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Birds And Beasts In Africa, and The Angler In South Africa.
London: Macmillan and Co, and Johannesburg: Hortors Ltd, 1938 and 1923. Pair of Baden-Powell association copies, with a letter of authenticity from the scout association: 1) The Angler In South Africa. Inscribed "To The Chief Scout" by H.V. Marsh, the Assistant Commissioner of Natal during Baden-Powell's trip to South Africa..... More
Boating
Longmans Green and Co., London 1888. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. Illustrated throughout. Elegantly hand-bound in half dark blue oasis morocco leather over marbled sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, top edge gilt. A little spotting to first and final leaves else a fine copy in attractive recent leather..... More
Philip Henry Gosse: A Bibliography.
Folkestone: Wm Dawson & Sons Ltd., 1980. [Natural History Bibliography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.xviii; 148 [2]. With six black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the black and white dust-jacket, priced at £12.00. A crisp, clean copy..... More
Sumer is icumen in.
London: Novello and Company, 1914. [English Music] INSCRIBED SECOND EDITION. Quarto (27 x 19cm), pp.53 [3]. With a chromolithographic frontispiece facsimile of the original manuscript, and a transcript of the whole score in modern notation. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf: 'E. Board | with the author's..... More
Short Whist: its rise, Progress, and Laws; with observations to make any one a Whist Player. By Major A. To which are added, Precepts for Tyros. By Mrs. B.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858. [Card Games] VINTAGE EDITION, Fourteenth Edition. Small octavo (16 x 11cm), pp.111 [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Publisher's blind-decorated green cloth over card covers, with gilt titles to upper. All edges gilt. Two very small bookseller's tickets to front pastedown. Browning to..... 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
Zoological Sketches: Consisting of Descriptions and Engravings of One Hundred and Eighty-Six Animals.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1859. [Zoology] RARE, a New Edition with Additions. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.vi; 346 [2]. With an in-text wood engraving of each animal by Whimper. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, a gilt bison stamped to upper, and blind decoration to boards..... More
Historical Accounting Literature. A catalogue of the collection of early works on book-keeping and accounting in the Library of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, together with a bibliography of literature on the subject published before 1750 and not in the Institute Library.
London: Mansell, 1979. [Bibliography] SECOND PRINTING. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.[2] xxvi; 360. With four leaves of illustrations. Publisher's cream cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated bookplate of the Castle Bookshop, Colchester, to front pastedown. Spotting to top edge. A few spots and marks to..... More
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