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Forty Seasons of First-Class Cricket. Being the Autobiography of...
Manchester: John Heywood, Ltd., [1908]. Second edition, 8vo, (viii), xi, (i), 255, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations plus numerous examples of players' autographs. Original gilt decorated cloth, spine sunned. More
Metroland.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1980). First edition, 8vo, 176 pp. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a lovely copy. More
Poems from... Selected and Edited by Walter Partridge with a preface by Mark Franklin.
Sutton Mandeville: Perdix Press, 1981. Limited edition, no. 56 of 100 copies, signed by both the Printer and Illustrator, tall 8vo, 34, (2) pp. Frontispiece and one other wood engraving by Robert Tilleard, plus a signed copy of the frontispiece engraving loosely inserted. Printed wrappers, fine. A 19th century poet..... More
Poems of Rural Life, in The Dorset Dialect. First collection.
London: John Russell Smith, 1866. Fourth edition, 8vo, xii, 211, (1, 56 advertisement) pp. Contemporary signature to paste down. Original gilt titled blind stamped cloth, spine sunned with minor bumping to ends, very good. More
Baroda Views.
Printed at the Caxton Works, Bombay by G.W. & A.E. Claridge. Published by Sakharam Sadashiv Manohar, for the Proprietors of the Vividhakala-Mandir, Raopura, Baroda [Vadodara], [n.d.]. Small oblong 4to. (ii), (20) pp. Publisher's full morocco, gilt lettered to the upper cover, patterned coated endpapers, presentation inscription to "A. Menton Esq."..... More
Peter Pan & Wendy. Decorated by Gwynedd M. Hudson.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton... for Boots Pure Drug Co... Nottingham, [1931]. 4to, 272 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt and black decoration, dust jacket. Numerous coloured illustrations, many full page. Jacket missing the front flap and with a section missing at the top edge of the front panel, a...... More
Whisper: A Timescript.
London: Whisper Promotions, 1971. First edition. 8vo. 128 pp. Publisher's faux black leather, gilt lettering and decoration, early inscription in French to the half title. Black and white illustrations. Very good. "These writings were smuggled out of Her Majesty's prison between November 1966 and September 1969. They are the psychological..... More
A Shadow of a Shadow.
PBD, (2017). First edition, 8vo, (108) pp. Photographic illustrations. Pictorial boards, paper slipcase with some minor marks otherwise fine. More
Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Including Accounts of Timbuktu, Sokoto, and the Basins of the Niger and Benuwe.
London: Ward, Lock, and Co., 1890. 8vo, (xviii), 548, (10 advertisement) pp. 8 plates, free endpapers browned. Original gilt and black lettered cloth, very mild rubbing to extremities. "Minerva Library of Famous Books." Originally published in the 1850s in five volumes. More
Pharmacopœia Hippiatrica: or, the Gentleman Farrier's Repository, of Elegant and approved Remedies for the Diseases of Horses... Containing I. The Surgical; II. The Medical Part of Practical Farriery; Also, Directions for the proper Treatment of Post Chaise and other Horses, after violent Exercise... To which are now added; Observations on broken winded Horses, endeavouring to prove that the Seat of Malady may not be in the Lungs.
Eton: Printed for T. Pote, 1766. Second edition, small 8vo, xiv, 392 [i.e. 402] pp. Endpapers with some browning. Contemporary gilt ruled sheep, somewhat marked and scuffed, rebacked with a maroon label. More
Elements of Botany; or, Outlines of the Natural History of Vegetables... By..., Professor of Materia Medica, Natural History, and Botany in the University of Pennsylvania. Refined and Corrected, with Addition of British examples and occasional notes by the English editor.
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1804. First British edition. 8vo. xii, (ii), 344, 35, (1) pp. Early beaded cloth, gilt lettered spine label, contemporary owner's initials to the head of the title page. 30 fine handcoloured plates. Some fading and wear to the spine, small split to the head of..... More
Gabriele Basilico. Workbook 1969-2006. Critical Essay of Achille Bonito Oliva. Translated from the Italian by Mark Gumbley.
[Stockport]: Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2006. First edition, 4to, 222, (2) pp. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations. Pictorial boards, fine. More
A Specimen of Printing Letter Designed by John Baskerville About the Year MDCCLVII. Recut by the Lanston Monotype Corporation Limited for Use on the "Monotype".
London: The Lanston Monotype Corporation, Limited, 1926. 8vo. 29, (3) pp. Publisher's boards, gilt lettered to the upper cover. Foxing to varying degrees throughout, a little light wear to the covers, else very good. More
Burlesques.
London: Duckworth & Co., (1922). 4to, (viii), 71, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations. Original cloth backed boards, d.w. with tears and some loss and repairs to reverse. More
An Aspidistra in Babylon. Four novellas.
London: Michael Joseph, (1960). First edition, 8vo, 239, (1) pp. Inscribed from the author on the fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, with some light browning, very good. More
A Crown of Wild Myrtle.
London: Michael Joseph, (1962). First edition, 8vo, 190, (2) pp. Inscribed from the author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, mild soiling to the lower wrapper, near fine. More
The Golden Oriole. Five novellas by...
London: Michael Joseph, (1962). First edition, 8vo, 204 pp. Inscribed from the author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, faint rubbing to the spine ends, very good. More
The Modern Short Story. A Critical Survey.
London: Michael Joseph, (1972). Second edition, 8vo, 231, (1) pp. Inscribed from the author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, mild browning to the lower wrapper, near fine. First published in 1941. More
The Vanished World. An Autobiography. Volume One. Illustrated by John Ward.
London: Michael Joseph, (1969). First edition, 8vo, 188, (2) pp. Signed on the title page by the author, pictorial endpapers and illustrations throughout. Cloth, d.w., spine sunned. More
The Wedding Party.
London: Michael Joseph, (1965). First edition, 8vo, 191, (1) pp. Inscribed from the author on a bookplate to the fly leaf, later bookplate to the paste down. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, with faint browning and soiling to the lower wrapper, near fine. More
The Wild Cherry Tree.
London: Michael Joseph, (1968). First edition, 8vo, 218, (2) pp. Inscribed from the author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a lovely copy. More
The Britain of Brian Cook. Foreword by Sir Hugh Casson. Preface by Ian Logan.
London: B.T. Batsford, (1987). First edition, large oblong 8vo, 144 pp. Numerous colour and black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, light fading to the spine and some minor marking, a very good copy. More