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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 304 pages. 5.20x1.26x7.95 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 416 pages. 5.20x1.57x7.95 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 304 pages. 7.68x5.08x1.02 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 416 pages. 5.28x1.50x7.95 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 336 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. London: Ward, Lock, & Co., 1891. Crown 8vo. xxiv,[ii],549,[1]pp. Portrait frontispiece and seven plates (within the travel section). §Millington pp. 260 and 314. Reprints the 1786 edition of Vathek. Seven page introduction by the editor. Scattered foxing (chiefly to verso of plates, but not portrait). Neat period half calf, raised bands, gilt decoration, contrasting label, marbled boards, edges, and endpapers. Some surface rubbing to extremities, but sound. A very good copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. In the publishers green 2 type cloth, black ink titles, corners rubbed. Spine, gilt titles, edges bumped. Internally, half title, map frontis, [7], (vii-xx), [3], 4-549 pp, [1], [6] adverts, 6 B&W maps (including 3 folding & 1 loose), numerous B&W illustrations within text, printed endpapers, No 1 of The Minerva Library of Famous Books. (176*120 mm). (Freeman 279).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. HARDCOVER. VERY GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT.Name ep D.E. SEAMAN".Missing 1 Has 4 of 5 listed glossy maps including the large end of volume fold out map.and the similar large fold out map at page 449.; GOLD SPINE titles with gold anchor to one of the bands. Each section (Coral Reefs, Volcanic Islands and South America) of the book has its own critical introduction.Smooth dark green cloth with some areas (spine strip & title, tips) in embossed, textured pebbled design.Mini Flower endpapers floral design. folding map at rear, publisher's catalogueafter text.; 549+6pg adverts pages; Much South American Natural history.GALAPAGOS.Indexed FOR EACH VOLUME INDIVIDUALY.Has numerous small ilustrations in text plus THESE LARGE MAPS IN TEXT (4 OF 5 LISTED) has frontis map.has.map pg 36; ( MISSING MAP PAGE 89).has the following map pg188.; map pg 441 4 pg fold out..end of volume nice fold out map 12x12" map SOUTHERN PORTION OF SOUTH AMERICA. Illustrated by FOLD OUT Maps, PLATES, NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK NODustjacket, 1890 on Title Pg, , 1st Edition THUS, VG/VG- CONDITION ,NOJACKET, AS-IS, pages are clean and bright although slightly yellowed FOXED. There is slight foxing to the margins with some foxing to the page edges which are dusty. There is a Light crack to the binding & small spine Cvr Tear. The cover is slightly marked. The spine is bumped and lightly creased . There is a slight split under Poe's name on the spine. Tight copy with Minor defects. Tiny dogeared pgs, In THICK Green & Black EMBOSSED webbed cloth CVR boards with GOLDGilt Lettering to spine LIGHT RUB, and black embossed lettering to cover .557 Pgs Plus Adverts END with #98 17TH Century, , one small vignette and four figures in the text. CVR LIGHT RUB WEAR small scuff mark TO EDGES, Black Plain Green cover with Black Lines DRAWN, , B/W Illustrated by J. Gifford , Wreck of Grampus,two full page illustrations, one small vignette and four figures in the text. Beige & White Floral Decorated Endpapers Fox, Introduction with B/W Drawing of Poe's Cottage at Fordham,INCLUDES Bon-Bon, bon, Murders in Rue Morgue, Berenice, The Assignation, Metzengerstein, Mystery Marie Roget, MS FOUND IN BOTTLE, Devil in Belfry, King Pest, Islands of the Fay, Oval Portrait, Shadow a Parable, His Hand in a Sling, ETC.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK NODustjacket, 1890 on Title Pg, , 1st Edition THUS, , NF+/NF-, AS-IS, NOJACKET, In THICK Green & Black EMBOSSED webbed cloth CVR boards with GOLDGilt Lettering to spine LIGHT RUB, and black embossed lettering to cover .557 Pgs Plus Adverts END with #98 17TH Century, , one small vignette and four figures in the text. CVR LIGHT RUB WEAR small scuff mark TO EDGES, Black Plain Green cover with Black Lines DRAWN, , Includes two full page illustrations, one small vignette and four figures in the text. Beige & White Floral Decorated Endpapers Fox, Introduction with B/W Drawing of Poe's Cottage at Fordham, INCLUDES Bon-Bon, bon, Loss of Breath, Berenice, The Assignation, Metzengerstein, Masque of Red Death, MS FOUND IN BOTTLE, Devil in Belfry, The Business Man , Islands of the Fay, Oval Portrait, Shadow a Parable, His Hand in a Sling, ETC.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Leather. 8vo. Printed for J. Johnson by T. Bensley, London, UK. 1806. Two Volumes, xvi, 505 pgs; vii, 559 pgs. Third Edition. Bound in gilt ruled fine calf leather with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are lightly rubbed and worn). Previous owner's bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Third edition, the first to be published in 2 volumes and the first published after the Great Quarto edition of 1803, of one of the most important and influential books in the history of economic thought. The third edition contained numerous revisions, among which was a text entitled, A Reply to the Chief Objections which have been urged against the Essay on the Principle of Population, which was also published separately so that it might be bound with earlier ones. As the world's population continues to grow at a frighteningly rapid rate, Malthus's classic warning against overpopulation gains increasing importance. An Essay on the Principle of Population examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources, and argues that checks in the form of poverty, disease, and starvation are necessary to keep societies from moving beyond their means of subsistence. Malthus's simple but powerful argument was controversial in his time; today his name has become a byword for active concern about humankind's demographic and ecological prospects. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…