London: Printed by J. Dillon, and Co., for, and sold by, W. and S. Jones, 1799. Fifth edition. 8vo. xiv, 594, 14, 2 pp. Contemporary speckled calf, spine with double gilt rules, gilt lettered green label, gilt device of a bird to the other panels, the ownership inscription of a...... More
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London: Marcus Ward & Co., and Belfast: Royal Ulster Works, c.1875]. 8vo. Publisher's dark green cloth, decorated in black to the upper board. A generic blank album enlivened by cut and mounted colour lithographs of 24 humming birds and 30 flowers, mostly captioned. Very good. More
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
[N.p.]: [S.n.], (Septr. 1914). Irregularly shaped railway map and therefore difficult to measure but approximately 28.5 (extending to 55) x 417 cm with additional smaller addition flaps to the edges, dissected into 61 sections and mounted on linen, mostly rectangular panels but with smaller triangular panels to accommodate bends in..... More
London: J.M. Dent, 1897-8. Sixth edition thus, 10 volumes, small 8vo. 31 plates, some light browning, mostly to endpapers. Original light green gilt decorated cloth, top edges gilt, gilt spines slightly darkened, minor rubbing to several spine tops. More
London: W. Lee, at the Turks-Head in Fleet Street: and R. Roytson at the Angel in Ivie Lane, 1652. Second edition. 8vo. (xiv), 366, 84 pp. Recent full calf, gilt lettered to the spine. Wanting the frontispiece called for in some copies of this edition. Some marginal staining, though generally..... More
London: J. Bell, 1797. Three volumes. First English translation. Contemporary full speckled calf, spines with gilt rules, gilt lettered red title labels and dark green oval number labels, the later armorial bookplate of the Cobbold family of Ipswich to the front pastedowns of volumes II and III, all three volumes..... More
London: Ward, Lock and Tyler, [c.1869]. 197th thousand. 8vo. xli, (ii), 1139, (1) pp., bound without the advertisements. Contemporary black half calf over marbled boards, neatly rebacked preserving the original spine and the gilt lettered maroon label, marbled endpapers, the front pastedown featuring an attractive gilt lettered label presenting the..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1862. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 480 pp. Contemporary tan full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered black label, gilt decoration to the other panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, school prize bookplate from St. John's Collegiate School to the front pastedown. Frontispiece and 7..... More
London: Swan Sonnenschein and Co., 1885. Third edition. 4to. (iv) pp. Publisher's maroon half morocco rebacked preserving much of the original spine, gilt to the spine and upper board. 31 colour maps, 26 embossed in relief to illustrate altitudes; the five political maps of Europe, England, Scotland, Ireland and India..... More
London: Printed by C. Baldwin... and published by L.B. Seeley...; John Hatchard...; and Robert Baldwin, 1812. Six volumes. 4to. Fine contemporary bindings of full calf, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered to three panels and decorated to the others, the boards richly decorated with a central diamond shaped blind tooled..... More
London: Eveleigh Nash, 1907. First edition, 8vo, 350 pp. Marginal foxing throughout, contemporary signature to fly leaf, light damp staining to the endpapers and the outer edge of the final three leaves. Original cloth, some marks and rubbing, spine slightly skewed. More
Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1860. First edition. 8vo. (viii), 248 pp. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, remnants of old paper label to the spine, old ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Neatly recased, very good overall. More
Denby Dale: The Fleece Press, (1995). Limited edition, no. 6 of 30 specially bound copies signed by Christopher Buckland Wright, from a total edition of 240, folio, 28, (4) pp. 9 illustrations tipped in plus the frontispiece and 24 wood engraved illustrations. Gilt titled full vellum, folding cloth box, a...... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. First edition, large 8vo, (xl), 299, (1) pp. 293 illustrations in the text, some light marginal browning. Original grey cloth, recently rebacked in maroon morocco with leather corners also, covers a little marked, crossed swords design to upper cover. A pleasantly restored copy of one..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1856. First edition, 8vo, xl, (ii), 648, 24 advertisement pp. 4 fine coloured lithographs and 2 maps, the plates with some mostly marginal soiling, original endpapers with advertisements bound in. Modern red half morocco, black spine label. A famous account of Burton's journey to..... More
London: Printed for H. Cripps, 1660. Seventh edition, folio, (x), 140, (4), 141-218, (4), 219-574 pp, 575-577 leaves, (1), 578-723, (11) pp. Engraved title page with the explanation leaf "The Argument of the Frontispiece" opposite, the latter laid down with only the text of the half title showing to the..... More
London: Printed for J. Robinson and W. Payne, 1744. Second English edition. 12mo. (iv), 290 pp. Contemporary full calf, spine with raised bands, renewed gilt lettered label to style, gilt tooling to other panels, armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Expert repairs to head, tail and joints, a very good copy..... More
London: Printed for Whittaker, Treacher and Co., 1829. Sole edition, 8vo, (iii)-xxxvi, 196, (12 advertisement) pp, bound without the half title. One illustration and 7 pages of facsimile manuscript, some occasional light foxing. Uncut in modern half calf, marbled sides, a very good copy. Wise II p93... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1937. First edition, 8vo, (x), 341, (1, 2 advertisement) pp. 16 black and white photographic plates, signed by the author on a front blank, neat restoration to the lower edge of the same leaf. Original blue cloth, recased with new endpapers, a small chip to the..... More
Genevæ [Geneva]: Jacobum Stoer, 1637. 8vo. (24), 518, (67) ff. Contemporary full calf, rebacked to style, the original gilt lettered red spine label preserved, new endpapers. Some minor worming to the rear of the book, else very good. More
London: Cassell and Company, 1943-50. Mixed editions. Nine volumes. 8vo. Seven volumes of the war speeches in publisher's blue cloth, the post-war volume in publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, three volumes with early inscriptions, dust jackets, early Singapore bookseller's stamp to the front free endpaper of "Victory"..... More
London: C. Rivington, 1735. First edition. 8vo. viii, 349, (3) pp. Recent full speckled calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red label, gilt lettering to other panels, all edges gilt. Folding map frontispiece. The map title to the upper margin partially cropped, the lower margin shaved to the neatline..... More
Aberdeen: George Middleton, 1884-85. Eight issues in one volume, 8vo, 11, (1), 12, 12, 11, (1), 12, 11, (1), 13, (1), 10 pp. Bookplate of Edinburgh Public Libraries to paste down, marked "withdrawn", plus small ink stamps to the first and last pages. Contemporary half cloth, marbled sides, neatly rebacked..... More
New York: M. Walter Dunne, (1904). 4to, (xiv), 386, (2) pp. Printed in red and black throughout, illustrations to the preliminaries and with decorative initial letters. Bound in at the front is a hand painted japon leaf reading "In witness that this copy of the Westminster Edition of The Prayer..... More