Search Results: Titles starting with B from Barbsloft

Has an inscription to Maj. McCaun?, from M. L. Scaudaris? (see picture) dated Aug. 19, 1874. Title page is missing, with the dedication page being the 1st page. Remaining pages are present, tight, have occasional spots, marks, but would be considered average. The condition of the cover is atrocious. This edition is of such rarity that it is probably worth a collector having an orange cloth facsimile cover made, just for appearance.

Pages are clean. Moderate foxing. Spine reinforced with tape. See pictures.

New York, 1885. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 7.5"x5.5. Book Some pg. discoloration from aging. Gold spine lettering clear and complete. A sm. dent on spine/frt. cov. Neat & Tight Binding.

"Britannia". 1st Ed was 1586, by William Camden (Guilielmo Camdeno). This is the 1st German Ed, 3rd of all editions. Spine rebound mid 1800's, keeping the original board leather (see pictures). Last pg of the index was adhered to the back cover (see picture). Damp marks are on the edges of some pages, but does not get to the printing. Published in Latin. For two centuries Britannia was the authority on Ancient British history, and was frequently reprinted.
Roughly, for every book published from 1500 to 1600, there were 1000 published by 1700. For each of those, there were 1,000 published by 1800. For each of those, there were 2,000 published by 1900. For each of those, there were 10,000 published by 2000. Incunabulum, those published from Gutenberg to 1499, sell mostly by the page, while some from the 1500s, such as "Decreatum Aureum", also sell by the page.

1781. Hardcover. Good. 16mo 6.75"x4. Book 3 books in one vol Hardback w/tan cloth covered boards, containing three Welsh vols. by William Williams. (1) Aleluia, &c.; 251 hymns (fst pub'l 1744); pp 179 (2) Bywyd Marwolaeth Theomemphus o'i Enedigaeth i'w Fedd.; Rhyfeddu i'm cof i ddala wrth feddwl pa fawl ton, O mewn o maes a redodd yn genllif tros fy mron.; gan Wiliam Wiliams; yr Ail Argraphiad; Aberhonddu, argraphwyd dros yr Awdwr gan (printed) E. Evans; 1781 (1st ed. 1764); William Williams of Pantycelyn (1717 - 11 Jan 1791) was an itinerant evangelist, poet and apologist for the great (Methodist) awakening in Wales. He is today considered to be one of Wales greatest writers, and is generally acknowledged as Wales most important hymn writer. Theomemphus is a narrative and allegorical poem on the pilgrimage of the soul; pp 180 (3) pgs 5 - 54 (w/inscription "only 1 leaf lost at the end"); Contains hymns 3 - 33 + 2 poems, the last being the beginning of Pennillion,… Read More