C L Mateaux (60 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Undated with the title page noting "Ninth Edition", ca. 1890. Some splitting to the front and rear hinge papers and separations between a few pages but the binding remains tight and intact. Heavily illustrated. Beautiful covers and spine printed in gold and black. This copy is from a 19th Century private lending institution, the Mercantile Library of New York City. There are no external indications of the library's ownership. A handwritten number and Mercantile Library stamp are on the title page and some of the internal pages.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. BIO 041688 Cassell edition 1885 printing. Small gray hardcover with red decoration. With some corner wear and soiling. Biography of father and son' contributions to railway and steam development. Binding is good. Hinge exposed at front end papers we have reglued. With some scattered foxing. 128pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. red cloth cover with decoration in black and gilt shows moderate wear, rubbing, loss at the corners and spine ends. some prelims shaken, pages tanned.

hardcover. Condition: Good. brown cloth cover with decoration in black and gilt shows minor wear and rubbing, loss at the corners and spine ends. un-personalized bookplate on the front free endpaper. pages tanned with a bit of minor foxing.

Couverture souple. Condition: Moyen. Cassel And Company, Ltd, 1885. 1 volume format In-12 1 vol in-12, the world's workers, texte en anglais, en page de garde nom de l'ancien propriétaire Augustine Conduzorgues.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. * PUBLISHER : CASSELL PETER & GALPIN * YEAR : UNDATED * ISBN : N/A * No OF PAGES : 256 * CONDITION : USED - ACCEPTABLE * OTHER: THE COVER BOARDS ARE HEAVILY RUBBED AND WORN WITH STAINS AND MARKS TO BOTH SIDES. THE CORNERS AND EDGES ARE BUMPED AND FADED WITH SMALL TEARS IN PLACES. THERE ARE TEARS RUNNING BETWEEN THE REAR BOARD AND SPINE. THE SPINE IS HEAVILY RUBBED AND WORN WITH BUMPING AND SMALL TEARS AT BOTH ENDS. THE SPINE IS COCKED AND THE HINGE IS CRACKED AT THE TITLE PAGE, HOWEVER THE BINDING REMAINS FIRM. ON THE INSIDE FRONT BOARD IS A NAMED STICKER PLATE. THERE IS FOXING ALONG THE FOR-EDGE AND INSIDE BOOK. THE PAGES ARE LIGHTLY TANNED, THOUGH PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Brown cloth with gilt cover pictorials. No date circa 1880's. Includes material on mining, glass-making, clocks and watches, furniture, tools, etc. Light rubbing at extremities. PayPal accepted.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. ND. 1888 - dated from catalogue to rear. Well illustrated throughout with engraved illustrations. Block has bright gilt to all edges. Interior a little toned, moreso to endpapers, and occasional minor marks but in VG general condition. Brick red boards show attractive black, brown and gilt decoration and titling. Gilt is bright but boards are worn to edges with bumping to corners. Spine a little dulled with two puncture marks; rear has blind embossed arms. 8vo. 256pp.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hard Bound. Condition: Very Good. Attractive stamped brown cloth with gilt balloon, urns, and a mirror on the front cover. 312 pp. Includes material on mining, glass-making, clocks and watches, furniture, tools, etc. Very Good. Nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. original decorated cloth hardcover, portrait frontispiece, 128 pages, very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf 191.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Clipped front free endpaper. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to half title page. Moderate cracking to gutters exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with moderate rubbing, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A beautiful late 19th century edition of In Letters of Flame by C.L Matéaux. Undated however believed to be a c.1890s edition. In excellent condition. Bindings strong and sturdy, pages are in very good condition, the covers & spine remains just as bright as the day it were bound. A truly beautiful piece. Bound in turquoise hardback covers with gold gilt spinal & front cover text with intricate textured patterning. A stand out addition to any fine Victorian bindings collection. If you have any questions please let me know, thank you.…

Sm octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Hardback, bound in decorative cloth. All edges gilt. 19 × 12.5cm, 224pp + ads. A nice late-Victorian book ramble around London landmarks (more of a history guide than a walking tour), including Westminster Abbey, The Tower, Zoological Gardens, National Gallery, Parliament, The City, Guildhall etc, and illustrated throughout with black and white engravings. Condition: A good copy, with some rubbing and bumping to the boards, some light tanning to the pages but remaining in strong readable condition. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. - decorated cloth, lacking ffep, some internal foxing else a vg bright copy of this earlt hardcover edition - Steam Engines, " Puffing Billy ", " Geordie ", Safety Lamp, Locomotives, " Rocket " Stephensons. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 184 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Severe cracking to gutters. Binding is heavily weakened. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping and rubbing to surfaces. Marked tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to ends. Gilt lettering is bright. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Nd, circa 1880. Illustrated with full page and in text color illustrations. Color illustrated paper over green cloth boards. Front paste-on paper has two chips, boards are rubbed at edges and worn at corners, second endpaper has non-authorial inscription dated 1881. pages are clean and unmarked. Lizzie Lawson (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Charming colour illustrations throughout. New decorative endpapers. Very clean and firm inside. Firm pictorial paper covered boards with cloth spine. Edge wear and some scuffs to boards (see image). Lawson, Lizzie (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Beautifully produced collection of proverbs with attendant verse, printed and illustrated with chromolithographic etchings by Lawson. No date but c. 1890. Spine skillfully replaced and reinforced. Some rubbing to edges. Some faint spotting to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good.…

hardback, large 8vo, 256pp, illustrated, owner's inscription on endpaper, edges browning, slight foxing, text clean and binding sound, glazed pictorial boards, edges rubbed, board corners bumped and scuffed, Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardback, No D/J. Illustrated Red boards with gilt decoration and lettering have a bumped and scuffed spine, light bumping to corners and light marks on back cover. All outside page edges are gilt. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Edition Unstated. Size: 9 1/2" x 7 1/2". Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Green cloth spine, illustrated paper over boards, 64 pages, illustrated in color. Covers lightly stained, corners and spine ends worn, front hinge starting to weaken. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3 lbs 0 oz. Category: Children; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 014990.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 128pp plus 16pp of Publishers' adverts. Portraits as frontis. Decorated cloth red upon blue with black title to the upper cover and gilt title to the spine. In the series "The World's Workers" Very clean internally and unmarked with light foxing to the endpapers. A nice copy.…

Condition: Fair. 1889. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Moderate brown liquid marks to bottom edges textblock. Heavy cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Generally Good. Early Edition. The Story of Don Quixote told for children. Nd shown, possibly a first edition. Green cloth, gilt dec. and black line. Corners slightly worn as is head and tail of spine. Overall very clean. Hinges tape repaired. Many line illustrations. 252 pages. Clean throughout. Foxing to catalogue at end of text. Overall a good copy.…

312 pp. Illustrated throughout from engravings. Large 8vo, publishers pictorial gilt cloth. A little shaken; shallow chipping to spine at extremities; light rubbing to edges.