Lowndes Wt (35 results)

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Full cloth bound covers with black text, borders on covers and spine; gold blind stamped text on front cover. Foxing present. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Full cloth bound covers with black text, borders on covers and spine; gold blind stamped text on front cover. Foxing present. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Full cloth bound covers with black text, borders on covers and spine; gold blind stamped text on front cover. Foxing present. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Poor. Volume 4, P - Sim. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Clean text; age toned; light foxing; gilt text on spine; edges worn; part 7; Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Full cloth bound covers with black text, borders on covers and spine; gold blind stamped text on front cover. Foxing present. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Full cloth bound covers with black text, borders on covers and spine; gold blind stamped text on front cover. Foxing present. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Full cloth bound covers with black text, borders on covers and spine; gold blind stamped text on front cover. Foxing present. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Full cloth bound covers with black text, borders on covers and spine; gold blind stamped text on front cover. Foxing present. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Full cloth bound covers with black text, borders on covers and spine; gold blind stamped text on front cover. Foxing present. Pencil on title page.Spine split. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Full cloth bound covers with black text, borders on covers and spine; gold blind stamped text on front cover. Foxing present. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Full cloth bound covers with black text, borders on covers and spine; gold blind stamped text on front cover. Foxing present. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Poor. Volume II, G-N. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. Backstrip torn, top of page block gilt, spine splitting, internally clean.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Poor. Volume 3. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Quarter leatherbound octavo hardback, with worn backstrip. Upper edges of backstrip is ripped and gilt lettering is present. Upper page edges gilted. First couple of blank pages are missing. Page edges have been roughly cut and some foxing is present. Pages in good, clean condition overall, with text clear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Good. Volume 4. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Quarter leatherbound octavo hardback, with worn backstrip. Upper edges of backstrip is ripped and gilt lettering is present. Upper page edges gilted. Page edges have been roughly cut and some foxing is present. Pages in good, clean condition overall, with text clear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN. …

Condition: Good. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Quarter leatherbound octavo hardback, with worn backstrip. Gilt lettering is present on the backstrip. Upper page edges gilted. Page edges have been roughly cut and some foxing is present. Pages in good, clean condition overall, with text clear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN. …

Condition: Good. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Quarter leatherbound octavo hardback, with worn backstrip. Gilt lettering is present. Upper page edges gilted. Page edges have been roughly cut and some foxing is present. Pages in good, clean condition overall, with text clear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Good. Volume 5, Sim - Z.This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. Re-binding done in red cloth on boards. Cover very good due to re-binding. Corners very slightly bumped. Tightly bound. A few pencil markings in book. Red paint speckled effect on page edges. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Fair. Cover and backstrip scuffed, faded and worn. Cover and binding loose. Some dampstaining and brownspotting on inside covers, end papers and a few other pages. Otherwise clean pages. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library. With usual stamps and markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Good. Volumes 1, 2, 3 & 4. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Internally clean. Slight foxing. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2400grams, ISBN.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: Fair. Volumes 1 - 11. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Cloth bound. Tops of spines torn. Internally clean and tight. Bindings in Vol 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 11 splitting Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,4550grams, ISBN.…

2 vols only (lacking volume III), library half-leather and boards, spines gilt, 8vo xii, iii, 758 + 759-1390 pp, The first edition of Lowndes' stupendous achievement and the only one to be published by William Pickering, this manual was issued in parts to form four "handsomely printed volumes" (Keynes) but this set was bound as three volumes of which only Volumes I and II are present (taking the alphabet through from A-Ozanam inclusive. A sound ex-library set with gilt callnumbers on the spines, library labels on the (replaced) front free endpapers, and small library stamps on the versos of the title-pages. Top edges coloured blue, with slight colour bleeding at the top of some pages, generally a Good (though incomplete) set. …

6 vols, library cloth and boards, leather corners, non-uniform spine titling, marbled edges, 8vo, 576 + [577]-155 + viii, 1157-1756 + 1757-2400 + 2401-3027 + 366 pp. John Carter commented in Taste and Technique in Book Collecting."In early English literature, it seems extraordinary in retrospect that Lowndes had not merely held the field from 1834 to the end of the century, but had actually been for most of that time almost alone in it. and Lowndes was the first and last man to attempt single handed a bibliographical manual for the whole of English literature". A reasonable reference set of Lowndes which seems to have been rebacked in black library cloth with the original boards and leather corners retained and stained black to match; boards a little rubbed, spine-titling is limited to an indication of the volume (eg A-C) and is in different sizes on different volumes, contents Good (one or two marginal annotations).…

4 vols, library cloth, top edges gilt, 8vo, 19 cm, prelims, 850 + prelims, 851-1712 + prelims, 1713-2564 + prelims, 2565-3027, [iii]-iv, 336 pp. John Carter commented in Taste and Technique in Book Collecting."In early English literature, it seems extraordinary in retrospect that Lowndes had not merely held the field from 1834 to the end of the century, but had actually been for most of that time almost alone in it. and Lowndes was the first and last man to attempt single handed a bibliographical manual for the whole of English literature". The set comprises: Vol I: A-F; Vol II G-N; Vol III O-S; Vol IV T-END. Originally issued in parts. Volume I includes the preface and preliminary Notices to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd parts; Volume 2 includes the preliminary notices to the 5th and 6th parts; Volume 3 includes the preliminary notices to the 7th, 8th and 9th parts; and Volume 4 includes the preliminary notice to the 10th part. Occasional minor foxing and marks, generally a Good clean set, sturdily bound.…

