The African Queen.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, (1935). First edition. 8vo. (iv), 283, (1) pp. Marbled endpapers. Recent dark green full morocco, a.e.g., a handsome copy. More
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The Herball of Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde of London, Master in Chirurgerie. Very Much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson, Citizen and Apothecarye of London.
London: Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1636. Second edition, revised. Folio. (xxxviii), 30, 29-30, 29-1630, [1631-32], (46) pp, bound without the front and rear blanks. Eighteenth century blindstamped reversed calf, spine rebacked to style and the original gilt lettered red label preserved, late 19th century book..... More
The Engravings of Eric Gill.
Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton, 1983. First edition. One of 1,350 copies. 4to. xxiv, 545, (3) pp. Bespoke binding of two-tone leather with black morocco to the spine and fore edges with stylised gilt lettering and inlaid morocco flowers of differing colours, the central sections of the both boards in cream morocco..... More
Autobiography by...
London: Jonathan Cape, [N.d., but 1940]. Proof copy. Two volumes. 8vo. 160; 161-283, (5) pp. Original plain blue wrappers with printed titles, early manuscript to both front covers giving the page numbering of the respective volumes, with loosely inserted a stamped and postmarked postcard from Eric Gill to Professor Henry..... More
The Comedians.
London: The Bodley Head, (1966). First edition, 8vo, 313, (1) pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, loss to the upper corner of the lower wrapper otherwise very good. More
Ways of Escape.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980. First US edition. 8vo. 320 pp. Publisher's purple cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, signed by Greene on the title page. Just slight sunning to the jacket spine, an excellent copy. First published in Canada by Lester & Orpen Dennys in the..... More
Map of the County of Gloucester, Made from an Actual Survey in the Year 1823...
London: Greenwood, Pringle & Co., 1824. A large decorative folding map of the county with a large vignette of Gloucester Cathedral, printed over six conjoined sheets measuring 144 x 127 cm overall, uncoloured, mounted on linen and affixed to original wooden rollers, the side edges trimmed with green cloth. The..... More
Directorium Chori ad Usum Omnium Ecclesiarum Cathedralium, & Collegiatarum. Olim Editum et in hac Postrema Editione A D. Francisco Pelichiari Casinensi...
Romae [Rome]: Ex Typographia Vaticana, Jo: Mariæ Henrici Salvioni Typogr. 1737. Small 4to. (xvi), 384, clxxv, clxxviii-clxxxiv pp, complete in spite of the erratic pagination at the rear. Recent panelled calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red label, all edges red. Small loss to the title page at the..... More
The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists' Magazine. Conducted by... Gardener to the Right Hon. Lord Wharncliffe, Wortley Hall. March to December, 1833. Volume I. [to] January to December, 1837. Volume V.
London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Co. and G. Ridge [earlier] Whittaker & Co. [later], 1833-37. Five volumes. 8vo. Contemporary green half morocco over marbled boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and with a gilt leaf device to the others, the ownership inscription of an Elizabeth Pilkington..... More
A New View of London; or an Ample Account of that City,...
London: Printed for R. Chiswell, A. and J. Churchill, T. Horne, J. Nicholson and R. Knaplock, 1708. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. (xxxii), 352; (ii), 353-824 pp. Nineteenth century black half morocco over marbled boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels, gilt decorated to the others..... More
An Historical Sketch of Gibraltar, with an Account of the Siege which that fortress stood against the combined forces of France and Spain; including a minute and circumstantial detail of the sortie made by the Garrison on the morning of Nov. 27, 1781, for the purpose of destroying the formidable works erected by the Spaniards against that fortress.
London: Printed by B. Millan, 1792. First edition, 8vo, viii, 148 pp. Later bookplate, some light foxing. Contemporary half calf, rebacked, marbled sides. Scarce. More
The Wild Flowers of Great Britain. Botanically and popularly described, with copious notices of their history and uses. With original plates drawn and coloured from nature by Charlotte Gower.
London: Journal of Horticulture & Cottage Gardener Office, 1863-78. Eleven volumes, 8vo. 917 hand coloured plates, including one bis plate (no. 828) but lacking eight (661-668). Some occasional light foxing, armorial bookplates, marbled endpapers and sides. Contemporary dark green half morocco, the final three volumes faded with some wear, upper..... More
The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits, and General Horticulture. 1862-66.
London: Published at the "Journal of Horticulture" Office, 1862-66. Five volumes, large 8vo. 83 splendid chromolithographic plates. Old pencilled signature to one title page, bookseller's blind stamp to one fly leaf. Original gilt decorated blue cloth, a.e.g., the first three volumes rebacked retaining the original backstrips. A lovely set. The..... More
Q. Horatius Flaccus, Ex Recensione & cum Notis Atque Emendationibus Richardi Bentleii [Richard Bentley].
Cantabrigiae [Cambridge]:, 1711. 4to. (xxviii), 310, (iv), 460 pp. Contemporary full calf, spine with raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges red. Illustrated second title page plus a vignette to the letterpress title page. Spine ends worn, the joints repaired, save for occasional. mostly marginal, browning the contents are generally clean..... More
The Kite Runner.
