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Thomas Nelson & Sons. London. ND. [1915] 1915. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. (9.3 x 701 inches). Illustrated with 12 full page colour plates and line drawings around the text pages opposite each plate, plus illustrated title page, all by Anderson. A little browning to the blank endpapers and a neat..... More
John Grant. Edinburgh. 1911. 12 VOLUMES. Large 8vo.(8.5 x 6 inches). Complete. Includes the minor works and the Letters of Austen. Portrait frontis in volume one. A clean and bright set finely bound in recent full tan morocco leather, spines with raised bands, red and green labels, gilt. Spine compartments..... More
Chatto & Windus. London. 1891. FIRST EDITION. 3 Volumes. 8vo. (7.5 x 5 inches). Inscribed by the author on the half-title of volume I, "A. P. Watt with the Author's kindest wishes. 6th June 1891". 12 mono full page plates by Green, each with a tissue guard. Original dark green..... More
T. N. Foulis. London. 1913. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.6 inches). Twelve full colour tipped-in plates, each mounted onto beige laid paper with a printed border and title. The colour illustrations, from Yeats' original oil paintings, include; The Farmer, Publican, Exile from Erin, Police Sergeant, Priest and Country shop..... More
H. D. & H. G. Webb. Caradoc Press, Bedford Park, Chiswick, London. 1900. LIMITED EDITION. One of 300 copies on paper. 8vo. (6 x 4.7 inches). (2),18pp (2). The second book from the Caradoc Press. Ornamental designs and letters engraved by the Webbs. Printed in red and black but this..... More
Macmillan and Co. London. 1867. EARLY EDITION. 8vo. (7.2 x 5 inches). Illustrated with forty-two line illustrations by John Tenniel. Early leather binding of half black calf. Spine with raised bands, each with decorative gilt design. Compartments ruled in gilt and decorated in blind. Red title label, gilt. marbled paper..... More
Macmillan & Co. London. 1927. Reprint of 1921 New edition. Large 8vo. (8.6 x 5.8 inches). Small closed tear, without loss, to the outer margin of one of the colour plates, not affecting the image. Bright, clean copy, finely bound, by Riviere & son, in early full dark red polished..... More
Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1898. FIRST SIXPENNY EDITIONS. 8vo. (8.4 x 6 inches). Both volumes are the first printings of the Macmillan sixpenny series. Illustrated with forty two and fifty line illustrations, respectively, by John Tenniel. Publishers original red printed paper wraps with adverts on the rear panels. Page..... More
Odhams Press Limited. London. 1947. FOUR VOLUMES. First Odhams Press editions. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.7 inches). Finely bound for Churchill, by Zaehnsdorf bookbinders, for presentation. My early life is inscribed ‘To Air Commodore G. Powell from Winston S. Churchill. 1948’, Thoughts and Adventures is signed ’W S Churchill’, and the..... More
Eyre & Spottiswoode. London. 1939. Sixth Edition. Originally published in 1931. Signed by Cotton below his printed portrait photo on the frontispiece "Henry Cotton. Upton 1942". Aside from the frontis there are 10 full page mono photo plates. A clean copy throughout. Publishers orange cloth with black lettering to the..... More
William Kidd. London. 1830. FIRST EDITION. 6mo. (6 x 4 inches). 36pp. Illustrated with 6 engravings. A fine clean copy in an early binding of half red morocco. Spine lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Previous owners armorial bookplate on front paste down endpaper. Some chipping to the spine..... More
J. M. Dent & Sons Limited.London.,1919. TWENTY FOUR FINE FULL COLOUR PLATES BY DETMOLD. Each mounted onto card with a printed border and protected with a tissue guard. The title of each picture printed on the guard in brown ink. The colour plates measure 14.9 x 9.6 inches. The card..... More
George Newnes, Limited. London. 1902. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated with sixteen mono plates by Sidney Paget. A very good copy with the spine still rounded. The text and illustrations are clean and bright throughout. Publishers decorative red cloth, with the gilt decoration and lettering still bright and clean. Small red..... More
J. M. Dent and co. London.,1904. FIRST COLOUR BROCK EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with colour title page and 24 full page colour plates. Finely bound in early twentieth century fine leather binding. Half green morocco with gilt ruled design and lettering to the spine. Marbled paper on boards. Decorative endpapers.Top..... More
Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1923. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. Octavo. (8.3 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated with 12 full page mono plates by the author. A bright and clean copy finely bound in recent full black morocco leather. Spine with five raised bands, the compartments ruled and lettered in gilt..... More
John C. Nimmo. London.,1886. FIRST POIRSON EDITION. Large 8vo.(10.1 X 7 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with a hand coloured engraved portrait frontis and 114 colour printed illustrations throughout the text. The hand coloured portrait frontis is a fine steel engraving of the original Sir Joshua Reynolds painting of Goldsmith, painted..... More
Longmans, Green and Co. London 1939. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated with ten mono photos, nine of which were taken by the Author, and a colour printed map to the endpapers. A fine and bright copy of the book in publishers second state binding with black lettering to the spine. Neat..... More
J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. London. 1963. FIRST WHITEAR EDITION. 8vo.(8.3 x 5.5 inches). Full colour frontis and 21 line drawings throughout the text, including a map of the Route to the Mines. A fine clean copy, finely bound in half red calf, spine with five raised bands. Compartments..... More
John Murray. London. 1818. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (10.9 x 8.9 inches). xvi, 222, 130, 72pp of vocabulary and sentences etc. Illustrated with 5 maps and charts (2 folding), 8 hand-coloured aquatints, 1 aquatint (uncoloured), and 1 engraved plate. Small worm holes to the bottom corner of the margin of the..... More
Hurst and Blackett, Successors to Henry Colburn. London. 1863. THIRD ENGLISH EDITION. Three volumes. 8vo. (8 x 5.4 inches). Some foxing to just a few pages but overall very good throughout. Original publishers purple cloth bindings. Spines lettered and decorated in gilt, boards with blind-stamped decorative borders. Pale green endpapers..... More
Macmillan and Co. London.,1863. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo.(8.1 x 6.4 inches). Second state, without with the L'Envoi leaf. Two full page illustrations by Noel Paton. Some occasional light foxing to a few pages, mostly to the margins. Finely bound in early twentieth century calf leather binding by Riviere. Spine with..... More
Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London.,1966. CENTENARY EDITION. 8vo.(7.6 x 5.2 inches). Previous owners inscription ( dated 1969) on verso of front free endpaper, otherwise a very clean copy in a fine leather binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe of London, for Wakefield -Young, Booksellers. Fine half green morocco, spine with raised..... More
Paul Hamlyn. London.,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 fascinating..... More
For Edmund Parker, Edward Symon, Charles Hitch and John Pemberton. London. 1740. Three volumes. Folio. (14 x 9 inches). Fourth edition. Portrait frontis by Geoffrey Kneller. Lacking the engraved memorial plate. Small worm damage to the outer margin, well away from any printed areas of the first 130 pages of..... More
Adam and Charles Black.Edinburgh.,1862. THIRD EDITION. 8vo (9.1 x 6 inches). Previous owners bookplate on front paste down endpaper. Small booksellers ticket from Seton & Mackenzie of Edinburgh at bottom of front paste down. Publishers green pebble grain cloth with blind stamped decoration to boards. Spine ruled and lettered in..... More