Search Results: Titles starting with E from Charles Vivian Art & Antiques

Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son Ltd.. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 16mo, pp. (ii), 8, (iv), olive green wrappers with black lettering, owner's name to top of front cover, small split to lower hinge, interior with bruise to top corner but largely clean, staples rusted, binding sound. This short passage from the Book of Lismore is the first translation from an Irish text into Esperanto. Although undated, it was printed in 1908. Scarce.

New Jersey: The Wellfleet Press, 1989. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to, pp. 945, unclipped dust jacket faded towards spine, otherwise bright, interior with mild foxing to opening and closing pages otherwise bright, clean and fresh, binding tight. This is a heavy volume and will attract extra postage. Please contact us before ordering to secure a quote.

London: Oxford University Press, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo, pp. xvi, 253, clipped dust jacket with minor tears, rubbed and creases at corners, interior with some pencilled underlining but otherwise crisp and bright, binding tight.

Cambridge: Babcock and Wilcox Ltd, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. Cambridge: Babcock and Wilcox Ltd , 1939. First edition. Very Good. Possibly a review copy; contains a business card of the General Sales Manager of the publisher. Fading to spine of original red cloth, interior with owner's name to ffep, otherwise clean and crisp.

London: Faber and Faber, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. large 8vo, pp. 168, 96 black and white plates, unclipped dust jacket with light handling marks but bright and without tears, original red cloth similarly bright, interior with owners name to ffep, some very mild handling creases but in the main bright and fresh, binding tight.

London: Rainbow Press, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Leonard Baskin. 8vo, pp. 89, full black calf leather by Zaehnsdorf Ltd., this mottled and with a few marks, gilt lettering to spine, this slightly faded, black cloth slipcase, interior with very mild foxing to end papers, otherwise bright and crisp, t.e.g., others uncut, binding tight, limited edition of 150, this being No. 89.

Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1845. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good. 4to, pp. xxi, 525, original blind ruled brown cloth by Galwey & Co. of Dublin, gilt lettering to spine, boards marked and rubbed at spine, corners mildly bumped, interior with black end papers, small losses to fore edge of ffep, the reverse of which has an owner's name, 256 illustrations with text, pages largely bright and crisp, some incidental foxing and very occasional marginalia, binding sound.

London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Joan Kiddell-Monroe. 12mo, pp. 118, unclipped dust jacket with little wear, some minor tears and very light toning but overall bright, spine lightly tanned, original blue cloth with gilt lettering crisp and bright, corners mildly bumped, interior with author's dedication to ffep and some toning to end papers, otherwise crisp, bright and clean, binding tight.

London: Max Parrish, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London: Max Parrish, 1950. First edition. Very Good +/very good. Spine lightly tanned, the covers rubbed and lightly soiled, top edge a little worn, interior with partial tanning to endpapers and a little foxing to top edge, otherwise bright and tightly bound.

Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1895. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo, pp. ccxvi, 293, blind stamped red cloth with gilt lettering, spine gently faded and with a single scratch, covers brighter with one or two small marks, interior with mildly toned pages, the first map has been misfolded at one time, remainder all present and crisp, edges marbled, binding sound.

London: The King Penguin Books, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. London: The King Penguin Books, 1954. First edition. Near Fine/very good. King Penguin # 71. One of many King Penguins in stock, mainly in as issued condition The unclipped d.j. with the fainest of fading to spine, a few very minor tears and rubbing, interior very clean and crisp

Dublin: Clocomhlucht Cathail Teoranta, 1943. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo, pp. 104, yellow stiff card boards with red lettering, grubby, spine slightly cocked, interior bright, crisp and clean, binding tight.

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, 1935. First edition. Very Good/fair. D.j. spine toned, with losses and tears, bump to top right corner, otherwise interior clean and tightly bound

Dublin: Mecredy, Percy and Co.. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo, pp. 659, rebound quarter leather over grained green cloth using original boards, gilt lettering, rubbed, corners bumped, some foxing to end papers and occasional mark thereafter but largely clean, binding tight. Published c.1905, this is perhaps of more use to the car historian for the photographic advertising it contains. Mecredy was an Irish bicycle champion in the late 19th century and editor of the Dublin Motor News, under which capacity he organised the famous Gordon Bennett Cup in 1903, the first international motor race, held in Ireland at a time when racing cars was illegal on British roads.

Dehli: Motilal Banarsidass. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, pp. I, xxxiii, 811; II, xiii, 744, in original black cloth with gilt lettering, spines faded, corners mildly bumped, in protective mylar, this rubbed, interiors with mildly toned end papers, otherwise clean throughout, binding sound. The first volume is a 1974 reprint, the second volume a 1977 first edition.

London: Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd., 1897. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Archibald Thorburn. 4to, pp. Vol I, x, 632; Vol II, v, 655, half red morocco over red cloth, gilt lines, decoration and lettering to spines, covers rubbed, corners bumped, interiors with marbelled end papers, ink presentation inscriptions to half titles, small tear to base of page of Vol I half title, some occasional foxing mainly confined to early and late pages, otherwise clean and crisp, all photogravure plates, with tissue guards, by Thorburn present, binding sound. Due to the weight of these, additional postage will be required, please contact us for a quote before ordering.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885. Hardcover. Good. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885. First edition. Good. Original russett cloth with gilt decoration and lettering, a damp stain to rear board, spine tanned, corners and edges bumped, some foxing to endpapers and prelim. pages, otherwise bright and clean, an ink underlining of publication date and owner's signature to fep and a few ink lines in margins.

Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, 1903. Hardcover. Good. Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, 1903. Good. A Germanbook of instruction for the business clerk writing in English, not only grammar and syntax but British commercial and tax rules that a German trader would encounter abroad. Given the date, a fascinating insight to German Imperial expansion. Rare. Top and bottom of spine with tears, interior with ink and pencil annotations, foxing to endpapers othewrwise clean and with sound binding.

London: Spink & Son Limited, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. London: Spink & Son Limited, 1991. Third edition. Fine/very good +. The spine of the unclipped d.j. with the faintest of fading, otherwise in clean, crisp condition throughout, virtually as issued.

London: Collins, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. London: Collins, 1944. First edition. Very Good/good. Includes works by Elizabeth Bowen, William Sansom, Denton Welch, Mary Lavin, Rex Warner, Sean O'Faolain Rhys Davies, John Atkins, etc. Unclipped d.j. spine tanned, tears and a bit grubby, contents with minor foxing to foredge, otherwise largely clean and with tight binding.