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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 21this has been laid down to restore marginal tearsour 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 59rubbed and with some stainingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilater hand colourplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitezurich: christopher froschauerthe woodcuts for the work were undertaken by hans asper, johann thomas, and lukas schröncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
(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 commandthere is a very occasional foxing spot through the text block but it is remarkably clean and brightsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreblack leather binding with tooled boards and spine, 5 raised bands on the spine, and gilt decoration on the leather infoldsrubbing at the corners and the top & base of the spine, and along the front hinge where is leather is slightly split along the lower partfoxing on the colour mapsthe text is in two columns with notes in the margins on both sidesoverall the covers are in excellent conditionyellow endpapers which are a little mottled
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 crackedoriginal green cloth a bit worn and marked, but mainly sound, (apart from vol vii which is in the original parts, paperback)individual condition is: volume ifront hinge crackedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeeight 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)front endpaper creasedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigood a rare work, particularly when complete, as this copy isplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemany important descriptions and illustrations of acacia, eucalyptus, grevillea, banksia, hakea etcplease note the high postage costs - this set weighs around 15 kilos before packingpart i has covers detached and frayedin paperback parts as issued - part ii is slightly worn, with ink annotations on the coversthe green cloth bindings are a little worn generally, and have shelf numbers on the spinecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
(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 ppupper margin cut very shortour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe text blocks are discoloured, a blemish here and there, water stain in the upper margin of about 60 ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwill be shipped with registrationplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemodern hardcover - 16 x 10 cmthe inner margin of approxin reasonably good conditionbinding cord holes in the inner margin of almost all pagescatawiki’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 coverhe left the railway and became a consulting engineer; his many works include printing presses for several newspapers and magazineshe was president of the civil and mechanical engineers' society, the institution of mechanical engineers and the institution of civil engineersour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeborn 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 draughtsmanhe was made the head of the office and designed the first outside cylinder locomotive for use in indiaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki[with the signature on the front endpaper of william henry maw, ()please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebeing a short but complete description of the duties of the young engineer in preliminary and location surveys, and in constructionin he founded the journal engineering and remained an editor for the rest of his life] a rare book, and in remarkably good conditionmaw was a british civil engineer and astronomercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
(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 seenprinted by compton printing works, londonbound by the kemp hall bindery in oxfordthis very rare book is certain to attract close attention from collectorsblackwells had a close working relationship with lippincott in pennsylvania, where the author was basedthe sealant is torn to all corners (1-2mm)see oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is no dust jacket and the boards look as though they have instead been subjected to a less than perfect assault with pvc sealantrigid card boards with the author's distinctive artwork to upperhowever, the covering is authentic: it extends beneath the paste downs and would thus appear to represent an early outing for this revolutionary productblack titles to upper and spinethe binding is excellent, as one might expect from kemp halloxfam bookshop market harborough the enchanted playhouse - mabel betsy hill oxford: basil blackwell
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 itoxfam books & music totnes subtitled - “the wonders of god in the wildernessthus 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 namepatterned end pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read morehardback book with no djit is an ex-library book but with only limited evidence of this previous existenceoriginally published in this is a reprint from the usathe binding is goodoblique cloth band with library ticket present on inside of rear coverto which is added an appendix”
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 colourour 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 illustratorsuperb folio from gessner's first edition of the fischbuch, x 21reference: nissen fischbuch 59are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitezurich: christopher froschauerthe woodcuts for the work were undertaken by hans asper, johann thomas, and lukas schröncatawiki’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 discolouredthe book is subtitled as 'an introduction of languages, poetry, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, physics, etc'' 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 see oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are no pencil, pen, or highlighter marksthe book contains some passages from 'famous poets and orators' with 'critical remarks on themthe edges along the bottom and sides are a faint redthis copy would appeal to those who value old books, and collectorsoxfam bookshop lincoln published in , this is the fifth edition of the third volume of 'the method of teaching and studying the belles lettres'there are also several inscriptions on the front page, seemingly the names of previous ownersinside, there is also some discolouration to the edges of the first few pages this is an unusual book which is still valuable to students and scholars today, as it is still being reprintedit also states that it has been 'designed for students in the universities'
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 15oxfam shop monmouth  a good copy black and white etchings are vibrantbook seller's label on back inside board coverdust cover is cellophane wrapped with spine tanned and worn as per illustrationthe turquoise boards of the country library series sport mustard letteringthroughout the book, the paper used for illustrated plates is lightly tannedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreotherwise, edges are slightly tanned as with the end-papers
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 missingweight: 250 gramsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe picturesque tourist: being a guide through the state of new york and upper and lower canada, including a hudson river guideare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe binding has gilt lettering, but slightly fadedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein the back are 26 advertisementssize: cm read morefurthermore, the guide contains 3 folding maps and 10 full-page wood engravings and many illustrations of ismall pieces are missing from the top and bottom of the spinecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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'the glossy dustjacket shows few signs of shelf-wear and is unpriceclippedshe 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, blahthe top edge is slightly turned and the corners are slightly bumpedit was focused on themhis stetson now resides in the smithsonian and over 400 million fans in eighty-five countries had to find out just who shot jroxfam bookshop hexham 'as it was originally written, dallas was really about patrick duffy and victoria principalsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreto put it in jr's own words, 'once you got rid of the integrity, the rest was a piece of cake'i was just the brothereven the parliament in turkey adjourned so representatives could rush to their tv setsthis hardback first edition is in a very good conditionfrom 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 dallashagman 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 historythe black cloth boards are unmarked and gilt-stamped on the spine' written with us weekly bureau chief, todd gold, hello darlin' is a forthright look at hagman's star-studded career
