Washington, DC: American Institute of Conservation, 2005. First Edition. Large quarto; publisher's cloth in glossy photo-illustrated dust jacket; ix,384pp.; illus. throughout. Some minor shelf wear to jacket extremities, else Very Good to Near Fine. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's cloth in yellow pictorial dust jacket; xvii,[1],270pp.; illus. Minor wrinkling to dust jacket, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. First published appearance of the collected Lyell Lectures delivered by David Foxon at Oxford University between 1975 and 1976. More
London: Hazell, Watson, & Viney, 1897. Seventh Edition. Small thick octavo; publisher's maroon gilt-lettered cloth; iv,632,[4](ads); illus. throughout, pictorial ads printed on endpapers. Moderate shelf wear, spine a shade sunned, corners bumped, endpapers toned, contemporary ownership signature to title page, else a Very Good, still quite presentable copy. More
College Station, TX: The University of Texas at Arlington by the Texas A&M University Press, 1995. First Edition. Quarto. 693 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Gentle rubbing to edges of jacket and boards. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1887. First Edition. Large, thick octavo; contemporary sheep over cloth, gilt-lettered spine label; [8],912pp.; twenty-two (22) plates of colored maps, nine of which double-paged. Extremities quite scuffed and leather dried, bottom two inches of front joint starting to split, new endpapers, rear hinge reinforced, 20th..... More
Paris: Librairie Larousse, [1948]. Nouvelle Édition refondue et augmentée. Two volumes; large quartos (29.75cm.); publisher's two-toned (green and cream) decorative cloth embossed in gilt, gilt-lettered paper spine labels, decorative endpapers; vi,488; [2],512pp.; color plates throughout mounted on grey card stock (some offsetting), additional text illus. Cream portions of binding rather..... More
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Boston: Lincoln & Edmands, 1828. Improved Stereotype Edition. 16mo (6" x 3.5"); 122pp. Blue paper-covered boards with brown leather spine. Boards rubbed with exposure along edges and corners, showing some general soiling and smudging to surface. Leather spine scuffed with splits starting along joints and spine ends and some fraying..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, [2000]. First Edition. Thick quarto (28cm.); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; xii,564pp.; illus. throughout, many in full color. Moderate shelf wear, corners bumped, dust jacket a bit dust-soiled, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons / Macmillan Library Reference USA, 1998. First Edition. Quarto. 631 pp. Illustrated boards. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Volume One only of a two volume set, part of the Scribner Writers Series. Light wear to joints and extremities. Binding is sound and..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons / Macmillan Library Reference USA, 1998. First Edition with full numberline. Quarto; vii, 633-1296pp (continuously paginated from first volume). Illustrated boards. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Volume Two of a two part set, part of the Scribner Writers Series. Boards sturdy and square with..... More
Ann Arbor, MI: George Wahr Publishing Co., 1957. Reprint. Octavo. 179 pp. Brown boards with gilt lettering to spine. No dust jacket. Rubbing to edges with general soiling and gilt along spine dulled. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to ffep, staining along hinges, presumably from glue, and pages..... More
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1983. Two large octavo volumes. 600; 601-920 pp. Blue cloth boards decorated in gilt. Housed in publisher's slipcase with paper labels. Boards show very light rubbing to edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Mild scuffing to slipcase with some minor fraying..... More