Illustrated & Plate Books
Sinks of London Laid Open: A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to which is added a Modern Flash Dictionary containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases now in Vogue, with a list of the sixty orders of Prime Coves, the whole Forming a True Picture of London Life, Cadging Made Easy, the He-She Man, Doings of the Modern Greeks, Snooking Kens Depicted, the Common Lodging-house Gallants, Lessons to Lovers of Dice, the Gaming Table, etc.
London: J. Duncombe, 1848 [circa 1885]. [London] VINTAGE COPY, a later reprint. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.131 [1]. With an advertisement for 'Annals of Fashionable Gallantry' (1885) at rear. With a folding colour frontispiece, as well as numerous in-text woodcuts, by Cruikshank. Publisher's crocodile skin-effect tan cloth with gilt titles..... More
Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough; containing Armorial Bearings, Fac Similes, Maps, and Military Plans.
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. [War of the Spanish Succession] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 22cm), unpaginated. Containing 22 engraved maps, plans, facsimile letters, and armorial bearings. Contemporary tan half calf, with gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards. Turquoise endpapers. Internally crisp..... More
Colombia: Being a Geographical, Statistical, Agricultural, Commercial, and Political Account of that Country, adapted for the General Reader, the Merchant, and the Colonist.
London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822. [South American Colonial History] FIRST EDITION. Complete in two volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.cxxiv; 707 [3]; pp.[2] vi; 782 [4]. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume, being Zea and Bolivar respectively, and a large folding engraved map to volume I. Recently re-bound..... More
Coney Island and Brooklyn, N.Y., Illustrated.
New York, NY: Manhattan Post Card Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Coney Island] EARLY POSTCARD IMAGES. Octavo pamphlet. Dichromatic printing on clay paper, with colour-illustrated card covers, stapled. 16 double-sided black and white photographic plates, totalling 64 individual images. Some small losses to edges of first and last leaves. Rubbing..... More
Deutsche Gefangene in England [German Prisoners in England].
London: the London General News and Book Agency, no date [circa 1916]. [Wartime Propaganda] FIRST EDITION. Slim quarto (28 x 20cm), pp.62. A collection of photogravure images printed on clay paper showing German prisoners of war engaging in wholesome and enjoyable activities, including gardening, tailoring, amateur dramatics, sport, and model..... More
Greater East Asia War Record. [Official Japanese Second World War Photography].
Tokyo, [circa 1942]. [Japanese War Photography] ORIGINAL COMMEMORATIVE COLLECTION. Small quarto portfolio containing 40 loose black and white photographs backed onto card, with descriptions tipped onto verso. Also with a loose introductory leaf, and publishing information to the inside of the portfolio. Publisher's blue cloth chemise portfolio, with plain card..... More
The Menagerie. No. 102, Dean's Fluffidown Rag Books, Patented.
London: Dean's Rag Book Co., no date [circa 1910s]. [Rag Book] ORIGINAL RAG BOOK. Octavo (21 x 17cm), unpaginated. Five double-sided illustrated cloth sheets showing various exotic animals, in cloth covers, sewn to spine. Strong sewing, but for some fraying to head of spine. All colours except the red on..... More
Pictorial Sport and Adventure, being a record of daring and marvellous escapes by field and flood, with an account of various countries of the world and their inhabitants: the whole forming a compendium of the world.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., no date [1898]. [True Adventure and Hunting] EARLY EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.viii; 312. With a colour frontispiece and decorated title page, and numerous engravings through the text. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine and upper board. Cracked-earth..... More
Royal Tunbridge Wells: The Official Guide issued under the Auspices of the Mayor and Corporation and the Tunbridge Wells Advertising Association.
Cheltenham: J. Burrow and Co., no date [circa 1920s]. [Town Guide] FINE COPY. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.120. With frequent in-text black and white photographic illustrations, including many advertisements. Publisher's colour-illustrated card covers, not priced. A lovely clean, barely handled copy. Almost as-new. A general description of the Spa town..... More
The Seasons of the Year. Or The Hand of God Manifested in His Works.
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1852. [Natural History] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (17 x 12cm), pp.[4] 416 [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and vignette title page by T. Brown. Contemporary dark brown full morocco, with gilt titles and decorations to spine, and decoration in gilt and blind to boards. All edges..... More
Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Adapted from Grimm's Fairy Tales.
London and Glasgow: Collins, no date [circa 1940's]. [Children's Illustrated] VINTAGE COPY, a later printing. Small quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.80. With black and white, and occasional colour illustrations reproducing scenes from the famous Disney film of the same name. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, with the blue cloth spine. Illustrated..... More
Who's Who & Where: The Illustrated Year Book of Tunbridge Wells & District. Complete Local and Official Information.
