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On offer just the title page5 cm title page (with hand coloured woodcut of eagle)superb folio title page from gesner's first edition of the vogelbuch, x 21zurich: christopher froschauerlater hand colourthe woodcuts for the work were undertaken by hans asper, johann thomas, and lukas schrönour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeconrad gessner was a renaissance polymath, a physician, philosopher, encyclopaedist, bibliographer, philologist, natural historian and illustratorreference: nissen fischbuch 59please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiterubbed and with some stainingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis has been laid down to restore marginal tears
(England)
40 €
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Large, heavy bible dated on the main title page, on the title page to the new testamentgilt page edges all round, the binding is tightsome foxing on the title and the following couple of pageson the page containing the names of the books there is a small mauve pen markoxfam bookshop lymington the title continues: translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his majesty's special commandfoxing on the colour mapsthe text is in two columns with notes in the margins on both sidessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a very occasional foxing spot through the text block but it is remarkably clean and brightrubbing at the corners and the top & base of the spine, and along the front hinge where is leather is slightly split along the lower partyellow endpapers which are a little mottledoverall the covers are in excellent conditionblack leather binding with tooled boards and spine, 5 raised bands on the spine, and gilt decoration on the leather infolds
60 €
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The front endpaper creased, the title page soiledthe hinge slightly weak after the title pagethe front endpaper and the title pages frayed, the hinge after the title page is crackedfront hinge crackedgood a rare work, particularly when complete, as this copy isindividual condition is: volume iour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeoriginal green cloth a bit worn and marked, but mainly sound, (apart from vol vii which is in the original parts, paperback)many important descriptions and illustrations of acacia, eucalyptus, grevillea, banksia, hakea etcplease note the high postage costs - this set weighs around 15 kilos before packingeight vols, with 295 botanical plates, often printed in green ink, many hundreds of often atmospheric and socially interesting photographic illustration, quarto, an ex-library copy with stamps on endpapers, many stamps on text pages (but not on illustrations)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefront endpaper creasedthe green cloth bindings are a little worn generally, and have shelf numbers on the spinein paperback parts as issued - part ii is slightly worn, with ink annotations on the coversare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepart i has covers detached and frayed
(England)
92 €
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A large water stain on the title page of volume 2stamp on the verso of the title page and on the verso of each engravingthe last page of volume 5 is wrinkledlabel on the cover page of each volume, scribble on the flyleafcontains two frontispieces (absent in volume 3), three title vignettes and thirty-six engravings (thirty pictured) and seventy-eight fashion engravings, all picturedthe ladies cabinet offashion, music and romance edited by margaret and beatrice de courcy - london, g henderson, - volumes 2, 3 and ppmodern hardcover - 16 x 10 cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeupper margin cut very shortwill be shipped with registrationthe text blocks are discoloured, a blemish here and there, water stain in the upper margin of about 60 ppbinding cord holes in the inner margin of almost all pagesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe inner margin of approxin reasonably good conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
44 €
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The title concludes:- "page 49 has been neatly annotated (see illustration)" small thin octavo, pp (ii), 75, with the errata slip loosely attached after the title page, with blank pages at the rear for notes (unused), original green cloth, the corners very slightly worn, a very faint mark on the upper covermaw was a british civil engineer and astronomerhe was president of the civil and mechanical engineers' society, the institution of mechanical engineers and the institution of civil engineersbeing a short but complete description of the duties of the young engineer in preliminary and location surveys, and in constructionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe left the railway and became a consulting engineer; his many works include printing presses for several newspapers and magazines] a rare book, and in remarkably good conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website[with the signature on the front endpaper of william henry maw, ()he was made the head of the office and designed the first outside cylinder locomotive for use in indiain he founded the journal engineering and remained an editor for the rest of his lifeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableborn into a seafaring family and orphaned at age 16, maw was taken into the workshops of the eastern counties railway as an assistant before progressing to the design office as a draughtsman
(England)
30 €
