Search Results: Titles starting with E from E C Books

London : Hodder and Stoughton A near fine copy of the 2nd Hodder edition of this classic work with 24 tipped in colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations and designs by Kay Nielsen. Undated but circa 1915. With original red cloth with gilt illustration to front board, and new leather spine, with gilt-lined raised bands and title and illustrator labels. The binding is in near fine clean condition. The corners are lightly turned and there are a couple of very small slightly faded areas on the back board. The contents are complete and have new endpapers. The paper is lightly toned towards the edges and there is occasional very light marking mainly to the bottom margin. There is a very small repaired edge tear to the bottom edge of p246. The first plate (after the frontispiece) does not have a caption - the caption is on a plain leaf bound before it - this was clearly intentional as the pagination accounts for the extra leaf. A lovely copy. Please enquire if you would like to see… Read More

London : Hodder and Stoughton A very copy of this classic work with 24 tipped in colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations and designs by Kay Nielson. Undated but circa 1924 (there is an ink inscription on the fep dated 1924) and the third issue of this work by Hodder. The deep yellow cloth binding has black titles and blue and black design to front board, and black titles to spine. The binding is bright and clean with slight dulling to edges. The spine is a little cocked to the front and faded, with light pulling to spine ends. The back board has some light marking in the middle. Top page edges are yellowed. There is a small area of marking at the bottom page edge not visible internally. The contents are complete and in very good clean condition with bright text and plates. There is light marking in the gutter and bottom of p89; a slight mark in the gutter and top of p236 and light spotting at the bottom of p283/4. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images to further… Read More

London: John Masters, 1848 A good copy in cloth binding with gilt titles to spine, with 2 full page and 6 text illustrations. The binding is sound and clean with a couple of lighter patches to the back board; light bumping and wear to corners and light pulling to spine ends. Contents: half title; title; preface 2pp; contents list 1 p; text pp 1-118 with errata to the bottom of 118; publisher's ads 2pp. The endpapers have light spotting but the contents are very clean with just the occasional spot or mark. There is some loss at the top gutter of the half title and title where the book has been poorly opened. Signature to half title page. Leaves to p 26 have had the top corner tip cut, possibly a fault on binding.

London and Edinburgh: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; Guthrie and Anderson, 1812 A fair set of the 2nd edition of John Walker's scarce work in 2 volumes. In contemporary half leather bindings which are scuffed and worn. The spines have surface loss and wear at spine ends and joints with cracking. The marbled boards have scuffing and the corners are worn. Vol I: initial blank; title; dedication; contents pp i-iii; text pp 1-389. There is a yellowed area in the top outer corner, also visible at the foredge, which is present from the fep through to p 87. It is darker at the title than later on where it is barely noticeable. There are a couple of small marks at p 182 with a small hole and some leaves are lightly mottled. Text remains clear throughout. Original page marker present. Vol II: initial blank; title; text pp 1-416; finis. The odd light mark but otherwise contents very good.

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1940 A very good to near fine copy in very good to near fine wrap. The orange cloth binding with black lettering is tight and sound. The cloth has some light colour variation and there is a faded patch at the bottom of the spine which corresponds with loss in the wrapper. Light wear at edges and corners and spine ends - which are both faded at their outer edge. Contents very clean and sound with some browning at the free endpapers, and the occasional small mark in margins. Light spotting at the foredge. 4 pages of adverts at the rear. Small neat signature with August 1940 date to front free endpaper. The jacket by Fenwick has 7/6 on the spine and is complete and clean without price clip. It has a small area of loss at the bottom of the spine and an old repair to the back panel at the bottom edge where it folds to the flap. There is some light edge nibbling at the folds. The jacket is in a removable protective wrap.

