FOUR VOLUMES 8vo. HALF LEATHER AND MARBLED BOARDS. LEATHER IS SOUND BUT WORN. BLACK TITLE BLOCK WITH GILT EMBOSS. END PAPERS AND TITLE PAGES ARE FADED TO DARK WTIH AGE. OTHERWISE VERY CLEAN. WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE CRITICISM ON HIS WRITINGS ETC.
THREE VOLUMES IN BROWN CLOTH. NO DUSTWRAPS. THIS EDITION CONSISTS OF 1040 COPIES OF WHICH 1000 ARE FOR SALE. PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE IN EACH VOLUME. SLIGHT FOXING. A VERY GOOD SET.
FIRST EDITION CONTAINING AN EXCURSION THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF DERBYSHIRE AND YORKSHIRE….WITH ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES BY E. W. BRAYLEY. BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. ENGRVED TITLE PAGE AND PLATES. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE. OCCASIONAL SPOTS OF FOXING BUT A CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY.
SMALL FOLIO THIRD IMPRESSION. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE COMPRISING SEVEN PARTS. INCLUDES: THE WHOLE DUTY OF MAN (17 CHAPTERS PREFACE pp1-pp 187); THE CAUSES OF THE DECAY OF CHRISTIAN PIETY (PREFACE pp201-381); THE GENTLEMAN’S CALLING (PREFACE IN 9 SECTIONS pp 393-456). THE SECOND PART COMPRISING; THE LADIES CALLING (IN TWO PARTS pp1-99); THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE (PREFACE pp 105-172); THE ART OF CONTENTMENT (PREFACE pp 178-242); THE LIVELY ORACLES GIVEN TO US (PREFACE pp 242-324). PLUS INDEX (4pp). ENGRAVED FRONTIS. TITLE PAGE AND VIGNETTE TO EACH VOLUME. HALF TITLE TO EACH PART CONTEMPORARY CALF BOARDS WITH RECENT BACK STRIP AND FORE-EDGES NEW ENDPAGES. (A RATHER FUNCTIONAL BINDING BUT STURDY). SOME PAGES FOXED BUT GENERALLY VERY CLEAN AND TIGHT.
Author:
ALLESTREE RICHARD
Place, Publisher, Date:
LONDON AND OXFORD, ROGER NORTON FOR EDWARD PAWLETT,1695
COMPLETE IN 10 VOLUMES – HALF BLUE LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. EXTENSIVE GILT DECOARATION TO THE SPINES MARBLED END PAPERS AND EDGES. FOUR OF THE VOLUMES HAVE DAMAGE TO THE LABELS SOME MINOR RUBBING TO THE LEATHER OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD SET CLEAN AND FIRM IN THE BINDING.
EIGHT VOLUMES COMPLETE. FULL LEATHER WITH ELABORATE GILT TO THE SPINE. IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME WEAR TO THE BOARDS. THREE VOLUMES HAVE SOME LOSS TO THE LABELS. .
VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH DUST WRAP. EACH PIECE OF MACHINERY IS ILLUSTRATED WITH FASCINATING ARCHIVE MATERIAL OR FULL-COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE INFORMATIVE TEXT BOX INCLUDES SPECIFICATION BOXES AND A DETAILED MECHANICAL PROFILE.
LIMITED TO 500 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 324. SIGNED BY BOTH FISHER AND PETERSON BOUND IN FULL RED MOROCCO TOP EDGES GILT. A VERY GOOD COPY. A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO GENERAL ORNITHOLOGY. BIRD PAINTINGS BY ROGER TORY PETERSON. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE.
LIMITED TO 500 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 61. SIGNED BY BOTH FISHER AND PETERSON BOUND IN FULL RED MOROCCO TOP EDGES GILT. A VERY GOOD COPY. A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO GENERAL ORNITHOLOGY. BIRD PAINTINGS BY ROGER TORY PETERSON. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE.
VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD CELLOPHANE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. FOREWORD BY ELLIOT RICHARDSON. LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED WITH DRAWINGS AND COLOUR REPRODUCTIONS OF HIS PAINTINGS.
VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ELEVEN RECOGNISED SUB-SPECIES AND DISCUSSES MIGRATION FOOD PREFERENCES HABITAT AND HAZARDS AS WELL AS COURTSHIP MATING AND NESTING HABITS. THE HISTORY OF GOOSE HUNTING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROTECTIVE GAME LAWS AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS ARE AMONG THE FASCINATING AND INFORMATIVE SUBJECTS COVERED IN THIS BOOK. 150 SPLIENDID PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATE EVERY TOPIC IN THE TEXT WHICH WRITTEN PRIMARILY FOR ADULTS IS CLEAR ENOUGH TO BE UNDERSTOOD AND ENJOYED BY YOUNG READERS. 2ND PRINTING.