Search Results: England from William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA

Full vellum boards with gilt coat of arms and rule to front board, as well as gilt particulars to spine. Housed in dark green slipcase with gilt coat of arms to front. All edges gilt; green silk ribbon; marbled endpapers. Light scuffing to upper right back corner and bottom of slipcase. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean.6 3/4 x 10 inches.

Professionally rebound in half calf over marbled boards with gilt rule to boards, and five raised bands, gilt particulars, and two dark green skiver labels to spine. Original endpapers. Original hand-coloring to 13 hors texte plates, and 69 black and white plates throughout text. No previous owners' names or other markings. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail.

Full vellum boards with gilt coat of arms and rule to front board, as well as gilt particulars to spine. Housed in dark green slipcase with gilt coat of arms to front. All edges gilt; green silk ribbon; marbled endpapers. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean.6 3/4 x 10 inches.

Black cloth boards with copper particulars to front board and spine. Cream paper dust jacket with text and design. All 7 dust jackets protected in mylar. Volumes contents are as follows: Vol. 1: Romaunt of the Rose and Minor Poems; 2: Boethius, Troilus; 3: House of Fame, Legend of Good Women, Astrolabe, and Sources of Canterbury Tales; 4: The Canterbury Tales (Text); 5: The Canterbury Tales (Notes); 6: Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes; 7: Chaucerian and Other Pieces. Small liquid stain to bottom of the front of volume 1 dj; abrasion with mark to bottom of back of volume 3 dj; very light stain to front of volume 4 dj. Light wear to dust jackets with light bumping to head and tail of spines (see images). 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. Please expect extra postage as this is a large set.

Disbound copy lacking boards & blank endpapers. Scarce.

Blue cloth with very nice accompanying light yellow dustjacket with brown text. Gilt title on spine. First printing with date on title page and no additional printings on copyright page, along with a list of the 12 titles before the title page showing only 3 titles as "Published", not including this title. Rear flap shows the same list of 12 titles with four listed as "Published" including this one. (Later issue jackets have more titles listed as "Published"). A very nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. 6 x 8.5 in

Full red cloth with dustjacket wrapped in mylar. Gilt title to spine. A nice clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements.
6.25 x 9 in

Two volume set with some pages still uncut, features 146 English book plates, #58 of only 150 copies. Paper wraps with titles on covers and spines. No previous owner's names or other markings. All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

Red leather with gilt particulars to covers and spine. Three raised bands. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers and a silk ribbon. No previous owners' names or other markings.
6.5 x 9.5 in

Dark blue cloth boards with a gilt particular of a mermaid on the front cover and title to spine. Gilt to top edge. Previous owner's name written neatly to front fly. Foxing to edges and initial pages. Very small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Forty-nine illustrations throughout. Four pages of advertisement to rear.

Beautifully rebound in half brown Morocco over brown cloth with five raised bands and gilt tile to spine. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Cromwell. Wear to fore-edge corners (see image), but otherwise an attractive, supple copy with no previous owners' names or other markings.
5 x 7.9 in

Full vellum boards with gilt coat of arms and rule to front boards, as well as gilt particulars to spine. Housed in dark green slipcases with gilt coat of arms to front. All edges gilt; green silk ribbons; marbled endpapers. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean.6 3/4 x 10 inches.

An historic copper-plate engraving of the world from English explorer William Dampier's Nouveau voyage autour du monde which shows the route Dampier took on a circumnavigation. Depicts California as an island. Text in the original French.7.5 x 12 inches.

Two volumes. Full vellum boards with gilt coat of arms and rule to front boards, as well as gilt particulars to spine. Housed in dark green slipcases with gilt coat of arms to front. All edges gilt; green silk ribbons; marbled endpapers. Volume 1 slightly discolored; darker than volume 2 (see image). No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean.6 3/4 x 10 inches each

Two Volume Set. Half double-gilt-ruled red morocco over marbled boards with gilt particulars to spine. Six double-ruled compartments; five raised bands to spine. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Frontispieces to both volumes. Bookplate of Anne Cowdray to front pastedown. Wear to marbled boards of volume one has removed some of the marbling.6 x 9 inches.

Four Volume Set. Half gilt-ruled red morocco over marbled boards with gilt particulars to spine. Six double-ruled compartments; five raised bands Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Volumes I and II read 1853 at base of spine, while Volumes III and IV read 1855. Frontispieces to all volumes. Bookplate of Anne Cowdray to front pastedown. Slight chipping to top left corner of front board of Volume I and bottom right corner of Volume IV (see image).6 x 9 inches.

Two Volume Set. Half double-gilt-ruled red morocco over marbled boards with gilt particulars to spine. Six double-ruled compartments; five raised bands to spine. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Bookplate of Anne Cowdray to front pastedown. Scraping has removed the finish on the morocco in sections at the bottom left corner of the rear of Volume I and near the spine on the front of Volume II (see image).6 x 9 inches.

Full dark green leather with gilt detailing to boards and gilt particulars to spine. All edges gilt, bronze moire endpapers, silk ribbon. Frontispiece and illustrations throughout by Pyle. Rubbing to leather at head of spine and scratch to gilt at top edge near spine (see image). No previous owners' names or other markings.7 x 9.5 inches.

Professionally rebound in quarter grained morocco over marbled boards. Paper title plate to front board with stamped border. Latin inscription to front fly; "2853" written in ink to title page. No other markings. Pages bright and clean. Scarce.4 x 6.5 inches.

Full vellum boards with gilt coat of arms and rule to front board, as well as gilt particulars to spine. Housed in dark green slipcase with gilt coat of arms to front. All edges gilt; green silk ribbon; marbled endpapers. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean.Speeches within are Mr. Broderick's Army, For Free Trade, Liberalism and the Social Problem, The People's Rights, and India.6 3/4 x 10 inches.