Search Results: non-fiction from Cedar Tree Antiques

London: Humphreys, 1905. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket, as issued. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. BEACONSFIELD'S MAXIMS by Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881) published by Humphreys in 1905 in London. Disraeli was a British statesman, Conservative politician and writer. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, and made the Conservatives the party most identified with the British Empire and military action to expand it. Three-quarter leather with gilt rules to covers, five raised bands and gilt title to spine. Green marbled pastedown and endpapers, green ribbon page marker, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Corners lightly rubbed. With Hatchard's bookshop mark and light pencil number on free front endpaper, 6 ¼" high, 179 pp. No other markings, no bookplates. Pages are clean and bright, binding is tight. A handsome copy.

Munich, 1853. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Natural history book published in German in 1853: "Das Menschengeschlect und Die Thierwelt" (The human race and the animal world) - 19th c. German book comprising 30 pages chromo-lithographs of ethnic portraits, domestic and exotic animal by Thomas Driendl. Perhaps a natural history primer for children. Please view the photographs; they are part of the description. CONDITION: Good. Spine repaired and reinforced, binding loose, four pages of closed and open tears that, except for one page, do not affect the pictures or the text. Foxing or toning throughout. The pictures are bright and clear. DIMENSIONS: 11" tall, 8 3/4" wide, 1/2" thick

Birmingham, Alabama: Notable Trials Library, 1990. Reprint 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover octavo (9" x 6") in one-quarter leather with all edges gilt, with red silk ribbon page marker. Spine with five compartments and four raised bands. Numerous black & white photographs. All pages are clean & tight with no markings. An attractive book in near fine condition.