Language: English
Published by New York: Arno Press, 1978., 1978
ISBN 10: 083176399X ISBN 13: 9780831763992
Seller: Gene The Book Peddler, Winchester, NH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Drawings By Thomas H. Shepherd And James Elmes (illustrator). book is tight with no markings, some minor tanning to page edges, dj has some rubbing along with a few tiny tears along the edges.
Published by Jones & Co, 1829
Hardback. Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Thomas H. Shepherd (illustrator). Cloth boards rubbed and darkened, leather chipped and worn, spine missing, both front and rear board entirely detached, front endpaper missing, marbled pastedowns; internal binding is also fragile with joint exposed throughout; pages are heavily spotted with off-setting from engravings (no tissue guards), previous owner's signature on title page. ; 8.5 x 0.8 x 10.5 inches; Unpaginated pages.
Published by Jones & Co, London, 1829
Seller: Hadwebutknown, Birnam, PERTH, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition. Illustrated guide to Edinburgh and the surrounding area with an emphasis on the architecture of the city and of the major country houses and castles in the areas around Scotland's capital city. Bound with the portion of the Scottish section of John Preston Neale's Views of the Seats [etc] of Noblemen and Gentlemen, The work is dedicated by John Britton to Sir Walter Scott, Bart. First Edition. 8.5 x 11in. vii. 88pp. + 48 engraved plates [86] . Full leather binding is in poor state, with loss to spine and boards detaching. Label to front endpaper. Suitable for rebinding. All plates collated and in good order.
Published by Jones, London., 1829
Seller: Dennys, Sanders & Greene, Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition. 31 plates, 21 x 27cms, each with 2 engravings; 86 pages of text. Fine small images making an especially effective presentation of the city, but heavy foxing throughout, though less so to the text pages. Early boards with moderate wear, new endpapers and spine (unlabelled). Luckily not much good for framing. Gives a good sense of the environs, townscapes, & buildings of early 19th century Edinburgh. Scarce.
Published by Published by Jones & Co.Temple of the Muses, London, 1829
First Edition
, 236 pages including 192 black and white engavings on plates (2 or 3 to a page) guarded with tissue paper, plate frontispiece, decorated and illustrated title page First Edition , rebacked, head and tail of spine creased, title label cracked, paper on boards worn and leather worn and chipped on edges, tape marks on inside of boards, hinge cracked but boards well held, foxing on pastedowns, free endpapers, title page and on plates (moslty in margins), edges of book block tanned, book block text clean, book is in good condition , half bound in red morocco with green printed illustrated paper, green paper title label on spine , Folio, 30 x 23.5 cm Hardback ISBN: