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\t\t\t condition: binding copy - front board detached yet present and both boards show bumps to fore-corners and moderate wear\t a folio sized (304mm x 192mm) volume in contemporary full leather that is partially disbound with the front board detached, yet present\t as the block is very decent, this copy should prove highly rewarding after the attention of a competent binder who could easily perform the board re-attachmentspine a little more worn with wear to spine-ends, remnants of spine label, and rear outer hinge is split - despite this the rear board is still firmly attached and block is very sturdyengraved frontis portrait, head-pieces, and ornate initial lettersfor henry herringman, pp: [xviii]\t this work consists of six main parts with their own separate pagination, three of which have their own title-page with the dateend-papers appear to have been replaced more recentlyconsisting of those which were formerly printed: and those which he design'd for the press, now published out of the authors original copies \t\t first edition published in london and printed by jcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe remaining five main parts with sepatate pagination are: miscellanies, the mistress (with t-p), pindarique odes (with t-p), davideis (with t-p), and verses written on several occasionsboards have tooled border and corner pieces, five raised bands, and red spine label with gilt letteringare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe last section includes a proposition for the advancement of experimental philosophy, a discourse by way of vision, concerning the government of oliver cromwell, and several discourses by way of essays in verse and proseleaves show light age-goldening, the occasional isolated spot here and there, and there are some 25 leaves with what appears to be a printing flaw [in the same position], which is a central patch of diluted ink[?] of varying intensity throughout [see photos] - from these a small number of words are affected with varying degrees of obliterationthe works of mrweight (with sturdy packaging): g approxplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteotherwise leaves are clean and clear with generous marginsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentsthis copy includes the 24pp life of crowley by thomas sprat and thereare errata notes on last page in volume
(England)
109 €
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All 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 edgeoxfam bookshop lymington a scarce seven volume set of 'memories of the months' by sir herbert maxwell, some of which are first editionthe first series (, sixth impression) has seven platesgreen cloth covers with gilt titles on the fronts and spinessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe fourth series (, first edition) has six platesbinding is good on all volumesthe second series (, first edition) has five platesthe third series (, first edition) has six plates the protective tissues of which are foxed and which in turn has lightly affected some of the platesthe fifth series (, first edition) has six platesthe green colour does vary with three volumes in a more olive-type green and three veering towards a more bottle-type greenmaxwell's memories of the months comprised seven series through toowner name dated on first free endpaper of first seriesillustrated with tissue-protected plates many of which are photogravure, some from photographsthe sixth series (, first edition) has five plates, the tissue guard of the frontispiece is tanned, no other protective tissuessome tanning to first and last endpapers particularly series sevenwith prefaces by the authorthe seventh series (, first edition) has five plates the tissue guard of the frontispiece is tanned, no other protective tissuesall page edges are untrimmed, some still unseparatedsir 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 to
70 €
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Apart from the front board the binding is firmboards are front board and fep is becoming detacheddecorated end papersthe boards are worn at the extremitis and grubby in placesthe spine is slightly faded and rubbedillustrated by numerous engravings on steel after jinternally the book is mostly clean and unmarked with only occasional foxing to end papersoxfam bookshop st albans tan leather boards with ornate gilt embossed design to edges see oxfam website for delivery information read morefive raised bands to spine with green title tileall page edges are giltturner and with all his introductions, notes, various readings and notes by jg lockhart esqinscription from previous owner to ffep
34 €
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The front endpaper has a neat inscriptionoxfam shop sherwood blue boards with, on the spine, brown lettering and a brown line drawing that overflows onto the front boardinside, the front and back have the same drawing of the boy discovering the borrowers under the floorthe book is very slightly cocked, the corners have a touch of rubbing and the blue has become mottled on both front and backthe jacket is intact but is worn and has some loss, especially at the head and tail of the spine and on the back; the rear flap has a 5cm closed tearthe text remains in very good condition, enlivened by diana stanley's colour frontispiece and the truly evocative brown line drawings so appropriate to the storydespite the defects, this is overall a good, solid, early (second impression) copy of the inventive children's classic that was awarded the carnegie medala2 see oxfam website for delivery information read more
17 €
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The globe image on the front of the dust jacket and the star on its spine have left ghost images on the cloth of the front board and spine of the bookunclipped dust jacket has some discolouration near the top edges and around the margins of the back; there is a tear at the top right corner of the front and a minor amount of chipping at the top of the spinegreen cloth hard covers with gilt titles on the spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe author, a librarian at the royal geographical society, compiled this comprehensive picture of the history of exploration which is a testimony to the courage and resilience of those willing to face the hazards of journeys into the unknownoxfam bookshop lymington first editionno inscriptionsthe continents are dealt with in turn and a wide range of explorers are included from a variety of nationsslight fading at the very tops of the boards and spine where exposed to the light
