1943réf. B4532London: William Collins c. 1943. Very good condition. Endcaps slightly worn spine slightly rubbed. Texts and illustrations clean and crisp. . Binding: Illustrated publisher’s decorative paper on boards. Size: 8vo Illustration: Illustrated with 8 plates and 20 illustrations. Provenance: Ex Libris Canadian Legion Educational Services Category: Book Europe United Kingdom; William Collins hardcover
réf. 45972DICKENS CHARLES. DARWIN Bernard ed. The Dickens Advertiser. A Collectio of the Advertisements in the Original Parts of Novels by Charles Dickens. Illus. Original cloth. London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot 1930. Spine darkened covers a bit soiled. Very good. unknown
réf. 30670DICKENS CHARLES. DARWIN Bernard ed. The Dickens Advertiser A Collection of the Advertisements in the Original Parts of Novels by Charles Dickens. Orig. cloth. N.Y.: Macmillan Co. 1930. First edition. A very good copy. unknown
1933réf. 117034London: Duckworth 1933. First edition of Bernard Darwin's concise biography of literary master Charles Dickens. Small octavo original cloth. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Name to the front free endpaper. The grandson of British Naturalist Charles Darwin golf writer and amateur golfer Bernard Darwin was an authority on Charles Dickens. When Oxford Press issued all classics by Dickens around 1940 each with a foreword by a Dickensian scholar Darwin was chosen to contribute the foreword to The Pickwick Papers. Duckworth hardcover
1948réf. 232276London: Collins St. James's Place 1948. First Edition. With Illustrations by Elinor Darwin. 1 vols. 8vo. Tan cloth. Fine in VG green dj. First Edition. With Illustrations by Elinor Darwin. 1 vols. 8vo. Collins, St. James's Place hardcover
1947réf. 003448London : Chatto & Windus 1947 Bound in blue green cloth in jacket 227 pp. Covers are bright and clean with minor bumps jacket with small chips at spine extremities small closed tears on edges internal tape reinforcement . Jacket states second impression. Author talks about the "American invasion" golf in the 1920s and 1930s. Classic golf history book. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1987réf. 283378Cambridge University Press 1987-12-25. Paperback. Good. 8x5x0. Cambridge University Press 1987; stated First Paperback Edition no additional printings indicated; xii 692pp. Spine is creased bind remains sturdy and fully intact; occasional pencil markings in text/margins of first ~25 page else text very good throughout; minor wear to edges of wraps one corner gently creased; minor toning to wraps. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. Cambridge University Press paperback
2000réf. 214282Palgrave Macmillan 2000. Hardcover. As new clean tight and bright condition with bright and crisp dust jacket. 231pp. Palgrave Macmillan hardcover
1874réf. 044764Rand McNally & Co. 1874. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Publication date c. 1874 as indicated at the conclusion of the preface. Clean unmarked copy in lovely bright red covers with gilt medallion design on front. Gilting to top page ends. Coveres showing almost no wear. Spine panel is faded but gilt lettering is sitll clear. No jacket. Benefits the Friends of the Albany Ca library. Rand McNally & Co. hardcover
1910réf. 26062London: Collins' Clear-Type Press. Good in Good dust jacket. c1910. Hardcover. No signatures. 5mm tear to cloth at head of spine. Spine slanted. Rubbing foxing and creasing to dust-jacket. 60mm tear at tail of front joint of dust-jacket. Strip of masking tape along length of dust-jacket spine on reverse side. 15mm missing at head of dust-jacket spine. Price label "3/-" on dust-jacket spine. ; Reprint edition of a title first published in 1839 Charles Darwin's first published book. Uncommon with dust-jacket. 512 pages portrait frontispiece 6 plates. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Burgundy coated endpapers. Frontispiece is conjugate with the illustrated title leaf. Page dimensions: 152 x 98mm. Series: Collins' Illustrated Pocket Classics #69. Dust-jacket printed in red and black. Dust-jacket with list of titles in the series on front and rear flaps and rear panel arranged alphabetically by author. Highest number on list of titles is #248 - Dumas Taking the Bastille. Reference: Freeman 115 . Collins' Clear-Type Press hardcover
1952réf. 15633New York: Hafner Publishing Company 1952. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with a Good dust jacket. Rubbing and edge wear to jacket including a few chips and tears to jacket edges. Toning. Small weak stain to page edges does not affect interior. No markings to text. Maps on end papers illustrated with several plates at end of volume. Royal 8vo 9 1/4"h x 6 1/2"w. Hafner Publishing Company hardcover
