London: Printed for J. Roberts [et al], 1726. Eleventh edition thus, 8vo, (xii), 339, (3), 45, (1) pp. Frontispiece and 3 plates, light marginal browning, old signature to title, 19th century signature to front blank. Handsomely bound in recent half vellum with the whole of the outer edge covered in... More

(London: The Chiswick Press, [1898]. Limited edition, one of 660 copies, 8vo, (iv), xii, 324, (2) pp. Frontispiece, decorative title and 3 plates designed by Laurence Housman. Original vellum with yapp edges, t.e.g., some light soiling otherwise very good. More

Aberdeen: Printed for the Spalding Club, 1851. First edition, small 4to, l, (2), 185, (1) pp. Tipped onto the paste down is a letter from the Spalding Club Secretary, John Stuart, to an unspecified recipient thanking him for the loan of a volume to the club. Original gilt titled green... More

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1925. First edition. 8vo. iv, 120 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, ownership inscription to the upper board of a "Cpl. Watts", repeated to the front pastedown. 121 illustrations, some folding and others full page. Spine slightly darkened, very good. More

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1847-48. Twenty volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece in volume I, marbled endpapers, sides and edges. Contemporary red half morocco, gilt spines, slightly sunned, some occasional rubbing, several corners with light wear otherwise a very good set. More

London: Printed by R. Norton for T. Garthwait, 1667. 8vo, (xxii), 166 pp. Two engraved portraits, of Jeremiah and Zedekiah, rear free endpaper torn with loss, front endpapers marked with a later 17th century signature. Contemporary calf, covers slightly bowed, blind stamped rules and cornerpieces, joints a little rubbed, small... More

Printed for the Company of Stationers. Miniature book, covers measuring 59 x 40 mm, (22) pp. Folding plate, here bound in, of Drury Lane Theatre, marbled endpapers. Contemporary red morocco with a folding flap, a.e.g., one corner marked and with the edges of the leather tie of the flap slightly... More

London: Knight and Co., [&] Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1869. Three works bound in one volume, 8vo, 96, 288, 74, (6 advertisement) pp. Signature to fly leaf verso, marbled endpapers. Contemporary straight grain red morocco, a.e.g., gilt spine and rules, some mild rubbing otherwise very good. More

Otley: Printed for the Author, (1999). Limited edition, one of 500 copies, 4to, xx, 208 pp. 125 facsimile pages. Blue cloth, a fine copy. More

London: John Stockdale, 1789. First edition, 8vo, xvi, 470, (2 advertisement) pp. Frontispiece, plus an engraved portrait bound in in the preliminaries, later bookplate. Contemporary tree calf, gilt banded spine with a red label, upper hinge slightly cracked but sound. "An amusing collection of gossip from old books" (DNB). More

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co. [c.1925]. Facsimile edition, large 8vo, (xxvi), 234, (2) pp. 20 coloured plates with captioned tissues. Original gilt titled green cloth, spine slightly rubbed. A famous country eccentric whose exploits led to his impoverishment and death at only 37. "...he drove a tandem at... More

Bombay: Gopal Narayen & Co. 1912. Second edition, large 8vo, (xii), 1047, (1), 4 advertisement pp. Original gilt titled moiré cloth, spine restored with new endpapers. Without any ownership markings but from the library of Ethel Mairet so it presumably once belonged to her first husband, the philosopher and historian Ananda Coomaraswamy. More

Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1930. Limited edition, no. 77 of 750 copies signed by the author, 4to, xxxi, (i), 177, (11) pp. Coloured frontispiece and 115 plates, mostly in colour, patterned endpapers. Original cloth backed patterned boards, spine slightly dull, recently rebacked retaining the original backstrip. More