Sylvanus urban edward cave (102 risultati)

Paper Cover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. 74pp + 2 of 3 plates. 8 x 5 inch. Original magazine disbound from a compilation. Still well bound together with part leather to spine but without original exterior paper wrapper (supplied as shown in pic attached). Interior in nice clean condition. No names nor inscriptions. Includes articles on Parliamentary Proceedings, Proceedings of National Assembly of France, Births, Marriages and Deaths.…

Paper Cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 94pp + 2 plates. Original magazine disbound from a compilation. 8 x 5 inch. Still well bound together with part leather to spine but without original exterior paper wrapper (supplied as shown in pic attached). Interior in nice clean condition. No names nor inscriptions. The index includes a plate on Axminster church but this is not present although nothing appears to have been removed. Includes usual articles on Domestic and International News, Reviews of New Publications, Parliamentary Proceedings, Proceedings of National Assembly of France, Births, Marriages and Deaths, Stocks & Shares prices, Obituaries. Meteorological Table (day by day for the month).…

Paper Cover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. 94pp + all 3 plates (as called for). 8 x 5 inch. Original magazine disbound from a compilation. Still well bound together with part leather to spine but without original exterior paper wrapper (supplied as shown in pic attached). Interior in nice clean condition. No names nor inscriptions. (printers error shows 1790 instead of 1792 on cover). Includes articles on Phlogiston, Universal Measures, Padoucas or White Indians, Sir Hugh Middleton's descendants, etc as well as usual ones on Domestic and International News, Reviews of New Publications, Parliamentary Proceedings, Proceedings of National Assembly of France, Births, Marriages and Deaths, Stocks & Shares prices, Meteorological Table (day by day).…

Paper Cover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. 94pp + all 3 plates. Original magazine disbound from a compilation. 8 x 5 inch. Still well bound together with part leather to spine but without original exterior paper wrapper (supplied as shown in pic attached). Interior in nice clean condition. No names nor inscriptions. Includes usual articles on Domestic and International News, Reviews of New Publications, Parliamentary Proceedings, Proceedings of National Assembly of France, Births, Marriages and Deaths, Stocks & Shares prices, Obituaries. Meteorological Table (day by day for the month).…

Paper Cover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. 94pp + all 5 plates (one folding). Original magazine disbound from a compilation. 8 x 5 inch. Still well bound together with part leather to spine but without original exterior paper wrapper (supplied as shown in pic attached). Interior in nice clean condition. No names nor inscriptions. The fold-out plate of Lamballe is shorter than full page and edges rough-cut. Includes usual articles on Domestic and International News, Reviews of New Publications, Parliamentary Proceedings, Proceedings of National Assembly of France, Births, Marriages and Deaths, Stocks & Shares prices, Meteorological Table (day by day for the month).…

Paper Cover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. 94pp + all 3 plates (as called for). 8 x 5 inch. Original magazine disbound from a compilation. Still well bound together with part leather to spine but without original exterior paper wrapper (supplied as shown in pic attached). Interior in nice clean condition. No names nor inscriptions. Includes articles on Horrid Massacres in Paris, Dr Blakey on navigation of The Antients, Historical Account of LOCKE family, Middleton Family, Mr Budworth of Brewood, etc as well as usual ones on Domestic and International News, Reviews of New Publications, Parliamentary Proceedings, Proceedings of National Assembly of France, Births, Marriages and Deaths, Stocks & Shares prices, Meteorological Table (day by day).…

Paper Cover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. 94pp + 2 plates (as called for). 8 x 5 inch. Original magazine disbound from a compilation. Still well bound together with part leather to spine but without original exterior paper wrapper (supplied as shown in pic attached). The folding plate of sigs & letter has some foxing and has been mis-folded but otherwise the interior is in nice clean condition. No names nor inscriptions. Includes articles on as well as usual ones on Domestic and International News, Reviews of New Publications, Parliamentary Proceedings, Proceedings of National Assembly of France, Births, Marriages and Deaths, Stocks & Shares prices, Meteorological Table (day by day). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Particularly lovely exemplar of the First Edition of the January 1745 issue of The Gentleman's Magazine. Edited and published by Edward Cave, whose nom-de-plume was Sylvanus Urban, it functioned as a repository of art, culture, literature and especially politics for the learned Englishman and woman. Handsomely rebound in full-calf leather, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine, new endpapers, blind-stamped ruled edges front and rear, but no notes as to binder. Measures 8 3/4" x 5 1/8" tall and wide, respectively. Double-column text, handsomely engraved heads, tails and initial letters. Proceedings and Debates in the Senate of Lilliput including regarding the "house of hurgoes" and recent legislation written to criminalize holding "correspondence with the sons of the pretender," then a "Speech on the Report of the Hanoverian Troops 1744," a "Plan for Establishing a National Militia," and assorted other matters of national politics, Empire, and literature including a lengthy section of books newly out. Staining to text-block edges such that remaining oblong, football-shaped interior is bright and unmarked, whereas edges are lightly stained, thus slightly more difficult to read; tide-lines not sharp, generally unobtrusive. All in, a fine, accessible monthly contribution to a leading English periodical. [3], 4-56 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…

