London: Heinemann, (1957). First edition, (viii), 240 pp. Loosely inserted is a handwritten postcard from the author. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, some rubbing and browning, minor loss to the spine ends. The postcard, of a Hebrew illuminated manuscript in the Bodleian Library, is dated January 1988 and was written..... More

London: Scolastic Children's Books, 2005. Three volumes, limited edition, each one of 1,000 copies signed by the author. 8vo. Publisher's cloth of differing colours, silver lettered to the spines, dust jackets, slipcases with matching designs, all three with the original shrink wrap albeit the first two volumes opened at the..... More

London: William Heinemann, (1913). Limited edition, no. 916 of 1,100 copies signed by Rackham, from a total edition of 1,130. 4to. (xii), 159, (1) pp. ed. Later binding in green half morocco over matching cloth sides, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels (and dated at the..... More

[1-2] London: Greening and Co., [3,7,11-12,14] New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, [4,6,9] London: Methuen & Co., [5] New York: McBride, Nast & Company, [8,10, 13, 15, 19] New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, [16-18,21,23,26] London: Cassell and Company, [20] New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, [22,24-25] New York..... More

London: Blackie & Son, [1890s]. "Henry Irving edition", eight volumes, large 8vo. 37 plates plus illustrations in the text, some occasional light foxing, prize inscription dated 1905 to front blank, signed by Henry Irving. Publisher's gilt titled quarter morocco, t.e.g., spines slightly rubbed and faded. More

London: J. Nourse, 1748. First edition. 8vo. (ii), 77, (1) pp. Original course plain paper wrappers. Trigonemetrical diagrams in the text throughout. Wear with two small losses to the spine, though the covers remain sound, very good overall. Thomas Simpson (1710–1761) was a self taught mathematician or "philomath" as they..... More

London: Sold by T. Bell [and] Printed by William Richardson, 1774-76. Thirty parts in one volume, small 4to. Modern quarter calf over contemporary, slightly worn, marbled boards, red spine label. Originally sold separately, this collection was bound up at the time judging from the boards. It contains #5, parts 1..... More

London: J. & C. Walker, March 31st, 1837. Map dimensions 134.5 x 98 cm, overall 143 x 100 cm. Large folding geological map with a cross-section of southern England from Land's End to the German Ocean across the lower margin, all vividly coloured according to the strata, scale: 10 miles..... More

London: J. Dodsley, 1782. Fourth edition. Small 8vo. xxiv, 200 pp. Contemporary full mottled calf, gilt tooled spine with a gilt lettered red label, the early armorial bookplate of Robert Bidulph Phillipps to the front pastedown and an old pencilled inscription to the verso of the front free endpaper. Neat..... More

London: Printed for T. Payne, 1777. Fourth edition, 8vo, (viii), 257, (1) pp. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary calf with some wear, recently rebacked retaining the original backstrip. An important and popular early work on English gardening, originally published in 1770. More

London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press,`, 1922. First edition, 8vo, 290, 14 advertisement pp. Marbled endpapers. Recent green full morocco, t.e.g., a lovely copy. Kirkpatrick A6a - 1,200 copies printed. More

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 204, (4) pp. Recent green half morocco over olive buckram sides, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two compartments, top edge gilt. Frontispiece and 66 plates, including two photogravure portraits of the authors, plus 3 folding maps. Very good..... More

Stratford-on-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1908. Eight volumes, 8vo. Four portrait frontispieces, later signature to the fly leaf in volume I. Original gilt titled brown buckram, t.e.g., a few spine ends slightly bumped otherwise a very good set. Wade 75-82. More