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1911réf. CAT001039Mexico: Manuel León Sánchez 1911. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition. Original blue cloth rubbed worn at corners water stain to rear hinges a little tender. Slight age toning internally. 208pp. An old manuscript recipe for atole laid in previous oenr's name on half title. Menus Numbered recipes by type soups eggs fish guisados dulces etc then sections on hygiene and domestic medicine. Interspersed with advertisements - an interesting book of household management. It's unusual to see medical and household receipts mixed with cookery in Mexican cookbooks. 6 copies in OCLC. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT001039. Manuel León Sánchez hardcover
1909réf. 046928London: The Offices of Country Life George Newes 1909. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. vi 960 pages. Volume 25 only January 1906- June 1906. The binding measures 14 1/2 inches tall by almost 10 1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in full green cloth with cover titles in gilt and with beveled edges. Moderate wear to the binding. Binding has some rubbing on the back cover as well as some light scuff marks. Outside edges of the text block are foxed. A sound copy with clean text. Illustrated throughout with photos of gardens English manor houses dogs hunting Lords and Ladies etc. Six page Index at the front. Inscribed on the title page by the original owner "Dr. G. C. Lippincott U.S.N. / Salem N. Jersey." George C. Lippincott 1850-1951 was a doctor in the U.S. Navy in the 1870s-1880s before he opened his office in Salem. We have several other hardback volumes in this series. The Offices of Country Life, George Newes hardcover
réf. 1444617966.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 0851620Edinburgh ca. 1831: Printed By J. Hutchison for the Heirs of D. Willison. First Thus. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. The first volume of the celebrated 'The Journal of a Soldier' containing 4 parts. a survivor copy rebound/restored in red cloth with leather spine label 12mo 307pp. title pages missing toning and occasional foxing to pages bookplate to inside cover. Contains four Memoirs of Scottish infantrymen detailing their wartime memories Preface dated 1828. Includes four parts: 1. Journal of a Soldier of the LXXI Regiment from 1806 to 1815; 2. Adam Neale: The Spanish Campaign of 1808; 3. Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Hope: Despatch After the Battle of Corunna; & 4. John Malcolm: Reminiscences of a Campaign in the Pyrenees and South of France in 1814. A scarce volume of Scottish military history. Printed By J. Hutchison for the Heirs of D. Willison hardcover
réf. 0851161103.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1825réf. 0847544London: G. Hebert 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by upwards of one Hundred Engravings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In 3/4 brown leather over speckled boards 8vo 376pp. Containing 23 issues spanning September 1824 to July 1825. shelfwear rubbing to outer extremities spine and boards toning and foxing to edges endpapers and some margins; vintage names/notes to endpaper. G. Hebert hardcover
1874réf. 0809039Nova York 1874: Sociedade De Tractados Americana. 1874. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. First Thus Collectible. H Hardcover. Fair. In original brown cloth boards 12mo 93pp. A scarce foreign language publication by the American Tract Society. Gift inscription to endpaper dated 1874. heavy wear and dulling to outer boards spine perished strip missing; stain to text pages to upper tip corners. A fair reading/reference copy of a very scarce title. Sociedade De Tractados Americana hardcover
réf. 0793194London ca. 1879: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Thus Used. H Hard Cover -. Good. In original blue cloth with gilt titling 12mo approx 100pp. A scarce collection including 5 stories each with title pages. shelfwear rubbing and dulling to cloth tips and corners worn light browning to edges gift inscription to endpaper dated 1879. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge hardcover
réf. 1039167020.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 144650011X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 0853683034.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 1447421078.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1903754011.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 9527London. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Four reports bound into a single volume in grey cloth with black leather title strip to majority of spine with gilt lettering. "New Zealand General Assembly Library" crest embossed to front. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: bruised corners and chipped pper spine end. Lightly soiled cloth margins. Light wear to title plate. Tightly bound with library sticker to front paste down and pocket to rear board. Lightly toned unmarked pages. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages 115 79 32 40. Size: 8vo 24.5cm by 15cm. hardcover
