Illustrated & Plate Books
Victorian Fiction. An Exhibition of Original Editions at 7 Abermarle Street, London, Janurary to February 1947.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1947. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xiii, 50. With 16 b/w photographic plates detailing some of the highlights of the exhibition. With Foreword and Introduction by Carter and Sadleir. In publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original pink pictorial dust jacket. Chipping and closed tears..... More
Cary's Survey of the High Roads from London, to Hampton Court, Bagshot, Oakingham, Binfield, Windsor, Maidenhead, High Wycombe, Amersham, Rickmansworth, Tring, St Albans, Welwyn, Hertford, Ware, Bishops Stortford, Chipping Ongar, Chelmsford, Gravesend, Rochester, Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, East Grinsted, Ryegate, Dorking, Guildford, Richmond. On a Scale of one Inch to a Mile; wherein every Gentleman's Seat, situate on or seen from the Road, however distant are laid down, with the Name of the Possessor; to which is added the Number of Inns on each separate Route; also, the different Turnpike Gates, shewing the Connection which one trust has with another.
London: Printed for J. Cary, July 1st 1790. [Roads and Topography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), unpaginated. Complete with all 80 coloured route illustrations, including a folding general map. Recently re-back in brown calf, with gilt titles to spine, and the original tree calf boards. Marbled endpapers. A lovely..... More
The Memoirs of Giacomo Casanova di Seingalt. Translated into English by Arthur Machen.
London: The Casanova Society, 1922. [Memoirs] LEATHER-BOUND LIMITED EDITION. Complete in 12 volumes. Quarto (26 x 21 x 36cm). Privately printed for subscribers only on fine hand-made paper, number 452 of 1000 sets thus. With a frontispiece to each volume, as well as 17 maps, and an index. Recently re-bound..... More
Bird Notes From the Nile.
Westminster: Archibald Constable and co., 1904. [Ornithology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.xii; 113; [3]. Advertisements to rear. With 22 illustrated plates, including a tissue-guarded colour frontispiece. Also with numerous in-text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, black titles to upper and spine, pictorial decoration in black to upper. Fore and..... More
The Spanish Ladie, and two other stories from Cervantes translated from the original by James Mabbe, 1640, and newly illustrated by Douglas Percy Bliss.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1928. [Illustrated Spanish Literature] FIRST BLISS-ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Small quarto (27 x 21cm), pp.[8] 197 [3]. With occasional wood engraved illustrations by Bliss, some printed in colour. Publisher's salmon quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine and grey paper-covered boards, illustrated in brown to upper..... More
Les Soirées du Père de Famille, ou, Conversations Familières d'un Pere avec ses Enfans, sur Plusieurs Sujets de Morale et d'Instruction. Ouvrage destiné aux Enfans, et dont le principal objet est de les corriger de leurs défauts; dans lequel on trouve les leçons sur plusieurs points importans d'etude, tels que l'Astronomie, l'Histoire, etc. etc., et un grand nombre d'anecdotes et de traits historiques.
Paris: Chez Le Prieur, Libraire, rue des Mathurins-Saint-Jacques, hôtel de Cluny, 1822. [Morality and Pedagogy] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.333 [1]. All text in French. With six of the eight copper engraved plates, including the frontispiece and decorated title page. Contemporary half marbled calf, with gilt titles to..... More
I will not ever Never eat a tomato.
London: Orchard Books, 2010. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED LIMITED TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Small quarto (29 x 26cm). Number 130 of 1250 copies SIGNED by the author to slipcase. Publisher's colour-illustrated white cloth with red and white titles. With the illustrated white cloth-covered slipcase, priced at £30.00. Book still in the original..... More
The Seven Lost Trails of Africa. Being a Record of Sundry Expeditions, New and Old, in Search of Buried Treasure.
London: Cassell and Company, 1930. [Colonial Exploration] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xiv; 242. With eight black and white half-tone plates, including a frontispiece, and eight maps. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Heavy spotting to edges, with occasional heavy spotting internally. Light rubbing and some marks..... More
The Seven Wonders of Southern Africa.
Johannesburg: South African Railways and Harbours, 1929. [African Topography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] xiv; 386 [14]. With 18 colour plates and frequent black and white plates and maps. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Maps to endpapers. A large tear to the first..... More
Such is the Antarctic.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1935. [Polar Exploration] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, second state binding. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.265; [3]. With 45 photogravure illustrations including a frontispiece and maps and plans, some folding. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles to spine, and maps to endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket. Spotting..... More
Heroes and Kings: Stories from the Greek.
London: Seeley and Co. Ltd., 1905. [Greek Myths] FINE PRIZE BINDING. Sexto-Decimo (14 x 10cm), pp.[2] xii; 242 [2]. With 11 engraved plates. Contemporary tan full calf by RELFE BROS., with raised bands, gilt titles to a black label and further gilt to spine, a large gilt crest of Hazelhurst..... More
Three Greek Children: A Story of Home in Old Time.
