Milford, CT: The Olde Milford Press, 1998. First edition. Oblong 8vo. vi, 85, (1) pp. Publisher's printed card covers, letter from the publisher enclosing the copy for review plus a copy of their press release and a list of some of their other works. Black and white illustrations throughout. Very..... More
London: Thomas de la Rue, 1904. First edition, small 8vo, xiv, 252, (4) pp. Price slip tipped in by the title and a further slip at p.33 amending the text, pencilled signature to title and front blank, patterned endpapers. Original gilt titled red cloth, mild rubbing to extremities. More
Oxford: Printed at the Theatre for Daniel Prince, 1757. First edition, 8vo, 32 pp. Title torn without loss, top edge of late leaves with some light damp staining. More
London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1797. Second edition, 8vo, 35, (1) pp. Light foxing to front and rear blanks. Modern grey boards, a very good copy. More
London: Barrie & Jenkins, (1971). First edition, 8vo, (xii), 404 pp. Frontispiece and 18 plates plus a large folding map and a chart in the text, map endpapers. Cloth, d.w. with light wear to edges. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1946. First edition, small 8vo, 148, (12) pp. 8 photographic plates. Cloth, browning to edges, d.w. soiled with loss to corners and spine ends. More
London: Printed for Brother R.W. Silvester. Small 8vo, 15, (1) pp, a near fine copy in the original wrappers, corners very slightly bumped. "This Lodge shall be regularly held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields..." - from the first Bye Law. 56 Members are listed. More
[1794-5, 1802]. Twenty unbound pamphlets, 8vo, most of 8 pp (i.e. an unopened single folded sheet), but with two of 4 pp, one of 12 pp and the last four containing 16 pp, a couple with marginal browning or damp staining, no. 208 with the last leaf almost detached, otherwise..... More
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
Colombo: The Times of Ceylon Company, 1919. First edition, 8vo, (x), 206, viii, (20) pp. 65 plates, one double page, lacking the rear free endpaper, upper hinge with an old repair. Original gilt titled green cloth, mild rubbing Institutionally scarce, OCLC noting 2 copies (Cambridge and New South Wales). A...... More
[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
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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
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
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
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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
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
Westport: Greenwood Press, (1975). 8vo, 189, (1) pp. Red cloth, fine. More
(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