Illustrated & Plate Books
The Home of the Blizzard. Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. Illustrated in colour and black and white, also with maps.
London: William Heinemann, 1915. [Antarctic Exploration] FIRST UK EDITION. Two volumes. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.xxx; 349 [3]; pp.xiv; 338 [2]. With numerous half-tone photographic plates, including frontispieces and a number of colour plates. With the three folding maps in a pouch at the rear of volume II. Publisher's navy..... More
The Life of Wellington. A New Edition, Revised, Condensed and Completed.
London: Bickers and Son, 1893. [Military Biography] FINELY BOUND, a new edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 387 [3]. With occasional in-text illustrations, and a frontispiece portrait of Wellington. Contemporary green polished calf, with gilt titles to a red label, and further gilt decoration to spine. All edges and endpapers..... More
With the "Ophir" Round the Empire, an Account of the Tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales 1901.
London: Cassell and Company, 1902. [English History] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xviii; 332. With 23 halftone plates and a frontispiece map of the Ophir. Red full calf, gilt armorial device of the Royal Academy Gosport to upper board. Brown label with gilt lettering, gilt tooling, and..... More
Acting Charades. Deeds Not Words: A Christmas Game to Make a Long Evening Short.
London: D. Bogue, no date [circa 1850]. [Victorian Party Games] EARLY EDITION. Octavo (17 x 14cm), pp.xii; 158 [2]. Printed by Vizetelly. With a hand-coloured wood engraved frontispiece and vignette title page, as well as numerous further in-text illustrations by Hine. Publisher's red cloth, rebacked with the original spine laid..... More
Guess How Much I Love You.
London: Walker Books, 2014. [Children's Illustrated] TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, first impression thus. Quarto (28 x 26cm), pp.[32]. Illustrated in colour throughout by Jeram. Light blue endpapers. Publisher's light blue paper-covered boards, with the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new copy. More
Sir Ned and the Nasties.
London: Andersen Press, 2017. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 25cm), pp.[28]. With colour illustration by David McKee to every page. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to title page, with an additional signature and drawing to copyright page. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards, priced at £11.99. A...... More
Belinda Brown.
London: Andersen Press, 2018. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 25cm), pp.[26]. With colour illustrations by the author to every page. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, and with an additional signature and a drawing to copyright page. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards, and illustrated..... More
Preliminary Studies for H. M. Factory, Gretna, and, Study for an Installation of Phosgene Manufacture.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, no date [1920]. [Munitions Factory Plans] SIGNED BY KENNETH BINGHAM QUINAN, one of just 1000 copies. Large octavo (28 x 19cm), pp.xvi; 145 [1]. With 24 large folding plans and diagrams. SIGNED and dated 3rd November 1920 by Quinan in black ink to front pastedown..... More
The Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Western Railway [and] The Official Illustrated Guide to the Bristol and Exeter, North and South Devon, Cornwall, and South Wales Railways, Including the Amalgamated West Midland Line, and the Chester and Holyhead Line, also, the Isle of Man. With descriptions of the most Important Manufactories in the several Towns on the Lines.
London: Griffin, Bohn, and Co., no date [1861]. [Railway Guide] SECOND EDITIONS. Two volumes bound as one. Small octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[8]; 800; pp.[6]; 280; [2]. Filled with wood engravings by the author, as well as a steel-engraved frontispiece of Chepstow Castle by Bartlett and Cousen. In a mid-twentieth..... More
A history of drugs.
Basle: F. Hoffmann-La Roche and Co., 1971. [Drugs and Herbal Stimulants] PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY, first edition. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.176. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's cream paper-covered boards with black titles to spine. With the black photographic dust-jacket. A publisher's presentation copy, with a bookplate dedicated to Dr. M.J...... More
A Book Of Milliganimals.
London, Dennis Dobson. 1968. First edition, SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY. 8vo. 88pp. Fine in publisher's gilt titled blue cloth. Clad in a vibrant, elephant adorned purple dustwrapper showing only the slightest hint of wear, it's all very unfaded and lovely. To top it all off, it's inscribed by Mr.Milligan to the..... More
Winnie the Pooh.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; [4] 158 [2]. Profusely illustrated in-text by Ernest Shepard. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to upper. Top edge gilt; pictorial map endpapers. A moderately used copy with..... More
The Poetical Works of John Milton.
