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Map of Afghanistan and Adjacent Countries. [also titled on the verso] Special Map of Afghanistan Including the Indian & Russian Frontiers and Adjoining Countries.
London: W.H. Smith & Son, 1878. Map dimensions 53 x 79 cm, overall 57 x 91 cm. Colour folding map of Afghanistan and her neighbours, the map extending to the area between what is now Turkmenistan down to the Arabian Sea and Iraq across to Kashmir, inset map of the..... More
A Map of the Malay Peninsula.
London: Edward Stanford, 1905. Map dimensions 60 x 53 cm, overall 66 x 57 cm. Folding map illustrating the British sphere of influence on the peninsula from Kedah down to Singapore, original colour highlighting the districts, dissected into 20 sections and mounted on linen, folds between original dark green cloth..... More
Carte de l'Empire Ottoman, Comprenant les Possessions de la Porte en Europe, en Asie, et en Afrique, avec les Parties Limitrophes de l'Arabie, de la Perse, de la Russe et de l'Empire d'Autriche. Dressée par... Revue et Corrigée par Charles Picquet... et de Mgr. le Duc D'Orleans.
Paris: Charles Picquet, 1840. Map dimensions 111 x 116 cm, overall 118 x 120 cm. A fine large folding map of the Ottoman Empire showing its extents into Europe, Africa and Asia including almost the entirety of the Arabian peninsula, original colour in outline with a key to those provincial..... More
India and Adjacent Countries.
[N.p.]: Survey of India, 1952. Second edition. Map dimensions 150 x 164 cm, overall 165 x 181 cm. A magnificent large folding map of the country in the very early years after independence, with printed colour to differentiate the states, three inset maps to the upper right corner illustrating the..... More
[Lower Egypt in 4 Sheets... Compiled... from the Original French Survey by M. Jacotin, from the Manuscript of Mahmud Bey and from the Most Recent Information].
[N.p.]: Intelligence Dept. War Office, June, 1882. Map in four parts each measuring 56 x 83 cm, i.e. c.112 x 166 cm if conjoined, each dissected into eighteen sections and mounted on linen, folds into original Stanford's red cloth slipcase with their printed label to the upper board, marbled paper..... More
Orlando (The Marmalade Cat). His Silver Wedding.
London: Country Life Limited, (1946). Third printing, folio, 32 pp. Coloured lithographic illustrations throughout. Cloth backed pictorial boards, top corners bumped, d.w., slightly browned and marked with a small hole to the spine and very minor loss to extremities. More
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1900. "New" (i.e. second) impression, 8vo, xiv, 498, (2), 32 catalogue pp. 4 maps - 1 coloured and 3 folding, the map opposite the title with some careful repairs to the outer edge, which is a little soiled and creased. Original illustrated cloth, some light..... More
The Poetical Works. With the Author's Introduction and Notes. Edited by J. Logie Robertson.
London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1908. 8vo. viii, 970 pp. Contemporary half vellum over pink cloth boards, spine with gilt lettered red label and Art Deco gilt tooling with matching leather floral onlays, top edge gilt, early gift inscription to the front free endpaper. Portrait frontispiece. Label slightly chipped..... More
Ancient and Modern History of Lewes and Brighthelmston, in which are compressed the most interesting events of the County at large under the Regnian, Roman, Saxon and Norman settlements.
Lewes: Printed for W. Lee, the Editor and Proprietor, 1795. First edition. 8vo. (xvi), 555, (5) pp. Recent black half calf over late 19th century marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red label. Generally very good. Numerous pieces of ephemera have been inserted, including a slip recording the..... More
Flower Fairies of the Spring. ...of the Summer. ...of the Autumn. A Flower Fairy Alphabet. Fairies of the Trees.
London & Glasgow: Blackie and Son Limited, [c.1940]. Five volumes. Small 8vo. Publisher's brown patterned boards with a colour illustration mounted to the upper covers, dust jackets, gift inscriptions to the endpapers dated between 1939 and 1942, three of the title pages with associated colour stencilled inscription to a child..... More
A Complete Guide to the Lakes, Comprising Minute Directions for the Tourist, with Mr Wordsworth's Description of the Scenery of the Country, &c. and Four Letters on the Geology of the Lake District, by the Rev. Professor [Adam] Sedgwick. Edited by the Publisher.
