D landsborough rev (10 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. xii, 400, [i ads ]pp. 20 hand-colored lithographic plates in fine condition. Original pub. cloth with gilt dec. front and spine. 17x13cms. A nice copy with fine hand-coloured plates. one gathering a trifle loose but sound.

Decorative Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy in the original decorative cloth binding with 20 hand coloured plates. This book is part of Lovell Reeve's Popular History series designed for young people. All the books measure around 13 x 16.6cm and came in a gilt decorative cloth binding or could be bound to taste. They had particularly well produced colour plates, although the quality of the writing varied. This copy is in its original binding which is bright and clean. The spine ends are pulled with 3 tiny splits at the top (at the joints and in the middle). Corners are turned. There is the decorative bookplate of Edward Braxton Reynolds, Public Analyst (motto - There was death in the pot) at the front pastdown endpaper. A 24pp publisher's catalogue is tipped in at the front endpapers. Contents with tissue-guarded hand coloured frontispiece and 19 further plates. Plates and text are generally very clean and in very good condition. There is some light toning towards text page edges, particularly at the top edge, and some text pages are unopened. Pages 41-44 have slight loss at the top where they have been poorly opened. Some stitching is slightly wobbly. Achilles, F Reeve (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 12mo; xii & 404 pages; Publisher's blue-gray pebbled cloth, top, fore and bottom edges trimmed rough. Elaborate gilt-blocked spine and decorative gilt figure centered on the front cover. (The latter is a detailed version, stamped in gilt, of 'Actinia crassicornis' (see plate XIV). The spine is somewhat faded and muted, the gilt plate on the cover is brighter. The endpapers in this copy are white paper with a subtle marbled printed pattern -- these seem to be 20th century replacements (and have had the effect of tightening the hinges of this copy). The sewing is sound. First edition. The author was David Landsborough [1774-1854] a keen and accomplished amateur naturalist who was also a minister of the Free Church of Scotland. He published a 'Popular History of British Seaweeds' in 1849, which was well received. This success led to his invitation to join the Linnean Society of London in that year; the present work was also commissioned as a result. While this volume, with its delicate, partially colored plates may have been intended as a work for the young, it has earned a pace in R. B . Freeman's 'British Natural History Books 1495â"1900: A Handlist' -- (see number 2152). The large cover plate depicts what is now called 'Urticina crassicornis' -- commonly known as the mottled anemone, the painted anemone or the Christmas anemone. Twenty engraved plates.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Reeve, Benham, and Reeve 1849. Loose binding. Part of the spine detached. Illustrations fine. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 20 hand-colored lithographic plates. Contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards. Previous owner's signature in pencil on ffep. Pages toned. Very good copy. From the Collection of Judith Adelman. BC04A/B.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. First edition. A first edition copy of this illustrated natural history volume by natural historian David Landsborough. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative red cloth binding.Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, and 19 further coloured plates. Collated, complete.A work by the Rev. David Landsborough, a Scottish natural historian and Presbyterian minister known for his studies of marine algae and zoophytes, popularising marine botany. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, causing cloth to crack. Fading to spine. Shelf wear to extremities. Partially removed book seller's sticker to front paste down. Lacking front free endpaper. Front hinge cracked but firm. Internally, mostly firmly bound. Slightly fragile to the middle of the work. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd spot. Very Good. Not Stated (illustratore). book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 3rd Edition. Very Fine internally clean tight and unmarked with all 20 color plates as called for, paginated 24 [publisher's ads], 400; rebound in modern half leather over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, signed "JS" in lower corner of front cover, beautiful book, bookplate on front pastedown. …

Gilt Decorated Leather. Condizione: Near Fine. Second Edition. Second edition. xx, 400, 8 pp. Catalogue of books at end. Colour frontispiece, 19 colour and 2 black and white plates. Rebound in gilt-decorated and lettered green goatskin, with blind-stamped decoration to the lower board, by Mary Bartlett, Dartington Hall, Devon and stamped MB81 to lower board. Marbled endpapers. Spine a touch sunned and minimal spotting to the text. Rev. Landsborough was a member of the Wernerian Society of Edinburgh and Author of 'Excursions to the Isle of Arran'. 16.5cms tall. Small 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. *** IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE THE UK YOU MUST CHOOSE PRIORITY MAIL SHIPPING AT CHECKOUT SO THAT I CAN SEND THIS BOOK AIR MAIL WITH TRACKING AND INSURANCE. IF YOU DO NOT CHOOSE PRIORITY MAIL, I WILL REFUSE YOUR ORDER AND I WILL NOT TRADE WITH YOU AGAIN. *** This is a UK first edition hardcover, published by Reeve, Benham, and Reeve in 1849. The photos show the condition better than I can describe, however overall I am grading as Very Good condition for its age, The book has the original brown boards with the gilt front cover illustration intact and a straight spine, sharp corners and firm spine ends. However the spine ends are scuffed lightly as you can see. When you open the book you'll see that the front end paper has split from the jacket along the seam but is still attached and easily remedied. There is an owner inscription dated 1876 and the end papers are toned / foxed. The text block is solid with clean pages overall, aside from the odd intrusion of fox spots on several pages, but nothing significant. The book has 368 pages with several pages at the end advertising other works in press or due to be in July 1849. The book is illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations and full page colour illustrations. The title page confirms the publication in 1849.…

Lovell, Reeve. London. 1857. Third edition. No DW. Original decorated green cloth gilt. Spine sunned. 400 pages. Coloured frontis. with tissue guard + 19 coloured plates, others in b/w. Small squat 8vo. A lovely clean and sound copy.