Bristol, Past and Present by Nicholls, J. F. and John Taylor - 1881

Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1882. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Thought to be first edition and printing. In very good green embossed decorated cloth with black patterns around edges and gilt images of features of Bristol. The boards are very tight, straight and quite clean. "The Clevedon Community Bookshop Co-operative Bindery Team" have reinforced the front and back hinge with paper plaquet. The edges and spine are strong. The Team have also reinforced the end papers and finished off with a black plaquet. The end papers are black and not marked. The cut edges are tanned. The text block is printed in two columns and profusely illustrated in black and white; frontispiece present. The pages are flat and firm; prelims and last page is foxed; page edges very lightly tanned. No dedications etc. Without jacket. Very good condition. Very heavy. Please contact us for cost of postage.

Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1881. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Thought to be first edition and printing. In very good green decorated cloth with black patterns around edges and gilt images of features of Bristol. The boards are very tight, straight and quite clean. "The Clevedon Community Bookshop Co-operative Bindery Team" have put in new mull and new book cloth over the spine and reattached the original. The edges and spine are strong. The Team have also reinforced the end papers and finished off with a black plackett. The end papers are black and a little marked and the front free end paper is a little creased. The cut edges are tanned. The text block is printed in two columns and profusely illustrated in black and white; frontispiece present. The pages are flat and firm; prelims foxed; page edges very lightly tanned. Page 273 is marked; circular blue pen marks on a prelim. No dedications etc. Without jacket. Very good minus condition. Very heavy. Please contact us for… Read More

Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1881. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Thought to be first edition and printing. In very good green embossed decorated cloth with black patterns around edges and gilt images of features of Bristol. The boards are very tight, straight and quite clean. "The Clevedon Community Bookshop Co-operative Bindery Team" have put in new mull and new book cloth over the spine and reattached the original. The edges and spine are strong. The Team have also reinforced the end papers and finished off with a black plackett. The end papers are black and a little marked and the front free end paper has worn fore edge. The cut edges are tanned. The text block is printed in two columns and profusely illustrated in black and white; frontispiece present. The pages are flat and firm; prelims and appendix foxed; page edges very lightly tanned. No dedications etc. Without jacket. Very good minus condition. Very heavy. Please contact us for cost of postage.

Bristol, J.W.Arrowsmith, 1881-1882. 3 vol.in 2. 4to. x,iv,308-ix,356 pp. New halfleather binding (last pages slightly foxed, marbled edges) Internet

Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, 1881. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 11" by 8.5". None. The first edition of this history of Bristol in a complete three volume set bound into one. First edition. Three volumes bound in one. Illustrated throughout with many in-text images and three individual frontispieces. Collated complete. Each volume covers a section of Bristol's vast history, from civil history, to ecclesiastical history, and modern history. Written by James Fawckner Nicholls, an English antiquarian and librarian of Bristol, and John Taylor, a historian and librarian of Bristol Museum. Bound in full crushed morocco. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear. Paint mark to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. A small closed tear to the first frontispiece. Very Good

Bristol: J W Arrowsmith, 1881-2. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 11.5" by 9" . Not Stated . A collection complete in three volumes exploring the history of the vibrant city of Bristol, the first edition. The first edition of this work. Three volumes telling of the complete local history of Bristol, an intriguing and accurate history with many little known facts and picturesque descriptions. Tracing the origin and growth of Bristol as a leading and progressive, commercial city. Written by the hands of J. F. Nicholls and John Taylor, librarians.  Vol. I focusing on the civil history, vol. II on the ecclesiastical history, and vol. II on civil and modern history. with a general index. Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume and numerous illustrations in text throughout. In the original publisher's full cloth binding with decorative gilt to the front board. Externally generally smart with minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, some minor… Read More

J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/not applicable. One of the essential books for any library of Bristol history. Profusely illustrated with engraved vignettes, portraits, maps etc etc. Three volume complete set in later half morocco bindings, gilt lettered, raised bands to spines. Presentable, clean, tight and sound copies. Bindings have a little rubbing at extremities but this is a solid and attractive set which should give a few centuries of service. No inscriptions or bookplates. x + 318 + vii + 308 + x + 356 pages. Approx. size 11" by 9". Heavy item - overseas customers please enquire re shipping costs. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28750. .

