Published by W & R. Chambers, London, 1880
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Quarterbound black leather with matching black pebbled cloth. Gilt titles on spine along with five raised bands. Some edge, corner and surface wear including one noticeable scuff (1 1/2") on the front. There are a few stamps from a convent library early in this volume but no other library indicators. This volume has no publication information. I assume that info wass in Vol. I; I see no indication that pages are missing. This is a square and securely bound volume. The maps are of value by themselves. ; Maps and B&W Engravings; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 639-1198 pages.
Published by London: The Religious Tract Society, no date [c. 1886]. Frontispiece of The Weald of Sussex, and additional illustrations. vi, 1l., 328 pp., 1886
Seller: Waverly & Rugby Books, Pinehurst, NC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very good. First edition[?]. Hardcover. Very good condition (no dust jacket-as issued?). Bit of spotting on the lower front cover; internally clean and tight.
Published by William Mackenzie, Various
Seller: West End Books, Colwyn Bay Conwy North Wales, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good/Acceptabe. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No Dust Jacket, brown gilt decorative cloth hardback with gilt lettering on front and spine, tears down spine edger, rubbed edges, webbing slightly exposed at front and occasionally throughout the book, Frontispiece print of Windsor Castle Yellow endpapers, otherwise clean tight copy in good/acceptable condition, 199pp Prints of New York, City of Mexico,Sydney, Maps of Dominion of Canada, United States Western Division, Part loose map of Eastern Division of United States South America, Australia, New Zealand, Undated published by William Mackenzie Other Volumes available and listed on ABE Heavy book therefore ONLY available for sale in the U K Book#102703.
Published by William Mackenzie, Various
Seller: West End Books, Colwyn Bay Conwy North Wales, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good/Acceptabe. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No Dust Jacket, brown gilt decorative cloth hardback with gilt lettering on front and spine, rubbed edges, webbing slightly exposed at front and occasionally throughout the book, Frontispiece print of Stirling Castle. Yellow endpapers, otherwise clean tight copy in good/acceptable condition, 199pp Prints of Stratford on Avon, Constantinople, Erzeroun Maps of Afghanistan , China, Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa (small piece missing in top edge of map,North AmericaUndated published by William Mackenzie Other Volumes available and listed on ABE Heavy book therefore ONLY available for sale in the U K Book#102704.
Published by William Mackenzie, Various
Seller: West End Books, Colwyn Bay Conwy North Wales, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good/Acceptabe. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No Dust Jacket, brown gilt decorative cloth hardback with gilt lettering on front and spine, tear down spine edger, rubbed edges, webbing slightly exposed at front and occasionally throughout the book, Frontispiece print of Calcutta. Yellow endpapers, otherwise clean tight copy in good/acceptable condition, 199pp Prints of Basle,Rhine Falls. Belgrade, Maps of Sweden and Norway, Russia in Europe & Poland,Asia,Turkey, India Northern Part, India Southern Part Undated published by William Mackenzie Other Volumes available and listed on ABE Heavy book therefore ONLY available for sale in the U K Book#102703.
Published by William Mackenzie, Various
Seller: West End Books, Colwyn Bay Conwy North Wales, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good/Acceptabe. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No Dust Jacket, brown gilt decorative cloth hardback with gilt lettering on front and spine, tear down spine edger, rubbed edges, webbing slightly exposed at front and occasionally throughout the book, Frontispiece print of St Petersburg, yellow endpapers, otherwise clean tight copy in good/acceptable condition, 198pp Prints of Heidelberg, Strasburg, Cologne, Maps of Spain and Portugal, Turkey, Greece, Denmark front of the book., Undated published by William Mackenzie Other Volumes available and listed on ABE Heavy book therefore ONLY available for sale in the U K Book#102702.
Published by William Mackenzie, Various
Seller: West End Books, Colwyn Bay Conwy North Wales, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good/Acceptabe. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No Dust Jacket, brown gilt decorative cloth hardback with gilt lettering on front and spine., rubbed edges, webbing slightly exposed, prospectus and frontispiece (Houses of Parliament) bottom half coming away from the book, Black and white Vignette on title page showing fishing scene, yellow endpapers, otherwise clean tight copy in good/acceptable condition, 200pp Prints of Paris, Edinburgh Liverpool. Maps of Polar Regions, Europe, England and Wales, Scotland Ireland, France front of the book., Undated published by William Mackenzie Other Volumes available and listed on ABE Heavy book therefore ONLY available for sale in the U K Book#102700.