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The title page has a 2cm tear to the hinge line tail and another to the fore edge topundated copy presumed to be the first uk edition of this american title page faces lightly tanned; some foxing to the block edges; no other marks seenthe binding is excellent, as one might expect from kemp hallprinted by compton printing works, londonblackwells had a close working relationship with lippincott in pennsylvania, where the author was basedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreblack titles to upper and spinerigid card boards with the author's distinctive artwork to upperoxfam bookshop market harborough the enchanted playhouse - mabel betsy hill oxford: basil blackwellthere is no dust jacket and the boards look as though they have instead been subjected to a less than perfect assault with pvc sealantthe sealant is torn to all corners (1-2mm)however, the covering is authentic: it extends beneath the paste downs and would thus appear to represent an early outing for this revolutionary productthis very rare book is certain to attract close attention from collectorsbound by the kemp hall bindery in oxford
150 €
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On the title page there is another stamp - (sodality library, st mary’s church, pendleton ore) there are some ink annotations on the contents page and a few ink annotations on the margins of some of the text pageslight green cloth covered boards with black decoration and a gilt panel on the front with the title in green on itpatterned end pagesthus there is a number on the spine cover, a handwritten note on the ffep and a stamp “st thomas seminary, kenmore, washington” and an owner’s nameoblique cloth band with library ticket present on inside of rear coveroriginally published in this is a reprint from the usasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe binding is goodoxfam books & music totnes subtitled - “the wonders of god in the wildernessto which is added an appendix”it is an ex-library book but with only limited evidence of this previous existencehardback book with no dj
24 €
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The title page is signed by the authorthe cloth cover is in very good condition and there are no markings or annotations apart from the title pagereally good first edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music wells this hard cover book (no dust jacket), tells of the imperial airways and boac flying boat service in central africa
40 €
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5 cm title page (with hand coloured woodcut of mythological monster)modern hand colourzurich: christopher froschauerthe woodcuts for the work were undertaken by hans asper, johann thomas, and lukas schrönsuperb folio from gessner's first edition of the fischbuch, x 21our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeconrad gessner was a renaissance polymath, a physician, philosopher, encyclopaedist, bibliographer, philologist, natural historian and illustratorreference: nissen fischbuch 59please 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 catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
(England)
40 €
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The title page is coming away from the binding, however the rest of the pages are in relatively good conditionthere is some foxing to the back pages and the top of the page edges are also discolouredoxfam bookshop lincoln published in , this is the fifth edition of the third volume of 'the method of teaching and studying the belles lettres'' 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 bottom this is an unusual book which is still valuable to students and scholars today, as it is still being reprintedthere are also several inscriptions on the front page, seemingly the names of previous ownersthe 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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The volume is generally tightly bound, though the full page illustration facing the title page is loosethere is a small tear at bottom of page 15book seller's label on back inside board coverthroughout the book, the paper used for illustrated plates is lightly tannedthe turquoise boards of the country library series sport mustard letteringsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop monmouth  a good copyotherwise, edges are slightly tanned as with the end-papers black and white etchings are vibrantdust cover is cellophane wrapped with spine tanned and worn as per illustration
20 €
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The travel guide contains 298 pages and the title page with steel engraved vignette mentions the yearthe page numbering starts at 14, maybe the first pages are missingsmall pieces are missing from the top and bottom of the spineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein the back are 26 advertisementsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefurthermore, the guide contains 3 folding maps and 10 full-page wood engravings and many illustrations of ithe picturesque tourist: being a guide through the state of new york and upper and lower canada, including a hudson river guidethe binding has gilt lettering, but slightly fadedsize: cm read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableweight: 250 grams
47 €
