Illustrated & Plate Books
Historic Memoirs of Ireland; comprising Secret Records of the National Convention, the Rebellion, and the Union; with Delineations of the Principal Characters connected with these transactions.
London: Henry Colburn, 1835. NEW EDITON. In two volumes. Large Quarto, pp.[2] xlii, 358 [2]; pp.[4] x, 464 [2]. With 38 copper engraved portraits, including a frontispiece of Barrington to vol. I, and two plates preceeding the title page in vol. II. Also with three facsimile letters and an index..... More
Rossetti and his Circle.
London: William Heinemann, 1922. [Caricature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (27 x 20cm), ix; [1]; [44]. With 23 colour halftone plates, including a frontispiece, by Beerbohm, pasted on one edge to captioned tissue-guarded leaves. Publisher's blue cloth to boards, gilt titles to upper and spine. Publisher's insignia in blind to lower. Leaves..... More
The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862. [American Travel]. SECOND EDITION, identical to the First. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xii; 707. With 10 wood engraved plates including a frontispiece and two folding maps. Nine further illustrations in-text. In publisher's blue pebble grained cloth, re-backed during the twentieth century, with original..... More
Great Contemporaries.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1937. [Political biographies] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 335 [3]. With twenty-one photographic portrait plates. Recent navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and rampant lion tooling to spine, and blue cloth over boards. Top edge gilt. A light trim..... More
Great Contemporaries.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1937. [Political biographies] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 335 [3]. With twenty-one photographic portrait plates. Bound in navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and rampant lion tooling to spine, and blue cloth over boards. Top edge gilt. Internally crisp..... More
The Further Side of Silence.
New York: Doubleday, Page, and Company, 1927. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[2] xvi; 407 [5]. With 19 full-page black and white illustrations by Blaine and a few vignettes. Title page lettered in black and orange. Publisher's black cloth with pictorial labels to upper and spine..... More
The Stark Munro Letters. Being a Series of Sixteen Letters written by J. Stark Munro, M.B., to his friend and former Fellow-Student, Herbert Swanborough, of Lowell, Massachusetts, during the Years 1881-1884. Edited and arranged by A. Conan Doyle.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895. [Biographical] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm) pp.[8]; 346; [2]; 24. With a tissue-guarded halftone frontispiece and title page vignette. Publisher's catalogue to rear. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt to upper and spine. Bevelled edges. Black endpapers. Leaves faintly toned, a few thumbed..... More
Pompeiana: The Topography, Edifices, and Ornaments of Pompeii.
London: Printed for Rodwell and Martin, 1817-1819. [Ancient History and Architecture] FIRST EDITION. Parts one and two complete, bound as one volume. Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.xxxii; 273 [3]. Including a leaf with emendations and instructions to the binder. Complete with 77 engraved plates, some folding, each with a tissue..... More
Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views. By the Late William Gilpin, A.M. Edited by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Bart.
Edinburgh: Fraser and Co. North Bridge, 1834. [Nature] ATTRACTIVE LEATHER-BOUND SET. Two volumes. Octavos (20 x 13cm), pp.viii; 368; pp.[2]; 344. With numerous tissue-guarded engraved plates and a non tissue-guarded frontispiece to either volume. Recently re-bound in brown half-calf, nonpareil marbled paper over boards. Gilt titles, blind decoration, and raised..... More
The Windsor Magazine No. 264. Vol. 45.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., December 1916. RARE ORIGINAL PERIODICAL. Demy Octavo. pp. xl, 192 [8]. With frequent b/w in-text illustrations and 15 full-page colour plates. In original colour pictorial paper covers featuring Windsor Castle above the Thames; red and white titles. Adverts to prelims in the style of the..... More
An Incident of African History [and] M.I. [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volumes XIII and XIV.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., December 1900 to November 1901. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. In two volumes. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.vi; 754; pp.vi; 714. With frequent photogravure illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with gilt and dark brown titles and decoration to spines and upper boards. Blue ink ownership inscription to..... More
Mr. Meeson's Will.
London: Spencer Blackett, 1888. [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION, Later issue without publisher's advertisements at rear. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.286. With 16 engraved plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth stamped in black and gilt to spine and upper board. All edges untrimmed, black coated endpapers. Textblock shaken, light, very..... More
Benita. An African Romance.