Osnabrugi [Osnabruck]: Johan.Georg.Schwanderum, 1676 A fair copy of an early edition of Isaac Barrow's classic translation of Euclid's work. Isaac Barrow (1630-1677) was a mathematician, classical scholar and theologian. He is principally known for his work on tangents and Calculus. He was one of Isaac Newton's teachers. This translation of Euclid from the Greek to Latin was his first work. The full leather binding is falling apart: the front board is detached; half the spine is present but detached; and the back board is still attached. Contents: blank; title page; preliminaries 6pp; text with numerous diagrams pp 1-376; half title Euclidis Data 1675; note; text pp 379-424; finis. The front endpaper and the initial blank have been joined by some tape and some sellotape. Apart from that, the contents are in very good clean condition. There is a signature of Walter Stephen to the top of the fep and also to the side of the title page, and a further note in the same hand on p29. There is a… Read More

London: George Routledge and Sons A very good copy of the George Routledge edition of Emma in recent half leather binding with marbled paper sides. Undated, but published between 1866 and 1878. To our knowledge this edition was issued with a black and white frontispiece. This copy has a hand coloured frontispiece which is therefore likely to have been coloured later. Whenever it was done, and whoever it was done by - they have made a very good job of it. The binding has gilt lined raised bands, title label and author details to spine. It is in fine clean condition. Newer endpapers and initial and final blanks have been added. A page marker is present which looks likely to be contemporary (it has left a light brown trace on the paper). Page edges are marbled. The contents are generally very clean with lightly toned paper. There is the occasional spot or mark eg p 8/9, p 76, p 261.

London and New York: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1898 A good to very good copy of the Macmillan edition of Emma with Hugh Thomson illustrations. First issued in 1896, this is the second reprint. In the original red cloth binding with beautiful gilt decoration to the front board and spine designed by A Turbayne. All edges gilt. With numerous black and white illustrations by Hugh Thomson and decorative yellow endpapers. The front board is very bright and clean and the back board is similarly clean but with a small pale area. Corners are lightly rubbed. The spine is faded although titles and decoration are clear. There is pulling and slight fraying to spine ends. Internally there is a small pasted bookplate to the front pastedown endpaper and an ownership signature dated 1898 at the initial blank. The endpapers are bright and clean with a small hole at the front endpaper joint. The contents are complete and clean. The tissue guard to the frontispiece is brown toned and this has offset to the title page.… Read More

London : J M Dent & Co, 1903 A fair to good copy, complete in 2 volumes, edited by R Brimley Johnson, and with 12 colour plates by C E Brock. 4th edition thus, published in February 1903. In original decorative cloth bindings with gilt titles to spine and front board.Top page edges gilt, other edges uncut. With half titles, showing that they were volumes VII and VIII of Brimley Johnson's series of Austen's works; colour frontispieces; decorative title pages; preface (volume 1); listing of illustrations; and text with head and tailpieces. All the plates are present as called for. Vol I has 245 pp and Vol II has 258 pp. The volumes have been rebacked, relaying the original spines, so they are sound and tight. They have bright gilt titles, but the blue decoration to the spine and boards has some fading, particularly on Vol I, affecting the front board at the spine edge and the lower half. The spines are browned. Both have a little marking on the back boards and fading to the central decoration. Corners… Read More

London: Chatto & Windus, 1917 A good copy of the 2nd issue of Chatto's edition of Emma, illustrated by A Wallis Mills. Vols 7 and 8 of their 10 volume set of Austen's novels, part of the St Martin's illustrated library of standard authors. Bound in cream cloth with gilt titles and with decorative endpapers, colour frontispieces and 9 further colour plates per volume. Top page edges gilted; bottom page edges untrimmed. Bookplate of E and C Fison in each volume. The books are clean and sound but the text paper is very foxed and toned, particularly at the beginning and end of each volume and at page edges. Bindings with darkened spines and some light marking to boards. Light pulling to spine ends. Contents complete with bright plates not affected by the foxing and toning to the text paper. Vol I has a small repaired side edge tear at p259 and a small hole in the rear free endpaper. Vol II has some splitting to the bottom of the rear endpaper joint. Vol I 318 pp; Vol II 311 pp. Please enquire if you… Read More

