Search Results: Titles starting with H from Jacket and Cloth

London: John Murray, 1899. Hardcover. See description. Originally published 1876. DESCRIPTION: Maroon three quarter leather binding with orange brown cloth boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Decorative endpapers, frontis, 394 bw illustrations. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Wear to corners and spine edge - see photo. Faded lettering on spine. Tightly bound with sewn endpaper gutters. Stains to margins of front and rear paste downs. Light foxing to some areas of prelims and rear pages. Remaining text block is largely clean and unmarked with occasional spotting and light foxing to margins. DJ Condition: Na. Pages [xviii], 756pp. BOOK RESUME: Unchanged reissue of the first edition, 1876 (Fergusson had included a substantial section on Indian architecture in the 1867 edition of his History of Architecture, but it was only with the 1876 edition that a separate full-length volume was assigned to Indian and Far Eastern Architecture). Fergusson was almost the only British architectural historian of… Read More

London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1817. Hardcover. See description. Stereotype Edition. DESCRIPTION: Full calf leather binding with decorative spine and black title plate. Multi-lined border with gilt floral decorations. Green endpapers with marbled text block edges Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Rubbed boards with surface abrasions. Heavy wear to spine leather with top left corner of title plate missing. Tightly bound with cracking to front endpaper. Strong hinges. Lightly toned pages. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 925, 286. Size: 8vo 23.5cm by 15cm. POSTAGE: PLEASE NOTE - This is a heavy item and may require additional postage for overseas deliveries. We will contact you if additional charges are required. Please see our postage policy on our shop front for more information.

London & New York: Cassell, Peter, And Galpin, c1862. Hardcover. See description. Published: n.d. [c1862]. DESCRIPTION: Full black leather binding with four decorated and tooled ridged spine. Textured front and rear boards with decorated edges. All edges gilt. Silk like endpapers. Black and white frontis with over 900 hundred full page and in text engravings. Register for the Soar family between Testaments with births dating from 1873, marriages from 1872. there is also a piece a paper stating ""Thomas Soar, His book 1862' possibly referring to this bible Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Rubbed leather boards and spine edges. Tightly bound with lightly spotted intact endpapers and very strong hinges. Heavy spotting to front and rear fly pages and false title pages. Minor spotting to remainder of prelims and rear pages. Lightly toned pages with occasional marks, smudges etc to page margins. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages xix, 1264, viii, 424. Size: Folio… Read More

London: Vinton & Co, c1900. Hardcover. See description. Published: n.d. (c1900) 1900 as per first chapter introduction. DESCRIPTION: Red cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine. Red decorative endpapers. Stamped ""Review Copy"" with possible library number to title page Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Minimal wear to cover, corners or spine ends but a little soiled to front edge. Faded section of lower spine. See photo. Spine is strong and square with tight binding of pages. Pages are clean with no marks other than indicated above. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 31.