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Three Years in Tristan Da Cunha.
London: Skeffington & Son, 1910. [South Atlantic Islands] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xii; 280. Complete with 37 black and white photographic plates including a frontispiece, and a map. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, and a black and white photographic image to..... More
The Illustrated Family Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, With the Self-Interpreting and Explanatory Notes, and Marginal References, of the Late Rev. John Brown, Minister of the Gospel at Haddington: to Which is Appended, A Complete Concordance to the Old and New Testaments.
London: Smith, Elder, and co., 1838. [Bible] EARLY VICTORIAN BINDING. Small folio (34 x 24cm), pp.[12] xlii; 590 [2]; 256 [2]; 104; 54 [4]. Red full morocco to boards. Gilt tooling and blind ruling to lower and upper. Gilt titles and additional tooling to spine. Raised bands. Gilt interior dentelles..... More
The Incredulity of Father Brown.
London: Cassell and Company, 1926. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 295. Red trimmed black cloth, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 7/6. Some spotting /dustiness to edges, no inscriptions, elegant bookplate to pastedown, jacket chipped at crown, spine sunned, vertical fold to same. Shows well. The..... More
The Innocence of Father Brown.
London: Cassell and Company, 1911. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8] 336. Publisher's red cloth, with gilt titles to spine and upper cover. Contents clean, discreet bookseller ticket to rear pastedown, hand-coloured and illuminated bookplate of renowned bibliophile Stanley Crowe, gift inscription to reverse side of frontispiece..... More
Bleak House.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 624 [4]. Typographical errors present in the first issue: p.19, line 6, 'elgble'; p.209, line 23, 'chair' instead of 'hair; and p.275, line 22, 'counsinship' instead of 'cousinship'. Lacks the half-title. With 40 engraved..... More
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. [Classic Fiction] FIRST EDITION, bound from mixed issue parts. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 624. With 39 engraved plates by Phiz, and a frontispiece portrait of the author by Maclise. This copy does not have "visiter" for "sister" on p.123 line 17, but it does..... More
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
London: Chapman and Hall, [1837] 1845. [Classic literature] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[16] 609 [3]. With 43 engraved illustrations by Phiz and Seymour, including a frontispiece and vignette title page (from the first printing, dated 1837). Contemporary green half morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, and..... More
The Old Curiosity Shop.
London: Chapman and Hall, n.d. [circa 1910]. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND. Two volumes. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 370; [1], blank; pp.ii; 363; [1], blank. With introduction and notes by Andrew Lang. With the original illustrations throughout. Title pages printed in two colours. Beautifully bound by Root & Son in..... More
A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1860. [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION, THIRD ISSUE. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[2] x; 254 [2]. With 16 engraved plates by "Phiz", including a frontispiece and vignette title page. Lacking the signature 'b' on the list of plates, and the pagination of p.213 is corrected, but 'affectionately'..... More
A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, (signature 'b' noted on list of plates; page 213 numbered 113; 'affectionately' misspelled on page 134; the name of 'Stryver' misspelt 'Striver' on plate at page 94). Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.254, engravings by H.K. Browne. Contemporary full polished..... More
Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and Exportation.
London: Chapman and Hall, no date [circa 1895]. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Octavo (22 x 17cm), pp.xvi; 624 [2]. With 40 engraved plates by Browne, including a frontispiece and vignette title page. Contemporary green half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and textured green..... More
Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and Exportation.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION, Mixed Issue. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xviii; 624 [2]. With 40 engraved plates by Phiz, including a frontispiece and vignette title. Lacks the half-title. Contains most first issue points, but 'Birds-Eye' is hyphenated in the Contents. Contemporary tan half calf, with..... More
Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and Exportation.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION, Mixed Issue. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xviii; 624 [2]. With 40 engraved plates by Phiz, including a frontispiece and vignette title. Extra-illustrated with later engraved plates by Chapman and Hall, depicting Little Paul, Florence, Edith and Alice. Lacks the half-title. Contains..... More
Dombey and Son. Or, Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and Exportation.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. [Classic literature] FIRST EDITION, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED includes errata leaf within prelims, bound from the parts, without half-title. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[xvi]; 624. Illustrated with frontispiece and vignette and a further thirty-eight plates, plus three additional portrait plates by H.K. Browne ('Phiz'). Period-style half brown oasis..... More
Marie.