The Savoy: Printed by Tho. Newcomb for the Author, 1670 A good copy of the 1st edition in contemporary full leather binding. The binding has raised bands to spine and a newer title label. It has had some repair in the past but is splitting at the front joint and has general wear. particularly to corners. There is the bookplate of Sir Roger Twisden, 2nd Baronet of Bradbourne in Kent, to the front pastedown. He was MP for Rochester in 1689-90. There is also the bookplate of John Davie Manson Robertson, a noted Orcadian to the verso of the title page, together with his signed pencil note to the front pastedown. Contents: title page dated 1670; dedication 1p; Report of John Evelyn and letter from a member of the Royal Society 1p; To the Reader 3pp; Errata; Contents 3pp; Table 2pp; text in 6 books; final blank. Contents clean and in very good condition - top margin can be closely trimmed. Some text is mispaginated - 160-141...148-169. The page corner is missing at p245 but text is not affected; and the… Read More

London : Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1918 A very good copy of the special limited edition of English Fairy Tales signed by Arthur Rackham. No 110 of 500 copies. The fairy tales include Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and Jack and the Beanstalk. In full vellum binding with gilt decoration and titles to front board and spine. With 16 tipped-in colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations and designs by Arthur Rackham. Printed on 'Holbein' watermarked paper with plates mounted on paper with a woven texture. Decorative endpapers; top page edges gilt, remainder untrimmed. The binding is in good to very good condition being generally clean with bright gilt to spine and front board. The top corners are both turned. There is slight marking to the front board and spine, and some brown spotting to the top corner and corner edges of the back board. The decorative endpapers are clean without any ownership markings. The contents are complete with Rackham's signature to an initial blank and are in… Read More

London: John Wright , 1652 A good copy of the 'Third Impression much Augmented' in full leather binding with new spine with raised bands and title label and contemporary boards. Blith (1604-1654) was known as a writer on husbandry. He was a supporter of Cromwell as the decorative title page with the motto 'Vive La Re Publick.' demonstrates. The book sets out and promotes improvements in husbandry and was suppressed after the Restoration in 1660. The binding is sound and clean. There is a lot of wear and leather loss at the corners. The marbled endpapers look to have had repair and are probably predate the binding work. The contents have toning and there has been some close trimming to margins notable in the epistles section at the beginning where page titles are missing but there is no loss to text. There is the signature of Philip Styles to the initial blank and a signature of Tho Wilkins, 1683 to the recto of the decorative title - possibly (although could be another Wilkins) repeated at the side of… Read More

London : A & C Black Ltd, 1935 A good copy of the 1st edition in good to very good contemporary wrapper. This title was originally the second part of 'Mike' and was published separately in 1935 because it stands alone and introduces the highly popular Psmith. The wrapper (which features a picture of Psmith as if he is around 30), is complete and not price-clipped. There is some nibbling at the top and bottom of the spine with slight loss and similar at the top of the front fold. There are couple of small edge tears at the bottom edge with archive tape repair. The back panel and back fold are slightly grubby. The inside of the wrap has some browning and spotting. The book is clean and sound. The spine and board edges are faded and there is a crease in the middle of the spine at the top. Corners with light wear - more on the bottom corner of the back board. The contents are very clean with light toning to paper and occasional spotting at the page edge.

