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William and Robert Chambers, Edinburgh, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover. Volume 4. Light green cloth, no dj. Vg condition. Ex-library copy with minimal interior labels and stamping, no writing to contents, binding sturdy and tight. 17 tracts, including a life of George Washington, and a pro-abolitionist tract entitled: Intelligent Negroes.

William and Robert Chambers. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No date stated. (literature, britain, history) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Edinburgh: William And Robert Chambers, 1847. First American Edition . Publisher's Red Cloth, Gilt. Very Good +. 7 1/8" Tall. Publisher's (?) Bright Red Cloth, Decorated And Lettered In Gilt On Spine, Elaborately Blindstamped Covers. Original Yellow Endpapers. No Date In Book, But Contents Include Tracts 40-59, Thus Volume 3. No Names Or Marks. Light Wear, Gilt Brilliant, Pinpoint Frays At Corners. This Edition In Original Cloth Is Uncommon; Almost All Surviving Copies Were Bound In Leather.

Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers, 1845 several middle pages loose, rest of pages secure, Leather spine wear, marble boards. Hard Cover. Good/No DJ Issued.

Philadelphia: J B Lippincott & Company, 1857. First American Edition . Publisher's Blue Cloth, Gilt. Very Good. 7 1/8" Tall. Six Volumes [Of Eight] In Publisher's Dark Blue Cloth, Decorated And Lettered In Gilt On Spines, Elaborately Blindstamped Covers. 1857 Date And Lippincott Publisher's Information On Title Pages, Verso Of Each Contents Page States "Edinburgh: Printed For W. And R. Chambers. 1848." Wear, A Little Fraying At Corners, Hinges Tight, No Names Or Marks, Very Slight Sunning To Spines, All Spine Gilt Complete And Very Bright. International Postage About $62.

Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1844., 1844. First edition. First edition thus of abridgement. 12mo. Volume I: Quarter leather and marbled paper, 658 pp., illustrated. Volume II:Quarter leather and marbled paper, 672 pp., illustrated. Volume I contents include the Romance of geology, History of the slave trade, Joan of Arc, Life in the Bush, etc. Volume II contents include Slavery in America, Life of Captain Cook, Excursion to the Oregon, etc. Penciled notations in both volumes, both volumes are internally reinforced at the spine and covers have been well-used, else good and sound copies.

London: William and Robert Chambers, c1845-1874. Leather. Good. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. Four volumes of Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts bound in two volumes. Four volumes bound in two. Volumes I, II, IX, and X only. Illustrated throughout. A collection of short entertaining and educational tales from history and literature, including: The Life of Louis-Philippe King of the French, Story of Colbert, Happy Families of Animals, Natural Magic, Scottish Traditionary Stories, Wood-Engraving, and much more. Written by William Chambers, a Scottish publisher and politician, and Robert Chambers, a Scottish publisher, geologist, evolutionary thinker, author and journal editor. As brothers they were highly influential in mid-nineteenth-century scientific and political circles. Bound in half black calf with green cloth boards. Externally, sound with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with marks to the boards. Front hinge failed to volume I… Leer más

Edinburgh: William & Robert Chambers, 1845. 1st edition. Very Good. small octavo. 3/4 leather c.400pp., text ills., Volume 1 inc. A Tale of Norfolk Island. Volume 2 inc. James Maxwell & History of the Slave Trade

Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1847. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st ed, VG+, sm 12mo, 20 vols bound as 10, complete, 1845-47. Uniformly bound in half calf with marbled boards, c1900, some blind tooling, corners rubbed. Spines, blind and gilt tooling, raised bands, titles in gilt to green calf labels, edges rubbed. Internally, brown endpapers, text block edges sprinkled red, no inscriptions, each with an engraved title page and numerous illustrations within text, printed by W and R Chambers, some light offsettting and spotting. Some volumes printed 1845, others 1846 & 7. Interesting. Vol 1: V1, 1845, 13 tracts + poems. V2, 1845, 14 tracts. Vol 2: V3, 1845, 13 tracts + poems (Animals). V4, 1845, 17 tracts + ballads. Vol 3: V5, 1845, 12 tracts + poems (flowers). V6, 1845, 9 tracts + poems (Coleridge). Vol 4: V7, 1845, 9 tracts. V8, 8 tracts + ballads. Vol 5: V9, 1846, 8 tracts + poems (Crabbe). V10, 1846, 14 tracts + poems (Scott). Vol 6:… Leer más