The Imitation of Christ. Four Books. A New Edition.
London: James Parker and Co., 1903. 12mo, xxiii, (i), 368 pp. Contemporary signature to front blank, marbled endpapers. Contemporary black full morocco, a.e.g., a lovely copy. More
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Cricket and How to Play It.
London: Dean & Son, 1895. 8vo, 62, (4 advertisement) pp. 8 photographic plates, piece torn from the outer margin of one leaf (pp. 25/6) without loss of text, early signature to frontispiece recto, mild marginal soiling. Original printed limp cloth wrappers, recently recased, some marking to the lower wrapper. First..... More
Letters, Illustrative of Public Affairs in Scotland, Addressed by Contemporary Statesmen to George, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland. [1681-1684].
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
Beken of Cowes. Sailing Ships of the World. With a foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales. Text by... With photographs by Frank William Beken, Alfred Keith Beken [and] Kenneth John Beken.
London: Reed's Nautical Books, (1992). First edition, folio, 206, (2) pp. Numerous illustrations, signed on the title page by Alfred and Kenneth Beken, plus an unrelated inscription as well. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More
The Student's Guide.
London: The University of London Press, 1920. Fifth impression. 8vo. vi, 296 pp. Contemporary half dark green calf over cloth boards, the gilt crest of Queen's College, Oxford to the upper cover, the ownership inscription of a G.R. Sisson of that college concluding "Maths Finals 1921" to the front flyleaf..... More
The Free-Holder, or, Political Essays. By the Right Honourable...
Glasgow: Printed by R. Urie and Company, For J. Gilmour, 1746. Seventh edition, 12mo, (viii), 244 pp. 19th century inscription to front endpapers. Contemporary calf, gilt banded spine with a morocco label, some rubbing and minor wear to extremities, a good sound copy. More
Seafaring in the Arabian Gulf and Oman. The People of the Dhow.
London: Routledge, (2009). 4to, (xxiv), 285, (3) pp. Pictorial paperback, very minor bump to the top of the spine otherwise fine. More
Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors, and Others. With an Historical Sketch of Ancient and Modern Practice.
London: Charles Griffin and Company, Limited, 1900. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 440, 86 pp. Publisher's maroon cloth, gilt lettered to the spine. 139 illustrations including 3 folding diagrams and 11 black and white photographic plates. Light wear to the extremities, evidence of old adhesion to the rear endpapers, very good..... More
James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1879. ...for 1883. ...1884. With which is incorporated "James Lillywhite's Companion and Guide to Cricketers".
London: James Lillywhite. Three works in one volume, small 8vo, 204, 250, 266 pp, lacking the advertisements at the front and back of each volume, plus the final 50 pages of the 1879 volume, as well as the photographic frontispieces. Contemporary half calf, a little rubbed. More
James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1889. With which is incorporated "James Lillywhite's Companion and Guide to Cricketers".
London: James Lillywhite. Small 8vo, (xvi), 269, 19, (16) pp. Photographic frontispiece of the Surrey XI. Original limp printed orange cloth covers, soiled, foot of spine slightly worn. More
James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1890. With which is incorporated "James Lillywhite's Companion and Guide to Cricketers".
London: James Lillywhite. Small 8vo, (x), 262, 22, (6) pp. Photographic portrait of the "original English lady cricketers". Original limp printed orange cloth covers, some soiling and mark. More
James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1892. With which is incorporated "James Lillywhite's Companion and Guide to Cricketers".
London: James Lillywhite. Small 8vo, (xii), 237, 22, (7) pp. Photographic portrait of the Middlesex team, some loss to the inner edge of the front paste down. Original limp printed orange cloth covers, some mild soiling. More
James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1894. With which is incorporated "James Lillywhite's Companion and Guide to Cricketers".
London: James Lillywhite. Small 8vo, (x), 266, (1), 21, (4) pp. Photographic portrait of the Yorkshire team. Original limp printed orange cloth covers, some soiling and darkening. More
The Great Importance of the Havannah, Set Forth in an Essay on the Nature and Methods of Carrying on a Trade to the South Sea, and the Spanish West Indies.
