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frontispiece of lesagesome foxing front and rear5 raised bands to spinea heavy book so some negotiation may be required over postage costssee oxfam website for delivery information read morea handsome half leather volume with marbled cover to boards and leather to spine and cornersmarbled edges to the text blockoxfam books & music totnes the subtitle reads â le diable boiteux, gil blas, la bachelier de salamanque, gusman dâalfarache, theatrenouvelle edition ornee de 7 vignettes gravees par ferdinand, après les dessins nap thomas preceee dâune notice biographique et litteraire par m prosper poitevinâa little wear to top and bottom of the spine coverbook plate of charles awdry on reverse of front cover and exeter city library on facing pagegilt lettering to spine and gile library numberthe remaining illustrations show a little foxingthe text, entirely in french, is in two columns throughoutthe only other evidence of its library provenance in this volume is a pencilled annotation on reverse of title page and a bar code taped on the inside of the rear cover
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Illustrated with portrait frontispiece of drplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit was intended to provide a condensed account of his life for those unfamiliar with the newspaper accounts and those published by the national geographic societylivingstone and other sephia paint illustrationspublisher's brown cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration including gilt vignette of a lion with floral frame on front boardcondition solid and firm boardsthe life and explorations of david livingstone, llcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablepublished by walter scottrobertson - walter scott - 19 x 13 cm - 320pp this biography was published a year after david livingstoneâs deathall pages are cleanminor wear to spine ends and boardsâ cornersno foxing, aside from the end papers and otherwise just occasional tanned marksbook dimensions: 19 x 13cm & number of pages: 320plates are brightour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storegilt title and vignette of livingstone on spineare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe missionary explorer - j
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Illustrated with portrait frontispiece of drplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit was intended to provide a condensed account of his life for those unfamiliar with the newspaper accounts and those published by the national geographic societylivingstone and other sephia paint illustrationspublisher's brown cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration including gilt vignette of a lion with floral frame on front boardthe life and explorations of david livingstone, llcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablepublished by walter scottrobertson - walter scott - 19 x 13 cm - 320pp this biography was published a year after david livingstoneâs deathcondition boards lightly rubbed, endpapers foxed, else this is a bright, very good copybook dimensions: 19 x 13cm & number of pages: 320our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storegilt title and vignette of livingstone on spineare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe missionary explorer - j
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"the iliad of homer" by homer and transl by edward earl of derby john murray, london - edition - complete in two volumes - 338p, 346p, 15cmx13cm - with frontispiece of dearby in vol 1 - condition: good, in full leather prize binding (schola recia norvicensis), minor rubbing to boards, front board vol 1 loose, frontisepiece present, bookplate present, completeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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"the works of william shakespeare with a life, noes and references" by william shakespeare porter & coates, philadelphia - first thus american edition - 969p, 20cmx15cm - with engraved title page, frontispiece of shakespeake and all engraved plates - condition: very good, nicely rebound, complete and clean copy, lrs library stamp on title page, all plates presentplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Published by richard bentley and son in with a frontispiece of sir anthony panizzi see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop steyning by robert cowtanbrown cloth boards with gilt decoration are in very good conditionfirst couple of pages loose from spine and top of pages a bit worn, otherwise in good condition
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frontispiece of lassieoxfam books & music totnes subtitled: his discover and traininggreen boards in very good condition with gold spine titlefor all those who watched the adventures of lassie in the 50's and 60's either at the cinema or on tv will enjoy this! see oxfam website for delivery information read moregood copy with clipped pictorial dust jacket, jacket has edge wear and tear and is slightly grubby, the binding is tight but the interior has some foxing and tanningthere are a number of photographs of the trainingwith fifty obedience training lessons for your dog, illustrated by lassie
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frontispiece of cat tormenting mouse by james gillray read moreoriginally printed (andrew millar, the strand) this edition printed th edition (william miller, albermarle st)an essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting
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frontispiece of cat tormenting mouse by james gillray read moreoriginally printed (andrew millar, the strand) this edition printed th edition (william miller, albermarle st)very good conditionan essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting
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frontispiece of the author with tissue protectionthere is an inscription in ink on the ffep and there are also some underlinings and marginal notes and lines, which all appear to be in pencilhard covers with gilt lettering to frontsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes a little book which clearly had much appeal, being initially published in and running to many editions, even to meeting print-on-demand editions recentlythe binding is goodthere is a place holdercloth spine cover again with gilt letteringsmall book with no dj
