Search Results: a journey from edinburgh through parts by alexander campbell

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

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John Stockdale, 1811. Hardcover. Good. 1811. New Edition. 396 pages. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards with red cloth to spine. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Clean pages with moderate tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with notable thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Large water stains to front board. Mild warping to rear board.

London: Printed by A. Strahan for T. N. Longman and O. Rees and Vernor and Hood, 1802. Two oversized hardcovers;---Volume 1, xxiv + 408 pages, plus 28 aquatint plates; front cover detached with pages to and including title page clinging desperately to it, back cover still securely attached and tight in binding along with all of the text pages; both plain brown leather covers rubbed and heavily worn at corners, spine gilt decoration and lettering still bright and clear; interior has a faded old signature/city in pencil on first blank page, offsetting of all plates to pages before and after, considerable light foxing throughout to many pages, although many remain spotless, and all otherwise clean and unmarked; overall Poor condition due to the detached cover, although with a solid Good interior;---Volume 2, viii + 384 pages, plus 12-page Index and 16 plates; front cover has been reglued but is still precariously close to becoming detached, back cover still securely attached and… Read More

London: John Stockdale. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Covers rubbed and bumped. Some foxing. 1811. New Edition. Fawn boards with brown paper spine. 295mm x 235mm (12" x 9"). 408pp. Frontis and 27 engraved sepia wash/black plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

London: T. N. Longman and G. Rees, 1802. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good to Fine. Book. 4to - over 9¾. Two volumes, xxiv + 408 pp., viii + 396, 44 full page aquatints in all. 3/4 modern calf binding. These two volumes by Alexander Campbell are part of the great travel illustrated plate book tradition that reached its pinnacle in the early nineteenth century before the advent of steel engravings, which made illustrations more readily available but lacked the warmth, beauty and artisanship that characterized the various techniques of printed illustration preceding. This was also a time when Scotland had achieved a certain ascendency, with its eighteenth century Enlightenment having dispelled its courser stereotype from earlier times of clan strife. Both quarto volumes, each measuring almost 11 inches by 9 inches, are very tight with strong and very handsome modern bindings. The pages have age toning but are generally clean with only the lightest of occasional foxing, and same with the… Read More

London: Printed For John Stockdale, 1810., 1810. 2 volumes. 4to. pp. xx, 408; vii, 396. 2 folding engraved maps with outline hand-colour. 44 sepia aquatints. contemporary half calf, new spine labels (front joints cracked & weak, short tear & repair to 1 map - no loss, occasional light foxing, plates offset). First Edition of "an interesting and even valuable picture of the state of many parts of the country at the beginning of the century." (DNB) Including remarks on the Scottish landscape, observations on rural economy, natural history, manufactures, trade and commerce, literary and historical anecdotes, and biographical sketches. The aquatints are after sketches by the author. Abbey, Scenery, 485. Prideaux p. 330.. F.