Kendal: J. Hudson; London: Longman and Co., and Whittaker and Co., 1846. Third edition. 8vo. x, vi, 245, (1) pp, with some preliminaries misbound. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the upper cover, sometime solidly if rather plainly rebacked preserving the original gilt title only, yellow endpapers, old bookplate of..... More
The Spirit of Paris.
Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, [1937]. First US edition. 8vo. x, 118, 30, (2) pp. Publisher's pink cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, illustrated endpapers, highly decorative dust jacket designed by Cecil Beaton, price clipped. Colour frontispiece plus 134 black and white photographic illustrations, including 4 by Beaton..... More
History of Western Philosophy and its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.
London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, (1946). First edition. 8vo. 916 pp. Publisher's oatmeal cloth, dust jacket, not price clipped, early ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Losses to the spine ends of the jacket plus some light wear to the corners, else very good. More
The Wood-engravings of John Nash: a Catalogue of the Wood-Engravings, Early Lithographs, Etchings and Engravings on Metal. Compiled by...
Liverpool: The Wood Lea Press, 1987. Limited edition, one of 750 copies, folio, 148, (3) pp. Photographic frontispiece portrait of Nash and roughly 160 illustrations, typed letter signed by Jeremy Greenwood concerning a delay in publication loosely inserted. Cloth backed decorative paper boards, slip case, spine slightly sunned otherwise fine..... More
Sculpture. An Essay on Stone-cutting, with a preface about God, by...
Ditchling: Saint Dominic's Press, [1923]. First edition thus, small 8vo, (ii), 20, 41, (1) pp. Three wood engravings. Original coarse linen with the title and title engraving reproduced on the upper cover, slight browning to spine, near fine. Reprinting two essays, the Preface from an issue of "The Game" and..... More
Albert Watson.
London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2007. First edition, 4to, 119, (1) pp. Photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., an excellent copy. More
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of The Original Tongues...
Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collingwood and Co., 1824. 12mo, 805, (1), 251, (1) pp. Later 19th family inscriptions to the front blanks. Contemporary maroon straight grain morocco, a.e.g., spine slightly sunned, some mild scuffing, very good. An attractive copy. More
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. Illustrations by Eric Fraser.
London: The Folio Society, (1980). Second Folio Society edition, second impression, 8vo, 243, (1) pp. Map endpapers. Original maroon quarter calf, gilt design to spine, slipcase, a fine copy. More
Fighting Ships 1750-1850. Foreword by N.A.M. Rodger.
(London): Quercus, (2007). First edition, folio, 223, (1) pp. Numerous illustrations. Cloth, d.w with a couple of subtle tape repairs and some minor wear. More
Sonnets of...
London: R. Riviere and Son, [c.1930]. Small 8vo. xxxii, 166, (2) pp. Finely bound in contemporary dark green full calf by Riviere, spine with raised bands, red and brown morocco gilt lettered labels and gilt decoration to the other panels, gilt tooled inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Frontispiece..... More
The Rivers, Mountains and Sea-Coast of Yorkshire. With Essays on the Climate, Scenery, and Ancient Inhabitants of the County.
London: John Murray, 1855. Second edition. 8vo. (iii)-xvi, 316, 20 pp., bound without the half title. Recent blue papered boards, printed spine label, inscribed by the Phillips on the title page "To Rev. Wm. Hone from his parishioner The Author". 35 black and white plates plus a colour geological map..... More
The Authentic Arabian Horse and his Descendants. Three Voices concerning the Horses of Arabia. Tradition (Nejd, Inner East), Romantic Fable (Islam), the Outside World of the West.
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1945. First edition. 4to. (iv), 388 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and with a gilt medallion to the upper board, top edge blue. Frontispiece and 25 colour plates plus 263 monochrome plates. Marginal losses to the last leaf of the index..... More
The Britain of Brian Cook. Foreword by Sir Hugh Casson. Preface by Ian Logan.
London: B.T. Batsford, 1987. First edition. Oblong 8vo. 144 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, price clipped, signed by Brian Cook Batsford on the title page. Numerous colour and black and white illustrations. An excellent copy. The illustrator and publisher's own retrospective of his work..... More
British Art: BBC Talks Pamphlet.
London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1934. Large 8vo, viii pp, with 32 pp of black and white illustrations. Some light foxing to the text. Original wrappers with a splendid full page woodcut by Eric Ravilious on the upper wrapper, very good. More