248 pages, plus plates and folding map. Red cloth covers are rubbed, worn, and detached. Most of spine cover is missing. Covers are held together with tape. Blank front free end leaf and frontispiece are detached, though laid in place with light wear on edges. Light age toning, and occasional light foxing. Text block remains tight and contents are otherwise clean and intact. View More...
Very early printing, circa 1761. 55 pages, though lacking pages 23/24 (C4). Older, though not contemporary, hard binding with marbled paper over covers. Small inked institutional stamp on title page, as well as a few non-intrusively penciled notations on first few leaves. Title page with a small paper loss at lower corner. Last leaf with repaired open tear at top corner affecting a few letters of text. Same leaf with a couple small closed tears, also professionally repaired. View More...
Complete set of two volumes, plus large folding maps in box. Book plates are seen on front paste down and there is an inked name/address on the blank front free end page of Vol. II. General light use/wear, though overall tight and clean set. Dust jackets show a little wear over spines, as well as light general edge wear. Jackets remain clean and with good lettering/illustrations. They are now in clear Brodart protective sleeves. Due to weight and size, additional charges will apply for Priority and/or International shipping. View More...
Undated folding map, circa 1930s? Folds out to 20 x 27 inches (51 x 69 cm). Paper wrap covers show light creasing and wear on edges, though remain bright and clean. Map remains bright, clean, and intact. View More...
276 pages, plus eight plates of which six are folding. Spine cover is slightly faded, and there is very light wear at ends and corners. Light foxing on edges. One folding map plate with three inch closed tear. Leaves remain un-opened. View More...
16 pages, bound into paper covered boards. Covers are worn and separated some along spine. Text is loosely held in place by only a couple threads. Inked name stamp at bottom of title page, and a few inked/penciled notations elsewhere on title page. Light foxing. Contents are otherwise intact and complete. Scarce pamphlet with WorldCat showing only three copies (as of 9/26/2016) and no auction records being found. View More...
Publisher:
London, J. Fuller, B. Dod, G. Woodfall J. Ward, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, T. Field, S. Croder, and H. Woodgate, P. Davey and B. Law, and T. Lonman : 1757
Third edition for the year corrected to Feb. 16, 1757. Sold with and without the Almanack, and this copy was the economy one WITHOU the Almanack. Pp: viii, iv, 72, 162. Part 2 is paginated separately, and parts 3 and 4 are paginated together. Full leather covers are heavily worn, with significant loss of leather. Covers are detached, though the bottom cover is held by one cords. Inked institutional stamp and inked ownership note on the front paste down. Scattered marginalia, mostly on contents page and a little on title page. Paper is dried and a little brittle. Title page with chips al... View More...
Heavily soiled and very worn copy. Complete with all plates, though contents are all disbound. Most plates with clear images, though most with some edge wear and a few with a little damage to image. Due to weight, additional charges will apply for Priority and/or International shipping. View More...
248 pages, plus index and ads. Blue cloth covers and gilt lettering/decoration remain bright and clean, though show a little rubbing along edges, corners, and spine ends. Lightly age toned and light signs of use. Overall a tight and clean copy. View More...
217 pages, plus colored frontispiece, folding map, and 16 pages of ads. Cloth covers are a little rubbed. A little foxing and slight moisture wrinkles affecting first and last few leaves. Colored plate shows such wrinkles on edges, but image remains very good. Folding map is very good and free of tears. View More...
Complete set in four volumes with dates of publication being 1807, '08, '09' '37. Later binding (ca. first half of he twentieth century) in cloth. Gilt stamped lettering on spine remains bright. Covers show light general wear including scuffs, and light damage at corners and spine ends. Older book plate on front paste downs. Mostly light foxing on end leaves and first few and last leaves. Light, scattered, offsetting. All four volumes remain solid and generally very clean. View More...
204 pages, indexed. Small stains on top edge of text block. Small book plate on front paste down. End leaves are slightly darkened. Otherwise a tight and clean copy. View More...
Four volumes of Walter Besant's works on London, published in 1900, 1901, 1902, & 1903. Each volume in a deluxe binding with red polished leather over spine and corners, and marbled paper over boards. Slightly raised spine bands create six compartments on each spine, with a brown spine label and gilt stamped lettering. A gilt stamped floral device is seen in each of the other five compartments. Marbled edges of text and marbled end leaves. Numerous illustrations. Covers show light rubbing, and there is a little very light foxing seen on first and last few leaves. A small inked instituti... View More...
117 pages, plus folding map. Front free end page is heavily chipped. Cloth covers show very light wear at corners and spine ends. Otherwise a tight and clean copy. View More...
208 pages. Map image on front paste down shows an ink stamped name, an inked name/date, and a red inked circle around Toynbee Hall. There is slight residue of a previously penciled price on the front end leaf. Ink stamped name is repeated on the title page. Volume is otherwise Fine. Dust jacket shows scattered light edge wear, though remains bright and clean, and is now protected in a clear mylar sleeve. View More...
Published in 1795 and 1807. Two parts bound together in a single volume. Binding appears early 20th century. Leather over spines is cracked and chipped, with some pieces being partially loosened. Leather over corners is worn. Pebbled green cloth over boards is scuffed and rubbed, and worn along edges. Top hinge is broke, and top cover is loosened from volume. Text block remains tight. Mild to moderate foxing throughout. Due to the size and weight of this volume, additional charges will apply for Priority and/or International shipping. View More...
Number 319 of a limited edition of 400 copies initialed by the illustrator Thomas R. Way (TRW). Cloth cover are rubbed, and a little faded along edges and over spine. Top hinge is cracked, though remains tight. Paper is a bit aged, and there is a little foxing on first and last few leaves. Due to size and weight, additional charges may apply for Priority and/or International shipping. View More...
82 pp, plus plates. Green cloth over beveled boards, with gilt stamped lettering and decoration. Covers show a few light scuffs. Corners are bumped. Book plate on blank front paste down, and inked name and date on blank front free end page. View More...
76 pages. Cloth covers show light rubbing along edges. Small bookseller's tag and slight residue of old penciled price on blank front free end page. Price clipped dust jacket shows chipping and tears along edges. Several one to two inch closed tears with old tape repairs. Image and lettering on jacket is good, and the dust jacket is now protected in a clear mylar sleeve. Due to size and weight, additional charges may apply for Priority and/or International shipping. View More...