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19868vo., First Edition, with coloured photographs in the text; original coloured photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
19648vo., Twenty-Third Edition, with numerous photographs and a double-page map in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy.
19621st edition. VG hbk in blue cloth, gilt. Cover spine sunned. Front endpaper removed. 16894. eng
17758vo., 42pp, on laid paper, with a fine copper-engraved plate of Forde Abbey, Devon; newly bound in blue cloth, uncut and partly unopened, original blue printed wrappers preserved, a remarkably clean, crisp copy. This early part-work was issued in regular parts, each enhanced by a well-executed engraving. The pagination of this part runs from p.201-p.240. Pp.201-207 complete Devon, covering Okehampton, Crediton, Tiverton, Barnstaple, Bideford, Northam, Hartland, Clovelly, Ilfracombe, Combe Martin, Appledore and Lundy Island. Pp. 202-240 begin Cornwall, beginning with a general introduction and covering St. German's, Fowey, Tregony, Lostwithiel, Liskard, Grampound, Truro, Penryn, Falmouth, Pendennis, St. Maud, Heston, Market-Jew, Penzance, St. Buryan, Godolphin Hills, Isles of Scilly, Launceston, Camelford, Boscastle, Tintagel, Wadebridge, Padstow, St. Michaels, Kellington, St. Neots, Bodmin and Saltash. Original parts of this compilation are extremely rare, especially in this condition.
ref. 1396499555.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1391131673.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
197948 pages. Features: Great cover photo of a fully occupied Royal Albert Dock in 1958; Photo inside front cover of HMS Jersey (P275) in 1977; Full-page pre-war photo of a spritsail barge in the West India Dock, Port of London; On the Waterfront; Where to See the Big Ships; News From Portsmouth - a photo report; HMS 'Ganges' - a last look; Bosphorus Shipping; Vintage Thames Shipping Photos - part 1; Guide to Ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy; New Ship News; European Commentary; Freak Ships (2) - The 'Ross Winans'; "Invincible" goes to Sea Trials; Readers' Album - Atlantic Liners; Ship Sales; Letters; Ship Societies - The Coastal Cruising Association; Nice photo of the HMS 'Cornwall' in 1936 inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1844ref. 31953London: Published by Wm. S. Orr & Co. Paternaster Row 1844. Very Good. London: Published by Wm. S. Orr & Co. Paternaster Row 1844. Early edition with the Meadows illustrations. Three quarto volumes. Full engraved plates throughout with numerous in-text illustrations. Bound in full contemporary brown morocco; five raised bands; gilt decoration to front rear and spine; all edges gilt; maroon endpapers. Light wear and minor scuffing to boards; corners bumped. Bindings sound. Contemporary gift inscription to an Isabella Downer dated 1847 to volume I preliminaries; "Western Supply Co." stamps to preliminaries of each volume; light spotting and smudging; interiors else unmarked. A Very Good and attractive set notable for the appearance Kenny Meadows' illustrations. Though his Shakespeare work received mixed reviews in England it was much lauded in Germany in particular his depiction of Falstaff. Everitt Graham. "English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century." pp. 356-361. Published by Wm. S. Orr & Co., Paternaster Row unknown
1844ref. 105906London: Wm S Orr & Co 1844. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Kenny Meadows. Attractive three volume illustrated set of the works of Shakspere/Shakespeare" revised from the best authorities with a memoir and essay on his genius by Barry Cornwall; Annotations and introductory remarks on the plays by many distinguished writers; illustrated with engravings on wood from designs by Kenny Meadows." Foxing early and late particularly to titles and contents pages and toning to rough cut page edges but in general all is in good internal order with only occasional spotting. Numerous illustrations both in text and full-page tissue-guarded engravings. Attractive marbled endpapers to each volume and uniform black half leather bindings with burgundy cloth. Leather is well worn to edges with some splitting at hinges of vol.1 but all is holding firm. 4to. Vol.I Memoir and essay comedies. xxxii 602pp; vol.II Tragedies 570pp; vol.III Historical plays poems and sonnets. 488pp appendix. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church reg.10998431. Wm S Orr & Co hardcover
2007ref. x-1842778196Zed Books 2007. Paperback. New. 253 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.50 inches. Zed Books paperback
18618vo., Second Edition, with a folding engraved map as frontispiece and 3 folding engraved maps; original green cloth, upper board withy blind frame border enclosing title and author in gilt, gilt back, red sprinkled edges, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, bright, fresh copy. With the engraved bookplates of C J Peacock and Alfred Pounder on front paste-down and front free endpaper respectively. The engraved county maps by Hall (of Cornwall, Devonshire, Dorsetshire and Hampshire) are unusually crisp and clean. A previous owner has encased the cloth covers in clear plastic. Lovely copy of the corrected and expanded version of the original edition of 1855. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
Two volumes. The only edition of this work. Complete with the two engravings, both half-titles, and ads at the end of volume II. Printed on bluish paper. Large 4to, later half calf over marbled boards. Only the slightest wear to binding, internally fine. Large margins.
