A w collins (15 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Dust Jacket Included. NULL. 64pp, 7 x 9 inches, (price cut), ex-lib, B/w illustrations and diagrams. NULL (illustrator).

Full title - LECTEUR FRANÇOIS, OU, RECUEIL DE PIEÌCES, EN PROSE ET EN VERS, TIREÌES DES MEILLEURS EÌCRIVAINS: POUR SERVIR AÌ PERFECTIONNER LES JEUNES GENS DANS LA LECTURE: AÌ EÌTENDRE LEUR CONNOISSANCE DE LA LANGUE FRANÇOISE: ET AÌ LEUR INCULQUER DES PRINCIPES DE VERTU ET DE PIEÌTEÌ. i-xii, 1-369 pages. Hardcover: H 17.75cm x L 11.25cm. Contemporary full leather well scuffed with worn edges; front joint completely cracked with front board only tenuously attached by two binding cords; lesser splitting to rear joint causing rear board to be pliable but holding; spine title label intact with gilt lettering dulled but still easily legible. Missing front and rear free endpapers and perhaps a respective flyleaf; first leaf present is title leaf (i.e. pages i-ii); antiquarian ink ownership inscriptions on front pastedown and on title; antiquarian ink writing on rear pastedown; toning/foxing throughout with moisture staining at lower inside (gutter) corners strongest on early and late leaves and diminishing inward; some pages corners creased. Text block is firm. Book now presented in a trimmed clear Dura-Lar (polyester film) sheet forming a dj which aids the securing the boards and modestly enhances the book's shelf appearance. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover Privately published by D W A COLLINS 1945, Poems from 1941-1945. 55pp including Index, Signed by Author VG.

1st ed. thus dust jacket Near Fine octavo xiv + 336pp., col. & b/w pls., maps, appends., references, index, Australia in the War of 1939-1945 vol. I. Collins/AWM reissue with introduction by David Horner.

Second Edition, 12mo, xii, 273, [3] pp., with a final advertisement leaf, inscription on fly-leaf "Presented to the Library of the Bristol Baptist College by Romeo Elton D.D., Exeter, May, 1864.", some foxing on the title and a few other leaves, original boards, uncut, printed paper label chipped, upper spine defective, with the bookplate of the Baptist College Library. …

Half-Leather. Zustand: Good. Fifth. Brown 'suede' type brown boards, their surface chipped and rubbed with edgewear, particularly on four front corners. The solid spine with five raised bands and leather label lettered in gilt is a lighter colour and soft suede in texture. Internally evidence of professional restoration of front and rear gutters; the front free endpaper with three paragraphs of writing, two in pen, one in pencil, dated 1933 . The lightly soiled engraved frontis has six bookworm holes partly affecting pages as far as the letter G (alphabetical); spotty title page chipped on edges and a 1 cm x 5 mm scribble near rmiddle; preliminary pages soiled as far as 'Ale' and generally clean and unmarked thereafter. Unpaginated. Frontis + 12 folding plates. Last entry: 'Zylosteum' followed by grubby six page Latin Index, then nine page index of plants mentioned, one page ad (with short edge tear) + two page list of plants engraved and described. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. The Third Edition; In Two Volumes; .To which are prefixed, A History of the Language, and An English Grammar.; Remnants of original cover leather laid over new leathers, gilt spine title on red & black Morocco labels, 6 heavy raised bands, & title page in rubric; A good or good+ tight set with even wear but no glaring defects, note: armorial bookplate inside each front board of Geo. Burrish, also, large ink signature on fep each volume of William H. E. Worship; This set has its own walnut furniture for storage & use (20.5"x17"x21.5") consisting of a lecturn with two drawers, one for each volume; Unpaginated. Size: 10.25"x16".…

Hardcover. Zustand: Mäßig. kA. Auflage. Anzahl Bände: 1 - Bd.Nr.: kA - Sprache: en - Einband: Leinen - Gewicht: 510 - Illust.: kA - Zustand: Mäßig - Benutzungspuren, Einband berieben und bestoßen. kA (illustrator).

London/ Glasgow; no year; Collins; halfcloth; ills. in colour and b&w; not paged. Cover slightly damaged and a trifle worn along extremities.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. A collection of eleven adventures novels from writers such as Robert Louis Stevenson and Robert Michael Ballantyne. Eleven volumes. A collection of adventure novels from the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. This set contains: The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses, 1899. Thirty-third thousand. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. Written by Robert Louis Stevenson, a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer best known for the novels Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The Last of the Mohicans, c1905. Illustrated with eight colour plates. Collated complete. Written by James Fenimore Cooper, an American writer noted for his historical romances depicting colonial and indigenous characters from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. Martin Rattler or A Boy's Adventures in the Forests of Brazil, 1892. With a frontispiece. Written by Robert Michael Ballantyne, a Scottish author of juvenile fiction, who wrote more than a hundred books. Rudolph of Rosenfeldt: A Story of the Times of William the Silent, 1892. With a frontispiece. Written by John W. Spear, a British author best known for his work "Out of the Toils". The Quest of Jack Hazelwood, 1891. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. Collated complete. Written by Marian Andrews, an English biographer and novelist who often published under the pseudonym Christopher Hare. Sunshine and Shade in Central Africa, 1911. With a frontispiece and eleven plates. Collated complete. Written by Julia A. Smith, a British missionary and writer. Steady and Strong, 1891. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven plates, and numerous in-text images. Written by R. M. Freeman. In the Days of Drake, Being the Adventures of Humphrey Salkeld, 1896. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates. Collated complete. Written by Joseph Smith Fletcher, a prolific English journalist and author. Sea Scouts Afloat: A Story of the Great War, 1921. With a colour frontispiece. Written by Frederick Harrison, a British author. From Lieutenant to Field-Marshal: A Life of Lord Roberts, 1917. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. Written by M. Riach, a Scottish author of historical works. Ivor's Adventures, or a Boy's Way, 1911. With a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. Written by Ismay Thorn, English author of some thirty children's books. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the cloth. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spines of the odd volume. Front hinges generally starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Further spotting to the first and last few pages. Contemporary ink inscription to the odd front free endpaper with the odd bookplate to the front pastedown. Good. Various (illustrator). book.…

