"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
— Ernest Hemingway

London: Hutchinson, 1965. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.142; [2]. With a double page title illustration, occasional in-text illustrations and dust-jacket design by Blake. In publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine and red illustration to upper board. With original bright red pictorial dust-jacket. Slight reading lean. Jacket price-clipped, with very..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1881. [Children's Illustrated] SECOND UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.viii; 272. With frequent engravings by Renard. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles, and gilt and black decoration to spine and upper. Grey patterned endpapers; all edges gilt. Black ink ownership to flyleaf..... More
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1959. FIRST THUS. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.56. Publisher's illustrated wraps. Pictured throughout by Tove Jansson. A fine copy. The elegant, scarce and desirable Swedish translation of 'The Snark', being illustrated by the much-loved and award-winning creator of the Moomins. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1872 [1871]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[14] 224 [2]. 'Wade' for 'Wabe' p.21. With fifty wood-engraved illustrations by John Tenniel, including a frontispiece. Contemporary red half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to a black label on the spine, and marbled paper..... More
London and Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press c.1910. COLLINS' PENNY LIBRARY Edition, with illustrations by T.H. Robinson and Charles Pears. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.62; [2], advertisements. Colour printed wraps, with adverts to inside covers and rear panel, front cover with illustration by Charles Pears, black and white illustrations within the..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1890. [Children's illustrated] FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.[viii]; 56; [1], blank; [3], An Easter Greeting; [1], Christmas Greetings; [2], ads; [1], Specimen Page. Priced at Four Shillings. With twenty coloured enlargements from Tenniel's illustrations to Alice in Wonderland. Handsomely bound in deep red..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1947. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xiii, 50. With 16 b/w photographic plates detailing some of the highlights of the exhibition. With Foreword and Introduction by Carter and Sadleir. In publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original pink pictorial dust jacket. Chipping and closed tears..... More
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1928. [Illustrated Spanish Literature] FIRST BLISS-ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Small quarto (27 x 21cm), pp.[8] 197 [3]. With occasional wood engraved illustrations by Bliss, some printed in colour. Publisher's salmon quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine and grey paper-covered boards, illustrated in brown to upper..... More
Paris: Chez Le Prieur, Libraire, rue des Mathurins-Saint-Jacques, hôtel de Cluny, 1822. [Morality and Pedagogy] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.333 [1]. All text in French. With six of the eight copper engraved plates, including the frontispiece and decorated title page. Contemporary half marbled calf, with gilt titles to..... More
London: The Fortune Press, no date [1953]. [Topographical Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.64. With eight illustrations by Gurney. INSCRIBED in blue ink to fly-leaf: 'To the Rt Hon. C.R. attlee | with the author's compliments. | 2/1/54.' With Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate..... More
London: Printed by James Flesher for R. Royston, 1662. [English History] FIRST EDITION. Two volumes bound as one. Folio (35 x 24cm), pp.[12] 118; [10] 458 [2]; 733 [7]. Complete with the frontispiece, engraved title page, and three further double-page-spread engraved plates. Also with the title page and preliminaries to..... More
London: George Virtue, 1842. [British Coastal Topography] FINE STEEL ENGRAVINGS. In two volumes. Quarto (28 x 22cm), unpaginated. With 96 of the original 126 steel-engraved plates, including frontispieces and title page vignettes after various artists, engraved by the Finden brothers and Bartlett. One leaf of text faces each engraving, to..... More
London: Bell and Daldy, n.d. (ca.1880). FINELY BOUND. Six volumes, octavo (17 x 11 x 13cm). New and Revised edition of the Aldine Poets, with a memoir by Sir Harry Nicolas. Original red calf, twin title labels, full gilt backs, marbled sides, edges and endpapers. School prize label to pastedown..... More
London: Orchard Books, 2010. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED LIMITED TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Small quarto (29 x 26cm). Number 130 of 1250 copies SIGNED by the author to slipcase. Publisher's colour-illustrated white cloth with red and white titles. With the illustrated white cloth-covered slipcase, priced at £30.00. Book still in the original..... More
London: Puffin, 2014. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 26cm), pp.[32]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, with a small doodle. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards, and red cross-hatched endpapers, priced at £10.99. A fine, as-new copy. More
London: Cassell and Company, 1930. [Colonial Exploration] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xiv; 242. With eight black and white half-tone plates, including a frontispiece, and eight maps. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Heavy spotting to edges, with occasional heavy spotting internally. Light rubbing and some marks..... More
Johannesburg: South African Railways and Harbours, 1929. [African Topography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] xiv; 386 [14]. With 18 colour plates and frequent black and white plates and maps. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Maps to endpapers. A large tear to the first..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1912. First printing of a collection of the main results of Chree's works on Terrestrial Magnetism up to 1912, with several charts and diagrams. Large 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and embossed to upper. A superb copy of a rare book..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1935. [Polar Exploration] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, second state binding. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.265; [3]. With 45 photogravure illustrations including a frontispiece and maps and plans, some folding. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles to spine, and maps to endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket. Spotting..... More
London: Seeley and Co., 1908. [Ancient History] FINELY BOUND, a new edition. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 193 [3]. With nine illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, and occasional in-text illustrations. Contemporary brown full calf, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and marbling to all edges and endpapers..... More
London: Seeley and Co., 1900. [Ancient Military History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 380 [8]. With eight black and white plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles, and gilt and black decoration to spine and upper. Yellow-coated endpapers. Heavy spotting to first and final leaves..... More
London: Henry Renshaw, 1855. [Obstetrics] THIRD EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.ii-xvi; 667 [5]. Lacking the half-title. With 119 in-text wood engravings. Recently rebound in brown buckram with the original gilt and blind-decorated cloth laid over boards and spine. New endpapers; all edges untrimmed. Occasional moderate spotting; lightly browned..... More
London: Seeley and Co., 1907. [Topography and University History] FINE PRIZE BINDING, a new edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 325 [3]. With 34 engravings and etchings, including a frontispiece. Contemporary green full calf for Croydon High School, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, and a gilt school crest..... More
Tunbridge Wells: J. Clifford, 1829. [Town Guide] FIFTH EDITION. Small Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.[6] viii; 188. With 22 engravings, including four folding plates, a vignette title page, and a frontispiece folding map. Not including an engraving of the Royal Kent Hotel, but with two engravings of Mereworth House. Contemporary..... More
Glasgow: David Bryce and Son, 1894. [Bibles] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x cm), pp.xvi; 316; 25 card leaves, two with illustrated title pages for the New and Old Testaments, two blank the rest with four illustrations per page. Publisher's tan buckram, blocked in black and gilt to spine and upper..... More