James wylde ed (19 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 9 pieces of writing including novelettes and short stories. Featured are The Amber Frog by Stephanie A Smith (novelette), Report Upon the Descent of Commander Lentz by Paul Cook (novelette), The Storming of Annie Kinsale by Lucius Shepard (novelette), The Oncology of Hope by Thomas Wylde (novelette), The Stripe on Barberpolia by Martin Gardner (short story), Translations from the Colosian by Jack McDevitt (short story), A Voice Not Heard by Charles L Grant (short story), Heat of Fusion by John M Ford (short story) and Crow by James Patrick Kelly (short story). In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 10 pieces of writing including novelettes and short stories. Featured are The End of Life As We Know It by Lucius Shepard (novelette), In Media Vita by Gregory Frost (novelette), Fermi and Frost by Frederik Pohl (short story), And Who Would Pity a Swan? by Connie Willis (short story), The Final Assassin by Garry Kilworth (short story), To A Chimp Held Captive for Purposes of Research by Michael Bishop (short story), Quartermain by Barry N Malzberg (short story), Gorgonissa by Richard Purtill (short story), The Spinning Kingdom by Thomas Wylde (short story) and Need by James Sallis (short story). Light reading crease to the top right of front cover. In Near Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 6 pieces of writing including a novella, novelettes and short stories. Featured are In Another Country by Robert Silverberg (novella), The Few, The Proud by Harlan Ellison (novelette), The Loch Moose Monster by Janet Kagan (novelette), Black Nimbus by Thomas Wylde (short story), Dancing with the Chairs by James Patrick Kelly (short story) and Remaking History by Kim Stanley Robinson(short story). In Fine Condition.…

Condizione: Fair. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. [1862]. Frontis of Michael Faraday. Numerous other plates and in-text illustrations. Maroon cloth covers scuffed and marked. Gilt Circle of the Sciences on front cover. Gilt on spine. xxvii, 208 pp. Binding loose at hinges, but all pages furmly attached. Pages clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1050grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Vol. 2, Parts 1 & 2 in separate volumes. Published in mid 19th Century. Illus. Covers have stains, soil, wear to edges. Bumping/wear to corners and edges. Rubbing to spines. Interiors are age tanned/stained, no markings found. Both hinges split in Part 1, Front hinge in Part 2. Overweight, No International shipping, No Expedited shipping. Standard shipping only. > Language: English | > Size: 4to - over 9 3/4 in - 12 in Tall | > Media/Binding: Quarter Bound | > Publication Date Unknown |.…

Brown Cloth. Condizione: Good. Vol 1. lxxxiv, 667pp. Front inner hinge cracked & partially split. Covers lightly worn marked and nicked. Else good. Vol 2. 703pp. Front inner hinge cracked, covers lightly worn, marked and nicked. Else good. Profusely illustrated with engravings, diagrams and portraits, numerous plates. Good. Heavy books weighing 4.6 kilos. Extra postage will apply outside the Republic of Ireland.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Water stains to front boards, spine and corners rubbed. Heavy foxing to frontispiece vol 1, tanning to title page, may be new eps, some internal staining. Corners vol 2 worn to boards, spine seams cracked, weakness to front hinge, pull-out map has tattered edge but otherwise intact, lacks frontispiece. ; Contents readable, binding vol 1 firm, pull-out diagrams intact. ; Engravings; Thick 4to 11" - 13" tall; [1862-7] With an Introductory Discourse of the Objects, Pleasures, and Advantages of Science. Vol 1: experimental, chemical, mathematical, and mechanical philosophy, xxix, 1254. Vol 2: The natural history of the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdom, geography and geology, ix, 1092. Half-bound in green textured boards with black leather spine, 6 panels with gilt lettering, 5 raised bands, marbled edges, b&w engravings in wood and steel. Please enquire about postage before ordering.…

First Edition. Good copies all in the original gilt-decorated maroon cloth boards, now lightly scuffed and dust-dulled. Some corners bumped. Spines sun-toned and with some small abrasions; endbands rubbed (some fraying). The core text is generally bright and clean; some foxing shows to edges, preliminary/final leaves. Folded matter often likewise foxed, but remaining sound. A strong and well-preserved example overall. Physical description; 6 sections ; 29 cm. Notes; Sections 4 and 6-10 of 10. Organised and paginated in two volumes, with the volume break halfway through section 6. Contents; Vol. 1, Experimental, Chemical, Mathematical, and Mechanical Philosophy (1254 pages) -- Vol. 2, The Natural History of the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdom; Geography; and Geology (1092 pages). Subjects; Science. Encyclopedias. Natural history. Philosophy. 1 Kg. …

hardcover. Condizione: Fair. c 1880; London; brown cloth covered boards with 3/4 black leather; raised bands on spine; gilt titles; front joint of V1 is split; wear to covers; corners are bumped; boards showing through; all hinges are split; foxing to end papers; markings on ffep of both; page edges are marbled; Interiors are clean and unmarked; 4to - over 9 3/4" - 12" Tall; V1 has 84 pages in the introduction followed by 667 pages; V2 is 703 pages.…

First Edition. Good copies all in the original gilt-decorated maroon cloth boards, now lightly scuffed and dust-dulled. Some corners bumped. Spines sun-toned and with some small abrasions; endbands rubbed (some fraying). The core text is generally bright and clean; some foxing shows to edges, preliminary/final leaves. Folded matter often likewise foxed, but remaining sound. A strong and well-preserved example overall. Physical description; 6 sections ; 29 cm. Notes; Sections 4 and 6-10 of 10. Organised and paginated in two volumes, with the volume break halfway through section 6. Contents; Vol. 1, Experimental, Chemical, Mathematical, and Mechanical Philosophy (1254 pages) -- Vol. 2, The Natural History of the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdom; Geography; and Geology (1092 pages). Subjects; Science. Encyclopedias. Natural history. Philosophy. 1 Kg. …