London: Seeley and Co., 1908. [Ancient History] FINELY BOUND, a new edition. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 193 [3]. With nine illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, and occasional in-text illustrations. Contemporary brown full calf, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and marbling to all edges and endpapers..... More
Helmet and Spear: Tales from the Wars of the Greeks and Romans.
London: Seeley and Co., 1900. [Ancient Military History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 380 [8]. With eight black and white plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles, and gilt and black decoration to spine and upper. Yellow-coated endpapers. Heavy spotting to first and final leaves..... More
Roman Life in the Days of Cicero.
London: Seeley and Company, 1884. [Roman History] FINELY BOUND, the fourth printing thus. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2]; xii; 291; [3]. Twelve illustrations including frontispiece. Contemporary tan full calf, with gilt titles on green label to spine, gilt decorations to spine, raised bands, gilt decorative panelling to boards, gilt dentelle..... More
On the Theory and Practice of Midwifery.
London: Henry Renshaw, 1855. [Obstetrics] THIRD EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.ii-xvi; 667 [5]. Lacking the half-title. With 119 in-text wood engravings. Recently rebound in brown buckram with the original gilt and blind-decorated cloth laid over boards and spine. New endpapers; all edges untrimmed. Occasional moderate spotting; lightly browned..... More
Great Contemporaries.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1937. [Political biographies] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 335 [3]. With twenty-one photographic portrait plates. Recent navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and rampant lion tooling to spine, and blue cloth over boards. Top edge gilt. A light trim..... More
Great Contemporaries.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1937. [Political biographies] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 335 [3]. With twenty-one photographic portrait plates. Bound in navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and rampant lion tooling to spine, and blue cloth over boards. Top edge gilt. Internally crisp..... More
Six-String Stories. Eric Clapton. The Crossroads Guitars.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2012. [Rock photo-documentary] SIGNED COLLECTOR EDITION. Folio, pp.376. Number 1472 of 1650 copies thus, SIGNED by the author. Comprehensively illustrated with images taken by over eighty of the world's best photographers, including David Bailey, Terry O'Neill, Dominique Tarlé and Lord Snowdon. Printed on heavyweight GardaMatt and GardaPat..... More
The Tunbridge Wells Guide, or, an Account of the Ancient and Present State of that Place, with a Particular Description of all the Towns, Villages, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Ancient and Modern Seats, Founderies etc., within the Circumference of Sixteen Miles, with Accurate Views of the Principal Objects.
Tunbridge Wells: J. Clifford, 1829. [Town Guide] FIFTH EDITION. Small Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.[6] viii; 188. With 22 engravings, including four folding plates, a vignette title page, and a frontispiece folding map. Not including an engraving of the Royal Kent Hotel, but with two engravings of Mereworth House. Contemporary..... More
The Further Side of Silence.
New York: Doubleday, Page, and Company, 1927. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[2] xvi; 407 [5]. With 19 full-page black and white illustrations by Blaine and a few vignettes. Title page lettered in black and orange. Publisher's black cloth with pictorial labels to upper and spine..... More
Hieroglyphic Bibles their origin and history. A hitherto Unwritten Chapter of Bibliography With Facsimile Illustrations. And A New Hieroglyphic Bible told in stories by Frederick A. Laing.
Glasgow: David Bryce and Son, 1894. [Bibles] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x cm), pp.xvi; 316; 25 card leaves, two with illustrated title pages for the New and Old Testaments, two blank the rest with four illustrations per page. Publisher's tan buckram, blocked in black and gilt to spine and upper..... More
Princess Smartypants and the Missing Princes.
London: Hodder Children's Books, 2016. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8] 130 [6]. Illustrated by the author throughout. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's illustrated soft covers, priced at £5.99. A fine, as-new copy. More
The English Baronage: Or an Historical Account of the Lives and Most Memorable Actions of Our Nobility; With Their Descents, Marriages, and Issue. Deduc'd From Records, Historians, Manuscripts, and Other Authorities. By Arthur Collins Esq. Volume the First.
London: Printed for Robert Gosling, 1727. [English History] SCARCE FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 20cm), pp.[4]; xvi; 683; [13]. With numerous engravings by Gerard van der Gucht, including two fold-out monument illustrations. Recently rebound in green cloth, gilt titles to spine. Leaves toned and somewhat soiled/spotted as to be expected..... More
The Romance of the Echoing Wood.
Newport: R.H. Johns, the "Directory" Press, 1937. [Welsh Fairy Tale] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.[8] 43 [5]. Number 50 of just 220 copies, SIGNED by all the contributors, including the publisher, to the limitation page. With wide marginal illustrations and three full page plates all engraved..... More
Pink Furniture. A Tale for Lovely Children with Noble Natures.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. [Children's Fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.251 [5]. With 25 line-drawn illustrations by Gurney. Publisher's variegated pink and cream cloth, with blue titles to spine and upper. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by O.G. Bourne, priced at 7/6. A little toning to edges..... More