White Rev Edward (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Small octavo in green cloth binding. Illustrated with hand-tinted illustrations. Condition: insect damage to spine cloth; else good. Pages: xxiv, 416 and 32-page publisher's list.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Undated publication, possibly dated 1909 as this date is written on the front cover. Some handling wear and marks including loose binding with front cover becoming detached. Clean inside. The guide book shows the town of Yypres just before the First World War. Reading copy only. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographic plates with folded map in the rear (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: G/No Dustjacket. Reading, MA: Holiness Book Concern. G/No Dustjacket. 1886. . Cloth. 8vo., 105, [6] pp., cover rubbed, bumped, spine frayed, hinges cracked, Tpage loose, pages toned & brittle . Black & White Plates (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. Bohn's Libraries edition. A nice clean tight copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.xxiv,416 + 32pp adverts. Frontispiece (stained down outer edge) and 40 attractive clean coloured engravings.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Disbound pamphlet. Reprinted from the "Christian World".

Hardcover. Condition: Fair to Good. spine frayed through but covers intact, last text page loose and has obituarys etc. pasted on it with Kane geneologies. All pages present McCloskey was the first cardinal from America. S2 8 W1 2. Black and White Illustrations (illustrator). Signed by John Mccloskey Archb.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. A rare volume. Exterior wear includes some scuffs and soils, with light normal edge wear, and a slightly cocked binding; library markings include a bookplate on front pastedown, and sticker on spine. Authors also include the R.C. Bishop of Amycla, and Rabbi Simeon Singer. A detailed philosophical study on the idea of immortality and salvation within the structure of religious belief. 324 pages. Book.…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. First. A fine original colour lithograph from Vanity Fair, a magazine which was published from 1869-1914, featuring a large caricature portrait each week. These were drawn by various artists, the most famous of whom was Leslie Ward who used the 'nom de crayon' of "Spy". This portrait will come mounted/matted and ready to frame using archivist quality materials, mount size 18 x 12 inches, 47 x 31 cms. It will be presented in a cellophane wrapper with our label guaranteeing authenticity. We pack very well, between sheets of hardboard. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of the Archbishop of Canterbury, with the caption ''The Primate", with a page of biographical detail. Edward White Benson (July 14, 1829 - October 11, 1896) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1882 until his death. Drawn By Spy (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. xvi + 416pp, 40 delicate engravings by Edward Jesse, newly re-bound in binders cloth with paper label by Stephen Conway, wiith the 'seal' of Gilbert White neatly affixed to the front board, very good condition, Henry G. Bohn, London, 1854. * an interesting binding - see images. JESSE, Edward (illustrator). …

S.Barker, Leicester. 1878. Slim pamphlet. Grey card cover with gilt type to upper panel. Gilt edges. 31pp. Frontis portrait, with further small photo stuck in (of Grimsley as a younger man). Hinge broken at p.3 Cover worn in places.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. [Extra Illustrated, Bennett edition] With the Naturalist's Calendar; and Miscellaneous Observations, extracted from his papers. In contemporary red half morocco, vellum, decorative blind and gilt tooling, corners and edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Spine, with decorative gilt tooling and titles, edges lightly rubbed. Internally, red endpapers, pencil note explaining the EXTRA 16 fine pen and ink views on 16 leafs by Walter Cooper Denby to fep, all of which have the page No that they relate to, with his initials dated 1848, title page with vignette, (xxiii), [1] blank, [16] leaves of plates, 640 pp, 46 illustrations, small embossed lib stamp to ep (Neatham Mill Library TW), text block edges in gilt, preface signed IJB with a pencil notes explaining that this was Edward Turner Bennetts brother who edited this after the death of his brother, printed by C Whittingham at the Chiswick Press, the sixth edition? Dendy was a President of the Medical Society of London. He published a treatise on dreams and spectral manifestations in 1841 entitled Philosophy of Mystery, amongst a number of other works, often illustrated by himself. (Allibone 2684. Martin - Bibliography of Gilbert White p. 132) An exceptional copy. White, naturalist whose natural history and antiquities of Selborne, in the county of Southampton, with engravings, and an appendix (1789), printed in London by T. Bensley for B. White & Son, at Horace's Head, Fleet Street, London. Extending, together with its index, the preparation of which White claimed to be 'an occupation full as entertaining as that of darning socks See ODNB. DENDY Walter Cooper (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A profusely illustrated edition of Gilbert White's collection of letters and naturalist findings. A later edition, first published in 1789 by the author's brother.In the original Henry Bohn Illustrated Library green cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 40 engraved plates. Collated, complete.The work is a compilation of Gilbert White's letters to other naturalistsThomas Pennant and Daines Barrington, whilst the 'Naturalist's Calendar' compares phenology observations made by White and William Markwick of the first appearances in the year of different animals and plants.His work has been seen as an early contribution to ecologyand in particular tophenology. The book has been enjoyed for its charm and apparent simplicity, and the way that it creates a vision ofpre-industrialEngland.This edition has supplementary notes by Sir William Jardine, and is edited by Edward Jesse. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart. Fading to spine, with bumping to the head and tail. Fading to top edge. Front hinge strained. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Previous owner's bookplate and ink inscription to rear of frontispiece. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Boston: Charles H. Woodman; 1st Edition (1889). 184 pages. Fine Hardcover, no dj. Olive cloth, Gilt lettering. No Wear. The tip of the lower corner of the front cover is softened. Clean Unmarked throughout. Strong Unshaken binding, perfect hinges. 7.1"x5.0"x0.8". be20670. …

