Search Results: Titles starting with H from COBNAR BOOKS

Maidstone, Kent Archaeological Society, , 2007.. 2007 vi,210 p. Maps, diagrams, illustrations. Paperback. 29cms.

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman,, 1833.. 1833 4to. [34]p. 14 litho plates and plans printed by Hulllmandel. Publisher's embossed cloth, a little worn and rubbed, especially on spine ends. Signatures of Earl Stonor and of Stanley Baldwin (Prime Minister d.1947), dated 1927 on front endpaper and another torn from blank corner of title, with subsequent paper repairs. A few dustmarks on edges and wear to cloth on spine ends, but a very good copy. First published 1825, the third edition contains an additional plate and an Appendix of price Estimates. It represents the fullest version of Hunt's work in the fashionable cottage ornée style. Abbey Life in England 25 (the 1841 Bohn reprint).

London: Frederick Warne and Co.,, [1885.]. 1885 Two volumes. Calf prize bindings by Relfe Brothers for Camberwell Grammar School. Prize label dated 1885. The spines gilt in panels between raised bands with two labels. The boards lined with a two line roll and with the school armorial to the front board. Some loss of surface on the joints and on the head of the spine of Vol. 1, but still nice examples. Relfe Brothers traded from Aldgate and issued price lists of prize bindings for colleges and schools.

Reading, Spire Books for the Author, , 2006. 2006 241 p. Maps, illustrations, some in colour. Paperback copy in fine conditioon. ISBN 1 904965 09 1.

Bemrose and Sons,, 1891.. 1891 viii, 89 p. Folding map with a short tear but no loss, four plates of which three are double page or folding. Publisher's blue cloth, embossed and gilt. Inscription to Peter Embrey on half title. Small rub at the foot of the spine and the cloth a bit dusty. A very good copy. According to the Preface the text is completely re-written from the first edition of 1876.

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, , 1946.. 1946 viii, 152 p. Publisher's cloth binding. Small nicks in the spine ends of the dustwrapper which is now sleeved for protection, otherwise a very nice copy. The forst edition to have Tunnicliffe's illustrations.

The Author,, 1927.. 1927 172 p. Illustrations. Printed boards. First edition. The paper spine neatly repaired with Japanese tissue Contents clean and crisp. A very good copy.

Routledge, Warne, and Routledge,, 1863.. 1863 [4], 320 p. Eight chromo plates. Publisher's red cloth, embossed and gilt. Spine faded and some shelf wear to the boards, otherwise a very good copy. Signature of Sir Frederick Ashton on front endpaper dated 1944 and label on rear board stating that it was sold from his collection in 1993.

Woodbridge, Boydell Press, , 2009. 2009 xvi, 240 p. Maps, illus. Laminated boards binding. An as new, unopened copy.

Routledge and Kegan Paul,, 1968.. 1968 xi, [1], 290 p. Reprint of the 1926 edition. A very good copy in similar price clipped wrapper.

Stockholmiae, Literis Wankiwianis,, 1697.. 1697 Two volumes bound in one. Folio. 32 cms. [24], 830; [2], 486, [128] p. Lacking leaves 4Q1 and 4Q4 in Vol. I. Parallel text in Icelandic (Old Norse), Swedish, and latin. First edition. Bound in a modern panelled calf binding, the spine with raised bands and a green label. A well margined copy with some light spotting and staining, mainly marginal. "Snorri [Sturluson]'s contribution to the literature of Iceland is of inestimable importance ... Snorri's own [contributions were] the great collections of the Sagas of the Norse Kings called Heims Kringla, first published in full in 1697 in the original Icelandic, with translations into Latin and Swedish, edited by Johann Peringskiöld ... [T]here are early accounts of the western voyages of Erik the Red and Leif the Lucky and the early settlements in 'Vinland', as the Norsemen called the north-eastern coast of the American continent ... Snorri's work is the stem and source of the legend of the… Read More

Westerham Press,, 1972.. 1972 55, [14] p. Illustrations. Publisher's brown cloth with printed label on the front board. A fine copy of the trade edition, protected by a slipcase covered in similar brown cloth.

Woodbridge, Boydell Press, , 2001.. 2001 ISBN 0851158242 [10], 278 p. Map, pedigrees, illustrations. 24cm. A very good copy in similar dustwrapper. A new edition of the 1964 publication.

Newton Abbot, David & Charles Reprints,, 1970.. 1970 xx, [7] - 449 p. Publisher's hardback binding in a sleeved dustwrapper. An ex-library copy with neat markings. A very good copy. A facsimile (with additions) of the 1831 Nottingham printing. 071534756x

Oxonii, J. Abrams, & C. Richards, 1845.. 1845 16 mo. Two volumes. Title pages printed in red and black. Greek text. 13 cms. Index. Contemporary half calf with marbled boards. The spines gilt between raised bands. Lacking the labels and rubbed on the edges and corners but still a pretty set.

London, Religious Tract Society,, 1904.. 1904 250 p.Coloured frontis., plates. Title page printed in blue and red. Publisher's pictorial cloth binding. Light spotting, mostly to the edges of the pages. A very good copy.

London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891.. 1891 Two volumes. No. 177 of 200 sets on large paper, printed at Aberdeen University Press. Morocco backed boards with brown cloth sides. The edges and corners of the spine are rubbed and the back board of Vol. 1 shows some marks. Internally clean and crisp. The top edges gilt, the others untrimmed. The title page printed in red and black. Gold veined endpapers.

Amsterdam & Haarlem, J. Brandt en Zoon & Johannes Enschede en Zonen,, 1884; 1882; 1884. 1884 [4], 355, [2], 427, [9], 366, [20], 142, [8], 33 p. 13 cms. Hard grained black morocco, embossed in blind, with a wrap around flap held by an engraved 14ct gold clasp. All edges gilt. Ownership inscription dated 1916. A very pretty item.

Amsteldam, By H. Brandt, P. Schouten, J. de Groot en J. Brandt., [1770s?]. 1770 8vo. 628, 176 p. Music to the Psalms. Part title to Kerk-boek. Page size 16 x 9.5 cms. Contemporary red straight grain morocco binding. The boards panelled with a single line and an interlace roll. The spine with five raised bands and double gold lines. Lovely printed endpapers with flowers and scallop shells in horizontal bands. The gilt edges tastefully gauffred. Some light rubbing to edges and corners. The contents are clean and crisp. A well preserved service book with a light patina of use. Some light rubbing to edges and corners. The contents are clean and crisp.

London: Robert Scott, 1925. 1925 398 p. Map. Illustrations. Publisher's green cloth binding. A very good copy. Signature dated 1932 on the front endpaper.