The Old Red Sandstone or New Walks In an Old Field

William P. Nimmo, 1873. Hardcover. Good. 1873. No Edition Remarks. 385 pages. No dust jacket. Fully bound in blue leather with gilt. Marbled end-papers and text block edges. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping… Ler mais sobre este item

Edinburgh: Nimmo Hay & Mitchell, 1884 tidy copy, red cloth lightly rubbed to edges and corners, gilt embossed baby on a globe to upper board, gilt titled spine, backstrip heavily sunned losing all red pigment, original coloured eps, hinges tight, copperplate ink to head of "Note to Seventh Edition" is dated 1889 at "Manapori" but I cannot decipher the… Ler mais sobre este item

Thomas Constable, 1858. 6th edition. Publisher's red cloth. Good/No Jacket. Slight spotting to fold-out plate of geological sections, but overall a well-preserved copy. xxxii, (33-) 385, (6) pp.

J. M. Dent & Co, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 363 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with… Ler mais sobre este item

London; William P. Nimmo; 1875.. Twentieth Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp. 385; folding coloured frontispiece, 14 full page engraved plates, several text drawings, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, stamped decoration in black to spine and upper board, name on half title page, cloth worn and chipped on spine, hinges a little weak, good copy.… Ler mais sobre este item

William P.Nimmo, 1869-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Full leather cover with gilt decoration shows minor wear, rubbing. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Marbled edges and endpapers. Pages are tanned and clean.

GB: William P. Nimmo, 1875. Dark brown half leather and bobbled cloth. Spine with raised bands is decorated and lettered in gold. Endpapers and all edges marbled. Armorial bookplate of John Kinloch Greig. Folding frontispiece. Very clean tight text. Covers bit bleach spotted. All extremities a bit rubbed. Upper joint cracked and spine reglued. Front cover holding only by… Ler mais sobre este item

Edinburgh: Willam P. Nimmo, 1869. Full-Leather. Twelfth Thousand" very good+ in a leather binding with the words "Reading School" in a gilt design on the front board. Marbled endpapers and page edges, five raised bands on spine, black title label on spine with one tiny piece missing, marbled page edges. A little rubbing to edges of spine, a little… Ler mais sobre este item

Edinburgh: Nimmo Hay & Mitchell, 1889 excellent copy, navy cloth lightly rubbed to tips only, blind embossed babe on a globe to upper board, tidy gilt title spine, original coloured eps, hinges tight, closed edges untrimmed and slightly foxed, rubber name stamp to half- and title [Revd J COFFEY] 385pp, folding hand coloured frontis + 10… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Dent undated , assumed first thus in the Everyman Library edition, khaki cloth with gilt dec spine, some small tears or chips at head and small splits to lower joint, top corner of fep small area insect damage, binding showing between half title and the calligraphic 'frontis', 363pp, engravings in the text, lower board slight… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston MA: Gould and Lincoln, 1857. Hardcover. Fair with no dust jacket. 288 pages. Illustrated with numerous engravings. from the fourth London edition. all plates and foldouts present. top and bottom of spine chipped. whiteish tape residue at top of spine. small split at edge of spine (half inch). foxing to pages. from the collection of C. W.… Ler mais sobre este item

Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1875. xxxi, 385 pp. Brown dec. gilt cloth. Folding frontis. and 14 plates.Trifle foxing but an attractive copy with no fading. The most famous book by the paleontologist and geologist Hugh Miller (1802-1856). Orig. pub. 1858. Please email for photo.. twentieth edition. hard back. V.g.. 8vo.

UK: William P. Nimmo. Good. Hardcover. 1875. 385 pages. half bound raised bands gilt scroll work on spine ma rbles end papers .

William P.Nimmo, 1869-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 385 p., [15] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 20 cm. Hardcover. Front hinge starting. Good cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily.

Edinburgh, Thomas Constable and Co. 1858 Hardcover, full leather binding with marbled endpapers. 385 pages with illustrations and coloured fold-out frontis of cross section of Old Red Sandstone of Scotland, England and Burn of Eathie. A Very Good copy nicely bound . This was a School prize book with the coat of arms of Leeds free Grammar… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1855. An attractive copy of a book tough-to-find in collectible condition. Two dime-sized spots on the cover. Still shiny and bright. A few pages with light, mostly marginal foxing. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. Firm inner hinges. No owner's name or bookplate. Full-color, fold-out frontispiece (showing various strata of… Ler mais sobre este item

Edinburgh: John Johnstone. 1847 John Johnstone third edition hardback; acceptable condition overall; good sound reading copy inside, with very good fold-out colour section of the burn, splits to inside hinges, gift note on fep dated 1848, red embossed boards have spine wear and split across centre; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Acceptable. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 1847.

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Paperback / softback. New. Facsimile edition of this classic book first published in 1841. Ross-shire-born polymath Hugh Miller (1802-56), self-taught stonemason, geologist and writer, was famous in his lifetime across the English-speaking world. In a pre-Darwinian era, Miller inspired an interest in geology and science in general with his writings on fossils.

Paperback / softback. New.