Bond Edward a Editor (6 results)

Condition: Poor. 1st edition. Quarter cloth, P. lxxxiv+443pp+16pp publishers catalogue, Ex Public Library, bookplate, cardholder, spine lacking, boards near detached, a working copy only. First volume only of a detailed & faithfull account of the founding and progress of the Cistercian Meaux Abbey in Yorkshire. Founded in 1151, the Abbey was finally dissolved in 1539. Thomas of Burton was abbot 1396 - 1399. His Chronicle, not a Cartulary, also contains a useful & important account of affairs between England & Scotland during the reign of Edward I. 3375 grams.…

Hardbound. Condition: Good. Spine Cover Mostly Gone, and Worn; Written in Latin; 443 pages.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A smart set of Richard Harris Barham's popular collection of fantastical short stories, illustrated throughout. Complete in three volumes. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and twenty-five plates. Volume two is illustrated with a vignette title page, eight plates, and numerous in-text images. Volume three is illustrated with a vignette title page, seven plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A delightful collection of whimsical legends, myths, and ghost stories written supposedly by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, actually the pen-name of clergyman Richard Harris Barham. The legends were first printed in 1837 as a regular series in magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany', and due to their popularity were compiled and published in book form. Although based on real legends and mythology, they are deliberately humorous parodies of medieval folklore and poetry. The work proved immensely popular and has been referenced in literary works by H.G. Wells, Henry James, and Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Cruikshank, Leech, Tenniel, and more. Edited by his daughter, Mrs. Edward A. Bond. Bound in full cloth. Externally, smart with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light scattered spotting to the endpapers. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Quarter cloth, VG+. 3 volumes, lxxxiv+443pp+16pp publishers catalogue, xliv+394pp, cii+433pp, 3 folding frontis, index to the whole in vol III, Ex- Monastic Library [ St Augustine's Ramsgate ] with their bookplate, cardholder, small paper label to the base of the spine, endpapers yellowed, light foxing to the preliminary pages, pages all un-opened, an almost fine set. Fine copies of the Rolls series are uncommon. Latin text. A detailed & faithfull account of the founding and progress of the Cistercian Meaux Abbey in Yorkshire. Founded in 1151, the Abbey was finally dissolved in 1539. Thomas of Burton was abbot 1396 - 1399. His Chronicle, not a Cartulary, also contains a useful & important account of affairs between England & Scotland during the reign of Edward I. 3375 grams.…

Comprising, the treatise "Of the Russe Common Wealth," by Dr. Giles Fletcher; and The Travels of Sir Jerome Horsey, Knt., now for the first time printed entire from his own manuscript.  The Hakluyt Society, first series. 8vo. Gilt green morocco. Former library copy, some foxing. Former owner's signature up title-page. London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society.…