Mrs Romer (36 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Circa 1840, 20pp extract, light waterstaining noted several inches at top outer corner, and about 1 inch at bottom inner corner, salvaged from a damaged copy of The Oriental Annual. A story demonstrating the inviolability with which a Turk keeps his vow, culminating with a scene of a criminal being impaled on a stake. Scarce item from the author of the uncommon, A Pilgrimage to the Temples and Tombs of Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine in 1845 - 6, published in London, 1846. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Disbound. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Two volumes. Disbound. Vol. 1 contains a frontis and two plates. Vol. 2. contains a frontis and one plate. Last 20 pages of vol. 2 dampstained, including the plate. First and last pages of both volumes detached.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardback, no d/j. The bound cover has light bumping to spine and corners and light scuffing along long spine edges, o/w good. The last of the Dauphines.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Second Edition, Hardback, no d/j. Brown boards have a bumped and scuffed spine and corners, o/w good. The last of the Dauphines.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a detailed account of the journey through Egypt and the Holy Land taken by the author in 1854-5. The author offers vivid descriptions of the various cities and towns she visits, including Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus, as well as the natural wonders she encounters along the way, including the Pyramids of Giza and the River Jordan. The author's lively and engaging writing captures the sights, sounds, and smells of the Middle East, and brings to life the history and culture of the region. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 76. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1889 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 76.

23 x 16 cm. 2 Bl., 207 Seiten (zweispaltiger Druck). Halblederband der Zeit, Papierrückenschildchen. Einband berieben und leicht beschabt. Erste Ausgabe. -- Vorsatzpapiere gebräunt, Titelblatt gestempelt, sonst wohlerhaltenes, sauberes Exemplar. // First Edition. -- Isabella Francis Romer (1798-1852), english writer of short stories, who mainly published in periodicals, often on travel: author of "A Pilgrimage to the temples and tombs of Egypt, Nubia and Palestine", "The Rhone, the Darro and the Guadalquivir", "Sturmer" and of books on metaphysical and supernatural topics. -- Contemporary half leather, marbled boards, paper label on spine. -- Covers a bit rubbed anad scoffed, preliminary pages foxed and browned, title page with eradicated stamp. Else good and clean. Sprache: Englisch.

First edition, 2 volumes. 8vo, vii, 355pp; viii, 409pp. Portrait frontispiece in volume 1. Original blue cloth, gilt titling to spines, gilt motif to front boards. Rubbing to the extremities of the bindings, bookplate to front pastedowns, front hinge of volume 2 tender, inscription to front free endpaper of volume 1, preliminary pages foxed. Overall just about a good set.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. First Printing. Complete in 2 vols. pp.355, 409 [1]. Portrait frontispiece. Original quarter blue cloth with marbled boards & mid brown morocco spine labels. A very good+ set with clean boards & only light wear. Heraldic bookplate ot Thomas Westwood to both vols. Some foxing to prelims and less within text. An attractive set.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Cloth, octavo, vol. I, xvi + 375 pages. + 3 lithographs; vol. II, x + 390 pages. + color lithograph frontis + 1 additional lithograph. Fair copy, wear to edges of cloth, beginning to fray at a few places around the edges. Top 2 inches of volume one is partly detached.

1st edn. 2 vols. 8vo (8½ x 5½ins). Contemporary half blue calf on marbled paper-laid boards, spines gilt ruled in six compartments with gilt lettered labels, red sprinkled edges (lightly rubbed at head and tail of spines and corners and boards a little scuffed - otherwise a VG set). Pp. xiv + [2] + 375 + [1] blank [&] viii + [2] + 390, with half titles, illlus with 1 coloured and 4 tinted plates (some with tissue-guards) and 6 woodcuts in text (light spotting on endpapers and toning on plates; no inscriptions).

Cloth. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A lovely example of this work of travel writing by Mrs. Romer in which she discusses a religious pilgrimage through Africa. Very scarce. First edition (Copac). Complete in 2 volumes, uniformly bound in the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Volume I is illustrated with 3 black and white plates and 3 woodcuts, and volume II with 1 colour plate, 1 black and white plate, and 3 woodcuts. Collated complete. With the previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. It reads 'Mac-donnell esqr. of new-hall. W: e: armstrong'. Isabella Romer was a prolific writer of the 19th century, best remembered for her works of travel writing. This particular work charts her pilgrimage from Egypt to Nubia to Palestine, and is ranked as one of her most accomplished works. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally sound, with light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Crack to the front and rear joints of volume I, resulting in a small amount of fraying to the cloth, with the backstrip starting to lift. Additional small cracks to the tail of the front joint of volume II. Previous owners bookplate to the front pastedown of each, with light creases to the rear endpapers. The front hinge of volume I lightly strained, with a small crack to the tail. Ink inscription to the head of the front endpaper of volume I. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the occasional mark, heavier to the first and last pages. Good. book.

2 vols. Illustrated with five lithographs (one color), and engraved text illustrations. 8vo, publisher's blue gilt cloth, expertly rebacked retaining the original gilt-lettered spines. First edition. Armorial bookplate in each volume; a lovely clean set.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1889 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 80 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 80 Language: English.