9 €
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Charming, slightly raised, colour picture from the story stuck onto the centre of the front boardblack line drawings relating to the story inside front and backgood, used condition – light wear corners, top and bottom of spine and a small split at bottom front of spinefrom a pet and smoke-free homeillustrations by p b hickling publishers wills and hepworth ltd, loughboroughmore photos available upon requestprinted in englandvintage (first published ) series 497 ladybird book 'beaky the greedy duck'some text pages have a wonderful little black line illustration of beaky with beautiful full page colour illustrations on the opposite pages throughoutstory by noel barrtitle on spine running from bottom to toppages clean and crisp
8 €
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Title lettering and illustration to the front board and the spine, back board is plainthe book is in good condition, the majority of the pages are clean and bright, it is tightly bound with no loose pagesi have here a book entitled the three famous voyages of captain james cook round the world, narrating his discoveries and adventures in tierra del fuego, tahiti, new zealand, etc together with the account of his murder at hawaii and the subsequent voyage of captain king to kamtschatka, japan and china, with numerous full page illustrations and engravings in the text - including two large fold out maps the world and australia, both are torn and have been repaired with tapecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablespine a little cockedsome of the plates are chipped around the edgesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepp plus vocabulary listthe endpapers are tannedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe boards are wornour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepublished around by ward, lock, bowden, and co of london - i have pinned the date down to as bowden joined ward lock in and the company was called that from to when it changed to a limited companybound in taupe illustrated linen boardsand boards beginning to pull and corners are bumped
59 €
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The book is presented by the author to denham-smith and there is also frank hedges butler's business card red hardboards with gilt globe and lettering to the front boardsome marks to edges of boards, especially the rear board but firm and binding tightthe author's journey takes him from southampton to new york and then to hawaii, the pacific islands, japan, korea, china, hong kong, singapore, brazil, falkland islands, patagonia, chile, peru, panama, cuba, and floridacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteround the world by frank hedges butler, founder of the royal aero club and hon treasurer of the royal automobile clubare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigilt illustration and lettering to the spine alsoour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe 2nd part of the book covers red sea, aden, malaysia, java, bali, australia, new zealand, fiji, tonga, samoa, tahiti, vancouver and home to englandit features 79 b/w photographic platesit is a first edition published in
51 €
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However the front board with endpapers is detached and the rear board almost detachedthere is some foxing to pages and the spine is very crackedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more in reasonable condition for age, the block is intact, apart from a loose frontispiecefull leather bindingoxfam bookshop sevenoaks the seasons by james thomson, a new edition adorned with a set of engravings from original designs, to which is added an essay on the plan and character of the poem, by j32, fleet street inthe leather is scuffed and scraped, red label with gold lettering
36 €
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There are also several inscriptions on the front page, seemingly the names of previous owners' this is a hardbound book with some discolouration on the outer boards and spine, and the front board is beginning to come away from the spine at the bottomit also states that it has been 'designed for students in the universities' see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe edges along the bottom and sides are a faint red this is an unusual book which is still valuable to students and scholars today, as it is still being reprintedthe book contains some passages from 'famous poets and orators' with 'critical remarks on theminside, there is also some discolouration to the edges of the first few pagesthe book is subtitled as 'an introduction of languages, poetry, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, physics, etc'there are no pencil, pen, or highlighter marksoxfam bookshop lincoln published in , this is the fifth edition of the third volume of 'the method of teaching and studying the belles lettres'there is some foxing to the back pages and the top of the page edges are also discolouredthis copy would appeal to those who value old books, and collectorsthe title page is coming away from the binding, however the rest of the pages are in relatively good condition
35 €
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Brown cloth with gilt lettering to the front board and to the spinefront hinge is partially split and spine is a little fadedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe citymaps of hamburg, dresden and koln are loose but intacta handbook for travellers on the continent: being a guide to holland, belgium, prussia, northern germany and the rhine from holland to switzerland54 pages of adverts at the back and some of the cities mapsit is published in by john murray and includes a large fold out of the entire area covered in this volumehowever boards are firm and the pages are clean and tight581 pages + 54 pages adverts
46 €
