Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Red boards with lightly rubbed corners and spine ends, foot of spine bumped, book clean throughout and the binding tight and square. The dust jacket is price clipped, worn along the flap folds, corners and spine ends of jacket chipped, and..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Green boards with black spine lettering. The corners and spine ends very lightly rubbed, else a clean and tight copy. Dust jacket price clipped, with very light creasing along the edges and a few small nicks, but overall a very good..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Green boards with dark green spine lettering. The corners and spine ends very lightly rubbed, very slightly cocked, else a clean and tight copy. Dust jacket with light creasing along the edges and a few small nicks, but overall a very..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Green boards with black spine lettering. The corners and spine ends bumped and a little rubbed, else a clean and tight copy. Price clipped dust jacket with light wear at the corners and spine ends, with a few little nicks and..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Beige cloth boards with purple spine lettering. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, the outer gutters darkened, slightly cocked, clean throughout and the binding tight. Dust jacket not price clipped, some staining to the front flap and light staining and..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Red boards with black lettering. Break in the cloth and a hard bump to the fore-edge of the front board, the corners and spine ends bumped, the boards and gutters scuffed and grubby, but not bad overall, clean throughout. The..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Red boards with gilt spine lettering. Corners and spine end slightly bumped, light foxing to the endpapers and title page, with foxing along text block edges. Dust jacket price clipped, chipped at the corners and spine ends, light edge-wear and the..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth boards with black lettering. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped, the spine ends a bit sunned. Book clean and the binding tight. Dust jacket not price clipped, creased along the flap folds, with creasing and nicking along edges, with..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth boards with white lettering to upper front board and spine. Corners and spine ends very lightly bumped, slightly cocked, else very good, clean throughout. Dust jacket not price clipped, heavy wear around the edges, with numerous small chips and..... More
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Company, 1922. Hardcover. No date, c. 1922. 8vo. 437 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with a mounted colour illustration and gilt decorations to the front board, with titling in gilt to the front board and spine. Spine a little darkened and rear board a bit scuffed..... More
New York: 1884. 8vo. [230 x 150mm]. Small tears at bottom of spine. Lots of pencil and blue pencil notes, underlines throughout. Ink name to the head of the front cover. Softcover periodical, with yellow wrappers. One of the periodicals Edward Clodd contributed to the Humboldt Library of Popular Science..... More
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1907. Hardcover. No date. [1907]. 8vo. Pp. xviii, 249, [4] -ads. Publisher's green cloth with gilt device of a Moose on the front board and gilt lettered spine. Boards a bit soiled and grubby and the corners worn, the spine faded and the cloth..... More
Toronto: The Grip Printing and Publishing Co., 1886. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Folio. Pp. 429; 431. Volume 1 in original burgundy pebbled cloth with blind stamped borders to the front board and gilt lettering, with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. Several bubbled water spots to the front board, spine..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 16mo. 325 pp. Blue cloth with Art Nouveau binding design in silver, unsigned binding. Very good, with a contemporary ownership signature to the front endpaper. In the original paper dust jacket to match the cloth design. The jacket..... More
New York: Viking, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Light blue cloth blue lettering to the front board and spine. Light rubbing to the tips of the boards and light bumping to the spine ends, clean throughout and the binding tight and square. The dust jacket is not price clipped, the..... More
New York: Viking, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Light blue cloth with dark blue lettering to the front board and spine. Light spine fade, and light bumping to the spine ends. Neat ink name of Manly Price on the front endpaper, else clean throughout and the binding tight and square..... More
New York: Viking, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey boards with green and red to the front board and spine. Upper corners lightly bumped, and a bookplate to the front endpaper, else clean and very good. Dust jacket price clipped, corners lightly chipped, some light creasing and nicking around the..... More
New York: D. Van Nostrand, Publisher, 1877. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 165, 43p. publisher's ads. Publisher's light brown cloth with black decorations to the front board and matching rear board but in blind, with gilt spine lettering. Light wear to the cloth at the corners and spine ends, slight discolouration to..... More
London: George Virtue. Hardcover. No date, c. 1840. 4to. Pp. 200; 172. 2 engraved title pages, engraved map and 168 engraved plates with tissue guards. Full brown morocco with gilt ruled and floral border enclosing an inlaid diamond shaped panel with green, red, white and brown leather onlays outlined in..... More
London: David Nutt, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter olive cloth over olive boards with paper title label on spine. 316 pp plus 4 pp ads. Fold out map of Ireland as frontis. General wear. New cloth spine expertly matching the original. Spine label is new, facsimile of original. Ink name..... More
London: C. Bathurst, J. F. and C. Rivington, B. Law, and others, 1785. Leather. Sixteenth edition. 8vo. Pp. xxx, 375, [18], [8]. 14 engravings, including the frontispiece portrait, some folding and a folding map. Recently rebacked in matching brown calf, with gilt stamped compartments and a gilt titled leather spine..... More
London: George Virtue, 1842. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 4to. Pp. 128, without the ads, portrait of Bartlett, vignette t/p, map and 53 engravings; 116, frontis, vignette t/p and 63 engravings. Total of 1 portrait, 2 vig. t/p's, 1 map and 117 engravings with guards, complete. Bound in full straight grained burgundy..... More
New York: George H. Doran, 1925. Kay Nielsen. Hardcover. [1925]. Second trade edition. Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine lettering and large illustration mounted to the front board. No dust jacket. Decorated endpapers. 12 tipped-in illustrations in colour and 10 in black and white. The binding is tight and square..... More
Oxford University Press, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. 603 pp. Navy cloth with gilt spine lettering. Neat ink name to the front endpaper, else clean and unmarked, in a tight and square binding. Dust jacket price clipped, small paper tape repair to the inside of the dust jacket, with very light nicking..... More
London: Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly; Seeley and Son, .. 1826. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi, 200pp. Original light brown paper boards, rubbed and worn, but clean, with a heavily worn spine, showing remnants of the paper spine label. Endpapers lightly foxed, else clean and crisp throughout and the boards still..... More