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By: N/A
Price: $12.50
Publisher: London, England, Victoria & Albert Museum: 1970
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 006298
Condition: Very Good
[xiv] + 121 pp. + 89 b&w plates. Moderate shelf/handing wear and binding lean, rubbed edges. Stiff paper covers have been laminated, apparently not original to publication. Excellent centenary exhibition for the Dickens enthusiast. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Great Britain, W. Mate & Sons, Ltd.: 1900
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 006464
Condition: Good
Vintage travel/tourist guide to the Island of Jersey, large format, oblong. Red cloth, flexible covers, black lettering. Some loss at both spine extremities, moderately soiled. General handling wear, most evident at corners. 102 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs, many period advertisements for hotels and businesses on the Island of Jersey. Large foldout panoramic of St. Aubin's Bay from the Somerville Hotel opposite first page of text, another of St. Helier's Harbour (with some tearing) at pp. 24-25. Shows wear, but scarce and (though worn) intact. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: London, Paris, New York and Melbourne, Cassell and Company Ltd.: 1906
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 010837
Condition: VG-
Two volumes, complete. Blue cloth, ruled, decorated and lettered in black on front panels, lettered in gilt on spine panels, top edges in gilt. viii,240 + [vi],231 pp., illus. w/ 10 full page sepia plates per volume (20 total), with tissue guards, + numerous figures, drawings, plans set into text. Survey of Romanesque and Gothic cathedral architecture in the British Isles. Both volumes modestly rubbed along edges and joints, at corners and spine extremities, lightly soiled with a few light surface marks. Hinges are starting in both volumes but firm. Printed on heavy coated "art paper"... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, American Sunday-School Union:
Seller ID: 011515
Condition: Very Good
Originally issued 1833, this copy obviously vintage but undated; we would date to circa 1860s-70s. Burgundy cloth, blind ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine panel. Cloth shows modest surface rubbing with a few marks, rubbed corners and extremities, spine panel age-toned and somewhat flecked. 141 pp., frontis. illus. of Knox. Clean text block, much nicer than typically found. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London, Paris and New York, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin: 1871
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 015065
Condition: Good
Violet cloth, elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt, text block edged in gilt. Ex-library copy, typically marked and stamped, with handwritten call label on lower spine. Spine panel has toned to a rather brownish hue. Some rubbing along edges, with area of loss at head of spine, some handling wear. Lacks front flyleaf, opening onto title page; both hinges neatly repaired with cloth tape. xlviii,583 pp. Interior a bit toned but otherwise intact. Undated, with intro. dated Nov. 1870. Acceptable reference copy. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Corte Madera, CA, Gingko Press: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016730
ISBN: 3927258687
Condition: Near Fine
96 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Slightly rubbed bottom front corner, else as issued. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: London, Methuen and Co.: 1904
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 019410
Condition: Good
1/4 vellum-like paper, light blue-gray paper covered boards. Ex-library, typically marked and stamped, did not circulate, perforation stamps to title page and to final page of text (index). Lacks pp. ix-x (2 pages of the introduction), with tab in binding gutter. Modestly soiled covers, soiled backstrip with title label mostly lacking but with fully intact replacement label tipped in preceding rear flyleaf, exposure at corners. Private and institutional book plates on front endpapers. xiv,231 pp., illus. w/ 32 color plates by Pugin and Rowlandson, all intact. Volume I only [of 3]. Re-issue of ... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London, Dewynters Ltd. for Gordon Hotels Ltd.:
Seller ID: 023785
Condition: Very Good
