Oblitérations Suisses. 1843-1854, et raretés des émisssions de cette période.
[n.p., n.d.]. Folio, (viii), 327, (1) pp. Numerous illustrations. Pictorial boards, spine slightly sunned. More
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Stoolball and How to Play It, Illustrated.
London: W.B. Tattersall, 1931. Second edition, but with a limitation leaf dated 1948 denoting that this is copy no. 21 of 40 specially bound in memory of the author. 8vo. (iv) 40 pp. Brown half crushed morocco over tan cloth sides, twin raised bands, gilt lettered vertically in between, top..... More
Hebrew Myths. The Book of Genesis.
London: Cassell, 1964. First British edition. 8vo. 311, (1) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, inscribed by Graves to the front free endpaper "Ben affectionately from Robert". Loss to the head of the upper panel of the jacket, else very good. A companion to Graves'..... More
Persia and the Defence of India, 1884-1892. A Study in the Foreign Policy of the Third Marquis of Salisbury.
University of London, the Athlone Press, 1959. First edition, 8vo, xii, 301, (1) pp. Cloth, d.w. with some loss to the spine ends. University of London Historical Studies no. 7. More
A Short History of the English People.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1902. 8vo, xlvii, (i), 872 pp. 6 maps - 5 coloured, 4 double page, marbled endpapers and edges, prize label of the Edinburgh Angus Club. Contemporary full calf, gilt spine and device to upper cover, an excellent copy. More
Historical Studies.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1903. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 365, (1) pp. Some light foxing, marbled endpapers, prize label from the Hulme Grammar School, Manchester, to front blank. Handsomely bound in full red morocco, a.e.g., gilt borders, a lovely copy. More
The Old School. Essays by Divers Hands.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1934). First edition, 8vo, 256 pp. Some light foxing. Original black cloth, a few marks. Including pieces by W.H. Auden, H.E. Bates, Elizabeth Bowen, Anthony Powell and Stephen Spender as well as Greene himself. More
Illustrating the Redecoration of the Chapel. The Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
[n.p., c.1955]. Oblong folio, (5) leaves. 3 large colour photographs, some minor marks to the first and last leaves. Original cloth backed boards, edges a little worn. More
The Kiltartan History Book.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, (1926). First English edition, small 8vo, 155, (1) pp. Marbled endpapers, remains of a small label to the fly leaf. Original gilt titled publisher's maroon morocco, t.e.g., d.w., spine with slight browning and mild wear to head. More
An Historical and Geneaological Account of the Noble Family of Greville, to the time of Francis, the present Earl Brooke, and Earl of Warwick. Including The History and Succession of the Several Earls of Warwick since the Norman Conquest; and some account of Warwick Castle.
London, 1766. Sole edition, 8vo, (iv), 108 pp. Engraved title and 9 plates, including 3 folding plans, some old tape marks to the fly leaf. Contemporary calf, corners worn, rebacked retaining most of the original gilt decorated backstrip. More
War in the Far East. A History of the Russo-Japanese Struggle.
London: Virtue and Company, [1904-06]. First edition, 6 volumes, large 8vo. 6 coloured double page maps and 192 plates plus illustrations in the text, some foxing at the beginning and end of each volume. Original decorative cloth, a.e.g., volume VI bound using a slightly darker material, some light soiling and..... More
Grillion's Club. A Chronicle. 1812-1913. Compiled by the Secretaries.
Oxford: Printed for the Club, 1914. Limited edition, one of 200 copies, 4to, 112 pp. Original half vellum, t.e.g., morocco spine labels, mild rubbing to the top of the spine, otherwise an excellent copy. More
The Gild Merchant. A Contribution to British Municipal History.
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, (1964). Two volumes, 8vo. Cloth, d.w.'s, spines browned, some spotting. More
Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Edited by...
London: Macmillan and Co., 1927-1928. Third edition. Five volumes. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, ownership inscription repeated to the front free endpapers, top edges gilt, dust jackets. Frontispieces and 92 plates, some in colour, plus further black and white illustrations in the text. Jacket spines tanned evenly..... More
History of the 91st Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders. Now the 1st Battalion Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. 1794-1894. Illustrated by Harry Payne.
