The Country Life.
[Denby Dale]: The Fleece Press, (1997). Limited edition, one of 300 copies, 32mo, covers measuring 64 x 48 mm, (52) pp. 20 wood engraved illustrations. Decorative cloth covers, fine. More
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Eric Ravilious: Landscape, Letters & Design. With a Foreword by Alan Powers.
Upper Denby: The Fleece Press, 2008. Limited edition, one of 750 copies, two volumes, oblong folio. Numerous illustrations, mostly in colour, prospectus for this title loosely inserted. Cloth, slipcase, a fine set. More
Long Live Great Bardfield, & love to you all. Her Autobiography, 1908-43. Edited, and with biographical notes on the period 1943-51, by Anne Ullmann.
(Upper Denby): The Fleece Press, (2012). Limited edition, one of 550 copies, 4to, 297, (3) pp. Numerous illustrations including many photographs, examples of marbled paper and some engravings tipped in, prospectus for this work loosely inserted. Original cloth backed patterned boards, slipcase, a fine copy. More
Ravilious at War. The complete work of... September 1939-1942. Edited by Anne Ullmann... a Foreword by Brian Sewell.
Huddersfield: The Fleece Press, 2002. Limited edition, one of 750 copies, oblong 4to, 300 pp. 200 illustrations, including 150 colour plates. Gilt titled light blue cloth with a paper label to upper cover, patterned paper slipcase, a fine copy. More
Pen, Paper & a Box of Paints. Albert Rutherston, illustrator and designer for the stage.
Upper Denby: The Fleece Press, (2015). Limited edition, one of 250 copies, 4to, 191, (3) pp. Colour illustrations, including several folding plates tipped in, prospectus for this work loosely inserted. Quarter cloth, patterned paper sides, a fine copy. More
Dunbar Hay Ltd. 1935-40 & the achievements of Cecilia Dunbar Kilburn.
Upper Denby: The Fleece Press, 2016. Limited edition, one of 150 copies from a total edition of 270, square 8vo, 169, (3) pp. Coloured plates tipped in plus illustrations in the text. Quarter cloth, patterned paper sides, a fine copy. More
A Short and Easy Introduction to Heraldry, in Two Parts. Part I. The Use of Arms and Armory... Part II. A Dictionary of Heraldry... Embellished with Forty Copper-Plates, Containing Upwards of a Thousand Examples.
London: Printed for C. and G. Kingsley, 1794. Seventh edition "with Considerable Improvements". Small 8vo. viii, 335, (1) pp. Late 20th century brown quarter calf over marbled boards, spine flat with gilt rules, gilt lettered black label,gilt tooling to the other panels. Frontispiece portrait, engraved dedication and 40 plates thus..... More
England in Time of War.
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1856. First edition. 8vo. iv, 200, 4, 16 pp. Publisher's blindstamped green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, inscribed on the title page "Minna Lovell With the Author's affectionate remembrance". Sometime rebacked preserving most of the original spine with renewed endpapers, a little light rubbing..... More
The Every-Day Book; or, the Guide to the Year: Relating the Popular Amusements, Sports, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Incident to the 365 Days in Past and Present Times...
London: Published for William Hone, 1825. 8vo. (iv), (828) pp. printed in double columns numbered up to 1,656. Later tan quarter calf over red cloth boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red label, lettered direct to another panel and dated at the foot. Numerous black and white illustrations in..... More
The Trial at Large of Her Majesty Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, Queen of Great Britain; in the House of Lords, on Charges of Adulterous Intercourse... Printed Verbatim from the Authenticated Journals of the House of Peers: The Whole Illustrated by Explanatory Notes...
London: Printed for T. Kelly, 1821. xviii, (ii), 664; (ii), 719, (1) pp. Late 20th century quarter calf over green cloth boards, gilt lettered black labels, the rest of the spine lettered and decorated. Frontispieces and title vignettes, 22 plates plus 5 illustrations in the text. Degrees of foxing throughout..... More
A Short Critical Review of the Political Life of Oliver Cromwell, Lord-Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Containing His Descent, Alliances, and First Advances to Popularity... His Military Exploits and, and Wonderful Success in the Civil War... His War Against the Scots Under Charles II... A View of His Conduct Towards Charles I... His Management Towards the Parliament, the Army, and the Parties he had to Deal with... A View of His Civil Government... His Behaviour Towards Foreign Princes and States... A Summary of his Character... By a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple.
