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Gift Books & Fine Bindings
Throne of Glass.
London: Bloomsbury, 2018. [Young Adult Fiction] COLLECTOR'S EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm). Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and boards. Still in the original shrink-wrap, priced at £16.99. A fine, as-new copy. The author's phenomenally popular first book, originally published in 2012. More
Roloff Beny interprets in photographs Pleasure of Ruins.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1964. [Photography]. FIRST THUS. Large quarto (36 x 27cm), pp.286. With 160 photogravure images, 12 colour plates including a frontispiece, and 29 maps and plans. Publisher's black and white illustrated leatherette boards with silver titles to spine and upper board. Silver illustrated endpapers. Light browning to..... More
The History of England. From the Accession to James the Second.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895. [English History] FINE PRIZE BINDING, a popular edition in two volumes. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] xxiv; 776 [2]; pp.[2] xii; 820 [2]. Contemporary brown calf for Clifton House School, Eastbourne, with gilt titles and decoration to spines, and a gilt school stamp to..... More
Complete Poems 1920-1976.
London: Martin Brian and O'Keeffe, 1978. [Scottish Poetry] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[4] xxii; 734; pp.[4] viii; 735-1485 [5]. Printed on india paper, with an associated poetry reading flyer loose to preliminaries. Contemporary green full calf, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to..... More
Direadh I, II and III.
Frenich and Foss: Kulgin Duval and Colin H. Hamilton, 1974. [Scottish Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (31 x 22cm), pp.[2] 52 [4]. Number 56 of just 200 copies SIGNED by the author, and printed in Dante type on Magnani paper. Publisher's red quarter morocco with gilt titles to spine and..... More
The Mirror. A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1779, and 1780.
London: Printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, 1782. [Essays] FINELY BOUND, the fourth edition. Three volumes. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.[4] viii; 271 [3]; pp.[4] viii; 319 [3]; pp.[4] viii; 320 [2]. Mid-twentieth century calf rebacked spines, with the original tree calf boards. Small black ink ownership to second..... More
The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile, Kt. [The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville], which treateth of the way to Hierusalem, and of marvayles of Inde, with other ilands and countryes. Reprinted from the edition of A.D. 1725. With an introduction, additional notes, and glossary, by J.O. Halliwell.
London: Edward Lumley, 1839. FIRST THUS. Also including the editor's preface to the 1727 edition. Octavo. pp. xvii, xii, 326 [2]. With wood-cut frontispiece, and frequent further in-text wood-cut illustrations. In publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, gilt crest to upper board and further blind decoration. All edges..... More
The History of the Later Puritans: From the Opening of the Civil War in 1642, to the Ejection of the Non-Conforming Clergy in 1662.
London: Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1852. [Church History]. FINELY BOUND, First Edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 474 [2]. Bound for HATCHARDS in contemporary brown half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to black label on spine and further gilt decoration to spine. Brown leather-effect cloth to boards; brown endpapers..... More
An Introduction to Study of Birds; or, the Elements of Ornithology, on Scientific Principles, with a Particular Notice of the Birds Mentioned in Scripture.
London: The Religious Tract Society, no date [circa 1860]. [Ornithology] ILLUSTRATED PRIZE BINDING, a later edition. Small octavo (16 x 11cm), pp.xii; 524; [2]. With frequent in-text wood engravings, including a frontispiece. Contemporary green full calf prize binding for Westbourne Collegiate School, with raised bands, gilt decoration to spine, and..... More
The Summing Up.
London: William Heinemann, 1938. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm) pp.[viii]; 317; [3], blank. Exquisitely bound for Hatchards (likely by Sangorski) in blue half crushed morocco, gilt, with twin black labels to spine, combed marble endpapers, top edge gilt. Maugham device from original cloth laid to pastedown, black..... 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
On Chesil Beach.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2007. [Modern Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 166 [4]. Number 516 of 1200 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's quarter brown cloth with metallic blue titles to spine, and blue and brown paper over boards. With the..... More
New Moon.
New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2009. [Vampire Fantasy] FIRST COLLECTORS EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[10] 563 [7]. With a red ink autopen signature to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, a glossy illustration laid over upper, black endpapers and a red ribbon marker..... More
Far Away Up the Nile.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1924. [African Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.xii; 254 [4]. With 50 lithographic plates after illustrations by the author, H.R. Millais, and from photographs. Recent green half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and green cloth over boards. Light occasional spotting..... More
An Epitome Of The Elementary Principles Of Mechanical Philosophy, Divested of mathematical demonstrations, comprehending the general properties of matter, mechanics, accoustics, pneumatics, hydrostatics, meteorology, hydraulics, and a copious account of the invention, progress, and present state of the steam engine, with many practical remarks on the construction of machinery.
London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1830. Second Edition, Prize Binding. Octavo. Bound in full brown calf, with ruled gilt panelling and gilt crest of the University of Glasgow to boards, raised bands, gilt decoration and title label to spine; all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, board edges decorated with blind..... More
Toad of Toad Hall.
