Wright E Perceval (39 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 4th Edition. 4th edition. Undated but circa 1900. x, 606pp, plus publisher's catalogue at rear, with many black and white engraved illustration. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt motif and black decorations on front panel, gilt lettering on the spine. Bevelled edges. 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 12mo. pp x, 605. Engraved frontispiece; numerous engraved illustrations in the text, some full-page. Red cloth boards with bevelled edges, decorated and lettered in gilt and black. Boards rubbed; heavily soiled and marked; corners bumped and ends of spine crushed. Light soiling and spotting to edges o…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. New edition, revised by E. Perceval Wright. Actual edition and printing not known. In quite good blue bevel edged cloth boards, black titles and sea creature and floral motif to front. The covers are fairly clean; a little wobbly from cracked hinge; edge-worn, corners bumped and frayed. The…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 12mo. pp vii, 656. Frontispiece and 30 additional engraved plates (complete); numerous illustrations in the text. Brick-red cloth boards with bevelled edges, decorated and lettered in gilt and black. Boards lightly rubbed and with some pale marks to front; spine slightly faded. A couple of spots…

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 618 pages. Fully bound green leather with gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout. School prize embossing. Marbled endpapers and textblock edges. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Cracking to hinges, but binding remains firm. Boards have…

Popularly Illustrated by Typical Species. Adapted from the text of Louis Figuier. 8vo; pictorial red cloth a little soiled, and very slightly bumped at head and base of spine; no dustwrapper; past owner's discreet name stamp on front pastedown, and name written on front free endpaper; foxing to endpapers and prelim's; scattered…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. 4th Edition. * CONDITION : Used - Poor * OTHER: The boards have some heavy wear to the edges and corners, the spine is ripped with some fading. The binding is fragile, the front hinge is split exposing the binding block and the ffep and title page is lose. The tanned pages are clean with a dedication…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. Revised Edition. Well illustrated with B&W Full-Page Plates and In-Text illustrations. Frontis illus. "White Bears", protected by tissue guard. Includes: Whales, Rhinoceros, Elephant, Wild Boar, Monkeys, Bats, Big Cats, Bears, Horses, Cattle and much more. Dark Green cloth cover with Bright Gil…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. A revised edition of the English translation of Louis Figuier's Popular History of Mammals. The book is undated, but a presentation bookplate attached to the back of the front cover is dated 1881. A previous owner's name is inscribed on the first page. All page edges gilt. 605 pages + 10 prelims. 265…

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a popular exposition of the diverse mammalian orders, illustrated with typical examples. It was originally edited by E. Blyth and considerably revised by an anonymous author who provided a free translation. The early portion was greatly augmented by the author, and the res…

Hard back binding in publisher's original royal blue pebble cloth covers, gilt lettering and symmetrical design to spine, gilt elephant and symmetrical black design to upper panel, all page edges gilt. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" x, 605 [pages.]. Upwards of 260 monochrome engravings. End papers missing, cracking of cloth to upper spine edge,…

Condition: Buono (Good). In 8vo (mm 185x125); pp. [4], VI, [2], 656. Stampa xilografica in antiporta. Testo corredato da numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero anche a tutta pagina. Fioriture diffuse alle prime carte che vanno via via scoparendo. Risguardi in carta marmorizzata, piena pelle. Piatti con cornice decorativa e inci…