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A Sermon Preach'd at the Funeral of the Right Noble William, Duke of Devonshire, in the Church of All-Hallows in Derby, on Friday Septemb. 5th MDCCVII, with some Memoirs of the Family of Cavendish.
London: Printed by W.B. for John Churchill, 1708. [Eulogy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[8]; 208. Eighteenth-century brown half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards. All edges speckled red. Armorial book plates of Brasenose College, Oxford to pastedowns, with stamps confirming removal... More about A Sermon Preach'd at the Funeral of the Right Noble William, Duke of Devonshire, in the Church of...
The Czar's Spy. The Mystery of a Silent Love.
New York, NY: The Smart Set Publishing Co., 1905. [Spy Fiction] SIGNED COPY, an early book club edition from the same year as the first. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6]; 314. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the publisher's advertisement facing the title page. Contemporary red half crushed... More about The Czar's Spy. The Mystery of a Silent Love
Tom Brown's Schooldays.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1904. [Children's Literature] FINE PRIZE BINDING. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xxiv; 308. With frequent in-text and full page wood engravings after Hughes and Hall by D. Cooper. Contemporary red full calf for Heddon Court School by BUMPUS, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine... More about Tom Brown's Schooldays
The Poetical works of Lord Byron. Collected and Arranged with Notes. New and Complete Edition.
London: John Murray, 1876. [Romantic Poetry] FINELY BOUND EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] xii; 827; [3]. With 12 engravings by various artists, including a frontispiece and vignette title page. Contemporary dark green full morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration. All edge gilt; marbled... More about The Poetical works of Lord Byron. Collected and Arranged with Notes. New and Complete Edition
The Coinage of the British Empire: An Outline of the Progress of the Coinage in Great Britain and Her Dependencies, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time.
London: David Bogue, 1855. [Numismatics] PAPIER MACHÉ BINDING, the second edition. Large octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.160. With 12 plates done in gold, silver and copper, including a frontispiece, and 11 supplemental plates at rear. Recently rebound in tough black buckram with gilt titles to spine, and the original black... More about The Coinage of the British Empire: An Outline of the Progress of the Coinage in Great Britain and...
The works of robert burns. Illustrated by an Extensive Series of Portraits and Authentic Views. With a Complete Life of the Poet: An Essay on his Genius and Character, by Professor Wilson. Numerous Notes, Annotations, and Appendices.
London: Blackie and Son, 1866. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Two volumes. Large octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.cclxxvi; iv; 149; [1]; pp.xx; 412. With a total of 83 engraved plates by various artists, including a frontispiece and vignette title page to each volume, and a facsimile example of Burns' handwriting... More about The works of robert burns. Illustrated by an Extensive Series of Portraits and Authentic Views....
The Crock of Gold.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1912. [Modern Literature] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13), pp.vi, 312. Contemporary green half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine and marbled paper over boards. Top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. A fine copy with just the very lightest of wear to binding. More about The Crock of Gold
Journal of The Discovery of the Source of the Nile.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1863. [African Exploration] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[2] xxxii; 656. With 26 engraved plates, including a frontispiece portrait of the author, and two folding maps in a pouch at rear. Recent tan half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and marbled... More about Journal of The Discovery of the Source of the Nile
The Poetical Works of Lord Byron.
London: John Murray, 1850. [Romantic Poetry] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.viii; 827 [1]. With an engraved frontispiece of the author, a vignette title page showing Newstead Abbey, a facsimile of the dedication to Robert Peel from the 1837 edition, and two double-sided plates showing various examples of the... More about The Poetical Works of Lord Byron
Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1870. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED, a later edition. Quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.[12]; 268. With frequent wood engraved vignettes by the Patons. Contemporary green full morocco by R. and A. SUTTABY of London, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and gilt... More about Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems
Gaddings with a Primitive People. Being a Series of Sketches of Alpine Life and Customs.
London: Remington and Co., no date [1878]. [Alpine Travel] FINELY BOUND. 2 volumes. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[4] iii-xvi; 279 [5]; [4] iii-viii; 270 [4]. In slightly later blue half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to red labels and further gilt tooling to spines. Marbled paper over boards; all... More about Gaddings with a Primitive People. Being a Series of Sketches of Alpine Life and Customs
The History of the Heavens, Considered according to the Notions of the Poets and Philosophers, Compared with the Doctrines of Moses.
London: Printed for J. Osborn, 1740. [Pagan Theology and the Occult] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Two volumes. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[2] xii; 288; [8]; pp.[2]; 312; [8]. With a total of 25 engraved plates, including a frontispiece to each volume. Contemporary mottled calf boards, recently rebacked in matching calf... More about The History of the Heavens, Considered according to the Notions of the Poets and Philosophers,...
