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The Water-Babies. A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. With Illustrations in Colour by Warwick Goble.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1910. [Childrens classic]. FIRST OCTAVO EDITION (21 x 14cm), viii; pp.(x); 274; [2],of adverts. With 16 plates in colour with tissue guards. Publisher's gilt decorated cloth, top edge gilt. Contents clean, endpapers toned, spine lightly sunned else a lovely fine copy. More about The Water-Babies. A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. With Illustrations in Colour by Warwick Goble
Uniform Collection of Leatherbound works. Including Poems, The Princess, Idylls of the King, In Memoriam, The Holy Grail, Maud, Gareth and Lynette, and Enoch Arden.
London: Henry S. King and Co., 1874. [Poetical Works, Arthurian Legend etc] FINELY BOUND. Eight volumes, o ctavo (16 x 11 x 17cm). Handsomely bound in full dark green calf, delicately tooled in blind, gilt titles on red morocco labels, all edges coloured red, combed marble endpapers. Same dated ownership... More about Uniform Collection of Leatherbound works. Including Poems, The Princess, Idylls of the King, In...
The Compleat Angler. Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish, and Fishing not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers.
London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1931. [Angling] FIRST RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.224. Publisher's blue-green cloth, gilt to spine and upper board, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt. With twelve tissue-guarded plates printed in colour along with numerous in-text line drawings. Internally fine, a little offsetting... More about The Compleat Angler. Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse of Rivers,...
Bring up the Bodies.
London: Fourth Estate, 2012. [Historical fiction] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm). Publisher's red quarter cloth over black cloth sides, decorated in gilt to spine and upper. One of 2000 copies autographed by Hilary Mantel. Unopened in publisher's shrinkwrap. Fine. More about Bring up the Bodies
The Isles Of Unwisdom.
London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1950. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19x 13cm), pp.xiv; 417; [1], blank. Includes a double-page map. Publisher's black cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. Pictorial dust-jacket designed by Barbosa. Some edge spotting, jacket lightly edgeworn. Some fraying to spine ends. Very Good. Sixteenth... More about The Isles Of Unwisdom
Roden's Corner.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1898. [Victorian Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.vi; 343; [9]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Top and fore-edge untrimmed. Dark brown coated endpapers. Largely unopened. With a bookseller's postcard bill loosely inserted, addressed to Goulden and Curry... More about Roden's Corner
In Mr. Knox's Country. With 8 Illustrations by E. OE. Somerville.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1915. [Anglo-Irish Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 312. With eight dichromatic illustrations by the author, including a frontispiece. One of just 1000 copies printed. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and stamped in black and white to upper board. Spotting... More about In Mr. Knox's Country. With 8 Illustrations by E. OE. Somerville
The Universal Directory, for Taking Alive and Destroying Rats, and all other kinds of Four-Footed and Winged Vermin, in a method hitherto unattempted; calculated for the use of the Gentleman, the Farmer, and the Warrener: by Robert Smith, late Rat-Catcher to the Princess Amelia. Illustrated with Cuts.
London: J. Walker, 1812. [Extermination] FOURTH EDITION. Duodecimo (19 x 11cm), pp.viii; 150. With five folding engraved plates showing various traps. In a recent brown card library binding with a small black stamped shelf mark to spine. All edges untrimmed. Labels for Saint Pancras Public Libraries to inside of front... More about The Universal Directory, for Taking Alive and Destroying Rats, and all other kinds of Four-Footed...
The Promises of Jesus Christ, Illuminated by Albert H. Warren.
London: printed by Day and Son for J. Barnard and Son, no date [1860]. [Gospel Extracts] FINE ILLUMINATION. Octavo (21 x 15cm). Twenty-four very fine illuminated plates designed by Warren, printed then highlighted in colour and gilt by hand. Each with a tissue guard and a dividing leaf. Contemporary black... More about The Promises of Jesus Christ, Illuminated by Albert H. Warren
The Pale Horse.
London: The Crime Club, by Collins, 1961. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket. A little spotting to edges of text block, no inscriptions, jacket with a couple of tears (one taped to reverse side), price clipped. Generally... More about The Pale Horse
Triptych.
Boston, MA: Privately printed by Reynolds Printing Inc. for the author, no date [1953]. [Tales of the Sea] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.98. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf. Publisher's tan quarter cloth with red titles to spine, brown paper over boards, and printed... More about Triptych
Archdale Machine Tools 1868-1948.
