Little Cyclopaedia Common Things by Rev Sir George Cox (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Fair condition hard cover, some wear to cover and spine, previous owner signature to inside page, tanning to pages, foxing to pages, otherwise in a good readable condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. The Little Cyclopaedia of Common Things, by the Rev. Sir George W. Cox, Bart., M. A. Published by Swan Sonnenschein & Co, London. 1891. Ninth edition. Good hardback. Full leather. Cover has significant wear, scratches and is splitting lower right of spine. Marbled endpapers with attractive bookplate of I. C. Metcalfe (and their signature in pencil verso). Marbled edges of text block. Cracked at front hinge although all still bound. Text is lovely and clean throughout. An attractive volume, despite its faults. Not really so 'little' as it weighs over 1kg. Prelims + 660pp. Dimensions: approximately 219mm x 150mm x 40mm. Extra postage may be payable.

8th edition hardback in original cloth Very Good octavo. 660pp., text ills., index, Some wear & weak rear hinge, School prize-label dated 1891 on front paste-down o/w VG copy of a fascinating early popular reference work.