London: J. Hinxman... and D. Wilson, 1762. Sole edition. 8vo bound in 4's. 39, (1) pp. Disbound. Upper margin browned and somewhat perished throughout, with some loss of the text to the title, dedication and final leaves. Evidently scarce, with ESTC listing only one copy of this edition in the..... More
Roberts' Almanack and Annual of Information. 1890.
Lewes: T.G. Roberts, 1890. 8vo, (8 advertisement, 32, 8 advertisement) pp. Wood engraved illustrations, contemporary manuscript inside and on upper cover. Original chromo-lithographed wrappers, a few marks, staples now rusty. No other copy located. More
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The British Almanac, of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge... [with] Companion to the Almanac; or Year-Book... [and] Vox Stellarum: or a Loyal Almanack...
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
Remarkable News from the Stars, or an Ephemeris... The Gentleman's Diary, or the Mathematical Repository... The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's Almanack... MOORE, Francis. Vox Stellarum: or, a Loyal Alamanack... PARTRIDGE, John. Merlinus Liberatus. Parker's Ephemeris... The Coelestial Diary: or an Ephemeris... Poor Robin. An Almanack... SAUNDERS, Richard. The English Apollo; or Useful Companion... SEASON, Henry. Speculum Anni: or Season on the Seasons... WING, Tycho. [Greek title] Olympia Domata, or an Almanack... WHITE, Robert. [Greek title] Atlas Ouranious. The Cœlestial Atlas; or, A new Ephemeris...
London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1770. Twelve works bound in one volume, 8vo, 48 pp each, with the final gathering of the Gentleman's Diary bound in the middle of the Ladies' Diary. Titles and various other parts - tables, etc - printed in red and black, plus diagrams..... More
A Bibliography of the English Language from the Invention of Printing to the Year 1800. Volume Fourteen - The British Isles, Hebrew, Eastern Europe, Africa, South Asia, Australasia, The Americas, Pacific Islands.
Otley: Printed for the Author, 2000. Limited edition, one of 500 copies, 4to, (xx), 561, (1) pp. Numerous facsimile pages. Blue cloth, small nick to the top of the spine, near fine. More
A Bibliography of the English Language from the Invention of Printing to the Year 1800. Volume Thirteen - The Germanic Languages.
Otley: Printed for the Author, (1999). Limited edition, one of 500 copies, 4to, xx, 208 pp. 125 facsimile pages, 5 folding. Blue cloth, a fine copy. More
Report of the Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry... into the Loss of the U.S.S. Maine. In the Harbor of Havana, Cuba, on the night of February [15th, 1898]. Convened on board the United States Light-house tender Mangrove by virtue of a Precept signed by Rear-Admiral Montgomery Sicard.
Washington, 1898. 8vo, 307, (1) pp, with 20 black and white illustrations - 19 photographic - and 2 folding charts, first and last leaf browned, bookplate and cancelled ink stamp of the Reform Club, also a later bookplate to fly leaf, bound in later navy blue buckram. Preceded by a...... More
Anecdotes, &c. Antient and Modern. With Observations.
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
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Exchequer, from Easter Term 32 George III to Trinity Term, 33 George III, both inclusive.
London: A. Strahan, 1796-7. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary calf, spines a little worn, red spine labels. More
The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Containing Appendices on Sanskrit Prosody and important Literary & Geographical names in the ancient history of India.
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..... More
The Chinese Drama, from the earliest times until to-day. A Panoramic Study of the Art in China, tracing its Origin and describing its Actors (in both Male and Female rôles): their Costumes and Make-up, Superstitions and Stage Slang: the accompanying Music and Musical Instruments: concluding with Synopses of Thirty Chinese Plays. With a Pien by Mei Lan-fang and a Foreword by H.A. Giles.
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
The Art of American Car Design. The Profession and Personalities.
University Park and London: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1988. First edition. 8vo. viii, 312 pp. Publisher's black cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket, publisher's review slip loosely inserted. 60 pages of black and white photographic illustrations. Wear to the edges of the jacket, most conspicuously to the..... More