Library Entertaining Knowledge (8 results)

hardcover. Condition: 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. Condition: Good (-). No Jacket. 2nd. (UK) Second Edition 19th century bookplate, no markings, hinges solid, pages genernally clean, the leather spine strip is brittle and cracked with piece missing from the top portion of the spine, some rubbing to cover edges and corners, overall Good only used copy. Three-quarter tan leather over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, 324pp. Tissue-portected frontis and steel-engravings in text. This is volume II only of a two volume set on Pompeii which was published in 1831. Pompeii was rediscovered in the mid 18th century. (1.3 JM HOQ 101/4 Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Brown hardback leather cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed with loss to spine. 160mm x 110mm (6" x 4"). 420pp.

illustrated with woodcuts to text. Lacks front board and spine, o/w G.

second edition),Duodecimo,420 pp.,text illustrations. Earlybinder's cloth, rebacked with new endpapers.

Leather Bound. First edition. pp. 396. 12mo. Navy leather binding with gilt lettering to spine, marbled page ends. Contains many line drawn illustrations. Light shelfwear, bookplate to ffep, ink inscriptions to front end papers, protected in plastic sleeve; very good+. Volume 2 of 3 only, contains the complete text on "The Elephant".

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Quarterbound leather with beige patterned paper. Some chipping of leather, especially on corners. Edge and corner wear along with general iexterior and interior aging. Book is square and binding is secure with no tears or parting. Gilt titles on spine in red square. ; Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Volume V; B&W Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 420 pages; Interesting work on the architectural creations of insects with many illustrations. While this is Volume 5 from a series, it is the only book on this topic.

Hard. Condition: Near fine. No Jacket. Vol II subtitled: The revolution of 1830, pub date 1832. Vol I has map to front. Both vols have been rebound in a marbled binding with leather title panels to spine. Clean and tidy. Size: 16mo.