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Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean.
London: George Routledge, 1847. [Exploration] FIRST EDITION SHEETS LATER ISSUE. Two volumes bound as one, crown octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xvi, 312; pp.viii, 321; [3]. In a secondary binding of blue leather grained cloth, gilt titles to spine. Seemingly bound from the first edition sheets printed by Samuel Bentley for..... More
The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairy Land.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., no date [1884]. [Children's illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Slim quarto 25 x 19cm), pp.56. With engravings after drawings by Doyle to every page, many printed in colour, including the frontispiece and title page vignette. Publisher's illustrated paper covered boards, plain brown cloth spine, illustrated endpapers. Both..... More
Up, Into The Singing Mountain.
Doubleday, New York 1960. Tall 8vo. From the Library of Richard Kayne, with his intials in gilt to corner of upper boards. Finely bound for SOTHERANS (probably by Bayntun) in half grey calf, gilt, panelled spines, title labels, cloth boards, original endpapers bound in, slight rubbing else fine. FIRST EDITION..... More
None But The Lonely Heart.
London: Michael Joseph. 1943. First edition, one of two hundred and fifty copies printed on handmade paper and signed by the author. Octavo, pp. 360. Pale yellow publisher's cloth cover with gilt titles on a red leather square to spine. Top edge gilt, all others untrimmed. Slight lean to the..... More
Colbran's New Visitor's Map of Tunbridge Wells, Shewing the Walks and Drives.
Tunbridge Wells: Printed and Published by John Colbran, no date [circa 1845]. [Kent Map] ORIGINAL TOWN MAP. Lithographed by S. Straker. With a list of rides and drives to local attractions and villages, and a list of 'local works recently published.' Eighteen individual squares backed onto the original linen sheet..... More
The Land of the Pharoahs, including a sketch of Sinai drawn with Pen and Pencil.
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1887. Quarto. Bound in publisher's brown cloth, decorated with Egyptian motifs in gilt and black including a mummy, a mosque, an arab boy and a raft on the Nile; with titles in gilt to spine, and gilt detail of a minaret; all edges gilt, floral..... More
The Adventures of Judith Lee.
London, Methuen. 1916. First edition. 8vo. 314pp + 32pp ads. Publisher's light blue cloth titled in black to spine. Near fine copy with minor edgewear and bumping to spine ends. Internally clean, light offsetting to endpapers, very minor spotting to page edges.A remarkably handsome copy of a scarce collection of..... More
The Chase of The Ruby.
London, R.A. Everett. 1904. Thriller. Early edition. Publisher's decorated red cloth slightly darkened to spine and with some rubbing to extremities. A tight clean copy, pages toned, edges untrimmed. A lesser known adventure from the author of The Beetle. HUBIN; Crime Fiction IV. More
Garnered.
London. Methuen. 1904. Short stories, some criminous. First Colonial Edition. 8vo. Publisher's dark green cloth titled in gilt to spine, lightly worn to extremities with tape residue to rear panel. Essentially clean, strong and bright. A collection of Marsh stories including a couple of weird and fantastic ones; A Little..... More
Army Diary 1899-1926
London: Oliver and Boyd 1960. FIRST EDITION. Royal Octavo. Pp.viii; 301; [3], blank. With 39 black and white plates and 25 maps printed in colour. Publisher's red cloth in pictorial jacket. A used copy with ownership label, note card and military photograph attached to flyleaf; jacket worn but without the..... More
Army Diary 1899-1926.
London: Oliver and Boyd, 1960. [Travel/Military] FIRST EDITION. Royal Octavo. Pp.viii; 301; [3], blank. With 39 black and white plates and 25 maps printed in colour. Publisher's red cloth in pictorial jacket. Minor shelfwear, internally very clean, jacket a little nicked and rubbed, faded to spine. Colonel Richard Henry Meinertzhagen..... More
Kenya Diary 1899-1926.
London: Oliver and Boyd, 1957. [Travel/Military] FIRST EDITION. Royal Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.viii; 347; [1], blank. With black and white plates and maps throughout. Publisher's brown cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. Bookplate of T.R. Young bearing the Latin text of "always something new from Africa". Book is near fine, jacket..... More
Middle East Diary 1917 to 1956.
