Fearnside William Gray Harrel Thomas (32 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 211 p. 25 cm. B&w engravings. Red cloth with blank and gold impressing. Front and spine show the Crystal Palace. All edges gilt. Spine ends repaired; some of the original gilt trim at ends is gone. Small tears in hinges. Top corners bumped. Bookplate on front pastedown for Richard Daniel Crampton. Repaired top corner to front free endpaper. Dampstain on lower corner of rear pastedown. Rear hinge cracking internally. Some discolouration to top margins. Occasional foxing. Or, Views and History of London in the Nineteenth century. Being A Grand National Exhibition of The British Capital With Historical and Topographical Notices of Each Place. Illustrated with Fifty Splendid Steel Engravings.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No jacket. D. Omer Smith, [c1860]. Hardback, 8vo, [iv],219pp, frontis, engraved title, 24 plates*. Ex-library, stamp to verso of title, gift message (1867), hinges broken. Original red cloth, decorated in blind and gilt, a little worn, spine dull and chipped at ends, reference number. *Lacks 11 plates called for, but has 4 extra plates. A fair copy. /0.7uk . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. J.H, Shepherd J. Salmon H.K. Halbot Browne (illustrator). Second Edition. Undated but c. 1851.Publisher's original scarlet cloth, gilt, spine gilt extra, all edges gilt. Small quarto, spine a bit darkened, rear board slty spotted at top, edges boards a bit dust dulled, head of spine frayed with a 1cm. tear. Corners and edges slty rubbed but a very fresh, bright and clean copy "with 50 splendid steel engravings" although this copy of this issue is complete with the 34 fine plates as called for in the list of plates provided. Some plates are by H.K. Halbot Browne [Phiz], though in a restrained style for him.Others are by J.H.Shepherd, J.Salmon , R.Garland and L.Woods. Collates thus:[vi], [1], 2-211pp. Originally published in 1838 as "The History of London" which had the same number of plates, so this may be a re-issue copy of the earlier book.A rare variant binding of scarlet, blocked cloth and a gothic design in gilt.

Good hardback (edgewear esp. to head and tail of spine and corners bumped, prelims lightly foxed, prize sticker on front free endpaper). Text clean and unmarked. 219 pp 8vo blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Yellow endpapers. Illustrated with steel engravings, frontispiece and title page vignette. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: NO DW. Not dated but perhaps about 1850. Red publisher's cloth, lettered and decorated in gold. All edges gold. Some spotting throughout which is heavier at start. Fairly clean and tight in sound cover but SPINE HAS BEEN REGLUED and has some minor loss. Just a good working copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: good. no publication date, circa 1850s. 211pp + index & 50 steel engravings with tissue guards & 2 pp of salesman's samples of cover & spine; marbled end pages; foxing to frontis & 1st engraving; very thin moisture stain to fore edge of some pages & plates; all edges gilt; 9.5" tall; wear to edges of 3/4 red leather with boards showing at corners; heavily rubbed paper over boards; heavy gilt decor & 5 raised bands on spine, 1.25" chip from heel. Hardcover.

Engraved frontispiece, extra engraved title and 31 enraved plates( correct as plates list). The list of plates is headed by "The Great Exhibition Building" (with no position within the volume given); this may refer to an earlier issue which had an illustration of the Exhibition building on the front cover. 8vo (10 x 6 1/4 inches). 219-pages, original red cloth blocked in blind and gilt; upper inner joint pulled, 4-inch split to outer upper hinge. Hedabands worn, internally very good.

