New Arrivals
BALLADS AND SONNETS. With a memoir of the Author by Francis Heuffer. Copyright edition.
Bernhard Tauchnitz. Leipzig. 1882. Tauchnitz edition. Small 8vo. (6.5 x 4.7 inches). A neat three word inscription to the blank front free endpaper otherwise a bright clean copy throughout, finely bound in late nineteenth century full vellum binding by Giulio Giannini of Florence, with their printed label to a front..... More
A BOOK OF ALPHABETS. For Douglas Cleverdon drawn by Eric Gill. With a foreword by Douglas Cleverdon and an introduction by John Dreyfus.
Christopher Skelton. Wellingborough. 1987. LIMITED EDITION. Large 8vo. (10.4 x 6.6 inches). One of 500 numbered copies, from a total edition of 550. This copy also has the extra suite of plates, printed on Nonesuch Press water-marked paper, that was issued with the 50 delux copies, although they are loose..... More
MAXIMS. A new translation by G. Kenneth Pratt. The Courtiers' Library.
The Haworth Press. Yorkshire. 1933. REPRINT OF 1931 EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.2 inches). xvi, 87pp. Finely bound, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, in full mid brown morocco. Spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled, lettered and dotted in gilt. Single ruled border to boards with three dots to each corner and..... More
A SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER...IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, AUGUST 20th 1940.
Baynard Press. 1940. FIRST EDITION. Printed stapled wraps. 8vo. ( 9.6 x 6 inches). 16pp. A few marks and some foxing to wraps, more so on the front cover. Some light spotting throughout the text. Staples a little rusted but still holding the pages firmly. Overall a very good copy..... More
MOORED MAN. Poems of North Norfolk. Watercolours and etchings by Norman Ackroyd.
Enitharmon Editions. London. 2006. LIMITED EDITION. 4to. (10.9 x 9 inches). One of 90 numbered copies, this number 12, signed by both the Author and Artist. This copy is unfortunately lacking the signed etching that was loosely inserted into this edition but the book itself is complete. Illustrated with reproductions..... More
THE SNOW GOOSE.
Michael Joseph. London. 1958. Reprint of the 1946 illustrated edition. Large 8vo. (9.7 x 7.2 inches). Four full page colour plates plus several mono illustrations throughout, some printed in black and some in blue, by Peter Scott. A fine and clean copy in a contemporary fine leather binding by Bayntun,of..... More
HISTOIRE PHILOSOPHIQUE ET POLITIQUE. Des etablissemens et du commerce des Europeans dans les Deux Indes.
Jean Leonard Pellet. Geneva. 1780. THIRD, AND DEFINITIVE EDITION. Ten 8vo text volumes (8 x 5.3 inches) and one 4to atlas volume (10.4 x 8.1 inches). Engraved portrait of Raynal in volume one, nine frontispieces, and the atlas volume with 50 engraved maps by Rigobert Bonne, many with multiple folds..... More
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.
Heinemann. London. 1908. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. 4to. (10.1 x 7.5 inches). Colour frontis and thirty nine tipped-in colour plates, each with a printed tissue paper guard, and many black and white illustrations throughout the text. A clean and bright copy in a fine early binding, for Hatchards of Piccadilly, probably..... More
AN UNOFFICIAL ROSE.
Chatto & Windus. London. 1962. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. A near fine copy of the book, with just a few small spots to the top edge, in a near fine dustwrapper which has the scarce publishers original Book Society Choice wrap around band. More
BRITISH SYNONYMY. Or, an attempt at regulating the choice of words in familiar conversation.
G. G. and J. Robinson. London. 1794. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. 8vo. (9 x 5.8 inches). Volume 1: viii, 423, Volume 2: iv, 416p. A very good copy in the original publishers grey paper covered boards with blue paper spines. Hand written paper labels. Professionally repaired with archive paper to..... More
LONDON AND ITS SIGHTS. Being a comprehensive guide to all that is worth seeing in the great metropolis.
T. Nelson and Sons. London 1858. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. (5.8 x 3.8 inches). 48pp of text, with 14 vignette engravings among the text, and 12 colour tinted plates. Original publishers paper wraps, printed in gold, both front - which is illustrated, and rear, are bound in. Attractive early leather binding..... More
TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES. A pure woman.
