A volume in Abbott's Histories, small pocket edition. 218pp, engraved frontispiece, all edges gilt. Bound in rust cloth, with stamped title/decoration in gilt to front board and spine, and with stamped decoration to balance of the boards. Interior is very clean, pages bright white. Previous owner's details to the ffep, otherwise unmarked. Binding is tight and square, hinges sound.Spine and edges of boards are sun lightened. Some wear to the spine edges and slight bloss to the head of the spine. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal ... View More...
Printed for the Navy Department of the United States in an issue of 500 copies. English language text. Some notes in French, German etc. xv, 208 pages ; 24 cm. OCLC Number:3849498. Interior is bright white, no foxing and unmarked. yellow endpapers are bright and unmarked, no cracking at the hinges. Binding is very tight and square.A few times holes in the original cloth, particularly to the lower spine.Gilt titles to spine are unworn. Scans and further info are available. Weight, 633g. View More...
Novel by a Canadian author from Nova Scotia who also wrote the 'Strange MS Found in a Copper Cylinder'. This is the fifth book in the 'B.O.W.C. Series'. 335pp, engraved frontis with tissue-guard, 2 engraved plates, book ads to endpapers. Original dark green cloth with gilt titles and an illustration of sailors climbing ropes, to spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. Tiny amount of foxing to tp/frontis. Tight, square binding. Slight wear, rubbing to cloth. Weight, 440g. View More...
This edition is dedicated to the Memory of Daniel Webster. Pages are printed on one side only. Small 4to, 8.25"x10.5", xii, (98pp), illustrated. with engravings. 32 leaves plus nine extra stanzas by James D. Knowles, and a poem by T. Buchanan Read. Hardcover in original cloth with embossed designs on both boards and gilt titles & decorations. Page edges gilt all-round. Boards are a little worn, corners bumped, head of spine has repairs. Still a nice copy with clean bright interior. VG. Weight, 608g. View More...
The Creation in the Bible and in Science. OCLC Number: 4784660. xvi, 238 p. front., illus, 20pp publisher`s catalog. 18 cm. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square. Spine is sun faded. Cloth somewhat rubbed. Some wear to cloth at tips and at corners. Scarce. Weight, 328g. View More...
Fiction but containing much factual material on British military life in several parts of the world including Gibraltar, the West Indies & Nova Scotia. Includes a good deal of Christian, moral teaching. Complete in six parts, paginated individually. Original blind-stamped purple cloth, faded, with gilt titles and decoration. 72pp + 71pp + 72pp + 82pp +95pp + 96pp, several full-page illustrations, 4pp book catalog at back. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding is sound though some repair evident at front hinge. Cloth is faded but clean and with relatively minor wear at extremities. Prize-plat... View More...
Originally published in 1847. Known as 'Tate's Exercises on Mechanics'. viii, 163pp, diagrams. Interior is very bright and clean, binding sound. old signature to ffep, dated 1969. Original brown cloth with minor wear. Slight fading to spine. Patches of stains [?] to back cover. Still an attractive copy in great overall condition. Weight, 160g. Ships at cost via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail. View More...
Second Edition withnumerous additions and corrections. xv, 202pp, 6pp publisher's ads.Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, no wear or weakening to hinges. Bound, in the original purple, pebble grain cloth. Boards retain their original color, spine is sun-faded to a light brown. Gilt titles to spine are bright. No soiling or staining present. A very attractive little volume. Weight, 230g. View More...
Two volumes bound in one. First Series consists of 13 lectures published in 1867. This is the fourth reprint. Second Series consists of nine lectures and is a first printing, 1871. Contributors include - Professor Huxley W. Boyd Dawkins, W. Huggins, Professor Rpscoe and many others. [8pp], 170pp, [6pp], 182pp, pblishers catalog at front and back.Bright, white pages. Ink sgnature to front otherwise uunmarked. Binding is firm, hinges aound, paper covering the hinges is cracked. Minor wear to original cloth. Cloth unifrmly faded. Weight, View More...
Moral tales with sound religion. First published in the U.K. by the Religious Tract Society. iv, 316pp, [8pp] publisher's catalog at rear. Gift inscription to ffep, dated 1875. Bright, white, clean interior, no foxing. Sound, tight binding, no cracked hinges. Attractive, dark brown, blind-stamped cloth with gilt titles and decorations to spine. Tiny wear to tips and minor wear to extremities of spine. Attractive and scarce. Weight, 230g. Ships to the USA for $6.50. Other dstination on request. View More...
