Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education: with Appendices. 1847-48.
London: W. Clowes and Sons, 1848. Two volumes, 8vo, ccxcii 212; iv, 580 pp, with 2 folding tables, very good in the original cloth, spine ends bumped. More
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The Story of the Pendulum Clock.
Altincham: John Sherratt and Son, (1977). First edition, large 8vo, xvi, 270 pp. Coloured frontispiece and 206 black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w. torn to the foot of the upper wrapper, some other light wear to extremities. More
Georgian Cabinet-Makers.
London: Country Life Limited, (1946). Second "revised" edition, 4to, 192 pp. Frontispiece and 173 illustrations, light foxing to first three text leaves. Cloth, d.w. soiled and worn with some loss to the spine and edges. More
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The "Eighty" Club. [with] The Liberal Party & Labour and European Armaments. Speeches by Right Hon. James Stansfeld (Guest of the Evening), Sir F. Lockwood, Lord Tweedmouth, Mr. H.I.W. Lawson and Mr. N. Micklem, at the Westminster Palace Hotel, on Friday, April 5th, 1895. Mr. G.W.E. Russell in the Chair. [and] The Pressing Question for the Liberal Party. Speeches by the Right Hon. Lord Rosebery (Guest of the Evening), Mr. R.B. Haldane, Mr. J. Lawson Walton, and Mr W.B. Duffield at the Royal Society of British Artists... On Tuesday, 2nd July, 1895. Mr R.B. Haldane in the Chair.
[N.p.]:, 1896. Small 8vo. 35, (1); 33, (3); 19, (1) pp. Contemporary blue morocco backed dark gold boards, gilt lettered to the upper cover. Spine faded, the head worn with loss. More
Elias' Modern Dictionary. English - Arabic.
Cairo: Elias' Modern Press, (1961). Twelfth edition, large 8vo, 806 pp. Ownership stamps of the BBC to the endpapers. Original gilt titled red quarter calf, extremities slightly rubbed, very good. More
After Strange Gods. A Primer of Modern Heresy. The Page-Barbour Lectures at the University of Virginia.
London: Faber and Faber, (1934). First edition, 8vo, 68 pp. Cloth, d.w., spine browned, loss to edges with old tape repairs to the reverse of the top edge. Gallup A25a. More
Account of Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase, of Scriptural History, an Illuminated Manuscript of the Tenth Century, preserved in the Bodleian Library at Oxford: Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries by...
London: Printed by J.B. Nichols and Son, 1833. First edition thus, 4to, 14 pp, followed by 53 plates, 8 of which are folding, some mostly light foxing, contemporary marbled endpaper bound in at the front. Modern dark blue half morocco, marbled sides, gilt titled spine, a very good copy. Originally..... More
Bridge. Its principles and rules of play. With illustrative hands and the club code of Bridge laws adopted November, 1902.
London: George Newnes, 1902. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 132 pp. Contemporary inscription to half title verso. Original gilt titled green cloth, some mild rubbing. Scarce, OCLC listing only 5 copies. More
Sovereigns of England in Succession. By M.A.P.
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
Domestic Utensils of Wood. XVIth to XIXth Century.
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
Sermons on Several Important Subjects.
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
A History of Arabian Music, to the XIIIth Century.
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
The Hope of Immortailty. An Essay...
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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Instructions and Regulations for the Formations and Movements of the Cavalry. [with] An Elucidation of Several Parts of His Majesty's Regulations for the Formations and Movements.
[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
Treasure Trove in Northumberland.
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
One View of Human Life. Taken, and Reconciled by a Prospect of Heaven; Together with an Attempt towards the Right Direction of our Conduct for the Attainment of that Certain, Glorious, and Happy State.
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
Beyond the Chindwin. Being an Account of the Adventures of Number Five Column of the Wingate Expedition into Burma, 1943.
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
The Trumpet in the Hall 1930-1958.
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
British Empire Campaigns and Occupations in the Near East, 1914-1924. A Postal History.
London: Christie's Robson Lowe, (1991). First edition, folio, xii, 460 pp. Black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w. with some light marks, near fine. More
The Tale of the Great Mutiny.
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
Autobiography.
London: W.H. Allen, 1976. Fourth impression. 8vo. 284, (2) pp. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket with the original owner's inscription to the front flap, signed by Fonteyn to the title page. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations. Slight sunning to the jacket spine, very good..... More
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A Treatise of Church-lands & Tithes: in Two Parts... [bound with] A Few Remarks by William Forbes Advocat, on a Scurrilous, Erroneous, and Pedantick Pamphlet, Entituled, Some Charitable Observations on His Late Treatise... [and] A Letter from William Forbes Advocat, To a Gentleman in the Country, Concerning the Parson of Banchory, and His Late Pamphlet, Entituled, Some Just Reflections on a Pasquil Against Him, &c.
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
The Nash Styling Sketchbook.
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
The Condition of Man's Life, a constant Call to Industry. A Sermon Preached before the University of Oxford At St. Mary's Church, On Sunday, June 19. 1757.
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
The Substance of a Speech of... on Mr. Grey's Motion in the House of Commons, Friday May 26, 1797, For Leave to bring in a Bill to amend and regulate the Election of Members to serve in the Commons House of Parliament...
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