Rev Isaac Taylor (68 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair / Good. No Dustjacket. 425 pages. No dustjacket. Blue-green hardback binding a little lightened to spine, wear/small frays to spine-ends and boards' corners. End-paper and page-edges a little browned and pages clean and binding sound.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. 12mo. Bound with green leather spine with green cloth boards. Lacking title page and probably frontis. 215 pages followed with 6 pages for publisher adverts. Illustrated with 16 clean engraved plates, one of which is folding. Cover,especially the spine is rubbed, inside some light spotting . A very acceptable copy. Size 15 x 9.5cm [5.75 x 3.75 Inches).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 12MO., NEAR FINE+. A CLEAN STRONG TIGHT COPY.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. New Edition. 16mo. Worn extrems. Taped front joint. Rubbed boards. Surface loss to top front corner. Taped hinge at title page. Water mark to top edge of plates. some foxing. Owners note to top of title page. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Third Edition. 215pp. Used but still well bound, & apart from some very occasional light foxing, a couple of the 16 plates have been partially coloured by hand, otherwise interior in nice clean condition. Owner's sig on title & half title page. Picture of this book available. See my other listing for more in this Little Library Series.…

From the Invention of Printing to the Present Times.xxiii+260pp., illust. with 24 engravings. Small volume. Red ¼ leather. Contents tight and clean; tide-marks to some engravings - all intact. Binding tight, but small gash to top and base of spine; bumping to corners; faded covers.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Darkened tan to the page edges/pages. Light rubbing to the boards and spine. A good reading copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Facsimile reprint of the original 1821 edition, with a new preface by the author. 8vo. 122pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and upper board. With a fold-out map and eighty-four copper engravings by the author. Top edge just a little spotted and dust soiled. A virtually fine copy. No dust wrapper, possibly as issued. The fourth volume of Taylor's noted 'Scenes in' series.…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor with no dust jacket. 168 pages. This is a reading copy only, considerable wear and use to book. edges worn, hinges tender, pages show folds etc. If you expect a pristine copy--this is not it. a few pages torn and one plate is lacking the bottom half. ; 4 1/2 x 7 1/8 ".

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Hardback, red leather spine, gilt titles. Original boards. pp. Numerous illustrations throughout and folding maps. Edge wear to covers. Private ownership. (al15).

Condition: Very Good. John Harris London ND Binding: Hardcover Presumed 1st ed. in good condition. Slight ware to front boards reflects age, text pages very clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Hardback. Small. No statement of later printing on copyright page. No dustjacket; bound in paisley boards with red leather spine; gold gilt lettering and design on spine. Fair condition copy with heavy foxing to endpapers; some wear to corners and edges; some browning and dustsoiling to all pages; fold-out map of Europe intact at front; text and pictures are readable; previous store's sticker on upper left corner of front pastedown (1/2"x1"); previous owner's gift inscription on second front endpaper (1"x3"); otherwise tight, sound and unmarked. No Signature.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No date, but copper engraved plates are dated May 1828. pp. xxiii, 260; 24 engraved scenes on 12 plates, complete. Quarter bound in contemporary red morocco with pebbled green cloth boards, gilt lettering to the spine, a little rubbing to the head/tail of the spine otherwise good and strong. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, slight spotting to a few pages. A very good copy. Size: 12mo [18 x 11 cm]. Book.…

280 pp. 16 engraved illustrations. 16mo, contemporaru 1/4 leather and boards. 19th c. ownership inscription on front free endpaper; boards quite rubbed at extremities.

Condition: Fair. Book in good condition, just some minor wearing and discolouration on the front and back covers due to the age. The title is located on the spine, Illuminated in gold. The top and bottom are shelfworn. On the inside of the front cover, a previous owner has signed this copy. There are also coloured fold out maps contained in this book. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1830 copy of The Mine: with sixteen engravings by the late Rev Isaac Taylor. Green boards marked and faded with maroon (leather?) spine heaving rubbed at ends and edges. Corners rubbed and knocked. Previous owners name and writing to fep. Hinges cracked. Heavy foxing throughout.…

