Search Results: persia containing a description of the by shoberl frederick

Philadelphia: John Grigg. Good+. 1828. Hardcover. Front board was detached and been taped and secured together with rear board - see image. Previous owners' names, a few scattered notes and pencilled illustrations on inside boards. Frontispiece and eleven other plates missing. ; Despite its issues, this calf leather bound book is still a better choice than any paperback reprint. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 181 pages .

Philadelphia: John Grigg, 1828. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Half red morocco and orange paper; 12mo; pp. [i]-xi, [1], [13]-181, plus hand-colored frontispiece and 11 plates; collates complete, including half-title page. Front board detached. Text block a little foxed and plates faintly age-toned, but overall nice and clean. Worthy of rebinding. Sold as is.

Philadelphia: John Grigg, 1828. First American edition, 12mo, pp. xi, [2], 14-181, [1]; 12 hand-colored wood engravings; original full speckled calf, green speckled edges, black morocco label on spine; joints starting, spine rubbed, ex-library with bookplate, and blindstamps on title page and all plates, good. Originally issued in 1822 in 3 volumes by Ackerman in London as part of The World in Miniature series, published in 43 volumes 1821-27. See Abbey, Travel, 6.

Philadelphia: John Grigg, 1828. First edition. A fascinating account of Persia, illustrated with twelve delicately hand-colored angraved plates. Small 8vo. Bound in recent cloth. Lower corner of title-page torn off, not affecting text. Mild discoloration to paper (as always with this book). Otherwise very good.