Illustrated & Plate Books
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Translated into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [circa 1920]. [Metaphysical Poetry] EDMUND DULAC ILLUSTRATED EDITION, a later printing. Text follows the second edition of Fitzgerald's English translation. Quarto (28 x 23cm), unpaginated. With 20 tipped in colour plates by Dulac and green border decoration, all with captioned tissue guards. Publisher's gilt-stamped..... More
Wartime Abstractions: The Paintings of Peter Lanyon.
Penzance: Andrew Lanyon, with St. Ives Printing and Publishing Company, 1996. [Biography and Catalogue] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large octavo (28 x 21cm), pp.84 [4]. Heavily illustrated throughout with tipped-in plates. Number 200 of 250 copies SIGNED by the author, Andrew Lanyon, in pencil to limitation page. Publisher's black cloth, with..... More
The Sixpence that Rolled Away.
London: Faber and Faber, 1956. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.24. With five colour plates and six line drawn illustrations by Bawden. Publisher's colour illustrated paper covered boards, with the matching dust-jacket, priced at 10/6. Some offsetting to endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Wear to extremities and some..... 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
The History of the Construction and Craftsmanship of the Racing VIII.
[privately produced and bound]. no date [1959]. ['Eight' Boat Construction] AUTOGRAPH THESIS. Quarto (29 x 22cm), pp.[10] 44 [7]. With one page number per leaf, and 15 photographs of the construction process pasted to bank sides facing text. A frontispiece illustration has been cut out of a magazine and pasted..... More
The Story of Loopy and Loo. Especially Written for Children of All Ages.
Tunbridge Wells: The Tunbridge Wells School of Art and Crafts, 1945. [Children's Illustrated]. PRIVATELY PRINTED PAMPHLET. Quarto (25 x 19cm), pp.[12]. Illustrated throughout with striking red, blue and green lino-cuts by Minnie Sutton. In original blue and red illustrated card covers, sewn. The very lightest of wear; near-fine. No copies..... More
The Stones '65-67 [and] The Stones '82.
London: Vision On Publishing, 2002. [Rock Music Photography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, LIMITED GALLERY EDITION (a trade hardback was also issued). Quarto (31 x 26cm), two volumes in publisher's red paper-covered clamshell box, titled in white. Large hardback (30 x 25cm). Limited to 1000 copies, this being no.676, SIGNED by the..... More
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1995. [Children's Fantasy Adventure] LEATHER-BOUND SIXTH EDITION, First Thus. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 272. With 13 illustrations by the author, including five colour plates. Recently re-bound in green half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, matching cloth over boards, and green endpapers. With the original..... More
The Sanctuary Club [and] Hilda Wade [and] A Master of Craft [and] The Seven Dragons [and] The "Southern Cross" Antarctic Expedition [and] The Croxley Master [and] Whereyouwantogoto: or, The Bouncible Ball [and] Kind Little Edmund; or, The Caves and The Cockatrice [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 18, numbers 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, and 108.
London: George Newnes, July 1899 to December 1899. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six octavo magazines (28 x 19cm), pp.xl; 120; xli-xlviii; pp.xxxii; 121-240; xxxiii-xl; pp.xxxvi; 241-360; xxxvii-xliv; pp.xl; 361-480; xli-xlviii; pp.xlviii; 481-600; xlix-lvi; pp.lvi; 601-804; lvii-lxviii [8]. With frequent in-text illustrations. Publisher's pale blue paper covers titled in dark blue..... More
Tunbridge Wells and It's Neighbourhood, Illustrated by A Series of Etchings, and Historical Descriptions.
London: William Miller and Edmund Lloyd, 1810. [Topography] FIRST TRADE EDITION. Folio (35 x 28cm), pp.[4] 87 [5]. With 31 engraved plates, and 12 vignettes. Contemporary brown half morocco with gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards. Also with original printed paper title label to upper board. Black..... More
Quality Street. A Comedy in four acts. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [circa 1913]. [Illustrated Drama] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (32 x 26cm), pp.[4] viii; 198 [2]. With a loose flier for the original exhibition of Thomson's watercolour illustrations for the book, November and December 1913. Complete with 22 colour plates by Thomson, including a frontispiece..... More
The Old Curiosity Shop.