1956réf. 215695Limited Editions Club 1956. Hardcover. Spine slightly darkened else very good clean and sound condition without a slipcase. Size: 8x12.25 inches 489pp. illus. #249 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1998réf. 34739New York: Classics of Medicine Library 1998. Leather. Fine. A Fine copy. 4to. 502 pp. with fold-out chart Bound in black full leather with raised bands and elaborately decorated boards with finches and spines. Title in gilt on spine. Marbled end papers. a.e.g. Silk book marks. Without any bookplate. Facsimile of the 1859 edition published by John Murray. Classics of Medicine Library unknown
1977réf. 1001303Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1977 First edition. Cloth. Two volumes octavo. Fine in near fine dust jackets. Spines of jackets slightly faded. University of Chicago Press, hardcover
1994réf. b40008Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in cloth-covered boards and dust jacket. There is a slight nick on the bottom edge of the dust jacket. Previous owner's blindstamp on the title-page. Cambridge University Press hardcover
1993réf. b40006Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in cloth-covered boards and dust jacket. There is a slight bump on the bottom edge of the front board. Previous owner's blindstamp on the title-page. Cambridge University Press hardcover
1991réf. b40016Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in cloth-covered boards and dust jacket. There is brief rubbing on the tips and minor sunning on the dust jacket. Previous owner's blindstamp on the title-page. Cambridge University Press hardcover
1990réf. b40015Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in cloth-covered boards and dust jacket. There is minor sunning on the dust jacket. Previous owner's blindstamp on the title-page. Cambridge University Press hardcover
réf. FORT235552The Easton Press. Used - Very Good. Collector's edition bound in genuine leather. Black leather boards with gilt design. Preface by Ashley Montagu and drawings by Fritz Kredel. 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series. The Easton Press hardcover
1922réf. 160633London: John Murray 1922. reprint. Nice copy. octavo. hardback in decorated cloth xix 1031pp. text ills. index Based on the 2nd edition of 1874. Light wear to pale green decorated boards o/w a nice copy John Murray hardcover
1971réf. 90743New York: Limited Editions Club. Fine. 1971. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 4to. In slipcase with monthly newsletter tipped in. . We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionally packaged and shipped promptly. P18 . Limited Editions Club hardcover
réf. 010598Birmingham AL: Gryphon Editions Inc. Facsimile Reprint . Full Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 423 & 475 pages. Copyright is 1871/1990. Facsimile reprint of first edition. Full deep burgundy leather covers with gilt lettering and decoration. Raised spine bands. All edges are gilt. Silk book mark. Marbled end pages and paste downs. Volume II shows very slight spine lean. Otherwise both volumes are Fine. Gryphon Editions, Inc. hardcover
1885réf. 5090085New York: D. Appleton and Company 1885. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Pages clean tanned with light reading wear. Decorative cloth over boards has shelf wear. Binding and hinges sound. Wear at extremities of spine. Lettering on spine is faded. Label on lower spine. Darwin's study of pollination. Index. Ex-Library; 8.0" tall; 482 pages; Missing. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1901réf. 31308New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1901. First Printing. Flexible leather. Brown pebbled leather with worn corners quite rubbed joints and general wear to spine. Good. Salesman’s sample copy with title page sample pages more than a few sample photos and a sample of the spine followed by blank pages for order taking. While only 3/4” thick the book has similar samples of a number of titles offered by D Appleton for the 1901 season. Tyndall’s Hours of Exercise in the Alps and the same author’s The Forms of Water in Clouds and Rivers Ice and Glaciers and Herbert Spencer’s First Principles. The following books are represented by their title page only: Spencer’s Education Intellectual Moral and Physical Thomas Huxley’s Science and Education John William Draper’s History of the Conflict between Religion and Science and Richard Proctor’s Other Worlds Than Ours; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . D. Appleton & Company hardcover
1896réf. 39180New York: D. Appleton and Company 1896. Reprint. Leather. Very Good. Reprint 1896. A Very Good copy. 8vo. 326 pp. bound in 3/4 burgundy morocco and marbled paper gilt spine title top edge gilt. Minor rubbing to tips edges and spine. Previous owners bookplate inside front cover. Text appears unmarked. D. Appleton and Company unknown