Bristol London : J.W. Arrowsmith ; Griffith and Farran, 1881. 1st edition. Hardcover. Gilt blocked, finely bound in aniline calf over marble boards, with coloured, marbled edges. Scattered foxing to the pages. Physical description; (3 volumes) frontispiece, illustrations (including portrait, maps, plans, facsimile) 2 plates. Contents; v. 1. Civil history [by Nicholls]--v. 2. Ecclesiastical history [by Taylor]--v. 3. Civil and modern history [by Nicholls]. Subjects; Bristol (England) History. England Bristol. Bristol. Bristol (England) Church history.

Light shelfwear to edges. Glossy covers. Clean interior pages free of markings. 152 pages. 0.3" X 6" X 4.5" 1cmX 15X11cm Facts and trivia about collectible dolls such as many dolls made between 1700 and 1780 were called Queen Ann dolls, the first manufactured dolls to look like a baby were made by Madame Augusta Montanari, and the swivel socket neck was invented in 1861 by Mme. Huret in France.

364 Pages. This fascinating reference book on antiques' dust jacket has a repaired tear on the front side and worn areas along the top and bottom edges and on its corners. The interior book, other than having an inscription to the former owner inside the front cover, has no other visible markings and thus is in extremely well preserved and Fine condition.This book will be carefully wrapped up and then boxed and shipped right away to you from here in New Jersey and comes with our absolute appreciation for your order.

Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2

Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.

xvi+469 pages with appendix and bibliography. Royal octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First editionFocusing on the fate of the natives under Spanish rule, the author traces in graphic detail the rupturing of Indian traditions and the fate that befell the Indian people. While demonstrating the excesses of the conquistadors and unscrupulous crown officials, he also emphasizes that Central America was the scene of the first attempt to apply the famous New Laws. Although that legislation was not fully implemented, the reformist judge Alonso Lopez de Cerrato made significant improvements in labor conditions, in the face of furious opposition from the Spanish settlers. Aside from it discussion of labor practices, this account deals with population figures and the extent of the slave trade, and corrects a number of errors in traditional sources. In addition, Spanish Indian policy, particularly at the local level, is examined… Read More

Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."

Calcutta : Royal Asiatic Society, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Volume I only. Rebound in modern gray cloth. Pencil marginalia. Stamp to final text pages. Lacking original wraps.

ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST. THE VIKING PRESS, FIRST EDITION STATED FIRST PRINTING THUS, APRIL, 1947. Used. Very good condition/Good + condition original unclipped, $2.00 price appears on front flap. Fuscia dust jacket spine is a trace sunned. Mylar wrap. Another Part of the Forest, a play in three acts by Lillian Hellman, author of "The Little Foxes", and "The Searching Wind". Patricia Neal frontispiece.

xxx+392+iv pages with 3 fold out maps, appendixes and index. Royal octavo (9½" x 6½")issued in blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Edited by E.E. Rich, Assisted by A.M. Johnson. Introduction by G.P. de T. Glazebrook. Hudson Bay Record Society volume XVII. Number 1549 of a limited edition.A fort was built near the mouth of the Moose River on James Bay North East Ontario, Canada, by Charles Bayly, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, in the early 1670s. In the struggle between the English and French in Canada, the fort changed hands several times and shortly after 1696 was destroyed. In 1730 the company built a post close to the ruins of the original fort. This post has been in continuous operation to the present day. This is the first publication of the Record Society to deal specifically with affairs at the "Bottom of the Bay."Condition:Pages unread. A very good to fine copy without jacket as issued.

45 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") issued in wrappers. Edited by Luis Vargas Rea. From the library of professor George M Foster. First edition limited to 100 copies.George McClelland Foster, Jr born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 9, 1913, died on May 18, 2006, at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979, when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological theory and practice still challenge us; in more than 300 publications, his writings encompass a wide diversity of topics, including acculturation, long-term fieldwork, peasant economies, pottery making, public health, social structure, symbolic systems, technological change, theories of illness and wellness, humoral medicine in Latin America, and worldview. The quantity, quality, and long-term value of his scholarly work led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. Virtually all of… Read More