Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Chanticleer Books

London: John Murray, 1824. First edition. Hardcover. Very good.. Original quarter calf and marbled boards; octavo; iii, (1), 408 pp. 4 engraved plates, including 1 large folding plate. Moderate rubbing to boards, scattered foxing, front free endpaper loose, overall near very good. Articles on a wide variety of topics, including Dr. Goring on optical instruments; a plan for a roadway under the Thames (with large folding plate); reviews of scientific books, etc.

London: Henry Colburn, 1827. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Original quarter calf and marbled boards; octavo; vi, (2), 511, (1) pp. 4 engraved plates, including 1 large folding plate. Moderate rubbing to boards, white material adhered to spine label, front free endpaper coming loose, overall near very good. Articles on a wide variety of topics, including British ornithology; fruit culture; London's water supply; reviews of scientific books, etc.

London: Printed for the Trustees, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Scuffing and some fading to covers, still sturdy and presentable and internally fine. (93), 316 pp. (introduction followed by the facsimile); quarto, half red morocco and boards, gilt spine title. Believed to date from the second decade of the 14th century and acquired by Queen Mary I in 1553, this lavishly illustrated psalter is believed to be the work of a single artist working in London and now known only as "the Queen Mary Master." The entire work is reproduced here in (monochrome) photolithographic facsimile.