Plant Pests.
London: Collins, 2011. First edition. 8vo. x, 500, (2) pp. Approximately 400 colour illustrations in the text plus further black and white figures. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a fine copy. New Naturalist series no. 116. More
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The Victorian Fern Craze. A History of Pteridomania.
London: Hutchinson, 1969. First edition. 8vo. xii, 83, (1) pp. Publisher's black decorated green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Black and white illustrations in the text. Some yellowing to the predominantly white jacket plus fading to the red spine lettering, the book itself very good. More
The Great Stone Book of Nature.
London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1863. First edition. Small 8vo. xviii, 309, (1) pp. Publisher's beaded russet cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, gilt ruled borders to the boards, early owner's signature to the verso of the front free endpaper. Minor foxing to the front and rear, covers slightly..... More
Quest Under Capricorn.
London: Lutterworth Press, 1963. First edition. 8vo. 162, (2) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. Black and white photographic illustrations. Light edge wear to the jacket, very good overall. More
David Bailey. Archive One. 1957-1969.
(London): Thames & Hudson, (1999). First edition, 4to, 273, (3) pp. 313 photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a lovely copy. More
Bailey's Stardust.
London: National Portrait Gallery, 2014. First edition. 4to. 272 pp. Publisher's colour illustrated boards, signed by Bailey to the half title. Photographically illustrated throughout, predominantly in black and white. An excellent copy. More
Mixed Moments.
London: David Bailey and Olympus Optical Co. (U.K.) Ltd., 1976. First edition. 4to. 142, (2) pp. Publisher's pale grey cloth, brown lettered to the spine, dust jacket, signed by Bailey on the front free endpaper, an unrelated early gift inscription to the front pastedown. Photographically illustrated throughout, mostly monochrome. Occasional..... More
Cutting Edge.
(London: Contini), [2017]. First edition, folio, 118, (2) pp. Photographic illustrations. Pictorial boards, fine. More
The History of the City of Sheffield. 1843-1993. Volume I - Politics. Volume II - Society. Volume III - Images.
Sheffield Academic Press, (1993). First edition, 3 volumes, large 8vo. Black and white illustrations in the third volume. Cloth, d.w.'s, mild soiling to the spines, slipcase with a little wear to one corner. More
Colour Versions of William Blake's Book of Job Designs from the Circle of John Linnell. Facsimilesof the New Zealand and Collins Sets and the Fitzwilliam Plates. Edited by...
London: The William Blake Trust, 1987. Text volume only. Folio. 27, (1) pp. Publisher's quarter tan morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettered direct to the spine. Very good. An out-of series copy of just the text from one half of this scarce collection, without any of the accompanying illustrations or..... More
The Complete Graphic Work of William Blake. Assisted by Deirdre Toomey.
[London]: Thames and Hudson, (1978). First edition, 4to, 488 pp. 655 black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, spine and top edge of the lower wrapper slightly sunned. More
The Law Courts. The Architecture of George Edmund Street.
New York: The Architectural History Foundation & Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, (1984). First edition, 4to, 430 pp. Black and white illustrations, mostly photographic. Cloth, d.w., a lovely copy. More
The Birth of Western Painting. A History of Colour, Form, and Iconography, illustrated from the Paintings of Mistra and Mount Athos, of Giotto and Duccio, and of El Greco.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Limited edition, no. 1 of 365 copies, 4to, xvi, (ii), 236 pp. 94 black and white plates. Original teal cloth, maroon leather spine label, a fine copy. A British edition of 650 copies appeared the year before. More
Houghton Hall. Portrait of an English Country House. Principal photography by Derry Moore.
(New York): Skira Rizzoli, (2014). First edition, 4to, 296 pp. Numerous illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More
The Life and Work of C.R. Cockerell.
London: A. Zwemmer, (1974). First edition, large 8vo, xxiii, (i), 272 pp. 170 black and white illustrations. Buckram, d.w. somewhat sunned with a small tear to the top of the spine. More
Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol, and Spirit. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Lore. Foreword by Gloria E. Anzaldúa.
London: Cassell, 1997. First edition. Large 8vo. xiv, 382, (2) pp. Publisher's indigo cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Very good. More
Dante Rediscovered. From Blake to Rodin.
Grasmere: The Wordsworth Trust, 2007. Limited edition, no. 185 of 200 copies. 4to. xii, 259, (5) pp. Publisher's grey cloth, gilt lettered blue spine panel, colour illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated throughout, mostly in colour. An attractive copy. More
Corn Country.
London: B.T. Batsford, (1940). First edition, viii, 136 pp. Black and white photographic plates plus a couple of paintings reproduced in colour. Elizabeth David's copy, with her booklabel and ten bookmarks saving places in the volume, nine of which are inscribed by her with the relevant details and page numbers..... More
A Book of Mediterranean Food. Decorated by John Minton.
London: Macdonald, 1958. Second edition, 8vo, 207, (1) pp. Frontispiece and illustrated title plus illustrations in the text, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w. also designed by Minton, price clipped, with some old tape strengthening to the reverse, slight loss to the top of the spine and the top..... More
A Book of Mediterranean Food. Decorated by John Minton.
London: John Lehmann, (1950). First edition, 8vo, 191, (1) pp. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped but with the top of the upper flap clipped, old tape strengthening to the reverse of top edge with some subtle colour restoration to several spots. The Author's first book. More
A Book of Mediterranean Food. Preface by Julian Barnes. Decorations by John Minton. Watercolours by Sophie MacCarthy.
London: The Folio Society, 2005. First edition. Large 8vo. Publisher's green cloth backed colour illustrated boards on a design by MacCarthy, gilt lettered to the spine, Anne Olivier Bell's copy inscribed to her by the illustrator - "To Olivier on her Birthday, June 2006. With much love and affection from..... More
English Bread and Yeast Cookery. With illustrations by Wendy Jones.
London: Allan Lane, 1977. First edition. 8vo. xxii, 591, (1) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, pictorial endpapers, dust jacket. Numerous photographic illustrations plus figures in the text. Slight sunning to the jacket spine, very good. More
French Country Cooking. Decorated by John Minton.
London: John Lehmann, 1951. First edition, 8vo, 247, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Cloth, d.w. designed by John Minton with loss to the top of the spine and top edge and much milder loss to other extremities. More
French Country Cooking. Decorated by John Minton.
London: John Lehmann, (1952). Second impression, 8vo, 247, (1) pp. Frontispiece, decorative title and illustrations in the text. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, with some loss to the top of the spine and an old laminated covering. More