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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
Cambridge University Press. 1950. THREE VOLUMES. Large 8vo. (9.8 x 7 inches). Reprint of the second Edition, originally published in 1925 (Volume 1) and 1927 (volumes 2 and 3). ---- Volume 1. xlvi, 674pp. - Volume 2. xxxi, 742pp. - Volume 3. viii, 491pp. A very clean and fresh set..... More
Printed by John Field. Printer to the University of Cambridge. 1666 and 1668, 1666. FOUR WORKS IN ONE. 4to. (9.2 x 6.8 inches). Book of Common Prayer; title page dated 1666. - Complete. ----- Old Testament; lacks general title, title page and one leaf (a, a2, a3) with text starting..... More
A Cologne, Chez Pierre du Marteau, --- but a fictitious imprint; apparently from the press of Daniel Elzevier. Amsterdam. 1666, 1666. Two volumes. 12mo. (5.6 x 3.2 inches). [24], 644, [50] p.; [8], 482, [26] pp. Lacking the portrait frontis. Finely bound in early nineteenth century full red straight grained..... More
Taylor & Hessey... and Josiah Conder. London. 1816. Sixth edition. 12mo. (6.6 x 4 inches). Engraved frontis, Title page, 160pp. A very good copy in a fine early leather binding of full red straight grained morocco. Spine ruled, lettered and fully decorated in gilt. Both boards with a double blind..... More
George Newnes, Limited. London. 1902, 1902. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.3 x 5 inches). Illustrated with sixteen mono plates by Sidney Paget. A little spotting to a few pages but overall a very good clean copy in recent leather binding of full tan morocco. Five raised bands to spine, which is..... More
Cassell and Company. London. 1942-46, 1942. FIRST EDITIONS of volumes two through to seven. First volume is the tenth edition, published 1943. 7 VOLUMES. Complete set of the war speeches. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY CHURCHILL IN VOLUME ONE (Into Battle), with a V for Victory. ----’Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill..... More
J. M. Dent and Co.. London. 1909, 1909. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. 4to. (11.6 x 8.8 inches). LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY RACKHAM. One of only 750 numbered copies. Beautifully illustrated with 13 mounted colour plates, the frontis with a tissue guard, two full page black and white plates, and 34 line..... More
J. M. Dent and Co.. London. 1909, 1909. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. 4to. (11.5 x 8.8 inches). LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY RACKHAM. One of only 750 numbered copies. Beautifully illustrated with 13 mounted colour plates, the frontis with a tissue guard, two full page black and white plates, and 31 line..... More
Cambridge University Press. 1950. THREE VOLUMES. Large 8vo. (9.7 x 7.1 inches). Reprint of the second Edition, originally published in 1925 (Volume 1) and 1927 (volumes 2 and 3). ---- Volume 1. xlvi, 674pp. - Volume 2. xxxi, 742pp. - Volume 3. viii, 491pp. Some foxing to the first and..... More
Hodder & Stoughton. London. ND (1914). 1914. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11.4 x 9.2 inches). Beautifully illustrated with 25 fine tipped in colour plates, each with a printed tissue guard. The colour plates are mounted onto thick cream paper within a triple ruled gilt and black border. Illustrated mono title page..... More
Printed by Jules Didot, for Baudry. Paris. 1824. FIRST PARIS EDITION. Two volumes. 8vo. (7.4 x 4.7 inches). Vol. 1:xxxix, 344pp. - Vol. 2: viii, 312pp. Very good copies, untrimmed in the original publishers printed wraps. Neat engraved booksellers label (Langues etrangeres vivantes Bobee et Hingray, Libraries, Paris) stuck onto..... More
Printed by Couchman and Fry, for W. Curtis. London. 1788 - 1806, 1788. Volumes 1 to 24, bound in 12 volumes. Later issue of the first volume, with the title page dated 1790. Beautifully illustrated with 966 fine hand coloured plates, a few folding. A handful of pages are browned..... More
George Allen & Unwin; Unwin Hyman; Harper Collins. London. 1983 - 1996. FIRST EDITIONS. 1st impressions. 8vo. 13 volumes. A complete set of the 12 volume History of Middle Earth plus the extra Unfinished Tales volume. Illustrated with texts and maps printed in both Colour and Mono. Original publishers boards..... More
Dean and Munday. and A. K. Newman & Co. London. No date. Circa 1820. NEW EDITION. (5.5 x 3.6 inches).36pp. Fold out plate opposite title page with full page frontispiece and six half page woodcuts, all finely hand coloured, and one small woodcut of the goat on the title page..... More
Printed by J. Fairburn. 110, Minories. (London). No date. 1820 - 1842. (4.6 x 3.6 inches). 8pp, plus publishers green wraps, printed in black to the front panel with title, publisher and woodcut illustration. Unsewn but with the later addition of a pin to keep it all together. Each page..... More
Harris and Son. London. 1820. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. (7 x 4.3 inches). 36pp. Illustrated with hand coloured vignette to the title page and 12 hand coloured woodcuts among the text. Some general thumbing and spotting to most pages. The hand colouring is still bright and vivid throughout. Dis-bound, but complete..... More
W. S. Johnson, 60 St. Martin's Lane, Charring Cross. No date. Circa 1850. (4.7 x 4.2 inches). Two concertina sheets, each printed on one side with 6 hand coloured woodcuts of animals above the accompanying text in each section. Unbound as issued, in pale peach coloured paper wraps with the..... More
Printed by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth Court, 7 Dials. London. - No date. Circa 1830. (3.4 x 2.4 inches). 32pp. Sewn into plain yellow paper wraps. Illustrated with ten wood engraved vignettes and decorative head piece on the first page, plus one leaf with four lines of music, for voice..... More
Macmillan and Co. Cambridge. 1859. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.1 x 5.5 inches). xi, 228pp. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Doyle, including a double page frontispiece. A fine ad clean copy in a fine leather binding by Bayntun of bath. Full dark green Morocco. Spine with raised bands, each with gilt dots..... More
J. Johnson. London. 1796, 1796. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.4 inches). [4], 262, [4], [2] pp. Complete as issued, with the listing of Wollstonecraft's book in the back (her first bibliography). A little spotting to some pages but generally a very good copy in contemporary full brown calf, re-backed..... More
Printed by The Riccardi Press for Philip Lee Warner, publisher to the Medici Society. London. 1914. LIMITED EDITION. Small 4to. (9.1 x 6.6 inches). One of 1000 copies, this number 855, printed eleven point Riccardi fount, on handmade Riccardi paper. A fine and clean copy in a fine recent leather..... More
Heinemann. London. 1908, 1908. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. 4to. (10.1 x 7.7 inches). Colour frontis and thirty nine tipped-in colour plates, each with a printed tissue paper guard, and 30 fine line drawings by Rackham throughout the text, some full page. Finely bound in recent full tan morocco. Spine with raised..... More
George Allen and Unwin Ltd. London. 1946. FIRST U. K EDITION. 8vo.(8.8 x 5.9 inches). 916pp. A lovely clean copy bound in the original publishers oatmeal cloth with brown and yellow stamped lettering panels to the spine. Two neat previous owner names to the front free endpaper otherwise a fine..... More
Oxford at the Clarendon Press. London. 1913. REPRINT of the 1912 first edition. 8vo. (6.9 x 4.6 inches). India paper edition. xvi, 1023pp. A neat five line inscription on the front blank free endpaper, otherwise a clean copy throughout. In a fine early leather binding of half dark blue morocco..... More