library entertaining knowledge volume (74 resultados)

hardcover. Condición: Fair. London, 1835, brown boards with gold spine titles; heavy corner and edge wear; backstrip torn from spine; 16mo, 5 3/4" to 6 3/4" tall; no jacket; hinges cracked; boards loose; markings on front pastedown and flyleaf; pages rippled. 414 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Volume II only. Old calf over marbled boards (spine perished; front cover detached but present; some foxing and stains to text). B/w Illustrations.

Hardcover. Condición: Good-. First Edition Thus. vi / 408 pp will 15 illustrations, green cloth with gilt title and decorations to spine, blindstamped decorations to covers. Spine sunned and darkened, cloth mottled, corners softened, pages clean and sound many uncut.

Paperback / softback. Condición: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condición: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condición: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condición: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condición: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Leather and marbled boards, many illustrations. 396 pages. 500 grams.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Printed by William clowes . Many illustrations, leather and marbled boards, 423 total pages. Heavy weasr on boards, wear and cracking to leather on spine, corners worn, light tanning and foxing spots on end-papers, top edge darkened, otherwise good. 500 grams.

Paperback / softback. Condición: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condición: Good. No Jacket. - Volume 1 only - corners and spine ends bumped and a little frayed and boards faded with some scuffs and bumps - front hinge breached but not open - some scattered foxing - edges of text block toned - Book ow/ solid, clean and content bright - brown cloth with gilt titles to spine - 399 pages.

Good copy in marbled boards, backed in gilt-blocked full calf. Spine cover missing (but text remains bound together) and boards dust-toned, bumped and rubbed as with age. Stretched hinges. Light hints of foxing. Physical description; 414 pages,17 cm. Subjects; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain). Libr. of entertaining knowledge. History. 3 Kg.

hardback, 12mo, vi,408pp, 15 illustrations, owner's name on endpaper, edges browning and slight foxing, text clean and tight, blindstamped green cloth, gilt-decorated spine slightly faded, Good condition.

Good copy in marbled boards, backed in gilt-blocked full calf. Spine cover missing (but text remains bound together) and boards dust-toned, bumped and rubbed as with age. Stretched hinges. Light hints of foxing. Physical description; 414 pages,17 cm. Subjects; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain). Libr. of entertaining knowledge. History. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition. Very Good. 396pp. Vegetable Substances Used for the Food of Man (Volume II) The Library of Entertaining Knowledge - this is a part of a 3 volume set, but is a standalone volume. This is listing is for Volume II. 3/4 brown calf leather with green boards. Spine with gilt lettering and decorations. tail, head and corners show age related wear. Age related toning to cream pastedown and FEP. Clean and unmarked throughout in a tight and square binding. With numerous in-text illustrations in black and white throughout. Nice clean copy. Additional photographs are available upon request. For shipping heavier items, or delivery outside the UK, please read our shipping terms for further details.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Fourth Edition. Very Good full leather edition, has a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Book is bound in Vellum leather and is lightly soiled. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 323 pages.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Hard Cover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Later Printing. Odd volume of this discursive series, treating solely of the elephant, both African and Indian, its natural history and uses & abuses by man, including hunting and 'entertainments'; complete in one volume. Small hardcover, half brown calf over marbled boards, brown leather labels, gilt titling, blind tooling. Shows a little wear, old paper stuck to top half-inch or so of rear cover; endsheets show some tanning from the leather; minor foxing within. Text clean; viii, 396 pages, 83 wood engravings as called for. Size: 4¼" by 6½".

Condición: Sehr gut. 399, 386 Seiten, 2 Bände. Halbleder mit marmorierten Pappdeckeln und Goldprägung auf dem Buchrücken. Insgesamt altersentsprechend sehr gut erhaltene Exemplare mit geringfügigen Lagerspuren. Schneller Versand und persönlicher Service - jedes Buch händisch geprüft und beschrieben - aus unserem Familienbetrieb seit über 25 Jahren. Eine Rechnung mit ausgewiesener Mehrwertsteuer liegt jeder unserer Lieferungen bei. Wir versenden mit der deutschen Post. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 652 Halbledereinband Halbledereinband.

Hardback. Condición: VG+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No DW. 1st Edition. Dark green blind embossed cloth lettered in gold on spine. All edges gold. Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. Strip cut off top of front endpaper (presumably to remove a signature). BUT NOTE top of spine is bit bumped causing slight split (10mm) to bottom joint.

Hardback. Condición: VG+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No DW. 1st Edition. Dark green blind embossed cloth lettered in gold on spine. All edges gold. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Strip cut off top of front endpaper (presumably to remove a signature). BUT NOTE top of spine is bit worn with slight loss to cloth.

Half Leather. Condición: Good binding. Volume IX only of Rev. Daniel Smith's series on Natural History for Sunday Schools. Engraved frontispiece, with additional illustrations accompanying the text. Spot of loss to the title page; writing in ink to the preliminaries; lacking the rear endpaper; surface loss to the rear board. Half black leather over marbled paper boards. Good binding.

Condición: Gut. 8, 4, VI, (2), 385, (2); 12, (4), 329, (3) Seiten mit 15 Stahlstichtafeln und 26 Textholzstichen. *Titelblätter mit Besitzerstempel, unbeschnitten, Stiche teils mit kleinen Feuchtigkeitsrändern und Stockflecken, insgesamt jedoch hübsches Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 792 Oktav (16,5 x 10 cm). moderne Leinenbände mit Lederrückenschild.

Leatherbound. Condición: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1832 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 40 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Volume 2 no.12 1832 May.

Condición: New. Print on Demand.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 16/17 illus., 7 x 4.5", full leather, spine gilt ruled, spine labels, 400pp. Covers worn and rubbed, wear along sides of spine, inner hinges cracked, genealogy notes and ink name stamps on ffeps, lacks rear free endpaper, contents have soiling, foxing, creasing, ink stains, edge tears, lacks "Ancient Sepulchre" plate else good, binding tight. The genealogy notes are from the Ashbel F. Bedford family of Ionia, Michigan, Bedford's grandson, Albert Griffing Bedford, was a well known Detroit realtor. Some of the book's offerings: "Edystone Light-house" (in Plymouth Sound), "Prints Of Human Feet In Rocks", "Great Fall Of Fall River" (Mass.), the Rochester Aqueduct; Dr. Samuel Johnson; African animals, owls, bees, poetry etc.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 4 Volume set includes: Household and Family Physician; Etiquette and 3 Manners; Many Thoughts of Many Minds; Everyday Practical Home Advice. Brown cloth hardcovers with blind stamp decoration on covers and gilt lettering and decoration on spines. Uncommon. Explains the practical aspects of living in the 1880's.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. London: Charles Knight, 1829, 1931, First Edition, The Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Bound in full morocco leather with raised bands, gilt titles to red labels and extensive gilt decoration to the compartments, worn with marks, scratches and some loss to the leather at the top of the spines. Vol I 1829, vii, [i], 419pp, with 77 illustrations in the text. Vol II 1831, viii, 396pp, with 83 illustrations in the text. Provenance: signature for Thomas Rogers dated 1850 to the front of both volumes/ Approximately 6 ¼ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles to red labels, gilt decorated compartments, rubbed and worn with some loss to the top of the spine. Joints good condition sound, rubbed and worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition grained morocco full leather boards. Page edges good condition all edges darkened. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition tanned. End papers good condition tanned and foxed. Title good condition slightly tanned and foxed. Pages good condition slightly tanned and foxed throughout. Binding good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above Publication Date: 1829 and 1831 Binding: Hardback.

Condición: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.