E smith london (26 resultados)

Condición: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. 2nd.rev.ed. A very good copy with tight binding Used - Very Good. VG paperback.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 161 pp. including index, plus portraits. Some pages have spots of foxing. Otherwise fine in a square, tight binding with hinges intact. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Undated but c.1890. "A small book on ferns for the benefit of fern lovers" by the owner of the London Fern Nurseries, Loughborough Junction, London, S.W.9. Original green cloth, titled on front cover "Ferns! Ferns!". 64 pp plus 7pp of advertisements. Illustrated. In lovely condition with no marks or inscriptions. …

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 111 pp. Red cloth covered boards with black titling and decoration to front board, this is the original binding. From an academic library, the only evidence being a bookplate on the front pastedown. Lightly worn copy. Note on free end paper reads "With the Author's Kind Regards". A00006775.…

Loose as Issued. Condición: Very Good. 4 page piece of music from about 1910 with words and music, some edge splits and light handling, but about Very Good overall. Measures 35 x 25 cm.

No Binding. Condición: Fair. 1st Edition. v 127pp disbound extracted from a collection of bound pamphlets, some foxing.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good-. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 478 pages; 1906 Dutton: Smith Elder HC 1st edition. Solid well bound copy in original blue cloth. Contents bright and neat; no marks. Cloth at spine is dulled by some loss of the emulsion, presumably from some form of predation. Gilt dulled but legible and no effect to internals nor the strength of the hinges. Top edge gilt; solid copy with dulled spine. G++ to VG-.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Folio [14.00in tall x 10.00in wide]. Collates complete [4], vi, [2], 697, [5], 701-1056, [16]p. A very good, solid and sound copy. Minor marks, blemishes or reading wear commensurate with age. Engraved frontispiece to the title. A nice copy. Text in Latin in the main with occasional English. With a couple of leaves of nice period manuscript index leaves at the close. Bound in a very attractive new half calf binding. Raised bands, blind lines and a gilt-lettered label to the spine. Solid and attractive new period-style binding.…

Pamphlet. Condición: Very Good. 50p. [i.e. 59] 20cm. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). Pages 6-14 numbered in duplicate (in all copies).

Couverture rigide. Condición: Satisfaisant. Cloth binding. 1872. 21x17 cm. IV+192 pages. Some b/w illustrations. Acceptable. Covers a bit rubbed, covers edges sunned. Spine sunned, with small loss on head and foot. Some light foxing to endpapers. Wet mark and soil to lateral edge of the back cover affecting about 30 last pages and back endpapers, small loss on the same edge of the back endpapers and of the last page. Inner edge of endpapers lightly torn, but binding is still tight. Light crease and soil to some pages .…

Couverture rigide. Condición: Satisfaisant. Cloth binding. 1873. 21,5x17 cm. IV+192 pages. Some b/w illustrations. Acceptable. Covers a bit rubbed and soiled, covers edges sunned, small bumping to top edge. Spine sunned and soiled, with wear to head and foot; light wear to front joint. Some light foxing and creases to endpapers. Some small soil to the title page. Wet mark to the top and lateral edges affecting the upper corner of most of the pages. Binding is tight. Light creases and rare small soil to some pages. Correction in ink pen at the page 150 .…

Couverture rigide. Condición: Satisfaisant. Cloth binding. 1874. 21,5x17 cm. IV+192 pages. Some b/w illustrations. Acceptable. Covers a bit rubbed, covers edges sunned, corners lightly bumped. Spine sunned with some soil and with wear to head and foot; small wear to bottom of back joint. Light creases to endpapers and to some first pages. Wet mark to the side edge of back cover affecting some last pages. Binding is tight .…

Leather. Condición: Good. Woodhead, Allestree, and Walker's commentary upon the epistles of St. Paul, an informative work of theological study. The third edition of this very scarce work. The third edition of this very scarce work, first published the previous century. A substantial biblical commentary on the Pauline epistles combining paraphrase of the scriptural text with explanatory notes and theological discussion. The work aims to clarify the meaning of St Paul"s writings through textual explanation, doctrinal interpretation, and practical application, while engaging with questions of early Christianity, church practice, and theology. ESTC T170559 Retaining half title, which is bound prior to the preface. Inscription to front free endpaper. The work of Abraham Woodhead, with contributions from Richard Allestree and Obadiah Walker. In a full panelled calf binding. Lacking spine label. Rubbing to back strip head and tail and joints, with front joint starting and board tender, and rear joint head and tail starting with board firmly held. Inscription to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd spot. Light worming to tail of final three leaves and rear pastedown, not affecting text. Good. None (ilustrador). book.…

