Mrs Herbert Percival (7 results)

Condition: Fair. 1894. No Edition Remarks. 124 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrations through book. Binding is shaky, pages slightly loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall. …

Condition: Fair. 1903. No Edition Remarks. 124 pages. Fully bound in red leather with 5 ribbed spine. Contains black and white illustrations. School prize rebind with gilt school logo on front board and gilt lettering. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Red marbled patterned pastedowns, free endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor peeling to leather spine and corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.…

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear. Content has light toning. Owner message to prelim page. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages clean, no markings, wear to edges. Complete with numerous illustrations. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Heroes of Modern Days by Mrs Herbert Percival.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Edition unknown. Only date printed is 1894 to reverse title page. Hardback copy in grey pictorial cloth boards, gold gilt lettering to front and spine, no dustjacket. 124pp + 4pp book catalogue to rear. B/w portrait frontispiece of Frederick III, b/w illustrations throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions, tanning to last page. (49/2).…

Leather. Condition: Very Good. A series of profiles of "Heroes of Modern Days" by Mrs. Herbert Percival, having first appeared in the pages of Friendly Work. Subjects include Frederick III, German Emperor, the publisher Daniel Macmillan, and the Rev. Edward Thring. The final section of the book contains extracts and discussion of the biography of the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, by M. E. Townsend. Illustrated with plates of portraits of the subjects, including a frontispiece of Frederick III. In a prize binding, with the crest of St Helen's College to the front board. In signed binding, with the stamp of Relfe Brothers Limited, London, to the reverse of the front endpaper. In a blue calf prize binding for St. Helen's College by Relfe Brothers Limited, London. Some rubbing to head and tail of spine, slight warping to rear board, and a few marks to the boards. Joints starting. Internally firmly bound. Pages are age-toned due to paper used but are otherwise clean. Very Good. Unamed (illustrator). book.…