Published by Prospect Books, London
ISBN 13: 2900013505159
Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. LIMITED EDITION. (ND). 4to. LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION one of 400 copies. Facsimile edition. Quarter leather edition. Good, clean textblock. Light bumping and scraping to forecorners of gently rubbed and slightly marked boards. VG.
Published by Prospect Books. Facsimile edition, London, 1981
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Facsimile of the first edition of 1791; food as science and order; #288/370 numbered copies, total edition of 400cc. Quarter leather and green cloth. Fine as issued without dustwrapper. book.
Published by Prospect Books, 1981
ISBN 10: 090732505X ISBN 13: 9780907325055
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. hardback, quarto, 11 1/2" x 9 3/10", bound in brown quarter leather with deep green cloth boards, lettered gilt to spine, a very good facsimile copy of a work dating from 1791, issued in an edition limited to 400 copies of which this is numbered 72, the text is clean and free of markings, inscriptions etc, , frontis, lx + 137pp.
Cloth. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A charming collection of walks and rambles around the western counties of England, with illustrated route plans. Illustrated with a frontispiece, one plate, and many in-text plans. A charming collection of walks around the western counties of England, including: Glastonbury, Wookey, Cheddar, Ilfracombe, Barnstaple, Chudleigh, Dawlish, Exmoor, Somerton, Glastonbury, Wells, and Bath. Written by the Reverend Richard Warner, an English clergyman and prolific writer of topographical books based on his walks. Bound in full green cloth. Externally, sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. A split to the rear joint. Rear hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot or pencil mark. Age toning to the first and last few pages. Good. book.
Published by Prospect Books, 1981
ISBN 10: 090732505X ISBN 13: 9780907325055
Seller: Prime Booksellers, Agoura Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket as Issued. Illustrated Edition. Limited Edition 1/400 copies. Bound in brown quarter leather with deep green cloth boards. Includes original paper wrapper which has a bit of wear. No publication date.
Published by Prospect., London, 1981
ISBN 10: 090732505X ISBN 13: 9780907325055
Seller: EmJay Books, Bradford., United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Glassine. Reprint. lx, 137pp. Facsimile of the 1791 edition. No 4 of 400. Glassine is chipped and creased.
Published by BathR. Cruttwell ., 1800
Seller: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
8vo. (20.5 x 12.5 cm). pp. vi + 222. Full tree calf, gilt ruled spine, black morocco label with gilt lettering. 2 sepia aquatinted plates, multiple ink vignettes in contents. Upper joint cracked, spine rubbed, label partly missing. 'Rev. Richard Warner (17631857) was an English clergyman and writer of a considerable number of topographical books based on his walks and his interest in antiquarianism . In August 1796 Warner went on holiday to Wales, walking an average 26 miles a day, and recorded his travels in letters that were later published. Their success led further books on other tours, including the Scottish borders, the western counties and another tour of Wales.' (Wikipedia).
Published by Printed by R. Cruttwell, Bath, and sold by G. G. and J. Robinson, London. 1800, 1800
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.5 inches). vi,222pp, 2pp author and publishers adverts. Illustrated with 2 full page sepia aquatints, 12 line maps and 5 fine woodcut vignettes within the text. A very good copy in contemporary half brown calf. Spine with gilt thick and thin ruled and piped lines and oval centre pieces. Red morocco label, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Edges a bit rubbed and bumped and small amount of chipping to the edges of the label, not affecting the lettering, but generally a very good copy.
Published by Bath: printed by R Cruttwell and sold by C Dilly, London /1799, 1798
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First editions. Two volumes: viii, 236 pp, aquatint frontispiece and route maps to text / viii, 365[1] pp plus publisher's advertisement leaf, two sepia aquatint plates, route maps to text, vignette tailpieces, some red pencil marks to margins. Contemporary quarter calf with marbled boards, gilt decorated spines, some wear but overall an attractive set.
Leather. Condition: Very Good. Not stated (illustrator). A very smart, second edition set of these eighteenth-century topographical works about Wales, written by Reverend Richard Warner. A set of topographical and local interest works regarding South Wales and the Southwest of England.IncludingA Walk Through Wales, published in 1798 andA Second Walk Through Wales, published in 1799.Both written and published by Reverend Richard Warner (1763-1857) an English clergyman and antiquarian who wrote many topographical works during his lifetime.Including a frontispiece to each volume and in-text illustrations.Containing the bookplates of Harold E. Matthews and John Phillips Esq. of Edstone to the front pastedowns of each volume.This copy came from the library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire, the previous home of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie (1902-1968). She was an English socialite and through her mother was the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. Uniformly bound in half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, smart, with some rubbing to the joints, spines, and extremities of each volume. Bookplates of previous owners to the front pastedowns of each volume. Internally, front hinges to both volumes strained but firm. Both volumes firmly bound. Some offsetting to the first few pages of each volume, otherwise pages are generally clean. Very Good. book.