William robinson ltd (42 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Quarto, original printed stiff paper wrappers, dust soiled, good. the cover title reads: A Selection of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and autograph Letters of all periods. 171 items on 83 pages, good.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Octavo, original printed stiff paper wrappers, good. 288 items on 66 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Acceptable. waxed paper dj chipped and torn; binding tight; content clean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Acceptable. waxed paper dj chipped and torn; binding tight; content clean.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fair. BOO 040132 Soft cover catalog of books and manuscripts offered for sale by William H Robinson Ltd. Catalogue No. 50 1934. Covers soiled, with a bit of wear, lower spine covering is splitting and chipping. Binding is still good and interior is clean though tanning lightly. With a water stain to the lower outside corner not affecting most of the interior pages. 80pp. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Good to Very Good. Printed paper covers Catalogue 71 approx. 10 x 7.3 inches 166 pages [included rear cover] 368 numbered items, modest overall handling wear and light smuddges, binding tight.

Zustand: Very good. - Quarto [approximately 13-1/4 inches high by 9 inches wide], printed cream paper covered boards with an illustration on each cover. The binding is lightly bumped & soiled with the spine darkened. viii & 192 pages. Color frontispiece, 1 folding color plate & numerous facsimiles in cream, black & brown. Very good. London bookseller's sale catalog listing twenty-four manuscripts and eighty printed books. Many of the items are described at some length.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 68p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine tanned, corners lightly creased, and covers foxed. Embossed stamp on front cover. Text clean and binding tight. A vintage bookseller's catalogue containing items from the collection of Classical historian Edward Gibbon.…

Quarto, original printed stiff paper wraps, bit dust soiled, somewhat worn, few leaves with corners bent, date stamp on cover. There are 638 items offered, from Thackeray, Haggard, and Elizabeth Barrett Browninig manuscripts to a Caxton and an impressive selection of items by John Milton.

Brochure. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. Folio; 4 pages; Prospective advertisement for William H. Robinson Ltd. catalogue. Additional smaller prospectus, order form, and wonderful colour plate laid-in. All items in fine condition, but for stamp of Library of Congress on upper right corner of main Prospectus. Housed in original mailing envelope with cardboard stiffener inside. OCLC 28832746 The smaller prospectus is for the A. N. L. Munby series of catalogues of manuscripts and printed books of Sir Thomas Phillips.…

Boards, 4to, [200] pp, numerous plates (2 folding) and ills. 194 items. Among the highlights noted in the foreword are: a clay cylinder (c. S9S B.C.) of Nebuchadnezzar the Great recording the building of the great palace at Babylon at the time of the Jewish captivity; the palace whose 'Hanging Gardens' were one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world; two leaves from an eighth century Anglo-Saxon Bible; Bede's Ecclesiastical History; the Byzantine Greek Gospels with two fullpage miniatures; a textually important Philo Judaeus of the twelfth century, the East-Anglian thirteenth century Romance of Waldef, a thirteenth-century Hebrew Bible; the dedication copy of Niccolo Perotti's translation of Polybius, executed for Pope Nicholas V; the greatest of the mediaeval sporting books, The Master of Game; etc etc. "Books hitherto undescribed include an unknown 1512 edition of Cato's Distichs, printed by Wynkyn de Worde, a copy of the English Natura Brevium in folio, which certainly precedes Redman's 8vo edition of 1532, and is probably the first English edition of this celebrated law book, unrecorded editions of Walter Cary's A boke of the propertyes of herbes, 1546, and A good booke of medicines, 1547, a work by Nicholas Breton, Soothing of Proverbs, 1626, which, although recorded in the Stationer's Register, has, up to now, eluded discovery, and a broadside ballad, Good Newes from Virginia, sent from James his Towne this present Moneth of March, 1623, by a Gentleman in that country, 1623, which may justly claim to be the earliest known piece of American verse." With author and subject indexes. Endpapers agetoned, otherwise Near Very Good.…