Other. Octavo, paged 500-552. In clear plastic sleeve with cardboard backing. In Poor plus condition. Spine is exposed text block and remainder of original cover. Original cover lacking. Text block has light age-toning to paper. Illustrated: b&w. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #2. 1384841. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Wraps (PB) in very good condition with 3 small enclosed eas bottom of pages near spine.First edition . A disbound copy in Near Fine condition. All pages present and still attached at the spine. Title page with woodcut vignette of St. John's Gate, and with List of Contents. Printed by D. Henry.Two engraved plates . Title page with woodcut vignette of St. John's Gate, and with List of Contents. Printed by D. Henry one engraved plate. Forty topics are listed. High lites include "Contents of an exceedlingly profane pamphlet", "History of Zimim, a Turkish Prince" "An Essay on luck", "Remarkable discovery of a private murder" and "An account of a journey to Siberia" among many other interesting topics. 47 pages.…

Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps, July, 1772 monthly issue, (8 x 5 inches), pages 300 through 344 [44 pages]; illustrated with three copper-plate engravings (Somersetshire Edge House, Ships of Taitia, and Two Rare California Animals). Containing: Argument in Support of Property in Slaves; Argument Against Property in Slaves; Account of the buring and rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral; Description of two rare Animals, peculiar to California; Regimen recommended to Patients in the Small Pox, and more. "The Gentleman's Magazine was founded in London, England, by Edward Cave in January 1731. It ran uninterrupted for almost 200 years, until 1922. It was the first to use the term "magazine" for a periodical. Samuel Johnson's first regular employment as a writer was with The Gentleman's Magazine." A clean, well-preserved example of a SCARCE issue.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. General title + preface (2)- 706 pp - (18pp) index some text illustration Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. Very occasional notes in ink to the lower blank margin, lower blank margin of pp112 torn away, front inner joint cracked along gutter. The contents text block with light age toning, clean and tight. Bound in a contemporary full tan calf part loss to leather to the top 1/3 of the spine loss to inner lower inner corner of the front board, the binding remains tight.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback, half-leather with marbled paper covered boards. 21.5 × 13cm, iv + 584pp, index [14pp]. A bound volume with the six issues from the first half of 1794, each with their own title page featuring St John's Gate in Clerkenwell and printed in double columns. They contain the usual collection of letters, history, architecture, reviews, obituaries, poetry etc and with some fine engravings throughout. This copy with 18 plates and one drawing within the text. It doesn't quite correspond to the plate index as some of the listed images are in fact smaller images on a different plate and bound in a different place (for example Jack turned by Charles II is given as p507, but in fact forms part of the plate at p495). All pictures listed in the plate index can be located within the book, the majority being bound in the correct place. Condition: Good for age. The leather and corners are rubbed, the front joint delicate but holding by the string. The pages are age-toned as expected but the inner binding is secure, and the book remains in strong readable condition. Occasional staining to the margins but these are few and far between.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. General title 699 pp - (19pp) index. Includes some text illustrations. Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. The contents text block some even browning and age toning armorial bookplate of William Monson to the front paste down the contents tight, Bound in a recent full tan with calf contrasting labels, the binding tight. Samuel Johnson published "London". His important early poem London, an imitation of Juvenal, appeared in May 1738.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. March 1736 - December 1736 and issues January and February 1737 General title and frontis "A Map of the Old World (iv) - 115 -787pp - (17pp) index + 128 pp January and February 1737. Bound with engraved monthly title pages and the general title some erratic pagination collates complete on catch words. Some very occasional ink notes to margins. Contents clean and tight. Rear end paper split along the gutter. Bound in contemporary full tan calf chipping to the head of spine and some loss to lower part of the spine and part splitting to spine edges, the binding tight.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 698 pp - (18pp) index some text illustration + General title and 2pp preface before Supplement lacking plates and folding map Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. Very occasional notes in ink to the lower blank margin. Lacking the folding maps and plates although there is no sign they were ever bound in, the text block with light age toning, clean and tight. Bound in a contemporary full tan calf, light rubbing to the head of the spine, the binding tight. Includes details of events in Georgia and the Spanish invasion.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. General title + preface (2)- 704 pp - (18pp) index some text illustration and map of Germany Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. The contents text block with light age toning, clean and tight. Bound in a contemporary full tan calf wear to the head and tail of the spine lacking title the label some rubbing to edges, the binding tight. Includes in the supplement10 pp list of British ships taken by the Spaniards and Ships taken from the Spaniards.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. General title and frontis "A Map of the Garden of Eden" 830 pp - (16pp) index. Page 35/36-part loss to outer edge lower half Bound with engraved monthly title pages some erratic pagination collates complete. Armorial bookplate of Joseph Bowman to front paste down. The contents clean and tight, full contemporary full calf light rubbing to edges and surface rubbing to the spine the binding tight. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. General title + vii preface, bound before supplement, 660 pp - (16pp) index. Lacking the 2 folding maps, West Indies and Chart Atlantic Ocean, still present Draught of the Castle of San Lorenzo, - Town and Castle of St Augustine and the English Camp, - A plan of the City Harbour of La Vera Cruz, + text plans including full page plan of Cartagena Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. The contents text block with light age toning, clean and tight. Bound in a contemporary full tan light rubbing to edges, the binding tight.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. General title 698 pp - (18pp) index. 2 folding maps, Map of, The Sa-Porowian Kosaks, and "An Exact Map of the Crim" with explanation notes below, Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. The contents text block with light age toning, clean and tight. Armorial bookplate of Joseph Bowman to the front paste down. Bound in a contemporary full calf some darkening, with rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and edges and corners crack to lower spine, the binding tight. Includes some references to the colony of Georgia.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. General title and 2pp preface 716 pp - (14pp) index text illustration and map of Netherlands. Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. Very occasional notes in ink to the blank margin. The text block with light age toning, clean and tight. Bound in a contemporary full tan calf, light rubbing to spine edges, the binding tight.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. General title and frontis, iv - 778pp + (18pp) index, .at end of July 2nd title" Extraordinary" Poems Bound with engraved monthly title pages and the general title some erratic pagination collates complete on catch words. Some very occasional ink notes to margins. Contents clean and tight. Bound in contemporary full tan calf tight. chipping to the head and tail of the spine some scuffing to the boards in places, a very good copy. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. General title and 2pp preface 710 pp - (18pp) index some text illustration including Plan of the Battle of Gladsmuir also a plan of Carlisle Bound with the engraved monthly title pages, some erratic pagination collates complete. Very occasional notes in ink to the blank margin. The text block with light age toning, clean and tight. Bound in a contemporary full tan calf, light rubbing to the head of the spine, and edges the binding tight. This edition gives contemporary reporting of the Jacobite Rising of 1745.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. The Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle, issued in 1791 under the name Sylvanus Urban, contains a wide range of reports and notices from Britain and abroad, including material on early American conflicts, correspondence involving George Washington and Native American tribes, and records of militia losses during the Northwest Indian War, along with commentary on trade, colonial affairs, and debate surrounding the slave trade. Additional entries cover British military campaigns in India, naval activity in Jamaica, and proposals relating to Captain James Cook, alongside an engraved plate depicting Gentoo practices. Good condition, with a leather binding, front cover loose but attached by threads, a secure text block, and pages showing age toning while remaining legible. Octavo (8vo), single volume. Collation: iv, 591, [17] pp. Illustrations: 18 engraved plates. Edition: 1791. References: standard eighteenth century periodical. #50664. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. Original issue, removed from collection. Shows minor wear, rubbing, tanning, one leaf with a burned corner impacting a bit of text.

