Search Results: the biographical treasury by samuel maunder

6th ed. Longman, London, 1847. Hardback. The embossed cloth binding is rubbed and the hinges are weak. The endpaper has an owner's inscription. The text is well bound together, it has some light marginal browning but is otherwise clean and crisp.

Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1842. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 1842 fourth edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm.

Longman, Brown Green & Longmans, 1851. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Seventh edition, green buckram with gilt titles. Backstrip chipped to head and partially split along front edge. Front hinge cracked and spine shaky. Front end papers loose though remaining binding secure. A good reference copy of this classic biographical work. 896pp with 32 pages of publishers titles.

London: Longman, Green, 1838. Frontispiece. 8vo (6 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches), 853-pages printed in double column. Contemporary half brown calf, marbled boards. Spine decorated in gilt on raised bands and blocked in blind in compartments, with burgundy lettering piece. Prelims foxed. Overall very good.

London, UK: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1838. 2nd Edition . Hard Back. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 854pp. Half leather over marbled paper-covered boards, four ribs. Spine label missing. Heavy wear to extremities, Spine cover partially detached at front board. Top text block edge sprayed. Cover detached from volume at front endpaper. Presentation plate on front paste down. minor worm damaged on first few pages. Internally neat, clean bright and tight. 12mo. Consisting of Memoirs, Sketches, or brief Notices of the Lives of Eminent Persons of all Ages & Nature From the earliest Periods of History to the Present Time Forming a New and Complete Dictionary of Universal Biography, The whole surrounded with Precepts & Maxims Original & Selected by Samuel Maunder Author of The Treasury of Knowledge & Library of Reference to which this volume is a companion.

Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1859-01-01. 11th ed. Hardcover. Good. Publisher's cloth. VG-. 2 preliminary leaves, [iii]-iv, 962 pages frontispiece 17 cm. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily.

London: Longmans, Green And Co, 1889. Full tree calf leather, marbled endpapers and page edges in tidy condition, a little rubbed at the edges, prize bookplate and gilt stamp to the front board, 719pp. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROB, 1859-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1870 longman green edition on red maroon boards gilt lettering to spine and frontis

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback. New.

Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1847-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-Library, usual stamps and marking. Well read copy with some spine wear but still very useable, spine is loose from book but front and back cover attached.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1854. Book. Fine. Hardback. Eighth edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. This is a fine copy in full red leather with gilt decoration to spine, five raised bands. aeg.Marbled endpapers. Black & white frontispiece 925pp Samuel Maunder (1785-1849) was an English writer and composer of many works here is a fine copy that will grace any bookshelf..

LONDON, LONGMANS, 1870. NEW EDITION, THICK SMALL OCTAVO, FINELY BOUND IN FULL CALF, GILT DECORATIVE SPINE, MARBLED ENDPAPERS AND EDGES. TIGHTLY BOUND. FOXING TO PRELIMS. ONLY. 1154 PAGES.

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1845. Full-Leather. Near Very Good. 2 Volumes in Handsome Matching Contemporary Full Leather Bindings; with Bright Gilt Decoration to fronts and rears. 4 Raised Bands to spines and Gilt Decoration on Bands and within Compartments. Gilt Titles in Second Compartments. All Page Edges Gilt. Title Pages dated 1845. "The Universal Biography" has a Frontispiece Illustrated with Portrait Busts, protected by Tissue Guard; Followed by a Descriptive Title Page, Followed by a Printed Title Page stating Fifth Edition.904 Pages. The "Treasury of Knowledge"has an Illustrated Frontispiece, Descriptive Title Page & Printed Title Page stating Sixteenth Edition and Consists of Part 1, a New and Enlarged Dictionary of the English Language compiled from Genuine Editions of Johnson, Webster etc. The Dictionary is unpaginated, : Part 2 is a "New and Universal Gazetteer", and has its own Illustrated Frontispiece with Tissue Guard, Descriptiive… Read More

Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. 1851. Fine binding. Full tan calf. Gilt tooling to spine, contrasting label, raised bands. Marbled edges and endpapers. b&w frontispiece. Decorative bookplate to front endpaper. Small scuffs to upper board and some wear to edges of spine, o/w a very nice copy. VG+_

Longman & Co, 1859. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's signature in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; England; 19th century; Biography & Autobiography. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 2507. .

London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. Ninth Edition. Hardback. Very good copy bound in contemporary gilt-blocked, brown cloth. Rebacked with the contemporary spine laid back. Lacking a section of the original spine cover. Slight dulling around the spine and panel edges. Bumped corners. Gilt-stamped titles and wreath to front panel. Decorative and illustrative blind tooling to spine and panels, including vignettes of readers on the front and rear panels. Scattered foxing around the prelims. An unread copy with unopened pages. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 937 pages; ""9th edition, revised, corrected, and extended to the present time, with a supplement"" --title page. 937, 24p. 18cm. Text in double columns. Subjects: Biography -- Great Britain -- 19th century.