Osgood McIlvane and Co. London. 1891. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. 8vo. (7.1 x 4.8 inches). 1st issue points in all three volumes. Complete with half titles. Finely bound, by Bayntun-Riviere, in full dark green crushed Morocco bindings. Spines with raised bands, dotted in gilt. Compartments decorated, ruled and lettered in..... More
MANSFIELD PARK. With an introduction by Austin Dobson.
Macmillan and Co. London. 1897. FIRST HUGH THOMSON EDITION. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.4 inches). Illustrated with 40 full page line drawings. Publishers original burgundy cloth with decorative blind stamped floral design to both boards, the front board lettered and ruled in gilt. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Fore and..... More
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH. (Russian text). Один день Ивана Денисовича.
Moscow: Sovetskii Pisatel. 1963. FIRST BOOK EDITION. The author's first published work. Small 8vo. (6.5 x 5.3 inches). 144pp. Inscribed by the Author to Viktor Georgievitch Sentsov (or Victor Georgievich Sektsov ? ) on the title page, dated 2006. Previous owners name, dated March 1963, written on the first page..... More
RELIGIO MEDICI. Letter to a friend &c. And Christian Morals. Edited by W. A. Greenhill, M.D. Oxon. --- The Golden treasury series.
Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London. 1926. REPRINT of 1881 edition. 8vo.(6.1 x 4.2 inches). Engraved portrait of Browne on the title page. A fine, clean copy in an attractive early leather binding by Bumpus. Full green calf. The spine with raised bands. Compartments with blind ruling and lettered in gilt..... More
IRISH MELODIES. Illustrated by D. Maclise, R. A.
Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. London. 1846. FIRST MACLISE EDITION. 4to. (10.7 x 7.8 inches). Fully illustrated with frontis, decorative title page and 218 pages with decorative engraved borders and many with engraved vignettes inside the border, all by Daniel Maclise. A few small marks to a handful of pages..... More
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS.
Constable & Co. Ltd. London. 1917. REPRINT OF 1916 CHEAP EDITION. (Originally published in larger format and with more plates in 1912). Large 8vo. (8.5 x 7 inches). Beautifully illustrated with colour frontis, protected by a printed tissue guard, and 6 full colour tipped in plates, plus 98 line drawings..... More
LONELY WHITE SAIL. Or Peace is Where the Tempests Blow.
George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. 1937. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. (8 x 5.6 inches). A fine copy in a late twentieth century fine leather binding by Morrell of London. Half deep red morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping and floral tooling. Compartments double ruled, decorated..... More
A SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, AUGUST 20th 1940.
Baynard Press. London. 1940. FIRST EDITION. Printed stapled wraps. 16pp. Some rusting to the staples and creasing to the page corners and edges. Small area of loss to the top of the front panel. Some finger marks and spotting to the wraps mean that overall this is just a good..... More
THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES.
Thornton Butterworth Limited. London. 1932. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.8 x 6 inches). A fine, clean copy internally in publishers original green cloth, the spine and front board lettered in gilt. In the original dustwrapper. Tips of the top and bottom of the book spine are a little faded where the..... More
JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES. Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H. M.S. Beagle round the World under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.
T. Nelson & Sons. London. 1890. Reprint of 1888 Nelson edition. 8vo. (8.3 x 5.9 inches). Illustrated with frontis, protected by tissue guard, and 21 full page plates, including six double page, and a handful of small engravings in the text. Bound without the half title, but text and illustrations..... More
DON QUIXOTE.
Cassell, Petter, and Galpin. London. Circa 1870. Early edition. Large 4to. (12.3 x 10.2 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with 118 full page engravings and many smaller drawings in the text. A very good copy in contemporary binding of full green calf. The spine has five raised bands, each decorated with..... More
THE PETER PAN PORTFOLIO From Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J. M. Barrie.
Brentano's. New York. 1914. LIMITED EDITION. Folio. (21.3 x 16.2 inches). One of 300 copies, this number 38. Twelve large format full colour plates, each with a printed tissue guard, mounted onto cream coloured paper. Original Publishers binding of half fawn buckram with gold coloured moire silk to the boards..... More