London: Cassell & Company, 1906. [Fantasy Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 344 [16]. Catalogue date 8.06. With 16 illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by Browne. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, and patterned endpapers. Black ink ownership to half-title. Heavy spotting to edges..... More
Swallow. A Tale of the Great Trek.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. [Historical Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] x; 348. With eight black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by Greiffenhagen. Publisher's dark navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, with bevelled edges and black-coated endpapers. Blind W.H. Smith stamp..... More
Marie.
London: Cassell and Company, 1912. [Zulu / Fantasy Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 346 [2]. With three black and white plates and a colour frontispiece by Michael. Publisher's red cloth with titles in gilt to spine and blind to upper. Heavy spotting to edges, and occasionally throughout..... More
Pearl-Maiden: A Tale of The Fall Of Jerusalem.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. [Historical Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[12] 463 [5]. With 16 engraved plates, including a frontispiece, by Shaw. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Spotting and toning to edges, and moderate spotting throughout. A black ink ownership to..... More
Regeneration. Being an Account of the Social Work of the Salvation Army in Great Britain.
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1910. [Charity History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp. 264. With six black and white photographic illustrations, including a frontispiece. Publisher's maroon cloth with titles in gilt to spine, and blind to upper. Gently toned throughout, with a little light spotting to preliminaries. Fairly..... More
Jungle Trails in Northern India.
London: Methuen and Company, 1938. RARE FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[10], 278. With 24 photographic plates including a frontispiece. In publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With rare original dust-jacket. Maps printed to endpapers. Some damage to head of spine. Jacket spine sunned, with loss to head and tail..... More
The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1874. [Children's Classic] FINELY BOUND, a later edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 388 [2]. With four illustrated plates including a frontispiece. Contemporary tan full calf by BICKERS & SON, with raised bands, gilt titles to contrasting red and green labels, and further gilt tooling to..... More
Cruising and Ocean Racing. The Lonsdale Library Volume XV.
London: Seeley Service and Co. Ltd., 1933. [Yachting] ILLUSTRATED. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.592. Publisher's tan cloth, titled in gilt to spine, gilt insignia to spine and upper board, blue illustrative endpapers, top edge brown, photographic frontispiece. With over five hundred illustrations. Some spotting to the textblock. Binding a little..... More
A History of Eton College (1440-1910).
London: Macmillan and Co., 1911. FINELY BOUND, Fourth Edition. Large Octavo, pp.[4]; xxiv; 627; [5]. With 11 full-page plates, some colour, including a frontispiece. Also with 63 in-text woodcuts. In contemporary brown full morocco by SPOTTISWOODE, with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. All edges and endpapers marbled. Black..... More
Early English Figure Pottery. A Collection of Ralph Wood and Contemporary Pottery.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1938. [English Pottery] INSCRIBED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (30 x 25cm), pp.xviii; 122 [2]. With five fine colour plates, including a frontispiece, and eleven further black and white photographic plates, all with captioned tissue guards. Number 15 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED and dated by the..... More
The Home of the Blizzard. Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. Illustrated in colour and black and white, also with maps.
London: William Heinemann, 1915. [Antarctic Exploration] FIRST UK EDITION. Two volumes. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.xxx; 349 [3]; pp.xiv; 338 [2]. With numerous half-tone photographic plates, including frontispieces and a number of colour plates. With the three folding maps in a pouch at the rear of volume II. Publisher's navy..... More
Winston Churchill: The Struggle for Survival, 1940-1965. Taken from the diaries of Lord Moran.
London: Constable, 1966. [Diaries] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] xviii; 829 [3]. With 15 black and white photographic plates, some double-sided, including a frontispiece. Recently re-bound in red half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge..... More
Winston Churchill: The Struggle for Survival, 1940-1965. Taken from the diaries of Lord Moran.
London: Constable, 1966. [Diaries] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] xviii; 829 [3]. With 15 black and white photographic plates, some double-sided, including a frontispiece. Elegantly hand-bound in red half oasis morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and gilt 'lion rampant' motif to spine, matching..... More