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Unknown. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Very good condition soft cover, some wear to cover and spine, internally clean and tidy, in a good readable condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Front board separated but held in place by stiff Mylar jacket. Bound in period calf, hand-stitched, raised bands at spine, with heavily rubbed decorations there and half the black leather label having torn away. The Tatler was a gentleman's art, culture, politics, newsy rag of sorts--current events rumor and gossip and humor in about equal measure. This appears to be an omnibus edition, with a publication date of 1764 at title page but reprising short pieces back to 1709-1710. Assembled by Richard Steele, editor, raconteur, and with pieces by and about him, Isaac Bickerstaff, and others, in the form of letters and obituaries, discourses upon manners, foods, wines, architecture and the like. It mimicked Addison and Steele's The Spectator, Samuel Johnson's The Rambler and The Idler, and Goldsmith's Citizen of the World. 320 [12] pp. with full index to the Volume the Fourth.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. …

Hard. Zustand: Good-. Good-. Binding copy. Contemporaneous full marbled calf. Front board detached. Missing last couple of text leaves. v, 283pp.

Large octavo. Full dark purple cloth, manuscript titling in gold ink to spine. 1f. (recto title, verso printer's device), 1f. (recto cast list and setting, verso contents), 377, [i] (blank) pp. Publisher's blindstamp dated February 1927. Occasional annotations in red crayon. Binding slightly worn, rubbed, bumped, and shaken. Former owner's signature ("Rosabelle De Long") to upper margin of front pastedown. Occasional creasing to corners; small square publisher's labels to lower margin of title; small pencil annotation to contents; minor creasing to first page of music. Carmen is recognized as one of the greatest of all 19th century operas. Composed in 1873-1874, it was first performed in Paris at the Opéra-Comique on 3 March 1875 to a libretto by H. Meilhac and L. Halévy after Mérimée under the baton of Adolphe Deloffre (1817-1876). …

Full-Leather. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. 1740 10th edition. 60pp plus very lengthy index to rear. Good/None. Brown leather boards with blind stamped decoration, some rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, some scuffing, split to side of hinge. Very old label to spine. Contents generally clean and tight but for minor soiling/browning, ink notation inside back cover. Beautiful early volume of the works of Horace, the leading Roman lyric poet during the reign of Augustus, particularly known for his Satires and Epistles. This volume includes notes by Louis Desprez and a life of Horace by Andre Dacier. Latin text.…

Klein-8°. 17 x 10,5 cm. xxvi (ii), (2) viii, (10) 312 Seiten. [12] Blatt, 276 Seiten. [12] Blatt, 287 Seiten. [11] Blatt, 288 Seiten. [11] Blatt, 276 Seiten. [11] Blatt, 264 Seiten. [7] Blatt, 248 Seiten. [9] Blatt, 280 Seiten. Ganzlederbände der Zeit mit goldgeprägter Rückennummerierung und Fileten. Bände 2-8 in 13. Auflage, Band 1 ohne Angabe. Englischsprachige Ausgabe. Band 1 mit Frontispiz. Einbände deutlich berieben und an den oberen Kapitalen mit Fehlstellen, ein Kapitalband fehlt komplett. 3 Vorderdeckel fast komplett vom Buchblock abgelöst. Vorsätze an den Rändern gebräunt. Band 3 mit eingeprägter Wappeninsignie "Les ses dire" und großflächigen Eintragungen von alter Hand in Tinte auf vorderem Vorsatz, Namenseintrag auf hinterem Vorsatzblatt, beides von Joseph Carvill, Loughinisland, Irland. Blätter wenig fleckig, vereinzelt schwach braunfleckig, an den Kanten teils etwas gebräunt. Gute Exemplare. Volumes 2-8 in 13th edition, volume 1 without declaration. English language edition. Volume 1 with frontispiece. Full leather bindings of the times with gilt embossed number on spine and gilt decor. Covers significantly rubbed and with small missing parts at the upper spines, one head band is missing. 3 front covers almost completely loosened from the book block. Endpapers darkened at the margins. Volume 3 with embossed armorial bearing "Les ses dire" and long private notes by old hand in ink on endpaper and inner cover, in the back with name inscription, both by Joseph Carvill, Loughinisland, Ireland. Sheets only partly spotted, some margins darkened. Good copies.…