Published by William Mackenzie, Various
Seller: West End Books, Colwyn Bay Conwy North Wales, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good/Acceptabe. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No Dust Jacket, brown gilt decorative cloth hardback with gilt lettering on front and spine., rubbed edges, webbing slightly exposed, frontispiece (Cabul) yellow endpapers, otherwise clean tight copy in good/acceptable condition, 399pp Prints of Richmond, River Trent, Balmoral Castle,Maps of Belgium Holland, Germany Austria Switzerland front of the book., Undated published by William Mackenzie Other Volumes available and listed on ABE Heavy book therefore ONLY available for sale in the U K Book#102701.
Language: English
Published by W. R. M'Phun & Son., Glasgow,, 1872
Seller: Tony Hutchinson, Seale, United Kingdom
Half Leather. Condition: Fair. New Edition. xvi + 588pp + 6 double page colour maps. 10 x 7 inch. Block detached from boards and spine but pages still well bound together between marbled end-papers, all in nice clean condition, no names nor inscriptions, ideal for repair or rebind.
Published by The Religious Tract Society [no date ca. 1860s], London, 1860
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in publisher's black cloth with front cover and spine in gilt, moderate overall handling wear still Very Good condition, clean and tight with no marks, illustrsated, viuii + 314 pages + 2 pages of ads.
Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 2022-10, 2022
ISBN 10: 1018698450 ISBN 13: 9781018698458
Seller: Chiron Media, Wallingford, United Kingdom
PF. Condition: New.
Published by The Religious Tract Society, London, 1860
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
First Edition
Decorative Boards. Condition: Good. First Edition. Undated publication but believed to be the first edition from the late 1850s. Previous owner's name and date (1860) to the front pastedown and the text contains references to the 1850s. The spine is faded with a little fraying to the top. Rubbing and bumping to the corners and the rear panel has three small stains towards the bottom right corner. Browning to the page edges. Browning to the pages and the edges of the text block is a little uneven - no page loosening however. The endpapers have a little marking with four words in pencil to the rear free endpaper and the webbing exposed along the hinge at the rear. Brown spotting to the pages at the front and back of the book. Small dark stain to the title page. One line of writing on the reverse of the rear free endpaper. There is a little corner creasing, a few stains and pencil notations, some spotting and a small piece torn from the bottom corner of one page but the pages are generally unmarked. First printing.
Language: English
Published by The Religious Tract Society, London, 1857
Seller: Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good Plus. 1st Edition. Publisher's blind stamped brown cloth binding with gilt title and decoration to front board and spine. Wear to ends of spine, light marking to rear board. Lacking the front free endpaper. Foxing to frontis and pages 143-146. Small section of loss to upper margin of pages 143/144. A few occasional spots and small marks elsewhere. A few illustrations within the text. Scarce. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 4.25 x 6.75 inches (11 x 17 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: iv, 318, ii.
Published by London: The Religious Tract Society Instituted, 1799
viii, 328 pp, 6 page publishers catalogue to rear, frontis plate. Original blindstamped brown cloth with gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board. 17 cm x 11.5 cm. Cloth well soiled with random marks, wear with loss to spine tips, 4.5 cm tear to upper section of front joint, small tear & minor wear to rear joint, contents lightly age browned, sticker remains to endpapers.
Language: English
Published by The Religious Tract Society, London, UK
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 1st Edition. Only printed date is 1799 which states 'The Religious Tract Society: Instituted 1799'. There is a hand written date of 1874 and name to flyleaf. Book looks about 1850. 314 pages. Age-dulled mid-brown hadrback binding with blind impressed scrolling to front and back boards and gilt-coloured roundal to front and very dulled decoration to spine. Wear to boards' corners and spine-ends. Page-edges moderately browned, inner hinge split but binding o/w sound. Page clean.
Published by The Religious Tract Society, London
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. ND. Blue pictorial cloth. Rubbed and bumped, some staining to boards, particularly front. Front and central gutters cracked, presentation plate to front pastedown, light foxing to closed edges, else pp generally clean and bright. Size: 8vo.
Published by W. & R. Chambers
Seller: Book Nook, Cadillac, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Illustrated (illustrator). No date given. Green embossed covers with gilt lettering & decor on front & spine. Covers have beveled edges. Light edgewear. Lightly bumped corners. Light soiling. Inside hinge is cracked exposing gauzelike binding. Label on inside front cover.
Language: English
Published by W. & R. Chambers, London & Edinburgh, 1860
Seller: Kilmaree Books, Strathcarron, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No date of publication given; Jisc Library Hub Discover gives publication date of 1860. Large 8vo. pp xii, 804. Frontispiece, engraved title page and 14 other steel-engraved plates, some double-page; complete. Numerous wood engravings in the text. Red cloth boards with bevelled edges; decorated in gilt and black, and lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Brown endpapers. Boards with a few spots and stains, mainly to rear and spine; lightly edgeworn; spine faded. Spots on a couple of pages but otherwise clean internally. Frontispiece tissue guard torn. Binding firm.
