Richard Griffin and Company 1861. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover rebound shows moderate cover wear. Text is unmarked. Ships FAST! Richard Griffin and Company hardcover
London: David Bogue Fleet Street 1855. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. COINS. Henry Noel Humphreys 1810-1879. "The Coinage of the British Empire: An Outline of the Progress of the Coinage in Great Britain and Her Dependencies from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Illustrated by Facsimiles of the Coins of Each Period Worked in Gold Silver and Copper." London: David Bogue Fleet Street 1855. English language. Hardcover with original intricately blind-stamped decorated brown cloth boards with inset silver and gold coin illustrations on front board and gilt-titling on spine set in clear Brodart jacket. Recased with later endpapers and head- and tail-bands. All edges gilt printed on wove. Nonfiction numismatic history text in twelve chapters with preface appendices and in-text woodcuts with twenty-four plates: twelve lithographs in black-and-white and twelve remarkable chromolithographs in brown and metallic gold silver and copper. 4to. 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches. 29 oz. 160 pp. 24 plates. Darkened sections on both front and back boards. Off-setting on pages across from chromolithographs. Toning. Interior clean. Binding tight. Near Fine in Fine jacket. No ISBN. No ASIN. OCLC: 10879682. REFERENCES: Masui 228 incorrect collation. McLean Victorian Book Design p.112. Yale: CJ2480 H85 1855. "Humphreys was a British illustrator naturalist entomologist and numismatist. He studied medieval manuscripts in Italy as a young man and became an accomplished scholar in numerous subjects. In addition to his numismatic texts Humphreys wrote works on entomology archaeology and the art of writing and printing. His repoussee or relievo bindings are especially exquisite. London: David Bogue, Fleet Street hardcover
Paperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Flight of the Lapwing - A Naval Officer's jottings in China Formosa and Japan is an unchanged high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1881. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research a paperback
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London: T. J. Allman ca. 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. . First edition. 4to original pictorial giltstamped maroon cloth a.e.g. Rebacked with original spine laid down and new endpapers front hinge starting but a very firm clean copy. 62 full-page hand-colored lithographs. London: T. J. Allman hardcover
Hardcover. Very good. Henry Humphreys. 32 pages of colour printed plates; iv pp of text at end. 8vo orig. publisher's black papier-mache with covers displaying six miracles in ovals leather backed with title on spine some splits on joints gilt on edges and turndowns marbled endpapers a.e.g. A fine example of Victorian book making. The beautiful colour printing is from the decorated illuminated manuscripts by Henry Humphreys 1810-1879. The papier-mache is in very good condition apart from a small chip in bottom right corner on back cover. No Jacket issued hardcover
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