TWO VOLUMES HALF LEATHER MOTTLED BOARDS ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE. FRONTISPIECE TO EACH VOLUME (FOXED). SPORADIC FOXING THROUGHOUT. FRENCH TEXT. TIGHTLY BOUND. A VERY DECENT SET.
FIRST EDITION IN 2 VOLUMES. FINE BINDING. IN FULL DICED CALF WITH ELABORATE GILT TO THE SPINE. MARBLED ENDPAPERS AND EDGES. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE. ENGRAVED PLATE OF KNIGHTON. SOME FOXING TO THE PRELIMS. THEN VERY CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. A HANDSOME SET.
GOOD HARDBACK COPY IN MAROON CLOTH BROWN SPINE WITH GOLD LETTERING TRANSLATED BY HORACE WALPOLE WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY WILFRID JONES. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES 1928. BOOKPLATE ON F.E.P
FIVE VOLUMES IN FULL LEATHER. PRIME MINISTER OF HENRY THE GREAT: WITH THE TRIAL OF FRANCIS RAVAILLAC. AN APPENDIX CONTAINING REPUTATIONS OF THE ABBE DE L’ECLUSE’S CORRECTIONAL NOTES EXCULPATORY OF THE JESUITS A NEW EDITION CAREFULLY CORRECTED EMBELLISED WITH PORTRAITS. INTERNALLY VERY GOOD BUT THE BINDINGS ARE POOR WITH LOSS OF LEATHER TO SPINES. A GOOD WORKING SET OR FOR REBINDING.
VERY NICELY BOUND IN HALF BLUE LEATHER OVER BLUE BOARDS – RAISED BANDS WITH GILT DECORATION. GILT TITLE MARBLED ENDPAPERS AND EDGES. 410 PAGES. VIGNETTE OF LOWE AND FRONTISPICE OF LONG WOOD. WITH A LETTER FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM DATED 1894 PASTED IN CONCERNING A POSSIBLE BOOK ON HUDSON LOWE BY HIS SON. THE BINDING IS VERY FIRM EXTERNAL CONDITION VERY GOOD INTERNALLY VERY GOOD EXCEPT FOR SOME WATER STAINING TO SOME PAGES.
VERY GOOD HARDBACK COPY IN BROWN CLOTH. QUEEN VICTORIA AND PRINCE ALBERT’S FIRST PROGRESS IN SCOTLAND. ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS. THE BOOK HAS BEEN REBOUND WITH THE ADDITION OF A NEW SPINE.
FIRST EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS GILT DECORATATIVE SPINES. SLIGHT WEAR TO THE LEATHER BUT A VERY GOOD SET TIGHTLY BOUND AND CLEAN.
VERY GOOD LARGE HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP (SLIGHTLY GRUBBY). A TOPOGRAPHICAL AND SOCIAL SURVEY OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN LONDON ABOUT 1750. THE 374 ILLUSTRATIONS AND 17 COLOUR PLATES OF THIS BOOKCONSTITUTE A VERITIABLE WINDOW INTO THE LIFE OF MID GEORGIAN LONDON. HERE WE MEET ALL TYPES FROM HIGHWAYMAN TO NOBELMEN THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE PLACED IN SEQUENCE TO PRESENT A PICTORIAL TOUR AROUND CENTRAL AND WESTERN LONDON FROM WESTMINSTER ABBEY TO PARK LANE.
