The Castles and Abbeys Of England

Virtue, Spalding and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1880. Reprint. Hardcover. Undated, circa 1880. Owner name, date (1885) to front free-endpaper. Blue illustrated cloth fraying at extremities. Gilt titles, all edges gilt. Spine edges frayed top and bottom. Binding sound, inner pages unmarked. 200+ engravings, tissue overlays. .

London and New York: George Virtue, 1844. Cloth. Very Good. 11.5" by 8". Not Stated. A smart two volume collection of William Beattie's descriptive work regarding the castles and abbeys of England, lavishly illustrated. Including such beautiful spots as Arundel Castle, Rochester Castle, Waltham Abbey, Kenilworth Castle, Carisbrooke Castle, Tintern Abbey, Raglan Castle, Tintern Abbey and Chepstow Castle,… Read more about this item

"The Castles and Abbeys of England" - From the National Records, Early Chronicles, and Other Standard Authorities by William Beattie. 1844; George Virtue; London. The book is beautifully illustrated with "upwards of 250 engravings" (some of which are full-page plates with tissue guards). Contents include Ludlow Castle, the Border Castles of Wales, Warwick Castle, Haddon Hall, Abbeys in the Fens,… Read more about this item

London: Virtue, Spalding, and Company, 1881. Hardcover . Used Good/No Jacket. Blue cloth with gold and black decoration. Wear to cover, bumped and frayed corners, pages tanned but clean and unmarked. Gift inscription from 1881 on front free endpapers of both volumes We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with… Read more about this item

London: J. Mortimer, 1842 8 plates; 210 engraved illustrations in the text; Volume 1 only; Leather-bound hardback: half red calf on brown boards, spine panelled with raised bands and elaborately decorated, black leather lettering-piece; Armorial bookplate of Montague Williams, (1835-1892), teacher, soldier, actor, playwright, barrister and magistrate; Quite a well-used copy, cover wear especially… Read more about this item

London: J. S. Virtue & Co., Limited. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good. Allom, Thomas & Others. Undated Edition, Circa 1880s. Beautifully illustrated with Full-Page Engraved Plates, protected by Tissue Guards and In-Text illustrations. Frontis of Vol. I illustrated with Engraved Portrait of William Beattie and Frontis of Vol. II illustrated with "Chepstow Castle" by W. Bartlett. Other Artists… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.

J. S. Virtue & Co London, undated, c.1880,. 1880. Hardcover. hardback, large 8vo, xvi,352pp, illustrated with upwards of 200 engravings, slight foxing and browning, text clean and binding sound, no inscriptions, gilt-decorated green cloth, Very Good condition .

Paperback / softback. New.

New.

New.

Paperback / softback. New.

New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.