Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Facsimile reprint of the original 1848 edition. With illustrations in black & white. 8vo, 322pp. Softcover, in excellent condition. A clean, tight, copy. No markings or signs of prior ownership. Spine is slightly sunned, otherwise like new.
Language: English
Published by Felinfach: Llanerch;, 1992
ISBN 10: 0947992855 ISBN 13: 9780947992859
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Very good reissued paperback.
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, 1876
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller, Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Association Member: SNEAB
Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Later Edition. A.L. Rouse's copy with his ownership signature. Undated but c. 1876, with a new introduction. Spine worn.
Language: English
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, 1848
Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. x, 322 pages, plus folding map. Red cloth stamped in blind with gilt titles to spine. Spine sunned; right side of front board stained. Has both the printed and engraved title pages. Left (outer) margin of map stained and wrinkled; moderate soiling to some leaves. Binding is sound, with original yellow endpapers present - rear free endpaper with partial inscription upsidedown: "I thought you lacked a valentine and".
Language: English
Published by SPCK
Seller: Optimon Books, Gravesend, KENT, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. see photos, previous owner's name inside, book plate.
Language: English
Published by Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1848
Seller: Aesop Attic, Penzance, CORNW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Frontis is an Engraved Fold-Out Map of the Lizard Distric from Mawnan and Helston down to Lizard Head. Title Page illustrated with Vignette of Coastal Scene and Cornish Armorial Bearing & Motto. Many Full-Page and In-Text illustrations. Includes Kynance Cove, the Frying Pan, St. Rumon, Mullion Church, St. Ruan's Well, Copper Mine, Gunwalloe Church, Smuggling, Crabs, Lobster, Fish, climbing for Gull's Eggs, Pradanack Cross, and much more. Appendix includes Geological Features, Botny etc. Rebound in Brown half-leather binding with bright gilt title on black ground to spine. 5 1/2" tall. VIII preliminary pages, main text 322 pages. Map and pages in very good condition, binding in fine condition. No inscriptions except faintly penciled numbers on ffep.
Seller: Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Armadale, VIC, Australia
/ by the Rev. C. A. Johns, B.A., F.L.S., author of "Botanical Rambles," "Flowers of the Field," "British Birds in their Haunts," &c. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1874]. Small octavo (165 x 110 mm), publisher's brown cloth with black decoration to upper board, spine with gilt-lettered title and black decoration; pp. xvi, 275, [1 ad.]; frontispiece plate, folding map, and numerous lithographed illustrations (several full-page); very clean throughout, an excellent copy. A later nineteenth-century edition of this charming English regional study. First published in 1848, it is as much a natural history guide to the area as it is a travelogue. The Lizard (Cornish: an Lysardh) is a peninsula in southern Cornwall, whose extremity, Lizard Point, is the southernmost point of the British mainland.
Published by Society For Promoting CHristian Knowledge, 1864
Seller: Excalibur Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
Cloth. Condition: Good +. 2nd Edition. Undated, Second Edition, 1864. Beautiful account of the Flora and Fauna, Geology etc. of the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, by Naturalist and Author, Rev. C. A. Johns. Complete with Fold-out Map of the Lizard District. Frontis has engraved illus. of Kynance Cove, protected by tissue guard. Illustrated Title page with Vignette of Land's End, Floral design and Cornish Saltire, followed by printed title page. Well illustrated with Full-Page and In-Text B&W illustrations. Includes Mullion, Gunwalloe, Pilchard Fishery, Lizard Lights, Fishing, Chough, Smuggling and much more. Period Brown cloth cover with Gilt Lettering and Decorative Motif on spine. Blind stamped decorative ruled margin on front & back. 336 p. pages, 5 1/2" Tall. Closed tear to cloth on left side of spine and another half-way down right side, Tiny bits of cloth missing from spine ends. Faintpenciled bookseller note on endpaper. No other inscriptions. Rear hinge slightly cracked. Text block firm.
