Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. London. 1820. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. (7.7 x 4.7 inches). xiv, 268pp, xxiv of publishers adverts. Hand coloured copper engraved frontis and title page by W. Read. Tissue guard to frontis is torn, without loss, to the margin. Two folding tables and one engraving, of... More about A TREATISE ON THE ART OF BREWING. Exhibiting the London Practice of Brewing, Porter, Brown,...

Press of J. B. Lippincott. Philadelphia. USA. circa 1872. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11 X 7.9 inches). 134pp. Illustrated with engraved frontis and several smaller wood engraved illustrations throughout the text, plus 16 albumen photographic prints of Locomotives, each mounted onto a card page with the technical details for that engine... More about ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF LOCOMOTIVES. M. Baird & Co., Philadelphia. -- Matthew Baird, George...

Blackie & Son Limied. London.,1935. FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION. Large 8vo (8.8 x 7 inches). A very good copy in publishers blue cloth, lettered in yellow.In the rare original dustwrapper which has a couple of repaired tears and some creasing to the edges but is overall in very good condition... More about THE RESTLESS UNIVERSE. Translated by Winifred M. Deans

Taylor & Hessey.London.,1819. Second edition.First few leaves are a little foxed but overall a clean copy.Fore and lower edges uncut.Original publisher's brown paper covered boards with printed label to spine.The paper label is complete but the lettering has faded .Joints cracked but holding.Published anonymously,Buckland is listed as the author in..... More about LETTERS ON THE IMPORTANCE, DUTY AND ADVANTAGES OF EARLY RISING. Addresses to Heads of Families,...

James Hedderwick & Son. Glasgow. 1836. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. 8vo. (7.1 x 4.4 inches). 172pp, i (publishers advert). A very good, uncut copy in the publishers brown morocco grained cloth with printed paper label to the spine. Several gatherings unopened. A little chipping to the label but overall a very... More about SLAVERY. From the Boston (U.S.) second edition, revised by the Author

Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1898. FIRST EDITION of Churchill's rare first book. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.3 inches). Later state with the errata slip at the front of the book and publishers adverts dated 3/98. Frontispiece portrait and 6 maps. One of the folding maps is frayed to the blank... More about THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE. An episode of Frontier War

McClelland & Stewart. Ltd. Toronto, Canada. 1956-58. LIMITED EDITION SET. Four volumes. First Canadian Editions. 8vo. --- Each volume one of 350 presentation copies signed by the Publisher, John McClelland, on a bound in sheet at the start of each volume and presented to the same recipient, who worked at... More about A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES. The New World.; The Age of Revolution.; The Great...

Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1900. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.3 inches). Portrait frontis. Ten maps and plans (one folding). 32pp of publishers adverts dated 7/00 at end of book. Previous owners neat ink name written on the blank front free endpaper and some browning to the blank endpapers... More about IAN HAMILTON`S MARCH. Together with extracts from the Diary of Lieutenant H. Frankland. A...

Thornton Butterworth Limited. London. 1930. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 2nd state, with 12 titles by Churchill listed on the half title. Illustrated throughout with maps and portraits. A clean and bright copy, Finely bound in recent full red morocco leather. Spine with five raised bands. Compartments ruled, lettered and decorated with... More about MY EARLY LIFE. A Roving Commission

Baynard Press. London. 1940. FIRST EDITION. Publishers printed stapled wraps. 16pp. Neat previous owner names to the front cover otherwise very good indeed. Staples a bit rusted but still firm. Overall a very good copy of this fragile pamphlet. Housed in a felt lined clamshell box with black morocco spine... More about A SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER......IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, AUGUST 20th 1940

Thornton Butterworth Limited. London. 1932. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. A fine, clean copy internally in publishers original green cloth, the spine and front board lettered in gilt. Edges of boards a little rubbed and there is a very thin score mark to the front board but overall a very good copy... More about THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES

Cassell and Company. London. 1941-61. FIRST EDITIONS. 12 VOLUMES. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.6 inches). Complete set of the war time and the post war speeches. Clean and bright throughout. Finely bound in recent leather bindings of full dark blue morocco. Spines with raised bands. Compartments ruled and decorated with Rampant... More about WAR SPEECHES & POST WAR SPEECHES. Into Battle.; The Unrelenting struggle.; The End of the...

Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1941 and 1944. Three volumes. The rare Three-Volume, War time, Macmillan Abridged Reprint Edition in Dust Jackets. First and third volumes are the first Macmillan issues, the second is a 1944 reprint of the 1941 Macmillan issue. Illustrated throughout all 3 volumes with folding maps... More about THE WORLD CRISIS. -- THE AFTERMATH. -- THE UNKNOWN WAR. 1911-1918. Abridged and revised with an...