Christian moral story about the son of Harry Johnson, a black widower who, travelling England with his son Joe, comes to the village of Brockley. He wants to go back to South Carolina and knows he can work his passage but cannot afford the fare for Joe. The vicar agrees to look after Joe until his father gets home and can send the fare. Written in a 'Black Minstrel' vernacular of its time! Pp.224, colour frontispiece by Gordon Browne, colour presentation plate to front free endpaper, occasional minor spotting to margins, spotting to closed page edges. Brown illustrated cloth, minor edge wear. G+.…

Hard. Zustand: Good-. Good-. Contemporaneous full calf. Covers rubbed. Calf chipped to spine head and tail. Missing calf tile from spine. Joints cracked. Binding very solid. Five bands to spine. Hinges cracked. Front hinge cracked. A little foxed to outermost leaves and lightly toned throughout. xxx, 553pp, plus unpaginated index to rear. …

New Edition. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Includes previous owner's signature. Physical description; 312 pages. Subjects; Charles XII, King of Sweden (1682-1718). 1 Kg.

First Edition. Poor copy in the original leather boards; wear and tear as with age. Both boards detached. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish.Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; viii, 232 pages : ill. Subjects; Fables, English. Fables, English ; Early works to 1800. Fables, English ; Early works to 1800. Genres; Fables - England - 1788. Poems. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Two volumes (complete). Two comfortable books. Full leather. Gilt monogram of the 5th Earl of Essex (a most wealthy Earldom that allowed George Essex to safely and smoothly move from sinecure to sinecure; his wealth however enabled him to entertain, and commission from, artists such as Turner, Pugin, Horsley, David Wilkie and Landseer). Gilt borders and titling. The spines have wear about the seams and head and feet. The boards have shelving and handling wear about the edges and corners. The boards and spines are comfortable and steady. The contents are most pleasing - especially taking their age into account. They are fresh, clean, clear, only very occasionally smeared with shallow foxing, certain, companionable and assured, all very charming. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Used-Very Good. 8vo. Marbled calf. 412 numbered pp. + index. Expected rubbing and wear to boards, chipping along ends, edges of spine. Joints and hinges both tender. Light foxing throughout text block. Library noticed pasted to front pastedown; previous owner's inscription below it. Else fine. A sound copy.…

ESTC T117802. Size: Four volumes. Small 8vo. Polished calf (edges a little rubbed), red leather labels. Ownership signature of Thos Robson, Down, Coll. Camb.

Kl.-8°, Leder. Zustand: Sehr gut. 352 Seiten, 2 Bl. (Noten) Buch ist in einem sehr guten Zustand, Ganzledereinband in Braun mit Rotem Rückenschild aus einer adligen Bibliothek, Titelprägung, Bandnummer und Kassetten mit reichhaltigem Buchschmuck in Gold, Kanten mit floralem Muster in Gold, Kapitale berieben, umlaufender Sprenkelschnitt in Rot, Vorsatz mit Namenseintrag, Titelseite in Rot und Schwarz gestaltet, Papier in sehr gutem Zustand, minimales Foxing. Ausgehend vom Verlagsjahr handelt es sich um einem Band aus der von Hawkesworth erweiterten Edition von 18 Bänden. B10-02-02B Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 400.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. 352 pages(complete). An estimable copy. Full leather. Gilt monogram of the 5th Earl of Essex (a most wealthy Earldom that allowed George Essex to safely and smoothly move from sinecure to sinecure; his wealth however enabled him to entertain, and commission from, artists such as Turner, Pugin, Horsley, David Wilkie and Landseer). Gilt borders and titling. The spine wear about the seams and head and feet. The boards have shelving and handling wear about the edges and corners. The boards and spine are comfortable and steady. The contents are most pleasing - especially taking their age into account. They are fresh, clean, clear, only very, very occasionally smeared with shallow foxing, certain, companionable and assured, all very charming and dignified. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Two volumes (complete). Two comfortable books. Full leather. Gilt monogram of the 5th Earl of Essex (a most wealthy Earldom that allowed George Essex to safely and smoothly move from sinecure to sinecure; his wealth however enabled him to entertain, and commission from, artists such as Turner, Pugin, Horsley, David Wilkie and Landseer). Gilt borders and titling. The spines have wear about the seams and head and feet. The boards have shelving and handling wear about the edges and corners. The boards and spines are comfortable and steady. The contents are most pleasing - especially taking their age into account. They are fresh, clean, clear, only very occasionally smeared with shallow foxing, certain, companionable and assured, all very charming. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Two volumes (complete). Both copies are smart. Full calf leather. Stamped gilt cypher on the front boards. The spines have five ridges with different coloured leather patches for titling. The boards have blind stamped decoration, gilt borders. The inside rims of the boards have gilt decoration. The boards have shelving wear to the edges and corners. The spines have much wear all along the bodies, to the heads and feet. Nonetheless, the boards are handsome, steady and sure. The contents are most pleasing. They are fresh-faced, certain, agreeably healthy, clean and clear, convivial, neat, tidy, classy, with a pleasing jeunesse. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 12mo. Early but probably not contemporary calf. Two owner names, pages a bit toned, a very good copy.