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1912. [Historical fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; [4]; 346; [2]. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in blind to upper, blocked in gilt to spine. Colour frontispiece, vignette to title page, and three black and white plates. Some spotting throughout, edges a little dusty..... More
[POSTER] Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Printed for Warner Bros., circa 2006. Poster advertising the 2005 film 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' to be released on DVD. With movie artwork, printed in colour. Approximate dimensions 16.5 x 23.5 inches, rolled condition (will be despatched in a tube). Some very light handling and a few..... More
[POSTER] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Printed for Warner Bros., circa 2005. Poster advertising the 2004 film 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' to be released on DVD. With movie artwork, printed in colour. Approximate dimensions 16.5 x 23.5 inches, rolled condition (will be despatched in a tube). Some very light handling and a few..... More
The Hand-Book of Swindling. By the late Captain Barabbas Whitefeather, late of the Body-Guard of His Majesty, King Carlos; Treasurer of the British Wine and Vinegar Company; Trustee for the Protection of the River Thames from Incendiaries; Principal Inventor of Poyais Stock; Ranger of St George's Fields; Original Patentee of the Parachute Conveyance Association; Knight of every Order of the Fleece; Scamp and Cur.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. [Crime and Con-Artistry] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (16 x 10cm), pp.viii; 87 [1]. With four engraved plates by "Phiz", including a frontispiece. Publisher's green limp cloth covers, with gilt titles and decoration to upper. All edges gilt, with yellow-coated endpapers. A highly attractive armorial bookplate..... More
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog).
Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1889. [Humour] FIRST EDITION, later printing with '11 Quay Street' on title page. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[4] 315 [1]. Arrowsmith's listings to endpapers. With frequent illustrations by Fredericks. In publisher's aqua cloth, with gilt titles to spine and black titles to upper, including a small rowing..... More
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog).
Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1889. [Humour] First Edition, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 315 [5]. Earliest title-page shows 'Quay Street' imprint without the street number '11' present, plus first state adverts listing thirty seven Bristol Library titles ending in Max O'Rell's Jaques Bonhomme (later ads list forty six titles)..... More
The Cloud-Messenger. An Indian Love Lyric.
London: John Murray, 1930. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (17 x 13cm), pp.61 [3]. Publisher's pictorial softcovers, with the dust-jacket of matching design priced at 2/6 to backstrip. Advertisements to rear. Interior toned with light, infrequent spotting. Toning and faint marking to wraps and dust-jacket. Gentle edgewear to jacket. Very good..... More
Early Lyrics by Hugh MacDiarmid, recently discovered among letters to his schoolmaster and friend George Ogilvie. With an Appreciation of Ogilvie.
Preston: Akros Publications, 1968. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (22 x 16cm), pp.28. Number 93 of 350 copies thus. Publisher's green card covers, sewn, with green fly-leaves, and a green card prospectus / order form loose to preliminaries, marked as paid with thanks by the publisher Duncan Glenn..... More
Preliminary Studies for H. M. Factory, Gretna, and, Study for an Installation of Phosgene Manufacture.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, no date [1920]. [Munitions Factory Plans] SIGNED BY KENNETH BINGHAM QUINAN, one of just 1000 copies. Large octavo (28 x 19cm), pp.xvi; 145 [1]. With 24 large folding plans and diagrams. SIGNED and dated 3rd November 1920 by Quinan in black ink to front pastedown..... More
Tonda: A Story of the Sioux.
Cincinnati, OH: The Robert Clarke Company, 1904. [Native American Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 309 [1]. With 18 black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth lettered and decorated in black to spine and upper. Hinges starting. A small tear to title page margin..... More