Birmingham: James Archdale and Co., 1948. [Industrial History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 100. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Publisher's cream cloth, decorated in blue and brown. With the matching dust-jacket. Some spotting to edges and preliminaries. Chipping and closed tears to jacket edges, with a larger... More about Archdale Machine Tools 1868-1948
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Great Fighters in Lost Causes [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 85.
London: George Newnes, March 1933. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo magazine (25 x 17cm), pp.24; 225-336; 25-36. With lithographic illustrations throughout, some dichromatic. Publisher's printed wrappers. Presented in a light blue 'Strand Magazine' slipcase. Internally fine, toned to edges. Rubbed and worn to spine, some creasing to covers. Very good. More about Great Fighters in Lost Causes [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 85
Picturesque Touring Areas in the British Isles.
Cheltenham: J. Burrow and Co., no date [circa 1930]. [Early Motoring Guide] VINTAGE GUIDE. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.158. With 12 illustrated maps by Powell and Taylor, and 8 half-tone plates, including a frontispiece, as well as numerous vignette illustrations by Holman. A large unpaginated section of motoring advertisements at... More about Picturesque Touring Areas in the British Isles
The Thirteenth Tale.
London: Orion, 2006. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 408. Number 85 of just 250 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, limitation page tipped in between the title and half title page. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Turquoise... More about The Thirteenth Tale
Dylan's Visions of Sin.
London: Viking, 2003. [Musical Criticism] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 517; [5]. Publisher's white cloth with silver titles to spine. Blue endpapers. With the white dust-jacket featuring a photo of the subject by Elliot Landy / Redferns, priced at £25. Toning to the textblock, more so to... More about Dylan's Visions of Sin
Wood On Canvas. Every Picture Tells A Story Forewords by Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 1998. LIMITED COLLECTOR EDITION, text and art by Ron Wood. 2500 copies only, SIGNED by the author, of which this is number 415. Folio (overall dimensions 40 x 32cm), pp.144, four-colour printed leaves, some folding-plates, quarter-bound in rich black cloth over blue art paper boards with colour... More about Wood On Canvas. Every Picture Tells A Story Forewords by Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Charlie...
Kim.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1901. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 413; [1]; [2 of advertisements]. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, gilt medallion to upper board, top edge gilt. Illustrated with ten plates. Contents clean, edges toned with a few light spots, discreet stamp (Overton... More about Kim
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The Embassy Case [Publisher's retained copy].
London: Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, 1915. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Crown Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.304; [1], advertisements. Frontispiece illustration by Gilbert, with tissue guard. Original black cloth decorated in red and gilt, illustrated dust-jacket. A near fine copy of the book in price-clipped wrapper, lightly chipped and rubbed... More about The Embassy Case [Publisher's retained copy
Oriental Assembly.
London: Williams and Norgate, 1939. [Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xii; 291;[1]. With four illustrations including frontispiece, as well as 111 photographic images on plates. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, top edge tinted black. Typographic dust-jacket with titles in black to spine and upper, showing printed... More about Oriental Assembly
The Works of Edmund Spenser.
London: Henry Washbourne, 1854. [Poetry] NEW EDITION. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.530; [10], glossary. Finely bound in blue full pebble-grained morocco, foliate gilt panelling to boards, raised bands, gilt titles and extra gilt to spine; all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins, blue ribbon marker bound in. Binding is bright and attractive... More about The Works of Edmund Spenser
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
London: Bloomsbury, 2005. [Children's literature] FIRST EDITION WITH ADULT COVER. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.607; [1]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, adult artwork dust-jacket designed by William Webb with printed price of £16.99. A fine unread copy. The sixth instalment in the gripping adventures of everyone's favourite teenage wizard. More about Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Scarlet and Khaki.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. [Memoirs] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.226. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of 10s. 6d. net. Illustrated with twelve plates. Some offsetting to endpapers and two a couple of pages from a loosely inserted newspaper clipping. Some dustiness to... More about Scarlet and Khaki
The Desolate Antarctic.
London: Lutterworth Press, 1950. [Antarctic exploration] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION WITH TLS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 172. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, cartographic endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price of 12s. 6d. net. Illustrated with photographic plates. Warmly inscribed by the author to W.G. Whincop to the half title... More about The Desolate Antarctic
British Royal Bookplates and Ex-Libris of Related Families.
Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1992. [Bookplates] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 23cm), pp.[8]; 259; [5]. Illustrated throughout in black and white. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to front free endpaper: 'To Ted | with every good wish, | Brian North Lee'. Also with one of just 100 special... More about British Royal Bookplates and Ex-Libris of Related Families