Zustand: Good. Tenth Edition. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. External hinges weak. Inner hinges cracked. Bookplate to fep. Ink annotations to title page and rear pastedown. Occasional pencil annotations. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). [xxiv], 536pp. Four folding maps. Brown hardback calf leather cover.…

Hardcover. Twelfth Edition. 12mos, 4 Volumes. In Very Goo condition. Bound in full leather with red and green labels, gilt lettering, and gilt decoration to spines. General aging and wear. Edges of textblocks speckled. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Library pockets to rear pastedowns, although torn out in Volume I. Penciling to front free endpaper in Volume I. Shelved above Case 5. 1408131. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

8vo (210 x 130mm), pp. x, 483; some blank margins torn and with rather crude repairs (e.g. pp. 115-6), and a few others torn and unrepaired, but always with the text unaffected; some wood-engravings delicately coloured by hand; in contemporary tree calf, neatly rebacked preserving the original spine. Third edition: first published in 1790. 500 copies were printed. Tattersfield TB 1.3. Provenance. Early inscription on pastedown of George Montgomery Traherne.…

First Edition. 8 Volumes. Good copies only in full contemporary tree calf. Some hinges cracked with some spine bands worn. Some minor scattered foxing, text remains clear without blemish. Physical description: 8 volumes , plates. Contents:I. A view of the commencement and progress of romance. The life of T. Smollet . Plays and poems. II. The adventures of Roderick Random. III-IV. The adventures of Peregrine Pickle . V. The adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom. VI. Sir Launcelot Greaves. Adventures of an atom. VII. The expedition of Humphrey Clinker. VIII. Travels through France and Italy . Subjects: Smollett, T. (Tobias) 1721-1771.Smollett, T. (Tobias) 1721-1771; Portraits. Scottish poetry. Scottish writers. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page and 67 engraved illustrations on 34 leaves. 8vo. [231 x 145 x 35 mm]. xvi, 256pp. Bound in near contemporary half calf, marbled paper sides, smooth spine divided into five panels by gilt pallets, lettered in the second, the others with a centre tool, plain endleaves, marbled edges. (A little rubbed). Some light foxing and soiling, and offsetting from the plates (two with short closed tears). A good copy in a handsome binding. The illustrations are copies of the 1793 Stockdale edition, re-engraved in oval form. They include 12 after designs by William Blake. The life of the author is taken from Johnson's Lives of the English Poets.…

