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: Adam & Charles Black, 1906. First edition. 8vo. (x), 198 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board which also feature cream and green decoration, top edge gilt, loosely inserted is a copy of an original uncompleted publisher's order form for the book, this with..... More
London: The British Museum Press, 2001. First British edition. 4to. 336 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Numerous colour illustrations to the first 78 pages, black and white illustrations in the text throughout the rest of the volume. Slight sunning to the jacket spine, very..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. Limited edition, no. 362 of 500 copies, signed by Garratt, 4to, xxiii, (i), 181, (1) pp. 25 colour plates tipped in with captioned tissues. Original gilt titled vellum, covers slightly bowed and marked. More
London: Cassell and Company, (1928). First limited edition, no. 326 of 1,000 copies, large 8vo, 83, (1) pp. 40 plates, some light foxing. Original gilt titled buckram with faint staining to the lower cover, d.w. with browning to spine and edges. More
London: C. Kegan Paul, 1881. First edition, 8vo, xx, 420 pp. Frontispiece and one plate plus illustrations in the text, first and last page browned, W.H. Smith Library blind stamp to the fly leaf. Original cloth, spine ends and the top of the lower joint slightly worn. More
(Reading: Garnet Publishing, 1994). 8vo, (xxii), 455, (1) pp. Frontispiece, 24 plates and 6 maps. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. A facsimile reprint of the 1900 first edition. More
Sheffield Academic Press, (1993). First edition, 3 volumes, large 8vo. Black and white illustrations in the third volume. Cloth, d.w.'s, mild soiling to the spines, slipcase with a little wear to one corner. More
London, 1894. First edition, large 8vo, xx, (ii), 354 pp, 20 hand coloured plates, press prospectus for two other works by Blew tipped in at the front. Original gilt and black decorated cloth, spine ends and corners rubbed. 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: John Murray, 1879. First edition, two volumes, 8vo. 12 plates and a folding map plus a folding genealogy. Bookplates of Bath Municipal Library to paste downs, with accession numbers to the fly leaves and title versos, plus blind stamps to the frontispieces, titles and several other preliminary leaves in..... More
Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1996. 8vo, 273, (1, v-xii), 283, (3) pp. Black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w., an excellent copy. A facsimile of the 1881 second edition. More
London: Elek Books, 1966. First edition. 4to. 208 pp. Publisher's oatmeal cloth, brown lettered to the spine and upper cover, dust jacket, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper and further annotated by him on the title page. Illustrated throughout, including some colour photographs. Wear to the edges..... 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: B.T. Batsford, [1939]. First edition, 8vo, 44 pp. 8 pages of tinted photographs plus 4 coloured maps and numerous further black and white photographs. Spiral bound in the original photographic card covers, mild rubbing to corners. 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: Scala Publishers Ltd in association with the National Maritime Museum, 2011. First edition. Small 4to. 192 pp. Publisher's boards, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Colour illustrated throughout. 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: Longmans, Green and Co., 1886. Tenth edition. 8vo. xvi, 511, (1) pp. Publisher's blue-grey cloth, ornate decoration in gilt and black to all sides, a slightly later gift inscription to the front flyleaf. Frontispiece and 8 plates plus 2 folding maps, 2 full pages maps and a further four..... More
Brighton: James Robertson, 1897. Oblong folio, (52) pp. 6 coloured plates, a little light foxing. Original cloth backed boards, some rubbing and marking. More
London: Faber and Faber, (1963). First edition, 8vo, 238 pp. Black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a little mild soiling otherwise a very good copy. More
London: J.F. Dove, [c.1833]. 12mo. 348 pp. Contemporary black full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered tan label, the other panels richly gilt, gilt rules to the sides, endpapers and all edges marbled, prize bookplate dated 1833 from St. Fraser's School, Bath to the front pastedown. Frontispiece, engraved title..... More
London: Printed by Cassell and Company, 1914. Sole edition, 4to, (6) pp, followed by 12 colour plates tipped in with captioned tissues. Original pictorial card covers bound in. Modern quarter cloth with marbled sides. Very scarce - OCLC lists only one copy, at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, with..... More
Edinburgh University Press, 1992. First edition thus. 4to. viii, 306 pp. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. 20 plates, 12 figures, 5 maps and 12 ship's plans. An excellent copy. More