History & Biography
The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott. Edited, with the Author's Latest Corrections, by John Foster Kirk.
London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., no date [circa 1890s]. [History] FINELY BOUND. Twelve volumes, octavo (23 x 16 x 45cm). Beautifully bound by Bayntun for Lauriat Booksellers in tan half calf over marbled boards, gilt titles on contrasting morocco squares and extra gilt to spines, top edges gilt, marbled..... More
The Godfather Papers, and Other Confessions [Author's Master Galley Proof].
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1972. [Literary Autobiography] MASTER GALLEY PROOF. 94 loose sheets 65 x 20cm, roneo'd to one side only, with frequent corrections and notes by the author in thick red and blue ink, and by the printer in black ink and red pencil. Impossibly long sheets are..... More
Account of Mr. Pybus's Mission to the King of Kandy, in 1762. Printed from the Records of the Madras Government.
Colombo: W. Skeen, Government Printer, 1862. [Sri Lanka] FIRST PRINTED EDITION. Duodecimo booklet (17 x 11cm), pp.[8] 113 [3]. Publisher's light blue card, sewn, with titles to upper. Gently toned throughout. Light wear and spotting to covers. A rare survival, last seen at auction in 2008. Very good. An official..... More
A Nation and its Navy at War.
New Delhi: Lancer International, 1987. [India Naval Warfare] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2] 190. Maps to endpapers. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at 140 Rs. Light handling, with some dulling to gilt. Near fine. An assessment of Indian naval prowess..... More
Antiente Epitaphes (from A.D. 1250 to A.D. 1800). Collected and sett forth in Chronological order.
London: Joseph Masters and Co., 1878. [Headstone epitaphs] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[10]; 196; [2]. With a folding facsimile frontispiece. Contemporary blue half calf with gilt titles to maroon label on spine. Marbled paper over boards; all edges speckled red; grey endpapers. A small, neat repair to frontispiece..... More
A Manual of Ancient History, From the Earliest Times, to the Fall of the Western Empire. Comprising the History of Chaldea, Assyria, Media, Babylonia, Lydia, Phoenicia, Syria, Judea, Egypt, Carthage, Persia, Greece, Macedonia, Rome, and Parthia.
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1869. [Ancient History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xii; 580 [2]. Brown full calf, boards gilt ruled. Gilt titles with black label to spine, raised bands, and further embellishment in blind. Blind dentelle to turn-ins. Marbled endpapers and matching marbed edges. Interior lightly toned..... More
The Specials: How They Served London. The Story of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary.
London: William Heinemann, 1920. [Great War Policing] FIRST EDITION with associated signature. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 223 [57]. With eight photographic plates, including a frontispiece portrait of Chief Staff Officer, Colonel Sir Edward Ward, SIGNED by Ward in blue ink to lower margin, and dated January 1921. Publisher's aquamarine..... More
The Emigrant's Guide to the Western States of America. or Backwoods and Prairies: Containing A Complete Statement of the Advantages and Capacities of the Prairie Lands - Full Instructions for Emigrants in Fitting Out; And in Selecting, Purchasing, and Settling on, Land - With Particulars of Farming and Other Business Operations, Pictures of the Home Manners of the People, Successes of Emigrants, etc., etc.,
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, no date [1852]. [Americana] THE SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.vii; 408. Publisher's purple blind stamped textured cloth, gilt titles to spine. With a frontispiece and occasional in-text illustrations. Engraved bookplate of John F. Patrick to pastedown, neat ownership of the same..... More
The History of Wargrave, Berks. Compiled Entirely from Original Documents in the British Museum, Record Office, &c. in which is included the Legend of Queen Emma, and an Account of the Ancient Monuments in the Parish Church; its Records and Charities.
Reading: E. Langley, Lovejoy's Library, W. Smith. 1885. Subscribers' Edition. Octavo. pp. ix, 137 [vi]. With three plates, including frontispiece. Including errata and appendix. In embossed deep mauve cloth with gilt titles to upper board only. Yellow end papers. Corners slightly bumped, with further bumping and wear to edges. Some..... More
Trekking On.
London: Faber and Faber, 1936. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Fifth impression, octavo, pp. 351. Five folding maps. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in dustwrapper. Some occasional light spotting, some spotting to the edges. Slight wear and marking to the cloth with some bubbling to the rear of the..... More
A History of Vagrants and Vagrancy, And Beggars and Begging.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1887. First Edition. Large Octavo, pp. xxi, 720. With 19 b/w illustrations, and a table showing the number of vagrants apprehended, convicted and discharged from 1831-85. Including and index of statutes, and index of beggars and a general index. In publisher's deep mauve boards with gilt..... More
Reports on Visits to American Automobile Body Plants during the Period of 16th April - 17th May 1946.
