A Handbook for Readers at the British Museum.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1866. 8vo, xvi, 166, (2), 32 advertisement pp. Original cloth, spine sunned. More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1866. 8vo, xvi, 166, (2), 32 advertisement pp. Original cloth, spine sunned. More
London: Printed for J. Taylor, 1808. "New edition". 4to. x, 76 pp., tipped-in flyer for W.F. Pocock's "Modern Finishings for Rooms" at the title page and a folding four page catalogue for Taylor's architectural books to the rear. Contemporary full tree sheep, neatly rebacked to style with raised bands and..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. First US edition. 8vo. xvii, 409, (3) pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettered black spine panel, inscribed by Nicolson on the front free endpaper "With best wishes from...". Frontispiece portrait and 10 photographic plates, four more than in the first British edition..... More
London: Constable & Co., 1937. Second impression. 8vo. xii, 292 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. Frontispiece and 9 plates plus a genealogy repeated to the front and rear endpapers. Some wear with a few small losses to the jacket and a...... More
London: John Murray, 1908. Third impression thus. 8vo. xxii, 395, (5) pp. Publisher's black cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, lettered yellow panel to the upper board, top edge grey, later ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, dust jacket. Frontispiece and 27 black and white photographic plates. Small nick..... More
London: Nonesuch Press, 1981. Limited edition, no. 285 of 950 copies, 4to, xvi, 319, (3) pp. 36 full page illustrations, some in colour, plus others in the text. Cloth, d.w. slightly browned with some wear to the top edge. More
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1954. Second impression. 8vo. xxviii, 132 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, a British diplomatic private ownership stamp to the front free endpaper. Frontispiece and three further photographic portrait plates. The jacket spine browned with losses to the ends plus..... More
London: Puvblished for the British Academy by the Oxford University Press and Spink and Son, 1986. 4to. Publisher's light brown cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board. 57 black and white plates, each featuring numerous coins. More
London: Published for the British Academy by the Oxford University Press and Spink and Son, 1989. 4to. Publisher's russet cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board. 56 black and white plates, each featuring numerous coins. Very good. More
London: Published for the British Academy by the Oxford University Press and Spink and Son, 1989. 4to. Publisher's russet cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board. 38 black and white plates, each featuring numerous coins. Very good. More
London: Priestley and Weale... and by the Author, 1829. Folio. (ii), (ii), iv, 42, (2) pp. Original cloth backed boards, printed label to the upper cover. 21 fine hand coloured plates of ancient coins variously coloured in yellow (gold) and silver with additional hand colouring demarcating the geographical regions. The..... More
London: David Nutt, 1893. 8vo, xxiii, (3), 140 pp. Frontispiece. Original gilt titled red cloth with bevelled edges, spine sunned, some very mild rubbing. More
London, 1948. 4to, 580 pp. Black and white photographic illustrations. Cream leatherette boards, a few minor marks. More
London: Allan Wingate, 1948, 51. Two volumes, first editions, 8vo. Endpapers spotted. Cloth, d.w.'s with some loss. More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1937. First edition, 8vo, xxiv, 264 pp. 32 black and white photographic illustrations, handwritten label reading "first edition" pasted to fly leaf. Original limp orange cloth wrappers, spine slightly faded, extremities with mild rubbing. "Left Book Club Edition, not for sale to the public" More
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, (1907). First edition, small 8vo, (viii), 310 pp. Uncut in the original limp vellum, t.e.g., some minor marks, very minor loss to the top of the spine otherwise an excellent copy. A collection of 17th century pieces handing down advice to children, the exception being Sir..... More
London: Printed for Robert Milbourne, 1626. First edition, 8vo in 4s, (viii), 118, (2 blank) pp. Title browned with some creasing and minor loss to edges, final 4 leaves and blank with light damp staining. Recent half calf over 19th century marbled sides. A "religious controversialist and spy", Owen spent..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1936-1965. Mixed early printings including some firsts. Fifteen volumes. 8vo. Publisher's cloth, dust jackets. Jacket spines tanned, some more than others, very good overall. More
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, (1929). First edition, 8vo, xvi, 330 pp. Portrait frontispiece, contemporary signature to the fly leaf and to the top of the upper wrapper, 8 page SPCK advertisement booklet loosely inserted. Cloth, d.w. with some loss to the spine ends and corners, a little sunned..... More
New York: The Morman W. Henley Publishing Company, 1927. First US edition. 8vo. xvi, 855, (1), 39 pp. Publisher's grey cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board. Black and white photographs and diagrams in the text. Some light wear and a few scratches to the cloth, generally very..... More
Lewes: The Tom Paine Printing Press, 2009. Folio, no. 25 of 30 copies, (8) pp. Full page portrait. Printed wrappers, sewn as issued, fine. Paine's first work, agitating for higher wages for himself and his fellow excise-men. Despite lobbying many M.P.'s the campaign was not a success, and Paine returned..... More
London: W.T. Sherwin, 1817. Third edition, 8vo, 16 pp. Recent red quarter calf, marbled sides. A scarce copy of Paine's first work, agitating for higher wages for himself and his fellow excise-men. Despite lobbying many M.P.'s the campaign was not a success, and Paine returned to Lewes to find himself..... More
London: R. Carlile, 1819. 8vo, 26, (2 advertisement) pp. Recent wrappers, title page replicated on upper cover. "An attempt by Paine to try his hand at economic forecasting" (Keane). First published 1796 and enthusiastically adopted by the French Council of Five Hundred, who paid for its printing and translation into..... More
London: W.T. Sherwin, 1817. 8vo, 59, (1), iii, (1) pp. Minor marking to foot of title page. Recent quarter calf, marbled boards, paper label to upper cover. "A Letter to Abbé Raynal" first appeared in 1782 and remains one of Paine's most important works, disputing an earlier account of the..... More
London: R. Carlile, 1819. 8vo, 46 pp. Marbled endpapers and sides. Bound by W. Roach of New York in 20th century black half morocco, subtle repair to the upper joint. The late proclamation being the government's warning against "wicked and seditious libels" in May 1792, directed chiefly at the second..... More