Fine Bindings, Sets & Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedia of world biography, 12 Volume Set
- Binding:
- White cloth with pictorial sketches of people
- Title in brown and blue
- Features:
- Decorative endpapers (epps)
- Condition:
- Very good (VG)
Man, Myth & Magic..- 21 Volume Set (20 Volumes +1 Index)
– Half black over blue rexine
– Gilt title to cover and spine
– Decoration to cover
– Mint condition
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology – 20 Vols
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology – 20 vols. Set available (2 supplementary volumes for 1988 & 1989 are not available)
- Full blue morocco with gilt title to cover & spine, red dec. tocover & spine, illus. throughout.
- VG+
L’art Et Les Grande Civilisations – L’art De L’ancienne Egypte
Collection of Persia/ Persian Dyeing, 2 Volume Set
– Volume 1: 1-50 colored plates
– Volume 2: 51-100 colored plates
– Full pink and white cloth cover
– Title (in Japanese or Chinese) on white sticker
– Pages bound with mustard-colored ribbon
– Green cloth slipcase with title on white sticker
– Original publisher’s cardboard box
– Near mint condition
Forty-one years in India, form Subaltern to Commander-in-chief. (Incomplete Set)
Forty-one years in India, form Subaltern to Commander-in-chief
Illustration: Several b/w full pp. portraits and Maps and plans, frontis, occasional foxing.
Binding: Set 2 : 23×14.5cm., full blue colour With gilt motif to cover center, gilt title to spine, dec. epps., slight foxing, pp. sl. brittle, text clean.
Condition: Good
Special Remark: We have 6 such sets available with us.
Medicinal Plants 4 Vol Set
Medicinal Plants being descriptions with original Figures of the principal plants …and products of medicinal value
Illustration: 306 hand clrd. full pp. plates, each accompanied with text, pp. brittle, else fine.
Condition: Good
Binding: 24x17cm, orig. green morocco, 4 raised bands to sp. with gilt title, marbled epps., cover and sp. frayed, few covers loose, pp. brittle, teg, sl. foxing.
Forty-one years in India, form Subaltern to Commander-in-chief SET 6
Forty-one years in India, form Subaltern to Commander-in-chief SET 6
Illustration: Several b/w full pp. portraits and Maps and plans, frontis, occasional foxing. Set 6 : 23×14.5cm., full blue cl. with gilt motif to cover center, gilt title to spine, title pp. in red and black, text clean, pp. yellowed., edges thumbed.
Condition: Average+
Forty-one years in India, form Subaltern to Commander-in-chief SET 5
Forty-one years in India, form Subaltern to Commander-in-chief SET 5
Illustration: Several b/w full pp. portraits and Maps and plans, frontis, occasional foxing. Set 5 : 23×14.5cm., full blue cl. with gilt motif to cover center, gilt title to sp., title pp. in red and black, text clean, few pinholes, edges thumbed. Signed by Author with inscription, ‘Presented to Senior Under Officer Robert H. Stallard with best wishes for his future career by the Author Roberts. R.M.A. Woolwich 22nd Dec. 1903.’
Condition: Average
Forty-one years in India, form Subaltern to Commander-in-chief SET 4
Forty-one years in India, form Subaltern to Commander-in-chief SET 4
Illustration: Several b/w full pp. portraits and Maps and plans, frontis, occasional foxing. Set 3 : 23×14.5cm., full blue cl. with gilt motif to cover center, gilt title to sp., title pp. in red and black, pp. yellowed, pp. brittle, text clean.
Condition: Average
Forty-one years in India, form Subaltern to Commander-in-chief SET 3
Forty-one years in India, form Subaltern to Commander-in-chief SET 3
Illustration: Several b/w full pp. portraits and Maps and plans, frontis, occasional foxing. Set 3 : 23×14.5cm., full blue cl. with gilt motif to cover center, gilt title to sp., title pp. in red and black, pp. yellowed, pp. brittle, text clean.
Condition: Average
Forty-one years in India, form Subaltern to Commander-in-chief. SET 2
Forty-one years in India, form Subaltern to Commander-in-chief. SET 2
Illustration: Several b/w full pp. portraits and Maps and plans, frontis, occasional foxing.
Binding: Set 2 : 23×14.5cm., full blue colour With gilt motif to cover center, gilt title to spine, dec. epps., slight foxing, pp. sl. brittle, text clean.
Condition: Good
Special Remark: We have 6 such sets available with us.
The History of England – from the accession of James
Illustration: A large number of b/w full pp. plates, also few coloured. plates with individual tissue guards, frontis with tissue guard.
Condition: Good+
Binding: 25.5cm x 17cm, full blue cloth with gilt title to cover and spine, extremely few wormholes, pp. slight yellowed and brittle, binding loose, edges thumbed and spine ends slight worn, teg.
