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— Henry Ward Beecher

New York, NY: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1980. [Children's Illustrated] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.142 [2]. With colour plates by Gilbert and in-text drawings by Campbell. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To R.W. Smith | Yours with best wishes | Richard..... More
London: Oldbourne Book Co., no date [April 1956]. [Children's Cartoon] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), twelve leaves illustrated in colour throughout, including soft covers with two staples. Light rubbing and thumbing to covers. Very good. More
London: Beaverbrook Newspapers, no date [February 1955]. [Children's Cartoon] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), twelve leaves illustrated in colour throughout, including soft covers with two staples. Light rubbing and thumbing to covers. Very good. More
London: W. Adlard and J. Browne, date misprinted [1770]. [Illustrated Bible] RARE IMPRINT. Folio, (42 x 28cm), unpaginated. Collation: A-13F2. Date misprinted as 2170 in Roman numerals. With a copper engraved frontispiece by Cole after Wale, as well as 33 further copper engraved plates by various artists. With an index..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co. for Boots Pure Drug Co., no date [circa 1930]. [Illustrated Literature] RARE DUST-JACKET, a later edition. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.x; 520. With 16 tipped-in chromolithographic plates after illustrations by Brittan and Brock, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles and..... More
London: A. & C. Black, 1930. [German Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.viii; 195 [5]. With 32 colour-illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, and a folding map at rear. Publisher's blue cloth with titles in silver to spine, blind to upper, and blind decoration all over. With the colour-illustrated..... 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: 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
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
London: Chapman and Hall, no date [circa 1895]. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Octavo (22 x 17cm), pp.[2] xvi; 624 [2]. With 39 engraved plates by Browne, and a frontispiece portrait of the author by Maclise. Contemporary green half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, no date [circa 1895]. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Octavo (22 x 17cm), pp.[2] xvi; 609 [3]. With 43 engraved plates by Browne and Seymour, including a frontispiece and vignette title page. Contemporary green half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, no date [circa 1895]. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Octavo (22 x 17cm), pp.[2] vi; 533 [3]. With frequent in-text illustrations, and occasional engraved plates, by various artists, including a frontispiece. Contemporary green half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, no date [circa 1880]. [Literature] FINELY BOUND SET. Nineteen volumes bound as thirteen. Octavo (18 x 13 x 42cm). Each title with eight illustrated plates. Contemporary tan half calf with gilt titles to contrasting red and green labels, further gilt decoration to spines, and marbled paper..... More
San Francisco, CA: Determined Productions, 1967. [Cocktail Book] FIRST EDITION. Square octavo (15 x 15cm), pp.68. Illustrated in colour throughout by Astrop and Hill. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, and black endpapers. With the matching dust-jacket, not priced. Rubbing and bumping to head and tail of spine, and to corners. Jacket..... More
London: Spencer Blackett, 1889. [Fantasy Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.331 [36]. With eight black and white illustrated plates by Greiffenhagen and Kerr, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, and plum-coated endpapers. Large gum mark to front pastedown where a bookplate..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. [Fantasy Adventures] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (19 x 14cm), ppxii; 414. With the error '18' for '16' on page [xi] line 7. Illustrated with 34 plates, including a frontispiece, by Kerr and Townsend. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to spine..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION, later issue. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 336 [16]. Catalogue dated August 1889. With 29 illustrations by woodville and Greiffenhagen, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue-grey cloth, bevelled edges, and gilt titles to spine and upper. Publisher's swan-patterned endpapers. Lightly toned..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1897. [Racquet Sports] FOURTH EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[2] xiv; 488. With numerous black and white illustrations, both plates and in-text, including a frontispiece with tissue guard. Publisher's brown cloth with a mixture of gilt, black, and white titles and decoration to spine and..... More
London: Freemantle & Co., 1902. [London Topography] ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (20 x 16cm), pp.[2] xviii; 211 [1]; pp.[2] x; 208. With 108 engraved illustrations, including numerous plates, and a frontispiece to each volume. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spines and uppers. Top edges gilt;..... More
London: Scholastic Children's Books, 2018. [Science Fiction Setting Encyclopaedia] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.192. Lavishly illustrated throughout in colour by various artists. SIGNED by Philip Reeve in black ink to title page, with accompanying sad frog stamp. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine and..... More
London: J. Dicks, no date [circa 1880s]. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND OMNIBUS EDITION. Four titles bound as one. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 112; 111 [1]; 160; 141 [3]. Very small print in two columns, on thin paper. With occasional in-text engravings and vignette title pages by Gilbert, Gerlier and..... More
London: J. Dicks, no date [circa 1880s]. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND, three volumes as one. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 110; 159 [1]; 160 [2]. Very small print in two columns, on thin paper. With occasional in-text engravings and vignette title pages by Gilbert and Gerlier. Contemporary tan half calf..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. [Swimming] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 452. With numerous black and white illustrations, both plates and in-text, including a frontispiece with tissue guard. Publisher's brown cloth with a mixture of gilt, black, and white titles and decoration to spine and upper. Green..... More
London: Cassell & Company, 1892. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 427 [12]. Publisher's catalogue dated May 1892. With 12 half-tone illustrated plates by Hole and Metcalf, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Fore-edge untrimmed. Repair to split lower hinge. Spotting and..... More