2 vols in 6 divisions. Front. port., plates, illus; sl. spotting. Orig. olive green cloth, bevelled boards ('Roxburgh Style'); sl. rubbed. v.g. The leading pastedown of the first 'Division' (each volume is a division) is stamped: 'The Industries of the World will be completed in six divisions, bound in Roxburgh Style, price 6s. 6d. each'.…

Cloth. Condizione: Good. First edition. A scarce example of this lavishly illustrated Victorian natural history from James Wylde and Andrew Wilson, embellished with colour plates. The first edition of the scarce 'Royal Natural History', a beautifully illustrated exploration of mammals, birds, reptiles, molluscs and insects. Bound across two volumes, in later cloth. Renewed endpapers. Undated, dated from the British Library. Profusely illustrated with over two thousand engravings, including thirty-five chromolithographic plates. Collated, complete. A comprehensive textbook systematically arranged into forty-five sub-groups, including American monkeys, seals, elephants, bats, shrews, bears, toothless animals, swimming birds, frogs etc. Edited by James Wylde, with an introduction to the study of natural history by Scottish zoologist Dr. Andrew Wilson. In a later cloth binding. Externally, smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities and light marks to the boards. Rear hinge to Vol II starting but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound, with plate and p. 575-576 detached but present, and plate facing p. 713 detached but present. Pages are generally bright, with a few scattered spots and occasional tide marks. Offsetting to the endpapers. Archival repair to pp. 709-712, which has withstood notable tide marks. Ownership ink inscription to the front free endpapers. Good. Not Stated (illustratore). book. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Nice 1/2 leather 4 volume set all with tight bindings, solid boards with lightly rubbed edges, gilt illustration to front boards, 5 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine strips, clean, unmarked pages throughout. Circa 1868. 0.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. A comprehensive set on upcoming knowledge regarding physics, mathematics, chemistry and biology, with various portraits, diagrams and plates. An early edition of The Circle of the Science: A cyclopaedia of Experimental, Chemical, Mathematica, & Mechanical Philosophy and Natural History, with an introductory discourse of the Objects, Pleasures and Advantages of Science by Henry Brougham. Edited by James Wylde. Published by The London Printing and Publishing Company in c.1868. Volumes I and II in nine books.In the publisher's original maroon decorative cloth.A very informative set that offers readers the latest knowledge on science, covering physics, biology, chemistry and mathematics.Volume I - Focusing on light, heat, electricity and photography. Contains a frontispiece of Michael Faraday, and five other monochrome plates. Collated complete.Volume II - Focusing on magnetism, acoustics, chemistry, and arithmetic. Contains a frontispiece J.F.W. Herschel, and five other monochrome plates. Collated complete.Volume III - Focusing on algebra, logarithms, geometry, and trigonometry. Contains a frontispiece of Olinthus Gregory and five other monochrome plates. Collated complete.Volume IV - Focusing on mechanics, steam power, and astronomy. Contains a frontispiece of Morrison's patent double-acting steam hammer, and five other monochrome plates, including a folding plate. Collated complete.Volume V - Focusing on astronomy, including navigation and nautical astronomy, as well as meteorology. Contains a frontispiece of astronomic devices, and four other monochrome plates, including two folding maps. Collated complete.Volume VI - Focusing on meteorology, and beginning volume II on Natural History, including on comparative physiology and zoology. Contains Seven monochrome plates, including three folding plates. Collated complete.Volume VII - Focusing on zoology, including on entomology, ornithology, and herpetology. Contains six monochrome plates, including two folding plates, and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated complete.Volume VIII - Focusing on zoology, ethnology, and botany. Contains a frontispiece of Richard Owen, as well as five other monochrome plates, and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated complete.Volume IX - Focusing on crystallography, minerology, geography and geology. Contains six monochrome plates. Collated complete. In the publisher's original maroon decorative cloth.Externally, smart, with the rare small mark to boards, except marks to top left of front board to volume VI. Fading to spines, lighter to volumes VII-IX. Slight bumping to the heads and tails of the spines, and to the extremities. Minor edgewear. End papers are bright and generally clean, with the small odd mark, rarer to vol. I and more frequent to vol. V. Internally, firmly bound, with exceptions tender binding to leaves pp.484-487 of vol. VIII and slight wear to hinge between leaves pp.802-803 of vol. IV. Pages are bright and clean, with the rare spot, generally on verso of plates, and slight browning to final leaves of vols. IV, VI, and IX. Very Good. Various (illustratore). book.…

Leatherbound. Condizione: 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: 538. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1867 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. Volume 2 p1 Language: English Pages: 538 Volume 2 p1.…

Leatherbound. Condizione: 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: 674. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1867 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. Volume 2 p2 Language: English Pages: 674 Volume 2 p2.…

Leatherbound. Condizione: 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: 664. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1867 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. Volume 1 p2 Language: English Pages: 664 Volume 1 p2.…

Leatherbound. Condizione: 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: 768. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1867 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. Volume 1 Language: English Pages: 768 Volume 1.…

Leatherbound. Condizione: 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: 780. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1867 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. Volume 1 p1 Language: English Pages: 780 Volume 1 p1.…