Language: English
Published by Creative Media Partners, LLC Okt 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1018698450 ISBN 13: 9781018698458
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germany
Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Published by Wm. S. Orr & Co., London, 1848
Seller: Walk A Crooked Mile Books, Williamsburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Illustrated (illustrator). OLD 038803 Solid oversized quarter green leather with marbled paper hard cover, with some wear/rubbing, corners worn thru to cardboard, hinges holding well, leather with soiling, interior pages with a bit of yellowing, foxing on some illustrated pages, ffep is cut at the top corner with sidereal maps, maps, diagrams, tables, drawings etc. 803pp. Binding is tight. With chapters covering: History of Astronomical Discovery; Scenery of the Heavens; Physical Geography and Geology.
Language: English
Published by William & Robert Chambers, London
Seller: The Raven and the Writing Desk, Ruawai, NORTH, New Zealand
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. No date listed inside - prior to 1880? Published by William & Robert Chambers.
Language: English
Published by W. And R. Chambers, London, 1860
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Fine. New Edition. xii, 4 dble-page star maps 'of the heavens' 805pp, A fine and beautiful contemporary half-calf binding with maroon cloth boards. Fully illustrated in b/w throughout. Raised bands with gilt titles and rules. Minor foxing. A.e.g. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.
Language: English
Published by Wm S Orr and Co, 1851
Seller: Neo Books, Sidcup, KENT, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Rev Thomas Milner (illustrator). Front cover missing, back cover present but detached from main text block, spine present but nearly detached from back cover, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, all maps (50) present and in good condition, paper slightly yellowing, all maps hand coloured, the map of India has a name written in pen Carey with a line going to the town of Serampore and a couple of other place names have been underlined in pen.
Published by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 1856
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. 8vo. [xv], 300 pp. Frontispiece engraving. Hardcover binding, surface wear spine, overall very good condition. (100351).
Published by Religious Tract Society N.D., London
Seller: Peninsula Books, Traverse City, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. An overview of the natural history of the British Isles including: flora, fauna, geology, geogrpahy, rivers, streams, etc. Undated, but a reference in the text is made to the year 1855. Pale yellow end papers. Previous owner inscription dated July 1860. Original blind-stamped covers with a bit of sunning to spine. The text is clean and book is tight. A bit of foxing to blank preliminary and end leaves. Milner died in 1882 ; Frontis, 4 illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 318 pages.
Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO60068801: Non daté. In-12. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Coiffe en tête abîmée, Intérieur acceptable. 314 pages. Gravure en noir et blanc en frontispice. Titres et motifs dorés sur le dos et le 1er plat. Couverture se détachant légèrement. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.
Published by W. & R. Chambers, 1880
Seller: The Rutland Bookshop, Uppingham, RUT, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 804 pages, some age and light foxing. H.25cm W.18cm D.5cm.
Published by Wm. S. Orr, 1852
Seller: Arader Galleries of Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. beautiful book 3/4 tan leather with Marble boards 5 raised bands with guilted spine marble page edges to match boards slight scraping on leather very tight.
Published by Religious Tract Society, London, 1799
Seller: COVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS, Saint John, NB, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Frontispiece (illustrator). First Edition. shelf wear, end pages missing owners inscription, soiling, staining. S2 4.
Published by William S. Orr & Co, London, 1846
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4to (measuring 10" x 7" x 2"), three-quarter bound leather over black buckram, a later but handsome rebinding, with original spine label affixed. Fourteen engravings on steel, "eight line engravings, and two hundred and fifty vignettes on wood, with several hundred diagrams and sections". Occasional foxing to edges of engravings, with several images only themselves being lightly foxed, but never obtrusively obfuscatory. (Did I utter that?). Early-ish scientific overview ("The present volume is intended to furnish a very general view of the leading appearances of Physical Nature - the economy of the heavens and the earth-- with incidental notices of the progress of discovery, and pictorial representations of remakrble phenomena and interesting localilties."). Includes "Phases and Movements of the Moon Round the Earth", Beer and Madler's "Selenographic Map of the Whole Visible Hemisphere of The Moon" (2 pp.), a diagram of the "Phases and Movements of the Moon (2 pp.), with flanking satellite diagrams, and four "Maps of The Sidereal Heavens showing the position of the stars throughout the year".