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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 sturdyend-papers appear to have been replaced more recentlyboards have tooled border and corner pieces, five raised bands, and red spine label with gilt letteringfor henry herringman, pp: [xviii]please 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 volumeare 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 works of mrotherwise leaves are clean and clear with generous marginsleaves 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 obliterationplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe 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 proseengraved frontis portrait, head-pieces, and ornate initial lettersweight (with sturdy packaging): g approxthe 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 occasionsconsisting 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 j\t this work consists of six main parts with their own separate pagination, three of which have their own title-page with the datecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
(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 edgethe first series (, sixth impression) has seven platessir 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 towith 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 unseparatedowner name dated on first free endpaper of first seriessome tanning to first and last endpapers particularly series sevenoxfam bookshop lymington a scarce seven volume set of 'memories of the months' by sir herbert maxwell, some of which are first editionthe green colour does vary with three volumes in a more olive-type green and three veering towards a more bottle-type greenbinding is good on all volumesthe second series (, first edition) has five platessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe third series (, first edition) has six plates the protective tissues of which are foxed and which in turn has lightly affected some of the platesmaxwell's memories of the months comprised seven series through tothe fifth series (, first edition) has six platesillustrated 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 tissuesthe fourth series (, first edition) has six platesgreen cloth covers with gilt titles on the fronts and spines
70 €
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Apart from the front board the binding is firmboards are front board and fep is becoming detacheddecorated end papersfive raised bands to spine with green title tileillustrated by numerous engravings on steel after jthe boards are worn at the extremitis and grubby in placesoxfam bookshop st albans tan leather boards with ornate gilt embossed design to edgesthe spine is slightly faded and rubbedall page edges are gilt see oxfam website for delivery information read moreinscription from previous owner to ffepturner and with all his introductions, notes, various readings and notes by jg lockhart esqinternally the book is mostly clean and unmarked with only occasional foxing to end papers
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 backa2 see oxfam website for delivery information read moredespite the defects, this is overall a good, solid, early (second impression) copy of the inventive children's classic that was awarded the carnegie medalthe 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 story
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 spineslight fading at the very tops of the boards and spine where exposed to the lightthe continents are dealt with in turn and a wide range of explorers are included from a variety of nationsgreen cloth hard covers with gilt titles on the spineno inscriptionsoxfam bookshop lymington first editionsee 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 unknown
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 homevintage (first published ) series 497 ladybird book 'beaky the greedy duck'printed in englandmore photos available upon requestillustrations by p b hickling publishers wills and hepworth ltd, loughboroughtitle on spine running from bottom to topstory by noel barrpages clean and crispsome text pages have a wonderful little black line illustration of beaky with beautiful full page colour illustrations on the opposite pages throughout
8 €
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Title lettering and illustration to the front board and the spine, back board is plainbound in taupe illustrated linen boardsand boards beginning to pull and corners are bumpedpp plus vocabulary listthe boards are wornthe book is in good condition, the majority of the pages are clean and bright, it is tightly bound with no loose pagesspine a little cockedour 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 companythe endpapers are tannedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitei 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 tapeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesome of the plates are chipped around the edges
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 floridaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storegilt illustration and lettering to the spine alsoplease 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 catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe 2nd part of the book covers red sea, aden, malaysia, java, bali, australia, new zealand, fiji, tonga, samoa, tahiti, vancouver and home to englandit is a first edition published init features 79 b/w photographic plates
51 €
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However the front board with endpapers is detached and the rear board almost detachedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefull leather binding in reasonable condition for age, the block is intact, apart from a loose frontispieceoxfam 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 jthe leather is scuffed and scraped, red label with gold letteringthere is some foxing to pages and the spine is very cracked32, fleet street in
36 €
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' 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 bottomthere are also several inscriptions on the front page, seemingly the names of previous ownersoxfam bookshop lincoln published in , this is the fifth edition of the third volume of 'the method of teaching and studying the belles lettres'the title page is coming away from the binding, however the rest of the pages are in relatively good condition this is an unusual book which is still valuable to students and scholars today, as it is still being reprintedthere is some foxing to the back pages and the top of the page edges are also discolouredthe book is subtitled as 'an introduction of languages, poetry, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, physics, etc'this copy would appeal to those who value old books, and collectors see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 pagesit also states that it has been 'designed for students in the universities'there are no pencil, pen, or highlighter marksthe edges along the bottom and sides are a faint red
