Old England

1860 Old England Knight Illustrated Britain Cathedrals ART Stonehenge 2v FOLIOS Charles Knight's "Old England" is an absolutely beautiful mid-19th-century history of Great Britain. Subtitled 'a pictorial museum', this work illustrates the antiquities of England from Stonehenge to castles, to stain-glass windows and coronation thrones. Knight includes exquisite color engravings of iconic works of art such as the statue of Isaac… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: James Sangster and Co, 1864. First edition. First edition. Two Volumes (392, 404pp) Folios (27 x 36 cm, 4 cm thick). Original textured red-brown cloth with heavily ornate gilt seal motif and lettering, blind-stamped intricate designs, both covers and spines by JOHN LEIGHTON, beveled boards, marbled endpapers. 40 wood-engraved woodcuts engraved by Leighton Brothers, woodcuts throughout text, some… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: James Sangster and Co., 1855 OVERSIZED. Circa 1855. iv, [2], 392pp; v, [1], 404pp, bound in ex-library black buckram, with binding and hinges tight. Decorative title page to Vol. I in tatters and laid-in. Colour lithographs throught, with protective tissue guards intact. Some page have edge tears, not affecting the text, nor plates images.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Sangster and Fletcher. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1854. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Rebound (20th Century) in full light brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with 12 full-page illuminated color engravings and 1390 B&W engravings. Printed by William Clowes in London. This volume deals with the British Period,… Saber más sobre este artículo

PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON: JAMES SANGSTER AND CO. Half Calf. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Two volumes bound in one. Binding rubbed and worn, with cracked front joint to half calf binding. All illuminated pages correct, and with numerous mono illustrations throughout. This is an extraordinary work of profuse illustration. This heavy volume will require extra… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: James Sangster & Co., ca. 1890.. 2 volumes. 392 & 404 pp.; chromolithographed plates, black and white wood engravings. Folio. 3/4 calf and marbled boards, raised spine bands, black leather spine labels titled in gilt. Vol. 1 with rear board detached, vol. 2 with front board detached.

London : Forbes, Sangster & Co., [1856?], 1856. New Edition. Hardback. Very good copies both in the original gilt-blocked, elaborately blind-tooled cloth over bevelled boards. Professionally re-cased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Scans etc. on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; Physical desc.:… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Portland House, 1987. First edition thus. Fine/near fine. New York: Portland House, 1987 First edition thus Fine/near fine New York: Portland House, 1987 First printing of this edition Oversized hardcover, 10"" x 14"" 800 pages including index Brown boards with gilt spine lettering ""A facsimile of the original edtion,"" published in 1844 Book condition:… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: James Sangster and Co. , [1845]. Cloth. Very Good. 14" by 10.5" . Not Stated . Charles Knight's pictorial survey of English history illustrative of its antiquities. Charles Knight retraces English history through a series of surveys from before the Norman conquest until the end of the Reign of King George II, including a sketch of… Saber más sobre este artículo

London : Charles Knight and Co., Ludgate Street, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine set in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 2 vols. : ill.(some col.) ; 37 cm. Notes; Published in 96 parts between 1844-45. Edited by Charles Knight. List… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York : Portland House : Distributed By Crown Publishers, 1987. Reprint. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 1 pages; Description: 2 v. In 1 : ill. (some col. ) ;… Saber más sobre este artículo

Gramercy, 1987-05-12T00:00:01Z. hardcover. Very Good. 13x10x2. Portland House; New York, 1987. Hardcover. Book is large and heavy, additional shipping cost may apply. Two Volumes in One Book. A Very Good, brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, mild bubbling of buckram top front board near fore-edge, sunning to text block edges and page… Saber más sobre este artículo

London : Bracken, 1988. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Front hinge weak. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 2 vols. in 1 : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 36 cm. Notes; Facsim. of the ed. published in 2 vols: London :… Saber más sobre este artículo

1860 BEAUTIFUL Old England Knight Britain Cathedrals ART Stonehenge 2v FOLIOS Charles Knight's "Old England" is an absolutely beautiful mid-19th-century history of Great Britain. Subtitled 'a pictorial museum', this work illustrates the antiquities of England from Stonehenge to castles, to stain-glass windows and coronation thrones. Knight includes exquisite color engravings of iconic works of art such as the statue of Isaac… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: James Sangster and Co, c1860 . Cloth. Very Good. 14.5" by 11". Not Stated. A very smart copy of the first volume only of Charles Knight's beautifully illustrated study of the antiquities and history of England, illustrated throughout with chromolithograph plates. Illustrated with a chromolithographic frontispiece, and seventeen further chromolithographic plates, and with numerous vignette illustrations… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Charles Knight and Co., Ludgate Street, 1844. New Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original elaborately gilt-blocked cloth over beveled boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Date is suggested. Physical description: 392 pages. Notes: Volume I only. Subjects: Colour printing; Specimens. Great Britain Antiquities. Great Britain… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston London : Samuel Walker and Co. ; printed by William Clowes and Sons, 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in half leather over buckram boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; volume one (only):… Saber más sobre este artículo

London : Sangster & Fletcher, 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn set with poor bindings. Bound in half leather over sand grained cloth boards with gilt labels to the spines. Wear and tear as with age (with loss to the spines). Remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; 2 vols., [24] plates : ill. ; 37 cm. Notes;… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Bracken Books, 1987. Brown Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 404pp. Facsimile of the original edition published by James Sangster & Co. This edition publsihed by Bracken. Superbly illustrated throughout with numerous line drawings and many full page colour plates. Dust wrapper not price clipped. Sunning to the lower third of the… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Charles Knight And co., [Printed by William Clowes and Sons], 1845 [Vol. II undated]., 1845. folio. pp. 1 p.l., 392; vi, 386. text in double columns. 24 colour plates. c2500 wood engravings in the text. 19th century gilt-paneled black calf by R.J.Major, Weymouth with ticket (some chipping to lower spines, some scattered foxing - generally light to moderate &… Saber más sobre este artículo