The Oriental Annual
Illustration: Several full pp. b/w steel engravings throughout with individual tissue guards, frontis, title page, occasional foxing.
Condition: Average
Binding: orig. brown morocco with gilt elephant to cover, gilt title to spine With gilt camel, sp. frayed in parts, edges sl. thumbed, aeg, paper slight yellowish.
The Works Of William Robertson 26 Vol Set
The Works Of William Robertson, D.D. by By Dugald Stewart, F.R.S. T.Cadell, London, 1827. Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode
Illustration: Several b/w vignettes throughout.
Condition: Good+
Binding: 20x14cm, blue cloth with gilt title to spine, black border to cover, foxing throughout, edges thumbed, pp. slight yellowed
The Novels, Tales and Letters of Prosper Merimee.
Edited by Prof. George Saintsbury, M.A. Translated by: Emily Mary Waller, The Lady Mary Loyd and Dr. Edmund Burke Thompson. Illustrations by Gustave Fraipoint and S. Arco.
Illustration: Several full pp. etchings throughout the set with tissue guards, pp. yellowed and slight brittle otherwise in good condition.
Condition: Average
Binding: 22x14cm, orig. re-backed brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt dec. spine with gilt title, marbled epps, cover and edges frayed and thumbed, title pp. in red and black, untrimmed, stamp of previous seller, few pp. loose but intact, spine chipped in parts, teg, slight foxing throughout.
The Plays of William Shakespeare,
The Plays of William Shakespeare, accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq with glossarial Notes. To which are prefixed an account of the life and writings of Shakespeare by Mr. Rowe and Dr. Johnson’s celebrated preface to his edition of Shakespeare printed in 1765.Volumes: Ten. Vol. 1,2,4,7,10 available INCOMPETE SET
Binding: 7×4″, original brown calf with gilt border to cover, gilt dec. spine With gilt title to leather label, 4 raised bands to spine, marbled epps, all edges marbled, slight foxing throughout, spine worn in parts.
Condition: Average+
Wild Life of the World a descriptive survey of the Geographical Distribution of animals
- Illustration: With over 600 prints from original drawings and 120 studies in color. Occasional wormholes.
- Condition: Average+
- Binding: 11×8″, orig. green cloth with gilt title to cover and spine, gilt lion to cover and gilt bird to spine, sp. frayed and torn in parts, wormholes throughout the book, binding loose, pp. getting brittle, edges thumbed.
The Works of Shakespeare SET:3
The works of Shakespeare SET:3. Three. Vol 1: Comedies, Vol 2:Tragedies, Vol 3: Histories
With a memoir and essay on his genius, by Barry Cornwall, illustrated with engravings on wood, from designs by Kenny Meadows
Condition: Good Several woodcut vignettes throughout, title pp. in red and black, text in double columns.
Binding:10.5×6.7, half red morocco over buckram cl., gilt title and dec. to sp., marbled epps., edges thumbed, all edges marbled, covers sl. loose. Condition: Average
The works of William Shakespeare SET:1
Edited by Henry Irving and Frank A. Marshall with notes and introductions to each play by F.A. Marshall and other Shakespearian Scholars. With numerous illustrations by Gordon Browne.
Condition: Average + Several full-paged woodcut engravings with tissue guards, frontis, prints of woodcut vignettes throughout the book, slight spotting mostly to pl. margins.
Binding: Orig. brown color with a lady made in black and gilt to cover, gilt dec. spine. with a man with a spear in black and gilt, small child made to back cover in black, beveled edges, edges thumbed, spine ends bumped, aeg, text in double columns, sl. foxing.
Special Remarks: Vol’s 2 – 8 available, Vol 1 missing
The Age We Live In: A History Of The Nineteenth Century. From The Peace Of 1815 To The Present Time. Volume: 4 vols. In 3
- Illustration: 46 full paged steel engraved plates with tissue guards throughout the set incl. Frontis, minor hand marks around plates, else fine.
- Condition: Very Good+ Binding: 10.7 x 7.5″”, new blue leather binding, marbled epps, edges sl. thumbed.
- Condition: Good”
European History: Great Leaders and landmarks from Early to Modern times. 5 Vol Set
Condition: Average+. Illustration: Several b/w printed photographic images, colored plates with printed tissue guards, occasional wormholes.
Binding: 10″ x 7″, orig. green cloth with gilt title to spine, wormholes throughout the book, paper is getting brittle, red and black title page, edges thumbed, spine ends frayed, Binding: poor
The Complete works of Lord Macaulay Set 2
- Set 2: 8.2×5.2″, original maroon cloth with gilt title to spine,
- Red and black title page, gilt border to cover, text clean and bright, minor scratches to cover, spine ends slightly frayed.
- Condition: Good