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Price: US$35.43 + shipping
Description: 297pp. + 2 plates as called for. Still well bound with some wear to extremeties of cover. Apart from occasional minor age staining interior in nice clean condition. All edges marbled. Gilt titling on the leather spine. No names or inscriptions. See my other listings for more identically bound vols of this set. Picture of this book available.
Seller: Tony Hutchinson, Seale, United Kingdom
Price: US$44.45 + shipping
Description: 284pp. + 11 plates as called for. Still well bound with hinges starting to crack, wear to extremeties of cover. Apart from occasional minor age staining interior in nice clean condition. All edges marbled. Gilt titling on the leather spine. No names or inscriptions. See my other listings for more identically bound vols of this set. Picture of this book available.
Seller: Tony Hutchinson, Seale, United Kingdom
Price: US$95.33 + shipping
Description: 280pp. + 37 plates as called for (a couple have been coloured by hand). Still well bound with some cracking to hinges & wear to extremeties of cover. Apart from occasional minor age staining interior in nice clean condition. All edges marbled. Gilt titling on the leather spine. No names or inscriptions. See my other listings for more identically bound vols of this set. Picture of this book available.
Seller: Tony Hutchinson, Seale, United Kingdom
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature. J Christie, Dublin, 1812.
Price: US$225.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8 vols. bound as 4 vols. Tan, leather-covered boards with gilt titles and decoration to spine. Each volume illustrated with fascinating engravings. Vols 1 and 2 (297pp. + 247pp.): Endpapers loose, otherwise text block in excellent condition. Frontispiece and single plate to first volume. 4 plates to second. Vols 3 and 4 (295pp. + 280pp.): leather to boards worn in places, particularly at base of spine but again, all still secure and attractive. Some of numerous plates are loose (but all still present), otherwise text block in good condition. 22 plates to third vol. and 37 plates to fourth. Vols 5 and 6 (278pp. and 284pp.): leather to boards worn at edges, particularly head of spine, otherwise rather good. Text block in very good condition. 16 plates to fifth vol. 11 plates to sixth. Vols 7 and 8 (282pp. + 174pp. + index): leather to boards worn and cracked in places, small section has come away at top of spine. Still nice volume to complete set. Text block again, in very good condition. 6 plates to seventh vol. Eighth volume published without plates. All books are bumped and worn at ends of spine and corners. Vol 1&2 binding is further scuffed on back board with small patches where leather has worn away.Vol 3&4 has small patch of leather missing in spine covering; Vol 7&8 has small patch of leather missing at top of spine covering, small patch missing in centre of front board covering. Scattered foxing to page ends, visible when books are closed but inside mostly unaffected. Please contact us for further information, photographs. As this is a mltiple set, it will need extra postage. Please contact us for best rate.
Seller: Ripping Yarns, London, United Kingdom
Goldsmith, Oliver. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature. J. Christie, Dublin, 1812.
Price: US$276.22 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Complete in eight volumes, bound in four. A good + solid set bound in contemporary half calf, some scuffing and rubbing to the edges, mainly the outer corners and spine of the first volume, some loss to the marbled covers. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedowns, some spotting to the prelims. but the interiors are very good overall. , complete with all of the plates as called for.
Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, Ireland
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature. J. Christie, Dublin, 1812.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Engraved frontispiece and other illustrations with copperplates. 8 volumes. Small 8vo, 3/4 polished brown calf, gilt-dec. raised bands, red leather spine label; (some corners lightly bumped, lightly rubbed covers). Dublin: J. Christie, 1812. Very Good.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.