London: George Allen & Unwin, (1933). First English edition, 8vo, xxxiv, 614 pp. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, spine browned, a couple of minor tears otherwise very good. More about Russia in Transition. A Business Man's Appraisal
London: Walter Scott Ltd., [1894]. Small 8vo, (xl), 261, (1) pp. Marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary dark blue calf, gilt borders, gilt spine with a maroon label, a very good bright copy. "The Scott Library" More about Passages from Froissart. With an Introduction by Frank T. Marzials
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904. 8vo, xvi, 568 pp. Frontispiece, marbled endpapers and edges, prize label from Alleyne's Grammar School, Uttoxeter, to paste down. Contemporary tree calf, gilt spine and borders, gilt arms to upper cover, some mild marks and rubbing otherwise a very good copy. More about Cæsar. A Sketch
London: George Newnes, [1899]. First edition, folio, (iv), 256 pp. Numerous black and white illustrations. Contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., gilt spine, some minor rubbing to corners otherwise a handsome copy. Loosely inserted are two slips concerning this copy's inclusion in the 1906 London County Council Examinations for Art Scholarships and... More about The Book of Cricket. A Gallery of Famous Players
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First edition. 8vo. (vi), 247, (1) pp. Publisher's yellow cloth backed patterned boards, black lettered to the spine, dust jacket, price clipped, small contemporary bookseller's ticket to the rear pastedown Wear with losses to the edges of the jacket, else very good. From the... More about The Borzoi Cook Book. Compiled & Translated by
[London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling... for W. Mears, 1727. Two parts bound in one, sixth edition and seventh editions respectively. 12mo. (vi), 86, (10); (xxii), 180 pp. Contemporary full tan calf, spine with raised bands, plain compartments, ownership inscription dated Middle Temple... More about The Game Law: or, the Laws Relating to the Game. Containing, All the Laws and Statutes for...
London: Houlston & Wright & Liverpool: Henry Greenwood, [1860s]. 80 printed cards held in the original patterned card box with a printed paper label. Cards in excellent condition, box with some bumping and light soiling. Lacking the instruction card. Containing Lancashire to Yorkshire, four cards per county. More about Games of Quartetts, No. IX. The Counties of England and Their Chief Towns, No. 2
London: Thames and Hudson, (1971). First English edition, 4to, 430, (2) pp. Numerous illustrations, some in colour. Cloth, d.w., slightly worn with loss to the lower edge of the upper wrapper. More about Modern Oriental Carpets
London: Cassell and Company, 1923. First edition, 8vo, (xiv), 324 pp. 10 plates. Cloth, d.w. with light browning to spine and some minor loss to edges. More about Life of George Cadbury
[n.p., 1737]. First edition, 8vo, 30, (2 blank) pp. Sewn as issued, some marking to the first and last page. A succession of letters, printed in double column with a translation into French, concerning the birth of George II's grandson and the rift between the King and his son Frederick... More about Letters in the Original, with Translations, and Messages, That passed between the King, Queen,...
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Oxford: For the British Academy by the Oxford University Press, 1982 & 1996. First editions. Two volumes. lxxxiv, 735, (1); cvii, 324 pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, dust jackets. Frontispiece, 2 plates and 2 maps to volume I; frontispiece and 1 map in the text to... More about The Cartulary of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem in England. Secunda Camera. Essex. [with]...
London: Frederick Warne, [c.1880]. Three volumes. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, scalloped blindstamped decoration to the spine and upper boards with a square gilt publisher's device also to the latter, top edges gilt. Some mild rubbing to the extremities, a very good set. More about The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Verbatim Reprint
London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1781-88. Six volumes, volume I second edition, volumes II-VI first edition, 4to. Portrait frontispiece in volume I plus 3 folding maps. Contemporary quarter calf, speckled boards with some mild rubbing to edges, the set rebacked retaining the original backstrips, volumes I-III with... More about The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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London: [I] Lackington, Allen and Co. [et al]; [II] Printed for John Murray, 1815, 1814. Seventeen volumes, 8vo, "Decline and Fall..." 12 volumes with a portrait frontispiece and 2 folding maps, "Miscellaneous Works" second edition, 5 volumes with a portrait frontispiece, 4 plates and a folding genealogy. Some occasional light... More about The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. [with] The Miscellaneous Works of......