1774réf. R26GLTGN1112Paris: Chez Vincent 1774. Hardback green morocco with gilt decoration to spine and borders of boards. Edges gilt. Marbled end-papers. 16.5cm x 11cm. Text in French. Pp. 2 422 234 52 32. Spine faded slight wear to extremities. Bookplate to front pastedown. A few spots to bottom edge. Scarce. r26. Hard Cover. Very Good. Chez Vincent Hardcover
1793réf. 92_GLTTAN1512London: C. And G. Kearsley 1793. Hardback modern half-leather gilt titles and bands to spine. 27.5cm x 23cm. New end-papers. Pp. vii 571 1 advert. Age-discolouration to inner hinge on title page and following two pages. Waterstain to fore edge with some occasional fore margins affected. Private ownership. A heavy book additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. 92000. Hard Cover. Good. C. And G. Kearsley Hardcover
1945réf. 72-1667Portland: Multnomah Printing 1914 1945. 1st ed NAP. 79p. Photos. Grey Cloth. Copy of Capt. Henry Hackenyas Fine copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Multnomah Printing, 1914 Hardcover
1818réf. 5171818. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 230mm by 135mm sheet. Australian native botanical engraving from Curtis's Botanical Magazine. William Curtis 1746-1799 was a trained pharmacist in London who maintained a large garden and devoted himself to the study of its flora. He began publishing the Curtis Botanical Magazine in 1787.Accompanied by original text describing features of the plant when it was introduced and by whom and whose collection it comes from.One small indented line.Ref : AUSBOT unknown
1820réf. 33021820. Copper-line engraving. 235mm by 180mm sheet0. From Friedrich Ludwig Lindner's 'Der fünfte Welttheil oder Australien. Eine geographisches Hand- und Lesebuch zur Belehrung und Unterhaltung. Nach den Berichten der glaubwürdigsten Reisenden. The fifth continent or Australia. A geographical guide and reader for instruction and entertainment. Based on the accounts of reliable travellers. CONDITION : Light folds as issued. a couple of light spots. Short repaired tear on left hand side. unknown
1858réf. 4441858. Chromolithograph. 260mm by 170mm sheet. Native of Australia. From 'L'Illustration Horticole' which was one of the finest botanical periodicals and was first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate people about the fascinating plants being gathered from around the world and hopefully persuade them to buy from the associated plant nurseries.The driving forces behind it were Charles Lemaire a professor of botany Ambroise Verschaffelt of the Nursery Verschaffelt and the Linden family renowned Belgian horticulturists.Scattered foxing. unknown
1800réf. 6521800. Copper line engraving. William Hunter FRS 1718- 1783 was a Scottish anatomist and physician. He was a leading teacher of anatomy and the outstanding obstetrician of his day. His guidance and training of his ultimately more famous brother John Hunter was also of great importance. Faint waterstain lower left corner. unknown
1804réf. 28201804. Stipple engraving. 175mm by 115mm sheet. The Reverend Dr Nevil Maskelyne FRS 1732 - 1811 was the fifth British Astronomer Royal. He held the office from 1765 to 1811. William Wales named the Maskelynes Islands in southern Malekule Vanuatu after him while on James Cook's second voyage in Resolution. Trimmed within platemark on right edge of sheet. Very light off-setting. unknown
1850réf. 4611850. Steel-engraving. 205mm by 160mm platemark. Sir Joseph Paxton 1803-1865 was an English gardener architect and Member of Parliament best known for designing The Crystal Palace. In 1831 Paxton published a monthly magazine The Horticultural Register. This was followed by the Magazine of Botany in 1834 the Pocket Botanical Dictionary in 1840 The Flower Garden in 1850 and the Calendar of Gardening Operations. Images of Australian plants were included in his publications esp the Magazine of Botany.Some very light handling creases and remains of erased pencil inscription below the title. Rare unknown
1859réf. 14541859. Wood-engraving. 280mm by 210mm sheet. Mr Punch is depicted with some of the political ministers who have been victims of his satire. From 'Melbourne Punch'. Melbourne Punch began in 1855. From 1855-1861 Nicholas Chevalier was one of the principal cartoonists most of whose work was engraved by Samuel Calvert. unknown
1795réf. 26301795. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 240mm by 150mm sheet. Native of Botany Bay brought over by Captain Tench. Australian native botanical engraving from Curtis' Botanical Magazine. William Curtis 1746-1799 was a trained pharmacist in London who maintained a large garden and devoted himself to the study of its flora. He began publishing the Curtis Botanical Magazine in 1787.Accompanied by original text describing features of the plant when it was introduced and by whom and whose collection it comes from. unknown