Hours Of Exercise In the Alps

London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1871, 2nd edition. (Leather binding) 475pp. Very good plus. Rebound in a later signed red morocco fine binding, with the spine in six compartments and raised bands, and with inner dentelles and fabric endpapers. Top edge gilt, ribbon page marker, 7 plates (including frontispiece), illustrations. A previous owner's bookplate and… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1871. . 8vo, tan cloth, covers stamped in black; spine gilt, some wear on outer hinges, over corners and extremities of spine; contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper and same owner's visiting-card on front pastedown. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION

Antique mountaineering book, "Hours of Exercise in The Alps" by John Tyndall. 1896; D. Appleton and Company; New York. Three-quarter leather binding with marbled covers. The book contains 7 full-page illustrated plates and a few in-text line drawings. From the author's Preface: "The present volume is for the most part a record of bodily action, written partly to preserve to myself the… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: 549 & 551 Broadway: D Appleton & Company, 1871. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. VG, 1st US ed, 7 pls, 1871. In the orioginal red printed cloth, corners rubbed. Spine, edges rubbed, gilt titles, edges bumped. Internally, half title, frontis, [5], (vi-x), [2],… Ler mais sobre este item

1871. TYNDALL, John. HOURS OF EXERCISE IN THE ALPS. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1871. First edition. 473 pp. + 32 pp. publisher's catalogue. 8vo., green cloth. Good, spine and corners bumped, spine slightly cocked. 1/4 inch split at top of rear joint. Frontispiece foxed with 1 inch dampstain at lower inside corner. Light to moderate foxing front and… Ler mais sobre este item

New York, NY: D. Appleton & Company, 1871. [Alpine Climbing and Mountaineering] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 473 [9]. With seven engraved plates, including a frontispiece, and occasional in-text illustrations. Publisher's brown cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and black panelled decoration to boards. Lightly toned throughout, with a tobacco scent. One central gathering slightly proud.… Ler mais sobre este item

New York:: D. Appleton & Company,, 1871.. First American edition.. original cloth.. 19th c. bookplate on pastedown; spine chipped at head with some light general use; tight and sound.. 8vo,. 7 plates. Not in Neate or Alpine Club Cat.

D. Appleton and Company, 1897-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1/2 black leather of marbled boards. Hardcover. Good binding. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages. Top edge gilt. x pages, 1 leaf, 473 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portrait ; 21 cm. Neate 839; Krawczyk 1016 (citing 1st ed). Tyndall (1820-93) was an Irish naturalist, physicist, mathematician and… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A collection of travel anecdotes from time spent in the Alps by John Tyndall. New impression. Illustrated throughout with seven plates and illustrations in the text. In a tree-calf binding. Externally, smart, with just some slight rubbing to the extremities. Front joint… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1871. First U.S. edition. Illustrated with tissue-protected frontispiece and 6 plates. Three pages of publishers catalogue at rear. Tyndall, a prominent 19th century physicist, made a number of discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air, and published more than a dozen science books, which brought state-of-the-art 19th… Ler mais sobre este item

D. Appleton & Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1871. First Edition :. Hardcover. 12mo hardcover in brick-brown cloth covers, very tight binding, clean unfoxed pages, none torn or marked, covers have very light wear at , tips, owner name, else VG++ to NFINE, enclosed in clear wrap. Contains all 7 illustrations and 3 pages of… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Appleton, 1871-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Library stamps and markings.

New York, NY: D. Appleton and Company. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1896. Authorized. Cloth. Frontispiece Inner hinges repaired . 8vo., 473 pp., Some worn and cracked hinges, inner hinges repaired, blunted bindings & corners .

Longmans, 1906. Hardcover. Good. 1906. New Edition. 481 pages. No dust jacket. Reissue. Red cloth with gilt lettering. B&W illustrations throughout. Clean pages. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine. Book has a forward lean.

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1875. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Light wear to the extremities. Bound tight and square. Page clean and free of writing or marks. BC02C .

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1899. With frontispiece and 6 plates. Original maroon cloth, decorated in blind; some faint wear to lower cover. Fourth edition of this account of mountaineering in the Alps. First published in 1871, this work outlines Tyndall's various expeditions in Switzerland, including his ascents of the Matterhorn, the Jungfrau, and the Weisshorn, of which he… Ler mais sobre este item

NY: D. Appleton & Co, 1871. Hardcover. Good (1871 gift inscription. ex-library with expected marks. additionally, plates, title page, and several other pages have been marked with a perforation stamp. newspaper book review glued inside front. some soiling and wear to cover including some buckling of the cloth). Burgundy cloth. 473 pp. 7 bw plates. An account of… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906.. 8vo, (xii), 481, (1) pp. 7 plates, marbled endpapers and edges, prize label of Aldenham Grammar School. Bound by Relfe Brothers in contemporary calf, gilt arms and decoration, spine slightly sunned otherwise an excellent copy.

D. Appleton, 1897-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Bound in 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Hardcover. Shelf wear. Edges chipped. Some foxing. x pages, 1 leaf, 473 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portrait ; 21 cm. Neate 839; Krawczyk 1016 (citing 1st ed). Tyndall (1820-93) was an Irish naturalist, physicist,… Ler mais sobre este item

D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Hardcover. Good. . Half leather with marbled boards. Fading to spine, some rubbing to leather, general shelf wear. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.