London: Seeley and Co., 1910. 8vo, 344, (2) pp. 34 plates, 2 in colour, Mill Hill School prize label to paste down, marbled endpapers and edges. Bound by Bickers in contemporary full calf, some marks and bumping, gilt spine, rules and arms. More about The Romance of Modern Photography. Its discovery & its achievements
Westport: Greenwood Press, (1975). 8vo, 189, (1) pp. Red cloth, fine. More about The Life and Work of Moses Hayyim Luzzatto. Founder of modern Hebrew Literature
(Glasgow: Horn and Connell, Printers). 8vo, 55, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece of John Anderson plus one further plate, patterned endpapers, free endpapers browned. Original gilt titled blue cloth, slight rubbing to spine ends. A department store founded in 1867, this volume gives a detailed account of the celebration including the... More about The Jubilee Celebration of the Royal Polytechnic Warehouse, St. Andrew's Halls, May 5, 1887
London: W. Miller, 1809. First edition, small 8vo, (xii), 116 pp. Frontispiece, a little browned. Uncut in the original blue boards, spine and edges a little worn, paper label with some loss, upper joint subtly restored, held in a later limp cloth wrapper, morocco label and gilt title to spine... More about Essay on Sepulchres: or, a Proposal for Erecting some Memorial of the Illustrious Dead in all...
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1895. First English edition, 8vo, x, (ii), 219, (1, 4 advertisement) pp. Publisher's ink compliments stamp to the fly leaf verso, ink stamp of the New Commonwealth Library to the paste down but without any other institutional markings. Original red cloth, spine dull, some light marks and soiling. More about Three Months in a Workshop. A Practical Study. Translated from the German by A.B. Carr with a...
Droitwich: Grant Books, 1993. Limited edition, no. 358 of 750 copies signed by the editor. Large 8vo. x, 88 pp. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt to the spine and upper board, inscribed by Hawtree to the half title and a small bookplate also bearing his inscription "To help you sleep..."... More about Hazards. Compiled by... foreword by Peter Thomson... Introduction by Fred Hawtree. Contributions...
Droitwich: Grant Books, 1990. Limited edition, no. 219 of 700 copies signed by one of the publishers. Large 8vo. xxiv, 78 pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, inscribed by Hawtree to the front free endpaper. Black and white illustrations. An excellent copy. First published in 1920. More about Some Essays on Golf-Course Architecture. With Contributions by Dr. A. MacKenzie, Horace G....
Oblong 8vo. Numerous illustrations. Racing green cloth, metal badge to upper covers, slipcase, a fine copy. More about The Goodwood Road Racing Club Yearbook(s). 1998
Tokyo: Keiseisha, [1909]. First edition, small folio, (xii), 212, (4) pp. 65 illustrations, including a coloured map of India and many photographs and include views of China and Japan, most of which are tinted, Errata slip loosely inserted, patterned endpapers, unopened throughout. Original gilt titled dark green cloth, ends of... More about Messiah, The Ancestral Hope of the Ages, "The Desire of All Nations", As proved from...
London: Duckworth and Co., 1924. First edition, tall 8vo, xiv, 278 pp. Original red cloth, foot of covers with an old damp stain, d.w. reflecting the same with loss to the head of spine and extremities. More about Cricket Form at a Glance This Century. Showing the Batting and Bowling of every Cricketer who has...
Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co., 1902. First edition, tall 8vo, (xvi), 314, (2) pp. Original red cloth, spine darkened, spine ends with some wear otherwise good. More about Cricket Form at a Glance. Showing the batting and bowling of every cricketer who has played in...