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History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called Frederick The Great.
London: Chapman and Hall, no date [circa 1890]. [History] FINELY BOUND. 10 volumes, octavo (20 x 14 x 33cm). Illustrated with engravings. Elegant full royal blue morocco prize bindings for The Law Society, with full gilt backs, gilt crest to upper, swirl marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; 'Honorary Distinction' certificate... More
The Professor. A Tale.
London: Smith Elder and Co., 1857. [English Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), 2 volumes bound as 1, pp.294; 258. Mid nineteenth century half calf over marbled boards, black title label with gilt rule to spines, marbled boards, drab endpapers, edges speckled red. Bound without half-titles or adverts. Light... More
A Chronicle of England, B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485. Written and Illustrated by James E. Doyle, The Designs Engraved and Printed in Colours by Edmund Evans.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, 1864. [British History] FINE COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS, FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.[4]; viii; 462; [2]. With 81 wood engravings printed in colour depicting medieval pageantry. Contemporary red full morocco by Hayes of Oxford with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and extensive... More
Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution, and the Means of making it a Benefit to the World. To which is added, a Letter from M. Turgot, late Comptroller-General if the Finances of France: with An Appendix, containing a Translation of the Will of M. Fortune Ricard, lately published in France.
London: T. Cadell, 1785. [Political Philosophy] EARLY EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[2] viii; 156 [4]. Recent speckled calf with raised bands and gilt titles to red label on spine. Library stamp to p.1, title page washed, some annotation to p.153. Some toning and spotting to textblock. Very good. A.... More
The Poetical Works of John Keats.
London: Oxford University Press, 1973. [Poetry]. FINELY BOUND. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xxix; [1];477; [1]. Bound by Bayntun's in mid-blue full calf, gilt titles on red leather square and gilt tooling to spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Internally fine, some quite heavy rubbing to the bottom corners. Very good. More
The Poems of William Wordsworth. With Introductions and Notes.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1923. [Poetry]. FINELY BOUND. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xxxii; 986; [2]. Contemporary brown full morocco, gilt titles, raised bands, and gilt tooling to spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Text nicely laid out in double column. Frontispiece portrait. A few small chips to a.... More
The Blue Moon.
London: John Murray, 1904. [Children's fantasy tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 14cm), pp.210. Nine full-page plates. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in red and gilt, top edge gilt, illustrated dust-jacket. Some trivial dustiness, jacket very lightly worn. An unquestionably fine copy. Scarce thus. More
The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1902. FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION, and first colour plate edition. Text on p.51, line 1 "wept big tears," fourth printing onwards has "shed big tears." Sextodecimo (14 x 10cm), pp.86. Illustrated with twenty-seven coloured plates, pp.98. Publisher's dark grey paper-covered boards, illustration laid-down to upper, grey... More
Two Discourses. The First, Concerning the Spirit of Martin Luther, and the Original of the Reformation. The Second, Concerning the Celibacy of the Clergy.
Oxford: [no publisher stated] 1687. [Theology] FIRST EDITION. Two volumes as one. Small quarto (24 x 19cm), pp.[26]; [8]; 104; pp.[4]; 39; [35]. Contemporary brown panelled calf, rebacked to style with raised bands and gilt titles. Small black ink 'R.H.' to top right corner of fly-leaf, denoting the initials Woodhead... More
The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Paris: Charles Carrington 1908. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.312. Illustrated with 7 full-page wood engravings by Eugene Dété from drawings by Paul Thiriat of Paris, with titled tissue guards. The publisher's note on the illustrations is tipped on to the half title (although dated 1908, the book... More
Harry Potter Series, Complete Deluxe Set: The Philosopher's Stone; The Chamber of Secrets; The Prisoner of Azkaban; The Goblet of Fire; The Order of The Phoenix; The Half-Blood Prince; The Deathly Hallows.
London: Bloomsbury, 1999-2007. COMPLETE SIGNED SET, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST PRINTING, IN DELUXE BINDINGS. 7 volumes. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.223 [1]; pp.251 [5]; pp.317 [3]; pp.636 [4]; pp.766 [2]; pp.607 [1]; pp.607 [1]. Each volume SIGNED by the author, variously in blue and black ink, to half-title or dedication... More
The Citizen of the World; or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the East.
London: Printed for N. Newbury, 1762. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. In two volumes. Foolscap octavo, pp.viii, 286 [2]; pp.[2], 238 [16]. In contemporary mottled calf boards, recently re-backed to style with raised bands and gilt titles to original red labels to spines. Armorial bookplates of the De Burghs, Earls of Clanricarde... More
The Controversy between Great Britain and her Colonies Reviewed; the several pleas of the Colonies, in Support of their Right to all the Liberties and Privileges of British Subjects, and to Exemption from the Legislative Authority of Parliament, Stated and Considered; and the Nature of their connection with, and Dependence on, Great Britain, shewn, upon the evidence of Historical Facts and Authentic Records.
London: Printed for J. Almon, 1769. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[4], 207 [1], lv [1]. Variant 3, without half-title or errata page, but with uncorrected pagination. With a large appendix containing extracts from the printed journals of the Houses of Parliament, as well as colonial seats of government. In later tree... More
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