Thames: The Biography
New York: Nan A. Talese, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Color Illustrated hardcover. No dust jacket. 481 pages. Minimal wear. More
New York: Nan A. Talese, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Color Illustrated hardcover. No dust jacket. 481 pages. Minimal wear. More
Boston: Nichols and Noyes, 1868. Hardcover. Small octavo. [1], xii, 426 pages, [1]. Illustrated with frontispiece and more steel engraved portraits in text.Brown cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Slight lean to the binding. Edge wear to the cloth extremities. Rear hinge is broken. Front hinge cracked. Contents..... More
Also includes Contents of No. XXVIII December 1833. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1833. First Edition. Full calf. Octavo. [3], 560 pages. Brown calf leather binding with red and black leather title labels on spine. Leather is dry and rubbed on spine and board edges. Light scattered foxing to end sheets..... More
New York: Carlton & Porter, N.D. Hardcover. 16mo. 126pp., [2]pp advertisements, [1]. Frontispiece illustration. Brown cloth hardcover stamped in blind on covers with gilt title on spine. Pencil inscription from previous owner on right front flyleaf. Light edge wear to cloth extremities. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxx, 772 pages, [3]. [4] clean glossy photograph pages. Very good condition in black cloth boards with gilt lettering and seal to spine. Spine creased down the middle from book being left open. Dust jacket in very good condition with some shelf..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1884. Second Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. [3], 5-368 pages. Blue cloth hardcover with fancy gilt title on the front cover and spine. Light shelf wear to cloth binding. Brown right front flyleaf has a closed edge tear. Armorial book plate of "Parry" on the..... More
A New Edition, Revised. London: Chatto and Windus, 1892. Later printing. Three-quarter leather. 12mo. xv, 244 pages. Frontispiece illustration of the Queen. Illustrated. Three quarter dark leather with blueish marbled paper covered boards. Raised bands and gilt stamped title on spine. Blueish marbled end sheets and edges. Binding slightly shaken..... More
Translated from the Italian of Carlo Botta, By the Author of "Life of Joanna, Queen of Naples." Two volumes in One. Philadelphia: Towar & Hogan, 1829. Hardcover. 8vo. xv, 392 pages. Original publishers paper covered boards with paper title label on white cloth spine. Part of the paper title label..... More
New York: Redfield, 1854. Later printing. Hardcover. 12mo. [1], viii, 352pp., [12]pp advertisements, [1]. Brown cloth hardcover ruled in blind on covers with gilt title on spine. Edge wear to brown cloth. Light to moderate toning and scattered foxing to contents. Book plate of Jas. A. Gardner, Jr. Augusta, Ga..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. xiv, 413 pages, [1]. Illustrated with plates and maps preceding page 1. Light shelf wear to the dust jacket. More
New York: Vantage Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 139 pages. Red cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Red illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the right front flyleaf. Light edge and shelf wear to the dust jacket. More
Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1940. Hardcover. Octavos. Two volumes. xxv, 441 pages; xi, 498 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographed frontispiece. Blue cloth hardcovers with gilt titles and seal to spine. Light shelf wear to the cloth bindings. Ink inscriptions written on the front paste down and..... More
Edinburgh: Robert Buchanan, William Hunter, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1830. Hardcover. Octavo. Later binding with recent restoration. [3], viii, 502 pages, [3]. Marbled end paper covered boards. Blue leather corners and spine. Covers were detached and scuffed. Leather recently dyed with blue paint. Covers reattached with blue mulberry..... More
New York: Random House, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. 454 pages. Illustrated. Minimal wear. Very good. More
London: Printed by Baylis, Greville-Street, and Sold by the Author, 1798. Leather bound. Octavo. [2], 256, [2]. Frontispiece engraving of the Temple. One illustrated plate inside the book. Brown calf leather binding with raised bands, gilt decorations, and title on the spine. Front and back covers detached. Text is lightly..... More
New York: Old Street Publishing, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Black cloth covered boards with gilt lettered title on spine. Illustrated dust jacket. 566 pages. Illustrated. Illustrated end papers. Minimal wear. Very good. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Glossy color illustrated hardcover. 64 pages. Illustrated. Minimal shelf wear. Very good. More
Toronto: C. Blackett Robinson, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavos. 2 volumes. Volume I: viii, pages 9-384 pages. Volume 2: viii, 382 pages. Red cloth hardcovers with bright gilt illustrations, black illustrations, designs, and titles on the front boards. Illustrated with frontispiece engravings both volumes, engraved title pages, one engraved portrait..... More
Salem, MA: Marine Research Society, 1925. Hardcover. Octavo. 446 pages. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece, photographs in the text. Green cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Covers are lightly toned. Illustrated end papers. Front hinge starting to pull. Bookstore book plate on the front paste down. More
Volume III. only. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by James Humphreys, At the Corner of Second and Walnut-streets. 1805. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [1], viii, 9-352 pages. Volume III only of a 4 volume set. Tables I, II, III, IV, VI, and VII located in back. Table V not present (does..... More
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by James Humphreys, At the Corner of Second and Walnut-streets. 1806. Hardcover. Octavo. Volume 1 only of a 4 volume set. [1], xxxviii, [1], 398 pages. Missing the frontispiece engraving of the author. Marbled calf leather binding with red leather title label on the spine. Right..... More
Signed, inscribed by the author. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. xiv, [1], 239 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Dust jacket has light soil and light damp stains to the edges. Inscribed and signed by the author on the right..... More
n.p. n.p., 1912. Hardcover. Octavo. 320 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Dark green cloth hardcover with pasted down illustration and title on the front cover. Title on the spine. Cloth is edge worn on the spine. First few pages are brittle, flaking and edge chipped. The dedication page and title page..... More
Signed by the author. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with glossy illustrated dust jacket. 511 pages. Sticker residue bottom right front flyleaf. Very good. More
London: Cassell and Company, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong folio. xiv, 138 pages. Color frontispiece. Illustrated in black and white and in color. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt borders, decorations and seal on the front cover. Title on the spine. No dust jacket. Cloth is lightly worn at the extemities..... More