London: Chapman and Hall, n.d. [circa 1910]. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND. Two volumes. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 370; [1], blank; pp.ii; 363; [1], blank. With introduction and notes by Andrew Lang. With the original illustrations throughout. Title pages printed in two colours. Beautifully bound by Root & Son in..... More
Victor Emmanuel II and the Union of Italy.
London: Methuen and Co., 1927. [History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.viii; 246; [2]; 8, adverts. With twelve halftone illustrations, a map and genealogical table. Publisher's bright blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, cartographic tail edge untrimmed, typographic dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. Contents clean, jacket with a little edgewear..... More
The Art of Photoplay Making.
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1918. [Filmmaking] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10]; 283; [11]. With 10 photogravure plates, including a frontispiece of the Venus de Milo. Publisher's brown cloth. gilt titles to spine and in dark brown to upper board, dust-jacket title with printed price of $2.00..... More
A Pictorial Autobiography.
Bath: Adams & Dart, 1970. [Sculptor Autobiography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.128. Heavily illustrated with in-text black and white photographs. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to half-title: 'For Bruce with love | January 10th | Barbara.' Publisher's orange cloth, with gilt titles to spine and..... More
The Tunbridge Wells Guide; or an Account of the Ancient and Present State of that Place, to which is Added a Particular Description of the Towns and Villages, Remains of Antiquity, Gentlemens Seats, Founderies, etc. etc. within the Circumference of Sixteen Miles.
Tunbridge Wells: J. Sprange, 1808 [1809]. TWENTY-FIRST ISSUE. Octavo, pp.xi; 336. With 14 engraved plates, some folding, including frontispiece. Also with a folding table of inter-town distances to rear. In recent quarter vellum with hand-written titles in black ink to spine. Marbled paper-covered boards; top edge red. Housed in a...... More
The Lycian Shore.
London: John Murray, 1956. [Turkish Travel] FIRST EDITION, with SIGNED MANUSCRIPT POSTCARD. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xii; 204. With occasional in-text illustrations by the author, a title page vignette by Reynolds Stone, a folding map at rear, and 26 double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's aqua cloth with gilt..... More
In Pursuit of Spring.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1914. [Travel] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.301; [3]. With six halftone illustrations, including a frontispiece, adhered on one edge to tipped-in grey leaves with letter-pressed tissue guards. Cartographic endpapers. Publisher's blue cloth to boards, gilt titles, device, and rulings to upper..... More
Realities of Irish Life.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1868. [Irish Biography]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] xiv; 407 [3]. With 30 etched plates including a frontispiece after drawings by Trench's son, and a very large folding coloured map of Ireland. In contemporary burgundy half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to..... More
The Compleat Angler, or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish, and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers.
London: George G. Harrap and Co., 1931. [Fishing] leather-bound FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.224. With 12 chromolithographic plates, and occasional in-text illustrations by Rackham. Recent navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and the original publisher's cloth over boards, with gilt pictorial..... More
Illustrated Edition of the Select Works of John Bunyan: with an original sketch of the author's life and times; and notes by the editor of "Sturm's Family Devotions." Containing The Pilgrim's Progress; The Holy War; Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; A Confession of My Faith; A Reason of My Faith; Jerusalem Sinner Saved; Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ; Differences in Judgement About Water Baptism; Peaceable Principles and True; The Life and Death of Mr. Badman; The Pharisee and the Publican; Bunyan's Last Sermon; Bunyan's Dying Sayings; The Life and Times of Bunyan.
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
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
The Tribulations of a Chinaman.
New York, NY: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1881 [1880]. [French Literature] FIRST FREWER EDITION. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.[2] viii; 262 [4]. With 49 engraved plates by Benett, including a frontispiece. Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine and upper. Some heavy creasing and a...... More
The Compleat Angler. Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1931. [Illustrated] leather-bound First Rackham Edition. Large octavo (26 x 20cm), pp.224. With 12 colour plates plus black and white illustrations in text. Finely bound in later blue half morocco with gilt titles and decoration to spine, original publisher's boards with decorative titles..... More
The Buchanan Book: The Life of Alexander Buchanan, Q.C., of Montreal, followed by an account of the Family of Buchanan.
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