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Duckworh and Co. London. 1911, 1911. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.1 inches). Previous owner name, dated 1914, on the front blank free endpaper. Some very light spotting throughout but generally a clean and tight copy in the publishers original blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Front board..... More
G Napier & Co, Birmingham, and Tylston & Edwards Marsden, London. Printed at the press of the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft. 1895. Printed by the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft on Hand Made paper. Large 8vo. (8.8 x 7.2 inches). iv,154pp,i (Colophon). Decorative wood-cut Initial letters and borders on the text..... More
Blackie & Son Ltd. London. 1910. FIRST HARRISON EDITION. 4to. (10.5 x 8.6 inches). Illustrated with 36 tipped in colour plates, each with captioned tissue paper guards, 34 full page black and white images and numerous head and tail pieces throughout. Illustrated endpapers, printed in dark green on light green..... More
Cassell & Company, Limited. London. 1883. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.1 inches). Frontispiece map with the text lines printed in red, blue, and brown. A First edition, early issue that contains the following textual points: "dead man's chest" is not capitalised on pages 2 and 7; broken 'v' in..... More
Achille J. St. Onge. Worcester. Massachusetts, USA. 1952. FIRST EDITION. Miniature book. (2.4 x 1.6 inches). vi, 27, ii pp. One of 750 copies, bound in original full red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of London. Printed at the Chiswick Press, on hand made paper. Illustrated with two halftone portraits..... More
Lion and Unicorn Press. London. 1964. LIMITED EDITION. Folio. (13.7 x 9.8 inches). One of only 400 copies, this number 368. Inscribed by Colin Hayes on the half title page and with a catalogue of his exhibition at the Royal Academy in 2000, plus the order of service from his..... More
Cassell. London. 1961. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated with 6 maps & 31 fascinating mono photographs taken during the war. A fine bright copy of the book in publishers red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Original dustwrapper with just minor signs of handling but..... More
William Heinemann Ltd. London. 1961. THREE VOLUMES. Reprint of the 1951 Edition. 8vo. (8 x 5.4 inches). Fine and clean set in the rare Publishers delux leather bindings of full red Morocco. Spines with blind ruled bands and lettered in gilt. Gilt stamped Author's symbol device to the front boards..... More
Louis Janet. Paris. ND. circa 1875. Third edition. Small 8vo. (5.9 x 4.4 inches). xvi, 157pp. Thirteen hand coloured illustrated plates (including extra title page) with movable pull tabs to change the image. An asterisk next to the text tells when the movable should be used to animate the scene..... More
Victor Gollancz Limited. London. 1938. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. A neat previous owner name on the front free endpaper, otherwise a very good, tight copy in publishers original black cloth with gilt lettering on front board and spine. There is a little of the usual toning to the page edges but..... More
C. Cooke. London. No date. 1798. FIRST CORBOULD ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 16mo.(5.8 x 3.8 inches). 323, 12pp of publishers adverts. Finely illustrated with four plates, dated 1798, drawn by R. Corbould and engraved by R. Woodman. Beautiful contemporary binding of full tree calf. Spine with multiple ruled lines and decorated in..... More
Derby & Jackson. New York. 1857. Early U.S edition. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.2 inches). 528pp. Illustrated with vignette engraving on the extra decorative title page. Offsetting from the engraving to the blank leaf opposite, and very faintly to the title page. Some staining to the bottom of the pages in..... More
Richard Bentley. London. 1847. Bentley's Standard Novels and Romances, volume 25. Reprint of the 1833 edition. 8vo. (7 x 4.5 inches). Illustrated frontis engraving by Pickering. Publishers dark brown morocco grained cloth with elaborate blind stamped decorative border to the boards. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Yellow endpapers with..... More
Spencer Blackett. London. 1890. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.4 inches). Engraved frontis by Charles Kerry, with original tissue paper guard still present. Correct first edition text errors, with page number 138 on the contents leaf missing the 8, and wishes misspelled on page 56 as "w shed". A previous..... More
The Nonesuch Press. London. 1924-27. FIVE VOLUMES. Tall 4to. (12.3 x 8.3 inches). Limited edition. One of 1000 sets printed on Japon vellum (The Apochrypha is one of 1250 copies) from a total edition of 1075 copies. The typography was arranged by Frances Meynell. Each volume decorated with copperplate engravings..... More
Methuen & Co. Ltd. London. 1927. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Beautifully illustrated with Shepard's wonderful line drawings. Some offsetting to the half title page and a few minor spots to a couple of pages otherwise internally this is a very clean copy throughout. Publishers original burgundy cloth binding with gilt stamped..... More
Humphrey Milford. Oxford University press. London. 1928. Complete set of 16 reading cards, (11.x 8 inches) each illustrated with a mounted full colour plate by Alfred Edward Jackson. An abridged version of the book, with the text printed next to each illustration, each card also has 3 or 4 reading..... More
Secker and Warburg. London. 1949. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.1 inches). A fine, bright copy in recent leather binding of full dark green morocco. Spine with raised bands. Twin black morocco labels, gilt. Compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt. An..... More
Collins. London. 1959. PROOF COPY OF FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.9 x 5.5 inches). Illustrated throughout with charming line drawings by Judith Brook, including both sets of endpapers. A very good clean copy in publishers blue marbled paper wraps. In the original full colour illustrated dustwrapper, designed by Selma Nankivell, featuring..... More
MacGibbon & Kee, London. 1972. FIRST STEADMAN EDITION. 4to. (12.5 x 8.9 inches). Mono illustrations throughout by Steadman. Original black cloth binding with silver lettering to the spine. A little bumping to the top and bottom of the spine but still a near fine copy in the original illustrated dustwrapper..... More
Methuen & Co. Ltd. London. 1923. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. (8.9 x 6 inches). Publishers blue cloth with gilt ruled lines and lettering to the spine. Front board ruled and lettered in blind. Some offsetting to the endpapers, from the dustwrapper, and a little spotting to the page edges but..... More
John Lane, The Bodley Head. London. 1918. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7 x 5 inches). Illustrated with four full colour plates and each page decorated with smaller drawings, printed in black and red, by Urquhart. In a fine craft binding of full tan morocco. Spine with raised bands, the compartments decorated..... More
J. Rivington, T. Caslon, and R. Withy. London. 1766 + 1760. SECOND HAWKINS EDITION. 8vo. (7.1 x 4.7 inches). (2pp - advert leaf for books printed by R. Withy), lvi, xxii, 304, -- Second part; (1 - Portrait of Cotton), xlviii, iv, ii, iv,128, (viii, index). Complete. Separate title to..... More
T. Cadell and E. Moxon. London. 1830 + 1834. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS. Two volumes. Small 4to. (8.2 x 5.9 inches). Illustrated with a total of 124 (55 and 69) fine steel engraving vignettes by Cooke, Finden, and others after illustrations by J. M. W. Turner, Thomas Stothard and Samuel Prout..... More
Oxford University Press. London. 1958, 1958. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.8 inches). Superbly illustrated with 27 line drawings by Einzig. A handful of pages with a light brown mark to the bottom of the page, otherwise a fresh and clean copy, finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco..... More