Gillingham, (1934). First edition, small 8vo, 40 pp. 3 plates, light spotting to early leaves. Original printed wrappers, signed by Major W.W. Grantham, who contributed a Foreword, on the upper wrapper, some light marks otherwise very good. Adams served aboard a Dutch merchant fleet, and found favour with the Shogun..... More

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]: 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

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

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

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: 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: 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: 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: 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