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecareful shippingcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablefor a more precise estimation of the coin's quality, please see the photosour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki316 vf type always sought after
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With frontispiece and 1 folding mapwith frontispiece and a folding map with the floor plan of middelburgplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecrisp and clean pages with hardly any discolourationoccasional spotcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available(frontispiece, ), ppthis lot will be sent by registered mail read morein the original parchment binding - format: large 8vo; - cm condition: in contemporary parchment binding[pieter boddaert] - hedendaagsche historie, of tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren; xixde deelour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store[pieter boddaert] - hedendaagsche historie, of tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren, xixde deelthe map with the middelburg floor plan is of good to very good qualityvervolgende de beschryving der vereenigde nederlanden, en wel in 't byzonder handelende van zeelandvervolgende de beschryving der vereenigde nederlanden en wel in't byzonder handelende van zeeland; het negende deel - te amsterdam by isaak tirionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Take note: the four milton volumes all have the same portrait and the same frontispieceall volumes have a frontispiece as illustration of and reference to a poem, printed outside the textuniformly bound in full calf leatherthe book blocks are firmly affixed to the spineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableall engravings with the mention of the designer and engraver, and with the date it was madethe paper of the text blocks is very freshthe front and back cover are blind stamped with an edge decorationthe engravings were printed in londona marvellously preserved setmost ribbon markers have been preserved, though are often frayed and sometimes loose from the spinethe poetry by john milton (four volumes), thomas parnell (two volumes), alexander pope (four volumes), and edward young (four volumes)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeall authors have an engraved portrait (printed outside the text) and a life description in volume 1the texts were in edinburgh on an apollo pressthe bindings have minor signs of use (the corners of the covers have light dents, see photos)paper: minor signs of acidification, especially on the edges of the, printed on heavier paper, engravings (see photos)a total of fourteen volumes (complete) from the series âbell's edition of the poets of great britain complete from chaucer to churchillâ, with the collection title 'the poetical works ofare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesecurely bound with hinges fully intact, some instances of internal separation but text block sound with no loose or detached pagescatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablepublished by john murray, london5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & indexare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirichly illustrated with fold-out frontispiece, 4 folding plates and plans, 8 tinted lithographic plates, 13 full-page plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravingsdiscoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylon; with travels in armenia, kurdistan and the desert: being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the british museum illustrated with folding frontispiece, 4 folding plates and plans, 13 full-page plates, 8 tinted lithographic plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravings an account of layardâs important second british museum expedition in , describing in detail the discoveries that were made, especially focusing on the momentous assyrian artefactsapart from his great archaeological accomplishment in identifying kouyunjik as the site of the ancient city nineveh, layard provides an extensive analysis of the ancient assyrian world and its history, as revealed by the discoveries, and also writes about the daily life and customs of the countrypages are tight and clean with occasional, spots, light marks, or foxinginternally; is almost goodplates are clean and bright (please see pictures)lacks 2 pages from the appendix between pages 672 and 673 (see picture 54), a couple of maps are taped but still completetitles in gilt to spineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeno writing or inscriptionsthis will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this workitem description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regionoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear coverstop of spine cover missingcondition wear at extremities with rubbing and bumping to cornersbook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4
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Volume 1 coloured chart of the bristol channel for the frontispiecevolume 2 plan of hull for the frontispiece an engraved view of liverpool coloured maps of the channel islands, and a double page plan of leedsthe 6 volumes dated contain about printed pages in each volumedouble-page colour maps and black and white engravings in the six volumesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteeach volume has maps & engraved views protected by tissue guardsvolumes 3-6 other volumes similar layoutcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available25 pages of maps and also engraved viewspacked with interesting information on the many towns and villages throughout england and walesthe imperial gazetteer of england and wales; six volumesall in alphabetical order the history topography industry and situation of eachour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storedioceses, parishes, and boroughs: general statistics: postal arrangements: these dated and published 6 volumes were carefully updated with new revised information at the timearranged in double columnsdouble page plan of london, metropolitan burghs and southern and eastern environs and a double page plan of the town & burgh of liverpool with birkenheadcomprehensive gazette all towns and villages and communities without a church called hamlets throughout england and wales showing details of eachare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe volume covers are a little fragile but volumes are considered as a reading copy generally in a fair condition
