FIRST EDITION TWO QUARTO VOLUMES COMPLETE. WITH 140 COLOURED FULL-PAGE PLATES AND 32 DRAWINGS IN THE TEXT. THE BOOKS ARE FINE AND THE DUSTWRAPPERS ARE VERY GOOD STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL BOX.
THE SECOND EDITION. ENLARGED AND CORRECTED. REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER USING THE ORIGINAL BOARDS NEW SPINE AND TITLE LABEL RAISED BANDS. A VERY GOOD COPY INDEED. PP xii 368.
1ST EDITION. 2 VOLS. FADED SPINE OTHERWISE VERY GOOD HARDBACK. BOUND IN RED GILT DECORATION TO FRONT BOARD GILT LETTERING TO SPINE ALL EDGES GILT. EACH VOLUME CONTAINS 46 ILLUSTRATIONS BY HARRY FURNISS AND ADVERTS FOR THE WORKS OF CARROLL AT THE REAR.
8 VOLUMES FIRST EDITIONS EX UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SMALL QUARTO RECENT BINDING IN BLUE BUCKRAM NEW ENDPAPERS. A VERY NICE SET. EACH VOLUME CONTAINS A BOOKPLATE AND METAL SECURITY STRIP TO THE FRONT PASTEDOWN. ON THE REAR PASTEDOWN THERE IS A TICKET POUCH WITH A LABEL TO THE REAR END PAGE. THE SPINE OF EACH VOLUMES HAS ‘AK 6’ IN GILT. THE CONTENTS ARE CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. THE EIGHT VOLUMES COVER: 1. 1666-89. 2. 1699-1710. 3. 1711-20. 4. 1721-30. 5. 1731-40. 6. 1741-50. 7. 1751-60. 8. 1761-70. A NICE SET OF SCARCE BOOKS.
Author:
DEMOURS M.
Place, Publisher, Date:
PARIS, PAR LA COMAGNIE DES LIBRAIRIES, 1734 - 1774
A VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. SLIGHTLY SOILED END PAGES. THE STORY OF ARCHAEOPTERYX AND THE EVOLUTION OF BIRD FLIGHT. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR ANYONE IN INTERESTED IN BIRDS FLIGHT OR SCIENCE.
1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP. THIS BOOK IS A BRILLIANT PIECE OF SCIENTIFIC DETECTIVE WORK WHICH COMPARES THE EVOLUTION OF FLIGHT IN BIRDS BATS AND PTEROSAURS.
VERY ATTRACTIVELY BOUND IN HALF CALF OVER MARBLED BOARDS. MARBLED END PAGES AND EDGES. GILT DECORATIONS AND RAISED BANDS TO THE SPINE. THE BINDING IS TIGHT AND THE BOOK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. TWO VOLUMES BOUND IN ONE. NEAT INSCRIPTION OF PREVIOUS OWNER.
THE OXFORD LIBRARY OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST BOOKS. MARBLED ENDPAPERS AND BOOKMARK. A.E.G. QUARTER DARK RED LEATHER RAISED BANDS GILT DECORATION. A FINE COPY OF A HANDSOME BOOK. THE TRANSLATION OF SIR RICHARD BURTON AND WITH THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF LEON CARRE.
FIRST EDITION TWO VOLUMES FULL LEATHER NEW SPINES AND OLDER BOARDS RAISED BANDS RED AND GREEN LABELS MARBLED ENDPAPERS BOOKPLATE OF W. MARRIOTT. VERY CLEAN AND HANDSOMELY BOUND SET.
BEAUTIFULLY REBOUND COPY IN DARK RED BOARDS. FIVE CROSS BANDS ON SPINE WITH GREEN BLOCKS FOR TITLE AND AUTHOR. EX LIBRARY COPY. NINETY ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY THE AUTHOR AND FROM DRAWINGS BY FRANK E. PHARES. 1ST EDITION.
LIMITED EDITION FINE COPY IN FULL BROWN LEATHER MARBLED ENDPAPERS AND BOOKMARK. A.E.G. RAISED BANDS GILT DECORATION. A FINE COPY OF A HANDSOME BOOK. ILLUSTRATED BY BRAD HOLLAND.