London: The Cresset Press, 1959. First Edition. Octavo. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with red title label to spine. Dust wrapper shows menorah and title to front cover, titles to spine, and review of "The Seat of Pilate" by John Marlowe to rear cover; unprice-clipped, originally priced 35 s. Binding..... More
Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland, from the Arrival of the English: Also, a Particular Detail of that which Broke Out the XXIIId of May, MDCCXCVIII; with the History of the Conspiracy which Prededed it, and the Characters of the Principal Actors in it. To this Edition is Added, a Concise History of the Reformation in Ireland; and Considerations on the Means of Extending its Advantages Therein.
Dublin: Printed by Robert Marchbank, for John Milliken [etc.], 1801. SECOND EDITION. Quarto, pp.[2] x, 636; 210 [10]. With 10 folding maps and plans. Also with a large section of appedixes and an unpaginated index. In contemporary tan full calf, recently re-backed with the original boards, and the original spine..... More
The Real War.
New York, NY: Warner Books, 1980. [Politics] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.x; 341; [1], blank. Publisher's red cloth with map endpapers, printed dust-wrapper. With warm presentation note to half-title; "To Sheila MacKellow | with best wishes | from | Richard Nixon | 1-8-81". Near..... More
RN. The Memoirs of Richard Nixon.
New York, NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1978. [Politics] INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xii; 1120; [2]. Publisher's blue cloth in printed dust-wrapper priced $19.95. Three black and white photographic sections. Third printing. With warm presentation note to half-title; "To Sheila MacKellow | with appreciation for her |..... More
Seize The Moment. America's Challenge In a One-Superpower World.
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1992. [Politics] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.322. In a leather-style binding blocked in gilt, likely by The Easton Press (although unspecified). With warm presentation note to half-title; "To Sheila MacKellow | with appreciation for her | loyal friendship..... More
Una Troubridge: The Friend of Radclyffe Hall.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. [Literary Biography] INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY, First Edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xviii; 340; [2]. With eight double-sided black and white photographic plates. INSCRIBED by the author: 'For dear Anne, who was "in" / at the very beginning. Hope / you enjoy reading it. / Richard. 21..... More
The World Cup of Everything.
London: Coronet, 2017. [Trivia / Quiz] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.[6] 391 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's illustrated cloth (no jacket as issued), priced at £14.99. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover. Corners lightly bumped. Near fine. A...... More
Barbara Rae Sketchbooks.
London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2011. [Art Reference] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 25cm), pp.148. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's navy cloth with silver titles to spine and upper. Illustrated endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket, not priced. Light bumping to corners; near fine. More
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey; A Journey to Music's Heart and Soul.
New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2001. [Music reference] FIRST US EDITION. Quarto (27 x 21cm), pp.400. Paper boards illustrated with photographs of Wyman and the American South. Dust jacket reproduces illustrations from boards. A lovely fine copy. Written by the former Rolling Stones' bassist, 'Rhythm Kings' bandleader, Jazz and blues aficionado..... More
The King of the Golden River, or, the Black Brothers. A Legend of Stiria.
London: George Allen, 1904. [Fairy Tale] DECORATIVE CLOTH. Later reprint, the twenty-ninth thousand. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.64. With 22 wood engravings by Richard Doyle, including a frontispiece and vignette title page. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Plain bookplate of Michael Van Grutten to front..... More
The Speech of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq., in the House of Commons, (8th December 1802) on the Motion for the Army Establishment for the Ensuing Year.
London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1802. [Commons Speech] ORIGINAL PAMPHLET. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.22 [2]. Paper cover, priced at 6d, sewn. In an early twentieth-century brown cloth chemise case with the armorial bookplate of Viscount Esher (1852-1930). Gilt titles to spine. Heavy spotting to covers. Edges rough and dog-eared..... More
Sketches of the Irish Bar.
New York, NY: Redfield, 1854. FIRST EDITION. In two volumes. Crown octavo, pp.[2], 388 [2]; pp.[2], 380 [2]. With a facsimile letter from MacKenzie as a frontispiece. In publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Bookplates of H. Scofield to front pastedown of each vol. Light spotting throughout. Light..... More
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None of Maigret's Business. [Maigret Enjoys Himself].
New York, NY: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, 1958. [Crime Fiction] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[2] 184 [6]. Publisher's mint green leatherette with yellow titles to spine. With the striking dust-jacket illustrated by Erza Jack Keats, priced at $2.95. Blue ink ownership to..... More