Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1879
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1879. Fourth edition. 431 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white portrait frontispiece. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces moderately tanned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.
Language: English
Published by John W Parker/Deighton and Stevenson, 1845
Seller: Hampstead Books, Haverfordwest, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed "James Hildyard, Chr. Coll. May 7, 1845, to his (?) friend L> S> Morris Thornton in Craven Yorks, Feb 27, 1847", the book evidently originally signed by Hildyard and later inscribed to his friend. Wear & sun fade to brown boards, rubbing head and foot of spine w/some peeling, red title square w/gilt titles peeling but intact, corners bumped, edge tanned, faint toning to extremities, text block clean save for the odd spot. Grading commensurate with age of book. Dispatched from the UK same or next working day.
Published by CASSELL PETTER AND GALPIN,UK, 1879
Seller: S.Carter, NEWPORT, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4th Edition. UK.1879.4TH.EDITION.BOTH BOOKS ARE IN NICE GREEN PUBLISHERS CLOTH.SOME FOXING TO TISSUE PROTECTING PLATES.BOTH ARE NEAR VG HARDBACKS.A MASSIVE 2 VOLUME SET REQUIRING EXTRA POSTAGE DUE TO WEIGHT.room.