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History of the French Revolution, and of the Wars produced by that Memorable Event; From the commencement of Hostilities in 1792, to the Second Restoration of Louis XVIII. and the Deportation of Napoleon Buonaparte to the Island of St. Helena, including a complete account of the War between Great Britain and America; and the Memorable Battle of Waterloo, to which are appended Biographical Sketches of the Heroes of Waterloo, and other distinguished public characters. The whole compiled from official state-papers and other authentic sources; and embellished with a series of Equestrian Portraits, Historical Engravings, and coloured Maps.
London: printed for Thomas Kelly, 1817. [European History] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Complete in two volumes. Quarto (27 x 22cm), pp.[4] 732; pp.[2] 733-1441 [1]. With 61 engraved plates, including a frontispiece to volume I and eight coloured maps, some folding. Bound in highly attractive contemporary marbled calf, with gilt..... More
Ulysses.
London: The Folio Society, 2004. [Modern Literature] FINELY BOUND LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (27 x 20cm), pp.xxii; 735 [3]. With 18 etchings in black and gold by Paladino, corresponding to one for each hour of the story. Also featuring an introduction by Jacques Aubert. Number 150 of 1760 copies published on..... More
Cards on the Table.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1936. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 286 [8]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins with gilt decoration..... More
Death in the Clouds.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1935. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 252 [10]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins with gilt decoration..... More
A History of the Art of Bookbinding, with some account of the Books of the Ancients.
London: Elliot Stock, 1894. [Historic Bookbindings] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (28 x 21cm), pp.xvi; 277 [3]. With 10 full page plates, including a frontispiece, and numerous in-text illustrations. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and black decoration stamped to boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Brown patterned endpapers..... More
The Voyage of Argo: The Argonautica.
London: The Folio Society, 2014. [Greek Mythology] FIRST EDITION THUS. Large octavo (26 x 19cm), pp.xxii; 168 [4]. With eight colour illustrations by Egneus, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles to spine, and black and white decoration. Maps to endpapers, and with the illustrated paper-covered slipcase. A...... More
The Box of Delights, or, When the Wolves were Running.
London: The Folio Society, 2012. [Children's Fantasy] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xiv; 258. With nine colour illustrations by Ogilvie. Publisher's green cloth with red and white titles to spine, and red and white decoration to upper. With red endpapers, and with the green paper-covered slipcase. A fine..... More
Waterloo Letters. A Selection from Original and hitherto Unpublished Letters bearing on the Operations of the 16th, 17th, and 18th June, 1815, by Officers who served in the Campaign.
London: Cassell & Company, 1891. [Napoleonic Wars] LEATHER BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4] xvi; 415 [3]. With 10 folding maps and plans, and several other single page maps and in-text diagrams. Recent navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and the original pebble-grained black..... More
Journal of the Waterloo Campaign. Kept throughout the Campaign of 1815.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1870. [Napoleonic Wars] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Complete in two volumes. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[4] xii; 369 [3]; pp.[4] viii; 347 [5]. Recently bound in navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spines, and the original regimental pebble-grained black cloth over..... More
The Poetical Works of John Milton.
Cambridge: at the University Press, 1903. [Poetical Works] FINE PRIZE BINDING. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] xxvi; 607 [3]. Contemporary navy full calf for The Leys School, Cambridge, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and the school coat of arms stamped in gilt to upper. All edges..... More
You Only Live Twice (a James Bond novel).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Elegantly bound in half black oasis morocco over matching cloth sides, with gilt titles, red leather title labels and raised bands to spine. A fine copy, inside and out. The last title in what has become known..... More
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1872 [1871]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[14] 224 [2]. 'Wade' for 'Wabe' p.21. With fifty wood-engraved illustrations by John Tenniel, including a frontispiece. Contemporary red half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to a black label on the spine, and marbled paper..... More
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