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The page block is clean and brightthis edition has been an inscription by the author in black marker pen on the title page: 'to margaret, merry christmas, larry hagman'it was focused on themfrom his early days opposite barbara eden on i dream of jeannie, to the show that turned him into an international celebrity and led him to become the biggest screen villain of the eighties as power-mad oil baron jr ewing on dallasthe black cloth boards are unmarked and gilt-stamped on the spineeven the parliament in turkey adjourned so representatives could rush to their tv sets' written with us weekly bureau chief, todd gold, hello darlin' is a forthright look at hagman's star-studded careershe was from the wrong side of the tracks and we were the rich family and they were getting married, they loved each other, blah, blah, blahto put it in jr's own words, 'once you got rid of the integrity, the rest was a piece of cake'see oxfam website for delivery information read morei was just the brotherhis stetson now resides in the smithsonian and over 400 million fans in eighty-five countries had to find out just who shot jrthis hardback first edition is in a very good conditionoxfam bookshop hexham 'as it was originally written, dallas was really about patrick duffy and victoria principalthe glossy dustjacket shows few signs of shelf-wear and is unpriceclippedthe top edge is slightly turned and the corners are slightly bumpedhagman tells all about the trials and turmoil and the intrigue and dangers of filming dallas, and also the madness that ensued when it became one of the most popular television shows in history
44 €
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Internally the book is inscribed on the title pagepage 97-8 has been mis-trimmed but otherwise all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedshe was an american abolitionist and political activistoxfam books & music beeston this rare and signed book is in very good conditionborn into slavery, tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the underground railroadthe life of harriet tubman, focusing on her civil war activity and underground railroadexternally there is a mark on the front cover as can be seen in the photo, but otherwise the book shows little signs of wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein her later years, tubman was an activist in the movement for women's suffrageduring the american civil war, she served as an armed scout and spy for the union army
12 €
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There is a full page dedication on the title page to ben and ethel, dated september 63oxfam books & music totnes subtitle “the definitive study of a great literary figure and the cycles of opinion amount his critics”the edges of the text block are slightly grubby but there are no marks other than the dedication and the binding is goodthe dj is protected with a transparent jacketthis is a “revaluation of the entire body of henry james’s writing” and takes issue with the status which james holds with american intellectualssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehoughton mifflin hardback with intact djboards covered in grey cloth with black lettering to front and spinea somewhat controversial study here as a signed first edition
39 €
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Both volumes show some foxing particularly present on the first few pages up until the title pagepage is completely detached in volume 1 but still presentthe front and back covers of both volumes are starting to detach slightly interally along the gutter but the binding otherwise feels tightoxfam bookshop keynsham the imperial gazetteer; a general dictionary of geography, physical, political, statistical and descriptivethere is lots of embossed gold detail to the spine and the edges of the front and back coversthere is all some minor creasing but generally the internal pages and clean the dictionary is beautifully interspersed with etched illustrationsdecorative spines with raised bands, titles in goldthere is some small tears, stains and some significant scuffing to the leather to the top and bottom and corner edgescompiled from the latest and best authoritiesthe leather on the front and back covers has a cross hatched embossed pattern on itboth volumes show wear and tear to the outer leather coversthe top, bottom and fore edges of both volumes are marbled, the internal marbling is in beautiful condition  see oxfam website for delivery information read morethese two volumes are bound in full leather with marbled boards
(England)
100 €
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Each volume has a stamp on the page after the title page original decorated green cloth boardsvolumes 1-3 all published in by sampson low, marston, searle & rivington5 x 13 cm it is set in sussex during the time of the napoleonic wars, and revolves around the plots of the villainous captain caryl carne who attempts to aid a french invasionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesome slight wear to the exterior as can be expected due to the ageuniform volumes 297 pages eachplease 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 catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insured*buyer please pay within 3 days* read more
(England)
35 €
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page extremities are darkenedthere is foxing to the title page and an inscriptionoxfam bookshop lymington the transparent plastic film is coming away from the cover and a corner is creasedthe binding is good and all music pages are very clean with no annotationssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
9 €
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The title page has been taped in" inscription of name in faint ink on preface pagetanning to pagesthe binding is in acceptable condition: there is some loss at the top and bottom of the spine and the corners are badly rubbedthis edition has been carefully prepared from the earliest and more modern editionssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hexham "chandos classics; reprinted from the early editions, including life, glossary etcbrown cloth boards, dark blue half leather binding
