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R. H. Evans. London. 1810, 1810. NEW EDITION. The first Evans edition. 8vo. (7.6 x 5 inches). xxviii,352pp. A fine clean copy in attractive mid twentieth century leather binding, by T. F. Ford, of full brown calf. Spine decorated with gilt bands and piping and floral centre pieces in the..... More
Williams and Norgate. London. 1917, 1917. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 6.2 inches). xciii, 372, 2 pp. Cheap war-time paper browned to the edges but overall a very good copy in publishers blue cloth with gilt ruled lines and lettering to the spine. In the rare original printed dustwrapper which..... More
Macmillan & Co. London. 1899, 1899. Second edition, Third printing overall. This edition listed as the "cheap reissue". Originally published in 1875, this printing adds the new rules of Golf, as adopted by the Royal and Ancient and also updates the R. & A. medal list. Small 4to. (8.5 x...... More
NP. 1926 - 1972, 1926. A magnificent archive of stage performers 'Bobby and Evelyn' who performed as clowns. (11 x 8.3 inches). There are over 150 items, stuck neatly into a large folder, the spine of which is now breaking. Comprising: 24 real mono photographs (12 from the Clown act..... More
J. M. Dent & Sons. Ltd. London. 1939, 1939. First Edition of the author's first book. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.9 inches). Illustrated with 8 mono plates. Original blue cloth with blind stamped device to upper board, titles to spine gilt, top edge stained blue. With the rare dustjacket. Spine a...... More
J. Scatcherd and J. Whitaker, B. Law, and G. and T. Wilkie. London. 1787, 1787. FOURTH EDITION. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.4 inches). Portrait frontis of Farley, plus 12 copper engravings of a bill of fare for each month of the year. Some light browning to a handful of leaves but..... More
J. Stratford. London. 1807, 1807. FOURTEENTH EDITION, corrected, revised and considerably improved by Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie. 8vo. (8.3 x 5.6 inches). 12 copper engravings, including two fold outs that are a bit rubbed and creased but complete. Pages generally clean and free from marks. Contemporary tree calf boards with new..... More
William Luscombe Publisher Limited. London.,1974, 1974. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. (10.2 x 7.4 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with photographs, some in colour. Finely bound in recent leather binding of full red morocco. Spine with raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. Single ruled gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt..... More
The Derrydale Press. New York. 1936, 1936. LIMITED, FIRST EDITION. 4to. (10.8 x 8.1 inches). One of just 25 copies, numbered and signed, and Illustrated with an original watercolour, signed by Lynn Bogue Hunt, showing a pair of Mallard on a riverbank, in the front of the book. Four colour..... More
T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. London. 1921, 1921. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 6 inches). Illustrated with 21 mono photos on 16 plates. Four pages of adverts at end of book. Neat ink stamp of Kent & Canterbury hospital on the front blank free endpaper but no other stamps or ownership..... More
Paul Hamlyn. London.,1966, 1966. FIRST U.K. EDITION. 4to. Illustrated throughout with colour and mono photographs by George Silk and Michael Prichard. Finely bound in recent half dark green morocco, raised bands,compartments decorated with gilt stamped fish. Lettered in gilt. Green cloth on boards. Top edge gilt. Lovely presentation of this..... More
Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1894, 1894. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Fully illustrated throughout. Fine copy in half dark green morocco binding. Spine letttered and decorated in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. More
John Miles Ltd. London. 1935, 1935. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated with colour frontis (A photograph of Sir Malcolm Campbell at Brooklands in his R-type M.G. Midget) and 71 mono photographs throughout. Finely bound in recent full black morocco leather. Spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled and..... More
Hutchinson & Co. London. 1904, 1904. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. (10.2 x 7.9 inches). Illustrated ith 12 full page colour plates. Finely bound in recent half green morocco. Spine with raised bands, the compartments decorated with fish design, wavy ruled and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Top edge..... More
Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. London.,1932, 1932. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated with 22 plates including a full colour frontis, by various artists. Contains writings by many authors, including Izaak Walton, John Buchan, William shakespeare, Neville Cardus, Bernard Darwin, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and many others. Sports covered include Boxing, Archery..... More
Country Life, Ltd. London.,1926, 1926. FIRST EDITION. 8vo.(8.5 x 7 inches). Decorated initial letters to each chapter. A very good copy in a fine early binding by Bumpus of London. Half tan calf, spine with raised bands and twin light and dark brown labels, gilt. Marbled paper on boards.Circular brown..... More
NP. No Date. Circa 1925. 1925. FIRST, AND ONLY, EDITION. Oblong octavo. Illustrated with 8 hand blocked, hand coloured cocktail napkins mounted into the book among text pages. White printed boards with later plain burgundy cloth tape spine. Light soiling to binding and the glue a little loose on a...... More
J. Maisonneuve et Ch. Leclerc. Paris. 1889, 1889. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9.9 x 6.4 inches). vii, 300pp. A very good copy in a fine early leather binding of full dark green morocco. Spine with gilt ruled lines, floral design and lettering. Front board with ruled panels and floral designs, all..... More
John Ollivier. London. 1846, 1846. TWO VOLUMES. Second edition. 8vo. (8.9 x 5.8 inches). EXTRA ILLUSTRATED SET. 6 published engravings by Cruikshank plus an extra 98 plates, mostly 18th and early 19th century, including one hand coloured engraving, and one colour lithograph. Finely bound in nineteenth century full red morocco..... More
Souvenir Press. London. 1989, 1989. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. 4to. (12.1 x 8.8 inches). One of an unspecified number of copies bound in the publisher's scarce variant delux bright red leather binding and signed by Searle in black ink on the verso of the title page. Fully illustrated throughout with sixty..... More
Souvenir Press. London. 1989, 1989. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. 4to. (12.1 x 8.8 inches). One of an unspecified number of copies bound in the publisher's delux blue leather binding and signed by Searle on the verso of the title page. Fully illustrated throughout with sixty full page colour plates by Searle..... More
Longmans, Green and co. London. 1889, 1889. THIRD EDITION. 8vo. (7.4 x 5.6 inches). Frontis and ten full page mono plates, plus 52 smaller engravings throughout the text. A few pages with marks and spots but overall a very good copy in a fine early full leather binding, by Sotheran..... More
Hutchinson & Co. London. 1911, 1911. REVISED EDITION. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.4 inches). Illustrated with "forty-eight illustrations almost entirely from photographs specially taken for the work". Some foxing throughout, mostly to the margins, but still a very good, tight and square copy in the publishers green cloth boards with gilt..... More
J. Ottmann Litho. Co. New York. No date. Circa 1907, 1907. Die-cut Chromolithographic Bear and clothing in original printed envelope. (Bear is 10.5 inches tall, envelope is 11.5 x 8.5 inches). The Bear has a (recently replaced) plain card back stand to keep him upright and the 5 outfits have..... More
Printed for Royal St. George's by Pain & Sons, Sandwich and Deal, Kent. England. 1927, 1927. 4pp score chart showing the names of he players in the 1st heat, played on April 15th, 1927, plus those players with a bye to the second heat, played on the same day. The..... More