ref. 53580London printed for John Stockdale Piccadilly 1794. FIRST EDITION 1794 2 VOLUMES COMPLETE SET. 8vo approximately 210 x 120 mm 8½ x 5 inches Volume 1 has an added folding map at rear pages: Volume 1 title page 1 2-386; Volume 2 title page 1 2-284. Bound in half green calf gilt lettering and decoration to spines. Slight rubbing to bindings pale foxing to endpapers and to the beginning of Volume 2 and occasionally elsewhere text mostly clean a very good set. Heavy set which may require extra postage. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED. London, printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1794.
[2],153-158pp., from the library of John Davies Enys, disbound.
ref. 6413812Cambridge University Press CUP . Papeback. New. pp. 304 Cambridge University Press CUP unknown
19678vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, a near fine copy.
ref. 158681München : Christian Weise Verlag, 2019. 129 S. : Illustrationen, Karten ; 30 cm OKarton
19808vo., First Edition, with illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Memories of St. Levan parish.
2010No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with the tiniest of marks to front cover and no bumping to corners. 96pp. A nostalgic trip around this beautiful part of Cornwall with over 180 well-captioned photographs from the last century.
1926Sm. 8vo., Ninth Edition, with coloured map as frontispiece, plates, and maps and plans (a number folding); original series binding of red cloth, covers and backstrip printed in black, radial corners, a near fine copy. With front and rear endpaper trade advertisements. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
18928vo., Sixth Edition, with coloured and monochrome maps and plans (a number folding) and coloured front endpaper map, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original series binding of red cloth, upper board framed in blind and lettered in gilt, gilt back, radial corners, red sprinkled edges, coves lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright,clean copy. With trade advertisements at front and rear.
19368vo., Third Edition, small neat signature on front free endpaper; grey cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in blue, upper board lightly faded at upper edge else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at backstrip and with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Twenty Years at St. Hilary. [Third Edition]
ref. 1391210069.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1390965392.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1883Mr. Pakenham passes away under allegedly outrages circumstances at Tamatave. Suez Canal difficulty - cutting a second canal parallel to the first. Echoes of the week. The Playhouses; Weather; National Sports; The Cholera in Egypt - Quarantine, with full-page engraving entitled 'Quarantine Examination at Brinsisi'. Crab-Catching in Cornwall - 9 sketches on one page (plus text on next page); News from the Court and Church plus Benevolence and Self-Help. New Townhall, Dover - with sketch; The Westminster Townhall - with sketch; The Swanley Homes for Little Boys - with sketch; Sketches in Egypt - Thebes. The Advantages of Wet Weather. Supplement includes: Chapter V of The Canon's Ward, by James Payn; The Savage Club at the Royal Albert Hall (which is featured on front cover illustration and pages 52 and 53); The Jesmond Dene Park, Newcastle; A dramatic two-page engraving entitled "Departure of Irish Emigrants at Clifden, County Galway (please note that this engraving bears a large tear); Obituaries; Chess; Wills and Bequests; Departure of Irish Emigrants; Classified Ads. The Jesmond Dene Public Park, Newcastel-on-Tyne - 8 lovely sketches. The Suez Canal - 3 pages of text and sketches, including map of the proposed Canal and sketch of M. Ferdinand De Lesseps, President of the Suez Canal Company. New Books. Musical Publications. Chipping at edges. Some pages loose but all appear to be present. Perforations along spine indicate this copy from a disbound volume. Magazine