5 vols, half-leather and marbled boards, 8vo, 19 cm, xii, 576 + iv, 577-1155 + viii, 1157-1756 + iv, 1757-2392 + iv, 2393-3027 pp. Vols. 1-5 paged continuously. Published originally in 11 parts, 1857-1864. "Arranged alphabetically by author, with many title and catchword entries. Lists about 50,000 works, giving for each: author, title, place, date, size, with occasional notes as to rarity, value, editions, reprints, etc., and often records of prices at various 19th-century sales. While the prices shown are now only of historical interest, and there are some inaccuracies, the work remains useful for other information. The title and catchword entries are sometimes helpful in verifying citations not easily located in other catalogs." - Balay Spines rubbed, vols 3 and 5 have lost the top 2-3 inches of their spines, endpapers of 2 volumes partly split at hinges, stamp of "Lord Cullen of Ashbourne" (Brien Ibrican Cokayne, 1868-1932, first Baron Cullen of Ashbourne, Governor of the Bank of England) on front free endpapers. Letter to Mr Cokayne from Constance Hugh-Smith of MountClare, Roehampton pasted to endpapers of Volume 2, identifying the subject of a book listed in the Volume.…

4 vols in 2, later library buckram, new endpapers, gilt spine-titles, 8vo, xii, 1054 + 1055-2002, [1] pp title-pages to Vol I and Vol II at start of volumes, others not retained. The first edition of Lowndes' stupendous achievement and the only one to be published by William Pickering, this manual was issued in parts to form four "handsomely printed volumes" (Keynes), here bound in two volumes.Breslauer and Folter annotate this in their catalogue: "First edition of what is still the best general bibliography of English literature from the book collector's viewpoint." An ex-library set with gilt Dewey numbers on the spines, a label on each front pastedown endpaper and withdrawn stamp on the front free endpaper, small library stamp at foot of title-page and final textpage in each volume, accession stamp on verso of each title-page, contents otherwise Good, a soundly bound and well-preserved set.…

4 vols, 19th century half-leather and boards, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, 8vo, xii, 530 +531-1054 + 1055-1528 + 1529-2002 pp. The first edition of Lowndes' stupendous achievement and the only one to be published by William Pickering, this manual was issued in parts to form four "handsomely printed volumes" (Keynes). Breslauer and Folter annotate this in their catalogue: "First edition of what is still the best general bibliography of English literature from the book collector's viewpoint." A mildly ex-library set with British Museum stamps on the verso of the title-page and the final page, covers rubbed and worn, bindings sound and firm, contents clean and unfoxed with some light agetoning at page edges.…

4 vols, half-calf and marbled boards, spines with leather title-labels, gilt, and gilt volume numbers, marbled endpapers, 8vo, xii, 530 +531-1054 + 1055-1528 + 1529-2002 pp (plus interleaving throughout the bibliography) The first edition of Lowndes' stupendous achievement and the only one to be published by William Pickering, this manual was issued in parts to form four "handsomely printed volumes" (Keynes). Breslauer and Folter annotate this in their catalogue: "First edition of what is still the best general bibliography of English literature from the book collector's viewpoint." An interleaved copy : the entire bibliography has been bound with a blank leaf between each printed leaf, to allow notes and additions and there are a good number of such insertions, in ink and pencil, some in a 19th century hand and some later. Similarly, several of the printed pages have marginal manuscript annotations. A Good sound set, boards somewhat rubbed and with some edgewear, most corners worn, some light foxing. The inner hinges have been strengthened with cloth tape.…

One of only 50 sets on large and thick paper. 4 vols, contemporary morocco with blind-decorated spines and gilt titles, gilt decorated turn-ins, all edges gilt, 8vo, 22.5 cm, xii, 530 +531-1054 + 1055-1528 + 1529-2002 pp Rare in this large-paper issue, which is not noticed by Brunet nor mentioned in Pickering & Chatto's "Catalogue 708. William Pickering and his successors 1820-1900." There is no record of the large-paper copy in ABPC. The 1834 first edition was the only one to be published by William Pickering, the manual being issued in parts to form four "handsomely printed volumes" (Keynes). Breslauer and Folter annotate this in their catalogue: "First edition of what is still the best general bibliography of English literature from the book collector's viewpoint." A largely well-preserved ex-library set of the special large-paper issue, gilt number on spines, library labels on pastedown endpapers, small library stamps on prelims and last page of each volume, library marks on versos of the title-pages, front free endpaper of vol III partly adhered to front pastedown endpaper on which is pasted the bookplate of James Worsley Pennyman. Lowndes "Address" in volume 1 (pp [1]-iii ) is bound after the preface (pp v-xii). Corners a little worn, spine-bands slightly rubbed, Vol IV slightly torn at head of spine, otherwise a Very Good set.…