Cardstock wraps, illus. in red and blue with the image of an aeroplane and the Tower of London by Hicks. Undated, ca. 1920s, certainly pre-WW2; appears to have been published in various forms from about 1924 (the likely issue of our copy) into the '30s, eventually numbering up to 100 pp. Mildly rubbed joints and edges, firm binding. Former owner's name stamps on pp. 1 and 3. 80 pp., illus. w/ b&w aerial photographs of London, also many ads, including full-page color. An additional photograph not original to issue has been tipped in at p. 48, and about a dozen ad pages show ghosting (darkening)... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London, Cassell and Co.: 1892
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 023864
Condition: Good
Brown 1/2 morocco, dark green morocco covered boards, marbled endsheets, all text block edges in gilt. Lacking leather outer backing on spine panel, cloth binding underlay intact and sturdy. Front board detached. Leather corners rubbed with exposure at tips. Easily rebacked, if the new owner so desires. Interior nicely intact, solid Near Fine, with all gilt edges bright, pages a bit toned by age. viii,328 pp., illus. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $9.50
Publisher: New York, Harper and Brothers: 1950
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 027556
Condition: Near Fine
Black cloth, lettered in yellow. Mild shelf wear, a bit rubbed at extremities, text block edges mildly toned by age. Color illus. dust jacket chipped at head of spine and at a few points along top edges, lightly soiled, now in archival mylar. 324 pp., illus. w/ original drawings, 24 plates in monochrome, 12 plates in color, 2 maps in color. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Newton le Willows, McCorquodale and Co. for London Midland and Scottish Railway: 1924
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 028051
Condition: Good
Ex-library copy, bound in dark red buckram, lettered in gilt. Original color illus. wraps retained. Typically marked and stamped, cloth a bit soiled, firm binding, sturdy reference copy. 528 pp., illus., (4) folding maps in rear pocket (North Wales, English Lakes, Lancashire Coast, Isle of Man) as called for, present and intact. Lacks rear flyleaf. Scarce, this copy cosmetically compromised but complete and intact in all of its essentials. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $8.50
Publisher: Aldershot, England, The Wellington Press: 1953
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 028052
Condition: Good
Booklet, color pictorial wraps. Moderately soiled covers, mild handling wear. 20 pp., 10 color plates. Moisture adhesion damage to 2 pages (pp. 12-13), with some loss to lettering, light dampstaining to a few other areas internally. Somewhat marginal copy, but of historical interest in being only the second year of the Queen's birthday celebration following her 1952 accession to the throne. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Devizes and London, George Simpson/Phillimore and Co.: 1902
Edition: First Collected
Seller ID: 028327
Condition: Near Fine
Dark green cloth, lettered in gilt, bevelled edges. Minimally ex-library, non-circulating institutional collection with call label mounted on lower spine, no other marks/stamps and only slight shelf wear, text block edges slightly toned by age, slight evidence of repair to rear hinge. iv,625 pp., illus., index at rear. Much of genealogical interest to Pennsylvania Quaker family lines. Manuscript annotation on front flyleaf dated 1903 relates that this copy was ordered through Strawbridge & Clothier, Philadelphia. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London, 1890
Seller ID: 031313
Condition: Very Good
Red cloth-effect paper covered boards, elaborately lettered/decorated in gilt and black. Covers modestly soiled, with cloth partially separated along front joint, rubbed rear fore-edge. Accordion-style fold-out, 16 panels, with several dozen sepia-tinted views based on photographs. Interior intact excepting 1/4" hole at lower corner of one latter view, resulting in minor loss to image. Original stationer's stamp to rear pastedown, Emdin of Fleet Street. Undated, ca. 1890s. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: London, Lambeth Palace Library: 1957
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 032307
Condition: Near Fine
Booklet, ivory wraps, lettered in blue. Virtually as issued, now in protective PVC sleeve. 16 pp. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $7.50
Publisher: Southampton, U.K., Director General of the Ordnance Survey: 1975
Seller ID: 034867
ISBN: B001ULOEB4
Condition: VG+
Large 1:25,000 scale folding map, in color, in stiff laminated cover. Cover shows some wear along edges, map fully intact. Undated, but with note stating boundaries revised to 1974. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Jersey Commercial Association: 1938
Seller ID: 035546
Condition: Good