London: Printed for J. Hodges... and J. James... 1739. First edition. 8vo. (viii), 272 pp. Late 20th century speckled half calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red label. Frontispiece portrait of Cromwell. Very good. More
The Happy Hypocrite. By... Illustrated by George Sheringham.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, [1915]. First edition thus. Large 8vo. 70, (2) pp. Publisher's buckram, gilt lettering and blue, pink and gilt decoration to the upper board, gilt lettering to the spine, pictorial endpapers. 24 colour plates, an illustrated title and other decorations in the text. The cream..... More
Hans Coper.
London: Collins, 1984. 4to. 208 pp. Publisher's illustrated card covers. Profusely illustrated throughout. A minor marks to the covers and edges, very good overall. More
The Illustrations from the Works of Andreas Vesalius of Brussels. With Annotations and Translations, a Discussion of the Plates and their Background, Authorship, and Influence, and a Biographical Sketch of Vesalius.
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1950. First edition. 4to. 248, (6) pp. Publisher's brick red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, top edge red, dust jacket. Numerous black and white illustrations reproducing the originals. A little light edge wear to the jacket, very good..... More
The Kelmscott Press and William Morris, Master-Craftsman.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1924. First edition. 8vo. x, 176, (2), 2 pp. Publisher's quarter linen over drab paper boards in the style of many Kelmscott books, printed paper spine label, edges untrimmed. Frontispiece portrait and 19 plates, a few two to a page. Spine label a little rubbed, One..... More
The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf. Edited by Louise DeSalvo and Mitchell A Leaska. Introduction by Mitchell A Leaska.
San Francisco: Cleis Press, 1985. 8vo.384 pp. Publisher's wine red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. 16 pages of black and white photographs. Jacket spine faded, else very good. More
Tarka the Otter. His Joyful Water-life and Death in the Country of the Two Rivers. With an Introduction by... Sir John Fortescue. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1941. Fifth printing of this illustrated edition. 8vo. (xvi), 278, (2) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and a gilt device to the upper board, early owner's book label to the front pastedown, dust jacket. Frontispiece and 23 full page illustrations. Slight tanning..... More
The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation. Introduction by F.W. Kolthammer.
London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1929. Small 8vo. xvi, 300, 4 pp. Publisher's taupe cloth, gilt to the spine, printed dust jacket. Decorative title pages. Spine tanned, a little light edge wear with small losses, else very good. More
The Ancient History by... Containing an account of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians.
Edinburgh: A. Guthrie, 1789-90. Eighth edition, eight volumes, 8vo. 21 folding maps and plates, a couple with some wear and tear to the outer edge, contemporary signature to the top of the titles, later armorial bookplates. Contemporary speckled calf, gilt banded spines with red morocco labels, heads of a couple..... More
The Snowman.
London: Hamish Hamilton, (1984). 4to, (32) pp. Coloured illustrations throughout, inscribed from Briggs on the fly leaf. Pictorial boards, d.w. with slight wear to the spine ends. More
History of Civilization in England.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864. Fourth edition, two volumes, 8vo. Marbled endpapers, sides and edges, a little foxing at the beginning and end of both volumes. Contemporary half calf, gilt banded spines with morocco labels, spines slightly sunned, extremities with some scuffing. More
Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyam. Presented by Willy Pogany.
London: George G. Harrap & Co., [1909]. 4to, (128) pp. 24 coloured plates tipped in, inscription dated 1909 to fly leaf verso with a bookplate partially removed underneath, recipient's name to the recto. Original gilt decorated blue cloth, t.e.g., spine sunned, top corner of the upper cover bumped. More
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[The Works of...]. Sketches by Boz. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. The Adventures of Oliver Twist. [with] A Tale of Two Cities. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. The Old Curiosity Shop. Barnaby Rudge. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Christmas Books [with] Hard Times. Christmas Stories. Dombey and Son. The Personal History of David Copperfield. Bleak House. Little Dorrit. Great Expectations. [with] The Uncommercial Traveller. Our Mutual Friend. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. [with] Reprinted Pieces. American Notes [with] Pictures from Italy [and] A Child's History of England. [Plus] FORSTER, John. The Life of Charles Dickens. PIERCE, Gilbert A. with... WHEELER William A. The Dickens Dictionary.
London: Chapman and Hall, [c.1890]. Nineteen volumes. 8vo. Uniformly bound in contemporary red half morocco over green cloth boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels, the other compartments with a gilt flower device, marbled endpapers. Numerous plates and illustrations in the text throughout by the likes..... More
Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth.
Oxford: Bodleian Library, 2019. Fourth impression. 4to. 416 pp. Publisher's colour illustrated boards. Colour illustrated throughout. Very good. More
The History of the Hobbit.
London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011. 8vo. xlii, 938 pp. Publisher's black cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Frontispiece and 12 plates. Very good. A "revised and expanded one-volume edition" of a work first published under a different title four years earlier, containing the complete unpublished manuscript version of The..... More