[Issued by the Press Steel Co., Ltd., Engineering Dept.], June 1946. Folio. This report is a British post war working draft, possibly for eventual printing, concentrating on all technical aspects of the car designs and construction in the USA with a view to develop and modernise the British car industry..... More
Robbo: My Autobiography.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2006. [Football Autobiography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.x; 310. With four suites of four double-sided colour and black and white photographic plates. INSCRIBED by Bryan Robson in black marker 'To Robbie' to the title page. Publisher's black cloth with blue metallic titles to..... More
People of the Veil: Being an Account of the Habits, Organisation and History of the Wandering Tuareg Tribes which inhabit the Mountains of Air or Asben in the Central Sahara.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. [North African Ethnology] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.xvi; 504. With 51 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece, and 11 maps and plans, several folding. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to the half title: 'John Loder | 1905-1926 |..... More
Six Centuries of Work and Wages. The History of English Labour.
London: Swan Sonnenschein and Co., 1901. [Economic History] FINELY BOUND, sixth edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 591 [3]. Contemporary brown half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and grey cloth over boards. Top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Ex libris Sir Malcolm McEacharn, with his armorial bookplate to..... More
The Stones '65-67 [and] The Stones '82.
London: Vision On Publishing, 2002. [Rock Music Photography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, LIMITED GALLERY EDITION (a trade hardback was also issued). Quarto (31 x 26cm), two volumes in publisher's red paper-covered clamshell box, titled in white. Large hardback (30 x 25cm). Limited to 1000 copies, this being no.676, SIGNED by the..... More
The Works of Roosevelt [set of writings/essays including The Rough Riders, Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail, The Winning of the West, African Game Trails, Through the Brazilian Wilderness, Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter, etc.]
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923-6. [Memoirs] MEMORIAL EDITION. 24 volumes, octavo (25 x 17 x 114cm). Limited to 1050 sets, SIGNED by Edith Roosevelt. Beautifully printed on fine paper with watermark seal to centre. Photographic portrait of Roosevelt with a facsimile autograph as frontispiece. Publisher's deep red cloth lettered..... More
India and Its Native Princes. Travels in Central India and in the Presidencies of Bombay and Bengal. Carefully Revised and Edited by Lieut.-Col. Buckle.
London: Bickers and Son, 1878. [Indian Colonial Travel] NEW EDITION. Quarto (35 x 28cm), pp.[2] xviii; 579 [1]. With 317 engraved illustrations after photographs by Rousselet, including a frontispiece, and six maps. Recently re-backed using the original publisher's red cloth, heavily decorated and titled in gilt and black to spine..... More
Les Interests Presens des Puissances de L'Europe, Fondez sur le Traitez conclus depuis la Paix d'Utrecht inclusivement, et sur les Preuves de leurs Pretensions particulieres.
La Haye: Adrien Moetjens, 1733. 2 volumes. Quarto. Bound in calf with blind decoration to board edges; raised bands, gilt titles and extra gilt to spine; all edges stained red, marbled endpapers. French language. Binding rubbed, corners and spine ends worn; minor worm damage to joints. Insides predominantly clean, with..... More
Villes Anseatiques [Hanseatic Towns]: L'Univers, ou Histoire et Description de tous les Peuples, de Leurs Religions, Moeurs, Costumes, etc.
Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1844. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.398. With 22 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 labels. Spine head..... More
Chasing the Dragon. A Veteran Journalist's Firsthand Account of the 1949 Chinese Revolution.
Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2004. [Chinese History] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 262 [2]. With two suites of eight double-sided black and white photographic plates. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to half-title: 'For John— | So nice to see | you again. With |..... More
A Short Account of the History and Antiquities of Evesham.
Evesham: Printed and sold by J. Agg, 1820. [English Topography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.vi; 145 [1]. With a folding plan of the town, and four aquatint plates. Contemporary tan half calf, with gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards. All edges speckled red. One central..... More
Letters from AE.
London: Abelard-Schuman, 1961. [Letters] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[46]; 288. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Brian Paine with printed price 30s to flap. With erratum slip on page xviii. Internally clean and crisp. Slight fading to top edge of hardcover. Wear to..... More
Pepita.
London: the Hogarth Press, 1937. [Biography] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.282 [6]. With 16 black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket, illustrated with the sole of Pepita's shoe, priced at 10/6 to spine..... More
Saint Joan Of Arc.
London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1936. [Biography] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2] xv; 436 [4]. With nine illustrations including frontispiece and four maps, one folding. Recently re-bound in burgundy half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. A little light spotting to preliminaries and..... More