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 faded54 pages of adverts at the back and some of the cities maps581 pages + 54 pages advertsa handbook for travellers on the continent: being a guide to holland, belgium, prussia, northern germany and the rhine from holland to switzerlandour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe citymaps of hamburg, dresden and koln are loose but intacthowever boards are firm and the pages are clean and tightare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableit is published in by john murray and includes a large fold out of the entire area covered in this volume
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 conditionthe 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 rubbedgilt lettering and decoration on the spine which is showing some wear with fraying at the top and bottom, and part rippedi 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, inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store320 pages plus catalogue 32 pagesplease 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 catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available"the third day", "the fourth day" and "the fifth day"
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 legiblehowever, the binding is holding and the contents appear to be complete and include a fold-out map of the 'flower border' and pages of advertsthere 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 honthe endpapers are sunned and foxed; details of a previous owner are written on the first pastedownthere is no dustjacketmrs edward lyttleton at overstrand'see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe gilt lettering on the spine is similarly damagedoxfam bookshop hexham this hardback edition was published by williams & norgate, london in , second impression
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 itit uses the experience sayers had of literary creativity to illuminate christian doctrine about the nature of the doctrine of the trinitythe top edge is marked with a small stain, all edges are browned"a christian theological book" see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe binding is soundthe corners are bumpedthe top and bottom of the spine show signs of wearthe back free end paper show slight marks
(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 earnestthe fold-out map 'to illustrate the catalogue of the ships' is present and in perfect conditionoxfam 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 hesiodic poems are then treated in the same waya2 see oxfam website for delivery information read morejust slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the bottom cornersthe title is in gilt with two decorated capitalsafter an historical preface there is an introductory survey of the iliad and odyssey
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 giltthis hole along with splashes of red was deliberately produced to give the book a dramatic appearance see oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a circular hole 7/16" (the same as a
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)the 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 spineoxfam 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 red
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 photoxv,420pp, including indexsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop malvern hardcover in very good condition internallyfoxing 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 brightfully illustrated with plans, drawings and photographs taken specially for this workwith frontispiece - 31 photographs - 48 full-page drawings - 28 line drawings in the text -19 plans and sections and one map
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 dundeesome light tanning and some foxing to the textsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis 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 cardcondition: 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 fromthe same is true of the paste downsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome foxing to the first and last few pages, and occasionally elsewherethe textblock is annotation-free
50 €
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Volume 1 has a split by the front board gutter as shown in the last photothe plates are bright and cleanslight rubbing on the book corners and spine endsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeall in uniform size, hardback, 1st editionspart of the lloyd's natural history collectionall the plates are complete, i have taken photos of all the platesthe first 3 volumes were published in and the 4th volume was published inplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteall first editions, published by edward lloyd, limitedin very good condition for its agethe covers are good, with only slight weara hand-book to the birds of great britain volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 by r124 coloured plates altogetherare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insuredthe pages are clean, no foxing*buyer please pay within 3 days* read more
(England)
62 €
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The front board is detachedshe 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 lifefour other black & white illustrationsthe spine is discoloured and the top third is missing, the remaining part is decorated with giltcolour frontispiece photo-etching of madame de la valliere with protective tissue sheetsaid to be the correspondence of elizabeth-charlotte, duchesse d'orleans, mother of the regent philippe ii, duke of orléans, france's ruler during the regencyundated, possibly late 19th centuryhalf bound with red leather corners and spine with raised bands, and marbled boardsoxfam bookshop lymington limited edition of 500 copies, this being number 36published in the usa by the grolier societyno inscriptionssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe text block binding is tightgilt top page edges, fore edge and lower edge are untrimmedmarbled endpapersoccasional light foxing spots
14 €
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The front board carries a lovely miniature portraitthis souvenir edition was strictly limited and this is copy nosigned by harold fraser-simson who is the composersigned by author(s)condition is very good with some wear to the boards and spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop clifton harold fraser-simson - the maid of the mountains ()Â ascherberg, hopwood & crew ltdcondition: very goodalso inscribed by the ownerthis 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 throughoutex-library; both volumes have a name in ink, dated , and a library label on ffep, together with dewey classification number on the spine originally published in , this edition was translated from the french by mrsdevonshire, and published insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music romsey bound in dark blue cloth with title on spine in gilt; teg, other edges untrimmd; 8vovol i: (vii) 293 pp, with tissue-guarded, frontispiece photogravure portrait of pasteur; vol ii: (vii) 336 pp, inc index
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 playersit 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 playages 12+ recommendedbrilliant family game
20 €
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Some foxing at ends; small stains to the front board and spine12 colour platescondition: finedecorated endpapers; pages slightly foxed; top edge gilt; decorated cloth bindingoxfam shop nether edge j) see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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 €