History Of the Horn-Book

Arno Press, 1979. Later Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 486 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket has large closed tears and associated wear. Dust Jacket… Read more about this item

London: Leadenhall Press, 1897. Hardcover. Good +. 4to hardback, rebacked using the original boards. Brown cloth with gilt titles on spine, black titles on front in a horn book outline, crown vignette in gilt. Tissue guarded frontispiece. 486pp including index + 2pp of adverts, with three hundred illustrations. Complete with 3 sample hornbooks of ivory, oak and card… Read more about this item

New York and London: Benjamin Blom, Inc., 1979. NOT a library discard. Fine condition in a Very Good+ dust jacket. The jacket is only very lightly rubbed. NO chips. NO fading. NO creases. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. Pages are… Read more about this item

London: The Leadenhall Press, 1897. Cloth. Good. 10" by 8". Not Stated. The second edition of Andrew Tuer's important working looking at the history of hornbooks, looking in detail at many surviving hornbooks. The second edition of this work. With two horn-books to the pocket to the rear, lacking the one on oak, containing… Read more about this item

Arno Press. VG+. 1979. Reprint. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. . 9.3 X 6.6 X 1.6 inches. 486 pages. Previous owners bookplate. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

S. Emmering. First Thus. Hardcover. Like New. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Published by S. Emmering, 1971. Octavos. Yellow cloth boards stamped in gold. Two volumes. Books are like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spines straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Covers have very light shelf wear. A fine copy of this history… Read more about this item

Ayer Company Publishers, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: The Leadenhall Press, 1897. Thick Small Quarto. 2nd edition. Letter laid in from the author in a return answer to a question the author had written to a John Wilson about Ipswich School., dated Oct. 14, 1897. Andrew Tuer was a publisher and printer. This would be his most important work and still the best study of the… Read more about this item

New York: Arno Press, 1979. vii-xvi, 486pp; illustrated; pale pink d/j, faded at spine, small bit missing at rear top edge, also repaired, minor edgewear.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Leadenhall Press, 1896. First edition. Illustrated. 6 (of 7) facsimile horn books in front pockets (missing British Battledore). 2 vols. Large 8vo. Original vellum. Covers a bit soiled and bowed. Inscribed by George S. Whitney to Childs Frick. First edition. Illustrated. 6 (of 7) facsimile horn books in front pockets (missing British Battledore). 2 vols. Large 8vo.… Read more about this item

Ayer Co Pub, 1968-06. Hardcover. Good.

Arno Press, 1979. Hardcover. Very Goo Minus. Nice neat copy has fairly tidy mend to tear at top of title. Else nice, neat, and clean. Firm in binding. Our ancestors learned on a horn book. Scads of illustrations, index, notes. A scholarly treatment of a topic with inherent charm.

London:: Published by the Leadenhall Press,, 1896.. First edition.. publisher's full gilt-lettered vellum; gilt-lettered leather labels on spines; t.e.g.. Light foxing to the frontispiece in each volume; a few light spots very slight soiling to the vellum; anattractive set.. Large 8vo,. Illustrated.. A total of seven replica horn books are ingeniously enclosed in special compartments, as… Read more about this item

London: The Leadenhall Press Ltd, 1897. original cloth with leather spine label, top edge gilt. small thick 4to. original cloth with leather spine label, top edge gilt. xviii, 486, (3) pages. and a pocket containing three facsimile horn books in the back of the book. Second edition, the first edition appeared in 1896-97 and was in two volumes. Hand-colored… Read more about this item

New York: Arno Press, 1979. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 486 pages. Reprint of the 1897 first edition. History of this curious type of book used for teaching children. Illustrated. Jacket faded and chipped with small pieces missing.

New York: Arno Press, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. New York, Arno Press, 1979 (facsimile reprint)/ 1897. Cloth; edges and endpapers slightly foxed; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper a little marked, creased and torn, with the spine a little discoloured. With over 200 illustrations.

Arno Press, New York Arno Press Inc. 1979. Original publisher's red cloth hardback, black title spine, pictorial dustjacket, reissue of the original edition [1897 & 1968], thick 8vo: frontispiece, illustration on title-page, xvi, 486pp., ca. 250 illustrations, index. Very fine copy.

London: The Leadenhall Press, Ltd., 1897 IN GOOD CONDITION. CONTAINS THE 3 HORN-BOOKS IN THE BACK POCKET. xvii [1] 486pp, 2 leaves of publisher's advertising, in a library binding. With frontis, hand-coloured title vignette, and illustrattions throughout. 16 leaves detached, the bone horn-book in back pocket has two small edge splits (not affecting the lettering).

New York: Benjamin Blom, [1968].. 8vo. [486 pp.]. Very Good. Hard covers. Red boards with water stain. Book slightly warped. Pages fine. Illustrated with B&W plates throughout.

Leadenhall Press, 1896. hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. 2 vols. Illustrated. Large 8vo, publisher's full gilt-lettered vellum; gilt-lettered leather labels on spines; t.e.g. with 7 replica horn books in front compartments. Bookplates to front paste downs. oversized and overweight.B35 Please email for photos.