This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...at Micheldean, Gloucestershire. The shaft is ornamented with a Tudor rose and diamond in relief. On the two sides of the plinth are the words "Rector rectoris" (The rectors director), and there appear to have been other words on the remaining sides, but these are now obliterated, and of the date only 16--remains. 355. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...at Micheldean, Gloucestershire. The shaft is ornamented with a Tudor rose and diamond in relief. On the two sides of the plinth are the words "Rector rectoris" (The rectors director), and there appear to have been other words on the remaining sides, but these are now obliterated, and of the date only 16--remains. 355. GO ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS. On a buttress of St. James's Church, Bury St. Edmunds; on Cavendish Church, Suffolk; and on Bromham Hall, Bedfordshire, for many years the residence of the Dynes family. Formerly on the Church at Kilnwick on the Wolds, Yorks., but the motto having been obliterated by the weather, another--" The time is short"--was, in 1882, painted in its place. It is said that the witty Dean Cotton of Bangor had a very cross old gardener, who protected his master from troublesome visitors by saying to everyone he saw near the place, "Go about your business." When the gardener died, the Dean had his servant's favourite formula engraved round the sun-dial in his garden, in this wise: Goa bou tyo urb us in ess. 1838. with the result that the motto was usually supposed to be in Welsh. After Dean Cotton's death the dial was bought by Mr. Doyle Watkins, of Glan Adda, and is now at Tanyfrou, near Bangor. The same words rather differently, but as irregularly divided, are on a sun-dial in the garden at Brook Lodge, Chester. Similar mottoes may be found at Nos. 19, 93. 356. Go YOUR WAY INTO HIS COURTS WITH THANKSGIVING. Reg. Jones. Rector, Wm. Joliffe. Rich. Woodford 1727. On the church porch, Brighstone, Isle of Wight. Bishop Samuel Wilberforce was at one time Rector of this parish, and, in earlier days, Bishop Ken. See Ps. C. 3. 357. God Giveth All. I 570. This motto is recorded in "West Country Stories,"...
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Add this copy of The Book of Sun-Dials to cart. $54.00, fair condition, Sold by Bookshop Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Baltimore, MD, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1872 by Bell and Daldy.
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Fair/NONE. 152 pages plus Index of Places Where There are Sun-Dials With Mottos, As They are Numbered. The interior of the book is in good condition, excepting for pages noted. Tape residue on the first and last pages. Edge tears, test not affected. Illustrated with plates. Yellow age spots and stains on the front and back parts of the book-the endpapers, title page and last several pages. Fair to poor overall condition; Ex-Library.
Add this copy of The Book of Sun-Dials to cart. $150.00, Sold by Jeffrey Marks Rare Books, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1872 by Dell and Daldy.
Edition:
1872, Dell and Daldy
Hardcover
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Edition:
First edtion
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Dell and Daldy
Published:
1872
Language:
English
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9462400884
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Nearly split at gutter; large old gift inscription on pastedown; scattered light foxing to a few of the plates; light rubbing to cloth. xxviii, 156 pp. Tinted frontispiece and five (of six) plates at rear. Folio, A compilation of mottoes inscribed on sundials around the world, with commentary.
Add this copy of The Book of Sun-Dials to cart. $201.55, good condition, Sold by Besleys Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Diss, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1872 by Bell & Daldy.
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Good. No Jacket. 27.5 x 21.0 cm. Pp. xxviii, 156, 6 tinted plates. Original gilt and black stamped cloth. Spine relaid, fore corners rubbed, sporadic foxing, heavy on one plate, slight fraying of some page edges.
Add this copy of The Book of Sun-Dials to cart. $450.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1890 by George Bell & Sons.
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Very Good. Third edition. Cloth, spine gilt. Small octavo. Gift inscription, and poem copied on one blank, corners bumped, slight fraying to a small section of the rear joint, some foxing, still a nice, very good copy of an uncommon title. Stamped "With the Publisher's Compliments" on the title page.
Add this copy of Book of Sun-Dials to cart. $1,250.00, Sold by Heritage Book Shop, LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Beverly Hills, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1900 by George Bell and Sons.
Edition:
1900, George Bell and Sons
Hardcover
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Publisher:
George Bell and Sons
Published:
1900
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
12037936105
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Originally Complied by the Late Mrs. Alfred Gatty. Now Enlarged and Edited by H.K.F. Eden and Eleanor Lloyd. Fourth and best edition. Printed by the Chiswick Press. Folio (10 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches; 274 x 189 mm). xvii, [1, blank], [errata slip], [1]-529, [1, colophon], [2, blank] pp. Frontispiece portrait and an additional eight photographic and engraved plates. Numerous black and white illustrations throughout the text. Plates with tissue guards. Beautifully bound by Worrall Birmingham in full green morocco. Boards double-ruled in gilt, single-ruled in blind with corner ornaments. Spine elaborately stamped and lettered in gilt. Gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Some toning to tissue guards. About fine. This fourth and best edition contains over 350 additional pages more than the previous three editions. HBS 65831. $1, 250.
