Binding: Quarter Leather

Von Ceylon zum Himalaja, ein Reisebuch von Erwin Drinneberg

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Berlin, Wegweiser Verlag : 1926

Seller ID: 32592

Condition: Fine

A volume in the Series - 'Jahresreihe fur die Mitglieder des Volksverbandes der Bucherfreunde, 8, 2. Bd'. Travel and Description of Sri Lanka, Burma and India. German language text. 360 pages, map, photo plates [41 photographs by the author], fixed silk page marker; 19 cm. OCLC Number: 1425420. Internally bright, pages white, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square. Spine and corners in tan leather, boards in decorative paper over boards. Very attractive book! Weight, 472g.
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Les Petits Moralistes, ou Histoire d'Edouard et de Florella, bergers de la vallee d'Eversham. Traduction libre de l'anglais, par Bertin

By: BERTIN, Theodore-Pierre

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Paris, Billois : 1813

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 926

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: Very Good

French language book for children. Translated from the original English by Bertin. 136pp, engraved fronispiece and a further 5 engraved plates each with two images. Table at rear - Les Petits Moralistes , page 1; Auguste et Ambroise, page 83; alexis, ou le bon Oiseau se fait de lui-meme, page 116. Text-bloc is unmarked, pages white. Binding is sound. Leather spine is sopund with minor wdear. Leather corners show some wear. Marbl;ed paper-covered boards are rubbed. Tiny leather device to the center of the front board stamped in gilt, 'PRIX'. r
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The Canadian Christian Examiner and Presbyterian Magazine ; Vol II, Jan-Dec 1838

By: CHRISTIAN EXAMINER

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Toronto, Upper Canada, W. D. Miller : 1839

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 045263

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: VG

Twelve bound issues, being the Second Volume, for 1838. Quarter Leather, 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Leather Spine and corners with green marbled boards. Gilt lettering and gilt ruled compartments to spine. Boards have some shelfwear and rubbing and chipping at edges. Light foxing or soiling to endpapers. Previous owners name to half title page. Internally clean, bright and tight. Some light foxing to a few pages. Two pages have a dark stain to the side margin, one of those pages with the appearance of something spilled on it, although text still readable. 384 pages. Very Good. 384 pages, plus in...
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The Canadian Christian Examiner and Presbyterian Magazine ; Vol III, Jan-Dec 1839

By: CHRISTIAN EXAMINER

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Toronto, Upper Canada, W. D. Miller : 1840

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 045264

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: Good to VG

Twelve bound issues, being the Third Volume, for 1839. Quarter Leather, 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Leather Spine and corners with green marbled boards. Gilt lettering and gilt ruled compartments to spine. Boards have some shelfwear and rubbing and chipping at edges. Front board present, but detached. Light foxing or soiling to endpapers. Internally clean, bright and tight. Some light foxing to a few pages. 384 pages. Very Good. 384 pages, plus index. Weight, 800g.
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The Canadian Christian Examiner and Presbyterian Magazine ; Vol IV, Jan-Dec 1840

By: CHRISTIAN EXAMINER

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Toronto, Upper Canada, Hugh Scobie : 1841

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 045262

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: VG

Twelve bound issues, being the Fourth Volume, for 1840. Quarter Leather, 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Leather Spine and corners with green marbled boards. Gilt lettering and gilt ruled compartments to spine. Boards have some shelfwear and rubbing and chipping at edges. Light foxing or soiling on endpapers. Previous owners name on half title page. Internally clean, bright and tight. Some light foxing to a few pages.384 pages, plus index. Weight, 800g.
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La Constitution de Bayonne (1808) Essai d'edition Critique

By: CONARD, Pierre

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Paris, E. Cornely et Cie : 1910

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 053864

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: Good Very Good

'Bibliotheque d'histoire moderne, Tome. 2, Fascicule IV'. The 'Bayonne Statute or Constitution of 1908 was a constitution or a royal charter (Spanish: carta otorgada)[3] approved in Bayonne, France, 6 July 1808, by Joseph Bonaparte as the intended basis for his rule as king of Spain. French language. Two preliminary leaves, 182, [2] pages. Bound with a leather spine, five raised ribs, gilt titles etc, and marbled boards.At the foot of the spine, gilt, is the mark of the 'Bibliotheque du Parliament Canada'. On the inside of the front board is a label from the Law Library of York University, p...
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Oldin Sem Leid: Minnisverd Tidindi 1801-1860

By: GUDMUNDSSON, Gils - Editor

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Reykjavik, Forlagid Idunn - Valdimar Johannsson : 1955

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 15781

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: Near Fine

Icelandic language text. 256pp, illustrated. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Gift inscription on ffep. Red morroco leather spine and corners. Marbled boards. Raised bands to spine. Gilt titles. Weight, 820g.
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Fortaellinger & Jammers-Minde

By: GYLLEMBOURG-EHRENSVARD, Fru; CHRISTINA, Leonora

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Copenhagen, Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag : 1900

Seller ID: 056539

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: Very Good

Two titles bound in one book both published in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1900. 311pp [4]; 124pp, two full-page illustrations at front.Attractive binding - leather spine and corners; marbled boards, patterened endpapers. Gilt tile/s label to the spine. Soloid, sound copy showing only minor issues, provided on enquiry, images available. Danish language text. Postage at cost. Tracking required.
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The Mistake of a Life-Time; Or, the Robber of the Rhine Valley

By: HOWARD, Walso

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Boston, F. Gleason : 1850

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Bound Serial

Seller ID: 17118

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: Good or Better

Original, 10 weekly parts bound without part titles. Black leather spine and corners, paper covered boards. Gilt titles to spine. Interior is mostly clean but with some light stains throughout. Page 217 has tear near spine. Previous owner's signature/dates to end papers and pencil signatures all-over endpapers. Binding is sound. Hinges strong. We use both the Canadian Post Office and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges. This item weighs 750g.
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I. C. S. Reference Library #173: Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Elementary Chemistry, Heat, Entropy and Steam, Steam Engine Mechanism, Steam Engine Indicators and Diagrams, Simple Non-Condensing Steam Engines, Compund and Condensing Engines, Steam Turbines

By: I. C. S. STAFF

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Scranton, PA, International Textbook Company : 1908

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 3986

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: Very Good

Eleven Sections, as per the title, all paginated separately with a total of approx. 700 pages plus a 20 page Index. There are a great number of excellent illustrations - line drawings, graphs, tables etc. Internally very bright and clean with no markings. Binding is very tight, hinges sound. Minor wear to the leather corners. The leather spine, with gilt titles, has lost a small piece at the head and another at the foot. The boards, covered with tough, pebbled cloth, show no wear. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are often incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. We use Canada P...
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Statutes of the Province of British Columbia, Passed in the Session Held in the Sixty-first Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Being the Fourth Session of the Seventh Parliament of British Columbia

By: McINNES, The Honourable Thos. R. - Lieutenant Governor

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Victoria, BC, Queen`s Printer, Richard Wolfenden : 1898

Seller ID: 049020

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: Very Good

Copy once belonging to the Corporation of the City of Vernon, B. C. wth 3 or 4 tiny, rubber stamps showing this ownership. Contains 45 Public Acts of considerable interest, plus, 20 Private Acts mostly concerning Railways - Alice Arm Railway, Arrowhead and Kootenay, CP Navigation, Canadian Yukon, Downie Creek etc etc. 457pp. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Paper covering linen hinges is brittle and cracking in part, however, the linen hinges are very solid and show no decline. Quarter leather and marbled boards. Leather is very good with a small loss at the foot of the spine...
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Scientific America: A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Nechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures

By: MUNN, O. D. - Editor

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, Munn & Co. : 1889

Edition: Volumes LX & LXI, Complete

Seller ID: 038215

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: VG

Bound volume of 52 issues for all of 1889. This consists of two volumes - Vol. LX and LXI, each with 26 issues. Volume LX is missing its title page, but it is present for Volume LXI. Each volume is 414pp, full of engravings. The interior, text bloc is in Very Good, or better, condition with no major defects, tears, stains etc. The binding has ssues`- both boards are present and in VG shape, but, they are only barely connected to the leather spine. The leather spine is complete but with some tearing and with wear to the extremities. Very heavy for shipping weighing 4.3kg, or about 9.5 lbs. Pric...
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The Quarterly Review, August & November, 1809

By: MURRAY, John

Price: $47.50

Publisher: London, John Murray : 1818

Edition: Fourth Edition

Seller ID: 16755

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: About VG

Volume 2 of the Fourth Edition. 31 articles on a wide range of subjects. 486pp. Leather spine and corners with marbled boards. Bindings sound, no weakness to hinges. No foxing. Small, 'discard' stamp to ffep otherwise unmarked. Minor wear to edges of boards. Weight, 650g.
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The Quarterly Review, June & September, 1842