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Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering surrounded by a gilt illustration and black border lines on the front boardfront hinge partially cracked but all pages are firm and the book is in very good condition320 pages plus catalogue 32 pagescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablei have a book entitled the complete angler or the contemplative man's recreation being a discourse of rivers fish-ponds fish and fishing written by izaak walton and instructions how to angle for a trout or grayling in a clear stream by charles cotton with original memoirs and notes by sir harris nicolas and sixty illustrations from designs by stothard and inskipp published by chatto and windus, london, in"the third day", "the fourth day" and "the fifth day"gilt lettering and decoration on the spine which is showing some wear with fraying at the top and bottom, and part rippedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe scenic illustrations were painted on the spot by thomas stothard and the fishes were painted from nature by james inskippare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe popularity of the complete angler continues unabated and in this edition the text is that of the fifth edition, published in and here the dialogue naturally forms five divisions marked "the first day", "the second day"corners slightly rubbed
50 €
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The green cloth binding is in a poor condition overall: the spine is discoloured and worn where it joins the front board and the corners are heavily bumped, bent and discolouredthe gilt decoration on the front cover has almost been obliterated due to damage, although the small gilt lettering to the right of the cover remains legiblethere are numerous black and white photographs and coloured frontispiece (unfortunately damaged in the top right hand corner, as is the tissue guard) showing 'a mixed border in the garden of honsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is no dustjacketthe endpapers are sunned and foxed; details of a previous owner are written on the first pastedownoxfam bookshop hexham this hardback edition was published by williams & norgate, london in , second impressionthe gilt lettering on the spine is similarly damagedhowever, the binding is holding and the contents appear to be complete and include a fold-out map of the 'flower border' and pages of advertsmrs edward lyttleton at overstrand'
8 €
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Oxfam bookshop keynsham the book is in good condition though the front board is bowedthe front paste down end paper has a book plate glued to itthe corners are bumpedthe binding is soundthe top and bottom of the spine show signs of wearthe top edge is marked with a small stain, all edges are browned" see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe back free end paper show slight marks"a christian theological bookit uses the experience sayers had of literary creativity to illuminate christian doctrine about the nature of the doctrine of the trinity
(England)
29 €
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Internally there is a prize plate to the back of the front board but otherwise the book is impeccableblue-grey boards with black lettering and simple design on both front and spinein his introduction the author explains that this is aimed at those who wish to study the topic in earnestafter an historical preface there is an introductory survey of the iliad and odysseythe hesiodic poems are then treated in the same wayjust slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the bottom cornersoxfam shop sherwood this a volume from the series 'the dawn of european literature'the two poems are then presented in a continuous summary, accompanied by detailed explanationsthe fold-out map 'to illustrate the catalogue of the ships' is present and in perfect conditionthe title is in gilt with two decorated capitalsa2 see oxfam website for delivery information read more
19 €
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45 caliber bullet) in diameter that has been drilled through the front board and the first 190 pages of text, which does not effect any of the printed text as it is placed in the lower margin of each pageoxfam bookshop cardiff the classic story of lost youth in the horror of the american civil war in black cloth with blindstamped american eagle on front cover, the lettering is giltthere is a circular hole 7/16" (the same as athis hole along with splashes of red was deliberately produced to give the book a dramatic appearance see oxfam website for delivery information read more
24 €
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The front board is separating from the pages but is still attached, otherwise the binding is firm and the hinge is tight see oxfam website for delivery information read moreinternally the pages are bright and clean with no rips, tears or folds, the front free end-paper has been cut and there is a small dated inscription at the top of one of the pages (photo 4)oxfam books & music hythe this book was published by frederick warne and co of london in and has dark green boards with a decorative impressed design which is gold, black and redthe edges of the pages are gilt but the top edge is dull, the right hand edge and bottom are still brightthe boards show some signs of wear from use these include but are not restricted to shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to the corners and top and bottom of the spine
14 €
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Some of the pages are rough-cut at the front edgeboards are in fair condition, worn at spine sides and spine has faded, the front board is bright with gilt title and decoration - see photofoxing on the endpapers, and at the fore-edge of some of the pages, just along the very tip of some of the pages, otherwise the pages are very clean and brightxv,420pp, including indexsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop malvern hardcover in very good condition internallywith frontispiece - 31 photographs - 48 full-page drawings - 28 line drawings in the text -19 plans and sections and one mapfully illustrated with plans, drawings and photographs taken specially for this work
25 €
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Box has a slight tear to frontthe logo board game mini game travel version
1 €
