The Safe Compass and How It Points by Newton Rev Richard (6 results)

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Marking to rear board.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Undated edition, small gift inscription inside is dated 1893. Decorated brown cloth boards. Back cover is very strongly faded, probably from damp, otherwise good with general light handling wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Victorian Decorative Bevel edged boards with gilt titles to spine and front, 190 x 130 mm approx. Publisher's pale yellow made end papers, vi + 180 pp + 4 pp adverts for author's other books + 24 page publishers catalogue. Frontis , illustrated title + many other steel engraved illustrations in text. Undated [1879] Dated by reference to publisher's catalogue to rear. Stories for children inspired by nature and the bible extolling Christian values to assist in life's passage. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine (Book - mild shelf rubbing to cloth, a few mild foxing spots to edges of book block, no previous owner name or insc. No other notable defects. In remarkable condition for age).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. Green pictorial cloth. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Contents: some light spotting/blemishes to a few pages, otherwise main body of text generally good+ and clean. Lacks rear endpaper. Previous owner's name handwritten on title-page. Prize inscription front endpaper (crossed-out). Previous owner's name and address. Boards: some light to moderate blemishes. Light shelf-rubbing, otherwise sound and quite bright for age. 190 pp + publisher's ad.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 168pp, 16 adverstisement pages, decoratived blue cloth and gilt plate on spine, b/w photo plate on frontistp, b/w illustrations, previous owner's inscription on ffep, some foxing on front and top of edges, slightly foxing on preliminaries. Size: 8 Vo 12x18cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair +. Rubbing to corners and head & foot of spine. Corners bumped. Fading to spine. Prize plate inside front cover. Hinge cracked inside front cover. Black and white illustrations. One plate is loose.