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
London: Dawsons, (1972). 4to, (viii), 61, (1) pp, red cloth, a fine copy. More
[London]: Privately Printed by Witherby & Co., 1940. First edition thus, 8vo, 166 pp. Original green cloth, very slight bumping to extremities, near fine. Adapted from Beeverell's "Délices de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irelande", originally published in 1707 with a second edition in 1727. More
(Denbigh): Archetype Publications, (1993). First edition, large 8vo, (vi), vii, (i), 318 pp. Black and white illustrations, 5 maps - 2 folding - at the end. Autograph letter from Bethia Bell loosely inserted, separate inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., slight bumping to the top of the wrapper otherwise fine..... More
London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., (1888). First edition, large 8vo, (x), 187, (4), 4 advertisement pp. Black and white illustrations, owner's inscription to title page. Original gilt titled dark green cloth, some light rubbing otherwise very good. More
London: Ernest Benn Limited, (1928). First edition, 8vo, 198, (2) pp. Original gilt titled green buckram, minor rubbing to head of spine, near fine. More
London: Edward Moxon, 1841. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. xxiv, 453, (1); x, 488 pp. Publisher's brown ribbed cloth, gilt to the spines, blindstamped to the boards, contemporary ownership inscription to the half titles. 2 colour frontispieces, 10 lithographic plates and 1 folding map. Both volumes sympathetically rebacked with almost..... 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: Blackie and Son, 1911. First edition, large 8vo, 64 pp. 12 coloured plates and a plan of York Cathedral in the text, decorative endpapers. Original gilt decorated publisher's maroon morocco, a.e.g., some very slight fading to edges otherwise a handsome copy. "Beautiful England" series. More
Ottawa: Printed by C.H. Parmelee, 1909. First edition. 8vo. iv, 127, (1) pp. Contemporary blue buckram, gilt lettered to the spine. Photographic portraits of Bernier and Louis Philippe Brodeur plus 45 photographic plates. Fading to the spine and head of the upper board, very good. The first and rarest of..... More
London: The Architecural Press, 1935. Second edition, 8vo, 64 pp. 4 coloured maps and 8 plates plus illustrations in the text. Spiral bound in the original photographic card covers, some rubbing to corners. The first Shell Guide. More
London: Collins, 1940. First edition. 8vo. 314, (2) pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Frontispiece and 15 plates, all black and white photographs, plus a full page map. Wear with losses to the edges of the jacket, fading to the cloth, else a decent copy. More
Leicester: Edgar Backus, 1920. Limited edition, no. 31 of 1,000 copies, 8vo, xii, 232 pp. Later full speckled calf, gilt lettered spine label with the initials "C.R.W." in gilt to the upper board. 19 plates. Very good. More
London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1906. First English edition, two volumes, 8vo, (xii), 476; (vi), 554 pp, frontispieces and 14 plates, booklabel partly removed from both paste downs, original dark green cloth, a little rubbed, t.e.g. Perkins p56. More
London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1867. First edition, large 8vo, xvi, 326, (2), 4 advertisement pp. Frontispiece, engraved title and engravings in the text, some full page, plus a map, contemporary inscription to the top of the engraved title, armorial bookplate. Original gilt titled cloth with bevelled edges, spine..... More
London: Printed for George Nicol, 1790. First edition. 4to. iv, 88 pp. Later dark brown half calf over marbled boards, spine with gilt rules and lettered to the compartments. A folding plate and 3 folding charts. One of the latter shaved to the neatline along the lower edge, all the..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1926). Limited edition, no. 135 of 200 copies signed by the Author, large 8vo, 179, (1) pp. 16 plates, free endpapers browned. Original half vellum, t.e.g., some minor marks, very good. More
London: Ward, Lock, and Co., 1890. Third edition thus, 8vo, xx, 394 pp. Engraved illustrations, light foxing at the beginning and end, marbled endpapers and edges, prize label of Elizabeth College, Guernsey, to paste down. Contemporary tree, gilt arms, borders and spine, red spine label, a few minor scuffs, a...... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1974. Third impression, 8vo, 240 pp. Black and white photographic illustrations, inscribed on the title page from the author, dated 1977. Cloth, d.w., an excellent copy. More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1885. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 291, (1), 4, 24 advertisement pp. Three folding maps, one with closed tears to the inner margin, slightly later inscription to half title, some occasional foxing. Original maroon cloth, spine slightly sunned and rubbed, with an old ink..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1905. Third reprint, 8vo, (xvi), 474 pp. Black and white illustrations, marbled endpapers and edges, Prize label of Lindisfarne College, Westcliff-on-Sea. Contemporary tree calf, gilt spine with a black label, gilt arms to upper cover, some rubbing to spine and extremities. More
London: Printed for the Proprietors, 1817. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo. Vignette title pages, a map and 104 engraved plates, lacking a plate ("Ancient Brass in Birchington Church") listed in volume I but with an extra plate ("East Cliff, Thanet") not listed at page 96 of the same, marbled endpapers..... More
London: W. Marshall, 1830. Sole edition. Small 8vo. (iv), 147, (5); (iv), 192, (4) pp. Uncut in original green pebbled cloth, gilt lettered brown leather spine labels, small old bookseller's catalogue description affixed to the front pastedown, a few pencilled annotations in an old hand. Folding map, 2 engraved title..... More
London: Arther Barker Ltd., 1936. First edition. 8vo. 344 pp. Publisher's light blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine. Frontispiece photographic portrait of the author. Spine faded, discolouration to the boards, else a decent copy. More
