Beauties England Wales Delineations by Brayley Edward, First Edition (11 results)

Full-Leather. Condition: Fair/Good+. 1st Edition. Brown leather covers with gilt illustration around edges - spine covering coming away/covers slightly loose/Fair-Poor. Middlesex. 630 pages with additional illustrations + Frontispiece of London Bridge + A List of the Principal Books, Maps, Plans, and Prints .and other subjects treated of in this Volume + Index. Content Good+. (956g) Photo on request. As Books that Benefit gives the proceeds from the sale of this book to charity correct postage will be asked for if more than default price quoted.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Volume VI only. Bound in contemporary calf. Boards detached. Marbled end sheets. Early bookplate of John Hewetson. Copper plate engravings. Color map. VI. Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Herefordshire.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First Edition. Quarter leather and marbled paper-covered boards. 680 pp. plus lists and indices. Both covers detached, spine covering gone, internals very nice, Fair. Just needs rebinding.

First edition, of volume 18 (hardback), covering South Wales. 8vo (22cm by 14cm), viii, 917pp + appendix & index. 33 engraved plates and an engraved extra-title. Bound in half brown calf, marbled boards, red title label to the spine, marbled page edges. Light rubbing of the boards, bookplate to the front pastedown, scattered foxing of the contents; overall, this book is in good to very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. One Volume in the series - 'Beauties of England and Wales'. This series originally published in 25 volumes. This volume forms most of the KENT Volume, but 'Kent' started athe end of Vol. VII which forms Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and the first part of Kent. The Volume is bound in full leather with 5 raised bands, Gilt titling on 2 labels and gilt decoration to each compartment. Probably contemporary or near contemporary bindings. The spine has some flaws/damage, splitting to the edges of the spine - the front board is only holding on by one 'string'. Some small chipping with a tiny loss to the head/tail of the spine, but rear hinges holding despite some splits and overall an attractive book. ALL Edges Marbled. The volume has marbled endpapers and 2 former owners labels to the front pastedown - just the printed names in fancy old type - Bevington Gibbins and, below, his son - Frederick J. Gibbins ( Bevington Gibbins born 1792 in Aston, Birmingham, married Rebecca Tregelles, The Tregelles-Price family were owners of the Iron Works in Neath Abbey. ). On the ffep opposite is the bookplate of 'Neath Antiquarian Society'. The volume has a copper engraved Frontispiece (very spotted) and engraved title, followed by a printed title. The printed title shows it as Vol VIII - and the foot of the spine also reads Vol. VIII. No plate list, the contents start at page 611 to pp 1366 + 20 pp 'List of Books' + 25 pp Index + 33 Plates + Copper engraved b/w frontispiece + engraved title. It seems as if different paper stock was used for different sections of the book as some page blocks are lightly browned throughout, some pages with foxing spots/patches, to the margins mainly, and others generally very clean, tho all text readable at all times. Some general foxing spots/patches and thumbing here and there, some browning to the pages opposite the plates, 'tho for most part the plates are generally pretty clean, but some have foxing/patching to the margins. At the time of listing I have other volumes in this series, in uniform bindings, but in various conditions - please enquire if interested. See Images. ; The Beauties of England and Wales; Large, Thick, 8vo 9" - 10" tall.

