Search Results: Titles starting with H from Markisons

8vo. x + (2) + 575 + (1) + 34pp including Publisher's list at rear. Publisher's plain dark blue cloth covers, gilt lettering with a small cartouche on spine, bevelled edges. Original black eps. Covers : slight rubs top/bottom of spine + corners, faint patchy marks. Contents : Internal hinges cracked, but tightly bound at gutter, a very Clean tight copy. Scarce copy. Please view the photographs for more information.All items will be posted within 1 to 2 working days after payment has been received. Items are guaranteed to be very well packaged prior to postage. Tracking details will be forwarded to the purchaser.

8vo. Full leather binding, Illustrated with portraits, head and tale-pieces. Well bound, with raised bands, title missing from spine of Vol 1. The copy is clean and crisp, strong corners, and untoned, although there is very light print from some plates on the opposite page. 1800 grams, 20.5 by 13 cm's. Vol. I 294 pages. Vol. II 390pages. Vol. III 347pages. Includes Index and List of the Plates - 8 b&w, List of the Woodcuts and the artists 28 altogether. The work is a satirical polemic upon Roundheads, Puritans, Presbyterians and many of the other factions involved in the English Civil War. The work was written in three parts in 1663, 1664 and 1678 although an unauthorised edition came out in 1662. The Annotations are excellent, explaining the poem, and historical events that relate to the poem's text. Published only four years after Charles II had been restored to the throne and the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell being completely over, the poem found an appreciative audience. Please view the images… Read More

The history of the nine worthies of the world three whereof were Gentiles, I. Hector, son of Priamus, King of Troy, II. Alexander the Great III. Julius Caesar. Printed for Nath. Crouch, At the bell at the poultry near Cheapside. 1687. With an engraved image of each of the Worthies, 190 pages with a further six at the end with 'Books printed and sold by Nath. Crouch'. "R.B." are initials for "Robert Burton," a pseudonym of bookseller and publisher Nathaniel Crouch. Original full calf on board cover, Crouch's history books presented shortened and simplified versions of serious works to audiences that might otherwise never have read them. Very Scarce. Hardback, no DJ. Good, calf skin on board, wear to corners, well bound, pages are strong and still crisp, tanning from age, page corners bumped and some folded over, no major rips or tears. Please view the photographs for more information. Excellent Customer service is a priority.Items are guaranteed to be very well packaged prior to postage. Tracking… Read More