8vo, 211pp, 50 steel engravings. A fair hardback copy in green decorative blind stamped cloth boards. Gilt vignette to front and gilt titled spine and edges. Board corners & spine ends are worn & frayed. Partially cracked hinge verso of title page. Binding sound. Previous owner's name to title & illustration page. Occasional marks & thumbing to contents.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A smartly rebound copy of 'Holmes's Great Metropolis', featuring fifty finely engraved views of the city"s principal landmarks and architecture. Rebound in a modern green textured cloth binding.Undated, dated from a copy held at the British Library. Originally published in 1838 under the title 'The History of London', with thirty plates.Illustrated with fifty steel engravings, with an engraved title page. Collated, complete.A delightful 19th-century survey of London, with descriptions of points of interest including Buckingham Palace, Westminster Hospital and Abbey, Somerset House, the Coal Exchange and the Royal Exchange, among others.Edited by William Gray Fearnside and Thomas Harrel. Rebound in a green textured cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright if typically age toned, with scattered spotting heavier to fore edges and first and last few leaves, particularly to the vignette half-title.Slight offsetting to the odd page. The odd handling mark to fore edge. Loss to lower corners of final three leaves including plates, with no loss to image or text. The odd small chip and closed tear to these final leaves. Creasing to tissue-guards. Good. book.

Full-Leather. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Full leather binding, rubbed with fading on the spine. Crest of Christ's Hospital on front cover and prize sticker dated 1857 inside. Contents are very good. Published c1851.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1851. Ex-Library, Usual Markings. No date. Brown binding cloth, gold decor. With fifty gorgeous steel engravings. Moderate general wear. Black tape on spine and border. Tape reinforced. Has bookplate. 211 pages. 6168.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of 'Holmes's Great Metropolis', featuring fifty finely engraved views of the city"s principal landmarks and architecture. The first edition to be published under this title, and with this many plates.Originally published in 1838 under the title 'The History of London', with thirty plates.Illustrated with fifty steel engravings, with an engraved title page. Collated, complete.A delightful 19th-century survey of London, with descriptions of points of interest including Buckingham Palace, Westminster Hospital and Abbey, Somerset House, the Coal Exchange and the Royal Exchange, among others.Edited by William Gray Fearnside and Thomas Harrel.Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Boards bright, with bumping to back strip head and tail. Joints starting, with boards firmly held. Back strip restored to head. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Good. 212 pages, and plates. No stated date of issue. Includes the engraved title page. Cloth rubbed; light foxing throughout. Binding is sound. Unprofessional tape repair to verso of plate facing p. 122.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No date. 212pp. Decorated red cloth boards with title to paper label on spine. Yellow eps. Illustrated with fifty splendid steel engravings with small pale damp stain to bottom 4cm of the first two. 1cm square contemporary ownership stamp to first blank and title page. Minor wear and soiling to cloth and very minor sporadic foxing throughout. All in all a very good solid, clean copy. 0.

Octavo half leather binding with marbled boards (lightly rubbed) and endpapers, gilt spine, numerous engravings, often a bit foxed, a very good copy. First edition.

Half-Calf. Condition: Very Good. Browne, Hablot; Marshall, C.;Salmon, I (illustrator). First Edition. First edition. No publication date, c. 1851. 8vo. Half calf over marble boards, 6 compartments, gilt decoration to spine, all edges gilt, marble endpapers. 50 fine steel engraved plates, including frontispiece and engraved title vignette. 211 pp. Contemporary ownership signature of G. P. Lascaridi, b. 1820 Prusa/Brusa, Asia Minor, d. 5 September, 1889 in Corfu, Greece/Hellenes, a merchant in London, insurance and discount agent, dealer and chapman. Brief genealogical statement laid in. Some of the steel engravings by Hablot Browne [pseud. Phiz] (1815-1882), For much of his life he signed his work Phiz, but on occasion in prints, and often in other media, he identified himself by his real initials or name, as he does in this book. Others, unsigned, still have very recognizable Dickens-like characters in the foreground. Some foxing, most engravings untouched. Rubbing to board at extremities. Very good.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). A pleasing copy of 'Holmes's Great Metropolis', a beautifully illustrated history of London's points of interest. Second edition. Originally published in 1838 under the title 'The History of London', with thirty plates.Undated, dated from a copy held at the British Library.Rebound in a contemporary full blind-stamped cloth, with gilt decorations to the front board and spine.Illustrated with fifty-one steel-engraved plates, including engraved title page. Collated, complete.A delightful 19th-century survey of London, with descriptions of points of interest including Buckingham Palace, Westminster Hospital and Abbey, Somerset House, the Coal Exchange and the Royal Exchange, among others.Edited by William Gray Fearnside and Thomas Harrel. Rebound in a contemporary full blind-stamped cloth, with gilt decorations to the front board and spine.Externally, very smart indeed, with only minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional scattered spots. Contemporary ink inscription to the verso of the frontispiece. Very Good Indeed. book.

