Melvin press (16 résultats)

Cloth. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. History of the largest City in the Highlands of Scotland - the City of Inverness. 254 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Maps on lining papers. Bright, clean and umarked. Tight, square binding. No wear to the cloth. Price-clipped dustjacket is similar. Weight, 471g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

First Edition. Softcovers, 47pp. Descriptions with detailed maps of 18 walks in the Strathspey area. VG.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. Book condition: VG with push to spine ends. Jacket: VG with light wrinkles to edges. A bright copy.

Etat : new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). (1955) 1980 new edition. 8vo (141 x 222mm). Ppxxviii,241. B/w photographs, map, bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Cloth faded, good-plus in faded & torn dust-wrapper. This is a distillation of many years' study of golden eagles in Scotland by Seton Gordon, a noted authority on the bird. Chapters include: The golden eagle in the British Isles; The golden eagle in winter; The golden eagle in falconry; The eyrie and nesting habits; Food of the golden eagle; Flight of the golden eagle; The golden eagle's enemies - at home and abroad; A tree eyrie; A rock eyrie; Eight years' observations at a golden eagle eyrie, part I; Eight years' observations at a golden eagle eyrie, part II; Eight years' observations at a golden eagles' eyrie, part III, seasons 1952-3; Pleasures of eagle watching; The golden eagle abroad. .…

Etat : new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). (1955) 1980 new edition. 8vo (141 x 222mm). Ppxxviii,241. B/w photographs, map, bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slightly bumped but good-plus in rubbed and clipped dust-wrapper. This is a distillation of many years' study of golden eagles in Scotland by Seton Gordon, a noted authority on the bird. Chapters include: The golden eagle in the British Isles; The golden eagle in winter; The golden eagle in falconry; The eyrie and nesting habits; Food of the golden eagle; Flight of the golden eagle; The golden eagle's enemies - at home and abroad; A tree eyrie; A rock eyrie; Eight years' observations at a golden eagle eyrie, part I; Eight years' observations at a golden eagle eyrie, part II; Eight years' observations at a golden eagles' eyrie, part III, seasons 1952-3; Pleasures of eagle watching; The golden eagle abroad. .…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Early history of Carmel, California and its artist colony. 36 full-page photo-illustrations by L. Josselyn. Sketches throughout by local Carmel artists. Very good condition. Some light wear to covers. Strong binding. Clean text.

Etat : new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). (1955) 1980 new edition. 8vo (141 x 222mm). Ppxxviii,241. B/w photographs, map, bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. This is a distillation of many years' study of golden eagles in Scotland by Seton Gordon, a noted authority on the bird. Chapters include: The golden eagle in the British Isles; The golden eagle in winter; The golden eagle in falconry; The eyrie and nesting habits; Food of the golden eagle; Flight of the golden eagle; The golden eagle's enemies - at home and abroad; A tree eyrie; A rock eyrie; Eight years' observations at a golden eagle eyrie, part I; Eight years' observations at a golden eagle eyrie, part II; Eight years' observations at a golden eagles' eyrie, part III, seasons 1952-3; Pleasures of eagle watching; The golden eagle abroad. .…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 8vo, facsimile copy of the third edition, pp,xiii,388, illustrated, gilt titled black cloth, pictorial unclipped dust-jacket which has a neatly repaired small tear to the rear cover.

Hardcover. Etat : Used: Like New. As new hardcover. Annotated list. Maps on boards. Scarce.

Etat : Very good. First Edition. First edition; oblong 5 3/4 x 8 1/2; pp. [3], 4-32, [2]; stapled, brown wraps printed in black and decorated with a small vignette; very minor wear - in very good to near fine condition.An interesting glimpse into the reading material of schools in one Bay Area county, the list was assembled by the County Board of Education and contained, in alphabetical order, title, classification, grade, author, publisher, and price for each book.…

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong Physical description: xi, 195 p., [12] p. of plates: ill., maps; 23 cm. Notes: Maps on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Picts. Scotland History To 1057. Scotland Antiquities. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong Physical description: xi, 195 p., [12] p. of plates: ill., maps; 23 cm. Notes: Maps on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Picts. Scotland History To 1057. Scotland Antiquities. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

Published jointly by Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd and Summerfield Press Ltd, London, 1980, a facsimile of the 1811 first edition together with 79 additional illustrations and an introduction by Julia Melvin. Green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine and to front board, gilt crest to front board under illustrated dustwrapper. 10.75ins x 8.5ins, xv, viii, 417pp plus 76pp illustrations. A limited edition of 1000 copies this is number 783. VG / VG. Nb heavy book, please e-mail for postage quote.…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. The covers are lightly soiled and there is scattered foxing to a couple of leaves. Promotional for this town in the Santa Cruz Mountains.  It is touted as the perfect location for summer homes and vacations.  The town is accessible by a horse drawn stage line running north from Santa Cruz. Illustrated with 20 pages with 71 vignette photos, almost all are of man made structures.  All are identified in captions and include many summer "cottages" of the well-to-do. The rear cover is a map of the region from San Francisco south to Monterrey.  There is a pea-sized skinned patch out in the Pacific Ocean. Undated, but 1905 is in the past (p.15) and May, 1907 is in the future (p.7). WorldCat (12/24) shows a single holding (Ca-Santa Cruz P.L.) and that may be a later reproduction. Not.in.Rocq.…

Illustrated paperwraps. 18 cm.; 35, (2) pp. Photo illustrations. The front wrapper shows an illustration of Lick Observatory, groves of flowering trees, a palm tree, and an inset of ostriches; the rear cover a map of the area. Stamp of the Peck-Judah Co., a tourist information bureau on rear wrapper. A promotional pamphlet for San Jose and the County of Santa Clara. A very good copy. Several issues of this promotional were published between 1904 and 1912. Only one copy listed on OCLC (found at Yale), lists the press of Melvin & Murgotten.…

Large folding map ( (21¼x18½") printed in dark blue on glassine/wax paper; folded in publisher's brown folder printed in black. With Index to 45 principal buildings including churches, schools, businesses, the city library and more. A scarce, early map of San Jose; we find no listings in online institutions. Small short tear and several minor tears at various fold areas; minor wear to folder; a near fine copy.…