The Gallery of Nature

The Gallery of Nature

The Gallery of Nature.

A pictorial and Descriptive Tour Through Creation, illustrative of the wonders of Astronomy, physical Geography, and Geology

Illustration: A large number of wood engravings, engraved pl., several vignettes, frontis., title pp., sl. Foxing to frontis.

Condition: Good.

Binding: 10.2×5.7”, pp. xii, 803; half brown morocco over cl., 5 raised bands to sp. with gilt title, front cover seperate from sp., marbled epps., teg.

Ceylon An Account Of The Island Physical, Historical, And Topographical With Notices Of Its Natural History, Antiquities And Productions

Ceylon An Account Of The Island Physical, Historical, And Topographical With Notices Of Its Natural History, Antiquities And Productions

Ceylon An Account Of The Island Physical, Historical, And Topographical With Notices Of Its Natural History, Antiquities And Productions

Illustration: A large number of wood engravings throughout in the form of vignettes, frontis., 2 double folding maps in Vol.II.

Condition: Very Good

Binding: 22x14cm, pp. xxxv, 619, xvi, 660; brown calf over marbled boards, sp. rebacked, 5 raised bands to sp. with gilt title to leather label, sp. chipped in parts and frayed.

The life and correspondence of the right hon. Sir Bartle Frere

The life and correspondence of the right hon. Sir Bartle Frere

The life and correspondence of the right hon. Sir Bartle Frere

Illustration: 11+5 full pp. woodcut illus. incl. frontis and several clrd. maps.

Condition: Good+.

Binding: 9”x 5.5”, pp. xi, 516, 472; new calf over marbled boards with gilt title to leather label to sp., 5 raised bands to spine.

Climbing in the Himalayas

Climbing in the Himalayas

Climbing in the Himalayas

Illustration: Signed on front inside pp. Several b/w full pp. and vignettes prints throughout, 1 folded map with clrd. Outlines but brittle.
Condition: Average

Binding: 25×16.5cm., pp. xxviii, 709, 1pp. of adverts.; full brown cl. with image of mountain-climbers in black. And white to cover with black title, gilt title to sp. with image, minor wormholes, cover frayed and binding loose, title pp. missing, sl. underlining in color pencil by previous owner.

The Silken East -A record of life and travel in burma

The Silken East -A record of life and travel in burma

The Silken East -A record of life and travel in burma

V.C. Scott O’ Connor, Iluus. By J.R. Middleton, Mrs. Otway Wheeler Cuffe and Saya Chone

Illustration: With 400 prints from photographs including 20 colored.

Condition: Good

Binding: 10×6.5”, pp.842; orig. blue cl. with heavy gilt tooling to cover with title, gilt title to sp., rebacked, cover and sp. frayed, few wormholes, teg.

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

J.M.Rigg, with an illustrated introduction and 16 hand colored illustrations From original drawings by Louis Chalon

Illustration: Several full pp. clrd. prints throughout.

Condition: Good

Binding: 22×13.5cm., pp.xix,332, xiii, 404 ; full grey cl. with gilt title to spine

X145C A (12) A Journey Through The Upper Provinces Of India John Murray Londin 1828 SET C

Narrative of A Journey Through The Upper Provinces Of India Set 3

Narrative of A Journey Through The Upper Provinces Of India

Illustration: Set 3: 17+7+4 full pp. woodcut engravings, sl. foxing.

Binding: Set 3: 9×5.5”, half calf over marbled boards, orig. sp. rebacked, 5 raised bands to sp. with gilt title, marbled epps., all edges marbled, all edges thumbed, sl. foxing, text bright and clean, ex libris stamp to inside cover.

Binding Condition: Set 3: Good

Narrative of A Journey Through The Upper Provinces Of India

Narrative of A Journey Through The Upper Provinces Of India Set 2

Narrative of A Journey Through The Upper Provinces Of India

Illustration: Set 2: 17+7+4 full pp. woodcut engravings, sl. foxing, numbering to pl. with pen.

Set 2: Average+

Binding: Set 2: 22×13.5cm, paper marbled boards with part of sp. being orig., most of the sp. is new leather, ex libris stamps to inside cover, sl. foxing, cover frayed, text clean and bright.

Narrative of A Journey Through The Upper Provinces Of India

Narrative of A Journey Through The Upper Provinces Of India Set 1

From Calcutta To Bombay, 1824 –1825 (With Notes Upon Ceylon) PUNDOLES

Illustration: Set 1: 17+7+4 full pp. woodcut engravings, sl. foxing.

