The Living Rulers of Mankind by Rev. H. N. Hutchinson - 1902

Macmillan And Co, 1896-01-01. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. New York, 1896; cloth covered board; no dust jacket; cover torn at corners; fading at edges of cover; back cover soiled; tear at top and bottom edge of spine; tear along front joint; beginning of a tear on rear joint; Ex-library with minimal stamps and markings; front hinge weak; few gutter gaps make spine loose; interior is clean and unmarked; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; 357 pages.

Seeley & Co., Ltd, 1892. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1892. No Edition Remarks. 356 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Light thumb-marking present. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be loose. Binding is shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges.

Seeley and Co., 1897-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Ex-library copy with usual markings Cover and edges shows shelf wear. Few pages shows notes and markings.

London: Seeley and Co. Limited, 1897. xii, 348, with frontispiece and 23 further pls. taken from photographs and drawings of marriages in Europe and throughout the world including those of Jews, Mormons, the Druse, Dyaks, Melanesians etc. Maroon cloth with decorative gilt cover and gilt titles to spine. Spine faded, damp stain to upper front cover, spine and back cover, owner signature on half-title (1899). Not a bad copy.. First. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

New York:: D. Appleton and Company,, 1897.. First edition.. publisher's gilt-lettered cloth. . Old ink signature; slight bumping and use to cloth; tight and sound.. 8vo,. With Illustrations by Cecil Aldin..

D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1891. Hardcover. Some toning along the spine and some wear to the cloth at the head and tail of spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

D. Appleton & Company, 1891-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding near fine. Bound in publisher's green cloth, with gilt trilobite on front. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Twenty-seven illustrations. xvi, 290 pages.

NY: D Appleton,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Marriage Customs in Many Lands. 1st Am. Ed. 8vo, modern buckram. 24 plates (incl. Photo plates). Untrimmed. "It is doubtful whether the Vedas and other ancient sacred books of the Hindus countenance the polygamy which prevails among the richer classes in India,..." worldwide overview. .

London: Seeley & Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Maroon Red pictorial boards with gilt titling/decoration. The spine is sound BUT is very rubbed/faded/sunned/scraped and mottled = Poor but sound. The Front & Rear boards and the gilt titling/decoration, however, have a few marks but are overall Very Good. Internally, there is a subscription label on front pastedown (presume from a Private Library as it mentions "No Deposit Required from Residents"). No Inscriptions or other Markings. A little foxing and a couple of neat closed tears (one repaired tear to the blank foot of the title page). Otherwise the book is actually VERY clean and tight, just a little light foxing (light brown spotting) here and there. Page fore-edges browned. B/W Frontispiece of a 'Hindoo Bride and Bridegroom' protected with a tissue guard. With many other b/w illustrations (23 further plates) all taken from photographs and drawings of marriages in Europe and… Read More

London: Lamley & Co, 1899. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12.5" x 10. John Hassall & Fred Burridge. 51p Twenty amusing full page drawings with text depicting life with people and animals in prehistoric times. A scarce title. A slightly tired copy with plenty of evidence of wear and handling externally, the pages are clean but one drawing has had a small area colored in The binding is weak but holding and the spine has been reinforced with a strip of tape. Please email with any queries. For non-UK destinations please only select the fast / expedited shipping option.