Full Calf. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Book measures 20x13.cm. [8],565pp,[3], 3 engraved plates, including portrait, one plate is folding, one folding table. Bound in full calf. At some time the book has been rebacked, retaining the period panelled boards, raised bands, gilt lines and lettering, full gilt edges. Boards rubbed on corners with loss. Binding in vety good clean firm condition. Internally, previous owners bookplate. Pages clean. A good solid clean copy. F Size: 8vo.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Hardback, full-calf, with panelled boards, morocco label to spine. [8], 565pp, [3], 3 engraved plates (including portrait and one folding), and one folding table. Hinges cracked but boards holding firm. Previous owner's label to front pastedown. Some sporadic spotting. Scarce. (ar36). …

Hardcover. 8vo., 565pp., [3]; G+; spine paneled brown leather with faded gilt lettering, gilt tooling; moderate wear to spine, including chipping to head and tail, pieces of top panel missing, chip on lowest panel missing; marks of what appear to be tape across the spine in four pieces; front board bowed inward; bumping to corners, wear to both boards; both boards slightly loose; worn gilt panel on both boards; tooling on board edges; bookplate on front pastedown; some writing in ink on ffep; mild age-toning; frontispiece, folding plate of the garter outfit, plate of garter outfit present and in excellent condition; the table inserted after page 156 is numbered 546-547, but is extra to both pagination and register; contents listed in rear; full title: The History of the most Noble Order of the Garter. Wherein is set forth An Account of the Town, Castle, Chappel, and College of Windsor; with their several Officers: The Foundation of the Order by King Edward III. With the Statutes, and Annals at large, as they have been altered and amended. An Account of the Habits, Ensigns, and Officers of the Order. The Ceremonies of Election, Investiture, and Instalment of Knights: The manner of their Feasts, and the Duties and Fees, payable in these Occasions. Some Account of the Founders, with an exact List of all that have been installed since the first Institution, and their several Coats of Arms emblazon's. To which is prefix'd, A Discourse of Knighthood in General, and the several Orders extant in Europe.; this particular edition was printed the year after George I of England ascended the throne; JG consignment; shelved in Room G. 1271192. Special Collections.…

8vo, pp. [xv], [1], 50, 376, [22], with copper-engraved frontispiece and five folding plates; short closed marginal tear to G3, but a very good, crisp copy; bound in contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt-ruled in compartments with later gilt red morocco lettering-piece; small crack to headcap, a few light abrasions to boards, corners slightly bumped; contemporary ink ownership inscription to title-page 'Rob. Johnson.A very attractive copy of the most popular work of Philip Miller (1691-1771), the foremost British gardener of the eighteenth century, with five folding plates of botanical illustrations. 'Miller's Gardener's Kalendar, published in fifteen editions between 1732 and 1765, catered for the modest gardener who needed practical advice [Miller] produced a work not only portable, but also at a price to suit those who could not afford a larger book. At four shillings a copy it came within the purse of most and indeed was judged to be "a manual to the whole kingdom". Its aim was to bring into "one easy and concise view" what might be of use to those "hindered by other avocations from bestowing much time in the study of this delightful and innocent work" Under each month could be found directions for work to be done in the kitchen garden with notes on its produce, the pleasure or flower garden with plants then in flower, and the greenhouse and stove with their plants in bloom' (Le Rougetel, pp. 1013). Henrey 1141. See Le Rougetel, The Chelsea Gardener: Philip Miller 1691-1771 (1990). Language: English.…

Zustand: Good. Folio. 26.5 x 41cm. 2 volumes. Rebound by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov in full goatskin in 2 brown textures. Original spine labels preserved.2 volumes. x, xxxiv, [4], 500; [2], 433, [1], [126], [4], 111, [1], [5] pp. Three folding maps.Coming down from earliest times to the year 1762, Anderson's work is a monument of stupendous industry. Composed in the form of annals, it is not merely a record of commercial progress and colonial enterprise, but a history of the political, industrial, and social development of all civilised countries, and especially of Great Britain and Ireland" (DNB). "The author was a clerk in the South-Sea House, London. It contains a most accurate account of the South-Sea Company, and the very extraordinary actions of the year 1720." (Sabin). Sabin 1382; Kress 6154. Chinese seal to both title pages.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:863535986: (xxxiv, [4], 500 pages, [3] folded leaves of plates; [2], 433, [128], 111, [6] pages) : maps ; folio.…