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Methuen Children's Books. London.,1974. FIRST COLOUR EDITION. Large 8vo (9.5 x 6.4 inches). Originally published in 1928, uncoloured, Shepard coloured his own line illustrations for this edition. A fine clean copy in fine leather binding of recent full dark green morocco, spine with five raised bands, the compartments ruled, decorated..... More
William Pickering. London. 1839. THREE VOLUMES. 8vo. (6.5 x 4.2 inches). Portrait frontis in volume one. Printed by Charles Whittingham, London. Attractively bound in contemporary half black calf with gilt ruling, decoration and lettering to spines. Dark green title labels, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Some foxing to blank endpapers..... More
J and R. Tonson. London. 1761. NEW EDITION. Three 4to volumes. (11.9 x 9.6 inches). Vol.1. lxxix, xxii,491pp; - Vol.2. 460pp, 116pp indexes; - Vol.3. 690pp, iipp index. (2 of the last 2 leaves, 4T & 4Ti have been bound in. One in the correct place at the end of..... More
Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1939, 1939. EARLY EDITION. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.8 inches). Some offsetting to the blank free endpapers and neat previous owner name, dated 1939 to front free endpaper otherwise a very good clean copy in the publishers original delux leather binding of full purple roan leather..... More
Harper & Row. New York.,1965. FIRST U.S. EDITION. Illustrated with 8 maps, including 2 on endpapers, and 32 mono photo plates. Fine copy in dustwrapper. The book is protected in a red cloth chemise housed in a red morocco spined slip case, made by James Macdonald Co. New York. Spine..... More
Cassell & Company, Limited. 1892. Reprint. (Twenty-eighth thousand). 8vo. (7.3 x 4.9 inches). viii, 1104pp. Some light foxing to the last few pages of the index otherwise a very good bright copy in a fine decorative leather binding. Full tan mottled calf. Spine with raised bands, ruled in gilt. Red..... More
Printed for Edward Orme. London. 1815. FIRST EDITION. Folio (469 x 310 mm). Late 19th-century dark brown morocco-grain half skiver professionally refurbished, marbled sides, gilt edges, drab grey endpapers. Additional engraved title page (incorporating a large double-headed Russian eagle), 20 hand coloured aquatint plates by Clark & Dubourg after Mornay;..... More
The Golden Cockerel Press, London. 1945. FIRST GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS EDITION. 4to. (12.3 x 7.1 inches). Two volumes bound as one. Limited edition, this being number 61 of 500 numbered sets, beautifully printed in Perpetua types on Arnold mould-made paper. Wood engraved title page vignettes by John Buckland-Wright, collotype portrait..... More
George Doran and Company. New York. 1925. SIGNED, LIMITED EDITION. 4to. (12.3 x 10.2 inches). One of only 600 copies, numbered and signed by Kay Nielsen. Illustrated with 12 beautiful full page colour plates, each with a printed tissue guard. Ten mono plates. Red and black title page and initial..... More
Printed by A. Strahan for J. Butterworth and Son. London.,1814. THREE VOLUMES. 8vo. Vol.1. xlviii,566pp,8pp ads; Vol.2.xxiv,622pp; Vol.3.xvi,374pp. Minor hole to prelim pages of volume one otherwise a clean tight set in contemporary brown calf bindings with ruled lines & numbering, and red title labels, all in gilt, to the..... 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
The Limited editions club. New York. 1947. LIMITED EDITION. One of 1500 copies, signed by the Illustrator. Large 8vo. (9.3 x 6.3 inches). Illustrated with 16 full page colour plates and several other line drawings throughout the text. A bright and clean copy in a beautiful fine leather binding by..... More
Angus & Robertson Ltd. London.,1914. EARLY REPRINT. 8vo.(7.1 x 4.9 inches). Fine leather binding by Birdsall of rull red crushed morocco. Spine with raised bands,e ach with gilt piping.Compartments ruled and lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers.Inner boards with double gilt rule. Board edges piped in gilt. All edges gilt. Neat..... More
J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd. London. 1948. REPRINT of 1928 Everyman edition. 8vo. (6.8 x 4.3 inches). Finely bound bound in late twentieth century half dark green calf by Brian Frost and co. in Bath. Spines with raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments ruled, with twin red labels..... More
John Lane The Bodley Head. London. 1908. Fourth edition of the Le Gallienne edition. 8vo. (7.5 x 4.8 inches). xv, 95pp. Neat previous owner 3 line inscription, dated 1911, to a front blank prelim, and some very light foxing to the blank endpapers, otherwise a clean and bright copy throughout..... More
Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1905. Reprint. 8vo. (6.1 x 4.1 inches). Finely bound, by Bumpus of London, in attractive early full dark green crushed morocco, extra gilt. The spine with raised bands, ruled in gilt. Compartments fully ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Elaborate Persian fan design to boards..... More
A.& C. Black. Ltd. London.,1940. Reprint. 8vo.(7.3 x 5.2 inches). Eight colour plates by James. Finely bound, for Hatchard's of London,in early half blue morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt. Blue coth on boards. Top edge gilt. A very good,attractively bound copy.:. 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
W. Feales(1st, 2nd & 4th plays)and G. Strahan(3rd play). 1735. 8vo. Four volumes in one, each with its own frontispiece (by A. Vanhaecken) and title page. Bound in recent half brown speckled calf, raised bands, red label, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. A very good clean copy. More
F. and C. Rivington. London. 1792. FIRST EDITION. 8vo.(8.5 x 5.2 inches). iv, 60pp. Complete with the half title. A clean and wide margined copy in a recent leather binding of full dark brown sprinkled calf. Double blind ruled borders on boards. Spine with gilt rules and decoration either side..... More
J. S. Jordan. London. 1791. THIRD EDITION. Small 4o.( 8 x 5.2 inches). x, 7-171pp. Printed part of the half title present but cropped to half an inch above and three quarters of an inch below the printed text. Title page with a small area, presumably a previous owners name..... More
J. S. Jordan. London. 1791 & 92. Two works in one volume. Small 4o.( 8.3 x 5.4 inches). The first title-complete with half title, iii-x, 7-171pp. The second part without half title. iii-xvi, 178pp, including the 4pp appendix. ---- Third Jordan printing of the first part, after the rare Johnson..... More
J. S. Jordan. London. 1791 & 1792, 1791. FIRST EDITION, first printing of the second part, Fourth edition of the first. Two works bound in one volume. Small 4to.(8.4 x 5.4 inches). The first title; Bound without half title, viii, 8-171pp. -- The second title; xvi, including half title with..... More
Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. London.,1932. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated with 22 plates including a full colour frontis, by various artists. Contains writings by many authors, including Izaak Walton, John Buchan, William shakespeare, Neville Cardus, Bernard Darwin, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and many others. Sports covered include Boxing, Archery, Tennis..... More
Printed at the Apollo Press, Edinburgh, for John Bell.,1778. FIRST PRINTING OF BELL'S EDITION. 2 vols. 6mo. (5.1 x 3.3 inches). Engraved portrait frontis in volume one. Both volumes with extra illustrated title page. Beautiful contemporary bindings of full tree calf. Spines ruled and decorated in gilt. Red and green..... More