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 about Cricket and How to Play It
London: Stanley Paul, (1980). First edition. 4to. 368 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped, signed by the author as "Morys Aberdare" on the title page, small rectangle of browning to the title page caused by the publisher's corrigendum affixed to the verso... More about The Willis Faber Book of Tennis & Rackets
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 about Letters, Illustrative of Public Affairs in Scotland, Addressed by Contemporary Statesmen to...
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 about The Student's Guide
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 about The Free-Holder, or, Political Essays. By the Right Honourable
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 overall. More about Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors, and Others. With an...
London: Hudson and Kearns, 1894]. Folio, (350) pp, lacking the title page. 288 pages of portraits of cricketers and sides plus a few grounds and 62 pages of portraits of royalty, public figures and actors at the end. Signed by Alcock and W.G. Grace to the fly leaf as well... More about Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds
London: James Lillywhite. Small 8vo, (xxii), 276, (1), 20, (1) pp. Photographic portrait of the Nottinghamshire team. Original limp printed orange cloth covers, soiled with some rubbing. More about James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1885. With which is incorporated "James...
London: James Lillywhite. Small 8vo, (xvi), 275, (1), 20, (1) pp. Photographic portrait of the Yorkshire team. Original limp printed orange cloth covers, faded, particularly to the spine, with some soiling. More about James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1886. With which is incorporated "James...
London: James Lillywhite. Small 8vo, (xvi), 289, 19, (24) pp. Photographic portrait of the Oxford team. Original limp printed orange cloth covers, soiled with mild rubbing. More about James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1887. With which is incorporated "James...
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 about James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1890. With which is incorporated "James...
London: James Lillywhite. Small 8vo, (xvi), 275, 22, (7) pp. Photographic portrait of the Kent team, some loss to the inner edge of the front paste down. Original limp printed orange cloth covers, some mild soiling. More about James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1891. With which is incorporated "James...
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 about James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1892. With which is incorporated "James...
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 about James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1894. With which is incorporated "James...
London: James Lillywhite. Small 8vo, (viii), 315, xxx, (3) pp. Photographic portrait of the Lancashire team. Original limp printed orange cloth covers, spine with some creasing otherwise very good. More about James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1896. With which is incorporated "James...
London: James Lillywhite. Small 8vo, (viii), 284, (1), xxxii, (2) pp. Photographic portrait of the Gloucestershire team, binding a little sprung but sound. Original limp printed orange cloth covers, some soiling. More about James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1899. With which is incorporated "James...
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London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1973-74. Three volumes. 8vo. Publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt to the spines, dust jackets. Illustrations of table positions set in the text throughout. Fading to the jacket spines, else a very good set. More about My Best Games of Chess 1908-23. [with] My Best Games of Chess 1924-37. Alekhine's Best Games of...
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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 about History of Europe, from the commencement of the French Revolution in [1789] to the restoration of...
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 about The Great Importance of the Havannah, Set Forth in an Essay on the Nature and Methods of Carrying...
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 about The Gentleman's Calling
Oxford: At the Theater, 1674. Second "impression" (ie edition), 8vo in 4's, (xvi), 224 pp. Engraved frontispiece and imprimatur leaf, title subtly laid down with some skilful restoration to the outer margins of some text leaves, Rufford Abbey bookplate. Later dark blue calf by Hering, gilt arms to covers, spine... More about The Government of the Tongue. By the Author of the Whole Duty of Man, &
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 about London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1813
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 about Roberts' Almanack and Annual of Information. 1890
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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 about The British Almanac, of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge... [with] Companion to...
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 about Remarkable News from the Stars, or an Ephemeris... The Gentleman's Diary, or the Mathematical...