Search Results: the biographical treasury consisting of notices by maunder samuel

London: Longman, Green, 1838. Frontispiece. 8vo (6 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches), 853-pages printed in double column. Contemporary half brown calf, marbled boards. Spine decorated in gilt on raised bands and blocked in blind in compartments, with burgundy lettering piece. Prelims foxed. Overall very good.

London, UK: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1838. 2nd Edition . Hard Back. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 854pp. Half leather over marbled paper-covered boards, four ribs. Spine label missing. Heavy wear to extremities, Spine cover partially detached at front board. Top text block edge sprayed. Cover detached from volume at front endpaper. Presentation plate on front paste down. minor worm damaged on first few pages. Internally neat, clean bright and tight. 12mo. Consisting of Memoirs, Sketches, or brief Notices of the Lives of Eminent Persons of all Ages & Nature From the earliest Periods of History to the Present Time Forming a New and Complete Dictionary of Universal Biography, The whole surrounded with Precepts & Maxims Original & Selected by Samuel Maunder Author of The Treasury of Knowledge & Library of Reference to which this volume is a companion.

Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1847-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-Library, usual stamps and marking. Well read copy with some spine wear but still very useable, spine is loose from book but front and back cover attached.

London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1854. Book. Fine. Hardback. Eighth edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. This is a fine copy in full red leather with gilt decoration to spine, five raised bands. aeg.Marbled endpapers. Black & white frontispiece 925pp Samuel Maunder (1785-1849) was an English writer and composer of many works here is a fine copy that will grace any bookshelf..