The History of Cranes.
Wadhurst: KHL Group, 1997. First edition. 4to. 264 pp. Publisher's white boards, blue lettered to the spine and upper cover, dust jacket. Illustrated throughout. Very good. More
Wadhurst: KHL Group, 1997. First edition. 4to. 264 pp. Publisher's white boards, blue lettered to the spine and upper cover, dust jacket. Illustrated throughout. Very good. More
London: EFB (The Estate of Francis Bacon) Publishing and Thames & Hudson, 2019-21. First editions. Four volumes. Small 4to. Publisher's printed card covers with flaps, colour illustrated to the front panels. Colour illustrations. A very good set. More
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1906. 8vo. (xx), 422 pp. Contemporary prize binding from Tottenham Grammar School by Relfe Bros., wine red full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered label, the college crest in gilt to the upper board and their prize bookplate to the front pastedown, endpapers and..... More
London: G.W. Bacon & Co., Limited, 1910. Second edition. 4to. (iv), (4), 20, 16, 4, 2 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the upper panel, rebacked to style. Frontispiece illustrating the "flags of all nations", 6 full page maps including individual maps of the north and south polar regions..... More
Manchester: G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd., [c.1906]. Map dimensions 92 x 118 cm, overall 94 x 120 cm. A large folding colour printed chart of the world, decorated with 46 flags across the upper edge, six tables of data to the lower edge, a larger inset map of the British..... More
[Manchester]: G.W. Bacon, [1920s]. Folding colour printed map in two parts each measuring 48 x 123 cm, i.e. 96 x 123 if joined, both sides backed onto linen and folding between publisher's purple cloth boards, gilt lettered to the upper cover. Originally published by the firm Frank S. Richardson, also..... More
London: Sold by C. Hitch..., W. Johnston... & by W.H. Toms, [1742]. 12mo. Contemporary full calf, rebacked to style with raised bands, gilt rules to the compartments, elaborate ownership inscription by a Samuel Thomas of St. James's, Bristol to one of the versos of the title page dated 1767. Engraved..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1892. Second edition, 8vo, xx, 464 pp. 13 plates plus illustrations in the text, partly unopened, owner's ink stamp to the paste downs. Original decorative brown cloth, lower cover marked with gilt initials to the lower corner, ink stamp repeated to the bottom of the..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo. 56 plates, including 7 coloured plates of flags, numerous black and white illustrations in the text, owner's ink stamp to the paste downs, both volumes unopened. Original decorative brown cloth, lower covers a little marked with gilt initials to..... More
Coblenz: Karl Bædeker, 1872. Third edition, small 8vo, xxx, 384 pp. 15 maps and plans. Original gilt titled red cloth, spine sunned. Hinrichsen E161. More
Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1900. Ninth edition, small 8vo, xvi, 479, (1) pp. 30 maps and 36 plans, hinge slightly cracked but sound by title page, slightly untidy pencil signature to the half title. Original gilt titled red cloth, spine a little dull. Hinrichsen E56. More
Leipsic: Karl Bædeker, 1889. First English edition, small 8vo, vi, 230 pp. Original gilt titled cloth, spine and edges soiled. More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1900. Twenty-second edition, small 8vo, xl, 458 pp. 35 maps and plans. Original gilt titled red cloth, spine slightly sunned, very good. Hinrichsen D283. More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1907. Eleventh edition, small 8vo, xxvi, 574 pp. 61 maps, 7 panoramas and 10 plans. Signature to half title, small closed tear to the inner edge of the frontispiece map. Original gilt titled red cloth, d.w. slightly darkened to spine. Hinrichsen E52. More
Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1902. Fifth edition, small 8vo, cxcii, 498 pp. 23 maps, 66 plans, 7 views and 59 illustrations in the text, endpapers slightly grubby with pencil calculations, first and last leaves browned, trivial cracking to the rear hinge. Original gilt titled cloth, spine slightly rubbed. Hinrichsen E250. Originally..... More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1936. First edition thus, small 8vo, lxiv, 528 pp. Double sided folding map in a pocket at the end, plus 31 further maps and 71 plans, armorial bookplate. Original gilt titled red cloth, the gilt dull with sunning to the spine and slight wear to the ends..... More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1912. Tenth edition, 8vo, lx, 478, 38 pp. 62 maps, 42 plans and 3 panoramas. Original gilt titled red cloth, faint sunning of spine. Hinrichsen E233a. More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1930. Sixteenth edition, small 8vo, lxxiv, 586, 24 pp. 28 maps and 58 plans plus a plate of Popes' armorial bearings. Tape remnants to the paste downs, later ink signature to the fly leaf. Original gilt titled red cloth, spine sunned. Hinrichsen E158. More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914. First edition, 8vo, lxiv, 590 pp. 40 maps and 78 plans. Original gilt titled red cloth, joint ends a little worn. Hinrichsen E244. The only edition produced; a facsimile eventually appeared in 1971. More
Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1913. Fourth edition, xcviii, 594 pp. 20 maps and 59 plans Original gilt titled red cloth, some mild rubbing. Hinrichsen E242. More
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1911. First edition. (viii), 160, (2) pp. Publisher's green morocco cloth, gilt lettering in English and Chinese to the spine and upper board. Frontispiece and 120 plates - 108 black and white photographs plus 12 colour printed plates with tissues. A few trivial marks to..... More
Copenhagen: Vandret Publications, 2012. Limited edition, one of 350 copies. Large 8vo. (64) pp. Publisher's plain pink card covers, orange dust jacket with a circular cut-out to the upper panel. Colour photographic illustrations throughout. An excellent copy. More
London: Thames & Hudson, 1999. First edition. 4to. 273, (3) pp. Publisher's black cloth, silver lettered to the spine and with the publisher's matching logo to the upper board, dust jacket, folding guide to the 1999 Barbican exhibition "David Bailey: Birth of Cool" loosely inserted. 313 photographic illustrations, predominantly black..... More
London: David Bailey and Olympus Optical Co. (U.K.) Ltd., 1976. First edition. 4to. 142, (2) pp. Publisher's pale grey cloth, brown lettered to the spine, dust jacket, signed by Bailey on the front free endpaper, an unrelated early gift inscription to the front pastedown. Photographically illustrated throughout, mostly monochrome. Occasional..... More
(Ramsbury): The Crowood Press, (1987). First edition, 8vo, 160 pp. Photographic illustrations in both colour and black and white plus drawings by Chris Turnball. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a couple of very minor marks otherwise a fine copy. More