Leather. Condición: Good Only. The seventh edition of William Darrell's informative early eighteenth century conduct book, offering guidance for young men of rank. The seventh edition of this work.A fascinating instruction work, aimed primarily at young noblemen, acting as etiquette guide to duties, correct behaviour, and obligations to family and God.ESTC T136515Former owner's inscription to head of front free endpaper.This piece of social history offers a fascinating insight into the social expectations of noble men and women of the early 18th century. In a contemporary panelled calf binding. Gilt detailing to back strip. Small losses of calf to back strip head and tail, with worm hole to back strip tail. Lacking spine label. Joints starting, with boards only a touch tender. Inscription to front free endpaper. Worming to tail of front free endpaper penetrating through to page 172, but not affecting text. Pages otherwise lightly age toned, with the odd handling mark. Good Only. Not Stated (ilustrador). book. …

Full Leather. Condición: Very Good binding. Third Edition. 8vo.; in full speckled calf, with a blank spine; 164 pages.~~This follows the 1704 Second Edition; the next edition in 1708 had a supplement, "A Word to the Ladies". The book was in its Tenth Edition by 1731.~~William Darrell was a Jesuit. amd was procurator of the province in Paris. He was prefect of studies in the college of St. Omer in 1696, and subsequently fillege the same office at Liege. He was also professor casuistry at Liege, and rector of the college from 1708 to 1712. In 1712 he again became procurator of the Province in Paris. He died at St. Omer in 1721. Very Good binding. …

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Seventh edition. 8vo. Pp (xxii), 584. Full calf, raised bands, blind-stamped. The binding is sound though considerably worn. Title page soiled. Bookplate partially removed from front paste-down endpaper.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Very Good. Ninth Edition. Contemporary calf, rebacked. Hinges slightly worn, but an attractiove copy. 584 pp.

Leather. Condición: Good. The eighth edition of William Darrell's guide to the conduct of young gentlemen in the early 18th century. The eighth edition of this work.A fascinating instructional work, aimed primarily at young noblemen, and serving as an etiquette guide. This being a later edition, the work also includes a supplementary section to the rear, aimed as ladies. ESTC No: T136514Rebacked, retaining the original endpapers.With the armorial bookplate of Richard Tylden to the front pastedown, and his inscription to the title page head. With the morocco bookplate of Robert P. Oreck, an early producer and patentor of the menstrual cup.This piece of social history offers a real insight into the social expectations of noble men and women of the early 18th century. Rebacked in a full calf binding, retaining the original boards. Joints starting, with boards generally firmly held. Small loss of calf to back strip head. Bookplates to front pastedown and free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Inscription to title page head. Pages bright, with only the odd spot. Good. None (ilustrador). book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Copyright date is 1924, This antique volume is bound in blue cloth covered boards with gilt tooling and lettering. The volume is a limited edition number 164 of 1750 copies. The volume is adorned with a color frontispiece as well as illustrated and photographic plates and in-text illustrations. This antique volume shows well with mild signs of age/wear with rubbing to the boards and light age toning to the interior pages. Overall very good copy.…

Leather. Condición: Very Good Indeed. First edition. The very scarce first edition of this substantial collection of Thomas Brown's satires, poems and letters, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, smartly rebound. Rebound in modern quarter calf with paper covered boards, endpapers renewed. The first edition of this posthumous collection, gathering Brown's previously scarce and unpublished writings in prose and verse and intended to supplement his earlier collected works. The sheets were subsequently reissued in 1721 as The Fifth Volume of the Works of Mr. Thomas Brown. The register and text are continuous despite the jump in pagination from 240 to 265. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece. Collated, complete. ESTC No.: T128762. A wide-ranging collection of Brown's writing inculding Mr. Brown's Legacy for the Ladies; or, Characters of the Women of the Age, a series of satirical female character sketches, and a key to his prophecies, dialogues, satires, fables and poems. Thomas Brown (1662/3-1704) was an English satirist, translator and miscellaneous writer, remembered for his irreverent verse. An extensive collection of the lively and often scurrilous writings of one of Restoration London's distinctive satirical voices. Rebound in modern quarter calf with paper covered boards, endpapers renewed.Externally, very smart. Very minor shelf wear to extremities. Slight discolouration to perimeters of boards. Spine slightly faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, if slightly age toned with one or two spots and handling marks. Ownership inscription to head of A2. Slight creasing to frontispiece; very minor wear to margins of the odd leaf. Silght cockling to leaves. Very Good Indeed. None (ilustrador). book.…

pp. xvii, (i), 369, (iii). Chromolithograph frontispiece, 6 chromolithograph plates, 9 etched plates, 77 text woodcuts. Original cloth, spine faded, the etched plates faintly offset to text, initialled on the title by SIR GEORGE MURRAY HUMPHRY with his later gift label, a very good copy.

Printed by Howlett and Brimmer for T. M'Lean, Haymarket and E. Williams, Strand, London, 1821, new edition. [first published 1815], Half leather binding with marbled boards Five raised bands to spine. Rebacked. Gilt lettering on leather patch to compartment two. Blind stamped decoration to other compartments. Small folio, 14.5ins x 10.5ins, Additional hand coloured aquatint title page, printed title page, list of plates, half title, 59pp plus 24 hand coloured plates. Each plate is marked aquatint by R. Havell after drawing by Charles Hamilton Smith, and they are dated 1815. The full printed title continues" to which is added, that of The Gothic Nations on the Western Coasts of the Baltic, the ancestors of the Anglo-Saxons and Anglo-Danes". The text pages have wide margins. Within the text there are many references to Druids and Bards. The text pages have occasional offsetting from the plates opposite. The marbled paper to board edges is chipped in places but overall a VG copy.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., (ii)60pp., complete, additional engraved frontis portrait plate (not called for) of Selden supplied from his 1672 edition of "Titles of Honor", bound in 19th. century full paneled calf, gilt lettered red morocco spine label, internally clean and bright, rubbing to head and foot of spine with some loss, hinges rubbed, a VERY GOOD copy. Selden's best known work. J. H. B. Masterman writes concerning it: "It is full of quaint humor and pleasant satire, combined with much admirable common sense. Many of the remarks in the volume indicate Selden's strong resentment against religious bigotry and intolerance, but there is no malice in the whimsical anecdotes, and allusions in which the book abounds. Altogether, the 'Table-Talk' shows Selden as a genial, shrewd, and sensible observer of men and things, whose mind had neither been soured by theological controversies, nor warped by legal studies." Coleridge writes: "There is more weighty bullion sense in this book than I ever found in the same number of pages of any uninspired writer. O! to have been with Selden over his glass of wine, making every accident and outlet and a vehicle of wisdom.". …

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to, 28.5cm, first edition, in 2 parts, 24,80p., pages 4 & 80 incorrectly numbered and corrected by hand, in later (19th cent) half tan calf and boards, black ruled borders decorations on the boards and in panels on the spine, maroon label gilt, armorial bookplate, near fine copy, rare (cgc) Wing H.1809 (listing only the edition of 1684). BM copy is lost. - A very scarce book, particularly in the first edition. Edmund Hickeringill (1631-1708), English divine and pamphleteer, was convicted of slander in the year of this publication and was forced to relinquish his position as vicar of AllSaints, Colchester.…

[xxii] 584 pp. 8vo, contemporary full panelled calf. The Seventh Edition. Lacking blank endsheets front and rear; old ink ownership signatures on title page and dedication page; some inoffensive light foxing throughout; joints cracked with considerable rubbing and wear to the binding.

4to, 28.5cm, first edition, in 2 parts, 24,80p., pages 4 & 80 incorrectly numbered and corrected by hand, in later (19th cent) half tan calf and boards, black ruled borders decorations on the boards and in panels on the spine, maroon label gilt, armorial bookplate, near fine copy, rare. (cgc). Wing H.1809 (listing only the edition of 1684). BM copy is lost. - A very scarce book, particularly in the first edition. Edmund Hickeringill (1631-1708), English divine and pamphleteer, was convicted of slander in the year of this publication and was forced to relinquish his position as vicar of All-Saints, Colchester.…