Hardcover. 3/4 brown boards with red spine. 117 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations. In prose and verse. G Cover has fading and edge damage. Front and rear cover largely seperated from spine. Outer spine missing. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have foxing and age toning. Interior fold out map is torn. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 8vo. 1824. Vol 2 only (of 2). 224pp. Some damp-staining to plates otherwise good internally. Original quarter red morocco and ochre paper covered boards. Upper board attached by one cord. Worn and rubbed, with small loss to top and tail of spine. Fair. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair to Good. 2nd Edition. An illustrated perambulation around England for young readers. xvi, 152pp with 84 engraved illustrations. Thus o'er lovely England roaming All its curious sights to see; Hear its billowy waters foaming; Yet at home all safe to be, - The covers have done some hard duty but internally clean with some occasional light ageing. Book size 170x110mm.…

n.d. (adverts at rear dated 1832) xvii, 150pp. + 24pp. of publishers ads. at rear. Frontis. + Illustrations throughout. Bound in quarter morocco, paper covered boards. Extremities rubbed and frayed, boards slightly soiled. Prev. owners inscription to front free endpaper, endpapers foxed and slightly browned o/w contents clean and sound.…

n.d. (adverts at rear dated 1830) xx, 199pp. + 24pp. of publishers ads. at rear. Frontis. + Illustrations throughout. Bound in quarter morocco, paper covered boards. Extremities rubbed and frayed, lacking small portion from head of spine, boards soiled. Prev. owners inscription to front free endpaper, endpapers foxed and slightly browned o/w contents clean and sound.…

n.d. (adverts at rear dated 1831) xxiii, 260pp. + 24pp. of publishers ads. at rear. Frontis. + Illustrations throughout. Bound in quarter morocco, paper covered boards. Extremities rubbed and frayed, boards slightly soiled. Prev. owners inscription to front free endpaper, endpapers foxed and slightly browned o/w contents clean and sound.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Well illustrated history of the Americas for young children, including Columbus, the Conquistadors, Cortez and Pizarro in South America, Brazil, West Indies. North American Indians, United States and Canada. Beautifully illustrated with 84 Colour Woodcuts of interesting scenes, arranged three to a page, printed on one side of the paper only, Frontis Map of the Americas unfortunately torn. Period Quarter-Leather cover with illustrative of a Native American with a ship on the horizon on the front. Dockyard scene on the back. Title page illustrated with same vignette as front. 122 pages + publisher's advert. 6 1/2" tall. Boards darkened but scenes are still visible. Edge wear especially at fore corners. Half fronts Map torn away. 2 text pages have a lower portion torn away losing a few text lines and one page has over half torn away. All the plates are in good condition, just a few edge tears and one page ahas a closed tear but carefully repaired. A few pages loose and binding a little strained. No inscriptions.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No date, but copper engraved plates are dated May 1828. pp. xxiii, 260; 24 engraved scenes on 12 plates, complete. Quarter bound in contemporary red morocco with pebbled green cloth boards, gilt lettering to the spine, good and strong. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, slight marking to a few pages. A very good copy. Size: 12mo [18 x 11 cm]. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Fifth Edition. original red leather spine with green cloth boards,spine lettered in gilt,16 clean engraved plates (one folding),vi catalogue pages,224 pages,a very clean and complete copy.H.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1820 First edition pocket sized hardback. Intended as a child's geography book , written and printed during the Regency period. Title page depicts chained slave benath palm tree looking wistful on a beach. Map of Africa facing tile page remarkable for large area (now South Africa) described as "regions unexplored".28 pages of plates,each page comtaining 3 plates. The plates are a little fanciful, depicting the odd giant sea monster eating a bullock, giant bird of prey etc but the scenes of chained slaves beeing led across beaches are poignant. The first few pages have been skillfully hand coloured with a yellow. The map is pinned with a contemporary pin to the blank end paper which has become unattatched. This contains inscriptions and birthday messages dated 1822 and 1831. There is occasional age spotitng . None the less this is a remarkable book in what it presents as known about the far away land to a child, which at the very least must have thought it threatening.…

Condition: Poor. Map of Britain & Ireland 12mo leather spined printed boards gilt rules & title to spine [boards very worn/marked /spine cracked but firmly held] 168pp but LACKS p 103/4 and the lower part of p81/2. The paper is of poor quality,tanned,creased and with some damp marking but entirely readable. Calls for 24 plates but none are here present.The text here follows the original British edition fairly closely and all the places mentioned in both books are located in England. A reading copy only 1 volume. Hardcover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. 4"x6". Bound in marbled boards and endpapers, green leather spine (maybe a rebind). Good,some pages soiled at edges, lacks pp 63-82 and plates 37-60 and folding map frontispiece. 60 (of 84) illustrations present.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Rubbed and bumped, spine slightly sunned, hinges and gutters cracked, owner name and corner torn out of fly title page, tear to fold-out map, occasional foxing, otherwise content clean and bright. Size: 8vo.