COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES. THE SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS EDITION LIMITED TO 1030 COPIES OF WHICH 1000 WERE FOR SALE HENCE SCARCE. VERY FINE IN LIGHT BROWN CLOTH TEG AND CLEAR WRAPPER. FRESH AS A DAISY. WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF STEPHEN TUMIN PRESUMABLY THE JUDGE AND HER MAJESTY’S CHIEF INSPECTOR OF PRISONS.
VERY GOOD COPY IN GREEN CLOTH CORNERS SLIGHTLY RUBBED – VERY CLEAN WITH VERY SLIGHT FOXING ON LEAF ENDS. WITH NOTES AND VOLUMINOUS APPENDIX. FRONTISPIECE AND FOUR OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS IN SEPIA.
QUARTO FULL DICED LEATHER REBACKED A HANDSOME COPY. LARGE FOLDING MAP SMALL GEOLOGICAL MAP PLATES PRESENT AS CALLED FOR. FOLDING PEDIGREES SOME EDUCATED ANNOTATION.
SMALL QUARTO FULL TREE CALF (WITH FRONT BOARD ALMOST DETACHED). PLATES FOLDING MAP LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS 398 PAGES PLUS APPENDIX. VERY CLEAN. NO DATE (1804) SCARCE.
FIRST EDITION QUARTO viii 363 LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. PRINTED AND SOLD BY JOHN AGG. 2 PLATES OF 6 PRESENT BOTH FOLDING. HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS BOOKPLATE OF JOHN GRETTON OF STAPLEFORD ON FRONT PASTEDOWN. LACKS SPINE HENCE BOARDS BARELY ATTACHED. INTERNALLY GOOD WITH MUCH CONTEMPORARY ANNOTATION IN A SCHOLARLY MANNER POSSIBLY BY THE AUTHOR WHICH ENHANCES THE BOOK RATHER THAN DETRACTS. AN INTERESTING READING COPY OR FOR REBINDING.
FIRST EDITION BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. ILLUSTRATED BY A SERIES OF ENGRAVINGS OF VIEWS PLANS ELEVATIONS SECTIONS AND DETAILS. WITH BIOGRAPHICAL ANECDOTES OF THE BISHOPS. A VERY GOOD COPY NEW LEATHER SPINE SOME LOSS OF LEATHER TO THE CORNERS TEXT VERY CLEAN BUT SOME FOXING TO THE PLATES.
A COMPLETE SET FOUR VOLUMES IN EIGHT. FACSIMILIE OF THE 1795 EDITION. LARGE QUARTO. ORIGINAL BLACK CLOTH GILT. A VERY GOOD SET IN COMPLETE WITH DUSTWRAPPERS WHICH HAVE SOME WEAR. EACH BOOK WEIGHS AROUND 4 Kg SO POSTAGE AT COST.
FIRST EDITION. QUARTO FULL LEATHER RECASED WITH NEW SPINE CONTEMPORARY BOARDS (WITH SMALL REPAIR TO FRONT BOARD). A VERY GOOD HANDSOME COPY. NUMEROUS PLATES IN THE TEXT TWO-PAGE MAP ANCESTRAL CHARTS. PROVENANCE: CASHEL LIBRARY. 140 PAGES.
TWO VOLUMES LATER VERY HANDSOME REBINDING HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS RED LABELS GILT TITLES. A VERY NICE SET. SOME FOXING TO PRELIMS. BUT VERY CLEAN. FRONT HINGE OF VOL. 1 CRACKING. VOL.1 679pp VOL 2. 791pp. EMBELLISHED BY NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.