Condition: Set 1: Good

Binding: Set 1: 8.7×5.3”, orig. brown calf, sp. and cover rebacked, gilt border to cover, gilt dec. sp. with gilt title to new black leather labels, sp. and cover chipped in parts, marbled epps, all edges marbled, inner dentelles, sl. foxing, text clean and bright.

Lalla Rookh – an Oriental Romance

Lalla Rookh – an Oriental Romance

Lalla Rookh – an Oriental Romance

Illustration: Copy 3: 13 full pp. b/w stipple engravings incl. Frontis and title pp., water stains to pp. margins with little/no harm to pl., tissue guards.

Condition: Good

Binding: Copy 3 : 8.2×5.8”, pp. viii, 392 ; full black morocco with heavy dec. gilt border and motif to cover, 5 raised bands to dec. sp. with gilt title, aeg, inner dentelles, border to all pp., edges thumbed, inscription to inside front pp., sp. worn at joints, pp. sl. yellowed.

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer poet of persia

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer poet of persia

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer poet of persia

Illustration: Copy 3: Several full pp. clrd. Prints of hand paintings, pp. totally brittle.

Binding 9.5×6.6”, pp.63; text in red and black, pp. totally brittle, brown suede leather cover with gilt title and dec. to cover and sp.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Illustration: Copy 2 : Several full pp. clrd. Prints of hand paintings with tissue guards with prints, printed floral border to all text pp., sl. foxing throughout.
Condition: Good 

Binding : 28.2×21.5cm, full red cl. with gilt peacock border to cover with gilt title, gilt title to sp. 

Children’s Colour Book of Lands & Peoples

Children’s Colour Book of Lands and Peoples

Illustration: A large number of b/ w and clrd. Prints, several folding.
Condition: Good+
Binding: 10×6.5”, orig. black morocco over blue cl. boards, gilt title to sp. with 5 raised bands and dec., cover and sp. sl. frayed, text in double columns, teg, marbled epps., clrd. title pp.

Don Juan

Don Juan

Binding: 10.2×6.5”, pp.426 ; orig. half jute over paper boards, paper label to sp. with black title, red title to cover, edges thumbed, cover sl. dirty, untrimmed.

Condition: Good

The Lost Ring...Kalidasa.

Sakoontala or The Lost Ring…Kalidasa

Binding: 8.2×5.5”, pp. xxvii, 227,31; full brown cl. with self-design to cover, gilt title to sp., cover and sp. rebacked, spotting to sp., edges thumbed, cover frayed, pp. yellowing, insert from pp.105 to 112, 137 to 141, 201 –224 of the Shakuntala play with border and decorations to each of these pages.
Condition: Average

Pederasty in Europe

Pederasty in Europe

Illustration: Sepia toned print on tissue paper frontis. Separate from sp. but no harm to pl. itself, few b/w pl.
Condition:Good.
Binding: 10×6.5”, pp.xxxiii, 233; orig. half white paper over brown paper boards, gilt title to sp., gilt image to center of cover, untrimmed, top edges dyed.

Mural paintings in Thailand - 2 Volumes Plates + One Volume Text

Mural paintings in Thailand – 2 Volumes Plates + One Volume Text

(I-CIX, Pl. vol. 2- CX-CC)

Illustration: 200 full pp. clrd. pl., pastedowns, each with a gilt border stuck on brown paper.
Condition: Very Good
Binding: 13.5×11”(text vol.) 22×17.5”(pl.vol.); pp.lxxviii,355(text vol.); full orange cl. with gilt title to cover and sp., pl. vol. with a clrd. pl. stuck to cover. Condition: Good+

NA as in Urdu

Nizami’s Menesh

NA as in Urdu

Illustration: several b/w photo printed pl. throughout, both full pp. and vignettes.
Condition: Good
Binding: 15.5×10.5”; new binding, several pp. restored, dec. epps. .

Wanderings in Arabia

Wanderings in Arabia

Illustration: Photogravure frontis to Vol. 1 and line drawn frontis to Vol.2, tissue guards, Vol.1 frontis pp. torn from side but no harm to pl. itself, title pp. of Vol.1 also torn, pp. brittle.
Condition: Good
Binding: 9×6”, pp. xi, 309,x, 297; full green buckram with gilt title to sp., pp. brittle, teg, cover worn.