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The Early Races of Scotland and their Monuments.
Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1866. [Prehistory] FIRST EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.xx; 268 [12]; pp.xii; 269-518 [2]. Complete with 60 lithographic illustrations, including folding panoramic frontispieces to each volume. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. All edges untrimmed; brown endpapers. Partially unopened. Light spotting to..... More
Back Drops: pages from a private diary.
London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1983. [Stage / Film Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[6] 178. SIGNED by the author ink black ink to the half-title. With occasional illustrations by Larry. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, price-clipped. A few creases..... More
Nyasaland: The Land of the Lake. The Corona Library.
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1955. [Colonial History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xii; 239 [1]. With a colour photographic frontispiece and 19 further double-sided black and white photographic plates, as well as numerous drawings, maps and diagrams. Illustrated endpapers. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With..... More
Bells and Bellringers.
London: H.J. Infield, 1879. [Campanology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 119 [1]. Publisher's brown blind-decorated cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. All edges red; blue-patterned endpapers. With the bookplate of the Central Northamptonshire Association of Church Bell Ringers, dated 1899, to first blank. Slightly shaken. Rubbing..... More
My Family and Other Animals.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis and the Book Society Ltd., 1956. [Corfu Trilogy] FIRST BOOK SOCIETY EDITION, contemporaneous with the first edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.256. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Ralph Thompson, priced at 16s. Top edge light blue. Heavy..... More
Freedom and Reality.
London: B.T. Batsford, 1969. [Politics] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 264. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at 35s / £1.75. Rubbing and bruising to jacket edges; some chips from..... More
Antiente Epitaphes (from A.D. 1250 to A.D. 1800). Collected and sett forth in Chronological order.
London: Joseph Masters and Co., 1878. [Headstone epitaphs] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[10]; 196; [2]. With a folding facsimile frontispiece. Contemporary blue half calf with gilt titles to maroon label on spine. Marbled paper over boards; all edges speckled red; grey endpapers. A small, neat repair to frontispiece..... More
Rock of Exile: A Narrative of Tristan da Cunha.
London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1957. [Wartime Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4] x; 196. With seven double-sided photographic plates and a frontispiece, as well as an illustrated map and vignette illustrations to chapter headings, all by Foster. Publisher's yellow cloth with black titles to spine. With the..... More
I Left My Roots in China.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1953. [Far East Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.176. With eight black and white photographic plates including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth over boards with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at 16s. Very light spotting to edges and endpapers..... More
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Letters of Anton Chekhov [Chekov] to his Family and Friends. With Biographical Sketch.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1920. [Literary correspondence] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 X 15cm), pp.[6]; 416. Recent navy half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, blue cloth sides, top edge gilt. Slightly browned to edges; very good. More
Mr. Churchill. A Portrait.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1941. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.347. with sepia-toned frontispiece illustration. Finely bound in dark green half oasis morocco with titles stamped in gilt to spine, raised bands, green cloth sides. A little toning to edge of text block. Externally unmarked. A near fine copy in..... More
Every-Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book.
London: Ward, Lock and Bowden, Limited, 1894. [Cookery] AN ENTIRELY NEW EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.lxxxii; 568; [2] advertisements. Further advertisements to endpapers. Illustrated with eight plates printed in colour, one folding, and numerous other black and white illustrations. Publisher's grey cloth ornately blocked in gilt and colour to..... More
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
London: Cassell and Company, 1956-58. [English History] HANDSOMELY BOUND FIRST EDITIONS. Four volumes, octavo (25 x 17 x 15cm), pp.[2] xxii; 416; pp.[2] xii; 344 [2]; pp.[2] xii; 332 [6]; pp.[2] xii; 322. With occasional in-text maps and plans. In recent green half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to..... More
Mandy.
London: Michael Joseph, 1980. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.224. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket featuring a photograph by David Steen. With a suite of double-sided black and white photographic plates. Neat ownership to flyleaf, some spotting to edges. Wrapper and cloth lightly handled. Very..... More
The Charters and other Documents Relating to the King's Town and Parish of Maidstone, in the County of Kent. With Notes and Annotations Clearly Showing the Right of Election of Members of Parliament to be in the Inhabitant Householders.
London: Printed for Joseph Butterworth and Son, 1825. [Kent history] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xxxi; [1]; 238; [2]. Contemporary brown calf with single gilt borders to boards, recently rebacked in brown calf, modern grey endpapers, edges speckled red. Some spotting to first and last leaves but generally very..... More
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