Norman Bel Geddes. Designing America.
New York: Abrams, (2012). First edition, 4to, 399, (1) pp. Numerous illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More
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Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds.
London: Hudson and Kearns, 1894]. Folio, lacking the title page. 300 pages of portraits of cricketers and sides, later owner's ink stamp to front endpapers as well as a different later signature. Original maroon half morocco, a.e.g. extremities with some wear. More
James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1889. With which is incorporated "James Lillywhite's Companion and Guide to Cricketers".
London: James Lillywhite. Small 8vo, (xvi), 269, 19, (16) pp. Photographic frontispiece of the Surrey XI. Original limp printed orange cloth covers, soiled, foot of spine slightly worn. More
James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1890. With which is incorporated "James Lillywhite's Companion and Guide to Cricketers".
London: James Lillywhite. Small 8vo, (x), 262, 22, (6) pp. Photographic portrait of the "original English lady cricketers". Original limp printed orange cloth covers, some soiling and mark. More
James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1892. With which is incorporated "James Lillywhite's Companion and Guide to Cricketers".
London: James Lillywhite. Small 8vo, (xii), 237, 22, (7) pp. Photographic portrait of the Middlesex team, some loss to the inner edge of the front paste down. Original limp printed orange cloth covers, some mild soiling. More
James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1894. With which is incorporated "James Lillywhite's Companion and Guide to Cricketers".
London: James Lillywhite. Small 8vo, (x), 266, (1), 21, (4) pp. Photographic portrait of the Yorkshire team. Original limp printed orange cloth covers, some soiling and darkening. More
The Little Women Omnibus. Little Women. Good Wives. What Katy Did. What Katy Did at School.
London: Collins' Clear-Type Press, [1933]. 8vo, 248, 274, 156, 167, (1) pp. Contemporary signature to fly leaf. Cloth, top and bottom edges slightly faded, d.w. with tape strengthening to the reverse, spine faded with some marks and rubbing. More
The Black Puppy Book.
London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, [1909]. First edition, small 4to, (52) pp. 12 full page coloured illustrations. Original pictorial cloth, recased, slight browning of spine, very good. More
Old Inns.
London: William Heinemann, 1921. Limited edition, no. 250 of 380 copies, signed by Aldin, 4to, (viii), 149, (1) pp. 16 coloured plates with captioned tissues, black and white illustrations in the text. Original quarter vellum, t.e.g., boards rather marked and a little worn, vellum slightly soiled. More
The Puppy Book.
London: Frederick Warne, [1915]. First edition, 4to, title leaf and 16 plates, being 8 images repeated with and without the colour portions, original stiff card covers, coloured illustration to upper cover, spine and corners worn but binding sound, protected by a recent cloth folder. One of several "Cecil Aldin's Painting..... More
A Rude Awakening.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1978). First edition, 8vo, 206 pp. Signed by the Author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, top edge with some creasing. More
The Postal History of Trinidad & Tobago.
Heathfield: Proud-Bailey Co., (1997). First edition, 8vo, 520 pp. Numerous black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w., an excellent copy. More
Geographical Fun: Being Humorous Outlines of Various Countries with an Introduction and Descriptive Lines by...
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1868]. Small 4to. (viii), (2) pp. Publisher's printed boards recently rebacked to style in maroon cloth, contemporary gift inscription to the front free endpaper along with the original bookseller's ticket of W. Whiteley of Westbourne Grove to the front pastedown. 12 anthropomorphic colour maps of European..... More
Plant Pests.
London: Collins, 2011. First edition. 8vo. x, 500, (2) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. Approximately 400 colour illustrations in the text plus further black and white figures. An excellent copy. New Naturalist series no. 116. More
The Poetical Works of... Dean of Canterbury.
London: Rivingtons, 1859. Third edition. 8vo. 429, (1) pp. Original dark green blindstamped cloth, gilt lettered to the spine. Spine slightly faded and some loss of colour to the upper board, else very good. More
Modern Couples. Art, intimacy and the avant-garde.
