Thomas Harrel Ed (7 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A smartly rebound copy of 'Holmes's Great Metropolis', featuring fifty finely engraved views of the city"s principal landmarks and architecture. Rebound in a modern green textured cloth binding.Undated, dated from a copy held at the British Library. Originally published in 1838 under the title 'The History of London', with thirty plates.Illustrated with fifty steel engravings, with an engraved title page. Collated, complete.A delightful 19th-century survey of London, with descriptions of points of interest including Buckingham Palace, Westminster Hospital and Abbey, Somerset House, the Coal Exchange and the Royal Exchange, among others.Edited by William Gray Fearnside and Thomas Harrel. Rebound in a green textured cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright if typically age toned, with scattered spotting heavier to fore edges and first and last few leaves, particularly to the vignette half-title.Slight offsetting to the odd page. The odd handling mark to fore edge. Loss to lower corners of final three leaves including plates, with no loss to image or text. The odd small chip and closed tear to these final leaves. Creasing to tissue-guards. Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of 'Holmes's Great Metropolis', featuring fifty finely engraved views of the city"s principal landmarks and architecture. The first edition to be published under this title, and with this many plates.Originally published in 1838 under the title 'The History of London', with thirty plates.Illustrated with fifty steel engravings, with an engraved title page. Collated, complete.A delightful 19th-century survey of London, with descriptions of points of interest including Buckingham Palace, Westminster Hospital and Abbey, Somerset House, the Coal Exchange and the Royal Exchange, among others.Edited by William Gray Fearnside and Thomas Harrel.Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Boards bright, with bumping to back strip head and tail. Joints starting, with boards firmly held. Back strip restored to head. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). A pleasing copy of 'Holmes's Great Metropolis', a beautifully illustrated history of London's points of interest. Second edition. Originally published in 1838 under the title 'The History of London', with thirty plates.Undated, dated from a copy held at the British Library.Rebound in a contemporary full blind-stamped cloth, with gilt decorations to the front board and spine.Illustrated with fifty-one steel-engraved plates, including engraved title page. Collated, complete.A delightful 19th-century survey of London, with descriptions of points of interest including Buckingham Palace, Westminster Hospital and Abbey, Somerset House, the Coal Exchange and the Royal Exchange, among others.Edited by William Gray Fearnside and Thomas Harrel. Rebound in a contemporary full blind-stamped cloth, with gilt decorations to the front board and spine.Externally, very smart indeed, with only minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional scattered spots. Contemporary ink inscription to the verso of the frontispiece. Very Good Indeed. book.