Boards, 4to, [200] pp, numerous plates (2 folding) and ills. 194 items. Among the highlights noted in the foreword are: a clay cylinder (c. S9S B.C.) of Nebuchadnezzar the Great recording the building of the great palace at Babylon at the time of the Jewish captivity; the palace whose 'Hanging Gardens' were one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world; two leaves from an eighth century Anglo-Saxon Bible; Bede's Ecclesiastical History; the Byzantine Greek Gospels with two fullpage miniatures; a textually important Philo Judaeus of the twelfth century, the East-Anglian thirteenth century Romance of Waldef, a thirteenth-century Hebrew Bible; the dedication copy of Niccolo Perotti's translation of Polybius, executed for Pope Nicholas V; the greatest of the mediaeval sporting books, The Master of Game; etc etc. "Books hitherto undescribed include an unknown 1512 edition of Cato's Distichs, printed by Wynkyn de Worde, a copy of the English Natura Brevium in folio, which certainly precedes Redman's 8vo edition of 1532, and is probably the first English edition of this celebrated law book, unrecorded editions of Walter Cary's A boke of the propertyes of herbes, 1546, and A good booke of medicines, 1547, a work by Nicholas Breton, Soothing of Proverbs, 1626, which, although recorded in the Stationer's Register, has, up to now, eluded discovery, and a broadside ballad, Good Newes from Virginia, sent from James his Towne this present Moneth of March, 1623, by a Gentleman in that country, 1623, which may justly claim to be the earliest known piece of American verse." With author and subject indexes. Boards somewhat marked and a little rubbed, contents Very Good.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Not relevant. William H Robinson Ltd., Pall Mall, London, SW1, 1933, catalogue 41; 185 x 245mm, pp116, listing 459 items and ending with a copy of the first edition of Robert Beverley's "The History and Present State of Virginia, in four parts . " then offered at £21.00. Stab stitched binding, pictorial card covers, staples rusted and covers somewhat dust stained, some underlining of the text but internally firm and sound.…

Boards, 4to, [200] pp, numerous plates (2 folding) and ills. 194 items. Among the highlights noted in the foreword are: a clay cylinder (c. S9S B.C.) of Nebuchadnezzar the Great recording the building of the great palace at Babylon at the time of the Jewish captivity; the palace whose 'Hanging Gardens' were one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world; two leaves from an eighth century Anglo-Saxon Bible; Bede's Ecclesiastical History; the Byzantine Greek Gospels with two fullpage miniatures; a textually important Philo Judaeus of the twelfth century, the East-Anglian thirteenth century Romance of Waldef, a thirteenth-century Hebrew Bible; the dedication copy of Niccolo Perotti's translation of Polybius, executed for Pope Nicholas V; the greatest of the mediaeval sporting books, The Master of Game; etc etc. "Books hitherto undescribed include an unknown 1512 edition of Cato's Distichs, printed by Wynkyn de Worde, a copy of the English Natura Brevium in folio, which certainly precedes Redman's 8vo edition of 1532, and is probably the first English edition of this celebrated law book, unrecorded editions of Walter Cary's A boke of the propertyes of herbes, 1546, and A good booke of medicines, 1547, a work by Nicholas Breton, Soothing of Proverbs, 1626, which, although recorded in the Stationer's Register, has, up to now, eluded discovery, and a broadside ballad, Good Newes from Virginia, sent from James his Towne this present Moneth of March, 1623, by a Gentleman in that country, 1623, which may justly claim to be the earliest known piece of American verse." With author and subject indexes. Near fine.…

Sewn soft cover. First edition. xv, 25p + 3 plates. Bibliotheca Phillippica bookplate (or facsimile) mounted on front cover. The subtitle continues: "Including the autograph manuscript of the lyrics of an otherwise unknown early fourteenth century English poet, the earliest manuscript of the first treatise on hunting written by an Englishman, etc. etc. The volume as a whole constituting a principal source of Anglo-Norman literature and the most important authority for the works of Nicholas Bozon the Anglo-Norman poet." Bookseller catalogue offering for 8,500 pounds this celebrated manuscript, now British Library MS Add. 46919. Introduction followed by a summary of each folio and related references. One of 500 copies. Scarce. Very good (lightly bumped, covers browned).…

Hardcover. tan boards w/ black printing. 189 pgs w/ bw illustrations; w/ multiple fold-outs. Includes 194 items for sale. Items thoroughly described. A nice copy. Good. covers scuffed & scratched; spine tanned. lower corner bumped & creased. upper edge creased. spine split at last few closing pgs, otherwise spine intact. flyleafs tanned. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Colour frontispiece and black-and-white plates. Bound in card, folded into manilla wrappers. A very good copy.