Tan wraps, lettered/illus. in purple, red, and mint green. Ex-library copy, typically marked/stamped, one exterior stamp (top front edge), paper residue inside back cover over ad. 168 pp. w/ several unpaginated inserts, illus., many ads. Interior ad dates issue to ca. 1938. Covers moderately soiled/toned, interior OK. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $7.50
Publisher: London, The Homeland Association Ltd.: 1920
Seller ID: 035547
Condition: Very Good
Original gray wraps, lettered/illus. in dark blue, cord binding. [52] pp., 106 b&w photographs. Ex-libris perforation stamp to lower main title, one other stamp, otherwise unmarked. Minor shelf wear, interior a bit thumbed with light foxing to main title. Final leaf shows tape repair along bottom edge. Dates early to mid 1920s. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: London, Hugh Rees, Ltd.: 1908
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 035549
Condition: VG-
Light blue pictorial wraps, lettered in black. Covers mildly tanned by age, light soiling. Text block detached from covers. 32 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs, maps. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Windsor, Berks, U.K., Printed by J. B. Brown, Castle Street: 1842
Seller ID: 035555
Condition: Fair
Original brown wraps, lettered/decorated in black. 74 pp. Ex-library, typically marked/stamped, heavily worn. Front cover, front flyleaf, and main title all detached but present, all chipped with edge loss and fragile, main title with perforation stamp. Main contents complete and intact, several chips of loss to margins and corners. Quite compromised but textually complete, also excessively scarce and perhaps still useful to special collections concerning British royalty and Windsor Castle. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Leamington, U.K., John Beck: 1868
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 035556
Condition: Very Good
Original copy, rebound in 1/4 blue cloth with original wraps mounted on new boards, new endpapers. Ex-library copy, lightly marked/stamped, perforation stamp on main title. Former owner's signature and Sept. 10th, 1868 date along top edge of both front cover and main title, providing approx. year of publication. Minor edge loss to front cover (underboard fully intact). Binding firm. 85 pp. + rear ads. Folding map at rear detached but present, multiply mended with archival tape along folds, mostly complete but with several areas of loss. Book VG with note to rebound status, map Fair to G... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Windsor, Berks, U.K., J. B. Brown, Castle Street: 1858
Seller ID: 035558
Condition: Good
Original tan wraps, lettered/illus. in blue with image of I. B. Brown General Printing Office on front cover. Undated, date provided approximate; by 1860, the business of J. B. Brown had been taken over by S. Collier, so this issue must be prior to that year. Institutional book plate mounted inside front cover, former owner's signature along top edge of front cover and main title, perforation stamp to main title. Moderate handling wear, minor corner loss, minor loss at heel of spine, binding lean. 92 pp. No map in this particular edition - unknown whether the map was specific to the highe... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $7.50
Publisher: London, Great Western Railway of England (The National Holiday Line): 1915
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 035559
Condition: Fair
Booklet, ivory wraps, lettered in green. Ex-library copy, typically marked/stamped, covers soiled with creasing/minor loss along extended edges, binding fold reinforced by clear binding tape. Text block detached from covers. Contents quite toned. 44 pp., sepia plates, rear folding map. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Glasgow & South-Western Railway: 1895
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 035561
Condition: Fair
Original copy, lacking front cover, first leaf of ads detached with tears/loss. Considerable wear, but interior mostly intact. 144 pp. + 20 pp. rail schedule (for 1895 season) at rear, read ads, illus. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Liverpool, Henry Young & Sons: 1913
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 035562
Condition: Very Good
Brown paper covered boards, lettered in black, sepia pictorial pastedown on front cover. Ex-library copy with gilt call number stamped on lower front cover, institutional book plate mounted inside front cover, perforation stamps to lower main title and final leaf (not affecting illus.). Rebacked in brown cloth library tape. Unpaginated, approx. [60] pp., illus. w/ sepia photographs on each recto, captioned on facing-page verso. View more info