A General View of the Agriculture of the County of Kent; with Observations on the Means of its Improvement. Drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, from the original Report transmitted to the Board; with Additional Remarks of several Respectable Country Gentlemen and Farmers.
London: Printed for G. Nicol, 1796. [Kent Farming] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.iii-xvi; 206 [4]. With a folding hand-coloured map as a frontispiece; two engraved plates, and a folding table. Contemporary marbled calf boards, recently rebacked with matching calf spine. Gilt titles to original red morocco label laid... More about A General View of the Agriculture of the County of Kent; with Observations on the Means of its...
Poems by John Keats.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1908. [Romantic Poetry] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED, fourth impression of the second edition thus. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xxx; 338; [2]. With frequent in-text wood engravings by Bell, including a frontispiece and decorated title page. Finely printed by the Chiswick Press. Contemporary aquamarine full calf... More about Poems by John Keats
Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book. Fairy Tales Of The Allied Nations.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1916]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.[10]; 170; [2]. With 15 tipped-in chromolithographic plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's light green cloth, elaborately titled and decorated in black and blue to spine and upper board. Illustrated blue endpapers. Blue ink ownership to... More about Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book. Fairy Tales Of The Allied Nations
Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for the French Red Cross.
London: Published for the Daily Telegraph by Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1915]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.[8]; 135; [1]. With 20 tipped-in chromolithographic illustrations, including a frontispiece, each with a tissue guard. Publisher's yellow cloth with blue titles and decoration to spine and upper board... More about Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for the French Red Cross
The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales. From the Old French. [Including: Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Blue Beard, and Beauty and the Beast, etc.]
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1910]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST DULAC TRADE EDITION. Quarto (28 x 23cm), pp.[xviii]; 131; [1], blank. With 30 beautiful tipped in colour plates, including a frontispiece, each protected with tissue guard. Recent burgundy half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and matching cloth... More about The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales. From the Old French. [Including: Sleeping Beauty,...
The Essays of Leigh Hunt.
London: J.M. Dent and Co., no date [circa 1903]. [Essays] FINELY BOUND, first thus. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[2] xiv; 368; [4]. With 49 wood engraved illustrations by Brock, and a photogravure frontispiece. Contemporary green half crushed morocco by RIVIERE, with two raised bands and gilt titles and decoration to... More about The Essays of Leigh Hunt
Where Three Empires Meet. A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the Adjoining Countries.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895. [Asian Travel] FINE PRIZE BINDING, a New Edition. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 528; [2]. With occasional photogravure plates and in-text illustrations, including a frontispiece and a folding map. In a fine contemporary prize binding for Wolverhampton Grammar School, with raised bands, gilt titles... More about Where Three Empires Meet. A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the...
The Red True Story Book.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 419; [1]. With 19 full page wood engraved plates including a frontispiece, and numerous further in-text engravings by Ford. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to upper board. Black endpapers;... More about The Red True Story Book
The Battle of Waterloo, containing the series of account published by authority, British and Foreign, with circumstantial details, relative to the battle, from a variety of authentic and original sources, with relative offical documents, forming an historical record of the operations in the Campaign of the Netherlands, 1815. To which is added the names alphabetically arranged, of the officers killed and wounded, from 15th ti 26th June, 1815, and the total loss of each regiment, with an enumeration of the Waterloo honours and privileges, conferred upon the men and officers, and lists of regiments, etc. entitled thereto. Illustrated by a panoramic sketch of the field of battle, and a plan of the position at Waterloo, and movements, with a general plan of the campaign. By a near observer.
London: Printed for John Booth, 1816. [Napoleonic Wars] EIGHTH EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] lxxxvi; 196; [2]. With two folding maps and a large folding panoramic plan of the battlefield. All except the frontispiece map backed onto cloth. Contemporary tan half calf with gilt titles to spine and marbled... More about The Battle of Waterloo, containing the series of account published by authority, British and...
Black Beauty.
London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1915. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (29 x 24cm), pp.[4]; x; 226; [2]. Number 149 of 600 copies SIGNED by the illustrator (150 copies reserved for the American Market). With 30 mounted chromolithographic plates, including a frontispiece, by Kemp-Welch, and numerous in-text wood engravings... More about Black Beauty
Woodland, Moor and Stream, being the Notes of a Naturalist.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1890. [Nature Writing] FINELY BOUND, the second edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10]; 224; [2]. In contemporary or slightly later blue full crushed morocco for bookseller C.J. Sawyer. A fine example of the West End style, likely by either Zaehnsdorf or Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Raised... More about Woodland, Moor and Stream, being the Notes of a Naturalist
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