London: Methuen and Co, 1929. [Childrens' classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. xv; 167; [8], adverts. Smartly bound in recent dark blue half calf, over original gilt-stamped boards, raised bands and gilt titles to spine, top edge gilt. A few minor marks. A near fine copy in an attractive leather binding..... More
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Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books [and] Paradise Regain'd. A Poem. In Four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes. And Poems upon several Occasions. Compos'd at several Times.
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1707 and 1727. [Epic Poetry] FINELY BOUND EARLY EDITIONS, the thirteenth and fifth respectively. Two volumes. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xxxvi; 514 [34]; pp.[2] 457 [5]. Page 514 in 'Paradise Lost' misnumbered 524. With the copper engraved frontispiece by George Vertue to 'Paradise Lost.' Also..... More
Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes.
London: John Baskerville, for J and R. Tonson, 1758. First Baskerville edition. 2 volumes. Octavo (23 x 15cm). Full red English calf with full gilt backs, twin labels, elaborate gilt border to sides, Dutch marbled endpapers, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. Contents clean, bindings nicely aged, spines a little chipped..... More
An Account of Denmark: As it was in the Year 1692. An Account of Sueden: As it was in the Year 1688. With several Pieces relating to those Accounts. [Being, 'Observations Upon a Pamphlet Called, An English Merchant's Remarks upon a scandalous Jacobite Paper published in the Post-Boy of the 19th of July 1716, under the Name of a Memorial presented to the Chancery of Sueden, by the Resident of Great-Britain'; and 'A Short Narrative of the Life and Death of John Rhinholdt Count Patkul, a Nobleman of Livonia, Who was broke alive upon the Wheel in Great Poland, Anno 1707. Together with the Manner of his Execution: Written by the Lutheran Minister who assisted him in his last Hours. Faithfully translated out of a High-Dutch Manuscript, and now published for the Information of Count Gyllenborg's English Friends'].
London: Printed for Thomas Longman, 1738. [Scandinavian Travel]. FINE CONTEMPORARY BINDING, later editions. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.[10]; xxiv; 432 [2]. Contemporary brown full speckled calf, re-cased with repairs to joints. Raised bands, gilt titles to red label on spine, and further gilt tooling to spine. All edges flecked red..... More
A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain, Commanded by His Excellency Lieut.-General Sir John Moore, K. B. etc. etc. etc. Authenticated by Official Papers and Original Letters.
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1809. THIRD EDITION, First in octavo. Octavo, pp.[2]; xx; 388; 136; [2]. With two folding maps, each with hand-coloured marches and battle positions, as well as a large appendix with letters, etc. In later horizontal-grained brown calf boards, recently re-backed in brown calf with gilt..... More
Moore's Irish Melodies. With New Symphonies and Accompaniments for the Pianoforte by M. W. Balfe.
London: Novello and Company, n.d. [c.1926]. Imperial Octavo, unpaginated. With the original introduction of 1859. Musical notation with accompanying words. In publisher's green embossed cloth, with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Black endpapers. Purple stamp of J. Mallinson and Son, Pianoforte manufacturers, to title page. Some external wear..... More
An Alphabet of Animals.
London: Blackie and Son, 1899. [Children's Book] FINE LITHOGRAPHS. Quarto (34 x 27cm), unpaginated. With a page of text and a full page lithographic illustration of an animal for each letter of the alphabet. Rebacked to style in green card, to style with the remains of the original spine laid..... More
The Utopia of Sir Thomas More: in Latin from the edition of March 1518, and in English from the first edition of Ralph Robynson's Translation in 1551, with additional translations, introduction and notes.
Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1895. [Utopia] FIRST THUS, a new edition. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.c; 347 [10]. With errata slip. Recent brown half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to red morocco labels on spine. Marbled paper over boards; top edge gilt. Faint library stamp and markings to..... More
The Tales Of The Genii; or, the Delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar. Faithfully Translated from the Persian Manuscript, and Compared with the French and Spanish Editions Published at Paris and Madrid.
Dublin: Printed for P. Wilson [etc.], 1765. [Strange Tales]. EARLY EDITION. Two volumes bound as one. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.xxxii; 254; [2]; 288. In contemporary full mottled calf with gilt titles to red label, and further gilt decoration to spine. Large horizontal tear to p.13/14 of volume I. Some..... More
Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland, from the Arrival of the English: Also, a Particular Detail of that which Broke Out the XXIIId of May, MDCCXCVIII; with the History of the Conspiracy which Prededed it, and the Characters of the Principal Actors in it. To this Edition is Added, a Concise History of the Reformation in Ireland; and Considerations on the Means of Extending its Advantages Therein.
Dublin: Printed by Robert Marchbank, for John Milliken [etc.], 1801. SECOND EDITION. Quarto, pp.[2] x, 636; 210 [10]. With 10 folding maps and plans. Also with a large section of appedixes and an unpaginated index. In contemporary tan full calf, recently re-backed with the original boards, and the original spine..... More