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1848
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1848. Good condition with no wrapper. Gilt title to spine. B/w engravings. 322 pages. Small format. Spine is browned, split and frayed with chipping. Covers are warped and marked. Inscription in ink to title page. Hinges pulled. Some page marks. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1848
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Small hardcover with no DJ. Dark blue cloth over boards. Boards measure 5 1/2 by 4 inches. No date on title page. No evident copyright page. Likely 1848 1st Edition. 336 pages with an additional 4 pages listing separate titles with prices from the same publisher. Cloth over boards is lightly faded. Ornate decoration embossed around margins of boards. Cloth over spine is absent, strip of parchment paper has been attached to spine to cover the binding with this titles name written on it in pen. Fore edges toned. Corners of boards are lightly worn. Yellow front and rear endpapers. Illustration of "Kynance Cove" opposite half title page. Dedication to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall after title page. 2 page list of illustrations located after table of contents. Pages are evenly toned, text is clean and legible. Occasional illustrations of various scenes and wildlife throughout. Binding is secure with no missing pages. Fair Condition. Please contact us with questions or if you would like to see photographs.
First edition, first printing. Small format. Very good in pictorial boards. Gilt titles to the faded spine.
Language: English
Publication Date: 2025
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 306. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1849 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 306.
Language: English
Publication Date: 2025
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 302. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1873 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 302.
Published by SPCK, London, 1848
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. viii, [2], 322, engraved folding map, frontis, 70 text engravings. . HB. Sm. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, blind-stamped dec. border to both covers, blind-stamped dec. rules to spine, gt title. Spine a little faded with minor wear/chafing to head/foot. Some foxing to map, title and last few pages. An attractive, well-preserved copy. Vg. First edition. This book ran to four editions and was rarely out of print between 1848 and 1916. All editions and issues apart from the first are undated. (Full information on the editions may be found in Coombe, D.E. (1970) J. Soc. Bib. nat. Hist. 5(4): 259-269). Coombe states that this work, 'remains one of the most delightful and entertaining of local guide-books, but it is made a work of more than local and ephemeral importance by its content in natural history, by Johns's intimate knowledge of the area as a young man (1831-47), and by the outstanding botanical richness and geological peculiarities of this southernmost promontory of Cornwall.'Freeman 1972.
First edition, first printing. Small format. Near fine in brown boards. Gilt titles to the spine.
Published by The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge., London, 1848
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo. [viii] + 322 pp. Bound in original cream cloth, with decorative blind stamped borders. Extremities worn at head and tail of spine, which with board edges is darkened to brown. Flyleaves, map, preliminaries and end pages foxed, scattered elsewhere; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by numerous engraved text figures, including whole page and by folding map frontispiece. Attractive little pocket guide to the Lizard peninsula of Cornwall, the most southerly point of the mainland, including the history, geology, marine and plant life. The Rev. Charles Alexander Johns (1811-74) also published Botanical Notes, Forest Trees of Britain and Flowers of the Field. NATURAL HISTORY/SCIENCE CORNISH TOPOGRAPHY NATURAL HISTORY 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY/SCIENCE.
Publication Date: 2025
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1879 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 304 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 304 Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874.
Published by Editions Recreasoft, 2026
Seller: Livres Anciens Rares, Paris, France
Softcover. Condition: New. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition: 1848. This is a modern of the 1848. A travel and topographical work on the Lizard Peninsula, presented in a clean contemporary facsimile suitable for readers, collectors, and bibliophiles interested in British regional literature. Images are non-contractual. This is a modern of the original 1848 edition. A travel and topographical work on the Lizard Peninsula, offered as a clean contemporary facsimile for readers, collectors, and bibliophiles interested in British regional literature. Images are non-contractual. Book images are non-contractual. - Informations complémentaires : Langue : Anglais | Format : Livre broché | État : Neuf | Nombre de pages : 322.
Publication Date: 2024
Seller: Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, India
Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1873. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: - 302, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 302 302.
Publication Date: 2024
Seller: Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, India
Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1849. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: - 306, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 306 306.