, Part 1 has 304 pages and 16 plates (inc. frontispiece), Part 2 has pages 305-400 plus 16 page index, 15 plates (inc. frontispiece) 31 plates in total First Edition , both volumes have been professionally rebound some years ago, part 1 rear hinge has worked a little and the new endpaper has torn and loosened, small repair to front board, both parts have a bookplate to the front paste down and are ink inscribed on the title pages, some pages untrimmed, the last pages and index of part 2 have foxing, the corners are knocked, both volumes are in good+ condition , half bound in red morocco and cloth, gilt ruling front and back, raised bands with gilt details and titles to the spines Octavo 22.6 x 14.8cm Hardback ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Volume IV (Devonshire) of 18 vol. set - rare in full set. 1st edn. of this volume. The whole set was published vol. by vol. from 1801 to 1816. Paper-covered, marbled boards, bound with dark green half-leather. Spine has gilt lettering, lining and x5 raised bands. Slight bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Some rubbing to leather, more so to the marbling. Gilt top edge, others rough-cut. Binding sound and tight. Bookplate on front pastedown ep. Ink inscription of previous owner on ffep. Significant age toning and foxing to prelims. 30mm open tear at foot of title page. Text block is fairly clean apart from some age toning, most noticeably on tail edges, and on some of the illustrations. x7 monochrome engravings and x2 coloured prints. Some of these, including the two coloured prints (both dated 1825), have been bound into the book subsequent to its publication. The outer binding and covers may be Victorian. 225 x 148mm, 320pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. One Volume in the series - 'Beauties of England and Wales'. This series originally published in 25 volumes. This volume 2 forms Volume II - CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CHESHIRE and CORNWALL. The Volume is bound in full leather with 5 raised bands, Gilt titling on 2 labels and gilt decoration to each compartment. Probably contemporary or near contemporary bindings. The spine has some flaws/damage, splitting to the edges of the spine. Some small chipping/repair-work with some tiny loss to the head/tail of the spine, but hinges holding currently (front hinge shaky) despite some splits, and overall is an attractive book. ALL Edges Marbled. The volume has marbled endpapers and 2 former owners labels (marked/torn) to the front pastedown - just the printed names in fancy old type - Bevington Gibbins and, below, his son - Frederick J. Gibbins ( Bevington Gibbins born 1792 in Aston, Birmingham, married Rebecca Tregelles, The Tregelles-Price family were owners of the Iron Works in Neath Abbey. ). On the ffep opposite is the bookplate of 'Neath Antiquarian Society'. The volume has a copper engraved Frontispiece and engraved title, followed by a printed title. No plate list. (4 pp) + 524pp + (12 pp 'List of Books') + 12 pp Index + 21 plates. Plus the copper engraved b/w frontispiece + engraved title. It seems as if different paper stock was used for different sections of the book as some page blocks are very lightly browned but uniformly, and others generally very clean, tho all text readable at all times. Some browning to the pages opposite the plates, and a few plates have some foxing/patching to the margins, 'tho for most part this volume, and the plates, is/are generally clean. At the time of listing I have other volumes in this series, in uniform bindings, but in various conditions - please enquire if interested. See Images. ; The Beauties of England and Wales; Large, Thick, 8vo 9" - 10" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. One Volume in the series - 'Beauties of England and Wales'. This series originally published in 25 volumes. This volume 3 forms CUMBERLAND, The ISLE of MAN and DERBYSHIRE. The Isle of Man is not part of the title on the spine but is present and consists of 42 pages, 1 Plate and a wood-engraved tail-piece. The Volume is bound in full leather with 5 raised bands, Gilt titling on 2 labels and gilt decoration to each compartment. Probably contemporary or near contemporary bindings. The spine has some flaws/damage, splitting to the edges of the spine. Some small chipping/repair-work with some tiny loss to the head/tail of the spine, but hinges holding despite some splits and overall is an attractive book. ALL Edges Marbled. The volume has marbled endpapers and 2 former owners labels (marked/torn) to the front pastedown - just the printed names in fancy old type - Bevington Gibbins and, below, his son - Frederick J. Gibbins ( Bevington Gibbins born 1792 in Aston, Birmingham, married Rebecca Tregelles, The Tregelles-Price family were owners of the Iron Works in Neath Abbey. ). On the ffep opposite is the bookplate of 'Neath Antiquarian Society'. The volume has a copper engraved Frontispiece and engraved title, followed by a printed title. No plate list. (4 pp) + 552pp + (10pp 'List of Books') + 11 pp Index + 1 page Corrections/Amendments. + 31 plates. Plus the copper engraved b/w frontispiece + engraved title. It seems as if different paper stock was used for different sections of the book as some page blocks are very lightly browned but uniformly, and others generally very clean, tho all text readable at all times. Some browning to the pages opposite the plates, and a few plates have some foxing/patching to the margins, 'tho for most part this volume, and the plates, is/are particularly clean. At the time of listing I have other volumes in this series, in uniform bindings, but in various conditions - please enquire if interested. See Images. ; The Beauties of England and Wales; Large, Thick, 8vo 9" - 10" tall.

FIRST EDITION 8vo. hardback in full modern tan calf, raised bands, red and brown title labels, decorative gilt to spine. Pages run from p.612 to p.1366 plus 18pp. Bibliography and 26pp. Index and Corrections. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, vignette to title page and 32 other full page engraved plates. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Occasional light foxing, somewhat heavier to a few plates. Light wear and scuffs to binding. Overall a VERY GOOD, HANDSOME COPY. (Shelf 9) PLEASE NOTE: Heavy BOOK (1.3 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. (AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only).** Pictures available upon request, if not already displayed here.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Editions. Five volumes consisting of the whole of the 'London and Middlesex' section of the series - 'Beauties of England and Wales'. This series originally published in 25 volumes. These 5 volumes were published between 1810 and 1816 are marked oddly, but form the complete set of 'London and Middlesex. All volumes are unifomly bound in full leather with 5 raised bands, Gilt titling on 2 labels and gilt decoration to each compartment. Probably contemporary or near contemporary bindings. Each spine has some damage, some worse then others, and Part 3 has the front cover and front endpapers detached. ALL Edges Marbled. Internally each volume has marbled endpapers and 2 former owners labels to the front pastedown - just the printed names in fancy old type - Bevington Gibbins and, below, his son - Frederick J. Gibbins ( Bevington Gibbins born 1792 in Aston, Birmingham, married Rebecca Tregelles, The Tregelles-Price family were owners of the Iron Works in Neath Abbey. ). On the ffep opposite is the bookplate of 'Neath Antiquarian Society'. All volumes have a copper engraved Frontispiece and engraved title , followed by a printed title. The Engraved title shows the volumes noted as Vol. X. Part 1, Vol X. Part II and so on to Part V - but the Printed titles read Vol I; Vol II; Vol III; Vol III, Part II; Vol IV. On the foot of the spines the gilt titling reads Vol X, XI, XII, XIII, and XIV. No plate list in any volume but - Vol I = Frontispiece + engraved title + I Plates. Vol 2 = Frontispiece + engraved title + 21 plates. Vol 3 = Frontispiece + engraved title + 30 plates. Vol 4 = Frontispiece + engraved title + 40 plates. Vol 5 = Frontispiece + engraved title + 51 plates. 8vo (5 1/2" x 8 1/2") ; (In all 142 plates + 5 Frontispieces + engraved titles - Some plates show 2 views ) . Some pages partially cut or roughly cut, some foxing spots here and there, browning to the pages opposite the plates, 'tho for most part the plates are generally clean, but some have foxing/patching to the margins. Each volume varies re the condition of the text and the plates, but overall this is a tight, generally clean set. This set is overweight and very heavy at around 6.5 Kilos and will require extra postage for International buyers only. Please ask for costs. At the time of listing I have other volumes in this series, in uniform bindings but in various conditions - please enquire if interested. See Images. ; The Beauties of England and Wales; Each Volume Large, Thick, 8vo 9" - 10" tall.