68 p. Illustrations, including a folding plate of the ms. of An Essay on Mind by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (her first published work). Pictorial wrappers which are toned and a little dusty. The contents are very good. A fascinating catalogur from a premier London dealer.

Small 4to, 48pp., orig. pictorial wrappers, slight damp staining.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; viii, 192 p. : ill. (part col.) facsims ; 34 cm. Notes; "The catalogue . contains twenty-four manuscripts and eighty printed books. Nearly all the former and a high proportion of the latter are from the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872)." Subjects; Phillipps, Thomas Sir 1792-1872. Library Catalogs. William H. Robinson, Ltd. Catalogs. Rare books Catalogs. Illumination of books and manuscripts Catalogs 2 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; viii, 192 p. : ill. (part col.) facsims ; 34 cm. Notes; "The catalogue . contains twenty-four manuscripts and eighty printed books. Nearly all the former and a high proportion of the latter are from the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872)." Subjects; Phillipps, Thomas Sir 1792-1872. Library Catalogs. William H. Robinson, Ltd. Catalogs. Rare books Catalogs. Illumination of books and manuscripts Catalogs 2 Kg. …

Quarto, twelve pages. Unbound. In original grey printed wraps, with facsimile portrait of Caxton laid down on front cover as part of design. Stitched. Lightly aged and worn, and a little loose. A handsome production, with five full-page facsimiles of pages from the book, and three other illustrations (including duplicate of that on front wrap). Large plate of charcoal drawing, captioned 'A view of the facade of 16 & 17 Pall Mall as seen from the Athenaeum', laid down inside back wrap. The essay is divided into: Bibliographical Particulars; Literary History; Jean de Gallopes; The Bonaventure-Gallopes; The Bedford-Gallopes; The Laval-Gallopes; The Verad-Gallopes; John Lydgate; "The Life of our Lady"; Conclusions.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth boards. Spine and panel edges somewhat dust-toned. Edges and endpapers lightly foxed. Internally tight, bright and clean. Remains a strong and well-preserved copy overall. Series; William H. Robinson, Ltd. Catalogue ; 77. Physical description; 189, [1], cxci-cxcix, [1] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. Notes; Includes index by author and subject. Colophon: Printed in Great Britain by Sun Printers Ltd., London and Watford. Illustrations include 2 folding plates and facsimiles. Subjects; Rare books - Great Britain - Bibliography - Catalogs, Manuscripts - Great Britain - Catalogs, Booksellers' catalogs - Great Britain. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth boards. Spine and panel edges somewhat dust-toned. Edges and endpapers lightly foxed. Internally tight, bright and clean. Remains a strong and well-preserved copy overall. Series; William H. Robinson, Ltd. Catalogue ; 77. Physical description; 189, [1], cxci-cxcix, [1] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. Notes; Includes index by author and subject. Colophon: Printed in Great Britain by Sun Printers Ltd., London and Watford. Illustrations include 2 folding plates and facsimiles. Subjects; Rare books - Great Britain - Bibliography - Catalogs, Manuscripts - Great Britain - Catalogs, Booksellers' catalogs - Great Britain. 1 Kg.…

Printed wrappers, small 4to, 22 cm, 208 pp, 6 plates, ills. 758 items. Scarce. Part I: early English Books; Part II: Books in English printed abroad, 1528-1640. Cocked, spine-panel needing reglueing to textblock, wrappers slightly faded around spine, otherwise Good.

LeatherBound. Zustand: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 92. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1938 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 92.…

LeatherBound. Zustand: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 80. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1939 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 80.…

LeatherBound. Zustand: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 108. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1936 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 108.…

LeatherBound. Zustand: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 136. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1934 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 136.…

LeatherBound. Zustand: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 132. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1933 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 132.…