In Search Of History
Near Mint
Near Mint
– Near mint condition
– Gilt design on cover and title on spine
– Boxed case included
Near Mint
– Full blue cloth with black title on spine
– Dust jacket slightly frayed
– 187 pages
– 90 plates of textiles
– Cardboard slipcase with blue paper adhered to the cover
Binding:
– Full original red cloth
– Gilt figurehead on cover
– Gilt decorated spine with title
Features
– Includes maps
– Colored plates
Volumes: Two volumes in a single slipcase
Condition:
– Slightly yellowed on the spine and corners
– Inside pages, prints, and photos not affected
– Overall condition: Very good (VG)
Illustration: Copy 5, over 100 tinted illustrations, all pages in photogravure
Condition: Good
Binding:
– Copy 5 dimensions: 12.5×8 inches, pp. xii, 273, [2]
– Floral printed cloth cover with gilt title to spine
– Beveled edges
– Top edge gilt (teg)
– Untrimmed pages
Illustration: Copy 4, illustrated by John Tenniel
Features:
– A large number of woodcut vignettes throughout
– Chromo lithographed title page
Condition:
– Average+
– Edges thumbed
– Binding loose and cover slightly disjointed from spine in parts
– Discoloration to cover and spine
– Light foxing
Binding:
– Copy 4 dimensions: 21×14.5 cm, pp. xxiv, 336
– Original red cloth with decoration to cover and spine in silver and black
– Silver title to cover and spine
– All edges gilt (aeg)
– Pages: vii, 174 + 3
– Black and white printed illustrations
– New binding
– Several folded maps
– Pages are yellowed
– Overall condition: Average
– Page: 416
– Binding: Full brown cloth
– Title: Gilt title on spine and brown title on cover
– Dust Jacket: Included
– Illustrations: 427 illustrations, 50 in color
– Condition: Good Plus (Good+)
– Page: 200
– Illustrations: Many duotone illustrations throughout
– Signature: Signed by the author with a personal inscription
– Binding: Full maroon cloth
– Title: Silver title on spine and silver dancing Shiva on cover
– Condition: Pages yellowed, binding loose, Average Plus (Avg+)
– Page: 95 + 1
– Illustrations: About 41 full-page color illustrations
– Format: Large folio
– Binding: Full black paperboards
– Title: Gilt title on spine and cover
– Text: On yellow paper
– Dust Jacket: Included
– Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Oblong, shrink wrapped, near mint.
– Page: 695
– Illustrations: Black and white illustrations
– Binding: Full black cloth
– Title: Gilt title on spine
– Dust Jacket: Included
– Condition: Near Mint
– Page: 301
– Illustrations: Black and white and colored illustrations
– Binding: Full brown cloth
– Title: Gilt title on spine
– Dust Jacket: Included
– Condition: Near Mint
Shrink wrapped, near mint.
– Illustrations: Colored illustrations
– Page: 351
– Binding: Full brown paper
– Title: Gilt title on spine
– Dust Jacket: Included
– Condition: Near Mint
– Page: 644
– Binding: Full beige paperboards
– Title: Gilt title on spine
– Dust Jacket: Included
– Condition: Very Good (VG)
– Pages: Unpaginated
– Features: Many black and white photographs
– Cover: Black paperback with title in blue and white
– Condition: Very Good (VG)
– Page: 136
– Format: Oblong
– Binding: Full purple paperboards
– Title: White title on spine
– Dust Jacket: Included
– Condition: Cover and dust jacket bumped, Good Plus (Good+)
– Page: 332
– Binding: Full white laminated cloth
– Title: Gilt title on spine
– Dust Jacket: Slightly torn
– Case: Cardboard slipcase, publisher’s cardboard box
– Condition: Good Plus (Good+)
– Page: 256
– Accompanied by: A reading copy with the exact content
Volume 1:
– Binding: Half black paperboards over decorative marbled boards
– Title: Red title on spine over white sticker
Volume 2 (reading copy):
– Binding: Brown paperback
– Case: Paper slipcase, publisher’s cardboard box
– Condition: Near mint