Newgate P (8 results)

Condition: Good. Some outer edges have minor scuffs. Cover has light scratches/marks. Reading content is in like new condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, with 18 plates, mainly portraits, 2 vignettes, 2 volumes in tree calf, gilt edge tooling, corners worn. Both respined, gilt titles to black calf labels, gilt tooling. Internally, Vol 1, additional title page with vignette (1831), title, blank, portrait (wrongly placed?), 572 pp, 8 B&W pls (portraits). Vol 2, 1830, portrait frontis, additional title with vignette (1831), title, [3], 4-427 pp, [1] adverts, 10 pls. New marbled endpapers & blanks, last leaf of V2 gutter strengthened with tape, some light offsetting and a few small damp marks, rebound by the previous owner, with 2 loose blank leaves 1 with an ink owners name (John ? Nousette ?). ADLAR H. STROEHLING. WIVELL. BAYNES. (illustrator). …

Half calf in contemporary marble paper covers. 4to. 11'' x 9''. Two monochrome illustrations per page throughout. Working or rebinding condition with the majority of spine covering missing, front boards detached from both volumes, light sporadic foxing to the plates, but not heavily soiled. Heavy volume set weighing 3.5 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTHUMBERLAND.…

Hardback. Condition: G++. No Dw. 283 x 213 mm. Contemporary half leather and brown cloth. Decorated spine with raised bands has a leather title label "VIEWS IN WESTMORLAND &c". All edges gold. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece, extra ill. title page, title page. List of plates numbered 1-215 of which No 213 "Gen View of Windermere Lake" is NOT PRESENT. 220 pages. Fairly clean tight text but most pages and plates a bit browned/spotted mostly at edges. Binding sound but bit worn. Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY (GB 2020 £8) Packed weight 2400g.…

Quarter Leather. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Period Quarter Leather Binding. Gilt title and decorative Motifs on spine. Light brown cloth covered boards. All page edges Gilt. Illustrated Title Pages and Frontis Maps for both the Cornish and Devon Sections. ( Devonshire has vignette illus. of Lydford Cascade and Cornwall vignette illus. of Logan Rock.) Printed Title Page, dated 1832. Devonshire has 106 p. pages and Cornwall has 48. 11" Tall, 1.35 Kilos. The views are arranged with 2 plates to a page, printed on one side of the paper. Some light foxing on some Plates, often just marginal. Most Text pages clean. Inscriptions on ffep dated 1832 & 1851. Name and penciled inscriptions on fly leaf. No other inscriptions. Hinges partly cracked. Text block firm. Splits to leather down sides of spine. Weighs nearly 1.5 Kilos packed so shipping Outside UK will be a little extra. Allom, Thomas and Bartlett, W. H. (illustrator).…

Full-Leather. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Contemporary Full Leather Binding, recased with original spine onlaid. Gilt horizontal divisions and gilt title on spine. Illustrated Title Pages and Frontis Maps for both the Cornish and Devon Sections. ( Devonshire has vignette illus. of Lydford Cascade and Cornwall vignette illus. of Logan Rock.) Printed Title Page, dated 1832. Devonshire has 106 p. pages and Cornwall has 48. 11" Tall, 1.35 Kilos. The views are arranged with 2 plates to a page, printed on one side of the paper. Some light foxing in fore margins, little elsewhere. No inscriptions. Text pages clean. Hinges sound and text block firm. A few small bits of leather missing from rear board, probably due to insect damage. Weighs nearly 1.5 Kilos packed so shipping Outside UK will be a little extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Allom, Thomas and Bartlett, W. H. (illustrator).…

Half-Leather. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Period Half Leather Binding. Gilt title on Black Ground and Gilt horizontal divisions and decorative Motifs on spine. Marbled paper covered boards and small leather corners. Marbled Endpapers. Illustrated Title Pages and Frontis Maps for both the Cornish and Devon Sections. ( Devonshire has vignette illus. of Lydford Cascade and Cornwall vignette illus. of Logan Rock.) Printed Title Page, dated 1832. Devonshire has 106 p. pages and Cornwall has 48. 11" Tall, 1.35 Kilos. The views are arranged with 2 plates to a page, printed on one side of the paper. Text pages and Plates in very good condition. No inscriptions. Fine splits to leather down sides of spine. Hinges sound. Text block firm. Edge wear, chips to spine and rubbing to boards. Weighs nearly 1.5 Kilos packed so shipping Outside UK will be a little extra. Allom, Thomas and Bartlett, W. H. (illustrator).…

First Edition. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. [2], 572; 427, [5] Kelly ads; inserted engraved title page and frontispiece in each volume plus 15 engraved plates (1 folding); original drab paper-covered boards, green muslin shelfback, printed paper labels on spine; labels rubbed and slightly chipped, hinges starting; all else good and sound. Huish (1777-1850) "wrote a short treatise on bee-culture, which was afterwards expanded and issued in various forms. His other works are nearly all poor examples of anecdotal, quasi-historical bookmaking; the Quarterly Review spoke of him as an obscure and unscrupulous scribbler. He was prolific, as witnessed by his voluminous compilations during 1835-6. He executed a few translations from the German, and in his later years some novels. Nearly all his books exhibit anti-Tory prejudices" (Wikipedia).…