London: Prestel / Barbican, 2018. First edition, 4to, 351, (1) pp. Numerous illustrations. Pictorial boards, a fine copy. More
The Great Importance of the Havannah, Set Forth in an Essay on the Nature and Methods of Carrying on a Trade to the South Sea, and the Spanish West Indies.
London: J. Hinxman... and D. Wilson, 1762. Sole edition. 8vo bound in 4's. 39, (1) pp. Disbound. Upper margin browned and somewhat perished throughout, with some loss of the text to the title, dedication and final leaves. Evidently scarce, with ESTC listing only one copy of this edition in the..... More
Our Flower Garden, how we made the most of it; with instructions as to the construction of miniature ruins, etc., for fern cases.
London: Estates Gazette Office, [c.1875]. Second edition, 12mo, (vi), 75, (21) pp. Frontispiece and illustrations in the text. Original gilt and black decorated green cloth, some very mild rubbing to extremities otherwise a lovely copy. More
The Marches.
London: Collins, 2011. First edition. 8vo. x, 452, (2) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. 216 illustrations. An excellent copy. New Naturalist series no. 118. More
Dimensions. British Abstract Art 1948-1957. Arranged by. Additional Research by Toni del Renzio. With the co-operation of the ICA.
London: O'Hana Gallery, [c.1957]. Sole edition. Large 8vo. (20) pp., the text printed on pink and green paper. Brown paper wrappers, the title blindstamped on the upper cover. Slight fading to the edges of the text leaves, a few minor indentations, very good. A catalogue listing contemporary works and exhibitions..... More
The Bibliophile's Almanack for 1927. Edited by Oliver Simon & Harold Child.
London: The Fleuron, (1927). Limited edition, no. 245 of 300 copies, 8vo, (viii), 68, (14 advertisement) pp. Buckram backed boards, spine slightly sunned, a few marks to edges. More
Roberts' Almanack and Annual of Information. 1890.
Lewes: T.G. Roberts, 1890. 8vo, (8 advertisement, 32, 8 advertisement) pp. Wood engraved illustrations, contemporary manuscript inside and on upper cover. Original chromo-lithographed wrappers, a few marks, staples now rusty. No other copy located. More
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The British Almanac, of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge... [with] Companion to the Almanac; or Year-Book... [and] Vox Stellarum: or a Loyal Almanack...
London: Knight and Co., [&] Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1869. Three works bound in one volume, 8vo, 96, 288, 74, (6 advertisement) pp. Signature to fly leaf verso, marbled endpapers. Contemporary straight grain red morocco, a.e.g., gilt spine and rules, some mild rubbing otherwise very good. More
Remarkable News from the Stars, or an Ephemeris... The Gentleman's Diary, or the Mathematical Repository... The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's Almanack... MOORE, Francis. Vox Stellarum: or, a Loyal Alamanack... PARTRIDGE, John. Merlinus Liberatus. Parker's Ephemeris... The Coelestial Diary: or an Ephemeris... Poor Robin. An Almanack... SAUNDERS, Richard. The English Apollo; or Useful Companion... SEASON, Henry. Speculum Anni: or Season on the Seasons... WING, Tycho. [Greek title] Olympia Domata, or an Almanack... WHITE, Robert. [Greek title] Atlas Ouranious. The Cœlestial Atlas; or, A new Ephemeris...
London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1770. Twelve works bound in one volume, 8vo, 48 pp each, with the final gathering of the Gentleman's Diary bound in the middle of the Ladies' Diary. Titles and various other parts - tables, etc - printed in red and black, plus diagrams..... More
The Home Alphabet.
London: Frederick Warne & Co., [c.1880]. 4to, (16) pp including covers. Coloured illustrations, some marks and browning. Original limp coloured covers, sewn as issued, loose and a little worn, spine sound but lacking its paper. "Playtime Toy Books... Mounted on linen. Untearable" More