The Habitations of Man in All Ages by Viollet-Le-Duc, Eugene - 1876

Arno Press, 1977 First Printing of this facsimile reissue of a work first issued in London in 1876, in silver-stamped full black cloth, no markings, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages bright, small stain rfear endpapers, else Fine unread copy (no dj, as issued); 8vo; . Hard Cover. Near Fine.

Paperback / softback. New.

London,, 1876. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. In publishers green cloth with a gilt illustration on front board. Lettering is black on the front and gilt on the spine, there is a further gilt design on the spine. The corners are lightly bumped, there is a small. scrape to the front top corner. The head and foot of the spine are bumped with some rubbing. There is a faded ink mark to the bottom of the front board. The final page has been miscut and a fragment of the previous page stands proud. Internal hinges are beginning to crack. Very good minus, still attractive copy.. 8vo.Pp xvi, 394. Coloured frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout.

United Kingdom: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1876. First British Edition. Hardcover. This ex-library cpy has a special pedigree. It was withdrawn in 1923 from the Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny PA, which is now the North Side of Pittsburgh. This was one of the first two Carnegie Libraries in the United States (the first was in Scotland and the other original American one was in Braddock PA, followed later by many others). The library markings have a certain charm. The book is bound in plain brown library buckram, stained with age, but it has an elegant new gold-tooled label, and a sweet little paper call number on the base of the spine. The colorful front plate is present, and the book is replete with black and white illustrations. The pages are toned to a creamy beige, The bottom corner of the first three pages has been snipped, with no loss to the text. A nice copy for the historian of library science. Fast shipping, with tracking number… Read More

London:: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington,, 1876.. First English edition.. original cloth.. Front hinge broken; bookplate; light wear to cloth.. 8vo,. Translated by Benjamin Bucknall. Color frontispiece; plates and text illustrations in black and white.