Beauties England Wales Delineations by Britton John, First Edition (15 results)

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.

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.

1st Ed. Thick 8vo. 808pp. + [xiv] List of Books, &c. + [xvi] Index + [ii]. Engraved title page, 26 engraved plates. Light age toning, some sporadic browning spotting and sl. offsetting, occasional mainly pencil annotations, presentation label to the Library Christ's Hospital Horsham, fore edge of a few leaves very sl. chipped, upper hinge crudely repaired covering part of presentation label, blind inner dentelles, contemporary gilt rule edged calf with some marking, gilt filleted edges rubbed, corners worn, both boards detached, raised bands gilt and blind motifs and gilt title to darkened and sl. chipped spine worn with some loss at head and tail. US$69.

First Edition. Good copy bound in contemporary 1/4 leather and marbled boards. Spine worn, with some loss around the edges. Spine cover cracked. Tape repairs evident to binding. Text block intact and binding tight. Panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed. Minor, marginal dust-toning. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further images and additional bibliographic material available on request. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 718 pages; Physical description: 1v. viii, 718, 322p. frontis., plates; 21.5cm. Subjects: Wiltshire (England) -- Description and travel -- History. Warwickshire (England) -- Description and travel -- History. Great Britain -- History -- Local history. Notes: Bound with section on Warwickshire, 322p., plates. Added engraved title page. Includes bibliographies and indexes. 2 Kg.

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Raised bands. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: [2], 400, [24] p., [24] leaves of plates: ill., maps (etchings); 8°. Subjects: Bedforshire. Berkshire. Buckinghamshire. Description and travel. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy bound in contemporary 1/4 leather and marbled boards. Spine worn, with some loss around the edges. Spine cover cracked. Tape repairs evident to binding. Text block intact and binding tight. Panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed. Minor, marginal dust-toning. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further images and additional bibliographic material available on request. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 718 pages; Physical description: 1v. viii, 718, 322p. frontis., plates; 21.5cm. Subjects: Wiltshire (England) -- Description and travel -- History. Warwickshire (England) -- Description and travel -- History. Great Britain -- History -- Local history. Notes: Bound with section on Warwickshire, 322p., plates. Added engraved title page. Includes bibliographies and indexes. 2 Kg.

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Raised bands. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: [2], 400, [24] p., [24] leaves of plates: ill., maps (etchings); 8°. Subjects: Bedforshire. Berkshire. Buckinghamshire. Description and travel. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.

1st Ed. Thick 8vo. 560pp. + [viii] list of books, &c. + [xiv] Index. Engraved frontis., engraved title page, 30 engraved plates. Light marginal age toning, sporadic light browning spotting and sl. offsetting, frontis. engraved title page letterpress title page and e.ps. sl. spotted, hinges cracked but firm, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, soiled and rubbed, corners worn, rebacked in later calf with blind raised bands and blind embossed IV. to spine. US$104.

1st Ed. Thick 8vo. 736pp. + [xxiv] Index. Engraved title page, 36 engraved plates. [Without engraved frontis.?]. Light marginal age toning, sporadic light browning and sl. offsetting, occasional pencil annotations, presentation label to the Library Christ's Hospital Horsham, hinges cracked but firm, blind inner dentelles, 1 gathering sl. protruding, contemporary gilt rule edged calf with some marking and sl. surface cracking moreso towards joints, gilt filleted edges rubbed, corners worn, rebacked in later calf with blind raised bands and blind embossed V. to spine sl. creasing vertically down the middle. US$104.

, 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.

1st Ed. [iv] + 552pp. + [xviii]. Additional engraved title page, 30 engraved plates (20 of Derbyshire). Light age toning, bookplate, contemporary calf with double gilt rule, gilt tooling and lettering to lightly faded and creased spine. US$139.

First edition of this impressively thorough work, the most ambitious of its kind since Magna Britannia et Hibernia (1720-1731). Originally conceived as a more modest publication, it became an intensive and occasionally fraught project. In 1800, the publishers Vernor and Hood proposed to Britton that he produce six volumes of topographical commentary. He and Brayley had become friends as teenagers and had already collaborated successfully oin a literary endeavour. They embarked on a walking tour of thousands of miles for these initial volumes, for which they shared credit evenly. At this point, Brayley was predominantly occupied with the text, while Britton was "the organizing genius throughout" (ODNB), overseeing the travel, correspondence, sourcing of materials, and managing the illustrations. When the series ran to further volumes, the two men divided responsibility for certain counties. John Harris replaced Vernor and Hood as publisher, but in 1814 he quarrelled with Brayley and Britton. They withdrew from the undertaking, after which several new authors were drafted to continue their work, including Joseph Nightingale, J. N. Brewer, and the Reverend J. Evans. By the time the survey was complete, it had cost some £50,000, and "a whole school of artists and engravers had grown up under Britton's direction: Samuel Prout and Frederick Mackenzie, John and Henry Le Keux, Edward Blore, George Cattermole, R. W. Billings, and Henry Shaw" (ODNB). Lowndes I, p. 138. 18 vols bound in 25, octavo (211 x 130 mm). Near-contemporary calf, spines with raised bands, red and green morocco labels, compartments elaborately decorated in gilt, single gilt fillet to covers, board edges and turn-ins tooled in blind, marbled endpapers and edges. Engraved frontispieces and vignette title pages to each vol., numerous similar plates. Edges rubbed, couple of vols with some discolouration to covers, corners bumped. A very good set, attractively bound.