CITY PSALMS. Poems not for school.
Bloodaxe Books Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne. 1992, 1992. FIRST EDITION. (8.5 x 5.7 inches). A fine copy in publishers printed wraps. More
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SCHOOL'S OUT. poems not for school.
A K Press. Edinburgh. 1997, 1997. FIRST EDITION. (8.2 x 5.7 inches). A fine copy in publishers printed wraps. More
THE DREAD AFFAIR. Collected Poems. Illustrated by Ahmet Ahmet.
Arrow books Limited. London. An Arena book. 1985, 1985. FIRST EDITION. (7.6 x 5 inches). Several mono full page illustrations throughout by Ahmet. Very good copy in publishers colour printed wraps. Some very minor rubbing to the edges and a small black ink mark to the bottom of the fore..... More
ROBBERY UNDER LAW. The Mexican Object-lessons.
Chapman & Hall Ltd. London. 1939, 1939. FIRST EDITION. Tall 8vo. (8.7 x 5.9 inches). A very good, bright and clean copy throughout in the publishers dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine. The gilt is bright and vibrant. A little rubbing to the edges of the..... More
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS.
Classics Book Club. London. 1950, 1950. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). Finely bound in half dark blue morocco. Spine with raised bands, the compartments lettered in gilt. Blue cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. A fine and attractive copy of this classic adventure story. The leather binding is unsigned but is..... More
WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS.
J. B. Lippincott Company. Philadelphia. Circa 1925, 1925. EARLY RACKHAM EDITION. Large 8vo. (9.7 x 6.8 inches). 4 full page colour plates and 16 line drawings throughout the text. Finely bound in late twentieth century half blue morocco. Spine with five raised bands. Compartments with double gilt ruled lines and..... More
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN PICTURES. Die Musik in funf jahrhunderten der Europaischen malerei. (Translation: Music in five centuries of European painting).
William Reeves. London. No date. Circa 1925, 1925. CRAFT BINDING. 4to. (11.8 x 8.3 inches). 8pp of text in German. 173 full page mono plates illustrating people playing musical instruments through the ages, most of them women. Neat presentaion inscription on the front free endpaper presenting the book to William..... More
SUMMONED BY BELLS.
John Murray. London. 1960, 1960. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. A bright and clean copy in publishers green cloth binding with blind stamped Bells design to both boards. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Bell design endpapers. A fine copy of the book in the original, red and black printed on..... More
QUEEN VICTORIA. HER LIFE AND REIGN.
The Gresham Publishing Company. London. 1901, 1901. FIRST EDITION. Four large 8vo volumes. (9.2 x 7.1 inches). Illustrated throughout with portraits and views. A very good set in the beautiful decorative Art Nouveau style red cloth bindings designed by Talwin Morris. Front boards with gilt, dark green and light green..... More
JUST COCKTAILS. Decorations by Tad Shell.
The Three Mountaineers, Inc. (Asheville, North Carolina). USA 1939, 1939. Tall 8vo. (9.4 x 5.9 inches). 54pp. Scores of small line drawings by Tad Shell throughout the text. In an unusual hand painted wooden board binding. The boards are attached on metal hinges. The text pages sewn in with leather..... More
IF.
Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1914, 1914. SECOND SEPARATE ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. (6.5 x 4.6 inches). A rare bibliographical variant, printed in black on white paper cover plus 4pp rather than than the dark burgundy ink on light grey or brown paper noted in the bibliography (Richards; A269 - note)..... More
THE ORDER OF CAROLS SUNG AT NORWICH SCHOOL CHRISTMASTIDE MCMLI.
NP. 1951, 1951. Oblong 4to. (11.5 x 7.9 inches). Beautiful calligraphic manuscript in red and black. Six leaves written on both sides on hand made paper, plus four blank leaves, all sewn in with red cord. In a fine leather binding of full dark brown morocco with bevelled edges to..... More
THE LORD OF THE RINGS. The Fellowship of the Ring. - The Two Towers. - The Return of the King.
George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. 1961, 1961. THREE VOLUMES. Large 8vo. (9 x 5.9 inches). Early printings. 11th/8th/7th impressions of first editions. Each volume with fold out map at end. Publishers red cloth, spines gilt. Top edges dyed red. A remarkable, fine set. Pages clean and bright in all..... More
THE LORD OF THE RINGS. The Fellowship of the Ring. - The Two Towers. - The Return of the King.