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The book is illustrated, with fold out âmap of part of western asia, the ancient assyria, media, susiana & persiaâ, frontispiece of âthe king (nplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevaux's knowledge was large and varied, more especially in all that related to oriental antiquitiescatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableno foxing; only occasional spotting marks to few pagesrebound in brown boards with gilt lettering within purple labels on spineare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiinner hinges are very good with no splits), did much to popularise the discoveries of layard and other travellersâpublished by arthur hall, virtue, & co, london (mdcccl, )internally, in very good condition indeedpalace, nimrud)â, full-page plates printed on thick papers, and wood-cut engravingscondition solid and firm boardswear at extremitieshis nineveh and persepolis: an historical sketch of ancient assyria and persia, with an account of the recent researches in those countries (th edthe text is very clean, and plates are bright (please see pictures)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storebook dimensions: 18 x 13 cm & number of pages: 437ownersâ name, and date , with neat ink on first title pageall pages are tightly held at the gutterâvaux was born in in oxfordnineveh and persepolis: an historical sketch of ancient assyria and persia, with an account of the recent researches in those countries illustrated with frontispiece, folding map and full-page engravings item description a facilitating volume providing an in depth look at nineveh and persepolis with recent (for that time) discoveries
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The sixth series (, first edition) has five plates, the tissue guard of the frontispiece is tanned, no other protective tissuesthe seventh series (, first edition) has five plates the tissue guard of the frontispiece is tanned, no other protective tissuesillustrated with tissue-protected plates many of which are photogravure, some from photographssome tanning to first and last endpapers particularly series seventhe third series (, first edition) has six plates the protective tissues of which are foxed and which in turn has lightly affected some of the plateswith prefaces by the authorthe second series (, first edition) has five platesmaxwell's memories of the months comprised seven series through tosee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall page edges are untrimmed, some still unseparatedthe green colour does vary with three volumes in a more olive-type green and three veering towards a more bottle-type greenthe fifth series (, first edition) has six platesbinding is good on all volumesoxfam bookshop lymington a scarce seven volume set of 'memories of the months' by sir herbert maxwell, some of which are first editionsir herbert eustace maxwell, 7th baronet of monreith, kt, pc, frs, frgs () was a scottish novelist, essayist, horticulturalist and conservative politician who sat in the house of commons from toowner name dated on first free endpaper of first seriesall spines are bumped at the tops and bases, the front board of vol ii is bumped at the top edge, the front board of vol v has a short yellowish line near the right edgegreen cloth covers with gilt titles on the fronts and spinesthe first series (, sixth impression) has seven platesthe fourth series (, first edition) has six plates
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With a frontispiece and illustrated title, title page and three hundred illustrations, partly on platesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteor the hunting and hunters of all nationstwentieth thousandcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available) wild animals of the globethe text block has browned, otherwise in good conditionrare hunting book, a marvellous product of its timeexhibiting the modes adopted by gerard, cummings, and other celebrated hunters, in taking the (frontispiece, illustrated title and some hand coloured illustrationsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin linen with a new spine, new flyleaves and ribbon marker
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'white fang" - the review of reviews company, ny - first thus american edition - 325p, 15cmx13cm - condition: good, with frontispiece 3"when god laughs" - the review of reviews company, ny - first thus american edition - 319p, 15cmx13cm - condition: good, with frontispiece 4please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available"love of life and other stories" - introduction by george orwell - paul elek, first thus uk edition - 290p, 14cmx12cm - conditoin: good, with dust jacket with some wear"the son of the wolf" - everett, london - first thus uk edition - 256p, 12cmx10cm - condition: good, some wear to boards 5our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store"the daughter of the snow" - tnelson, london - first thus uk edition - 312p, 12cmx10cm - condition: good, some wear and soiling to boards read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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This book features impressive illustrations and photographs throughout including a chromolithograph frontispiece portrait of the queen"sixty years a queen - the story of her majesty's reign" by sir herbert maxwell eyre & spottiswoode, london - first uk edition - 35cmx25cm, 240p - condition: half leather binding with some wear and rubbing to boards ands spine, complete internally, incl colored frontispiece a beautifully illustrated book on the life and reign of the english royal, queen victoria by sir herbert maxwellplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storemaxwell wrote this work in a chronological manner giving special attention to the imperial celebrations which pay homage to the lady ruler read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Inscription inked inside; heavy foxing to frontispiece, frontispiece verso and facing page, light foxing to title page and the occasional text page, but overall, the text pages are clean and goodcovering saxon times & the domesday book; the middle ages - the manor and church; the manor in later times; the place and people to the end of the eighteenth century, including mining, industries, communications and trade; the parish and the poor; the church from the reformation to john wesley; industries in the first half of the 19thc and the last 100 years; the churches since the early 19thc; the beginning of modern town government; schools and colleges; wednesbury corporation; appendices see oxfam website for delivery information read moreno dust jacket, black cloth, spine a little sunned, page edges slightly tanned with some spottingmany illustrations, maps, and reproductionsoxfam bookshop kingsbridge published in , this is a very comprehensive history of the town of wednesbury, west midlands, historically part of staffordshire
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Full-page illustrations and frontispiece (collated)twelve black and white illustrations / frontispieceplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea narrative of the voyages round the world performed by captain's james cookwith twelve illustrations reproduced in exact facsimile from drawings made during the voyagescatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablebickers and son, london - 23 x 14 cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storevery good hardcover copy in green buckram with bright gold titles and decorationare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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A scarce edition especially with the engraved frontispiece pages very clean no foxing,19 th century binding heavily rubbed,small loss to foot of spine front board slightly loose,ownership stamp to title page see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop canterbury the odes satyrs and epistles of horace jacob tonson done into english by thomas creech engraved double frontispiece,dedication to dryden,preface,570 pgs 3 pg tonson catalogue  printed for jacob tonson at the judges head in chancery-lane near fleetstreet, and anthony stephens bookseller near the theatre in oxford physical description() p
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"the life and adventures of martin chuzzlewit" by charles dickens chapman & hall, london - first thus uk edition - with frontispiece by frank stone - 496p, 15cmx13cm - condition: good, nice half leather binding with decorative spine, bookplate to front endpaper, some foxing frontispiece present read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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"the gilded age" by mark twain - chatto & windus, london - new edition - 472p 18cmx15cm - condition: very good, original blue binding, some rubbing to boards, name to ffep, frontispiece and illustrations present read more"a yankee at the court of king arthur" by mark twain - chatto & windus, london - new edition - 521p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good, original blue binding, some rubbing and wear to boards, name to front endpaper, frontispiece and illustrations present, minor foxingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Clean inside extras: a book decorated with a frontispiece of the author during his captivity in prisonoctober - octavo- paris, at the author's house - 1st edition - french - 415 pages - portrait in frontispiece - period brocade binding: period paperbackplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitespine, corners, head cap, tail cap, and covers in good overall conditioncatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablele normand - souvenirs de la belgique, cent jours d'infortunes ou le procès mĂŠmorable; avec des notes historiques et politiques, ectour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirare work by a woman politician imprisoned and emblazoned with the author's signature! secure tracked shipment by bpost or mondial relay with tracking number read more
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I have here a rare book entitled by the waters of carthage by norma lorimer with coloured frontispiece by bentonfletcher and 32 illustrations from photographs by garrigus of tunis published by hutchinson & coplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefaded maroon cloth boards with evidence of damp damagethis book deals with the unhappy life of an englishwoman married to a moor of tunis, and gives pictures of the life and sights of tunis and ancient carthagecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableslight bumping to top and bottom of the spinethis is a first edition bookall pages are tight and clean and the book is in good condition internallyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storegilt lettering on the spineare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifront board has an illustration of an arab on a camel
