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Cambridge University Press. 1920. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.9 x 5.8 inches). Neat previous owner name to the top of the front blank free endpaper and a neat 4 line inscription on the verso of the same leaf. Some pages with neat pencil marking to the margins (which could be easily..... More
Printed by W. Nicol, late Bulmer & Co. London. 1822, 1822. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9.3 x 6.1 inches). Illustrated title, 56pp, 7 full page engravings, each with a plain tissue guard. Aside from some light spotting to the tissue guards this is a bright and clean copy throughout. Finely bound..... More
Heinemann. London. 1977, 1977. FIRST EDITION. 3 large 8vo volumes. (9.2 x 6.3 inches). Publishers red cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Fine bright copies in original dustwrappers which have sun fading to the lettering on the spines, as often found with these volumes, making the lettering barely readable, and..... More
Victor Gollancz Ltd. London. 1936, 1936. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (10.4 x 8.1 inches). Illustrated with 73 wood engravings by Miller Parker. Some foxing to the blank endpapers and to the first and last few pages otherwise a very good clean copy in a fine leather binding by Leighton - Straker..... More
1941: Cassell and Company. Ltd. London. 1941. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.8 inches). Portrait frontis. Publishers blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. A fine, crisp and unread copy. Neat previous owner armorial bookplate to the front pastedown endpaper. In a very near fine dustwrapper with just one..... More
Methuen & Co. Ltd. London. 1920. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.2 inches). Portrait frontis and five line diagrams within the text. 8pp of publishers adverts at the back of the book. There is some offsetting to the blank endpapers and the front inner hinge is cracked, but still..... More
Williams and Norgate. London. 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 has..... 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
Printed by G. M. (George Miller) for George Edwards in the Old Baily in Greene-Arbour at the sign of the Angell. London. 1639, 1639. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.7 inches). Portrait frontis, xx, 495, 23pp of index - complete. Editors' dedication page is signed: Thomas Goodwin, Philippus Nye. ----..... 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
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
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
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
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
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
Macmillan and co. Limited. London. 1930. FIRST EDITION. Two Volumes. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.7 inches). A small brown stain to the very edge of about a dozen leaves at the beginning of volume one, but well away from the text block, otherwise a clean, bright and tight set in the..... More
Bradbury, Evans & Co. London. - No date. Circa 1901. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (13 x 10.2 inches). Illustrated with 116 full page plates, many larger and fold-out. Finely bound in attractive early binding of full tan morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt dots. The compartments with single..... More
Macmillan & Co.Limited. London. 1959. ABRIDGED EDITION. Reprint. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.7 inches) .xiv,756pp. Neat previous owner name and date on front blank free endpaper, otherwise a fine clean copy throughout. Finely bound in full tan calf by Bayntun of Bath. Raised bands with gilt wavy lines on the spine..... More
J. B. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia. 1914, 1914. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Large 8vo. (8.8 x 7 inches). Illustrated with 8 beautiful full page colour plates, each with a printed tissue guard, 104 line drawings throughout the text, plus illustrated endpapers at the front and back, all by Charles Robinson. Small bookseller..... More
Dobson and Co. London. 1820. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. [2], [11]-194, [492] pages. There is an error in the pagination: 44-73 are omitted in the page numbering but the text is complete. Illustrated with engraved portraits of Queen Caroline (frontispiece) and Bergami, and a large hand coloured folding plate showing a...... More