By: MURRAY, John

Price: $37.50

Publisher: London, John Murray : 1842

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 16756

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: Good +

Volume 70. 539pp. Leather spine and corners with marbled boards. Binding weakening. Hinges are separating though still connected. No foxing. Wear to edges of boards. Wear to head of spine and 1.5" split to one side. Weight, 710g.
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Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1886; Volume XI

By: OHIO, Roster Commission

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Akron, OH, Werner Printing & Litho : 1891

Edition: 1891 Edition

Seller ID: 2328

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: Very Good

This single volume of the 'Official Roster of thr Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion', being Volume XI, contains data on the 1st-13th Regiments Ohio Vol Cavalry; 4th and 5th Independent Battalions of Cavalry; 3rd and 4th Independent Companies of Cavalry; McLaughlin's Squadron of Cavalry; Merrill's Horse or 2nd Missouri Cavalry; Union Light Guard, and Harlin's Light Cavalry, or Company M, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry. v, 811pp. Bound in tough black cloth with black leather corners and spine, gilt titles an decoration. Solid copy, tight binding. Minor faults here and there, n...
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Swann's Way

By: PROUST, Marcel

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, PA, The Franklin Library : 1983

Edition: Later Edition

Seller ID: 16145

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: Fine

Franklin Library edition of Proust translated from the French by C. K. Scott Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin. xv, 486pp, illustrated by Malcolm Liepke. Maroon leather spine with raised bands and gilt titles. Red cloth boards with gilt decoration. Fixed, silk page marker, all edges gilt. Bright, clean copy, Fine 'as issued'. Weight, 950g. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are often incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. We use Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and Asendia and try to offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Imag...
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Oeuvres d'Edmond Rostand; Ten, Uniform Volumes

By: ROSTAND, Edmond

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Paris, Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle

Edition: Reprint Editions

Seller ID: 049496

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: Fine

Ten volumes of the works of French writer, playwright, poet and essayist Edmond Rostand [1868-1918]. Rostand is the author of one of the most famous pieces of French theater, 'Cyrano de Bergerac'. French language texts. The 10 volumes are uniformly, and attractively bound with leather spine, marbled boards, five raised bands to the spine, gilt decoration to the spine, blue leather/gilt title labels, marbled endpapers, fixed silk ribbon page markers etc. Different dates of publication, all in the 1920s. Complete details and images on application. Will be quiteheavy to ship. NB - Postal Rates...
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The Ethics olf the Dust; Ten lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallization

By: RUSKIN, John

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Thomas Y. Crowell

Edition: 2nd Edition

Seller ID: 057238

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: VG+

A study by the famous British art critic and writer written in the form of a Socratic dialogue It details Ruskin's thoughts on the education system, the development of fine art and design in Europe, and man's place in the world. Undated, however, at the end of the Preface to the Second Edition there is the date 1877. 235pp, frontis portrait of the author. Internally bright and clean. Unmarked. Tight, square binding, sound hinges. Bound in tough, green cloth with a darker green leather spine. Spine with gilt titles and gilt decoratioN in five small panels. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post...
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Afrikanisches Skizzenbuch: Verschollene Merkwurdigkeiten

By: SCHWEINFURTH, Georg

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Berlin, Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft : 1925

Edition: First Edition [presumed]

Seller ID: 21840

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: About Very Good

German language text. 312pp, illustrated, photo illustrated, fixed silk page marker. Interior is bright and clean. Binding is sound though front hinge is partly cracked. Small name stamps in a couple of places. Minor wear to edges of boards. Very little wear to leather spine. Gilt titles and decoration are bright. Weight, 430g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the...
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La Petite Illustration: Revue Hebdomadaire, publiant des Pieces de Theatre et des Romans Inedits

By: VARIOUS AUTHORS

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Paris, France, Editions de 'L'Illustration" : 1932

Seller ID: 056265

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: Near Fine

Bound Volume of 16 Issues from April to October 1932. Nos 572, 573, 574, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 587, 590, 591, 592, 595, 598, 599, 600. Various paginations, illustrated. Bound with original covers. Plays, including 'Le Cyclone' by W. Somerset Maugham'; plays by Paul Raynall, Rene Fauchois, Louis Verneuil, Jean Sarment, Francoias Porche, Marcel Achard, Andre Birabeau, Francis de Croisset. Fiction by Yvon Lapaquellerie & Magd-Abril. Poetry by various authors. French languge throughout. Gilt titles to the spine. Attractive appearance. We use both the Canada Post, the United States Postal Servi...
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Binding: Quarter Leather