London: James Nisbet, 1853. First edition, square 12mo, 48 pp. Inscriptions to paste down. Original gilt titled limp cloth, foot of hinges starting but sound. A series of poems "...offered to the Instructors of Youth, under the conviction that a History of England in Verse will greatly facilitate Children in..... More
London: Owen Evan-Thomas, 1932. First edition, 4to, (x), 178 pp. 69 photographic plates. Cloth, d.w., marked and creased, some loss to edges. More
Warrington: Printed by William Eyres, 1769. Sole edition. 8vo. viii, 360 pp. Recent marbled boards, spine label. One inch strip at the top of the title page sometime cut and restored with a similar paper, occasional light browning, else very good. ESTC locates 7 copies in the UK and a...... More
London: Luzac & Co., 1929. First edition, 8vo, xv, (iii), 264 pp. 3 plates, contemporary signature to fly leaf. Original gilt titled cloth, some very mild rubbing and a few marks. More
London: Seeley and Co. Limited, 1898. 8vo. Contemporary maroon full morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and simply decorated to the others, top edge gilt, with 8 pages of preliminaries and the first 16 pages of the book before revealing a hidden marbled paper lined..... More
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[London]: Printed for the War-Office, by T. Egerton, (1797) & 1798. Two volumes, first editions, 8vo, (iv), ix-xv, (i), 342 pp, with 16 folding plates; (iv), 54 pp, 31 folding plates. A few spots and some faint browning, neat repair to tear on plate IX in the second work, contemporary..... More
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Imprinted by George Bouchier Richardson, 1851. Sole edition, 4to, (x), 67, (1) pp. Frontispiece plus illustrations in the text, inscribed from the author on a front blank. Recent black half calf over contemporary marbled boards, new rear endpapers, rubbing to the edges of the boards otherwise an excellent copy..... More
Auckland: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1921. First edition, 8vo, (xii), 364 pp. 25 maps - all but one folding - and 18 plates, lacking the fly leaf and with signs of labels having been removed from both paste downs. Original cloth, some marks, foot of upper joint worn. More
London, [c.1743]. First edition, 8vo, (ii), ii, 72 pp. Uncut in the original paper wrappers, torn and loose, corners creased, some browning to early and late leaves. More
London: Collins, (1964). Later printing. 8vo. 256 pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, signed by the author to the head of the title page, with a little red arrow added by a previous owner pointing this out, plus an inscription from him to the American astronaut Walter..... More
London: Collins, 1970. First edition. 8vo. 286, (2) pp. Publisher's green buckram, gilt lettered to the spine, inscribed by the author to a Margaret Booth on the title page, the inscription dated "Leeds 1970". Slight fading to the spine, the top corner of the board slightly bent, else very good..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1908. Seventh impression, 8vo, (vi), 485, (1) pp. 8 plates and 6 maps, marbled endpapers, Ludgrove school prize label to paste down. Bound by Ramage in contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., spine slightly sunned and rubbed. More
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Edinburgh: Printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson, 1705, 1706. Three works bound in one, all first editions. (xvi), 450, 1, (21); 36; 44 pp. Contemporary calf, spine with raised bands, recent gilt lettered label to style. Neat repairs to the head and joints, very good. The second..... More
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
Cardiff: Friends of Howardian High School, 1990. First edition. Large 8vo. x, 957, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, dust jacket. Black and white photographic illustrations. An excellent copy. 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: Alvin Redman Limited, [1957]. First edition, 8vo, 299, (1) pp. 11 plates, double page map, marbled endpapers. Handsomely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in contemporary red half morocco, slight sunning of spine otherwise a lovely copy. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1920. Second edition, 8vo, (xii), 309, (1, 1 advertisement) pp. Original dark green cloth, gilt to spine dull, a little rubbed and dusty. 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: John Murray, 1895. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo. 5 plates and 10 maps - 4 folding, marbled endpapers. Handsomely bound by George Simpson in contemporary maroon morocco, a.e.g., some very minor rubbing otherwise a lovely set. Governor of Bombay before being appointed High Commissioner in South Africa, Frere's attempts..... More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1958. First edition, 8vo, 319, (1) pp. Frontispiece and 4 plates plus 21 maps and one illustration in the text. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine slightly browned, otherwise an excellent copy. 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