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Beautiful portrait of buffon on the frontispiece of the first volumeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelatreille (voll), some volumes have cuts along the hinges and defects to the headpieces2), discorsi generali sulla storia naturale (voll5-11), uccelli (vollcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablecon disegni tratti dal naturale, e un genera completo, secondo il sistema linneano, con de' rinvii alle famiglie naturali di a), storia naturale dei vermi contenente la loro descrizione e le loro abitudini con disegni tratti dal naturale di lbibliographic note: important italian edition of buffon's work, completed and revised in light of subsequent discoveries and cataloguing, as stated in the manifesto of mrare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe size of all 90 volumes is 14conservation in a humid environment has left traces on the overall condition of the work: some volumes have slight marginal water stains on the pages and a slight waving of the pagesbuffonâs natural history was published between and and immediately became an absolute reference in natural history studies1), preceded by elogio del conte di buffon written by condorcet, epoche della natura (vol), indici generali dei quadrupedi es uccelli (vol), aggiunte alla storia naturale de' quadrupedi e degli uccelli (vollde jussieu, da g), storia naturale delle conchiglie contenente la loro descrizione, le abitudini degli animali che rinchiudono, e loro usi, con disegni tratti dal naturale di l), storia naturale de' rettili con figure disegnate al naturale del c3-4), quadrupedi (vollbaptist missiaglia of venice in the appendix to vol), storia naturale de' vegetabilj classificata per famiglie, con la citazione della classe e dell'ordine di linneo, e l'indicazione dell'uso che si può far delle piante, nelle arti, nel commercio, nell'agricoltura, nei giardinaggi, nella medicina, eccbuffonâs work is in our edition translated and updated in the first 36 volumes that include teoria della terra (volxii and xiii are double)31) and storia naturale dei minerali contenente la lor descrizione, quella del lor giacimento, la teoria della lor formazione, le relazioni che hanno colla geologia e storia della terra, l'esposizione delle loro proprietĂ , e dei loro usi, la loro analisi chimica, ecour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store), storia naturale dei crostacei contenente la loro descrizione e abitudini con disegni tratti dal naturale di l), indicated on the hald-cover page as âstoria naturale di buffon alla quale sono state aggiunte le osservazioni e le scoperte dei piĂš celebri naturalisti moderni intorno alla mineralogiaâoverall a beautiful collection, very rare to find complete with all 90 volumesthe work is beautifully illustrated by 783 tipped-in plates (out of the 786 listed in the indices), designed by jacques eustache deseve and engraved by maurizio de magistris and guglielmo silvestricontain continuazione della storia naturale del buffon divisa per argomenti: storia naturale de' pesci di bloch colle figure disegnate al naturale opera classificata per ordini, generi, e specie giusta il sistema di linneo coi caratteri generici da renato riccardo castel (vollof the 786 plates indicated 1 is missing (plate nowork in 90 volumes; the bindings, all original (half leather with corners, with gold titles and friezes on tags on the spine), are in overall good condition: slight peeling at the hinges and headpieces and at the edges of the plates; some volumes have problems: loss of tags (vols), storia naturale degli insetti, ricavata dalle opere migliori intorno ai medesimi, e da quelle specialmente di linneo fabricius reaumur geoffroy degeer e roesel; redatta giusta il metodo di olivier, con note, molte nuove osservazioni e con disegni tratti dal naturale dal sigsonnini e del p
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frontispiece and 116 photographsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefaded stripe down the right hand side of the front covergari-gari the call of the african wilderness - bernatzik hugo adolf - first edition us - henry holt and company, new york - 146pp - 26,5 x 16,5 cm book description: a very good copy in brown cloth with illustrated upper boardbinding: hardcover read moreall pages are tight and clean and the book is in very good conditiongilt page edgescatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablegilt title block with black lettering on the spinea little fore-edge foxingmissionary heroes of africa by sarah geraldina stock with seventy-five illustrations and a map second edition published by london missionary society, london, inred cloth boards with gilt and black lettering and gilt and black illustrations on the front board204 pages plus catalogue 11 pagesthis is the record of an expedition in to photograph the native tribes of the sudan as a record of "the life of primitive people who will only too probably be a mere memory in a few years' time"our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storein this book there is a full-page map of africa and 22 of the 75 b/w illustrations are full-pageare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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B/w frontispiece portrait of the poetthe jacket is rather age-worn, with rubbing of angles and folds, some chips and tears to edges, and general grubbiness, but is intacthowever, his passion was poetry, and he self-educated in the hope of eventually achieving a white-collar job which might allow him to write with greater freedomfrancis edward ledwidge () was an irish war poet and soldier from county meathedward john moreton drax plunkett, 18th baron of dunsany (), was an anglo-irish writer and dramatist; his work, mostly in the fantasy genre, was published under the name lord dunsanyinside, the endpapers are very lightly browned, but clean; binding firm with no loose pages; pages clean and brightborn to a poverty-stricken family, his education was minimal, and once old enough, he began to work at whatever job might be availableduring the s he was considered one of the greatest living writers of the english-speaking worldtitle etc in rather faded gilt lettering on the spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreour book is in good general condition and, unusually, retains its dust jacket (unclipped)sometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds", he was killed in action at the battle of passchendaele during world war ihis poetry shows his deep love of nature and wild-life, and he perhaps foreshadows the modern titan, seamus heaneya keen trade unionist with connections to sinn fein, he joined the irish army in lord dunsany's regiment, saw action in italy and serbia, was sent to the front, and was killed near ypres, aged just 30oxfam books & music islington francis ledwidge was ireland's major war poet, sometimes called "the poet of the blackbirds"the book itself, bound in black cloth, is in good condition, the exterior showing only pale patches at the tops of the covers and some minor bumping of corners with no frank damage
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