Gift Books & Fine Bindings
Memoirs of India: Comprising a brief Geographical Account of The East Indies; a succinct History of Hindostan, from the Most Early Ages, to the end of the Marquis of Hastings' Administration in 1823. Designed for the Use of Young Men Going Out to India.
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. [Indian Colonial History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[6] xii; 504 [4]. In a slightly later full calf binding for Glasgow Highschool, by CARRS & GOY of Glasgow (binder's label to verso of fly-leaf). with blind tooling to..... More
Silver Stream. With a foreword by the Rt. Hon. Lord Inman of Knaresborough.
London: The Epworth press, 1947. [Child Welfare] PRESENTATION COPY TO MRS ATTLEE. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. With eight half-tone plates and a chromolithographic frontispiece. Deluxe binding of blue full calf with gilt titles to spine and white watered silk endpapers, with a silver strip to hinges. Bookplate..... More
[Lives of the Rakes and Dandies]. Madame de Pompadour, Five Fair Sisters, The Fascinating Duc de Richelieu, A Fair Conspirator, The Women Bonapartes, The Brood of False Lorraine, Rival Sultanas, The Pearl of Princesses, The Hand of Léonore, A Gallant of Lorraine, Unruly Daughters.
London and New York, NY: Harper and Brothers; London: Hutchinson and Co.; London: Methuen and Co., Ltd.; London: Eveleigh Nash Company; London: Hurst and Blackett, Ltd., 1904-1925. [Biography] FINELY BOUND COLLECTION. Eleven titles bound as fourteen volumes, octavo (22 x 15 x 62cm). Finely bound by Fox in red straight..... More
The Middle Temple Bench Book. Being a Register of Benchers of the Middle Temple from the Earliest Records to the present time with Historical Introduction.
London: Printed at the Chancery Lane Press, and published by order of the Masters of the Bench, 1937. [Legal History and Biography] SECOND EDITION. Large octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.lviii; 368. With 14 photogravure plates, including a frontispiece, each with a tissue guard. Publisher's green quarter straight-grained morocco, with gilt..... More
Barmy in Wonderland.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. [Classic Humour] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 222 [4]. Recently re-bound in tan half calf, with gilt titles to spine, raised bands, and matching cloth over boards. Toning to edges, with spotting also to edges, and to the first few leaves. Presented in..... More
Jeeves and The Feudal Spirit.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1954. [Classic Humour] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 222 [4]. Recently re-bound in burgundy half morocco, with gilt titles to spine, raised bands, and matching cloth over boards. Some toning to edges, otherwise a crisp, clean copy in an attractive new leather binding. More..... More
The Mating Season.
London: Herbert Jenkins, no date [1948]. [Classic Humour] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 246 [4]. Recently re-bound in tan half calf, with gilt titles to spine, raised bands, and matching cloth over boards. Some toning to edges, otherwise a crisp, clean copy in an attractive new..... More
Money In the Bank.
London: Herbert Jenkins [printed by Drukkerij Holland, N.V.], no date [1947]. [Classic Humour] LEATHER BOUND. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 253 [5]. Recently re-bound in red half calf, with gilt titles to spine, raised bands, and matching cloth over boards. Toning to edges and margins, otherwise a clean copy in..... More
Pigs Have Wings.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. [Classic Humour] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 220 [4]. Recently re-bound in black half morocco, with gilt titles to spine, raised bands, and matching cloth over boards. Toning to edges, with spotting also to edges, and to the first / final few..... More
Pigs Have Wings.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. [Classic Humour] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 220 [4]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black, pictorial dust-jacket by 'Sax' priced at 9/6. Contemporary ink ownership, jacket with a few small chips and rubs, some minor wrinkling to rear panel. Very good. Against a...... More
Very Good, Jeeves!
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1930. [Humour / Satire] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 312 [10]. Recently re-bound in green half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. All edges lightly trimmed. A hint of spotting to preliminaries, otherwise a lovely crisp..... More
Faces, 1969-75.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2011. [Rock History] DELUXE LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (36 x 29cm), pp.272. Profusely illustrated, and printed on heavyweight 200gsm archival grade matt art paper. Number 256 of just 350 deluxe copies, SIGNED by all three contributors. Fully bound in a purple suede leather with gold foil blocking and..... More
Wood On Canvas. Every Picture Tells A Story Forewords by Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 1998. [Music and Art] LIMITED COLLECTOR EDITION. Folio (40 x 32cm), pp.144. Number 369 of 2500 copies, SIGNED by the author. Four-colour printed leaves, some folding-plates. Quarter-bound in rich black cloth over blue art paper boards with colour title label, spine blocked in silver, accompanying CD in..... More
Two Discourses. The First, Concerning the Spirit of Martin Luther, and the Original of the Reformation. The Second, Concerning the Celibacy of the Clergy.
Oxford: [no publisher stated] 1687. [Theology] FIRST EDITION. Two volumes as one. Small quarto (24 x 19cm), pp.[26]; [8]; 104; pp.[4]; 39; [35]. Contemporary brown panelled calf, rebacked to style with raised bands and gilt titles. Small black ink 'R.H.' to top right corner of fly-leaf, denoting the initials Woodhead..... More
A Graphical Illustration of the Metropolitan Church of Canterbury; Accompanied by a History and Description, collected from the most authentic documents, and drawn up from repeated surveys of that Venerable Fabric. With descriptions of its monumental structures, and an account of its chapels, altars, shrines, and chantries. Also comprising biographical sketches of the lives of the Archbishops, and Deans of Canterbury; and historical notices of the celebrated Covent of Christchurch; with lists, and interesting particulars of its Deans, Priors, and distinguished monks.
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, and J. Murray, 1816. [Ecclesiastical Architecture] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 24cm), pp.[4] viii; 174 [4]. With 20 engraved plates by the author, after drawings by Hastings. Recently re-spined to-style with original full marbled calf boards with gilt decoration to margins. New spine with..... More
MacDiarmid: An Illustrated Biography of Christopher Murray Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid).
Edinburgh: Gordon Wright Publishing, 1977. [Literary Biography] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, an association copy. Quarto (32 x 22cm), pp.176. Number 22 of just 50 copies SIGNED in blue ink by both MacDiarmid (to title page) and the author (to final leaf of preface). Also with five official photographic prints, and a...... More
General View of the Agriculture of Hertfordshire. Drawn Up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement.
London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1813. FINELY BOUND, Second Edition. Octavo, pp.xix; [1]; 236; [2]. With 9 engraved plates, 2 folding, and a large coloured folding map showing soil types over the county. Recently re-backed in brown half calf, to style with original marbled boards and using original..... More