Search Results: Authors starting with J from Stephen Rench

London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1897 Book. Illus. by Daniel Vierge. Fair. Hardcover. xxv, [i], 239, [1] pages. Illustrated throughout. The text block is very nearly detached from the binding, being completely split down the front hinge and nearly so to the rear also. Original black cloth binding which is worn and the corners are bumped. Front free end paper removed. Pages lightly browned and a bit dusty throughout..

London: The first edition club, 1934 Book. Good. Full-Leather. 33, [1] pages. 400 copies printed. In full leather binding which is now browned and has some wear. Corners a little worn and bumped. Small ink stamps to the foot of the front pastedown - Bound for the First Edition Club - Henry T. Wood Ltd London. Browning to both front and rear end papers from contact with the leather in the covers..

London: Printed for William Ratten, bookseller in Coventry, and sold by J Osborn and T Longman in Pater Noster Row, 1733 Book. Good. Full leather. [2], vi, 242, [4] pages. ESTC T18794, but here the 4 unnumbered pages are bound at the end rather than after page 174 and also here without the final errata leaf. Printed by WIlliam Bowyer, 500 copies printed. Old leather boards with new spine and also a repaired patch to the rear board. New front end papers, with a window showing an old owner's inscription - Thos Dawson Felmonger in Coventry. Rear free end paper repaired. The volume is contained within a custom made book box..

Birmingham: Thomas Underwood, 1862 Book. Fair. Half-Leather. [viii], 119p + 32 plates. 13 vignettes listed, but also includes another on the Index to plates page. Some occasional foxing, mainly very pale, including to title page. All but 8 plates very clean, others with spotting mainly to margins. Light brown staining to inner margin of plates and pages due to over liberal use of leather treatment at some point in the past. Bound in very worn half leather, spine very cracked. Front board detached, rear board held on by parcel tape reinforcement to inner hinge. Obvious signs of removal of large bookplate to front pastedown. Ink owner's name pasted to front free end paper and another name erased. Stain to page 14. Last page a little soiled. Generally a nice copy, but in a poor binding. Pages measure approximately 31 x 24 cm..

London: Dodsley, 1767 Book. Good. Half leather. Lacks 1/2 title page. [iii] - xix, [v], 164 pages. ESTC T85986 Illustrations by S Wale and C Grignion are - 1. Edge Hill tower 2. Warwick Castle 3. Ruins of Kenilworth Castle 4. Two women, sheep, arms and weapons - perhaps trophies of war + an unsigned tailpiece. In old half leather, but the front board is held on with just one cord. Ink owners' inscription to the front pastedown of Richard Savage who was Librarian at Shakespeare's Birthplace, 1884. More modern bookplate beneath of Percival F Hinton. Ink owner's name to the head of the title page - Thomas Gibbs Wolverton. Someone has also added Vicar of Snitterfield after the author's name..

Glasgow: Printed for the booksellers, 1850 Book. Good. No Binding. 24 pages. Disbound from a volume. No longer sewn together. Paper lightly browned. Undated, circa 1850?.

Tokyo: Printed by T. Hasegawa, 10 Hiyoshicho Book. Poor. Soft cover. 16 pages including the covers. Printed on crepe paper. Sewn with thread. Bound French fold which means that there are 2 leaves joined together along the fore edge. The first two sections have been opened up by a previous owner. The covers are soiled and stained and creased at the edges. In poor condition. There is a hole to the edge of page 3. Almost certainly dated in Japanese but I am unable to translate that. The pages measure approximately 15.8 x 10.8cm.

London: Printed for J. and A. Arch, Cornhill, 1821 Book. Good. Half leather. vii, [i], 224 pages. Old half leather binding with crest in gilt at the head of the spine, worn. Lettering label is chipped with loss and the spine is worn. From the author is written on one of the front free end papers in ink.

London: Printed for Harding Lepard and Co, 1826 Book. Fair. Hardcover. 6 volumes. All in the original cloth covered boards with paper labels to the spines - all rather worn. All spines torn with loss and/or detached. Booklabels to each volume of W.I. Cole. Some contemporary news cuttings added to end papers and some loosely inserted. Browned and spotted throughout, very badly in places. A heavy set, extra postage will be needed to send outside the UK..

Cheltenham: Printed by J.K. and S. Griffiths, 1814 Book. Good. Half leather. Two works bound together. The first - xxxi, [i], 223, [1] pages + folding map and 1 other plate. The second title xv, [i], 122, [2] pages ESTC .

Paris: éditions Rene Kieffer, 1920 Book. Illus. by Bois originaux gravés par J-B Vettiner. Good. Full leather. 224, [6] pages. Numbered 73 out of the 550 copies printed. Original covers bound in. In full leather binding with embossed decoration, some wear mainly to edges and spine. Light browning to pages and occasional spotting..

London: John Russell Smith, 1875 Book. Good. Hardcover. 111p. Large paper interleaved copy. Pages measure 10 x 7.25 inches. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered, very worn and stained. Interleaved with balnk pages, but as this is in the usual trade binding, it must have been issued in this format. Pages lightly browned throughout.Section at the head of one of the front free end papers has been torn away, presuambly to remove an owner's name..

London: John Russell Smith, 1875 Book. Good. Hardcover. 111p. Large paper copy. Pages measure 10 x 7.25 inches. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered, severely damp stained and rubbed. Contents though are very good with just one or two spots. Smells a little of damp. Bookplate of W.D. Mackenzie, Fawley Court..

Dublin: Printed for W. Wilson, No 6 Dame Street and R. Moncrieffe, No 16 Capel Street, 1776 Book. Good. Hardcover. [iv], 160 pages. ESTC T62453, showing only 1 UK and 2 European locations. Bound in very worn full leather. Ink owner's name to the head of the title page - Josh Inman's. A later name to the front free end paper. Corners creased and folded ..

London: T. Richards, 1876 Book. Good. Disbound. 28p. Original printed paper wrappers, discoloured, brittle - chipped and tears. Opinions of the Press to inner and rear wrappers. Contents lightly browned. Disbound, remains of old paper covers at spine. Jaggard p109..

London: John Murray, 1839 Book. Good. Hardcover. viii, 135, [1] pages + several publisher's lists at the rear. Frontispiece and 8 other plates. In the original cloth binding, gilt decorated to the front board. the cloth is stained and discoloured. Worn at the edges and the corners. The end papers are oxidised. Some spotting and small stains to pages. Light browning to page edges. Ink owner's name to the title page - Thos Tyndale.

London: David Nutt, 1887 Book. Good. Hardcover. [xvi], xx, 281, [1], [xxi]-lxi, [2], 284-289, [1] + plates, complete as listed. In the original decorated cloth which has some light wear. Spotting to pages throughout..

London: Printed for Timothy Childe at the White Hart at the West end of St Paul's Church yard, 1707 Book. Fair. Disbound. 16 pages. Pages browned. Disbound without covers. Three wormholes go through the pamphlet. ESTC T39662.

London: Charles Cox, King William Street, Strand, 1850 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. [viii], [2], 182 pages. Illustrated in the text throughout. In the original cloth binding with some wear to the spine. Small blindstamp of WH Smith 136 Strand to the front free end paper. Occasional spots. First edition was 1848, 2nd 1849 so this undated 3rd edition would be circa 1850..

London: James Ridgway, Piccadilly, 1840 Book. Good. No Binding. [iii]-74 pages. Here without the half title page. Disbound without covers. Some spotting and soiling..