Edinburgh and London: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1894. First edition, 8vo, 43, (1) pp. 8 coloured plates of uniforms and one of the regimental tartan, patterned endpapers, later bookplate from the Mollo Collection. Original gilt titled red cloth with bevelled edges, spine faded and torn and repaired. More
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La Historia d'Italia. Dove si descrivono tutte le cose seguite dal [1494] per fino [1532]...
Vinegia [Venice]: Appresso Gabriel Giolito, 1568. 4to, (lxxviii), 819, (1, xxiv), 173, (3) pp. Woodcut portrait frontispiece. Worming and some loss to the lower corner of the fly leaf and first 16 leaves, the final two leaves of the Life of Guicciardini misbound in the middle of the previous gathering..... More
Directorium Chori ad Usum Omnium Ecclesiarum Cathedralium, & Collegiatarum. Olim Editum et in hac Postrema Editione A D. Francisco Pelichiari Casinensi...
Romae [Rome]: Ex Typographia Vaticana, Jo: Mariæ Henrici Salvioni Typogr. 1737. Small 4to. (xvi), 384, clxxv, clxxviii-clxxxiv pp, complete in spite of the erratic pagination at the rear. Recent panelled calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red label, all edges red. Small loss to the title page at the..... More
South African War Books. An Illustrated Bibliography of English language publications relating to the Boer War of 1899 - 1902.
London: Privately Printed, 1994. Limited edition, one of 1,200 copies, 4to, x, 206 pp, well illustrated in both colour and black and white, this copy one of the specially bound copies in black quarter morocco, slipcase, a fine copy. With 130 pages of bindings and title pages illustrated followed by..... More
Riley Maintenance Manual. 1930-1956. Compiled by...
London: G.T. Foulis & Co., (1956). First edition, 8vo, 390 pp. Numerous diagrams and illustrations. Cloth, d.w. with some loss. More
Repertorium Bibliographicum, in quo libri omnes ab arte typographica inventa usque ad annum MD... (Supplement to...).
Milano: Görlich Editore, (1948). Six volumes (of 7) - lacking volume II part I of Copinger's Supplement, 8vo. Marginal browning throughout. Original cloth, spines sunned. More
A Century and a Quarter. The Story of the Growth of Our Business from 1824 to the Present Day.
Croydon: Published for Private Circulation by Hall & Co. Ltd., 1951. Sole edition. 8vo. x, 228 pp. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, top edge pink, dust jacket, loosely inserted is a Hall & Co. compliments slip presenting the book on behalf of the chairman and directors. Colour..... More
Edda; or, the Tales of a Grandmother. History of Denmark, from the Earliest Ages to the Accession of the Oldenburg Dynasty, A.D. 1448. Edited by Philojuvenis.
London: James Nisbet & Co., 1875. Large 8vo, (vi), 398 pp. Small tear to top edge of title from careless opening, ink stamps of the Danish National Library to title, marked as "discarded" below the imprint. Partly unopened in later cloth, a little dull and marked. Scarce. More
Unemployed Struggles. 1919-1936. My Life and Struggles Amongst the Unemployed.
London: Lawrence and Wishart, (1936). First edition, 8vo, xii, 328 pp. Black and white photographic illustrations, inscribed from the author on the fly leaf. Cloth, spine slightly sunned and rubbed. More
A Calendar to the Feet of Fines for London & Middlesex. Vol. I.: Richard I to Richard III.
London: Hardy & Page, 1892. 8vo, (ii), 240, lxiii Index, (1) pp, original red cloth, a little dusty. More
Sir Harry Herald's Graphical Representation of the Dignitaries of England; Shewing the Costume of different Ranks, from the King to a Commoner; with the regalia used at the coronation.
London: Printed for J. Harris and Son, 1820. First edition, 12mo, 18 leaves, printed on one side only. 17 hand coloured illustrations, a few mostly marginal spots. Original printed wrappers, spine worn and with some archival tape repair to the foot. More