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 unmarkedborn 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 railroadduring the american civil war, she served as an armed scout and spy for the union armysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe was an american abolitionist and political activistoxfam books & music beeston this rare and signed book is in very good conditionthe life of harriet tubman, focusing on her civil war activity and underground railroadin her later years, tubman was an activist in the movement for women's suffrageexternally there is a mark on the front cover as can be seen in the photo, but otherwise the book shows little signs of wear
12 €
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There is a full page dedication on the title page to ben and ethel, dated september 63the edges of the text block are slightly grubby but there are no marks other than the dedication and the binding is gooda somewhat controversial study here as a signed first editionoxfam books & music totnes subtitle “the definitive study of a great literary figure and the cycles of opinion amount his critics”this is a “revaluation of the entire body of henry james’s writing” and takes issue with the status which james holds with american intellectualsboards covered in grey cloth with black lettering to front and spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe dj is protected with a transparent jackethoughton mifflin hardback with intact dj
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 presentthere is lots of embossed gold detail to the spine and the edges of the front and back coversthe top, bottom and fore edges of both volumes are marbled, the internal marbling is in beautiful conditionthe leather on the front and back covers has a cross hatched embossed pattern on itcompiled from the latest and best authoritiesoxfam bookshop keynsham the imperial gazetteer; a general dictionary of geography, physical, political, statistical and descriptive  see oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is some small tears, stains and some significant scuffing to the leather to the top and bottom and corner edgesthere 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 goldboth volumes show wear and tear to the outer leather coversthese two volumes are bound in full leather with marbled boardsthe front and back covers of both volumes are starting to detach slightly interally along the gutter but the binding otherwise feels tight
(England)
100 €
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Each volume has a stamp on the page after the title page original decorated green cloth boardsplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insured*buyer please pay within 3 days* read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteuniform volumes 297 pages eachvolumes 1-3 all published in by sampson low, marston, searle & rivingtonsome slight wear to the exterior as can be expected due to the age5 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 invasioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
(England)
35 €
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page extremities are darkenedthere is foxing to the title page and an inscriptionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 annotations
9 €
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The title page has been taped in" inscription of name in faint ink on preface pagethis edition has been carefully prepared from the earliest and more modern editionstanning to pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe binding is in acceptable condition: there is some loss at the top and bottom of the spine and the corners are badly rubbedoxfam 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 gilt see oxfam website for delivery information read moreslight deformation of the spine from being shelf-worn and bumps to either endpages 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 english
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 conditionoxfam shop cotham hill facsimile reprint of a furniture cataloguesee oxfam website for delivery information read more inside, the pages are clean and the binding is sound
(England)
9 €
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First page (not the title page) neatly clipped see oxfam website for delivery information read morejudges and politicians presented it as an index of the growing tide of violencesentences for petty street crime jumped from six months to twenty yearsthe authors argue that mugging is a socially constructed phenomenonits "discovery" in was followed by a crime control explosionoxfam shop fulwood road mugging, the state and law and order
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 londonsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea japanese musical play in two acts” this is probably a rebound volume with gilt lettering to spine but no other decorationtext 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 pagethis little booklet includes instructions and patterns for making many classic soft toys, including dogs, ducks, a penguin, a rabbit, a lamb, and a teddy bearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepages are free of notes, and the folded patterns are in excellent conditionoxfam shop cowley road centre-stapled booklet with large fold-out patterns at the back, published by dryad press, leicesterseventh impression,
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 conditionwill be sent with next day dhl tracked and insured (for the full value of the item) courier next day postage within the ukplease get in touch to enquire about postage cost if wanting postage to remote areas of the uk where postage costs are higher, before orderingsee oxfam website for delivery information read more with twenty-two black and white etchingswith dedication on flyleaf and including tate gallery insertoxfam bookshop woodbridge rare limited edition, 1 of 100 copies for englandtaken from the original publication illustrated by blake of the book of jobplease ask if you require any more information of photosengravings are all 12x8cm
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 conditionmilne, first editions ()would make a fantastic addition to your collectionrare classic winnie the pooh book set by a
13500 €
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Signed by the author on the title pagegift inscription on half title hardback book in very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read morewith dust jacket in very good conditionshelf wear to edgesends of spine bumpedbottom corners lightly bumpedoxfam books & music berkhamsted autobiography of the tv personality and ornithologist
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")dustwrapper unclipped and unmarked, edges slightly curledsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyellow cloth, gilt; unmarked
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 pageblack cloth, gilt titles, tight and square, small stain at top edge, text bright and unmarked throughoutdust jacket very slightly bumped along edges, not price clippedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefirst impression (with number 1 on copyright page)oxfam bookshop henley-on-thames flat signed by raymond e
20 €