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John Lane, The Bodley Head. London. 1918. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7 x 5 inches). Illustrated with four full colour plates and each page decorated with smaller drawings, printed in black and red, by Urquhart. In a fine craft binding of full tan morocco. Spine with raised bands, the compartments decorated..... More
Jonathan Cape. London. 1935. FIRST TRADE EDITION. 4to. Illustrated throughout with portraits, maps, plans and line drawings. Finely bound in recent full tan morocco, raised bands, gilt. Twin red labels, gilt. Single gilt decorative roll border on boards. Top edge gilt. A few light finger marks but overall a very..... More
The Hogarth Press. London. 1959. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Frontispiece and line drawings throughout by John Ward. A fine copy in recent binding of full green morocco. Spine with raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. A lovely, fine copy of this classic account of country life in..... More
Chapman and Hall. Ltd. London. 1927. FIRST EDITION. Small 4to. (7.1 x 5 inches). viii,44pp. Signed presentation inscription from the author, dated september 1928, on the front blank endpaper. Finely bound in early half green calf. Spine with raised bands. Gilt rules, lettering and centre devices to the compartments. Green..... More
Printed for Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London. 1817. FIRST EDITION. Small oblong format with the gatherings in sixes and fours. (5.4 x 3.5 inches). viii, 232pp. Dual French and English text on each page. Original Publishers binding of half black sheep with marbled paper on boards. Printed blue paper label..... More
C. Cooke. London. No date. 1798. FIRST CORBOULD ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 16mo.(5.8 x 3.8 inches). 323, 12pp of publishers adverts. Finely illustrated with four plates, dated 1798, drawn by R. Corbould and engraved by R. Woodman. Beautiful contemporary binding of full tree calf. Spine with multiple ruled lines and decorated in..... More
S.P.C.K. London,1884. FIRST EDITION. Contains essays about Babbage, Watt, Stephenson, Nasmyth and others as well as a chapter on the first steam engine. A few leaves affected by light foxing but overall a very good bright copy in early fine leather binding by Relfe Brothers of London. Full tan calf..... More
For Edmund Parker, Edward Symon, Charles Hitch and John Pemberton. London. 1740. Three volumes. Folio. (14 x 9 inches). Fourth edition. Portrait frontis by Geoffrey Kneller. Lacking the engraved memorial plate. Small worm damage to the outer margin, well away from any printed areas of the first 130 pages of..... More
Ticknor and Fields. Boston.,1855. FIRST U.S EDITION. 8vo. First state adverts dated November 1855 and all text points in first state, including Dove on page 96 and missing letter n from one on page 278. Previous owners inscription, dated Dec.1855, on front blank endpaper. Very good copy finely bound in..... More
Printed by T. C. [Thomas Creede] for W. P. [William Ponsonby]. London. 1595. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Folio. (11.1 x 7.5 inches). x11,222pp. Lacking last, blank, leaf. Decorated with woodcut engraved ornamental title page and engraved head and tailpieces. Tiny (3mm deep) chip to the fore edge of the title page..... More
A.Wilson. London.,1813. 6mo.(5.6 x 3.6 inches). Previous owners name,and date 1857, on front free endpaper. Bound,without half title, in contemporary half red sheep. Spine with gilt ruling, piping, lettering and decorations. Marbled paper on boards. A very good copy in a lovely early binding.:. More
Seeley, Service & Co. Limited. London.,1912. Tenth Edition. 8vo. xvi,421pp. The Authors condensed version of his major work. Illustrated with four portraits and three battle plans. Lovely clean copy in fine early binding, by Relfe Brothers of London, of full dark blue calf. Spine with raised bands, decorated with gilt..... More
Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1907. Reprint of the revised 1891 edition. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). Some foxing to the blank endpapers and to a lesser extent on the first and last couple of pages of text, otherwise clean throughout. Fine attractive early twentieth century binding of full dark..... More
Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1951. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 8vo. (8.2 x 5.8 inches). x, 701pp. Illustrated with seven mono photo portrait plates, six of Mansfield and one of Middleton Murry. Tissue guard to frontis illustration. A fine copy in a fine leather binding by Bayntun (Riviere) of Bath. Full..... More
Verlag von Otto Meissner. Hamburg. 1872. SECOND EDITION. 8vo. (8 x 5.7 inches). Title page, 830pp. A fine clean copy throughout, in a fine leather binding with chemise and clamshell box, by Karl-Heinz Neumann, created circa 1970. Full dark brown Buffalo binding with 5 raised bands to the spine. Compartments..... More
William Heinemann Ltd. London. 1928. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.4 x 5.2 inches). Some minor spotting to a few pages but generally a very good copy in recent binding of full dark blue morocco. Spine with raised bands, compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. --- Stott A37a..... More
William Heinemann Ltd. London. 1961. THREE VOLUMES. Reprint of the 1951 Edition. 8vo. (8.1 x 5.7 inches). Fine and clean set in attractive leather bindings by Bayntun of Bath. Contemporary full blue polished calf. Spines with five raised bands, each with gilt decorative roll. The compartments are ruled, lettered and..... More
William Heinemann Ltd. London. 1951. FIRST EDITION. 3 VOLUMES. 8vo. (8 x 5.6 inches). A little foxing to the first couple of pages of volume three otherwise a near fine set in recent leather bindings of full red morocco, spines with five raised bands, the compartments ruled, lettered and decorated..... More
William Heinemann Ltd. London. 1961. THREE VOLUMES. Reprint of the 1951 Edition. 8vo. (8 x 5.4 inches). Fine and clean set in the rare Publishers delux leather bindings of full red Morocco. Spines with blind ruled bands and lettered in gilt. Gilt stamped Author's symbol device to the front boards..... More
William Heinemann Ltd. London. 1953. FIRST EDITION. THREE VOLUMES. 8vo. (8.1 x 5.4 inches). Fine set in attractive leather bindings of recent full red morocco, the spines with five raised bands. The compartments are ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edges gilt. A finely bound set of this important..... More
John Murray. London. 1853. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. (6.8 x 4.4 inches). vii, 112pp. A very good clean copy in a fine late nineteenth or early twentieth century arts and crafts style leather binding of full red morocco. Spine with decorative floral design in gilt and two curved-edged brown onlay..... More
Maclehose, Jackson & Co. Glasgow.,1924. FIRST EDITION. Inscribed with a poem in Latin and English by the Author to a descendant of Walter Scott. Mounted into the back of the book is an envelope containing a hand written note from the Author to Mr Scott, on Abbotsford headed notepaper, dated..... More
David Bogue. London. 1847 and 1848. TWO VOLUMES. FIRST EDITIONS. 8vo. (9.3 x 6.1 inches). Each volume is finely illustrated with decoration on title page and 12 full page etchings by Cruikshank. Fine, bright and clean copies throughout. Late 19th century fine leather bindings, by Sangorski and sutcliffe, of full..... More
Methuen & Co. London. 1927. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 5 inches). Illustrated throughout with wonderful line drawings by E. H. Shepard. A wonderful fine, fresh and clean copy bound in Publishers special delux full green limp leather binding. Spine fully decorated and lettered in gilt. Double ruled gilt and..... More