19 €
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Has brown endsheets and an illustration of bunyan alongside the title pageoxfam shop shirley brown imitation leather with a blind-stamped crest on the front and spine, alongside blind-stamped raised bands and the title and author in gold-stamped giltpages are cut and in very good condition, with a slight red gilt on the top sidebunyan wrote this work in which has never been out of print in over 200 languages, and is also one of the novels claimed to be the first written in englishslight deformation of the spine from being shelf-worn and bumps to either end see oxfam website for delivery information read more
9 €
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There is a little marking to the front free end pagecontents: - thomas shearer - facsimile of the title page - dedication to the first edition () - introduction to the second edition () - explanation of the plates the covers of the book are in excellent condition inside, the pages are clean and the binding is soundsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop cotham hill facsimile reprint of a furniture catalogue
(England)
9 €
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First page (not the title page) neatly clipped see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe authors argue that mugging is a socially constructed phenomenonits "discovery" in was followed by a crime control explosionjudges and politicians presented it as an index of the growing tide of violenceoxfam shop fulwood road mugging, the state and law and ordersentences for petty street crime jumped from six months to twenty years
50 €
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The title page is very tanned and bears an owner’s name and a facsimile of the signature of sidney jonesoxfam books & music totnes the full title “the geisha a story of a tea houselist of dramatis personae and the cast as performed at daly’s theatre in londona japanese musical play in two acts” this is probably a rebound volume with gilt lettering to spine but no other decorationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretext block in good condition
19 €
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Paperback with some creases and bumps to covers, especially around the spine, a previous owner's name on the title page, and some foxing to the last pageseventh impression, see oxfam website for delivery information read morepages are free of notes, and the folded patterns are in excellent conditionthis little booklet includes instructions and patterns for making many classic soft toys, including dogs, ducks, a penguin, a rabbit, a lamb, and a teddy bearoxfam shop cowley road centre-stapled booklet with large fold-out patterns at the back, published by dryad press, leicester
19 €
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In red and black the title page states the book is 'a new edition'wear to the title sticker on spine otherwise in very good conditionengravings are all 12x8cmplease ask if you require any more information of photosoxfam bookshop woodbridge rare limited edition, 1 of 100 copies for englandwill be sent with next day dhl tracked and insured (for the full value of the item) courier next day postage within the uksee oxfam website for delivery information read more with twenty-two black and white etchingsplease get in touch to enquire about postage cost if wanting postage to remote areas of the uk where postage costs are higher, before orderingwith dedication on flyleaf and including tate gallery inserttaken from the original publication illustrated by blake of the book of job
1000 €
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Slight tear on a page in “now we are six”winnie the pooh now we are six the house at pooh corner all first editions signs of wear and some stains on the title page due to age but in overall fair conditionrare classic winnie the pooh book set by amilne, first editions ()would make a fantastic addition to your collection
13500 €
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Signed by the author on the title pagegift inscription on half titleoxfam books & music berkhamsted autobiography of the tv personality and ornithologistends of spine bumpedshelf wear to edges hardback book in very good conditionwith dust jacket in very good conditionbottom corners lightly bumped see oxfam website for delivery information read more
20 €
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Internally unmarked, page edges slightly brownedoxfam bookshop harrogate a first edition, first impression copy of this novel set in malaysia and inscribed on the title page by the author ("for martin, hope you like it rani manicka")yellow cloth, gilt; unmarkeddustwrapper unclipped and unmarked, edges slightly curledsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
17 €
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Oxfam bookshop henley-on-thames flat signed by gerard young on the title pagecorners and edges rubbed and bumped, boards a little sprung, contents clean and bright, with fold-out map in place at page 5see oxfam website for delivery information read moreweight 275g, size 19 x 12
20 €
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Feist on the title pagefirst impression (with number 1 on copyright page)oxfam bookshop henley-on-thames flat signed by raymond eblack cloth, gilt titles, tight and square, small stain at top edge, text bright and unmarked throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredust jacket very slightly bumped along edges, not price clipped
20 €