First edition thus. First published, with 30 plates, as The History of London. Octavo. pp [iv], 212. 50 tissue-guarded steel engravings by Hablot Browne ("Phiz"), J.W. Allen, C. Marshall, J. Meadows etc. Original pale green gilt pictorial textured and patterned cloth, gilt decorated spine. All edges gilt. On the front pastedown is the bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst, pharmacist and book collector. Some light foxing to prelims. Inner hinges cracking. Spine a little bruised at head and a little rubbed at tail. Corners just a little bumped. Very good.

Full publisher?s decorative gilt morocco, gilt arabesque title within embossed floral motifs, encased within a finely gilt-tooled border, all within a double blind frame, spine in six compartments of raised gilt bands and gilt-tooled motifs within blind and gilt borders, gilt red morocco label on two, gilt text on six, board edges and inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers. , Adams explains that in 1851, Thomas Holmes decided to publish a work on London in conjunction with London?s Great Exhibition of that year. To do so, he took Fearnside and Harrel?s ?History of London,? published 1837, added more engravings from Trotter?s ?Select Illustrated Topography,? published 1839, and put them ?together with five fresh views intended to give the whole an appearance of contemporaneity.? Our copy seems to be an updated version of the 1851 edition, with a frontispiece view of the Exhibition Palace of 1862, and a brief description of the event on the final text leaf., Size : 8vo., Extra-illustrated with 40 (of 34) steel-engraved plates; however, this copy lacks the frontispiece plate called for in the list of plates., References : Holloway 69 (1851 ed.); Adams 211 (1851 ed.), P. (4), blank, frontis, engr. title, blank, title, blank, 1-78, 89-90, 81-88, 105-106, 91-104, 79-80, 107-219, blank, index, list of plates, (2). Aside from lacking the frontispiece and three misplaced leaves (indicated in the pagination, no loss), this is a fine copy of this work on Victorian London, plates are clean and crisp, bound in decorative gilt full contemporary morocco.

London, Holmes, ohne Jahr (1851). 2 Blatt, 211 S. mit 34 Stahlstich-Tafeln. Original-Leinen mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel, blindgeprägten Fileten, dreiseitiger Goldschnitt (berieben, leicht bestossen). - Titelblatt nennt 50 Abbildungen, Verzeichnis der Illustrationen benennt die vorhandenen 34 Abbildungen. - Vorsatz mit Besitzvermerk von alter Hand, die Tafeln sauber, schön. - Titelpage announce fifthy plates, list of illustration shows 34 plates, as present. - fine clean copy.

Condition: Very Good. Steel engraved plates (51) including engraved titlepage with large vignette view, some by Hablot Browne ( Phiz) as listed only 34 listed but 51 present. Narrow small quarto blue blindstamped and pictorially gilt cloth with spine extra gilt (1cm split to hinges at head and foot hinges) All Edges Gilt. Frontis +Engraved pictorial title + Printed title +Contents + 211pp. Lacks front free endpaper & has ownership stamp of St. Augustine's monastery to titlepage (slight offsetting to blank page facing) & to verso of final page which is blank except for stamp. Book plate of the Monastery to pastedown. Some pale foxing, mainly marginal else a bright tight crisp copy with very fine steel engravings. 1 volume. Hardcover.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 332.