(London): Bloomsbury, (2003). First edition, 8vo, (x), 324, (2) pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Cloth, d.w. still with its wraparound band, some faint sunning to the spine otherwise fine. More
Jahr's Pocket Dictionary and Concordance of Homœopathic Practice; A Clinical Guide and Repertory for the treatment of cute and chronic diseases. Translated by Charles J. Hempel and edited with enlargements, and the addition of a complete glossary and index by Joseph Laurie.
London: James Leath, 1850. First edition, 8vo, (ii), xx, 488 pp. Contemporary inscription to paste down. Original patterned black cloth, rebacked retaining the original backstrip. Very scarce with OCLC only listing 3 copies - two at the British Library and one in Oxford. More
Collection de Cinquante Vues du Rhin les Plus Interessantes et les Plus Pittoresques depuis Spire jusqu'a Dusseldorf dessinees sur les Lieux d'apres Nature. [Title repeated in German].
Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980. Limited edition, no. 769 of 775 copies. Folio. Publisher's dark green half morocco over paler green cloth, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered to one panel and decorated to the others, all edges gilt, matching green solander box with a gilt lettered circular morocco label..... More
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Johnstons' Atlas of the War 1855. [Comprising]: Johnston's New Map of the Seat of War in the Danubian Principalities and Turkey...; Johnston's Chart of the Baltic Sea German Ocean & English Channel...; Johnston's New Map of the Crimea with a Plan of the Town and Port of Eupatoria...; Johnston's New Map of the Black Sea Caucasus, Crimea &c with Enlarged Plans of Sevastopol...; Johnston's War Map of Europe Showing the Seats of Operation in the Black Sea & Sea of Azov...; Johnston's Plan of the siege of Sevastopol Showing the Positions of the Allied & Russian Armies...; Johnston's Chart of the Sea of Azov, with a Map of the Grain Producing Portion of Russia whence it Derives its Commerce.
(Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1855). Seven folding maps, each c. 53 x 69 cm, original printed colour in outline, housed in publisher's red cloth slipcase, gilt lettered and decorated to the upper board with the original paper wallet with a printed list of the maps and the price for..... More
In Parenthesis. Seinnyessit e Gledyf ym Penn Mameu.
London: Faber & Faber, 1955. Fourth impression, 8vo, (xxii), 224, (2) pp. Frontispiece plus a plate and a map, bookplate of Michael Trevor Williams, designed by Reynolds Stone, to fly leaf, free endpapers with some browning. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine slightly sunned, minor rubbing to extremities and a...... More
Ben Jonson. The Man and His Work. A Tale of a Tub. The Case is Altered. Every Man in His Humour. Every Man out of His Humour. Cynthia's Revels. Poetaster. Sejanus. Eastward Ho. Volpone, or The Fox. Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. The Alchemist. Catiline. Bartholomew Fair. The Devil is an Ass. The Staple of News. The New Inn. The Magnetic Lady. The Sad Shepherd. The Fall of Mortimer. Masques and Entertainments. The Poems. The Prose Works. An Historical Survey of the Text. The Stage History of the Plays. Commentary on the Plays. Play Commentary. Masque Commentary. Commentary. Jonson's Literary Record. Supplementary Notes. Index. Edited by C.H. Herford, Percy (and Evelyn) Simpson.
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1925-86. Eleven volumes, volumes I, II, IV, VIII, X and XI first editions, the others reprints. Some plates and facsimiles, volumes I, II and IV with the bookplate of the poet and critic Vivian de Sola Pinto, some other mostly brief inscriptions to front endpapers..... More
A Dictionary, English and Burmese.
Rangoon: C. Bennett, American Baptist Mission Press, 1868. Second edition. 8vo. iv, (10)-968 pp. Contemporary full sheep, rebacked to style with a gilt lettered red spine label. Some light spotting to the endpapers, slight bowing to the boards, very good overall. Considerably expanded from the original edition of 1852 published..... More
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1936. First edition, 8vo, (ii), xii, 403, (1) pp. Original gilt titled cloth, small scuff to the foot of the upper cover, d.w. with corresponding loss to the upper wrapper plus the spine ends and corners. Printing and the Mind of Man 423... More
Munimenta Antiqua; or, Observations on Antient Castles. Including Remarks on the Whole Progress of Architecture, Ecclesiastical, as well as Military, in Great Britain: and on the corresponding changes in manners, laws, and customs...
London: Printed by W. Bulmer & Co., for G. Nicol, 1799. First edition, 4 volumes, folio. 167 plates, a number folding and a couple hand coloured. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates of Charles Edward Keyser, old bookseller's description of this work pasted into the front of volume I, old damp stain..... More
The Irish Guards in the Great War. Edited and Compiled from their Diaries and Papers by...
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. xvi, 344; vi, 310, (2) pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spines and with the regimental crest to the upper board, top edges gilt, dust jackets. 4 double page and 7 single page maps. Jacket spines browned..... More