r b scott (9 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Softcover. Zustand: GOOD+. Covers are a bit scuffed. Corner of back cover is creased. 23 cm. 278 pages. Additional info or photos on request. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging, with tracking and insurance.

paperback. Zustand: Acceptable. Paperback. Cover and spine in good condition. Spine is tight. Pages have some staining on the edges. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library.

paperback. Zustand: Good. 0th Edition.

Full-Leather. Zustand: Very Good. 3rd edition, xiv [2] 244 [12]pp, lovely contemporary tree calf, heavily gilt spine with red morocco label, corners lightly bumped and slight wear to extremities, joints lightly rubbed and beginning to crack, 8vo (18.5x11.5cm), ESTC T99967.

Leather. Zustand: Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of John Entick's very scarce illustrated history of the British Navy, complete with illustrations. The first edition of this very scarce work.This work offers an extensive history of the Royal Navy.'A New Naval History' traces the history of the British Navy through all of its different branches, and across their histories, looking at important battles, and how the Navy had developed across the centuries.Including lives of various eminent admirals and navigators, and notes on the rules and regulations of the Navy.Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and four plates. Collated CompleteWritten by the hack writer John Entick, this is one of his works which has a more lasting value.Register runs as: A-10S2, 10T1. In a full calf binding. Externally, worn, front board is detached but preset. Loss of leather, due to rubbing, to the boards, extremities, and head and tail of the spine. Rear joint and hinge are tender. Leather is rubbed. Minor marks and discolouration to the boards and spine. Front endpaper and frontispiece are detached but present. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Folding map is worn with edge wear and closed tears. Good Only. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. London: Printed for R. Manby, near Ludgate-Hill; W. Reeve, near Serjeant s Inn, in Fleetstreet; W. Bizet, in St. Clement s Church-Yard; P. Davey and B. Law, in Ave-Mary-Lane; and J. Scott, in Pater-Noster-Row. 1757 First Edition. Folio, 16 ½ inches tall by 11 inches wide by 3 inches deep. [4], lxii, 63-887pp, plates: portraits and a large folding map of Europe, 5 in total including the map. Lacking the frontispiece of Entick (a Portrait). Repaired to the spine, torn with loss to page 775/6 see images; and minor loss to 773/4. Possibly lacking 11pp at the rear. Otherwise complete and in good condition throughout. New spine to the original boards. Full-page plate of 'Standards, Flags, Colours, &.' facing page 348. A large folding map: 'A compleat Chart of the European Seas from the Gulf of Finland to the Levant', some 22 inches wide by 16 and ¼ inches tall [415 x 550mm] in size, facing page 588. Full-page plate: 'A View of the Engagement between the English Fleet and the Spanish Invincible Armada off the Start Point near Plymouth | B. Cole sculp', facing page 242. Full-page plate: 'Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, Lord High Admiral of England | T. Chambers Sculp' facing page 333 and full-page plate: 'Sr. Francis Drake' facing page 335; both the portrait plates are bright and clean with a little offset on facing pages. Lacking 11pp at the rear assumed to be Index and tables. ESTC T138487. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles to a new spine. Joints good condition solid. Corners good condition bumped and worn, repaired. Boards good condition marked and worn. Page edges good condition darkened. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition solid. Paste downs good condition marked. End papers good condition marked. Title good condition minor marks and spotting. Pages good condition foxed and marked, page 773 to 776 has damage in the gutter of the page with loss, hole in the outer margin of the pages towards the end of the volume not impacting the text. Binding good condition solid. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1757 Binding: Hardback.

Third edition, 8vo, (ii), 382 pp. Early signature to title page, later one to front blank, with an ink splat to the first page of text. Early 19th century black diced calf, some rubbing otherwise very good.