"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
— Ernest Hemingway

Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1931. [China] REVISED THIRD EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 571 [3]. With 29 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece, and seven folding maps and plans. An appendix and index at rear. Publisher's yellow cloth with gilt titles to spine. Fore and lower edges..... More
London: V and A Publishing, 2012. [Art and Design] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 26cm), pp.400. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's purple paper-covered boards with white titles to spine. Gold endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £40. A fine, as-new copy. From the library of the writer, media and..... More
London: The National Portrait Gallery, 2007. [Exhibition Catalogue]. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (31 x 26cm), pp.232. Illustrated with colour and black and white images throughout. Publisher's photographic paper-covered boards with white and pink titles. Near fine with minor marks to boards. More
London: Methuen, 1937. [Historical Costume]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 227 [1]. With numerous in-text illustrations by the author. Publisher's red cloth with blue titles to spine. With the white illustrated dust-jacket. Light spotting throughout. Slight reading lean. Chipping to jacket edges; light toning to jacket spine. Very..... More
Brattleboro, VT: The Stephen Greene Press, 1974. [Heraldry] FIRST EDITION. Square octavo (22 x 22cm), pp.96. Containing twenty colour illustrations by Marie Angel (1923-2010). Publisher's cream vegetable parchment with gilt titles to spine, presented in the original blue paper-covered box, with a cream insert and a tri-fold flier for the..... More
Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1862. [Illustrated] FINE COPPER ENGRAVINGS, later edition. Slim quarto (26 x 21cm), pp.34. With seven fine copper engravings after George Harvey, R.S.A., including a frontispiece. Recently re-backed using original white glazed paper-covered boards, with black titles printed to upper board. Black ink gift inscription to half-title..... More
London: Cassell and Company, no date [1892-95]. [Colonial Exploration] COMPLETE FIRST EDITIONS. Four volumes bound as two. Large octavo (27 x 20cm), pp.viii; 312; pp.viii; 312; pp.viii; 312; pp.viii; 312. With frequent half-tone vignette illustrations, as well as occasional maps and full-page illustrations. Contemporary red half morocco with raised bands..... More
Godalming: H. Stedman, 1879. [Public School History] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 239 [3]. With 20 illustrations, including a frontispiece and plans of the school. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to first blank: 'Cecil James Gladdish Hulkes | from Dr. Haig Brown | for History..... More
London: Doubleday, 2010. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 24cm), pp.[26]. Illustrated in colour throughout by the author. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards, priced at £10.99 (no jacket issued). A fine copy. A modern re-telling of Goldilocks and..... More
London: Walker Books, 2014. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (31 x 27cm), pp.24. With colour illustrations by the author to every page. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black paper-covered boards, and marbled-illustrated endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. Light surface scratches..... More
London: A. & C. Black, 1928. [South American Travel] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 88. With eight colour-illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, and a sketch-map of the continent. Publisher's blue cloth with navy titles and decoration to spine and upper. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, re-priced by the publisher..... More
London: George Routledge and Sons, n.d. 4to. Publisher's light brown glazed pictorial boards, dark brown cloth spine, green end papers, all edges tinted green. Corners bumped and frayed, extremities rubbed and slightly scuffed; boards dusty. Inner hinges starting; gathering showing at few places. Very good indeed. As Schuster & Engen..... More
London: Simon and Schuster, 2014. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST THUS, a revised translation. Square octavo (16 x 16cm), 14 leaves, with text facing full colour illustrations by the author. SIGNED by the translator in black ink to copyright page at rear. Publisher's illustrated glossy paper-covered boards. A fine, as-new copy..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. [Navigational Instruments] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (32 x 25cm), pp.xii; 323 [1]. Illustrated largely in black and white, with few colour plates. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and a blind sextant device stamped to upper board. Brown endpapers. With the pictorial dust-jacket and..... More
Cincinnati, OH: Rickey and Carroll, 1864. [Americana] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 504 [10]. With seven wood engraved plates, including a frontispiece portrait of Little Crow. Publisher's green blind-decorated cloth with gilt titles to spine. Printed advertisements to pastedowns. Spotting throughout, textblock a little shaken with some gathers..... More
Boston, MA: The Bibliophile Society, 1907. [American Poetry] LIMITED PRIVATE PRESS EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.[4] xxviii [4]. With a double-sided facsimile plate of the manuscript of each poem, and an engraving for each, together with the printed texts. One of 470 copies thus, finely printed on Japanese..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. [Ancient History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.356. With four photogravure plates including a frontispiece, and and folding map and genealogical table. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt device to upper board. Top edge gilt. Light spotting to edges. Slightly..... More
Montreal: Printed for Private Circulation, 1911. [Canadian Legal History and Genealogy] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6] xiv; 475 [3] 5 [1] viii [4]. With 13 illustrated plates, including a frontispiece portrait of the subject, each with a tissue guard. Number 126 of just 300 copies SIGNED by..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1893. [Illustrated Drama] FIRST THOMSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.64. With 12 wood engraved plates by Thomson, as well as a decorated title page. Publisher's light green cloth with darker green titles to spine and upper board. Top edge green, others untrimmed. Black ink ownership..... More
London: Published by the author and printed at the Albion Hand Press, 1954. [Private Press] FINE WOOD ENGRAVINGS, an advance copy printed for friends and acquaintances of the artist. Pott octavo (14 x 11cm), pp.[28]. With two full page plates and seven vignette wood engravings by Buday. Publisher's plain paper..... More
London: Saunders and Otley, 1834. [Romantic Novel] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxxvi; 341 [5]. With 27 steel engraved illustrations by various artists, including a frontispiece and illustrated title page. Contemporary maroon full morocco, with gilt titles and heavy gilt decoration to spine, and equally heavy panelled..... More
London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, no date [circa 1860s]. [Christian Allegory] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.xvi; 400 [2]. With over 100 full page and in-text wood engravings by Selous and Priolo, including a frontispiece. Contemporary red full panelled morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles, and blind..... More
London: The London Printing and Publishing Company, no date [circa 1850's]. [Christian Spirituality] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Complete in two volumes. Quarto (28 x 20cm), pp.[6] 670 [4]; pp.[6] 1300 [2] cxxxvi [4]. With 31 steel-engraved plates, each with a tissue guard, including a frontispiece to each volume and a...... More
Stevens Point, WI: Worzalla Publishing Co., 1929. [Americana] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 164 [4]. With 26 lithographic illustrations, some coloured. INSCRIBED by the author in black in to Kenneth Bates, to the front free endpaper. Publisher's maroon leatherette cloth with gilt titles to upper board. Wear..... More
London: James Carpenter and Son, 1830. [Painting] LEATHER BOUND, a New Edition. Three parts bound in one volume. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.[6]; 31; [1]; pp.viii; 45 [1]; pp.iii-xii; 64; [4]. With 25 engraved plates, eight being hand-coloured. Contemporary brown half calf, later rebacked with the original spine label laid..... More