Reverend Gilbert White (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Minor foxing to front papers. No other marks. Tight, even binding. In its original light brown full leather binding, five gilt bands to spine, gilt edging, marbled front and end papers and page edges. There is wear to edges of the cover and bumping to corners. Slight damage to top right of the spine. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. …

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Volume 1 only. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Green cloth cover with gilt shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages are lightly tanned. Lacking title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 2 volume set, green boards in a clear protective wrapper, gilt titles to spine and gilt motif front board, clean condition, previous owners bookplate front end-paper "Sir James Miller bart", light foxing spots to title page, frontispiece and tissue guard and page edges and on some page margins throughout on volume I, volume II virtually no foxing except lightly on page edges, 427pp + 443pp, illustrated throughout, pages clean, overall very good condition, books weigh 2.65kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1929. Octavo, 91, [3] (one blank and two publisher's advertisements) pages plus 12 plates. Pictorial cloth, a little sunned on the spine and top edge; head of the spine very slightly worn; bottom corners and edge very slightly bumped; half-title and last blank offset; a very good copy. With the ownership signature of the Rev. J.C. Jennison, first (and short-lived) Minister of the Elcho Island Methodist Mission, and later of Dublin and Maitland (SA).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. G+. In remarkable, collectible condition for its age, this is numbered 48 of 208 copies of the 1900 Lippincott Limited 1st US Edition thus, edited by R Bowdler Sharp, with introduction by S. Reynolds Hole, and illustrations by J. G. Keulemans, Herbert Railton and Edmund J. Sullivan. Book is substantially straight and square, securely bound (despite gauze beginning to show through paper along gutter of front and rear pastedowns), uniformly age toned (with age fading and rubbing to gilt top edge), and otherwise free of markings and blemishes. While showing age fading, Cover is otherwise clean and bright, with gentle bumping and minor fraying to the corners and joints, rubbing along the straight edges, gently bumped headcap and tail, straight spine and hinges, and still-clearly legible gilt stamped lettering and design. No Dust Jacket. (Please see Seller images.) Pre-ISBN. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. ADDITIONAL CHARGE (DUE TO APPROX 3.25# SHIPPING WEIGHT) WILL APPLY IF SHIPPED OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL US; CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING or for more information, details or photos. Keulemans, J, G.; Railton, Herbert; Sullivan, Edmund J. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good++ condition. Limited First Edition (No. 48. of 208). London / New York: S. T. Freemantle / J. B. Lippincott, 1900. Very Good++ condition. SEE PHOTOS. Bright, shiny, square and reasonably tight. Inner and outer hinges are perfect. Corners are NOT bumped. NO fading. Pages are clean, crisp, and unmarked. NO foxing. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. "Anno Domini MDCCCC" [1900]. LIMITED FIRST EDITION, this being No. 48. of 208 copies printed for America (with "Lippincott" Not Freemantle, at the foot of the spine). Volume 1 only (of 2), but complete in itself. Complete with tissue guarded frontispiece portrait (color-tinted), a two-page folding facsimile letter, and all full-page plates and smaller illustrations, as called for. A yellow silk ribbon page marker is bound in. From the title page: "Edited by R. Bowdler Sharp, LL.D, with an Introduction to the Garden Kalendar by the Very Reverend S. Reynolds Hole, Dean of Rochester, & Numerous Illustrations by J. G. Keulemans, Herbert Railton, & Edmund J. Sullivan." Top edge gilt. Bound in the original green cloth with bevelled edges and a gilt-stamped coat of arms on the front cover. All gilt-stamping (spine and front cover) is still bright and shiny. Hardcover. 6.5" wide by 9" tall by 2.25" thick. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. . Limited First Edition (No. 48. of 208). Hardcover (heavy). Very Good++ condition. Illus. by Keulemans, J. G.; & Herbert Railton, & Edmund J. Sullivan. Thick 8vo. xxiv, 428pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Keulemans, J. G.; & Herbert Railton, & Edmund J. Sullivan (illustrator). …

2 vols. Thick 8vo. [xxiv] + 427pp. + [i] + [xvi] + 443pp. + [i]. Port. frontiss. including 1 partially coloured, 2 folding facsimiles, numerous full page plates and other ills. by J.G. Keulemans, Herbert Railton and Edmund J. Sullivan. F.e.ps. browned, contemporary inscription, sporadic spotting, upper hinge in vol. 2 cracked, original gilt lettered light green cloth with sm. gilt emblem to upper boards, some minor soiling and rubbing, spine to vol. 1 lightly browned, head and tail of spine sl. bumped, t.e.g. rest uncut. Additional postage may be necessary US$126. …

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original embossed green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, publisher's catalogue to the end papers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [xxiv] 416 [vi] printed pages of text with 40 full-page monochrome engravings. Spine sun faded to light brown, spine ends and corners turned-in, couple of fox spots to some plates, 1861 name to the front free end paper and in Very Good clean, square and tight condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. NATURAL HISTORY.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. An illustrated natural history of Selborne, written by Gilbert White and edited by Sir William Jardine. Illustrated with forty coloured plates. Collated complete. A study into the natural wildlife of Selborne. Written by Reverend Gilbert White, an English parson-naturalist, ecologist and ornithologist, best known for this work which has been said to have shaped our everyday view of the relations between humans and nature. With additions and supplementary notes by Sir William Jardine, a Scottish naturalist, known for editing a long series of natural history books for The Naturists Library. Edited and illustrated by Edward Jesse, an English writer on natural history, commissioner of Hackney coaches, and deputy surveyor-general of the Royal Parks and Palaces. Bound in contemporary quarter blue cloth with patterned boards. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light spotting to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket As Issued. First Edition Thus. Ninth Edition. Outer cover in very good shape with no major flaws, some minor discoloration and a very small spot on the back outside cover without material (1/16") Embossed gold lettering and design on front and spine. Binding is tight and all pages are crisp and clean. "With extensive additions by Captain Thomas Brown" "Illustrated with engravings". …

Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Two volume limited set of 208 printed copies for America, of which this is No. 42. Light green cloth boards with gilt title to spines and emblem on covers. Blue stain on cover of volume two. Foxing to first and last pages, but otherwise no previous owner's name or other markings in books. Vol one Pp. [xxiii] 427 Vol two Pp. [xv] 443 6.5 x 9 in or 16.5 x 23 cm. J. G. Keulemans, Herbert Railton, & Edmund J. Sullivan (illustrator).…