Blindstamped cloth. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. xxiv, 416 pp. With 40 hand-colored illustrations and steel engraved frontis. The lovely animal plates are similar to those found in Jardine. Frontis has foxing. Otherwise, but for occasional light and trivial soiling, a clean and tight copy. Some fading of gilt decoration on spine. Repair along front gutter. Darkening along both gutters. Wear along spine tips.…

Leather. Condition: Very Good. A lovely full calf edition of this important work of natural history from Gilbert White, illustrated with forty engraved plates. First published in 1789, this important work has been in print continuously since that date.Illustrated with forty plates.Collated, complete.This is a collection of letters documenting the natural history of the area around Selborne, written by Gilbert White to other prominent antiquarians and natural historians of his time.The work was well received upon its publication, and has continued to be widely read well into the twentieth century. Fans of the work include the likes of Virginia Woolf, John Ruskin, Charles Darwin, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It is generally considered to be a classic of nature and antiquarian writing.With the bookplate of Philip Edmondson to the verso of the front free endpaper, and a contemporary inscription to a front blank.An attractive copy of this important work. In a full calf binding, with gilt detailing to back strip. A touch of rubbing to joint heads, otherwise externally excellent. Boards a touch age toned to perimeters. Head of rear joint starting, with board firmly held. Bookplate to verso of front free endpaper, inscription to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, but with instances of significant spotting to plates, and to pages surrounding plates. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A profusely illustrated edition of Gilbert White's collection of letters and naturalist findings. A later edition, first published in 1789 by the author's brother.In the original Henry Bohn Illustrated Library green cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 40 engraved plates. Collated, complete.The work is a compilation of Gilbert White's letters to other naturalistsThomas Pennant and Daines Barrington, whilst the 'Naturalist's Calendar' compares phenology observations made by White and William Markwick of the first appearances in the year of different animals and plants.His work has been seen as an early contribution to ecologyand in particular tophenology. The book has been enjoyed for its charm and apparent simplicity, and the way that it creates a vision ofpre-industrialEngland.This edition has supplementary notes by Sir William Jardine, and is edited by Edward Jesse. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Fading to spine, with light bumping to the head and tail. Odd mark to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting, most significant to the front and rear. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Full Calf. Condition: Very Good. Lovely full-calf binding, with gilt centerpiece figure of a bird, a subtle blindstamped perimeter band, animal figures in gilt placed in spine compartments. The calf itself has a pleasing and warm speckling that sets it apart. 8vo. 19 by 12.5 cm. xxiv, 416 pp. Many engraved plates. Occasional light foxing, but mostly clean. Slight, even warping of the boards, but other than light wear, the binding has an uncommon freshness to it.…

Gilt-decorated Morocco. Condition: Very Good. New Edition. New edition. xxiiii, 640 pp. Full green gilt-decorated morocco with lettering to the spines. All edge gilt. 1837 edition, printed at the Chiswick Press by Charles Whittingham at The Chiswick Press, with notes by Edward Turner Bennett, secretary of the Zoological Society of London. Illustrated with engravings by Thompson throughout. Rubbing to the spine and corners and some scratches to the boards. Foxing to the front and end matter, but text clean. Binding firm. A lovely Georgian binding of White's account of Selbourne's wildlife, seasons, buildings, and artefacts, written as a series of letters to fellow naturalists. 8vo. Illustrated. Thompson (illustrator). …