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London: Collins, 1970. [Natural History] REVISED EDITION, third overall. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 272. With 12 double-sided plates, both colour and black and white. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, priced at £2.25. Light spotting and browning to..... More
London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Quarto, with 21 plates in colour and black and white, pp. [14], 91. Publisher's vellum spine with buckram boards, t.e.g. Fine. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Limited Edition of only 150 copies of which this is no.45. More
Tokyo: Ribun Shuppan Co., no date [1994]. [Artefact Catalogue] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (29 x 22cm), pp.[2] 138 [2]. With a title page and summary of contents in English, a series of essays in Japanese at rear, and references given in both languages. With very fine colour photographic images of..... More
Göttingen: Steidl, 2011. [Photography] FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. Quarto (34 x 33cm), pp.728. Publisher's blue, red and yellow cloth with black titles to spine. With the grey cloth-covered slipcase titled in yellow and orange, still in the original shrink wrap. A fine, as-new copy. William Eggleston's standing as one of..... More
London: H Fisher, Son, and P Jackson, 1828. Fourth Edition. Octavo. Bound in calf, with extensive gilt and blind panelling to boards, and decorative gilt to spine with red label and gilt titles. Includes frontispiece portrait of Ellis, two maps and eight plates, and bookplate. Maps in fine condition, bright..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1919, 1920. [Children's] FIRST EDITIONS THUS. 2 volumes, large octavos (26 x 20cm). Tipped-in colour frontispiece to each volume and numerous black and white silhouettes and three-tone illustrations. Publisher's red and yellow pictorial covers, cloth spines lettered in black, illustrated green endpapers to first volume, pictorial dust-wrappers..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1919, 1920. [Children's] FIRST EDITIONS THUS. 2 volumes, large octavos (26 x 20cm). Tipped-in colour frontispiece to each volume and numerous black and white silhouettes and three-tone illustrations. Publisher's red and yellow pictorial covers, cloth spines lettered in black, illustrated green endpapers to first volume. A very..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1919, 1920. [Children's] FIRST EDITIONS THUS. 2 volumes, large octavos (26 x 20cm). Tipped-in colour frontispiece to each volume and numerous black and white silhouettes and three-tone illustrations. Publisher's red and yellow pictorial covers, cloth spines lettered in black, illustrated green endpapers to first volume. A very..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1920. [Children's illustrated classic] FIRST RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto (25 x 19cm), pp.110; [1], imprint; [1], blank. Tipped-in colour plate to first chapter; illustrated throughout with Rackham's silhouettes. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards with cloth spine; titles and decoration in black and pink, illustrated green endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket..... More
London: Trubner and Co., 1871. [Central American Travel] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.518. With 64 wood engravings, including a frontispiece portrait of the author. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. All edges untrimmed. A couple of small pen marks to pastedown, edges a little toned..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Running Press, 2007. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 25cm), pp.192. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. SIGNED by the author in black ink to front free endpaper. Publisher's glossy paper-covered boards with light blue endpapers and matching dust-jacket. Some minor creasing to the top and..... More
London: Andersen Press, 2009. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (24 x 28cm), pp.[26] With naive colour illustrations by Busby to every page. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's matt colour-illustrated paper over boards, with illustrated endpapers, priced at £10.99 (no jacket issued). Some minor..... More
London: Andersen Press, 2009. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (24 x 28cm), pp.[26] With naive colour illustrations by Busby to every page. Publisher's matt colour-illustrated paper over boards, with illustrated endpapers, priced at £10.99 (no jacket issued). A fine, as-new copy. More
Lagos: Church Missionary Society Bookshop, no date [1933]. [Ornithology] FIRST EDITION. Sextodecimo (16 x 12cm), pp.xii; 112. With a fine colour illustration of each bird. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Light spotting to endpapers. Very light rubbing to cloth with a few marks to lower..... More
London: Hutchinson, June 1957. [Nature / Scotland] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. First edition, fifth impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.178 [2]. With frequent in-text illustrations by Sheppard. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Grey illustrated endpapers. With Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown, and a fresh bookplate..... More
London: Bloomsbury, 1991. [Art and Russia] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.191 [1]. With frequent black and white and occasional colour photographs. INSCRIBED by Gilbert & George to Michael Barnett in red ink to half-title. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and upper, and red..... More
Benfleet: F. Lewis. 1935; 1944. SIGNED FIRST EDITION subscribers' copy, number 94 of 200 copies, with associated signed first edition of 'Paintings and Poems'. Text by Fell; poems by Lady Sackville. pp. xx, 55, (44 plates in colour and monochrome); 35, (colour plates to each facing page). 'The Art' in..... More
Kendal: The Maxwell Estate, 1995. [Art Reference] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (32 x 26cm), pp.xvi; 245 [3]. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt decoration to upper board. Decorated endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket. A small gum mark to..... More
New York: Dodd Mead and Company. 1911. Large Quarto, unpaginated, sixteen full page plates. Light pink cloth covers with a darker cloth spine, gilt titles to spine, top edge gilt. Housed in original card box with reproduction of cover image to front. Box show considerable wear with some loss and..... More
London: John G. Murdoch, no date [circa 1870s]. [Devotional Literature] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Quarto (32 x 25cm), pp.[2] xlviii; 874. With 13 colour plates, including a frontispiece. Very large print over two columns. Contemporary brown full morocco with raised bands, and elaborate gilt tooling all over. All edges gilt;..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2016. [James Bond] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xii; 259 [1]. With seven colour plates by Dalton, including a frontispiece. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to title page. Publisher's metallic grey cloth, with silver and bronze titles to spine and upper..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2018. [James Bond] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xii; 274. With seven colour plates by Dalton, including a frontispiece. SIGNED by the acclaimed illustrator in black ink to title page. Publisher's metallic grey cloth, with silver and bronze titles to spine and upper..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2017. [James Bond] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.x; 243 [3]. With seven colour plates by Dalton, including a frontispiece. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to title page. Publisher's metallic grey cloth, with silver and bronze titles to spine and upper..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2020. [James Bond] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xii; 154 [2]. With seven colour plates by Dalton, including a frontispiece. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to title page. Publisher's metallic grey cloth, with silver and bronze titles to spine and upper..... More
Frankfurt/Main: Karl Neuland, no date [circa 1870s]. [German Topography] FINE STEEL ENGRAVINGS. Oblong (24 x 33cm), unpaginated. With 22 fine steel engravings of notable Rhineland cities and monuments, each with a tissue guard facing a page of text. Publisher's green cloth with titles and decoration in black and gilt to..... More