Schell Frederic B Illus Superviser (2 results)

THIS VOL ONLY. New Zealand volume, loosely enclosed North Island and Middle Island railway, postal, and telegraph maps both present. Elephant folio, half bound leather boards, gilt lettering & decorative tooling to spines & front boards, aeg, frontispiece with tissueguard, illus/maps (counted), viii+267pp (numbered 531 to 798 in this vol), VG (minor scuffing to spine & spine extrems, moderate fraying to lower spine, some surface loss to leather along hinges & board extrems, moderate soiling/scuffing to boards, minor soiling to page edges, 6cm closed tear to fep near lower gutter, moderate creasing to prelims, minor foxing sporadic throughout, minor 2-3cm tears near lower gutter sporadic throughout, 3cm closed tear on middle page edge on 751, 4cm closed tear to inner gutter on North Island map, 12cm closed tear to upper middle of middle island map, 2cm closed tear near gutter of Australia map, 3.5cm closed tear to lower middle of solar system map). …

3 VOL SET WITH MAPS, elephant folio, half leather bound maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering/rule & raised bands to spines, gilt lettering to front boards, marbled page edges & eps, frontispieces- vol 1 with tissue guard, 801pp total, illus/maps- all present, 8x large folded maps loosely enclosed, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing/surface loss to leatherwork, moderate fading & soiling to boards, moderate dampstaining & wrinkling to boards of vol 1 & 2, sl water damage to base of vol 3 front board, minor tanning/fading to page edges, bookbinder's sm label to front pastedowns, patches of moderate foxing sporadically throughout). …