History & Biography
History of the French Revolution, and of the Wars produced by that Memorable Event; From the commencement of Hostilities in 1792, to the Second Restoration of Louis XVIII. and the Deportation of Napoleon Buonaparte to the Island of St. Helena, including a complete account of the War between Great Britain and America; and the Memorable Battle of Waterloo, to which are appended Biographical Sketches of the Heroes of Waterloo, and other distinguished public characters. The whole compiled from official state-papers and other authentic sources; and embellished with a series of Equestrian Portraits, Historical Engravings, and coloured Maps.
London: printed for Thomas Kelly, 1817. [European History] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Complete in two volumes. Quarto (27 x 22cm), pp.[4] 732; pp.[2] 733-1441 [1]. With 61 engraved plates, including a frontispiece to volume I and eight coloured maps, some folding. Bound in highly attractive contemporary marbled calf, with gilt..... More
Kennedy's Messages 1963. Edited, with a Foreword by Edwin Reischauer.
[Japan], 1963. [Politics] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.155. With three black and white photographic plates [JFK, 88th Congress and Ambassador Reischauer]. Text in English, followed by Japanese, each segment with separate title-page printed on green card. Bound in dark blue silk, blocked in silver-gilt to spine and upper..... More
The Man Who Supercharged Bond.
Yeovil: Haynes Publishing, 2009. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.352. With two suites of sixteen photographic plates. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and grey endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £25. A fine, as-new copy. Subtitled 'The Extraordinary story of Charles Amherst Villiers', this..... More
The Man Who Supercharged Bond.
Yeovil: Haynes Publishing, 2009. [Biography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.352. With two suites of sixteen photographic plates. With presentation note SIGNED by the author to half-title; To Chris // Hope you enjoy / the book / as much as Amherst's old Type 35! / Best wishes /..... More
The Man Who Supercharged Bond.
Yeovil: Haynes Publishing, 2009. [Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, inscribed 'with best wishes'. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.352. With two suites of sixteen photographic plates. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title, together. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and grey endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced..... More
Visions of Gerard and Tristessa. Two Short Novels.
London: André Deutsch Limited, 1964. [Modern Literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by William Belcher with printed price 18s to flap. Light spotting to textblock edge, fading to board top edge, minor rolling. Wear and..... More
The Destroyer and A Cargo Of Nations.
London: Privately Printed by Messrs. Hatchard, 1909. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Slim octavo (17 x 14cm), pp.[4] 43 [1]. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt titles to upper, gilt ruling, brown silk ribbon, top edge gilt; others untrimmed. Toning to endpapers, else internally clean. Slight rubbing to spine, bumping to corners, minor..... More
And Hell Followed... A European Ally interprets the War for Ordinary People like herself.
London: Constable and Company, 1942. [Second World War] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 296. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine. With the explosive red and white dust-jacket. Blue ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, bookseller's ticket to pastedown. Edges lightly spotted and abraded. Very light..... More
Miscellanies. Reprinted Chiefly from 'Fraser's Magazine' and the 'North British Review.'
London: John W. Parker and Son, 1859. [Essays] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4] 407 [9]; pp.[4] 389 [3]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines, and blind decoration to boards. Brown-coated endpapers; all edges untrimmed. Armorial bookplate of Horace Noble Pym to front pastedown..... More
Kipling's Message.
London: W.H. Smith & Son, 1918. [Wartime Speech] ORIGINAL PAMPHLET. Duodecimo (15 x 9cm), pp.[12]. Publisher's plain soft covers, stapled once. Staple oxidised, and a small black ink ownership to front cover. The lightest of handling. Near fine. The transcription of a short speech given by Kipling at Folkestone on..... More
The Optician of Lampedusa.
London: Allen Lane, 2016. [Mediterranean Migrant Crisis] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.[6] 116 [6]. Publisher's yellow paper over spine, titled in black, with blue and white paper over boards, and blue endpapers. A few minor bumps and marks to covers. Near fine. The harrowing true story of a...... More
Historical Records of The Buffs Royal East Kent Regiment (3rd Foot) Formerly Designated The Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment 1919-1948.
London: The Medici Society, 1951. [Regimental History, Second World War] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xxiv; 512. With 21 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece, and 20 maps, many folding. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt regimental crest stamped to upper. With..... More
An Historical Relation of Ceylon, together with somewhat concerning Severall Remarkeable passages of my life that hath hapned since my Deliverance out of my Captivity.
Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1911. [Sri Lankan Ethnography] FIRST THUS, a presentation copy. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.lxviii; 460. With 23 illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, a folding facsimile of the title page of the first edition, and a large folding map at rear. Publisher's red cloth with gilt..... More
Yachting round the West of England.
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1865. FIRST EDITION WITH TIPPED-IN INSCRIPTION. Octavo, pp.vi; 313; [1]; [12] of adverts. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration, professionally rebacked. Coloured frontispiece and black and white title page vignette. Some light spotting, mostly to prelims, occasional marking to the text-block, with an..... More
Espagne, depuis L'Expulsion des Maures jusqu'a L'Annee 1847 [Spain, from the expulsion of the Moors until the year 1847]; Iles Baleares et Pithyuses; Sardaigne; Corse: L'Univers, ou Histoire et Description de tous les Peuples, de Leurs Religions, Moeurs, Costumes, etc.
Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1850. EARLY EDITION. Octavo, pp.413; 27; 49; 144. With 55 engraved plates to rear. Text in French. In contemporary quarter tan calf with gilt titles to black labels on spine. Marbled boards and end-papers. Black ink ownership inscription to title page. Gilt nearly all worn from..... More
A Sketch of some Late Arrangements, and a View of the Rising Resources, in Bengal.
London: John Stockdale, 1792. First Edition; 8vo. Uncut in original grey boards with a recent cloth spine, paper title label and end papers; edges untrimmed. Markings to boards, corners bumped and frayed. Red stamp to verso of title page. A clean and sound copy. More
The Mint, by 352087 A/c Ross. A Day-book of the R.A.F. Depot between August and December 1922 with later notes.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. [History] FIRST EDITION. Small Quarto (25 x 19cm), pp.206. Publisher's air force blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and RAF wings motif in blind to upper board, top edge blue. Cream dust jacket featuring black and mauve titles, priced at 17/6. Some minor spotting, a...... More
T.E. Lawrence To His Biographer, Robert Graves [and] Liddell Hart. Information about himself, in the form of letters, notes and answers to questions, edited with a critical commentary.
London: Faber and Faber, 1938. [Letters and Biography] SIGNED LIMITED EDITIONS. Two volume box set. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[2] x; 187 [1]; pp.[2] x; 233 [3]. Each with a black and white frontispiece, and printed on fine, handmade paper. Both being copy 172 of 1000 thus, SIGNED by Graves..... More
Oriental Assembly.
London: Williams and Norgate, 1939. [Travel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xii; 291;[1]. With four illustrations including frontispiece, as well as 111 photographic images on plates. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, top edge tinted black. Typographic dust-jacket with titles in black to spine and upper..... More
Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. [Arabian Travel] FIRST TRADE EDITION, following the privately published edition of 1926. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.672. With 54 plates and four folding maps. Complete with appendices and index. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt crossed scimitar motif to upper board reading..... More
Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. [Arabian Travel / History] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST TRADE EDITION, following the privately published edition of 1926. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.672. With 54 plates and four folding maps. Complete with appendices and index. Recently bound in mid brown half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to red..... More
Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. [Arabian Travel] FIRST TRADE EDITION, following the privately published edition of 1926. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.672. With 54 plates and four folding maps. Complete with appendices and index. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, gilt scimitars and motto motif to upper board, top edge..... More
Revolt in the Desert.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. [First World War] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.[2] 446. With 16 black and white plates, including a frontispiece, and a folding map at rear. Publisher's tan cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge tinted brown, others untrimmed. Crisp and clean internally..... More
The History of Little England Beyond Wales, the Non-Kymric Colony Settled in Pembrokeshire.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1888. [Welsh History] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 24cm), pp.xvi; iv; 458 [2]. With frequent in-text wood engravings, and occasional full page plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind decoration to boards. All edges untrimmed; brown endpapers. Armorial..... More
Allemagne. L'Univers, ou Histoire et Description de tous les Peuples, de leurs Religions, Moeurs, Coutumes, etc.
Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1838-39. [German history] EARLY EDITION. In two volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4]; 495; [1]; pp.[4]; 480. All text in French. With 100 steel engraved plates at the rear of each volume, and two folding maps to volume II. Contemporary tan quarter calf with gilt titles..... More