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A Short Discourse Concerning Pestilential Contagion, and the Methods to be Used to Prevent it.
London: Printed by Sam Buckley, 1722. EIGHTH EDITION, greatly expanded from previous editons. Octavo, pp.[12] xxxvi, 150 [2]. In contemporary speckled calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to red label on spine and extensive gilt decoration to spine and board borders. Marbled end-papers and all edges gilt. Black ink library..... 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
Cheshire: The Biography of Leonard Cheshire, VC, OM.
London: Viking, 2000. [Military and Humanitarian Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxvi; 530. With 12 black and white photographic plates arranged in three suites. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by..... 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
Parsifal, or the Legend of the Holy Grail retold from Antient Sources. With acknowledgement to the "Parsifal" of Richard Wagner. Presented by Willy Pogany.
London: G.G. Harrap and Co., 1912. [British folklore / Arthurian legend] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 20cm). With sixteen mounted colour plates plus line illustrations and colour printed lithographs. Unpaginated, printed on heavy grey paper. Publisher's grey cloth, pictorially blocked in gilt and colours, top edge gilt. Contents fine but..... More
Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution, and the Means of making it a Benefit to the World. To which is added, a Letter from M. Turgot, late Comptroller-General if the Finances of France: with An Appendix, containing a Translation of the Will of M. Fortune Ricard, lately published in France.
London: T. Cadell, 1785. [Political Philosophy] EARLY EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[2] viii; 156 [4]. Recent speckled calf with raised bands and gilt titles to red label on spine. Library stamp to p.1, title page washed, some annotation to p.153. Some toning and spotting to textblock. Very good. A...... More
The King and I.
New York, NY: Random House, 1951. [Musical] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.146. Publisher's green cloth, top edge green, in pictorial dust-jacket, priced $2.50. Dust-wrapper is toned to spine, with some loss to head of the front panel, chips and tears to rear top edge, minor rubbing. Binding is..... 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
Rolling with the Stones.
London: Dorling Kindersley, 2002. [Rock and Roll]. SIGNED COPY, second impression. Quarto (31 x 26cm), pp.512. Publisher's hardcover pictorial boards and glossy dust wrapper. SIGNED by Bill Wyman in black ink to the half-title. Light staining to the base of the jacket, not externally visible. Very good. An impressive volume..... 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 Plays.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1901. PRIZE BINDING. Octavo, pp.viii; [2]; 455; [1]. Finely bound as a prize binding for Uppingham School by Cross and Beckwith of Leicester in full green calf. Gilt titles to spine on a red morocco square, gilt tooling to spine. gilt crest to upper board, marbled..... More
The Works of the late Right Honourable Sheridan. Including: The Rivals: A Comedy; St. Patrick's Day, or The Scheming Lieutenant: A Farce; The Duenna: A Comic Opera; and A Trip to Scarborough: A Comedy. With Preface by Thomas Moore.
London: John Murray, 1821. FINELY BOUND. Two volumes. Octavo. Contemporary straight grain brown morocco boards with elaborate gilt rule and corner pieces, later respine to style with gilt titles and tooling; marbled end papers and edges. Boards rubbed with some discolouring; corners worn; spine of vol.II slightly faded. Internally clean..... 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
The Guardian.
London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1745. [Newspaper] JANE AUSTEN FAMILY ASSOCIATION. In two volumes. Small octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.362; [10]; pp.369; [15]. Contemporary full speckled calf with gilt volume numbers to spines. Armorial bookplates of Thomas Austen to pastedowns of both volumes. Black ink..... More
Wodehouse at Work to the End.
London: Barrie and Jenkins Limited, 1976. [Literary criticism] REVISED EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.255; [1] blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, photographic dust-jacket designed by D.S. Ward, photograph by John Marmaras, with printed price of £5.95 to flap. Loosely inserted newspaper article clipping from 'The Times'..... More
Wodehouse at Work. A study of the books and characters of P.G Wodehouse across nearly sixty years.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1961. [Non-fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.224; [ii], blank. Publisher's red cloth lettered with gilt on spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Low with a printed price of 21s to flap, Top edge tinted red, photographic frontispiece. Internally clean and bright, corners bumped, small open tear..... More
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Man Overboard! [in] The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine. Volume I, 1898-9.
London: Harmsworth Bros., Limited, 1898-1899. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.viii; 672. With black and white in-text illustrations throughout. Publisher's green cloth with black titles and gilt decoration to spine and upper board. All edges speckled red. Offsetting to endpapers, some ink marks to flyleaf, pencil ownership..... More
The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Margaret Armour.
London: William Heinemann, 1910. [Norse Saga] FIRST RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED EDITION, SIGNED LIMITED ISSUE. Quarto (30 x 24cm). Illustrated with tipped-in colour plates. Publisher's full parchment over boards pictorially blocked in gilt, top edge gilt. A lightly used copy with very gentle spotting, and little marking to covers, silk ties wanting..... More