TALES OF OLD TRAVEL: RE-NARRATED by Kingsley, Henry - 1870-01-01

GB: Macmillan, 1898. Contemporary green half leather with five rasied bands over green cloth with armorial stamp of The County School, Harrow on front cover and their presentation plate (dated 1911) on front pastedown. Endpapers and edges marbled. Very clean tight text. Just a littled wear to covers. . New Edition. Hardback. VG/No DW.

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1898.. 8vo; pp. (x), 368; b/w frontispiece, 7 b/w plates, 4 pages advertisements at rear, original illustrated blue cloth boards, title in gilt on damaged spine, boards marked and slightly bumped, minor foxing to advertisements, otherwise very good copy. Chapter on the discovery and settlement of Australia from pages 308 - 368.

Macmillan, 1876. Unknown Binding. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Macmillan & Co, 1870. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. School Binding. 368 pages (complete). Boards edge worn and marked. Tanning, foxing, gift sticker pasted inside front boards, minor markings. However, it is still in good condition, tightly bound and intact. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Macmillan, London, 1890 Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 7 other plates and title-page illustration; Leather-Bound Hardback: half dark green calf on grey boards, decorated in gilt, spine panelled with raised bands, edges and end-papers marbled, a school prize (King Edward VI Grammar School Birmingham); Some rubbing of leather especially to spine, frontispiece and title-page foxed, still an attractive book.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1882. Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. An illustrated new edition of Kingsley's Tales of Old Travel, re-narrated. New edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates, lacking the plate facing page 44. A collection of re-narrated stories of travelers from olden times, including Marco Polo, Peter Carder, Miles Philips, John Fox, and Alvaro Nunez. Written by, Henry Kingsley, an English novelist, and the brother of Charles Kingsley. Bound by Bickers & Son, Leicester Square, London. Spine rebacked onto full brown calf. Externally, smart with rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and rear board. The odd small mark to the boards. Hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. School prize bookplate and previous owner's bookplate to the front endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription dated 1948 to the front… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Macmillan & Co., 1869. First edition. Leather. Good Only. 7" by 4.5". Unamed. An first edition of Tales of Old Travel re-narrated by Henry Kingsley. First Edition. Illustrated throughout. Henry Kingsley (2 January 1830 – 24 May 1876) was an English novelist, brother of the better-known Charles Kingsley. He was an early exponent of Muscular Christianity in his 1859 work The Recollections Of Geoffrey Hamlyn. In a full calf leather binding with gilt borders to the boards. Externally, sound with slight rubbing. There is some damage to the top of the spine. Front hinge has failed. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. Good Only

Paperback / softback. New.

London: MacMillan, 1869. 1st edition. Near Fine. octavo. full leather 368pp., illusts., Ownership inscription, nice armourial bookplate & tender front hinge o/w nice copy in full black leather with raised bands & aeg. Uncommon