A History of the English Turf. A Complete Set of Three Volumes in Six Books. de Cook, Theodore A - 0

Internally exceptionally clean: no foxing, watermarks, underlining. Contact seller for full description.

The Complete Burton Translation with the Complete Burton Notes, The Terminal Essay, a Complete Index and 1001 Decorations by Valenti Angelo "The Special Contents of this Edition are Copyright, 1934, by the Limited Editions Club, Inc. from whom Special Permission Has Been Obtained for the Production of this Reprint." Publication date is not given, but this is likely a 1961 reprint. Three Volumes each with black slipcases. 8vo size pictorial hardcovers (front and back cover) with decorated spine Volumes I and II: ends with page 1375. Tanned spine, small spot near bottom of exterior spine; light crease on spine, bumped bottom of spine and small spot on bottom of book. Black slipcase has wear and chipping. Volumes III and IV: ends with page 2650. Tanned spine. The bottom panel of this slipcase is damaged. Volumes V & VI: ends with page 3,975. Back hinge cracked; spot on back cover and tanned spine. Page 3661/3662 was properly cut but the publisher and overhangs. Page 3663/3664… Leer más

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA: New Mexico Historical Association, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Two brown cloth hardcovers with gilt and color embossed lettering and illustrations to spines and fronts; map endpapers; b&w foldout map at end of volume one; b&w photos. Very good condition: mild wear to spine tips of volume one; it's corners slightly worn; very slight wear to extremities of volume two; a bit of interior toning; straight; inner back hinge of volume one has been glue-repaired and is holding well. Will require extra for shipping..

Paris: Aubier, 1951. First edition. Two volumes. Small octavo. Original wrappers. Minor edgewear to wrappers and spotting to front wrapper of Vol. II; one-inch closed tear to top of first two leaves of Vol. II; minor spotting to page block of Vol. II; both volumes bright and largely uncut. Inscribed by Gabriel Marcel on title page to Vol. I. Very good.. Inscribed first edition, two-volume set collecting Gabriel Marcel's (1889-1973) Gifford Lectures presented at the University of Aberdeen between 1949 and 1950 on the nature and purpose of philosophy, faith, and metaphysics in human life. Marcel was an influential French philosopher, playwright, and music critic who, in the tradition of Søren Kierkegaard, was also a renowned Christian existentialist. Marcel focused much of his thought on the displacement of the authentically human in an increasingly industrial and technological world and, like other existentialist thinkers of his time, sought to explain the roots of human alienation. The Mystery of… Leer más

London: A. Bettesworth, W. Taylor, etc., 1722. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The two volume history of Scotland translated from the Latin text of Mr. Bond by George Buchanan. Internally very good half bound with marbelled boards slightly damaged to top of front hinges (see photos) but holding well. Title labels missing and with heraldic bookplate of John Frederick Pinney on front pastedown. As a plantation owner, Pinney was a beneficiary from his estates in Nevis, St. Kitts and St. Vincent when slavery was abolished. Complete with plates as called for. The two volume history of Scotland.

Internally exceptionally clean: no foxing, watermarks, underlining. Contact seller for full description.

The Complete Burton Translation with the Complete Burton Notes, The Terminal Essay, a Complete Index and 1001 Decorations by Valenti Angelo "The Special Contents of this Edition are Copyright, 1934, by the Limited Editions Club, Inc. from whom Special Permission Has Been Obtained for the Production of this Reprint." Publication date is not given, but this is likely a 1961 reprint. Three Volumes each with black slipcases. 8vo size pictorial hardcovers (front and back cover) with decorated spine Volumes I and II: ends with page 1375. Tanned spine, small spot near bottom of exterior spine; light crease on spine, bumped bottom of spine and small spot on bottom of book. Black slipcase has wear and chipping. Volumes III and IV: ends with page 2650. Tanned spine. The bottom panel of this slipcase is damaged. Volumes V & VI: ends with page 3,975. Back hinge cracked; spot on back cover and tanned spine. Page 3661/3662 was properly cut but the publisher and overhangs. Page 3663/3664… Leer más

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA: New Mexico Historical Association, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Two brown cloth hardcovers with gilt and color embossed lettering and illustrations to spines and fronts; map endpapers; b&w foldout map at end of volume one; b&w photos. Very good condition: mild wear to spine tips of volume one; it's corners slightly worn; very slight wear to extremities of volume two; a bit of interior toning; straight; inner back hinge of volume one has been glue-repaired and is holding well. Will require extra for shipping..

Paris: Aubier, 1951. First edition. Two volumes. Small octavo. Original wrappers. Minor edgewear to wrappers and spotting to front wrapper of Vol. II; one-inch closed tear to top of first two leaves of Vol. II; minor spotting to page block of Vol. II; both volumes bright and largely uncut. Inscribed by Gabriel Marcel on title page to Vol. I. Very good.. Inscribed first edition, two-volume set collecting Gabriel Marcel's (1889-1973) Gifford Lectures presented at the University of Aberdeen between 1949 and 1950 on the nature and purpose of philosophy, faith, and metaphysics in human life. Marcel was an influential French philosopher, playwright, and music critic who, in the tradition of Søren Kierkegaard, was also a renowned Christian existentialist. Marcel focused much of his thought on the displacement of the authentically human in an increasingly industrial and technological world and, like other existentialist thinkers of his time, sought to explain the roots of human alienation. The Mystery of… Leer más

London: A. Bettesworth, W. Taylor, etc., 1722. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The two volume history of Scotland translated from the Latin text of Mr. Bond by George Buchanan. Internally very good half bound with marbelled boards slightly damaged to top of front hinges (see photos) but holding well. Title labels missing and with heraldic bookplate of John Frederick Pinney on front pastedown. As a plantation owner, Pinney was a beneficiary from his estates in Nevis, St. Kitts and St. Vincent when slavery was abolished. Complete with plates as called for. The two volume history of Scotland.