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. Original copy, not a reprint. Looks like it was once bound together with other issues. Shows minor wear, light tanning. Includes a diagram of the Solar System.

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. Original issue, not a reprint. Spine indicates it was once bound together with other issues. Pages are slightly tanned and foxed.

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. Original issue, not a reprint. Shows minor wear, tanning, rubbing to the spine, textblock is split at the first quire. Includes fold-out map of Maestricht (now called Maastricht in the Netherlands) with the surrounding area and the encampments from the 1632 siege of that city. Illustrations of poisonous root (now known as Oenanthe crocata, hemlock water-dropwort) and of a machine for cleaning corn.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. Original issue, not a reprint. Shows minor wear, rubbing, tanning, loss on the spine. Includes account of the execution of Lord Lovat, nicknamed the Fox, a Scottish Jacobite and Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat, who was defeated at the Battle of Culloden and convicted of treason. Diagram of how to heat a house. Amusing speech of Polly Baker in Connecticut who was being prosecuted for the fifth time for having a child out of wedlock. Accounts of Iseland and Groenland. Folding map of Breda and surrounding counties in Holland.…

Leather. Condizione: Very Good. Includes January through June editions from 1800. Lacks volume plate on spine. Title plate on spine is starting to lift. Hinges cracked along front and back edges, but still fully attached. Mild wear along top, bottom, and fore-edges. Wear at head and tail of spine. Small chip on tail of spine. Two reader's creases along spine. Chip on front edge of spine, at head. Two, very small, closed tears on back edge of spine, at head with some light creasing. Two, dark brown stains on back board. Previous owner's book plate adhered to front paste down page, image from bookplate is faintly visible on first free end page as well. Previous owner's markings on first free end page. and back end-papers. Hinge cracked at p. 600 but still attached. Otherwise in very good condition. …