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10 bound volumes of the famous Cornhill magazine c1860
Item
number: BOO08051745
Price:
$400
This
is a lovely set of 10 bound volumes of the famous Cornhill magazine
which
started in 1860. Here is some information from the Internet.
The Cornhill Magazine
was a Victorian magazine
and literary journal named after Cornhill, a street in London.
Cornhill was founded
by George Murray Smith in 1860 and was
published until 1975. It was a literary journal with a selection of
articles on diverse subjects and serialisations of new novels.
Smith hoped to gain some of the same readership enjoyed by All the Year Round, a similar
magazine owned by Charles Dickens, and he employed as editor
William Thackeray, Dickens' great
literary rival at the time.
The magazine was
phenomenally successful, selling
many more issues
than anyone had thought likely, but within a few years circulation
dropped rapidly. It also gained a reputation for rather safe,
inoffensive content in the late Victorian
era. A mark of the high regard in which it was held though was its
publication of Leaves
from the Journal of our Life in the Highlands by Queen Victoria. The stories
were often illustrated and it contained works from some of the foremost
artists of the time including: George du Maurier, Edwin Landseer, Frederic Leighton, and John Everett Millais. Some of its
subsequent editors included G.
H. Lewes, Leslie Stephen, James
Payn Peter Quennell and Leonard Huxley.
In
these works there are
the following bound volumes
vol I (Jan
to June 1860): fair to good condition. spine separated from covers but
still attached to binding, corners rubbed, some fading to covers, minor
foxing outer pages and outer edges other pages.
vol II (July to Dec 1860):
fair condition, back cover off but still available, soine separated
from covers as in vol I, corners rubbed more than vol I, inside in good
condition, some foxing (minor).
vol V (Jan to June 1862):
good condition, hardly any foxing.
vol
VIII good condition, some rubbing to spine and minor tears
vol XI (jan to June 1865):
good condition some rubbing to edges, some of spine paper/leather torn,
minor foxing inside.
vol VII. good condition.
minor taer to spine at top
vol XIV. good condition.
leather on spine where vol is is removed, indentation of volume number
still there, tear to top where says Cornhill Magazine,hardly any foxing
at all.
vol XIX. good condition.
just some rubbing/age to corners.
vol XXIX. good condition,
some rubbing, some tears to spine (minor-ish)
vol XL.
good
condition. spine heat damaged. shrunked leather/paper where
damaged...see photos as only book with this damage.
Overall I would say they are in fair to very good condition for age.
They are faintly signed inside in pencil "Johnstone Est".
They are all illustrated
inside, some with foldout
maps
and drawings.
Each book has about 750 (to 800) pages.
all books have gilt
spines with applied paper/leather. They are all original red
leather/paper covers, with marbled covers, marbled inner covers and
page edges
(see photo).
Each book is valued at about $100 USD each, with volumes I, II, V, VII
and VIII valued even higher.
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The Encyclopedia of Sexual Behaviour, 2 book set
Item
number: BOO09041546
Price:
$95
A
two volume set of RARE books titled "The Encyclopedia of Sexual
Behaviour"....98 contributors/authors.....most PhD, but very
readable....in original cardboard box cover....books covered in
cloth....hard cover....in excellent condition (foxing on sides of pages
only (could be removed)....topics include almost everything imaginable
in sex....see photo of cover for the list....includes things like
prostitution, aging and sex, dance, guilt, nutrition, love,
etc....everything you might want to know about SEX. Great reference and
educational books.
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rare miniature copy of The Vicar of Wakefield
Item
number: BOO09041601
Price:
$600
This is a rare
miniature copy of The
Vicar of Wakefield....published in 1823....printed for C and J
Rivington, et al, by T. Davison, Whitefiars.....the book is in very good to excellent aged
condition....bit of foxing first few pages and hardly any
inside....book is overall in very good condition....binding intact, no
repairs, tiny tear top of spine/edge....196 pages....book is 13 cms x
7.5 cms x 1.5 cms....the cover is leather with fine gilt embroidery and
gilt lettering and patterning on spine...last page is initialled in
pencil after the publishers name and "THE END" (by the publisher
maybe)....front inside page has message in ink for friend....here is
some info I found on the Internet about other books like this for
sale....note with these other books (I think it is the same copy being
sold by two bookstores) the back board missing and they are worn. My
copy would be then the best available for sale on the Internet.
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Alibris
[United States] |
Published
by. C. & J. Rivington, London 1823 Tiny pocket edition of Vicar of
Wakefield, measuring just 5.4" x 5.2", with 196pp, brown marbled boards
& endpapers,
black
leather spine in six compartments with raised bands. Frontispiece
by H. Corbould, engraved on steel by A. W. Warren, tissue guard intact;
superb title page vignette by the same perpetrators. Condition: Front board and
spine are worn but still reasonable; contents superb; unfortunately the
back board is
missing (the back ... (Antiquarian Books Miniature
Pocket Books Vicar of Wakefield) |
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Reedmore Books
via AbeBooks
[United
Kingdom] |
Publisher:
Published by . C. & J. Rivington, London, 1823
Tiny
pocket edition of Vicar of Wakefield, measuring just 5.4" x 5.2", with
196pp, brown marbled boards & endpapers, black leather spine in six
compartments with raised bands. Frontispiece by H. Corbould, engraved
on steel by A. W. Warren, tissue guard intact; superb title page
vignette by the same perpetrators. Condition: Front board and spine are
worn but still reasonable; contents superb; unfortunately the back
board is missing (the back endpaper survives and is excellent). I
recommend ... |
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The Works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism
on his writings....VOL II
Item
number: 09041630
Price:
$85
This is an
old rare book titled
The
Works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on
his writings....VOL II (which is preficed with "general
correspondence
including pieces of miscellaneous poetry", comes in four volumes, by
the way), published
in 1816....by JAMES
CURRIE M.D., printed by Smith & Hill and sold by the booksellers of
London and Edinburgh in very
good to excellent aged
condition....has a
bit of foxing first and last few pages, but hardly any
inside....print is clearly legible....cover is leather....binding
intact, no
repairs, a few splits....299 pages....book is 17 cms x
10.5 cms x 2.3 cms....gilt lettering on spine, gilt on edges of pages
(worn with time).
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