first and last few pages and to the uncorrected proof. Very Good. book.

Disbound, retaining orig. pale green printed front wrapperr. Inscribed by the author to Robert Edward Peach & signed with initials. 20pp. Not on Copac. Reprinted from The Bath Chronicle October 8, 1874.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages 158-218. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Charles Anderson Dana; The Spare Front Room; The First Snowshoe Club in New Hampshire; Moments of Light; Lost in the Woods; Morning Among the Hills; Berlin - a town of today; Elbridge A. Towle; An Evening Prayer; The Legend of John Levin and Mary Glasse; A Wish; Educational Department; New Hampshire Necrology. Some peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy copy.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A lovely full calf edition of this important work of natural history from Gilbert White, illustrated with forty engraved plates. First published in 1789, this important work has been in print continuously since that date.Illustrated with forty plates.Collated, complete.This is a collection of letters documenting the natural history of the area around Selborne, written by Gilbert White to other prominent antiquarians and natural historians of his time.The work was well received upon its publication, and has continued to be widely read well into the twentieth century. Fans of the work include the likes of Virginia Woolf, John Ruskin, Charles Darwin, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It is generally considered to be a classic of nature and antiquarian writing.With the bookplate of Philip Edmondson to the verso of the front free endpaper, and a contemporary inscription to a front blank.An attractive copy of this important work. In a full calf binding, with gilt detailing to back strip. A touch of rubbing to joint heads, otherwise externally excellent. Boards a touch age toned to perimeters. Head of rear joint starting, with board firmly held. Bookplate to verso of front free endpaper, inscription to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, but with instances of significant spotting to plates, and to pages surrounding plates. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A profusely illustrated edition of Gilbert White's collection of letters and naturalist findings. A later edition, first published in 1789 by the author's brother.In the original Henry Bohn Illustrated Library green cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 40 engraved plates. Collated, complete.The work is a compilation of Gilbert White's letters to other naturalistsThomas Pennant and Daines Barrington, whilst the 'Naturalist's Calendar' compares phenology observations made by White and William Markwick of the first appearances in the year of different animals and plants.His work has been seen as an early contribution to ecologyand in particular tophenology. The book has been enjoyed for its charm and apparent simplicity, and the way that it creates a vision ofpre-industrialEngland.This edition has supplementary notes by Sir William Jardine, and is edited by Edward Jesse. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Fading to spine, with light bumping to the head and tail. Odd mark to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting, most significant to the front and rear. Very Good. book.

Half-Leather. Zustand: Good. Octavo. Various paginations. Rebacked, spine in cloth. Binding worn. Four sermons bound together. With subscribers lists, including Rev. P. Bronté, father of the famous Brontés. Engraved ex-libris of William Williams (d. in 1837), Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. Scarce.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. William Finden; Edward Francis Finden (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this two volume work of beautifully illustrated landscape engravings of Biblical locations, accompanied with descriptive passages. The first edition of this two volume collection of of landscape illustrations 'consisting of views of the most remarkable places mentioned in the Old and New Testaments', from original sketches taken on the spot by engravers and brothers William and Edward Francis Finden.With each plate accompanied by a descriptive passage from English theologian and librarian Thomas Hartwell Horne, and locations including Mount Carmel, the Ruins of Selah and Bethlehem depicted.With an engraved title page to each volume, and a further forty-eight plates to volume I, and forty-six plates to volume II. Collated, complete.With plates arranged in the order of 'the several books of scripture'. In full cloth bindings, with cloth spine labels laid down. Light fading and shelf wear to back strip heads and tails. Internally, firmly bound. Foxing to engraved title pages. Spotting and handling marks to plate perimeters. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd spot. Spotting most prominent to the latter half of volume I. Very Good. book.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. William Finden; Edward Francis Finden (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this two volume work of beautifully illustrated landscape engravings of Biblical locations, accompanied with descriptive passages. The first edition of this two volume collection of of landscape illustrations 'consisting of views of the most remarkable places mentioned in the Old and New Testaments', from original sketches taken on the spot by engravers and brothers William and Edward Francis Finden.With each plate accompanied by a descriptive passage from English theologian and librarian Thomas Hartwell Horne, and locations including Mount Carmel, the Ruins of Selah and Bethlehem depicted.With an engraved title page to each volume, a letterpress title page to each volume, and a further forty-nine plates to volume I, and forty-six plates to volume II. These plates all retain their original tissue guards.Collated, complete.With plates arranged in the order of 'the several books of scripture'. In a half morocco binding, with cloth covered boards. Boards bright, a touch of fading to back strips, and rubbing to back strip of volume II. Front hinges strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with the odd instance of light spotting to plates. Very Good. book.

New edition hard back binding in contemporary full tan calf covered boards, the spine divided into six panels, gilt and burgundy morocco lettering label in the second, gilt tools to the others, front and back parallel twin gilt lines to the perimeters. 18mo. 6½'' x 4¼''. A series of philosophical writings in blank verse, reflecting the author's state of mind following several bereavements, it was one of the most popular poems of the century, influencing Goethe and Edmund Burke. Contains frontispiece engraving, A2, [blank], 315 pp + 3 pp publisher's listings. Engraving is printed to the verso of the first leaf, rear end paper absent, staining from the leather turn-in's front and back. This volume, along with other books of the period, came from the family estate of Sir Frederick Treves, SIGNED by his father William Treves to the front free end paper 'William Treves - Dorchester', green heraldic bookplate of Reverend Nathaniel Thornbury, Avening, Gloucestershire to the front paste down. Member of the P.B.F.A. POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES.

All 4to, with the letters totalling 22 pp (twenty-two), and the list of 'Funghi, East Kent' of 15 pp. All items clear and complete. Three leaves with light staining (one with short closed tear), otherwise all in good condition, on aged paper. All three in envelopes (lacking stamps), addressed by Clifton and with his seal in red wax. ONE. 4 October 1889. 4to, 12 pp. Begins: 'It seems a long time since we had a ramble on the Cuxton and Ralling hills from Cobham, and when I killed a viper; and I have been much amused at the apparent incredulity of a brother B.O.U. at the Dumpton Park rarities! There would seem to be some little confusion between you and my mother on two points, viz. how much occurred in my garden, and how much in the outer park, which is 55 acres, or nearly'. In the rest of the letter Clfiton discusses Kentish flora and birds. 'I have been tenant since June 1884 - one or two of my rarities have come to nothing, e.g. Bonaparte's fall (immature) last year.' Reference to 'a very handsome bird till the birdstuffer (a wretch named Davis of Dartford) spoilt it by wrenching off the bristles'. TWO. 22 August 1891. 4to, 2 pp. His sisters have told him that Shepherd is 'very fond of funghi', so he is enclosing 'a list of 80 funghi or fungus-like cryptogams'. The LIST (4to, 15 pp) is headed 'Fungi, East Kent', in six sections: A, 'Low forms of fungus, or lichen?'; B, 'Tree Fungi'; C, 'Cluster fungi'; D, 'ordinary agarics', Boleti, Lycoperdon. THREE: 14 September 1891. 4to, 8 pp. Mainly responding to Shepherd's comments on his list, and beginning 'The chantarelles duly arrived this morning and were very good both in smell and taste.' Ends with description of 'a biggish bat' which was 'caught in the house' the previous night, 'of the colour of a fox-cub with sharp ears and tragus and a very black, short muzzle; this may have been Natterer's Bat'. Note: He was brother of Ivo Bligh, cricketer founder of the "Ashes", and also played with him for Kent.