Leather Bound. Zustand: Good. A New Edition. xiv; [2]; 231; 234; [22]pp. Sextodecimo [17 cm] Full brown leather with a hubbed spine. Index at the rear of volume II. Extremities rubbed. Small losses form the spine ends. Several cracks to the boards along the joints. Crack to the front board of volume I extends from the head to the foot, however board is still holding. Several names of prior owners in pen on the front endpapers (one name rubbed out). A brief notation and the date, "9 AUG 1985," stamped in ink on front endpapers as well. Red leather spine label and front free endpaper of volume 1 are absent. Brief ink stains to p. 136 (Volume I). Stain on rear board of volume II, measuring 1" in diameter. Small loss to text of p. 79/80 at the foot. *This page is bound in before p 77/78. No pagination for p. 98 of this volume. No illustrations. With Historical, Philosophical, and Explanatory Notes. Translated from the French of Raymond de St. Maur. And Various critical Remarks and Observations, from Mr Addison, Dr Warburton, Dr Newton, Dr Pearce, Dr Bentley, Mr Richardson, and Mr Hume. According to the publisher's advertisement at the front, this is the first edition of the "Paradise Lost" published in England with notes. Prefixed with Elijah Fenton's elegant life of the Author. An "Argument" precedes each book. "Paradise Regain'd" forms the second part of volume II. "Paradise Lost" is an epic poem (12 books, totaling more than 10,500 lines) written in blank verse, telling the biblical tale of the Fall of Mankind - the moment when Adam and Eve were tempted by Satan to eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, and God banished them from the Garden of Eden forever. "Paradise Lost' is considered by many scholars to be one of the greatest poems in the English language.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 536 pages. 10th edition. Complete with 3 folded maps. The maps are complete with a few tears that have been carefully repaired and some evidence of mis-folding. With a new spine and end papers. The boards are shelf rubbed and edge worn but remain strong and sturdy. Internally, there is an ex-libris plate under the front board and age-related tanning and foxing throughout but the text remains otherwise neat. Securely bound and overall, in good condition indeed for its age! JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Fourth (?) edition of the Warburton duodecimo edition. Six volumes. Duodecimo ( 174mm. ) Pp. [6], [1] ii -vi,[2], [1] ii xxvi, [2], [3] 4 - 317[1]. Plates I - VIII ; [4], [2] 3 -360. Plates IX -XIX ; [4], [3] iv - lix [3] 63 -292. Plates XX - XXIV ; [4], [2] 3 - 314 ; [12], [1] ii - xii [1], [3] 4 - 361 ; [12], [1] 2 - 366. Twenty four plates in total. All edges speckled. Vols. 2 - 4 are dated 1787. Contemporary calf lightly rubbed, smooth spine, red title labels, volume numbers lettered directly. Occasional slight chipping at the head and toe of the spines. A very good, clean and tight set apart from the very occasional light spot. First published in this format in 1764. ESTC T5459. …

Second edition, 8vo, [2], xv, [1], 384, [6]pp., 5 copper-engraved plates (one folding), endpapers renewed, recent half calf, marbled boards, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, boards a little askew. A rare and detailed 18th century study of venereal disease, Falck's treatise combines anatomical description, clinical observation, and contemporary methods of treatment. Divided into three parts, it examines the genital anatomy of both sexes, explores the causes and symptoms of venereal infections, and provides a "true and rational method of cure." Essential for historians of medicine, surgery, and early modern approaches to sexually transmitted diseases. Nikolai Detlef Falck (17361783), a surgeon and medical writer practising in London in the late 18th century; little biographical detail survives outside his medical publications.…

Cloth. Zustand: Good. An early edition of this grammar book from the late eighteenth century with illustrations. Early edition of The London Vocabulary, English and Latin by James Greenwood rebound in modern cloth.Put into the new method, proper to acquaint the learner with things as well as pure Latin words for use in schools.With twenty six woodcut illustrations throughout the text. Collated, complete.With the original pastedowns attached to the new pastedowns, with ink inscriptions from 1852, 1888 and 1905.Greenwood was an English grammarian from the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century.With trimming to all page corners. Rebound in modern cloth. Externally, very smart. There is some slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. With the original endpapers attached to the pastedowns, with ink inscriptions from 1852, 1888 and 1905.The pages are generally bright and clean with some spotting throughout and age toning. With trimming to all page corners. Good. Not stated (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. 12mos, 6 volumes; VG; bound in full contemporary speckled calf, spines with red and black morocco labels with gilt titling; some rubbing and bumping, primarily to corners, slight chipping to heads and tails of spines, creases to spines; marbled endpapers; frontispiece portrait in volume 1; small cracking to lower rear hinge of volume 4; volumes 2-4 are dated 1787 shelved above Greek/Roman History. ESTC: T5459; 1337874. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…