Brighton: The Robinson Printing Company, 1908. [Town Guide and Directory] FINE COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.18 [2]; xlvi; 19-168. With frequent in-text black and white photographic illustrations, including many advertisements. Publisher's red quarter cloth, with colour-illustrated card covers priced at 6d. Just a touch of toning and spotting to..... More
Sinks of London Laid Open: A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, To Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, With a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves, the Whole Forming a True Picture of London Life, Cadging Made Easy, the He-She Man, Doings of the Modern Greeks, Snooking Kens Depicted, the Common Lodging-house Gallants, Lessons to Lovers of Dice, the Gaming Table, etc. Embellished With Humorous Illustrations by George Cruikshank.
London: J. Duncombe, 1848 [circa 1885]. [London] VINTAGE COPY, a later reprint. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.131 [1]. With an advertisement for 'Annals of Fashionable Gallantry' (1885) at rear. With a folding colour frontispiece, as well as numerous in-text woodcuts, by Cruikshank. Publisher's crocodile skin-effect tan cloth with gilt titles..... More
How to Decorate a Cake.
Stourbridge: Taylor, Law & Co., 1954. [Baking / Cookery] ORIGINAL PAMPHLET. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.32. With two colour-illustrated leaves, and black and white illustrations to almost every page. Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers, stapled twice. Light spotting and moderate handing to covers. Minimal oxidation to staples. Very good. A step-by-step..... More
Russian Ballet. Camera Studies by Gordon Anthony. With an Introduction by Arnold Haskell.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1939. [Ballet Photography] LEATHER-BOUND First Edition. Large Quarto (33 x 27cm), pp.[32]. Illustrated with 96 tipped-in black and white photographs of Russian ballet stars, including a frontispiece. Recently re-bound in navy half morocco, with gilt titles to twin red labels, four raised bands to spine, and matching..... More
The Goldfinger Files. The Making of the Iconic Alpine Sequence.
Steidl, 2020. [James Bond reference] DELUXE HARDCOVER EDITION. Quarto, pp.192. Glossy photo-documentary in a large hardback format with photographic covers, all edges gilt. Illustrated throughout with black & white and colour stills, with accompanying text. As new, in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Fleming Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy. A comprehensive account of..... More
Rupert and the Bottled Moonbeams [and Rupert and the Frosties]. Adventure Series No. 28.
London: Oldbourne Book Co., no date [April 1956]. [Children's Cartoon] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), twelve leaves illustrated in colour throughout, including soft covers with two staples. Light rubbing and thumbing to covers. Very good. More
Rupert and the Snow Sports [and Rupert and the Vanishing Pet]. Adventure Series No. 23.
London: Beaverbrook Newspapers, no date [February 1955]. [Children's Cartoon] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), twelve leaves illustrated in colour throughout, including soft covers with two staples. Light rubbing and thumbing to covers. Very good. More
Rupert Winter Adventures [Rupert and the Angry Dolls, and Rupert and Will o' the Wisp]. Adventure Series No. 35.
London: The Oldbourne Book Co., no date [circa 1959]. [Children's Cartoon] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), twelve leaves illustrated in colour throughout, including soft covers with two staples. A section of the margin lost from the first second leaf, about 1 x 3cm. Covers lightly rubbed and detached..... More
David Attenborough: Life Stories.
London: Collins, 2009. [Natural History] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.224. Heavily illustrated in colour throughout. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'to Lottie | David Attenborough'. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and light green endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket..... More
Life on Air. Memoirs of a Broadcaster.
London: BBC Books, 2002. [Science and Nature / Television] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.384; with eight suites of photographic plates. Brown hardcovers in photographic jacket with printed price of £18.99 to front flap. A fine, fresh copy. The much-loved naturalist's reflections on a career in broadcasting. More
The Private Life of Plants. A Natural History of Plant Behaviour.
London: BBC Books, 1995. [Animal Behaviour] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Large octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.320. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to half-title. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £17.99. A touch of light..... More
The Trials of Life. A Natural History of Animal Behaviour.
London: Collins / BBC Books, 1990. [Animal Behaviour] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Large octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.320. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £16.95. A fine, as-new copy. The third in Attenborough's book and TV series..... More
Academic Graffiti.
London: Faber and Faber, 1971. [Illustrated Clerihews] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), unpaginated. 60 poems with an illustration by Sanjust to each facing leaf. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Sanjust, priced at £2.00. Light handling; a fine copy. More
The Novels of Jane Austen, in Ten Volumes: Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey and Persuasion; and Emma]. Edited by Reginald Brimley Johnson.
London: J.M. Dent and Company, 1895-97. [Classic Literature] COMPLETE SET, later impressions thus. Ten volumes. Octavo (18 x 12 x 20cm). Each volume with an engraved frontispiece portrait, and two or three other illustrations by William Cubit Cooke, and ornaments by F.C. Tilney. Publisher's light green cloth, with gilt titles..... More