George Allen & Unwin. London. 1954 and 1955, 1954. FIRST EDITION, first printings of Volumes 2 and 3. The 1st volume is 1954 2nd impression, printed in a run of only 2500 copies, which is actually the first revised version of the text, due the printers dispersing the type after..... More
DE QUINCEY. A SELECTION OF HIS BEST WORKS. The Museum Edition.
Gibbings and Company. London. 1901, 1901. FIRST BRANGWYN EDITION IN VERY RARE BRANGWYN DESIGNED LEATHER BINDINGS. TWO VOLUMES. Small 8vo. (5.6 x 3.5 inches). Illustrated with decorative half titles and title pages to both volumes, and portrait frontis in Volume one, all by Brangwyn. Original publishers delux tan lambskin leather..... More
ENGLAND HAVE MY BONES.
Collins. London. 1936, 1936. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.1 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated with 8 full page woodcuts by the author. A little foxing, mostly to the fore edge of the pages, and a neat previous owner name, dated March 1936, on the front blank free endpaper, otherwise a very good..... More
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. Rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald
Hodder & Stoughton. London. No Date. Circa 1918, 1918. EARLY DULAC EDITION. Large 8vo. (7.9 x 5.9 inches). viii,189p. Finely illustrated with 12 fine coloured plates by Edmund Dulac, tipped on to thick buff paper with a triple ruled brown border. Each plate with a printed tissue guard. Two plates..... More
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND.
E. P. Dutton and Company. New York. 1929, 1929. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. FIRST EDITION with Pogany illustrations. One of just 200 large paper copies, each numbered and signed by Pogany. 8vo. (9.6 x 6.5 inches). Fully illustrated throughout the text with Pogany's fine Jazz age inspired interpretations. Original red cloth..... More
POEMS. Illustrations by Robert Anning Bell and introduction by Walter Raleigh.
George Bell & Sons. London. 1901, 1901. Reprint of the Second edition, revised and with new illustrations, originally published in 1898. 8vo. (7.9 x 5.3 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with dozens of full page and smaller illustrations in line. Attractive early leather binding by Riviere and Son for Henry Young..... More
THE POETICAL WORKS. With Portraits.
Smith, Elder, & Co. London. 1899, 1899. TWO VOLUMES. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.6 inches). Portrait frontis engravings showing Browning as a young man (dated 1835) opposite the title page of volume 1, and as an old man (1881) for volume 2. Finely bound in contemporary full burgundy calf bindings. Spines..... More
HAIL, HITLER ! The Nazi speaks to the world. Illustrated by Mendoza.
Christophers, London 1934, 1934. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.2 inches). Illustrated with line drawings throughout the text. Publishers yellow cloth with black lettering to the spine and black illustration to the front board. In the scarce original dustwrapper with a design by Ruth Wood, printed in red and black..... More
THE WATER BABIES. A Fairy tale for a Land Baby.
Macmillan and Co. London. 1863, 1863. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. (8.1 x 6.4 inches). Second state, without with the L'Envoi poem leaf at the start of the book, which Kingsley had removed from all but the first few hundred copies issued. Two full page mono plates and 8 smaller engravings..... More
SPAIN AND THE SPANIARDS. Translated from the tenth Italian edition by Stanley Rhoads Yarnell.
Henry T. Coates & Co. Philadelphia. 1895, 1895. TWO VOLUMES. 8vo. (8.2 x 5.5 inches). Illustrated with 47 mono photographic plates, each with a printed tissue guard. Fine copies in publishers green cloth with elaborate gilt decoration to front board and spine. Spine also lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt..... More
EGYPT AND THE SUDAN.
Simpkin Marshall, ltd. London. 1929, 1929. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated with 27 maps and plans, one with small amount of sellotape repair to edge. Publishers red cloth, lettered in gilt. A very good copy in the original rare red paper dustwrapper, printed in black. Creasing and rubbing to edges. Some..... More
THE VOYAGE OF THE DISCOVERY. With a preface to the New edition by Fridtjof Nansen.
John Murray. London. 1929, 1929. REPRINT OF CHEAP EDITION, published just 3 months earlier. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.2 inches). Illustrated with 16 full page mono plates, one from a drawing of the discovery by Dr Edward A. Wilson, the rest from photographs. Illustrated map endpapers in the front. A very..... More