London: Henry Frowde/Oxford University Press, 1910. [Poetry] OXFORD EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xiii [3] 554 [2]. With a halftone frontispiece portrait of John Milton and facsimile first edition title-pages. Publisher's quarter vellum, red cloth over sides. Spine with gilt-lettered red label and floral designs in gilt and red. Top..... More
Peeps at History: Scotland.
London: A. & C. Black, 1912. [Scotland] SECOND IMPRESSION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.iv; 96. With eight colour-illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by J. Jellicoe, and 24 in-text illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth with navy titles and decoration to spine and upper. With the green dust-jacket titled and decorated in blue..... More
A Century of Kate Greenaway.
London: Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd., 1946. [Children's Books] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.15 [1]. With a half-tone photographic frontispiece portrait of Greenaway, and two colour plates. Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers; sewn. Covers rubbed to spine, with light handling otherwise, as well as some stains and browning to..... More
The Epicurean, a Tale. With Vignette Illustrations by J.M.W. Turner. And Alciphron, a Poem. By Thomas Moore.
London: John Macrone, 1839. [Literature] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.xii; 68. With numerous tissue-guarded engraved plates by Turner, including a frontispiece. Full green morocco, boards blind-stamped and gilt ruled. Gilt titles and embellishment to spine. Gilt roll dentelle to turn-ins, marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Interior lightly..... More
The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore. Reprinted from the Early Editions, with Explanatory Notes, etc. The Chandos Poets.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., no date [circa 1880s]. [Poetical Works] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.xii [2]; 653 [3]. With 12 engraved plates, and a frontispiece engraving of the author. Contemporary red full morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and blind ruling..... More
Winston Churchill: The Struggle for Survival, 1940-1965. Taken from the diaries of Lord Moran.
London: Constable, 1966. [Diaries] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] xviii; 829 [3]. With 15 black and white photographic plates, some double-sided, including a frontispiece. Recently re-bound in red half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge..... More
Winston Churchill: The Struggle for Survival, 1940-1965. Taken from the diaries of Lord Moran.
London: Constable, 1966. [Diaries] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] xviii; 829 [3]. With 15 black and white photographic plates, some double-sided, including a frontispiece. Elegantly hand-bound in red half oasis morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and gilt 'lion rampant' motif to spine, matching..... More
The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1904. [Pre-Raphaelite Poetry] FIRST KING-ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 310. With 96 illustrations by King, including a frontispiece, decorated title page, and numerous in-text illustrations and full-page plates. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and boards. Top edge..... More
Hokusai: One Hundred Poets.
London: Cassell, 1989. [Japanese Art] FIRST EDITION. Oblong quarto (26 x 36cm), pp.222 [2]. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £55. Some marks to edges and light general handling. Jacket moderately rubbed..... More
Highlands and Backwoods: The Legend and the Hero. With a foreword by Chief Scout Lord Rowallan.
London: Christopher Johnson, 1957. [Pedagogy and Travel] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.183 [1]. With seven half-tone plates, including a frontispiece, as well as a few in-text maps and illustrations. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: 'with the author's | every..... More
Television. To-Day and To-morrow
London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons 1934. Demy octavo, pp.xxxii; 208; 24, advertisements. With 70 photographic plates and 56 illustrations. With a new preface to this [fourth] edition, and a foreword by John Logie Baird. Publisher's gilt-titles cloth in striking colour pictorial dust-wrapper. Book is near fine (slightly dusty); jacket..... More
Heroes of Discovery: Livingstone, Park, Franklin, Cook, Magellan.
Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1886. [Travel and Exploration] FINELY BOUND, a new edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 349 [3]. With an engraved portrait of each explorer. Contemporary red full calf for Beaconsfield School by RELFE BROS of London, with gilt titles to black label and further gilt decoration..... More
L'Envers Du Theatre. Machines et Decorations.
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1888. [Backstage Production] Third edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 294 [2]. All text in French. Illustrated by the author with 60 wood engravings of theatrical machinery. Contemporary brown half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and papier tourniquet over boards..... More