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The green board game - egyptians board game - age 7the green board game - egyptians board game - age 7+ educational gameeducational board game with over 200 questions about this period of historyinstructions, cards and game board are in 3 different languages - english, french and germannew and unused, no outer cellophane on main box but game is new and unused - packs of cards inside still sealedthe object of the game is to become supreme pharaoh by collecting a full set of pharaoh cards and safely entombing them in a pyramid! for 2 to 4 players
5 €
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There are a few white marks on the front board and signs of wear to the edges and corners and to the top and tail of the spineoxfam bookshop hexham covers the career of claverhouse from the accession of king james to the battle of killicrankie, and the death of dundeesee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome light tanning and some foxing to the textthis is the third volume, published in , bound in blue boards
19 €
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The surface covering to the front board has torn away to reveal the underlying cardthe textblock is annotation-freethe same is true of the paste downsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome foxing to the first and last few pages, and occasionally elsewherecondition: the boards are beginning to part company with the spinefairly heavy wear to the covers in the form of small tears, rubbing and stainingoxfam bookshop exeter a collection of articles from
50 €
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Volume 1 has a split by the front board gutter as shown in the last photo124 coloured plates altogetherall first editions, published by edward lloyd, limitedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe first 3 volumes were published in and the 4th volume was published inthe pages are clean, no foxing*buyer please pay within 3 days* read morea hand-book to the birds of great britain volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 by rplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteslight rubbing on the book corners and spine endsall the plates are complete, i have taken photos of all the platesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe covers are good, with only slight wearplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insuredour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeall in uniform size, hardback, 1st editionsin very good condition for its agethe plates are bright and cleanpart of the lloyd's natural history collection
(England)
62 €
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The front board is detachedoxfam bookshop lymington limited edition of 500 copies, this being number 36occasional light foxing spotsgilt top page edges, fore edge and lower edge are untrimmedfour other black & white illustrationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morecolour frontispiece photo-etching of madame de la valliere with protective tissue sheetshe gained literary and historical importance primarily through her correspondence, which is of cultural and historical value due to her sometimes very blunt descriptions of french court lifehalf bound with red leather corners and spine with raised bands, and marbled boardsmarbled endpaperssaid to be the correspondence of elizabeth-charlotte, duchesse d'orleans, mother of the regent philippe ii, duke of orléans, france's ruler during the regencyno inscriptionspublished in the usa by the grolier societyundated, possibly late 19th centurythe text block binding is tightthe spine is discoloured and the top third is missing, the remaining part is decorated with gilt
14 €
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The front board carries a lovely miniature portraitoxfam bookshop clifton harold fraser-simson - the maid of the mountains ()Â ascherberg, hopwood & crew ltdsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresigned by author(s)this souvenir edition was strictly limited and this is copy noalso inscribed by the ownersigned by harold fraser-simson who is the composercondition: very goodcondition is very good with some wear to the boards and spinethis is a souvenir of the maid of the mountains (a musical play in three acts) anniversary february 11th , as performed at daly's theatre
(England)
64 €
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Volume i is slightly water speckled on the front board and both are somewhat foxed throughoutdevonshire, and published insee oxfam website for delivery information read more originally published in , this edition was translated from the french by mrsex-library; both volumes have a name in ink, dated , and a library label on ffep, together with dewey classification number on the spinevol i: (vii) 293 pp, with tissue-guarded, frontispiece photogravure portrait of pasteur; vol ii: (vii) 336 pp, inc indexoxfam books & music romsey bound in dark blue cloth with title on spine in gilt; teg, other edges untrimmd; 8vo
20 €
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The logo board game is all about those logos and the things wrapped up in themthe logo board game - of things you know and love! item is collection only or postage (4£) brand new - never actually been usedjust answer the questions about i leap around the board the first player to answer correctly in the winning zone wins! our life is full of things! from chocolate to cereal, football to flowers - and they all have logosfor 2-6 playersages 12+ recommendedit taps into the knowledge we’ve piled up over our lives and adds a few astonishing facts and surprises to entertain the whole family! rrp: £ no refunds no returns no swapsit’s easy to learn and fun to playbrilliant family game
20 €
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Some foxing at ends; small stains to the front board and spine) see oxfam website for delivery information read morecondition: finedecorated endpapers; pages slightly foxed; top edge gilt; decorated cloth binding12 colour platesoxfam shop nether edge j
15 €
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Have i got news for you board game, the best board game ever-allegedly, complete
4 €
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A line in the sand board gamethe battle of iraq (the first gulf war) vintage board game
8 €