Glasgow Past Present, Used (52 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Condition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Paperback. Condition: Good. pp 16 wrappers.

Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dustjacket. 8vo pp.156, previous owners name on title page. book.

Disbound. Condition: Very Good. 6 pages, illustrated. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: 17.5 x 24 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History Today; Inventory No: 503221. Cosmo Books : 27 years selling on ABE; 27 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, 76pp. Disbound. Presentation ink inscription at top of title leaf. A clean, bright copy. First Edition.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. Not dated but perhaps about 1884. Brown publisher's cloth. Clean tight text. Endpapers bit browned. SPINE DEFECTIVE. Just a good working copy.

Disbound. Condition: Very Good. 14 pages. The Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow is a learned society established in 1802, for the improvement of the Arts and Sciences in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: 13 x 21 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Glasgow Philosophical Society; Printed Before 1900; Inventory No: 422907. Cosmo Books : 27 years selling on ABE; 27 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

Disbound. Condition: Very Good. 15 pages. The Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow is a learned society established in 1802, for the improvement of the Arts and Sciences in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: 13 x 21 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Glasgow Philosophical Society; Printed Before 1900; Inventory No: 422916. Cosmo Books : 27 years selling on ABE; 27 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut - Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. | Seiten: 280 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher.

Condition: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 522 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 358, [7] p. 28 cm. B&w drawings throughout. Green cloth with gold and black impressing. Spine ends chipped, corners a bit worn, some rubbing and marks to boards. Light foxing to text block edges and first and inside. Front free endpaper missing. "With a Description of its Leading Mercantile houses and Commercial Enterprises. With Illustrated and Descriptive Tour in the Highlands." Most of the book consists of commercial blurbs and is therefore of interest to those researching Glasgow businesses. Index at rear.

Hardback. Condition: G+. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Grey-green cloth blind decorated cloth, gilt. Modern bookplate partly over older Armorial bookplate of Daniel Frazer. Wear to spine. Some leaves loosening. Book is in good plus condition with very noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Paperback. Condition: Like New. Like New. book.

First edition. 358pp + 6-page index; 50 illustrations. Patterned endpapers. Original green cloth, gilt decor. Covers slightly worn, especially at spine. Beautifully handwritten inscription ''With Mrs. Sadler's Compliments'' to front endpaper. Internally VG (tight and complete). [a detailed and fascinating directory with listings and descriptions of 251 mercantile houses and commercial enterprises in Glasgow, and 167 elsewhere in Scotland].

Original binding, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind stamped decorative rule to boards, printed eps, viii + 599pp + 8pp adverts, VG (heavy rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, some browning to boards, esp spine, 2cm tear to cloth at lower corner of front pastedown, front & rear gutter paper cracked, spine hinges sloppy, owner's name & address label to half-title page, some tanning).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. MORGAN, Edwin. Glasgow Poets Past and Present: The Story of a City. Hamilton, New Zealand: University of Waikato 1992. Introduction by Alan Riach. Original pictorial wrappers. Fine copy, as issued.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Original green publisher's cloth, lettered in gold. Fairly clean tight text has been AMATEURISHLY taped back into covers. Spine joints veryworn. Just a good working copy.

Hardback. Condition: G++. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Grey-green cloth blind decorated cloth, gilt. Modern bookplate partly over older Armorial bookplate of Daniel Frazer. Wear to spine ends. Some leaves loosening. Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 600 pp. The perfect "clubbing" companion-- choose from the Face, the Pig, the Every-Night, the Duck or the Grog, to name but a few. Marbled edges. Contemporary rebinding half leather. Binding is fair, worn. Two small holes buckling on back cover. Spine worn, heel blackened. Worn raised gilt bands on spine. Leather soiled, corners worn to boards. Upside-down inked name, pencil marks inside back cover. Contents, very good,clean and tight. Handsome black leather label on spine.

first edition 2 vols.236/259pp G (green cloth w.blind borders,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,splits to hinges,spines cracked and shaky w.separation at several sections,owner's inscr.to front pastedown vol.1.,prelims.and content edges mod.soiled/foxed) tired copies in need of a rebind but complete.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. small softback, mild creased boards, good clean book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Green cloth binding with black and gilt decoration on the front board. Lightly foxed to extremities. No inscriptions etc. Patterned endpapers. Many illustrations throughout. Binding very sturdy, an exceptionally clean, bright copy.

Condition: Very Good. 72 pp., not illustrated but with interesting fashion notes, very good in pictorial paper wrappers, . - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Grey-green cloth blind decorated cloth, gilt. Name of owner at start of book. Bookplate. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

3 volumes. over 1800 pages in all. 4 folding maps and a few other illustrations. good clean set in the original brown cloth with paper spine labels, but there is damage to the binding of volume one and the boards are nearly detached. fraying to the spine of volume three. a little musty. a limited edition of 500 numbered sets. [heavy books that will require extra shipping costs for some overseas destinations.Please see our storefront page for shipping information] a tremendous source work on a vast range of topics relating to Glasgow's history in the 18th and 19th centuries. These books are being sold on behalf of the Largs & District Museum & Historical Society, as instructed by the Board of Trustees.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Rebound in green cloth with new endpapers. Some slight browning and marking and edge damage to a few pages. Gift inscription on fep.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Cover a little worn but gilt lettering, crest and thistle all bright. Light foxing to endpapers, a tiny nick to to pf front endpaper. Internally occasional light foxing. Engravings OK.

Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed, 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). viii, 599pp, xxxi. The first edition with 3rd edition supplement. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards.