Front Pastedown and First Page of Front Advertisements in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" Reprint

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LIST OF WORKS

published by

T. NELSON AND SONS,

LONDON ARD EDINBURGH.

AND TO BE OBTAINED BY ORDER OF ALL BOOKSELLERS.



RUINS OF SACRED AND HISTORIC LANDS. Babylon—Nine-veh—Palestine—Egypt—India—Central America—Italy. &c. &c. Including a Narrative of the Recent Discoveries at Nineveh. &c. Foolscap 8vo, handsomely bound in cloth, price 8a 6d. Extra gilt, 4s 6d. Morocco elegant. 7s

HISTORY OF EGYPT: HER TEMPLES AND MONUMENTS By the Rev. Bishop Russell. With a Narrative of all the Recent Discoveries In Hieroglyphics. Post 8vo, price 4s Richly gilt, 6s. Morocco elegant, 10s 6d.

Discovery and adventure in tiie polar seas and REGIONS By Sir John Leslie &c. With Steel Portrait of Sir John Franklin, and a Narrative of all the Recent Expedions Post 8vo. price 4a Richly gilt. 4a Morocco elegant. 10s 6d.

THE SEASONS OF THE YEAR: or, The Hand of God as Manifested In Ilia Wotha With two beaatlful Steel Engraving* from designs by Dirket Foster, Esq. Price 3s 6d Extra gilt, 4s 6d Morocco elegant, 7a

PALESTINE or, THE HOLY LAND, By the Right Rev. Bishop Russel, of St John's College, Oxford. With a Narrative of the Visits and researches of recent Travellers, Including an Account of the late American Expedition to the Dead Sea and the River Jordan, &c. &c. With Engravings. post 8vo, price 4s Richly gilt. 6s Morocco elegant. 10s 6d.

THE MECHANISM OF THE HEAVENS. By professor Olmsted, L.L.D Post 8vo ban1 windy bound in cloth, with twenty four large Telescopic Views of Lord Rosse's discoveries and about seventy wood Engravings Price 6a Richly gilt, 4a 6d. Morocco elegant, 10s 6d.

Citation

Nelson, “Front Pastedown and First Page of Front Advertisements in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" Reprint,” Wide, Wide World Digital Edition, accessed April 23, 2024, https://widewideworlddigitaledition.siue.edu/items/show/1838.

Description

This is the front pastedown and first page of front advertisements in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. The entire page has a simple boarder around it with book ornaments in each corner. The page begins with the title "List of Works published by T. Nelson and Sons". The citites appear next, followed by the subtitle "and to be obtained by order of all booksellers". There isa zierrat with an unfilled diamond below, followed by the list of titles. These titles include:Ruins of Sacred and Historic Lands, The Reverend Bishop Russel's History of Egypt, and Palestine, Sir Leslie's Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and Regions, The Seasons of the Year, and Professor Olmstead's The Mechanism of the Heavens. Each title has a short paragraph of description with it. Written at the top of the page is written "17" and "#319" in ink by a previous owner.

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Date

1853

Source

Wetherell, Elizabeth [Susan Warner]. The Wide, Wide World. Reprint, Nelson’s Library for Travellers and the Fireside. London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1853.

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Nelson

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CIA-The Constitution Island Association, http://www.constitutionisland.org/

Publisher

The Wide, Wide World Digital Edition
Nelson

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46CIA_37_001A