London: George Samouelle, 1841 A good copy of the 2nd edition in 2 volumes in buckram cloth bindings, with 156 hand coloured plates from drawings by the author. George Samouelle was employed as a Keeper at the British Museum in the entomology collections for 19 years. He is best known for his Entomologist's Useful Compendium (which he later expanded and republished under a different title). The work was much used and commended by other well known entomologists such as John Curtis and William Spence. The Entomological Cabinet was issued in parts (a way of raising income for publication) with work on it starting in 1829. The first edition was published in 1833/34. There were plans for a second issue - but there was not enough interest. The 2 parts that were issued were incorporated in the second edition. The bindings are clean and sound - they are not recent, but they are not contemporary. Each has gilt titles to the spine. There is light rubbing mainly on the boards next to the spine and towards the… Read More

London: William Blackwood, 1834 A good copy of this extremely scarce work. In the original plain cloth binding with paper labels to spine. The binding is sound but with wear at the spine and general discolouration and some cloth bubbling. Light indentation to sides of boards ? from being bound in string bundle. Internally has title page with blind stamp of University of Aberdeen Natural History Dept; 2 plain plates; errata and text including Addenda, Notes and Index 351pp. Probably lacking half title. The endpapers are very spotty and the text pages have light toning - more so at the beginning of the work. However, some text is unopened and it is in very clean condition.

London : James Nisbet and Co.,, 1885 A good to very good copy in full-leather prize binding with black and white frontispiece and 4 further black and white plates. Eleventh thousand. The binding has 'Burslem Endowed School Prize 1886' in gilt on the front board and there is a prize bookplate on the front pastedown. The spine has elaborate gilt compartments and a title label. All page edges are marbled as are the endpapers. There is some wear to the top and bottom of the spine and the spine joints (particularly at the front), and there is the odd scuff mark to the boards but the binding is very bright and clean. Contents in very good condition.

Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1921 A good copy of the scarce 1st edition in original cloth binding with black and white frontispiece and 8 further black and white plates by 'native Eskimo artists'. Knud Rasmussen is famous as an explorer of the Arctic, who grew up in Greenland and spent his life understanding and studying native life. The green cloth binding has gilt titles to spine and blind stamped titles to the front board. It has some light scuffing and edge wear; some pulling to spine ends; and corner wear including bumping to the top corners. Internally there is the bookplate of Cardiff Public Reference Library to the front pastedown endpaper. The bookplate and a small set of library numbers written on the verso of the title are the only library markings. Contents: half title; frontispiece; title; introduction pp 5-10; contents list; plate list; text pp 15-156 with 8 plates; list of sources 1p; publisher's list 2pp. There is some browning to free endpapers and spotting to half title and… Read More

London: Printed for the Author and sold by John Nutt, 1702 A good copy of the first edition of this scarce work in newer full leather binding. John Dennis (1657-1734) is best known as a dramatist and poet, who was, until his later years, well-regarded as a leading wit and critic. This copy is in a newer binding, with gilt titles to spine, by A W Lumsden of Edinburgh. There is bookplate of John Davie Manson Robertson, a noted Orcadian, to the front pastedown. A loose bookseller's catalogue indicates that Robertson probably obtained the work in marbled paper wraps and commissioned the binding. The wraps have been retained. Contents: rubricated title page dated 1702; dedication 2pp; introduction and text 54pp with large folding table; finis. The top margin has been very closely cropped so some page numbers are missing, but all the text is present. There is some scholarly ink annotation at pp 11,28,31,32,38 - some of which involves crossings out. There is some expert paper repair - including to the… Read More

London: Printed for the author and sold by John Gray, 1742 A fair copy of the 1st edition in later half calf binding with 7 plates. A fascinating read today, being an account of a mixture of mythical and real animals - including descriptions of dragons. The binding is in good to very good condition with gilt titles and gilt ruled lines to spine and lightly marbled boards. There is some light scuffing and wear. There is an armorial bookplate to the front pastedown with the motto 'durum sed fortissimum' and the name 'Stones' to the top. The endpapers are also newer but the paper has been chosen to match the rest of the volume. Contents: title; dedication pp iii-v; to the reader pp vi-vii; directions to binder and errata 1p; list of subscribers ix-xxiii; text pt I pp 1-50; Pt II pp 51-166 with 7 plates; Part III pp 167-240; index 12 pp. With decorative head and tailpieces. Overall the text is very clean. The title has been relaid onto matching paper and has loss at all margins; the first… Read More